House Votes on Spain Claims Commission and Bank Charters
Washington reports the House passed a bill to create a commission to adjudicate U S citizens claims against Spain under the Paris treaty, but the amendment to send claims to the Court of Claims failed 123 to 88. The Senate also extended national bank charters for twenty years, while ratification of the Crow Indians treaty and Hawaiian coin redemption were defeated. Debates over post office and railway mail pay occurred with no action. Shipping bill stalled as the District of Columbia appropriation took priority, affecting naval staff transfers under the reorganization act.
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Washington
House
Senate
United States
Spain
Court of Claims
Montana
Allison
District of Columbia
Frye
Aldrich
Hanna
First Joint Meeting of Foreign Envoys and Chinese Plenipotentiaries
A Pekin dispatch notes tomorrow’s meeting will include Li Hung Chang and Prince Ching as plenipotentiaries while other Chinese act as advisors. All sides press secrecy. rumors of mass punishment are unfounded though twelve provincial authorities are named for potential penalties.
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Pekin
Li Hung Chang
Prince Ching
Fall of Manila Celebration Plans Spur Utah Welcome
Salt Lake City hosts August 18 15 meeting of the Army of the Philippines society to honor Manila's fall. Citizens form finance and entertainment committees for a grand reception with Gen. Greene attending and hopes to attract Astor and volunteer batteries. August 13 marks Manila fall anniversary with a Great Salt Lake demonstration by Utah Batteries and possible parade in Stettin.
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Manlis
Society of the Army of the Philippines
Salt Lake City
Manila
Great Salt Lake
Utah
Astor
City of the Saints
Greene
Surprise in the Army Bill Clauses Inserted
A note on how two clauses were added to the reorganization bill creating a surprise in the Army. The added sections affect subsistence and quartermaster operations and shift existing provisions within the bill.
Oil-Well Owners Form Strong Company to Challenge Standard
Steamship Duke of Fife reports Japanese oil well owners organize a rival firm to Standard Oil aimed at Echigo fields. The opposition reportedly controls productive wells for 400 years and holds 4,000 acres in the oil district.
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Duke of Fife
Standard Oil Company
Echigo
Snow Wealth in Arizona Brings Value to Valley
The recent heavy snow and rain storms in Arizona are valued in the millions and are described as the heaviest in years. The snow will supply enough water for six months and boost mining as well as benefits to sheep and cattle.
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Arizona
Governors to be elected by direct vote in Cuba
The Cuban constitutional convention debated provincial government and voted to elect provincial governors by direct popular vote. The motion for presidential appointment was defeated.
Couple Burned to Death by Gasoline Fire in Kansas City
Joseph Rodgers a Black porter and his wife about fifty died in a home fire caused by a sudden gasoline blaze. The accident at their Kansas City residence left the couple fatally burned.
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Joseph Rodgers
Kansas City
Loftus Injured in Street Collision During Theatre Outing
Cecelia Loftus known as Cissie Loftus was severely injured after a horse and wagon struck her at Sixty first street and Lexington avenue in New York while she acted in Lady Hunt worth's Experiment at Daly's. At Springfield a meeting of the Illinois railroad and warehouse commission declared the state neighmasters' law a dead letter due to lack of payment provisions.
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Ciaste Loftus
Cecelia Loftus
Cissie” Loftus
New York
Sixty-first Street
Lexington Avenue
Miss Loftus
Lady Huntworth
Daly’s
Illinois Railroad and Warehouse Commission
Springfield
Seial
Orges Ringers Strike Snag in Boston
Organ grinders face a snag as Boston enacts an ordinance granting rights to street performers. The measure outlines permits and guidelines for public performances, affecting organ grinders and other buskers citywide.
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Boston
Grain-O coffee substitute and health claims ad
An old advertisement promotes Grain-O as a coffee substitute with rich color and child friendly use, priced 15c per package and sold by grocers. It also markets Garfield Tea for blood purification and digestion, then switches to a medical gimmick offering a $100 reward for deafness cure via Hall's Catarrh Cure, with claims and distributor details.
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Eran
Pyee Hall
Cheney & CO
Toledo
Drugzis
Hall
Nervous Women Urged to Seek Lydia E Pinkham's Remedy
An advertisement urges women suffering from nerves dizziness backache and fatigue to use Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The copy claims it cures uterine weakness and restores vitality and offers to answer letters without charge.
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Pinkham
Lydia
Rae Bent
Mrs Valentine Praises Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound
A Camden New Jersey resident reports feeling like a new person after using Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. The letter claims lasting relief and urges others to consider the remedy.
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ValLawring
Mars
W. Avenue
Camden, N. J
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Etouse
War Department
Princeton
Ind
Indiana
Stettin
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