Warships to Panama as Panama crisis grows
The Machias will sail to Panama to guard American interests in Colombia amid the revolt. Wisconsin and Iowa are also ordered to be ready for Panama. Elsewhere, a series of incidents including fires, strikes, and a murder are reported across the United States.
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Machias
Panama
Colombia
Chicago
Portland
Ore
Shaffer
Seattle
Wash
Fort Scott
Kan
Harlem
Confluence
Bottineau
N. C
Selby Smelting
Vallejo
Cal
Portsmouth
N. H
Navy Yard
Wisconsin
Iowa
Prof
Triggs
Chicago University
Longfellow
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Washburn Jewelry Company
Anderson
Ind
Clements Buchter
Louisville
Amalgamated Association
United States
War Department
Philippine Islands
Alabama
Rantoul
Buffalo
Michigan
Minnesota
Catholic Total Abstinence Union of America
Hartford
Happenings at Home and Abroad in Industrial Field
Items cover developments in industry, personal notes, political items, and global news. Notable mentions include domestic actions, market shifts, and international events shaping economic and political landscapes.
Iowa Republicans nominate Cummins for governor at Des Moines
In Des Moines the Iowa Republicans nominate A B Cummins of Des Moines for governor at a party convention. The platform supports gold standard, praises federal and state administrations, and opposes southern laws disenfranchising Black citizens. Neb Democrats fusion with populists and free silver Republicans set Lincoln convention for Sept 17. Charles Bull Towle dies in Saltillo.
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Iowa
Des Moines
A. B. Cummins
Nebraska
Lincoln
Charles Bull Towle
Boston
United States
Saltillo
Senator West
MacArthur predicts Filipino surrender in pacification plan
General MacArthur reports to the secretary of war that Filipinos are sure to yield, urging continued army and navy presence in the islands to finish pacification.
Minor news items from a distant era
A collection notes global events and quirky facts from the era including Africa sugar cane spread, Ontario fire damage, Hawaii fishes, American college graduation gains, Herculaneum fruits, a Swedish child bound for Colorado, pending surgeon general race, Staten Island mosquito control, 600 teachers to the Philippines, a Schley inquiry witness, U S import leads in the Philippines, locomotives in Kingston tests, U S cement methods abroad, Chicago Church of Man with humanist creed, Southern Pacific oil engines, oil usage economics, Irish strike talk during South African crisis, and a New York September secret meeting plan.
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Africa
Ontario
Quebec
Government Fish Commission
Hawaii
Herculaneum
New York
Sweden
Colorado
Army
Staten Island
Philippines
United States
Schroeder
Guam
Schley Court of Inquiry
Kingston
Jamaica
America
Church of Man
Chicago
Southern Pacific Railroad
England
Efforts Under Way to Form New York Hot Manufacturers Trust
Reports indicate plans to file articles of incorporation within days as about 20 leading U S manufacturers are expected to join a new hot goods combine in New York City.
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New York City
United States
Corporation of Glasgow
Andrew Carnegie
Taft
Manila
George R. Bissert
Bissert
M. L. Johnson
Port Royal Navy Station
Sampson
Boston Navy Yard
Zachritz
St. Louis
Louisiana Purchase Exposition Co
Forest Park
Atlantic Coast Electric Railway Co
Allenhurst
N. J
Audenreidh
Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal Co
District Board of the
United Mine Workers
Halifax
N. S
Minot
Boston
Gompers backs Amalgamated in steel strike fight
AFL President Samuel Gompers pledged full moral and financial support to the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers amid the United States Steel strike. He cited union rights, wage scales, and the need to resist corporate power, signaling coordinated action with Morrison and the federation.
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David Nation
Medicine Lodge
Kan
Carrie Nation
Snowy Mountain
Helena
Mont
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Gompers
Federation of Labor
Sydney
Australia
Chicago
Cadillac
Michael Davitt
Ireland
Judge Harney
Montana
Amalgamated Copper Company
Shaffer
Pittsburg
Carnegie Mills
Republic
Germany
Navy Department
Admiral Evans
W. E.chandler
New Orleans
South Africa
John Winters
Selby
Vallejo
Cal
W. M. Evarts
Ottawa
Amalgamated Association
Columbus
Steel Trust
Pittsburgh
United States Steel Corporation
American Federation of Labor
Morrison
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
United States Steel Company
New York Wheat Soy Stocks Amid Steel Strike Boosts July Trade
Bradstreet reports July business volume at a post midsummer peak despite corn damage reports and a looming steel workers strike. Wheat holds strength on continued exports. hog prices slip then stabilize. lard remains robust. Failures total 173 in US and 31 in Canada.
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New York
Bradstreet’s
General Steel Workers
United States
Canada
President’s Day Planned at Pan-American Exposition
Canton Ohio August 10 arrangements were made for President’s Day at the Pan-American Exposition. President J G Millburn and Director General W S Buchanan met officials and will depart September 4 from here to Buffalo to view the exposition. The program includes parades and possible speeches with Niagara Falls on Friday and a train trip to Cleveland for the Grand Army encampment the week of September 9.
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Canton
J. G. Millburn
W. S. Buchanan
Buffalo
Diehl
John S. Scatherd
Elks’ Club
McKinley
Niagara Falls
Cleveland
Grand Army
Banishment Proclamation to Boers Sparks Mixed Reactions
London reports a proclamation by Lord Kitchener dated August 7 that bans all burghers and leaders of armed bands from South Africa if they do not surrender by September 15. It orders payment of maintenance costs from non-surrendering burghers and their property. Reactions in British papers praise its decisiveness though doubt its impact. German papers condemn it as a breach of international law.
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MacArthur
Secretary of War
Peter Jackson
Roma
N.S. W
Count von Waldersee
Hamburg
China
Malvar
Batangas
Dumont
London
Lord Kitchener
Cape Colony
Natal
Orange Colony
Transvaal
South African
Orange Free State
South Africa
Chamberlain
Lord Milner
Westminster Gazette
Globe
Berlin
Fire destroys most of Rantoul business district
In Champaign County on Friday, a fire consumed the Rantoul business section, with the grain elevator as the origin. The blaze swept five blocks, destroying 36 firms including the post office, depot, Masonic temple, New hotel and opera house, and both newspaper offices. The loss exceeds 400000, with insurance unlikely to cover it. The Martin House survived. A steamer was dispatched from Champaign and arrived in 45 minutes.
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Champaign III
Rantoul
Martin
Census shows Michigan Minnesota Mississippi sex and nativity gaps
The census bulletin details Michigan with 1,248,905 males and 1,172,077 females, 1,879,329 native born and 541,613 foreign born, and Mississippi where 59 percent are colored. Minnesota counts 932,490 males and 818,904 females with 1,246,076 native born and 505,318 foreign born. White totals and native-born shares are given for each state.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Wife Murderer Hanged in Tacoma
Eben L. Boyce was executed in Tacoma Washington on Friday morning for the murder of his wife. He collapsed at the march to the gallows but was revived and on the scaffold declared I am a soldier still. The sentence was carried out and his neck broke in the fall.
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Tacoma
Wash
Eben L. Boyce
New Panama bishop arrives in Colon after consecration
The new bishop of Panama Mgr. Javier Jurequito, recently consecrated in Carthagena, has arrived in Colon aboard the royal mail steamship Trent. He succeeds the late bishop and will begin duties in the Panama archdiocese.
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Panam
Panama
Mgr
Javier Jurequito
Carthagena
Colon
Royal Mail
Trent
Suspect in Selby Smelter Robbery Captured in San Francisco
The police believe John Winters known as Buck Taylor planned and carried out the Selby smelter robbery at Vallejo. He is in custody and may have acted alone. Authorities think the stolen bullion is buried near Winters cabin or sunk in nearby bay waters. Winters had been an employee at the smelting company and disappeared soon after the crime.
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San Francisco
John Winters
Buck” Taylor
Selby
Vallejo
Winter
Winters
Venezuelan press reports new Colombian invasion near Colon
The Willemstad dispatch says Colombia launched a new invasion near Colon Thursday. U S officials note the isthmus situation remains unclear and the Wisconsin may proceed southward to California as plans to guard American interests continue. Commander Sargent's assignment for Machias remains undecided.
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Willemstad
Curacoa
Colon
Washington
State
Navy Department
Wisconsin
San Francisco
Panama
San Diego
Cal
Nathan Sargent
Prince Henry of Orleans Dies in Far East Trip
Prince Henry of Orleans dies in Cochin China at 3 30 p m on a Friday while en route to the United States via San Francisco. Born in 1867 he was unmarried and long known as a royal cousin and potential suitor linked to American heiresses and Spanish royalty. He had been ill for some time and planned a Newport visit this fall.
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Peking
Edward I
London
Germany
Prince Henry of Orleans
Duke of Chartres
Duke of Orleans
Saigon
China
Colombia
Venezuela
England
United States
Francesco Crispi
Italy
Naples
Frederick
Cronberg
Great Britain
Count von Waldersee
Homburg
William
Cochin China
Duke of
Chartres
San Francisco
Newport
Spain
Infanta Maria de Las Mercedes
Charles of Bourbon
Caserta
Nation sues Carrie Nation for divorce in Kansas
Medicine Lodge Kansas August 10 David Nation through his attorney Friday brought suit for a divorce from his wife Mrs Carrie Nation the temperance crusader Nation now visiting Iberia Ohio alleges she held him up to public ridicule neglected her family duties and abandoned his home
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Medicine Lodge
Kan
David Nation
Carrie Nation
American Bicycle ships steam automobiles to Cape Town
Toledo, Ohio, Aug. 10. The American Bicycle company, maker of steam automobiles, has shipped three high power autos directly to Cape Town, South Africa. The vehicles were ordered by the British government for use by army officers stationed in the South African colonies.
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Toledo
American Bicycle Company
Cape Town
South Africa
Condition of Corn Serious Says Secretary Wilson
Secretary Wilson reports after a personal western tour that drought damage to corn is serious, countering earlier statements that losses were exaggerated.
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Washington
Wilson
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