Cubans on a Ramble Pay a Visit to the White House
About 1,400 Cuban school teachers visiting the United States were formally presented to President McKinley at the White House on Saturday. The group then toured the congressional library and attended a Glen Echo concert, with General Cisneros receiving enthusiastic greetings. They proceed to New York and Philadelphia before sailing back to Cuba.
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Washington
White House
Congressional Library
Glen Becho
Island of Flowers
Cisneros
McKinley
Marine Band
Juan Enrique Macias
Cuba
Glen Echo
H. B. F. MacFarland
Board of District Commissioners
Geo. H. Harries
Board of Education
General Cisneros
New York
Hudson River
New York City
Philadelphia
Sort of Old Fashioned Girl Refuses Marriage Without Consent
William Hawes and Miss Mayme Rhine eloped from Union County to Nashville Illinois seeking marriage but returned home after Miss Rhine refused to wed without her mother's consent. They obtained a license but she balked at the ceremony and the license was returned.
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Nashville
Ill
William Hawes
Mayme Rhine
Union County
Earty
Will
Hawes
Empress Dowager Trapped as Peking Battles Rage
London and Washington dispatches report street fighting in Peking continues with parts of the city bombarded. Empress Dowager detained by Prince Yang Lu or Yang Lu believed by Japanese to be Yang Lu. Conflicting accounts place the court inside the Forbidden City amid allied assault.
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London
Bruce
Admiralty
Chefoo
Rome
Taku
Peking
Prince Yang
Washington
Navy Department
Prince Yungedo
Chaffee
Legation Grounds
Forbidden City
Remey
Forbidden
Associated Press
Shen-Si
Bin
Yung Lu
Yungedo
Legation
Yang Lu
Jail Break Attempt and Desertion Conviction Across Front Pages
Minot prison inmates James Clark and Carey attacked jailer Ernest Tompkins during a failed escape. Tompkins is in critical condition despite hidden keys under his pillow. In the Philippines, Private Chester A. Boakes of the Fourth Infantry is convicted of desertion and aiding the enemy and faces dishonorable discharge and hard labor. Des Moines Baptist college gains a Rockefeller endowment pledge of 50 000 dollars on condition of matching funds.
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Minot
N. D
James Clark
Carey
Ernest Tompkins
Tompkins
Sheriff Carroll
Rockefeller
Des Moines
Des Moines Baptist College
John D. Rockefeller
Fifteenth Annual Convention of the American Krigerbund Be Yon
The outline notes the fifteenth annual convention of the American Krigerbund held yesterday in Yon. Details of speakers and agenda are incomplete in the fragment.
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American Krigerbund Beyon, O
Baseball Standings and Weekend Records Across Leagues
Baseball results and standings from August showing pennant races. Brooklyn leads with 92 wins and .620, Philadelphia 93-47, Cincinnati 44-51, Chicago 86-4? The text lists scattered scores from games in Pittsburg Cincinnati St Louis Chicago and New York with both leagues reporting wins, losses, and partial records for August.
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P. C. Brooklyn
Pittsburg
Philadelphia
Ghicagie
Orton
Cincinnati
New York
Chicago
Brooklyn
St. Louis
Boston
Chicago- New York
Cleveland
Detroit
Kansas City -Minneapolis
Kansas City
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
Buffalo
Indianapolis
Dangerous mine fire traps three men and sixty mules
Three men William Tomkiss George Tomkiss and Charles Imtis are feared suffocated in slope No 3 Primrose colliery near Mahaney City Pa where a fire has burned since Friday night. A rescue party was nearly overcome as access is blocked and flooding may be needed, risking 600 workers' jobs.
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Mahaney City
Lehigh Valley Company
Primrose
William
George Tomkiss
Charles Imtis
Iowa Congratulates Conger on His Homecoming
Governor Shaw cabled Minister Conger words of congratulations from Iowa on a night of great rejoicing for the state nation and all Christendom following prolonged anxiety and the return of peace and good news to Des Moines August 20.
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Iowa
Conger
Des Moines
Shaw
Chicago
Republican State Committee
Jacksonville
Richard Yates
Joliet
Murphysboro
Lawrence Y. Sherman
Macomb
Martin B. Madden
Monroe Center
Geo. M. Boyd
Take Forest
de Witt C. Jones
Leaf River
W. F. Ho
Japanese forces breach gates in Peking entry amid foreign legation conflicts
The Chefoo report dated August 17 states that Japanese and other foreign forces attacked eastern Peking. The Japanese blew up the Chiao Yang and Tung Chih gates, entered the Tartars city, while other troops entered via Tung Pien gate and moved toward the legations.
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Takahira
Tokio
Chefoo
Peking
Chiao-Yang
Tung Chih
Tartar
Tung Pien
Forces Advance On Peking At Foreign Legations
Dispatches indicate ministers and staffs are safe as Japanese forces push toward Peking. The four city sections are described with the forbidden city housing the emperor. Russians and Japanese attack from the north while Americans and British strike from the south. Washington reports Consul Levi Wilcox has reached Shanghai, moving the consulate from Hankow. prior contact had been lost.
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Lee Aapanese
Associated Press
Toklo
Legation
Peking
New York City
Imperial City
Tokyo
Yamaguchi
Washington
State Department
Levi
Wilcox
Illinois
Shanghai
Haakow
Caleb Powers Found Guilty in Goebel Case
In Georgetown Kentucky on August 20, the jury found ex Secretary of State Caleb Powers guilty of being an accessory before the fact to the murder of William Goebel and sentenced him to life confinement in the penitentiary. The 53 minute deliberation saw a unanimous verdict.
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eGorgetown
Caleb Powers
William Goebel
Dangerfield
Powers
Plot Against McKinley Involves Fourteen Detained Italians
New York World reports fourteen Italian anarchists detained by the bureau of immigration to curb a plan to assassinate President McKinley. Naples conspirators cast lots for the privilege of striking the U.S. leader, with Naples authorities seeking Natalie Maresca and Michil Guida on related charges. American secret service denies any of the fourteen plotted against McKinley. In Algonac Michigan Roy Ferguson and Paul Turner, missing sailors, are found in Cleveland after a week.
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New York
Bureau of Immigration
Mckinley
Naples
United States Executive
Advi
Natalie Maresca
Michil Guida
Insanity Claimed For Kidnapper In Chicago Case
Ann Ingersoll, who kidnapped Gerald Lapiner, has become insane at Joliet prison and is sent to Elgin asylum. She and John Collins were convicted after a long trial for kidnapping the boy from Forty-fifth Street and Prairie Avenue. The boy was found in Ingersoll farm near Painesville, Ohio, and defense disruption in court followed. A pardon petition seeks Collins’ clemency, arguing he was drawn into the crime by the woman.
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Chicago
Ann_ Ingersoll
Gerald Lapiner
Joliet
Elgin
Prairie Avenue
Roosevelt letter defends St Paul speech on Democrats
New York dispatch reports Governor Roosevelt at Oyster Bay releasing a letter to General John M. Palmer defending his St Paul remarks. He denounces misquotation of his attack on Democrats and reaffirms support for McKinley and the Kansas City platform as a base to appeal to high-minded Democrats.
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New York
St. Paul
McKinley
Kansas City
Politician Campaign Events Across States Detail Arrivals
A Tide of campaign activity unspools from Topeka to Chicago with Bryan's Topeka visit Aug 24, Weaver in Lincoln and other GOP and Populist maneuvers. Details include noti fication speeches, receptions, and state ballot rulings amid national figures Beveridge Porter Shea paths.
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Topeka
Kan
William J. Bryan
National
State House
Doster
Supreme Court
T. M. Patterson
Colorado
Marion Butler
Lincoln
Neb
J. B. Weaver
Iowa
Bryan
Jailbreak Escapes Nine in Prairie du Chien Shootout
Prairie du Chien Wisconsin residents report four county jail inmates escaped Thursday into the woods after a jailbreak. A $100 reward is placed for recapture of the escapees.
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Prairie du Chien
Wis
Court Practices and Bank Office in Washington County
Practices in state and federal courts are described with reference to the office over the Washington County Savings Bank. The note outlines procedural considerations and the location related to the bank office.
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City Hall
Washington
Iowa
Crall
Lawa
Washington County Savings Bank
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Paris
Loubet
Jacques Mara
Pekin Inner City
Pekin
Prince Yung Lu
Logationers
War Department
Chaftfer
Robert Hart
Chester A. Boakes
Fourth Infantry
Imus
P. I
United States
Kansas City Firemen
Kansas City Fire Brigade
Vincennes
Tipton
Ind
Thomas Sutherland
Consul Wilcox
Mkinley
Government Secret Service
Algonac
Mich
Roy Ferguson
Paul Turner
Ferguson
Roosevelt
Marion Butter
THE
Citizens’ Savings Bank
Washington, Iowa
Joseph Keck
Prearpent
CHAS
H. Keck
Casnrer
Frank Stewart
M. Keck
I. M. Sproull
H.R. Powers
Oppositin Opera Louse
Tan
Harwood
South Side
Johnson's Bakery
T. M. Reynolds
Johnson
Keck
A. S. Hays
Cook & Sherman
W. Cor. Sq
Temple Building
Baird & Bailey
Ma H
Post Office
Phone
Washington, la
Madeira
Bent
E. G Mason
Ashby
Nicola
LOUR
W. C. Nelson
North Side Jeweler
Miksch
JH. Stewart
H. Knecht
Pratt
Optician
Office
Tondre
Benz
Journal
M. A. Logan
Joseph
Pollard
Brevyan
Weaver
Alinoa
Republican National Committee
Porto Rico
Philippines
Beveridge
Albert J. Beveridge
Rungely
Bevapridge
Maine
Lincoln, Neb
Porter
Lansing
James Shea
Tuscola County
W. E. Anderson
Klein's
Chance
J. F. Poage
Osteopath
American School of Osteopath
First National Bank
Marsh W. Bailey
C.J. Wilson
Attorney At Law
Kear Alberson's Grocery
Washington, Lowa
W. H. Butterfield
P. J. Hanley
Hotel Allen
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