Diplomatic Big Gua Consents Of The Lord A Secret
A long dispatch from Washington reports high level discussions on the Chinese crisis with a formal document under consideration by the powers. Russia’s alleged pronouncements and allied plans to pursue peace talks with China are noted amid uncertainty about the Peking negotiations. A separate Chicago case outlines a $15,000 cash theft from a Wisconsin investor, with police surveillance and a suspect arrested at a Clark Street saloon.
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Washington
United States
Russia
St. Petersburg
London
Peking Legations
Peking
China
Harrison Street
Wisconsin
Alexander Lenoxson
Clark Street
Rose Willek
Diplomatic Powers Debate Fate of China After Peking
A diplomat summarizes Western and Asian aims after Peking. He says the United States resists dismemberment of China, Russia and France align, while Germany Great Britain and Japan lean toward potential territorial divisions. Britain appears keen on Yangtse control. Japan may accept shares. Russia cites railway protection. Germany’s course hinges on Waldersee. Credentials for Li Hung Chang spark three views.
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Peking
China
United States
Russia
France
Germany
Great Britain
Japan
Amoy
Shanghai
Yang-Tse Valley
Garden
Waldersee
Li Hung Chang
Plot to burn Shanghai sparks citywide fear
Dispatch from Shanghai reports a plot to burn the city and Europeans fear unsafe streets after nightfall as the general situation is described as critical. In Kentucky the assembly debates a whimsy measure about wearing shirt waists with no more than six Den of the rainbow and suspenders, the resolution lying over.
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Berlin
Transfort Zeitung
Shanghai
Frankfort
General Assembly
Smith
Disappearance of Richmond Portrait Artist Harry J Brown
Richmond Ind Aug 30 police search for Harry J Brown formerly of Alleghany Pa and Richmond where he lived two or three years and disappeared June 14 after going to Pittsburg to join American Art Co wife Miss Vandergrift Alleghany. foul play suspected. Also Cedar Rapids Oct 30 tale of Indian corn stalks fifteen feet tall grown near Oakland Ill five miles north of city half acre field from Egyptian mummy seed claim. In San Francisco Aug 30 Mrs Louisa Sontag runaway wife of Paul Sontag encounters husband and accomplice while jailed. husband confronts them and arrests follow.
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Richmond
Ind
Harry J. Brown
Alleghany
Brown
Pittsburg
American Art Company
Vandergrift
Oakland
Ills
John Hawkins
Hawkins
Joseph
Egypt
San Francisco
Louisa Sontag
Paul Sontag
Pullman
Chicago
Fred Ropeke
Sontag
Notable Fire Saving Medal Award for Ship Crew
Carl Heinrich Barends chief engineer of the Kaiser Friederich receives a gold medal from the New York Life Saving Society for saving thirty seven crew members of the Saab during the Hoboken fire that claimed multiple lives and ships.
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New York
Carl Heinrich Barends
Kaiser Friederich
New York Life Saving Society
Barends
Lloyd
Saab
Hoboken
Grand Army of the Republic encampment in Chicago discusses pension issues
Chicago and Studebaker hall host 1427 G A R delegates. Shaw delivers annual address focusing on pension reforms and a proposed pension court of appeals endorsed by President McKinley. Pension office differences noted. no policy plan offered. Portrait of ongoing debates as the convention adjourns for the day.
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Chicago
Grand Army of the Republic
Studebaker Hall
Pension Committee
Gen. Shaw
Harrison
Longenecker
Illinois
Frees
Cee Perore Toe
Congress
Pension Court of Appeals
McKinley
Pension Office
Grand Army
Grand Army of the Republic Reports Membership and Finances
National officers and committees of the Grand Army of the Republic review membership as of June 30 1200 noting 276 662 in good standing and 29474 suspended with total enrollment 806136. They cite a death rate rise to 2 80 and deaths 7857 in 1899. relief funds total 403 733 88.
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Grand Army of the Republic
Thomas J. Stewart
Grand Army
Adjutant General
Merrill
Rea
William H. Baker
M. J. Cummings
Committee On Legislation
Congress
United States
Shaw
Five Mile Road Race At Grand Army Session
The Grand Army convention features a five mile road race on the Washington boulevard course. J C Patterson of Greenfield Indiana, 61, won by a block in 10 minutes 53 seconds, with M Hammerly of Chicago second and J N Smith of Cleveland taking the time prize in 19 minutes 28 seconds. Silver services were given to Adjutant General Stewart and Past Commander Johnson. Three women’s groups are in session: Woman's Relief Corps, Daughters of Veterans, and the Ladies of the G A R.
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Stewart
Johnson
Washington Boulevard
J. C. Patterson
Greenfield
Ind
M. Hammerly
Chicago
Lightning Kills Farmer as Blaze Destroys Farm Near Utlea
Alfred Schoonover of six miles southwest of Utlea Mich was struck by lightning and killed while his house and barns burned. Neighbor John Altz nearby was shocked and burned but will recover. Carl Schoonover and others suffered injuries. a Fries cow died. Loss estimated at 7000 dollars with partial insurance. The storm damaged the house six miles northeast of town.
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Utlea
Mich
Alfred Schoonover
Here
John Altz
Schoonover
Altz
Carl Schoonover
August Fries
James Broomley
Thieves Admit Confidence Scam Ends In Capture
Chicago thieves Featherstone and Law advised Town Marshal Randolph Graden to report the matter after swindling him. The marshal then traced them from Taylor Center Michigan and had them detained. Later baseball scores from Brooklyn Chicago Boston and other leagues updated. Indian skeletons and relics unearthed at a U S government dry dock in Kane, Wisconsin, include a large skeleton and copper arrow tips.
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Chicago
Featherstone
Law
Randolph Graden
Taylor Center
Mich
Kankauna
Wis
Foreman Erskine Bailey
United States Government Dry Dock Basin
Bailey
Marriages at Prairie du Sac Near Baraboo Wis
Charles Payne aged 75 wed Mrs. Julia Durkee at Miles Keyser’s Prairie du Sac residence. They have lived there about 50 years, Payne previously celebrated a golden wedding with a late wife who died shortly afterward.
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Baraboo
Wis
Charles Payne
Julia Durkee
Miles Keyser
Prairie du Sac
Switchman's 25 Foot Leap Ends in Sprain at Kaukauna
Warren Crane a switchman for the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad leaped twenty five feet from a freight car on a high trestle at the Coal Sheds in Kaukauna Wis and escaped with only a slight sprain to one foot. The car was about to topple when Crane jumped to avoid a worse fall, but the car remained on the track needing wrecking crew aid to reset it. In Louisville the Populist party opened its national headquarters at 841 Fifth street with Jo A Parker in charge directing the campaign from here.
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Kaukauna
Wis
Warren Crane
Chicago and Northwestern Railroad Company
Crane
Populist
Louisville
Populist Party
Fifth Street
Jo A. Parker
Colored businessmen form Newark firm to tackle race problem
Articles of incorporation filed by Capital Investment and Supply Co of New Jersey reveal seven colored incorporators, with aims to supply families, run stores, and engage in real estate and commerce across New Jersey and major cities including New York and Philadelphia. The group, with $75,000 capital, plans expansion to Cuba and foreign markets, asserting the mission to raise the race through enterprise and education.
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New York
Trenton
Capital Investment and Supply Company
New Jersey
Philadelphia
Baltmore
Washington
Chicago
Chcinnati
St. Louis
Wilmington Delo
Richmond
Norfolk Vad
United States
Albert E. Holmes
Jersey Citys der
Joseph G. Weaver
Orange
Das W. Freeman
James W. Holmes
Joseph HE. Wh. Scotland
Elisha Weaver
Alfred B. Casey
Newark
N. J
Cuba
Afro American Council session mulls partisanship split
Indianapolis August 80 The National Afro American Council enters its second day with more delegates than before. Reports from the bureau of legislation and the literary committee are reviewed, with a possible resolution endorsing McKinley causing a walkout by Democratic members. Sioux City August 30 The Union Terminal Railway says its leases expire this month and will not be renewed, aiming to work with Omaha Northern to block Great Northern expansion to Omaha.
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New York
Daniel J. Campau
Democratic National Committee
Michigan
Hoffman House
Indianapolis
National
Afro- American Council
Bureau of Legislation
Daniel Murray
Washington
BP. B
Pinchback
Louisiana
Sioux City
Union Terminal Railway Company
Great Northern
Illinois Central Roads
Union Terminals
Great Northern Railway
Omaha Northern
Ireat
Northern
Omaha
Democratic convention nominates Davenport ex-mayor for congress
Davenport Iowa August 30 Democratic county convention in Maquoketa nominated Henry Vellmer former Davenport mayor for Congress. West Superior Wisconsin August 30 Democratic convention in Tenth district nominated banker F A Partlow for Congress. Johnstown flood hero George H Ling dies after falling from a train in Chicago. Mary Seliers of Lancaster England marries William Phillips of Rhode Island aboard the Umbria.
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Davenport
Second District
Towa
Maquoketa
Henry Vellmer
Congress
West Superior
Wis
Tenth District
F. A. Partlow
Barron County
George H. Ling
Johnstown
Chicago
Mary Seliers
Lancaster
England
William Phillips
Rhode Island
W E Anderson Advised Special Care for Chronic Diseases
Special attention is urged for chronic diseases as W. E. Anderson advertises medical services. The notice lists contact points at Verice over Klein's clothing store in Corning Square, office telephone 42, and residence phone at Washington Iowa.
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Klein
Washington
Iowa
Urall's
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American School of Osteopathy
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Attorney At Law
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