Britain Ready to Answer Kruger War or Peace Question
Diplomatic reply from Britain to the Transvaal will shape whether peace or war follows. In London, The Times warns the Boers against relying on promises, urging actions over words. In Berlin and Cape Town, neutrality and political tensions rise as Rhodes accuses the Schreiner faction of using funds for Afrikander candidates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pretoria
Transvaal
Conyngham Greene
F. W. Reitz
Great Britain
Greene
Cape Town
Times
London
the Times
Chamberlain
Kruger
Cologne
Republic
Berlin
Neueste Nachrichten
Bloemfontein
France
Russia
Austria-Hungary
Italy
Rhodes
Schreiner
Cape Own
Cape House of Assembly
Cecil Rhodes
Cape Colony
Six Die As Fire Bursts Through Yuma Store
A fire at RE F Saginetti's general store in Yuma Arizona on August 31 destroyed the second floor and the building. Six men were killed when the falling second floor collapsed on a crowd. Dead include City Councilman H F Neahr Rodolfo Wilson James Tapta Julian Presciado R R Ivora and Richard Wilson. Loss estimated at 150000 with 50000 insured.
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Yuma
Ariz
RE. F. Saginetti
H. F. Neahr
Rodolfo Wilson
James Tapta
Julian Presciado
R. R. Ivora
Richard Wilson
Epidemic debate over Downs skin disease in 1890s Illinois
Bloomington reports a growing skin illness in Downs may be mild smallpox or misdiagnosed. No deaths yet. Blooming ton cases quarantined and Downs schools to close indefinitely. In New York Arlington Erie wreck kills William Nurse and fatally injures J J Connell with ten others hurt.
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Bloomington
Ills
Downs
New York
Arlington
William Nurse
J. J. Connell
Bloomfield
Insurgents establish provisional government in Santiago
In Santiago the Dominican revolutionists set up a provisional government with General Horacio Vasquez as president and General Ramon Caceres as minister of war. Separately, Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Co. ordered a 25 cent per ton coal price advance to take effect September 1.
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Puerto Plata
Santo Domingo
Santiago
Horacio Vasquez
Ramon Caceres
Philadelphia
Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company
Chicago
Milwaukee
Lake Superior
Heir to Millions Found in Illinois Almshouse
Bennett Sitler, claimed heir to a two hundredth share of Mat thing Sitler's $75 million estate, has been found in an Almshouse in Hallsville De Witt County Bloomington Illinois in August.
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Bloomington
Ill
Bennett Sitler
Matthing Sitler
Halls- Ville
de Witt County
Labor on Copper Range Tunnel Draws Colored Labor
Labor agent St. John from Milwaukee travels to Tennessee and Alabama to recruit 200 or more Black workers at two dollars a day. The Copper Range project faces white labor shortages. copper districts draw migrants from Indiana and Illinois, with widespread demand and high wages driving railroad construction and mine employment across the upper Midwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houghton, Mich
St. John
Milwaukee
Copper Range Railroad
Tennessee
Alabama
Indiana
Illinois
Upper Peninsula
Wisconsin
Widow seeks socially prominent husband for march to Chicago
Indianapolis reports a Philadelphia dispatch noting a widow from Marion Indiana asks a high status widower to meet her at the Grand Army encampment. She is 34 and a dressmaker hoping for a husband to escort her to Chicago next year. General Wagner offered a Texas farmer who seeks marriages for his two sons, prompting talk of a public wedding.
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Indianapolis
Philadelphia
Grand Army
Marion
Grand Army of the Republic
Chicago
Wagner
Dreyfus Case Testimony by Handwriting Experts
Rennes August 31 four handwriting experts testified for the accused Captain in the Dreyfus affair. Picot Meyer Molinies and Giry of the institute stated the bordereau was not written by Dreyfus and Esterhazy did.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rennes
General Mercier
Dreyfus
General Deleye
M. Picot
Institute
Paul Meyer
Indiana Crop Bulletin Reports Dry Warm Summer Across State
Indiana crops show warm dry sunny weather with rainfall on only one day. Corn is maturing and drying, with frost risk varying by region. northern areas ahead, central within two weeks, southern not safe until about Sept 25. Tobacco harvested in good condition, late potatoes need rain.
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Indiana
Indianapolis
Baseball Scores From Yesterday's League Matchups
Chicago dispatch reports yesterday's results across the American and Western Leagues. Cleveland beat Boston 8 to 5, Pittsburgh defeated Brooklyn 8 to 4, Louisville toppled Louisville 6 to 2, Cincinnati blanked Baltimore 4 to 0, Chicago edged New York 3 to 2. Western League games saw Milwaukee over Buffalo 3 2, then Buffalo 4 over Milwaukee 3, St Paul 9 over Indianapolis 8, Minneapolis 6 over Detroit 2, and Kansas City 3 over Grand Rapids 2 in fourteen innings.
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Chicago
Cleveland
Boston
Pittsburg
Brooklyn
Louisville
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Baltimore
New York
Milwaukee
Buffalo
St. Paul
Indianapolis
Minneapolis
Detroit
Kansas City
Grand Rapids
Manderson Elected President as Bar Association Debates Labori Sympathy
In Buffalo on August 31 the American Bar association opened with a resolution expressing sympathy for M. Labori in the Dreyfus case. The measure faced strong opposition over potential effects on Dreyfus but passed 130 to 69. Ex Senator Manderson of Nebraska was named president.
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Labori
Buffalo
Manderson
American Bar Association
M. Labori
Dreyfus
Nebraska
Conference appoints academy and education board members
Iowa Michigan Aug 31 The Michigan conference committee of the Seventh Day Adventists appoints J D Crowell E Wright J G Lamson W T Marshall and Howard Hayes to Cedar Lake academy board. It also names J G Lamson of Cedar Lake academy and H R Salisbury of Battle Creek college to the conference board of education.
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Iowa
Mich
Michigan
The
Seventh Day Adventists
J. D. Crowell
E. Wright
J. G. Lamson
W. T. Marshall
Howard Hayes
Academy
Cedar Lake
Cedar Lake Academy
H. R. Salisbury
Battle Creek College
Conference Board of Education
Lost Child Sight Restored Trial in Clay City
In Terre Haute Indiana William Marshall brings his one year old daughter for a potential surgical restoration of sight lost after she frightened upon seeing a large black snake in the garden. The case follows a scare and a later confirmation of temporary blindness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
Ind
William Marshall
Clay City
Democrats Conclude Iowa Convention with McLean Nomination
The Iowa Democratic state convention in Zanesville closed after a day of dramatic theater. John R. McLean won on the first ballot for governor amid cheers for Bryan and anti imperialist platform points. Kilbourne failed to secure second place despite a spoiler push.
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Zanesville
McLean
Judge Mooney
Thomas J. Cogan
Bryan
Chicago
United States
Kilbourne
Haskeel
Rice
Sherwood
Seward
Lentz
John R. McLean
Hamilton
A. W. Patrick
Tuscarawas
Dewitt C. Badger
Madison
J. W. Dore
Seneca
George W. Sigafoos
Darke
James I. Gorman
Lawrence
Board of Public Works
Fletcher D. Malin
Lake
Weeks
Iowa
Democracy
Herron
People's party nominating slate and anti fusion stance in Iowa
The Iowa People's party state convention in Des Moines with about 100 delegates nominated a state ticket led by Governor candidate Charles A. Lloyd and lieutenant governor S. M. Harvey. They endorsed Wharton Barker and Ignatius Donnelly for national ticket and condemned recent Populist fusion, outlining anti-trust and bimetallism as campaign pillars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
People’s Party
Charles A. Lloyd
Muscatine County
S. M. Harvey
Polk
Supreme Court
L. H. Weller
Chickasaw
C. Worth
Benton
Robert L. Dunning
Wapello
Fusion
Wharton Barker
Pennsylvania
Ignatius Donnelly
Minnesota
A.W. C. Weeks
George D. Herron
Iowa College
Joseph Parker
Kentucky
Weeks
Democratic Party
Democrats of
Iowa
Labor Proclamation Sets September Holiday for Illinois
Governor Tanner, though weak after illness, issues a Labor Day proclamation from the state house. He urges citizens to cease work on September 4, 1899, to honor labor, review past efforts, and boost business and industry prosperity in Illinois.
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Springfield
Uls
Tanner
Statehouse
Charleston
John R. Tanner
Ilinois
Land Boom Near Fond du Lac Rail Shops Sparks Property Rush
In Fond du Lac Wisconsin real estate agents rush to buy Farm land north of the city as options secure for the Wisconsin Central railway shops trigger a boom. Farmers in Friendship raise prices while surveys and President Whitcomb are expected. total investment around 30000 dollars.
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Fond du Lac
Wis
Wisconsin Central Railway
Friendship
Whitcomb
Fond du Lac’s
Beaudreau
Robinson
Lynes
Marco
Chapman
Hounsell
Men Are Preferred to Fill Government Posts
A Washington dispatch reports that in federal offices women are largely barred from appointments. Civil Service officials cite inability to work overtime and poorer adaptability to varied tasks as reasons heads of departments favor men. Vanderlip notes many offices prefer men for efficiency and under pressure.
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New York
Herald
Washington
Civil Service
Harlow
Thecommission
Servin
Civil Service Commission
Ttme
Vanderlip
The
Treasury
Treasury Department
Auditor's Office
Election notes and civic changes across states
J B Ransdell Democrat wins Congress seat in Louisiana Fifth district. Shackleford Democrat takes Bland Missouri seat by large plurality. Eagle Illinois votes to incorporate village in a special election. Hjerleid plans to open a Blair Wisconsin bank by October. Porto Rico storm relief drive begins in Chicago aiming for twenty five thousand dollars. Jules Homery named French consulate vice consul in Chicago. Cadet Philip Smith dismissed from military academy for hazing General Grant’s son. Elizabeth Hibben former WCTU Illinois president dies at son’s Princeton New Jersey home.
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J. B. Ransdell
Louisiana
Shackleford
Bland
Eagle
Ils
H. C. Hjerleid
The
National Bank
Decorah
Blair
Wis
Elopers Marry in Peoria as Minneapolis and Waukegan Couples Tie
Elopers from Minneapolis and Waukegan wed Monday night in Peoria under Rev. Syd ney Gilbert Jeffords. The bride Miss Mary Sessions, daughter of a coal company official, and Larry P. Wilkins from Waukegan, faced parental resistance but proceeded with the ceremony.
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Peoria
Ills
Elopers
Minneapolis
Waukegan
Sydney Gilbert Jeffords
St Paul’s Episcopal Church
Mary Sessions
Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company
Larry P. Wilkins
Glucose Cou)ty
Miss Sessions
Mr. Wilkins
Mrs. Sessions
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Britain
London Times
Continent
Cape Assembly
Cape
Shelbyville
Shelby County
Daniel Ramsey
Kein
Calumet, Mich
Eric Abrahamson
Tamarack Mining Company
Minnie Matson
Hale
Ohio Democrats
Wavors
Free Silver
Bryan —Iowa
Fusion Meet
Hawkeye State Populists
Cor. Tanner
State Board of Control
Paramount Knitting Company
Joliet
Ilc
Mount
Hull
Sanitary District
Jefferson Street
Cass Street
American Window Glass Company
Gueria
Paris
M. Guerin
G. H. Pratt
I. Klein
Royal Bakking Powde
York
Gretna
Sheboygan
North Sixth
Patchen
Hartford
Conn
Joe Patchen
Anaconda
Frank Bogash
Chehalis
Gentry
Citizens’ Savings Bank
Washington, Iowa
Joseph Keck
Chas. H. Keck
Casnier
Prank Stewart
Vick
C. M. Keck
Casey Bros
Reed and Sale Stable
Hotel Allen
E. M. McConaughy
Orriew
Klein’s Clothing Store
J. R. Burroughs
Orrick
Southeast Corner
Columbia Corner
Ron
Washington Nat'l Bank
East Main Street
Ulfice
P. W. McElwain
Pablo
WaaninoTron Lowa
Marsh W. Bailey
Downstatia
C.J. Wilson
Attorney At Law
Alberson
Temple Uilding
W. FE. Anderson, M.D
Klein's Clothing
Washington, Lowa
Ida Bailey
Geo. W. Hay
Graham Opera House
East Washington Street
Riewember Kemble
Kempe Flower Co
Oskaloosa
City
Hus Life
Frank Rogers
AVITA
Mall
TA Medical CO
Jackson & Clinton Sts
EC. Garris & Co
Schneider
R. A. Riley
Diamond
Corrine
West Delong’s
T. T. Keeley
Sanford
T. J. Dempsey
Hoos
J. H. Young
W. K. Jeffrey
A. Anderson
J.T. Anderson
Washington County
Jos. Kron
Pres . A. Worth
Go, H. Keo
V. P . M. Kucx
First National Bank
Wm. Blair
A. H. Wall
0. H. Keck
L. D. Robinson
Stewart
J. F. Henderson
W. H. Butterfield
State
Fedanals Cour
Orall
Ices
Parison
East Side
Harvey
Wark
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