Transvaal Crises Deepen as Diplomats Meet in Pretoria
The Volksraad defers debate on correspondence with Britain until Monday as Herr Fischer arrives from Bloemfontein to consult with Kruger’s government. Chamberlain releases Aug 19 21 dispatches and the imperial reply, urging correct versions be published and noting arbitration and franchise proposals amid ongoing dispute over suzerainty and intervention.
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Pretoria
Volksraad
Imperial
Transvaal
Herr Fischer
Orange Free State
Bloemfontein
Great Britain
Chamberlain
London
Joseph Chamberlain
Kruger
Cape Town
Swedish Inventor Unveils New Steel Process in Kokomo
In Kokomo Indiana Edward Hardemeyer a Swedish inventor with funding from Rev William A Hyle and local investors is converting ordinary iron into high quality steel for cutters. The Eureka Manufacturing company markets the product which is used for planing knives paper cutters carpenters bits and edged tools in local mills and across the state with positive early results.
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Kokomo
Ind
Edward Hardemeyer
William A. Hyle
Kankakee
Ills
Eureka Manufacturing Company
Auburn
Clarke Brothers Lose Hanover Distillery Lease
In Veoria Peoria Illinois on Sept 2 the Clarke Brothers cease operations at Hanover distillery as the American Spirits company takes ownership. The lease expired and was not renewed triggering plans to build a new distillery in South Peoria.
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Veoria
Peoria
Ills
Clarke Bros
Hanover
American Spirits Company
Clarkes
South
Fisherman Smith Identified. Suspect Detained in St Joseph Death
The body recovered Aug 24 from Pawpaw river is identified from a photo as fisherman Smith who lived near the St Joseph river. He reportedly carried a large sum of money and was believed murdered. George Boucher, seen with Smith the night before, is jailed for further inquiry. Sioux City to host carnival Sept 11–16 with parades, Indian dances, flower battles, and bands. In Illinois a boy of 18 broke his arm after falls from a grape arbor. his stepfather also injured his arm earlier.
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St. Joseph
Mich
Pawpaw River
Smith
St. Joseph River
George Boucher
Sioux City
Dreyfus Receives Mixed Testimony in Rennes Proceeding
Yesterday's Rennes hearing favored Dreyfus with weighty witness support from Captain Carvalho General Sebert and Major Hartmann. Germain the Beaurepaire witness was discredited and found to have two prior swindling convictions. Bertillon faced rebuke as Sebert dismissed his system as fanciful.
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Rennes
Dreyfus
Beaurepaire
Germain
Carvalho
Sebert
Hartmann
M. de Brueil
Labori
de Brueil
M. Bertillon
Bride Missing After St Joseph Wedding License Sought
John McDemuth and Ella Walters traveled to St Joseph Michigan on the City of Chicago to obtain a marriage license. Walters withdrew at the county clerk’s room and disappeared after McDemuth secured the license and went to fetch her. Investigators searched the Lake Front park area before McDemuth left on the night boat to Chicago.
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St. Joseph
Mich
John McDemuth
Ella Walters
Chicago
Court House
Lake Front Park
Miss Walters
McDemuth
Invin McDemuth
Miss Walter
Illinois Governor objects to war department troop appointments
Springfield Sept 2 Governor Tanner protests secretary of war for appointing only twelve of twenty recommended for volunteer regiments for the Philippines. He notes unfair treatment to Illinois with three officers named per regiment in three regiments while the Ninth and Eighth colored regiments receive none and Iowa gets seven majors. He sent a message to President McKinley voicing the dispute and urging equal consideration.
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Springfield
Ills
Tanner
Secretary of War
War Department
Philippines
Illinois
McKinley
Iowa
Libel suit precedes acid-throwing case in Oconto
Mrs. Rose M. Sharp faces a criminal libel charge filed by P. A. Badour editor of The Enterprise. Warrants issued for her arrest after delays and a renewed dispute from a Sharp supporter. Her property is in judgment to Felker, Stewart and McDonald for legal services tied to the prior acid throwing trial.
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Oconto
Wis
Rose M. Sharp
P. A. Badour
Enterprise
State Auditors Delay Haight Widow Relief Decision
Lansing Mich Sept 2 The board of state auditors refuses to act on a joint resolution approving a $3000 payment to Mrs Betsey J Haight widow of Jackson prison keeper poisoned by Convict Irving Latimer until the Supreme Court rules on the legislature authority to grant such relief even by unanimous vote.
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Lansing, Mich
Board of State Auditors
Betsey J. Haight
Jackson
Irving Latimer
Supreme Court
Indian man accused of killing sister over marriage clash
Coffeyville Kansas reports that Joseph Martin a mixed heritage man living twenty miles southeast of the city killed his 14 year old sister to stop her engagement to Albert Ball. Martin escaped and rumors of lynching or burning him at the stake circulate.
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Coffeyville
Kan
Joseph Martin
Here
Albert Ball
Martin
President to Arrive in Washington at 1 P M Today
Word from Canton reached the White House that the president and his party would arrive in Washington at 1 o'clock this afternoon.
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Washington
White House
Canton
No Counsel for Boards of Review in Illinois
Springfield Sept 2 The attorney general ruled that boards of review lack authority to hire counsel leaving them without legal representation in assessments and appeals locally.
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Boards of Review
Springfield
Ills
Terrible Mining Disaster in Japan Claims Six Hundred
Terrible mining flood at the Besshi copper mine on Shikoku Island dumps six hundred lives in Yokohama reporting Sept 2. The disaster devastates the local area with many workers trapped and rescue efforts underway.
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Japan
Yokohama
Besshi
Island of
Shikoku
McLean Talks on Ohio Ticket Platform and War Policy
Interview with John R. McLean, Democratic nominee for Ohio governor, reveals his views on the convention ticket, platform, and opposition to the Philippine War. He defends the ticket as strong and says the platform reflects the will of Ohio Democrats. He notes the 470,000 voting Democrats and that he is now public property in a sense. A Havana Ills. special reports Capt John Harmon Schulte, Civil War veteran and former Havana postmaster, died of creeping paralysis.
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Ohio
Cincinnati
the Commercial Tribune Today
John R. McLean
McLean
Democratic Party
Bryan
Springfield
Havana
John Harmon Schulte
Germany
One Hundred and Eighth Mlinots Infantry
Cleveland
Editor fights for state issues over silver and war stance
In a Chicago interview Springfield newsmen discuss McLean's stance on state governance and the Philippines war. He denounces party bossism, pledges to oppose extrav agance, and asserts his Ohio residency ties while defending his voting record. A separate Illinois report notes that in Chicago free state employment offices for August 26 logged 7 108 applicants seeking work and 4 022 employer requests.
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Enquirer
Bryan
Chicago
McLean
Spain
Ohio
Springfield
Ill
Free State
Board of Labor Statistics
Quarantine Declared On New Orleans Traffic Into Mobile
Mobile authorities imposed a quarantine against people baggage and freight from New Orleans after one death from yellow fever and two additional cases were reported in the city.
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Mobile
Ala
New Orleans
Mobile County
Alleged Murderer Holcroft Arrested in Flint Death Case
Edward Holcroft is arrested at his father in law C W Chapman’s home seven miles south of Morrice Michigan in connection with the murder of Cast line a wealthy Flint farmer. He allegedly confessed to his wife who was warned not to speak. Holcroft denies the charges claiming foul play. He bought a revolver and hired a livery ride after a quarrel with his wife. He awaits transport to Flint.
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Morrice
Mich
Edward Holcroft
Castline
Flint
C. W. Chapman
Here
Hodges
Dominican Revolutionists Form Provisional Government at Moca
A Santo Domingo dispatch reports that General Juan Isidro Jiminez departed for Puerto Plata as revolutionists establish a provisional government with Horacio Veniger as president and a cabinet including Jose Mrache and Domingo Vererras. The seat is Moca and there was minor disorder with stonings but no injuries. The Herald notes Jiminez is likely to assume the presidency upon arrival.
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Cape Haytien
Santiago de Cuba
Juan Isidro Jiminez
Puerto Plata
Santo Domingo
Horacio Veniger
Jose Mrache
Ramen Cacceres
Domingo Verreras
Samuel Moya
Jose Ma Nuel
Arturo Zeno
Jose Fro Guzman
Moca
Amiama Damiron
Henriquez
Pichardo
New York
Herald
Jiminez
Three Die in Copemish Boiler Explosion and Related Fires
The Chapman and Sargent bowl factory in Copemish Michigan exploded collapsing the boiler and killing three men, fatally injuring four others. Names include Charles Handy and George Estabrook. Debris scattered eighty rods. Handy was the fireman found with his head blown off. Other reports note multiple fatalities and injuries from a separate Republic Ironworks boiler blast in Pittsburg. Michigan railroad earnings for July rose to 3,174,110 dollars, with an 11.23 percent year over year gain through August 1.
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Manistee
Mich
Chapman & Sargent
Copemish
Here
Charles Handy
George Estabrook
Perry Melafont
Oliver Sanders
Robert Peterson
Charles Taylor
Howard Ketcham
George Rice
Handy
Pittsburg
David Matthews
Thomas Beavens
William Thomas
John Warminski
Republic Ironworks
Malachi Donohue
Neil Donohue
Frederick Hart
Lansing
Michigan
Admiral Dewey Sails From Nice On Olympia
The text notes Admiral Dewey sailed from Nice aboard the Olympia on a Thursday. It also mentions Colorado miners plan to display a million dollars in gold bullion at the Paris exposition and Jefferson Levy offering to buy all of W. W. Astor’s New York real estate worth about 150 million dollars. Thurston Reader, Amos Reader’s seven year old son, died at Lima under a thresher. Four thousand New York plasterers won a daily wage of 4.50 or strike. James Koroza, a Bohemian tailor in Chicago, died by carbolic acid, unable to support his wife and seven children.
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Admiral Dewey
Nice
Olympia
Colorado
Jefferson Levy
W. W. Astor
New York
Thurston Reader
Amos Reader
Delavan
Wis
Lima
James Koroza
Chicago
Revival of old time Methodist camp meetings planned at Buffalo Rock
Chicago news reports Duke M. Farson plans to revive hallelujah style camp meetings at Buffalo Rock near LaSalle Illinois. He has hired Rev BK Carradine Rev Henry Morrison and Rev Seth Rees to lead next year with aim to separate Methodism from ecclesiasticism and rekindle fervor among Rock River Methodists.
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Chicago
Farson
Buffalo Rock
Buffalo Rock grounds to host Methodist revival and tabernacle
Farson plans to develop the Buffalo Rock site ten miles east of LaSalle near Starved Rock into a major Methodist rallying place. He aims to build a large tabernacle and attract Methodists from across the country, leveraging his leadership in the church and past project at Ada and Huron streets. Separately, A A Fisher delivered a 28 lb 3 oz muskellunge from Delavan lake with four other fish totaling 98 pounds, mounted by Dick Turtle. The Michigan Produce Shippers hold their annual convention in Lansing September 6-8 at the Downey House.
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Varson
Earneast
Farson
Buffalo Rock
Fadison
Des Plaines
Lake Bulff
Rock River
LaSalle
Starved Rock
Ilinois
Racine, Wis
A. A. Fisher
Chicago
Delavan Lake
Fisher
Dick Turtle
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Michigan Produce Shippers’ Association
Downey House
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Priestpent
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Vice Prestpent
C. M. Keck
Casey Bros
Read and Sale Stable
Hotel Allen
G. H. Pratt
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University At
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Grrner
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Southend Corner Square
Columbia Corner
Washinton, LA
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Washington Nat's Bank
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Onice Telephone
P.W. McElwain
Medgar Raton
Marsh W. Bailey
Urice
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Geneva
C. J. Wilson
Attorney At Law
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W. E. Anderson, M.D
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Ida Bailey
Geo. W. Hay
Graham Opera House
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Kemble
Kemup_e Frower Co
Oskaloosa
Frank Rogers
Mall
Aveta Medical © CO
Jackson & Clinton Sts
Chicags
Caurris & Co
Lown. Bae
Diamond
Corrine
West DelLong's Grocery
T. T. Keeley
H. Sanford
T. J. Dempsey
National Bank
Does & General Banking Business
Schneider
Wrs, Rily Riley
J. H. Young
W. R. Jeffrey
A. Anderson
Cash
J.T. Anderon
Washington County Savings Bank
Don General
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A. Warrs
Cashier
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Wm. Blair
A. H. Wall
0. H. Keck
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Kwart
J. F. Henderson
W. H. Butterfield
Alty
Crall
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