Veterans in Council Set Chicago Encampment for Next Year
The national G A R encampment met in executive session with 844 delegates from states and territories plus officers, totaling 1252 voting members. Chicago was chosen as the next encampment site after hours of debate on pensions and membership trends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
W. C. Johnson
T. J. Steward
Grand Army of the Republic
Grand Army
Chicago
Committee On Pensions
Committee On
Michigan
Indiana
Kansas
New York
Pensions Report Scrutinized Over 1890 Law Secrets
A pension committee report denounces secrecy and urges restoring 1890 rules. It cites McKinley era rulings limiting widows with $8 monthly income, calls for $250 yearly income test, and revocation of negative evidence. Veteran groups, nurses, and auxiliary bodies hold meetings. Farragut post split with a new group planned. Mrs. Badge and Mrs. Baer elected officers.
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Committee On Pensions
McKinley
Grand Army of the Republic
National Army Nurses
National Association of Naval Veterans
Woman’s Relief Corps
Ladies of the G. A. R
Ladies’ Auxiliary Naval Veterans
Farragut Post
Newark
N. J
H. J. Badge
Connecticut
Lizzie Baer
Wisconsin
Princeton Milk Supply Declared Tuberculous
George I. Rice president of the Princeton board of health announces after two months of tests that the town's milk supply is heavily contaminated with tuberculosis endangering public health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
Ills
George I. Rice
Board of Health of
Dreyfus Case Hinges on Kaiser Word on Testimony
Rennes Sept 7 The fate of Captain Dreyfus rests on a Kaiser Wilhelm decision. If Schwartzkoppen may testify or depositions with bordereau documents are allowed, Dreyfus may be saved. if barred, condemnation seems certain. Pro ceedings featured Zurlinden on erasure of Esterhazy, Palologue on a secret dossier, Billot accusing Esterhazy and Dreyfus, and Labori clashing with Jouaust. Paty de Clam’s deposition offered little new.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rennes
Dreyfus
William
Schwartzkoppen
Paris
Germany
Jouaust
Labori
Zurlinden
Esterhazy
Petit Bleu
Picquart
General Staff
M. Paleologue
Billot
M. Labori
Paty de Clam
Plankinton Is Scored This Milwaukee Bank Ruling
Justice Winslow of the Wisconsin Supreme Court sharply criticizes the assignee William Plankinton and the lower court in the Milwaukee Plankinton bank decision. He says creditors’ fundamental rights were ignored and the court will craft writs to meet emergencies and discharge the trust duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison, Wis
Winslow
Supreme Court
Milwaukee Plankinton Bank
William Plankinton
Boiler Explosion Kills One Wounds Two at Dundee Sawmill
In Montpelier Indiana on Tuesday a boiler exploded at the Dundee sawmill owned by John Weller. His 17 year old son Elmer ran the engine and was killed. John Smithgall, another worker, died later from injuries. Weller survived with minor injuries as debris damaged a nearby church.
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Montpelier
Ind
Dundee
John Weller
Elmer
John Smithgall
Weller
Smithgall
President McKinley Elected to Bricklayers Union
President McKinley has been elected a member of the Bricklayers and Stone Masons International Union in Chicago. The step was required before he could lay the corner stone of the new post office. Officials noted the card date was delayed to avoid labor day parade conflicts and potential fines. Secretary Stamm warned the card would be withheld if non union labor prepared the stone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tion
Chicago
McKinley
Bricklayers’ and Stone Masons’ International Union
Stamm
Preliminary hearing in case of Mrs Sharp bound over
In Oconto Wisconsin on September 7 the preliminary hearing in the state versus Mrs Rose A Sharp for criminal libel bound her over to circuit court. Bonds set at 200 dollars for appearance. Bound over on evidence after witnesses were examined.
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Oconto
Wis
Rose A. Sharp
P. A. Badowr
Baseball Scores From Yesterday in National and Western Leagues
Yesterday's results show National League games with New York 4 at Brooklyn 6, Boston 3 at Baltimore 5, and Chicago 4 at Pittsburgh 5. Western League fixtures include Grand Rapids 0 over Kansas City 5, Buffalo 8 over Milwaukee 7, Detroit 4 over St Paul 3, and Indianapolis 6 over Minneapolis 4.
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Chicago
New York
Brooklyn
Boston
Baltimore
Pittsburg
Grand Rapids
Kansas City
Buffalo
Milwaukee
Detroit
St. Paul
Indianapolis
Minneapolis
Straw hauler saves himself after straw load fires
Rushville Indiana September 7 a straw hauler employed by Carthage straw board works on a loaded straw wagon smoking a cigar set fire to his load and with difficulty saved himself and horses Lightning Strikes and Burns a Charch Menomonie Michigan September 7 during a severe electric storm lightning struck and burned a new Baptist church near Rusk The loss was 1500 dollars with 1000 insurance
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Rushville
Ind
Menomonie
Mich
Rusk
Standard Oil and Pipe Lines The Driving Industrial Consolidation
Washington reports at the industrial commission as P C Boyle editor of the Oil City Derrick testifies that Standard Oil faced no recent criticism while detailing oil production history. He traces South Improvement Company origins to railroads, and describes 1877 consolidation of pipe lines into United Pipe Line Company to curb cutthroat competition.
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Washington
Industrial Commission
P. C. Boyle
Oil City Derrick
Standard Oil Company
Standard Company
Boyle
United States
Livington
South Improvement Company
United Pipe Line Company
Oil History Reveals Consolidation and Price Shifts
In a report on oil history the United Pipe Line, part of Standard Oil, shows early consolidation raising production and a 29 cent per barrel crude price rise while refined prices lagged. Boyle disputes accusations of price manipulation by Standard Oil and notes 100,831 wells costing $222 million with profits of $263 million over 38 years. The Pure Oil trust is described as the only true oil trust and the independent movement hardly reduced prices. Army post for Des Moines advances with site offers, Nashville as competitor. Coroner has power to arrest violators in Illinois counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Pipe Line Company
Standard Oil Company
Producers’ Protective Association
Boyle
Des Moines
Hull
Des Moines Commercials Exchange
Nashville
Tenn
Man Performs Self Surgery at Wisconsin Asylum
Daniel Nussbaum, a patient at Outagamie county asylum in Wisconsin, amputated a strangulated hernia with a jackknife and closed the wound with four stitches. He ate a hearty dinner afterward, and the operation was discovered only when blood appeared on his chair. Doctors fear the bowel injury will prove fatal despite the careful stitching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oconto
Wis
Daniel Nussbaum
Outagamie County Asylum
Nussbaum
Iowa Men Coming Home After Luzon Service
The Iowa regiment the last volunteer unit on Luzon has been withdrawn from Calu let to Calucan for homeward departure. 806 sailors will sail, with under 300 on duty and 406 sick. The unit endured three months of outpost duty in rains. Seventy five reenlisted. No Iowa fatalities in battle though thirty nine wounded and nine died of disease.
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Manila
Iowa Regiment
Luzon
Calulet
Calucan
Malolos
San Fernando
Tanner Offers A High Reward In Spain War Telegram Query
Springfield Sept 7 Governor Tanner offers a 100 reward for a copy of the war department telegram to Senator Cullom. The telegram asked him to recommend two persons from each of ten regiments for appointment in volunteer regiments formed for the war with Spain.
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Springfield
Ills
Tanner
Cullom
War Department
Spain
Filipino money issue and insurgent supply call
The latest Filipino paper currency totaling 3 million dollars will be accepted and redeemed in three years. Insurgents urge interior property owners to supply free carts horses and cattle for the army. American outposts near Imus report nightly volleys for three days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Imus
Carnival Queen Contest Chooses Agnes ChiPau
In Watertown Wisconsin the carnival voting contest ends with Agnes ChiPau crowned queen. The event highlights local pageantry and community celebration.
Rochester Man Turned Wild Man Sells a Fearful Tale
Rochester, Sept 7. A local man known on the streets is exhibited as Brutus the wild man in a traveling show. The act features Tom Kane, a 300 pound disabled veteran with a three foot wig, who cannot stand unassisted and is billed as tearing a man apart with his hands.
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New York
Rochester
N. Y
Tom" Kane
Tom Kane
Kane
Bath
Silver Lake
Tom” Kane
Brutus
Australia
Pacific
Tom
Emma Goldman draws crowd at Spring Valley Labor Day
Emma Goldman dominates the Labor Day exercises in Spring Valley Illinois marching 300 foreigners to the park. A red flag of anarchy led the procession and was ignored after threats of bloodshed. Goldman denounces government school and church to cheers and declares plans to baptize anarchist children with beer in city hall square.
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Spring Valley
Ill
Emma Goldman
City Hall
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Veterans IN Council
Bureau Rulineys
NUE
Pension Report
Great Petroleum Combine
Combine
Akin
Iowa
Philippines
Davenport
Alex McCarthur
Cedar Rapids
Ironwood, Mich
Ironwood Miners’ Union
Kokomo, Ind
Clover
Bassett
Plate Glass
Boy
Homer Stanley
Arlington
Fred McDaniel
Stanley
Venezuela
Porto Rico
William Baskerville
Vanderbilt University
Fort Sheridan
Henry Niles Pierce
Arkansas
Fayetteville
Ark
Watertown
Agnes Chapiuwas
Wild Man Business
THE
Citizens’ Savings Bank
Washington, Iowa
Joseph Keck
Prank Stewart
CNAS
H, Keck
Casmer
M, Keck
Casey Bros
Feed and Sale Stable
Hotel Allen
G. H. Pratt
Optician
University At
Iowa City
E. M. McConaughy
Orrion
Kietn's Clothing Store
J. R. Burroughs
Orrick
Southeast Corner Square
Columbia Corner
Wasmtonton, DA
Drs. J. H
H. C. Hull
Physicians and Surgeons
Tod
Spm
To& Pm
Olea
Roar of Washington
Nat'l Bank
East Atn Ireet
P. W. McElwain
Os Klors
Marsh W. Bailey
Downatalla
West DeLong's
T. T. Keeley
H. Sanford
Speak
T. J. Dempsey
Side Square
National Bank
Doess General Banking Business
KR. Jeffrey
N Anderson
J.T. Anderon
Washington County Savings Bank
Don General
Jos. Kucx
A. Warre
H. Keck
V. P
M. Kucx
Ass't
Justin
Fond du Lac
C. W. Jens
Nebraska Infantry
Jens
Racine
Racine, Wis
Yesterary
State Dairy and
Ygod
W. W. Chadewi
Nels Johnson
Wm. Lehnert
Wolverine, Mich
Arthur Young
C.J. Wilson
Attorney At Law
Bear Alberson's
Washington, Lowa
W. E. Anderson, M. D
Klein's Clothing
Ida Bailey
Geo. W. Hay
Graham Opera House
Washington Street
Kemble
Kemble Flower Co
Oskaloosa
Frank Rogers
TA Medical CO
Jackson & Clinton Sts
Schneider
R. A. Riley
First National Bank
Wm. Blair
A. H. Wallace
0. H. Keck
L. D. Robinson
Frank Stewart
J. J. Henderson
W. H. Butterfield
Crall
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