British Navy Pushes for Parity as Warships Bulge
The article notes Germany taking most orders for new battleships while American models are often specified. It discusses Britain’s offer to halve its navy if others trim equally, suggesting 300 ships for England and none elsewhere to avert sea battles. It also mentions Spanish war losses, Montauk Point typhoid fears, Clara Barton’s Havana landing denial, Merritt and Dewey knowledge for peace commissioners, and Wheeler family efforts to reach the front.
Governor Tanner Opposes Convict Labor Import
Gov Tanner of Illinois rejects using state troops to protect imported miners at Pana. He states he is opposed to convict labor and to any labor that must rely on the army for protection, declaring the army shall not be used for that purpose while he is governor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gov.Tanner
Illinois
Pana
Campaigning Under Dry Nile Heat At 114 Degrees
Reports describe Gen Kitchener's forces campaigning along the Nile in extreme heat reaching 114 degrees in the shade. Despite the dry climate and low malaria risk, soldiers endure severe hardship from marching and fighting under sizzling conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nile
Kitchener
American soil coffee buying novelty to arrive
A novel sensation will soon be experienced as Americans buy coffee grown on home soil with flavor differences anticipated from Porto Rico Hawaii and the Philippines. Hawaii already has over two hundred coffee plantations. In 1896 Porto Rico exported over 58 000 000 pounds valued at 13 379 000. Much of the Porto Rican crop has previously been consumed in Spain and Cuba.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Porto Rico
Hawaii
Philippines
Spain
Cuba
Annexation sentiment grows in Cuba among resident groups
The passage notes broad support for annexation among Spaniards Americans English and Germans in Cuba now that Spain has ended its colonial link. It asserts these four groups dominate the island’s business interests and that native Cubans fear native rule, shaping annexation sentiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuba
Island
Spain
Sailors Health Better Than Soldiers Despite Crowding
The health of men on fleets exceeds that of camp troops, showing climate alone cannot explain sickness. Sailors enjoy better shelter yet face crowding. Ship sanitation is superior and hygienic rules are enforced, with sickness promptly met in the navy.
Dreyfus Affair Turmoil Stirring France and World
A French general admits forging evidence in the Dreyfus case and declares Captain Dreyfus, jailed unjustly, more honorable than the accusers. The minister and public ferment frame a broader moral crisis with Zola’s prophecy and a global sense of injustice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col
Henry
Capt
Dreyfuss
France
Zola
Shafta
Dreyfus
Notable Obituaries and Events From Late May
The report lists several deaths including Col. J. J. Van Horne at Fort Russell and James Elliott of Detroit. It notes Admiral Cervera’s orders to Spain, Clemenceau on peace terms, McKinley’s Paris envoy appointment, and Queen Wilhelmina’s majority celebrations. It also covers a Canton visit, a Hicks Pasha note, and a London bankruptcy. Crimes mention counterfeit dies in Kansas prison, drownings at Diamond Lake, and a large St Louis factory fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. van Horne
Eighth United States Infantry
Fort Russell
Wyo
James Elliott
Detroit
Mich
United States
Annapolis
Cervera
Spain
M. Clemenceau
Russia
England
Germany
France
McKinley
Co. D. Woodward
Columbia University
Amsterdam
Holland
Wilhelmina
Nicholas J. Shannon
Chicago
Haymarket
Canton
State Day
London
Great Britain
Hicks Pasha
Sirdar
Herbert Kitchener
Hong Kong
Williams
Cassius M. Clay
Kentucky
Fifth Avenue Hotel
New York
Embezzler and shipyard fire among late 19th century notices
On the 1st, a rescue attempt for an Italian bark near 5 Ga failed as Lieut. Morgan and six soldiers drowned during a storm. Bath leader Fritz H Twitchell admits embezzlement, with losses estimated around 60,000 dollars. Bertram shipyards in Toronto burned. City of Toronto saved. Lighthouses in southern Philippines reestablished. Manila orders selling church property to a Hong Kong syndicate. American Microscopical Society concluded business in Syracuse with leisure. Yokohama unrest grows over four railroads and a potential 80 million dollar foreign loan. Adams American United States Express discuss war tax costs. Treasury balance shown with cash and gold reserves. Auxiliary cruisers St Paul and St Louis returned to International Navigation Co. Austrian Reichsrat called to meet September 26. Quebec conference adjourns to September 20. Spanish transport Covadonga reaches Santander after carrying 3,346 passengers. U S gold reserve peaks at 219,320,372. Dun & Co. reports weekly failures: United States 171, Canada 22.
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Lieut. Morgan
United States Engineer
Corps
Fritz H. ‘Twitchell
Bath
Gov
Bertram Ship Yards
Toronto
Ont
City of
Bertram Company
Philippines
Manila
Hong Kong
American Microscopical Society
Syracuse
N. Y
Yokohama
Japan
Adams, American
United States Express
Chicago
St. Paul
St. Louis
International Navigation Co
Reichsrath
Quebec
Covadonga
Santiago de Cuba
Santander
Spain
United States
R. G. Dun & Co
Canada
Telegraphed refusals and war updates across nations
The Spanish ambassador Leon y Castillo declines a peace commission due to Gen Porter absence, with Monterro Rio possible presidency. Kitchener captures Ongudman after dervish losses. Army of the Cumberland to postpone Detroit 1899 meeting. Leavenworth life sentence for LaDuke in Porto Rico murder. Huer locates most San Francisco mines. Camp Wikoff leave to begin furloughs. Stamford drownings prompt memorials. Oscar invites peace delegates. Rios in Iloilo arrests natives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senor Leon Y Castillo
France
Horace . Porter
United States
Senor Monterro Rio
Herbert Kitchener
Kalifa
Ongdurman
Mahdiam
Stanley
Army of the Cumberland
Detroit
Co. I
Second Wisconsin Volunteers
Leavenworth
Kas
Thomas Stafford
Thirteenth
United States Infantry
Ponce
Porto Rico
Maj. Huer
United States Engineer Corps
Stamford
Conn
Norton Islands
Oscar
Iloilo
Rios
The
Vizcayas
Manila
Illinois Deaths and Notices Sweep Counties
Illinois death notices recount Oliver Jones and 16 others aged 31 to 95 across Clay, Litchfield, Westfield, Gillespie, Petersburg, Galesburg, Pittsfield, Perry, Ivesdale, Pittsfield, and Pike County. Also covered are Henry County old settlers reunion, Epworth League convention in Salem, Decatur regimental veterans reunion, Yale wedding, rapid Pekin distillery rise, Rushville Baptist conference, a found body near Pinckneyville, paint poisoning death in Quincy, a self immolation in Williamsville, a Pulaski suicide, Dixon deaths in Chicago, Milton suicide, a Wapello picnic, and a Belleville school board decision to close on September 29 30 for a fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver Jones
Louisville
Clay County
Colorado Springs
Fred M. Kimbo
Litchfield
Wm. Marshall
Westfield
Hugh Rice
Gillespie
Macoupin County
Margaret Rourke
Petersburg
Harvey Curtis
Knox College
Galesburg
Knox Seminary
Katherine Blake
Pittsfield
Asabel Hinman
Pike County
Perry
I. Donnenhamer
Ivesdale
Champaign County
George B. Purkett
Fred W. Young
Omdurman Breakthrough Ends Dervish Slaughter
From Omdurman across the Nile Nubia Sept 12 Damiel Post reports Sir battle led Anglo Egyptian forces at four oclock p m entry into Omdurman after routing the dervishes Mahdi's forces suffered heavy losses with thousands killed or wounded. Cavalry advanced at dawn the enemy formed three miles distant and attacked in battalion ranks while heavy cross fire mowed down the dervishes leaving the field white with jibbah clad corpses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omdurman
Khartoum
Nile
Nubia
Damiel
Nasir
Herbert Kitchener
Kalifa
Mahdiam
Northumberland Fusileers
Lancashire Fusiliers
Grenadier Guards
Royal Irish Fusileers
Warwickshire Regiment
Cameron Highlanders
Lincolnshire Regiment
Royal Artillery
Williams
Soudan
Maxwell
McDonald
Soudanese
Kitchener
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August Droll
Troy
Nicholas Senn
War Department
Montauk Point
Shafter
Havana
Clara Barton
Gen. Merritt
Admiral Dewey
Paris
Tue
Sun
Kansas Penitentiary
Halvor Floren
Annie ‘Dilmar
Diamond ‘Lake
Grove City
Minn
Morris ‘Blofsen Anil
Jennie Nelson
A. Geisel Manufacturing Co
Clark Avenue
Second Street
Illinois State’ News
Henry County
Kewanee
Henry G. Little
Grinnell, In
Henry Country
Geneseo
Epworth League
Odin Group
Vandalia
Epworth Lesgue
Methodist Episcopal Church At
Salem
E. B. Fyke
Inka
John S. Stonecipher
Mary Jones Sandoval
Decatur
One Hundred and Sixteenth Regiment
Ilinois Volunteer Infantry
Fairlawn Park
Yale
R. Loring Sheppard
R. D. Sheppard
Northwestern University of Chicago
Evanston
Susan B. Welton
Welton
Vassar
LE. W. Wilson
Pekin
Baptist Conference
Union Baptist Church
Schuyler, Brown and
Cass
Mount Pleasant Baptist Church
Rushville
A. W. Barr
Pinckneyville
William Woodington
Quincy
Fannie Wilson
Williamsville
Sangamon County
Frank Boualand
Hig Barn
Vetang
Pulaski County
Dixon Young
Alfred Clears
Edward Seniff
Indiana
Milton
Wapello
Seward Nelson Post
Frank Lowry Post
Inton
Dewitt County
Belleville Board of Education
Qourvan Surrenders
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