Annexation News Revealed in Honolulu Report
Honolulu December 17 through San Francisco December 24. The Mariposa brought news of Congress opening and the Hawaiian government receiving wire advices from Washington stating opposition is not as strong as press dispatches. L A Thurston says no decision yet on course to follow and no intent to abandon the treaty. Citizens sent letters presenting various annexation views about Senate passage and a likely long fight in Congress.
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Hovoi
Honolulu
San
Selseo
San Francisco
Congress
Washington
L. A. Thurston
Senate
Railway Construction Report on 1897 Track Mileage
The Railway Age notes that 1897 saw only modest gains in new track, with 1,864 miles laid versus past years. Despite improved earnings and business conditions, many projects were unfinished. 184,464 miles of completed railways are projected by 1893, and the year’s construction lags reflect slower progress across the industry.
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New Tenek Luia
Chicago
Railway Age
United States
New York
J. J. Symes
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Protests Over Attitude in Corea Spark War Fears
A Shanghai special dispatch reports that Hoglanud protests against Wussin's attitude in Corea could escalate. London notes the tension rising as officials weigh responses amid mounting public demonstrations.
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Hoglanud
Wussin
Corea
London
Shanghai
British warships off Corea oppose Russian influence in Seoul
British warships are off Corea southwest of Seoul backing the British consul’s protest against Korean government yielding to the Russian minister. The protest targets the dismissal of McLeavy Brown for a Russian nominee, alarming Seoul as Japan awaits the outcome with 30 ships ready. Japan may oppose Russian troops arriving in Corea.
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Corea
Seoul
McLeavy Brown
Japan
Tragic Death Ties To Society Woman Miss Wells
Washington tale reports Miss Annie Virginia Wells, daughter of lawyer Lewis S Wells, killed herself at her father’s home after learning of Miss Leila Herbert’s death, saying melancholia followed the shock and illness. The act appears unpremeditated and linked to Herbert’s passing. Greensboro reports a Jan 24 hanging of Sonny Ryan for wife murder. New York notes Samuel Sloan receiving a $10,000 golden service from Delaware, Lackawanna & Western officials for his eightieth birthday.
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Annie Virginia Wells
Washington
Leila Herbert
Navy
Lewis S. Wells
N Street
Northwest
Miss Wells
Miss Herbert
New York
Samuel Sloan
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad
Siamese King’s Feather Gift Sparks Mystery in Moscow
The Gazette of Moscow reports a white feather fell from a Siamese king’s plume in the capital. Peasant Toukianow retrieved it and returned it to police. Days later he received a casket from the Siamese official containing a portrait and a gold chain bearing Siamese arms. Totikia, the grateful recipient, has not recovered from the surprising fortune.
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Gazette of
Moscow
Siam
Toukianow
M. Koeh
Ile
Arms of
Totikia
Gas In a Bedroom Unhealthy From Gaslight Emission
A fragment notes a burning gas jet in a bedroom is unhealthy, comparing emissions to wakefulness and sleep deprivation. The item reflects early cautionary import of indoor gas use for health.
Trade Outlook Notes Strong Wholesale Demand and Exports
Handy Peaan im Lirge and Prodnet Maerednne report a large wholesale trade surge across many points with several sectors showing higher demand. Foreign trade remains solid with December exports above 117 million dollars, while grain flows accelerate despite Chicago speculation. Wheat and corn movements stay high, and cotton shipments rise as weekly failures edge up slightly in the U S and Canada.
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New York
Due
Chesar
Sielly
Philadelphia
Chicago
United States
Canada
Gold Predicted To Bring Record Winter Klondike Output
Farallon arrives with news that John McPherson and three others reached Skaguay from Dawson City on November 7. Officials expect a strong winter in the Klondike with gold production near ten million dollars, despite food shortages. Supplies are moving to mines as snow helps hauling. crews plan to share food to avert famine.
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L Wim Teach
Klondike
Tacoma
Wash
Farallon
John McPherson
Skaguay
Dawson City
Bonanza
Hunker
Bear
McPherson
Remarkable Record of Chicago Fire Losses and Alarms
Chicago fire record from December 22 to December 27 shows 119 alarms and total losses estimated at 4 102 500. One fatality and 56 injured include 14 firemen and 12 policemen. Coliseum building destroyed Friday night with 850 000 loss to structure and 125 000 to exhibits.
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Chicago
Daya
Coliseum
Died at Prayer as Family Gathered for Christmas
Connecticut man John W. Benham, 86, collapsed and died during a Christmas prayer after inviting descendants to dinner. In New Jersey, a Delaware Lackawanna train collision injured twenty at Passaic Delaware River crossing. A fire at Flour Mill Darned destroyed M. D. Hanter flouring mill in Fostoria, causing $150,000 loss. Japan’s official census reports 42,701,029 people in 1896, up 437,644 from 1895.
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Connecticut
Bridgeport
Conn
John W. Benham
Toledo
M. D. Hanter Company
Fostoria
Japan
San Francisco
Various 1898 Briefs From Across America and Abroad
A patchwork of short items reporting events from January to December. Rome, Seattle and Des Moines notes include an insurgent attack near Mayana, a Burlington Messenager wreck attempt, and a $10,000 robbery at Columbia. Also listed are record gold reserves, fires in Philadelphia and Chicago, two deaths on Christmas tree work, and multiple fatal accidents involving trains and a Missouri river area.
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Des Moines
Mayana
Treasury
Murray
Southern Xpress Company
Columbia
S. C
Peter Coleman
Vancouver Court House
Malibesk
Philadelphia
Michael
Verence McDermott
New York
Kansas
Bazilie Luprenent
Minnesota
Uittealls
Pennsylvania Republican
Rev. W. NM. Grown
True Reformers
South
Washington
James Samuel Lytle
Miie
Atlanta
Chadwick Marshall
John McDonald
Orville Jingden
Farmington, Wash
William Pevaroy
Miss Brooks
Farmington
Ind
Manzanillo
Canto River
Ex-Congressman Patton Dies in Philadelphia at 74
The former Pennsylvania congressman John Patton of Curwensville died in Philadelphia after a long illness at age 74. He served as First National Bank president, was a delegate to Whig and Lincoln conventions, and served in the Thirty-seventh Congress. He leaves two daughters and five sons, including ex Senator John Patton Jr. of Michigan.
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Patton
Philadelphia
John Patton
Curwensyville
First National Bank
Curwensville
Whig Party
Baltimore
Gen. Scott
Chicago
McKinley to Push Creation of Commerce and Industry Department
Report from New York says President McKinley will urge Congress to establish a cabinet department of commerce and industry with a 5000 dollar salary head and a 4000 dollar assistant secretary. The plan transfers several treasury and state functions, consular offices, and the labor bureau, provoking notable opposition over utility.
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New York
Washington
New York Journal
McKinley
Department of Commerce and Industry
Congress
United States
Department
Treasury Department
Life-Saving Service
Lighthouse Board
Marine Hospital Corps
Bureau of Steamboat Inspection
Bureau of Navigation
United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
Board of Statistics
Bureau
Aged couple slain near Sacksooville by unknown assassin
December murder of Milton Neal and his elderly wife at their farm near Sacksooville nine miles southwest of here. Their son Harry found the bodies Sunday night after stopping by during Christmas. Neals were prominent farmers. police scour the area for the killer with no arrest yet.
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Pennsylvania
Bonne
Indiana
Milton Neal
Sacksooville
Here
Nine O’elvere
Harry
Neal
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