Maine Disaster Report Sparks Naval Inquiry Theories
Washington reports President McKinley said the Maine blast may have been accidental and promised decisive steps if not. Admiral Sicard leads a thorough investigation with divers and new torpedo boats ready. Conflicting rumors circulate as experts weigh external explosion theories and divers inspect the wreck.
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Washington
McKinley
Maine
Naval Court
Mont
Admiral Sicard
Havana
Secretary of the Navy denies new Maine information
The Navy secretary stated no new information beyond Captain Sigsbee's dispatch had reached the government and refuted claims of any secret cabinet meeting. Divers inspect the Maine wreck and find magazines intact while the explosion appears to have occurred amidships on the port side. Up to Feb 21, 246 men and two officers were lost, 135 bodies recovered.
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Magnaine Mines
Key West
Mia
United States
Maine
Maatne
Chicago
She-Arout Sundhy
United States Court of Inqury
Havana
Spain
Burnett
Navy
Snys
Lieut
Catlin
Partment
Secretary of the Navy
Long
Capt. Sigsbee
Bigsbee
Cable
Sylvester Scovel
Sigsbee Haa
Washington
Navy Department
Orly
Sigsbee
Hayuong
Javana
United States Survey
Blanco
Madrid
America
Storm Barrages Northwest Wrecking Rail Service
A severe winter storm swept Illinois Wisconsin Michigan and Iowa with wind sleet and snow. Rail and streetcar service was disrupted as blizzards hit northern Michigan and Wisconsin with heavy snowfall. Delays extended to four to five hours in Michigan's upper peninsula and trains suspended.
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Northwest
Chicago
Illinois
Wisconsin
Michigan
Iowa
Mississippi
Atlantic
Mississippi Valley
Upper Peninsula
Senate and House Debates Split Over Maine Disaster and Bills
In Washington February 13 to 21 1900 senators discussed measures from gambling suppression in territories to arbitration of railroad strikes. House actions included postal card transactions, bankruptcy debate, and Maine disaster resolutions with funding for raising the battleship. May wheat soared then settled near 1.04.
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Washington
Hoar
Senate
United States
Interstate Commerce Commission
War Department
Morrill Vt
Maine
Havana
Mason
Wolcott
Lodge
Horse
House
Boutelle
Naval Committee
Secretary of the Navy
Foote
New York
Mr. Hitt
Supreme Court Reverses Moore Embezzlement Case
Moore ex-Auditor Eugene Moore had his conviction for embezzlement overturned by the Nebraska Supreme Court which dismissed the case, ruling the statute under which he was convicted unconstitutional. Lincoln Feb 18. Revenue Collections Rise in January 12,335,927. Washington Feb 21. Seven months to Jan 31 show a slight year over year decline. London Feb 18. Daily News reports brutal tortures and killings of Bulgarians in Macedonian villages. Mason City Feb 21. K Winans, pioneer citizen, dies of heart disease on street. St Louis Feb 21. Former congressman John ONeil dies after long illness.
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Moore
Lincoln
Neb
Supreme Court
Eugene Moore
Washington
Government Collection of Internal Revenue
Mason City
Winans
National Baseball League Opens April Eighteenth
Week ending February eleventh reports a fire destroying Teoniita Missouri and a Montreal wholesale grocers failure for $100000. It notes lynching in Alabama, mine disaster fatalities, and a Cu ban war resolution by Cincinnati chamber. Also mentions a 220 mile Erie special train and Mrs Stevens becoming National W C T U president.
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Teoniita
Missouri
Caverhill, Hughes & Co
Montreal
Grant Carter
Decatur
Tex
Lloyd Colbey
Christopher Columbus Luby
Blakely
Chinn
Excelsior
Handkerchief Shoal
Cape Cod
Ewejoy
Lenn
Levi Rodgers
John Kellog
Roberts
Uland
Ala
Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce
Congress
Chris Merry
Chicago
Oliver P. Morton
Indiana
Statuary Hall
Washington
Willim J. Scanlan
Bloomingdale Asylum
White Plains
New York
National Publishers’ Association
Charles W. Knapp
St. Lonia Republic
Erie Railroad
Salamanca
N. Y
Newburg
Lillian M. N. Stevens
Maina
Frances Wiford
National Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Story of a Strike and Miners’ Troubles Report
Springfield report by the state board of labor commissioners details the 1897 coal miners strike in Illinois. It involved 307 mines and 20,466 workers, lasting about 91 days, with gains in wages mainly in the north, and advances reached about 20 percent in Springfield Danville and Streator.
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Hliness Labor Commissioners
Springfield
Ill
State Board of Labor Commissioners
Illinois
West Virginia
Kentucky
Iowa
Tlinois
Rock Island Road
Danville
Streator
Fire damages three Pittsburgh business houses in major blaze
Pittsburgh reports a Friday fire at the National Wall Paper building on Penn Avenue starting on the ninth floor. Within minutes the flames spread to Hames and to the M. Oppenheimer building, with total losses around 260000 dollars.
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Pittsburgh
Uiffer
Loas
Penn Avenue
H. Childs & Co
Peon
M. Oppenheimer & Co
Post Office Carrier Costs by City in Vast Table
Chief Machen details a table on carrier delivery costs for 50 large cities. It notes the percentage of carrier service cost, with New York 17.94 and Baltimore 34.92, plus square miles served by carriers. It lists delivery frequencies in districts, noting New York employs 328 carriers in business districts with nine daily deliveries.
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Machen
Post Office Department
New York
Chircago
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
Touston
St. Louis
Baltimore
San Francisco
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Buffalo
New Orleans
Pliteburgh
Washington
Winchester
Kansas City
Indianapolis
Denver
Syracuse
Richmond
Atlanta
Chicago
Boston
Pittsburgh
Rochester
Jersey City
New York City
Brakeman Recovering After Tarantula Bite Amputations
James Hemmingway a Missouri Pacific brakeman was discharged from Sedalia hospital after four months of treatment for a tarantula bite. The bite on September 9 caused the finger to slough and the hand to swell with pus. Surgeons performed multiple amputations ending with the hand split from the knuckle to the wrist and bone removal behind the knuckle. Doctors call his recovery nearly miraculous as the spider venom had spread through his system.
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James Hemmingway
Missouri Pacific
Sedalia
Hemmingway
Sedalia Railroad Hospital
Teatment
Judge uses muscle in Milan court clash
In Milan Missouri Justice Parr adjourned court after a confrontation with attorney John M Clapp who had insulted the judge In a burst of temper Parr seized an iron poker and lunged at Clapp spectators separated them court resumed the trial with Clapp later jailed briefly and fined for contempt of court.
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Alissouri Joriat
Wight
Justice of the Peace
Milan
John M. Clapp
Clapp
Justice Parr
Parr
Gospel service with phono graph views in New York
Volunteers of America stage a novel gospel service at Cooper Union Auditorium New York directed by Col Merrill and Crafts featuring stereopticon views phonograph hymns and three minute speech by Ballington Booth An audience applauds then hears a concertino solo Saved by Grace The program includes rescue work scenes from Volunteers of America and mentions Corn in Kansas with 1897 production data and Corea wage notes.
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The
Volunteers of America
Warning and Invitation from Matthew 11 28 30
In the study the preacher cites Matthew 11 28 30 and Luke 19 41 48 to explain Jesus warning and mercy. It notes John the Baptist’s doubt, the crowds reactions, and Jesus invitation to burdensome souls to take his yoke and find rest. It outlines burdens such as sin, cares, and fear, and contrasts the heavy yoke of Satan with the light yoke of Christ.
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Peloubet
Ilis
Matt
Abbott
John
Machetus
Jesus
Chorazin
Bethsaida
Syre
Sidon
Christ
Satan
Jequia
Gallise
Roe Ng
Hlawt
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Naval Court OF Inquiry
M’kinley
Long Denton
Signbee
Life
Diyern
Keys
Vizeaya
Nulate
Tompkinsville
Clinton, Ja
Ernestine Bertord
Charles Sethusen
Gull
Wanis
Cartersville
Sam ' LP
Jones
Georgia
Woodford
Senor de Lome
Adolph I. Luetgert
Gary
Genoa
Shirley
Jacksonville
Charles L. Draper
Charles L. Hastings
IA Attonal Congress
Regord
AEG
Lester
Pele
London
Times-Herald
Joseph Leiter
Daily News
Constantinople
O'Neil
Eighth Missouri
Hms
FOOD
Onl
Madison
Wis
Secretary of State
Casson
C. Bardeen
Newman
Fourth Judicial Circuit
N. §. Gilson
Col
State Industrial School
Louieville
W. F. Norton
Norton
Leiter
Black
Binghamton
N. C
Washington Street
Weir
Laws
Paxton
Clarence
Ford County
Post Office Statistics
Kansan
Kansas
Corea
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