Retribution Demands Swift Action Over Maine Incident
The 1898 New York Journal reports President McKinley expects the naval board report next Thursday and will demand swift, adequate action from Spain within a week. Cabinet views vary but many favor strong measures while some oppose arbitration and seek wartime resolve. Public opinion presses for decisive action to avenge the Maine sailors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Journal
Washieron
McKinley
Naval Board of Inquiry
Zong
Spain
Congress
White House
Court of Inquiry
Swift
Stern
Maine
Gage
Spain prepares for war as navy readies for action
Mapri Feb 24 Spain tightens naval readiness as a torpedo flotilla heads to Havana this week and cruisers Infanta Maria Theresa and Alfonso XIII may follow. Other battleships and armored ships are under repair. Sagasta rejects arbitration and Weyler travels between Barcelona and Madrid. Minister-designate Polo y Bermabe sails to secure reciprocity talks. food shortages loom with rising wheat prices and brewing unrest in Salamanca.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mapri
United States
Spain
Havana
Spanish Navy Department
Almirante Oquendo
Viscaya
Cadiz
Villamil
Infanta Maria Theresa
Alfonso XIII
Pelayo
Carlos V
Cristobal Colon
Sagasta
Prince Bismarck
Cuba
General Weyler
Barcelona
Madrid
Arthur E. Hoveuron
Mapro
Senor Polo Y Bermabe
Gibraltar
New York
William H Singerly Dies Sudden in Philadelphia
William H Singerly proprietor of the Philadelphia Record and head of multiple local firms died suddenly at 701 Locust street from heart disease after a severe coughing spell induced by smoking a cigar. He leaves a daughter Mrs Balch and a granddaughter, with extensive public roles and recent financial collapses linked to his Chestnut Street institutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Pricaperenta
William H. Singerly
Locust Street
Singerly
Mr. Singerly
Mabel Singerly Meredith
James§. McCartney
BE. Singerly Balch
Europe
William Singerly
Record Publishing Company
Chestnut Street National Bank
Chestnut Street Savings Fund and Trust Company
Singerly Pulp and Paper Mill
Fairmount Park Commission
Philadelphia Commercial Museum
Chicago
Hat
Joseph Singerly
William
Germantown Passenger Railway
The
Record
Pattison
Pennsylvania
Bank
Chestnut Street Trust and Savings Fund Company
Trust Company
Messia
Earle
Cook
Mgr. Singerly
Day of Rest for Sigsbee in Havana
In Havana on February 28 Sunday brought calm for Captain Sigsbee and his officers after the disaster. Chaplain Chidwick attempted to ship the body of Tredrick Holzer north but health rules blocked the removal. The body identified as Jages the Coppersmith, a German, was found Friday. Another body from yesterday remains unnamed, though Chidwick has a tattoo description to aid recognition.
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Sigsbee
Havana
Chaplain Chidwick
Tredrick Holzer
Jages
Chidwick
Big Colorado Cattle Deal
Report: Beatty brothers of Catlin near Pueblo sold about 20 000 head of cattle across southeastern Colorado in one of the state’s largest deals in years. The sale value is said to be 50 000 dollars with buyers paid to St Louis interests.
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Colorado
Pouxstoo
Colo
Beatty Brothers
Catlin
Pueblo
Hays
St. Louis
Fire at Sea Destroys British Ship Legislator
Boston February 24 The British steamship Legislator bound Liverpool Colon burned at sea February 16 after an explosion on February 13. One fireman died, several crew drowned or severely burned, and eight others injured. Two passengers from London were rescued by the Flowergate, which brought them to port. The ship, built in 183, carried phosphates and percussion caps before disaster. The cause is suspected spontaneous combustion in phosphate cargo.
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Boston
Tennant
Liverpool
Colon
Thomas Roberta
James Bateman
William Angell
Martin
John Gaffney
Fred E. Lee
William EB. Mortimer
London
Flowergate
Troughear
John Holden
John Milu
Charles Iblitson
Marine Hospital
Holden
Merchant Marine
Central American
Thomas Roberts
Bateman
Angell
Fred 8. Lee
Palermo
Italy
Legislator
Middleborough
England
Charante Steamship Company
John.gaffney
Janes Bateman
William Martin
Alexander Jeneking
William Angill
John Trauer
Robert Milo
Charles [Bbston
Hea
Mass
Barngate
Pound
Chelsea
Bend Delegates to Washington for Textile Strikers Hearings
New Bedford unions will send two delegates to Washington to address the congressional judiciary committees on Lovering’s 66 hour amendment. John Hannigan and John Waldron chosen, with Ross of the spinners also visiting to seek AFL support. President Gompers may be in New Bedford Friday, affecting meeting chances.
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New Repford
Mass
Washington
New Bedford
Congressional Judiciary
Representative Lovering
John Hannigan
Spinners’ Union
John Waldron
Carders
South
Baltimore
Willington
Ross
The
Spinners
Congressional Committee
President Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Gompers
Onnnane
Corons Can Be Raised On the Topeka and Alaska News
Corons can be raised after divers found no large hull holes and water was pumped out. the Topeka reported readiness as it left. The Scotia from Skagway passed Seattle and the Rustler returned from hunting Clara Nevada disaster victims. Juneau suffers coal famine and meat shortages amid cyclonic gales and extreme cold.
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Juneau
Topeka
Goodall
Scotia
Seattle
Skagway
Rustler
A Mother's Misery and Survival Story in New Hampshire
Mrs. Nellie J. Lord of Strafford Corner New Hampshire recounts a dramatic struggle with heart failure and neuralgia that left doctors skeptical of recovery. After taking Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People her health improved, weight rose from 120 to 146 pounds, and she credits the medicine with restoring vitality and stabilizing her nervous system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie J. Lord
Strafford Corner
N. H
Dr. Williams
Williams
May Need Increased Levy for Hawkeye Finances
Des Moyes reports the Ways and Means committees in both houses issued an exhaustive study of Iowa state finances. They estimate revenue for the next two years and project debt reduction from about 650,000 to 422,326 by end of 1898, then further to 85,000 by mid 1899. They foresee possible levy increases beyond 33 ⅓ mills and note that $400,000 to $500,000 in additional appropriations may be required. The 1899 levy is projected at least 3 1/3 mills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ways and Means
Hawkeye
Des Moyes
General Assembly
Ways and Means Committee
Confessed on his Deathbed recalls 20 year old Burlington tragedy
A Montana man delivers a deathbed confession of John Lindgren who killed Rudolph Popke twenty years ago after an alleged insult. Popke died after a frostbitten fall. Lindgren fled, prospered in Montana and died recently, admitting the crime on his deathbed.
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Urington
Burlineton
Rudolph Popke
J. W. Blythe
Burlington
Carlton Dryden
Popke
Montana
John Lindgren
Lindgren
Political reminiscences by Senator Hoar of public life
Senator Hoar offers forty five years in public life reminiscences. D Gibson will contribute two serial drawing sets during 1893 titled A New York Day and The Seven Ages of American Women. A full prospectus for 1898, in a 24 page small color book with many illustrations, cover by Maxfield Parrish, will be sent on application.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoar
D. Gibson
New York
Maxfield Parrish
Eskimo Curios Sold to Chicago Museum
Eskimo curios and utensils numbering over 15 000 pieces have been received by the Field Columbian Museum in Chicago, giving it the world’s largest and most complete Ayatic collection totaling more than 40 000 pieces across all exhibits. Mrs Whitney resting up after a fall. Dr Bull arrives from New York to treat her. Vizcaya receives coal barges from Lehigh Valley and the Croton escorts fill tanks. Local Grand Army of the Republic post at Dusugus Iowa plans to bid for the next year’s department encampment with Sioux City and other cities in April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrmaron
Neb
Z. M. Baird
Woodlawn Park
Sioux City
Onioaco
Field Columbian Museum
Chicago
Whitney
Kang. Arcen
William C. Whitney
Bull
New York
Vizcaya
Eulate
Croton
Viscaya
Dusugus
Fes
Grand Army of the Republic Post
Iowa
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Loxpon
Mirlrid
the Times
Salamanca
WM. H. Singerly
Key West
Key Weer
Sampson
Maine Court of Inquiry
Mangrove
City of Mexico
Orry
Mexico
Diaz
Yuen Chan
Lake Tong Ting ‘Tu
North Platte
Norte Platte
Bend
Tampa
Fla
Emile Nunez
Nunez
Cartaya
John O'Brien
Puerto Principe
Ouba Libre
Lincoln
Beet Growers’ Association
Grand Island
Norfolk
Oxnard Company
Oxnard
Navy Yard
Punta Drel Pats
League Island
Columbia
Minneapolis
Louisville
St. Louis Baseball Club
Coren
Door Island
Yoronami
Farmers
Nogi-Kiten
Baron Kodama Gentaro
Corea
Deer Island
Fusan
Russia
Alarka
Tacoma
Wash
Alaska
Ferrol
Arsenel and
Terrer
Tompinsville
Kansas City
Charles Merritt
Scribner’s Magazine
Henry Cabot Lodge
A. T. Mahan
Carlton T.chapman
Harry Fenn
Robert Grant
Walter A. Wyckhoff
W. R K. Leigh
Girls College
Harvard
Princetoit
Yale
Scaikenr
Omaha
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