Maine Inquiry Dragging On Amid Divers and Wreckers Efforts
WASHINGTON, March 5. The court of inquiry into the Maine disaster cannot fix a date for its finding. Secretary Long and Admiral Sicard indicate progress depends on divers and wreckers. Olympia may return to San Francisco. Winslow repairs near Norfolk await favorable seas. Spain buys warships. Brazil, France, and London reports spark department debate on neutrality and naval policy. Two new torpedo boats Gwyn and Talbot exceed trial speeds.
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Olympia
San Francisco
Washington
Long
Admiral Sicard
Maine
Kry West
Fla
Secretary of the Navy
Court of Inquiry
Ha‘vana
Key West
Sigard
Key Weat
Navigation Bureau
Navy Yard
Winslow
Norfolk
Spain
Navy Department
London
Amazonas
Brazil
Armstrong Yards
Atlantic
France
Deodoro
Floriana
la Seina
Toulon
State Department
Great Britain
Rosecrans At Point Of Death In California
General William Stark Rosecrans lies near death at his ranch near Los Anacos California with attending physician saying he has a fighting chance for life Bishop Montgomery performed last rites and extreme unction were administered if rally occurs his holy communion will be given His son Carl F Rosecrans and family are at bedside while daughter Mrs Toole and ex Governor Toole Montana are nearby
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Los Anakos
Cal
William Stark Rosecrans
Bishop Montgomery
Spain Buys Warships From Armstrongs For Brazil
Spain has purchased two armstrong built cruisers the Amazonias and a sister ship of about 4 000 tons at 23 knots with 10 guns. Spain plans to acquire two smaller cruisers built in France for Brazil and seeks guns and ammunition in England and on the continent. The Amazonias is ready to launch and a sister ship follows. Sagasta's assailant arrested in Portugal and Kobe dock fires destroy cotton cargoes from 12 ships.
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Armstrongs
Brazil
Loxpox
Spain
France
England
London
Kobe
Japan
Braemer
Tacoma
OUST MAYOR GOOD FROM OFFICE BY JUDGE DECREE
Springfield Ohio court ousts Mayor John M. Good under Garfield election law for failing to file sworn campaign expenses and for promising a political appointment. Testimony shows $283.50 unreported, including $91 on beer, with Good previously a Prohibitionist later elected as a Democrat.
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Springfield
Circuit Court
John M. Good
Adams
Mayor Good
Trades and Labor Assembly
Bunion
Board of Public Affairs
Alaskan Right of Way Bill Clears Senate After Long Debate
National capital reports show the Senate passed the Alaskan bill extending homestead rights and railroad right of way, sparking a fisheries dispute with Canada over New England waters. The Evans bill threat to civil service ups the stakes, with 68 offices impacted and 4,253 jobs at risk.
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Sonete
Fisherien
National Capital
Senate
Washington
District of
Alaska
Canada
New England
United States
Great Britain
Civil Service Commission
Congress
House
Classified
Appointments of Taggers in Agriculture Dept
Washington March 5 The following appointments were made yesterday Charles M Raff James Austin of South Omaha and Melvin O Surer of Sidney Ia taggers in the bureau of animal industry and Charles E McNeal of Davenport Ia assistant inspector of the same bureau Nebraska Fusa Namads Washington March 6 The president sent nominations to the senate Postmasters Nebraska B F McDonald Tender H W Hill North Platte F M Kimmell McCook J B Billings Alma L G Comstock Central City O A Ashbrook Hebron T C G Hacker Red Cloud H F Stephens Stanton
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Washington
Charles M. Raff
James Austin
South Omaha
Melvin O. Surer
Sidney
Bureau of Animal Industry
Agricultural Department
Charles E. McNeal
Davenport
Nebraska
Svra Namads
Washiveton
Senate
B. F. McDonald
Tender
H. W. Hill
North Platte
F.M. Kimmell
McCook
J. B. Billings
Alma
L. G. Comstock
Central City
O. A. Ashbrook
Hebron
T. CG. Hacker
Red Cloud
H. F. Stephens
Stanton
Six Arrestees Charged With Ore Thefts In Cripple Creek
Six people including C H Thompson John Mums ey William Shuck and wife Samuel Deardorff and Stanley Fincher were taken to Colorado Springs from Cripple Creek Colo on March 6 and jailed on ore stealing charges. Pinkerton detective J Q Fraser said more arrests are planned as vast ore thefts are alleged. details withheld. Also notes a Cleveland physicist Durant Biggar suspects outside torpedo involvement in the Maine disaster. Nebraska arson case returns for rehearing. a Berne Kansas fire destroys six business buildings a bank and a newspaper office with $50 000 loss. Christopher Gonzer found burned in his room likely from a lamp incident.
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Cripple Creek
Pinkerton
Colo
Colorado Springs
C. H. Thompson
John Mumsey
William Shuck
Samuel Deardorff
Stanley Fincher
J. Q. Fraser
Pinkerton Detective Agency
Kansas Town
Berne
Kan
Christopher Gonzer
Assignation Petition in Whitney Case in Cass County Iowa
Franklin H Whitney estate matters involve James B Bruff as assignor and trustee seeking court orders to relieve Bruff from duties and to transfer outside Iowa real estate to James G Whitney for execution as trustee or as executor of Whitney will. The notice lists numerous parties and creditors and sets a March 20 1898 deadline to appear or default, with the April term of Cass County Iowa court.
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District Court of
Iowa
Cass County
Franklin H. Whitney
James B Bruff
James G Whitney
Franklin H Whitney
Hans Albrecht
Thomas An Ary Albrecht
Alex Anderson
A Anderson
Mary Adams
J F Acktin
Atlantic Gaslight Co
Lydia Antrim
Aldrich
Ayres & Wollowell
Sarah Angus
Hattie B Aborn
Atlantic National Bank
Appleman-Vredenburgh Co
Arthur C Aborn
August Anderson
C M Bowers
James Brehny
Henry JH Bornholdt
Mary A Burruss
JW Burress
B F Boyle
Andrew Boysen
Jas Blake
Bridget Desmond
Franklin Biddle
Anderson Bell
J W Brown
I’ Berry
Berry & Hartshorn
Mary Bartling
Ames B Bruff
O M Bentson
CO Brewer
Jacobackson
F A Brackett
Salome Brandt
F W Bruington
J W Berry
John Bell
William Berg
Dicta Benson
John E Bailey
Ben Benson
J § Brown
R A Berry Jr
James Brown
Fred Brede
Dan Breenagent
Brehmer
A S Byrd
Henry Bebensee
Fred Bebensee
A L Boysen
A F Berry Jr
W G Carroll
F W Porterfield
M C
Albert Nelson
Paul P Nielsen
Northwestern Machine Works
M O'Donnell
Chris W Otto
Anne Olsen
IR Ours
P F O'Connell
George Porter
ES Parsons
N P Petersen
Otto Pieken
Cora B Phares
John Petersen
H J Slaughter
David Potter
J. R Pollock
Herman Poch
Cecil Alice Prall
Etta Prall
Phoebe Pieken
W_T Palmer
AA Petit
Harry Percy
Etta Stoner
F M Stoner
Stoner Brothers
Henry Snider
George Snyder
Albert Seydell
D T Spry
M N Stevenson
George Sanford
Sackett Sears
Niels Sorenson
John Stevens
M Schenk
R A Snouder
Hugh J Salisbury
Blendina Salisbury
E A Smart
Monroe Seymour
John H_ Taylor
John Talty
Mary Taylor
E Terbush
F Thompson
Maggie Thompson
Timmons
Geo J Turner
L A Turner
John Trede
J B Thomason
Dayton Taylor
Loyina
C Tilhna
J Vinson
John Weichmann
F C Vredenburgh
Paul White
R D Wilkin
Esick Wallace
Walnut Milling Co
J A Welsh
L B Wickersham
Western Loan & Trust Co
J J Wilkin
Arthur Walker
Louisa Windhurst
S LE Weaver
Mary J Walker
Worthing
A C Worthing
HE White
Li Woodall
H M Wycott
J W Wilson
John E Warr
Worthing & Worth
P Worthing
TW Williamson
E Wheatley
James Warren
J E Wissler
W F Weidner
E F Weidher
Clara Wakefield
Carrie Wakefield
Ellen Wakefield
Albert Wakefield
Sarah Wood
C W Wirtz
D B Wortman
Edna Warne
Chris Miller
J C Jensen
Meta Scheel
Jens C Christofferson
J & van Dyke
Christy Nelson
D R Grabill
Thos H Whitney
Ella Whitney
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company of
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
J T Dawson
James B Broff
Lima Whitney
Janes B Bradlwader
James B Brutt
Atlantic
County of
Cass
James B. Bruff
Radical Baseball Legislation At St Louis Meeting
Magnates of the National Baseball League enacted sweeping rules to curb obscene language on the field. A board of discipline will judge offenders with suspensions or lifetime expulsions. The initial tribunal includes L C Krauthoff, Louis Kramer, and Frederick K Steirns with staggered terms.
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St. Louis
National Baseball League
Board of Discipline
L. C. Krauthoff
Kansas City
Louis Kramer
Cincinnati
Frederick K. Steirns
Detroit
Burlington Elects Directors in Missouri Rail System
The annual director election in Burlington lines Missouri re-elected O. B. Perkins F. W. Hunnewell O. J. Paine J. L. Gardiner W. W. Baldwin Howard Elliott T. F. VanNatta O. M. Spencer M. Carter. Distillers forming a combine in Cincinnati aims to consolidate, with J. B. Greenhut leading toward control of the trust. New Caledonia struck by a fierce cyclone with ships sunk and crew lost.
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Burlington
St. Joseru
Burlington Lines
Missouri
Hannibal
St. Joseph
Kansag City
Council Bluffs
Tarkio Valley
Nodaway Valley
St Joseph
Nebraska
Des Moines
O. BE. Perkins
F. W. Hunnewell
O. J. Paine
J. L. Gardiner
W. W. Baldwin
Howard Elliott
T. F. VanNatta
O. M. Spencer
M. Carter
Cincinnati
American Spirits Manufacturing Company
J. B. Greenhut
Greenhut
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Maine Board of Inquiry
Havana
Bristol
R. J
Gwyn
Talbot
Herreschoffs
Narragansett Bay
Rosecrans
Sagasta
Mapnio
Senor Sagasta
Emporia
Sandy Slope Farm
Salisbury
Murray Beecock
Keswick
C. 8
Cross
Secretary of the Interior
Fort Hall Reservation
Idaho
Pocatello
Ollathe
Olathe
St John
W Go. T. UL
House ‘Wars
Court of Claims
Sterling T. Austen
Cleveland
H. I. Biggar
Arlington
Bian, Neb
District Court
Powell
F. H. Whitney
J. Parke Postles
Jno
W.S. Boothe
D. D
Pastor Det
Ave
Lore
Chas
B. Lore
Del
Zzkos
Culbert
John Scotten
Chester
Edward Wootten
Anson Burrell
Ace Deveosits
OBF
Jackson & GO
Indianapolis
Ind
ELY Brotilers
Warren St
New York
HIN & Co
New Caledonia
Southasia
Lont Felix Faure
Fpossard
Barry
Port Pierde
Loyalty
Prion Me Telreys Med, CO
William
Newark
Iron Works
Atlantic Iron Works
Third and
Poplar Streets
Atlantic, Iowa
WM. Bryant
Bright
H. G. Weber & Co
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