President's letter cited as Sampson praised by McKinley
Washington reports Admiral Sampson received the president's praise for his West Indies naval campaign and for efforts to advance fellow officers. In Thomasville Ga a tally-ho party honored McKinley with family attendance including Hobart Hanna and Miss Hanna.
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Washington
Admiral Sampson
West Indies
Cuba
Senate
William M’kinley
Thomasville
McKinley
Hanna
Charles Chapin
Chapin
Hobart
Garret Hobart
Army
Post Office
Fitzgerald
South Georgia
Tallahassee
Florida
Country Club
Jekyl Island
Reed
Reed on the Presidency Remark at Jekyl Island
Thomasville, Ga March 23 Speaker Reed told a correspondent that unlike sea travel prison comes with a four year term and possible assassination in the presidency He noted that many would risk the last prison for a chance to come out alive.
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Thomasville
Reed
Jekyl Island
Munkacsy Dying One of Century's Great Painters
Michael Munkacsy, famed Hungarian artist known for Christ Before Pilate, is dying in a Bonn hospital after years of illness and paralysis. His works include Christ Before Pilate bought by Wanamaker for 300000, with Calvary and Last Hours of Mozart also celebrated. He suffered a paralytic shock in 1896 and later attacked attendants before being moved to an asylum and then a private retreat.
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Berlin
Michael Munkacsy
Bonn
Munkacsy
Christ Before Pilate
John Wanamaker
Philadelphia
Godesburg
Bryan Speaks To 4000 In Birmingham Auditorium
William J. Bryan spent March 23 in Birmingham drawing an enthusiastic crowd from the city and neighboring towns. He compared Jefferson and Belmont with a religious-epigram and said he would respond after reading Belmont’s book to outline key differences.
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Birmingham
Ala
William J. Bryan
Perry Belmont
Mr. Bryan
New York
Bryan
Teller
Mr. Belmont
Belmont
Jefferson
Two Miners Rescued From Bonair Mine After 13 Days
In Leadville Colorado two pump men Charles Rouss and Burt Frey were rescued after thirteen days trapped by a cave in at the 4380 foot level of the Bonair mine. They survived with aid from a blown hole in the water pumping pipe and a newly sunk shaft over 200 feet while friends supplied food.
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Leadville
Col
Charles Rouss
Burt Frey
Bonair
Germans in Samoa Petition to Chancellor Demands Protectorate
The Lokalanzeiger prints a petition from Germans in Samoa addressed to Chancellor Prince Hohenlohe declaring they cannot recognize Chief Justice Chambers authority. They seek a possible German protectorate or equal privileges and warn against partition of Samoa. The language reflects tensions over sovereignty and treaty arrangements.
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Berlin
The
Lokalanzeiger
Samoa
Prince Hohenohe
Germany
Race War in Arkansas Ends in Lynching Spree
Text describes a white mob in Little River county Arkansas curbing a planned race war after the fatal shooting of James Stockton. Seven black men are confirmed dead with many others hunted, whipped, or fled across the Texas line as conspirators are pursued by armed mobs.
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Texarkana
Ark
Little River County
Ducketts Bawitt
Goodwin
Adam King
Joseph Jones
Benjamin Jones
Moses Jones
Joe King
John Johnson
Indian Territory
Texas
James Stockton
Duckett
Red River
Index
Aunt Katie Snodgrass Dies at 1038 in Milford Centre
Milford Centre Ohio March 23 Aunt Katie Snodgrass dies of the grip at age 1038 she was the oldest woman in the women's relief corps.
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Milford Centre
Katie Snodgrass
Woman’s Relief Corps
Child Struck By Electric Car Near Malden Street
Five year old Ellen Hurley of 13 Malden Street was struck by an inward-bound Neponset streetcar at midnight while crossing Washington Street near Malden. She sustained injuries to her side and limbs and was taken to her home for treatment.
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Ellen Hurley
Malden Street
Washington Street
Malden
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Advertisement claims Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets cure a cold in one day with a refund if it fails. It notes the genuine product bears L B Q on each tablet and lists a 25 cent price.
Three Negroes Lynched Near Silver City Mississippi
In Yazoo county last Saturday morning a mob killed three African American men Miner Wilson C C Reed and Willis Boyd near Silver City. They had been seized after a race encounter on the Midnight plantation and were shot then bodies weighted with cotton and dumped into the Yazoo River.
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Jackson
Miss
Silver City
Yazoo County
Yazoo River
Miner Wilson
C. C. Reed
Willis Boyd
Yazoo City
Sharkey County
Sharkey
Sylvester
Rescue
Wages Advance In Multiple Mills In Whitin Family Network
An advance of 10 percent will be given to about 2000 workers at Saunderville Paul Whitin Rockdale Linwood and Whitinsville cotton mills. The raise, effective April 3, restores the January 1898 wage cut and benefits mills owned by the Whitin family of Whitinsville.
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Millbury
Saunderville
Paul Whitin
Rockdale
Linwood
Whitinsville
Whitin
Fire Strikes 76 Alpine Street Somerville
An alarm from Box 426 at 11 15 last night reported a fire in a two and a half story wooden dwelling at 76 Alpine street Somerville. The house owned by Mr. Taylor of Cambridge and occupied by Jeremiah Goddard sustained damage from a blaze that started on the first floor due to a defective flue, burning to the roof with damage estimated at 700 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerville
Alpine Street
Mr. Taylor
Cambridge
Jeremiah Goddard
Big Yacht Race Set For August 7 With 10000 Prize
The annual cruise is scheduled for August 7 and the rendezvous time is not yet fixed. The regatta committee received a total appropriation of 16000 dollars to cover the 1899 racing season expenses.
New York Yacht Club Adopts Regatta Budget for 1899
The New York Yacht Club met and approved 316000 for the regatta committee for 1899. A special 10000 was allotted for fall international races. The annual cruise rendezvous on August 7 will occur at the time and place designated by the commodore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York Yacht Club
Regatta Committee
Wreck Of Nashua Extra Freight Trains Burns Eleven Cars
Harvard March 2 The worst W and N railroad wreck since 1887 occurred when the Nashua extra freight rear ended freight No 657 at Still River station. Eleven cars burned after coal from the extra engine ignited them. two cars crashed into the station destroying telegraph offices. Crew injuries were minor. Three wrecking trains were sent. tracks blocked. passengers walked around the wreck.
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Harvard
Worcester & Nashua
Boston & Maine Railroad
Lancaster
Nashua
Still River
Worcester
Harvard Fire Department
Reynolds
Chamberlain
Flanders
Fire on T Wharf at Boston Fish Market
A fire at Boston’s T Wharf fish market damaged the third floor of a long metal covered structure. Discovered by a watchman, the blaze was reported at 1:10 and controlled by firefighters with about 300 dollars in property loss. Galvanized iron interior helped confine the fire to its origin.
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Boston
T Wharf
L. B. Goodspeed
No. 16
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Union Station
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Hennessy
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Washington and
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Washington St
Dover
S. Harris & CO
Water St
Custom Tailors
Tremont Row
R.h.white Co
Efor
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Farmer’s
Sampson
Iny Cervera
Monkagsy
Wanamaker
Christ Before
Pilate
Arkansas
Michel Munkacey
Mississippi
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