Unavoidable Disaster at Samoa Fleet Wrecks Nipsic Coffin Image
Morning mail from the Navy Department cites Admiral Kimberley reports on the Apia disaster. Nipsic and Vandalia wrecked, crews saving stores and men, Samoan natives aiding, incl two lost in rescue attempts. Details of damage, recoveries, and plans to convoy Nipsic to Auckland through March and April.
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Washinotox
Navy Department
Kimberley
Apia
United States
Mataafa Malietoa
Fimbeney
Mer Mack
Nipsic
Trenton
Vandalia
Henry C. Kane
Oval Navy
Department
Kane
Calliope
Sydney
Auckland
I Parcher
Samoa
HL. D. Alexander
Kimberly
Secretary of the Navy
Tur Guopr
Nipsio
mTieutenant Wilson
Cable
San Francisco
Owever
Rasan Faruquhar
A. Kimser R.ly
United States Navy
United States Naval Force
Pacific Station
Umatilla
Honolulu
Louis Ripley
Alameda
Mare Island Navy Yard
G. Williams
Peter Olsen
J. Johanse
W. Layman
A. Welsh
E. M. Myers
E. 0. Neal
J. Burke
E. H. Mitchell
J. Anderson
A. Boyle
A. Woore
Winters
Murphy
FE. Ambrose
I. O'Donnell
Flannagan
W. Owen
Bismarck Concession Hints Short Samoa Conference
Count Herbert Bismarck has prepared a basis for discussion at the Samoan conference. If accepted, the talks should last about a week. Germany concedes non interference and natives may choose their ruler. The notice notes German aims to regulate consular trade, boundaries, and foreign tribunals while showing conciliatory intent toward the United States.
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York
CBS
Berwin
Herbert Bismarck
Edward Malet
Germany
Samoa
Malietoa
Tamasese
Mataafa
Princeismarck
Knappe
Messrs. Bates and Sewall
Ant Herbert Bismarck
Lord Salisbury
Scott
Berne
Gourcce
Berlin
Nipsic Keel Sheared Off Samoa Report
Private advices from Samoa say the steamer Nipsic has a broken keel flush with the bottom and is taking on water at anchor. A portable rudder and a transplanted funnel from the Jandalia are being fitted as makeshift measures to send the vessel to sea as a floating coffin.
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Sama
Nipsic
Itiev
Pago
Washington
Samoa
Wandering Minstrel Wreck Off Midway Island
The British bark Wandering Minstrel, left Honolulu December 10, 1887, wrecked at Midway Island after a February 3 grounding in a furious storm. The crew survived with rations of birds and fish and were rescued by the schooner Norma. A naval court at Honolulu acquitted Captain Walker of blame after a self defense moment involving a crew member named Jorgenson.
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San Francisco
Honolulu
Midway Island
Welles Harbor
Jorgenson
General Siegel
Siegel
John Cameron
Norma
Walker
Thema Jorgenson
Honslate
Trains Hit by Canyon Landslide Near Montrose
A Rio Grande Salt Lake express on the line through Black Canyon was struck by a massive landslide at 1 a.m. The engine and fireman William North were killed, engineer Ryan trapped and injured, passengers unsettled as boulders and debris hurled the locomotive down a 30-foot embankment into the Gunnison river.
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Montrose
Col
Rio Grande Road
Salt Lake Express
Black Canyon
Gunnison River
William North
Ryan
Twenty Dwellings Burned in Devere Fire
A large blaze at the Meisenwinkle Wooden Ware Company's West Devere factory and surrounding sheds caused extensive damage. Twenty dwellings were destroyed as sparks fanned the flames in a windy night, with total losses likely over 200000 dollars and substantial insured coverage. Fire engines from Avived and Greeny-Depere aided but faced difficulty as flames spread through the burning district.
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Avived
Greeny
Depere
Canadian Labor Report Recommends Reforms and Labor Day
The royal labor commission of Canada reports higher wages and shorter hours but cites widespread fines and abuse in factories. It condemns beating and imprisonment of child workers, urges a nine hour day, a labor bureau, and boards of arbitration, and proposes labor matters be overseen by a crown minister.
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Royal Labor Commission of Canada
Canada
Presidential party transport for centennial in New York
The presidential train departs Washington Monday morning bearing the President and cabinet families. They breakfast in Elizabeth New Jersey with Governor Green, then travel to Elizabethport for a boat to New York City where President Harrison will host a two hour reception before a Fifth Avenue Hotel stay and Monday night ball. Secretary Blaine will answer the toast at Tuesday night banquet.
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New York
Washington
Elizabeth
N. J
Green
New Jersey
Elizabethport
New York City
Harrison
Fifth Avenue
Blaine
House of Representatives
Mexican Company Claims Fisheries Control Sparks Crusade
The International Company of Mexico asserts sole rights to fisheries in Lower California and adjacent waters, prompting a Mexican consul in San Diego to publish a letter from the company manager and warn US and other vessels. Authorities at Ensenada are ordered to confiscate vessels found beyond prescribed limits and arrest violators.
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International Company of Mexico
Lower
California
Pacific Ocean
Gulf
San Diego
International Company
Seeds and Seed Growers Velvet Lawn Probed by Breck Lines
An extended profile on seed growers led by Charles Breck of Joseph Breck & Sons describes the seed trade, varieties, and testing methods. It covers domestic and imported seeds, quality control, seed vitality, and practical sowing figures, with notes on grass mixtures, novel beans, and wild seeds for busy gardeners.
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Boston
California
Charles H. Breck
Joseph Breck & Sons
Europe
Ayston
Wold
China
Japan
England
Earl
Henderson
Joseph Breck
Great
New Book of Flowers
Charles Savary Dead The Mathematician of Wall Street
Charles Savary known as The Mathematician of Wall Street died in Bangor at the Windsor Hotel from pneumonia after several weeks illness. A longtime New York Stock Exchange figure and once worth about a million his fortune vanished on Black Friday. He had lived in Bangor for some years.
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Bangor
Charles Savary
Windsor Hotel
Savary
New York
New York Stock Exchange
Wall Street
Fifth Avenue
Gould, Page
Tmne
The
Exchange
Wreck on Central Iowa near Berwick kills one
April 21. Central Iowa train wreck four miles west of the plate. Train from the West to here at 8:35. Mail car caught fire causing several cars to burn. W Savage of Berwick killed. Injured include Express Messenger Rogers with broken limbs, mail agent with broken shoulder blade, internal injuries. Conductor Robo Colville of Peoria fatally hurt. Clifton Reed brakeman badly injured. Four passengers dangerously wounded. A woman reportedly burned in one coach.
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Robo Colville
Peoria
Clifton Eed
Shaven actors and Brightly view the season plan
Fragmentary verse lists shaven actors leading lady and old man in a bright season plan. Mentions one night triumphs and weekly haunt of the ghost. References January and February nights, a cheerful but sad procession marching homeward amid supper-less scenes.
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Pertsonbrette
Rattlesnake Hunt for Deafness Oil in Berkshire County
Summer expedition by Yankee hunters uses a fishpole and hook to snag rattlesnakes, sever heads, and bag the bodies for a sought oil valued at two dollars an ounce believed to cure deafness. The method aims to trap the snake without harm to others, then proceed to harvest multiple specimens.
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Berkshire County
They ll Be There Just the Same
A short exchange in the Terre Haute Express questions post life occupations. One speaker asserts common earthly roles persist beyond death while another mockingly doubts need for plumbers where water is absent.
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Terre Haute Express
Wickwire
Yabsley
A Good Many Simpletons Don't
A Galveston News commentary notes that true genius lies in testing ideas and that many ordinary minds merely tell the truth without scrutiny, while a thoughtful critic presses for substantiation and investigation.
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Galveston
Commercial Market Quotation Summary
New York April 20 cotton quiet firm rising values mixed sales 346 bales uplands various grades. flour receipts 13,756 barrels, exports 2,658 barrels, 9,228 sacks, heavy dull market with some 10 cent declines. wheat receipts 2,750 bushels, exports 37,238, sales 114,000, market weak. corn strong 4 cents higher. rye quiet. oats dull. sugar and coffee mixed. petroleum steady. potatoes steady. turpentine steady. pork quiet to firm. lard stronger. butter fair. cheese quiet. Chicago and St Louis reports show mixed grain and flour markets with general weakness in wheat and firming in pork and lard.
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New York
Chicago
St. Louis
City Mills
Minnesota
Sic
Rio
New Orleans
United
Western Dairy
Do Creamery
Elgins
Ig Iron
Chicagu
White House Address Code Fragment
Fragmentary OCR lists items such as white 83 east West Bush and No 8 do Sauniaaere with scattered markers FI. Details are unclear, but appears to reference address style and case labeling rather than a complete event.
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White
E W Bush
Market Report Signals Slow Saltfish Trade And Fading Stocks
The market remains weak with poor conditions and very light receipts across fish categories. Prices for mackerel and other fish slide while salting and dried goods show modest activity as buyers shrink stocks and demand stays tepid.
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M . de
V S. Shore
PO Hake
Haddock
Pollock
Bone Hake
Mat
Boston Butter and Grocer Markets Reported Dull and Steady
In Boston on Monday April 22 the butter market shows firmness with new creamery and dairy grades cleaning up weekly. prices cited across regions from Northern Creamery to Vermont and New York. Trade in other staples like beans, fruits, vegetables, sugar, and flour remains varied with some declines in receipts and a general sense of steady or slightly firm prices.
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Boston
Franklin Co
Maas
N. Y
N.Y
Fort Washington
New York
Ohio
Liverpool
Nearby
Cape
Eastern
Aroostook
Vermont
New Hamnahire
Michigan
Malagas
Arrivals of Livestock at Brighton and Watertown 1899
Week ending Friday April 19 1899 reports Western cattle 4110 Eastern cattle 103 Northern cattle 843 total 4556. Western sheep and lambs 11000 Northern 1651 Eastern 0 total 12651. Swine 24270 veals 1555 horses 618. Beef cattle prices per hundred pounds dressed weight from 4.00 to 6.50. Hides tallow skins and other cattle by center price details. Brighton hides and dairy skins listed with per unit values.
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Brighton
Watertown
Plotted Crime Ends in Family Tragedy at West Farms
Edward King, 44, shot his father Joseph King, 78, in bed at West Farms Massachusetts, then fired at his aunt Cynthia, set the house ablaze, and killed himself as neighbors pursued him. A letter to a friend outlined the crimes before dawn. Mrs King awoke to three shots and saw him at his father’s bedside.
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Edward King
West Farms
Wistrixtn
Mass
Joseph King
Cynthia
Edward
Charles Clark
Clark
Dward
Mr. King
New Music List Highlights Capriccio and Sacred Songs
Oliver Ditson & Co presents varied vocal and piano pieces above average quality. Capriccio by Jadasshon at 5 cents leads, with Remember by The Dubois arranged by Marie Lovell Brown at 30 cents. Bostonia March dedicated to John Mullaly at 35 cents, plus Paola la Villa sacred songs at 40 cents and other selections ranging 30-40 cents. White, Smith & Co add two bound volumes The Artist's Repertoire Vol II and Raymond's Reed Organ Gems Vol II, plus four hands pieces and popular novelties like Je Suis Pret and Rockland Schottische. New vocal works by Beschnitt and Lombard, plus temperance song Behold a Multitude at 35 cents.
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Oliver Ditson & Co
Jadasshon
Dubois
Marie Lovell- Brown
Bostonia
Max Zach
John C. Mullaly
Paola la Villa
Heaven
Celestial City
Barytone
George E. Aiken
Sara J. Holland
Fiorini
White, Smith & Co
Artst
Beethoven
Handel
Wagner
Liszt
Leybach
Godard
Moszkowski
Raymond
R. F. Raymond
Lafuente
Rockland “Schottische
J. W. Walker
A. Davenport
Waldman
Frank N. Scott
Walter Neville
Shy Maidens Who Blew Out the Gas at Bangor Hotel
Two modest young women staying at a Bangor hotel failed to turn off their gas before sleep. The night watchman traced the odor door to door but was denied entry. The landlord and then Mrs Landlord were summoned and finally gained access, saving the occupants from harm.
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Bangor
Down River
Sam
Checker set and works offered by Edwin A Durgin
New England chess and checker rooms in Boston list many checker books and periodicals for sale postpaid. Prices cover Behaefer Kelley Ayrshire Lassie Alma American Draught Player and others with lookups and diagrams and two example positions with solutions.
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Edwin A. Durgin
Boston
Mass
New England
Washington Street
Sweet
Gould
Anderson
Wylie
X. D. Yates
James Wiilte
Strickland
Laird
American Checker Review
MLS
Ayrshire Lassie in Centennial tourney draw
From Australian exchanges comes a draughts report. Game No 2436 Ayrshire Lassie featured in the Centennial tournament for colonial born players, offering an out of the ordinary match to intrigue enthusiasts.
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Australia
Kinsey Misjudges Position in Glasgow-Whitter Notes
Notes by Correspondents report Kinsey misreads the layout in Glasgow Whitter game variant 2. White win cited with moves and numbers such as 3,5,22 for Black and 7 for king. Sequence shows many draw outcomes. details obscure amid fragmented notation.
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O. H. Richmond
Grand Rapids
Mich
Kings
King
K. Price
Glasgow-Whitter
Kinsey
International draughts match book praised by critics
England and America duel for £200 and a silver cup as Charles Barker and James Smith lead a match. The book includes full match games, agreements, laws, biographical sketches, beginner instructions, and abundant diagrams and annotations. Edited by Frank Donne and William Beattie. praised by American Checker Review as finest pamphlet on draughts.
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England Vs
America
Charles Francis Barker
James Smith
England
Frank Donne
Leedsbury Weekly Supplement
William Beattie
American Checker Review
Messrs
Dunne
Beattie
Association medal match ends 4 to 0 for La Point over Dakin
Reports show La Point defeating Dakin 4 0 in Saturday evening play for the association medal. The Providence club introduces Saturday simultaneity with members playing eight to ten opponents. News notes cover chess and draughts events, new magazine analyses, and upcoming matches including Barker Reed American championship in Chicago beginning June 3.
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la Point
Dakin
Providence
Granite State
Dartmouth
N. Y
W. Forsyth
Tne
Henry Moseley
Brooklyn
International Draughts Magazine
Atlantic
Smith
P. Booth
G. Duncan
Hamilton
Ont
C. F. Barker
Boston
J. P. Reed
Chicago
Professor Fitzpatrick
L.eavenworth
Kan
Little Annie Wheeler Visits Hawthorne Lesson
During a Augusta School Teachers Association trip to Boston, teachers in a primary class heard a Hawthorne sketch about a man wandering Boston with a child. The student-teacher Annie R. Wheeler from Augusta was identified as the girl in the tale. The class invited her to visit, and she shared reminiscences of Hawthorne, making the moment memorable for all.
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Hawthorne
Lewiston Journal
Augusta School Teachers’ Association
Boston
Augusta
Annie
Missing 15000 in gold from Brainerd Express Office
A Brainerd Minnesota case reports a package valued at $15000 in gold vanished from the Northern Pacific Express Company office. Night clerk Louis Hohman delivered four sacks of specie to the First National Bank of Brainerd via truck and vault transfer, but one bag of gold disappeared after being placed in the vault. Hohman, trusted longtime employee, asserts all consignments were secured before the loss was noticed.
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Northern Pacific Express Company
Brainerd
Minn
Louis Hohman
First National Bank of
Northern Pacific Road Company
Hohman
Messinesian 2
Reena Hohmann
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