Navy frigates ordered for service against Algiers
One hundred years ago the Congress and Essex were ordered in commission for service against the bey of Algiers. The Connecticut Legislature offered a ten dollar bounty per ton of hemp for three years and exempted the land. Wealthy Europeans asked about U.S. government permanency. White House wood supply fears led to an ad: 50 to 400 cords of wood for delivery in Washington via John Gardiner at President's Square.
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United States
Congress
Essex
Algiers
Connecticut
Washington
White House
City of
John Gardiner
President's Square
British and American talks to restart West Indies trade
Five decades ago negotiations opened between England and the United States to resume commerce with the British West Indies. The piece notes a novelty at Ascot races in England where a coach pulled by two kites drew attention with the King as spectator. It mentions an inclined plane as a Morris canal test in New York to ascend eighty feet over a thousand foot run, taking about twenty minutes.
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England
United States
British West Indies
Morris Canal
New York
Fifty Years Ago in History: Slavery Talks and Trade Papers
The notice recalls 50 years past when England and Spain opened talks to end slavery in Cuba. It also mentions Treasury Secretary McClelland probing alleged frauds in Tndean puppy purchases, a stock port wage rise, and James Hachanan’s diplomatic role. It notes a New York weather heat wave with about 100 deaths daily for a week.
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England
Spain
Cuba
Treasury
McClelland
Stockport
James Hachanan
New York
Lowdon
United States
New York City
Forties Era Confiscation Sparks Civil War Tensions
Forty years ago in Philadelphia authorities confiscated property for Union army use amid wartime disorder. President Lincoln demanded rebel officers return to command as tensions rose between Union and Confederate forces. The dispatch notes Morgan’s captured rebels shipped from Cincinnati to Pennsylvania’s Harrisburg penitentiary and reports threats of retaliation as exchanges of prisoners continued.
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Allice
Philadelphia
New York
Worrner
Lincoln
Jefferson Davis
Morgan
Cinecinnati
Vennsylvania
HarrisSerg
Valencia surrenders to Spanish government troops
Thirty years ago Valencia fell to Spanish government forces after a clash with Carlists while Cadiz faced insurgent surrender. General Ben Butler warned Washington against forcing Cuba’s independence and the freeing of slaves as tensions rose over altered congressional salaries.
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Valencia
Cadiz
Ben Butler
Washngton
Cuba
Spin
Twenty years ago in Nile disaster and trials
The item recalls a Nile related calamity causing major destruction in Maypita and the Proctor Knott race result in Kentucky with 45 000 in estimated majority. It notes four Cork dynamiters jailed for life in Liverpool. It denies a rumor of a New York bank refusing a $3,000,000 loan. English doctors in Alexandria faced mobbing by cholera relatives who blamed Christians.
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Maypita
Ermor
Kentucky
Liverpool
New York
Day Gould
Alexandria
Egypt
Ten Years Ago in Congress and British Debates
Ten years ago Congress met in special session to discuss financial legislation while the British Commons heard the Irish home rule bill. Nancy Hanks was clocked at half a mile in 1.02 by Budd Doble in Buffalo. A repeal bill for the Sherman Silver Purchase Act was introduced in the House by Wilson of West Virginia as labor groups urged Gov. Altgeld of Illinois to call a special session for jobs. President Cleveland sent a message blaming silver purchases and low confidence for financial distress and urging immediate repeal of the Sherman act.
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Congress
Nancy Hanks
Budd Doble
Buffalo
Gildstone
House of Representatives
Wilson
West Virginia
Gov
Altgeld
Ilinois
Clevelar
Congréss
Condition of crops shows corn near ten year average
The monthly report from the Bureau of Statistics notes corn condition on August 1 at 78.7, down from 79.4 on July 1, 1903, and higher than August 1, 1902. Rye and buckwheat stay strong while potato and hay yields are good. a table lists the twenty principal corn states with last three years figures and the July 1 1903 ten year average.
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Bureau of Statistics
Department of Agriculture
Texas
Missouri
Tennessee
Kentucky
Alabama
Carolina
Dakota
Kansas
California
Indiana
Nebraska
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Oklahoma
Michigan
United States
Minnesota
Dakota St
Aves
Iowa
Wisconsin
New York
Peraa
First American Cardinal Votes in Papal Election
Gibbons becomes the first American cardinal to participate in selecting a pope. His war service created tensions with Spanish cardinals, yet his learning and conservative judgment earn wide respect in the United States and on the continent. He led in the conclave as representative of the new order of things.
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Cortina
Gibbons
United States
Leo
New Order of Things
Awful Disaster On Paris Underground Railway
An awful catastrophe struck Paris on the metropolitan electric railway. Three trains were consumed by fire, causing many passengers to burn or suffocate. The death toll is estimated near one hundred. One train stalled at Menilmontant station in a poor neighborhood.
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Paris
Metropolitan Electric Railway
Menilmontant Station
Large city rail disaster with tunnel fire and passenger panic
A crowded train emptied its cars after a collision and a second train followed into the same tunnel. Smoke filled the tunnel as officials and firemen fought the blaze, many passengers attempting to flee toward Belleville. After hours, firemen finally entered the tunnel and controlled the fire amid a crowded station scene.
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Les Charonnes
Belleville
Emeritus and Leadership Changes Across NYC Colleges
Columbia names William B Ware emeritus professor after twenty two years as head of architecture. John Hoston Fearey to be inaugurated president of the College of the City of New York on Oct 1 with addresses by President Roosevelt and former President Cleveland. Cyrus Northrup of the University of Minnesota threatens resignation over unpaid salary amid inadequate state appropriation. Brander Matthews named head of English at Columbia succeeding the late Thomas Randolph Price. W L Carlyle of Wisconsin Agricultural College takes chair at Colorado State Agricultural College starting September.
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Columbia University
New York City
Jose
William B. Ware
John Hoston Fearey
The
College of the City of New York
Roosevelt
Cleveland
Cyrus Northrup
University of Minnesota
Brander Matthews
Thomas Randolph Price
W. L. Carlyle
Wisconsin Agricultural College
Colorado State Agricultural College
A F Gault Canada Cotton King Fea
A F Gault, noted as Canada’s cotton king, faces public scrutiny amid industry shifts in textile markets. Details remain sparse in the fragment, but references point to leadership in cotton trade and regional economic impact.
Massacre Claims by Bulgarians Stir Balkan Powers
Bulgarian notes to major powers accuse Turkish forces in Macedonia of massacres murders torture arson and mass arrests under reform aims. The memorandum cites consular reports and calls on Turkey to disprove charges, while diplomats in Vienna Paris and Rome express concern as Turkish mobilization expands in the region.
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Macedonia
Bulgaria
Turkey
Jeffries Defeats Corbett In San Francisco Heavyweight Bout
James J Jeffries knocked out James J Corbett in the tenth round at Mechanics’ Pavilion San Francisco to retain the world heavyweight title. A powerful right to the stomach followed by a left to the solar plexus floored Corbett as he rose from a brief clinch. Jeffries exhibited superiority in speed and force as the largest San Francisco crowd yet recorded attended, with Yosemite Club reporting 10,689 in attendance and $62,340 gate.
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James J Jeffries
James J. Corbet
Mechanics’ Pavilion
San Francisco
Bots
Fitzsimmons
Corbett
Jeffries
Ater Uons
Corvett
Yosemite Iub
Railroads Expand, Charter Granted for Guthrie Line
The Kansas Central Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad Company with a 20 million capital stock secured a charter at Guthrie Oklahoma. St Louis requires power brakes on electric cars within city limits. California fruit crop shipments by Santa Fe Railroad rely mainly on fruit cars. U S freight traffic grows with 93 388 000 000 ton miles in 1893, up 154 percent from 1891. A temporary extension for rail safety equipment deadlines is granted by the Interstate Commerce Commission. Milwaukee road matches Soo Line cut rate to New York, other lines acted earlier. Richmond Fredericksburg and Potomac to spend 4 million on double tracking and ballast. E H Harriman plans to fold California Northwestern Railway into the coast system with Astoria as northern terminus. Michigan Central Directors renew Canada Southern lease for 992 years and Pere Marquette linked Lake Erie and Detroit River Railroad bonds refund of 3 million to lower interest, ratified at stockholders meeting.
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Kansas Central, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad Company
Guthrie
Okla
St. Louisa
California
Santa Fe Railroad
United States
Interstate Commerce Commission
Milwaukee Road
Soo
St. Paul
Minneapolis
New York
Milwaukee
Richmond
Fredericksburg
S’otomac
E. H. Harriman
California Northwestern Railway
Coast System
Astoria
Michigan Central
Canada Southern
Lake Erie and
Detroit River
Pere Marquette
Nyeting
Misplaced comma shapes Nebraska death sentence tale
The Omaha execution of William Rhea is linked to a punctuation error in a criminal statute. Nebraska amended laws in 1893 to keep Ohio first degree murder provisions but allowed juries to choose capital punishment or life imprisonment, a change blurred by a comma misprint.
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William Rhea
Omaha
Nebraska
Ohio
Hold up murder case details in Snyder Nebraska
The court refused a new trial after the Rhea decision fixed the engrossed copy as official. Shea shot Henry Zahn at Snyder during a hold up conducted with two companions, highlighting how punctuation influenced murder versus robbery prerequisites.
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Rhea
Supreme Court
Shea
Henry Zahn
Snyder, Neb
Feudists Jett and White Convicted of Murder in Kentucky
Curtis Jett and Thomas White were found guilty of the murder of James B. Marcum in Jackson Kentucky, with life imprisonment set for each. The trial spanned nearly three weeks, amid limited courtroom presence, and defense plans to seek a new trial.
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Curtis Jett
Thomas White
James B. Marcum
Jackson
Webster
Adett
White
Golden
Court of Appeals
Breathitt County
Jett
Cockerill
Panama Route In Peril Amid Colombia Amendments
The Panama canal treaty faces near collapse after Colombia adopts nine amendments in Congress. One amendment alone could doom the treaty, likely forcing Roosevelt to favor the Nicaragua route. State Department officials and the Colombian chargé d’affaires in Washington remain uncertain about the exact changes.
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Colombia
Roosevelt
Nicaragua
Panama
Congressional Committee
United States Senate
Department of State
Senor Herran
Washington
United States
Rural Delivery Growth Across Nation in July
Postmaster General Payne released a statement on rural free delivery showing nearly 3,000 new routes set in July, the first month of the fiscal year. The annual appropriation was 12 million dollars, about 3 million more than needed to maintain current service, supporting roughly 6,000 new routes. Petitions for about 11,000 more routes are on file.
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Payne
Binder twine factory at Missouri penitentiary planned
Notes of Current Events report a binder twine factory will be erected at the Missouri penitentiary as soon as work can proceed. The item notes a 14-year-old boy drowning in the Kaw river at Topeka during swimming. It mentions Conductor Bert Clay who killed someone at Oklahoma City while his train crew was switching. An Iowa law proposal aims to require examination and licensing of music teachers.
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Missouri Penitentiary
Martin Deeginger
Kaw
Topeka
Bert Clay
Oklahoma City
O. T
Iowa
Notable Figures Headline Langley And Other Prominent Names
A roundup profile highlights Prof Samuel Pierpont Langley secretary of the Smithsonian and co operator with Bell, J P Bradfield rising in the New York Central, Admiral Morris a new paymaster general, Admiral Harris Kay with long sea service, and notes on printer Alexander Ramsey Warren and Gen George H Burton. Sir Francis Knollys serves as private secretary to Edward VII.
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Samuel Pierpont Langley
Smithsonian Institution
Alexander Graham Bell
Langley
Boston
Cambridge
Oxford
Henry T. B. Morris
United States Navy
Uncle Sam
Harris
Harris Kay
Sir Francis Knollys
Edward VII
Iing
Sir Francis
F. Knollys
Edward
Train Collision Near Ardmore Kills Two and Injures Four
A freight train collided with a work train eleven miles south of Ardmore I T. likely fatally wounding Kid Stone and B A Downey the engineer and fireman, with four others seriously hurt A flagman is blamed for the wreck Orders were issued to outfit the cruiser Minneapolis as flagship for Rear Admiral Wise and the North Atlantic fleet training squadron at League Island navy yard
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Santa Fe
Ardmore
I. T
Og “Kid” Stone
B. A. Downey
Minneapolis
League Island Navy Yard
Wise
North Atlantic
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Mali
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Adrianople
Safonika
Maaredonia
Jeffries IS
William Riza
Quilty
Prof
New York Central Railroad
J. P. Bradfield
Bradfield
Syracuse
Grand Central
New York Central
A. H. Smith
Alexander Ramsey Warren
Greenfield
Oneida County
United States Gazette
Hoe
A. B., Warren
Duf Green
George H Burton
United States Army
Breckinridge
Governors Island
Department of the East
Gen. Burton
Delaware
G. H. Burton
West Point
Modoc
New Perce
Bannock
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