Great Belle House Seeks Replacement by Modern Apartment Block
An old Washington home linked to Margaret Eaton once known as Pretty Peggy faces demolition to make way for a large apartment building. The O’Neil tavern site on Pennsylvania Avenue near Twenty First Street housed famed statesmen guests, while Eaton’s wife sparked cabinet tensions with President Andrew Jackson.
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Twenty-first Streets
Billy” O'Neil
Billy O’neil
William O'Neil
Ulster
Margaret O'Neil and Her Remarkable Family in Early America
Smith D. Pry recalls the life of Margaret O'Neil, famed beauty and musician, born in 1799 in Georgetown during Napoleon's consulate. The piece traces her marriages, children, and the influence of her beauty on personal happiness, plus her connections to Gen. Jackson, Gen. Eaton, and Lafayette, ending with the note that her historic home and era are fading.
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Virginia
Margaret
Madge
Land O' the Seal
Ald
Lafayette
Daughteer
Duke de Sampage
Randolph
Navy
Margaret O'Neil
Gen. Eaton
Smith D. Pry
How Cubana Eat Oranges Style in Cuba
The article describes Cuban orange eating: peel in a circular motion as with an apple, cut through the yellow rind leaving the white skin intact, then open and eat from the hand without a spoon. It notes peeled oranges sold at fruit stands and observes Americans in Cuba preferring to peel their own.
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Cuba
Northfield Ferry Disaster Sinks After Collision
A Staten Island ferry boat the Northfield sank after a collision with the Mauch Chunk off Whitehall Street. Firemen tugboats and police rescued hundreds, but many passengers remain missing or dead, with authorities citing rapid current and crowd panic as critical factors. Juan A. Benitez of French Edge & Co. was later recovered as the second body.
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New York
Staten
Northfield
Island Ferry Co
Central Railroad of
New Jersey
Staten Island Ferry
Whitehall Street
Spanish Line
East
Daniel Cully
Mutual
Unity and
Arrow
Abraham Johnson
S.C. Griffin
Mauch Chunk
East River
Staten Island
Worthfield
Juan A. Benitez
French, Edge & Co
Four Die After Flint Crossing Train Collision
Pere Marquette passenger train struck a carriage at Hamilton avenue Oak Park Flint suburb. George W Buckingham and three women from Flint and Adrian died instantly. Driver Buckingham and two women fell near the engine. Pilot broke on impact.
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Flint, Mich
Pere Marquette
Hamilton Avenue
Oak Park
George W. Buckingham
Flint
Abbie Buckingham
Thomas Applegate
Adrian
Willam Humphreys
Buckingham
Eastern capitalists form $10,000,000 Kentucky coal combine
The Courier Journal reports eastern capitalists seek control of major Kentucky coal mines to form a 10 million dollar combine. They have options on thousands of eastern Kentucky acres with virgin coal beds. The plan aims to boost output, develop land, max out capacity at large mines, and close many smaller mines.
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Louisville
The
Courier Journal
Kentucky
Cailles Surrenders With 500 Insurgents Near Manila
Gen Cailles agrees to surrender to American authorities after leaders Cols Infant and Guivara sign for him. Cailles commands insurgents east of Bay Lake near Manila and his exact force exceeds 500. He has a history of cruelty and supported Mando-Ducats. rewards once offered for American heads.
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Manila
Cols
Infant
Guivara
Caillesg
Cailles
Santa Cruz
Bay Lake
Society of Mando-Ducats
Edward N. Jones
Eighth Infantry
Aguinaldo
Beadle County Cyclone Injures Ten in South Dakota
A southeast Beadle county cyclone struck Saturday afternoon injuring ten and destroying multiple farms and a schoolhouse. McCormack family suffered serious injuries including a father and 7-year-old son possibly fatal. Gardiner and Palmer farms also damaged with additional injuries and a broken leg. Destruction left mud and darkness as rescuers found the survivors.
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Beadle County
South Dakota
Huron
S. D
McCormack
Gardiner
Palmer
Gillespie
Kennedy Jury Unable to Reach Verdict in Third Trial
New York on June 17 the jury in Dr Kennedy’s third trial for the murder of Dolly Reynolds reported they could not agree after more than a day of deliberation. The judge discharged them and remanded Kennedy to the Tombs as tears appeared on his face amid the final ballots.
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New York
Kennedy
Dolly Reynolds
Newburger
Harriman's Combine Controls Major Rail Routes
The Chicago Tribune reports Harriman Kuhn Loeb Co and the Rockefellers have secured control of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St Paul system. Authorities say lines west to the Pacific, northwest from Chicago, and southwest from St Louis will be united under Harriman and Morgan led interests. Total mileage cited is 55,592.
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Chicago
Hull and Morgan
St. Louis
Gould
Rockefellers
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
J. Kierpont Morgan
E. H. Harriman
Morgan
The Zionists Convention Opens in Philadelphia
The Federation of American Zionists holds its fourth annual convention in Philadelphia starting Sunday with record attendance. Delegates travel from all regions to advocate establishing a local home in Palestine for oppressed Hebrews from Russia Romania and other European nations seeking asylum under international consent.
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Philadelphia
Federation of American Zionists
Palestine
Ofussia
Roumania
Imports Of Farm Produce Show United States Trade Partners
Bulletin by Frank Hitchock analyzes U S agricultural imports for 1896 to 1900. Europe supplied 129 million in 1900 while Brazil led with 39.3 million. United Kingdom 32.6 million. Dutch East Indies 27.5 million. Cuba 27.2 million. Germany 26.0 million. Japan 24.8 million. China 24.1 million. France 21.1 million. Hawaii 20.6 million in 1900. Overall imports hit 420.1 million in 1900 with Europe the primary source.
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Washington
Frank Hitchcock
Agriculture Department
United States
Europe
Asia
South America
Brazil
United Kingdom
Dutch East Indies
Cuba
Germany
Japan
China
France
Hawaii
Jealous Farm Hand Murders Wife In Newfield Fire of Passion
James Churchill a farm hand murdered Minnie Churchill his wife at her father's Newfield home nine miles from Ithaca. He crushed her skull with an iron bar as she slept beside her young daughter and wounded Daniel Minturn the husband of Minnie’s mother who may die. Churchill drank carbolic acid and survived. he was arrested in Ithaca. The motive was jealousy as Mrs. Churchill had separated from him two months earlier. The girl escaped to summon help.
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Napoleon
France
Georgetown
Madison
Margaret O'Neil
New York
Timberlake
Navy
Gen. Jackson
Gen. Eaton
Tennessee
Ithaca
N. Y
James Churchill
Minnie Churchill
Newfield
Daniel Minturn
Churchill
Minturn
Dowie Claims Plot to Abduct Him at Zion Tabernacle
In Chicago a Dowie meeting at Zion Tabernacle alleges local doctors conspire to kidnap him and confine him to a detention hospital to erase his reason. He warns followers of possible forced removal and vows action against the physicians if interference continues. In Berlin, the Bismarck statue was unveiled before the emperor, empress, and high officials.
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Chicago
Kave
Eilin Tagzue
Zion Guard
Berlin
Bismarck
Reichstage
Herbert Bismarck
Count von Buelow
Prince Hohenlohe
Boers surprise Gen Beaston at Welmans trust
Lord Kitchener's cable from Pretoria reports Gen Beaston's column near Welmans trust on June 13 was attacked by Boers. In camp two officers and 16 men were killed while 4 officers and 38 men were wounded. Only two officers and 50 men escaped. prisoners were released and two pompons captured.
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London
Lord Bitchener
Pretoria
Welmans Trust
Beaston
Noted Lawyers Attend Case of Molineux at Court of Appeals
Buffalo June 18 The court of appeals heard the case of Roland B Molineux the young New York athlete and chemist under death sentence for poisoning Mrs Katherine J Adams An intelligent crowd filled the room as Milburn Hill and Battle led the defense and Senator Hill remained silent through the marathon session focusing on the lower court rulings on evidence in a tense murder linked to a postal plot and the Barnet mystery.
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Buffalo
Court of Appeals
Roland B. Molineux
New York
Katherine J. Adams
American Post
Harry Cornish
Parker
Vann
Bartlett
Gray
O’brien
Haight
Warner
Gen. Molineux
David N. Carvalado
Henry G. Barnet
Milburn
Goff
Stafford
Grand jury returns no bills in Cleveland libel case
The Cleveland grand jury declined to indict J. B. Morrow C. W. Chase E F Batten of the Leader and Augustus Hubbell The affidavit alleged Hubbell received 300 from Tom L Johnson in three installments to sway ward voters Johnson charged Hubbell and Leader people with libel and took the matter to the grand jury
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Cleveland
J. B. Morrow
C. W. Chase
EF. C. Batten
Cleveland Leader
Augustus Hubbell
Leader
Hubbell
Tom L. Johnson
Johnson
Leader People
Toledo Lines to Consolidate and Extend to Detroit
Negotiations proceed for the merger of the Toledo and Monroe Railway Company, owned by a Detroit syndicate, and the Toledo Bowling Green and Southern Traction Company, controlled by George B. Kerper of Cincinnati. The Monroe line runs 20 miles to Monroe Michigan, while the other line will reach Finlay 44 miles within a month. Post consolidation plans include extending the unified line into Detroit from Monroe.
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Toledo
Toledo & Monroe Railway Co
Toledo, Bowling Green & Southern Traction Co
Detroit
George B. Kerper
Cincinnati
Monroe
Mich
Finlay
Teacher's Crime Shocks Duthan Alabama
Rankin former assistant principal shot and killed Principal George R. McNeil in Duthan Alabama then died by suicide. The dismissal from the public schools is believed to have triggered the tragedy.
Stolen Mexican Dollars Recovered Reported in Ceylon
A Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corp in New York received a message stating 250000 Mexican dollars stolen May 24 at Singapore were recovered in Ceylon. No further details were provided.
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New York
A. M Townsend
Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
Singapore
Ceylon
Goer to Evict Sooners
Captain Sayers at Fort Sil leads 40 cavalrymen to clear Wichita mountain land of unlawful intruders under war department orders, preparatory to Kiowa and Comanche reservation opening.
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Guthrie, Okio
Sayers
Fort Sil
War Department
Wichita Mountain
Editor James Shepard Dies by Own Hand in Chicago
Chicago editor James Shepard, head of a weekly Soviet paper, died Monday at his home from a self inflicted gunshot. Authorities say brain fever impaired his mind and he had previously tried to end his life.
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Chicago
James Shepardson
Billy Craver Dies in Troy Baseball Figure Remembered
William H. Craver known as Billy Craver died in Troy on Monday from heart disease. He earned a national reputation with the Haymakers baseball club in 1866, marking a notable chapter in old-time baseball history.
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Troy
N. Y
William
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