World News and Port Receipts Amid War Era Data
A historical note lists international customs receipts and port activity figures from Porto Rico Cuba and the Philippines. It references Assistant Secretary of War Afeiklejohn and a broad tally of coastwise and foreign tonnage entries and clearances for various ports as of early year months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Porto Rico
Cuba
Philippines
Afeiklejohn
Adi Cutan
Porto Rican
Philippine
Nage
Dilinpine
Indiana G A R Encampment at Terre Haute Parade
The Indiana G A R held its encampment at Terre Haute with a 5000 strong parade. Governor Mount and staff on horseback, Culver Cadets, six Indiana militia companies, two batteries, and 1000 schoolchildren participated. Resolutions praised Gen. Lawton for Cuba and the Philippines and declared Indianapolis the next meeting site.
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Indiana Grand Army of the Republic
Terre Haute
Gov. Mount
Culver
Indiana
Gen. Lawton
Cuba
Philippines
Indiana G. A. R
Fort Wayne Post
Indianapolis
Fort Wayne Police Nab Vagrant With Stolen Goods
Fort Wayne police arrest a well dressed man named John Ford for vagrancy. He carried postage stamps and, upon search, a loaded revolver and four new silverine watches. Police believe the items are stolen and seek information by contacting Hk A Corsline, Superintendent of Police, for twelve days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Wayne
Ind
John Ford
Hk. A. Corsline
Two Die In Lodging House Fire In New York
A fatal blaze at a lodging house on West Forty-seventh Street New York destroyed the building kept by Fay Hilton. A man named Thompson, a suspected fish dealer, perished in his room from suffocation while a woman, a Black unnamed victim, leaped from the top story to her death. The fire spread rapidly before being detected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fay Hilton
West Forty-seventh Street
New York
Thompson
Charles W. Briggs
Rochester
N. Y
Briggs Brothers & Co
United States
Edwin S. Piper Company
Massachusetts Supreme Court
Della Walters
Plainfield
Central Railroad of
New Jersey
North River
Agnes Sutter
Newburg
N.Y
Tire
Bulding
Freeman Street
Brooklyn
Wells Bros
Charles S. Murray
Prikeiup
Sewickley
Tatler
John C. Jennings
Westru
John Det
Christopher Daly
Enelis
Henry W. Merver
Nhiny Sporl
Moyer
Blackwell's Island
Board of Health
Exhaustion of British coal and iron warned at Institute meeting
At the Institute of Mining in London President Longton gave a pessimistic address on British coal and iron exhaustion. He warned that within fifty years Britain may depend on the United States for cheap coal iron and steel and that alliances with the United States for coaling the navy could become imperative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Institute of Mining
London
England
Longton
United States
Indian Uprising Feared In Montana Dispatch
A Miles City report warns of Cheyenne uprisings in Montana. Armed natives forced Mrs Lorain and her child from their home, burned haystacks, and burned a steer owned by Henry Bailey. Sheriff Dermity and Deputy Smith lead a posse toward Lame Deer to pursue the marauders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles City
Mont
Faith in Porto Rico Says Henry Sees Bright Future
Gen. Guy V. Henry, recently superseded as Governor General of Porto Rico, told the President that he is enthusiastic about the island. He believes its future is prosperous and that the people will eventually become good citizens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Porto Rico
Guy V. Henry
Gen
Davis
Gen. Henry
Filipino Peace Delegation Leaves Manila Without Settlement
The Filipino Peace Commissioners depart Manila without an agreed peace. They will report to Aguinaldo on Commissioner Schurman’s proposed government scheme for President McKinley and expect to return after their review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Aguinaldo
Schursman
McKinley
Fire at Asbury Park destroys railway cars
Masked men bound and gagged the watchman at the Red Bank and Long Branch Tratley Company barns in Asbury Park New Jersey then poured kerosene on the cars and set them ablaze. The incident halted service and the loss is estimated at about 50 000 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asbury Park
Red Bank & Long Branch Tratley Company
N. J
Minister to Spain Arrives for Madrid Reception
Madrid special reports Lallamy Storer, the new United States Minister to Spain, is expected here at the end of the month. Preparations are under way for a reception in his honor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Lallamy Storer
United States
Spain
Multiple bankruptcy petitions and stockpile of silver dollars surfaced
John W Isham and William H Seitz filed bankruptcy petitions in New York with liabilities 14000 and 128250 respectively. 2000 060 silver dollars rusted in Philadelphia mint vaults. Hotel Lincoln owner Jesse M Lee filed for bankruptcy with 103726 liabilities and 58815 assets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Isham
New York
William H. Seitz
Philadelphia
Jesse M. Lee
Lincoln
Pittsburg
Maryland Steel Company
Falls of Dee
Lavina van Westerveldt Dempsey
John A. Dempsey
Western elects Rev Arthur L Williams coadjutor in Omaha
The Rev Arthur L Williams of Chicago has been chosen as coadjutor to Bishop Worthington in Omaha. News items report a rail wreck near Tip Top Missouri with fatalities, a large gas strike in Ohio, and various legal and political developments across the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur L. Williams
Chicago
Bishop Worthington
Omaha
United States
Sheridan
San Francisco
Manila
Nagasaki
Guthrie
O. T
Tlenry Towner
George Gross
Texas and Texas City News Briefs From Southern Edition
A horse espied on a picnic hack in Peoria Texas ran away killing Thomas Lovejoy and injuring several women. Fire destroyed the Morris building on Main street in Houston causing \$75 000 loss covered by insurance. The Texas Legislature passed the bill taxing personal incomes over \$2 000. Doc J W Hamilton famed bookmaker died in San Antonio at sixty. A major tornado hit Erath County wrecking homes and churches with one death and fifteen injured. Wheeling street railway workers strike for twenty cents an hour nine hour day. few riders and cars running.
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Noah H. Swayne
Toledo Republicans
Swerlin Brothers
Tillin
Ohio
Bucyrus
Columbus, Sandusky and Frocking
Dor. Esmond
Lill Watson
Shawnee
Ohio Water Works Association
Kansas City
Charles E. Winsley
Lewis Slack
Avery
Luton River
Hoe
Chicago
J. B. Johnson
Topeka
Kan
Santa Fe
George R. Peck
Fred Parker
H. E. Walter
Iron Mountain
Texas
Tip Top
Hogan Mountain
Bessemer Steel Works
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
Pueblo
John Washtub
Joseph Starr
San Bois
Ind
Hiaberer & Co
Eighth Street
Cincinnati
Perry
Fred Meeks
Sadie Spenny
Aetna Powder Works
Aetna
Peoria
Thomas Lovejoy
Morris
Main Street
Houston
House of the
J. W. Hamilton
United States
San Antonio
Erath County
Mount Pleasant
Wheeling
W. Va
Logan resigns from army. McKinley issues pardons and commutations
Maj. John A. Logan resigns his army post while Sen Kyle stays as head of the industrial commission. J R Garrison of Washington named auditor for Porto Rico. Alma Ilagu pardoned for Utah bank crime. Dividends ordered for National Bank of Kansas City and First National Banks of Larimore and Emporia. Charities Farms Company HH receives life sentence commutation and dishonorable discharge for murder in Santiago, Cuba.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Logan
Kyle
J. R. Garrison
Washington
Porto Lico
McKinley
Alma Ilagu
Utah
National Bank
Iansas City
First National Bank of
Larimore
N. D
Emporia
Kan
Charities Farms
Company HH
Third
United States Volunteer Infantry
Santiago
Cuba
International Notes From The Era Of Global Affairs
Andrew Carnegie subscribes 1000 pounds to the Gladstone memorial fund. A Carnot monument is unveiled at Dijon. German meat inspection bill postponed until autumn. Mme Grisi dies in Geneva and actress Molle Rhea dies in Montmorenci. Fourteen drowned in a Danube ferry accident near Straubing. Nathorst expedition sails from Stockholm to northeast Greenland. Gen Arolas suffers stroke in Valencia theater. Forty eight locomotives ordered for Russian Siberian railways. Envoys sent by Aguinaldo to seek peace with the United States. An American protectorate with Filipino autonomy is desired. Reina Mercedes cruiser to join US Navy. Plan to fit her out with American materials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Carnegie
Gladstone Memorial Fund
Sadi Carnot
France
Dijon
Mme
Carlotta Grisi
Geneva
Switzerland
Molle Rhea
Montmorenci
Danube
Straubing
Bavaria
Nathorst
Stockholm
Greenland
Andree
Arolas
Havana
Valencia
Schwartzkoepft
Germany
Siberia
Aguinaldo
Reina Mercedes
United States Navy
Ameri
Fires, floods, and trials in distant lands and ships
Reports describe Porosow Poland burned with twelve dead and 3,000 homeless in camps while Astrakhan regions flood from the Volga. In the Philippines Captain John B. Jeffery is acquitted of charges of desertion and pillage. China’s 1899 US imports exceed 13 million dollars. Copenhagen lab shells kill seven, injure three. Kang Yu Wey seeks US Canada Australia companies to control Chinese capital. The German bark Ariadne burned at Bayonne pier No 2, with 25,000 dollars total loss including oil and pier damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John B. Jeffery
Chicago
Philippines
Treasury Department
China
United States
Hong Kong
Copenhagen
Kang Yu Wey
Canada
Australia
Ising
Standard Oil Company
Pier No. 2
Bayonne
N. J
Vast maritime incidents and industrial price moves across continents
The Reina Mer cedes arrives at Hampton Roads while the Danube runs ashore near Vancouver Island. Dawson City fires devastate most of the town with losses estimated at 3 to 4 million dollars. The American Glass Company raises window glass prices by five percent effective June 1 as railroads consolidate operations. Wheat and corn export figures show shifts as Buffalo strikes and crop reports influence markets.
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Hampton Roads
Danube
Cape Mudge
Vancouver Island
Newfoundland
Seurtion
Grand Trunk Railway
Smyrnia
Ont
Portland
American Bankers’ Association
Cleveland
Paris
Manacles
Cornwall
England
Victoria
B. C
Dawson City
American Glass Company
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company
Winds Valley
Galesburg
Rio
Chicago
Iowa
Peoria
Hannibal
Ottawa
Oswego
Fox River Valley
Illinois
Grand Trunk
American Central
Quincey
Warsaw
St. Louis
Rock Island
Burlington
Missouri River
Bradstreet
Buffalo
Seaboard
Regional Market Prices for Cattle Hogs and Grains Across Cities
The report lists live cattle hogs and sheep prices for Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo and New York with grains including wheat corn oats rye and butter eggs and clover seed. Values show wide ranges by city and grade with no single trend.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
Ste. St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
New York
Poison plot case and military news mix from Hastings to Samoa
Viola Horlocker, Hastings stenographer, bound over in 5000 dollars on a charge of attempting to poison her employer’s wife. The report shifts to Jameson raid history, Hopkins’ rise, Kautz and Samoa events, leprosy rumors in the Philippines, and local crime notes including forged checks and a fratricide discharge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viola Horlocker
Hastings
Neb
Bowen
Dewey Arrives Hong Kong to Wide Welcome
Admiral Dewey's Hong Kong arrival sparks a large demonstration as warships fire salute and Royal Fusiliers guard crowds. He meets Consul Wildman and Governor Blake, tours Government House, and receives congratulatory honors from British officers. Dewey health noted as not seriously ill.
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Admiral Dewey
Hong Kong
Manila
Olympia
Aid Scott
Wildman
Admir
New York
Royal Fusiliers
Caj
Blake
Dewey
Government House
Honor Queen Victoria Ninth Day Celebration At Windsor
England marks the eightieth anniversary of Queen Victoria s birth with a Windsor observance. A 10:30 serenade of 250 voices opened festivities in the castle courtyard followed by hymns and madrigals. The queen watched from the breakfast room as Scots Guards fired an honorary salute. Illuminations, a banquet, and a performance of Lohengrin completed the day. telegrams poured in from colonies and societies, including a note from President McKinley.
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England
Victoria
All England
Windsor
Scots Guards
Buffalo grain shovelers end strike with amicable settlement
The Buffalo grain shovelers strike ends after a settlement in which contractor Conn ers concedes most terms. He agrees to honor prior agreements and to form a five member committee with three shovelers to decide admission of scoopers to the new Grain Shovelers Union and their work status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
Conners
Jake
War News in Brief From the Philippines
Rainy season begins as Gen Lawton with troops reaches Malolos. Oregon and Minnesota volunteers rest in Manila. California volunteers delayed by a typhoon. Rebels near San Pedro Macati build trenches. Engagements west of Bacolor leave 20 insurgents dead and 40 wounded. Brig Gen Williston becomes Manila provost marshal. Gen Hughes reassigned to Visayan Islands. Filipino staff members Guison and Mapua surrender after crossing American lines. Colorado volunteers clash with the enemy at Maraquina, one wounded. Santa Rita fighting sees three scouts wounded. Oceania newspaper suppress ed, editor jailed. A Pasig river raft sinks, five soldiers drown. Twelfth infantry and Idaho volunteers push insurgents back. two Americans killed, four wounded. Insurgent losses heavy. Lawton reports 25 engagements this month, 6 killed, 35 wounded, 1,000 prisoners. Civil government set at San Miguel Bulinag and San Isidro. Rear guard fights ten miles escorting signal corps. 1 American killed, 1 officer and 14 privates wounded, 20 insurgents captured. Lawton cites indignities to American prisoners, especially Yorktown crew. Newport arrives Manila sans casualties, part of a San Francisco voyage carrying Marines and artillery to Cavite.
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San Pedro Macati
Maj. Bell
Bacolor
Gen
Williston
Gen. Hughes
Manila
Visayan Island
Maraquina
Colorado
Santa Rita
Bacolorfi
Bell
Oceania
Passig River
Twelfth
United States Infantry
Idaho
Lawton
San Miguel Bulinag
San Isidro
Newport
San Francisco
Marine Corps of the Navy
Cavite
Tiernon
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Thomas
Ellis
ERS
G A. R
Trwce Persaous
Ben Wilhite
Luin Ford
Sharon
Charles Hutchinson
Arcada
Hutchinson
Andrew Hinklings
Locust Point
Ife
Genoa
Willie Manters
Hamilton
Int
East St. Louis
Enid
Okla
Zane Township
Michael Austin
William Austin
P. J. Wilson
M. Sngaki Sugimoto
Japan
Southern
Jashington
Porosow
Poland
Astrakhan
Russia
Caspian Sea
Volga
Zarewsk
Miss Horlocker
der. Jameson
Johannesburg
Jameson
A. J. Hopkins
Illnois
Congress
Cortland
de Kalb
B. Hopkins
Ireland
Aurora
Dingley
Ways and Means Committee
Hopkins
Dayne
Wilde
Gen. Miller
Navy
Tloilo
Wautz
Samoa
Navy Department
Kautz
South
New Orleans
Frederick V. Schneider
First
South Dakota Infantry
California
Monaghan
Frances J L. Adair
Boston
Mass
Ike Armantrout
Hillsboro
Nopkins
Malolos
Oregon
Minnesota
Guison and
Mapua
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