Court of Appeals Affirms 700 Dollar Judgment Against Rage Dale
A Kentucky Court of Appeals ruling upholds a $700 judgment against William Rage Dale, affirmed for Mrs. Nannie Ezell. The piece surveys varied topics from Victorian census roles for women to a French dog bite liability case and Dreyfus island lore, and notes Kansas railroad court proposals, Syrian silk direct shipping, Pittsburgh water end filtration, and Theodore S.’s manufacturing export gains since 1821.
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Kentucky Court of Appeals
Forkinson
Nannie Ezell
William Ragedale
Tower Court
Dreamlike Beach Vision of Fame and Long Life
A boy and girl on a sunny beach conjure bubbles and names such as Twamomino Wealth and Batse. The tale wanders through wishes for fame, beauty, long life, and praise, ending with glowing celestial orbs named Loxo and a romantic, timeless mood.
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Batse
Bat Dennty
Agalos
Beacon Tower
Lost pearls and Spanish treasure found in old Panama well
Three canal guards exploring Panama Viejo find a sunken well where Mike Duohey retrieves a large bottle containing 149 pearls and a box with parchment deeds and 100 Spanish gold spins. A dealer values the pearls at about 3310 pounds. They suspect the cache dates to the 1671 sack of Old Panama.
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van Wieck
Rotterdam
Michael Duohey
Boca
Canal Trench
Panamoa
Panama Viejo
Panama
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Hemisphere
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Pizarro
Puerto Bello
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Pablo
Hreman
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Mike Doohey
Walla
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van Vieck
Harria
Harris
Barris
Lefora
Tne Mika
Srahmad
van Vleck
Dad
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Tueir
FIGHTING IN HAVANA BALKS POLICE CLASH AND ARRESTS
Havana reports a violent clash between police and residents in the San Jose street area of the unsavory quarter. Police suffered injuries including a seriously wounded captain Joel Estrampes, while about fifteen protesters and five civilians were killed, with sixty to seventy wounded. American troops were mobilized after arrests neared sixty.
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Havana
Caoba
Baturday
Bundoy
Joel Estrampes
Shadt
San Jose Street
Actine
Death of Princess Kaiulani Reported in Hawaii
The steamer Chion from the Orient brings word that Princess Kaiulani died in Honolulu in the morning. The cause given is inflammatory rheumatism. The dispatches mention the planet of Hawaii and the royal line, noting the late princess’ role in Hawaiian history.
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Bax Fontecisco
Honolula
Katulanoi
Tarantulas and Scorpions Fact Versus Folklore
A St Louis Republic piece explains tarantulas and scorpions belong to the arachnid group. It notes the scorpion sting delivers venom via two gland openings, typically no more dangerous than a honey bee, with tropical species more perilous. Northern banana imports can bring them north. There are no authentic death cases from stings.
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United States
Arizona
Southwest
St. Louis Republic
Insane Man Hanged in Atlanta Case Autopsy Finds Brain Disease
Postmortem on Robert Lewis, hanged for killing Charles Haynes, reveals long standing meningitis and disease in brain areas governing emotions. Autopsy by Dr. Nicolson supports defense claim of insanity, despite prior ruling by Dr. Baird deeming Lewis sane under Georgia law.
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Atlanta
Robert Lewis
Charles Haynes
William P. Nicolson
Lewis
7. B. Baird
Admiral Vitlamll skeleton linked to Spanish admiral Williams claims
General Leonard Wood, military governor of Santiago, Cuba, concludes a skeleton found washed ashore near El Morro likely belongs to Admiral Williams who commanded Torpedo Boat Destroyer Furor and Pluton in a battle that destroyed Corvora’s squadron.
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Leonard Wood
Santiago
Cuba
el Morro
Willams
Furor
Pluton
Corvora
The Music She Plays in a Philistine's View
A critique from an English weekly mocks musical taste in choosing a wife. It lists composers and tunes as indicators of prudishness, frivolity, or ambition. The piece ends by praising a girl who can play Home Sweet Home despite other stereotypes.
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Baethoven
Gounod
Gottachalk
Mozart
Flotow
Wagner
Atlanta Citizen Dies Aged 102 In Georgia News
Toho 8 Prather the oldest resident of Atlanta Georgia dies at 102. Reports of wage increases for over 90,000 New England workers in 1894. Louisville forms United Wage Workers Union of Louisville. Georgia labor unions plan state federation in April. Eureka Lodge 434Machinists donates 60 to idle boot and show workers in Marion. Springtod tobacco workers support bootblacks in organization. Bedford tobacco workers have not been paid for five years due to truck store system. Worcester mass competitors form a typographical union. Meeting notes members earned between 4 and 124 per week.
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United Wage Workers’ Union of
Georgia
Federation of Labor
Eureka Lodge 434
International Association of Machinists
Mariora
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Ara
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New Treaty With Japan Changes In World Relations
Extensive changes in U S Japan relations take effect July 17 as a new treaty eliminates extraterritorial rights, abolishes consular courts, opens inland Japan to foreign capital and trade, and moderate tariff adjustments accompany the shift toward a modern, open economy.
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Wasmixatox
D. C
Bpecial
United States
Japan
Ohiia
Thia
Yokohama
Man charged after fire kills five children in Kansas
Horcutaux, Kan. Tom A Moore fatally injured his five children while they slept and set fire to the house to conceal the crime. Four other details describe the house fire and initial suspicion, with medical examiners noting the children died of suffocation. Moore, from Emporia, was jailed after a preliminary verdict charged him with murder. The mother was away. neighbors recall no prior signs of insanity.
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Horcutaux
Kan
Tom A. Moore
Gottsa
Tostliss
Moore
Olois
Emporia
Odaho
M. W. Franklin
Ives
Bailey Fatally Shoots Teacher After Harassment
In Louisa, New Hampshire, Frank Bailey aged seventeen shot and fatally wounded Miss Harriet Prescott, his schoolteacher, after she warned him to stop harassing her. He followed her home after school, demanded to see her, and after being told she was not in, returned and fired a single shot into her chest above the heart. She died shortly after.
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Louisauny
N. H
Spectal
Frank Bailey
Sevanteso
Misa Harriet Prescott
Balley
Bailey
Real Culprit in Dreyfus Affair Named Baron von Mohrenteim
The Evening News reports the former Russian Ambassador to Paris Baron von Mohrenteim as the true traitor who sold secrets to Germany. It claims the Russian government believes him guilty and seeks to avoid a larger scandal than Dreyfus by keeping him from public exposure. Baron von Mohrenteim left Paris in December 1997, succeeded by Prince Ouroussef.
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Evening News
Baron von Mohrenteim
Dreyfus
Paris
Hhis
Prince Ouroussef
Brassola
Two Killed and Dozens Harmed in Omaha Fire
A blaze in Omaha Nebraska left two dead and twenty injured with several in critical condition. Victims named include Mia Orv Rono Sebomet and Mrs Thomas Taylor. Insurance fully covers the building losses estimated under fifty thousand dollars.
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Omaha
Neb
Orv
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Rono Sebomet
Thomas Taylor
Sons of Property
PEACH TREATY SIGNED AND CORTES DISSOLVED
Queen Regent Ghriatloa signed the United States Spain peace treaty on Friday with Premier Allveln advising. Cortes dissolved and new Parliament convened. The accord ends the war, provisions await ratifications and a $20,000,000 indemnity to be paid within three months. Spain yields Cuba claims, cedes Puerto Rico and Guam and the Philippines to the United States, with $20,000,000 price for the latter.
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Allveln
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Bpain
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Madrid
Washinatox
D. C
Brate Hay
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Philippines
Prince Henry Plans Move As German Squadrons Head East
Prince Henry of Prussia has begun voyage with the German squadrons toward China. The aim is to join forces in the Far East as tensions with Admiral Dewey rise and naval commands shift between Germany and the Austro-Hungarian sphere.
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Dewey
Benuix
Germany
Prince Henry of
Prussia
Kian-Chew Cay
China
Eastern command transfers amid disgrace for Admiral von Diedrich
The Eastern theater will formally transfer command from Admiral von Diedrich to Prince Henry. Von Diedrich has been relieved due to his conduct toward Admiral Dewey of the American fleet, a removal described as a near disgrace.
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Watera Tyill
Admiral von Diedriche
Prince Henry
Dewey
Frozen crew on Valdoz Glacier claims six lives
A Prospecting Party of six frozen on Valdoz Glacier near Searrue Washington reports the deaths of Alfred Alooman New York Adolp Enrhard New York Rudolph Ellerkamp Lutaville Ky Dr Edward Logan Denver Maximilian Miller New York and Sultan Schultz New York. Bodies except Dr Logan were recovered and buried at Valdez. Enrhard Miller and Alesman were members of the Scientific Prospecting Company of New York.
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Searrue
Wash
Excelsior
Coppa River
Alaska
Valdoz Glacier
Alfred Alooman
New York
Adolp Enrhard
Rudolph Ellerkamp
Loutaville
Edward Logan
Denver
Maximilian Miller
Sultan Schultz
Logan
No Regret Expressed at Hla Withdrawal From the Washington F Pastorate
In Waanixatox D C the resignation of Rev Dr De Witt Talmage as pastor of the First Presbyterian Church was accepted with no regret and no letter of regret. The resignation is effective immediately with no successor named. Dr Talmage, who served about four years, is now traveling south.
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Waanixatox
D. C
Apecial
de Witt Talmage
First Presbyterian Church
Talmage
Floating Island Destroys Bridge On Witness River
A floating island measuring one to two acres and four to five feet thick drifted down the Witness River near Havana Illinois. It struck a cabin boat, smashed the keel and beached the vessel. The island also damaged a wagon bridge crossing, dumping horses, and is stranded between the pier and shore. City officials plan to dynamite it to clear the river.
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Havana
Porcupine agency arrest clash ends in deaths
In Pine Ridge north of Gonpox an arrest attempt for abusing a white wife led to White Thunder fatally wounding one Indian officer and seriously injuring another. He fled to the Sand Hills but six Indian trackers captured him and brought him before the agency at Cruiser Prairie. The Navy will commission the auxiliary cruiser Prairie for six months to support coastal naval militia cruises. An Austrian envoy agrees to elevate the Washington legation to an embassy in autumn. The Philadelphia cruiser arrived at Apia, Samoa, as Gomez for president talk grows amid Cuban tensions.
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Pine Ridge Agency
Here
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Bloux
Sand Hills
Agenca
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Navy Department
Washington
Naval Militia
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Washington items and orders on withdrawal from Havana
War Department issues orders for muster out of the Second Dilness and 161st Indiana regiments and confirms withdrawal to the United States from Havana. British Ambassador consults with Secretary Bay on modus vivendi pending Alaska boundary decision. District Court suit seeks to restrain Interior and General Land Office from patenting Lee lodean Cheyenne No 1 mining claim. Several public notices and consular reports accompany the mix of military and political items.
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Moore & Co
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Hamilton Fish
Severn! Weeks
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Cabell Whitehead
States Mint
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Murderess Carried to Death by Woman Doctor at End
A historic account notes the condemned woman, escorted by a female physician, facing execution with remarkable composure and a prayer on her lips as she met death. The scene emphasizes calm resolve and clerical presence amid the final moments.
Quiet Electric Execution Described In Detail
Mrs Place faced death calmly as the electric chair delivered a four second blast at 1760 volts, followed by a lower 280 volt shock for fifty six seconds. Warden Sage, Rev Dr David Cole, a prison doctor and two guards witnessed the ritual as she held a prayer book and murmured God have mercy.
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Mrs. Place
Werd
Murderous Wife Strikes Twice In Brooklyn House
The crime tale centers on Mrs Martha Place who killed her stepdaughter Ida at 598 Hancock Street Brooklyn on February 7 1893 and later fatally assaulted her husband with a heavy weapon after a quarrel. She attempted suicide by gas then hid among bed mattresses as arrest followed. The case recalls New Yorks sixth woman executed in a century with prior names tied to Hudson Johnstown Whiteboro Poughkeepsie and Herkimer.
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Martha Place
Ida
Hancock Street
Brooklyn
New York State
Mra
Maragaret Houghtaling
Hudson
Elizabeth Johnson
Johnstown
Rankle
Whiteboro
Anna Hong
Poughkeepsie
Roxalana Druze
Herkimer
Yale Professor Otholes U0 Marsh Dies in New Haven
Yale University paleontology expert and curator of the geological collection, Professor Otholes U0 Marsh of New Haven, Conn., died at his residence after a pneumonia illness. He was a leading global authority on geological research and made lasting contributions to science.
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Otholes U0. Marsh
Yale University
New Haven, Conn
Growth of Cotton Mills Expands in North Carolina
Continued growth in North Carolina reports new mill incorporations in Greensboro and Lincolnton with 800000 capital and land purchases. Durham investment eyed for a 600000 mill, as 225 mills operate across the state, many shipping to China Japan and Egypt, highlighting regional expansion of cotton manufacturing.
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Rancran
N. C
Revolution Cotton Mills Company
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South
Asite
Lincolnton
Julian 8. Carr
Durham
Tobacco
Tn Cotton Manufacturing
Bualesa
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Henrietta Mills
Wheat and corn amounts in farmers' hands rise in crop reports
Special from Washington shows March 1 stockpiles of wheat at about 198 million bushels, 23.5 percent of last year’s crop, and corn at 800 million bushels, 41.6 percent. Total shipped abroad is about 390 million bushels, 20.6 percent, merchantable crop 92.2 percent. Oats in hand around 239 million bushels, 33.7 percent, with 88.9 percent in 1898. Cuba’s sugar estates begin grinding. 200,000 tons expected despite losses and shortages.
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Department of Agriculture
American coal trade eyed for Europe from English ports
North of England coal merchants fear rising American shipments to European ports. A large steam ship owner reports overtures from American agents to transport American coal to Europe at 62.75 to 8 freight per ton, signaling strain on traditional English supply.
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Europe
North of
England
New York Chamber Reports Falling Foreign Trade in 1698
The Chamber of Commerce of New York City releases a 1698 report showing a significant decline in port foreign trade by 39,000,090 dollars. This drop highlights weaker exports and imports impacting the city’s commercial activity.
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Chamber of Commerce of
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