General Trumbull and the coffee dispute at a Chicago restaurant
A Chicago restaurant tale recalls General M M Trumbull demanding “decent coffee” after a long service for liberty. A black waiter serves coffee and rolls, but the general refuses the sloshing cup. The exchange ends with the general grudgingly taking the coffee, while a second segment notes Emperor of China’s order about guards and noisy gate etiquette cited from the New York Tribune.
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Walter
Chicago
Trumbull
Cately
Happy
China
Chi Ha
N. Y. Tribune
Woman tells man she likes energy in a man
A Detroit Free Press excerpt shows a young woman praising a man’s energy as she talks late at night. The man hesitates, glances at the clock and door, and is invited to stay, the first to understand her remark.
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Detroit Free Press
Double Crop of Apples and Patent Remedy Fumes
A Long Island farm is described as an apple tree yielding two crops in one year, alongside ads praising Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters for digestive and blood disorders. A mother admonishes Miriam’s jealous temper, and a Diamond Soap offer promises a free silverware set with wrappers. Testimonials claim Piso’s Cure prevents consumption.
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Long Island
Dewey Seeks Gunboats and Supplies for Asiatic Fleet
Washington dispatch reports Admiral Dewey pressing for additional light draught gunboats and urgent supplies for the Asiatic station. The Navy plans to send Bennington Machias Castine and others to Manila while provisioning Yankee or Prairie to carry soap tobacco and food to Planita via Suez.
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Wasmineton
Navy Department
Déwsy
Asiatic
Long
Castine
Suez
Bennington
Honolulu
Guam
Manila
Machias
Portsmouth
N. H
Mediterranean
Dewey
Concord
Petrés
Iloilo
Helena
Port Said
Callao
Culgoa
Isle da Luzon
Isle de Cuba
Hong Kong
Buffalo
Leyte
Mindanao
Bellmington
Oregon
Iris
Montejo
Washington
Department
Yankee
The
Prairie
Planita
Suez Canal
League Island
New Yorks
Cardinals Bank in Rome to Open Worldwide Branches
Roz Jan 9 The Bank of St Peter established in Rome under Vatican authorization. Dioceses worldwide receive circulars about a bank serving Catholics with agencies planned across the Americas and a U S branch sought to aid Italians. It aims to safekeep funds and remit to Italy.
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United’ States
United States
Italy
Pullman Dream Ends as Chicago Absorbs Town
Illinois supreme court ruling makes Pullman part of Chicago and ends the company town. The Pullman Palace Car Co seeks a court decree to dissolve its direct town ties and reorganize the Pullman Iron and Steel works. Streets water works and housing will be taken over or sold, with employees possibly buying homes.
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Ders
Chicago
Illinois Supreme Court
Pull‘man
Pullmam Palace Car Company
Aiken
Cook County
Pullman
George M. Pullman
America
Pullman Iron and Steel Company
Pullmans
Oatarr
J. Oreney & CO
Toledo
Beil
Protest Against Otis Asserted by Aguinaldo’s Agents
Aguinaldo’s agents object to General Otis naming himself military governor of the Philippine Islands in the wake of his proclamation. The Manila proclamation drew attention as Maprin notes General Rios heading Spanish forces and reports growing hostilities between Americans and Tagalos.
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Philippine Islands
Otis
McKinley
Aguinaldo
Manila
The
Maprin
Rios
Philippines
Anti civil service reformers win in House vote
In Washington on January 9, opponents of civil service reform carried a narrow victory as the appropriation for the civil service commission was struck out in committee of the whole. The vote 67 to 61 did not create a formal record. a record vote may come in the House to attempt reversal.
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Washington
House
Civil Service Commission
Evans
Kentucky
Moody
Massachusetts
Friends of the Civil Service
Girl Burns While Frying Doughnuts In Kansas Kitchen
Minnie Grisham, 14, daughter of Mr and Mrs George Grisham of Galen Kansas, suffered severe burns when hot grease ignited her clothing while she fried doughnuts last night. She was treated at home and by local authorities.
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Galen, Kan
Jan
Minnie Grishan
George Grisham
Quay Conspiracy Case Before Supreme Court
The Quay conspiracy case was called before the state supreme court on Jan 9 to consider a writ of certiorari to remove the case from Philadelphia's court of quarter sessions. District Attorney Graham sought dismissal for insufficiency and lack of jurisdiction, while Chief Justice Sterrett and a seven-justice bench prepared to hear arguments from defense counsel. David Watson, recently joined defense counsel, argued in support of the petition.
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Pmrapec
Supreme Court
Sterret
Graham
Quays
David
Watson
Pittsburg
Governor Stephens Calls for Delegates to Louisiana Purchase Convention
Gov Stephens telegrams all state governors urging immediate nomination of delegates to the Louisiana Purchase Celebration Convention in St Louis on January 10. Credentials will cover transport to and from St Louis. Local committees will entertain delegates on the 10th and 11th. governors urged to attend.
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Jefferson City
Stephens
Louisiana Purchase
St. Louis
Diplomas at Havana University Taxed Under Old Regime
Governor General Brooke learns that Havana University graduates received diplomas signed by the captain general and taxed 450 dollars each. He directs the rector and directors to issue diplomas without a tax and notes about 3000 students currently attend the university.
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Havana
Brooke
University of Havana
Universite
Dreyfus Case Deepens France Cabinet Crisis
Paris reports M Quesnay de Beaurepaire resigns as president of the civil section of the court of cassation after the justice minister refuses action on alleged irregularities in the Dreyfus case. The resignation signals a possible move to provoke ministerial defeat as anti Dreyfus forces rally.
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Paris
M. Quesnay de Beaurepaire
Court of Cassation
Minister of Justice
Dreyfus
de Beaurepaire
Panama
Criminal Court of Appeal
Supreme Criminal Tribunal of
France
Chamber
M. ‘Lastes
anti-Dreyfus Party
Beaurepaire
Crisis Near Iloilo as Filipinos Threaten Uproar
Dispatch from Manila reports rising tensions in Iloilo with talks of peace on the horizon but widespread alarmist rumors. US authorities prepare, troops remain under arms, Californians disembarked, natives reportedly told to abstain from work, while Aguinaldo issues a vehement second proclamation challenging American rule.
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Manila
United States
Otis
Aguinaldo
McKinley
Islands
Malolos
Civil Service Reform Wins in House Reversal
The House reversed a committee decision and restored the annual appropriation for the civil service commission to the legislative, executive and judicial bill. The vote to strike out was 67 to 61, and the roll call to restore passed 65 to 319. The body then set to proceed with naval personnel after Alaska codification.
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Wasuineton
Civil, Service Commission
House
Alaska
Woman Found Dead In Renton Hotel Room
In San Francisco on January 11 Mrs George McQuenan was found dead in her Renton hotel room. Authorities report she hanged herself. Mrs McQuenan had recently moved from Grand Rapids Michigan where her husband is a prominent businessman. Her father is Judge Miper a well known figure in Utah.
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San Francisco
George McQuenan
Renton
Poisoned chocolate drop wounds New York hairdresser
New York on January 11 reports another box of poisoned candy sent through mail to Marie Appell a Harlem hairdresser. She endured a night of agony after consuming a chocolate drop from the box which a druggist later found heavily impregnated with arsenic.
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New York
Marie Appell
Harlem
Harris Nominees Sent to Senate for Ambassadors and Brigadiers
President Harris sent nominations to the Senate naming Charlemagne Tower of Pennsylvania as ambassador to Russia and Addison G. Harris of Indiana as minister to Austria-Hungary. Brigadier generals include Colonel John Castleman of Kentucky and Colonel Thomas H. Barber of New York, with transfers to Austria-Hungary noted for the ministers.
Head-On Rail Crash at West Dunellen Kills Eighteen
A head-on collision on the Lehigh Valley line near West Dunellen New Jersey killed eighteen and injured over twenty. The crash followed a freight wreck at Boundbrook earlier in the day that blocked the tracks and forced trains onto the opposite line. Passengers on a crowded excursion train faced a rapid, chaotic derailment as crews struggled to manage the disaster.
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New York
Lehigh Valley Railroad
West Dunellen
N. J
Dunellen
Soundbrook
New York City
Lehigh “Valley
Boundbrook
Lehigh Valley
Roundbrook
Newmarket
Mount Carmel
Shamokin
Mahoney City
Cnd
James Prendergast
George Cheshire
Fire In Cruiser Bunkers Brings Bravery At Sea
A Japanese cruiser Raimon Kan suffered a devastating fire during a storm on the voyage to Amoy. Several crewmen died burning and many were injured as water streams battled the flames. Two volunteers perished attempting to reach the machinery amid thick smoke. The ship remains repairing at Amoy.
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SeariLe
Wash
Japan
Raimon Kan
Amoy
Last Official Act of Leedy Pardons Convicts
The last official act of Governor Leedy was to grant fourteen pardons and commutations. James R. B. Colean, jailed since 1698 for wrecking the State Bank, had his sentence commuted to four years from five. He will be released June 1, 1899. The conspiracy case against Senator Quay and associates was dismissed from the Supreme Court docket and remanded to the quarter sessions court for trial.
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Torrxa
Kan
Leedy
James RB. Colean
Bourbon County
Fort Ti
Jung
Tipped Off and Tricks in Chicago and New York
In a dialogue set aboard a train, a New York drummer recalls a restaurant trick selling green turtle soup made from clams and curry that ruined a chef who built a turtle soup reputation. A Chicago beef extract man recounts a crow shipping scheme as a failed bluff by New Yorkers. The Grecian eyebrowed man ends the chat seeking rest.
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Chicago
New York
Mano
Consuelo's Guests at Blenheim Weave Kneipp Cures
Consuelo, duchess of Marlborough, hosts guests at Blenheim in early fall using Kneipp sessions of dew walks and barefoot mornings. About 100 guests, many seeking the dew cure, rise at dawn for a milk drink and tennis, while a real estate anecdote closes the piece with a joke on six rooms.
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Consuelo
England
Kneipp
Blenheim
Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Rescues Women from Ills
Letters from Mrs. Lizzie Beverley of Lowell and Mrs. Amos Trombley recount dramatic recoveries after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash for uterine ulcers and post partum illness. The messages praise the medicine's life saving effects and urge other women to try it. The piece also touches on a note about composer Auber and railroad chatter with light quotations.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Auber
Fra Diavolo
Paris
Commune
St., Louis
Globe‘Democrat
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