Plague on a Steamer Nanyo Maru Quarantine At Puget Sound
Health officials in Puget Sound disclosed seventeen plague cases on the Japanese tramp Nanyo Maru at Port Townsend after a month in quarantine. The ship arrived in December with suspected disease and was quarantined at Diamond Head. The crew of about forty suffered illness and at least three died at sea. the vessel was fumigated over thirty times to curb the spread.
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Puget Sound
Port
Debriary
Diamond Head
Port Townsend
Brst
Fire destroys Theater Francais in Paris with loss of life
A major blaze consumed Theater Francais in Paris injuring seven firefighters and killing Mlle Henriot. The foyer sparked the fire at 1 80 o clock, engulfing the historic playhouse dating to 1782 amid expo preparations. The matinee of Diane de Lys was canceled.
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Theater Francais
Paria
Paris
Mlle
Henriot
Comedie Francaise
Corneille
Racine
Moeliere
Shakspeare
St. Honore
War News In Brief From The Natal Front And Beyond
Rain begins in Natal as Boer forces reportedly number 46 500 in the field. Stanley predicts war end by July while Britain eyes political shifts and war costs rise. Milner declares districts in Cape Colony under martial law as journal reports on actions, finance, and military events across Africa and Europe.
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Natal
Tadspendenes
Kan
Mies
Eidgland
Henry M. Stanley
Chamberlain
Alfred Milner
Cape Colony
Gens
Buller
White
London Standard
Great Britain
Portuguese East
Afcea
Turbulence at British War Office in Lansdowne Wolseley Rift
British friction mounts between Lord Lansdowne and Lord Wolseley over South Africa war readiness. Reports say Gen Buller warned of Boer strength and urged immediate prep, while Parliament prepares to investigate. Tensions threaten either man’s remaining tenure.
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Rashord
Modder River
Kimberley
Machifaeuivers
Iing
Alorin
Athos
England
Dieter's Hill
Michael Hicks-Beach
Cronje
Pretoria
Opperman
Winston Churchill
Spion Kop
Oxford University
South Africa
Turpin
Witherley
Great Britain
Lansdowne
Wolseley
British War Office
Lord Lansdowne
Army
Lord Wolseley
Treasury
India
Canada
Gladstone
Lord Salisbury
Eagland
Gen. Buller
War Office
Gen. WolsEley
Sir William
Marquis of Lansdowne
Romance of an Egg Sparks Iowa Girl and U S Employee Union
A Fort Dodge Iowa clerk Miss Lizzie Gilday inscribed her name on a large egg shipped to Cuba. United States civil service employee Charles P H Smith noticed the address, wrote, and plans to wed the bride brought by an egg after travels between New York and Cuba, to be finalized on his return.
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Iowa
U. S
Cuba
Lizzie Gilday
Fort Dodge
Grain Trade Gains New Routes for Wheat and Flour
The study The Grain Trade of the United States reports a westward shift in grain production and new routes from Lake Michigan to Lake Superior and from the Mississippi basin to Gulf ports. It notes rising milling at Minneapolis and Duluth Superior, growing exports of wheat and corn, and major rail and waterway competition shaping the U S grain trade. It also cites 1898 as a peak year for U S wheat production and global leadership in output.
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United States
Treasury Bureau of Statistics
Mississippi
Louisiana
New Orleans
New York
Boston
Erie Canal
Lake Michigan
Lakes
Canal
Chicago
Inkes
Buffalo
Tidewater
Philadelphia
Baltimo
Tinake Michigan
Lake Superior
Minneapolis
Duluth Superior
Gulf Ports
St. Louis
Corn Belt
Russia
France
British India
Austria-Hungary
Indiana Incidents and Memorial Plans Headline Series
A sequence of Indiana news items includes the assassination of Thomas TL Traylor by Vincent after a feud, a $2500 burglary against Joseph Weimer via a bed stash, a Nancy Hanks Memorial movement in Indianapolis, and a Noblesville natural gas explosion that killed Mrs. Fanny Denny and injured several. Vincent confessed and sought arrest. a new trial was granted in the Traylor case.
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Thomas TL. Traylor
Dike County
A. ©. Vincent
Traylor
Vincent
Petersburg
Nancy Hanks
Nancy Hanks Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln City
George Weaver
Noblesville
Fanny Denny
Weaver
George Champ
Marion Irwin
Within Our Borders Logansport Supports Indiana Baseball League
Logansport backs the Indiana baseball league while Carr Burgett’s burial in Cuba is noted at Mancie. Putnam County farmers invest in Angora goats and the laboring men’s library is being fitted at Mancie. A women’s union label league forms at Anderson.
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Logansport
Carr Burgett
Cuba
Mancie
Putnam County
Anderson
Jay County Fair Association
Vincennes
Muncie
Wilmington
Concord
Grant
Chas
Tishback
Amity
Joseph White
Maxams
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Tempest
Field Marshal, Viscount Wolseley
Romance OF AN
Miss Gilday
Treasury Department
Lake Superior Porte
Enatera
Southern
Seaboard
Empire State
Senate
Assembly
American Political League
Felix McWhirter
Indianapolis
Indiana State Prohibition Committee
Italian Union- Republican Club
Citizens
Chester County
Pennsylvania
iMegal
Indiana
Parmer
the Vietin
Lincoln
Joseph Weimer
Clark County
Jeffersonville
Weimer
Brazil
Cowry & Lawlis
West Main Street
May Walker
Dillsboro
Big Iron and Steel
inIndiana
Republic Iron and Steel Company
Terre, Haute
Marion
Alexandria
Prankton
Hood
Eta
Earl'st
la Croses
Tno
Crosre
Felix
Bris Bane
Canadas
Euro
Hopkins
Great Jones St
N.Y
Land of
Plenty
Department of Interior
Ottawa
Pedley
Lmmigration
E. T. Halmes
Ind
C. AL. Caven
Columbus
Ohio
M. V. MeIunes
Merrill Block
Deetrak
Mich
Gov't of Canada
Douglas & 3
Shoes Union
W. L. Douglas
W. Loguglas Bhoe
Brackton
Lion Dollar
U.S
Johna Salzer
GLA Crossew
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