Global Dispatches and Tragedies Across the World
The section reports a mother and her 14 month old died in a Rushville well after eight hours of exposure and buoyed by a rescue attempt. It notes a Washington dispatch on Consul Macrum remarks amid a State Department stance. A Kokomo area discovery reveals a two year old corpse in a hollow log with murder suspicions. Porto Rico reports scarcity of clothing affecting over 1,000 Cicero district women and 80,000 locals deprived of basic coverings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Zellers
Rushville
Hhose
Macrum
Washington
House Committee On Foreign Affairs
Wheeler
Kentucky
State Department
Department
Stowe
Ervin Township
Kokomo
Ind
Armish
James Creelman
San Juan
Porto Rico
Cicero
Loubet Plans Pardons Including Baron Christiani
A Paris cablegram reports President Loubet will pardon Baron Christiani who attacked him at the races last June and received a four year prison term. The pardon, to be signed with fifty others, signals a move toward national conciliation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loubet
Paris
Baron Christiani
Fortune Found in Bank Box Enriches Robinson Estate
Accidental discovery of a tin box in the South California Savings Bank of Los Angeles reveals an estate gain of $25,000 for the William H. Robinson estate who died last October in Delaware Ohio. Heirs are on the way to claim their share.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South California Savings Bank
Los Angeles
Cal
William 8. Robinson
Delaware
Ohio
Explosion at Philadelphia Photo Supply Kills Two Workers
An explosion of chemicals rocked Thomas H. McCallin & Co. at 128 South Eleventh Street in Philadelphia. Two workers were killed, one seriously injured, and several others lightly hurt.
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Thomas H. McCallin & Co
South Eleventh Street
Philadelphia
Million Dollar Failure Receiver Appointed for Publisher
J. Hampton Dougherty has been appointed receiver for D. Appleton & Co. of New York. Liabilities exceed one million dollars while assets remaining to be computed.
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J. Hampton Dougherty
D. Appleton & Co
New York
Indians Territory bill for Independent Order of Red Men
The House Committee on Indian Affairs reported a bill to establish the Independent Order of Red Men in the Indian Territory. Olga Nethersole and co defendants in the Sapho case were indicted by a New York grand jury.
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House Committee On Indian Affairs
Independent Order of Red Men
The
Indian Territory
Olga Nethersole
CEREALS TOUCH HIGHEST MARK IN MARKET ROUNDUP
Bradstreet reports a cheerful trade outlook with strong farm product values. Cereals reach peak levels for 1899 as government figures show smaller corn supplies and rising speculative demand. Wheat and corn shipments for the week rise notably while iron and steel show cautious improvement outside Chicago.
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Bradstreet
Chicago
Cape Nome gold strikes spark four new placer districts
Reports from Dawson and other Yukon towns describe winter discoveries at Cape Nome. Four new placer districts Arctic Indland Mount Bendelavin and Topkok guise a 250 mile coast prospected with gold at ends and many points between. Region over 5000 square miles now known gold bearing.
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Dawson
Yukon
Cape Nome
H. Nagle
R. R. McRae
Arctic
Indland
Mount Bendelavin
Topkok
Unilalik
Cape York
Nome
Nagle
Indians Kill White Man and Wife Near Skaguay
News from Skaguay reports nine Indians arrested for October murder of Frank Worthing and his wife, shot at their camp and later hidden in a cave. motive cited as revenge after an earlier white man killed an Indian.
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Skaguay
Frank Worthing
Worthington
AURTIN AN ELEVATOR
Thirty Blakely Printing Company workers injured when a freight elevator fell from the third story at 126 182 Market Street Chicago. Approximately thirty five people crowded the car as it descended and crashed to the basement. One man escaped injury.
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Blakely Printing Company
Market Street
Chicago
Rich gold find sparks Leadville mining rush
Word reaches Leadville Colorado of a rich gold discovery near Hayden's ranch along the river. In an old eighty five foot shaft a vein graded to Cripple Creek type sylvanite shows forty eight ounces of gold per ton with the vein running high in a ridge at Two Bit Gulch. No total tonnage is known.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dawson City
Cape Nome
Leadville
Colo
Hayden
Cripple Creek
Mob Roughs Woman and Husband Tar and Feathers
A Gretna Nebraska mob roughs Louis Pigg and his wife described as religious fanatics, tarred and feathered after the couple slept. They warn a church head to desist from breaking up families or face a second visit with harsher remedies.
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Louis Pigg
Gretna
Neb
Judgment Against St Stanislaus Polish Church in Cincinnati
The Superior Court in general term holds the estate of Valentine Burchell owes 1400 to St Stanislaus Polish Catholic Church for a note signed by Pastor Father Litski. A referee will determine if congregation members share liability, reduced by Burchell’s personal benefit from the loan.
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Cincinnati
Valentine Burchell
St. Stanislaus
I’ather Litski
Burchell
Parents Slain but Baby Lives in Butte Shootout
Thomas Pooley a Butte saloonkeeper shot and killed his son in law Thomas Littlejohn and Littlejohns wife Lyda as they walked with a baby. Footage shows Pooley shot after Littlejohn knocked him down. Lyda Littlejohn died later at a hospital. The tragedy arose from Pooley's objection to the marriage without his consent.
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Thomas Littlejohn
Thomas Pooley
Butte, Mont
Lyda
Littlejohn
Pooley
Attempt to wreck the Lake Shore fast mail thwarted
An attempt to derail the west bound Lake Shore fast mail near Olmsted Falls Ohio failed when a rail blocked the track. The engineer stopped the engine with brakes and saw three men flee the scene. In other items the report lists various prices and incidents across several cities.
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Lake Shore
Olmstead Falls
Olmsted Falls
Ohio
Senate and House roll through busy session notes
The Senate passed the Porto Rican appropriation bill, set to take up the Quay case on April 8, and adjourned to March 19. The House opened private bill day, debated Rep Swanson’s travel expense bill, and passed six minor measures. Discussions covered Porto Rico tariff amendments, district affairs, and Alaska gold mining remarks. The week featured a mix of portico debates, committee actions, and notices, with no major new legislation beyond larger appropriation and tariff questions.
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Senate
Spooner
Philippines
Swanson
House
Monroe L. Hayward
United States
Spain
Poraker
Beveridge
District of Columbia
Committee On Privileges and Elections
Scott
West Virginia
Morgan
Sulzer
New York
War Department
Great Britain
Corbin
Loud
H. ©. Smith
Mich
Messia
Little
Ark
Bell
Cole
Henry
Miss
Stokes
S. C
Brown
Ohio
Turner
Wash
Alaska
Cape Nome
Secretary of War
McPherson
Rep
Laws
Lentz
Dem
Oud
Messrs. Bramwell
Griggs
Iowa
Burke
Texas
Bingham
Heatvale
Minn
Latimer
Messrs
Moon
Lenn
Vandiver
Snodgrass
Tenn
Cochran
Neville
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Ribune
Denver
Indiana
Norris & Woolley, Publishers
Moj TulWe
Somes Esse
Dorner
Raleigh
N. C
Ella Jones
Tom Jones
Ife
Mary Craythorne
Mary Ann Craythorne
Main
Rosine
St. Joseph
Jane Bennett
Indianapolis
Bert George
Des Moines
Rector Street
White Heath
Homer
Andy Mitchell
Jesus
Parkinson
Moundsville
W. Va
Sheldon
Plant
Ozark
Ala
Homer Bablett
Jeff Bilderbuck
Kneisly
Ford
Bablett
Bilderback
China
Long
Admiral Watson
Cavite
Taku
Tieho River
Stone
City of Florence
Point Fedro
Alert
Point Pedro
Aurtin
Hart
C. E. Coots
Coots
Ering
Fire Tall
Richard T. Greener
Windivostock
Siberia
Clevelander
Fairey
Cleveland
Marrowbone Creek
John Langley
Moses Sopher
Langley
Sopher
Johnson
Altoona, Pa
Adam Kauffman
Harrisburg
Erie County Hospital
Buffalo
N. Y
Flint Wagon Works
Flint
Marion
Henry Wisroth
Danube
Ixalooga
Pays
Austria
Switzerland
Federal Council of
England
Andrew Maxwell
Newkirk
O. T
M. Merendier
Pau
Henry A .McIntosh
Lima
Lake Irie
Oi! Well Supply Company
Pittsburg
Coeur d’Alene
Idaho
Pheiffer
Hayes
Yale
Yale Corporation
Forestry
Osman Pasha
Ghazi Osman Pasha
Pleyna
Turkey
Eustis
St. Louis
Toledo
Ste
Milwaukee
Whenat
Bey Obes
Missouri
Eureka
Chris Simson
Lucky Friend
Henrietta Snell
Amon J. Snell
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