Olney pressuring Spain on Cuban cases as term ends
Mapou February 24. Secretary Olney seeks quick explanations from the Spanish government on the Ruiz case and Cuban detentions. Washington asks Cuba to report Guanabacoa events fully as the United States pushes to resolve old reclamations before Olney leaves office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mapup
United States
Taylor
Olney
Ruiz
Havana
Guanabacoa
Foreign Office
American State Department
State Department
Washington
Cuba
Lee Resigns as Havana Consul General
A Washington dispatch reports Fitzhugh Lee has resigned as consul general of the United States at Havana but was urged to remain at his post for a time. Secretary Olney and President Cleveland advised delaying resignation to avoid untold trouble, with cabinet deliberations following.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee
Poat Forte
Secretary of State
Olney
New York
Washington
Fitzhugh Lee
United States
Havana
State Department
Clney
White House
Cleveland
Mr. Olney
General Lee
McKinley
Ailet
Canton
T. H. Phillips
Bushnell
M. A. Hanna
Sextuple Tragedy Near Winona Rocks Community
Six people killed on Rev. Thomas Spicer’s ranch near Winona North Dakota. Bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Spicer their daughter Mrs. William Rouse and her twin boys aged one and Mrs. Waldrone mother of the local postmaster were found mutilated with axes and clubs. Authorities consider Indian involvement possible and say the Standing Rock area lies nearby. Excitement runs high as investigators search for clues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Spicer
Winona
N. D
Standing Rock
Tragic Ring Death Highlights Cincinnati Boxing Night
Benny Cole man a little colored boy died in the first round of a boxing bout at the Manhattan Athletic club in Cincinnati. Spectators cheered for winner William Wright as medics carried Cole from the ring unaware of the tragedy. In Canton McKinley preparations continue with doctor advised rest. In Pierre Kyle reelected senator amid deadlock shifts and reconciliation reports. Count Lefebre is dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Benny Coleman
Manhattan Athletic Club
William Wright
Wright
Kyle
Pierre
S. D
Pickler
House
Senate
Exonerate Paul Vandervoort at Reform Press Meet
Memphis Tenn February 24 Tuesday's Reform Press association session featured charges from Nebraska alleging Vandervoort was a paid spy and a traitor to Populism. A three member committee exonerated Vandervoort of all charges and condemned the accusers. The day also saw new officers elected and telegrams between Kansas City and Memphis conventions discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reform Press Association
Aim
Memphis
Tenn
Parker
Nebraska Reform Press Association
Paul Vandervoort
Vandervoort
Republican Party
Mr. Vandervoort
General Vandervoort
Nebraska State Reform, Press Association
Edgerton
Kansas City
Associated Press
Reform Press Organizes Union Reform Press Association
The meeting in Kansas City adopted the name The Union Reform Press Association and elected J. R. Sovereign as president, J. M. Gass as vice president, Warwick Sanders as secretary treasurer, and named an executive committee. The group planned to meet again in Omaha on February 22, 1898.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Reform Press
National Press Association
Yeas
Union Reform Press Association
Resolutions Committee
J. R. Sovereign
The
Knights of Labor
Journal of That Order
J. M. Gass
Des Moines
Ill
Farmers Tribune
Warwick Sanders
Columbus
Neb
Argus
Frank Crichton
Clanton
Ala
Banner
M. W. Carroll
Lamar
G. A. Griffes
Pond Creek
O. T
A. C. Talley
Greenfield
Southwest News
Janes Gunn
Boise
Idg
Sovereign
People’s Party
Omaha, Neb
Exposition Bill Draws Fire in House Debate
In Lincoln on February 24 the house heard a dozen speeches for and against the Transmississippi Exposition bill. A crowded gallery and bustling lobby reflected strong public interest in the measure’s fate, surpassing any other act before the current legislature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Wheat declines as war scare subsides and trading stalls
Curiaco February 23 Wheat fell due to easing European war fears and weak speculative activity. Corn rose about 2 cents while oats and pork, lard, ribs held steady. Cash bids show No 2 red wheat around 96 to 96 1/2 cents and corn about 26 to 28 cents.
South Omaha Market Prices Report
South Omaha cattle and hog market data from February 22 shows steady to easier receipts and price ranges. Beef steers and cows move within modest gains and declines, hogs hold steady to easier, and sheep and lambs list varying values across natives Westerns and stockers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Omaha
Texas
Chicago Live Stock Hog Receipts Steady in Mixed Trade
Chicago February 23 hog receipts reached 23 000 with active demand and mostly steady prices. Buyers showed light demand for mixed lots and some sellers quoted 445 dollars on select loads amid varied market tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Happenings From Home and Abroad
A collage of brief notices from Chicago to Reno includes a condemned wife murderer case, a Beatrice city salary cut, long range photography by telescope, a Toronto skater hospitalized, arrests and restitution for a Harvard robbery, church denomination merger hints, a New York clerk’s suicide attempt, a Des Moines pension bill, vaudeville debate by Mrs. Stevens, Nevada suffrage defeat, heavy snow in Reno, a fatal train accident in Tipton, a Joliet runaway, a Flint Lake widow’s grief, Alec Ackles’ suicide over pension delays, Roy Wilson found dead with poison, two thieves caught by a Harvard resident, a third marriage for two divorced spouses, and a push to arrest Mayor Swift over Sunday closures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel McCarthy
Chicago
Beatrice
Neb
Thomas Hoison
John Ss. Johnson
Toronto
Canada
John Powley
Harvard
Denver
St. Louis
R. J. Wilson
Robert G. Ingersoll
New York City
Ilie Brant
Senate
Des Moines
Raymond Stevens
Captain Hedberg
Fort Sheridan
Meany
Nevada
Reno
Nev
John Fanicko
Paola Furosil
Pedro Philip
Tipton
Laawrence Garin
Joliet
Robert Lindsey
Flint Lake
Ind
A. D. Ackles
Parma
Mich
Roy Wilson
Crissman
Svho
Warren Cowles
Rock Island
St. Joseph
Ada Cowles
Washington
Rev. W. W. Clark
Chicago Sunday Observance League
Tor Juntice Martin
Swift
Statues and deaths shadow early Chicago papers
A St Patrick statue gift from the pope arrives at St Patrick’s Church in Montreal. Florida pineapples arrive in Chicago with half crates selling at a dollar price. Three year old George Hurst of Lincoln Michigan dies from a carving knife accident while playing. Milford Indiana capitalist Frederick Woyrick dies after a fall from a horse. Andrew Nolan, an eighty year old sailor, dies by self inflicted gunshot at a friend’s home in New York. A warrant issues for Chicago attorney 8 M Galloway over public records. Dr FE Sawyer sues for divorce from Dr KE Sawyer over whiskers and eye. Monroe, a Valparaiso Normal School student, dies after morphine overdose. Anna Beresh seeks $2000 life insurance from Eugene Beresh’s death. Bell Canada appeals to government over rate control. Anna Groverstock, once linked to F G Wood, plans suit for $8000. Dr D R Brower gains a share in $400 million Pawling fortune tied to Philadelphia lands. Ollie Logan, 16, acquitted in Odessa murder case. other boy Joseph Wilkerson blamed, his trial postponed.
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St. Patrick
St Patrick’s Church
Montreal
Florida
Chicago
George Hurst
Lincoln
Mich
Frederick Woyrick
Milford
Ind
Andrew Nolan
Sailor
Hugh McArdle
New York City
8. M. Galloway
Justice Wood
FE. W. Sawyer
KE. P. Sawyer
Anna Groverstock
F. G. Wood
Royal Arcantun
Wood
D. BR. Brower
John Pawling
Philadelphia
Ollie Logan
Lexington
James Lecrease
Odessa
Joseph Wilkerson
Notable Incidents in Chicago and Surrounding Areas
The American Institute of Mining Engineers convenes in Chicago. A Missouri bill repealing vagrants labor selling passes. John De Graff dies in Chicago with a pen in hand. estate valued at $5,500. Gambling-housekeeper Thomas Wicks of Madison and Milwaukee near death in Chicago. Canadian Pacific Express to employ baggagemen on routes via Grand Trunk. 11-year-old Whajorisik of Shamokin found exhausted after mine wanderings near Reliance. Musicals boost morale at Winnola asylum near Kankakee, continued by Superintendent Gapen. Hulda Duestrow, sister of a murderer, may enter a St. Louis convent. she inherits $10,000. Mrs. Lewis Morris of Franklin Pa wins $29,000 life policy verdict. insurer plans appeal over alleged suicide by husband.
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American Institute of Mining Engineers
Chicago
Missouri
John de Graff
Thomas Wicks
Madison
Milwaukee
Canadian Pacific Express Company
Grand Trank Road
Whlie Majorisik
Shamokin
Reliance
Wiinola Asylum
Kankakee
Gapen
Hulda Duestrow
Duestrow
St. Louis
Lewis Morris
Franklin, Pa
Multiple incidents link towns to motive power rollout
Reports list towns likely to receive motive power and recount a string of incidents. A Preston Arkansas train brakeman died after ten years of prohibition era saloon town changes, a mining camp dispute near Rush Kentucky led to a killing, a Chicago elevator robbery involved a 200 diamond stud, and several accidents and crimes across San Antonio Texas Wichita Kansas Decatur Alabama Long Island Illinois Worcester Colorado Springs Hastings and other locales are noted with various fatalities robberies and marriages.
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J. Tehan
Preston
Ark
Jonesboro
Tucker McNeill
Lucas
Rush
C. W. Cotton
Chicago
E. Maddox
San Antonio
Tex
Jenison, McClure
McClure
Santa Fe
Purcell
J. T.john S. Brigham
Logan, Swift & Brigham Envelope Company
Worcester
Maass
Colorado Springs
Colo
Brigham
George Bowd
Alton
K. Baker
Jacksonville
Jerry Fowler
Wagner Pales
Grand Island, Hastings & Southwestern Railroad Company
Hastings
A. Hartigan
Stedoseph
Michigan and National News Roundup Summary
San Francisco reports Charles B. McCloy, once assistant cashier at Bay City Michigan’s Second National Bank, has surrendered to U S Marshal Baldwin. The wide Reuters style digest covers embezzlement cases, train collisions, murders, suicides, and political moves across the United States with multiple named places and individuals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hocking Valley
United States Leather Company
la Crosse
Wis
Abraham Tobit
Missouri House of Representatives
Jefferson City
Steel Canal ‘Boat Company
Great Lakes
Erie Canal
Charles B. McCloy
Michigan
United States
Marshal Baldwin
San Francisco
Second National‘bank
Bay City
Mich
Wisconsin
Supreme Court
Rock County
State Board of Health
Gibson
Rep
Tenn
Havana
Jack Everhardt
Joe Rourke
Albany
Lorenzo Haber
Dubuque
Ohio
Cincinnati
Cecil Rhodes
Transvaal
India
W. F. Heavner
Lobanon
Kansas Penitentiary
Fort Leavenworth
Jim Lane
Knights Templar
St. Louis
C. W. Prentice
Missouri
John Lewis Roche
Roche
Boston Pilot
John Beiilheimer
Anderson
Ind
Marshall Baldwin
National Bank of
Allen's Resolution Passes In Senate Over Omaha Discharges
Washington February 18 The immigration bill moves to the president after a senate vote of 34 to 31 as supporters prevail. Allen's resolution to obtain full Civil Service Commission information on South Omaha discharges is approved. A separate arid regions bill opens Geological Survey reserved sites to use under the right of way act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Omaha
Wasuington
Senate
Yeas
Allen
Civil Service Commission
South Omaha
Washington
House
Geological Survey
Utah
Executive Branch
Vilas
Mills
Tex
Dr. Ruiz
Guanabacoa
Cuba
Morrill
Rep
Nomination Confirmed for North Dakota Judge Amidon
After a long session the senate approved Charles I. Amidon for United States district judge in the district of North Dakota by a vote of 85 to 14. Senator Hansbrough was noted in connection with the discussion though not selected for the post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hansbrough
Ile
Washinetton
Senate
Charles I. Amidon
United States
District of North Dakota
House votes to seat Hopkins in Kentucky district race
The House decided to seat Hopkins the Republican challenger against Kendall in the Tenth Kentucky district by a vote of 197 to 91.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Hopkins
Washaton
Kendall
Kentucky
Spirited Debate In the House over Deficiency Bill
The House resumed discussion on the general deficiency bill with a lively debate over Mr Hopkins plan to strike a 13000 payment to Fifty third congress members held for absence. Hopkins called it an attempt to wash the dirty linen of the Democratic congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Washington
Hopkins
Rep
Fifty-third Congress
Southern Pacific Railroad
Court of Claims
Yeas
Senate
Boutelle
Naval Committee
Barrett
Mass
Boston
Portsmouth
Senate resolution expresses sympathy with Greece
Senator Cameron introduced a resolution in the Senate expressing sympathy with Greece. The measure was approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Greece
Wassiungaton
Cameron
Senate Debates Indian and Sectarian School Clauses
Washington notes show the senate debating the Indian appropriation bill with sectarian school provisions, including a policy against further sectarian funding and a June 30 1898 sunset clause. House moves pass the deficiency bill and naval provisions amid debates on Southern Pacific salaries and other items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Keb
Senate
Gallinger
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Spain
Count Lefebre
Chauncey Johnson
Sing Sing
Cressnal
Ebensburg
E. KK
Smith
Columbia
Charles Rudgat
Napa
Cal
Nicholas Mentgen
Northwestern
B. RK. Bacon
Midland Hotel
Goderich
Frank Tall
Sebree
Eddie Clemmerson
Mary Keeling
Kimberley
Abe Wood
Joseph Murdock
Middlesborough
Bud Lindsey
Louisa Ragan
Sedalia
Hot Springs
Fuller
Dennis Gerrick
James Sykes
Western Union
Hickory Grove
John Grissom
Stroude
O.T
Bentley
H Edward Ferry
Ath
Helena
Butte
Pokane
Tacoma
Seattle
Portland
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Duluth
Fargo
Winnipeg
N. P
Garricon
M. U
Whitehall
Pony
Norris
Atandard Pullman Sleeping Cara
W. M. Tuchy
E. Broadway
Montana
Charles S. Fee
Paul
Minn
Amidon
Indians
Dillon, Beaverhead Co
M. T
Austre
Compass
Macktail Deer Creek Valley
Ewy
Draggista
ELY Brothers
Warren Street
St. Mary's Academy
Salt Lake City
Sisters OF the Holy Cross
Minnetonka
Florista L.L. May & Co
St. Paul, Mian
Uefa
Raneast
Wabinston D. C
Tainune
Dillon
Tripunm Pusursarne Co
Trinunze Pussimarne Co
Salt Lake
Tribune
Salt Lake Techune
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