Ambitious Texas bid eyed by Hetty Green’s kin
Hetty Green's son aims for Texas governor with alleged backing from the old Indy, while global affairs spark chatter. Spain may replace Dutcher in Cuba as Wolfe's era shifts. Britain fences with trade, and a Canidae election gives the Liberal party a long-awaited Commons majority.
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Hetty Green
Texas
Indy
Woyler
Cuba
Spain
Canidae
Liberal Party
House of Commons
Napoleons Rights Question and Public Attitudes
Premier Victor Napoleon argues that rights derive from the people and can be invalidated only by them. A prevailing view credits the public with paying attention to this power about twenty two years. An advertising agent in Paris promotes soap and pills with a bald head as a living poster. The queen's watermen lack an official office, likened to editors without papers. The piece notes thirty six such idle officials who perform little and receive about five pounds annually.
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Victor Napoleon
Paris
Officinla
Vast Week Review Highlights Curio of 1896 Events
The plan of field operations for the Geological Survey season 1896-97 is completed and approved by the acting Secretary of the Interior. A court martial is ordered at Mare Island Navy Yard for Past Assistant Prymaster Edwin B. Webster of the Yorktown on fraud charges. Capt. Henry Howison to preside. Also notes on Gen Ant Campbell, Ian Maclaren lectures, William Black's Brisels success, Miss June Adams and Tulane founder, a Michael Angelo drawing sold for 7,000 with total sale over 40,000. Princess Henry of Battenberg composing an oratorio. Rev. Thomas Hill retires after fifty-seven years in Tingland. Tragic self-inflicted deaths in San Francisco and Greenwich related to a failed business collapse. Police turmoil in Council Bluffs riot after a sailors’ match. Escapes and murders in St Louis and Forsyth Indiana.
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Geological Survey
Secretary of the Interior
Secretary of the Navy
Mare Island Navy Yard
Edwin B. Webster
Yorktown
Agiatic Station
Henry Howison
Ant. Campbell
Los Angeles
Cal
Ian Maclaren
Broadway Taberniere
New York
Ireland
Armerica
William Black
Brisels
Tard Leighton
June Adams
Tul Louse
Chicago
London
Michael Angelo
Earl of Warwick
Princess Henry of Battenberg
Olmier
Thomas Hill
Tingland
Congregational Church of
North Finchley
Br. H. Gibson
Ondawa Paper Company
Greenwich
Gibson
Batelers
Omaha
Kansas City
Sioux City
Council Bluffs
Parsons
Thomas Brown
Tilly
Frank Kane
Noble Shepard
St. Louis
Chomas Norton
Lizzie Leahey
Forsyth
Ind
Martin Clihall
Cleveland
Catalog of Midwest and Northern Tragedies and Disasters
A flood of calamities across the United States is reported from multiple states. Fires in Minneapolis and Walnut Ia. cause tens of thousands in damage. a cloudburst in West Virginia and a wind storm in Nebraska injure and disrupt. In Ohio and Illinois trains and collisions claim lives, while a bridge accident near Perry Ia. and a balcony collapse in Chatham Ont. injure many. A Great Northern slide near Kootenal Falls and a Mason N H granite works fire add to the toll.
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West Virginia
T. Jeffery & Co
Minneapolis
Republican City
Neb
Swanton
Ohio
Sam Chenderson
G. J. Miller
Fort Wayne
Ind
Walnut
Chatham
Ont
Royal Exchange Hotel
Severn
Isiine Waxford
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Perry
Council Bluffs
New England Granite Company
Mason
N. H
I.ees
James MacCredy
West
Inet
Ultan
Newark
N. J
Daisy Craig
Elgin
Pistaqta Key
Fox Lake
Grant Harvey
Emma Collins
Zanesville
Zuella Evans
Mayaville Avenue
Collins
Abscon
George Huber
Red Huber
Germania
Harry Wentaler
Philadelpha
Joseph Sabi
Galloway
Board of Freeholders
Camden & Atlantic Express
Hoxte
Kay
Man Charged With Winding and Self Representation Arrested
A man accused of an awindling scheme and who acted as his own attorney linked to the nutlong administration was captured in Mingourt Uwyn Puckett a Black man who assaulted U yeareld Hessie Lee was taken into custody.
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Nutlong
Mingourt
Uwyn Puckett
U-yeareld
Hessie Lee
Turbulent world notes and royal commission findings
A wide array of terse items from 19th century dispatches report romance and scandal, geological luminaries, and battles. Highlights include Prestwich’s death, the Hugh Massacre rumor, Irish revenue critique, McKinley campaign events, and various political, economic, and legal notices across Iraq, Ontario, Britain, and the United States.
McKinley Formally Nominated At Notification Ceremony
The Republican National Convention formally notified William McKinley of his presidential nomination. The crowd at his Ohio home cheered as Maj. McKinley appeared, while Gov. Charles Phurton delivered the nomination speech praising protective tariff, sound money, and national prosperity. McKinley replied with humility, pledging to promote the public good and urging unity beyond party lines.
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Agin
Republian Party
United States
Econvention
Nied
Mosca
Moses
Melkkinley
McKinley
Phurston
Hin
America
Landa
Washington
Birthday Bell of Freedom and Tyranny's Downfall
A fragmentary poem excerpt praises liberty and commemorates a historic moment under a campanile. It shifts to a humorous exchange about hunger, quoting a philosopher and a Washington Star cartoon-like dialogue about paying for a meal. The passage blends poetic memory with a street scene remark.
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Washington Star
Cuban filibuster barkentine leaves Boston under pursuit
The Standard reports a Cuban filibuster barkentine named I I Cassen, commanded by Capt FLA Cassen, departed Boston last night evading authorities. Its cargo allegedly lists 0 men, 4,200 arms, 4 Gatling guns, 1,000,000 rounds, provisions, and banned whale boats, with a meeting planned off Quincy.
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Boston
I. Cassen
Fla. Cassen
Cassen
Quincy
Five Drowned at Lake Matlapan Near Charles Town
July 1 report from Sharon Maas states four chair boys and the choirmaster of St John’s Episcopal Church drowned in Lake Matlapan. Victims include choirmaster Fred S. Brackett. youths aged 11 to 12: Thomas Parker Harry Laker William Watkins Benjamin Gibbs. They were part of a St John’s party arriving to camp until Saturday.
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Sharon
Maas
Jodaay
St John's Episcopal Church
Charles Town
Lake Matlapan
Fred
Brackett
Thomas Parker
Harry Laker
Willam Watkins
Benjamin Gibbs
St. John’s Claveh
Saurday
Schooner Narvin Rescues 35 Stranded Miners at Cook Inlet
The Narvin from Kodiak arrives at Port Townsend with thirty five stranded miners aboard. They pronounced Cook's Inlet mining doomed as over four hundred more miners remain stranded nearby. Rescue efforts and uncertain prospects follow this tense scene in Puget Sound.
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Macon Retuea
Port Townson
Wash
Narvin
Kodiak
Cook's Inlet
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