Spain Misses 15000 Spanish Soldiers in Cuba Report
Reports to General Weyler indicate 15,000 to 20,000 Spanish troops are missing in Cuba with entire garrisons joining rebels. Deaths have been concealed and ammunition shortfalls noted as Weyler seeks full counts and locations. Filibusterers are arrested after a Bermuda steamer raid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havanna
Cuba
Weyler
New York
Marshals Office
Bermuda
United States
McFarlane
Postal Laws Debate Clarified Over Loud Bill Endorsement
The American Newspaper Publishers Association did not act on amendments beyond endorsing the Loud bill. It restricts second class mail by removing covered books and sample copies from that class and moves them to third class with prepaid postage if enacted. The bill has approval from the House committee on post offices and post roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Yor
House Committee On
Boston Rivals At The Y M C A Next Friday
Louis Wolf & Co. advertises a big Turkish bath towel and 14 yard lengths while urging readers not to judge quality by price. The note mentions high expenses on Calhoun Street and invites attendance at a Boston Rivals event at the Y M C A next Friday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calhoun Street
Louis Wolf & CO
Arcade
West Berry Street
Boston
Fisher Ordinance Taxing Gas Mains Delayed
The committee requested more time to act on an ordinance taxing gas mains as councilmen McDonald and Scheid were absent.
Municipal Gas Ownership Debate Delayed by Absences
A Toledo council committee on the Fisher natural gas mains ordinance failed to report as Councilmen McDonald and Scheid were absent. The Fort Wayne Journal allegedly dodged action, while J F Zahm & Co of Toledo criticized city's failed gas pipeline and costly rates.
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Messers. McDonald
Scheid
Messers
Wolf
Young
Glenn
H. O’ Paul
The
Fort Wayne Journal
Fisher
Messrs
McDonald and Scheid
Post
J. F. Zahm and Co
Toledo
Evenine Post
Fort Wayne
Ind
Northwestern Gas Company
J. F. Zaum & Co
Bed Spreads Offered At Bargain Prices In Town
Louis Wolf & Co Arcade Dry Goods Store advertises bed spreads hemmed ready to use priced at 1.18 and 1.27 each. The notice notes a storewide sale as they are selling out to quit business and directs shoppers to Heymans at 142 Calhoun Street for hats caps and gentlemens furnishings.
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Louis Wolf & CO. Arcade
West Berry Street
Heyman’s
Calhoun Street
Cigarettes Cited in Death From Brain Disease
Franklin Ind February 25 Henry Cotterel of Edinburg died after weeks of pain from softening of the brain attributed to excessive cigarette smoking A post mortem found an enlarged pericardial sac containing about a gallon of water a contracted heart a fatty growth and enlarged spleen and lungs Also notices report Charles Wilkining 83 died at his son’s home Washington Street due to infirmities of old age with four sons George Henry Christ and Lewis surviving the funeral time to be announced later.
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Franklin
Ind
Henry Cotterel
Edinburg
DaiLas FE. Green
Wilkining
Charles Wilkining
Lewis
Washington Street
Wiz
George
Henry
Indianapolis
Christ
Cincinnati
Li Hung Chang Coming to Visit United States this Summer
Washington reports Li Hung Chang the Chinese statesman and former viceroy has accepted an invitation to travel via Europe to the United States en route to Russia for the Moscow coronation. No set date, but a summer visit is anticipated. The piece also notes a hotel crash sale at 123¢ per yard.
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Washington
Li Hung Chang
Russia
Moscow
John W. Foster
Japan
United States
Foster
China
Europe
Railroad News and Local Shop Updates
George McManus suffers a serious finger pinch while freight committee work continues. Wabash shops will close next Saturday. H L Stonecifer resumes work at Pittsburg planing mill after brief absence. Boilermaker F C Turner returns to duty following time off.
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Wabash
H. Ll. Stonecifer
Pittsburg
F. C. Turner
Local railroad and shop workers report to duty after illness
Morning notes show several Pittsburgh machinists and railroad men returning to work after sickness or personal matters. John Raidy resumes at the Pittsburgh machine shop while Machinist Tine Kretzinger returns after caring for a sick child. Other listed names travel or meet officials in Chicago and Mercur Utah, with a hand injury recorded for George McManus in Leipsic Ohio.
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John Raidy
Pittsburg
Tine Kretzinger
John Luly
Kansas City
Western Gas Construction Company
Frank Burns
Lima
Frank
Pennsylvania Company
Pat Scully
McCarthy
Towsley
Logansport
Tom Foley
Pennsylvania Fast Freight Committee
R. G. Thompson
The
Wabash
Chicago
East Golden Gate Mining Company
Mercur
Utah
George James
K. Blair
James Rogers
George McManus
Leipsic
Japan’s Rise Forces England to Reassess Eastern Trade
The author argues Japan’s rapid growth as a manufacturing and export power shifts Asia’s trade balance, reducing Britain’s control of the Levant and prompting Russia and England to rethink Far East influence. Wage data for Japanese workers illustrate cost advantages and mounting competition for Western markets.
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Evening Post
Japan
England
Asiatic
Levant
Armenia
Seoul
Corea
France
Great Britain
Ireland
United States
Asia
Far East
China
Constantinople
Russia
Wall Street
Extra Special Ready to Use Fringed Notions
Fringed all round assorted colored borders 8-4 size priced at 5 cents each. Calhoun street prices 1.15. Louis Wolf & Co Arcade Dry Goods Store advertises. A special penmanship class plain or ornamental to be formed at the international Business College next week for those who cannot take a regular course. One class is on 4 to each afternoon.
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Calhoun Street
Louis Wolf.& CO
Arcade Dry Gooda
West Berry Street
International ‘Business College
Dourge
Suit for Wages and Weekly Pay Demands at Olds Works
Sixteen Olds Wagon Works employees file suits through Justice Bullerman seeking back wages and penalties under 1893 statutes that require weekly pay. The claims total about 800 dollars across individuals from $10 to $25 each, plus penalties and fees. Trial set for Friday at 9 a.m. with local counsel for plaintiffs. Shields & Co. begin replevin against Falk & Lamley creditors for 1000 dollars for 15 barrels of whiskey shipped while insolvent.
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Olds Wagon Works
Justice of the Peace Bulletman
Harry W. Chapin
Adolf E. Dunham
Allen C. St. Clair
James M. Taylor
James D. Barge
Harry E. Austin
Fred Dorcey
Jule Carter
Clarence R. Austin
John Linton
William ©. Ewing
John Norwald
Wilson Wilder
Owen Schoonover
George Rentschler
Charles Ross
Fort Wayne
Squire Bullerman
W. C. Ryan
M. H. Bohen
Shields & Co
Falk & Lamley
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