McKinley Escort Chosen by Chicago Hussars and Cleveland Grays
Major McKinley will take the oath on March 4 with an escort formed by the Chicago Hussars and Cleveland Grays. The Grays select to invite the Hussars to share the duty, both units to march on black horses for a strong display. the Hussars may drill in New York en route home. Aged 84, Mrs Henry Ward Beecher suffers a hip fracture that may leave her dependent on crutches, with serious but not immediate danger.
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Chicago Hussars
Cleveland Grays
McKinley
Cleveland
Grays
Iussars
Iluysara
New York
Henry Ward Beecher
Brooklyn
Gladstone Celebrates Eightieth Birthday at Hawarden
The Grand Old Man Mr Gladstone marked his 80th birthday at Hawarden on Tuesday with family, villagers' demonstrations, bell ringing, and deputations to the castle. Telegrams of congratulation poured in from across the United Kingdom the United States and Europe.
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Lennon Speci
Gladstone
Hawarden
United Kingdom
United States
Dayton Board Adopts Road Work Plan to Employ Unemployed
The Board of City Affairs of Dayton Ohio at a special meeting adopted resolutions setting street widths and arranging paving projects. About $20000 will be spent on paving several streets in early spring. Sewers, water and gas services will be laid with other arrangements to provide work for the unemployed, using only bona fide citizens.
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Board of City Affairs
Dayton
Ohio
Quart Shop Man Heavily Fined In Kokomo Crusade
Mayor Kirkpatrick of Kokomo Indiana ordered a fine of 185.75 dollars for Dennis Palmer the first arrest in a city crackdown on quart shops aimed at intercepting wage money workers would otherwise bring home to families.
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Kirkpatrick
Kokomo
Ind
Dennis Palmer
Cards Fight Leaves Three Severely Injured in Muncie
In Muncie Indiana Michael Kenney Jack Lewis Joseph Kienke George Stardesty and Billie Dugan were involved in a card game dispute that escalated. Kienke used a pocket knife wounding Lewis and Kenney severely while Kenney and Lewis received serious injuries.
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Michael Kenney
Jack Lewis
Joseph Kienke
George
Joh Stardesty
Billie Dugan
Muncie
Ind
Kienke
Lewis
Kenney
Strike Declared Off In Coal Miners In St Clair Madison
The coal miners strike in St Clair and Madison Counties 11 has been declared off. An effort will be made to raise wages and if unsuccessful another strike will be inaugurated later.
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St. Clair
Madison Counties
The Yog Movement Ends at Castie Island
Dublin reports the destructive movement at Castie Island has ceased with two bodies found a mile from the disaster. Frank E. Clark editor of the Greyville Independent dies by morphine in personal crisis. Lehigh cotton mills near Easton Pa shut down indefinitely.
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Dublin
Ireland
Castie Island
Frank E. Clark
Greyville
Lehigh Cotton Mills
Easton
Hold up on the Alton Blue Cut Stop the Express
Bandits on the Chicago and Alton line at Blue Cut halt the St Louis and Chicago Express at 0:20. Masked men force engineer and fireman from cab while another pulls the express car away. Messenger A. U. Ker held in car as crew pursue locomotive. car reportedly loaded with valuable express goods and Christmas boxes. engine found abandoned near Glen Jules.
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the &St. Louis
Chicago Express
James
St. Louis and
Chicago and Alton Road
Kansas City
Tme
A. U. Ker
St. Louis
United States Express Company
E. D. Meade
Freman
Glenjule
Foreclosure Plans on Pacific Railroads By Government
The U S Department of Justice prepares to enforce Pacific road claims and foreclose against Union Pacific with possible action against Central and Kansas Pacific. Large portions of first and second mortgage bonds mature in early 1897. Attorney General views acts as granting power to proceed despite first mortgage holders.
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Egal Department
Department of Justice
Union Pacific
Central and
Kansas Pacific
Congress
Pacific Raiio Aad
Powers Jealous as Europe Fears U.S. Cuba Policy
The London Times Paris correspondent reports Washington has quietly warned that European powers would not stay passive if the United States recognizes or supports Cuban insurgents. The dispatch notes Germany is ready to back Spain if the U.S. aligns with the rebels, with warnings tied to European coalition talks against revolutionary socialism.
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Europe
Cuba
London Times
Paris
Washington
United States
Germany
Spain
Pourparlers
Free Roads in Kentucky Toll House Burned Near Springfield
A toll-house on the Springfield and Perryville turnpike near Springfield, Kentucky, was burned to the ground by night raiders after toll gates were previously destroyed. Keeper Wise evacuated his family. no toll collection has occurred. The incident reflects broader disruption of toll facilities in the county.
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Springfield
Springfield and
Perryville
Free
Wise
Arizona Protest Against Utah Territory Expansion
The Phoenix Chamber of Commerce in Arizona passes a resolution denouncing a congressional proposal to attach the Arizona region north of the Grand Canyon of the Colorados to Utah. The document argues against the project and forwards its position to Washington.
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Arizona
Phoenix, Ariz
Bank of West Superior Suspends Operations
The Bank of West Superior Wisconsin with 50000 capital and 50000 surplus pend operations Wednesday morning after failures of the Bank of Minnesota and the Bank of Illinois. By the November statements deposits totaled 78047.
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Bank of West Superior
Wis
Capital
Bank of Minnesota
Bank of Illinois
Frugal Hebrews and Police Tramp Statistics From Atchison
Metropolitan police records from Atchison Kansas show tramps seeking lodging in stations by nationality with a mix of American German Irish English and Bohemian and a single ledger of Jewish descent. Ages ranged from 17 to 70 years averaging about 30. The report notes a grim death toll in coal pits and a train disaster amid a banker’s career ending.
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Chicago
Metropolitan Police Department
Atchison, Kan
Chicago Banker Otto Wasmansdorff Ends Life after Bank Failure
Otto Wasmansdorff, a Chicago banker and member of the defunct Wasmansdorff & Heinemann firm, shot himself at his home Sunday morning. Facing financial ruin from the National Bank of Illinois collapse, he mortgaged his property for creditors and chose suicide to escape a smirched name and ruined prospects.
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Otto Wasmansdorff
Chicago
Wasmansdorff & Heinemann
National Bank of Iinois
Ife
Work of fiends wreck train on Cahawba River
An accommodation train on the Birmingham Mineral Road plunged 110 feet into the Cahawba River Sunday, killing many and leaving only nine survivors. Authorities estimate about thirty five dead with cremation among some victims. A survivor claims robbers caused the wreck and looted the victims as they cried for help.
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Birmingham Mineral Road
Cahawba
Tragedy Follows Chicago Trolley Death Near Throop Street
A Chicago electric car fatally struck George Danemark on Throop Street after noon Friday as the boy allegedly tried to steal a ride. A roaring crowd, estimated up to four thousand, beat the conductor and mobbed the car before police and a wrecking wagon intervened to prevent lynching. The incident occurred as worshippers emerged from St Procopius Church nearby.
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Chicago
George Danemark
Throop Street
Maxwell Street
St. Procopius’ Catholic Church
18Th Street
Kvitek
Center Avenue
Battle on the Sea Three Friends confronts Spanish gunboats
The steam er Three Friends with Captain Lewis arrives at Key West from Jacksonville on a wrecking voyage. Customs officials allege arms and ammunition were landed in Cuba, though nothing was found aboard. The crew shows no fear while scars hint at past gales as Spanish ships loomed offshore. The vessel faces charges under maritime neutrality laws.
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Key West
Fla
Lewis
Jacksonville
Cuba
United States
Yield of corn in Nebraska at Syracuse cribbing observed
Seventy five thousand bushels of corn have been cribbed at Syracuse Nebraska in six weeks. Fifty five thousand bushels of new corn shipped from two weeks. An extra freight train for corn is needed daily. Many store grain. The article notes similar corn handling trends across Nebraska and widespread husking.
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Syracuse
Neb
Nebraska
Kansas Kid Accuses Conkling of Train Robbery
Gay Harshman alias the Kansas Kid, recently convicted in Seattle for passing 10000 dollars in counterfeit money, claims his partner George Conkling now serving time admitted to involvement in a Northern Pacific train hold up at Hot Springs in 1883, while passengers lost around 4000. Harshman labels Conkling a “bad man” and hints at a wider role in the crime. Militia units in Barbourville Kentucky fired while drunk, forcing merchants to close as guards briefly seized the town. Governor Bradley may disband the company. In Indiana, 15 miners buried after a gas and fire damp explosion at the Maule coal mine near Princeton. six bodies recovered, eight injured, and several workers trapped near the shaft.
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Kansas Kid
George Conkling
Gay Harshman
the Kansas Kid
Seattle
Wash
Northern Pacific
Hot Springs
Roach
Harshman
Conkling
Bradley Guards
Barbourville, Ky
Hradley
Maule
Princeton
Ind
Abolition Decrees End Slavery Ties in Madagascar
French decrees in Madagascar proclaim freedom for all inhabitants, ban slave trade and sale contracts, triple penalties on second offenses, promise no wartime taxes, and offer territorial aid to former slaveowners. A second decree promotes schooling and French language instruction while limiting teachers political involvement. Anarchist leaders Landauer and Rosabeins and allies are arrested in Berlin amid widespread searches.
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Madagascar
Trafic
France
Madagnascar
Wife Sues Over Affection Damages in Dunville Court
Di Mrs. John S. Barton of Dunville files a sensational suit in Circuit Court seeking $10,000 against Mrs. Jeande I. Miluggel of Nashville for alienating the affections of her husband John S. Barton. The case notes he is now in Murphysboro and formerly of Dianville.
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Dunville
John 8. Barton
That City
Jeande I. Mwluggel
Nashville
Tenn
Murphysabore
Teun
Dianville, IM
Death in Unclear Circumstances at Slaven Residence
Delwood Slaven, a worker in Sistersville West Virginia, was visiting his uncle Allen Whiting. In the night he went to the kitchen for a drink when Whiting, seeing Haven and believing him a burglar, fired and killed Him.
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Delwood Slaven
Sistersville
W. Va
Helds
Allen Whiting
Whiting
Haven
Hlaven
Amputation of His Leg Fatality in Washington Car Accident
Chester R. Faulkner private secretary to Senator Voorbers of Indiana was struck by a Washington street car and died at Providence Hospital after leg amputation. The shock proved fatal. May retire from the lecture field. William Jennings Bryan doubts partisan lecture plans and says he may have erred in the engagement series.
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Chester R. Faulkner
Senator Voorbers
Indiana
Washington
Providence Hospital
William Jennings Bryan
Cincinnati
Markets Readings Across Midwestern Cities
Chicago cattle common to prime 3.50 to 5.75 dollars, hogs 3.75 to 5.00, wheat No 2 red 0.10 to 0.12, corn No 2 0.22 to 0.24, oats No 2 0.18 to 0.20, butter 0.20 to 0.22, eggs 0.20 to 0.22. Indianapolis and Milwaukee show mixed grain and livestock quotes, with St Louis, Cincinnati and Detroit reporting similar ranges for cattle hogs wheat corn oats and rye across markets. Prices vary by grade and city, reflecting early commodity trading notes.
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Chicago
St. Louis
Dade
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
New Y York
Spain Looks to Mediation in Cuban Conflict and Reforms
Washington reports Senor Canovas seeks U S mediation to end Cuban unrest with a reciprocity treaty favoring the United States. Spain would grant reforms and amnesty while maintaining limited autonomy, via a thirty member council controlling finances commerce and governance in Cuba.
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Washington
Legation
Senor Canovas
United States
Spain
Canada
Cortes
West Indies
Crown
Cuba
Canovas
Porto
Fail for millions sinks Batavia financiers in liquidation
The Van Nortwicks’ Bank of Botaving fails as Atlas National Bank of Chicago liquidates. J. B. and William M. Van Nortwick of Batavia Illinois, large stockholders with vast manufacturing interests, assign to Equitable Trust Company of Chicago. Liabilities near 2 million, assets include Western Paper Bag factories, mills in Wisconsin and Tennessee, and vast pine land holdings. The shock alarms Batavia and surrounding areas.
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van Nortwicks’ Bank of Botaving
Atlas National Bank of Chicago J. 8
William M. van Nortwick
Batavia
Equitable Trust Company of Chicago
van Nortwicks’ Bank
van Nor
Kaukauna
Wis
Ananilla
Memphis
Tenn
Western Paper Bag Company
van Nortwick Paper Company
Combined Locks
Apleton
Appleton Manufacturing Company
van Nortwick
Wisconsin
Second National Bank
Aurora Cotton War Company
Aurora
Appleton
Wid
Private Duke of Fife income and travel notes headline
The Duke of Fife is credited with a private income of 400000 dollars annually. Rural free delivery expands to Opelika Alabama and Quitman Georgia. Mr Selous, famed African traveler, contemplates a journey to the Rocky Mountains. Aberavon town council elects Mayor Henry Richards, who is totally blind.
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Duke of Fife
Opelika
Ala
Quitman
Selous
Rocky Mountains
Aberavon
Henry Richards
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Landauer
Rosabereins
Berlin
Spaln
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