Post Offices for Cuba Expand Under Rathbone Plan
Cuban postal expansion under ex Assistant Postmaster General Rathbone directs Havana and military stations with NY post office ties. seven more towns gain money order and registry offices boosting to thirty five military stations in Cuba. Wealth for Salvation Army from Benedict estate in Boston totals about 1,000,003 dollars with one quarter to the Army for slum work and missionary aims for three churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuba
Rathbone
Havana
New York City
Plaocetas
Santo Domingo
Saguaja Grande
Calbarien
Santa Clara
Batabano
Jucaro
Santa Cruz
Puerto Principe
Salvation ‘Army
Boston
Washington G. Benedict
Salvation Army
Suffolk County
Fatal knife duel among farmers in Kentucky shop
In Bullardaville Kentucky Knives clashed as Knalves Whittaker Manns and Howard Harlan fought over a tobacco sale quarrel. Manns died from wounds Harlan is severely hurt. Nearby Sacramento California a 12 year old boy was accidentally killed when a shotgun trick misfired its loaded cartridge wounding his 15 year old brother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knalves
Whittaker Manns
Howard Harlan
Bullardaville
Manns
Harlan
Sacramento
Cal
John Goddard
Explosion Kills Four In Indiana Gas Well Blast
In Geneva Indiana a can of nitroglycerine exploded during gas well prep killing Gid Goodwin Janes Thompson and Frank Thompson. The blast left scattered remains and several nearby workers had just left minutes earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
Ind
Gid, Goodwin
Janes Thompson
Frank Thompson
Adams poisoning case spurs push to curb mail boxes
Congress may consider a measure to curb private mail boxes after the New York Adams poisoning case revealed abuse of the boxes for fraudulent and immoral purposes. The bill would empower the Postmaster General to suppress boxes when warranted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Congress
Postmaster General
Jealousy Tied Crime to Crimean Tragedy
Michael Ruminski confessed in jail before his death by hanging on January 17 that he killed his wife and also strangled his infant child three years earlier. He blamed jealousy and believed the baby was not his, leading to the double tragedy in Pittsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crimea
Michael Ruminski
Pittsburgh
Masonic Temple Attractions in Fort Wayne Schedule
The Fort Wayne Masonic Temple lists upcoming shows with dates in February. Mathews and Bulger perform By the Sad Sea Waves on February 10, 1492 on February 11, Karl Gardner presents Father land on February 18, Cyrano de Bergerac on February 14, and Next Door on February 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mathews and
Bulger
Karl Gardner
Cyrano de Begerac
Poet Col Hamilton Jay Dies by Cyanide Action
Col Hamilton Jay a noted newspaper and magazine writer dies in Jacksonville Florida by taking potassium cyanide He was long associated with the Florida Times Union and served as Jacksonville postmaster in earlier years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton Jay
Jacksonville
Fla
Ile
Florida Times-Union
Steamer Trefusis Wrecked Off Sankey Lighthouse
The Steamer Trefusis from Charleston January 26 bound for Manchester England with cotton and corn is ashore near Sankey lighthouse. The wrecking party works to remove the cargo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Key West
Fla
Trefusis
Charleston
Manchester
England
Sankey Lighthouse
Navy cruiser Philadelphia sails from San Diego for Samoa
Navy Department notifies that cruiser Philadelphia has sailed from San Diego for Samoa. In Bowie Texas bank clerk Ed Lewis, who fled with 7000 dollars, is pursued with a $500 reward and 10 percent of recovered funds offered. No lead on Lewis location yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samoa
Navy Department
Philadelphia
San Diego
Ed Lewis
First National Bank
Bowie
Texas
Lewis
National and Business News From The East Coast
Theodore C Search reelected NAM president and Federal Steel buys Puritan coke works in Latrobe Pa. Philadelphia North American sold to syndicate led by R E Dorr. Navy Secretary Long elected president of the Massachusetts Total Abstinence Society. Vanderbilt wedding date fixed for April 4. Rhode Island floated after Hell Gate crash, rudder torn off. William Judge & Bros carpet factory in Philadelphia gutted for $100,000 loss insured. Justice Henry W Williams of Pa Supreme Court dies. J C Austin steamboat sinks near Norwalk with five lives lost. NYC alderman backs two conductors per car. Henry T Sloan seeks control of his two children with Perry Belmont mentioned. Flint and Pere Marquette declares 1 percent dividend. 1898 earnings about $140,000. Fire in Johnstown causes $100,000 loss. Sierald Printing and others hit. 7,000 books lost. Gallitzin tunnel workers struck by train. 1 killed, 16 injured. Big Four train kills two track walkers near Cleveland. Galena Run double killing. Harvey Brooks shot by Flossie Riley. Bulington wounded and dies. Fort Scott man’s will denies Mary Conallin as daughter. she claims estate. Gillett creditors seek settlement. El Paso arrival signals near March 1 deal. Ohio Pythians grand lodge officers count confirms multiple posts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. E. Dorr
New York Mail and Express
Massachusetta Total Abstinence Society
Navy
John D. Long
New York World
William K. Vanderbilt, Jr
Virginia Fair
Rhode Island
Hell Gate
New York Harbor
William Judge & Bros
Front Street
Columbus Avenue
Philadelphia
Henry W. Williams
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Continental
J. C. Austin
New York
Norwalk
Conn
Henry T. Sloane
Perry Belmont
Flint and
Pere Marquette Railroad
Boston
Johnstown
Sierald Printing Company
John H. Waters
Johnstown Supply House
Mr. Burns
Cleveland
Galena
Run
Harvey Brooks
Flossie Riley
William Bullington
R. Bullington
Charlies Barker
Bullington
Barker
John Conallin
Fort Scott
Kan
Mary Margaret Conallin
Chicago
C. BR. Troxel
Grant G. Gillett
James H. Arnold
Kansas City
Gillett
el Paso
Texas
Chihuahua
Mexico
Arnold
Kansas
Marietta
George B. Donavin
Delaware
Charles J. Deckman
Malvern
8. N. McCloud
Marysville
Charles BE. Brown
Cincinnati
Notable 19th Century Square Headlines Mixed in West
A roundup of varied incidents and offices across several states. Notable items include the consecration of William Hall Marland as bishop of Sacramento, a name change proposal for D County to Dewey in Oklahoma, and a receiver named for W. J. Odell & Co. in Cincinnati. Reports cover deaths from accidents and disease, political re-elections, strikes, fires, rail and stock news, a hotel elevator controversy, and a territorial statehood convention at Guthrie seeking admission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Hall Marland
Sacramento
Cal
Oklahoma
D” County
Dewey
Cincinnati
W. J. Odell & Co
J. A. Wheeler
Chicago
Rand, McNally & Co
William M. Stewart
Clarence D. Clark
Nevada
Wyoming
Patrick Grady
Anna Clague
Cleveland
Ohsio
Alice Nielson
St. Louis
Julius Vortriede
German Express
Ohio
Toledo
Apex
Colo
W. H. Rudolph
Dayton
William H. Snyder
Stella Seibold
Fires Destroy Schools Hotels And Store Across Several States
The Sumner City school house and church burned in Tennessee. In Kentucky William S. Moore killed by a Louisville and Nashville train. New Orleans fire destroyed five residences and the Babbington Brothers store with about 20000 dollars loss and little insurance. In Texas Windsor and Commercial hotels burned at Hillsboro with two guests killed. Emil Messingschlager shot N Baker at Kenton Station while intoxicated. Mrs. T Herbert and Mrs Thomas Woodford leapt from a twenty foot trestle at Cardiff Alabama after near miss with a train, badly hurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sumner City
Tenn
Danville
William S. Moore
Louisville and Nashville
Babbington Brothers
New Orleans
Hillsboro
Texas
Windsor
Commercial
Ross Leary
John Grizzie
Emil Messingschlager
Morningview
N. Baker
Kenton
T. Herbert
Thomas Woodford
Cardiff
Ala
Palmer Named On Pension Roll In Senate Action
The Senate passed Senator Cullom's bill placing John M. Palmer of Illinois on the pension roll at $100 a month. Former Attorney General Augustus H. Garland suffered apoplexy while addressing the Supreme Court and died within ten minutes. President and Mrs. McKinley marked their twenty eighth wedding anniversary with flowers sent by cabinet ladies and other congratulations. Brig. Gen. Charles F. Eagan was found guilty on both charges, dismissed from service, with no mercy or clemency recommended by the military court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Cullom
John M. Palmer
Ilinois
Augustus FH. Garland
United States Supreme Court
Washington
Charles F. Eagan
United States Army
Foreign Briefs and Shipping News From the Era
Reports sweep across the world with bankers in Belfast failing, a British ship wreck near Margate with three crew and a pilot drowned, and a plot against the Sultan denounced but foiled by early arrests. Updates note Antarctic voyage from Hobart, Germany’s exports to the U S rising mainly in sugar, a £60,000 Parr’s Bank heist turn, Bulgarian cabinet resignation over Macedonian policy, and Admiral Beresford sailing from Yokohama seeking U K ties with Japan and Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pr. & M. Shields
Belfast
Ireland
Hawksdale
Margate
England
Constantinople
Aoran_gi
Australia
Southern Cross
Botchrevink
Hobart
Antarctic
Germany
United States
Parr
London
Stailoff
Macedonia
Lord Charles Beresford
Yokohama
Bis
Japan
Ger
Global turmoil and weather turmoil dominate 1898 notes
Cyclone devastation in the south seas causes multiple shipwrecks and deaths in New Guinea and nearby islands. A New Guinea Development Company manager drowns with his crew. In Lake Erie, Robson family tragedy follows a fatal boat voyage. Commission map disputes redraw Minnesota borders. Webster signed treaty history cited. Trade review notes mixed signals from markets with rising commodities and strong railroad earnings amid unemployment and wool, pig iron, and wheat shifts.
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Colima
Mexico
Peter
United States
Great Britain
France
Italy
Austria
Germany
Lake Erie
Robson
Kasson
Joint
High Canadian and
American Commission
Ottawa
Hunter's Island
Lake Superior
Ghent
Minnesota
Daniel Webster
Washington
R. G. Dun & Co
Chicago
Pittsburg
Bessemer and Gray Forge
Canada
Market Reports Chicago to New York grain and livestock values
A wide range of regional price quotes for cattle hogs sheep and staple commodities. entries include Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo New York with bids across cattle hogs sheep and grains such as wheat corn oats and rye and dairy eggs and butter prices in varied grades and delivery markets.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Ste
Cincinnati
T&c
Bbc
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
New York
House Debates Army Bill amid Expansion Clash
The House and Senate engaged in a flaring debate over expansion and the army reorganization. Key figures Johnson and Dolliver clashed on expansion while Crumpacker and Linney supported the army bill. The Senate advanced the naval personnel bill and a justice department building project, with diversification of speeches and executive sessions on the peace treaty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson
Indiana
Dolliver
Iowa
Crumpacker
Rep
Ind
Rixey
Dem
Naval Affairs Committee
Senate
Washington
Department of Justice
House
Philippines
Hopkina
Allison
State Department
Five Persons Are Drowned In New York Canal Boat Loss
The canal boat J. C. Austin of New York ran on the rocks off Norwalk Connecticut and sank with five persons drowned. Local authorities reported the disaster and begun investigations into the wreck and rescue attempts underway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Austin
New York
Norwalk
Conun
Annk
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Masonic Temple
Fort Wayne, Ind
Theodore C. Search
National Association of Manufacturers
Federal Steel Company of Chicago
Puritan Coke Works
Latrobe
Western
J. Rayner
St. Clairville
Crossland
Woss
Insurance
Frances Coleman
Cincinnati City Infirmary
Valley Railroad
Sandyville
Orrant Slutz
Knights of Labor
Lady Waiters’ Industrial Association
Wellsville
Arthur Kempenski
George Williams
Williams
Kempenski
Alleghanies
Southern
Far East
Aorangi
Australasia
South Seas
Samarai
New Guinea
Bem
Goodenough Island
Kennedy
New Guinea Development Company
Ivy
Kossman Group
Godel
Solomons
Ieee Arena F. Se
OP Ee
Butler
N. C
Grosvenor
Messrs
Bramwell
Rep. O
Stewart
N. J
Tongue
Ore
Dinsmore
Ark
Jett
Hull
Henderson
Town
Prince
Illinois
Cousins
Robinson
Gorman
Representative Cooke
Olinvns
Representative Simpking
Massachusetts
Appropriations Committee
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