History of a Week in War News and Crises
A San Isidro dispatch reports General Lawton's efforts to move subsistence and ammunition boats up the Rio Grande, hindered by shallow water, with twenty American prisoners moved north and a Filipino officer fearing return due to ammunition shortages. Promotions elevate Bates and Lawton, Funston retained. Panama rebellion triggers martial law. U S ministers warn of anti Venezuelan aid. Blizzard losses in Great Falls include nine dead, with H Yerald among the recovered remains.
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New York Herald
San Isidro
Manila
Lawton
Rio Grande
John C. Bates
Second Infantry
Regular Army
Great Falls
Mont
H. Yerald
Star Pointer Retired From Track At Cleveland
Star Pointer the famous pacer has been withdrawn by owner M J White due to failing legs. Trainer W J McClary is released and Pointer will stand at stud on Mr White’s farm. Also Captain C O Howard offers to serve in place of his late brother Guy Howard, killed in the Philippines, and the Cabinet votes to grant a request for the American flag to fly over a Spanish built vessel aiding Philippines trade.
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Star Pointer
Cleveland
Ohio
M. J. White
Pacer
W. J. McClary
Pointer
Mr. White
Two-Minute Village
C. O. Howard
Nebraska National Guard
Philadelphia
Root
Guy Howard
University of of Virginia
W. L. Wilson
Wilson
Congress
Mexico
Beehuanaland Food Shortage Sparks Famine Fear Dispatch
A Hopetown Cape Colony dispatch reports Kimberley riders warn Bechuanaland faces imminent famine unless immediate relief arrives. The food supply is running critically low, prompting urgent crisis concerns.
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Hopetown
Cape Colony
Kimberly
Beehuaanaland
Street Car Topples Over in New Brunswick Incident
Street car loaded with passengers toppled on a steep grade in New Brunswick New Jersey. Peter Zeenewich was probably fatally hurt. Many others were seriously hurt.
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New Brunswick
N. J
Peter Zeenewich
Minister to Argentina Named for Oregon Envoy
William P. Lord of Oregon is appointed Bryoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Argentine Republic. The report from Ortiz, Mexico notes Mayo Indians joining Yaqui rebels near Sabauripa, amid ongoing regional conflicts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Argentina
William P. Lord
Oregon
Argentine Republic
Ortiz
Mexico
Mayo Indiana
Sabauripa
Prominent NY Yale Donor Plans 2 Million Gift
News brief from the East reports a prominent New York Yale graduate intends to give the university 2,000,000 dollars. Other items include the death of Jesse L. Davis, a New York songwriter. Appleton of D. Appleton & Co. dying at 85 in Riverdale. a Portland caterer Grewer killing Mrs. LeGrow then himself. Reed admitted to the New York bar planning to reside in NYC. a massive fire in Lowell, Mass. at American Card Company causing over 50,000 dollars loss. Frohman family patriarch Henry Frohman dies in New York at 72. a Philadelphia counterfeit conspiracy verdict with mercy recommended. a Broadway building and contents destroyed by fire worth over 100,000 dollars. Van Buren’s former home sold for conversion to a business block. Tallon and Redmond visiting America to raise funds for the Parnell monument. the Columbia defeats Shamrock in the yachting series final by six minutes and thirty-four seconds. Two Fort y fishing schooner sunk near Boston with four drowned. Robert Bonner grandchildren sue to contest his will on alleged mental incompetence and undue influence.
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Jesse L. Davis
New York
Yale
William H. Appleton
D. Appleton & Co
Riverdale
N. Y
William Grewer
Portland
Jennie LeGrow
Grewer
Thomas B. Reed
Broadway
van Buren
East Twenty-seventh Street
Tallon
Dublin
John Redmond
M. P
America
Navy Yard
Brooklyn
Columbia
Shamrock
Boston
Ardanhnu
Robert Bonner
Bonner
Montana blizzard deaths and varied 1900s notices
Reports from Montana recount nine deaths in a blizzard while other items note Kansas telegraph tolls ruled unconstitutional, Charles Wesley of Cleveland dying at 50, and Wed dell House proprietor's passing. Additional items cover wages at American Beet Sugar, a gold ore find in Leadville, a Paris Missouri trial, Pearl Hart arrest, a Mississippi river drowning, Pure Food Association officers, a Norfolk college fire, and corporate consolidations.
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Montana
Kansas
Charles Wesley
Cleveland
Weddell House
American Beet Sugar Company
Grand Island
Neb
Leadville
Colo
Melrose
Paris
Alexander Jester
Moss
Pearl Hart
Arizona
Tucson
Aviz
Deming
N. M
Tate
W. D. Manro
Minneapolis
Pure Food
Chicago
J. E. Blackburn
Ohio
Elliott O. Grosvenor
Michigan
Norfolk
Grugin Acquitted After Murder Indictment Trial
Indicted for first degree murder for killing Jeff Hadley in May 1896, Grugin was found not guilty though he admitted the act after Hadley had wronged his 16 year old daughter Alma. Other reports note Helen Banfield, wife of banker W. Jackson, committed suicide, and a Green Lake Casino fire killed Mr and Mrs F R Jenks with $35 000 building loss and $10 000 contents.
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Grugin
Jeff Hadley
Hadley
Alma
Helen Banfield
Jackson
Colorado Springs
Green Lake
Wis
F. R. Jenks
Railway Superintendents of
Detroit
Aarons. Markley
Danville
Joseph M. Staten
Richmond
F. Patterson
Concord
N. H
N. W. Thompson
Fort Wayne
Ind
Tacoma
Wash
Wilna
John Slater
Ecaught Tire
St. Paul
St. Paul and Tacoma Lumber Company
Australia
Teton County
Mont
Seymour
Charivari
Rock Island Road
Will Cuppies
Charles Kuch
Doniphan
Ikan
Kuch
Andrew Braun
R. G. Dickerson
Atchison
Multiple Disasters Reported Across States and Riots
A deadly fire in St. Ann s Miss kills Mrs Gambrett and four children. Kentucky killings follow at a dance near Wagersville and near Lawrenceburg. Riots erupt in Texas and Laredo involving Negro soldiers and locals. A mob tortures Joe Leflore after guilt confessed in J H Gambrill case. Bob Anderson survives partial burning.
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St. Ann
J. H. Gambrett
William Bennett
Louisville
Bennett
Estill County
John Hoover
Wagersville
Buckner McKee
John M. Wilson
Lawrenceburg
9Th Cavalry
Fort Ringgold
Texas
Laredo
Fort McIntosh
C. Nuncio
William Stoner
Army
Joe Leflore
Bob Anderson
J. H. Gambrill
St. Annes
Miss
Gambrill
Leflore
Severe storms and floods hit southern Italy causing damage
Reports from southern Italy describe serious storms and floods with San Giorgio’s bridge gone and twenty houses swept away amid suspected loss of life. Other items note William Fitzhugh Whitehouse planning an Abyssinia expedition with sixty armed men and numerous porters, and reflections on neutrality duties in the US regarding South African conflict. The London Times cites concerns over neutrality. Mitsui & Co of Japan contemplates a transpacific steamship project and cotton contracts ahead of next March. Venezuela crisis nears resolution as Gen. Andrade accepts proposed conditions.
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Italy
San Giorgio No Bridge
William Fitzhugh Whitehouse
Newport
Ht. T
England
Abyssinia
London Times
United States
South Africa
Mitsui & Co
Japan
Venezuela
Andrade
Famine, price fears and political shifts dominate meetings
Gen Cipriano Castro to go abroad with presidency to the vice president while avoiding bloodshed. In India, C M Rivas notes famine areas cover 100000 miles of British territory and 250000 miles of native states with populations over 15 million each. Central provinces Buckle under strain with Berar Gujarat North Deccan Punjab Baroda Indore Rajputana in grave condition as relief from Burmah Bengal may suffice.
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Cipriano Castro
Castro
Caracas
Supreme Council of India
C. M. Rivas
Berar
Guzarat
Deccan
Punjab
Baroda
Indore
Rajputana
Mir. Riwaz
Burmah
Bengal
General Strike Threatens Great Northern Railroad Across System
A broad strike threatening conductors engineers firemen brakemen and switchmen may soon halt Great Northern operations nationwide. This item notes expected end to end shutdown and ongoing labor district activity.
Market Reports Chicago to New York
Regional livestock and grain prices across markets in Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo and New York. Cattle hogs sheep and various grains with No 2 red No 2 white No 2 mixed and No 2 yellow values. butter eggs oats rye and clover seed also listed. figures range broadly reflecting market conditions.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
New York
Clemenceau a decisive figure in French politics again
Long portrait of Georges Clemenceau highlights his influence in France as cabinet maker and reformer. The piece traces his birth in 1811, duels, exile, teaching in America, Montmartre leadership during the siege, and roles in the House of Deputies and Paris municipal government.
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Georges Clemenceau
France
M. Clemenceau
America
New York
Greenwich
Conn
Montmartre
First Order
Paris
House of Deputies
Paria
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Boath
Enat
Wear
Panama
State Department
Gudger
Hart
Bogota
Masonic Temple
Tim Murphy
Western
Pullman Palace Car Company
Wagner Car Company
Thuluth-Superior
Irank HB. Babcock
Wedwood Falls
Minn
George Innes & Co
Wichita
Kan
Pacific Coast
W. J. Dingee
Oakland
New England
Elsdon
Lafier & Hooper
Grand Trunk Railroad
Lews
Macon
Southern
Great Northern
Santo Domingo
Juan Isidro Jimines
Senor Vasquez
Senor Rafael Abreu
R. Castillo
Admiral Dewey
The
American Bridge Company
New York City
Colorado Midland Railway Company
John Widosen
Bowhead
San Francisco
Arctic Ocean
Hoskinuts
Yukon
Bradstreet’s
Corp
Alvert D. Shaw
Grand Army
Shaw
Toronto
Canada
Manchester
St. Lawrence University
Niakara Walls
Watertown
Colleran
McKinley
Murphy
Wm, Murphy
Schrey
Edna McClellan
Washington
Mise McLellan
Col
Albert D. Shaw
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