Measures to guard the President from threats debated
A discussion on stronger federal safeguards for the President notes recent incidents of attempted access by would be attackers. Reports cite Wellbrenner and Benque as cases driving calls for tighter protection and possible new legislation. The McKinley monument in Toledo is described with its inscription and bronze statue.
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Crank
Talen
Secret Service
Irs
Dyeg - Bay
Dyeg - Bay Not Long Ago, Might Have Been Promty
Thia_Inci
Presid
Wellbrenner
New York
Francis M Benque
Hay Benque
Frm
Germany
Czalgosz
Weeisbroener
Senate
McKinley
Toledo
William McKinley
Storm Wreaks Havoc Along Atlantic Coast
A devastating storm on Wednesday caused over forty fatalities and about two million dollars in property damage across the eastern seaboard. Fifteen men died near Damariscotta off Maine as the Gloucester schooner George F Edmunds wrecked on Pemaquid Point. Fourteen crewmen perished in the surf as the vessel broke apart.
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Atlantic
Maine
Damariscotta
George F. Edmunds
Willard G V’vole
Pemaquid Pont
Airtean
Wave of Frosts Wrecks Crops Across Regions
A string of killing frosts battered agriculture as the weather disrupted harvest plans. In New York and New Jersey ports, threats against the President prompted heightened security. Instances at Syracuse and Oyster Bay underscored the danger of angry individuals while maritime incidents caused heavy damage from Long Island to Greenwich.
May Seize the Isthmus Panhandle Plan for Panama Canal
The article argues U S Colombia tensions over Panama leverage with Bogotá accused of blackmail against the French Panama Company. It details stalled treaty defeat, withheld dispatches, and possible hard measures including Hague action or reviving the 1846 treaty as pressure to complete the canal via Panama. A separate note reports a large gas well unearthed near New Albany Kansas.
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Columbia
Washington
Panama Canal
State Department
United States
Colombia
Bogota
Panama Company
Panama
Panawa Company
Beaupre
Hague
Sultan of Johore to visit United States in 1904
In 1904 the Sultan of Johore will visit the United States primarily to tour the world’s fair and take in sights in New York City. The Sultan, ruler of the remnants of the old Malay empire, has reigned about five years and is noted as the only independent Malay ruler in the peninsula.
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Johore Tras—Amnoung
United States
St. Sultan OF Johora Louis
Malay Peninsula
Russell Sage
New York
Bodies Found And Missing In Lake Ganada
The body of George Evans surfaced at Ganada lake in Gloversville while Florence Brown remains missing after a boat outing. Articles of incorporation were granted to Kiowa Copper Company and Southwest Exploration Company both in Oklahoma City with capital stocks of 1 million dollars each. The incorporators are Oklahoma men.
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George Evans
Ganada Lake
Gloversville
Florence Brown
Kiowa Copper Company
Oklahoma City
Southwest Exploration Company
Oklahoma
Labor unrest and union activity across nations and industries
Reports show Cincinnati tailors may strike while plans seek to extend arbitration to Australian colonies. Past and projected wage changes appear for railroad men, miners, and miners unions. International unions announce conventions and new headquarters. Austrians in hat making feature nine to ten hour days and weekly wages from two to five dollars.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
Sioux Indiana
Journeymen Tailors
Garment Workers’ National Union
Chicago
Wheeling
W. Va
International Union of Steam Engineers
Union Pacific Firemen
Order of
Railway Demerariers
International Union
Indianapolis
New York City
Rand
Capes
Austria
Immigration petitions and transport and tax notices in early states
Petitions circulated in several states urge Congress to halt immigration. A fast mail coach runs between New York City and Albany in 3.5 days at 8 dollars fare and 8 dollars for 150 pounds baggage. Ohio farmers protest a 20 cent per 100 acre state tax plus a 50 cent penalty for late payment. A Cuban ship is seized by a British vessel for not saluting the flag, its master compelled to bow, and two crewmen captured.
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Mississippi Valley
Nortwest Canada
Winnipeg
Hlartney
Minnesota
Dakotas
Cheyenne
Wyo
Concordia
Kan
Lander
Des Moines
Denver
Chicago
St. Paul
Northwest
Pacific Coast
Red River Valley
Wisconsin
Sparta
Wis
Iowa
Illinois
Congress
United States
New York City
Albany
Ohio
Mechanized horseshoe plant earns 2 tons daily
Robert E. Hobart of Pennsylvania perfected a machine able to produce 2 tons of finished horseshoes per day. The Post Office Department advertised for a mail carrier between Paris and Vandalia with a weekly schedule. Turkish soldiers captured by Russia forced their government to keep them after a Sultan decree threatens death for surrendered troops.
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Robert E. Hobart
Pennsylvania
Post Office Department
Paris
Vandalia
Russia
Garrison Opposes Women’s Participation at Massachusetts Temperance Meeting
William Lloyd Garrison sought to bar women from a Massachusetts Temperance Society gathering and failed. The Galena and Chicago Union Railway, 121 miles long and the first westbound line from Chicago, opened for traffic. Cuba’s citizens protested via M Louie, a junta envoy in New York, against US purchase of the island. Dr Kane’s Arctic expedition was frozen in on Greenland’s north coast, the farthest north reached at the time.
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William Lloyd Garrison
Massachusetts Temperance Society
Galena and
Chicago Union Railway
Chicago
Cuba
M. Louie
Junta
New York
United States
Dr Kane
Greenland
Lincoln Orders Habeas Corpus Suspension and Civil War Actions
President Lincoln proclaims suspension of habeas corpus nationwide and Seward urges foreign ministers to seek peace by withdrawing support for rebels. Lincoln's cabinet sets prisoner exchanges to equal value for black and white soldiers. Rumors of a St Louis uprising spark troop mobilization while Troy initiates the draft with two regiments to avert riot.
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Lincoln
Troy
N. Y
Stolen Vault Remark Shocks Red Hook
Reports list several 19th century events including the theft of the body of Chancellor Robert B Livingston from a Red Hook vault. Other items note Charleston mill workers striking for higher wages and being locked out, Treasury threats to punish New York banks over gold schemes, an inaugural excursion on a Chicago to Lake Kampeskа branch, and a Credit Mobilier case opening in Hartford against 176 citizens including Andrew Carnegie and Thomas A. Scott.
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Robert BR. Livingston
Robert Fulton
Red Hook
N. Y
Charleston
N. C
United States Treasury Department
New York
Jay Gould
Chicago and Northwestern Railway
Chicago
Lake Kampeska
Dakota Territory
Credit Mobilier
Postmaster Clash Over Louisiana Lottery Proceeds
Gresham tightens policy forbidding postmasters to forward money to A Dauphin treasurer of the lottery. Mary Anderson judged insincere in London for Ingomar. Northern Pacific Railroad gala in St Paul ends with parade and banquet. Agram uncovers a Jewish massacre plot. Russian agents in Bulgaria plot with nihilists to topple the government. Proteus crew reports ship destroyed in ice near St Johns.
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Gresham
MM. A. Dauphin
Mary Anderson
London
Agram
Burgaria
Greely
Proteus
St. Johns
N. F
Rio de Jracira siege and Chicago panic banquet noted
The item recalls a rebel fleet bombardment of Rio de Jracira, Brazil and a Chicago banquet honoring James H. Eckels, then Controller of the Carrenes. It mentions 900 unemployed seeking work at public booths on the lake front and an express train incident near Kendallville, Indiana with a large theft from a safe.
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Rio de Jracira
Brazil
Chicago
James H. Eckels
Carrenes
Chicago Lake Front
Lake Shore
Michigan Southern Railroad
Kendallville
Ind
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University of Mississippi
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