Peru Must Pay Up in McCord Outrage Claim
The administration cites a 1886 incident in which W H McCord of the U S consulate was harmed and seeks 200000 dollars in reparations. A note to Peru and deployment of the cruiser Philadelphia to Callao are described to press the settlement.
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Peru
W.H. McCord
United States
McKenzie
Lima
Philadelphia
Callao
Valparaiso
Peruvian
McCord
McKkenzie
Recovered Maceo's Body Story From Cuban Officer Letter
A Cuban detachment recounts the December 7 ambush that killed Gen. Maceo. Col Andres Hernandez says 1,600 Spaniards attacked as Maceo rode into an ambush, 400 Cuban troops surged to aid, and the body was recovered and buried in a secure place.
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Col. Hernando
Maceo
J.A. Huau
Col
Andres Hernandez
Col. Hernandez
Alaceo
Trocha
Guerrilan
Maceu
Macon
Myzalt
Soap Maker Kirk Dead in Omaha Hotel
Charles A. Kirk, partner in James Kirk & Co the Chicago soap maker, died of heart failure in an Omaha hotel Sunday night after arriving Friday. Friends watched over him as he weakened, and physicians attempted restoratives but he died around 1 am.
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Sandenny
Omaha
Charles A. Kirk
James
Pelock
Jwach
Wane predicts Wilson as secretary of agriculture
Wilt Wane says James Wilson will be appointed secretary of agriculture after meetings with McKinley supporters. Wane, a Republican national committee member, returned to Des Moines from the East and spoke after conferring with McKinley.
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Torna
Cumming
Republican National Committee
Des Moines
Tim East
McKinley
James Wilson
Vienna Academy Reveals New Roentgen Ray Discovery
A dispatch from Vienna reports the Vienna Academy claims a new Roentgen ray type can definitively show whether death or catalepsy is present in a subject. The announcement notes the potential for fallible determinations in medical cases. Meanwhile, Salt Lake City assistant poster Frank I. Meiride was arrested on a charge of embezzlement, confessing to taking 800 in cash from the sale of stamps.
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Vienna
Trederiek Oof
Flbing
Vienna Academy
Frank I. Meiride
Salt Lake City
Dai
Ice Floc Fishermen Rescued Off Marinette Wisconsin
Six ice floc fishermen were saved after drifting to Green Island, four arriving by skiff to report the others. The lighthouse keeper planned to bring Term over to assist with the rescue and return.
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Marinette
Wwis
Green Island
Murderer Toe alias Moore hanged for Wapa Cab murder
The man known as Toe or Moore and accomplice Carl Selmidt were involved in the brutal murder of Mrs. John J. Green and the assault on her husband at Wapa Cab. He was executed there recently.
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Toe
Ung. Roe
Moore
Carl Selmidt
John J. Greenweal
Wapa
Cab
Gradual Trade Improvement and Whaling of Wheat Market
The Weekly Review notes slow but steady recovery in general trade with confidence building though gains remain modest. Textile demand weak, wool purchases surge, and the wheat market shows small declines with US Western wheat receipts 1,505,032 bushels this week. Failures in the United States total 455, Canada TL eventually. May Be Hope For Mrs. Meybrick outlines clemency prospects for long‑term convicts ahead of Queen Victoria's jubilee and renewed petitions in the United States.
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T. G. Dun & Co
Review of Trade
United States
Canada
Meybrick
Elis
Home Office
Jane
Maybrick
Public Buildings Delays and 1897 Municipal Notes
Secretary Carlisle informs the postmaster general of likely completion times for several public buildings now under construction. The report includes dates from Madison Indiana Sioux City Iowa Omaha Nebraska Saginaw Michigan South Bend Indiana Yeempstown Ohio Schweinfurth cases dropped in Rockford Illinois and other items including hog auctions high prices and bank news.
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Hin
Madison
Ind
Sioux City
Iowa
Omaha
Neb
Saginaw
Mich
South Bend
Yeempstown
Ohia
Angusk
Schweinfurth
George Jacob Schweinfurth
Rockford
Governor Adams Arrives to Probe Miner Strike
New governor Alva Adams and Maj. Gen. Brooks arrive to personally investigate the strike that has paralyzed the mining camp for seven months. Officials hope for arbitration as the state has spent about 2.5 million on military guard duties. The strike has disrupted labor and raised concerns amid a gold industry valued at around ten million in global trade.
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Leanvin le: Ton
Alva Adams
Brooks
Miliia
Talmage’s View on Arbitration Urges Senate Ratification
Dr. DeWitt Talmage in a sermon urges ratification of the arbitration treaty. He calls the move the greatest in eight centuries and appeals to Senators and the American Senate to vote aye to promote peace and end war. He praises the treaty as a historic, worldwide beacon for peace and condemns killing.
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Talmage
DeWitt Talmage
Senate
United States
Europe
Bold Toledo Robbery Tops City Heists
A Toledo office of the Northwestern Elevator and Mill Company was robbed at noon Saturday when a man entered, demanded money with a revolver, and forced the cashier to reveal cash totaling about 350 dollars in bills and gold. He escaped with an accomplice in a waiting buggy after abandoning the rig on the city outskirts. The crime was described as the boldest in Toledo’s history.
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Ofa MI Company
Toledo
Ohio
Northwestern Elevator and Mill Company
Mil
Lue
Thomas Caray
Modale
Steadman
Council Bluffs
Land Taxation and Labor Law in New Zealand
A Washington bureau report reviews the extensive study Land Taxation and Labor Law in New Zealand prepared by United States Consul Connolly at Auckland. The supplement expands the original, detailing serialistic principles and the New Zealand system from Consul Connolly’s observations.
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Bureau of Statistics
State Department
Washington Ban
Minister Willis Bead Dies in Honolulu After Pneumonia Attack
United States Minister Albert S. Willis died at 8 a.m. January 8 in Honolulu after several months illness from pneumonia contracted during a vacation in the United States. The steamer Monowal bringing the news arrived in San Francisco with the report. Senator Sherman Accepts State Portfolio says he will not discuss other incoming administration matters. Prime Minister Canovas outlines reforms for Cuba autonomy. Masonry group in Minnesota adopts resolutions barring liquor sellers from joining the organization and expelling current members who sell liquor in St. Paul and Minneapolis.
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Dien
Honolulu
Prneumpania
Monowal
San Francisco
United States
Albert S. Willis
WS A.m
Sherman
John Sherman
Fort Wayne
Canton
Ohio
McKinley
Canovas
Spain
Cuba
German millsoffer 850 prize for teal menace destruction
The German millers offer a prize of 850 for a method to destroy teal mene ravaging the mills. United States Consul General De kay in Berlin will forward any American method to the appropriate authorities.
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United States
Dekay
Berlin
Note about a journalist's death in a chaotic escape incident
A fragmentary notice reports Alan Bead and Anda Smith, noted New York newspaper editors, killed while escaping a site set in a room at the Parker Techse facility. It mentions Ballard Smid as a relative with little context about the event.
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Alan Bead
Anda Smith
Wil
New York
Ballard Smid
Fire devastates Buckner Orphanage in Texas five die
A fire tore through Buckner Orphan's Home near Dallas Friday night killing five boys and injuring several others. Mrs Britton, the matron, narrowly escaped as flames consumed the building and its contents.
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Texas
Buckner’s Ory Home
Avemiles
Dallas
Nine Fishermen Stranded on Ice Drift in Lake Michigan
From Menominee Michigan a January 15 dispatch reports nine fishermen clinging to a shifting ice floe driven from Green Bay into Lake Michigan by a 30 mph gale. Temperatures are near zero and snow squalls frequent. If ice drifts away from Chambers Island or Green Island they likely will not survive the night. Wives children and neighbors stand on the beach like mountains of ice grieving the peril.
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Lake Michigan
Menominee
Mich
Green Bay
Chambers Island
Green Island
Menehaunec
Annual meeting elects officers for State Agricultural Society
Des Moines hosts the annual meeting of the State Agricultural Society. Officers named include President W. W. Field and Vice President John Downie. Committees push a resolution urging Iowa lawmakers to restore McKinney duties on all agricultural products and impose a hides duty. Debate over politics prompts protests and walkouts before adoption.
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Des Moines
State Agricultural Society
W. W. Field
Qdebolt
John Downie
South
Ivy
C.e.cameron
Atlantic
D.S. Heegan
Oscood
Iowa
Evans
Bolow
National Guard Officers Hold Eighth Annual Fort Dodge Meeting
The eighth annual National Guard Association gathering took place at Fort Dodge with many commissioned officers in attendance. Papers on militiamen topics were read and a reception hosted by Company G drew about 1,500 invitations amid a notable social event in town.
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Fort, Dodger
National Guard Association
Port Dodge
The
Star
Loche Vidtterte
Soldiers' Hospital Opens at Iowa Home in Marshalltown
The management of the Soldiers' Home at Marshalltown issues a notice inviting the public to inspect the new hospital at the Iowa Soldiers and Sailors Home. Visitors may come Tuesday between 2 and 5 PM or 7 to 10 PM to view the building with Dr H P Duffield and home officials present.
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Soldiers’ Hospital
Soldiers’ Home
Marshalltown
Iowa
H. P. Duffield
Raters
Deliberate Murder Plot Foiled by Burlington Police
A murder plot in Burlington involving William Jones was foiled when a fourth party exposed the plan. James Moody, John Johnson, and Jones' wife were implicated. Moody, a fortune teller, is identified as the principal actor. Jones had insured his life for 2000 dollars, meant for his wife, who was to benefit from the scheme.
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Hill
Burlington
William Jones
James ‘Moody
John Johnson
Jones
Afair
Moody
Age of Niagara Falls Sparks Geologist Debate
Geologists clash over Niagara Falls age with estimates ranging from 8 000 to 32 000 years. Early limits placed the river’s origin at about 15 000 years, later revised to 12 000, 25 000, or 32 000 years for the river and 31 000 for the cataract.
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Niagara Falls
Niagara River
Great Lakes
Charles Lyell
7. W. Spencer
Barefoot Remedy Sparks Skepticism Over Doctor Bills
A Philadelphia North American excerpt recalls a shopworn scheme to save doctors’ fees by walking barefoot on grass. A boy feigns illness while a faltering physician prescribes a “strong mustard plaster” but the family doubts the treatment, voicing prudence over the remedy.
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Philadelphia
North American
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