Baltimore’s Mayor Timanus Faces Fire Recovery and Bonds
In Baltimore Mayor E Clay Timanus governs a city rebuilding after last February’s fire. The administration plans a $1.5 million municipal lighting bond and a broader $10.6 million in improvements, including Burnt District work. Timanus emphasizes public consent, common sense governance, and cautious taxation amid debates on sewer, water, and street franchises.
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Narrow Escape of Gen Funston
General Fitzhugh Lee recalled a plot to kill him while in Havana and, upon a dramatic office encounter with a gaunt man dressed in rags, identified the visitor as General Frederick Funston. Lee kept a revolver ready as the man, claiming Cuban army ties, sought passage to the United States. Funston was later said to have been captured with Aguinaldo.
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Scripps-M'Rre Press Association
Hartford
Conn
Fitzhugh Lee
Connecticut General Assembly
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Havana
Frederick Funston
Maine
Brown
Lee
Gen. Lee
Ines
Satin
United States
Gen. Funston
Wan
Aguinaldo
Dazzling Forepaugh Parade to Leave Grounds at 10
Indianapolis hosts a grand Forepaugh and Sells Brothers parade Friday. The massive show features open animal cages and a thousand employees. Three elephant herds perform in the ring, with trainers claiming the beasts are highly intelligent and capable of language. A novel bareback act, On the Way to the Grand Prix Race Paris, debuts with aerial maneuvers atop a moving wagon and horse, drawing fresh excitement.
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Chaim
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Paris
The Umpire In A World Of Praise And Pity
An article from the Washington Star praises the umpire amid cheers for players while hinting at harsher judgment for the official. It contrasts stadium adulation with the pressure and danger faced by umpires and the occasional neglect they receive in triumphs.
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Rosa
Washington Star
Deer Fence Planned at Payne Whitney Estate
Payne Whitney begins construction of an ornamental iron fence around his Manhasset South estate at a cost of 75000 dollars. The enclosure will secure a herd of deer within the grounds.
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Payne Whitney
Manhasset, S. 1
The Piranha: A Ferocious River Fish of Amazon Delta
The piranha Serracalmo pimya is a small eight inch fish with sharp triangular teeth and bluish back. It forms voracious shoals in equatorial America and has become a pest to cattle raisers on Marajo Island at the Amazon delta.
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America
Java
Marajo
Amazon
Piranha Ravages Cattle During Flooded Season in Amazon Meads
During the rainy season in the Amazon region piranhas invade flooded meadows from January to August, attacking cattle and mares that spend days in water up to 24 inches deep. They feed on fallen prey, and even wounded alligators suffer, as the fish carry out dissection with relentless bites.
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Mundreda
Woman fined and jailed for theft from boardinghouse
Mrs Mojita McLaughlin about 50 was fined $1 and costs and sentenced to 30 days by Police Judge Thomas C. Wharton after being accused of stealing 420 from Mrs Francis Belden at her boarding house. Detectives Gerber and Trimpe arrested her. the money was found in a coal shed stovepipe. Belden identified the bill and noted another bill went missing the next day. McLaughlin showed distress in court but did not speak to the prosecutor.
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Mojita McLaughlin
Thomas C. Wharton
Francis Belden
E. McCatty
Widow seeks pension over unyielding complaint
A New York widow writes to her congressman demanding help to secure a pension for her husband who died in service. She stresses she wants recognition and rails at critics claiming his death came from tuberculosis instead of regular consumption.
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Washington Star
New York
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