Metropolitan Church privileges and Logan recollections endure
Mrs. Logan recalls the Metropolitan Methodist Episcopal Church in Washington, its founding, funding from Grant era support, and notable worshipers including Gen. Ulysses S. Grant. The piece highlights church bells, memorials, and the significance of past leaders like Rev. Dr. Newman and Bishop Simpson, with remarks on Mary Logan and the long-running role in the city.
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Washington
Thomas H. Benton
Missouri
Tenry Clay
Kentucky
John ©. Calhoun
Cushing
Calhoun
Webster
Foot
Fessenden
Buchanan
Doulas
Simpson
Ames
Newman
A.S. Grant
de Haas
New York
Tlis
John A. Logan
Gen. Grant
United States
Dr. Newman
Heavenly Father
Mary Logan
Murder Verdict in Hayward Case Divides Minneapolis
In Minneapolis on March 11, 1900, jurors found Harry I Hayward guilty of first degree murder for the December 3 killing of Catherine Ging, with Hayward remaining calm as verdicts were read. Two witnesses for the defense, G A Grindall and Maggie Wachter, were arrested for perjury amid ongoing investigations and statements suggesting an accomplice and alleged instigators.
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Harry Hayward
Minneaports
Minn
Catherine Ging
Claus A. Hlixt
Harry I. Hayward
Grand Opera House
Hayward
Lo'vlock
Erwin
Claus Blixt
Pond
Minneapolis
R. KR. O'Dell
C. A. Blixt
O'Dell
G. A. Grindall
Maggie Wachter
Blixt
Grindall
Review of Trade Reflects Mixed Signals On Demand and Strikes
New York report notes congressional adjournment and stable gold, with no broad price gains but some wage losses. Strikes by 15,000 coal workers near Pittsburgh and thousands in building trades, plus textile and iron strikes, curb purchasing power. WheatPrices rise on spoilage fears. corn falls. pork lard and beef rise. Iron sector aided by potential Great strike, ore price gains, and modest demand. Wages cuts in textiles and price deflation persist. failures liabilities rise. Weekly summaries show limited imports and varied orders across manufacturing and trade.
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New York
R. G. Don & Co
Weekly Review of Trade
Pittsburgh
Coke Works
Bessemer Lake
United States
Canada
Mrs WK Vanderbilt Granted a Decree of Absolute Divorce
New York wires report Judge Barrett grants Alva E Vanderbilt an absolute divorce from W K Vanderbilt. She may remarry during his lifetime. he may visit their children. Children to be educated in the United States with joint consent. Mrs Vanderbilt plans a Europe trip with the three children as already arranged.
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WK. Vanderbilt
New York
Barrett
Supreme Court
Alva E. Vanderbilt
W. K. Vanderbilt
Justice Barrett
Vanderbilt
Eight Hundred Killed in Colombian Insurgent Battle
Dispatches from Cucuta confirm a government victory over Colombian insurgents near Cucuta and Bucaramanga. The battle lasted from dawn to 2 pm, with over 800 killed on both sides. Streets were strewn with bodies, a powder magazine blew up, and government troops retreated toward Gramalota. Rebel Gen. Duarto was among the dead. Additional reports from Jacksonville and Tampa mention engagements with Cuban insurgents and rumors around Manuel Garcia. Pension increases in Des Moines will boost payments by over 110000 dollars yearly for some 3300 beneficiaries. A Pittsburgh coal strike seeks a 60 cent wage, with several operators already agreeing. Milnes is nominated for Congress in Michigan, and Aguirre and other Americans captured in Cuba will be tried by civil tribunal under martial law. Chief Patrick Campbell of Brookkilya resigns after 23 years.
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Colombia
Cucuta
Bucaramanga
Gramalaoti
Duarto
Jacksonville
Fla
Manual Garcia
Garcia
Tampa
Vanales
Havana
Wasmixeton
Jose Maria Aguirre
Cuba
Tramps Open Fire at Rail Mill. One Dead Two Wounded
At Boost Iowa newshouse report a melee at the Chicago and Northwestern rail mill ended when Officer Campbell fired. He killed James Freeman alias Riley and wounded Tim Lallan seriously. a third tramp was wounded in the hand. Fifteen suspects were arrested and jailed under the tramp law.
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Boost
Chicago & Northwestern
Charles Elliott
Campbell
Clark
Holmes
James Freeman
Riley
Minnesota
Tim Lallan
Des Moines
Hornstein
Hundreds of Blacks Leave Alabama for Settlement in Mexico
A dispatch from BirMincham Alabama reports that within about forty days five hundred African Americans have emigrated from Greene county to Mexico and hundreds more await trains. They sell livestock and renters depart plantations, reducing crops. Landowners fear loss while several states and Indiana hope to fill lands with settlers. white locals oppose further recruitment by railroads or agents.
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Alabama
Mexico
BirMincham
Ala
Eutaw
Greene County
Iowa
Nebraska
Minnesota
Illinois
Indiana
Tippecanoe County
Ind
Kutaw
Knout Abolished by Imperial Edict in Russia
St. Petersburg issued an imperial edict abolishing the knout in punishment after statistics showed 3000 petty theft convicts died from its effects in the last decade. The Lokak Anzeiger reports the measure was driven by czarist statistics and peasant suffering under local judges.
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Bern
St. Petersburg
Lokal Anzeiger
Boycott Lifted by Association for Rail Workers
March 6 report states the General Managers' Association will lift the boycott on American Railway union men on April 1. Ex-members are expected to be rehired after that date, with officials of the Big Four cited as having secret, reliable authority for the claim.
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American Railway Union
General Managers’ Association
Union Railway
Miners Entombed in White Oaks Mine Fire
The Old Aire mine shaft house at White Oaks in Lincoln county caught fire Sunday morning and spread to the mine, destroying it. Nine men were inside. only C F Wilkinson escaped via the air shaft. Rescuers cannot enter for at least twenty four hours.
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Socorro
N. M
Old Aire
White Oaks
Lincoln County
C. F. Wilkinson
Wilkinson
Eastern Man Swallows Coins Then Dies in River City
Patrick Sullivan of 22 Tecumseh Street, aged 59, died after swallowing a half dollar, a quarter, and a nickel while in bed on Saturday night. Her husband found him Sunday morning, body cold, suggesting death had occurred hours earlier. Medical examiner confirmed the swallowed coins in his mouth.
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River
Mass
Patrick Sullivan
Tecumseh Street
Sullivan
Bimetalists outline lines for new American bimetallic party
The executive committee of the February 22 1896 Washington conference publishes a statement defining the money issue as the gold standard versus bimetallic standard with no bonds and government currency. It calls for immediate restoration of free coinage of gold and silver at 16 to 1, with silver legal tender equal to gold, and urges mass organization to back the cause before the 1896 election. It also proposes Joseph C. Sibley as a potential presidential candidate if empowered, but urges popular petition and grassroots action free of caucus control.
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Wasmxeton
Washington
A.J. Warner
American Bimetalic League
John P. Jones
Nevada
William W. Stewart
J. L. McLaurin
South Carolina
Anson Wolcott
Indiana
George (. Merrie
Colorado
Henry Jones
Georgia
J.C. Green
California
Joseph Sheldon
Connecticut
C. J. Hilyer
District of Columbia
Byron KE. Shea
Mortimer Whitehead
New Jersey
United States
Congress
Joseph C. Sibley
Pennsylvania
Becomes a Countess Anna Gould Weds Count Castellane
New York March 5 Miss Anna Gould daughter of the late Jay Gould married Count Paul Ernest Boniface de Castellane in a civil ceremony after a noon religious rite at the home of George J. Gould on Sixty seventh Street and Fifth Avenue Arch bishop Corrigan officiated at the religious service and Justice Andrews performed a second, later ceremony in the same room for the couple.
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Anna Gould
New York
Jay Gould
Paul Ernest Boniface de Castellane
Corrigan
George J. Gould
Fifth Avenue
Andrews
Supreme Court
Gould
Commutations soften death sentences of rebels in Hawaii
The steam ship Australia reports President Dole and cabinet commuting death sentences of Wilcox Seward Gulick and Rickard to 35 years in prison and a $10,000 fine each. No executions will follow the recent revolution. Ex Queen Liliuokalani’s fate was expected as five years imprisonment and a $2,000 fine.
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San Francisco
Australia
Honolulu
Dole
Wilcox
Seward
Gulick
Rickard
Lilloukalapi
Honolura
First Army Attacks Enemies Between Liaoyang Roads
Hai Cheng correspondent reports February events as the first army attacks the enemy encamped along the Liaoyang and New Chwang roads. Fifth brigade defeats the right wing and pushes back toward Daifuten. Main column routs at Chan hotai while sixth brigade moves toward Liaoyang, taking Taneyentai. Japanese losses total ten killed and eighty two wounded. Chinese left 150 dead.
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Loxpon
Hai
France and US clash over ban on American beef imports
Paris dispatch reports United States ambassador Eustis protested France's prohibition on beef imports. Washington claims the ban is protective and cites no disease found in cattle on embarkation or landing, arguing the health issue does not justify the restriction.
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France
Ouele
Lonxpox
Times
Paris
Eustis
United States
Bold Adel bank robbery ends in mob violence and deaths
Bandits O P Wilkins and C W Crawford robbed Adel Bank of Dallas County Iowa after driving into town at dawn. Cashier S N Leach wounded, arrests follow an hours long pursuit. Wilkins killed by a farmer and Crawford captured after a fire and standoff ending with confessions and a lynch mob atmosphere.
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Des Mores
Adel
Dallas County
Here
Elme
Deap
Orlando P. Wilkins
Patterson
Madison County
S. N. Leach
Bank of
J. M. Byers
R. S. Barr
C. L. Simpson
Dee Dexter
O. P.wilkins
C. W. Crawford
Wilkins
Leach
D. Bailey
Crawford
Mr. Bailey
Payne
Pritchard
Supreme Court rules foreign patents set US expiry date
Washington March 6 The Supreme Court in a unanimous ruling held that a US patent expires when a foreign patent predates it, affecting Bate Refrigerator Co v Sulzberger and numerous major patents. The decision impacts electric and telegraph patents including quadruplex systems and GE incandescent lamp patents, with billions at stake.
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Supreme Court
Washington
Bate Refrigerator Company
Francis Sulzberger & Co
United States Supreme Court
Justice Harlan
Bate
United States
General Electric Light Company
Five Drowned When Lonefellow Sinks In Ohio River
Cincinnati March 11 five people drowned after the stern wheel steamer Lonefellow struck the south pier of the C and O railroad bridge at Main street and sank in forty feet of water. One man is missing and presumed drowned. The vessel, deemed unwieldy like the State of Missouri, became unmanageable and pilots could not regain control.
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Cincinnati
Lonefellow
Memphis & Cincinnati Packet Company
Main Street
New Orleans
State of Missouri
Shoup Reelected Senator in Idaho Celebration
George Shoup Republican was reelected United States senator from Idaho on Thursday. On the first ballot he won the Morgan vote. Idaho’s capital rejoiced with guns booming and flags displayed. A grand celebration followed the election and Shoup planned to depart for Washington and eastern points in a few days.
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Leiskerry
Idaho
George Shoup
Shoup
Legion
Washington
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