Jekyl Island Meeting Sparks McKinley Reed Speculation
Thomasville Georgia reports a high level Republican gathering at Jekyll Island with Speaker Reed President McKinley Vice President Hobart and Senator Hanna linked to potential party reconciliation. Judge Day dismissed political aims while Hanna emphasized rest not policy as the trip proceeds.
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Jekyl’s Island
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Jekyl's Island
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Hobart
Hanna
Judge Day
Jekyl
Thornville
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Speaker Reed
Judge Day and wife call on the President in Georgia
Judge Day former secretary of state and Mrs Day arrived in Thomasville on the Palm Beach trip and called on the President this evening. They plan a possible visit to Jekyl Island with the President and others, staying at Piney Woods hotel.
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Thomasville, Ga
Judge Day
Palm Beach
Piney Woods Hotel
Jekyl Island
Loubet Receives Diplomatic Corps In Paris
Paris march 18 President Loubet today received the diplomatic corps who tendered congratulations from their governments. Present were Prime Minister Dupuy foreign minister Delcasse and members of the president’s civil and military households.
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Paris
Loubet
Dupuy
M. Delcasse
Strike Threatened by Cincinnati Moulders Over Wages
In Cincinnati on March 18 the machine and bench moulders asked for a 10 percent wage increase. Employers agreed to the raise by the first duty day, but the union met and rejected the offer, setting a date for another meeting. A strike could involve about 2,500 workers. Separately, news from Washington reported Admiral Dewey confirming the Oregon and the Irish arriving in fine condition for duty.
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Independent
Cincinnati
the Independent
Washington
Admiral Dewey
Navy Department
Oregon
Wall Street Bank Statement Lifts Prices Slightly
New York March 18 The stock market showed a narrow change from yesterday with early declines reversed as the bank statement indicated a reserve decrease and a loan contraction. Sugar led gains with most major shares steady, rails near yesterday's close, and bonds weaker overall amid higher money rates.
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Associated Press
Independent
New York
Metropolitan
Brooklyn Transit
High Point
Tennessee Coal and Iron
Continental Tobacco
International Paper
American Tin Plate
American Steel and Wire
United States
Bryan Lectures in Knoxville on Pending Problems
Colonel William Jennings Bryan spoke to about fifteen hundred in Knoxville, Tenn., on Pending Problems and later attended a Democrats banquet, replying to a toast on The Democracy of Jefferson Jackson and Bryan. He also sent a telegram dismissing Bob Ingersoll as authority on his future. In Sacramento, three ballots were cast in the senatorial contest with no result after 104 votes.
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William Jennings Bryan
Jefferson
Jackson
Bryan
Cincinnati
Bob Ingersoll
Ingersoll
Windsor Hotel Fire Devastates New York City Ruins
A massive Windsor hotel blaze in New York leaves sixteen dead and sixty nine missing as heavy rain and choking smoke hamper rescue efforts. Fire crews, police, and a large public assemble around the site while investigations note large insurance coverages and the uncertain fate of well known guests.
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Independent
New York
Windsor Hotel
Ravenue
Warren I. Leland
The
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Elbridge T. Gerry
Gerry
Leland
Helen Gould
Miss Gould
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Gould
Archibald Clavering Gunter
Col
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Gunter
Nancy Kirk
Mary Kirk Haskins
John Connelly
Kate Flanagan
Adda Gibson
Cincinnati
Eleanor Louise Goodman
Lascelles Grandy
Elizabeth City
N.C
Beef Testimony on Army Meat Debates at Army Beef Court
The army beef court of inquiry finished its testimony in Kansas City and will move to Fort Leavenworth and Chicago. Witnesses from Armour Company said the meat returned from Mobile and Jacksonville was in fair condition and that stock was re-inspected after arrival. They insisted Spanish War beef was prepared with utmost care. Hastings testified about bacon samples submitted as emergency rations.
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Independent
Kansas City
Army Beef Court of Inquiry
Fort Leavenworth
Chicago
Mobile
Jacksonville
Armour Company
Frank Hastings
Salt Meat
Fire destroys Thompson hotel in Scio amid oil tank blast
A land leak from Stark Oil Company tanks sparked a village fire in Scio around 10 pm. The Thompson hotel of 75 rooms, three residences, tanks, derricks, and eleven horses were destroyed amid poor town fire-fighting. By midnight the blaze was nearly under control with losses stated at thirty thousand dollars, likely higher due to ruined oil wells.
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Associated Press
Independent
Scio
Stark Oil Company
Thompson
John Grace
Mary Scott
Maggie Scott
Severe storm visits several Southern States in deadly cyclone
Reports from Alabama Mississippi Arkansas and Tennessee recount a severe cyclone with devastating property damage and multiple fatalities. In Cleburne county Alabama a house with twelve people inside was destroyed nine killed. nearby Hetlin and Desha County in Arkansas also report deaths and widespread destruction. Jefferson Desha areas in Arkansas saw downed wires and damaged structures. In Selma Alabama a church spire collapsed. in Sellers the town was largely destroyed. Tornadoes strike Hickory Flat Mississippi. Cuatixooca Tennessee endures heavy rain and flooding with train delays. Central Tennessee and nearby regions face continued danger as more details come in.
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Cleburne County
Atlanta
Edwardsville
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Little Rock
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Jefferson
Desha Sands
Obery
Dumas
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Selma
First Methodist
Sellers
Hickory Flat
Miss
Here
Tennessee
Ovitewah
Cleveland
New Saturn Satellite Discovered by Harvard Astronomer
A new Saturnian moon has been found by Prof William H Picker ing of the Harvard observatory. It lies three and a half times as far from Saturn as Iapetus and completes an orbit in seventeen months with magnitude fifteen and a half. The previous Saturn satellite discovery was in 1848 by Prof George P Bond.
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Cambripce
Mass
Saturn
William H. Pickering
Harvard Observatory
Iapetus
George P. Bond
Harvard College Observatory
Volunteers to Leave Cuba for Return by April First
The Associated Press reports that volunteers will be brought home from Cuba before April 1. Clara Barton relayed a cable noting negotiations for ransom of prisoners in the Philippines were halted by General Otis who feared the funds would aid his enemies. The War Department orders two cavalry troops to depart for Yosemite and Sequoia parks and General Grant Park. The President urges rapid return of volunteers to avoid yellow fever risk and has directed the War and Quartermaster departments to secure transports.
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Independent
Washinston
Clara Barton
Philippines
Otis
Marquis Vadallo
Abe Feqjvest
Inter N
General Shafter
de Partment
Carustots
Yosemite Park
Sequia
General Grant Park
Kesp' nTuia
Pourthe Valey
Presidio
San Francisco
Cuba
War Department
Darkness and Panic as Tornado Threat Grips St Louis
A March 18 storm over St Louis brought darkness for five minutes, with sleet and clouds sparking fear of a repeat of the May 27 1896 tornado. Reports from Rob Roy Arkansas describe a tornado causing one death and several injuries as calm gives way to hazard.
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St. Louis
Rob Roy
Ark
Ten Per Cent Advance In Wages For Ohio Steel Workers
Notices posted by the Ohio Steel Company announce a ten percent wage increase for all men engaged in construction and track work, effective March 20. The company employs sixteen hundred men in construction and operates two mammoth furnaces under National Steel Company control.
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Ohio Steel Company
National Steel Company
Grain-O Grain-O Grain-O ad about beverage from pure grains
A Massillon market notice advertises Grain-O as a healthful grain drink. A woman testifies that after one week she would not return to coffee, noting Grain-O nourishes children and can be freely enjoyed by all ages. Pack price listed as 15 and 2c.
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