Woodford Nomination for Spain Post Prompts Debate
Stewart L. Woodford of New York is nominated by the president to be minister to Spain. A veteran Republican figure, he has served as representative in Congress United States district attorney and lieutenant governor. The selection follows prior foreshadowing and cabinet discussions with confirmation expected. Washington and Lee University notes and related ceremonies accompany the dispatch.
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Congreau
United States
Washington
June
Stewart L. Woodford
New York
Spain
Stewart £. Woodford
Provirinn
state of
congress
John T. Hettman
Isik
General Woolford
New York city
Sepa odia
Connecticut
Flis
General Woodford
Columbia college
Yale
Columbia
One
New York volunteers
Virginian
South Carolina
District of Columbia
department of the south
Gilmore
Chaneston
Savannah
Grant
WY. W. Goodrich
Arthur
Woodford
Phi Beta Kappa Alumni of
New England Society
bean
Society of the Army of the Potomac
City Savings bank
Boroque National bank
Marragut Fire Insurance company
Trin
Platt
Senatos Platt
Judge Folger
secretary of the treasury
Sonia
Wood
merident
Worodford
Bliss
White House
senate
Wurrdlfourd
Washington and Lee University
Lexinegton
Walter &. Logan
Harry St. George Tucker
J.P. Sanger
corps of cadets of
Virginia Military Institute
Randall Murder Report Ties Death to Unknown Perpetrator
Taunton June 17 Medical Examiner Preshrey files autopsy findings on William M Randall of South Easton whose body was found last Sunday in woods near that place Henry Willis remains in jail on murder charges The report concludes death resulted from shock after injuries to face and head inflicted by an unknown person or persons
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Randall
Taunton
Mass
Preshrey
William M. Randall
South Easton
Buncy
Henry Willis
Earthquake Devastation Hits Shillong and Surroundings
Reports from Elmla dated June 17 confirm Shillong buildings destroyed. British resident deputy commissioner Mr. McCabe was killed by a falling house. English ladies and children suffer exposure. Sylhet and Cherrapunji towns leveled, whole villages subsided.
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Elmla
Shillong
McCabe
Sylhet
Cherrapunji
Prominent Railroad Man Ill at Home in St. Louis
June 17 report from St. Louis states H. H. Clarke president of the Union Pacific railway and one of its receivers is very ill at his home. He is under care of a throat and lung specialist and plans to seek a dry western climate as soon as possible.
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Ili
St. Louis
H. H. Clarke
Union Pacific railway
City workers injured as derrick collapses in trench
In Roxbury Boston on June 17 three city employees Timothy Donovan 21 Patrick Hurley 38 and Michael McDonough 32 were seriously hurt when a light hand powered derrick slipped from its position while lowering a 24% ton water main into a trench. Hurley suffered a fractured skull and Donovan and McDonough were struck by the derrick and water pipes.
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Boston
Mass
Roxbury
Timothy Donovan
Patrick Hurley
Michael McDonough
Hurley
Donovan
MacDonough
Indians as witnesses in Canandaigua murder trial
In Canandaigua New York Judge Coxe presided as Indians filled the courtroom while George F. Wilson stood trial for the Dec 5, 1896 murder of George Greenblanket. About 29 Indian witnesses testified on Wilson's alleged involvement in the Cattaraugus reservation killing.
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Canandaigua
Coxe
Utica
United States circuit court
George F. Wilson
George Greenblanket
Wilson
Greenblanket
Irving
Cattaraugus reservation
National League Baseball Scores Ledger
Baseball scores and standings from a national league page show results across cities with teams Baltimore Boston Cincinnati Brooklyn Chicago Philadelphia St Louis Pittsburgh Washington and Louisville. Standings list Baltimore Boston Cincinnati New York Brooklyn Cleveland Philadelphia Pittsburgh Louisville Washington Chicago St Louis.
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New York
Cleveland
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Boston
Chicago
Philad St. Louis
Philadelphia
St. Leuis
Baltimore
Pittsburg
Pittsboro
Washington
hhington
ile
St. Lous
Four bombs found in Paris and other telegrams
Reports describe four bomt infernal machines found in Paris over the past month. England denies Queen Victoria blind claims by top medical authorities. A bay gelding Sandia wins Fernhill Stakes at Ascotheath. Susannah foundered in a hurricane near Belfast with ten crew drowned. Howard Dunnting of Cedarhurst confesses desecration of John Harvard pedestal. Frank Younger escapes from Canvord reformatory by creek jump. pursuit ongoing.
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Paris
England
Laritlard - Geresford stable
Sandia
Ascotheath
London
Susannah
Kelly
Howard Dunnting
Cedarhurst
N. XY
John Harvard
Frank Younger
Canvord
Mass
Funeral of Austrian actress Charlotte Welter in Vienna
The funeral for Charlotte Welter, famed Austrian actress, was held yesterday in Vienna with interment at Bretzias ceneters. Prince Lichtenstain, Dr. Lueger, Baron Berseeny, and Vienna’s theatre elites attended along with a large public. Speeches were given at the grave by Thierr von Mutekhard and Herr Sonnethal.
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Charlotte Welter
Vienna
afernnow
Bretzias ceneters
Prince Lichtenstain
Dr. Lueger
Baron Berseeny
Thierr von Mutekhard
Durg
Herr Sonnethal
Court
Death of an Old Postmaster Cape May Courthouse
News reaches from Media Pennsylvania of the death of James McCartney former postmaster of Cape May Courthouse from 1858 to 1881. He served as a merchant in Cape May Courthouse for fifty years.
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Cape May
Media
James McCartney
McCartney
Rainstorm Causes Great Damage in Roumania
A recent rainstorm in Roumania caused vast damage as the Danube overflowed its banks. An immense lake about nine miles long formed between Fetesti and Tchernavoda, inundating surrounding areas and threatening local communities.
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Bucharest
Roumania
Danube
Fetesti
Tchernavoda
Cuban Battle Report and Cuban Insurgent News
Large force under General Bandera destroyed a Spanish body near Sabana and ambushed pursuing troops in a hand to hand fight. The insurgents, all negro machete fighters, suffered ten dead. Spaniards suffered heavy losses. Reports also note hunger deaths at Alguiza, a protest potential for Joaquin Vargas, and a suspected court martial of insurgent leader Fanteya. Dispatches from Remedios, Jaruco, and Havana detail landing expeditions and morale in Cuba with Captain Winn delivering urgent messages to the Cuban junta. The Vesuvius dynamite cruiser arrived at Jacksonville after a West Palm Beach sighting.
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Havana
Key West
Quintin Bandera
Sabana
Bandera
Alguiza
Joaquin Vargas
Remedios
Jose Panco
Vargas
Pancho Carrillo
Fanteya
Jaruco
New York
Ward line
F. RB. Winn
Sherman, Tex
Pinar del Rio
Cuba
Mr. Winn
trocha
Mrr. Winn
Noner
Fuentes
Artemisa
Federico Nunez
Sagua la Grand
Santa Clara
Gustave and
Zayas
Manacas
New York Steamer Advance Passengers Released From Quarantine
From Colon last Thursday night the Advance brought yellow fever cases. All passengers were released from Hoffman Island observation and moved to the city as no new cases developed. Ship surgeon Dr. Pena, ill with malaria, visited quarantine at Dr. Doty’s request. Pena improves and hopes to sail with the steamer on the 2nd inst.
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New York
Advance
Colon
Hoffman Island
Pena
Doty
Th. Doty
Locate an International Park near St Lawrence river
State fish commission teams locate roins and islands for an international park on the St Lawrence from Cape Vincent to the Ogdensburg line. An appropriation of 20000 dollars funds three days of river work by commissioners including Davis Holden Thompson and W. B. Wed. Friday will be spent near Ogdensburg.
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Clayton
S. C
state fish commission
St Lawrence river
Cape Vincent
Ogdensburg
Clastaun
Cane Vincent
Alexandria
Berlin Jubilee Dinner Attended by US Officials
American guests led by United States Consul General Charles de Kay attended the British colony’s diamond jubilee banquet at the Kaiserhof in Berlin. Sir Frank Lapseples presided as hall decorations featured British American and German flags with busts of Queen Victoria and Emperor Wilhelm II. A telegram congratulating the queen was sent amid toasts and speeches.
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Berlin
United States
Charles de Kay
de Nay
Kaiserhof
Frank Laseples
Buish
Victoria
M William
Arson Trial Begun in Neading Pa
Dr Percy Ta Archer of New York his mother Mrs Samuel Snyder and his stepfather go on trial in Neading for burning a house and barn on the Snyder property at Frugh Valley. The case drew public excitement due to the accuseds prominence as authorities hope the fires were to collect insurance.
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Neading
Percy Ta. Archer
New York
Samuel Snyder
Snyder
Frugh Valley
Convict Killed In Elmira Reform School Accident
A guard in Elmira reformatory reports convict Aaron J. Van Name died after being pulled into a belt and hurled from a shaft while adjusting machinery in the brags repair shop. He, about 20 years old, was from Brooklyn and had been an inmate a year. Coroner to investigate. body taken to hospital. Separate item notes Isaac B. Allen cited in Boston Poor Debtors Court to answer why he should not take the poor debtor oath or pay $48 on a longstanding debt from 1891.
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Elmira Reformatory
Elmira
Aaron J. Van Name
Van Name
Brooklyn
brags
Van'Wamne
Boston
Isaac B. Allen
governor’s council
Allen
Florence R. Allen
Westminster street
Louis Merer
Hyena Jim Roams Chicago Graveyard After Escape
In June a hyena named Jim escaped from Lincoln Park by gnawing through his cage door and raided Graceland cemetery graves. Police refused to help, joking they fear being chewed by a hyena, and Jim remains at large as night noises disrupt the burying ground.
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Chicago
Man convicted of first degree murder in brutal ax assault
Baltimore June 17 Peter Monahan aged 61 was found guilty of murder in the first degree for killing his wife Bridget with an ax on May 25. The trial described the crime as brutal and unprovoked with evidence of intoxication and threats prior to the fatal attack after a rejected request for money.
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Baltimore
Peter Monahan
Bridget
Monahan
uen
Old Man, Wife Hurt in Wilton Assault Mystery
On June 1 in Wilton near Saratoga an elderly couple Mr and Mrs Ephraim Wilson were found unconscious from injuries. The old man died yesterday while the wife remains in critical condition at Saratoga hospital. The couple had been violently attacked and no suspects or motives are known.
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Saratoga
Jines
Abrs
Ephraim Wilson
Wilton
Receiver named for Freehold bicycle firm Zimmermann
Vice Chancellor Emery appoints J T Russell temporary receiver for A A Zimmermann Manufacturing Co of Freehold New Jersey a bicycle maker formed two or three years ago with Champion Arthur A Zimmermann as principal stockholder The liabilities are listed as 51500 and assets include real estate valued at 4000 and machinery and stock of uncertain value according to the complainants bill
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Trenton
Emery
J. T. Russell
A. A. Zimmerman Manufacturing company
Freehold
N. J
Arthur A. Zimmarman
The Dolphin Arrives at Boston in Nantasket Roads
The Dolphin from New York with Secretary of the Navy John P. Long and Mrs. Long anchored in Nantasket roads. A steam launch brought them ashore at Pemberton for the journey home to Bingham. The Dolphin may remain in the roads awaiting Secretary Lane and a possible move to the navy yard.
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Dolphin
Boston
United States
New York
Righting Grasshopper Alarm in Edmunds and Brown Counties
State Irrigation Commissioner Caciirane returns from Edmunds county where grasshoppers threaten settlers while Brown county work continues. Professor Skanders from the State Agricultural College oversees efforts. Dusters and desert hopefuls are used and crude petroleum is shipped by rail to aid control.
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Redfield
State
Caciirane
Edmunds county
Brown county
Skanders
State Agricultural college
sipet
Naval Vessel Movements Reported From Washington
The Raleigh shifts from Smyrna to Pireng and the Yantic moves from Norfolk to Boston. The San Francisco arrives at Mirylene, the Oresan reaches Port Town, and the Minneapolis is reported at Gibraltar.
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Washington
Raleigh
Smyrna
Pireng
Norfolk
Boston
San Francisco
Mirylene
Oresan
Port Townsend
Minneapolis
Gibraltar
American Released From Cuban Detention
Washington dispatch reports Consul General Lee informed the state department that Manuel Rule Porras, an American citizen, who was arrested at Trinidad Cuba on May 3, has been released.
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Washington
Lee
Havana
state department
Manuel Rule Porras
Trinidad
Cuba
St Louis Inn Worker Found After Robbery and Stabbing
C B Collins of Nashville, recently selling a Nashville hotel, was found badly wounded near Retramec Highlands, claiming Martin Ensley robbed him of $6,000. Ensley, linked to Southern society, denied the charge, while a third party may have been involved. Ensley's father, Colonel Enoch Ensley, a famed mineral leader and Carnegie associate, left a vast southern fortune and several business interests across Tennessee and Alabama.
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St. Louis
C. B. Collins
Nashville
Retramec Highlands
Martin Ensley
Ensley
Collins
Enstey
Southern
Iron Memphis
Enoch Ensley
south
Carnegie
Colonel Ensley
Tennessee Coal and Iron company
Bessemer
Ala
Sheffield
Andrew Carnegie
Martin
Lady
Lady Ensley
Alabama
Memphis
Birmingham
Betty E. Selden
Bicyclist Attacked by Soldiers in Cheyenne
In Cheyenne on June 17, telegraph operator Charles Erswell on a bicycle fought off a party of 10 to 12 Fort Russell soldiers. After being knocked from his bike he shot one soldier, then retreated to his home as soldiers bombarded the residence. Police arrived and the soldiers retreated. two wounded soldiers from Company G were treated, with one in serious condition. Erswell was released on his own recognizance. A separate report covers the British steamer Torr Head damaged after striking rocks near Miquelon while en route from Frontreal to Belfast, noting ballast tanks and crew details.
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Cheyenne
Charles
Erswell
Fort Russell
company G
Brswell
Conlision
St. Johns
N. F
Torr Head
Belfast
St. Pierre
Miquelon island
Point Platte
Torr
Suifors Win Their Strike At Faston June Seamen Demand Wages
Seamen at Faston win their strike begun Monday seeking $22 and 7 per month. Six coastwise vessels hire crews at $25 per month. Picket committees report shipowners and masters try to hire sailors for longer terms at higher pay, but strikers remain firm on wage demands.
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Suifors
Faston
Seamen's union
Carriage Firm Seeks Receiver Amid Taxes Arrears
Nicholas Curtis, president of the Anderson Herris Carriage Company, petitions the court for a receiver. The firm shows capital stock of 100 dollars, has not paid dividends for seven years, and owes taxes. Other stockholders oppose the receiver request.
Grand jury fails to indict druggist over Narragansett Pier fire
Providence June 11 the Kent county grand jury did not indict Druggist Frank Watson of Narragansett Pier on charges of breaking and entering and attempting to set fire to the Continental hotel at Narragansett Pier several weeks earlier.
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Tlegred
Providence
Kent county
Frank Watson
Narragansett Pier
Continental
Eclectic Medical Association Opens 27th Annual Session
The National Eclectic Medical association begins its twenty seventh annual session at the Hotel St. Louis Minnetonka. More than 150 eclectic physicians from across the country attend. Dr. McLean of San Francisco is president.
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Eclectic Medical Association
Minneapolis
National Eclectic Medical association
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