Cuban Senate Debates Permanent Census and Cuban Aid
In Washington on May 11 the Cuban resolution dominated Senate debate with Hale White and Turpie weighing aid to Cuban insurgents versus international sympathy. The chamber moved to refer the resolution, while rescuing time to address Mississippi floods and forest land issues. House business resumed with debates on forest reservations, Cleveland orders, and a proposed tariff commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
senate
Bir. Hale
Maine
Mr. White
California
Turpie
Indiana
Hale
Greece
Cuba
committee on foreign relations
Mr. West
committee on commerce
Mississippi river
tehalZ
Afr. Hale
Athens
Turkey
Morrill
Vermont
Br. Chandler
committee
House
Simpson
Kansas
Cleveland
Hartman
Lacey
Mr. Cleveland
McRae
Shaffroth
Jones
Dingley
Wheeler
Dem
Alabama
ways and means committee
Fowler
New Jersey
Chimney Collapse Strikes Village Leader in Wurtsboro
May 11 Middletown N Y reports fire damage to two houses and a store at Wurtsboro. Jacob Helm village president was found unconscious near the ruins after being struck by a falling chimney as the blaze raged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Wurtsboro
Jacob Helm
Italy Admits Tariff Strain but Seeks Safe U S Trade
In Rome the finance minister Luzzatti told the chamber it would be a serious error to retaliate against the United States under the Dingley bill. Italy will negotiate to protect exports including agricultural goods while keeping imports like petroleum taxed high. He warned against raising duties, saying it would harm commerce with other nations and urged patience to see the experiment's results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seyses
Rome
chamber of deputies
Senor Luzzatti
Count Della Rocca
United States
Dingley
Italy
Senor Luxzatti
Cuban Stowaway on American Bark Nineveh
Antonio Salas a 45 year old Cuban merchant from Cienfuegos boarded the American bark Nineveh as it prepared to sail. He had aided insurgents with clothing and medicine for months and evaded capture by Spaniards, planning to be sent to Ellis Island then sail to Paris. his brother works at Baldwin Locomotive in Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ciénfuégos
Cuba
Antonio Salas
Sales
Cienfuegos
Salas
Nineveh
Ellis Island
Paris
Baldwin Locomotive works
Philadelphia
National League Baseball Scores From Major Matchups
Scores across leagues show New York and St Louis and Philadelphia recording multiple hits and varying errors. Cincinnati and Chicago games produced low-scoring outcomes with strong pitching, while Brooklyn and Cleveland posted decisive hits and errors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
New York
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Washington
Baltimore
Eames elected NYSE president amid other dispatches
Condensed dispatches report Francis L. Eames chosen as president of the New York Stock Exchange. A woman's body is found in Central Park reservoir. Thomas F. Stout faces three years at Sing Sing for forgery in New York City. Howard Scott sentenced to death in New York City for wife murder. A British officer and 30 sailors die in an avalanche on the Simla route in British India. James Kennedy suffers a fractured skull after a bicycle accident in Goshen. An explosion at the Snæfell lead mine on the Isle of Man traps twenty miners, feared dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis L. Eames
New York Stock Exchange
Central park
N. Y
Thomas
Stout
Sing Sing
New York City
Howard Scott
Sprinagarleh road
Simla
British India
James Kennedy
Goshen
Snaefell
Isle of Man
Imprisoned by the Ice Off Newfoundland Coast
Gloucester residents report vast ice fields off the Newfoundland coast after a wind-driven drift on April 20 trapped 30 vessels including the schooner Nannie T. Bohlin in Port au Basque for 10 days. Postmaster appointments announced in Washington list several towns in New Jersey New York and Pennsylvania with named appointees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tee
Gloucester
Mass
Newfoundland
Thomas Bohlin
Nannie T. Bohlin
Port Au Basque
Undertakers to Meet at Baratoga Convention in June
The New York State Association of Undertakers will hold its annual convention in Baratoga on June. Barrers and officials plan sessions on funeral service standards and industry issues with members from across the state expected to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Undertakers
Baratoga
New York State Association of Undertakers
Terms of mediation as Germany presses Greek concessions
Greece is expected to accept a German mediated plan granting Crete autonomy while recalling troops. Premier Ralli and Foreign Minister Skouloudis met British envoy Egerton amid talk of powers’ intervention. Reports from Volo and Vals allege Greek troops deserted towns. Turks advance. Censorship on Greek front lines. Smolenski praised, officers seen as poorly trained. Edhem Pasha moves toward Pharsala.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Germany
Greece
Crete
M. Ralli
M. Skouloudis
Egerton
Domekos
Vals
Larissa
Volo
Almyros
Smolenski
Domokaos
Edhem Pasha
Pharsala
Cause of the Retreat in Greece and Thessaly Flight
The Athens correspondent reports a Greek retreat caused by a misread enemy maneuver and a cautious Crown Prince Constantine. Fleeing Thessaly 350,000 residents head to mountains while refugees from Volo and nearby areas are moved to islands. Patras correspondent warns of a coming political crisis as the army and peasantry grow discontent and the National society sees a critical moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Athens
Daily Chronicle
Pharsala
Constantine
Larissa
Fidhemi Pasha
Flassona
The Standard
almhost
Thessaly
Volo
Mount Pelion
Skiathos
Skopolos
Euboea
Almyros
Daily Mail
Patras
Greeks Lose Another Position Near Salagora Fort Imaret
The Times correspondent reports the Greek army abandoned Salagora and Fort Imaret as Turkish forces occupied the heights commanding the fort. The loss reflects shifting fronts in the region and ongoing military pressure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Athens
The
Times
Salagora
Fort Imaret
Greek forces lose Thessaly to cowardice claim
London May 11 Mr Stevens special correspondent for The Daily Matt with Greek forces in Thessaly says the province has been lost through rank cowardice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Stevens
Daily
Matt
Thessaly
Greece King summons Delyannis over cabinet crisis
In London on May 11 the Daily Mail Berlin correspondent reports the Greek king has summoned M. Delyannis amid a possible cabinet crisis. The report cites sources in Berlin and notes heightened political tension. The move signals potential reshuffles affecting Greek politics and foreign relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crista
London
Daily Mail
Berlin
Greece
M. Delyannis
Transvaal Outlook Interview Highlights Grievous Strain
Postmaster General Van Alphen and secretary Vann Tigen describe the Transvaal as gravely strained, warning that peace is preferred but war could come. They defend Kruger as a statesman who unites Dutch readers and resist British interference while citing mine wage pressures and mining speculation affecting Boer lands.
Albany Diphtheria Case Dismissed After Probe
The Silliman case from Albany reports a December illness at St Stephen's College in Annandale diagnosed as diphtheria then ruled no diphtheria bacilli found on culture. Dr. Siliman was indicted but the grand jury failed to prove the illness. district attorney Wood said no diphtheria facts could be established and the case was dismissed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
George B. Silliman
St. Stephen's cohege
Annandale
Siliman
Silman
Wood
Dutchess
Capsized by a Squall Off Edgewater In Hudson River
New York May 11 The yacht No Name of West End Yacht Club capsized in the Hudson off Edgewater Works near Fort Lee New Jersey. Four men aboard Andrew Hurecke Frederick Bard and Doner from New York and an unknown man rescued by shad fishermen. Doner who owned the boat was revived but not expected to survive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
No Name
West End Yacht club
Hudson river
Edgewater Of works
Fort Lee
N. J
Andrew Hurecke
Frederick Bard
Doner
w York
Eighty-fifth street
Paris Archbishop Thanks Government After Notre Dame Funeral
Cardinal Rachard archbishop of Paris writes to President Faure thanking the government for attending the Notre Dame funeral for victims of the charity bazaar fire. He expresses hope the mass unites Frenchmen in devotion to the country and ends discord, uniting hearts in grief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Cardinal Rachard
Faure
Cathedral of
Notre Dame
Hendersons Expedition Captured at Cape Coast Castle
Official news reports Lieutenant Hendersons expedition captured by the Sofa tribe at Cape Coast Castle on the Gold Coast. The British officer is said to be safe and in no danger, after prior fears raised about attacks by Chief Samoryac Wa during treaty negotiations with inland chiefs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henderson
Cape Coast Castle
Gold Coast
Africca
Samoryac Wa
Street Railways Consolidation Nears Completion
Baltimore May 11. The consolidation of Baltimore Traction and the City and Suburban Street Railway is practically settled. The agreement is signed and only stockholder consent is needed. A meeting to obtain consent is set for May 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Baltimore Traction
City and Suburban Street
Leona disaster leads to captain's arrest after deadly ship fire
New York May 11 Captain Wilder in charge of the Mallory line steamship Leona, which claimed 13 lives, has been placed under arrest pending a coroner's inquiry. The Leona, bound for Savannah, caught fire off Cape Henlopen about 2 am, trapping steerage passengers and crew below. Passengers Bridget Sullivan and several others perished, along with crew members Albert Harvey Albert Lang and B Hartman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilder
New York
Mallory line
Leona
Charles Mallory
steamship company
Savannah
New Jersey
Cape Henlopen
Bridget Sullivan
B. Cotrane
C. Guzza
Guzza
Hannah Solomonson
J. Vincikek
Sophie Schmalz
Marie Modro
Albert Harvey
Albert Lang
B. Hartman
Petition to Save Broker Chapman Reaches White House
Senators sign a petition asking President McKinley to pardon E B Chapman, the sugar inquiry witness. The move aims to avert a jail stay, with final disposition expected this week while Chapman remains at his office and ready to travel to Washington to serve sentence if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
E. BR. Chapman
United States senate
Chapman
McKinley
Washington
Large Paper Plant Sold at Jay Bridge Maine
The Jay Paper Manufacturing plant at Jay Bridge in Livermore Falls Maine, shut since December due to lack of orders, has been sold by a creditor committee. The committee will not reveal buyer identities, but says purchasers are prominent New England capitalists. The plant, regarded as among the finest for paper and wood pulp, was built recently at an original cost of 450000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Livermore Falls
Jay Paper Manufacturing company
Jay Bridge
New England
Foresters Meet in Biennial Session at Wewburg
Four hundred delegates attend the Grand Court biennial session of the Foresters of America in Wewburg New York. Dr William R Howard grand chief ranger of Rochester presides as the four day meeting includes a Thursday banquet with many delegates and speakers including Rev Dr Edward McGlynn on the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foresters
Wewburg
N. Y
Grandcourt
state of New York
Foresters of America
William R. Howard
Rochester
wll
Edward McGlynn
Dangerous Orchard Pest Found in Columbia County
George T. Powell of Cornell University reports the San Jose scale in Germantown, a dangerous pest threatening Hudson valley orchards. He warns that without vigorous eradication efforts entire orchard interests may be endangered, a view echoed by Cornell entomologists Professor J Hu Comstock and F Slingerland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hudson, N
George T. Powell
Cornell university
Columbia county
Germantown
San Jose
Hudson valley
J. Hu, Comstock
F. Slingerland
Bank Officials Arrested in Wisconsin Grand Jury Probe
Homer Fowler and Walter Fowler ex leaders of the Northwestern National Bank were arrested by U S Marshal Main on a bench warrant amid a federal grand jury inquiry into alleged misappropriation of funds through overloans to Russell and Miller Milling Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wrest Superior
Wis
Homer
Walter Fowler
Northwestern Naonal bank
United States
Main
Fowlers
Russell & Miller Milling, company
Governor Pingree vetoes anticigarette bill in Lansing
Governor Pingree vetoed the anticigarette bill which would have made boys under seventeen liable to imprisonment for smoking. He says correcting bad habits in children is a parental duty, not a state one, in Lansing on May 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing
Mich
Pingree
Detroit Merchant Herman Freund Dies by Poison
Detroit on May 1 reports Herman Freund, a well known merchant who founded The Fair on Monroe Avenue, died by his own hand via poison after grappling with illness and financial difficulties. He leaves a family of ten children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Herman Freund
atare
Monros avenue
Paris Fire Victim Identified at Charity Bazaar
Paris reports the Charitable Bazaar fire left five dead with the remains of the Comtesse Luppe identified by doctors among the uninterred bodies. The tragedy prompted a medical check of victims and an ongoing inquiry into the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Comtesse Luppe
Church Fire Destroys St Patrick's Church in Sherbrooke
A destructive blaze gutted St Patrick's Roman Catholic Church in Sherbrooke Quebec on May 11 causing several thousand dollars in damage. Authorities suspect the fire started in the building and ongoing investigations are underway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherbrooke
Que
St. Patrick’s Roman Catholic
Conspiracy Claim Ties Witness to Fair Will Case
Jeannine von Turkheim, once San Francisco socialite, accuses her husband of staging a conspiracy linked to the Fair wills contest. She alleges threats, attempted poisoning, and exposure of a San Francisco detective’s role, while she remains penniless in London seeking help to return home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Jeannine von Turkheim
Young
San Francisco
California
Lees
San Franccisco
Delmas
Baron vom Turkheim
England
Liverpool
Stilwell
San Fransico
Cecil
Joseph Hahg
Sacramento
Cornwall Gun Club seeks liquor license ruling
Middletown N Y May 11 The Cornwall Gun Club asked Excise Commissioner Lyman to rule on a liquor license after County Treasurer Mead refused. Cornwall town leaders decided to permit liquor sales only by druggists on a club basis this spring. The club argues Balne’s law lets pre March 23 1896 clubs sell liquor during certain hours and that residents were not given a vote on licensing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Cornewall Gun club
Lyman
Mead
Cornwall
Hutchinson Sentenced For Solicitation Of Arson
Robert B. Hutchinson, a leading Hollidaysburg merchant, was sentenced to pay a $50 fine and six months in jail for solicitation to commit arson. He hired two men to burn the store of rivals Pheasant and Wagner. This is the first state case of its kind. Hutchinson’s lawyers plan an appeal to the supreme court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollidaysburg
Robert B. Hutchinson
Eipple
Hutchinson
Pheasant & Wagner
supreme court
Ambassador Hay Luncheon in London Honors U S Envoy
A May 13 luncheon at the St James Club hosted United States ambassador Colonel John Hay. Attendees included leading British bimetallists and officials such as Hon Hucks Gibbs Sir David Barbour Sir William Houlsworth Henry B Grenfell Larclay Powells and Henry White secretary of the US embassy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
St. James club
United States
John Hay
Hucks-Gibbs
David Barbour
William Houlsworth
Henry RB. Grenfell
Larclay Powells
Henry White
Wanted In A Number of Towns
Saratoga May 31 Daniel and Charley McCarty are jailed in Saratoga County awaiting move from Mechanicsville. Complaints lodged from Poughkeepsie Rochester Sidney Homer Corning Lockport Little Falls and Newcastle Pa allege failure to pay hotel bills across multiple New York towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saratoga
Daniel
Charley McCarty
Saratoga county
Mechanicsville
Poughkeepsie
Rochester
Sidney
Homer
Corning
Lockport
Little Falla
N. Y
Newcastle
New York
Silver Service Planned for Brooklyn Cruiser Ceremony
In Brooklyn New York on May 11 a ceremony will present the silver service to the United States cruiser Brooklyn. Captain Cook the commander confirms the date. Chairman William Berry of the presentation committee expects the event to be aboard the cruiser at the navy yard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
New York
United States
Cook
William Berri
navy yard
Lightning Hits Wilkinsville Barn Burns in Storm
A barn owned by William Johnson in Wilkinsville Massachusetts was struck by lightning during a thunderstorm and burned to the ground. The adjoining Johnson house sustained partial destruction with a combined loss estimated at 2500 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkinsville
Mass
Wiliam Johnson
Expert Financier Dead
Toronto May 11. C Brough manager of the Bank of Montreal in this city and one of Canada's most expert financiers is dead. He was 66 years of age.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
C. Brough
Bank of Montreal
Canada
Also Mentioned on This Page
Turple
MORGAN
Chandler
Aliettown
Charles Catterly
Gladstone
J. W. Rodenbourgh
Highland
Alonzo Hand
Sewaren
T. F. Zettlemayer
Munson
Stringham
South
Danaville
C. C. Wood
Wellsburg
F. S. Dean
Pennsylvania
Ashville
M. G. Rhody
Brotherton
TRANSVAAL
TREY
South African Republic
Iedia
Isaac Van Alphen
J. C. Vann Tigen
Holdand House
international postal congress
Mr. Van Alphen
Cape Colony
Natal
John Bull
Orange Free State
Mashonaland
Paul Kruger
John Bulli
Street Railways
Cansildate
BROKER CHAPMAN
Baroness von Turkheim
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!