Washington Heritage and Politics Span a Century
Obituary notes Col Ebenezer Burgess Ball once closest living relative to George Washington and keeper of a pension department cigar stand. Beauvoir, Dewey’s leased country home, is described as a modernized colonial near Washington. Indian famine reports warn of millions at risk with relief aid. House turmoil, Secretary Wilson’s potato shipments, and political maneuvering fill the page.
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Ebenezer Burgess Ball
George Washington
Col. Ball
Pension Department
Washington
Washington Monument
Mary Ball
Col
Ball
Republic
Loudoun County
Inia
Beauvoir
Admiral Dewey
Woodly Lane
State Department
United States
William T. Fee
Bombay
India
Counent
Roberts arraigns Buller over Spion Kop movement
Lord Roberts dispatch condemns Sir Rodgers Buller and Sir Charles Warren for the failed flank plan at Spion Kop. He blames Warren for not asserting authority and notes Buller was aware of the evolving strategy, citing coordination faults and unwarranted subordinate assumptions.
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Spion Kop
All England
Lord Roberts
Rodgers Buller
Charles Warren
Buller
Spien Kop
Warren
Supreme Command
Cuba Census Totals 1 692 797 Population White Majority
The census completed by the United States Government shows Cuba's population at 1,692,797 with white native-born Cubans holding a clear voting majority under the planned property and educational suffrage limits. It reports 187,826 white Cuban-born adult males, 90,088 born in Spain, 6,784 born elsewhere, and 127,300 colored. Officials say no reason remains to delay municipal suffrage.
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Cuba
United States
War Department
Spain
Boer War In Brief Shows British Casualties And Boer Strength
Boers number about 38,000 at front with 90 guns and main position between Kroonstad and Winburg fortified. Lord Roberts commands 214,000 effective troops as Britain expands horse numbers to 30,000 for army service and contemplates landing 20,000 more horses at Cape Town.
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Italy
Vaal
Natal
Kruger
Brandfort
Free State
Chermside
Gatacre
Bloemfontein
Fischer
New York
British War Office
Cape Town
Biggarweerg
Lord Roberts
Lord Roberts Haas
Cape
Norval’s Point
Or River
Cape Colony
Elandslaagte
Ladysmith
Kroonstadt
Winburg
Senate Frames Weeks of Civil Code and Naval Debates
The Senate passed eighty three private pension bills while the Alaskan civil code bill lingered. Indiana Governor Morton statue eulogies filled House sessions as leaders from several states spoke in Statuary Hall. The Navy bill faced armor, ships, and procurement debates with multiple amendments defeated.
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Senate
Oliver P. Morton
Indiana
Statuary Hall
Capitol
Messrs. Steele
Miers
Crumpacker
Overstreet
Griffith
Hemenway
Brick
Foss
Naval Committee
Hour
Philippines
House
Mason
Secretary of the Navy
North Atlantic
Spain
Navy Department
Porto Rico
Carter
Spooner
Congress
Foraker
Lorenzo Danford
Ohio
Secretary of the Treasury
Maine
Missouri
National Capital War Plans and Policy Notes
National events outline a broad program including naval armor updates and new warship turrets. The Philippine army strength is listed as sixty three officers and men. Legislation topics include pure food bills, war tax repeal proposals, and tax removal ideas tied to government surpluses. Various political figures and departments are named in potential policy moves.
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National Capital
Delagoa Bay
Acre Buffalo Reserve
New
Philippine Army
SSO
Hayaig
Pinar del Rio
Tawney
Head Proving Ground
Morgan
Senate
Tale of a Bribe Refusal by a Tweed Era Railway Man
A Chicago rail executive recalls a Tweed era bribery attempt in New York. While negotiating terminal docks for the X Y and Z road, a Tweed ring member offered 50 000 in bribes and a blank check. The young secretary refused and warned of options held by the ring, which could have yielded a fortune.
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Chicago
Tweed Ring
Hunt
New York
X. Y
Z. Road
Road
New York City
Fifth Avenue
X. Y. and I. Read
Mr. D
Inter Ocean
A Smiting Conscience
A winter pilgrim recalls promising to clear snow from a yard last February. The house wife accuses him of never following through, yet he returns in July to cut the grass instead. He explains conscience drove him to complete the task despite delays.
Duration of a Wink Calculated by German Scientist
A German scientist has measured the duration of a wink to be four-tenths of a second. The eyelid descends in one-tenth, remains shut for thirteen hundredths, and rises in seventeen hundredths of a second, totaling the time implied by the phrase in the twinkling of an eye.
Paris Ragpickers and Dog House Keepers Stir Over New Bins
About 40 000 ragpickers in Paris protest new rubbish boxes that only cartmen can open. The piece notes many households keep dogs whose hairs and fleas spread through homes, aggravating residents.
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Paris
Paris Exposition notes from various papers
A collage of editorials and comments on the Paris Exposition highlights readiness issues and expected American impact. Opinions range from ticket office delays to American exhibits advancing ahead, with commentary on President Cleveland and Ireland's Queen Victoria visit and notable figures Carnegie and Frick in business disputes.
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Paris
Milwaukee Sentinel
Chicago
France
Springfield News
St. Louis
Grand Rapids Herald
United States
Omaha Bee
Indianapolis Journal
Cleveland
Princeton
Senate
Nashville
Disturbing tale of a blind man in a house
A narrator recalls spying a blind man inside a farmhouse where a boy named Willie slept. The blind man searches Willie’s room then pauses at the stairs, appearing to sense danger. The observer slips away quietly, fearing discovery and any confrontation with the blind resident.
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Cai
Willie
Coats That Last a Century and Summer Child Growth
The article notes that Chinese dress uses pure silk costing 100 to 250 dollars per suit and tends to be handed down for generations due to durability. It contrasts this with the idea of sheen, and adds that garments are made in China for export to Celestials abroad. It also reports a theory that summer births yield taller children, with November as the shortest birth month for girls and August producing the tallest girls.
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Waldere Kirk
John Chinaman
China
Politicians Attend Prayer Meeting Prank
A Copeland County Kansas crowd attended a church service last Sunday night. As the hat passed, a politician at the end tossed in a silver dollar and declared the gift paid for. He urged the others to drop coins, quipping that obligation is settled with this payment.
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Treat
Copeland County
Kansas
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Con. Ball
John R. McLean
Department of Agriculture
Wilson
National House of Representatives
Henderson
Agricultural Department
London
Cortelyou
Porter
West Vi Clark
Eur Edmunds
Mares Daly
Aeter Faulkner
Bill Anthony
Census Bureau
San Francisco
Manila
Senator Websott
Senator Lodge
President McKinley
Depew
Dolliver
Dewey
Roberts
Grhneral Buller
Root
Artillery Service
Hitchcock
Sladeee
Ways and Means Committee
Joe Wheeler
Gov. Johnston
Alabama
Leapstary Root
Man
Price
New York Mail and Express
Brooklyn Bagie
Grover Cleveland
Kansas City Star
Ireland
Boston Post
England
Transvaal
Minneapolis
Parnell
Milwanukee
Wisconsin
Victoria
Great Britain
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Vicctoria
Scranton
Emerald Isle
Philadelphia Times
Carnegie
Frick
Busioom
Memphis Commercial Appeal
Ossmeagie
Mr. Frick
Springfield Republican
Eurgigs
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