Senate Passes Navy Ship Creations and Bolten Richelieu Relief
The Senate approved bills including eight new gunboat cutters costing up to 2.025 million dollars and endorsed a resolution to pursue indemnity from Spain for Bolten and Richelieu's 1895 arrest in Santiago de Cuba. House debate centered on post office appropriations and rural free delivery.
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Foreign Relations Committee
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Gustave Richelieu
United States
Santiago de Ciba
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Walker
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Tawney
Minn
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Johnson
Ind
Hawaiian Islands
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Cochran
Grosvenor
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Williams
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Adams
Berry
Foreign Affairs Committee
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Michigan
Notes of Current Events Summary
The General Federation of Woman's Clubs plans a June meeting in St. Louis. Tennessee marble ships to Mexico City from Knoxville. Ireland reclaiming nearly 60 000 acres from bogs and marshes. Judge John Newton, late Southern Confederacy treasurer, critically ill near Staunton Virginia. Two men with 100 000 in gold dust found frozen to death at Tagish on the Klondike route. Sadie Storer aged sixteen jailed at Huntsville Arkansas with her mother and sweetheart for murder of A M Storer. California orange growers report a tree tolerating 12 degrees while producing sweet fruit. New York painters and decorators seek 4 and 3 50 per day for eight hours, strike possible. A severe hail storm near Powell Idaho causes heavy stock damage with thunder and large hail.
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Staunton
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Klondike
Skaguay
Sadie Storer
Huntsville
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A. M. Storer
California
New York
Poeatello
Idaho
Senator Proctor Urges Cuba Intervention Insightful Report
A Senate address by Senator Proctor from Fermont argues for U S intervention in Cuba without advocating specific action. He cites Cuban capability for self rule, opposes annexation, notes autonomy failures, and stresses a candidate for American leadership should decide on independence and protectorate options. He avoided sensationalism and focused on observed conditions in Cuba.
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Cuba
Proctor
Senate
Guba
United States
Concentrados
Maine
Court of Inquiry
Commodore Frederick V. McNair Takes Command Navy
Commodore Frederick V. McNair has succeeded to command of the North Atlantic squadron and becomes the actual commander of the United States Navy. He replaces Rear Admiral Matthews, who retires. McNair enters the Naval Academy in 1853, served under Farragut in the Civil War, and earned promotion for bravery at Vicksburg and Fort Fisher.
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China
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War talk and political jabs echo 1890s editorials
The article riffs on looming war dynamics with Spain and America, noting battleship guns, naval threats, and jokes about officials. It skewers Ignatius Donnelly, the Indiana attorney general, the Ohio anti-fight bill, and Japan’s naval nerves while hinting at a stove trust forming with a $10 million capitalization.
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America
Christopher Columbus
Monitor
Indiana
Versailles
Ketcham
Ignatius Donnelly
Ohio
Rim
Uncle Sam
Vizcaya
Secretary Day
Idaho
Congress
Klondike trade estimates and Capitol curiosities
Sir William Van Horne projects that 200 000 to 300 000 people head for the Klondike with an average $1 000 each, while ships crowd Puget Sound and Vancouver routes. Congress urged to pass a pure food law requiring government inspection certificates for exports to protect foreign buyers. The Capitol dome moves daily, revealing a foot of displacement, and other notes cover coast defenses spending, a Stogie controversy, and various diplomatic and military updates.
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William van Horne
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Klondike
Puget Sound
Alaska
Vancouver
Wilson
Congress
Hawaii Mountains Sing With Ocean Echoes and Ghosts
The article describes Mount Tantalus and Mount Pali near Honolulu where voices and sounds allegedly spirits of warriors are heard at night. Scientific explanation cites ocean breakers and winds. It notes a salt lake nearby with tidal exchange and a vanished doughnut fad in Europe.
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Honolulu
Mount Pali
Kamehameha I
Kanaipule
Kaiana
Pali
Oahu
All in One Wardrobe Furniture for Small Rooms
A compact bachelor friendly wardrobe extends deeply to provide ample hanging space. A turn down flap opens to a rear washstand with mirror, then folds to reveal a writing desk with pigeon holes, ink well, and drawers, topped by a small bookcase.
Drowning Tips From Young People’s Paper
Advice to drowning victims to float on their back with hands clasped and head tilted so nose and mouth stay above water. The guidance promises buoyancy for hours and emphasizes self rescue in emergencies. Also a closing note on neighbors who are mighty funny.
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Young People’s Paper
Anecdotes and Gaffes From Victorian Wit and Fame
A collection of humorous episodes and short anecdotes featuring Winston Churchill era figures. Tales include the Duke of Wellington's dinner misadventure, comedian Penley’s gagging, a Staten Island waitress mishap, a judge’s baptism memory, Maule and Coleridge on moonlight, New South Wales miners at a political meeting, a Welsh lot’s quip, and Mrs. Langtry acquiring a Nevada ranch through a wry staged-door ploy.
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Waterloo
W. S. Penley
Mr. Penley
Staten Island
Bridget
Shtair
Justice Maule
Coleridge
Mr. Jones
Maule
Brother Maule
Jones
New South Wales
Mnny Gintieman
Airsk
Alsk
A Little One for a Cent Story of a Mountain Inventor
A patent office clerk recalls a West Virginia mountain man with a small crude model and a wish to patent it. The invalid craftsman believes his device could be built cheaply, but lacks funds and patience, prompting the clerk to feel moved to help.
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Patent Office
West Virginia
Upper
Potomac
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