First appropriation bill to extend war expenditures
The article notes the first appropriation bill of the approaching Congress will extend wartime expenditures through June 30, 1900, per Cannon's view. It mentions a 100,000 standing army goal, cadet strength at West Point, and calls for expansion of the regular army and naval provisions before year’s end. It also covers investigations into South Carolina race troubles, corn demand in South Africa, and a White House state dinner for Anglo-American commissioners.
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Conress
Cannon
House Committee On
Alger
Congress
United States
Secretary of War
Military Academy
West Point
South Africa
Stowe
Cape Town
State Department
Johannesburg
McKinley
White House
Bookmakers struggle and league notes from past season
The piece recalls bookrakers losing an estimated 250000 and Chicago teams posting their best season in the twelve club league. It notes pitchers driven from the mound 173 times by bats and mentions Tockey Dick Clawson’s salary and other earnings. It cites Wheelmen totals, and Dalys boxing role in Buffalo, with hints of calls to reform the fines system in baseball.
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Chick
Key Grannan
California
Letigue
Tockey
Dick Clawson
Ron Whitney
Paget
Wing
League of American Wheelmen
Pennsylt
New York
Achusetts
James Daly
Buffalo
Cort
Buffalo Athletic Club
Thirteen Men Killed in Jersey City Train Crash
Thirteen laborers, Italian and Polish, were killed and eleven injured when the Millstone mail train on the Pennsylvania Railroad struck a twenty-man work gang at Trackensack Meadows near Jersey City at 8 Friday morning. Engineer John Van Nostrand led the locomotive. the fog and smoke hid workers until impact. The dead and wounded were moved to Jersey City in a freight car.
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Pennsylvania
Trackensack Meadows
Jersey City
Millstone Mail
Pennsylvania Railroad
John van Nostrand
William Cork
Millstone
van Nostrand
Convicts Kill Prison Guard in Ohio Penitentiary Escape Attempt
Two Cleveland convicts Frank O Ne i l and George Atkinson, each serving fifteen years for highway robbery, tried to shoot their way out of the Ohio State prison Friday morning. Guard C B Lauterbach was killed instantly. Guard Woods repelled the escape with a club, crushing the skull of one inmate and breaking the other’s shoulder. Another gunfire erupted but caused no further injuries as police and guards contained the scene. Warden Coffin cites no clue on how the guns were obtained.
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Ohio
Frank O'Neil
George Atkinson
Cleveland
Ohio State Prison
C. B. Lauterbach
Inox County
Woods
O'Neil
Atkinson
Coffin
Prize of War Lost as Maria Teresa Wreck Lies Unrecoverable
Navy report from Captain McCalla states the Maria Teresa is stranded on a coral reef off Cat Island in sixteen to twenty-one feet of water with head northward. The wreck rests on a rocky reef of coral sand and boul ders, making approach possible only by light draft boats, and the ship is telescoped with rivets sheared. Four 6 inch guns from a wrecked ship are now mounted at Guantanamo.
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Maria Teresa
Cat Island
Navy Department
McCalla
Nassau
N. P
Teresa
Guantanamo
Rioting in Pana as whites and Negroes clash at Springside coal
In Pana Illinois two brisk clashes erupted between white miners and Black workers at Springside coal mines. Troop B Bloomington deployed a Gatling gun but firing had ended. about 500 shots exchanged across both battles. Troops arrived too late to arrest participants and residents beg Governor Tanner to keep or bolster cavalry in the city.
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Springside
Pana
Ill
Bloomington
Gov. Tanner
Hurried Troops to Cuba Transfer to Island Possession
The War Department moves to transport the army of occupation to Cuba, with transports assembling at Savannah and Philadelphia. Preparations aim to quickly garrison the island, with three rehabilitated transports each capable of carrying about 2,300 soldiers. The United States plans to declare formal possession on New Year’s Day.
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United States
War Department
Cuba
Savannah
Philadelphia
Leper Rebellion in Luzon Sparks Manila Alarm
The New York Journal reports 200 lepers at large on Luzon with many in Manila, roaming unseen by American officials. Authorities vow swift action, arresting and deporting lepers to a small uninhabited island southeast of Luzon to remedy Spanish negligence.
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Manila
New York Journal
Luzon
Lafayette Fund Grows as School Children Donate
National appeal for a Lafayette monument in Paris sees school children giving over 30000 toward a goal near 100000. Pennsylvania and Ohio each contribute about 20000 while Illinois exceeds 10000. New York withholds funds. Commissioner Peck anticipates a July 4 unveiling.
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Gen. Lafayette
Paris
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Illinois
New York State
Peck
Thanksgiving on the Old Nesro Farm Tale of Uncle Ras' possum feast
A Thanksgiving memory from a four room home shows Aunt Patty baking possum with sweet potatoes and a river of family and neighbors sharing food music and a moonlit hunt. Unc Rastus recalls log cabins, pine forests, and the old days of dog packs, simmon trees, and wassail while a supper ends in dancing and stories.
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Unc
Rastus Pettibone
Patty
Ras
Rastus
Boston
Eph Baker
Our Own American Day
Our Own American Day celebrates Thanksgiving as a thoroughly American occasion. The piece reflects on shared happiness and the ability to enjoy simple pleasures together, noting a social situation where John receives dressing without asking and must request it when late at his plate.
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John
Spain's War Fleet Falls Behind Europe in Humiliation
Spain ends the war with a seventh ranked European fleet crippled by unready ships. The Pelayo is modern, but Vizcaya class cruisers are unfinished, and two ironclads Victoria and Numancia are sidelined. Many destroyers and torpedo boats remain, while large ships have been captured or destroyed. Santiago and Manila wrecked seven and ten ships respectively, leaving Spain outmatched even by Argentine or Chilean fleets if sent to American waters.
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Ser
Spain
Cervera
Montejo
Europe
Pelayo
Carlos V
Vizcaya
Victoria
Numancia
Alfonso XIII
Leporte
Rio de la Plata
Castilla
Manila
Cristobal Colon
Italy
Santiago
Chile
Mr Green of Bellows Falls and Hetty Green fame
The New York World profiles Hetty Green and her husband Mr Green once known as Spendthrift Green. Once wealthy in the China trade, he later lived as a dependent on his wife in Vermont. Mrs Green builds wealth while he reads papers on their porch, with tradespeople puzzled by the couple.
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Wall Street
Mr. Green
Letty
Chicago
Burlington and Quincy
New York World
Follow Your Leader
A commentary notes that average people resemble sheep in following a leader blindly. It argues that pausing before a shop window attracts others, quickly turning a momentary glance into a crowd. It mentions shop-window gazing as a possible paid business to draw attention and confirms how one person drawing a look brings others to join.
Balloon development and early military use across eras
The article traces Napoleonic era balloon reconnaissance and later advances in balloon design, propulsion, and airship concepts. It notes German kite gas-bag hybrids and a shift toward captive wind thrust, while recalling that practical observation balloons dated to the late 18th century. It ends with misquoted quips on marriage fun and culinary wit.
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Trance
Germany
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South Carolina
Department of Justice
Post Offices Department
Dingley
Trouse Ways and Means Committee
Monetary Commission
Indianapolis
Griggs
Lafayette Fund
Bose
Venus
Simmons
Dean
Mr. Rastus
Detroit Free Press
Farmer Bolton
Liddy
Tosh
Josh
Jimmie
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