War Dept. Inquiry Finds No Dishonesty In Officials
A 65 000 word report, signed by all but one member, details how the War Department managed mobilization, logistics, and supplies during the Spanish American War. It praises orderly conduct, notes failures in transportation and provisioning, and highlights beef safety allegations surrounding refrigerated meat without finding proven corruption.
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Washington
War Department
Spain
Col. Sexton
Secretary of War
Engineer and Ordnance
Usi
Regular Army
Volunteers Army
Criticism of Dr Daly and the meat inspection findings
The report cites Dr Daly's failure to confirm chemical analysis of meat and notes he claimed preserved beef in several inspections. It details the commission's testing of refrigerated meat from Cuba and Porto Rico, finding no boric or salicylic acids in samples and concluding contractors did not treat beef with chemicals.
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Eagan
United States
Porto Rico
Cuba
Manila
Santiago
Miles
Porto Hico
W. K. Daly
United States Volunteers
Daly
Tampa
Jacksonville
Chickamauga
War Department
Agricultural and Interior Departments
Spain
Avalanche Devastates Silver Plume Mines In Colorado
A massive double snowslide near Cherokee gulch swept into Silver Plume on Sunday morning destroying mine buildings and cabins. Officials report dead and missing, with 15 feet of snow piled at the wreckage and only partial rescue progress possible as crews search for the missing Italian miners and others.
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Denver
Col
Republican
Silver Plume
Cherokee Gulch
Carry City Gulch
Pelican Mines
Swallow Ilew Gulch
Georgetown
Fire Kills Couple and Child Near Paris Michigan
A home four miles northeast of Paris Michigan owned by Anton Gader burned early Sunday. His wife and their two year old son perished in the flames. The woman reportedly reentered the house to save valuables and was overcome by smoke.
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Yvettoit
Mich
Tribune
Big Rapids
Anton Gader
Paris
Death of a Bonaparte in Rome
Prince Napoleon Charles Gregoire Jacques Philippie Bonaparte, third son of Prince Lucien Bonaparte, prince of Canino and head of the elder Bonaparte line, has died in Rome.
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Rome
Prince Napoleon Charles Gregoire Jacques Philippie Bonaparte
Prince Lucien Bonaparte
Canino
Bonaparte
Broken Rail Wrecks Train Across Multiple Ridges
A broken rail derailed Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Train No 2 near Fleming Park causing the death of fireman W A Campbell and injuries to 17 passengers. Separate crashes at Gallagherville Downingtown and near Cummings station killed engineer Joseph Smith and fireman Carson and a Montreal bound Delaware and Hudson train derailed killing engineer W S Combs and his ten year old son.
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Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh & Lake Erie
Cleveland
Fleming Park
Davis Island
W. A. Campbell
Lancaster
Gallagherville
Downington
Joseph Smith
Carson
Smith
Fort Ticonderoga
N. Y
Delaware & Uidson
Montreal
Cummings Station
Here
W. S. Combs
Horrific Yankton Asylum Fire Kills Seventeen Inmates
A two story stone and granite laundry cottage within the Yankton State Insane Asylum burned at 2 AM trapping 52 people. Seventeen inmates died and many more fled in night garments into 23 degree cold. An inquest investigates causes with no blame anticipated. Total loss is about $18,000 with no insurance.
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Omaha
Neb
Yankton
State Insane Asylum
Augusta Boerse
Take County
Julia Erickson Meade
Kia Lokken
Guaini Swanson
Kingsbury
Lincoln Memorial Dinners Draw Prominent Guests
In New York the Republican club held its Lincoln dinner at Delmonico's with about 375 attendees including Gov. Roosevelt Horace White Maj. Gen. Nelson A Miles Rear Admiral W S Sehley and ex-Gov Levi P Morton. Chauncey M Depew gave the main address. In Chicago the Marquette club banquet drew nearly 1000 guests with Whitelaw Reid Dawes Chariton Woodford and local speakers discussing American diplomacy currency reform and Lincoln.
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New York
Republican Club
Abraham Lincoln
Delmonico’s
Club
Roosevelt
Horace White
Nelson A. Miles
W. 5
Sehley
Levi P. Merton
Chauncey M. Depew
Gen
Miles
Chicago
Marquette Club
United States
Whitelaw Reid
Charles G. Dawes
John Chariton
Joint High Commission
Abratain Lincoln
Ion. Stewart Woodford
Spain
Greater America
Tragedy in De Kalb Texas Leaves Three Dead in Riot
In De Kalb Bowie county a man named Blocker shot and killed Frank Pittman after a street confrontation. A riot followed as officers clashed with countrymen, resulting in the deaths of Pittman Hughes Duke. Constable Simington and Dobbins were wounded in the melee.
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Texarkana
Ark
de Kalb
Bowie County
Tex
Blocker
Frank Pittman
Pittman
Alf Simington
Dobbins
John Hughes
Simington
Joe Duke
Hughes
Duke
Dream of failing exam haunts young pupil
A little girl fears a nightmare where she did not pass a school Ramination as her tears reveal. The speaker consoles her, noting the dream’s frightful nature but relief that it was only a dream.
Luck of a Wisconsin man Inched Toward Treasury Post
ITeed A Taylor, named Saturday for assistant secretary of the treasury, is a 61 year old Wisconsin politician with roots in St. Lawrence county New York. He rose from farmer and printer to editor of the Hudson Star and Times and later led the state Republican central committee. He served as railroad commissioner after defeating railroads as a state senator and was timber agent, Marseilles consul, and a World’s Fair commissioner before editing the State Journal in Madison since 1893.
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Madison
Wis
A. Taylor
Wisconsin
Ile
St. Lawrence County
N.Y
Hudson Star and Times
Spooner
Republican State Central Committee
Harrison
Marseilles
State Journal
Denver Gambler Joe Lowe Fatally Shot by Ex-Officer
In Denver on February 14 Joe Lowe 72 a roundhouse keeper and veteran gambler was killed by Charles A Kimmel, a former policeman. The men quarreled over Lowe associates arrest and prior enmities. Lowe once ran Kansas dance halls and before Colorado had killed three men and married seven times.
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Denver
Col
Joe Lowe
Charles A. Kimmell
Lowe
Kimmel
Fort Riley
Newton
Wichita
Kan
Fort Worth
Tex
Colorado
Flint & Vein Marquette ferry breaks winter navigation record
Ludington Michigan reports the Flint and Vermilion Marquette car ferry arrived at 10 o clock Sunday after crossing Lake Michigan in 12 hours through a field of solid ice. The distance from Manitowoc is 60 miles. Capt Milty confirms Lake Michigan was frozen shore to shore.
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Ludington
Mich
Flint & Vere Marquette
Lake Michigan
Manitowoc
Milty
Digby Fire Clears Business District In Major Blaze
The town of Digby Nova Scotia was almost wiped out by fire Monday night. All business portion of the town is in ashes with losses estimated at $200000. By 3 pm the fire still spread threatening the Dufferin hotel and the railroad station.
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Yown Harned
Halifax
N.S
Digby
Vangeline
Dufferin Hotel
Anti-Tuberculosis Congress Opens in Berlin
The international congress for the prevention of tuberculosis will meet in Berlin from May 24 to May 27 under Empress Augusta Victoria’s patronage and the honorary presidency of the imperial chancellor.
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Berlin
International Congress For the Prevention of
Augusta Victoria
Adria Captain Killed In Turbulent Atlantic Passage
The Hamburg American steamer Adria, chartered by the International Navigation Company, arrived from Antwerp after a tempestuous voyage. Captain Von Levetzow was knocked down in the cabin passage and killed during the voyage.
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New York
Adria
International Navigation Company
Antwerp
von Levetzow
Chinaman Kills Official in Paris Tragedy
Chinese legation attaché in Paris shoots the secretary of legation Lien-Young, then dies by suicide after believing he faced persecution. Heavy losses fire in Manhattan Brass factory, New York, destroys building and stock valued at about 250000 dollars. Hon George Purnell Fisher dies in Washington age 81, native of Delaware who moved to Washington in 1849 and held offices earlier.
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Paris
Legation
Lien-Young
New York
Manhattan Brass Company
Nast Twenty-eighth Street
George P. Fisher
Washington
George Purnell Fisher
Delaware
His Autobiography From a Clever Poodle Tuffino
An amusing, self styled tale narrated as if by Ruffino the poodle named Tuffino. The account traces a dog's early life in stables with a French jobmaster, noting its black coat and humble origins before a turn toward distinction.
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Ruffino
Tuffino
Dangerous Tiger Hunt In India Ends With Narrow Escape
Col G H Trevor recalls a Rajputana tiger story where a man shot a tiger believed dead. The animal rose, seized the sahib in its mouth, and the native shikaree charged with a spear. The tiger released the climber after a brutal mauling, leaving the sahib to recover three months under a skilled doctor’s care.
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Col
G. H. Trevor
India
Rajputana
Mani
Shikabe
Rebus puzzle hints at famed naval officer
A Philadelphia Press note presents six rebus pairs where each large letter starts two words. Clues mix established rules with battle terms, Cuban sites, naval ranks, and siege imagery. Solving reveals the name of a renowned naval officer when the pairs are transposed.
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Cuba
Angels of
Santiago
Philadelphia Press
From a Puppy to a Paris Gentleman by a Horse’s Tale
A horse narrates how a rider’s fall in Paris changed his fate. He explains how assisting a mistress by retrieving her dropped whip led to a turn from servitude to independence and a status as a sought after, respected companion in town.
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Paris
Bois
Borneo Cow Ownership Duel Under Water Test
In Borram district Borneo two disputants face witnesses and a crowd in a four foot pool. Each places head under cross sticks sunk in mud and a friend holds legs. The longer holder of breath is declared rightful owner of the disputed cow.
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Borram
Borneo
Poison Arts and Tiger Fangs Threaten Health
The text describes how tiger fangs and claws deliver poison that can weaken the strongest man and hasten death for those with frail constitutions, noting the danger when such operations are performed.
Canine Cashier Mingo Detects Counterfeit Money
A San Leandro dog named Mingo, owned by C. Harrison, is praised in the Minneapolis Journal for detecting counterfeit money. The dogRushes to the customer, accepts only genuine coins, and refuses counterfeit ones, even when tested repeatedly. The tale highlights Mingo choosing good coins over bad with remarkable accuracy. Also described is the axis deer in Wo burn England, noted for its ivory and gilt appearance and perfect velvet during early summer.
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Mingo
Minneapolis
C. Harrison
San Leandro Road
Woburn
England
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Forcoe
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War Commission
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