Admiral Dewey Nearing Retiring Age Yet In Prime
Five days before year’s end Admiral Dewey will reach the retiring age technically but remains in his prime. Two grandsons of President Polk sit in Congress. R Polk of Danville Kentucky and James K Polk of Ridgeway Pennsylvania. The French have withdrawn from Fashoda and the English flag flies over the upper Nile, a symbol unlikely to be removed while John Bull endures in history.
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Admiral Dewey
President Polk
Congress
Polk
Danville, Ky
James K. Polk
Ridgeway
Fashoda
Upper Nile
John Bull
Copper mining shares rise from 100 to 205 million
In one year American copper mining shares increased from 100 million to 205 million dollars. The mineral wealth of the United States appeared notably in the year 1548.
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United States
Rag doll fondness enduring through centuries
The writer notes that despite centuries of experience and ingenuity, juvenile taste remains fixed on old-fashioned rag dolls. The piece suggests that modern efforts fail to change the preference of children for simple, traditional dolls.
Baron Iveagh Leaves Jenner Institute Gift for Bacteriology Study
Baron Iveagh who died recently left 1 250 000 dollars to the Jenner Institute in England for bacteriology research. He suffered from grip and in his bequest offered his view on the disease.
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Baron Iveagh
Jenner Institute
England
Climate of Manila Praised for Healthful Effect on Troops
The Manila climate is described as more healthful and agreeable than assumed. Six months in the city have left soldiers and sailors in excellent condition with little tropical disease impact.
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Manila
Syndicate Formed to Develop Siberia Along Route
A Siberian article reports a single syndicate of French and Russian capitalists formed to start factories, open hotels and business houses, and build towns along the Great trans Siberian railroad. The railroad is described as the longest and greatest in the world when finished.
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A. Siberian Paper
Siberia
Timber supply outlook from Archangle forests
The article notes government owned forests in Archangle Russia totaling 88,979,400 acres. It states the woodsman’s ax has hardly been heard there, suggesting ample timber supply for several years and limited immediate disruption.
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Archangle
Russia
Roosevelt reply on spelling corrects a taunting letter
Before his gubernatorial race Roosevelt received a taunt letter about inevitable defeat. His reply by mail corrected the word inevitable from an f to a v and signed Theodore Roosevelt.
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Col. Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Notable quips between Adams and Franklin on character
The exchange records Adams calling Franklin a great genius and humorist yet not a moralist or statesman. Franklin replied Adams was honest and often wise but occasionally out of his senses. The note reflects early American tensions among the forefathers.
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John Adams
Franklin
Adams
Montreal Woman Sentenced to Hang for Husband Murder
Cordelia Viau received a Montreal Quebec sentence of death by hanging on March 10 for killing her husband. The defense claimed hypnotism influenced the act. The note adds that public hangings are rare, while lynchings occur more often, including seven colored women lynched in the South over the past year.
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Cordelia Viau
Montreal
Quebec
United States Orders 4000 Coffins for Cuban Remains
The war with Spain prompts a record effect as 4000 coffins are ordered to repatriate American soldiers buried in Cuba and Porto Rico. The article notes nations rarely show such gratitude to defenders, praising this gesture as unique among all governments.
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Spain
United States
Cuba
Porto Rico
Old gentlemen’s club describes Senate age composition
The United States senate is likened to an old gentlemen’s club with many members above sixty and several past seventy. Only Senator Penrose of Pennsylvania stands out as notably young at thirty eight. the late Senator Morrill of Vermont lived to eighty nine.
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United States Senate
Millionaires’ Club
Penrose
Pennsylvania
Senator Morrill
Vermont
Santiago de Cuba
Senor Bacardi
Santiago
Hanvana
United States
Havana
Pacific Power in the Navy Network Across the Pacific
The narrator notes strategic Pacific locations from San Francisco to Manila. Honolulu Guam and Manila host naval stations while a Pacific coast yard supports operations. A coaling station at Pango Pango Samoa lies midway between Honolulu and Australia to back future commercial duties.
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Pacific
San Francisco
Manila
Philippine City
Honolulu
Guam
Navy Yard
Pango-Pango
Samoa
Australia
Sailor’s Heroic Death in Viscaya Retold by Hobson
Lieut Hobson recounts the sinking of the Viscaya and the charred remains of a seaman found at the wheel. He lauds the crewmate’s devotion to country and flag, claiming unprecedented sacrifice though Tobson’s claim is challenged.
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Hobson
Merrimac
Thobson
Tobson
American coal gains foothold in Plata trade
Consul Swarm at Montevideo reports a new stage in U S commercial expansion. American coal enters the river Plata, challenging Welsh coal after English yards had monopolized transit. An American company, established on the river Plaza last July, won contracts totaling 206000 dollars. Three large cargoes arrived, eagerly sold, signaling American coal’s lasting presence in these markets.
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Montevideo
United States
River Plata
Week's history reports Senate votes and Alaska bill actions
A weekly roundup notes Senate discussions on a Spain treaty request and a resolution on not governing other nations without consent. It covers Alaska codification bills in the House, pension protests by Senator Berry, and debates on civil service funding. A submarine cable bill links the United States with Hawaii the Philippines Japan China and Australia.
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United States Senate
Committee On Foreign Relations
Morrill
House
Alaska
Berry
Dem
Ark
United States
Senate
Spain
Caffrey
Hawaii
Philippines
Japan
China
Australia
Bright forecast for Cuba cited by treasury official
Robert Porter, treasury department special commissioner, predicts a bright future for Cuba. In Washington the U S money supply rose by 176 million in the past year to 1 897 801 412 while a Paris peace treaty text of 17 articles was released. President and Mrs McKinley hosted the first state dinner of the season for cabinet members and their wives as the cabinet discussed Cuba affairs.
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Cuba
Robert Porter
Treasury Department
United States
McKinley
Pittsburgh Hanged Man Silas Anderson for Murder
In Pittsburgh Silas Anderson, labeled colored, was hanged for killing his wife on March 13. The report notes executions in that city and details surrounding the case and date.
Multiple incidents and deaths reported in a single dispatch
Near Banks Alabama marshal McGregor colored lynched for barn burning. Transcontinental mail from New York to San Francisco 2347 miles in 98 hours 30 minutes the fastest ocean to ocean time. Milwaukee talks on enamel and tinware plant consolidation with 20 million dollars capital. Army camp Knoxville Tennessee to be broken up and troops sent to Cuba. Windstorm hits Mobile and Jackson blowing down telegraph lines wrecking homes up rooted trees. Fire destroys Lima paper mills with 125000 dollar loss. Actress Mrs F A Collins Miss Florence Ritchie drowns in hotel bath in Denver. Boiles Arkansas schoolhouse blown down three pupils killed one fatally wounded a dozen injured. Congressman Thomas FR Stockdale dies in Summit Mississippi at 71. Ex congressman Richard C Parsons dies in Cleveland Ohio aged 72. Mrs Charles Lucius fatally burned and her two year old son suffocated in Detroit by careless gasoline stove. Dayton Ohio Oliver Acher sets running double high kick world record seven feet three inches.
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Banks
Ala
Marshal McGregor
New York
Trans-Continental Mail
San Francisco
Ocean
Milwaukee
Knoxville
Tenn
Cuba
Mobile
Jackson
Miss
Lima
Denver
F. A. Collins
I’lorence Ritchie
Boiles
Ark
Thomas FR. Stockdale
Summit
Richard C. Parsons
Cleveland
Detroit
Mich
Charles Lucius
Dayton
Oliver Acher
Four Die In Elk Valley Rail Wreck And Other Crimes
Four persons were killed and others injured in a railway wreck near Elk Valley Tennessee. Professor J. W. McClure, a noted educator, was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of Mrs Lydia Bracher in Muzford ville Kentucky. Robbers stole 800 dollars and stamps from the Glencoe Minnesota post office.
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Elk Valley
Tenn
J. W. McClure
Muzfordville
Lydia Bracher
Glencoe
Minn
Foreign Intelligence Bulletin Recounts Global Events
Reports from London Havana Madrid Manila and Ponce describe Curzon’s viceroyalty takeover a fatal boiler blast in Barking nine dead and forty injured arms captured in Havana Spanish forces retreating from Puerto Rico life imprisonment for Col San Martin in Ponce Aguinaldo’s defiant proclamation to Filipinos and evacuation commission departures.
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Talia
Lord Curzon
London
Hewitt
Barking
England
Havana
Ludlow
Shanghai
Madrid
Col. San Martin
Ponce
Porto
Senate Protest Against Expansion Emerges in Hoar Speech
Senator Hoar of Massachusetts opposes expansion as illegal and unconstitutional, while Senator Platt from Connecticut replies. In the House, a $1,705,533 diplomatic and consular service appropriation for the year ending June 30, 1900, is reported, and a motion striking a civil service commission paragraph fails 119 to 95.
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Hoar
Mass
United States
Senate
Platt
Conn
House
Civil Service Commission
Bureglars
First National Bank
Ashburnham
Peder Bengtson
Wanamingo
Minnesota
Mount Vesuvius
Italy
Chillicothe
Bert Williamson
John Mitchell
Bailey Decker
Sing Sing
N. Y
Shelbyville
Ind
Ada Henry
Nichard Thurber
Utah
Salt Lake City
William Peak
Brooklyn
Melkinley
Paris
Rios
Philippines
Madrid
Minor News Items From The Nation And World
A variety of brief notes cover Adelina Patti and Sibyl Sanderson as the two richest prima donnas, plans for a 1901 San Francisco international exposition opening in June, Yale University property tax exemption, Brazil-US extradition treaty approval, Virginia Evans debut, Mrs. McKinley’s health gain, pensions for Capron widows, mob action in Sicily against taxation, Seattle to Taiga rail post office route established, Christ Monberger’s death and 100 hours of illness, Morrill memorial suggestion for Washington’s supreme court, Gov Roosevelt’s stance on clemency and habitual criminals, death penalty outlaw states list, Rhode Island imprisonment as alternative, and Kansas executive signature for executions.
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Adelina Patti
Sibyl Sanderson
San Francisco
Connecticut Supree Court
Yale University
Tio Janeiro
United States
Virginia Evans
Bob” Evans
Washington
Supreme Court
Guv. Roosevelt
New York
Colorado
Rhode Island
Maine
Michigan
Wisconsin
Kansas
Eighteen Die In Lehigh Valley Wreck Near New Jersey
A head on collision on the Lehigh Valley Line near West Dunellen New Jersey left eighteen dead and forty eight injured. Two passenger trains on the same track crashed after conflicting orders caused trains to share a single line. Witnesses recall a chorus of alarms as the excursion train tumbled and the local train somersaulted, killing many in the first car.
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Plainfield
N. J
Lehigh Valley Railroad
T Lincoln
West Dunellen Station
Lehigh Valley Road
New York City
Train Dispatching Errors Led to Local Proceeding on Single Track
Officials cited negligence of train crews. Signalman Brennan at West Dunellen denied involvement in dispatching trains. Operator Butland at South Plainfield testified he had no orders to stop the train and allowed it to proceed, assuming the track ahead was clear.
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Rick
W. O. Sprigg
Easton & Ampey Division
Lehigh Valley
Lee
Easton
South Plainfield
Mon Brennan
West Dunellen
Harry Butland
Butland
Wreck on Union Pacific near Sunal leaves four dead
A Sunal Nebraska wreck on the Union Pacific involved a west bound fast passenger train and east bound No 2. four killed including engineer Dell Bonner and fireman John C Coleman and a presumed young woman Miss Myrtle Armstrong with eight injured. Passengers aided survivors as engines and cars burned. cause unclear though sleep may be suspected.
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Omaha
Neb
Bee
Sidney
Union Pacific
Sunal
Dell Bonner
John C. Coleman
Crestwell
Mrytle Armstrong
Paxton
Miss Armstrong
Sanguilly Ignore Orders Sparks Havana Tension
Maj. Gen. Ludlow, Havana’s military governor, warned Cuban Gen. Julio Sanguilly to stay out of the city or avoid wearing his uniform in public. Despite a written warning and Rodriguez caution, Sanguilly has been seen in a white duck suit with gold stars, flouting the directive while courting trouble.
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Travana
Ludlow
Department of Havana
Julio Sanguilly
Sanguilly
Albisu Theater
Mayia Rodriguez
Rodriguez
Gen. Ludlow
Gen. Rodriguez
Philippine turmoil and American relief moves reported
Manila dispatches describe barricaded streets Charles Potter reports on McKinley proclamation and potential landings by US forces on Guiamaras island. Navy orders Solace Princeton Yorktown ships to Manila while four infantry regiments are set for transport to the Philippines.
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Manila
Col. Potter
Otis
Iloilo
United States
Newport
McKinley
Petrer
Guiamaras Island
Panay
Negros
Pampangas
Aguinaldo
Washington
Long
Solace
Secretary Long
Princeton
Yorktown
New York
Suez
San Francisco
Pacific
Dewey
Asiatic
Philippines
New York Navy Yard
Mediterranean
Navy Department
Alger
Fort Snelling
Minn
Atlantic
Dreyfus Maintains Innocence in Cayenne Telegram
A Cayenne telegram to the court of cassation presents Dreyfus replying to the public prosecutor. He denies ever confessing guilt to Captain Le Brun-Renault and reiterates his claim of innocence regarding the Ecole Militaire condemnation and degradation.
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Paris
Cayenne
French Guiana
Court of Cassation
Dreyfus
le Brun- Renault
Ecole Militaire
Heirs of Thomas Baxter Press Claims on Quincy Property
An attorney for Thomas Bax ter heirs arrives in Quincy Illinois asserting rights to property worth millions. The 1870s Baxter quarter section includes the post office Dick Bros brewery Empire Theater Turner Hall Collins plow works a planing mill two flour mills and several smaller factories. Thaxter patent to the land is in evidence with no record of transfer.
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Quincy
Ill
Thomas Baxter
Baxter
Dick Bros.’ Brewery
Empire Theater
Turner Hall
Collins’ Plow Works
Thaxter
Salzer Seed Manager Donates 3000 in Gold to College
La Crosse Wisconsin January 10 Henry A Salzer manager of John A Salzer Seed Co gives Charles City College a New Year gift of 3000 in gold. Though very busy he supports educational and benevolent causes with time and money.
Wire combine raises price on wire and nails in Cleveland
Cleveland announces a two dollar per ton advance on wire and wire nails following the completion of the so called wire combine. Market shortages of wire rods persist as the combine has absorbed all local rod mills.
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Cleveland, O
Death of famed bell ringer William Peak at 94
New York obituary reports the Brooklyn death of William Peak a renowned bell ringer aged 94. Before the Civil War the Peak family of seven toured the United States performing bell ringing, a popular entertainment of the era.
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New York
Brooklyn
William Peak
Peak
United States
Oldest Minnesota couple dies in Wanamingo
Minneapolis, Minn., Jan. 10 A special to the Tribune from Red Wing says Mr and Mrs Peder Bengtson of Wanamingo the oldest couple in the state both died in that town Monday They were about 95 years of age and both died within an hour of each other.
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Minneapolis
Minn
the Tribune
Red Wing
Peder Bengtson
Wanamingo
Two Former Officials Show Improvement in Washington
Show Improvement reports both ex Secretary of State John W. Foster and Hon Wayne McVeagh improving and gradually regaining strength in Washington on January 9.
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Washington
John W. Foster
Wayne McVeagh
Man Grabs for Straps in Crowd at Himbish Mimmikin Reception
At the Himbish-Mimmikin wedding reception a dense crush formed as guests swayed and groaned. Burbank repeatedly reached for an unseen strap above his head, explaining to Lambert that habit makes him act like he’s in a street car amid the pushing crowd.
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Burbank
Lambert
Cleveland
Man mistakes books at home in comic quarrel
A humorous exchange shows William arguing over constitutional texts and the declaration of independence, finally realizing the Bible is in the house. Jane helps by fetching a book, provoking a light domestic misunderstanding and laughter.
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Jane
United States
William
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Feminine Sisterliness Sparks Lively Exchange
In a Cleveland Plain Dealer excerpt a tense moment unfolds as a woman questions why she lost her place in line and recalls an earlier strike at a peppermint-chewing Bagley girl with a lieutenant involved. The passage captures sharp dialogue and social tension.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Foolish proposal sparks old gossip at social gathering
A Belle A man is mocked for a foolish proposal as chatter about appearances being deceptive runs through a New York Journal gossip column. The column notes the Bennedict couple’s bold talk and public reaction to the scene.
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N. Y
Lese majeste and sharp witticisms from 19th century papers
The Cleveland Leader defines lese majeste as calling a crowned head a blamed chump, while the Atchison Globe quips that no man is more ornery than one who marries his landlady to dodge a board bill.
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Jamie
Cleveland
Atchison Globe
Women praise Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound cures
Two letters from Mrs Lizzit Beverly of Lowell Massachusetts and Mrs Amos Trombleay of Ellenburgh Center New York recount severe uterine ulcers and postnatal illness relieved by Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash with claimed life saving recovery and restored health results.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
N. Y
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