Curious Arctic Fact and Notable Historical Figures
The Express notes that snow absorbs moisture at very low temperatures, drying garments. It highlights Horatio J. Sprague's 50 years as United States consul at Gibraltar. Rosa Bonheur remains active at 79, painting about five hours daily on a studio ladder. Admiral Cervera, once a naval attaché in Washington, led Spain’s fleet at Santiago de Cuba about 15 years ago.
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Spain
Horatio J. Sprague
United States
Gibraltar
Rosa Bonheur
Cervera
Santiago de Cuba
Washington
Anecdotes About Admiral Dewey Stir Old Acquaintances
The text notes that fame brings anecdotes about Admiral Dewey from old acquaintances and that he would be amused or surprised. It suggests a penalty of fame is being asked to approve incidents that did not happen or happened to others.
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Admiral Dewey
Remarkable 1816 Summer Noted by Woburn Resident
Mrs Nancy P Knight of Woburn Massachusetts recalls the extraordinarily cold summer of 1816. She notes ice half an inch thick in May snow four inches deep in June and ice forming in July and August as memorable events.
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Nancy P. Knight
Woburn
Mass
Family of Admiral Sampson Resides in Glen Ridge New Jersey
The Sampson family of Glen Ridge New Jersey includes Mrs. Sampson two stepdaughters Olive and Hannah and two sons Ralph and Harold. Two daughters Margareet married to Lieut Roy C. Smith of the Indiana and Kate married to Ensign R. H. Jackson who commands the torpedo boat Foote.
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Admiral Sampson
Glen Ridge
N. J
Sampson
Olive
Hannah
Ralph
Harold
Margareet
Roy C. Smith
Indiana
Kate
R. H. Jackson
Foote
Fighting Ships and Islands Named in Caribbean Patch
The passage notes the Windward and Leeward Islands in the Caribbean, dividing them by the fifteenth parallel. It recalls Farragut's losses at New Orleans and Mobile Bay, with 150 casualties near New Orleans and 165 killed with 170 wounded at Mobile Bay, including 113 from the Tecumseh and 25 aboard Farragut’s flagship.
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Windward
Leeward Islands
Caribbean Sea
Haiti
Orinocca River
South America
Windward Islands
New Orleans
Farragut
Mobile Bay
Tecumseh
Youngest Arab Marriages Reported in Algeria Census
A recent Algerian census shows unusually early marriages with the youngest married man at 12, many boys wed at 13 or 14, and some at 15 with multiple wives. A 15 year old widower and a divorced husband are noted, while girls as young as 11 wed appears rare but possible, 12 more common.
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Algeria
Navy list adds seventh rear admiral Dewey
The navy’s latest register lists six rear admirals and adds Commodore George Dewey as the seventh. His address is Manila Bay, which is noted as full of references about him.
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Navy
William A. Kirkland
Lester A. Beardslee
Thomas O. Selfridge
Joseph N. Miller
Montgomery Sicard
Edmund O. Matthews
Congress
George Dewey
Dewey
Manila Bay
Frank James Walks Into Photo Gallery After 25 Years
Frank James once infamous Missouri bandit appeared before a St. Louis photograph gallery camera for the first time in a quarter century. A $500 reward for his likeness once lured detectives, but he went unchallenged until a tintype from a rural town surfaced with officers obtaining it and causing him trouble.
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Frank James
Missouri
St. Louis
Frank
James
Monument to Maine sailors and a state wolf bounty report
A nationwide enrollment drive aims to place all 20 million U S schoolchildren’s names in a vault under a Maine memorial to sailors lost at Havana harbor. Separately Montana paid 50,096 for 16,698 wolves and coyotes killed in 1897, part of 85,650 in state costs with larger private and county payouts, yet wolf numbers remain high.
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United States
Maine
Havana Harbor
Helena
Mont
Montana
Six Naval Academy Graduates Suffer War Misfortunes
Six members of the class of 97 at the Naval Academy have faced hardship since the war began. Five of the names start with B forming the nickname the 3 class. Bagley died in Cuba. Boyd was wounded on the Cushing and returned home. Breckinridge drowned after being swept overboard from the Cushing. Bostwick suffered a chest injury on the Ericsson and required hospital care. Baldwin sustained rib injuries from a hatchway fall. Merritt perished with the Maine.
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Naval Academy
Bagley
Cuba
Boyd
Cushing
Breckinridge
Bostwick
Ericsson
Baldwin
Merritt
Maine
Mrs Evans Ties Family to Navy Power and Service
Mrs Robley D Evans known as the wife of Captain Bob Evans is deeply connected to the naval world. Her husband commands the battleship Iowa while her brother Captain H C Taylor directs the Indiana and her son Frank T Evans serves as a cadet aboard the Massachusetts plus her son in law Lieut C G Marsh is flag secretary to Admiral Sampson on the New York. Her daughters Mrs Marsh and Miss Vir Inia Evans along with niece Hattie Tay dors have volunteered for nurse training.
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Robley D. Evans
Vir Inia Evans
Hattie Taydors
War Revenue Bill Advances in Senate and House Actions
Congress closes a week with the war revenue bill approved by the Senate and an urgency deficiency measure passed by the House. The Senate also adopts amendments and the Fourteenth Amendment disabilities are removed. other actions include pension bills, district nominations, and a Maine investigation report. Local updates note party renomination in Missouri and Indiana, the death of Paul Grottkau, a deadly Indiana crossing accident, lynchings in Arkansas, a Dayline arson attempt, and a Webster plant fire with $200,000 loss. Governor Bryan named colonel of the Third Nebraska regiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Finance Committee
United States Senate
Army
Navy Departments
Committee On
Naval Affairs
Maine
Naval Court
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
House
Missouri
James L. Lloyd
Congress
Indiana
James E. Thompson
Anderson
Paul Grottkau
Milwaukee
Hamilton
Ind
Ray Chapel
William Street
Dayline
Sinking of the Merrimac and Allied Push on Santiago
Reports say the Merrimac was sunk in the channel at Santiago to block the harbor as American forces press the siege. Washington notes 4,000 troops en route to Santiago and 10,000 under Gen. Fitzhugh Lee toward Puerto Rico, with further reinforcements to follow.
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Santiago
Merrimac
Washington
Fitzhugh Lee
Puerto Rico
Key West
Spain
Charles W. Gridley
Olympia
Manila
Frie
Sampson
Cervera
Gibraltar
Cadiz
Cuba
Lieut
Hobson
Santiago Bay
Canada
United States Army
Punta Cabrera
Santiago Harbor
Public Debt and Treasury Balance Rise in May
The May statement shows debt increased by 19,341,108. The treasury cash balance stands at 821,070,369. Total debt less cash equals 1,037,773,760. May receipts were 30,074,818 and expenditures 47,049,909. For 11 months, receipts exceed 1897 by over 60,000,000. On June 1 gold and silver coins and notes in circulation totaled 1,814,898,256, up 180,164,361 from last year.
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Treasury
Noted tragedian Keene dies after surgery at 58
The East reports the death of Thomas W. Keene at New Brighton New York from complications after an appendicitis operation. Also from Alfred Missouri Louis Martels was fatally shot by Joseph Glendon who then died by suicide. National league baseball standings listed multiple clubs by week ending the 5th. Elijah A. Morse dies at 57 in Canton Massachusetts. he served in Congress 1888 to 1906. Painted Post bankers A Weston & Co fail with 2 million tied up.
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Thomas W. Keene
New Brighton
N. Y
Alfred
Louis Martels
Joseph Glendon
Martels
Glendon
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Boston
Baltimore
New York
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
Louisville
Washington
St. Louis
Elijah A. Morse
Canton
Mass
Congress
A. Weston & Co
Painted Post
Brainerd Hurricane Destroys Town Structures and Trees
A hurricane hit Brainerd Minnesota damaging outbuildings uprooting trees and tearing roofs from homes and stores. In Illinois Prohibitionists met in Peoria and nominated William H. Boles for treasurer and A. E. Turner for superintendent of instruction. Congressmen were nominated in several districts. Fire nearly wiped out Bicknell Indiana. Missouri Fifteenth district Democrats renominated W. E. Benton for Congress and Edward Robb was named in the Thirteenth district.
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Brainerd
Minn
Peoria
William H. Boles
Alma
A. E. Turner
Lincoln
Bicknell
Ind
Missouri
W. E. Benton
Edward Robb
Record Fire in Peshawir Destroys 4000 Homes in India
A devastating blaze at Peshawir destroyed 4,000 houses causing about 20 million dollars in damage. The event is labeled the record fire of India. Samuel Plimsoll, famed as the sailors friend and Plimsoll mark originator, died in London at 74. An Anglo American banquet in London urged closer ties and a Russia Japan protocol recognized Corea's sovereignty and independence.
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Peshawir
India
Samuel Plimsoll
Plimsoll
London
England
United States
Russia
Japan
Corea
War News and Newsroom Notes From The Sixth
On the sixth the Senate made little headway besides passing an urgent deficiency bill. The conference report on the sundry civil appropriation bill arrived as did the war revenue bill dispute with a party-line vote. Dewey reports Spanish losses near Cavite while 5,000 troops land at Mole St Nicholas and 20,000 sail from Key West for Cuba. Earthquakes panic Kentucky towns. Oregon Republicans win control. a new counterfeit half dollar spreads in Oakland. Crown Point fires nearly wipe out. Crown Point, Clarksville hangings. McKinley seeks army action. China shifts capital to Simn Fu. two farmers die from hemlock in Wisconsin.
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Spain
United States Senate
Conference
House
Senate
Admiral Dewey
Cavite
Oakland
Cal
Mole St. Nicholas
Santiago de Cuba
Cynthiana
Paris
Maysville
Kentucky
Oregon
Key West
Tampa
Cuba
Miyake
Japan
Cadiz
Atlantic
Spanish
New Orleans
Santiago Harbor
Navy Department
Canaries
Crown Point
Curtis
Samuel Young
Clarksville
Meloun
McKinley
China
Simn Fu
Peking
Ed Curtis
James Welch
Boscobel
Wis
Minor News Items From Various Cities
A collection of brief items reports O Q Tow enlisting in the army at the Presidio San Francisco wealth of Kentucky property assessed value and 3 million state taxes. a New York infant named Walter Sampson Schley Dewey Cullen. Cleveland Q to host Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers for a decade. Mrs Madeline Vinton Dahlgren dies in Washington at 63. Benjamin B Comegys marks 50 years at Philadelphia National Bank. A 120 foot flag in New York aimed for Morro Castle over Havana. new French chamber composition. Italian tax confiscations. Tobias Von Steenburgh death. Gov Powers of Maine funds militia mobilization. John F Parkhurst dies in Cleveland. Julia Dent Grant elected head of Women’s National War Relief.
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O. Q. Tow
Company L
Presidio
San Francisco
Kentucky
New York
Walter Sampson Schley Dewey Cullen
Cleveland
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Madeline Vinton Dahlgren
Dahlgren
Washington
Benjamin B. Comegys
Philadelphia National Bank
Morro Castle
Havana
Chamber of Deputies
Tobias von Steenburgh
United States
Jenny Lind
Glasco
Powers
Maine
John F. Parkhurst
Globe Iron Company
Parkhurst
Great Lakes
Julia Dent Grant
Women’s National War Relief Association
Lof
Great General
Dewey Reports Insurgent Gains At Manila
Navy bulletin notes insurgents active in Cavite province with several victories and about 1 800 prisoners including 60 Spanish officers. Cavite arsenal prepared for U S occupation. Mention of exchange talks involving Hobson and prisoners at Santiago and Fort McPherson.
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Washington
Navy Department
Admiral Dewey
Manila
Cavite
United States
Admiral Sampson
Cervera
Hobson
Santiago
Fort McPherson
Dewey
Lynching After Excursion Boat Incident in Clarksville
A crowd attacked Curtis Young after a fight with Lena Bryan. City Marshal Meloan was shot and died. posse arrested Sam Young Curtis Young Bob Taylor and Charles Taylor. Curtis and Sam Young were later found hanged at the jail as a violent mob chaos unfolded in Clarksville Missouri.
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St. Louis
Post Dispatch
Clarksville
Quincy
Ill
Hannibal
Curtis Young
Lena Bryan
Meloan
Sam Young
Bob Taylor
Charles Taylor
Bowling Green
Curtis
Admiral's Manila Bay Plan Gains Ground at Sea
The report says the admiral’s strategy is paying off as insurgents bear the burden of combat against Spaniards while he rests awaiting troops. The Monadnock is to sail from Mare Island for Manila within ten days, escorted by the Brutus, with a merchant ship to follow for the 6,000 mile voyage.
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Manila Bay
Navy Department
Mare Island
Cal
Manila
Monterey
Feared Victims Face Similar Fate in Incident
The report suggests two additional men may endure the same peril, echoing fears of a broader threat and prompting authorities to widen their investigation and safety precautions.
Riot Ends Rally During Belfast Anniversary Celebrations
During the June 7 commemorations of the 1886 Shank Hill killings the nationalist procession returning from Rananstown clashed with Orangemen. Police and soldiers faced a violent mob that overpowered constables, broke a leg, and forced revolver threats to guard reinforcements as missiles were hurled and streets torn up.
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Belfast
Shank Hill Road
Rananstown
Brow Square
Monitors for Dewey Fleet Strength and Cadiz Question
The Monadnock is a powerful double-turreted monitor with 3000 horsepower engines capable of 12 knots. Admiral Dewey would be able to handle any Cadiz fleet threatening Manila harbor. Spain’s Cadiz fleet reportedly near Cadiz after maneuvers. a protest by Col. John Hay to Britain cites neutrality concerns over using British territory for hostilities.
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Dewey
Cadiz
Manila
West Indies
State Department
Gibraltar
Camara
Hay
London
United States
Col
John Hay
Foreign Office
Canada
Great Britain
Italian Cruiser Carlo Alberto Arrives En Route to Cuba
The first class armored Italian cruiser Carlo Alberto bound for Cuba has arrived here. The vessel is reported to proceed to its destination after completing refueling and provisioning.
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Cuba
Gibraltar
Carlo Alberto
Counterfeit Half Dollar Report From Oakland
A dangerous counterfeit half dollar has appeared in Oakland California on June 7. The coin is lead with a touch of glass to create the ring, soft and light in weight, but the color and workmanship look convincing enough to fool detectors when examined singly.
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Oakland
Cal
Pioneer Judge Drowned While Fishing at Bluff Creek
Caldwell Kansas June 7 Judge J M Thomas of this city drowned while fishing at Bluff Creek He was a pioneer and had held many important state positions.
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Caldwell
Kan
Bluff Creek
J. M. Thomas
Rule Britannia Flares as Orange Men Clash with Police
Disturbances flare with bitter factional mood as Orange men clash with police. Civilians suffer injuries and a score of arrests are reported amid ongoing tension.
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Orangemen
Centennial transport under inspection over unseaworthiness
Washington reports that the Centennial, pledged as a Manila expedition transport, is under fresh inspection by San Francisco agents to verify unfitness. A canceled charter would follow if findings confirm Navy concerns. Oregon Republicans lead in scattered returns with hopes of a stable legislature. Consul General Goldschmidt’s illness in Berlin has worsened after three weeks.
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Washington
War Department
Manila
Meiklejohn
Department
San Francisco
Philippines
St. Berlin
J. Goldschmidt
United States
Mining Deal Cloned in Santa Maria District
Prescott Arizona June 7 an important mining deal has just been consummated here The property sold is the Gold Standard group in the Santa Maria district Purchasers include J B Greenhut a prominent whisky distiller of Peoria Illinois Sumner R Clarke a capitalist of Peoria and Chauncey D Clarke a capitalist of Phoenix Arizona.
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Prescott
Ariz
Gold Standard Group
Santa Maria
J. , B. Greenhut
Peoria
Sumner R. Clarke
Chauncey D. Clarke
Phoénix
Work Resumed At Fall River Cotton Mills
The Fall River iron works cotton mills employing 2,700 workers resumed operations Monday after a five week shutdown.
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Fall River
Mass
Jiamei
Manila falls toward insurgent surge amid siege and naval shifts
Reports from Manila describe fierce street fighting as insurgents, aided by US gunboat Petrel, press Spaniards back toward the city. Casualties run high with 150 Spanish deaths reported. defenses expand with sandbag breastworks while 10000 troops depart Spain by sea. Advices in London note Dewey poised to advance on Cavite and Aguinaldo growing in influence as Manila nears collapse.
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Manila
Hong Kong
Malabon
Tarlac
Baccor
Santa Mesa
Molate
Aguinaldo
Cavite
Spain
United States
Petrel
London
the Standard
Admiral Dewey
Standard
Dewey
Madrid
Blanco
Cervera
Linares
Santiago
Galix
Garcia
Luque
Sampson
Schley
Havana
Chamber of Deputies
Senor Giron
Baltimore
Lloyd’s Gazette
Baron De Rothschild Donates Grand Prix Winnings
Paris June 7 Baron De Rothschild gave his 200000 francs Grand Prix de Paris winnings to Paris's poor after his victory with Le Roi Soleil at Longchamp on Sunday.
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Rothschild
Paris
Baron de Rothschild
Longchamps
Asthma Cure Claims Lasting Results From Dr Hayes
Dr Hayes of Buffalo New York touts a natural treatment for asthma that builds digestion and blood quality rather than using symptom drugs. He offers a free thesis titled Asthma and Hay Fever Cured to Stay Cured for readers seeking more information.
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Dr. Hayes
Buffalo
N. Y
Jayes
Hayes
Remark on Identity in a Street Memory Fragment
A fragment from the New York Weekly contemplates discovering America and labels a street youth with a racial slur, reflecting on memory and identity in a provocative dash of era language. The piece contrasts a teacher’s discovery with a street boy’s perception.
Grain-O promoted as coffee substitute for families
An advertisement touts Grain-O as a wholesome grain based coffee substitute suitable for all ages. It claims to calm nerves aid digestion and provide health and strength while resembling the taste and look of coffee at a good price.
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Grandma
Java
Strong Testimonies on Lydia E Pinkham's Remedy
Mrs A W Suits from Biddeford Maine and Mrs Melissa Phillips of Lexington Indiana and Mrs Mouie E Herrel of Powell Station Tennessee report relief from chronic female complaints. They credit Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with alleviating back pain fatigue and weakness and enabling renewed daily activity after using multiple bottles pills and washes.
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A. W.siits
Summer St
Biddeford
Lydia E. Pinkham
Melissa Phillips
Lexington
Ind
Mouie E. Herrel
Powell Station
Tenn
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