Old Town San Diego Births Legends and Elopement Tales
Special San Diego letter details Old Town three miles north of today’s city as California’s oldest settlement. It recounts Pedro the 130 year old Dienguio descendant, the 1769 mission, the Ramona romance, Gov Echeandia, Don Enrique Fitch, Josefa, Pio Pico, and an elopement punished by church ritual. The piece notes the calaboose, Graham party, and remaining adobe and palm trees as relics of romance and ruin.
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San Diego
Cal
California
Pedro
Ramona
Helen Hunt
Alessandro
Echeandia
Mexico
Carillo Casa
Pueblo
Josefa
Monterey
Henry Delano Fitch
Richard HH
Dana
Piteh
Fitch
Flehenndin
Pio Pico
Don Enrique
Vio Pico
Enrique Domingo
Amer
Whosa
Casa
Calabazo
Calaboose
Old ‘Town
J. M. Scanland
Urbana Horror Sparks Riot Kills Two and Lynches Suspect
At 2:30 am Friday a riot in Urbana Ohio left two dead and ten wounded. Charles Mitchell was taken from jail by a mob and lynched after the crowd attacked the jail. Gov Bushnell and Sheriff McLain vicinity reports and militia faced stoning as unrest continued.
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Urbana
Charles Mitchell
Mitchell
Thza Gaumer
Harry Bell
Upton Baker
Wesley Bowen
Cable
Zack Wank
Dennis Graney
Charles Thagipson
North
Lewisburg
Denton
Gus Weiser
Ray Dickerson
Joni McKeever
Ray McClure
Eliza Gaumer
Pwilty
Springfield
Gov. Vashnell
Gov. Bushnell
Leonard
Bushnell
Wooster
Columbus
Sherif
Hanger
McLain
Dayton
Not Tobacco Heart Joke From Chicago Post
A quip on tobacco heart cites a doctor claiming the condition and a poke at medical certainty. The cartoon-like line suggests such diagnoses depend on what one smokes and mocks doctors who declare uncommon conditions.
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Chicago Post
Clever reply to a taunt about wealth and brains
A Brooklyn Life quip suggests the proper response to insult is to prove one lacks a dollar rather than confront the rude taunter. The playful line frames wit over wealth as true value.
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Brooklyn
A Rural Observation from the Washington Star
A rural observer notes the world keeps spinning. He remarks the damp side always surfaces in fall and spring. The brief witty reflection contrasts seasons with seasonal dampness.
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Washington Star
At the Spring Academy and antique posing noted
Miss Peachblow comments on a Spring Academy scene with Van Daub noting Yellowleaf posing for him. Town Topics captures a quiet studio moment as artists work with models and references.
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Spring Academy
Skillet Quips on Trading an Old Horse for a New
In a playful exchange with Skitthle, Skillet asks what was gained by the swap. Skitthle answers I gained myself in a wry nod to self reliance and reinvention in a city scene.
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N. Y. Tribune
Cruel George Quote From New York Journal Cartoon
A brief cartoon caption recalls a sharp exchange about moving and loss. The dialogue centers on a character George and a remark about not losing one’s mother, reflecting a dark, sardonic humor from the New York Journal.
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George
N. Y
Contentment Over Wealth Cited by Chicago Record
Adage Verified notes the oil saying contentment is better than wealth. The Chicago Record quotes the line as a warning that people may try to borrow wealth from you.
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Chicago
Zeilika Disaster Drowns Twelve Sailors in Gale
The British ship Zeilika bound from New York to Wellington New Zealand went ashore at Palliser Bay during a gale on Good Friday. The loss caused the drowning of 12 men, with full particulars later reported by the steamer Mariposa arriving from Sydney. A passing steamer sighted the wreck and sent the news by carrier pigeon.
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San Frrancisco
New York
Wellington
New Zealand
Sydney
Pallizer Bay
Durrant Appeal Granted Delays Execution Process
In San Francisco on June 5, Durrant will not hang next Friday as permission is granted to appeal to the United States Supreme Court. The halt allows for several months of delay in the execution process and signals continued legal action.
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Durrant
San Francisco
United States Supreme Court
Celis
Devastating cloudburst hits Voiron France floods parish town
Destruction from a June cloudburst in Grenoble measures vast losses across the Liere department. Villages flood as the Morge overflows, wiping out factories and bridges, wrecking crops, and forcing evacuations with gas works ruined and thousands left homeless. Rescue crews and soldiers clear mud while authorities plan a dam blast at Castellon to relieve water pressure.
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France
Paris
Grenoble
Liere
Morge
Voiron
Castellon
Morrans
Militia Backing Cited After Urbana Incident
Ohio Governor and Adjutant General defend Urbana National Guard actions as upholding law. Capt Leonard visits as Urbana citizens urge return home. Sheriff McLain arrives back, Mayor Ganson condemns mob tactics, public opinion shifts toward protection for Leonard and company.
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Ohio
Cincinnati
Bushnell
The
Commercial Tribune
National Guard
Urbana
Asting
Leonard
Neil
Wartil
Sherif McLain
Springfield
Kirby
Ganson
Mitchell
Capt
Standand Oil works in Cleveland shut down for weeks
At Monday closing, the Standard Oil plant in Cleveland Ohio halted operations indefinitely. Foremen told nearly 1000 workers there will be no work for weeks possibly longer. The company reportedly plans to abandon another section to limit supply to home demand. Large stocks at Kingsbury Run warehouses could cover demand until 1898 or longer.
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Claveland
Staatduard
Kingsbury Run
Williams Shot Dead in Monsey by Local Attorney
Chronicle editor James Williams was shot and killed in Monsey by Clarence I Douglass, a local attorney and prominent Republican. Douglass, wounded in the attack, is in custody awaiting trial. Meanwhile James-Joseph C Russell, Queensland government commercial agent, passed through St. Louis en route to New York to promote emigration and attract capitalists and farmers.
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Rudmore
James Williams
The
Chronicle
Monsey
Clarence I. Douglass
Republica
Nhe
Douglass
Iniusiwranta
Australia
St. Louis
James
Joseph C. Russell
Queensland
New York
Russell
Writers and books cited in London letters
Mr Rider Haggard finishes a Boer life novel The Swallow. Richard Le Gallienne contracts a second marriage to Miss Julie Norregard London journalist. Pierre Loti on active service ships Javelot releases Anamantcho about Biscayan landscape. Lord Amherst’s daughter gains freedom of a London guide for her History of Gardening in England. Crockett tours Pomerania for local color for The Red Axe set there.
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Rider Haggard
Richard le Gallienne
Julie Norregard
London
James Welch
William Sharp
Pierre Loti
Anamantcho
Biscayan
Gaston Deschamps
Lord Amherst
Hackney
England
Crockett
Pomerania
Talks to Business Men at International Commercial Conference
President McKinley addresses the International Commercial Conference in Philadelphia at the Academy of Music. He extols the Philadelphia museums backing trade expansion, calls for interstate and international cooperation, and urges patience and vigor to restore prosperity.
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Meinley
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Commercial Museum
Academy of Music
McKinley
Academy
Cabe
Warwick
McStinley
MacKinley
James
Blane
Bureau of American Republics
United States
Angell Named U S Minister to Turkey in Move
Washington June 2 Sultan Abdul Hamid withdrew objections to James B Angell becoming United States minister to Turkey aided by Minister Ferrell who pushed to correct Turkish misperceptions about Angell and the Congregational church.
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Washington
Sultan Abdul Tamid
James B. Angell
Turkey
United States
Angell
Errell
Porte
Dr. Angell
Congregational Church
Supreme Court declares Torrens land title law unconstitutional
Columbus Ohio June 4 The supreme court Thursday declared the law unconstitutional which last winter adopted the Torrens system of recording land titles The law is similar to that of Illinois
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Columbus
Supreme Court
Grand jury returns true bill against A. L. Luetgert
In Chicago on June 5 the grand jury voted a true bill charging sausage magnate A. L. Luetgert with the murder of his wife.
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Chicago
A. L. Luetgert
Lira
Race War Roils Pope County Arkansas Near Atkins
At Lee township Pope County five miles south of Atkins a race war erupts between whites and negroes leaving several dead or fatally wounded. Victims include Will Gaylord and Jesse Nickels with brutal knife and gun injuries, while Reason Edgge and Constable C H Edgge suffer knife and gun wounds. A mob assaults Gaylord, he is beaten to unconsciousness and dies. Warrants issued for several suspects. rioters resist arrest.
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Atkins
Ark
Lee Township
Pope County
Will Gaylord
Jesse Nickels
Edgge
C.H. Edgge
J. St. Nodges
Nickels
Reason Edgge
C. E. Edgge
George Edgge
William Gaylord
Bradstreet sees favorable trade outlook and mixed hints
Bradstreet reports a mixed trade picture with encouragement for fall business and rising iron and steel prices, while near term demand softens for dry goods and jobs. Crop prospects improve in the southwest, Kansas, Texas, and the Pacific coast, with some regions forecasting larger wheat exports.
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Bradstreet
New York
T. G. Dum.& Co. Sape
Kansas
Texas
Pacific Coast
Five Water Tanks Collapse in New York Building Incident
Five 13 by 13 foot water tanks, each holding 13 000 gallons, fell five stories in the David S Brown & Co soap factory building at Twelfth Avenue and Fifty First Street New York noon Thursday burying two workers and injuring none announced. William Fraser a 40 year old Otis Elevator Co surveyor was recovered from the rubble later that afternoon Jacob Jacobsar a carpenter is reported missing at the scene There were 15 men in the building at the time of the accident.
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New York
Otis Elevator
Tompany
Jacob #acobsar
Nat
Peace Conference Opens in Constantinople Frontiers Caps Indemnity
In Constantinople on June 4 the ambassadors of the powers and Turkish foreign minister Tewfik Pasha held the first sitting of the peace conference at the Tophane palace. After three hours of talks Count Nelidoff will draft a frontier rectification memorandum, M Cambon a memorandum on capitulations for Greek subjects, and Sir Philip Currie a memorandum on indemnity.
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Constantinople
Tewfik Pasha
Tophane Palace
Nelidoif
M. Cambon
Turkey
Sir Philip Currie
Pillsbury Sets Chess Record at Washington Club
P N Pillsbury played 30 chess and six checker games in five hours at the Washington Chess Club. He won 27 chess games and four checkers, drew three chess and one checker, and lost a checker game.
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Washington
P.N. Pillsbury
Ife
Pillsbury
President Signs Sundry Civil Bill With Forestry Amendment
The president signed the sundry civil bill which includes a compromise amendment on forestry reservations. It suspends the February 2 proclamation that set aside 21,000,000 acres of public domain as forestry reservations until the first of next March.
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Washington
Cleveland
Canovas to Stay Amid Cuban War Policy Tensions
Madrid confirms Senor Canovas and the cabinet will remain in power with unchanged policy amid a push to recall Capt. Gen. Weyler from Cuba. The Times reports Madrid faces sustained tensions with the United States over Weyler and Cuban affairs.
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Madrid
Senor. Canovas
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
Gen. Weyler
Cuba
Senor Canovas
London
the Times
Marshal Campos
Marshall Blanco
Marshal Dominguez
Weyler
Iris Amour
Canovas
Cutie
Campos
Blanco
Dominguez
Cortes
House
Hase
Spain
Ilinds
Sagasta
United States
Melinley
Calhoun
House of Representatives
McKinley
Currency plan outlined by Secretary Gage for Congress
A Washington dispatch reports Secretary Gage drafting a financial measure to present next winter. The plan would retire greenbacks, replace them with national bank notes, reduce circulation tax to 0.25 percent, cap denominations at ten dollars, and substitute silver for under ten dollar notes. It may allow branch banks and consider state and municipal bonds as up to 40 percent backing.
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New York
Washington
Seeretany Gage
Congress
Cloudburst in Isere Destroys Mills and Homes in France
A southeastern France cloudburst in Isere caused Morge river floods washing away mills silk factories and houses along the banks. Vois Ronans Moirans towns report the river rising about 20 feet one drowning and property losses estimated at 10 million francs. Four thousand factory workers lose jobs.
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Paris
Isere
France
Morge
Vois Ron Ans Moirans
Vienna Strikers Halt City Transit Guarded by Police
A broad street rail strike paralyzes Vienna with almost no service. reserve troops patrol the few operating cars while authorities report no violence as workers pursue their aims orderly.
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Vienna
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Utah
McNhinley
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State Grand Army
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