Greece Ordered to Withdraw From Crete by Three Day Deadline
Moscow and London push for Crete crisis solution as Greece rejects war, calling for autonomy under Turkish suzerainty. Russia and allies demand Greek troops depart Crete within three days while Greek leaders vow defense of Christians. Turkey masssing troops on frontier as ships and envoys move toward a concerted response.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
Athens
M. KX
Onon
Greece
Crete
France
Germany
Austria
Great Britain
London
House of Lords
Lord Salisbury
Turkey
Fouth
Yvhat
the Times
Delyannis
Thessaly
Europe
Parkish
Salonica
Monastir
Ilassona
Katerina
Smyrna
Brusa
Trebizonde
Anatolia
Elassona
Redjet Pasha
Bagdad
Mycali
Sfaktirea
Piraeus
Grand Duke George of Russia
Patras
Tsarevna
Consolidation Plan Widens for Adams American and National Ex
Indianapolis February 26 The Adams American and National Express companies will merge office operations in towns where profits are not earned. Extra offices will close, clerks are to be discharged, and delivery wagons halted. Expenses will be shared evenly with uniform rates. In two company towns outgoing traffic is alternated weekly, with incoming goods credited to the forwarding firm.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Adams
American
National Express
Tragic Southern railroad crash near Avondale
A passenger train struck a covered wagon at Avondale crossing four miles from Chattanooga injuring ten people. All but one of the occupants, Mrs. W. J. Woodward and her eight children plus a grandchild, were killed in the high speed impact. In a separate incident Mrs Annie Marion Brennan was accidentally shot in play by Mrs Delaney and died after exonerating her shooter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattanooga
Tenn
Southern Railway
Avondale Crossing
Long Island City
N. Y
Annie Marion Brennan
John Delaney
Republicans Lose In Iowa City Elections Amid Shifts
Iowa city elections Monday produced a broad swing from Republican wins last fall with Democrats and citizens tickets gaining in Ottumwa Perry Atlantic Algona Mason City Sioux City and Muscatine while Burlington Clinton and Red Oak retention of some GOP or mixed outcomes reflected a state-wide move toward Democratic control in many towns.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Ottumwa
Perry
Citizens
Atlantic
J. B. Jones
Algona
Burlington
Clinton
Muscatine Pulliam
Schenck
Red Oak
Gunn
Mason City
Sioux City
Havana cables force resignation threat in Lee dispatches
President Cleveland confirms Havana dispatches reported by the Herald. Consul-General Lee warned he would not tolerate Ruiz murder and demanded warships to protect American citizens, threatening resignation if not supported by the administration. Scott, a native American gas company agent, was released from solitary confinement the same day.
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New York
Washington
Herald
Havana
Lee
Cleveland
Senate
Olney
Ruiz
Charles Scott
Mavana
State Department
Scott
Gen. Lee
Banquet Honors Senator Sherman in Washington
Senator Sherman was guest of honor at a dinner hosted by the Ohio congressional delegation at Cochran Club. He spoke of a coming administration upholding sound money and national honor, declaring the country’s honor should never be lowered and should beacon republican government for the world. A prediction was offered that Europe would follow France’s lead and other republican governments might be erased from Europe’s map.
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Washington
Senator Sherman
Ohio
Cochran
Markanna
Sherman
Europe
France
Prof Edward T Nelson Dies Sudden Heart Failure
Washington March 2 Prof Edward Thompson Nelson of Ohio Wesleyan University chair of sciences died suddenly of heart disease in this city Sunday evening He had been ill for months and attended TI Foundry Methodist church Sunday morning where his classmate Rev Dr O A Brown preached He was a prominent Methodist layman and delegate to the last general conference from Ohio
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Washington
Edward Thompson Nelson
Ohio Wesleyan University
Ohio
TI Foundry Methodist Episcopal Church
O. A. Brown
Nelson
Methodist Episcopal Church
Siam Agrees to Arbitrate Cheek Claim and Kellett Affair
Siam will arbitrate the Cheek teak wood concession dispute and settle the Kellett affair, per a cable from Minister Barrett in Bangkok to the state department, with no further details released. A series of other distant items include a church property receivership in Bay City, convict labor prohibition in North Carolina, a St Louis bank receiver appointment, and a glass factory fire in Alexandria Indiana causing about 200000 dollars in losses.
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Siam
Washington
Cheek
Kellett
State Department
Barrett
Kangkok
Dr. Cheek
Liam
Bay City
Mich
Maxwell
St. Stanislaus Polish Cathedral
Ekx-Grey
Stone
St. Louis
Valliant
William d. Stone
Mullauphy Savings Bank
Congress Ends with Record Bills Yet Few Laws Passed
The fifty fourth Congress closes amid a flood of legislation and a stark failure to enact most measures. Over 10 400 bills and 3 100 resolutions were introduced in the House, with few becoming law. Notable actions include the Venezuela Br yan Guiana line commission, prize fighting ban, army and navy appointments, divorce residence rule, Daughters of the Revolution charter, railway interference penalties, and salary substitutions for marshals and district attorneys. Public buildings financing stalled despite a 100 bill House calendar. The session saw no Arizona New Mexico Oklahoma statehood steps and a sustained clash over sound money versus free silver. The Senate debated foreign relations and treaty work, with a Japan commerce treaty ratified while a general arbitration treaty with Great Britain stalled. The Nicaraguan canal bill faced protests from Central American representatives.
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Washington
House
Congress
Venezuela
British Guiana
United States
National Society of the Daughters of the Revolution
Senate
New York City
Reed
Harrison
Alabama
Committee On Rules
Arizona
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Capitol
Brosius
Ways and Means
Congressional Record
Japan
Great Britain
Fort Wayne Fire Destroys Major Hardware Store and Merchantry
A Sunday morning blaze at Morpmi Co. on Columbia street in Fort Wayne Indiana destroyed the Morpiii Co. hardware store and Morgan Co. stock valued at 150000. Firefighters fought the blaze for ten hours, with six engines and the entire department. Four other merchants also suffered losses, wholly or partially.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Wayne
Ind
Morpiii & Co
Columbia Street
Morgan & Co
Counterfeit coins flood Eldora area
Eldora Iowa reports a surge of highly crafted counterfeit dollars halves and quarters. A stocking of fake coins was found by C I D agent Stuart at Eldora Junction and a dies and apparatus outfit was seized from Italians at Gifford. The secret service has been alerted and banks and merchants fear further loss.
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Eldora
Stuart
Eldora Junction
Gifford
Secret Service Department
Feeling Its Way Through a Broad Economic Rebound
Article notes gradual but steady improvement across industries, boosted by iron and steel demand, rail purchases, and construction activity. Reports higher railroad earnings, growing textile mills, and cautious outlook on lake ore pricing, with mixed export and import trends and continued employment gains.
Deadly Chicago collision kills three at One Hundred Third
A crash at the One Hundred Third street crossing in Chicago claims three lives and injures several as a Calumet electric car is struck by a southbound suburban train after gates failed. Motorman George O Malley and two others die. fireman and others injured.
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Chicago
Chicago & Eastern Ilineis
Calumet
Third Street
George O'Malley
Peter Fueherprince
IR. W. Young
Denounces Indecent Publications and Denies Pardon
The president denounces indecent newspaper publications while denying a pardon to James B. Wilson who was sentenced in December 1695 in Indiana to two years for mailing obscene newspapers. He calls the conviction a public morals defense and says the sentence should stand despite pleas for clemency.
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Washington
James B. Wilson
Indiana
Waters of the Ohio Recede in Cincinnati News
At eight o'clock Friday night the gauge showed a slight rise after days of 61 feet 2 inches. Many families remain displaced as relief teams search for isolated victims. A cold wave worsens hardship as shops close and workers lose income and mobility.
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Cincinnati
Wages of Sin Torn by Fire in Oil Field district
News from Sistersville West Virginia on February 24 reports a deadly fire in a county interior following a tavern raid on a disorderly house near oil fields. A mob attacked the building using a torch risking multiple deaths and injuries. Persons named as burned include Stella Woods Pittsburgh Anna Johnson Columbus John Jackson Pennsylvania and Frank Stewart Indiana.
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Sistersville
W. Va
Stella Woods
Pittsburgh
Anna Johnson
Columbus
John Jackson
Pennsylvania
Frank Stewart
Indiana
College town tragedy claims Bert Bishop life
Bert Bishop son of C. W. Bishop young man from San Francisco shot himself two miles south of Colo Iowa taking his own life last autumn he had worked in the harness makers trade but rheumatism left him almost helpless leading to the fatal act.
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Bert Bishop
C. W. Bishop
Colo
Young Bishop
San Francisco
Dealers Organize to Boost Farm Machinery Profits in Iowa
The Northern Iowa Retail Implement and Vehicle association forms in Charles City with dealers from 35 counties. They say farm machinery is sold at unprofitable rates and the group aims to improve profitability. Officers elected include C. C. Weil president in Charles City, John Dumbalton secretary in Mason City, J. S. Ferrington director at Iowa Salls, and J. O. Brown director at Estherville.
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Northern
Iowa
Farmer shot in Fort Madison after old quarrel
Frank Millmeier about 55, a farmer, was shot by James Scott in Fort Madison. Scott fired four loads of birdshot, one into the back of Millmeier’s head and three into the shoulder and breast. Millmeier likely to die. Scott jailed on assault with intent to murder. The feud between them sparked the shooting.
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Frank Millmeier
Fort Madison
James Scott
Millmeier
Scot
Prison sentence for Cedar Rapids highwayman duo
In district court at Cedar Rapids Henry Schulta and Frank Wolf were sentenced to ten years in Anamosa penitentiary for attempted robbery of a Milwaukee Road agent at Vairfax last December. Frank Waterbury received two years for larceny and embezzlement.
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Cedar Rapids
Henry Schulta
Milwaukee Road
Vairfax
Frank Wolf
Anamosa
Frank Waterbury
Third Matrimonial Trial Wedding in Washington
A Washington wedding involving Warren Cowles, city passenger agent for the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific railway at St. Joseph Missouri, and Ada Cowles marks their third marriage after two previous divorces. They departed for a wedding tour in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Iowa
Warren Cowles
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway
St. Joseph
Ada Cowles
New York
Des Moines Grand Jury Fails to Indict Ex-Officials
After five weeks and over 50 witnesses, the Des Moines grand jury did not return indictments against excity officials over embezzlement and misappropriation. The report suggests possible political motive behind the probe and is lengthy with about a thousand words.
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Des Moines
Local business closures and legal actions across Iowa
Burns & Hunt hardware in Sioux City closes under mortgages totaling 10000 with liabilities. Governor Drake hosts a Des Moines hotel reception for daughter Mrs George Sturdivant. J W S Lindley pleads guilty in Humboldt to 20000 defalcation, sentenced to four years and fined. John McGuire commits suicide in Des Moines after job loss. John Wolf found dead near Laurel from heart failure. Dr A A Dill dies in Washington PA after near asphyxiation in a Chicago hotel. Ford Fink killed by runaway team near Oelwein. Randall creamery earns first grand sweepstake prize at Owatonna. Preston B Dutley dies in Des Moines from blood poisoning. John T Rater sued for 10000 for breach of promise. Y M C A officers elected in Fort Dodge with H J Zerley as president. J J Stonge grocery burglary nets 2097. Lorenz Taber dies from choking in Dubuque. Mount Pleasant Presbyterians plan 35500 church. North half Town Modern Woodmen picnic in Mason City May 19 with excursion trains. WCTU state meeting to be held in Creston in October. C Cory dies in Chicago. Ottumwa barber Charles Burkman goes insane after shave. Nelson Potts killed in Pleasant Hill area after horse accident. Trenry Black convicted for diamond robbery, sentenced to three years. Amalgamated Woodworkers union forms in Muscatine for sash and door plants. McCallsburg site finds cannel coal near town. Fourteen poisoned by raspberries at Russell House, all recover. Decorah eyeing new national bank formation.
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Burns & Hunt Hardware Company
Sioux City
Gov
Drake
Hotel Savery
Des Moines
George Sturdivant
J. W
Lindley
Humboldt
Penitentiaay
John McGuire
John Wolf
Mariposa Township
Laurel
A. A. Dill
Newton
Chicago
Washington
Ford Fink
Oelwein
Buttex
Randall
National Buttermakers’ Association
Owatonna
Minn
Preston BB. Dutley
The
Daily News
John T. Rater
Davis County
Jemma Nimes
South Ottumwa
Y. M. C. A. Association
Fort Dodge
H. J. Zerley
Cedaralls
J. J. Stonge
Lorenz Taber
Dubugque
Presbyterians
Mount Pleasant
Woodmen of America
Mason City
Womtus Christian ‘Temperance Union
Creston
Cr. C. Cory
Fiels’ Industrial School
Mitchellville
Charles Burkman
Ottumwa
Nelson Potts
Pleasant Till
Trenry Black
Wade
Anamosa
Amalgamated Woodworkers’ International Union of America
Muscatine
Pennsylvania
McCallsburg
Russell House
Stumbold
Decorah
Olney backs Lee on American rights in Spanish prison cases
Havana dispatch reports Olney firmly supports Gen. Lee demanding the release of any American held in communicado for more than 72 hours. Weyler may resign after Sanguilly case. Blanco y Arenas could succeed Weyler as captain general of Cuba.
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Spain
New York
Herald
Havana
Cuba
Key West
Fla
State Department
Lee
Olney
Gen. Lee
Madrid
Gen. Weyler
Weyler
Tampa
Sanguilly
Ramon Blanco Y Arenas
Pena Plata
War fears rise as Crete tensions spark moves
London reports say a clash among great powers over Crete seems certain with rumors of a British flag at Izzeding and plans to seize strategic harbors. Candia faces famine and insurgent threats at Hiera Petra as 15,000 troops shift from Asia to Europe amid rail bottlenecks.
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London
Athens
Daily Mail
Crete
Izzeding
England
Suda
Greece
Thessaly
Iterior
Constantinople
Canea
Candia
Caracas
Hierapetra
Alata
Asia
Europe
Salonica
Fingree Remains Detroit Mayor and Michigan Governor
In Detroit on March 1 Hazen S Fingree retains his offices as mayor and governor after Wayne circuit court full bench rules Moreland lacks standing for mandamus. The judge says Moreland acted without attorney general relation and court has no jurisdiction.
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Detroit, Mich
Hazen S. Fingree
Detroit
State of Michigan
Wayne Circuit Court
Board of Public Works
Moreland
Common Council
Despondent pupil shoots herself at Huntsville normal school
Miss Woodie Nash of Dallas pupils at the state normal school at Huntsville, Tex., committed suicide by shooting herself in the head. Stricken by fear of failing the upcoming exam, she left the breakfast table, went to her room, and a shot was heard moments later.
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Dallas
Tex
Woodie Nash
State Normal School
Huntsville
Wages Cut at Bethlehem Iron Company
Bethlehem Iron announces a ten percent wage reduction for steelworkers laborers and furnace men affecting nearly 1000 employees. The cut takes effect immediately as management seeks to maintain regular and continuous employment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethlehem
Bethlehem Iron Company
Avalanche Strikes St Bernard Monastery in Snowslide
Paris reports a massive avalanche partially wrecked the Monastery of St Bernard and buried the hospice. Monks escaped via a tunnel and found lodging in the Hotel de St Louis as rescue teams worked. The abbey, founded 962, houses the famed St Bernard dogs and historic relics.
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St. Bernard
Paris
Aosta
Hotel de St. Louis
Desaix
Marengo
Alps
Martigny
Napoleon
Constantine
Bernard
Charlemagne
Idleness Ends as Riverside and Other Mills Resume Work
In Parkersburg West Virginia Riverside steel works restarted Monday bring 1500 to 1800 workers back to duty after extended idleness. In Providence Silver Spring bleachery begins full time operations. Greene Daniel yarn mills Central Falls return to 60 hour week with over 1000 employees. Tarwell Worsted plants resume after curtailment. Kent Woolen Center Ville and others plan restart. E N Welsh Bristol clocks to resume about April 1 after two years idle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parkersburg
W. Va
Riverside Steel Works
Kenwood
Providence
R. I
Silver Spring
Greene & Daniel
Central Falls
Tarwell Worsted Company
Kent Woolen Company
Centerville
Hartford
Russia and Greece sever diplomatic ties and mobilize
Telegram from Constantinople reports all relations between Russia and Greece broken. Athens plans to move 25,000 troops into Thessaly with 3,000 Janina garrisoned on the frontier. Report notes pillaging of Christian villages en route. London Chronicle blames government policy and William’s resentment over Salisbury’s Crete stance.
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London
The
Times
Constantinople
St. Petersburg
Athens
George
Thessaly
Pharsalia
Janina
Daily Chronicle
William
Chronicle
Lord Salisbury
Great Britain
Crete
Sanguilly Reaches Tampa After Havana Journey
Free man Gen Julio Sanguilly steps onto U S soil at 1 AM after a fraught voyage from Havana fortress. He speaks of fatigue and relief at liberty amid years of confinement as officials announce the Iowa battleship’s official trip set for March 29 and possible premium payout if speed targets are met.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Tampa
Fla
Julio Sanguilly
Fluvana
Cabana Fortress
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Connellsville
Bessemer
Canada
Iowa State News
Pingree
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Toronto
Unt
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Dominion Bank
Consumers’ Gas Company
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M. A. Hanna
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