Riot at American Consulate in Bilbao
About 12,000 demonstrators clashed with police in Bilbao in a pro Spain riot targeting the United States consulate. Rioters hurled stones, overturned vehicles, and attacked stores while police with swords and gendarmes guarded the consulate. Two officers were wounded as arrests followed amid continuing unrest.
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Bilbao
Congress of the United States
Cuba
Spain
United States
New York
Journal
Madrid
United States Senate
Hale
Barcelona
Herald
Groundbreaking for American University Hall of History
Washington marks the groundbreaking ceremony for the Hall of History, the first building of the American University. Bishop John Hurst, Postmaster General Wilson, Senators Nelson and Thurston, and President Whitman spoke as dignitaries attended the event. Completion promises future construction and student admissions preparations.
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Washington
American ‘University
Hall of History
John ¥. Hurst
University
Wilson
Nelson
Minnesota
Thurston
Nebraska
Whitman
Columbian University
Woman Sentenced to Three Months for Common Sedition
Camden N J March 10 Margaret Henry was sent to the county jail for three months after conviction of common sedition. The court cited her reputation as a talker and imposed a severe sentence under an old law.
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Camden
N. J
Margaret, Ienry
Margaret
Ninth district renominates J H Southard in Toledo
The Ninth district republican convention in Toledo renominated Congressman J H Southard and named J C Bonner as presidential elector. Dutch soldiers killed in attack near Anagaloeng Sumatra. eight Dutch soldiers died and 21 wounded. Alchinez losses include leaders and 37 killed or wounded. Chief Justice Doc (New Hampshire) dies of apoplexy at 66.
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Toledo
J. H. Southard
J.C. Bonner
The
Hague
Marely
Alchinez
Anagaloeng
Sumatra
D Pedae
Collinsford
N. H
Supreme, Court of New Hampshire
Death ends Democrat leadership role in Kentucky Senate
Frankfort Ky March 10 death claims Senator Stezel Weissinger of Louisville a leading sound money Democrat and key blocker of Senator Blackburn. His passing jeopardizes re election hopes and leaves only a formal joint ballot as lawmakers miss deadline March 17. Two members agreed to vote one from each side in the brief session.
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Blackburn
Weissinger
Messrs
Edrington
Poor
Carlisle
Carroll
Des Moines
Senate
House
Lowa
Cuba
Committee On
Tag Ways
Neus
Des Moines, Jr
Cone
Senate Committee On Cities and Towns
Building and Loan Association
Iowa
Auditor of State
Funk
Ways and Means
Yeas
Kil
Burn
Executive Council
Temple
Congress
Phelps
Iowa City
State Board of Health
General Assembly
Crow
McDowell
Miller
Spaulding
Maniac shoots eight in Brockville fatal police duel
A gunman on the 11 15 train shoots eight men in Brockville Ontario March 10. Peter Moore is dead and Chief of Police Ross is fatally wounded. La Pointe is captured after a long shootout. Tinsley Dickson and others wounded.
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Brockville
Ont
Peter Moore
Ross
la Pointe
Tinsley
Dave Rough
Stagg Brothers
Kilbourn
Moore
Dickson
A Pointe
Three Die After Kirkwood Line Streetcar Crash
In St Louis three men died from injuries in Sunday afternoon collision on the Kirkwood electric railway at Highlands Inn Meramec. Victims include Robert Aiken motor man Richard Lannigan insurance agent and BE Jones claim agent of the Missouri Kansas & Texas railway. All were local residents with families. more deaths expected hourly.
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St. Louis
Highlands Inn
Meramec
Kirkwood Electric Railway
Robert Aiken
Richard Lannigan
BE. J. Jones
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway
Rudini Yields. Italian War Policy Shifts Near War Africa
London dispatch reports Marquis di Rudini, new Italian premier, abandons withdrawal stance for Africa and Gen Ricotti abandons proposed army cuts. Possible appointment of Vanesta as foreign minister signals reform party plans. Also notes reform convention in Pittsburgh, gold silver coinage ratio, and liquor ban提.
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London
Fome
Central News
Marquis di Rudini
Africa
Ricotti
Sig. Vanesta
Reform Party
Pittsburgh
Reform Parties
National Reform Party
Iowa Legislature Debates Suffrage and Curfew Bills
Des Moines reports show Senate and House actions on woman suffrage amendments and curfew measures. Bills regulate liquor, building loans, street railways, taxes on bicycles, and gravesprotection after recent robberies.
Famous Fat Freaks and Extraordinary Weights Across Ages
The account lists individuals affected by extreme obesity and unusual body sizes, including Essex who weighed 610 pounds and died at 30, a Parisian named Frederica Ahrens at 150 pounds by age four and 450 at 20, and a Parisian boy weighing 104 pounds at four. It also mentions an Essex grocer Bright at 616 pounds and other noted cases in Monmouthshire and Paris with remarkable measurements and life details.
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Ne Roan
Essex
George III
Frederica Ahrens
Paris
Mr. Laurent
Bright
Philip Mason
Monmouthshire
Trade Review Describes Blunted Prospects in 1894 Market
R G Dun and Bradstreet report cautious improvement in prospect but lacking in actual sales. Iron and steel show price stability with expectations of spring structural work and rail orders. Wool prices fall by February 2.4 percent. woolen demand weak with closures and layoffs. Cuban resolutions and Baltimore and Ohio receivership influence securities. Failures rise to 285 in US, 68 in Canada. clearing-house volume up 6.5 percent, down 17.6 percent vs 1893.
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Dak and Bratistroeet
New York
R. G. Dun & Col
Dusiness
Baltimore & Ohio
Cuba
United States
Canada
Bradstreet’s
Chicago
Death of Governor Greenhalge in Lowell Massachusetts
Lowell Mass March 5 Governor Greenhalge lay unconscious after days of illness and died at half past midnight The text recalls his birthplace Clitheroe England July 10 1842 his emigration to Lowell Harvard education and legal career His career included mayor of Lowell state legislature and fifty first congressman before becoming governor of Massachusetts with multiple reelec tions This report notes his death and political trajectory.
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Lowell
Mass
Greenhalge
Frederick Thomas Greenhalge
Clitheroe
England
William Greenhalze
Harvard College
Middlesex
M. Greenhalge
Massachusetts
Gov. Russell
Gas Well Fire Claims Two Lives In West Virginia
At the Hocking Berry gas well two miles east of Metz in Mannington county workers faced a fire when gas ignited as a crew toiled underground. Eight were severely burned with two dying and a third not expected to survive. Patrick Quinn of Beanwood died a few hours after exposure and Samuel Akers perished from injuries.
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Mannington
W. Va
South Pennsyyvania Oil Company
Hocking
Metz
Lunday
Patrick Quinn
Beanwood
Naval hero Henry Walke dies in Brooklyn home
Rear Admiral Henry Walke United States Navy died Saturday afternoon at his Brooklyn home. Born on a Virginia plantation, he commanded gunboats Taylor and Lexington during the Civil War and protected Grant's army on transports. He also led Carondelet at Fort Henry. Walke rose to captain in 1862 and to rear admiral in 1870 before retiring in 1871. He left a widow, three sons, and two daughters.
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Brooklyn
N. Y
Henry Walke
United States Navy
Lynhaven River
Taylor
Lexington
Grant
Fort Menry
Carondelet
Pioneer Dayan of Minnesota Passes in St Paul
Dr David Day a Minnesota pioneer and leading Republican died at 6 20 Sunday evening of bronchitis Born in Virginia September 19 1825 he came to Minnesota in 1849 He was elected to the legislature from Benton county in 1852 and in 1853 served as speaker of the house He led Republican counsels and was a delegate to state and national conventions In 1875 he became postmaster of St Paul serving 12 years
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St. Paul
Minn
Mareh
David Day
Minnesota
Day
Virginia
Benton County
Weyler orders mercy on Cuban civilian arrests amid abuses
Bayana March 10 Gen Weyler curtailed deportations after protests over civilian detentions. He demanded absolute proof beyond rumor before deporting accused individuals and warned officers against false responses. Many civilians were jailed or sent to Ceuta and Isla de Pines, with some released.
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Gen. Weyler
Pando
Ceuta
Africa
Isle of Pines
Canella
Spain
Weyler
Explosion at Durham coal mine kills two convicts
A powder blast at the Durham Ga coal mine on Lookout Mountain injures 3 convicts, kills two and leaves another dying. The explosion follows theft of giant powder by three murder-committed prisoners, causing widespread injuries in the 400-strong Georgia convict workforce.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Durham
Lookout Mountain
Durham Mines
Georgia
Run on the Bank Triggers Liquidity Action in San Jose
The Commercial and Savings bank failed to open as directors ordered liquidation. Assets total 1 100 000 with liabilities 675 000 and a 255 000 surplus. President Bernard D Murphy faced a Friday Saturday run by large depositors over a mortgage on his property.
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Ita
San Jose
Cal
Commercial and Savings Bank
Bernard D. Murphy
President Murphy
Four Buildings Burned in Taylorville Fire
Taylorville Illinois on Sunday night saw a major blaze rear of J lied's shoe store on the west square devastate a row of four two story buildings. Estimated loss stands at twenty thousand dollars. The present grand jury records were destroyed with foreman James Bourne's store housing the evidence requiring a second review of the jurors work.
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Taylorville
Lll
J. Lieed
James Bourne
Owney the World Trailblazing Post Office Dog Visits Albany
Albany report notes Owney the globe trotter dog who began his westward return from Tacoma Washington after circling nearly every country. He traveled under postal clerk supervision during the trip and arrived in his native Albany. The Albion Paper Company of Holyoke Massachusetts failed on March 10 posting assets near two hundred thousand dollars against five hundred thousand dollars debts.
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Albany
Owney
Tacoma
Wash
Ilolyoke
Mass
Albion Paper Company
Government expenses and debt figures for coming year
London reports show a total forthcoming year outlay of 500 million dollars. Army, navy and revenue departments account for 90, 109 and 68 million respectively while 100 million is set for national debt charges. The national debt stands at 3.285 billion and is declining. The queen travels from Windsor to Portsmouth to Cherbourg en route to Nice.
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London
Army
Navy
Nice
Windsor
Portsmouth
Cherbourg
McVicker, Veteran Chicago Theater Manager, Dies at 74
James I McVicker a veteran theater figure and ex actor died at his home 1842 Michigan Avenue after a paralytic stroke. He aged 74 was born in New York to Scotch Irish parents and began acting at 18. He built the Chicago theater bearing his name after a career in Rice's and Peoples theaters and survived the 1871 fire. He left an estate estimated between 700000 and 800000 dollars and his only daughter Mary was once Edin Booths wife.
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Chicago
James I. “McVicker
Michigan Avenue
H. M’vick
Rice
McVicker
American Theater
New York
Peoples’ Theater
St. Louis
Mary
Edwin Booth
Booths Draw Vast Cooper Union Audience In New Movement
Mr and Mrs Ballington Booth addressed a huge Cooper Union crowd with about 5000 turned away. The couple spoke of launching a new mission to reach the masses and unite artisan classes to God while avoiding conflict with the Salvation Army.
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New York
Ballington Booth
Cooper Union
Mr. Booth
Mrs. Booth
Salvation Army
Arch bishop Kenrick Dies at St Louis Residence
Most Rev. Peter Richard Kenrick longtime archbishop of St Louis died suddenly at the archiepiscopal residence on Lindell Boulevard at 1 30 P M He was born in Dublin in 1806 and came to the United States in 1833 His career included leadership during cholera in 1845 Civil War era turmoil and opposition to papal infallibility before his 1893 retirement Golden jubilee occurred in 1891 and his death marks the end of a fifty year episcopate.
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St. Louis
March
Peter Richard Kenrick
Diocese of
Lindell Boulevard
Dublin
Ireland
Philadelphia
Rosati
Kenrick
Archbishop One
Biny
Barry
United States Supreme Court
Rome
Venezuela Refuses Indemnity Over English Officials Arrest
Venezuela ends the 90 day limit to answer indemnity for the arrest of English officials Barnes and Baker on the Uruan river in December 1894. The government will not pay as it would acknowledge British sovereignty. In Oshkosh Wisconsin Freeman K. Stewart, 74, dies after helping form the Republican party at Ripon.
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Venezuela
Caracas
Barnes and Baker
Uruan
Thinke Marriage Tea Failure In Sioux County
Cornelia Vance, an industrious Sioux County woman, ends a planned marriage to cousin Adrian Visser. She retained the license but refused to wed. Visser, who lied to recover his license fee, failed to do so and pursued the matter with insistence. The ceremony was performed by Justice Slikkerveer. She seeks a divorce.
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Cornelia Vance
Sioux County
Adrian Visser
Cornelia
Justice Slikkerveer
Trunk Body Identified Near Des Moines Tailor from Manson
Found in a trunk at Des Moines the body is that of a tailor from Manson who left work when C. E. Thorpe could not provide it. He went to Omaha where he and his daughter fell ill and were admitted to hospital. the daughter died six weeks earlier. He leaves four widowed and six children in poverty.
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Long
Manson
Des Moines
C. E. Thorpe
Omaha
First US ruling on breach of promise heirs case
Mrs. Amanda Hubner won judgment at Tetmars for 5000 damages against the heirs of William Reilhoff. Reilhoff promised to marry her before his death last year and later refused to honor the agreement. Her original claim stood at 30000 and the decision will be appealed.
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Amanda Hubner
Tetmars
William Reilhoff
Reilhoff
United States
Colored Knights Reinvigorate Coal Valley Lodges
The Colored Knights of Pythias under James C. Ross of Savannah took possession of Muchakinock and reinstated Coal Valley and Lily of the West lodges with officer installations. Grand Chancellor G. E. Taylor led the ceremonies and a banquet followed at the opera house.
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Colored Knights of
Fate of a Truant Son Ends in Tragic Train Death
Will Platt, son of a prominent Burlington family, left for St Louis to study law with a fictitious firm. He traveled the South, became penniless, and was killed by a freight train at Union Junction, Georgia.
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Will Platt
Burlington
St. Louis
South
Union Junction
Fight Over a County Seat in Sioux County
Sioux Center notifies it will contest to claim the county seat from Orange City in the county of about 22 000 residents. Orange City has held the seat for nearly 25 years.
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Sioux Center
Sioux County
Orange City
Wide Iowa Misfortunes and Crimes Reported Across Several Towns
Reports from multiple Iowa locales recount injuries and deaths including Frankport farmer hurt blasting rock, Mrs. Sarah Mead dying from a stove burn and blood poisoning, Mrs. Robert Harmon’s self harm, and John Ruddy’s death after dissipation. Also noted are a Chicago man found guilty of telegraph fraud, a would-be saboteur near Cherokee, arbitration sentiment in Jefferson, a Revenue Collector’s daughter birthday, bank incorporation plans, and various local fatalities, accidents, and legal actions across Cedar Rapids, Clinton, Sioux City, and beyond.
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Frankport
Fort Dodge
Sarah Mead
Clinton
Robert Harmon
Cedar Rapids
John Ruddy
Atlantic
al Kaufman
Chicago
Herbert Hathaway
Cherokee
Illinois Central Express
Jefferson
Mass Meeting
Elizabeth
United States Revenue
Stackhouse
Burlington
Men’s Cooperative Savings Bank System
Sioux City
Thomas McNamara
Murray
George M. Greendicke
Washington
Henry Kindel
Iowa State Poultry Association
Oskaloosa
Creston
Dubuque
Dorothea Dietrich
St. Louis
Germania
Lemars
Amos Winans
Cudahys
Itebecca Williams
Webster City
Deere, Wells & Co
Council Bluffs
Milwauskee Railroad Company
That City
Thomas Armstrong
J’onfanelle
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Kentucky
Maniac
Rudini
Abyssinia
Moline
Mississippi River
W. J. Young
Rock Island
Kilburn
Raitroad
Rochester
George H. Burrows
Western Division
New York Central Railroad
Buffalo
Dictionaire Des Sciences Medicales
Marie Francoise Clay
Trade. Review
Gov. Greenhalge
Gov
Walke
Pioneer Pass Away
California
Archbishop Kenrick
Freeman RK. Stewart
Oshkosh
Wis
Freeman K. Stewart
Ripon
Republican Party
Madison County
N, Y
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