Westinghouse resumes full production in Pittsburgh
The Westinghouse electric works in Pittsburgh, Pa., have resumed on double time after a period of half-time operation. In other items, the German government orders prosecution of several Hamburg dock labor supporter professors, while Arctic explorer Fridtjof Nansen is welcomed as an honorary life member at the Savage Club in London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tis Westinghouse Electric Works
Pittsburgh
Hamburg
Frarpsor Nansen
Savage Club of
London
Revival in Pittsburg Steel Trade Boosts Prices
A revival of the iron and steel business was reported from Pittsburgh on the 8th with steel billets climbing about 25 cents in a week. Pig iron prices were also advancing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
House Tellers Appointed to Canvas Electoral Vote
Just before adjournment on the 8th the speaker named Messrs Grosvenor of Ohio and Richardson of Tennessee to canvass the electoral vote for the house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs. Grosvenor
Rep
Richardson
Tenn
Vesuvius Leaves Yard to Join North Atlantic Squadron
The cruiser Vesuvius departed from League Island navy yard on the 9th to join the North Atlantic squadron. A prior planned departure a day earlier was delayed by ice in the Delaware river.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuer
Vesuvius
League Island Navy Yard
Delaware River
British Niger expedition captures Bida capital
Information from London reports that the British Niger expedition captured Bida the capital of the Foulah tribe on the 10th. One officer was killed in the assault on the town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Bida
Cuban syndicate buys St Cloud sugar mill plans expansion
A syndicate of Cubans has purchased the Pax extensive sugar plantation near Kissimmee Florida. The mill capacity will be doubled immediately and 2,000 acres of cane will be planted next fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pax
St. Cloud
Kissimmee
Fla
Secretary Lamont Recommends 85000 For Lincoln Death Site Care
Secretary Lamont has recommended to Congress an appropriation of 85 000 for the care and maintenance of the building in Washington City where Abraham Lincoln died and for the appointment of a custodian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lamont
Congress
Washington City
Abraham Lincoln
Canal bill withdrawn from Senate by Morgan
The Nicaragua canal bill was withdrawn from the Senate on the 10th by Mr. Morgan a Democrat from Alabama who has had it in charge with a notice he would reintroduce it at the extra session of Congress and press it to a final vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicaragua Canal
Senate
Morgan
Dem
Ala
Congress
Plug Tobacco Trust Forming in Detroit
It has come to light in Detroit that a Plug Tobacco trust aiming for absolute control of output is in active formation and may be in full operation within a few weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Mich
Plug Tobacco Trust
Cuban committee in Rome supports New York Cuba reforms rejection
The Cuban committee of Italy met in Rome on the 10th and approved the New York committee’s rejection of reforms offered to Cuba by the decree recently signed by the queen regent of Spain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Rome
New York
Cuba
Spain
Death of Capt Pure McGrrvin Former Chen Yuen Commander
Capt Pure N McGrrvin, once officer of the Chinese navy and commander of the battleship Chen Yuen at the Yalu river, died by his own hand at Post Graduate Hospital New York City. He was 34 years old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pure N. McGrrvin
Chen Yuen
Yalu River
New York City
Leprosy Case Found Aboard Steamer Pelican
The steamer Pelican chartered by the Northern Pacific Railroad Co arrived at Victoria B C from Yokohama on the 8th. A crew member was found to have leprosy and will be held in quarantine until the ship’s outward voyage when he will be sent back to China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pelican
Northern Pacific Railroad Co
Victoria
B. C
Yokohama
China
State department learns Scovel to stand trial in Sancti Spiritus
The state department learned that Correspondent Scovel must be tried at Sancti Spiritus where he was arrested. The trial will be before a civil tribunal, and if an appeal is taken it will likely be heard in Havana. This information is understood to satisfy officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department
Tith
Scovel
Sancti Spiritus
Havana
Open Secret at Havana Consulate Over Justice for Americans
A Havana bericht zur d: It is an open secret in the American consulate that the consul-general is conducting unsatisfactory correspondence with Washington. He believes the state department does not back his requests to secure justice for American citizens jailed in Spanish prisons.
Extradition Hearing Opens for Australia Murder Suspect
Buker, also known as Weller, held in San Francisco on multiple Australia murder charges, appeared before Commissioner Hancock on the 8th for a preliminary extradition hearing set to last several days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buker
Weller
San Francisco
Australia
Hancock
Immigration bill amendments ease literacy test and family admission
The conference committee amended the bill and the house passed it on the ninth. It provides for admission of illiterate wives and children of male immigrants eligible for admission. The educational test was altered to admit any male immigrant who can read and write in English or another language.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conference Committee
House of Representatives
Curzon Reports Crete Tensions Turn Against Christians
In the British House of Commons on the 12th, Mr. George N. Curzon announced that latest government news on Crete shows Christians as aggressors attacking Muslims in many localities. He said many Muslims had been killed and 13 villages burned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Commons
George N. Curzon
Foreign Office
Crete
Curzon
Ex Queen Litivo Kaani Relapses in Washington
Ex Queen Litivo Kaani of Hawaii, confined to a room in Washington by influenza, suffered a relapse on the 10th. Physicians say she cannot remain in this climate during the winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Litivo Kaani
Hawaii
Washington
Congress Debates Arbitration Treaty and Immigration
The Senate and House processed executive sessions on the Anglo American arbitration treaty and a timber culture law dispute while advancing the immigration bill through conferees. They counted electoral votes for the 1897 term, passed several appropriations, and saw changes in post office funding and territory debt refunds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Texas
House
District of Columbia
Government Printing Office
Conference
Tillman
House of Representatives
United States
Georgia
Black
Hill
Secretary of State
Sylvester Scovel
Cuba
Havana
Notable Deaths and Fires Across Cities in Early 1900s
Italian senator and electrician Galileo Fexraris died in Paris on the 7th. A fire at Randall's Island House of Refuge, New York, on the 9th damaged a wing worth 5000 dollars, with 800 children rescued unharmed. Cleveland merchant Grover Davies was shot by his wife on the 9th. Idaho Falls leader Rebecca Mitchert was elected chaplain of the Idaho state legislature. Baltimore director Joan Quincy Adams Herring died at 72 in New York on the 9th. Venezuelan minister Thomas Michelena accused Lord Salisbury and Olney of conspiring to invalidate the boundary commission report. Salem inventor Abner Goodell celebrated his 92nd birthday. President Cleveland allegedly plans a private world trip after his successor’s inauguration. In Springwells Michigan, a cottage fire killed a 2-year-old and injured others. Minneapolis bank Tax Bankers’ Exchange closed briefly on the 10th. its latest statement showed deposits of 61,000, capital 80,000, loans 64,069.
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Galileo Fexraris
Senate
Paris
House of Refuge
Randall's Island
N. Y
Grover Davies
Cleveland
Rebecca Mitchert
Idaho Falls
Idaho Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Idaho
Joan Quincy Adams Herring
Baltimore
Adams Express Co
Holland House
New York
Senor
Thomas Michelena
London
Lord Salisbury
Olney
High Commission
Abner Goodell
Salem
Mass
Springwells
Mich
Stephen Rogulski
Mary Rogulski
Tax Bankers’ Exchange Bank
Minneapolis
Notable telegram items from 1890s era brief summaries
A collection of compact telegrams reports multiple figures and named entities: Alex Giger, recently released hog thief, arrested for counterfeiting. James H Weaver, former Alabama secretary of state, dying poor in New York. Mrs Will Dennis burned to death near Atkins Arkansas. a fatal brawl near Attala Alabama with three shot. Joan Randolph Tucker dies in Lexington Virginia. Missouri passes an anti trust bill nullifying contracts with trusts. 150 men remove five toll gates at Vanceburg Kentucky. J D Rockefeller funds Baptist missions. Kentucky Court of Appeals overturns rehearing in Scott Jackson and Alonzo Walling murder case. boiler explosion at Wyrick Bros mill near Magnolia Arkansas kills two. 1897 post office bill totals 95.6 million. treasury cash balance and gold receipts noted.
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Alex Giger
Arkansas
James H. Weaver
Alabama
New York
Will Dennis
Atkins
Ark
Attala
Ala
Joan Randolph Tucker
Lexington
Scott Jackson
Alonzo Walling
Pearl Bryan
Court of Appeals of
Kentucky
Gov. Bradley
Wyrick Bros
Magnolia
Post Office
Treasury
Lincoln Day Banquet in Zanesville Honors Hanna and Debates
Ohio State League of Republican Clubs held a Lincoln Day banquet at the Clarendon hotel in Zanesville. Gov. Bushnell served as toastmaster. remarks honored M. A. Hanna, Senator Thurston, and other leaders. Speakers addressed Kansas politics, Booker T. Washington on race progress, and the party’s national prospects amid debates over the senatorial question.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zanesville, O
Clarendon Hotel
State League of Republican Clubs
League
Zanesville
Gov. Bushnell
M. A. Hanna
Thurston
L. Everett
Leach
State League
D. D. Woodmansee
National League
McCleary
van Voorhis
Northway
Charles F. Leach
Nebraska
Abraham Lincoln
James T. McCleary
American Congress
National Committee
William Allen White
Emy _ria, Kas
Kansas
Ohio
Jerry Simpson
Congress
Soft Soap
Bryan
Srl R. Hicks
George Francis Train
John Sherman
Foraker
Mark Manna
Wm. McKinley
Booker T. Washington
Tuskegee
Ala
Black Belt
South
Maj. C. F. Dick
Missing Mary M Cullom Believed to Have Been Taken to Cleveland
Mary Mccullom, missing from Brookville Indiana a week ago, is believed to be in Cleveland Ohio. Police say her father Thomas Mccullom discussed the case with Police Superintendent Corner after trainmen and a depot employe reported sightings of a veiled young woman accompanied by a man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary M’cullom
Cleveland
Cleveland, O
Mary MccCullom
Brookville
Ind
Thomas McCullom
Corner
van BbLu
Collapse of the Steel Rail Pool Sends Prices Downward
Dun and Co reports the week’s key event as the rail pool disruption. In two days, rail orders exceed last year’s total. prices drop from 28 to 17 dollars, with Carnegie Co. selling at 17, boosting hiring for track work. Billet pool reconstruction stalls amid the rail war, while ore prices may fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
RB. G. Dun & Co
Carnegie Co
Chicago
Messaba
Ilinois Steel Co
Carnegie Company
M. C. D. Borden
Ellison
United States
Canada
Battleship Indiana and Vesuvius Near Charleston Harbor
Charleston S C February 13 News reports the battleship Indiana and the dynamite cruiser Vesuvius reached Charleston harbor area but the cruiser did not attempt to enter or run the blockade. The Indiana had a calm coast voyage while Newark and Massachusetts were expected to join soon. Weather hindered fleet exercises and gun practice remained limited by rough seas and fog.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
8. C
Indiana
Vesuvius
Newark
Masssachusetts
Memory of Lincoln Banquet At Marquette Club Chicago
The Marquette club honored Abraham Lincoln with a banquet at the Auditorium hotel in Chicago attended by over 500 guests including governors from Michigan Rhode Island Iowa West Virginia and Indiana. Gov Pingree of Michigan urged municipal reform warning against watered stock and speculative contracts while citing Lincoln's spirit and the need to honor his work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Abraham Lincoln
Marquette Club
Auditorium Hotel
Michigan
Rhode Island
Iowa
West Virginia
Indiana
Tanner
Illinois
Northcote
Mason
DeWitt
George L. Swift
A. J. Beveridge
Grand Old Party
Lippitt
F. M. Drake
New Old Dominion
Atkinson
Mount
Wm. E. Mason
Hazen
Pingree
Tom L. Johnson
Mr. Yerkes
Standard Oil
Louisiana Lottery
New Orleans
United States
Lincoln
Congressional Globe
Nob Hill Mansion Gifted to Stanford University
San Francisco Feb 13 Trustees of Stanford University report Mrs Jane L Stanford has deeded the Nob Hill mansion with furnishings and art works to take effect at her death. Valued at 1 000 000 the property includes the mansion rooms and gallery filled with European pictures. Estimations place the house and lot at 250 000 furnishings at 750 000. Trustees vote to reduce numbers and set ten year terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McBeth
Elwood
Ind
Clearfield
Board of Trustees
Washington and Lee University
Lexington
Wm. L. Wilson
Wilson
Lee
Petriarew
Sil
N. D
Ith
Senate Committee On Public Lands
Florida
Cleveland
Lyman J. Gace
First National Bank of Chicago
Spencer Ervng
Philadelphia
Aldine
Ervin
Spencer, Ervin & Co
Chauncey M. Depew
Joint Traffic Association
Greece
Crete
Jane L. Stanford
Stanford University
University
Stanford
Nob Hill
San Francisco
California
Pittsburgh
Count von Wolkenstein Trosberg
France
Vienna
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Madison Street
Chicago
Lee & Vestal
Weathersfield Township
Youngstown
Joseph Willock
Louis Kyle
Senate
Carroll D. Wright
Massachusetts
Europe
Medical Institute Burns. One Dies in Lancaster Fire
A Lancaster Medical Institute fire killed Dr. Julius Simon of Jackson West Virginia and left owner Dr. J H Bellerman badly burned. The blaze, reported from Lancaster, Ohio, occurred yesterday and disrupted the facility as investigators begin to determine the cause.
Bold daylight bank robbery at First National Bank
A colored man robbed the First National Bank in SaltspurG yesterday afternoon, covering Teller Klingensmith with a revolver and taking $500. He fled through town, pursued by a posse and captured near the county line after a brief exchange of fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saltspurg
First National Bank
Klingensmith
Convicted in Columbia murder case for shooting daughter
John Hunt was found guilty of first degree murder in West Columbia Missouri. The defendant admitted drinking before the August 29 incident when he shot his daughter after his wife refused to sell property. The trial stretched over most of the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
John Hunt
Hunt
West Columbia
A Stranger's View of New Orleans Streets
Philadelphia visitor W Wilfred praises New Orleans streetcars and wide avenues like St Charles and Tulane avenues. He urges authorities to improve paving and drainage, noting the city’s potential if streets are kept clean and well maintained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
W. Wilfred
Philadelphia
St. Charles Avenue
Tulane Avenue
Claiborne Avenue
Midnight elopement ties knot in Clarksville
Joseph Garman and Miss Lou M Flowers from near Russellville Kentucky eloped to Clarksville Tennessee arriving around midnight. They planned a 54 m wedding but traveling drummers secured a license and Rev. G W Shelton of Cumberland church performed the ceremony at two o clock. The traveling men paid the minister. Meanwhile Southern mills refuse to follow New England shut down trend, pledging full-time operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Garman
Lou M. Flowers
Russellville
Clarksville
Tenn
Louisville
Nashville
G. W. Shelton
Cumberland Church
Southern Mills
New England Cotton Mills
Bullock
Atlanta (Ga
Southern Cotton Mills Advisory Committee
New England
Left Her Fortune to Her Lover in Huntsville
Miss Mattie Lee Fennell of Huntsville Alabama left property valued at 30000 dollars to her lover Lewnen Jordan of Washington DC when her will was opened. She resided with sister Ada McDonnell who contest’s the will alleging undue influence and demanded a jury trial in court with Judge William Richardson representing the sister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mattie Lee Fennell
Huntsville
Ala
Lewnen Jordan
Washington, D.C
Louisiana drought relief efforts expand across parishes
Fifteen Louisiana parishes, mainly hill districts, face drought distress. State funds of 65000 for corn prove small relief as New Orleans and Shreveport contribute aid. Committees work diligently and women host entertainments to boost the relief fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana
New Orleans
Shreveport
Engineer Jeff Cain Who Guided the General Dies in Atlanta
Jeff Cain veteran engineer and one of the principal actors in the General chase died in Atlanta. He guided the famous locomotive General which was seized by Andrews raiders on May 2 1862 and recaptured after an exciting chase along the Western and Atlantic line between Big Shanty and Ringgold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeff Cain
Atlanta
Andrews
Cain
Western & Atlantic
Big Shanty
Ringgold
Suit in chancery favors Tucker claimants in Murphy estate
In Colbert county Alabama a chancery suit for possession of the Murphy estate valued at 25000 was decided in favor of the Tucker claimants. The case has gone to the supreme court twice with claimants from a dozen estates and the property has been in litigation for years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphy
Colbert County
Ala
Tucker
Supreme Court
Newell Sentenced to Hang for Selma Murder
Newell convicted of murder in Selma Alabama. He was sentenced to be hanged on March 19. The crime involved Wright Crawford, whose body was hidden on a brushpile and cremated to cover up the killing. He confessed after the jury verdict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newell
Pig Newell
Selma
Ala
Wright Crawford
Tennessee Senate Bans Cigarettes to Minors Passage
The Tennessee senate adopted a bill, previously cleared by the house, prohibiting sale or giveaway of cigarettes or cigarette paper to minors. Prison and Whipped details a case from Union City where Tom Jones, charged with running an immoral house, was taken from the station house by 25 men and severely whipped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee Senate
House
Tom Jones
Union City
Tenn
Regarded as a Good Man Porter Rice Dies in Rockdale Yard
Porter Rice, a noted local elder and Mexican veteran, collapsed and died in his Rockdale Texas yard. He was highly esteemed by the community for decades of service and character.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Porter Rice
Rockdale, Tex
Sound Sleepers Burglarize Mobile Home After Dinner
Burglars entered the residence of W. J. Foley in Mobile Alabama, cooked supper, ate, then robbed the inmates, arousing no one. In a separate note Miss Mary Everitt of Carmichael Mississippi died of blood poisoning after a troublesome tooth was pulled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Foley
Mobile
Ala
Mary
Joe Everitt
Carmichael
Miss
President Wilson elected head of Washington and Lee University
Hon. William L. Wilson, postmaster general, has been chosen president of Washington and Lee University in Virginia, succeeding Gen. G. W. C. Lee. The appointment elevates Wilson to lead the historic Virginia school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington and Lee
William L. Wilson
Washington and Lee University
Virginia
G. W. C. Lee
Man Shot in Leg Dies After Hunting Accident
A man named Matt Brown, described as colored, was accidentally shot in the leg by a companion during a bird hunt near Sherman Texas. He bled to death within a few hours, authorities reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matt Brown
Sherman
Tex
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Mark Hanna
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Medical Institute
Murphy Estate
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