Brief and Curious World News Digest
A wide survey reports Charles Cutten of Orrville Ohio vanished with a $10000 package from Adams Express. Manila is said to be nearly destroyed by fire with $5 million in losses. The Pacific cable bill aims to connect San Francisco with Hawaii. London stocks fall amid China West Africa and Spain rumors. England may offer moral support if Spain and the US clash. Manila and Pearl Harbor stories mix with oil boom notes in Los Angeles and Tehran dispatches on Beluchistan.
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London
China
West Africa
Spain
America
New York
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Saya
Kerman
Beluchistan
Hammadan
Bowery Mission Fire Claims Eleven Lives in New York
A deadly blaze at the Bowery mission lodging house on Bowery number 105 in New York killed eleven men and left many unidentified. The building housed 150 male lodgers on the upper floors with cheap rooms and a restaurant on the first floor. Fire broke out at 1 30 this morning, forcing occupants to flee through smoke filled halls and fire escapes as flames consumed the building.
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New York
Bowery Mission
Elias Cuddy
John Moran
Stapleton
I. McDermott
James O'Rourke
James Soden
Spottawood
N. J
Dole Returns to Honolulu Fans Annexation Support
President Dole, after meetings in Washington and a warm reception on the mainland, says he is ready to share any knowledge about annexation. He cites Maine disaster distractions and believes broad support exists for Hawaii’s annexation in Congress, with interest expected to grow.
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San Francisco
China
Hong Kong
Honolulu
Dole
Prena
Washington
Maine
Hawaii
Hawaiian
Congress
Senate
Speaker Reed
McKinley
Feeding the Cubans relief work expands from Havana
Senator Proctor reports that relief deliveries to Matanzas Sagua and Havana proceed with greater speed and supervision. The United States consular staff and Klopsch plan tight controls, aided by local committees and a benevolent priest. Three American women will help aid recipients classified as silent sufferers. Condensed milk is especially needed in Matanzas and Sagua.
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Havana
United States
Matanzas
Lewis Klopsch
McKinley
Special Commission
Lee
Klopseh
Matanzag
Sagua
Matanza
Brice
Fern
Bergen
Havans
Brazil Cruisers to US as Navy Plans Three New Battleships
Washington reports a push to acquire Brazilian cruisers in England while three new battleships are authorized. The War Department follows a plan creating the Department of the South with headquarters in Atlanta to shield potential hostilities. Secretary Alger orders rapid coastal defenses and expansion of arsenal work amid tense expectations.
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Spain
United States
England
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House Naval Committee
Naval
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Tomorce
Department of Texas
San Antonio
Tex
Department of the South
Graham
South Carolina
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Florida
Alabama
Mississippi
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Department of the East
Uoder
Merritt
New York
Atlanta
Wilson
Alger
War Department
Steamer Cottage City Passengers Abandon Yukon Attempt
Port Townsend reports the Cottage City arriving from Alaska with passengers who abandon attempts to reach the Yukon via the Stickeen route. A. L. Brown from Massachusetts traveled 40 miles above Wrangel with gear before snow blocked progress leaving about 1600 men and outfits stranded between Wrangel and Gilenora.
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Cottage City
Alaska
Fort Wrangel
Yukon Country
A. L. Brown
Massachusetts
Wrangel
War skirmish recounted on a train near Matanzas
A Herald dispatch from Key West reports Senator Proctor and Colonel Parker describing a Spanish cavalry skirmish with insurgents on a train near Matanzas. The Spanish halted by enemy fire, a truce was called, and the Spaniards later returned to the station as a commander praised them. A Confederate veteran noted the officer’s reply about a thousand behind the hills.
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New York
Mareh K
Key West
Proctor
Parker
Matanzas
Praetor
Treason charge sparks call for Kansas rate law
In Topeka on March 14 the Populist administration released a sharp public address criticizing the Nebraska maximum freight case ruling. Governor Leedy signaled a special legislative session to push a maximum freight rate law. He denounced the court and argued corporations are not persons under the 14th amendment, urging action to curb railroads. The speech tied the issue to state power and promised a bill to restrict rates, challenging court decisions and threatening citizen action if the courts resist. The note closes with retail figures: St Louis product output rose from 27 million in 1960 to about 300 million last year.
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United States Supreme Court
Nebraska
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Bosler
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Associated Press
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Tare
Justice Woods
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Woods
California
Rhode Island
Justice Field
Harlan
Oeed
Supreme Court of the United States
Morgan, Vanderbilt, Gould & Co
Marshall
Kanean
St. Louis
Counterfeiting in Folsom Prison Sparks Breakout Attempt
At Folsom California two convicts L. H. Coyne and James Brown were caught in a nickel counterfeiting operation inside the engine room. They fled by jumping through a window as guards seized the coins and dies. The coins were made from rabbit metal and some have shown up in Folsom town.
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Cal
L. H. Coyne
James Brown
Coyne
Brown
Vonvieta
Favorable Report On Shafroth Bill Ceding Arid Lands
Washington report: the house committee on public lands favors reporting the Shafroth bill to cede arid lands to states where located. under the Carey act 1,000,000 acres already ceded but Wyoming alone has utilized the act. moves toward wider state ownership of arid public lands.
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Washington
House Committee On Public Lands
Wyoming
Bryan says no war yet on 40 million defense fund
In Atlanta on March 14, Hon. W. J. Bryan supported the $40,000,000 national defense appropriation saying prompt action could deter war and prove prudent finance. He noted it need not mean war and could reduce future conflict risk. Also dated briefs report ammunition for Fort Warren and assassination in Constantinople.
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St. Atlanta
W. J. Bryan
Atlanta
Macon
Congress
Bryan
House
Mr. Bryan
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