Notable Daily Tidbits From Across the World
A summary of varied events including a fatal La Grange railroad crash in Illinois and a belt line derailment in Chicago Hammond traffic. San Francisco work stoppage on Sutro’s land. Blanche Berard retires after 50 years as postmistress. Canary Can delaria blast kills troops. senate debates Alaska boundary. Arbor day urged in Washington. O R N denial of Kootenai extension. Mississippi River rise. Missouri Pacific crash near Wolf Creek injures many. Tramps trigger L&N wreck. Postmaster General confirms four year tenure. History project in Chicago. expedition to trace American Indian ancestry funded. Wagon fire fatality in Nebraska. Oregon stock exclusion debated.
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Missouri Pacific
Wolf Creek
Kan
Louisville & Nashville Railway
Chicago Limited
Gary
J. B. McMasters
University of Pennsylvania
Chicago
United States
Grand Army of the Republic
Asia
America
Morris Jessup
American Museum of Natural History of New York
Charles Rodatinsky
Omaha
W. C. Wille
Hay Creek
Crook County
Lord
Oregon
Cascade Reserve
Locomotive Boiler Burst Kills Two on Chicago Train
A boiler explosion on the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern line killed engineer Alexander Franks and fireman Edward B. Smith of Chicago. The Chicago and Boston special, No. 10, left Englewood and slowed to a stop after the blast. Debris flew 100 feet, with the engine blown apart, yet passengers in rear cars were unaware until the train halted. Officials cited unknown causes and planned inspection of the wreckage.
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Chicago
Boston
Lake Shore
van Buren Street
Englewood
Sloat
Chicawa
President Cisneros Dead in Cuba Shakeup
Report from Camaguey says Salvador Cisneros has died and Bartolomé Masó becomes president with Dr Capott named vice president. General Bandera returns to Camaguey as insurgent activity concentrates near Sancti Spiritus amid Weyler’s throat illness and rest orders. Several American youths urged to return home.
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Havana
Camaguey
Salvador Cisneros
Bartlomo Maseo
Capott
Havana University
Quintin Bandera
Insurgenta
Sancti Spiritua
Weyler
Nelson
United States
Robert Emmett Scully
Somerville
N. J
New York
American State Department
Astoria Man Killed by Pulp Mill Belt Accident
Charlee Seeley a 20 year old pulp mill worker at Youngs River was killed at 4 am when a belt flew off a pulley and drew his arm into the rotating shaft. He was a native of Illinois who had lived in Astoria about a year with relatives on Youngs River.
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Astoria
Charlee Seeley
Young's River Pulp Mills
Seeley
Illinois
Young’s River
Insurgents Lose 423 Killed in Ten Days
Havana reports during ten days ending Thursday insurgents suffered 423 killed including one leader and eight officers, with eight states taken prisoner. One thousand idearms and 164 firearms lost. The Spanish forces tally three officers and twenty four soldiers killed, fifteen officers and 268 soldiers wounded.
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Havana
The Oakes Safe After Ship Struck By Scurvy Death Toll
The clipper ship T. F. Oakes, long overdue since departing Hong Kong July 4 1896, was towed into New York by the Kasbeck after the crew suffered severe scurvy and six men died. Captain Reed and his wife endured terrible privation. only two mates remained to help as the wife steered for eight hours through a northerly gale. Provisions ran low until aid arrived from the Kasbeck with supplies and a rescue tow.
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New York
T. F. Oakes
Hong Kong
Kasbeck
Muir
Philadelphia
Fiume
Austria
C. P. Helshem
Reed
Oakes
Helshem
Kaskeck
Hancer
Tyvorepre
North Pacific
Cape Horn
Cape of Good Hope
Cook
Thomas King
Thomas Olden
Thomas Judge
Stephen Bunker
George King
Allix
Governor Robie
Melbourne
Trinidad
Kaskbeck
Robie
Lamperet & Holt
Pernambuco
Crete Blockade Begins as Greek, Turkish Forces Face Strain
Crete reports confirm a formal blockade with pillaging ongoing. Turkish troops clash with gendarmes after a Saturday night incident as provisions run short for Greek forces under Colonel Vassos. London reports gale conditions hindering the blockade and warns that removing Turkish troops is imperative to end the crisis.
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Canea
Crete
Halepa
Vassos
London
Athens
The
Times
Agean Sea
Akrotiri
Europe
Greece
Turkey
German Press Forecasts Impact of New American Tariff
Berlin reports that the American tariff bill dominates German editorials. Cologne Gazette prints full text. Kleiner Journal warns exports will be restricted and industries may need reorganization. Debates touch on currency and potential losses to German investments including Northern Pacific holdings.
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Berlin
Cologne Gazette
Kleiner Journal
Europe
Germany
United States
America
Northern Pacific Railway
Tageblatt
National Zeitung
Weiser Zeitung
Hamburger Nachrichten
Murder of Pearl Bryan Avenched in Kentucky Hangings
Newport Kentucky March 28 1896 Scott Jackson and Alonzo Walling were hanged at 11 45 am on the same scaffold for the Pearl Bryan murder. The double trap worked as planned with both collapsing and Jackson dying instantly while Walling lingered briefly. Both men denied guilt as crowds watched the execution and Sheriff Plummer oversaw the event.
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Newport
Pearl Bryan
Scott Jackson
Alonzo Walling
Rev
A. J. Lee
Capitol project put to sleep for two years in Washington
Olympia March 23 Governor Rogers refused to sign the capitol building measure saying it was not legally passed. Ottumwa March 23 a disastrous fire in a brick Main Street block owned by Seth Richards estate destroyed property valued at 180000 with $100000 insured after a hard fight the fire department contained the blaze. The gardener should remember harmless snakes are expert bug catchers.
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Olympia
Wash
Capitol
Rogers
Ottumwa
Main Street
Seth Richards
Disaster near Ville Ste. Nazaire claims eighty lives
New York report recounts the Ville Ste. Nazaire disaster off Cape Hatteras. Only four of sixty two aboard survived after days adrift in lifeboats with bodies of the dead. Survivors include Senor Tagado and Captain Jaguena. Ship owned by Compagnie Trans Atlantique Generale. Survivors arrived Perth Amboy aboard Hilda. Captain Berri gravely ill.
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New York
Eixty
Ville Ste. Nazaire
Port Au Prince
Haiti
Senor Tagado
Cape Hatteras
Compagnie Trans-Atlantique Generale
Ville de Favre
Jaguena
Berri
Compagnie Trane- Atlantique Generale
Bette
Louis
Maire
Perth Amboy
Hilda
Idlewild
L. Deplexze
Forget
Bill Debates Dominate House In Tariff Session
Washington March 22 The House adopted a special order fixing tariff debate limits and passed two appropriation bills amid a stormy session. Dingley and McMillin clashed while printing arrangements were made. Rules set five days of general debate with five minute amendments and extended printing. Senate actions included calendar items on Pacific railroad bills and Addicks petition, with executive session on the arbitration treaty.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Senate
Dingley
McMillin
Dalzell
Committee On Rules
House
Pacific Railroad
Turpie
J. Edward Addicks
Delaware
Addicks
Burrows
Michin
Chandler
W. P. Lord
Secretary of State
Oregon
Committee On Privileges and Elections
Finance Committee
Gear
Pettigrew
Pacific Railroads
Davis
Committee On Foreign Relations
Pope honors French officers for saving sacred houses
In Rome on March 22 the pope awarded decorations to French officers who helped protect Roman Catholic religious houses during the fires at Canea, recognizing their actions amid the crisis.
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Rome
Canea
Twenty Years Hidden Husbands Return In Vineland
In Vineland New Jersey Captain Moses Lucas reappears twenty years after leaving home. His wife and daughter had kept the farm and adopted knickerbockers for work. Lucas, now said to be wealthy, is reunited with his wife in a carriage at the door. A London dispatch reports over a thousand student arrests in St Petersburg at the cathedral doors during prayers for a girl who died after self immolation in custody.
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Vineland
N. J
Moses Lucas
Lucas
London
Times
St. Petersburg
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Sundey
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
Nemm
Alfred T. Ware
Flat Church
Aptist Church
G. F. Jerard
Bragtprlap
J. E. Day
Hristian Church
REE Methodist
M. E. Church
Lafayette
R. A. Atkins
Alvation Army
Bartracks
Kiew Oldiae Oaks
Society Notices
Newberg Camp
W. C. TU
Bank of Newberg
A. M
Co. V. Bank
U. W
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F. Hall
VISA
Shasta
Southern Pacific
Portland
Overland Express
Salem and Way
Corvallis & Way
McMinnville & Way
Ogden
Third Street
Canada
J. B. Kirkland
Grand Central Station
Fifth
Irving Streets
Vamhailge
Jefferson Street
Sheridan
Newberg
R. Koehler
P. Rogers
British Columbia
Baker City
Spokane
Lowmatin
Hurlburt
Portland, Or
Epitome
News of the World
la Grange
Ill
Hammond
Chicago, Hammond & Western Road
Gollen Gate Park
San Francisco
Sutro
Blanche Berard
West Point
N. Y
Candelaria
Pinar del Rio
Stewart
Brown
Kootenai
Mississippi River
Memphis
Weather Bureau
Arkansas
Cisneros
Masso
Gorrine
Stories
Pope
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