Intercontinental railroad linking North and South America planned
Washington hosts the International Railway Commission as South and Central American governments join the United States in backing a continental rail link. The plan routes through Mexico and Central America, using existing lines and future surveys to connect to the Argentine system, with hundreds of miles already built or under study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blain
Arund Trank
America
New York
International Railway Commission
Washington
Sebulus
United States
Alfred J. Cassatt
Mexico
City of Mexico
Central America
Onsis
South America
Nogales
el Paso
Eagle Pass
Laredo
Sonora
Guaymas
Pacific Coast
Mazatlan
Guerrero
San Francisco
Mexican Central Railroad
City of
Nebla
Tehaucan
Oaxaca
Tehauntepec
Guatemala
Aline
Tonala
San Cristobal
Vera Cruz
Alvarado
Continental Railway
Matamoras
Gulf Coast
Minatitian
Cation
Alwady
Chile
Argentine
Uruguay
Paraguay
Brazil
Para
Bolivia
Cazeo
Peru
Buenos Ayres
Paitin
South Ameren
Willa Ih
Col
Costa Rica
Cuzco
Valparaiso
Terrible Crash on Junction City Crossing
A sleeping passenger coach on the northbound Florida Limited Express was struck by a Louisville and Nashville freight at Junction City where tracks cross at right angles. Several passengers were injured including B N Austin of St Paul and Mr Towsley of Belvidere Illinois. Austin was taken to Good Samaritan hospital in Nicholasville and later moved to Cincinnati.
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Louisville & Nashville
Junction City
Southern
Louisville& Nashville
Lousville & Nashville
B. N. Austin
Northern Pacific Railroad
St. Paul
Mins
Good Samaritan Hospital
Nicholasville
W. 4. Hardy
Savanah
Florida & Western
Towsley
Belvidere
Bindlay
Ohio
8. W. Wheeler
Milwanker
Wheeler
Ingenious Theft Shocks Newark Firm Employee Arrested
Adolph Newman a 40 year old Brooklyn man employed by the American Watch Case company was arrested in Newark on grand larceny charges. Detectives Cosgrove and Pinkerton uncovered Newman clipping sheet gold and replacing it with copper then selling the metal. Police found gold on Newman and in his Brooklyn home. Oppenheimer estimates company loss at 3000 to 4000 dollars. Newman has a wife and two daughters and says his wife owns only ten canta.
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Adolph Newman
Daniel Street
Brooklyn
N. C
American Watch Case Company
Newark
Otto H. Oppenheimer
Pinkerton
Cosgrove
New York
Newman
Openheimer
American flax culture urged by Special Agent Dodge
Special Agent Dodge of the agriculture department argues American flax can become a paying crop with proper soil, sowing, and machinery. He notes trials across the Northwest and Pacific slope, warns against foreign methods, and says tariffs will boost home production and mills.
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Dodge
Agricultural Department
Boston
Herall
Sone
Nutter
Becuse
Washington
Northwest
Pacific
Tesas
Nisbet
Wien
Braye
United States
Department of Agriculture
Ramie
Manila
New Zealand
Axende- Tan
Belfast
Soup from the Kitchen Siege Endures
A Union column commander surrounds a Confederate kitchen, asking for soup made from grindstone water and scraps. After tempers flare and more wood is gathered, onions and bacon appear, yielding a hearty meal that satisfies both sides. The scene ends with a thick soup shared amid skirmishes.
Europe's Unfortunates and Winter Poverty Across Europe
A London dated dispatch reports worsening poverty in Europe with police tasked to disperse unemployed encampments. Destitution in Whitstable shows children starving and parents unable to work. Berlin fears rising discontent amid large agricultural colonies and a looming winter crisis.
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London
Ireland
Europe
Whitwhapel
Witt
Beljoul
Xigtuen
Mer
Ledore
Berlin
Germany
Paris
English tariff views on McKinley defeat and British impact
A London dated cable notes Liberal victory in America and cheers among industrials. It discusses British attitudes to tariffs, hoping for reform to avoid harming bread lines, and compares UK industry backing raw material access with a high general tariff on finished goods. It contrasts French tariff effects and opposition in Marseilles.
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Cabie
London
Liberal Party
Great Britain
America
McKinley
Guy Mawkes
Ireland
United Kingdom
Marseilles
Great Britain Storms Wreak Havoc Across Coastlines
Violent gales and floods sweep Great Britain on the 7th inst, unroofing houses, destroying bridges and wharves, and wrecking coastwise vessels. Severe winds hit Ireland’s northeast and east coasts as a Belfast loch reports a yacht found aground, with its Scottish nobleman owner missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Ireland
London
Tate Pissair
Innel
Belfast
Fragmentary Note on Maritime Movement Near British Coasts
Incomplete text notes absent friends on hiring tours and mentions no disasters involving Alanticateamers near the Irish or English coasts. The fragment offers no further details on vessels crews or incidents.
Physician assaulted by footpads on Calumet avenue
Lyons New York physician Z G McPherson visiting Chicago was attacked by two men on Calumet avenue after asking directions near Indiana avenue. A struggle followed with a revolver drawn, blows exchanged, and McPherson struck repeatedly though the assailants fled before taking money or valuables. Condition described as serious but not life threatening.
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Z. G. McPherson
Lyons
N.Y
Chicago
Calumet Avenue
Wiiteenth Street
Indiana Avene
Fighre
Jeiva
Postmaster General Suspends Clerk Over Death Remark
Postmaster General Wanamaker orders the suspension of a Washington post office clerk after a delivery window remark about Senator Quay’s son Richard. The remark implying the senator’s death triggered formal inquiry with Superintendent Bell admitting the line was spoken.
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Wanumater
Directo
Sherwad
Washington Post Office
Margaret
Richard Quay
Senator Quay
Pennsylvania
Quinn
Uni
Voters at Philadelphia Polls Riot Over Feud and Repeaters
A family feud and an alleged plan by John O Donnell to lead a gang of repeaters triggered gunfire at Philadelphia polls on the fourth. John Dunn confronted O Donnell prompting a brief fusillade. Henry Bryson, 38, was shot in the hip and sent to Pennsylvania Hospital. another man was wounded in the wrist.
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Philadelphia
John Dunn
Hired
German
John O'Donnel
Front
Ann Street
O'Donnell
Vaux
Dunn
Polla
Henry Bryson
Ens
South Front Street
Pennslyvania
Destructive Fire Destroys Much of Truckee Town
A midnight blaze in Truckee California swept through East Main and Front streets destroying nearly forty buildings by 2 a.m. The incendiary fire started behind Stoll's brewery and raged despite help from Summit firefighters. The Last Chance saloon Richardson Bros. Moody's stable and the jail were among the losses.
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Truckee
Cal
Stoll’s Brewery
Summit
East Main Street
Front Street
Last Chance Saloon
Richardson Bros
Moody’s Stable
Stoll's Brewery
Humphrey’s Butcher Shop
Red Light
Beaton Herald Reports Fraud in Union Medical Institute
The Beaton Herald exposes the Union Medical Institute of Newberry Vermont for selling diplomas at 60 each and listing fictitious degrees. It notes the promoters face fraud charges and that state leaders have handed the matter to lawyers for action.
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Beaton Herald
Union Medical Institute
Newberry
Anid
Herald
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Mik
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Milsear
Mee
Northern Pacific
Mr. Austin
Mirmenpo
Fom
Minh
Canada
Michigan
Rexport
Brancei Teleium
Thal
Haag
Mindstone
Whiel
Tor Diner
Tiana
Vicksburg
Eldridge
Qhayrtins
Thaies
Mississippi
Anda
Mines Agi
Sali
George
Mildred
England
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