Pan American Delegates Visit Montreal and Other Oddities
A wide mix of notes reports Pan American delegates visiting Montreal while Queen Victoria receives over 340 letters daily. Mentions include Frexco sardine speculation, U S shipping ice to Canada via Detroit, 34 000 pension certificates issued, and various peculiar local items from New Jersey to Chicago.
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Montreal
Victoria
Frexco
United States
Canada
Detroit
General Ram
Elinboro
N. J
Connecticut
General SamMan
Lro M
Chicago
Colonel Norn
Farmer Association of
South Carolina
Yalsent
Hanover
Harlin
Uxcle Sam
UTA
Winnwias Guin
New
Northwest Territories
Herra le Jones
Garden City
Kan
Levi Witnsox
Ansonia
Conn
Thomas E. Duacksheer
Thomasville
Russia
Nellie Biy
Upper Congo Valley
Equator Station
New York
St.Louis
Washington
Johnstown
M. Errer
T. Barney
Loxicu
University of Vienna
Empire
London
Calamity at Secretary Tracy Home Leaves Four Dead
A three story brick house on I street between Connecticut Avenue and Seventeenth Street burned in a morning fire. Mrs Tracy and Miss Marie Tracy perished from smoke and flames while Secretary Tracy and two daughters survived after heroic rescues. Josephine the French maid also died amid the blaze so did a servant. Mrs Wilmerding and Miss Alice Wilmerding were injured but survived. The Secretary and family were overwhelmed by asphyxia and panic as firemen battled the flames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tracy
Miss Tracy
Josephine
Mra. Wilmerding
Mias
Alice Wilmerding
Connecticut Avenue
Seventeenth Street
Polea
Baxter
Parish
Mr. Tracy
Rasem
Eighteenth Street
Marie
Thither
J. C. Bancroft Navis
Davis
Tion
W. H. Cox
District Supreme Court
Mrs. Tracy
Secretary Tracy
Bancroft Davis
Misa Tracy
Seon
Executive Mansion
White House
Rute
Marie Tracy
Cath
Bridge Catastrophe Totals Three Fatalities in Urbana Wreck
A freight train on the Ohio Indiana and Western road wrecked on a bridge over the Illinois river in Peoria. Engineer Neville, Fireman O'Brien, and Head Brakeman Lewis, all of Urbana, are lost with Neville presumed dead after being trapped. the other two are missing and likely dead. Wreckage blocks the river span, delaying cleanup for at least a day with losses estimated around 30000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoria
Ill
Illinois River
Neville
O’brien
Lewis
Urbana
Supreme Court Upholds Idaho Test Oath Against Polygamy
The Supreme Court affirmed the Edmunds Tucker test oath as constitutional, ruling polygamy a crime and that religious freedom does not shield individuals who commit crime in the name of religion. Samuel D. Davis, jailed in Idaho for taking the oath, was denied habeas relief.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
Idaho
Samuel D. Davis
Times-Parnell Libel Suit Compromised in Dublin Court
The libel case by Charles Parnell against The Times ended with the paper paying Parnell 5 000 pounds in damages and withdrawing Henry Campbell’s action. Campbell to receive 206 pounds damages plus costs. The crowded court heard the settlement as Parnell and Campbell attended, with Parnell appearing well.
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Times-Parnell
Loxnon
Parnell
the Times
Times
Henry Campbell
The
Campbell
Webster
O'Donnell
Walter
Negroes on the Move in a Packed Special Train
A special Georgia Central train carrying about one thousand Black emigrants arrived in Aremincham Alabama from South Carolina heading to Louisiana and Texas. Passengers appeared unaware of their destination while relying on the agent in charge.
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Aremincham
Ala
Georgia Central Railroad
South Carolina
Louisiana
Texas
New York Banks Reopen After Reorganization
In New York the Sixth National Bank reorganized yesterday under Comptroller permission and will reopen today with Charles Leland as president. A secret bankers meeting with Federal and State officials was held last night. Equitable will open today and Lenox Hill in two days.
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New York
Sixth National Bank
Charles Leland
Equitable
Lenox Hill
Costly Church Burned in Beauport Fire
Quebec Feb 4 The total destruction by fire of the Roman Catholic parish church of Beauport between Quebec city and Montmorenci Falls is the greatest calamity in years. The loss is about 250000 with roughly 45000 covered by insurance.
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Quebec
Beauport
Montmorenci Falls
Remedy for Hydrophobia Proclaimed by Vienna Professor
Vienna reports Dr Bokai of Klausenburg University claims a cure for hydrophobia. He says an antiseptic remedy destroys the virus at the bite site using a solution of chlorine bromine eucalyptus and other agents.
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Vienna
Bokai
the _Klausenburg University
Distress in Kansas Urges Legislature Extra Session
Kansas Farmers' Alliance petitions circulate asking the Governor to convene the Legislature in extra session. They seek relief laws allowing two years for homestead mortgage redemption after sale and a stay of execution on notes and mortgages. A second petition calls for a special session to amend railroad laws and lower transport rates.
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Toreka
Kas
Farmers’ Alliance
Kansas
Barkeyville Feels Grayback Pest Panic
In Barkeyville near Sharon Pennsylvania the public school faces disruption as a grayback lice infestation leads to expulsions of several pupils. Parents threaten defamation suits against school authorities claiming the accusations are false and malicious. The village remains divided over the issue.
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Toon
Barkeyville
Sharon
Message From the Queen in Washington Calms Tracy Family
From Osborne dated Feb 4 1896 a diplomatic message to Secretary Tracy reports the Queen’s condolences for Mr Tracy’s family. Tracy replies that his surviving daughter and grandchild are out of danger and thanks Her Majesty for the sympathy.
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Wasuixnetox
Julian Pauncefote
Tracy
Osborne
Washington
Sympathy From Young Democrats in Nashville
The Young Men's Democratic Club of Nashville Tenn adopted resolutions expressing profound sorrow for the misfortune of Secretary of the Navy B F Tracy and extending sympathy and condolence to him. A copy of the resolutions was to be sent to the Navy Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NashvilLyte
Tenn
Young Men’s Democratic Club
Young Men's Democratic Club of
Nashville
B. F. Tracy
Navy Department
A Golden Meteor Blazes Over Comanche Peak
A large meteor struck the edge of Comanche Peak near Gananpury Texas on Friday night driving massive boulders into the valley. It illuminated the peak as it fell and narrowly missed Major Tarress’s home. The several ton meteor yielded fragments allegedly containing gold nuggets.
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Gananpury
Tex
Tarress
Secretary Tracy's Recovery Progress Report
Secretary Tracy has shown remarkable recuperation. On February 5 at about eleven he rose from bed and dressed himself, later moving to the library. He required assistance but displayed strength beyond expectations.
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Tracy
Washington
Explosion at Duquesne Steel Works Injures Workers
A natural gas explosion at the Duquesne Steel Works on the Pitts burgh Virginia and Charleston railway badly burned night superintendent Frank Bolton and a laborer who carried an exposed light into the casting pit. John Burk sustained serious burns but is expected to recover.
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PirTsevErenu
Duquesne Steel Works
Pittsburgh, Virginia and Charleston
Frank Bolton
John Burk
Mrs Stowe Not Nearing End Despite Sensational Reports
In Hantrorp Connecticut on February 5 the city debunked rumors that Harriet Beecher Stowe was near death. Reports overstated her decline. her mental fading is clear but her physical condition remains stronger than in 1888 when she was brought from Sag Harbor to her home for her second child.
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Stowe
Hantrorp
Harriet
Beecher Stowe
Sag Harbor
Congressional Record glimpses from late Jan to early Feb
The report covers Senate and House activities from January 29 to February 3, detailing appropriations for Los Angeles public buildings, monuments to Lincoln, and Indian trust fund debts. It notes contested elections in West Virginia and adjournments, with debates on free coinage, emigration of colored people, and various public building bills and journal approvals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Los Angeles
Cal
Abraham Lincoln
Gettysburg
Ingalls
Secretary of the Treasury
Frye
Philadelphia
Mitchell
House
West Virginia
McPherson
Sherman
Morrill and Stockbridge
Atchison, Kas
Executive Mansion
Vance
Hampton
Butler
United States
McKinley
Turner
Butterworth
Smith
Jackson
Smith Vs. Jackson
Crisp
O'Ferrell
Baime
Tracy
Dalzell
Martinsburg
W. Va
Zanesville
Lansing
Mich
Youngstown
U.S. Circuit Court
Northern District of Florida
Department of Justice
Secretary of War
Guthrie
Oklahoma City
Indian Territory
New Mexico
Distress Flagged For Captain Brown’s Daughter In California
A daughter of Captain John Brown of Ossawattomie fame is in distress at South Pasadena California. A series of political notes follow including Czar declining to umpire a Franco Holland boundary dispute. The Montana Supreme Court affirms the Republican Legislature legality. The Iowa House is temporarily organized. William W Nitison shot himself at Coldwater Michigan. Jesse Thompson shot at Midville Georgia by a youth named Worrell. Caldwell to introduce a bill reclassifying railway postal clerks and fixing salaries. A Georgia moonshiner routed a deputy marshal’s posse with no weapon but her tongue. Chicago police accused of promoting crime to influence the West Virginia gubernatorial contest. One John Friese near Hampden Maryland ten years in the penitentiary. Mrs Engsrp ScrEeL.
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John Brown
Ossawattomie Fame
South Pasadena
Cal
Lus. Czar
Montana Supreme Court
Iowa House of Representatives
William W. Nitison
Coldwater
Mich
Jesse Thompson
Midville
Worrell
Coxgressman
Caldwell
Georgia
Chicago
West Virginia
John. Friese
Hampden
penitentia Y _ Mn
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