Panama canal corruption drive expands to Boulangist deputy’s home
Paris authorities pursue Panama affair probes as police seize documents from Laur Boulangist’s residence. Reports say bribes totaling 20 million francs are alleged and calls grow to arrest implicated deputies. Vienna notes Cottu denies fleeing Paris, plans to return if ordered.
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Panama Canal Company
Laur
Chamber of Deputies
Panama
la Libre Parole
Eclair
Charles de Lesseps
Vienna
Cottu
Telegraphic Tales of Various Global Events
The first batch of souvenir half dollars leaves the Philadelphia mint for Chicago. A Minnesotan man faces a $100,000 loss suit. An attempted murder targets a Vancouver real estate agent, while a Chicago sister of Archbishop Riordan lies ill with no recovery expected. A Chinese convict in Los Angeles dies by hanging. Australian fighter Peter Jackson returns to San Francisco, eager to meet Corbett. War dept notes British Lakes gunboats. Several firms fail in Arkansas and Georgia with notable liabilities. Cholera stats from Russia report 180,417 European and 135,348 Asiatic deaths. A Zambesi steamer ashore near Yedo, later reaching Yokohama. London officials face forgery/embezzlement charges. A Bulgarian-Paris royal marriage denial circulates. Missoula hails John Burns’s hanging, with final quip. Buffalo electric plant burns, $50,000 loss. Adams ship reaches San Francisco. Seattle-area smelter plans.
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Sherbrook
Minn
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Thos. A. Lilly
Riordan
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Ah Young
Los Angeles
Ferdinand Tnd
Peter Jackson
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Corbett
War Department
Petrel
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Curlew
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Lakes
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Union Pacific
Sidney Dillon Ripley
Sidney Dillon
Fort Smith, Ark
C. Tiles & Co
Bay of Yeddo
Yokohama
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Cairo
London
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G.H. Wright
Liberator Building Society
Prince Ferdinand
Bulgaria
Helen Louise Henrietta
Paris
George Sachette
Missoula
Mont
John Burns
Maurice Higgins
Buffalo
Adams
Behring Sea
San Diego
Bay
Statesmen discuss tariff reform and sugar bounty
In Jacksonville Missouri Congressman Hatch argues for tariff reform and repeal of the sugar bounty, with Cleveland’s administration facing revenue needs. Pennsylvania's Harmer and Huff weigh in on sugar protection and April congressional action. Across the nation, fires in Brooklyn kill or injure firefighters, port-town shootings, stockholder consolidations, and other brief notes from New York to Washington.
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Florida
Hatch
Missouri
Democratic Party
Cleveland
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Pennsylvania
Congressman Huff
Congress
New Steamship Tacoma Expected. Yesler Dies in Seattle
Tacoma prepares for the arrival of the new steamship Tacoma on the 29th. Henry L Yesler, Seattle pioneer, died at 82. Marvin of Crescent Creamery adds a seven foot devil fish to the collection for the world’s fair exhibit. Tacoma to host a new box and glass factory with a $60,000 plant. A Seattle superior court case alleges fraud and intimidation in the Haley Grocery venture.
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Henry L. Yesler
Seattle
Maryland
Marvin
Crescent Creamery Company
Puget Sound
John Haley
Joseph B. Hill
Haley Grocery Company
Local Officials and Residents Attend City Arrivals
Contractor Rigby remains in the city to settle with county commissioners. H. L. go and Emery Vaut depart for Portland for a week’s vacation. Herbert Conner of La Conner Skagit county travels via Olympia toward Santa Clara with his sister visiting brothers and college students. Judge H. McBride Skagit county superior judge is in the city. Samuel Greene of Seattle and Charles Whitney in Portland on business.
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Skagit County
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Santa Clara
California
H. McBride
Samuel Greene
Seattle
Charles Whitney
Chamberlin Missing Trustee of Million Dollar Estate
New York December 17 The Herald reports Edward P Chamberlain missing He is named as trustee of an estate worth about 1 500 000 and is reputed to have suffered losses from speculation Friends fear despondency has affected his mind.
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Wolf
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Wolfe
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Earle
Hoyt
Savannah
Augusta
Huntsville
Union Pacific
Omana
Neb
George Gould
J. Pierpont Morgan
Gould
Rosstock Celebrates 150th Birthday of General Von Blucher
The Prussian hero Von Blucher’s birthday was marked in Rosstock with city decorations and a large military parade amid celebrations yesterday.
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Berli
Rostock
von Blucher
Waterloo
Governor McGraw Arrives In Olympia Quiet On Politics
Governor elect John H. McGraw arrives in Olympia on the forenoon train and retires to the Olympia hotel. He chats with friends, avoids political questions, and signals a preference for private business over public discussion during his first capital visit.
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Olympia Hotel
Rotunda
McGraw
T'rreanx
Olympia
Overnor McGraw
Fire destroys several Cincinnati businesses. loss $100000
Fire in Cincinnati burns the Cincinnati Lead Works E H Hunnferes tin plate store Clark Hawley lead pipe store and restaurant and boarding house Fees. Loss set at $100000 with insured for three quarters. Colored Populists meet in Torexa to form a colored men’s brotherhood of the people's party planning county chapters.
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Cincinnati Lead Works
E. H. Hunnferes
Clark & Hawley’s
Torexa
Colored Men's Brotherhood of the People’s Party
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