Sigsbee Leaves Cuba Aboard the Olivette Farewell
Captain Sigsbee of the Maine and officers left Havana for Key West aboard the Olivette after a farewell scene in the cabin. Generals and newspaper men joined floral tributes as Gen. Lee praised the captain, affirming trust and good will toward the press and noting Fitzhugh Lee as a capable consul general in Havana.
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Sigsbee
Havana
Maine
Key West
Olivette
Ashear
General Lee
Capt
Inav
Gen. Lee
Lee
Sigshee
Navy Department
Havena
Sigsee
United States
Sal
Fitzhugh Lee
Sigskéee
Murder and arson kill Atlanta store owner and family
Early Monday morning in Atlanta an arson fire at 73 Humphreys Street killed store owner Bi Briley and his wife, white, and Robert Wilkinson, colored. Bodies found with hatchets and a meat knife on the floor. Briley struck from behind, wife head wounds, and throat cut. robbery suspected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Mondey Moraine
Bi. Briley
Robert Wilkinson
Humphreys Street
Mr. Briley
War Rumors Tie Up Texas Cotton Trade and Boxing Plans
War scare disrupts cotton transport as Texas buyers report insurance denial for export cotton from Galveston and New Orleans. Foreign firms advise using British bottoms. Meanwhile Jackson announces retirement and seeks a rematch with Jeffries, with the Olympic Club lining up Jeffries against Sharkey or Maher by late April.
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Texas
Galveston
New Orleans
Jackson
Jeffries
Olympic Club
Sharky
Sharkey
Maher
Parnell's Mother Dead and Other Briefs
Obituary notes the death Sunday night of Mrs Della Tudor Parnell mother of the late Charles Stewart Parnell at Avondale Rathdrum Wicklow Ireland from burns while seated by a fire. Plus Grover Cleveland backs U S policy on Cab an situation stating the government must uphold national honor. U S cruisers San Francisco and New Orleans sail from England toward New York. Three hundred fifty La Fayette students stage anti Spanish demonstrations at Easton Pa offering service to McKinley and burning a flag. In Oregon a fusion platform is adopted by Papa Visis Democratic and free silver Republican conventions at Portia May Lane.
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Parnell
Della Tudor Parnell
Charles Stewart Parnell
Avondale
Rathdrum
County Wicklow
Ireland
Burns
Spain
la Fayette
Easton
McKinley
Oregon
Portia
Ore
Bank of
Maxwell
Security Bank of
Nevada
Sioux City
New Sharon
Frank Dorland
West Union
Vernet
Baxter
Port Dodge
Boone
TL &. Gardiner
Cedar Rapids
Cumberland
Estherville
Walter Manning
Eldora
Des Moines
Vinton
Brooks & 3Leora of
Traer
Iginra
First National Bank of
3Lagehester
Willion
Independent
Akron
Suscatine
Sac City Electric Company
Ciy
Justice Whitiman
Cellar Rapid
John Tenney
Bradstreets Review Highlights Mixed Western Trade
Bradstreet s Weekly Review notes favorable reports from the western and north western regions, offset by rain and high water in the Ohio Valley. Cottonwood goods face declines and looming curtailments by manufacturers. Woolen mills show orders but overall activity trails expectations while raw wool prices stay weak.
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Northwestern
Bradstreet’s Weekly
Ohio Valley
Mail Robber Hogans Foiled in Ohio Escape Plot
Timothy Hogan of Chicago was jailed in Columbus and sent to Washington Court House Ohio for safekeeping. He allegedly hired a man to bring a saw blade and knife hidden in his eel and planned to saw two iron bars to escape via the attic. He attacked fellow prisoner Morrow, striking his teeth with a locker when the plot was exposed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Timothy Hogan
Chicago
Columbus
Washton Court House
Bupy
Morrow
Gladstone Illness and Other 1890s News Snippets
Ill health of Lord Gladstone reported after consultation with Sir Thomas Smith the Queen's surgeon. Also news of Rev Orson D Taylor's six year prison sentence for securities fraud, a double murder in Vincennes, and suicides. Window glass plants facing shut downs, Welsbach case ruling, Merriam Park bank failure due to check fraud, Kansas University power plant fire, and other assorted items including a Colfax hanging and a proverb joke.
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Thomas Smith
Queen of England
Aly Gladstone
Gladstone
Orson D. Taylor
Tae
Dai
Saginaw
Mich
Imihe
Compte
D. Bo Cornet
Taylor
Canseau
Bank of
Merriam Park
St. Paul
Mornis
Senthal
Court of Inquiry Clears Maine Explosion Not Responsible
The naval board finds the Maine disaster explosion came from outside the ship and does not assign blame or determine the explosive's exact nature though testimony suggests a powerful submarine mine. The report, given to the president, is to Congress with no further statements planned. A separate sensational Washington rumor claimed a plan to intercept the Spanish torpedo flotilla, but it could not be verified.
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Naval Board of Inquiry
Maine
Board Finis
Long
Marix
Naval Board
Satonley Marning
Leng
Willie Marix
Congress
Washington
Canaries
North Atlantic
United States
Spain
Walsh Murder Verdict From Coroner Jury After Deliberation
The coroner's jury in Joliet finds Walsh murdered after two weeks of deliberation. Walsh disappeared from a barber shop near his brother's store and was found beside the Elgin Joliet and Eastern Railroad tracks ten miles from Joliet. Police favor suicide. jury verdict and reactions mark disappointment for the police department.
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Joliet
Walsh
Robert
Mare
Plainfield
Elgin, Joliet
Louisiana Constitutional Convention Adopts Suffrage Plan
In New Orleans the Louisiana constitutional convention backed a plan to rework suffrage. The measure, passed 43 to 2,205 with delegates absent, adds educational and property qualifications plus a poll tax. It aims to exclude Black voters while keeping many white voters eligible, including prior IST era voters.
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Lousiana Constitutional Convention
Louisiana Constitutional Convention
New Orleans
Providii
Pittsburg National League Practice Game Injury
Billy Hart badly injured during Saturday practice when a ball struck by Willian Sehriver fractured his jaw in two places. Hart, formerly with the St Louis Browns, is expected to be out for about three to four weeks before resuming playing duties with the Pittsburg club.
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Billy Hart
Bert
Arngle
Pittsburg
Lite Hock
Ark
Witham
St Louis Browns
Willian ‘Sehriver
Chalmers Murderers Indicted in Wagoner Federal Jury
A Wagoner federal grand jury indicted Bal Chalmers and his wife for involvement in a fatal shooting near Gibson station. The case also names Witlan Lamen merchant Gaines and I Harpe railroad agent as charged associates. Wounded Farell and others linked to a raid near Wichita southwest area are part of testimony.
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Glos
Wichita
Kan
Oklahoma
Jong Heen
Owl
Farell
Chalmers
Witlan Lamen
Gains
Missouri, Kansas Ana Texas Railroad
Harpe
Gibson Station
Federal Gram
Wagoner
Bal Chalmers
Niikalky & Thou
Wybark
Receiver Sought for Guaranteers' Finance Company
Deputy Attorney General Reader filing for a receiver on behalf of Insurance Commissioner Lambert for Guaranteers' Finance Company of Philadelphia. Capital stock listed as 1,47?50 with admitted assets of 582,607 dollars.
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Pennsylvania
Lambert
Las Matte
Finance Company of Philatelpina
New London mother faces fatal burn case
In New London Indiana Mrs Paower poured coal oil on her 15 year old daughter and ignited her. The daughter died while the mother wrapped in bed clothes attempted suicide as the fire burned. The incident follows a report noting Ontario mines produced 1,225,000 last year with gold 123,848 and nickel 257,000.
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New London
Ind
Paewer
Ontario
Crispi Faces Censure Amid Naples Scandal Fallout
Barliament reports chamber vote 237 to 7 endorsing a political censure against former Italian Premier Crispi over alleged involvement in the Naples scandals and illicit decoration traffic. Crispi vows protest against King Humbert and authorities, resigning his seat to seek constituents' verdict on remainder in parliament.
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Italy
Barliament
Othe
Tse Chamber of Deputies
Annealing Tw
Uber
Big Pension Frauds in Providence Ruled Greatest U S Case
U S agents uncover massive pension swindle in Providence Rhode Island described as the greatest in U S history. Two arrests made with fifteen warrants issued against claim agents and others for perjury and forging pension vouchers. Fraud totals run into thousands of dollars, including a single case of 425000 traced.
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U. S
Providence
TL Y. Pension Sraunds
Pension Department
United States
R. 1
Arrival of Marix Reports From Court of Inquiry
Report of the Maine disaster navy inquiry arrives in Washington late Thursday night after guards were escorted to the navy department. Also notes British Hawaii speculation, a Kansas double tragedy, a dynamite hairpin accident in Indianapolis, a comet visible to naked eye, a church robbery in New Wrunken Wisconsin, and an appointment for Georgia to be Register of the Treasury.
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Washington
Court of Inquiry
Naval Board of Inquiry
Maine
Key West
Navy Department
Lue Holette House
New Wrunken
Wis
Opresidenc
J. Wyas
Georgia
Chicago cattle and hog prices across markets summarized
The report lists live cattle hog and other grain prices from Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Milwaukee Buffalo New York and New York Castle markets. Prices include cattle $3.00 to $5.50 hogs $3.00 to $4.50 sheep $2.50 to $5.50 wheat No 2 red 8c to 1.00 corn No 2 white 29c to 34c oats No 2 mixed 26c to 32c rye No 2 50c to 61c and butter creamery 1c to 2c per unit.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
Cote
St. Louis
Carrie
New York—Castle
State University Dental School Graduates Sixty-One
The sixteenth annual commencement of Iowa State University dental department was held at the opera house in Jana City with a large audience. J. I. Abbott delivered the address. President Schaeffer conferred sixty-one degrees. The list includes numerous graduates from Des Moines, Dubuque, Spencer, Algona, Moline, Davenport, and other cities, with many state and out‑of‑state affiliations. The ceremony marked a sizable cohort of Iowans earning dental degrees.
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Dental Department
Opera House
Jana City
J. I. Abbott
D.S
Alanchester
Iowe
Schaeffer
Isaac C. Porfirio Diaz
Cork
Mexico
Frank XII
Seam
Moorland
Frederick Nethan Bingyhaw
Des Moines
William
Winterser
Charles Saoya Leigh
Dyersvie
Wilam Otis Linbridge
Akron
Clayton Burns Lindsay
Waucom
Freeman McClelland
Cedar Rapids
Willam B. McClanahan
Cincinnell
John Wesley McKee
Davenport
Hermanames Mais
Dyyersville
Wm.g. Miller
Kalona
Wilard L. Mitchell
Burton Allen Morray
Larrabee
Mahlon. Ogg
Greseatton
Minn
Jefferson Mollister Patton
Jes Moines
William of Read
Allertonar
Burlington
James Kinyon Wine
Aurel Arthur H. Rundorff
William Chandler Sapsibaugh
Mt. Pleasant
Adelbert W. Starbuck
Springtile
Harry Burse Sutton
Corydon
E. Fay Tinker
Charles Anderson Torrante
Maryville
Frederic Bimer Truax
Maquoketa
Johm Everett Webb
Te Grregor
Sint
Henry Weizert
Farefield
A Is
Fairfield
Ida Wey
George Leroy Weoll
Gencmiouth
Jeosser
Wilson helps save brakeman amid Lehigh accident
Hon W C Wilson president of Webster City on Southwestern Railroad rushed to action when Guy Stebbins a brakeman suffered serious injuries at Lehigh last week. He ordered a special engine and caboose and personally escorted Stebbins to Webster in thirty eight minutes, a feat described as life saving.
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W. C. Wilson
Webster City
Southwestern Railroad
Lehigh
Guy Stebbins
Webster Gay
Wilson
Stebbins
New Southern Iowa Railroad Proposes Route Through Towns
The people of Lamont Decatur Eagleville and Bethany cheer plans for a new railroad. A C Goodvich general manager of the D and RK C visited last week and proposed building along the old survey if right of way is secured. Committees in each town move to obtain rights from property owners along the line.
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New Southern Iowa Railroad
Lamont
Decatur
Eagleville
Bethany
A. C. Goodvich
RK. C
Libel suit follows seduction case in Fort Dodge
A libel action emerges after Lixzie McQarville sues Frank Hayes for seduction in Fort Dodge and Hayes counters with a $20,000 libel suit against Father Daréey of Clarinda. Hayes serves papers right after the first trial conclusion as banks plan voluntary liquidation and consolidation in Iowa, while county officials move insane patients, a reevaluation leads to release of a penitentiary inmate, and local burglaries and hold ups draw attention.
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Lixzie McQarville
Frank Hayes
Fort Dodge
Clarinda
Hayes
Father Daréey
Whittlesey Gets Four Years For Customs Fraud
Whittlesey, former collector of customs at Council Bluffs, sentenced to four years in the penitentiary for a $4,000 embezzlement. Judge Woolson heard from many supporters and reviewed letters, including one from the defendant’s elderly mother, before delivering the sentence.
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Council
Washington County appointee Palmer to succeed Davidson
Gov Shaw appoints Dr J Palmer of Washington County to the vacant rail leadership caused by C J Davidson's death Col Palmer serves a second term in the state senate from the Washington Henry district He is Civil War veteran and may seek the commission next summer to succeed Commissioner Perkins.
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Col. D. & Palmer
Washington County
Gov. Shaw
DR. J. Palmer
C. J. Davidson
Col. Palmer
Senate
Washington-Henry
Commissionen- Perkins
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the Renwick Times
Renwick
Iowa
Cuba
Gen- Lee
Grover Cleveland
Caban
New York
Lloyd's
San Francisco
England
Bradstreet
Rilis
William Osterlaze
Wise
Vincenhes
Tad
Len
Iba
Osterbage
Petersburg
Jess
Bushant
Anderson Window Glass Comerpany
Anderson
Frankton
Orestes
Welsbach Company
Townsend
Welsbach Light Company
Sunlight Incandescent Gas Lamp Company
Suslight Company
Sandescent Lane
Neshops
University of Kansas
Lawrente
Department of Electrical Engineering
Leiter-Armour-Weare
Chicago Board of Trade
Arnie
Leiter
Weare
Kitted
Sherif Bell
George Yarber
Brownwood
Yarber
Colfax
Wash
Dotin Leanani
Mancher
Jacul Marquist
Texas Ferry
Geezer
Philadelphia
Jeevy
Typ
Crisp
Hawaii
House of Commons
James Ferguson
United States Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Great Britain
Curzon
Foreign Office
Kansas
Fester Cochrane
Atwood
Gerrie Woodward
Atwood Citizen
Cochrane
Woodward
Grace Marshall
Perrine
Lick Observatory
Parasusal
Mabrey Ouotastions
Dersons
Dental Department of
the State
State Central Committee
Dubuque
Travenport
John F. Lacey
Quskaloosa
S. M. Simnih
D. H. Mechee
Mediapolis
Reading
BE. C. Hayner
Centerville
E. BR. Fiuteltins
Serjeant At Arms
Rt. J. St. John
Riceville
Door
G. D. Tlayden
G. J. Iancoek
ME Jueach
N. LL Rendau
City National
Bohemian-Aauerican Savings Banks
Ueda Rapids
Citizens Jtional Bank
The
American Trust and Savings Bank
Boand of Supervisors
Plymouth County
Independence
Ib. Gampiers
Chas. Banks
Siamston County
J. J. Harter & Co
Sac City
Clinton
F. Yorn
Whittlesey
C. L. Davidson
Ackley
Toledo Electric Light Company
Muscatine
W.P. Alen
Bubuque
Sraiil
Osceola County
Teachers’ Institute
Sibley
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