Island of Misery in Havana Described by The Herald
A Herald dispatch from New York reports dire conditions in Havana with closing businesses, falling salaries, rising living costs, and worsening health among troops. It notes malarial threats, poor sanitary conditions, and forecasts a harsh summer, plus a note on Antonio Maceo’s forces and Gen Werler’s amnesty offer.
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New York
Herald
Havena Dis Puch
Ravana
Antonio Maceo
Werler
Pinar del Rio
Maceo
Trocha
Ashland Wisconsin Lumber Yard Fire Ruins Mills and Dock
A massive blaze in Ashland Wisconsin destroyed the Stores Lumber Company's large mill and Chequamegon Bay lumber, along with 19 million feet of timber. Origin uncertain, likely sparked at Durfee's dock. 400 workers left jobless. One worker body recovered amid a chaotic scene as others escaped into water. Insurance stood at 350000, total loss about 478000.
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Wisconsin
Ashland
Llumber Company
Chequamegon Bay
W. R. Durfee
Tramiwey
Darfee
Peter Endeman
Centaur Burned At Sea Near Hawaii. Boats Land Survivors
The British bark Centaur was set ablaze about 800 miles south of Hilo on April 17 after departing Australia via Honolulu. Captain John Ishester and crew saved themselves in lifeboats, landing at Hilo on April 26. They endured four days of waves washing over the craft before reaching safety. ship papers and a few valuables were saved.
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San Frascisco
Cal
Australia
Honolulu
Hilo
John Ishester
Bip
Strikers Threaten Violence at Barns Wines Mine
About two hundred fifty Barns Wines miners protested after the foreman resigned amid disputes with Timehopper Appi New. The walkout followed strong hostility toward management as workers demanded action and expressed intent to continue the strike until demands are met.
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Timehopper Appi New
Ines Atrikers
Diveaten Crete Ge
Combat with British sailors in San Francisco bar
The Petrel and Spartan clash in a San Francisco hotel bar after a shipboard glare over a searchlight incident near Shanghai. A brawl ends with British sailors routed, many injured, and the British consul ordering an inquiry.
Sells His Sweetheart in Polish Courtship Tale
In Hixp ers, Pennsylvania a Polish courtship ends with the marriage of Stanley Binoski to Mary Sepoliski. Mary, new to the country three weeks, was brought by lover Michzel Cokivski who planned to marry her. After a rival confrontation Cokinski offers to sell her for $250, later reduced to $222, which Binoski pays to receive the bride.
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Hixperos
Stanley Binoski
Mary Sepoliski
Michzel Cokivski
Old Country
Cokinski
Wyoming Street
Marcy
Stanley Bynoski
Pole
Cranberry
Mary
Binoski
Bradstreet's Review Shows Mixed U.S. Trade Signals
Bradstreet's New York report cites cooler weather dampening some trade, high cotton stocks depressing prices, and machinery in woolens weak. It notes improved bank clearings, rising staple quotations, and generally firmer cereal and cotton crop prospects across the Midwest, with wheat flour exports totaling 1,852,000 bushels that week.
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Bradstreet's
New York
Bradstreet’s
St. Louis
Hansas City
Omaha
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Ilwankes
Duluth
Sioux Falls
United States
Death by Own Action Club Ties Revealed in Canton Report
The Canton citizen reports ex congressman Michael D Harter from Cotumbes Ohio joined a Washington DC death by own action club months before his suicide. The note says several congressmen belong to the club and cites a Philadelphia friend who killed himself shortly before. The informant asserts strong circumstantial detail and truth of the statements.
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Cotumbes
Ohio
Canton
Michael D. Harter
Washington
D. C
Harter
Ness
Philadelphia
Shooting Affray at Fort Worth Dance Ends in Bloodshed
At a dance at Charles Risley’s home nine miles southeast of Fort Worth a feud erupted between Hiram Curtis and Mat Bentley. Curtis fired five times. Bentley fled toward Henrietta to surrender. Curtis and Bird Risley died from chest wounds. Charles Risley was wounded in the leg and S. D. Flomnor in the hip.
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Charles Risley
Here
Hiram Curtis
Mat Bentley
Curtis
Bentley
Fter
Henrietta
Tor
Firmns
Bird Risley
Ss. D. Flomnor
War costs Spain says Sagasta vows reform in Cuba
Ex-Premier Sagasta denies any liberal split over Cuba policy. He claims the war costs about 100 million dollars annually with 10,000 soldiers yearly and urges progress from reform into reality, asking if better times can be found despite sorrowful prospects.
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Spain
Maputo
Premer Sagasta
Cuba
Lis
Easor
To Strike for Eight Hours by Detroit Carpenters Union
In Detroit six hundred carpenters joined a unanimous strike vote for an eight hour day. The union represents over a thousand local workers and many of the absent members are expected to back the action.
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Detroit
Detroit Carpenters
Tnion
Will Walk to New York from Spokane by Mrs Easby and Daughter
Mrs H Easby and her daughter Clara began a long walk from Spokane to New York to raise funds to lift a mortgage on their farm. They are under contract with a leather costume manufacturer to support the venture.
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New York
Spokane
Wast
Miner Maniac Panic at Sugar Notch Mine
Extreme excitement erupted at the Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal Company mine in Sugar Notch when John Rushovk, frightened by the threat of a cave in, ran amok. He was restrained by seven men and hoisted to the surface in a mining cart, then calmed with medicine though experts fear he may never fully recover.
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Ihem
Beiwid
The Milwaukee Strike Resolves City Action
The Milwaukee common council adopted a five alderman committee plan with Merchants and Manufacturers and Street Railway Employees unions to mediate the strike. It also urged the city attorney to vacate Street Railway Company franchises if arbitration is not accepted. Police bolster counts to curb escalating street violence and disturbances across districts amid the unrest.
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Milwaukee
Common County
Merchants’ and Manufacturers’ Association
North Meriton Milling Company forms big trust
The Times-Herald Minneapolis special reports R. D. Hubbard secures a major linseed trust with Pillsbury aid to organize a vast miller coalition in the county. The aim is to lift flour prices above current quotes and compel spring wheat growers nationwide to join. Over 100 of about 500 U.S. spring wheat millers have joined this new pool.
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Big Trust
Times-Herald
Mineapolis
R. D. Hubbard
Pillsbury’s
United States
Chili Boliva Treaty Endorsed by Peace Agreement
The peace treaty between Chile and Bolivia is published. Chile maintains its perpetual possession of territories held under the armistice, with no cession of Pacific ports. Chile agrees to pay recognized mining liabilities, the Bolivian loan balance from 1867, and principal on certain railroad bonds.
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Bolivia
Varrariso
Chili
Pacific Ocean
Civil Service Order Extends Rules to Interstate Commission
The President extends civil service rules to the Interstate Commerce Commission. All offices within the commission are included except the chief executive, who requires presidential nomination and Senate confirmation. The order takes effect immediately, bringing total civil service positions to 85,200.
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Civil Service
Wasnixeron
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Classified Service
Senate
Wealthy Farmer in Crisis Ends Life in Neighbors’ View
A detailed account reports that Kr. Oliver Onley, a wealthy farmer near Rocxroxy, died by suicide cutting his throat after years of ill fortune and planned legacy. He reportedly intended to direct his property to his heirs and had a costly monument erected before his death. He was 15 years of age.
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Rocxroxy
Oliver Onley
Mal Proparty
Delphi unearths life size bronze statue of bearded man
Excavators at Delphi reveal a life size bronze statue dating to 300 B.C. The bearded figure holds a horse bridle, with portions of the horse also recovered. The find marks the largest statue uncovered at the site to date.
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Attexs
Delphi
Cripple Creek Fire Aid Declared Sufficient
The Cripple Creek relief effort receives Colorado support totaling nearly 50 000 dollars. The Denver Chamber of Commerce states that no additional contributions from other states are required to aid fire sufferers.
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Cripple Creek
Denver
Chamber of Commerce
Colorado
Will Not Take the Resignation In South Africa Company
The British Chartered South Africa Company has decided not to accept the resignation of Vea Kboies and Alfred Beit. This shocking move keeps these officials in place amid ongoing tension and questions about leadership.
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Loxpox
Pal Mail Gazette
South Africa Company
Vea Kboies
Alfred Beit
Market price notes across midwestern cattle and grain
The report shows mixed cattle prices in Chicago and Kansas City with beef steers ranging up to about 8.00 to 8.40 and stockers and feeders generally below 5.00. Grain listings include wheat and corn with No. 2 spring wheat around 9 to 11 cents and corn near 29 to 31 cents.
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Wutter
Chicago
Kanesas
South Guaha
Minneapolis
Granola
Indy
Nuttharn
Ala
Extra Session Likely to Revise State Code
Drake signals call for an extra legislative session starting January 19 to revise the code. Public opinion mon mentions opposition from the Des Moines Register, yet he reports more letters in favor than opposition and expects to convene the session.
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Drake
Des Moines Register
Des Moines Murder Trial Verdict and Courtroom Turnago
A Des Moines murder trial ends in a six minute verdict for S. K. Dawson after a dramatic day of testimony. Dawson and his widowed daughter Clara confront the jury as the judge schedules sentencing for May 16. The case involves the shooting of Walter Scott, Clare Dawson’s husband, amid a family feud and claimed insanity.
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Des Moines
Sanchel RK. Dawson
Christesas Ave
Scote
de Dawson
Leondillos
Erie
Holmes
Dawson
Luis Vell
Daisy
Walter Scott
Clara Dawson
S. Kt. Dawson
Clara
Darling
Maral
Dave Son
Scott
Holmes Hanged for Pitzel Murder in Moyamensing Prison
The famed killer H. H. Holmes was hanged at Moyamensing Prison in Philadelphia after a circumstantial murder conviction for Benjamin Pitzel. The drop occurred around 10 12 o'clock, and he died within half an hour. He claimed innocence of the charged murder and acknowledged responsibility for two other deaths from his criminal operations. He spent his final night composing letters.
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H. H.holmes
Benjamin B. Pitzel
Philadelphia
Moyamensing County
Thast
Holmes
Holmes’s Execution at Gallows Ends Grim Trial
At 10:02 the sheriff summoned the jury as Holmes faced the gallows. He proclaimed innocence, knelt, prayed with priests Daly and Macpesk, and bid farewell before the bolt crashed. Doctors soon declared him dead as the swinging body was lowered.
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Fathers Daly
Macpesk
Church of the Annunciation
Holmes
Clement
Winter Wheat Crop Conditions Across Ten States
Reports from Farmers' Review correspondents show winter wheat losses from freezing and thawing vary by state. Indiana faces heavy losses on late sown wheat while Ohio and Michigan show mixed starts. Kansas and Nebraska look good, eastern areas improving with recent rains. Iowa fair and Wisconsin still declining.
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Farmers’ Review
Hingis
Indiana
Ohio
Ohin
Michigan
Kansas
Nebraska
Iowa
Wisconsin
Importation of American horses hampered by underhand Irish dealers
United States Consul Keenan reports on German import rules for American horses. He notes the business has grown but is inhibited by covert practices led by Incam horse dealers uniting to undermine U.S. competition. McEwan Bros. & Co.'s sawmill near Bay City, Rich. narrowly avoided a major fire that destroyed 1500 cords of slabs and threatened a million feet of lumber if winds had been higher. Mrs. Emma Van Horn, a traveling physician aged about 43, died after a hearty breakfast in Edinburg Ind. She listed Indianapolis as her home and relatives there.
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United States
Petrel
Shanghai
Shie
An Etier
Spartan
Emery
Assleoa
Kniges
Keenan
Bremen
State Department
Germany
McEwan Bros. & Co
Narow Js
Bay City
Rich
Emma van Horn
Edinburg
Ind
Inisianapolis
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