Russia Japan Pact Aims to Shape China Terms
A Yokohama dispatch reports an alliance between Russia and Japan influencing China policy. Russia would not oppose cession of Chinese territory to Japan, and Japan would allow a Russian port on Korea with rail access and station facilities. The arrangement could challenge Britain in peace talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Yokohama
Fuate Department
Japan
Peking
Count Ito
Russia
Rugzin
Corean
Li Hung Chang narrowly escapes assassination in Tokyo
A would be assassin fired a pistol at Li Hung Chang in Tokyo on a Simorosekl street as he returned from a peace conference. The assailant was disarmed by police and captured at the station. Li Hung Chang sustained a non dangerous wound according to reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wis Pace
London
Central News
Toklo Aay
Li Hung Chang Ti
Simorosekl
Liu
Wisselani
Polles
Buyama
Tokio
Fifty Sailors Icebound on Lake Erie Escape
Fifty men aboard fifty fishing steamers faced thirty five hours of icebound peril on Lake Erie near Sandusky. Braving freezing temperatures they drifted, some fell into the frigid water, while others walked ashore to fetch provisions. The tug Peerless stood ready to aid as shifting winds threatened a rescue abort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandusky
Lake Erie
Peerless
Booth on Americans and English in religious work
General Booth asserts in an interview that native Americans are superior to native English in religious work. He notes Americans lack church walls and that the United States faces issues from a new and mixed population. He cites a million recruits and many criminals in Salvation Army colonies as remedies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
General Booth
America
England
United States
Salvation Army
Booth
CUT RATE STAMP WAR SHOCKS ALLENTOWN PRINTERS
In Allentown Pennsylvania on March 24 a local printer faces a costly stamp contract dispute. The rival party quotes selling stamped envelopes to the city at twenty thousand dollars for any quantity, while the government rate remains ninety two per thousand for two cent stamps, making the deal unprofitable for the seller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allentown
Tinelw Sam
United States
Royalists for Annexation Claim Hawaii Monarchy Dead
Late advices from Hawaii report Charles B. Wilson John Colbern An onl Rose and John Richardson joining a royalist annexation club among native Hawaiians. The move is viewed as a declaration that the monarchy is dead for all time and a republican government should replace it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawall
Washington
Hawaii
Charles B. Wilson
John Colbern
Anonl Rose
John Richardson
Southern States prepare tribute to Chicago Confederate monument
Ex Lieutenant Governor John C Underwood of Kentucky arrived in Atlanta to arrange feral tributes for Chicago May dedication of the Confederate monument. The fund for building the monument was raised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Atlanta
John C. Underwood
Kentucky
Southern Cities Rally With Flowers For Colonel Underwood
A car load of flowers will be sent from Savannah and Atlanta to honor Colonel Underwood, a prominent ex confederate soldier of Kentucky, with New Orleans and other southern cities making contributions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Underwood
Kentucky
Savannah
Atlanta
New Orleans
Fire steamer test sparks blaze at Honesdale livery
While a fire department steam engine tested a steamer in Honesdale on Thursday a blaze broke out in the Courtright & Son livery stable nearby. The steamer rushed to the scene and contained the fire quickly saving adjoining property and horses, origin unknown but suspected from sparks. Losses listed as about 1000 dollars for the building and contents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton Tribune
Honesdale
Courtright & Son
Emperor’s anger over Reichstag vote on Bismarck greeting
Berlin reports the Reichstag rejected Herz von Levetzow’s proposal to greet Prince Bismarck on his birthday by 163 to 110. Emperor William vented indignation, calling the vote scandalous and a reflection on the government, while calls for a national demonstration grew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Reichstag
Herz von Tevetzow
Telersity
Bismarck
von Levetzow
Center Party
Radlews
Social Democracy
Esperor
William
Merchatag
India
Levetzow
Hismairk
Friederichsruh
Reichsteugx
Germany
Tielehstag
Blembek
von Bootelelher
Dorr von Oceans
Relchstag
Unter den Linden
Lord Rosebery Struggles With Insomnia and Nervous Disorder
London reports Lord Rosebery is steadily tiring but remains in office to see the inquiry in parliament through. Ten days with no sleep, his usual warm water remedy failing, and doctors urging a sea voyage for lasting relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Lord Rosebury
Governor McKinley Improves to Resume Southern Journey
Private secretary Boyle reports Gov. McKinley still in bed at Thomasville Ga but expects to resume travel to St. Augustine Fla by Monday and be home by April 1 if not worse. Enthusiastic friends fear no impact on presidential votes at next year’s National Republican convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonsile
Columbus
Tetary Boyle
South
Fortunes for the Impoverished Believed Near Immediate Payout
Mrs. Jacob Rupp of this city received word from Germany that she is one of the heirs to an estate valued at 100,240,000 dollars near Wilhelm in Germany. The payout plan lists millions for the impecunious but details remain unclear and speculative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ain
Mr. Callin
Storm Sweeps Provinces Uprooting Historic Trees
Storms across the provinces uprooted several ancient trees including three at Rugby and Oxford. The largest specimens measured between twenty seven and thirty feet in circumference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rugby
Oxford
Nude posing controversy at Casino Playhouse continues
The Casino Playhouse in New York faced renewed disapproval as a nude woman and two male models, along with the theatre manager, were held on $500 bail each for public decency charges yet the display persisted. Additional drapery hid the model’s breast to minimize exposure, while the same woman appeared in other pictures with more cover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Casino Playhouse
New York
Motvies
May Cause Contagion as Kaw Spanish Troops in Cuba
The dispatches warn that if Spain sends unacclimated troops to Cuba a yellow fever outbreak could follow. The disease would spread from Havana to the United States, demanding strict precautions and constant vigilance to prevent border transmission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuba
Washington
United States
Spain
Havana
Women use winps on shim near Virginia court
In Alexandria Virginia March 24 Harry Hine faced justice for assaulting J C Weese a Pennsylvanian who allegedly insulted Virginia women. Weese was acquitted but exiting the court he met a cohort of women armed with rawhides who severely beat him needing a doctor. An defending attorney later apologized on his knees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexandria
Harry Hine
Justice Triplew
Wieged
Virginia
Weese
Desperate death tragedy in Indiana man ends life before family
Cornelius la Munyon of La Grange Indiana killed himself with a double barreled shotgun after forcing his wife and children to witness the act. The violent scene followed his anger toward his family as detectives described the shocking event last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
la Grange
Ind
Cornelius la Munyon
Fire traps seven in burning townhouse. two badly burned
A blaze at 1 am on Wet Mount Royal avenue trapped seven residents in a Baltimore home. George Timanus and Mrs Heath aided servants as firefighters and police rescued two children. Mrs Heath and Mr Heath suffered severe burns and were hospitalized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haltimore
Mount Troyal
George BK. Timanus
Maryland Avenue
Florence Cox
Hid Juet
Timanus
Osewe
Meath
Mount Royal Avenue
Heath
Adjutant General Walter W Greenland Dies at Clarion
Walter W Greenland former adjutant general in Governor Pattison’s last administration died at his Clarion residence after a lingering illness. Funeral services are set for next Wednesday at 10:20 AM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pattison
Clarion
Walter W. Greenland
Greenland
Governor Pattison
Relics From the Chicora Wash Ashore at Manistee Inshore
A former mate of the steamer Puritan patrols Manistee shore and reports wreckage from the ill fated Idaora along five miles of beach. Timbers drift in the lee with a danger of further pieces washing ashore as winds shift and a swift lookout is kept for bodies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manistee
Mich
Upper Lake
Puritan
Morton Clidims
Bodes
Did Not Wait For A Shave In Detroit Harbor
Detroit March 24 Yesterday afternoon a rough looking man with a two week beard entered a barber shop near the county jail and demanded a shave. He sat with hat and a heavy pair of blacksmith tongs while the barber finished. After the shave the man rose, yelled, and fled with hat and tongs. The man, identified as Sarbinowski, is believed to have delirium tremens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
McCoy
Sarbinowski
Fire injures siblings in Philadelphia collapse
A fire on Catharine Street early this morning injured Minnie Witt aged seven and her brother Frank age unknown while escaping. Warmina Klosman, their grandmother, died from burns. Frederick Klosman reportedly dropped family members from a second story window to the ground, with little harm from the fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Flory Howe
Catharine Street
Minnie Witt
Frank
Warmina Klosman
Frederick Klosman
Indian Kills Guard at Katinas State Prison
An Indian convict at Katinas state prison in Leavenworth killed guard James Howard with a hatchet after Howard turned his back. The assault occurred during work detail, and another guard narrowly escaped injury. Authorities believe the assailant may be insane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leavenworth, Kun
James Howard
Katinas
Hatchet
Howard
Tragic Ending of a Variety Show at Theins inn
A variety show was underway when a disaster struck the inn Theins at Tittel on Friday. The mistress of the house, the dancer, and her four children were killed. Four or five audience members escaped unharmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theins
Tittel
Mm Landwip
Howe
All Nodies Recovered Except One After Alma Tragedy
Searching parties in the Alma mine recovered all the bodies except one. Of the dead, thirty two were members of the Mormon church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iwoneton
Wye
Alma Nimne
Moermon Church
Inventor Tev Charle S. Lee Unveils Communion Cups
Tev Charle S. Lee of Second Baptist Church in Grand Rapids patents an individual communion service. A pyramid of three discs on a central standard holds seventy five grape shaped cups with spoons. A swivel ring, long handle, and drip catcher accompany the device. Lee plans to introduce it in his church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Rapids, Mich
Tev
Charle S. Lee
Second Baptist Church
Lee Ia
Keystone Nuggets and Regional Turmoil Spark a Busy Era
Bargain headlines report capital boosts from 0 to B11 and a charter grant to Lack Haven Traction. Denver miners threaten strike over pay, while a trial in Media ends with acquittal. Railroads receive new Baldwins locomotives as county overcrowding triggers health fears and a grand jury probe. A Pittsburgh man survives a suicide attempt after a knife incident. Newport bank failure signals liquidity trouble. Delaware River drowning tragedy follows a boat overturn near Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Joseph Shortridge
Midia
Robert Ward
Lohiah Valley
Baldwins
Philadelphia
Merk County
Thomas BF
Mohan
Pittehurs
Frianids
Cyrus L. Rowe
Howard, Nose & Co
Pittalued
Allegheny River
Sixth Street
Rowe
Newport Deposit Bank
Newport
Businew
James Watson
William Sullivan
Richard Burnett
Delaware
Watson
Sullivan
Burnett
Wa Skift
Waton
Four Firemen Die Saving Guests At St James Motel
In Denver on March 24 the Hose Company of Jost No 1 perished in a hotel fire at the St James Motel. Four men, all colored, entered the hotel rotunda to rescue others when a tile and cement door collapsed. They fell to the pavement and were mangled. One survivor was left.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Ark
Little Rock Wisterlay
Sam Huckule
Kansan City
Denver
Colo
Maron
Hove Company
St. James
Funeral halted by mud blocks burial in Coventryville
West Chester Pa March 4 heavy mud on roads prevented burial of John A. Watson. Burial could not reach cemetery as no preacher could cross the impassable route four ministers could not commit to travel through the deep mud. The body was placed in a vault until roads improve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Chenter
John A. Watson
Coventryville
Watwon
England hit by gale. three Londoners killed in wall collapses
A severe gale swept southern England with widespread damage. In London three people were killed and three seriously injured by falling walls. A Thames boat race collapsed leaving two occupants drowned. Multiple other deaths reported from wind related incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
Walla
Thames
Fragmentary 19th Century Notices Mix Incoherent Events
A garbled late 19th century item list mentions Father Lalumiere dying in age, a halted marriage, a music academy manager, and disputed names. It cites a South Dakota Texas clash, a quarry explosion killing two workers, a ship cargo train to China, and an upcoming Life Underwriters meeting in Philadelphia. Multiple murders, appointments, and legal actions appear with many misspellings and unclear details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lalumiere
Cincintad
Atin Toya
Tutte Fr. Dean
Hurtig’ Academy of Music
Haltimore
Cartle Embarco
South Dakota
Texas
Lithontaa
Silas Evang
Ceoorge Pryamt
China
Hildeford
Vancouver
National Association of Life Underwriters
Phiadelphia
James BF. Bell
Perry
William Browall
Bell
Algiers
Joseph Walker
Robert Buchanan
New York
Army of the Cumberland
Chickamauga
Ity Graepion
W. Ss. Miers
Petalon
Domtt
California
Budd
Mier Josephine Todman
Carthage
Ming
Dan Bummer
Ike Allen
W. C. Appl Mate
H. N. Maskell
Alton, Inn
Louis Roberts
Sammis
Whittier
Cal
Jim Morrison
Alabama
Cole
Bill to tax bachelors for old maids home proposal
Springfield March 24. A bill to tax bachelors to fund an Old Maids Home was introduced in the house by Representative Waleck. The bill defines bachelors as single men 32 or older who have never married, with exemptions for those over 65, the physically unfit, and those who prove to a board of unmarried women they proposed marriage at least three times and were refused each time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Waleck
General Noble Served with Attachment in St Louis Case
Ex-Secretary of the Interior John W Noble was served with a contempt attachment in a fraud case. He failed to appear for a witness summons in the criminal court and Judge Murphy ordered the attachment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
John W. Noble
Sharifa
General Noble
Murphy
Withersca
Ex Officers Halt Train Robbery Suspects in Cripple Creek
Cripple Creek Colorado March 24 sheriff Dowers with deputies moved to the scene of the prior night train robbery. Bob Taylor an ex-deputy sheriff and ex- is in custody to answer the charge as part of the investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cripple Creek
Colo
Dowers
Bob Taylor
Train Hold Up Suspect Identified By Sheriff In Cripple Creek
Deputies arrested a U S marshal and Frank Wallace after transport to Cripple Creek by Sheriff Bowers. Trainmen identified Taylor as one of the men who went through the cars and robbed passengers of money and jewelry. The sheriff believes his former lieutenant was among the five responsible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor
March O
Florence and Cripple Creek
South Bound
Elie Tin Ite
United States
Mashal
Frank Wallace
Cripple Creek
Bowers
Taylor
Minister Defies Edict Over Abstinence Pledge in Newton
Sey Dillan Branson, pastor of Newton Methodist Church, declares his refusal to pledge total abstinence from tobacco despite the Methodist conference edict. He says the pledge is unscriptural and unmanly, though free from tobacco for about a year and a half. Branson plans to present his statement at the Salem conference on April 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton
Mass
Sey
Dillon Branson
Newton Methodist Church
Waltham
Salem
Four Deaths for Thirty Cents From Trivial Meal Dispute
Merion Mies March 24 A dispute over a 30 cent meal at Cramp s mill led to the killings of J L Britton Bo Pringle and Arlen Pringle. Britton paid 600 dollars costs after impeaching Grinton s testimony. The men argued yesterday and the discussion ended in the deaths. The dispute previously led to the killing of Charles Shinks last spring and more killings are expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merion, Mies
J. L. Britton
Cramp
Eriat Mill
Britton
Arlen Pringle
Gritton
Charles Shinks
Concert By Telephone Links Cities For Epworth League
A long distance telephone concert organized by the American Telephone and Telegraph company raised funds for the Epworth League of Columbus. Receipts target about $2,000. Notables in New York included Fanny Cariz damner and Chaplain C. McCabe with others. allied cities aiding were Boston Cleveland Chicago Terre Haute Chillicothe Pittsburg Cuyahoga Falls and Cincinnati.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Columbus
American Telephone and Telegraph Companys
Epworth League of Columbus
Fanny Carizdamner
C. McCabe
Frank H. Parsons
W. B. Maple
Boston
Cleveland
Chicas
Terre Haute
Chillicothe
Pittsburg
Cuynahoga Falla
Cincinnati
Beates a Brother to Death in Quarrel Over Alcohol
Carmel Me March 24 Frank Thompson a farmer has killed his brother Edward in a fight sparked by alcohol. Edward drunk attacked Frank, then Edward assaulted Frank's wife. Frank armed with a club struck Edward, killing him in a frenzy. The brothers shared substantial property and had lived together peacefully.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carmel Me
Frank Thompson
Edward
Frank
Michigan Woman Sues for Interest in Hudson River Land
Mrs Prisella Copeland of Charlevoix Michigan asserts she is a direct descendant and heiress of Joseph Rodman who once owned land along the Hudson north of New York. She has engaged an attorney to pursue her claim in New York courts seeking a stake in the property near Irvington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
New York
Charlevoix
Mich
Mirs
Prisella Copeland
East Jordan
Jozeph Rodman
Hudson River
Invington
Copeland
Arkansas Farmers Murdered in Bed at Home
A double murder occurred in Jonesboro, Arkansas, as John Gargun and his wife were killed in their bed while asleep. Their infant child remained unharmed. The heads of the elderly couple were crushed and no motive or suspects are known. The report came from Buffalo Island in the county's southeast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jonesboro
Ark
Buffalo Island
John Gargun
Sullivan Improves, March 24 Update
John L. Sullivan's condition is much improved as of March 24, with doctors reporting steady recovery. The bulletin notes no complications and cautions continued rest and observation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toston
John L. Sullivan
Washington Wisps and Political Currents at Day’s End
Washington notes reveal Kipling sighting in the state department and talk of income tax payments, including $10,000 already in. The Senate and Supreme Court actions loom with Debs case arguments to follow after opinions. Lycurgis Dalton, longtime House postmaster, dies in Washington, a Democrat veteran from Bedford Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ridyam Kipling
State Department
Herbert
Philadelphia
Iowa
Brooklyn
United States Supreme Court
Debs
Lycurgis Dalton
House of Representatives
Washington
Dalton
Bedford
Ind
Tnt Aw
Ledvea
Duke of Aosta to Wed Princess Helene in April at Turin
A report suggests the Duke of Aosta will marry Princess Helene of Orleans in Turin in April. The text mentions flood disruptions and unclear local place names. Also referenced are Sir Henry Peasonby and a Hungarian magnates’ group seeking to revise a religious freedom bill to remove protections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duke of
Aosta
Helene of Orleans
Turin
Biesla
Ollan
Zodilla
Kolottwits
Henry Peasonby
Vietona
Rein
Weather Summary Fragments Point To Warmer Southward Winds
A fragment notes fall in northeastern Pennsylvania with cloudy conditions and warmer temperatures. It mentions westerly winds and a southward shift in air flow, indicating a mild, unsettled pattern for the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Finley's Hosiery Theatrical Value in Fast Black Hosiery
Finley's hosiery department offers extraordinary value in fast black stockings while they last. The promotion highlights a limited stock of durable, dark stockings marketed as bargain-priced essentials for daily wear.
High Grade Hose Offer Undersells Quality Hosiery
In High Grade Hose at prices never before quoted for this class of goods 150 doz Ladies Fine Two Thread Hose with high spliced heel and double sole offered 170 per pair 3 pairs for 50c 125 doz Ladies extra fine 406 gauge Hose with high spliced heel and double sole 216 per pair Actual Value 30c These goods are made from the best Mace Yarn guaranteed Hermsdorf Dye and represent the best Hosiery values seen
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hermsdorf
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Royalists
Lord Rosebery
Baltimore
Baluimore
Meinhold Maelton
Agalnet
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Acrose
Mrs. Death
Atula
Chilroen
Minh Howe
Hla Arma
McAleer
MecAlewr
Benly
Heath Madiv
Manistee Man
Detroit Harbor
Kansas
Media
Aston
Arkansas
Finley
Lackawanna Ave
H. A. Kingsbury
Ghas. A. Sgaleren & Go.'s
Spruce ST
Scranton, PA
Fine Watches
Weichel
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