Confusion in Cuban Soldier Lists and Brooke Reforms
Havana report details widespread errors in Cuban soldier rolls at Canajuani with overcounted Remedios regiment and missing 1895 service. Brooke rejects brigandage while planning justice reforms, commissions, and payment adjustments as insurrectionists move toward home with funds.
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Havana
Canajuani
Remedios Regiment
Brooke
Cuba
General Brooks
Audencia
Audiencia
Supreme Court
Brunner
United States
Ludlow
Guanajay
Pinar del Rio
Chicharron
Quibrohacha
Randall
Gomez
Union Pacific Land Sales Boom Across Four States
In May Union Pacific land department sold 113691 acres in Nebraska Colorado Wyoming and Utah and 6890 acres in Kansas. Since January 1 total western sales reach 62842 acres. Special agent C E Wantland expects about 100000 acres a month this year totaling 1000000 acres. Most buyers are stockmen as farming gives way to cattle and sheep raising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Pacific Lands
Omaha
Union Pacific Land Department
Nebraska
Colorado
Wyoming
Utah
Kansas
C. E. Wantland
Mrs. Stanford Gives 1700 Acres to Stanford University
In San Francisco on June 19 Mrs. Stanford prepared two deeds placing 1700 acres in Lospen county and 160 acres in Tehema county on record to Stanford University. The deeds accompany her endowment of over 11 million dollars and leave only a Sacramento house and lot as a private residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanford
Ban Francisco
Europe
Sacramento
Boston marks 123rd Bunker Hill anniversary parade
The June 19 celebration in Boston commemorates the battle of Bunker Hill with a Charlestown parade. Marines and sailors from the North Atlantic squadron, which arrived in port yesterday, joined thousands of sightseers as the demonstration drew crowds.
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Boston
Bunker Hill
Charlestown
North Atlantic Squadron
Robbers Move South From Hole-in-the-Wall Pursuit Continues
Blight of the posse chasing Union Pacific train robbers forces a southward move from the Hole in the Wall region toward Wolton and Powder River. Guards are posted on Platte River bridges while a large pursuit party, led by U.S. Marshal Hadsell, presses from Sullivan’s sheep camp toward Jackson’s Hole country as snow complicates tracks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sullivan’s Sheep Ranch
Casper
Wyo
Union Pacific
Hole-in-the-Wall Country
Hole-in-the- Wall Mountains
Powder River
Wolton
Platte River
Sullivan's
Sullivan's Camp
Cheyennd
E. K. Mountain
Hole-in-the-Wall
Big Horn Mountains
Jackson's Hole
Yellowstone National Park
Shoshone Indian Reservation
Idaho
Montana
Jackson’s Hole
Wyoming
United States
Marshall Hadsell
Union Pacific Management
Fire at Allen Bros. Grocery Wrecks Omaha Building
A devastating blaze at Allen Bros. wholesale grocery in Omaha caused a fatality and eight injuries after a gunpowder blast. Fireman Thomas J. Ruane died. others including Lt. Sullivan and Frank Hardy suffered severe burns and lacerations. Building and stock damage estimated at 250000 dollars.
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Omaha
Allen Bros
Thomas J. Ruane
South Tenth Street
John Sullivan
Hoge Company No. 3
South Seventeenth
M. J. Dineen
South Twentieth
Kofsky
Illinois Shiloh battlefield committee selects monument designs
Springfield, June 19. A meeting of the Illinois Shiloh battle field committee chaired by Major A F McEwen of Litchfield chose designs for monuments on the battlefield honoring Illinois troops. A general monument is set to cost 10000 dollars, with 27 infantry monuments, 10 cavalry monuments, and 12 artillery monuments planned.
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Springfield
Ill
Illinois Shiloh Battle Field Committee
A. F. McEwen
Litchfield
John A. McClernand
George Mason
Chicago
Death of a Tornado Victim in Blair
Mrs. Andrew Anderson died at 9 tonight after injuries from the Herman cyclone. She had been unconscious since arriving at the Clifton hotel with her husband, who remains injured with several broken ribs. Blood poisoning preceded her death. she was 56 and long-time resident of the country. Their Herman home was totally destroyed.
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Blair
Andrew Anderson
Clifton
Anderson
Herman
Congressman Richard Bland is Laid to Rest in Lebanon
Lebanon Missouri June 19 thousands gathered to honor Congressman Richard Parks Bland at his funeral. Ministers from all denominations attended as Lebanon paid tribute to the late public figure whose notable career was remembered with solemn services.
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Lebanon
Richard Parks Bland
French Cabinet Crisis Shrinks Premiers Support
President Loubet met with Casimir-Perier and discussed the cabinet crisis. Waldeck-Rousseau seeks war portfolio with Casimir-Perier's cooperation and hints at Poincare as backup if his plan falters. Brisson and Meline offer minimal backing while Rouvier alone would accept a portfolio.
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Paris
Loubet
M. Casimir-Perier
France
M. Loubet
Pierre Waldeck-Rosseau
Chamber of Deputies
M. Lepine
Police
M. Waldeck-Rosseau
Maurice Rouvier
Council of Ministers
Finance
Felix Meline
Henri Brisson
Ministry of War
M. Casimir- Perier
Clement Faliers
Senate
Alexander Miller
M. Waldeck- Rosseau
M. Poincare
Death List In the War
Major General Otis reports additional war casualties to the War Department: five killed and fifty wounded. In Manila on June 18, fourteenth infantry men killed at Zeaporte on June 13 are named Sergeant Thomas Laws Company L, Corporal John Moore Company B, Corporal David E Pague Company A, Private Nelson T Lamorie Company I Fifty first Iowa, and Walter Wagner of Company A among others.
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Washington
Otis
War Department
Manila
Fourteenth Infantry
Zeapote
Thomas Laws
John Moore
David E. Pague
Nelson T. Lamorie
Fifty-first
Iowa
Walter Wagner
Seizure of Firefly Yacht With Rifles Near Arcachon
Official confirmation reports the seizure of the yacht Firefly at Arcachon thirty five miles southwest of Bordeaux with 4 000 rifles destined for Carlists. It is said to belong to Lord Ashburton as English representative of Don Carlos. A Carlist source notes 8 000 rifles had already entered France. The Firefly had sailed from Dartmouth, England.
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Madrid
Arcachon
Bordeaux
France
Lord Ashburton
Don Carlos
England
Dartmouth
Sherman Suffering Recurrence Of Lung Trouble
Mansfield Ohio June 19 Ex Secretary John Sherman is again ill with a lung ailment from a West Indies trip. A cold contracted June 8 developed into a mild but annoying lung condition. The illness is not considered serious.
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John Sherman
Mansfield
West Indies
President McKinley Visits Mount Holyoke College
The President endured a crowded day in Holyoke Mass with church services at morning and afternoon and a surprise reception at Mount Holyoke College during the baccalaureate exercises. He attended church twice and left Mrs McKinley with friends between services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holyoke
Mass
Mount Holyoke College
McKinley
Dreyfus Ship Sfax Reaches Brest Bound for Rennes Court Martial
A dispatch from Cape Verde states the French cruiser Sfax with Captain Dreyfus has passed en route to Brest expected before Saturday. He is to be landed by night and a special train will take him to Rennes where the court martial is to be held.
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Dreyfus
Last Day With Nuns Forces Child To Leave
The narrator recalls childhood scenes in a sunny garden and a dim chapel before a nun, Sister Desiree, reveals deep earthly affection. A rainy day follows, then she is taken by one nun as her uncle arrives to claim her, a moment she resisted and found terrible.
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Arsune
Desiree
Bebe
Mr. Martineau
Forgotten village name haunts recounting of escaped confinement
A narrator recalls growing up dans un uncle's house in a dilapidated setting with no railway nearby. After discovering books by Scott Thackeray and Lytton, she vows to seek freedom. A chance meeting with a guest who becomes her first youthful affection triggers controversy and heartbreak. The scene ends with a dramatic but unresolved moment as she plans to confront her uncle.
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Mr. Martineau
Martineau
Sir Walter Scott
Thackeray
Lord Lytton
Ivanhoe
Rebecca
George
Return to England Shunted by Uncanny Guardian
A girl recounts being taken from a convent by her English uncle who speaks little to her and shows cruelty. She travels by night, endures boxed ears, and arrives in England to be placed with a middle aged woman, amid lingering confusion and doubt about the tale’s credibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Baptiste Leroux
England
Onice
Isolated upbringing reveals strict housekeeper secret
The speaker recalls a secluded life under a silent housekeeper at her uncle's remote house. A strict routine, rare visitors, and a dull, bookish childhood left her cut off from the outside world, with the old schoolmaster teaching her and no contact with English nuns or friends.
Landlady Promotes Stair Climbing for Health
A New York landlady near West Eighteenth Street touts stair climbing as beneficial for pepsia and lung trouble. She claims doctors endorse regular climbs, urging a local lodger to scale the fourth floor to improve general health despite his concerns.
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New York Times
West Eighteenth Street
Pepsia
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