City of Duluth Cargo May Be Saved From Wreck
Word from St Joseph to Graham & Morton reports that much cargo from the ill fated steamer City of Duluth and the wrecked vessel itself may be saved. Cargo on the main deck has been removed and grain cargo likely to be landed with little loss as the boat remains on the bar awaiting possible tow to dry dock for repairs.
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City of Duluth
Chicago
Graham & Morton Transportation Company
St. Joseph
Cuban insurgent general killed in Tapaste Hills ambush
The Havana based New York Herald correspondent reports Gen. Nestor Arenguren. Surprised in a hidden hut by Col. Benedicto and the Rena Battalion. Arenguren was at a table writing when the Spaniards fired. four rebels fled and he was shot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Herrald
Havana
Nestor Arenguren
Russia Offers China Same Terms Loan Across Britain
A Pekin dispatch confirms Russia has offered China a loan on the same terms as Great Britain. China invites Russia to guarantee protection against any displeasure from Britain. Russia replies evasively, while Britain accepts a similar guarantee to defend against Russia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
China
Great Britain
Pekin
Fire damages Chicago building owned by Ewart
A fire in Chicago severely damaged the Ewart Building, owned by W L Ewart. The blaze appeared shortly after 500 tenant workers evacuated. The building valued at 150000 was damaged 75000 with total losses around 200000, shared among eight firms. Fully insured.
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Ewart
Chicago
W.L. Ewart
Fort Wayne Police Hold Man Over Watch Identification
A hobo arrested in Fort Wayne is held twenty days with a gold watch engraved with the name Thomas H. Mew and other marks. Officers seek to locate the owner who will be asked to identify the watch, believed stolen. Communications should be sent to H A Gorsline, Superintendent of Police.
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Thomas H. Mew
Fort Wayne
H. A. Gorsline
Ind
Rich Gold Ore Assay Boosts Gillespie County Mines
Assay results from new Texas gold fields in Gillespie County report 15,150 dollars of gold per ton. The discovery makes the property highly valuable and could spark strong speculation among investors. Projectors did not expect ore to be so valuable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gillespie County
Texas
Two Officers Killed in India Territory Whisky Raid
Passengers from Indian Territory report the shooting of United States Marshal Beck and Deputy Hess and the serious wounding of Deputy Bussey at India Territory by whisky peddlers Will Miller and Joseph Phelps. The Hart Smith dispatch notes the violence and casualties in the alcohol raid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hart Smith
Ark
Indian Territory
United States
Marshal Beck
Hess
Bussey
India
I. T
Will Miller
Joseph Phelps
Four masked men terrorize two elderly women in Monongahela
Four masked intruders entered the home of Mrs. Elizabeth Thompson and Miss Jane Wilson, both nearly 70, at Monongahela City Pennsylvania. They tortured the women to force them to reveal the hiding place of $10 before fleeing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monongaheli City
Elizabeth Thompson
Jane Wilson
Fatal Fall in Odin Coal Mine Shaft
Charles Denman aged six years and married but a short time fell eight hundred feet from the top to the bottom of the Odin Illinois coal mine shaft and was instantly killed. He was a prominent member of the Knights of Pythias at that place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Denman
Odin
Ill
K. of P
Dinner Party Held Up by Masked Burglars in Chicago
While Joseph Mason entertained two ladies and gentlemen at a small dinner in Chicago three masked burglars entered the dining room and escaped with $125 in cash and jewelry valued at $80.
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Joseph Mason
Chicago
Spain to Enlarge Navy with £8 Million Review
London special from the Madrid correspondent says the government will ask the next Cortes to vote eight million pounds to strengthen the navy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
London
Madrid
The
Daily Mail
Spanish Fleet to Concentrate at Havana in Time
Madrid correspondent reports the Spanish fleet will concentrate at Havana, though not immediately, unless circumstances require. The move reflects strategic considerations affecting naval posture and potential actions in the Caribbean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
London Daily News
Havana
Mrs. Sarah C. Deming Dies in Terre Haute Indiana
Mrs. Sarah C. Deming died in Terre Haute Indiana on Wednesday. She left an estate valued at $1,000,090. One of her executors is Mrs. John P. Usher of Law Kan, widow of President Lincoln's Secretary of the Interior.
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Sarah’ C. Deming
Terre ‘Baute
Ind
John P. Usher
Law
Kan
Lincoln
Etary
Rae
Eastern Notes On Marriages Deaths Scandals And Rail Talks
Rev Dr T De Witt Talmage wed in Pittsburg to Eleanor M Collier widow of Col Collier. M J Cramer aged 65 died in Carlisle of heart neuralgia after six months as Dickinson College professor. Actor Edward Ratcliffe held for perjury over prior marriage claim. Northern Pacific denial on Manitoba North Western sale while bonds rise. Clergy dispute in Brooklyn court for 100000 damages against Corrigan Keane and others. Philadelphia state house east wing collapsed during restoration. New England cotton strikes spread to Pawtucket Centerville Fall River Weavers Union tensions ease at iron works. Stock market rally fueled by possible Lake Shore and New York Central merger led by William K Vanderbilt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. de Witt ‘Talmage
Pittsburg
Eleanor M. Collier
Col. Collier
Dickinson College
Edward Radcliffe
New York
Ratcliffe
Wall Street
Northern Pacific Railroad Company
Manitoba and Northwestern
Canada
Northern Pacific
Canadian Pacific
Supreme Court
Brooklyn
Francis Dent
Friars Minor of
The
Order of St. Francis
Michael A. Corrigan
Joseph L. Keane
William T. Schley
Annacletus de Angelus
State House
Philadelphia
Independence Hall
New England
Pawtusket Valley
Rhode Island
New Bedford
Centerville
Fall River
Weavers
King Philip Mills
Iron Works
New York Stock Exchange
New York Central and
Hudson River Railroad
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad
Lake Shore
New York Central
William K. Vanderbilt
Nationwide 19th Century Scandals and Disasters Chronicle
Folio of peril and crime reports from the era includes Mrs. Snyder in Oklahoma fearing Seminole massacre, Union Pacific reorganization costs, counterfeiter arrest in California, Lima millionaire committed to asylum, a judge foils a robbery in St. Louis, Dayton fire at Hoffendorfer residence, multiple factory blazes, Tongawa postmaster murdered, Kansas City liquor dealer liabilities, a Missouri wife forced to dance then attempted suicide, Oregon steamer with 450 passengers sailing to Alaska, Newton doctor suicide amid coroner suspense, Rev Brown confession in San Francisco, and a deadly train collision near St. Louis with Lizzie King and a boy. A Tokyo nobility marriage note closes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Hepburn
California
Ulrich Steiner
Lima
Asylum
New Christian Alliance Religion
Judge Madill
Union Trust Co
St. Louis
Charles Hoffendorfer
Dayton
Ohio
Kohle & Pflaul
Aetna Paper Company
Bhi Blake
Tongawa
O. T
Michael Hoffman
Kansas City
Grace Higgins
Mary Janke
C.0. Brown
Bay Conference
Chicago
San Francisco
Lizzie King
Frank Carey
Suma Matsu Hongo
Katherine Agnes
Gulick
Emma
Fire at Spokane Great Eastern block causes heavy losses
A six story Spokane fire in the Great Eastern block on Riverside avenue caused extensive damage. About a hundred roomers occupied upper floors with losses estimated at 225000 dollars or more. Firefighters fought the blaze as the structure burned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane
Wash
Great Eastern
Riverside Avenue
Northern Colorado Coal District
State Board of Arbitration
Gary Clough
Minnesota
H. W. Lamberton
C. D. Gilfillan
Hudson Wilson
W. D. Kirke
Theodore L. Schurmeirer
W. J. Footner
J. Newton Nind
F. G. Winston
BE. L. Danforth
FE. B. Daugherty
Elmer E. Adams
Omaha
Clay Center
Kan
Chicago,Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
Edwards
Griffith
W. S. Broughton
Dobbs
Joseph New
Julie A. Herne
Helen Berry
James A. Herne
Herne
Companie Generale Transatlantique
la Touraine
Burgoyne
Havse
Whisky Trust Formed by Kentucky Distilleries
Southern reports a whisky trust organized by nineteen Kentucky distilleries. Virgil Gallagher condemned to death at Galveston for murdering his mother. Ten smallpox cases in Middlesboro and nearly twenty in Mingo. A large Old Hurricane Springs warehouse near Tullahoma burned, losing about 1000 barrels. Two killed and several injured in a collision on the Atlantic Coast Line Railway eighty miles west of Charleston. Judge Thomas H. Hines of the Kentucky Court of Appeals dies at Frankfort. W R Gaines sentenced to ninety one years in Sherman for murder. Lovett Streetman crushed to death in Louisiana woods. Helena, Arkansas rocked by a severe earthquake with three shocks felt across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
Virgil Gallagher
Galveston
Middlesboro
Mingo
Hurricane Springs
Tullahoma
Tenn
Atlantic Coast Line
Charleston
S.C
Frankfort
Thomas H. Hines
Court of Appeals
John Morgan
Ohio
Sherman
Tex
W. R. Gaines
Charles H. Koch
Jones
Lovett Streetman
Helena
Ark
Foreign notes and sentences from European affairs
The report lists various international items: a German editor jailed in Berlin for insulting Emperor William, Baron von Bülow denying German ties to Dreyfus, M Gallia visiting the U.S. to study French conditions, Spain agreeing to a reciprocal commercial treaty with the United States, Kentucky State Treasurer Richard Tate declared legally dead, Connecticut Life Insurance admitting his death to pay a policy, and a Russian note to Turkey seeking $140 million indemnity to influence the Cretan settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Err Trojan
Bladderdatsehh
Berlin
Emperor William
Baron von Bulow
Reichstag
Dreyfus
M. Gallia
Paris
United States
Woodford
Department of State
Spain
Cuba
Peninsula
Richard Tate
Kentucky
Connecticut Life Insurance Company
Japan
Russia
Turkey
Wlondon
New York
London
Rail deal, Klondike news, and trade shifts in 1898
The National Tehuantepec Isthmus Railroad is leased to Sir Weetman Pearson & Son for fifty years with possession on April 1. Canada grants free entry to U S relief supplies for Klondike uses. A late gale caused floods, power cuts, and property losses across the West and South. Britain’s Miss Emma Kelley, now Mrs James W Dougherty, travels with her husband to the U S. After June 1, 1898, eight-hour days are required in five states coal fields, with a pay rise debated. Duplan & Co plan a Bethlehem Pa. plant to compete Lyons silk output, affecting domestic producers. Bradstreet notes steady prices and active business, pig iron prices easing, steel rail outlook bright, cereals down, and spring trade opening slowly. U S and Canada wheat exports total 3.926 million bushels versus 5.229 million last week. corn exports fall to 3.486 million from 4.461 million.
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Kansas
Klondike
Chicago
James W. Dougherty
Jim
United States
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Duplan & Co
Lyons
France
Bethlehem
Bradstreet
Canada
Market Reports From Multiple Cities on Livestock and Grain
Market figures show Chicago cattle common to prime 3.00 to 5.75, hogs 3.00 to 4.25, sheep 2.00 to 5.00. wheat No 2 red 0.99 to 1.01. corn 0.27 to 0.29. oats 0.22 to 0.28. rye 0.46 to 0.47. Similar ranges appear for Indianapolis, St Louis, Cincinnati, Detroit, Toledo, Milwaukee, Buffalo, and New York with varied grades and prices for cattle hogs sheep wheat corn oats and butter eggs and clover seed.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
New York
Congressional Debates Mark Week on Indian Appropriation
The House and Senate battled over the Indian appropriation bill amid broader议 debates on Alaska land laws the Cuban question and the Teller silver resolution. Key figures included Mr. Hitt Mr. Turpie Mr. Allen and Mr. Dolliver as partisan lines sharpened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Episcopal Church South
House
United States
Alaska
Senate
Allen
Secretary of the Interior
M. E. Roberts
Civil Service
Hitt
Foreign Affairs Committee
State Department
Col. Ruiz
Aranguren
Stewart
Teller
District of Columbia
Simpson
Kan
Grosvenor
Hawaii
Gforgan
Alabama
Turpie
Indiana
Nebraska
Smith
Arizona
Walker
Carlisle
Allison
Iowa
Berry
Arkansas
Hoar
Massachusetts
Hartman
Silver Republican
Mont
Dolliver
Noted entomologist Taschenberg dies in Halle
News brief reports Prof. Taschenberg, eminent entomologist, dead in Halle. The item appears among scattered notes on science and notable deaths in the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prof. Taschenberg
Halle
Denver
M. B. Goodman
Texarkana
Ark
Interesting Gossip of Neighbors Doings and Dreadful Deaths
A long Indiana recap notes multiple incidents from 1898 era towns. It cites mill fires near Muncie with $6000 loss, a Vandalia train collision death near Brazil, and a fatal train strike near Shelbyville. It reports Daughters of Veterans surrender in Connersville, a Klondike gold find claim by Albert Magan, a rat-bite death near Martinsville, and a suicide at Thayer Newton County. Also mentions law and road contracts, gas plants, oil leasing, and a range of patents and local business plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Fairmount
Brazil
Lawerence County
William Lee
Shelbyville
Lee
Samuel Emstree
Princeton
Wabash
Noah Johnson
Tace Mang
Marion
Albert Magan
Edinburg
Klondike
California
Indianapolis
Reeves
Indiana Photographers’ Association
John Stout
Martinsville
Will Benjamin
Elwood
Daughters of Veterans For
Connersville
Citizens’ Bank
Minnie Kranke
Bedford
John de Fries
Thayer
Newton County
Albert Treanor
Muncie
Dickson
Grand Opera House
Anderson
Demis Monde
Anderson News
Jacob Speichal
Union Township
Evansville
Speichal
Richard Brandis
B. J. Johnson
C. W. Beeker
F. S. Godman
Lafayette
W. M. Darlington
Chicago
Commercial Club
John Platz
New Albany
St. George
Indiana
D. J. Mackey
Railroad Fame
John F. Baker
Vincennes
L. J. Cox
Terre Haute
D.A. Gillo1
Berne
William Gregson
Mier
Jeremiah Herra
Warsaw
Emmett Martin
Fort Wayne
P. J. McNerny
G. I. Haymond
Joseph M. Potter
Sewer Brace
George A. Richards
Henry Watkeys
Lawerence
Leo H. Williams
E. Wintrode
Huntington
Layton Parkhurst
Lebanon
Hamilton
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Silver Lake, Indiana
Around
Gen. Arenguren
Western
Perry
James Snyder
Union Pacific Railway
Colorado
Kailon
Baluchistan
Muscat
Gulf of Oman
Lapwing
Southern
Market Reports
William J. Kennesaw
First National Bank of
Dominion Cabinet
Olive Sternaman
Cayuga, Ont
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