History of a Week: Crises in Spain and Far East
A Madrid dispatch reports serious fighting across Barcelona with deaths and injuries. Premier Sagasta contemplates martial law as a national crisis looms. A Cham ber of Deputies rumor notes a war cabinet meeting and troop readiness. A separate cable from Pekin hints at Sino Japanese tensions and US diplomacy.
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Spain
Madrid
Barcelona
Sagusta
Chamber of Deputies
Weyler
Final ratification of the trans‑Panama treaty
The United States and Central American treaties were exchanged at the State Department with minimal ceremony. Officials prepared copies, but one copy was missing. exchanges between parties occurred as specifics were attested forming a legal record. A separate note describes a fire at Lafayette Indiana causing property damage and other unrelated details.
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Centra America
State Department
Ato Mclock Priday
Goerd Pusntisefarte
Anne
Pway
Deen
Inmate Hinted at San Quentin for Murder Case
The fragment reports Isaac Dathy being hinted at San Quentin California for the murder of Yoemuael Metts a deputy on duty. It mentions an argument over a twenty two cent bed and a gun used in the return to duty and notes silence and a presidential discourse about a crisis.
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Isaac Dathy
San Quentin
Cali
Maay Seameen Drowned at Calais Waters Disaster
A maritime incident near Calais results in many drownings as a hundred boys are reported dead. The report mentions Fort Wayne Indiana and a minstrel troupe Vowner and Deniune's Minstrels with dates and locations in scattered OCR text.
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Maay Seameen
Calais
Seusim
F.a
Hnosx Will Not Resign from Cabinet
Washington dispatch reports circulating rumors that Attorney General Cuox will resign from the Cabinet. Officials state there is absolutely no basis for these reports and no resignation is planned.
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Hnosx
Washinsisn
Cuox
Dynamite Blast Fatality at Port Arthur Pump
Dynamite worker Jos. Releau of St Gregoire Quebec died and two men were injured at a Pigeon River Boon Company pump near Port Arthur Manitoba while thawing out dynamite. Investigation ongoing.
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Jos. Releau
St. Gregoire
Quebec
Pigeon River Boon Company
Port Arthur
Explosion and disasters sweep through cities and seas
A wide range of incidents from the era move across the pages including an acetylene gas explosion, shipwrecks near Gloucester, heavy snow delaying traffic in New York, and a series of fires that destroy factory works in Springfield and retail houses in Indianapolis. The report also notes legal and criminal cases across multiple states, with injuries, deaths, and recoveries.
Fire Ravages Woodbury Business District in Tennessee
About two thirds of Woodbury Tennessee's business portion burned with losses estimated between 50 000 and 75 000. Edward Moen of Memphis filed for bankruptcy listing substantial liabilities and limited assets. Thirteen youths were convicted of murdering Jack Osborne in Russell County Virginia last Christmas and sentenced to the penitentiary. In Alabama a 14 year old, Ernest Matthews, and ten accomplices were accused of counterfeiting after learning from an old man to run a small mint producing spurious silver quarters.
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Columbus
Sandusky
Ohio
David Winger
Jared Blanche
Winger
John L. Whitman
Chicago
James M. Wilson
Wells, Farge & Co
Oklahoma
John Glosser
Fremont
Hey
Cincinnati
Edward Bolan
Lincoln Court Inn
John C. Sloan
Public Library
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
St. Thuis
Lfe
Michael
William Dowling
Young Peters
Capt. Sehnettier
Woodbury
Tenn
Edward Moen
Memphis
Ernest Matthews
Foreign notes heavy with riots and disasters worldwide
Reports from Paris Rome Barcelona and Trans Caucasia recount deaths injuries and political unrest. A Hindu twin death in Paris a Barcelona riot death toll of ten and sixty five wounded a Rome labor clash and a failed aviation voyage for Suantos-Dumont amid a damaged airship. A quake in Trans Caucasia kills thousands destroys homes and Shamaks villages suffer. A Sultan plot arrests hint at court intrigue in Constantinople.
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Barcelona
Rome
Willam Waldorf Astor
London Jockey Club
Suantos-Dumont
Monney
Bay of
Afonace
Shinniaka
Trans-Caucasia
Shamaks
Constantinople
Evho de Daris
Carrie Chapman Catt Named President of Women Suffrage Association
The Nations Woman Suffrage Association named Carrie Chapman Catt of New York as president. George Savage alias West is arrested in Montreal in connection with a Portland jewelry theft involving a trunk worth 10441. A Chilkat Indian tribe buries alive a Christian convert near Hinsmission Alaska after he denounced the medicine man. President Roosevelt refuses to overturn Admiral Schley verdict saying the Santiago fight was a captains battle and honors rest with all commanders.
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the Nations
Carrie Chapman Carr
New York
George Savage
West
Montreal
Que
Pinkertons
Portland
Ore
Hinsmission
Alaska
Roosevelt
Schley
Santiago
Senate Debates Clerical Costs and Census Office Expansion
Senate factions clash over hiring extras for committees and a proposed permanent census office with director salary up to 7500. Ratification of the Denmark islands treaty at length, and debate over Philippine tariffs frame a session heavy with budget and foreign policy talk.
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Senate
Brosius
Pennsylvania
Wheeler
Kentucky
Prince Henry
Grosvenor
Ohio
Business Roundup Sees Mixed U.S. Trade and Industry Trends
Uncertain conditions persist yet a robust volume of trade last week contrasts with railroad earnings dips due to bad weather. The City Savings Bank of Detroit failed from personal dishonesty, while iron and steel output and coal demand rise amid storms. Copper exports grow, money remains plentiful, and Germany’s rates ease. Steel markets stay steady, ribbed by high future prices and a cautious U.S. Steel policy on bonuses. Egg prices surge to 306 cents a dozen with cold weather and tight storage affecting supply. May wheat and corn also advance softly.
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New
United States
Porto Rico
Hawaii
Imperial Bank of Germany
Bank of
Uns- Iam
Germany
Chicago
United States Steel Corporation
Jron
New York
Pension cuts eyed in next decade in National Capital
In the National Capital a forecast shows pension reduction of about 50 percent over ten years. Protocol terms with Colombia on canal right of way are viewed as favorable to the United States. Senator Cockrell of Missouri missed a dinner at Secretary Hitchcock's residence due to forgetfulness. An industrial commission report urged uniform work hours across states and criticized injunctive grants.
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Colombia
United States
Cockrell
Missouri
Hitchcock
Industrial Commission
Labor
Market prices by city for cattle hogs and grains
Report lists latest prices across multiple cities for cattle hogs and sheep by grade and region. Includes wheat corn oats rye hay butter eggs and potatoes with varied quotes in cents and dollars.
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Chicago
Primie
Ste
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
S&u
Milwaukee
New York
Railroad orders 1750 cars from Southern car shops
N. and W. Railroad placed an order for 1 750 freight cars with the Southern car shops in Knoxville Tennessee. The deal reflects expanding rail equipment needs as the railroad plans fleet upgrades this year.
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N. & W. Railroad
Southern Car Shops
Knoxville, Tenn
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