Disquieting Conjectures on the Maine Disaster
A Havana date telegram via Key West claims consensus that the Maine explosion was caused by a submarine mine. It states the forward magazines remain intact and notes only minor charges could have exploded, suggesting an enormous torpedo would be needed and promising evidence if a mine is involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York World
Sylvester Scavel
Havana
Key West
Concensus
Maine
Sigsbee Down
Fractured journeys end in severe injuries for Neff and Bard
George Neff and George Bard, cousins from Greenville Ohio about 30, were thrown under a freight train at Holliday Kansas while attempting to board. Neff lost both legs below the knees and Bard had his right foot crushed. Both were taken to Ottawa where Neff underwent amputation. his condition is very weak and recovery seems impossible. Bard will have his foot amputated though his injury is not dangerous. Both are married with families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Neff
George Bard
Greenville
Ohio
Holliday
Kan
Neff
Bard
Olanthe
War Should Stop Says Booth on Cuban Conflict
Gen William Booth of the Salvation Army, speaking in Cincinnati, calls for an end to the Cuban war. He argues intervention by the United States could stop the slaughter, says England is not jealous of America, and that British gentleness would endure if Uncle Sam challenges the Cuban lions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Booth
Salvation Army
Cincinnati
United States
England
America
Ian
Bad Crossing Accident Injures Local Notables in Lafayette
A buggy carrying Col. Richard P. De Hart and Thomas Lonergan was struck by a street car at Main and Third streets in Lafayette Indiana. De Hart suffered injuries to hip head and hands while Lonergan broke a leg. the buggy was wrecked. The crash disrupts De Hart's campaign as a Republican candidate for State Senator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard P. de Hart
Thomas Lonergan
Main
Third Streets
Lafayette
Ind
Col. de Hart
Lonegan
Body of Infant Found Near Shelbyville Creek
Richard Ware spotted a suspicious package on the bank of Clear Creek near the Shelbyville Eminence bridge. The box contained the body of a male infant of white parentage about seven months old, wrapped in a linen skirt inside a cigar box.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Ware
Shelbyville and
Eminence
Clear Creek
Shelbyville
Pittsburgh Fire Causes $260000 Loss Across Three Buildings
A blaze began on the ninth floor of the National Wall Paper Building at 816 Pennsylvania Ave and, within twenty minutes, spread to H. Childs & Co at 818 and to M. Oppenheimer & Co. at 811. The incident involves three major business houses and significant property damage.
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Pittsburgh
National Wall Paper
Pennsylvania Avenue
H. Childs & Co
M. Oppenheimer &Co
Severe Storm Strikes New Orleans Causing Damage
A severe storm in New Orleans brought heavy rain lightning and strong winds. Sheds were knocked down chimneys toppled trees uprooted and fences laid low. One man was seriously injured by lightning. Telegraph and telephone lines were crippled in many quarters. Estimated loss around forty thousand dollars.
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New Orleans
Infant killed by falling stone in Spring Valley cradle
In Spring Valley Un a miner named Mike Bogatis reported his baby was killed while sleeping in a cradle. Stanislas Pereok threw a stone at Alex Frabiska. it missed Frabiska and struck the infant on the head killing it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spring Valley
Mike Bogatis
Stanislas Pereok
Alex Frabiska
Kentucky Meeting Denounces Spain and Calls for War
Indignant Kentuckians report a Somerset gathering where a speaker denounces Spain and urges war. An effigy of De Lome and the Spanish flag were burned in the public square.
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Somerset
Spain
de Lome
Armies Upgrade Field Guns Amid War Spending
German and French forces are rapidly replacing all field guns with new breech loading rifles at huge cost. Both governments have tightly guarded the progress and expect completion by mid year.
Sinking of Hikeson prompts rescue near Wilmington
The steamer Hikeson sailing between Philadelphia and Baltimore sank in the Delaware River off Wilmington, with sixty passengers saved. Reports say John Wanamaker is negotiating to lease New York's Fifth Avenue Hotel to build a massive department store. Charles Hoyt faces a $10,000 slander suit in Boston, claiming he called Bates a thief. Hoyt says it meant plagiarist. National City Bank of Boston voted to liquidate, assets transfer to Eliot National Bank, with dividends to be decided. The Maine schooner, laden with pig iron, ran aground near Maurice River after a severe northwest gale. Paris Exposition 1900 installment plan opens in New York, Philadelphia, Boston for prepaid travel costs, with refunds minus a small fee if plans fail.
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Hikeson
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Delaware
Wilmington
John Wanamaker
Fifth Avenue
New York
Charles H. Hoyt
Boston
Edwin Bates
Bates
Hoyt
Mr. Bates
National City Bank of Boston
Eliot National Bank
Maurice River
Jersey
Maine
Western. Bryson dies leaving pioneer record in Montpelier
Thomas Bryson a 19th century pioneer active in Montpelier Indiana politics and lodge circles has died. Born 1814 in Butler County Pennsylvania, his death marks the passing of a notable early settler.
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Thomas Bryson
Montpelier, End
Butler County
Pennsylvania
Accidental blood poisoning ruling in 1895 case
Judge Adams okayed a full policy payout after ruling the skin abrasion from a tight shoe caused death by external agent, while Judge Sanborn characterized the incident as accidental not designed. Journal notes wheat market moves driven by crop outlook and not Havana disaster. Japanese visitors discuss large Mexican land colony near San Benito for coffee cultivation with plans for a San Francisco to Acapulco steam line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Leiter
Chicago
Middle
Argentine Republic
Australia
Havana
Mr. Leiter
San Francisco
M. Kobayashi
H. Kawamura
Tokyo
Mexico
San Benito
Count Enomoto
Acapulco
Notable Deaths and Disturbances Across the South
Bishop Quintard of Tennessee dies in Meridian Georgia from heart failure. Miss Lillian Hanna wed S Prentiss Baldwin in Thomasville. George Edwards hanged in Senatobia for July 1896 murder of Roxie Williams. Four new smallpox cases reported in Middlesboro Kentucky with school and saloon closures and quarantines. Benton McMillin runs for Tennessee governor. Kentucky passes McChord bill easing railroad rate control. New Orleans Knights of Mithrias ball fire disrupts carnival. Violent duel in Louisville leaves Waldron near death, Vogt wounded. Lonoke County Arkansas sees renewed riots burning schools as grand jury reports lack of progress.
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Quintard
Protestant Episcopal Diocese of
Tennessee
Meridian
Lillian C. Hanna
Mark A. Canna
Ohio
Thomasville
S. Prentiss Baldwin
Cleveland
O. George Washington Edwards
Senatobia
Miss
Roxie Williams
Middlesboro
Benton McMillin
Nashville
McChord
Kentucky
Senate
New Orleans
Knights of Mithrias
George Vogt
Arthur B. Waldron
Fourth Avenue
K Street
Louisville
Fred Vogt
Waldron
Gray Street
Vogt
Jefferson County
Lonoke County
Ark
Crooked Creek
Grand Jury
Lonoke
European and World News Roundup of Disasters and Diplomatic Moves
Reports include Lord Salisbury narrowly escaping injury in England after a gate issue, China treaty port talks for Yuen-Chau-Fu, Mme Bernhardt's post operative progress, Guatemalan unrest after Barrios assassination, a deadly coal mine blast in Prussia with many fatalities, the US Maine explosion in Havana, Kingston Cuba filibustering interception, cargo ship wrecks near Teneriffe with heavy loss of life, and global gold reserves estimates.
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Lord Salisbury
William Gascoyne-Cecil
England
China
Yuen-Chau-Fu
Hu-Nan
Mme
Sarah Bernhardt
Pozzi
Paris
Mme. Bernhardt
Guatemala
Barrios
Republic
Vereinigte Carolinenguleck Calliery
Hammeerly
Prussia
United States
Maine
Havana
Kingston
Jamaica
Cuba
Cora M
Mitchell
Wilmington
N. C
Paris Ministry of Finance
Germany
Great Britain
Russia
Compagnie Generale Transatlantique
Flachat
Marseilles
Colon
Anaga Point
Teneriffe
Canary Islands
Susu
Santa Cruz
Banking sub committee to draft currency reform measure
A National House of Representatives banking committee sub committee is appointed to draft a currency reform bill. Senator Hoar introduces a bill to suppress gambling in U S territories with broad penalties. The President names land office registrars Joseph W Johnson Lincoln Neb and Lee Stover Watertown S D. George W Case becomes receiver at Watertown S D. Representative Burton Ohio proposes 100000 to build a steel steam light house tender for the Great Lakes suited for heavy ice. The government lien on Union Pacific is cleared at Topeka Kansas sale where Alvin W Krech leads the reorganization committee securing the winning bid with no competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Heath
Central Electric Express Company
St. Louis
Forest Park
Perry H. Heath
Colorado Springs
Colo
Shirley D. Chamberlin
Herbert H. Kay
Wisner
Neb
Pike’s Peak
Kay
Chamberlin
Union Pacific
North Topeka
W. D. Cornish
St. Paul
Alvin W. Krech
Cheyenne River
S. D
Annie Russell
John M. Turton
Moose Mountain
Assiniboia
British Northwest Territory
Mr. Sproul
Agency Children’s Home
United States Court of Appeals
Sarah I. Smith
Asso
National
House of Representatives
Hoar
United States
Registers of Land Office
Joseph W. Johnson
Lincoln
Lee Stover
Watertown
George W. Case
Mrade
Burton
Ohio
Great Lakes
Topeka
Kan
Kansas “Pacific
Alvin
W. Krech
Cuba
Germany
District of Columbia
Senate
Allen
Harris
Kansas Pacific Railway
Union Pacific Road
House
Maine
Bontelle
Naval Committee
War Department
Perkins
Hale
Appropriations Committee
Stewart
Hawley
Chandler
Lodge
Teller
Hawaii
Kansas Pacific
Messrs. Moody
Mass
Alexander
N. Y
Broderick
McCall
Knox
Crumpacker
Rep
Ind
Dolliver
Town
Messrs. Little
Dem
Smith
Wilson
S. C
Maddox
Sparkman
Mla
Bartlett
Turpie
Corbett
Pettus
Secretary of the Navy
Messrs. Sulzer
Strode
Connolly
Rixey
Grosvenor
Sayers
Texas
Ray
Messrs. Kitchins
N. C
Linney
Love
Miss
Ball
Lex
Henry
Maguire
Cal
Bland
Pop
de Armond
Wheeler
Ala
Lloyd
Harvest Shortage Compared to 1891 Crisis Across Russia
Washington notes a harvest failure in Russia and compares current crop shortages with 1891. It warns that the indebtedness incurred by the provinces then will be greatly increased by today’s scarcity of food products.
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Washington
Russia
Diocesan committee blocks Archdeacon Brown as Arkansas bishop
The standing committee of the diocese of Delaware refuses consent to Archdeacon Brown's consecration as bishop of Arkansas. Reports note the Klondike Clara Nevada loss and Islander confirmation. Wheat prices rise with Leiter's 3.5 million bushel sale, others silent on syndicate.
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Delaware
Archdeacon Brown
Arkansas
Ohio
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Yukon
Stevenson
Jersey City
Klondike
Clara Nevada
Canadian Pacific Railway
Islander
Leiter
Chicago
G. B. French
Market Reports from Across Cities
Market figures show cattle and hog prices varying by city with grains and produce listed for Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo and New York. Prices cover cattle hogs sheep wheat corn oats rye butter eggs potatoes and clover seed with multiple No. 2 grades and regional ranges.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis Castle
Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
New York
Congressional actions roil Senate and House routines
The era’s sessions feature Cuba questions, sugarcoated by resolutions on Cuba and German imports, plus debates on the Kansas Pacific sale and bankruptcy legislation. Maine disaster dominates House debate while Senators push fortifications and Cuba and Hawaii references color talks.
Queen Elizabeth's Garden Grows into the National Kew
The text portrays Queen Elizabeth creating a personal flower garden that evolved into the national Garden at Kew. It notes the garden's purpose to supply royal cut flowers and its broadened value to the nation, praised by educated and unlettered alike for its fragrant plants and trees.
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Queen Elizabeth
When the Empress Drives Out Rules for Spectators
The text describes etiquette for viewing the Empress of Japan's process. Spectators must sit by the street and doff hats or caps as she passes. Women in European dress may keep their heads covered. No one may look from windows or doors or follow the procession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Newspaper Woman Forces Half Fare On Train Gate
A Washington Post reporter recalls a Jersey City station incident where a renowned newspaper woman faced railway gatekeepers over a boy passenger without a ticket. She cried when told no half fare, drawing conductor, porter, and gatekeeper to assist her into the car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washengton Post
Jersey City
Washington
Fas
Li Rs
Never Too Sure and the St Jacobs Oil Cure
A winter tale warns against overconfidence on slippery ground. Two men argue about caution, one falls on snow and sprains an ankle. He improves after using St Jacobs Oil and resumes normal walking, possibly for the season with this remedy on hand.
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St. Jacobs
Curious Clock Captured From Cuba By Springfield Collector
M. D. Fletcher of Springfield Massachusetts owns a seven foot high curious clock seized by Damon Coats in Cuba. The case is cedar and costly, while the works are fine. The pendulum and dial are heavily ornate. The mechanism strikes twice each hour with the second strike two minutes after the first.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. D. Fletcher
Springfield
Mass
Damon Coats
Cuba
Grain-O Brewing Directions and Coffee Substitution Test
Instructions for preparing Grain-O with two cups water and half an egg, then boiling 15 to 20 minutes. Add cream or hot milk if no cream. A testimonial notes initial dislike turning to habit after ten days, encouraging readers to switch from coffee if followed precisely.
Heroic Warning in a Fractured Domestic Scene
A tense dramatic line depicts a wife crying for help to her husband as she discovers an intruder in their home. The husband resists being left alone with the danger, highlighting fear and protective resolve in a single heated exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Salzer Seed Co offers $400 for new corn and oat names
Salzer Seed Co promotes a contest offering $400 for naming 17 inch corn and White Oat varieties. Send the notice with 10 cents in stamps to Johr A. Salzer Seed Co. in LaCrosse Wisconsin to receive a free seed catalogue and eleven farm seed samples worth $10. Seed potatoes are advertised at $1,504 per barrel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salzer Seed Co
Johr A. Salzer Seed Co
LaCrosse
Wis
Size comparison Earth Sun grain of sand to orange
A curious observation notes the earth is about the size of a grain of sand relative to the sun the comparison uses an orange as the sun’s scale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earth
Grain-O: A Grain Beverage for Children
An advertisement promotes Grain-O as a nourishing drink for children that tastes like coffee but costs less. It claims Grain-O is made from pure grains and can help distribute health as it replaces coffee. The copy notes price points and grocer availability.
Lane Family Schedules Daily Movements Note
Fragmentary notice shows a family item about daily routines with unclear context and missing names or dates. The readable line mentions Lane family and routine actions with a generic reminder style.
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