Treaty Signed At Last Ends War Between Spain and U S
Paris reports a permanent armistice and peace treaty between Spain and the United States. The joint peace commission met late Saturday and signed the seventeen article treaty at 8 45 pm with members from both nations in rank order. Seals were affixed with French tricolor ribbons as a gesture to the hosts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Spain
United States
Washington
Joint Peace Commission
William R. Day
Cushman K. Davis
William P. Frye
Reid
George Gray
Montero Rios
Flag Unfurled at Marianao Marks US Presence
United States Colonel Young unfurled the flag over Marianao hall at 12 30 PM as engineers and municipal officers stood with bared heads. A crowd cheered Viva Americanos while Spanish authority waned after the Marquis de Cervera’s departure. Market activity and a pay proposal for guerillas and mobilized troops were noted, with Castellanos to send the matter to Madrid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
United States
Hall of Marianao
Young
Engineers
Playa del Marianao
Marquis de Cervera
Tip
United Railway
Municipal
Castellanos
General Castellanos
Madrid
A Hint for Cold Weather from Harper's Bazaar
Harper's Bazaar notes winter tips to keep extremities warm. It favors warm wrists and ankles as a safeguard, discusses the shortcomings of worsted leggings and long tights, and praises slip-on golf stockings without feet worn over cotton stockings to prevent cold and slipping in cold weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper's Bazar
Fire on steamer Aurora sinks vessel near Bar Point
The steamer Aurora, towing the barge Arania through an ice field near Bar Point, Lake Erie, caught fire and was scuttled to avert total destruction. The Aurora, valued at $125,000, was the finest wooden boat on the lakes. The crew's fate is unknown, but they are believed to have escaped on the ice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Aurora
Aurania
Bar Point
Lake Erie
Rivera Returns to New York General Ri Vera
Cuban general Rivera Ri Vera is liberated by Spain and travels aboard the steamer La Champagne which arrived today in New York with the passenger list confirming his release and return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rule Rivera
New York
Dio
Ruis Rivera
Ceuta
Canal system transforms swampy lands into thriving settlement
The Chicago Chronicle notes dramatic land reclamation enabled by canals linking into Into Chicago and Monon Railway routes. Within 18 months muck three to six feet deep became arable, corn grows eight feet high, and over 100 families settled the area, boosting county population by 400 to 600. Mr Gif ford, now reputedly worth 1 to 2 million dollars, lives with his wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Panhandle
Monon
Gifford
Chicago Chronicle
Gifford the Swamp King Builds Seventeen Mile Rail Line
The article profiles Benjamin J. Gifford builder of swamp land fortunes in Illinois and Indiana. It details his canal and dredge work creating profitable lands in Kankakee Champaign Livingston counties, a West Lebanon Indiana to Rantoul Illinois railway, a 250000 profit, and a forthcoming twenty mile line on his Jasper County holdings with plans to cross the Kankakee River toward Hebron. It notes Nelson Morris as a neighbor landholder and outlines Gifford’s expanding rail and land empire across 83,000 acres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin J. Gifford
Kankakee
Champaign
Livingston
Illinois
Gifford
West Lebanon
Ind
Rantoul
Ill
Tllinois Central Railroad Company
Jasper County
Indiana
Nelson Morris
Chicago
Indiana, Illnois and Iowa
Chicago and Indiana Coal Branch
Chicago Eastern Illnois Railway
Kinman Station
Kankakee River
Hebron Station
Panhandle
Taking Down the Captain and Witty Anecdotes of Guests
A former commodore captain famed for polite manners to passengers when off duty but curt at sea. A polite lady asks about weather and hears a sharp retort to ask the cook. The piece includes quick quips from London Tit-Bits and Tit-Bits style humor about a king and a guinea pig and a cycling mishap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Spurgeon
King
Pigg
London
Rich mineral reports from Pacific Northwest mining camps
The Pa cific Northwest mining page notes 300 feet on Black Tail at Republic with ore valued $25 to $30 per ton, surface ore at Ben Franklin $11 per ton, and 21 per ton from a ledge sample. Great Northern mine on Douglas mountain reports 160 feet depth with ore valued $20 to $36 per ton and soon shipping. Other items include a new smelter financing, Bonanza mine production, and various claims in British Columbia and Montana with notable ore grades and development.
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Black Tail
Republic
Bossburg
Ben Franklin
Great Northern
Douglas Mountain
Jay P. Graves
Montreal
Knob Hill
Old Ironsides
Greenwood Camp
B. C
Cottage Grove
Black Butte
Wash
Black Butte Company
J. Gamble
Capt. Chilcott
J. E. Chilberg
W. Hastings
J. Behrman
Montana
Green Mountain
Butte
Scotia
Toulon Mountain
East Pacific
Winston
8. H. Manly
Sheridan Camp
Slocan City
Arlington Hotel
Gething
George Nichols
Gilland
Slocan City Miners’ Exchange
Libby Creek
Cripple Creek
Boston
New York
New Haven
California
Randsburg
Cal
Treadwell and Allied Companies
Douglas Island
Alaska
Denver
Colo
Republican
R. Crowe
Georgetown
Lake Superior
Houghton County
Mich
Calumet & Heela
Quincey
Osceola
Tamarack
Wolverine
Centennial
Franklin
Atlantic
Aftermath from the World War and Global Notes
A broad survey itemizing postwar events and world tensions across the United States and foreign capitals. Reports on police advice in Havana, socialist mayor-elect in Hayward Hill, open talks with Great Britain over the Nicaragua canal, and ongoing colonial and military developments in Cuba, the Philippines, and Puerto Rico. Includes weather, labor, and infrastructure notes, with status updates on ships, rail, and finance.
Canal officials favor Lake Nicaragua route for canal
Francis L Stuart and Thaddeus Merriman, who have overseen a surveying party for the Nicaraguan Canal commission since December 1 1807, arrived in San Francisco en route to Washington. Stuart endorses the Lake Nicaragua and San Juan river path, noting another plan would extend 102 miles from Cachucha rapids to Greytown. He says Nicaraguan people want the United States to build the canal and found them friendly on the matter.
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Florida
Chicago
Cuba
Merritt
Paris
United States
Atlin City
Alaska
Mexico
Philippines
Colorado
Detroit
Pere Marquette
Marshal Blanco
Suite
Havana
Spain
Biterfield
Mahana
Puerto Rico
United States of Central America
Washington
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Nicaragua
Salvador
Honduras
Costa Rica
Guatemala
War Department
Germany
Caroline Islands
England
Baltimore
San Francisco
John Wallace
Sing Sing
N. Y
Princeton
Pennsylvania
Manila
Chatanooga
Forgas
Berlin
Newport News
Standard Oil Company
Los Angeles
Cal
Daughters of the American Revolution of
Virginia
Washington, D.C
New York
Henry Mortimer Platt
New York City
California
Barcelona
Baldwin Hotel
J. J. Walter
Century Methodist Church
Portland
de Giers
Peking
J. ©. Moore
Fifth Maine Artillery
Savannah
Chicago Board of Trade
W. P. Lynn
Iglesiag
John Scott & Co
Ebadener
Francis L Stuart
Thaddeus Merriman
Nicaraguan Canal Commission
Stuart
Lake Nicaragua
San Juan
Cachucha Rapids
Greytown
Time Card Details for Kaslo & Slocan Lines 1898
Time card No 2 takes effect September 1 1898 at 1 a m Pacific time First class passenger trains listed with daily arrival and departure times from Kaslo to Cody Junction and stops including South Fork Sproules Whitewater Bear Lake McGuigan Payne Tram and Landon Mixed Trains listed for Cody Branch schedule is noted with arrival times for each stop.
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Kaslo
South Fork
Sproules
Whitewater
Bear Lake
McGuigan
Payne Tram
Cody Junction
Landon
Fragmentary Schedule Items From Cody Junction Arrivals
Partial notes record daily arrival times and names including ROBT IRVING G F COPELAND and G FP Agt Superintendent. the fragmentary text mentions Cody Junction and various times like 11:10 am 11:25 am 11:35 am and 11:50 am with limited context about departures or service.
International Steamers on Kootenay Lake and River Service
Inland rail and steamer timetable notes outline passenger routes on Kootenay Lake and River. Connections link Kaslo Nelson Spokane Rossland Northport and Bonners Ferry with daily and limited sailings. New lake service operates multiple days weekly with specific departure and arrival times.
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Nelson
Kaslo
Spokane
Rossland
Northport
Kootenay Lake
Bonner's Ferry
Kootenay River
Leaye Kaslo
Boundary
Bonner’s Ferry
Fatally Injured Consul’s Son In Quebec Safe Move
San Francisco December 13 W F Falken burg son of the late Baron Falkenburg long Swedish and Norwegian consul to Quebec was severely injured while helping laborers move a safe. He formerly supervised the San Diego Water Works and later worked for the late Senator Fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
W. F. Falkenburg
Philadelphia’s Ziegler Draws Matthews in 20 Rounds
Owen Ziegler of Philadelphia and Mattie Matthews of New York battled to a tame twenty round draw before the Queen City Athletic Club in Toronto Ontario on Saturday night.
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Toronto
Ont
Owen Ziegler
Philadelphia
Mattie Matthews
New York
Queen City Athletic Club
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Marianao
Sane
Answorm
Metals OF the Northwest
Pacific Northwest
Rock Cut
Sheridan
Zala M
Snyder
Polar Star Group
Polar Fraction
American Flag
Uncle Sam
Bonanza Mine
Bonanza
Boesburg
New Denver
J. A. Marks
James Merino
Silver Mountain
Merino
Marion
Boundary Country
Grand Forks
Greenwood
R. G. Edwards Leckie
Leckie
Coxey
Clarence J. McCunig
A. H. Harrison
EB. E. Richard
Jefferson County
Mont
Rocker Creek
Lyons
Sherlock
Eva
May
Mollie Gibson
Alanan
Citewan
Chicago Federation of Labor
Bakers of
Congress
Hawaiian Commission
Armour
Augusta
Syracuse
Warate Unien
Omaha
Massachusetts Bureau of Labor
Plato
Cienfuegos
J. W. Kronkite
New York Custom House
Gage
Secunda
Zenon Oenis
William Black
News OF the World IN
Odds and Enda
Accidenta
Tobe
John McCullough
Greene
Delman
San Diego
John C. Chase
Hayerhill
Mass
Willard A. Smith
Department of Transportation and Civil Engineering
Slocan Allway
Cody Branch
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