Albany Strike Ends After 12 Days in City
The 12 day street car strike in Albany New York ended peacefully with 3000 National Guard on duty. Two merchants were killed earlier and county costs exceeded 34000 dollars but settlements reached promise no further trouble for at least three years. Crowds celebrated with flags and decorated wagons as calm returned to the city.
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Albany
N. Y
National Guard
County of
Steet
Vaigt
Fire Fatality in St Louis Building Blaze
In St Louis on May 20 Edward Green assistant foreman of engine company No 22 fell 60 feet from a roof line to the stone pavement while descending a hose during a five story blaze at 1101 to 1115 Olive. Thousands watched as the stair collapse and fall caused a fatal outcome. The fire damaged Broadway Furniture and Cabinet company Val Reis Music company Lowenstein House Varnishing company and others with combined losses around 100000.
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St. Louis
Olive Dypet
Edward Green
Egine Company No. 22
Broadway Furniture & Cancet Company
Val Reis Music Company
Lowenstein House Varnishing Company
Alund
Wanamaker Home Burned in Lightning Disaster
Fire destroyed the Wanamaker country mansion at Mowlowbrook near Philadelphia after a lightning strike. Loss is estimated at $00,000 with valuable paintings and bric a brac, including a ballroom, library, and picture gallery. The colonial house featured elaborate wings and a gallery housing irreplaceable logs.
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Philadelphia
Thomas B. Wanamaker
Mowlowbrook
Duchess of Cleveland Dies in Germany and Poison Rumor
London reports Duchess Catherine Lacy Cleveland and mother of Lord Rosebery died in Germany while seeking relief for health. Born in 1829 she wed Lord Delmeney then the fifth Duke of Cleveland. Vienna dispatches claim Queen Draga of Serbia took poison after royal tension, leaving her dangerously ill.
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London
Catherine Lacy Vwihdmina
Duchess of Cleveland
Lord Rosebery
Germany
Lord Delmeney
Queen Dragan
Vienna
Queen Draga
Sergig
Transports Hancock Buford and Aztec sail for home
May 20 reports say the United States transports Hancock Buford and Aztec, carrying the Thirty-First and Forty-First Infantry, have sailed for the United States from Manila.
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Manila
United States
Hancock
Buford
Aztec
Forty First Infantry
Danish West Indies Not Sold
Copenhagen May 20 It is officially announced that the Danish West Indies have not been sold.
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Danish West Indies
Copenhagen
Cure a cold in one day claim and tour notes
An advertisement promotes Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets promising a one day cure with a money back guarantee by druggists. KE W Grove signs each box. Pietro Mascagni is alleged to seek an eight week American tour with an Italian orchestra. He praises a young pupil named Hatz. Switzerland reportedly has 1700 hotels, seven times England’s count for its size.
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All Druggista
KE. W. Grove
Pietro Mascagni
Hatz
Switzerland
England
Mrs McKinley Improves After Illness In San Francisco
Mrs McKinley shows improvement sitting up briefly as President McKinley remains at her side in the sick room. A quiet Sunday includes few church attendance, many visitors, and renewed hope for travel to Washington within days. Secretary Long travels to Colorado Springs, while Cortelyou reports a good day and satisfactory progress. Messages from European leaders express concern. Calvin Titus visits after returning from Pekin duty aboard the Sheridan.
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San Francisco
Buffalo Exposition to feature worldwide exhibits
Exhibits from around the world will draw visitors to the Buffalo Exposition where the fair aims to intrigue attendees. A prominent claim promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a remedy for dyspepsia indigestion constipation biliousness and nervousness with a trial advised for those ailments. It is alleged to tone the entire system and effect a cure with honest use.
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Buffalo
Buffalo Exposition
German East Africa Governorship Passes To Major Count von Gotzen
Germany has replaced General von Liebert in its East Africa possessions with Major Count von Gotzen a smart young diplomatist who left Berlin on March 25. He inherits a coast line of 640 miles and an area of 384000 square miles to govern.
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Germany
von Liebert
East Africa
Count von Gotzen
Berlin
Pan Picture for Women Promotes Pinkham Compound
An article extols Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for hysteria indigestion headaches backache and other female ailments. It features Mrs Williams of Lishtown and claims the remedy has saved many women from severe illness. The piece urges women to demand the compound at stores and asserts it offers absolute cures.
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Williams
Lishtown
Lydia
Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Transport Scandia Arrives to Supply Troops at Forts
The government transport, formerly the Scandia and now the Warren, has reached Seattle from San Francisco. It will begin taking on commissary stores for troops at Fort Flagler St. Michael and Nome, with a few soldiers aboard. Operations start Monday.
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Seattle
Scandia
Warren
San Francisco
Fort Flagler
St. Michael
Nome
Terrible shipwreck tale of cannibal survivors told at Singapoore court
The Empress of India brought Johansen and Martaranna, two survivors from the bark Angola wrecked off Manila. After 42 days at sea and horrific deaths of crew, two men survived on scraps until reaching Soubi island and later Singapore via a Chinese junk and Pula Madi. They described sharks, madness, murders, and cannibalism before rescue.
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Victoria
B.c
Singapore
Johansen
Martaranna
Cavite
Angola
jBoubi Island
South Natuna Group
Soubi
Pula Madi Jand
Wolke Ori the Gold and Army Surgeons Salaries
The ad touts Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets claiming a cure for cold in one day with a no cure, no pay guarantee and price of 25 cents. It also notes contract surgeons in the army are employed to assist regular surgeons with a maximum salary of 150 dollars a month.
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Grove
Wolke Ori
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Wanamaker
Washington, D.C
Pan Picture For Women
Mia, Joan Willrams
LS AsSeteeg
Shith & GO
Butfac
M. Y
Transport Scandia
Kirk, Geary & Co
Sutter, St
Cal
America
St. Jacobs Oil
Wellington
Kas
Chicago
Jake Martin
Atlanta
MDAC
Mrs
Gen. Longstreet
TOWER
A.J. Tower CO
Boston
Mass
Stemling Remedy CO
Toctre
New York
Clincadoe
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