Pardon Priests and Rebels Targeted by Weyler Decree
Weyler issues broad order offering pardon to divinity teachers in Matanzas Santa Clara Puerto Principe and Santiago de Cuba who surrender arms and submit to surveillance within 15 days The decree also threatens severe penalties for rebels or collaborators and calls for intensified pursuit and civil cooperation to suppress the insurgent bands across multiple provinces.
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Pinar del Rio
Havana
Said
Eyier
Ste
Neorest Authority
Italian cabinet formed with Marquis di Rudini premier
King Humbert tasked General Ricotti with forming a cabinet. The resulting government names Marquis di Rudini as premier with Ricotti as war minister and a full lineup including Brini foreign affairs and Racchia marine. The arrangement places Ricotti as war minister while Rudini leads as premier.
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Heral Ricotti
Rous
Marquis di Radini
Count Crispi
Italy
Sod
General Ricotti
Signor Brin
Senor Perazzi
Admiral Racchia
Marine
Signor
Goulecisrdini
Finance
Signor Granturia
Bland for President In Free Silver Drive of Missouri
Missouri free silver leaders plan to nominate ex-Congressman Richard P. Bland for president at Chicago. If silver ascends in the national convention, Bland becomes the logical candidate. Governor Stone may seek West's Senate seat, Lon V. Stephens for governor, and Dorsey W. Shackleford to run from Bland's district.
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Missouri
Derrenson Crry
Richard P. Bland
Chicago
Bland
Stone
West
Alvice
Senate
Lon V. Stephens
Delmonico to Move Uptown to New Forty Fourth Street
Delmonico, the famed restaurant, will relocate its bar and operation uptown to a new structure at Forty fourth Street and Fifth Avenue near the Sherwood Hotel. The move reflects an anticipated shift in location as the business adapts to urban changes.
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Wii
Charles Delmoanico
Forty-fourth Street
Fifth Avenue
Nebraska Democrats Debate Silver Coinage Question
A Nebraskan Democratic letter urges party committees to submit to voters a primary question on restoring free and unlimited silver coinage at 16 to 1. The result would bind delegates to the national convention, barring a competing delegation to Chicago. Also notes a separate Paris dispatch on Menelek of Abyssinia offering arbitration, king Leopold remaining cautious.
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Omans
Neb
March &J. OC. Smyth
Democratic State Central Committee
Euclid Martin
Iman
Nebraska
United States
Chicago
Menéles
Lowpoy
Paris
Menelek
Aegus
Abyssinia
M. de Lance
Ie Siee le
Adons
Bomans
Leopold
Luly
Alabama Mother's Agony and Train Wreck Report
A western county woman died after a grass fire sparked her skirt, while she watched three months old infant die nearby. Separately, the Sunset Limited southbound derailed near Phente California after striking a horse. five of six cars derailed, no serious injuries reported.
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Alabama
Geseva, Alu, Murch
Mra E Oden
Traian
Forse Los Axertes
Cal
Phente
News Notes From A Turbulent Era Across Many Fronts
The notes report Bank failure in Ring City Missouri and various political, military, and social events. Topics include English army estimates, Ashanti war spoils, English MPs debating bimetallism, Cardinal Satelli’s reception, Ed Murphy’s conviction in St Paul, A. H. Roe in Waldo Kansas, Sedalia perjury sentence for Sadie Everett, Italian defeat in Abyssinia, Grist Mill Jones in Oklahoma City, Congressman Josiah Patterson’s Missouri speeches, Dick Bland’s joint debate, Senator West’s presidential hopes, Ed Dodge shot accidentally in Oakley Kansas, McKinley delegate momentum in Wisconsin, private detectives’ manslaughter conviction in Chicago, contest delegations to St Louis, de Lome defense in Congress, Manderson endorsement in Nebraska, J H McVicker death, Anns Pacheco tragedy, Cuban Amazons in insurgent fights, and other regional notices. Also rail fare ads for Santa Yz Route and March ticket sales, plus a boilerplate laundry note.
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Ring City
Farmers’ Bank
Cardinal Satelli
A. H. Roe
Joss
Sedalia
Sadie Everetts
Abyesinia
Senator West
Missouri Democrats
Oakley
Salina
Kan
Ed Dodge
Wisconsin
McKinley
Chicago
Frank White
South
St. Louis
de Lome
Washington
Gesers Weyler
Omaha
Manderson
St Louis Wreck Terrible Electric Car Collision
A head end crash on the Kirkwood electric railroad near St Louis is blamed on motorman J A Aiken ignoring orders. Both single track cars were smashed with four fatally injured and about fifty injured, as passengers were crowded on a Sunday run between Kirkwood and the city.
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St. Louis
J. A. Aiken
Kirkwood Electric Railroad
Kirkwood
J. A Aiken
Sam Smith
J. L. Jones
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad
Richard Lonagan
J.S. Peaceley
Cardinal Satolli extolls US Constitution in Kansas City
Cardinal Satolli arrived from Denver and celebrated the first pontifical high mass in Kansas City at the Cathedral on West Eleventh Street. He urged Catholics to be faithful to America, praising the Constitution and urging harmony between church and State, saying the two can coexist with religion and civil law.
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United States
Kausse City
Kaseas City
Francis
Satolli
Denver
West Eleventh Street
Kansas City
Offers of Aid for Spain and Foreign Officers
Several foreign military officers including Englishmen have offered services to the Spanish minister of war should war arise with America. The official view remains that no conflict will occur. Patriotic demonstrations spread after Congress action on Cuba and many Spaniards offer money, towns send goods and lives for defense.
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Manns
Spain
Avenica
United States Congress
Bodies In Barrel In Ryde Park Shock Residents
Cercaco March 9 authorities investigate grisly find of a grey-haired man and a newborn baby hidden in a barrel beneath rags in an alley by Ryde Park. Local people suspect double murder and await clues from an unknown woman linked to the case as medical students pursue identification.
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Cercaco
Bebe
Ryde Park
F. A. Scofeld
Five Bayonne workers burned by tar overflow at Standard Oil yard
Five workmen at Standard Oil Bayonne New Jersey suffered severe burns from boiling tar overflowing a tank. No fatalities reported though injuries are grave. Separately Rear Admiral Henry Walke died in Brooklyn at 88, after a long naval career beginning as a midshipman. Also a post office opened at Mellary convent with Father David named postmaster.
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New York
Standard Oil Company
Bayonne
N. J
Walke
Henry Walke
Brooklyn
Paca
Cginia
Aca
Navy
Monk Sa
Drevens
Lows
March
Mellary
David
Pustinester
Unclear moral musings on value and pride
A fragment from the Chicago Post critiques prying and vanity in daily life. It contrasts attention to appearances with simple contentment, noting men who seek answers outside routine are less happy. The prose evokes theater, optics, and light social critique, reflecting newspaper humor.
The Little Man in the Courtroom and a Lawyer’s Tale
A short, period piece describes a tiny gray mustached man visiting a bookkeeper. He inquires about Mr Bilkins and awaits the inmate, while a tale from Youth's Companion about a lawyer defending a dog shooting emphasizes flawed circumstantial proof and the need to witness a bullet strike.
Good Advice to Government Ground Hogs for Weather Bureau
A humorous fragment shows a speaker blotting a letter and sending it to Washington with advice. The line about ground hogs for the Weather Bureau punctuates the exchange, reflecting satirical dialogue from period newspapers.
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Adios
Washington
Weather Bureau
Chicago Post
Odd Parlour Talk Sparks City Gossip
A fragment from Ettavette humor column features witty banter about manners and hats in boarding houses. Quips reference a fellow calling on a girl, borrowing coins, and a mistaken diamond pin, illustrating local satire and playful social critique.
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Ettavette
Yabsley
Indiana
Salvation Army Split At Cooper Union Rally Sparks Peace Push
Ballington Booth inaug uates a rival Salvation Army movement at Cooper Union before 5,000 cheering supporters. Booth says the group seeks peace and to win over the middle class while avoiding strife with the original Army.
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New York
Ballington Booth
America
Cooper Union
Barlington Booth
General Booth
London
Maud Booth
Salvation Army
Lehnewer
Bowery Corps
George Washington
Subience
Peter Glen
Eva C. Booth
Montclair
Contolof
Salvation Armies
Jeruaslem
Valley Forge
A English Jail Chapel Service Reveals Prison Routines
The Hamday morning service in an English jail shows strict separation of male and female prisoners and between convicted and debtor classes. A condemned man may receive three Sundays before execution, with guardians nearby but isolation from others.
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DI Radini
Ean Prascisco
Pacific Mall Steamship Company
Rio de Janeiro
Orient
Yokohama
Rusigen Dexvex
Col
Marck
Morrill
Minneapolis
Calvary Baptist Church
Johnstone Bennett
Richard Mansfield
Dramatic Company
Gueoline
Delmonico
Democrats
J. H. McVicker
McVicke's Theater
Edwin Booth
Anns Pacheco
Edward Hack
Edward
Anos
Oakland
Cardinal Satolu
Mr. Birkins
Prince Albert
Prince of Wales
Ciayo Tribune
Nene
Jones
Brick
Smith
Ives
Tme
Detroit
Bree Press
Ths
Booth
Wavurus
Wis
Roberts I
Arthur Miller
Fremont Fairbank
Indsia
Loxpox
St Petersburg
the Times
Novoe Vremys
Red Cross
Mexico
Merch
Diaz
Mayer
Tayior
Nisrds
United Stat
Hendrix
China
Carnot
M. Molsson
Bim
North Carolina Railroad Commissioners
Basels
Siberia
Hood
H. A. Hood
Saeed
Eastern_ Vestibaled Express
Limited
Denver & Pacifia
Vestibaied
Union Pacific
Seaseeel Ace Belcor
Jy. Eer
Sanaa Lopes
Sanare City
Topeke
Oregon
Laavss
Socange
Los Los Angels
Topeka
Caltrain
Oe City
Ucket
Kansas Avenue
Topas
Kansas
Washburn, Crosby Co
Rand Opera House
Fitz & Webster
B. Bowzer
Peerless Steam Laundcy
Foellow Bream Leandcy
Shawnes B& L Asan
Rovin
Colambian
Wiehtta and
Moturn
Peerj Jess Steam Laundry
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