Nationwide briefs note murders and politics in wide area roundups
In Napa County California George Willard Clark confesses to murdering his brother W A Clark at St Helena with witnesses present. McComas elected United States senator on the tenth Maryland ballot. Dunne to be collector of internal revenue for Oregon. Watson named populist Georgia governor candidate as state convention nears. Yellow fever cases reported near Edwards Mississippi. Big New England cotton mill strike continues with gates closed at New Bedford Biddeford and Lewiston. Will of Henry Barnhart directs property to California laws. President McKinley may visit Pacific coast states this summer via Yellowstone Butte Spokane Seattle Tacoma and California. Oregon Central & Eastern railroad asset transfer to Corvallis & Eastern. J K Weatherford of Albany new president. Berlin semi official: Germany profits from liberal port policy at Kiao Chau. Scotland moves to curb American beef. antibrew riot in Male France requires troops. Alaska mining plans by Miss Mary W Board. Russo-Turkish indemnity payments looming. Italy calls some army reserves to suppress bread riots. Euphrates college trustees seek protection assurance from McKinley. Rockefeller to spend 200000 on Westchester roads. Cavalry era ends, riflemen and heavy guns urged. Secretary Long: Navy as efficient as any. new ships compare well. F N Frankel fleeced for 31000 by Mexican sharpers. Tacoma wheat receipts reach 6,196,426 bushels. Washington total yield ~18,000,000. Tourmalin seized by Hassina near Morocco. Moorish troops destroy villages. Ockerman arrested in Vancouver for Portland Elks embezzlement. agrees to return and repay. Assistant Secretary Day reopens pension claim for W B Watson of Revenue Cutter Tiger.
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Napa County
Cal
George Willard Clark
W. A. Clark
St. Helena
McComas
United States
Maryland
Germany
Shaw
Senate
David A. Dunne
Oregon
Thomas FE. Watson
Georgia
Watson
Wyman
Stewart
Memphis
Mississippi State Board of Health
Edwards
Miss
New England
Corporation
New Bedford
Mass
Biddeford
Lewiston
Henry Barnhart
California
McKinley
Pacific Coast
Yellowstone
Butte
Spokane
Seattle
Tacoma
Portland
Shasta
San Diego
Oregon Central & Eastern Railroad
Yaquina Bay
Cascade Mountains
Corvallis & Eastern
J. K. Weatherford
Albany
Berlin
Kiao Chau
China
Scotland
Male
France
Mary W. Board
Metuchen
Alaska
Russia
Turkey
Euphrates College
Karpoot
John D. Rockefeller
Standard Oil
Westchester County
New York
F E. B. Beaumon
United States Army
Long
Aar
F. N. Frankel
Kansas City
Chicago
Mexico
Washington
Tourmalin
Sus
Morocco
Sherifan Hassina
Hassina
Alfred Raymond Ockerman
Raymond
Ore
Benevolent Order of Elks
Hastings
Vancouver
B. C
Ockerman
Day
Pension Office
Ita
W. B. Watson
United States Revenue Cutter
Tiger
Revenue Service
Opium Joints Claimed to Receive Police Protection
A Chicago senate inquiry into police corruption heard that Chinese opium joints enjoy police protection. Sing Ting offered to testify if city leaders guarantee protection, and Moy Tin said most owners pay ten dollars weekly, with Moy Tin paying three. The collector named Alderman Coughlin as a beneficiary.
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Chicago
Jam
Senate
Sing Ting
Tanner
Harrison
Sam May
Moy Tin
Alderman Coughlin
Farm Crops For Last Year Final US Estimates
The statistician of the Department of Agriculture reports 1897 crop figures by commodity. Corn 80,808,000 acres and 1,902,967,933 bushels valued at 51,057,972 dollars. Wheat 39,465,006 acres and 530,149,168 bushels valued at 428,547,121 dollars. Oats 25,730,375 acres and 698,767,809 bushels valued at 147,074,719 dollars. Potatoes 2,534,577 acres and 164,015,904 bushels valued at 79,643,059 dollars. Hay 42,426,770 acres and 60,064,876 tons valued at 401,390,728 dollars. Detailed state figures to follow. winter wheat and rye acreage revisions near completion. John Hyde, Statistician.
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Washington
United States
Department of Agriculture
John Hyde
Asked for a battleship Washington dispatches
Washington reports indicate the Maine’s dispatch to Havana followed Consul General Lee’s demand. Lee telegraphed President McKinley requesting protection for Americans as two German warships loitered in Havana. McKinley ordered the Maine within an hour and informed Minister De Lome. Fear of Havana anarchy drove the move.
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Washington
Maine
Havana
Lee
State Department
Olney
McKinley
Secretary Long
Day
de Lome
Spanish Fleet Adm Chacon Reviews Operations in Madrid
Admiral Chacon arrived for a long conference with Admiral Bernejo, minister of marine, declaring the fleet in perfect condition after recent evolutions. A cabinet decision will set which American ports Spanish ships visit. Madrid papers blame the Maine incident, urging Havana patience and suggesting U.S. friendliness reduces the need for emphasis on the Havana visit.
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Madrid
Chacon
Bernejo
Maine
Havana
United States
Sinks in St Joseph Harbor
The grain steamer City of Duluth struck the harbor bar in a heavy gale and sank quickly near St Joseph Michigan. The life-saving crew rescued 17 passengers and 27 crew members, with Mrs William Tryon critically ill from freezing. Several others suffered exposure in the frigid weather.
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St. Joseph
Mich
City
Duluth
William Tryon
Chicago Peddler Sentenced to Hang for Wife Beating
Chris Merry, convicted of beating and choking his wife, is sentenced by Judge Horton to be hanged February 18. The date marks three months since the murder was committed. Seattle laborer E Beck hanged himself, despondency given as cause, after arriving from California.
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Chicago
Chris Merry
Horton
Seattle
E. Beck
Beck
California
Bomb Attack Shocks Havana Mayor’s Home
At midnight a man named Louis Caroazo, recently back from African prisons, threw a bomb at the Havana mayor’s private residence in Jesus del Monte. The blast shattered the door, sent neighbors into panic, and the assailant was captured fleeing the scene.
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Havana
Louis Caroazo
Cuba
Jesus del Monte
War in Cuba Deepens as Insurgents Widen Sugar Cane Fire
Havana dispatch reports Spanish general Castellanos’ claimed victory at Esperanza proved false with no such town. rebels defend Agramonte while holdups persist in Holguin. Molina’s forces clash at Camarioco, Cane fields burned, 11 Spanish dead, 28 wounded.
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New York
Herald
Havana
Orient
Holguin
Pando
Cauto
Gomez
Eral Molina
Boca Camarioco
Punta Maya
Tabaris
Molina
Union
San Luis
Camarioco
Open Letter Testifies to Lydia Pinkham Remedies
An ill woman writes praising Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash. She describes being thin, sallow, nervous, with leucorrhea and irregular menses before using three bottles of the Compound and one wash. After treatment she reports better health and attributes the improvement to Mrs Pinkham's remedies.
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Lydia
All Around Market Report from Spokane and West
Wholesale prices listed for Wheat, Oats, Barley, Rye, Flour, Wool and Produce in Spokane areas with country and city points. Regional notes include wheat in Tacoma Walla Walla Pullman Colfax markets, plus metals prices for silver, lead, copper and pig iron.
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Spokane
Clemmens Kills Paul Buc lo in Oregon Roadside Gunfight
In Dayton Oregon on January 31 Fred Clemmens fatally shot Paul Buc lo during a long standing family quarrel in a road encounter. The coroner's jury found Clemmens acted in self defense after Buc lo aimed a gun at him.
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Dayton
Ore
Fred Clemmens
Paul Buclo
Bucko
Clemmens
Venezuelan Bondholders Miss January Installment
London Jan 31 The council of foreign bondholders announced it could not obtain Venezuela's January 26 installment for the 1881 external debt service.
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London
Council of Foreign Bondholders
Venezuela
Paper Trust forms new national corporation in New York
Albany Feb 2 The International Paper Company of Corinth Saratoga County a coalition of major firms filed articles of incorporation with a capital of 45 million dollars.
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Albany, N. Y
International Paper Company of
Corinth
Saratoga County
Bruising Advice and St. Jacobs Oil Promoted
The article extols black and blue bruises as permanent but notes danger to nerves and muscles. It urges prompt care and recommends St. Jacobs Oil as the quick remedy to rub out soreness from contusions after hard knocks on and off the field.
Open letter asserts trademark rights over Castoria
Samuel Pitcher of Hyannis rents the legal fight to protect exclusive use of the word Castoria and Pitcher's Castoria. He notes the original creator is Dr Samuel Pitcher and warns that only The Centaur Company may use the Fletcher signature on wrappers. Swedish Navy officers wear full dress and spurs as part of formal uniform.
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Samuel Pitcher
Hyannis
Massachusetts
Fitcher
Chas. H. Fletcher
Centaur Company
Shas. H. Vletcher
Cfarch
Samuel Pitcher, M.D
Dres
Relief Supply Expedition Reaches Seattle En Route to Dyea
A carload of grain and about 14 tons of supplies from the Alaskan relief expedition arrived in Seattle from Vancouver. The grain and supplies will be shipped to Dyea with the relief detachment aboard the steamer Signal around February 7.
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Seattle
Wash
Vancouver
Dyea
Signal
Explosion injures six in Adler No 2 shaft mine
Six men were badly burned and other injuries reported after a blast of black damp at Adler No 2 shaft mine in Nanticoke Pennsylvania on January 28. The article ends with a social commentary about finding easy work without honest labor.
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Nanticoke, Pa
Adler
Remarkable American medico chemist cures consumption claims
An American physician T A Slocum of New York offers a free three bottle trial of his new scientific system of medicine for consumption and lung ailments. The advertisement promises confidential correspondence advice and urges readers to write for a purported cure and full instructions.
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Dr. Slocum
Pine Street
New York City
Pasteur
Slocum
T. A. Slocum
America
Europe
M.D
New York
Confound the luck and show-down in Cuba insurrection
Dialogue fragment shows a new Cuban captain general lamenting an insurrection and plagiarism blocks victory. An officer jokes about the trouble. Interleaved chatter touches on marriage, a cure for consumption, society mixing, and class critique. The piece reads as satirical social snippet.
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Cuba
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