Currency Reform May Go Under in McKinley Message
A Washington dispatch reports rumors that President McKinley plans a special message requesting cash for troop transport and notes cabinet concern over Cuban affairs. The piece also describes House friction over currency reform and a Senate vote timetable, with Quay denying coordination with Senator West.
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McKinley
Washington
Capitol
House of Representatives
Senate
Stanley Matthews
West
House
Gage
Commission
Guy
Treasur
Quay
Pennsylvania
Missouri
Lumber Imports Rise as Alaskan Trade Demands Grow
San Francisco dispatch reports 17 vessels carrying over four million feet of lumber passed through the Golden Gate in 48 hours. The surge, tied to a nationwide demand for tonnage for Alaskan trade, eases a lumber market tightness by adding carriers amid rising prices.
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San Francisco
Golden Gate
Commander Stubbs Deposed by Virginia Confederate Veterans
The Grand Camp of Confederate Veterans of Virginia meets in Lynchburg and adopts a resolution by 21 to 1 finding Commander Stubbs not guilty of bribery but ordering him removed from command of the grand camp and from the history committee after deliberation on the evidence.
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Grand Camp of Confederate Veterans
Advisory Council
Grand Camp
Confederate Veterans of Virginia
Lynchburg
Stubbs
Counsil
W. M. Bridges
Floyd County
Kavceny
Bridges
Anpreme
Supreme Court
City of
Roime
Coal Boats Sunk After Storm Near Leavenworth Indiana
A towboat belonging to B Williams with sixty coal boats was caught in a Wednesday night storm near Leavenworth Indiana. Fourteen coal boats sank and two crewmen drowned. The towboat suffered heavy damage but continued southward afterward.
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B. Williams
Leavenworth
Indiana
Debate on Cuban Rights Marks House Session
A Washington special reports a full day as House members clash over granting belligerent rights to Cuban insurgents. Republicans vote to abstain, while minority amendments seek to derail the measure. Hitt argues for restraint and accuses insurgents of seeking war to gain freedom.
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Washington
House
Committee On Foreign Panirs
Senate
Anstain
Hitt
Foreign Affirs
Congress
Cuba
Weyler
Spain
McMillin Leads in Tennessee Caucus with Seven Ballots
Nashville dispatch reports Democratic senators nominating a U S senator candidate met on Wednesday night, using seven ballots without result. McMillin stayed within six votes of nomination, Turley second with thirty, Taylor stuck at nineteen on each ballot. Supporters remain firm, aiming to secure a majority if Turley withdraws or Taylor concedes.
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Taylor
Nashville Dispatch
United States
McMillin
Turley
McComas Backers Disappointed by Maryland Ballot Count
In a joint session the Maryland senate and house cast a single U S senate ballot to replace Arthur P Gorman. McGomans 36 Shaw 11 Shryock 2 Milliken 2 Barber 6 Warner 1 Gorman 46 Findlay 2 Parran 6 Lowndes 1 total 118 with 57 needed. Absent 4. Followers of Judge McGomas expected at least eight more votes.
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Maryland
Senate
House
United States
Arthur P. Gorman
MecGomans
Shaw
Shryock
Milliken
Barber
Warner
Gorman
Findlay
Parran
Lowndes
Judge McGomas
Fifty Die as Gas Explosion Hits Russian Mine
A Donetznev mine in the Taganrog district suffered a gas explosion with fifty bodies recovered and fears of more deaths. Eighteen were injured, three of whom have since died.
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Charkoff
Russia
Donetznev
Taganrog
Carter Trial Drags as Witness Delivers Unfavorable Testimony
Savannah dispatch reports a slow court martial of Captain O M Carter with witness A B Cooper on the stand all day. Cooper testified that Atlantic Contracting boosted Carter into the court of St James on the Nicaragua commission and that harbor work failed to meet specifications despite Carter being alerted.
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Tesla
Savannah
O. M. Carter
A. 8
Cooper
Atlantic Contracting Company
Captain Carter
Court of St. James
Carter
Fifteen Acres of Factories to Rise in Marinette Wis
Marinette capitalists form a stock company with $300000 to manufacture farming implements. A. W. Stevens & Co. moves its Auburn New York plant to Marinette across the river from Menominee. The factory covers fifteen acres and will employ over 300 workers.
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Marinette
Wis
A. W. Stevens & Co
Auburn
N. Y
Menominee
Georgia Rail Shops Advance at Macon Amid Growth Plans
Reports claim no move to shift Central railroad shops to Atlanta as Macon undergoes major rebuilding after a fire. Milledgeville asylum receives threatening letter from Osborn as trustees reelect officers and pursue improvements. A large cotton mill and refinery project at Long's Station, Rockmart area, is financed by New York Mills and Walcott.
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Central Railroad
Macon
Kline
The
Central
Atlanta
Milledgeville
Osborn
South Carolina
Long's Station
Rockmart
Ry Campbell
New York Mills Company
I, OG. Walcott
State aid eyed as key to country road building
General Stone, head of the Bureau of Good Roads, argues state aid is the only way for cities and corporations to help finance rural roads. He cites broader citizenship, cross‑county aid, and successful local trials in New Jersey, Darlington, and Anderson, where convict labor and road machines cut costs and improved property values.
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General Stone
Bureau of Good Roads
The
Agricultural Department
National Road Parliament
Siies
United States
Ull
New Jersey
Peteras
Abbeville
Clayey
Darlington
Anderson
Chester County
Charleston News and Courier
Middle
New England Homestead
Up to the Times and Tennessee Road Progress
The Chattanooga News notes Hamilton County roads honor strong praise as farmers buy wheels. Farmers previously hitching teams now visit town by wheel quickly, returning faster than before. The piece reflects rural progress and mobility improvements impacting state life.
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Tennessee
Hamilton County
Chattanooga News
Florida Good Roads Association Aims and Goals
The Florida Good Roads Association seeks to develop new enterprises on rural land to raise value per acre, to relieve debtors by enabling debt payments, to strengthen moral and religious sentiment by improving church access, and to advance general education by removing barriers to school attendance, including poor roads and poverty.
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The
Florida Good Roads Association
Grand Canon of the Colorado Described by John Muir
John Muir extols the Grand Canyon of the Colorado as a sublime, otherworldly city carved by nature. He contrasts rugged walls with a vast, silent gorge twelve to fifteen miles wide and six thousand feet deep, praising its rainbow-hued spires and monumental forms.
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Colorado
John Muir
Atlantic
Soul Haunting Gretal Ondyairys Seal Hunting Described
The article describes seal hunting on Induan islands as a legitimate industry relying on animal traits like tractability. It follows bachelor seals hunted by Tudiana workers who separate, drive, and club the animals to death at a remote killing ground, noting the brutal process and the place of fur demand in society.
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Gretal
Fifth Avenue
Coffee and substitutes destroy disease germs during roasting
A Russian bacteriologist reports that coffee and its substitutes act as germicides not by caffeine but by substances formed during roasting. Roasted extracts killed cholera germs in hours and typhoid germs in longer, but not as an antiseptic due to the long destruction time.
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New York Tribune
Queen of the Seas Seeks Mate License in Sydney
Mrs. John Strachan known as Queen of the Seas in Sydney due to guiding her husband’s vessel to port amid a virulent fever. She applied to take the mate’s license examination but was refused despite expert seamanship. authorities note she has more knowledge than many licensed candidates.
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John Strachan
Sydney
Australia
Strachan
Household Cleaning Dangers of Ammonia in Home Use
The article warns maids to remove ammonia traces after cleaning as ammonia harms paint and varnish. Wipe surfaces with water after using ammonia and avoid linoleum exposure. A maid’s use of crude oil on a mahogany table caused a disastrous finish and required a cabinetmaker.
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Aibsinetmaker
How to Prepare Hygienic Diet for Health
Advice from Hotel World on a diet avoiding meat and many common foods. It warns meat and bread starchy items heat the blood and burden digestion, while vegetables offer little nutrition and fruit harms in temperate zones. Cheese fish and milk products are deemed health hazards.
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Othef
Hotel World
Modern Sandwich Guide: Varieties for Tea and Luncheon
A practical guide to assembling finger sandwiches for afternoon tea and informal meals. Includes moate meats, egg and olive fillings, sardine and jam creations, and cheese straws with detailed prep steps and serving tips.
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Christine Terhune Herrick
Christine Herrick
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