Piracy claim looms over Three Friends case before Supreme Court
The Attorney General considers piracy charges against the Cuban warship Three Friends after reports of engagement with a Spanish gunboat. He may seek a writ of certiorari to move the case from New Orleans circuit court to the Supreme Court, aiming to resolve Judge Locke's ruling that the libel failed to prove a violation of law.
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New York
Three Friends
United States
Harmon
United States Supreme Court
United States Circuit Court
New Orleans
Supreme Court
Locke
Jacksonville
Brother Weds Sister In Shocking Separated Kin Reveal
Mulvano Arkansas area stirs as Peter Wilson and his wife, married 39 years, reveal they were childhood orphans separated as siblings. Adopted by five families, he grew up in Missouri and she in Town. They have nine children, three deaf mutes, two deformed, and face grief over the discovery.
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Mulvano
Ark
Wichita
Peter Wilson
Wilson Manahoy Alx
Rachael
Missouri
Pater Wilson
Sioux City
Train Plunges From Falls Bridge Near Butler Pa
A Pittsburg and Western passenger train, carrying thirty passengers, derailed from a fifty foot high Paint Creek bridge near Butler, Pennsylvania. The engine, baggage car, and two coaches plunged into the creek. the engineer, fireman, and mail agent were killed outright. A relief train evacuated survivors while doctors arrived from St. Petersburg and Foxburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg and Western Railway
Paint Creek
Butler
Freman
St. Petersburg
Foxburg
Receiver Draught Arrested on Cheating Charge
A. B. Draught, receiver of the Florida Midland railway and noted Peninsula capitalist, has been arrested in Atlanta Ga. on a swindling charge. Prosecutors Eady and Mayfield, bond and stock dealers in Atlanta, allege he swindled them out of 2400 dollars.
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Mr. Draught
A. B. Draught
Florida Midland Railway
Peninsula
Atlanta
Eady and
Mayfield
Draught
President Returns From Hunt to Washington
The president came back to Washington around 10 o'clock Saturday night from a harbor trip near Quantico. His carriage stood at Stevenson's wharf and, upon arrival, the Maple carried Mr Cleveland directly to the White House.
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Washington
Quantico
Stevenson's Wharf
Cleveland
White House
Cordage Firm Hit With $50,000 Attachment
David H. McAlpin obtained an attachment for $50,000 against the John Good Cordage and Machine Company. The firm’s works are in Brooklyn and Ravenswood with a Chicago branch, tied to five notes dated September 18, 1894, carrying interest.
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Cordage and Machine Company
David H. McAlpin
John Good Cordage and Machine Company
Brooklyn
Ravenswood
Chicago
Bolivar Peninsula land sale to fund fort defense
The Government closed on 100 acres at Bolivar point near Galveston Texas for 80000 dollars. The land lies south of the lighthouse at the tip of the Bolivar peninsula. A modern fort will be built there as part of Galveston defense plans.
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Bolivar Point
Galvhaton
Texas
Bolivar Peninsular
Galveaton
Courtesy to McKinley precedes inauguration dine invitation
President and Mrs Cleveland invited Major and Mrs McKinney to dine at the Executive Mansion the day before the inauguration, a courtesy extended by President Harrison four years ago. Major McKinley to arrive March 2 and stay at the Ebbitt House before moving to the executive mansion. Cleveland party plans a March 4 departure to New York. Princeton home under repair and not ready until spring. Cleveland unlikely to pursue business until after leaving office, with a probable return to old law practice in New York.
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Executive Mansion
Cleveland
Major
McKinney
Harrison
Major McKinley
Washington
Ebbitt House
New York
Princeton
N. J
New York City
Weyler Pardons A Few On Alfonso Day In Havana
On Ta-Namo Day in Havana a cathedral service honored King Alfonso and social events followed. In a custom, some prisoners were released though only thirteen men gained liberty provisionally. They faced various offenses and were largely unknown to the public.
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Alphonso
Havana
Preacher Drowned at Abandoned Tanyard Near West Point
Rev TM J Bruce a Presbyterian minister was recovered from an old vat in a disused tanyard field half a mile from West Point Georgia on Sunday morning. He had disappeared from West Point Thursday under peculiar circumstances with indications he fell into the vat and was drowned or scalded to death. He previously preached in West Point and LaGrange and recently led a church in Enfa la Alabama.
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J. Bruce
West Point
Bruce
Wapat Point
LaGrange
Enfan- Ia
Ala
Mississippi Senator George in Critical Condition in Washington
Senator George of Mississippi lies at Garfield Hospital in Washington in critical condition after arriving in the capital on January 1. His wife and family are at Carrollton, Mississippi, and have been summoned to his bedside as doctors treat a bronchial catarrh and related complications.
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Minalanippi
George
Mississippi
Garfield Hospital
Washington
Carrollton
Miss
Coal Miners Strike Reaches Wilmington Fields
Wilmington Illinois field operatives walk out after a mass meeting at Coal City decided to strike. Delegates from Brainwood Bracevilla and Diamond attended. The action targets Star Coal Company's push for a two inch screen.
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Wilmington
Illinois
Government building note approval at Tennessee exposition
The President approves a plan to erect a government building at the Tennessee Centennial exposition without advertising for proposals. The award of life saving medals may go to persons not affiliated with life saving stations and for deeds outside the vicinity of a station.
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Cleveland
Queen Lil Arrives in Washington Lands at Shoreham
Ex Queen Lilinokelani of Hawaii journeys from Boston and reaches Washington Saturday afternoon settling at the Shoreham hotel amid official and social reception activity.
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Queen Lil
Washington
Lilinokelani
Hawaii
Boston
Shoreham
Blizzard Saps Stock in Western Kansas
A Sunday Kansas City special reports a blizzard raging across western Kansas with heavy snow and drifting conditions causing widespread suffering among livestock and stockmen.
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Kansas City
Kansas
German Bark Swamped Rescued by Lugger Ferrand
The lugger Ferrand arrived in New Orleans Thursday morning with Captain Englishman and fourteen sailors from the German bark Gradodus. The Gradodus was dunce with lumber and swamped off Timbalier islands on the 19th before being run ashore. Ferrand aided the sailors. the Gradodus was bound for Holland.
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Férrand
Ferrand
New Orleans
Englishman
Timbalier Islands
Holland
Harbor defense convention adopts resolutions on national defense
The coast defense and harbor improvement convention at Tampa adopts resolutions urging national defense focus, rejection of specific funding requests, and immediate coast protection. It calls for stronger naval strength, artillery integration, and an urgent appropriation to implement War Department plans. Officers and a national association are named, with the next meeting slated for Washington.
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Coast Defense and Harbor Improvement Convention
Tampa
Fle
Germain
United States
Congress of the United
Congress
War Department
Committee On
Datanse Association
Permanent Association
Horace Porter
New York
J. A. Frye
Massachusetts
Gied
J. B. Gordon
Georgia
Lew Wallace
Indiana
A. K
Illinois
Witherall
Kentucky
W. B. Halderman
Louisiana
J. W. Dupree
Minnesota
BD. C. Babb
B. A. McAlpin
North Carolina
OC. Dewey
North Dakota
E. Stebbins
Pennsylvania
William RB
Thompson
South Carolina
J. C. Hemphill
Vermont
Henry Wella
Washington
Tragic China Temple Fire Kills Many in Kwong Tow
Advices from the Orient via the Gaelic report a devastating temple fire in Kwong Tow China during a theatrical show. A lamp shattered causing the blaze. the crowded main entrance and two exits became blocked. Of about forty actors, only four escaped as 800 people perished.
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San Francisco
Kwong Tow
China
Congress Rivers and Harbors Committee Tours Waterways
Fourteen of sixteen House members of the Committee on Rivers and Harbors left Washington Sunday morning at 11 o clock by the Southern Railway for New Orleans Mobile and other cities to inspect government waterway improvements, accompanied by wives and families.
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House Committee On
Washington
Congress
Southern Railway
New Orleans
Mobile
Bedding and Camembert notes from an 1818 farm journal
Advice on using sawdust or straw for horse bedding and manure management, noting better longevity and rest from straw. Plus historical notes on Camembert production in Normandy, detailing milk coagulation, cream handling, aging, and seasonal cheese prices from the London Standard.
Charcoal for Corn Fed Hogs and Diet Tips
Old farming lore blamed corn for stomach trouble in hogs and teeth wear. Charcoal ash in feed helped neutralize acids, with soda aiding temporarily. The true remedy is not overfeeding and providing variety, especially when corn is fed.
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Noida
Value of Coal Ashes Promises Long Term Farm Benefit
A. R. Harding cites repeated farm tests in Southern Ohio showing coal ashes improve yields when mixed into matted soils and plowed into corn fields over multiple years. He notes better drainage on wet land and a long lasting soil improvement, with ashes acting as an effective neutralizer in heavy soils.
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Farmora Choya
Ohio
A. R. Harding
National Stockman
Camembert Cheese Origins Mentioned in Local Commune History
Sorel and her husband cultivated farm land in Camembert in 1791, giving the cheese its name. The first production sold locally in the commune and at Argent market days, with demand growing beyond.
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Sorel
Camembert
Farm Poultry Guidance for Winter Care and Profits
Practical guidance for poultry raisers on February tasks. Maintain proper drink and feed, use insect powder, monitor and treat diseases, and keep coops warm but ventilated. Plan finances, review stock values, and prepare for the year ahead with emphasis on green feeding, rye patches, and brooder management.
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Ablenet Ona
Farma
Nicaragua Canal Bill Drives Senate to Adjournment
A chaotic session saw the Senate take up the Nicaragua canal bill and a protest letter from Rodrigues. Debate over the Greater Republic of Central America and Gulf power sparked accusations, adjournment to Monday, and a push to foreclose on the Union Pacific while expanding private pension and public building bills.
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Dyriday
Galveston and Great Northern Railroad Company
Indian Territory
Benateh
Rodrigues
Great Britain
Heyer
Nicaragua
Senate
State Department
Rodriguez
White House
Pinslon Hills
Clase
Villa Thors
Colorado
Portal Railway Clerka
Pergrintin
Watatne
Abraam Tincolln
Gattyeburg
John Toaoh
Hid
Letina
Norfolk
Tempe
Pla
Cape Henry River
Wilmington
N. C
Cumberland Female College
McMinnville
Venn
Nee
Moehard, Rhea and Anderson
Rio Grande River
el Paso
Texas
Warren’ Hall
Union Pacific Railroad
Allen
Nebraska
Jr. Morgan
Noths
Washington
Nicaragua Canal Enterprise
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Hunt
Mkindey
Weyler
Taylor
Rad
Army
Toyyit
Marie Harel
Normandy
Mr. Poynel
Gaon
Mme. du Dossart
Calvados
Wall
London Standard
Camiublat Otis
Unt
Nigaragua
BILD
Union Pacific
House
Senate Committee On Post Offices and Postroads
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