Gladstone Dead the Grand Old Man of Britain
William EWart Gladstone, the great British statesman, born in Liverpool December 2, 1809, dies after a life in Parliament spanning eras from Peel to home rule. He led Liberals, won Midlothian campaigns, and passed peacefully at Hawarden Castle with his family nearby.
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William Ewart Gladstone
Liverpool
England
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Schoenhausen
Victoria
Andrew Jackson
Grover Cleveland
Daniel Webster
Gladstone
Gledstone
Lanarkshire
Gledstones
Herbiet de Gledatone
Edward L William Gledstone
Biggar
William
Gladatones
John
Robert Peel
Lord Palmeraton
Tim
House of Commons
Disraeli
Oxford
Treasury
Board of Trade
Dows
The
Commons
Keve Home
Juventus Mondi
Adams Acton
John Gladstone
Glasgow
Eton
Christchurch
All Souls
Newark
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Gladstoie
Arthur Hallam
Tennyson
Hawarden
Midlothian
House of Lords
Mr. Gladstone
Assembly
Catharine
Stephen Titchard Glynne
Hawarden Castle
Flintshire
Sarjeant Glynne
Cromwell
W. H. Gladstone
East Worcestershire
Whitby
Stephen Edward Gladstone
Henry Neville Gladstone
Herbert John Gladstone
Leeda
Agnes
E. C. Wickham
Wellington College
Mary
Henry Drew
Dorothy
Dassie
Helen
Newnham College
Wales
Dee
Chester
London News
Emergency bags for soldiers spurred by Red Cross appeal
The Red Cross urges 10 000 emergency bags for soldiers and sailors on duty with two patterns from the New York Tribune. One is a leather bordered bag with needle-book pin cushion scissors case and compartments for thread buttons laces medicine and small bottles. The other pattern is a tin wallet holding spools needles wax and pins with a built in pincushion and pockets. Also note Massachusetts plans a 2000 expenditure to light the statehouse dome.
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Red Cross Association
United States
New York Tribune
Sinking of the Merrimac at Santiago Harbor Reported
Admiral Sampson announces that on June 3 the Merrimac was sunk in the channel off Santiago under Hobson and seven men. Two Spanish prisoners and six captors are cited, with authorities considering further blockade and troop movements to Porto Rico.
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Santiago
Navy Department
Washington
Sampson
Atlanta
Saarrsoy
Schley
Porto Rico
Cable cuts isolate Blanco from Spanish authorities
Washington reported on Saturday that a major cable and telegraph disruption led by General Greely likely isolated General Blanco from Madrid. The French cable Santiago to Haiti was cut at 6:30 Friday night and no messages have passed since. Greely and Secretary Allen discussed the blow and hailed the apparent success in isolating Blanco.
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Washington
Greely
Blanco
Madrid
Associated Press
Kingston
Santigo
Haiti
Cuba
Jamaica
General Greely
Allen
Captain Gridley Dies After Manila Bay Victory
Captain Charles W. Gridley commander of the Olympia and adviser to Admiral Dewey is dead. The navy department received a cable from Kobe dated June 4 reporting his death. He won renown at Manila Bay and earned praise for gallantry and ability. The cause of his illness remains undisclosed.
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Olympia
Manilla
Charles W. Gridley
Navy Department
Galt
Navy
Kobe
Japan
Long
Davey
Gridley
Manila Bay
Fire Devastates Walhala. Seventeen Businesses Lost
A Saturday evening blaze in Walhala South Carolina destroyed the business portion of town. The fire began in M W Wrights store and spread rapidly, burning the Masonic temple post office seventeen business houses livery stables and a bank and drug store. Insurance totals about thirteen thousand dollars with loans between forty and fifty thousand reported.
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South Carolina
Walhala
M. W. Wright
Darby's
Censorship Tightens Over Troop Movements at Tampa
Censorship at Tampa is relaxed enough to note volunteer troop arrivals with restrictions but has tightened again, banning comments on troop movements to or from Tampa. Reporters are restricted to camp gossip and forbidden from discussing any phase of the situation.
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Tampa
Fla
Mottoes Barred on Army Supplies by Navy Order
The secretary of the navy barred contractors of army supplies from stamping mottoes on goods after a St. Louis hardtack maker printed Remember the Maine on each cake. It is expected the secretary of war will issue a similar order.
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Secretary of the Navy
St. Louis
Hardtack
Maine
Secretary of War
Italian Fuel Usage and Patent Remedies Summary
Report cites Naples consuming forty thousand tons of charcoal at sixteen to twenty dollars per ton, with national use around seven hundred thousand tons. Includes ads for cures and tonics, No-To-Anything tobacco remedy, and Mrs Winslow’s soothing syrup for teething, plus Southern Saw Works claims.
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Naples
Timekeeper and customer clash over winding watch
A customer accuses a seller of swindling over a watch that winds itself while keeping time. Dowler replies that the timekeeper is guaranteed and asks if it is satisfactory. The exchange centers on the product’s advertised reliability and the guarantee.
Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Praise Letters
Several women from different states report relief from female ailments after using Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. Mrs Satire from Biddeford credits dramatic symptom improvement, while Mrs Palaiis of Lexington and Mrs Mori of Powell Station describe renewed energy and restored ability to work after using the product and related Liver Pills and Sanative Wash.
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A. W. Satire
Summer St
Biddeford
Lydia
Pinkham
Mrenissa Palaiis
Lexington
Ind
Mori BE
Herre
Powell Station
Tenn
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