Paris duel among old nobility shocks society
A Paris salon duel between Count Robert de Montesquion and Henri de Regnier ended after ten minutes when Montesquion was wounded. The dispute arose from a crude remark about cowardice linked to a charity bazaar fire, triggering debate on social boycott threats in high society.
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Paris
Nox ‘Bility
Robert du Montesquion
Henri de Regner
Neuilly le Vallois
Mile
Horadin
Rongules
Alphonso de Rothschild
Horadii
Mme. Regnini
Bythio Count de Monttesquion
Onna
Indias
M. de Roequiat
DeRagnisi
Sount
Count Montesquion
de Regnier
Doe Reguisr
Conflicting
Qtemonte
Mle, Herdia
Mme
Regnier
Count de Montesquion
Prominent Carrollton trio charged with burglary
The Carrollton Georgia community is stirred by the arrest of three prominent residents on burglary and murder charges. Authorities say the Grants, held in jail, are linked to several recent burglaries and a murdered witness who knew of their crimes.
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Carrollton
Grant Mien
Hey
Five Hundred Feared Lost In Chinese Sea Disaster
Meagre telegrams from Victoria report a horrific gale off the coast of China near Chiuvasa archi rago. Empress of Japan brought word of heavy loss to fishermen at sea as hundreds of boats worked the fishing banks. Some five hundred men are believed dead.
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China
Victoria
Empress of
Desperado Sibley Kills Five in Kempoar County
News reports a negro desperado in Miyaluaippi, Bibby Sibley, who, drunk, obtained a gun and killed five negroes including three women and two children in the extreme northwestern portion of Kempoar county Mise'. He shot at six others who escaped, prompting a lynch mob to pursue him.
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Sibley
President McKinley Heads to Nashville on Special C&O Train
President McKinley and his party travel by a special Chesapeake and Ohio train to Nashville, departing Washington at noon on Wednesday. The private car of M J Tuggalls, carrying the president and his immediate family, is described as being decorated with large pillars of flowers.
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President McKinley
Washington
Nashville
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
M. J. Tugalls
McKinley
New Industrigg Developments Span South and Midwest
Southern Progress reports rapid industrial growth across the South and nearby states, naming several new ventures. Greensboro NC’s North Bthte Brewing Co with 150000 capital, Little Rock AR’s Little Hook Bridge Works at 80000, Columbus TX and Waxahachie TX cotton compresses, Newport News VA gas company capital 75000, and at Kimberville CA two 100 ton blast furnaces planned by Embraaville Purifica Co. Roanoke VA charters a 100000 Parking Machine Gas, Cartersville GA manganese and mining at 10000, Martinsburg WV George R. Sheriff Coal Co capital 100000, Houston TX United States Automatic Tan Co capital 50000, Charlotte NC cotton mill, Boggy AR Big Pine Lumber Co capital 25000, Elizabethton TN 40000 tavA factory, Macon GA 40000 box barrel lumber plant, plus wood works at Bridgeport AL and Alexandria LA. Coke ovens: Busby City AL 40 at Tennessee Coal Iron Railroad, Chickamauga GA 100 at Chickamauga & Durham Coas & Coke Co. Tradesman Chattanooga TN notes.
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New Industrigg
Routh
Ins Dustri¢N
South
North Bthte Brewing Co
Capital
Greensboro
N. C
Little Hook
Kimbraavilly
Cann
Embraaville Puriaca Co
Roanoke
Carberaville Manganese and Minnng Co
Cartersville
George R. Sheriff Coal Co
Cspital
Martinsburg
W. Va
United States Automatic Tan
Houston
Texas
Charlotte
Big Pine Lumber Co
Boggy
Ark
Elizabethton
Tenn
Macon
Gla
Bridgeport
Ala
Alexandria
Amon
Busby City
Tennessee Coal, Iron Railroad Co
Chickamauga
South Carolina Reformers Ask Governor to Probe Tillman
Reformers in South Carolina petition Governor Ellerbe requesting an immediate investigation of Senator Tillman. They accuse him of accepting dispensary rebates and demand a fair trial, stating the public will see guilt or innocence and that accusers must acknowledge findings.
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South Caroina
Hilerbe
Ellerbe
South Carolina
Fiea
Ifnnks
Tillman
Nowap
Tillman Haying
Odin
Neva
Havana Train Dynamited by Insurgents Tr造成
Insurgents dynamited a Havana to Matongas passenger train 12 killed and 35 wounded in a pre-dawn blast about twelve miles from the city. Official report cites plunder as motive, with $6,000 seized. One captain among wounded. engineers, fireman, conductor, and seven soldiers dead. Military escort repelled attackers as passengers suffered serious injuries.
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Havana
Dol Matongas
Onginaera
Suven Soldiera
Discrepancy in Tax Returns in Georgia Investigations
Georgia's legislative investigating committees probe tax returns and find large discrepancies between reported values and real property worth. Banks and corporations appear to understate property values, with counties showing land returns thousands of dollars lower than prior years.
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Georgia
Georgia Legislative Investigation Committees
Spain Hall Report Blames Spanish Authorities for Ruiz Death
Consul General Leo at Havana submitted his report to President McKinley in the Ruiz matter. The substance of the report attributes Ruiz's death to actions of Spanish authorities.
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Spain Hall
Leo
Havana
Ruiz
McKinley
Churches Called On To Deynta Fourth Of July Service
The Cuban League of the United States Kings asks churches nationwide to dedicate the main Sunday service on July 4 to God liberty and humanity in support of Cuban independence. It also requests public school teachers to devote the final half day of the spring and summer term to Cuba’s story. The league urges expatriate Americans to make July 4, 1807 a Memorial for Cuban freedom.
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Deynta
Dan Caso
America
Airship Collapse Ends Safely For Professor Barnard
A balloon at the Nashvilla exposition grounds collapsed during ascent. Prof. A. W. Barnard descended from the wreck using a parachute like device, landing safely several hundred yards from the grounds as the craft split and fell.
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A. W. Barnard
Nashvilla
Popri Tie Exposition Grounds
Attempt on Life of Faure at Longchamps Grand Prix
An explosion near Felix Faure as his carriage passed a crowd at the Bois de Bololinge damaged little. A suspect named Gallet was arrested. police search lodgings and question two brothers Galbel and Lanvin Garnier. A pistol with the inscription Morta Felix Faure was found with a dagger and insulting newspaper, while witnesses note similar attempts at Longchamps in 1867 and 1879.
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Pariamaya
Felix Faure
Long Champs
M. Faure
Cascade
Bois de Bololinge
Gallet
Polies
Dovellers-Pere
M. Paure
Elysee
Morta Felix Waure
Alsace-Lorraine
Cologne
Galbel
Lanvin Garnier
M. Athalin
Edlges
Bérexowsky
Czar
Longchamps
Tanoois
M. Fanre
Nineteen Negroes Charged in Jackson Island Murder
Georgetown County sheriff took nineteen Black defendants to the jail on Saturday charged with the murder of Jackson on an adjacent island. The alleged crime occurred during a religious frenzy as he attempted to kill their pastor. Sixteen were released on bond. the remainder held for trial.
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Jackson
Georgetown
New Road For Fitzgerald Extends 75 Miles Toward City
Fitzgerald Georgia will gain a new railroad as an extension of the Wadley and Mt Vernon line. The 60 mile link to Wadley will grow by 75 miles to Fitzgerald, crossing the Southern Railway and the Georgia and Alabama at Helena. The completed system will total about 125 miles, linking three railways with a low bonded debt and promising business.
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Wadley
Mt. Veron
Sevauty
Fitzgerald
Mt. Vernon
Central
Southern Railway
Georgia and
Alabama
Helena
A Degree for Grover Cleveland at Princeton
A Princeton dispatch reports rumors that Grover Cleveland may receive an honorary LLD degree. University officials offer no confirmation or denial, while faculty and students largely believe the reports are true.
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Princeton
Cleveland
N. J
Grover Cleveland
Gladstone Ignored in Queen Jubilee Pageant Critique
A London cablegram reports the official Jubilee procession omits civil and industrial progress under Gladstone and focuses on soldiers and foreign representatives. The Daily Chronicle laments excluding the speaker and colonial views on democracy while praising labor gains and self government.
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Tiberum
London
Daily Chronicle
Gladstone
Askat
William
the Chronicle
Parliiament
Spearker
England
Indian Outlaws In Limbo After Murder Trial
Washington reports detail of the Tongue River incident where David Stanley and two Cheyenne associates Sam Crow and Yellow Hair murdered settler John Hoover. They are jailed in Miles City awaiting civil court trial amid tensions between federal officers and state authorities during arrests.
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Indian Office
Washington
Captain Stouch
Tongue River
Montana
John Hoover
David Stanley
Stanley
Sam Crow
Yellow Hair
Miles City
Brouch
Aldrich to Take Rest on Doctor's Order
Senator Aldrich a Republican tariff bill committee member left Washington by order of his physician. He has been confined to his Arlington room since early in the tariff debate with digestion trouble and other complications. He attended the sugar schedule caucus once, then relapsed. His doctor ordered absolute rest away from tariff consultations, and he went to his Rhode Island home.
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Bennator
Senator Aldrich
Washington
Arlington
Rhode Island
Treasury Warns Florida Patrol Fleet Over Filibuster Threat
The Treasury Department, citing a Spanish minister, reports that a significant filibustering expedition may be organized on Florida’s coast. It directs collectors and patrol fleet masters to stay alert and prevent any suspected expedition from departing.
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Treasury Department
Florida
Secretary of State
Department
Miles Honored to Ride Near Queen Victoria in Jubilee Parade
General Miles, visiting Europe to observe the Greco-Turkish war as a U S army representative, is slated to ride mounted in the queen's jubilee parade in a position very near the queen's carriage, per a London dispatch to The New York World.
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Queen Vic
New York
London
Miles
Europe
United States Army
Nominations by McKinley to Senate for Envoys and Consuls
The president sent nominations to the senate on Wednesday naming Henry L. Wilson of Washington as envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Chile William F Powell of New Jersey to Hayti John G A Leishman of Pennsylvania to Switzerland and John A Cowery of Washington to be consul general at Kanagawa Japan.
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Senate
United States
Henry L. Wilson
Washington
Chili
William F. Powell
New Jersey
Hayti
John G. A. Leishman
Pennsylvania
Switzerland
John, A. Cowery
Kanagawa
Japan
A Desperado's Deed Near Mound City Tennessee
A cutting affray about six miles from Mound City Tennessee on Wednesday left Burt Prine a North Carolina desperado fatally shooting William Hamilton and wounding his brother Theo Hamilton.
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Mound City
Tenn
Burt Prine
North Carolina
William Hamilton
Theo, Hamilton
Greeks accuse Turks of violating armistice and mobilizing
A Athens dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph reports that the armistice between Greece and Turkey has been broken. Turkish forces are said to be re enforcements, fortifying Volo and Preyasa and sending troops to multiple islands. The Darkish first passage through the Dardanelles occurred Saturday night.
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Athens
Exchange Telegraph Company
Greece
Turkey
Volo
Preyasa
Dardanelles
McKinley Day Opens Tennessee Exposition Festivities
President McKinley arrives in Nashville for McKinley Day at the Tennessee Exposition. Governor Taylor and Governor Bushnell welcome him as a large crowd cheers. McKinley’s address praises national unity and American progress amid heat and crowds at the grounds.
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Nashville
J. W. Thomas
Maxwall House
Taylor
Tennessee
Bushnell
Ohio
van Leer Kirkman
Woman's
McKinley
Broad Street
West End Avenue
Sherman
Alger
Gary
Wilson
Kentucky
Thomas
United States
Omoora
Europe
East
Freight Train Wreck Kills Three Near Exeter New Hampshire
A through freight on the Portland and Boston line failed to stop at a washout near Ferland's culvert in Exeter New Hampshire. The locomotive and three cars were demolished and three workers died. The engineer and two brakemen, positioned at the front, were unable to escape and perished in the wreckage.
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Boston and
Maine
Exeter
N.H
Portland
Boston
Ferland
Freight Commissioners' Association organized in Cincinnati
The Freight Commissioners' Association of the United States was organized at Cincinnati on Wednesday. Elected officers include Chairman D. G. Purse of Savannah, Secretary N. B. Kelly of Philadelphia, Treasurer E. P. Wilson of Cincinnati, and a committee of organization with N. B. Kelly, J. B. Durant, and A. J. Van Landingham.
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Freight Commissioners’ Association of the United
Delk Family Death Sentence Looms in Pike County Murder
Tom Delk faces imminent execution after trials of the Delk father and son for Sheriff Guinn’s murder. Taylor Delk is convicted, Tom’s testimony sought for his father, hearings midweek. the affair, a historic Pike County crime, stirred strong public emotion as clemency or new appeals were pursued.
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Tom Delk
Georgian Bays
Taylor Dell
Zebulon
Delks
Partnora
Guinn
Atond
Tom
Taylor
Pike County
Om Delk
Supreme Court
Guinns
Taylor Delk
Pat
Ultimatum Treaty on Cuban Matter Being Prepared by McKinley
President McKinley prepares an ultimatum to Spain regarding Cuba after gathering cumulative evidence. Judge Day supervises drafting with Calhoun reports, and a mediation note offering independence with indemnity is discussed with Senor De Lome who hints Spain would consider but not commit to the proposal.
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McKinley
Spain
Lee
Havana
Ruiz
Judge Day
Secretar
Calhoun
Senor de Lome
Test Vote in Senate Adopts Republican Sugar Schedule Amendment
The senate held its first sugar schedule vote Friday and adopted a Republican caucus amendment setting the house rate at 1.95 per pound. The result was 32 yeas, 80 nays, with 29 Republicans and one Democrat McEnery of Louisiana, one Silver Republican Jones of Nevada, and one Populist Stewart of Nevada for the affirmative. The negative bloc was 25 Democrats, three Populists and two Silver Millicans. The vote was the closest on a major issue and signaled caucus-backed amendments would likely pass.
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Republican Caucus
Senate
House
Yeas
McEnery
Louisiana
Jones
Nevada
Stewart
Indiana Court Rules 8 Cent Streetcar Fare Unconstitutional
The Indiana Supreme Court declares the 8 cent streetcar fare unconstitutional affecting Indianapolis. In a concurrent federal case, the same law from the last legislature is ruled unconstitutional with injunctions granted.
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Supreme Court of Indiana
Indianapolis
Broker Chapman Begins Short Sentence At District Jail
Broker Elgerton R. Chapman spent the final night of his term in the district jail at Washington. His sentence expired at midnight but he remained till Friday morning by custom. Warden Leonard received him with a laugh as Chapman noted he could have left for breakfast at the Arlington but chose to breakfast at the jail.
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Washington
Elgerton R. Chapman
Leonard
Arlington
General Cox Considered for Spain Mission
Ohio's General Jacob D. Cox of Cincinnati is reported as a leading candidate for the United States minister to Spain. No official nomination has been made, and Cox appears uncertain whether the president will appoint him. Cox is praised for a brilliant civil and military career and long respected status in Ohio.
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Cox
Ohio
Jacob D. Cox
Cincinnati
United States
Pain
Gneral Cox
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Southern Progress
Willman
Mwavana
Faure
Saverns
Amite
Grover
Aldrich
Ikinley Day
Tmimoense
Aso
NEW Freight Association
Inincinnati
Purse
Broker Chapman
Pree
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