Alaska and insurance and mining figures in a 19th century panorama
A long compendium notes Alaska migration and economic outlook with 250000 expected to head for Klondike as spring navigation opens and seven percent of recent migrants in Alaska earned a living. It compares government support for citizens abroad, Chinese and Philadelphia press lamentations, farm labor earnings, and large metal outputs by state ledgers. It also reports a Supreme Court decision on suicide life insurance liability, distinguishing rational from irrational acts and comparing to arson in policy coverage.
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Alaska
United States
Justice Harlan
Supreme Court
William E. Curtis
Chicago Record
Judiciary Trust
Denounced by Gompers in Lattimer Trial Verdict
Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, denounces the Lattimer verdict as unfair. He says sheriffs and deputies served mining interests and that the ruling shows workers have no rights against corporations. He notes the outcome was predictable given the case presentation. He declines to discuss possible labor actions.
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Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Washington
New York Herald
Tudge Woodward
Gompera
Transferred to Savannah Carter Courtmartial to Sit Again
A New York dispatch reports the Carter courtmartial adjourned after one witness to meet Tuesday in Savannah. Dudley F. Phelps testified Captain B D Green arrived in the United States from Europe on April 18 1895 and June 1 1895 respectively. The defense uses this to challenge forgery charges tied to Carter contracts.
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Carter
Forest City
New York
Oberlin M. Carter
Savannah
Dudley F. Phelps
Monitor Miantonomoh and Katahdin Commissioned in Philadelphia
The ironclads Miantonomoh and Katahdin were placed in commission at the League Inland navy yard in Philadelphia on Thursday. Captain Mortimer L. Johnson will command the Miantonomoh and Captain George F. F. Wilde will lead the Katahdin. Sixty-one seamen arrived that day from New York, eleven for the Miantonomoh and fifty for the Katahdin, and ammunition will be loaded onto both ships immediately.
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League Inland Navy Yard
Philadelphia
Mortimer L. Johnson
George F. F. Wilde
New York
Boston
New Mines Start Up near Cartersville Ga
The Southern Mining and Manufacturing Company will ship iron ore from a newly developed Bartow county property near Cartersville, opening soon. Captain Connor notes regular work at Cole City mines with daily output growth.
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Joinent
Harlan County
Southern Mining and Manufacturing Company
Bartow County
Cartersville
Connor
Cole City
Planning for Intervention in Cuba Negotiations
Washington reports direct talks between President McKinley and Cuban insurgents. The president seeks data on insurgent strength and their government while avoiding war but pursuing Cuba’s independence from Spain. Spain may bow to diplomatic pressure to withdraw troops. the focus remains on preserving the Bourbon throne through peaceful means if possible. The administration builds powder reserves as Brownson checks ships with existing options to halt a deal if misrepresented.
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McKinney
Washington
Cuba
White House
Spain
McKinley
Alpha and Omega
Brownson
Remission of Duties on War Material Bill Introduced
A Senate bill by Senator Candler calls for duty remission on war materials imported to spur imports even amid speculation during troubled times. The U S government now controls the American line steamers St Louis St Paul City of Paris and New York with President Griscom in Washington and plans to place naval officers in command as vessels sail. Patience and confidence are emphasized by public leaders.
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Senate
Washington Dispatch
Candler
United States
St. Louis
St. Paul
City of
Paris
New York
Griscom
Washington
Secretary of the Navy
Rubber Company plants idle as inventories delay restart
In Woonsocket Rhode Island the Alice mill of the United States Rubber Company with 1200 workers will not reopen until after the April 1 inventory. The mill shut down two weeks ago due to needed repairs. The Candee factory in New Haven controlled by the same company has also shut for a month, employing 1500 workers.
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Woonsocket
K. 1
Alice
United States Rubber Company
B. T
Thesday
Candee
New Haven
Georgia Lumbermen Will Donate Material For State Exhibit
The lumbermen of Georgia will donate the material for the building of the state exhibit at the Omaha exposition. Mr. O. E. Harmon, a leading commission member, will visit Omaha within the next week to ten days to select the building site.
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Georgia
Oronha
Lumbermen of
O. E. Harman
Omaha
More soldiers for Cuba aboard Alfonso XII
Advices from Madrid report the Spanish transport Alfonso XII sailing from Barcelona to Havana with four officers, 900 soldiers, and 4,000,000 Mauser cartridges, plus a large amount of ammunition. The move follows fresh troop dispatches as tensions rise in the Caribbean theater.
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Barcelona
Havana
Madrid
Alfonso XII
Cuba
McKisson to contest Hanna seat in long term bid
Cleveland special reports Mayor Robt. E. McKisson will contest Senator Hanna's election to the long term senate seat. McKisson, opposition candidate for senator at Columbus last January, aims to bar Hanna from taking the seat.
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McKinson
Cleveland
Robt. E. McKisson
Hanna
McKisson
Columbus
Congressmen in Cuba Visit for Ten Days
The American yacht Anita with a congressional party arrived in Havana on Thursday. Attending were Senators Gallinger Thurston Money and family, Representatives Cummings and Smith, Mrs Eva Valesh and Herbert J Brown. They breakfasted at Hotel Pasaje and met Consul General Lee. They expect to stay ten days or two weeks due to health regulations.
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Phey
Anita
Havana
Gallinger
Thurston
Money
Cummings
Smith
Eva Valesh
Herbert J. Brown
Pasaje
Lee
Madrid recall request for Gen Lee questioned by autonomy claim
The Havana special said Consul General Lee did not learn of Madrid’s recall request or its withdrawal from the State Department. he attributes the recall motive to Autonomists who argued he opposed Cuban autonomy. Lee remains on good terms with Spanish officials and merchants and sees no reason to resign. Volunteers reportedly paused demonstrations after assurances from Madrid and the Cuban government.
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Madrid
Lee
Havana
State Department
Associated Press
Cuba
Blanco
Senor
Jose Congosto
Key West
London Chronicle urges Spain to surrender Cuba to avoid war
The London Daily Chronicle editorializes that Spain should relinquish Cuba to avert conflict. It lauds President McKinley's crisis leadership as a model of statesmanship and notes Washington's Maine disaster response merits. It hints Britain must choose sides as US moves toward inevitable struggle.
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Spain
Cuba
London Daily Chronicle
McKinley
Washington
Maine
Daily Chronicle
United States
Great Britain
Montgomery Reaches Havana In Quiet Naval Move
The U S cruiser Montgomery arrived in Havana harbor at 9 35 PM to replace the survey steamer as quarters for Captain Sigsbee and officers of the court of inquiry. Commander Converse, expert on explosives, will aid the court investigating the loss of the Maine. The ship was moored near the Maine wreck, amid a circle of Spanish gunboats after a ceremonial salute.
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Montgomery
Havana Harbor
United States
Sigsbee
Court of Inquiry
Converse
Maine
Express Agent Levants and a Missing $10,000 Package
A Tuesday incident in Orrville Ohio sparked town excitement over the disappearance of Charles Cutten, a night agent for the Adams Express Company. A telegram to Agent Sheppard about a $10,000 express package short at Cleveland led to the alert to Superintendent Bimple in Columbus.
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Orrville
Charles ©. Cutten
Adama Express Company
Sheppard
Cleveland
Bimple
Columbus
Cutten
Queen Victoria Congratulates McKinley on Cuban Policy
A Washington special reports Queen Victoria, via Sir Julian Pauncefote, expresses gratification at President McKinley’s conservative handling of the Cuban and Spanish situation. She also pledges sympathy with US relief efforts in Cuba and hopes for a peaceful, successful outcome without war.
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Victoria
McKinley
Washington
White House
Washington Post
Julian Pauncefote
United States
Cuba
Sheriff Martin Acquitted in Lattimer Miner Killing Case
A Wilkesbarre special reports the jury found Sheriff Martin and his deputies not guilty of killing strikers at Lattimer on September 10. A large crowd gathered before court, and as verdicts were read each juror answered not guilty when polled.
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Marier
Wilkesbarre
Martin
Lattimer
Fire destroys Monticello. only four buildings left
A massive blaze swept Monticello Kentucky early Friday morning gutting the courthouse jail two hotels and several storehouses and dwellings Wayne County officials say only four sturdy buildings remain standing as responders halted the fire origin traced to an empty storehouse.
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Monticelln
Monticallo
Wayne County
New Mexican Railway Syndicate Plans Mexican Line
A New Mexican Railway syndicate led by W. Bradbury & Co of Denver and Nassau Construction Co of New York has closed a $2,500,000 contract to build a railway from Chihuahua to Guerrero, Mexico. The project includes Col Payne and ex-Secretary of the Navy W C Whitney, aiming to access Guerrero mining districts.
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New York
Cleveland Brewing and Malting Company Formed by Ohio Breweries
A Cleveland special reports fourteen Ohio breweries plan to form the Cleveland Brewing and Malting Company. Monday will see final steps in the formation, with the promoter announcing a broader plan to unite breweries nationwide under a company valued at one and a half billion dollars.
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Ohio
Cleveland, O
Cleveland Brewing and Malting Company
Insect grafting yields bizarre butterfly monstrosities observed
The New York World reports biologist Henry E. Crampton Jr. at Columbia created two headed butterflies and other odd insect forms through knife work and grafting. He produced several living monstrosities amid hundreds of attempts, suggesting potential to extend to higher animals and future medical implications.
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New York World
Henry E. Crampton, Jr
Columbia University
Crampton
Grafting moths and a two headed butterfly tale
A scientist in New Brunswick demonstrated a grafting method that attaches a caterpillar head to another pupa, producing a two headed moth or butterfly. The process uses wax and careful alignment, revealed in descriptions from Professor J B Smith. A second note recalls gold discovery tales from Forty Mile and Circle City via miner anecdotes.
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J. B. Smith
New Jersey State Experiment Station
New Brunswick
N. J
New Jersey Microscopica Society
American Society of Naturalists
Ithaca
N. Y
Crampton
Cohol
Smith
New York World
Professor Smith
Fossil Cypress Swamp Found at Bodkin Point
During a Maryland Geological Survey excursion to Bodkin Point, a fossil cypress swamp deposit was uncovered twelve feet beneath the surface. Upright stumps with roots and knees remain preserved in soft brown lignite as waves wore away the bay cliffs revealing the site. Some stumps reach ten feet diameter at the top, reported by the Baltimore Sun.
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Bodkin Point
Patapseoy
Maryland Geological Survey
Woman's College Museum
Bay Cliffs
Baltimore Sun
Oldest Twins Celebrate Eighty Eight Birthday in Dick inson
Hugh and Hector McLean of Dick inson Harnett County North Carolina recently celebrated their eighty eighth birthday. Their grandfather traveled from Scotland to America following the 1745 rebellion.
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Hugh and
Hector McLean
Dickinson
Harnett County
Scotland
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