Timber reserves set to protect Manitoba forests
The Canadian government shifts policy on Manitoba and Northwest timber after Lord Kelvin's Toronto paper. Heavy belts will be withdrawn from settlement and guardians appointed to guard seedlings, with fires and cutting by settlers limited. Roads will connect reserves between the lakes, focusing on Turtle and Moose Mountain areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Kelvin
Toronto
Manitoba
Northwest
Turtle
Moose Mountain
British plan to remodel Westminster and use eminent domain
A British proposal aims to overhaul Westminster in London by reopening new streets and demolishing and rebuilding existing structures. A bill would grant eminent domain to developers while preserving churches and similar edifices but not restricting surrounding buildings or street design. The vast tenement district would be cleared, though not all tenements are unhealthy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Westminister
London
Parliament House
Reots
Reduction in Cutting Prices Brings Higher Wages
In Lynn Massachusetts a cutter by the piece accepts a reduced price for cutting. The manufacturer then raises pay by two to four cents per foot with better stock. The improved wage comes despite initial cuts, and workers gain by using higher quality material. The change yields no personal profit for the maker, only a shift to better upper stock. The workers’ common sense leads to improved outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn
Mass
Consumers League White List highlights New York retail firms
The 1897 Consumers League report lists thirty six firms, including about a dozen large dry goods houses, that meet the league standard. It urges buyers to reward fair treatment of women workers with equal pay for equal work, weekly wages of six dollars, benefits fund, and rules on hours, seating, and no under fourteen employment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Consumers' League of New York
Hirver's Weekly
New York
League
Gossamer Threads and Fairies on the Moor
Poem note by Tolf-Sharp from Pall Mall Gazette describing fairies dancing on a moor at night and morning light. It evokes gossamer threads in the heather as delicate harps and strings, with imagery of pink and purple heather and distant bells.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keotch
Hollan
Tolf
Pall Mall Gazette
Will and a Dangerous Will Plot at Kew Bridge
A London lawyer is hired to draw up a will for Blanche Pickering who is ill and under pressure from her guardian Jackson and his son. The plan collapses after Blanche fires on Jackson’s associate to defend the lawyer as intruders pursue them and the room turns deadly.
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London
Martin Jackson
Mina
Kew Bridge
Blanche Pickering
Tlendon
Jackson
Mr. Goloper
Noted Case of Imprisonment and Will Forcing near a Bride
A woman, heir to a large property, faced coercion by her guardian Jackson a half brother of her mother who sought to compel a will then flee with her. Cooper was arrested after aiding the escape, tried a month later and sentenced to seven years penal servitude. Miss Pickering was exonerated and soon married. The will and revolver remain as mementos of that night.
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Jackson
Cooper
Ping
Blanche Pickering
Henry
Tam
Ifea
Ataiva
Dover
Miss Pickering
Talsa
Twain
Cuty
Miss Blanche Pickering
Avery
Beehive Of Mendocino County Known As Bea Rock
A natural beehive on a cliff in Mendocino County California draws locals and tourists with a vast hive entrance and constant buzzing. Visitors report dangers from swarms and lethal stings, while legends say tribes once bound captives near the hive to suffer stings.
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Mendocino County
California
Bea Rock
Beaux and Blunders at a Colonial Dinner
A young dandy complains of the crowd before a dinner honoring a colonial magnate. He mistakes a stranger for a head waiter and learns the irony when told he himself is the real head waiter. The crest of the evening turns out to be the reveal.
Sawdust Pollution Suits Move in Vermont Rivers
Lawsuits filed in Montpelier Vermont challenge turning sawdust into the rivers claiming overflow events refuse rich alluvial deposits and instead burden bordering lands with sawdust while California observers note sawdust harms fish in streams.
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Montpelier
California
Troop Assignments Listed for Camp George H. Thomas
A Washington special reports sixty five thousand troops mustered in and an order detailing divisions and concentrations. The Major General commanding the army directs troop assignments by state and unit type to camps and depots including Chickamauga, Key West, New Orleans, Mobile, Tybee, and departmental commands with numerous regiments infantry cavalry batteries and battalions listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Secretary of War
H. CG. Cozmnis
George H. Thomas
Chickamauga
Arkansns
Colorado
Illinois
Indiana
Town
Kansas
Kentucky
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York
Ohio
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
Tennessee
Utah
Vermont
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
District of Columbia
North Dakota
South Dakota
Idaho
Nevada
San Francisco
California
Oregon
Idahoe
Key West
New Orleans
Louisiana
Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
Oklahoma
Tulian
Mobile
Alabama
Connecticut
Delaware
Georgia
North Carolina
Rhode Island
D. C
Llinois
Virginia
Tampa
Florida
Towns
Yale Leaves St Thomas After Receiving Orders
The auxiliary cruiser Yale formerly the Paris left St Thomas at 6 o clock p m on Sunday after receiving department orders and word that Spanish vessels were at Martinique. It sailed west as instructed.
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Yale
American Line
Paris
St. Thomas
Department
Martiniqua
Fierce Naval Attack at Cienfuegos In Cuban War
Key West reports a brutal clash as American forces cut a cable at Cienfuegos amid heavy Spanish fire. Ships Marblehead Nashville and Windom unleashed salvoes while four boats under Lt Winslow and Ensign Magruder completed the mission. Wounded include Commander Maynard and Ensign, with an estimated 400 Spaniards killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Key West
Cienfuepos
Winslow
Magruder
Marblehead
Nashville
Windom
Maynard
Weaman
Reagan
John Davie
New York
John D. Doran
Pall River
Muse
Ernest
Sumzeonickle
Herman W. Hichweister
Marty Hendrickson
Robt
Boltz
Caterat County
N.C
Gussie Rails to Land Expedition Falters off Cuban Coast
The steamer Gussie left Tampa May 10 with two infantry companies, 7000 rifles and 200000 rounds for Cuban insurgents in Pinar del Rio. Off Cuba Friday and Saturday, convoyed by the gunboat Manning, it failed to land amid heavy Spanish fire and returned to Key West Sunday. Captain J H Dorst led the expedition under General Miles, expressing disappointment and declining further discussion.
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Cuban
Key West
Gussie
Tampa
Fla
Pinar del Rio
Cuba
J. H. Dorst
Miles
Ter
French Protest Over Harvard Repair Stay In Martinique
Wash ington reports Spain protested to Paris over permission for the US auxiliary cruiser Harvard to stay seven days in St Pierre harbor Martinique for repairs. Paris quickly backed the cruiser noting its disabled status grants full seven day stay to complete repairs.
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Harvard
Bigoain
Martinique
Washington
Foreign Office
Paris
United States
Ecaniser
St. Pierre
Cowboy Troops in Camp Ready for Cuban Invasion
The Arizona and Oklahoma volunteers of the first cavalry, the cowboy cavalry, under Colonel Leonard Wood, are in camp at San Antonio Texas. They expect to be among the first units sent to Cuba.
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Arizons
Oklahoma
First Volunteer Cavalry
Cowboy Cavalry
San Antonio
Texas
Leonard Wood
Cuba
Also Mentioned on This Page
P Avery
Vrom
Anil K Waa
Borders
Navy Department
Gienfuegus
France
Cowboy
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