De Lome affair cooled as Spain accepts envoy change
Washington reports the Dupuy de Lome incident is effectively settled after Spain's resignation notification is accepted and Du Bose becomes chargé d'affaires. The White House aims to avoid further demands for apology as Ma jor Wham is restored and Senator Murphy declines comment on the Teller vote.
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State Department
Legation
Senor du Bose
de Lome
Washington
Murphy
New York
Teller Financial
Senate Passes Indian Appropriation with Key Pettigrew Amendment
Senate resumed consideration of the Indian appropriation bill and passed it after a Pettigrew amendment to restore the free homestead law for lands ceded by tribes. The amendment grants patents to settlers who entered public lands under treaty prior to the act with standard fees, preserving the right to commute entries at set prices. Also approved were bills for the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers branch in Hot Springs South Dakota, relief for the Galatin wreck, and use of Fort Hays land for Kansas colleges and a park. In Guatemala, the minister reported no information of an uprising following President Barrios death, noting only the fact of Barrios’ death.
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Washington
Senate
Pettigrew
United States
National Home For
Hot Springs
S. D
United States Revenue Cutter
Gallatin
Massachusetts
Strong Fight To Be Made Against His Re nomination for Congress
In Marion Indiana February 12 Representative George W Steele faces three strong opponents Nicholson Cowgill and Statesman as rivals for the Eleventh district GOP nomination Nicholson a leading temperance figure and Statesman a veteran legislator loom largest Cowgill a respected lawyer with political lineage. The opposition plans to unite to topple Steele regardless of the nominee. In Pittsburgh the death toll from a major fire remains uncertain with twenty seven initially listed missing now revised as bodies found and many still unaccounted for hazards include 125 tanks of anhydrous ammonia in the debris. One body recovered William Walrabenstein a milkman.
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Marion
Ind
George W. Steele
Steele
I. Nicholson
Howard County
Carey FE. Cowgill
Wabash County
James F. Statesman
Miami
Nicholson
Citizens’ Movement
Indiana
Statesman
Major Steele
Cowgill
Calvin Cowgill
Tenth
Pittsburg
Humphreys
William Walrabenstein
Alaska War Department reports warn of food scarcity mining towns
Washington reports from Captain P. H. Ray detail Alaska conditions Oct to Nov 3 with hunger fears as transport failures limit supplies. He notes most gold lies in the Upper Ramparts region and predicts booming output if transport and food improve, while urging limits on nonprepaid immigration to the area.
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Washington
War Department
P. H. Ray
Eighth Infantry
Alaska
Circle City
Fort Yukon
Ray
Mission
American Creek
Tananan
Minook Creek
Dbireh
Likely to Gain His Point Worden Plea Quietly Moves
Governor Budd has not reviewed Worden confession or mercy plea as of February 12. Worden’s reprieve moved execution from February 11 to June 15 to allow medical experts to assess his mental condition. Officially the confession may undermine the plea and suggest a life sentence instead of hanging. Accomplices in the wreck deny Worden’s statements. No prosecutions are anticipated solely on Worden’s assertions from the 1894 strike era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Budd
Salter D. Worden
Worden
Harry Knox
Compton
Hatch
American Railway Union
Clark
United States
Oskaloosa Prosecutor Barred From Court Duties
Mahaska county Prosecuting Attorney James Carroll is forbidden to take part in court or grand jury proceedings by order of Judge A R Dewey after a petition from influential locals demanding his removal. G W Seevers named as county prosecutor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oskaloosa
James Carroll
Mahaska County
Grand Jury
A. R. Dewey
Carroll
G. W. Seevers
Ex-treasurer R. H. Spencer suffers dementia after $400 robbery
R H Spencer former county treasurer now of Algona Iowa is at the Palmer House with nervous dementia following a mysterious robbery Wednesday night that cost him 400 dollars. The loss is said to have unsettled him, possibly permanently.
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Chicago
R. H. Spencer
Algona
Palmer House
Governor appoints delegates to Paris exposition showing
Springfield report notes Governor Tanner names delegates to a Chicago conference on February 16 to secure a proper showing of corn products at the Paris exposition in 1900. The list includes Charles Bogardus Paxton Homer Tice Greenview William Brown New Berlin Huston D Barber Hamilton and R M Johns Pontiac.
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Springfield
Ills
Tanner
Chicago
Charles Bogardus
Paxton
Homer Tice
Greenview
William Brown
New Berlin
Huston D. Barber
Hamilton
R. M. Johns
Pontiac
Illinois calls for aid to Cuban relief fund
Tanner urged Illinois citizens to donate to the president's Cuban relief fund. The governor also urged that the United States recognize the independence of the Cuban republic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ills
Tanner
Illinois
United States
Captain Thwarts Miner Mob At Fort Yukon Cache
The captain recounts a confrontation near Fort Yukon where a 75 person miners' meeting demanded credit for provisions. He seized the Alaska Commercial cache, armed 25 men with limited firearms, and resolved to feed the destitute while preventing an assault on government property.
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United States
Alaska Commercial To
Fort Yukon
N. A. T. & T. Company
Alaska Company
Richardson
Davis
Noblett
Trade activity warms as steel and cotton gain
Bradstreet's notes renewed vigor in iron and steel markets with quick advances in crude pig iron and steel, and a rise in raw cotton prices. Distributive trade shows general improvement while spring dry goods demand is slow in New York and the East. Weekly failures total 278, bank clearings hit $1.434 billion, down slightly from last week yet well above last year.
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New York
Bradstreet’s
Boston
Northwest
Inmmense
Springfield Hangs James Mengel for double murder
The Springfield audience on February 12 witnessed James Mengel hanged after confessing to the July 27, 1897 murder of his mistress daughter Doble Briscoe aged 16 months and the injury to Mary Briscoe. He claimed innocence in a final speech claiming he would go to heaven.
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Springfield
Ills
James Mengel
Little Doble Briscoe
Mary Briscoe
Mengel
Abbreviated Telegrams of Notable Events
A compiled set of brief items: a thigh found in Brooklyn. Nevada copper mining rising in importance. rains aid crops in India. King Solomon mine near Johannesburg turning out $1 000 ore at 315 feet. $15 million in Australian gold imported to San Francisco. Chuckawalla gold strikes near Salton and Los Angeles. medical board appointments in Neenah Wisconsin. Pearl Johnson killed by B and O freight engine in Chicago. widow with four children. South Carolina liquor-import bill killed by house commerce committee. Luetgert trial cost estimated at $12 000. George Killader wins $800 in Dartford Wisconsin for quarry derrick injuries. W B Conkey Publishing Co to move from Chicago to Hammond Indiana. plans for world’s largest publishing house. Harry H Thacker sued for $10 000 for breach of promise. he was found unconscious days before wedding, memory unclear.
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Eiko County
Nev
India
King Solomon
Johannesburg
Cal
San Francisco
Australia
Chuckawalla
Salton
Los Angeles
G. W. Dodge
J. A. Henrichsen
J. A. Barnett
Board of Pension Examining Surgeons
Neenah
Wis
Pearl Johnson
Baltimore and Ohio
Chicago
House Committee On Commerce
Senate
South Carolina
George Killader
Dartford
Berlin
Montello
Thacker
Miss Hamilton
Wife elopes with Italian laborer then dies in New York
New York reports a Wisconsin woman known as Etta Nigro killed herself with carbolic acid in a tenement room. Coroner Zucca noted letters from Mrs McKay of Washburn urging care for her boy Paddy and the terrier. Nigro says the couple eloped in April and lived with a 6 year old adopted son. The suicide note and letters depict a destitute, conflicted life with her former sheriff husband.
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New York
Etta Nigro
Second Avenue
McKay
Washburn
Wis
Michael Nigro
Nigro
Zuceca
Zucca “Goodby
Paddy
Hwi
Wisconsin
Ida Smith
Drummond
Mr. McKay
Klondike
Zucca
MecKeath
John McKay
Real Estate Loan Offer Highlights Low Rates
Real estate loan promotion emphasizes low interest rates. The notice markets financing options, urging potential borrowers to contact lenders for terms and qualifications.
Frankton Fights Panhandle Over Stop Requests
Frankton Indiana seeks fast mall train stops at its station after a council request and a speed limit ordinance. Panhandle Railway resists, court action pending as towns along the line weigh similar measures. Des Moines Iowa and other cities report state legislative votes on pooling, asylum headship, school terms and police matters. St Louis discusses six day racing changes under IL A W rules. Pittsburg notes a court ruling on Detective Bendel's custody of Chris Von der Ahe. An Iowa Pioneer lawmakers meeting, a vegetable dance in New York society, and Rock Island route excursion to New Orleans detail travel deals.
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Panhandle
Chicagoe Cineimatic
Des Moines
Iowa
Congress
House
Senate
Pittsburg
United States Court
Bullington
Chris von der Ahe
Bendel
St. Louis
von der Ahe
Kentucky county tragedy ends in deaths after violent raid
In Esculapia Kentucky Constables Cropper and Thacker tried to arrest Mrs Crowe at her home. One daughter attacked with a knife wounding both officers. A volley of shots followed. Mrs Crowe and another daughter were killed. Surviving family members are in dangerous condition. Also reported Milwaukee and Wisconsin railway earnings for 1897 and an Illinois Republican committee call with a February 28 date to set the state convention.
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Vanceburg
Esculapia
Cropper
Thacker
Crowe
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M’kinley
Sagasta
Senor Dupuy de Lome
Senor Canalejas
Woodford
Madrid
Senor de Lome
Associated Press
Valencia
Spain
Tom
du Bose
Canalejas
Tate
Wham
House Committee On Military Affairs
J. W. Wham
Senor Lazo-Arriaga
Barrios
U.S. A
T. Company
Dawson City
St. Michaels
States
Gov. Tanner
Cuba
Uncle Sam
Ilinois
Ill
Republican State Committee
John M. Palmer
Fifer
State Committee
Hitch
Palmer
Bloomington
Riverside
Hickey
el Paso
Odd Fellows’ Mutual
Milwaukee
John L. Fulton
Wisconsin Odd Fellows Mutual Life Insurance Company
Johnson
Circuit Court
Pacific Street
Brooklyn
Adolph L. Luetgert
THE
Citizens’ Savings Bank
Washington, Iowa
Bt. Louis
Ll. A. W
Turkey
Lena
Pioneer Lawmakers’ Association of Iowa
Hoyt Sherman
8. A. Moore
Iowa Frontier
R. A. Smith
Spirit Lake
Misses Hewitt
Rock Island
New Orleans
Mobile
BE. Stewart
Kentucky
Wisconsin Railways
Madison
Illinois Republican Committee
Republican State Central Committee
Springfiell
J. Young
W. BR. Jeffrey
A Anderson
Cash
J.T. Anderson
Asa’t Cash
Washington County Savings Bank
Reycotts
Generel Banking
Jon. Ke
Pres
S A. Warrnk
Castiler
CW. Keen
VOROC
M. iKmen
Ass't Cash
First National Bank
Wilair
Wallace
Joseph Keek
HL Keek
LD Robinson
Phackstewart
J. 2
Henderson
H. M. Eicher
Washington County
J. J. Kellogg
Pension
Treasury Departments
Office
East Side Square
Chas. J. Wilson
Alberson’s Grocery
T. T. Keeley
H. Sanford
Temple Bailding
Casey Bros
North Main
Bells Carriage Repository
Bell Soap Manufacturing CO
Wit Wabash Ave
Walter
Cassandra
Neiswangers
Grogerias
PLOU
Minnesota
Victor Coffee
Burbanks
J. C. Smith
Cash Grocery
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