Mainley's Position Declared by a Cabinet Member
In Washington on February 28 a cabinet member stated that President McKinley would not be driven into war with Spain, but would act with conscience if national honor or safety required. The Key West court of inquiry will resume testimony as it investigates the Maine disaster and Havana harbor mine questions.
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Washington
Spain
MacKinley
Court of Inquiry
Key West
Long
Havana Harbor
Roosevelt
John Russel Young
Congressional Library
Columbian University
Philip Alger
Bureau of Ordnance
Senor du Bosc
Havana
Senor du Bose
Washington lawmaker objects to Woodford banquet in Spain row
Washington lawmaker Lewis demanded that Congress disapprove of General Woodford hosting a Spanish cabinet banquet pending inquiry into the Maine disaster. The remark drew a point of order dispute. Cannon sustained it, and Lewis was cut off as the issue closed.
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Washington
Lewis
Dem
Congress
Woodford
United States
Spain
Maine
Boy in Cairo Stabs Mother Amid Whipping Attempt
George Collins aged 12 from Cairo stabbed his mother twelve times during a beating attempt in Parkersburg West Virginia. He caused fatal injuries to the woman who died from the wounds.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
George Collins
Cairo
Tragic Grade Crossing Crash Kills Seven in Chicago
A bus full of pleasure seekers was struck by a Grand Trunk passenger train at Western Avenue crossing near Blue Island, Chicago. Six passengers died at once and an unidentified woman perished, with several others injured including the driver.
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Chicago
Grand Trunk
Western Avenue
Blue Island
Mark Rietz
Jennie Willette
Sophia van Buren
Louis Sauerbier
Fred Pesky
George Sauerbier
Thomas Hayes
La Champagne Anchored Off Halifax After Eleven Days
The overdue French steamer La Champagne was towed into Halifax by the steamer Roman. It anchored midstream off the city center as hundreds watched the two vessels move through the harbor. Passengers reported freezing conditions and crew rescued after abandoning ship on February 18.
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Halifax
N. S
la Champagne
New York
Rotterdam
Assitance
Newfoundland
Miners and operators set coal price scale for Illinois districts
The February Illinois miners convention and state operators agreed on a coal price scale effective April 1 for one year. The schedule lists district values from Streator to Carman, with multiple counties and mines priced by vein and coal thickness, including 5 feet and under at 45 and variances across counties.
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Springfield
Streator Associated
Third Vein Associated
Wilmington
Bloomington
Pontiac
Danville
Westville
Grape Creek
Vermilion County
Sandoval
Odin
Centralia
Kilmundy
Salem
Williamson
Saline
Jackson County
Mount Vernon
Fulton
Peoria
Mercer Couty
Cable and Sherard
Long Wall
Mount Olive
Stanton
Gillespie
Clyde
Lorento
Coffeen
Vandalia
Troy
Baltimore
Ohio
Breese
Six Killed as Kalamazoo Fire Caused by Explosions
Fire at Hall Bros laboratory in Kalamazoo Michigan on Saturday night produced three explosions blowing firefighters and bystanders. Six dead include four firemen and two workers with numerous injuries and a reported loss of thirty thousand dollars with eighteen thousand insured.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
Hall Bros.’ Laboratory
P. H. DcHugh
James Quigley
George Holliday
Charles Whiting
John Hastings
Drayman
William Wager
Albert Larson
John McAllister
Eugene Dole
Two Elderly Sisters Die After Dress Fire Near Mineral Wells
At Mineral Wells near Parkersburg two sisters Edith Caplinger 90 and Linda Caplinger aged around her sister died when Ediths dress caught fire. Linda tried to extinguish it and both women ran to the yard where they collapsed and died two hours later.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Mineral Wells
Here
Edith
Linda Caplinger
Linda
Warwick Cycle company stockholders vote to enter insolvency
In Springfield on February 28 a Warwick Cycle company meeting voted to file for insolvency. Total liabilities are listed at 218000 dollars with assets around 175000 dollars.
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Springfield
Mass
Warwick Cycle Company
Greek King Escapes Assassination in Royal Carriage
Athens reports a dramatic gun attack on King George and Princess Maria as they rode home from Phalerum. The king used his walking stick to force the assailants away, with seven shots fired but no serious injuries. Patrols scour the Hymettus area while officials and former premiers arrive at the palace to offer congratulations.
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Athens
George
Maria
Europe
Pap
Phalerum
Hymettus
M. Delyannis
M. Ralli
Topeka reports Rustler finds no survivors of Clara Nevada
From Juneau the Rustler returned to port with no survivors found after another search of the Clara Nevada wreck. Only a victim photograph was recovered aboard the charred ruin, no other traces identified. Paris held a requiem mass for Maine disaster victims with US British and Spanish ambassadors in attendance.
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Victoria
B. C
Topeka
Juneau
Rustler
Paris
St. Joseph's
Maine
United States
Gowdy
Governors appoint trustees and delegates from Indiana
Governor Mount names David M. Foster of Fort Wayne and J. Murphy of Evansville as three year trustees of the Soldiers Home at Lafayette. Aaron Jones of South Bend is appointed a delegate to the pure food and drug convention meeting in Washington on March 2.
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Indianapolis
City of Erie Launched at Detroit Dry Dock Yard
The Cleveland and Buffalo Transit company will move the steel side wheel steamer City of Erie from Wyandotte yards to completion. The vessel, when finished, is billed as the finest and among the fleetest steamers on the Great Lakes.
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Detroit
Cleveland and Buffalo Transit Company
City of Erie
Great Lakes
Detroit Dry Dock Company
Wyandotte
Western Base Ball Schedule Set for 1898 Season
The Western Base Ball league on Saturday approved its 1898 schedule. The season begins April 20 with Detroit at Indianapolis and Minneapolis at Kansas City on April 21, while St. Paul visits Omaha on the 21st.
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Kansas City
Detroit
Indianapolis
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Omaha
Perjury Charge Emerges in Ripley County Mob Case
Indianapolis reports indicate the state has closed its case in the Ripley county lynching trial at Cross Plains. Defense witnesses impeach the reform school boy Charlies Kelly as officers return him to the reform farm amid rumors of a reopened case on new lines.
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Indianapolis
Cross Plains
Ripley County
Charlies Kelly
Dillsboro
Charles Kelly
Reform Farm
Ketcham
Steamer Legislator Burns At Sea Killing Five Men
The British steamer Legislator bound from Liverpool to Colon burned February 16 after a sudden fire. Eleven forward crew were cut off as a boat capsized. five men drowned including two officers, the chief steward, and the cook. A fireman died from burns, and others were severely scorched. The rest of the crew and two passengers were rescued within four hours.
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Boston
Legislator
Tennant
Liverpool
Colon
W. Mortemer
London
John Gaffney
James Bateman
William Martin
Alexander Jenkins
William Angill
Thos, Roberts
John Traugher
John Holden
Robert Miln
Charles Ibbston
Phogpate
Desperate Strike Situation Amid Weavers and Spinners
In New Bedford six weeks into a strike, weavers struggle with funds and may return to work within two weeks. An appeal to the American Federation of Labor is planned, with Samuel Ross traveling to Washington to seek Gompers’ influence. Uncertainty looms over a possible settlement.
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New Bedford
Mass
American Federation of Labor
Samuel Ross
Washington
Samuel Gompers
American Federation
State Board of Arbitration
Democrats Name Hopefuls in Third District Race
Waterloo Iowa February 21 Democrats of the Third congressional district nominate ex governor Ross to oppose Colonel David B Henderson for Congress in the upcoming race.
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Waterloo
Ross
David B. Henderson
Early adjournment eyed for May or June in Congress
Senate and House leaders push pensioning and appropriation bills toward quick adjournment. Alaska and Hawaiian annexation loom in debate as Davis and Reed oppose slow action. The Maine inquiry and post office bills shape the week with naval plans hinging on dock provisions and potential battleships. Indiana Gas Belt league forms in Anderson with a March meeting set to organize a six-city circuit.
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Senate
Reed
House
Southern Methodist Church
Nashville
Davis
District of Columbia
Committee On Appropriations
Congress
Naval
Friends of the Treaty
Washington
Military Academy
Naval and
Post Office
Board of
Maine
Spain
Secretary of the Navy
Reed Akes
Annexation
Cannon
Illinois
Walker
Massachusetts
Johnson
Indiana
Anderson
Ind
Munele
Elwood
Alexandria
Marion
Kokomo
Lloyd underwriters seek premium on Spanish ship cargos to Cuba
The English Lloyd underwriters and American firms demand a small extra charge on goods shipped by Spanish steamers to Cuban ports. The move is described not as a war risk but as a speculative precaution by the consignee in case hostilities begin.
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New York
Lloyd
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Gompers
Wisconsin
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Iowa
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Ballardville Lithia
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Frank Rogers
Salter Sage
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Shiloh
Glasgow, & Lytle
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J. U. Young
Pres Wor
Jeeprey
A. Anderson
Cash
J.T. Anderson
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Washington County Savings Bank
Waynterest
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Jon Keek
Wiirn
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Jone Epich
HL Keek
LD Robinson
Frank Stewart
J. Henderson
H. M. Eicher
Washington County
J. J. Kellogg
Pension
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East Side Square
Chas. J. Wilson
CORIO
Alberson
T. T. Keeley
Omece
W. Washington Street
H. Sanford
Casey Bros
North Main St
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Cralil
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Silary
Bell Soap Manufacturing CO
Wabash Ave
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Cash Grocery
Minnesota
Minnesota Burbank
Price
California
Victor
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