World Crises Prompt News Summary From August Droll
August Droll reports Weyler’s ban on newspaper correspondents signaling tighter military censorship in Cuba. He notes widespread X ray experiments in Europe and America and a British world map claiming Arctic lands. France braces for a crisis with Bourbon or Bonapartist threats while Venezuela resists arbitration over the Orinoco and Guiana issues amid a British vessel presence.
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France
Paris
Republic
Electric plow praised by consul as US edge
The American consul at Leipsic notes Germany’s electric agricultural gear progress and calls the electric plow a success while praising American invention. He says Congress should declare June 24 a national holiday for Cabot and Columbus’s voyage merger, joking that their geography credit is limited to Independence Day.
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Leipsic
Germany
United States
Conanress
John and
Sebastian Cabot
Ice Bridge Diverts Niagara Fall During Lake Water Lull
Engineers discuss dam feasibility as nature forms an ice bridge and diverts the American Fall with precision. A simple engineering fix could restore flow during low-water periods.
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Niagara
Nature
Martyrdom claim refuted after Troy execution
A local opinion state asserts that Bat Shea, electrocuted for murder in Troy, was not a martyr. It argues Shea killed Ross during a failed robbery of civic rights, and notes the people gave him a fair trial and carried out the sentence.
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Troy
Shea
Ross
Steerable German Balloon Reaches High Altitude
A new steerable balloon in the German army rises to more than half a mile with a two ton load and can stay aloft a week without ballast or gas loss. Its silk is coated with a secret preparation making it gas tight. The report calls for a war department bureau for new inventions in future hostilities.
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War Department
River Head possum bounty under scrutiny
The River Head agricultural society on Long Island reports possum ranches are raising stock for bounty jumping. A 25 cent ear bounty has spurred num erous possums, not a decrease. The bounty will be discontinued, threatening to paralyze a budding industry for infants.
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THE
Agricultural Society
Riverhead
Long Island
Torrey Bankruptcy Bill Advances In Washington
After twelve years Mr Jay L Torrey pursues his bankruptcy bill in Washington with many amendments. The author believes the present form could be near perfect if enacted and notes a disposition to pass it with little opposition shown so far.
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Jay L. Torrey
Washington
Puget Sound Emerges as Key Orient Gateway for Tea and Silk
In the last eight months Tacoma docks landed 49 147 tons of tea for shipment eastward. A local paper notes about 75 percent of all tea and about 50 percent of all raw silk sent to America are unloaded there. This signals Puget Sound rapidly becoming the principal gateway for growing oriental commerce.
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Tacoma
America
Puget ‘Sound
Sessions Recap: Senate and House Debate Treaties and Budgets
The Senate and House reported and debated multiple measures over five days. Highlights include the Dupont committee report on privileges and elections, a June 24 national holiday memorial for Cabot, Monroe Doctrine defense, seed purchase mandates, and various appropriation bills. A Scranton banker embezzlement warrant targeted A B Williams, former Traders national bank cashier, for $36,000.
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Senate
Committee On Privileges and Elections
Dupont
Delaware
Hoar
North American
Johns
Sebastian Cabot
Davis
House
Morton Wes
Committee On
Spain
Secretary of the Treasury
Porter
Traders' National Bank
Scranton
United States
Colburn
A. B. Williams
Williams
Territorial committee reconsiders Arizona statehood action
The Hotesr committee on territories on the 19th revisited a vote from the prior meeting that defeated the Arizona statehood bill by six to five. The bill remains in its previous, unprejudiced position awaiting further action. Bill Nye suffered paralysis on the night of the 18th at his Buck Shoals home near Asheville, N C, with doctors fearing limited chances of recovery.
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Hotesr
Territories
Bill Nye
Buck Shoals
Asheville
N. C
West Point Military Academy
Tug
F. C. M. Holston
John L. Waller
United States
Madagascar
Hovas
Paris
Nimes
Susan B. Anthony
Rochester
N. Y
California
Trio of 19th Century Crimes and Disappearances
James McCart Ner, a New York bar tender, shot himself in his apartment on the 18th after a dispossess notice, with his wife’s arms around him and their six children asleep nearby. Private Wm. H. Iams, known for the Homestead strike, was reported dying in a Baltimore hospital from a bullet wound after a lodger dispute. Albert L. Foster, Concord NH tax collector for five years, was arrested on two embezzlement charges totaling $16 000, admitting guilt and claiming bucketshops in Boston caused the loss.
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James McCartNer
New York
Wm. H. Iams
Homestead
Baltimore
Albert L. Foster
Concord
N. H
Boston
Precarious World Tensions and Domestic Consolidation Noted
A Shanaquat dispatch reports Russia may seek a Corea protectorate while Britain and the United States vow strong opposition. Japan accelerates naval preparations as New York contemplates consolidating New York, Brooklyn, and Long Island City with a charter commission, effective January 1, 1898.
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Russia
Corea
England
United States
New York
Brooklyn
Long Island City
Wabash
Ind
Labrador
Philadelphia
Frank Rissell
University of Iowan
Associated Banks
New York City
Oue
British South Africa Co
Earl Gray
Cecil Rhodes
South Africa
Havana
Santo Domingo
Treasury
R.G. Dun & Co
Canada
Associated Banks of
Chinese statesman to attend Russian coronation trek
Li Hune Cuane renowned Chinese statesman and former vice roy will represent the emperor at the Moscow coronation in May. On invitation from John W. Foster he will return to China via the United States, planning a summer visit to the country.
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Li Hune Cuane
Russia
Moscow
John W. Foster
China
United States
Orange Grand Lodges
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Dominion
Manitoba
Orangemen
Campania
Trans-Atlantica Espanola
Montevideo
River Platte
Bureau of American Republics
Bureau
James R. Armiger
North Baltimore
Enear W. Nye
Big” Nyé
Buck Shoals
Asheville
N. C
Cuaran Barton
Zeitoun
Porte
Black Snow Report Strikes Chicago Area Illinois
Illinois news notes a fall of black snow in Chicago and surrounding regions. Weather officials link it to fine particulate silt and organic matter carried by winds, with earlier 1895 findings cited. The phenomenon appears across multiple states, not tied to smoke alone.
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Chicago
Weather Bureau
Moore
Northwest
Nebraska
Gulf
Won His Fight and Died Eddy Dies After Legal Victory
William H. Eddy known as Horse Eddy, famed Chicago figure, died after surviving a celebrated legal fight with Henry H. Gage. The jury valued Eddy's property at 250000. Death came from shock after a fall. Elmer Murray, a young farmer near Centralia, was found dead in a road after church near Walnut Hill. He appears to have been thrown from his horse, with head injuries and a frozen body.
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James Bryant
William Cullen Bryant
Princeton
Edward Welch
Lee County
John Weichlein
Gridley Township
McLean County
Mary Wesley
Dixon
Edward Jacobs
White County
Wm. D. Perry
Payson
Adams County News
A. H. Prevo
Charleston
T. Judson Hale
Galesburg
Internal Revenue
State Board of Equalization
Knights Templar
Lombard University
Wm. D. Claybourn
Jefferson County
First
Ilinois Cavalry
Margaret Rainey
Marion County
George S. Rainey
Salem
A. H. Rainey
Centralia
J. K. Rainey
St. Augustine
Fla
James Jones
Decatur
Albert S. Coit
Beardstown
Moses M. Donaldson
Ram
William H. Eddy
Horse
Eddy
Chicago
Henry H. Gage
Elmer Murray
Walnut Hill
Price of 2 Foot Damages in Loy v. L and N Suit
Calvin C Loy of Newton Jasper county settled for 410 dollars and costs in the United States circuit court over the loss of a foot in a wreck. Also reported are a fatal blizzard accident near New Bedford and a McLean county residence fire. Harrison Burdick and Hanna Hirtz wed recently in Plainfield Will county.
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Calvin’ C. Loy
Newton
Jasper County
Louisville & Nashville Railroad Co
United States
Harrison Burdick
Plainfield
Will County
Hanna Hirtz
Booth refuses to relinquish Salvation Army command
New York February 24 Commander Ballington Booth declared he would not relinquish command of the Salvation Army in the United States and would take orders from England only if compelled. A council of war with staff supporters followed amid cheers and protests as Col. Nicol and Col. Eadie faced the assembly. A bogus London telegram claiming Booth and Eva Booth-Tucker would replace the Booths was denied by Booth and allies, who called the message false. The unexpected appearance at Army headquarters happened during a crowded Sunday Gospel service.
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Besarey Ca
Tom
England
New York
Ballington Booth
The
Salvation. Army
United States
Booth
Army
Bis
Alexander N. Nicol
Eadie
London
F. de Latour Booth-Tucker
Nicol
Eva Booth
Resignation of Ballington Booth Shaping Salvation Army Rift
New York dispatch reports a growing split in the Salvation Army after Gen Ballington Booth’s removal from command and his January 31 resignation. Chauncey Depew’s mass meeting urged retention, but a London cablegram confirms Booth’s decision and notes three mediators failed to change it.
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Salvation Army of
United States
New York
Salvation Army
Gen
Ballington Booth
Chauncey M. Depew
London
BramMwell, Boorn
Rhodes on Johannesburg prisoners fate and time
A Cairo cable reports Cecil Rhodes declining to discuss the South Africa Chartered Co. He mentions bail for mining manager Jack Hammon and compares his brother’s case. Rhodes says matters are quieting and time will smooth them over, thinking the prisoners will be tried and fined.
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Johannesburg
New York
The
Herald
Cairo
Egypt
Cecil Rhodes
Rhodes
South Africa Chartered Co
Jack Hammon
Hammond
Killed by the Officer in Louisiana River County
News from NavonEz Mississippi reports a shooting 25 miles below town on the Louisiana bank. James Pettit, a fisherman, killed J D Miller a planter and justice of the peace after Miller attempted to arrest Pettit for carrying concealed weapons. Miller fired first. both men shot. Pettit died, Miller surrendered.
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NavonEz
Miss
Louisiana
J. D. Miller
James Pettit
Miller
Pettit
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