Sanitation and Speechmaking Across Nations and States
During Queen Victoria's era sanitation reforms lengthened English life by three and a half years. It argues sanitation boosts wealth and national strength. In St. Louis nominating speeches, Foraker supports McKinley, Lodge supports Reed, Depew supports Morton, and Baldwin supports Allison, signaling high quality oratory.
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Queen Victoria
St. Louis
Foraker
McKinley
Senator Lodge
Reed
Chauncey M. Depew
Morton
J. N. Baldwin
Allison
France could back Spain in war, or not
The piece notes French investors hold millions in Spanish securities, questioning whether France would risk that capital by backing Spain in a doomed conflict. It adds Gen Boynton's claim that the American government is the most honest, with minimal waste and defalcation, and that party changes do not affect national business.
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France
Spain
Boynton
Weather Extremes Mark May 1596 Across Regions
May 1596 is noted for weather vagaries with a record hot spell in Southern California where Los Angeles reached 109 degrees. A ten day snow storm ended in a Montana town, reflecting striking atmospheric disturbances across the region.
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California
Los Angeles
Montana
Club federation debates names for delegates husbands
Among the many curious matters at the Louisville sessions of the Women's clubs federation the most curious proposal is that future convention delegates drop their husbands' names if they have any.
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Women’s Clubs Federation
Louisville
Navy drills set for naval militia battalions.
The Navy Department has completed arrangements for annual drills of naval militia battalions. Vessels from the North Atlantic squadron will visit ports with naval battalions to give each organization at least a week of shipboard practice. The tour begins about June 15.
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Tur Navy Department
North Atlantic
Striking Chinese Workers Clash With White City Labor
In San Francisco a blouse waist factory run by Chinese workers sees ethnic tension as Chinese laborers protest against white girls filling lower wage positions. The crowd gathers around the factory, booing the replacing workers, highlighting race and economic friction amid labor shifts.
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San Francisco
John
East St. Louis man rejects relief stove request
An East St. Louis man whose house was wrecked refused aid from the relief committee. He would accept only a range and porcelain lined pots and kettles, turning down first class cook stove and ordinary utensils. The committee offered suitable items but could not meet his exact preference.
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East’ St. Louis
Relief Committee
New Aluminum Canteens Promise Lighter Army Gear
The new aluminum canteens for the regular army weigh half as much as current models. Made in a single piece like a blown bottle, they cannot leak and are hermetically corked. They would hold water for ages without evaporation, resist rust and corrosion, and can be reshaped if dented.
Time may come to understand and deter tornadoes
The text argues that full understanding of tornadoes may allow anticipation and precautions to save lives but cannot fully protect property. It states that nothing is safe from their fury and that total desolation is a permanent possibility, with all structures left at the mercy of such events.
Celebration in Minneapolis marks pioneer site relic parade
An American city of about 200000 hosts a grand event with thousands of school children marching through the streets. The first house on the site is celebrated as a historic relic trundled to a new site in Minnehaha Park. The 9000 children who provided the motive power recall the scene with pride and memory as the pioneer cabin moves.
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Minneapolis
Mintehaha Park
Congress debates and passes key bills amid contested elections
Senate and House proceedings span the Indian appropriation and river and harbor bills, tariff debates, and multiple contested elections. Votes mark passage or denial of measures while conference reports shape the general deficiency and naval appropriation bills amid political fights and executive actions. Headlines note veto reactions, executive session moves, and adjournment timelines.
British Home Secretary rejects clemency for Mrs Florence Maybrick
In the House of Commons Sir Matthew Ridley stated there is no reason to extend clemency to Florence Maybrick, serving a life term for her husband’s murder in Wakefield prison. Also reported is a fatal Newport New Hampshire stage accident involving Austin Corbin and several companions, and other political notes including Mexico envoy Marr J. Ransom’s North Carolina visit and Samoa’s attorney general appointment. Robert Bonner is re-elected president of the Scottish Society of America in Harrisburg despite plans to retire.
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House of Commons
Matthew “White Ridley
Florence Maybrick
Austin
Corbin
Newport
N. H
John Stokes
Corbin Edgell
Paul Kunzier
Marr.j. Ransom
Mexico
North Carolina
Wm. Churchill
New York
Apia
Samoa
Sgetch- Trish Society of ‘America
Harrisburg
Robert Bonner
Wind Rath Found Sane in Birch Murder Trial
In Chicago Joseph Wind Rath was tried for the murder of Carey B. Birch. The jury returned the verdict that the defendant was sane. The trial concluded on the 2d with the sanity determination completing the case.
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Joseph Windrath
Chicago
Carey B. Birch
Prisoners and crimes in St Louis and New York reports
A report notes Horace Goudy of the St Louis post office embezzlement case pleads guilty and faces 18 months hard labor in Randolph county jail. Detectives McCauley and Evanhee escort Dunlop and Turner, accused burglars, from Liverpool to New York for arraignment. Dunlop pleads guilty, Turner pleads not guilty.
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EdsennGiy Sarstor
Freidé Teal Ca
Fairne
Teretbign
Court of St. Louisy
Adams
Horace Rk, Goudy
Randolph County
Coudy
St. Louis
McCauley
Evanhee
Wm. Dunlop
Wa. Turner
New York
Liverpool
Dunlop
Turner
General Sessions Court
Equestrian Meade Statue Unveiled at Gettysburg Ceremony
A Meade statue was unveiled at Gettysburg in a ceremony with military officers and civilians in attendance. The event followed the unveiling of the Hancock statue later that day, as listed among memorials in Pennsylvania. Also noted are random items from overseas including a plague among Hamdiel cavalry and Henley regatta entries.
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Caza Oghnas
Vilayet
Bitlis
Asia Minor
Yale University
Amsterdam Rowing Club
England
Buda-Pesth
Gettysburg
Pennsylvania
George E. Meade
Army of the Potomac
House of Commons
London
United States
R.G. Dun & Co
Canada
Senate and House Telegrams On Bills And Regatta Voyage
In the senate on the 6th almost all the day was spent debating conference reports on general appropriation bills. The sundry civil bill had public building amendments insisted upon and referred back for further conference. The Indian appropriation and naval appropriation bills were assented to and referred back for further conference. In the house most of the afternoon dealt with the president's veto of the general deficiency appropriation bill. A revised bill omitting war claims failed under suspension of the rules. A bill extending U S court jurisdiction over crimes in Indian territory passed. The Vale crew sailing to Henley receives a send off in New York. The weekly New York banks statement showed shifts in reserves loans specie and deposits. Fire outside a house in Orendain Spain caused damage. no one was hurt. A Moscow disaster on the Hodynsky plain killed 3878 and injured 4000. Naval academy admission age debate shifts from 15 to 18. Banks held excess reserves in New York.
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Senate
Congress
House
Johnson Vs. Stokes
South Carolina
Cannon
Ill
Morrill
Vermount
Highth
New York
Murray
Elliott
Charleston
D.C
Eliott
Hth
Morgan
Ala
Sherman
United States
Martin
Lockhart
North Carolina
Indian Territory
Tua Vale
England
Orendain
St. Sebastian
Guipuzecoa
Spain
Tux Paria -Eclaire
Hodynsky Plain
Moscow
Anis
Board of Visitors of
The
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Associated ‘Banks of
Aity
Illinois Senator Shafer Faces Guilty Verdict in Bribery Case
A Chicago politician and former thirteenth district senator, Shafer, was found guilty of offering to suppress a cattle feeding investigation report in Peoria. The case traces to allegations he attempted to influence distillery interests by bribery, with the grand jury and Peoria County proceedings highlighted. Various local items follow, including tramps in Elgin, deaths of Elidia Dickinson and Israel D. Janes, and factory closures in Moline.
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Chicago
Vie
Puepoers
Shafer
Peoria
Ilinois
Peoria County
Israel DO. Janes
Israel D. Janes
Danvers
McLean County
Connecticut
McLean
Stout's Grove
Dansvers
Maceo Amazons Strike in Cuba and Lee Reviews Prisoners
From Key West to Cuba reports say Maceo commands about 20 000 fighters in Pinar del Rio fortified positions with eight cannons two captured in recent clashes. Cuban women reportedly join Amazons on the battlefield fighting Spaniards with machetes. Havana dispatch notes Gen Bermudez advances into Havana province with 1500 men. In Havana Gen Lee visits prisoners at the fortress and requests better conditions. Dawley of Harper’s Weekly may be released from Morro castle.
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Key West
Fla
Maceo
Pinar del Rio
Trocha
Lee
Cuba
Havana
Fitzhugh Lee
Cabanas
Weyler
Julio Sanguilly
Court of Cassation
Madrid
Gen. Lee
Gen. Weyler
Dawley
Harper’s Weekly
Morro Castle
Miss Mayne Warrall Dies in San Francisco Palace Hotel
Miss Mayne Warrall of Chester Lodge London aged about twenty two died at the Palace hotel in San Francisco after a sudden illness on Saturday. Symptoms indicated possible poison and an autopsy will be held. She had arrived Thursday from Australia aboard the Alameda and carried $250 in cash and jewels worth $2,500 along with letters of credit.
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San Francisco
Jones
Mas Yne Warrall
Chester Lodge
Gileston Road
South Kensington
London
Eng
Palace Hotel
Worrall
Four Boys Drown Amid Storm Flood in Culvert Tragedy
Leavenworth Kansas reports four boys Mike and Dennis Desmond Eugene and Denny Cummings drowned during a sudden cloud burst. Two more boys Mike Cummings and George Newsome escaped as flood waters surged toward the river. Mike Desmond’s body was later found snagged under a trestle and obstruction by the Northwestern Railway. The remaining three boys were not recovered despite efforts.
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Mike Desmond
Northwestern
Heavy hailstorm damages Chicago area and report of drownings
A heavy hailstorm struck Chicago causing substantial damage in southeastern districts. Reported flooding in basements near Hydé Fark and Woodlawn, wind damaged roofs on flats at 46th and Grave. A boat capsized on the lake near Thirty-ninth Street with several missing or injured.
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Chicago
CuiGaGo
Hydé ‘Fark
Woodlawn
Waukesha
Sistty-fourth
Chicagé
Amses Seraipte
Behitour
Dkowne
Mia Bady
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Fianshh Allinors
Troy
Thur
Gompiled
Liv
State News
Elgin
Elidia Dickinson
Leroy
Hartford
Conn
Pike, County
Perry
Republican Party
Unitarian Church
Sylvan Steel Co
Moline
Moline Plow, Co
Moline Wagon Co
Deere & Co
Carl Kloppenburg
Buffalo (Sangamon County
Chester Penitentiary
State Institution For the Education of
Jacksonville
John W., Walker
John W. Walker
Walker Station
Macon County
Robert H. Woodcock
Macon
Altgeld
Illinois Asylum For the Incurable Insane
Auditor of Public Accounts
New. Bank
Golgonda
Pope County
Bank
Gols Conda
Aeeps
New Presbyterian ‘Church
Cumberland Presbyterian Society
Mitchell
Arcola
Michael Ginger
Darmstadt
Bain
Clair County
Mayne Warrall
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