Maryland farm lands value rises amid unclear reforms
Maryland farm lands increased by 5.8 million dollars between 1880 and 1890, reaching a total of 75,058,350 dollars. The article notes intelligence in farming as a rule in Maryland and hints at reforms debates in Cuba with insurgents advancing and costly canal estimates varying widely. It also comments on limited rights for married women in the District of Columbia under federal governance.
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Maryland
United States
District of Columbia
Capitol
Washington
San Francisco Mint Report Notes Gold Output Rise in California
The superintendent reports California gold output rose from 13,863,281 in 1894 to 15,834,317 in 1695. Thirty three of fifty seven counties are regular producers and new mines are discovered annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
California
Railways See Benefit in Carrying Passenger Bicycles
Iris notes New York law requiring bicycles of railway passengers to be carried as baggage may financially favor railroads. The bicycle grows a travel culture, aligning with railway interests and broader passenger use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Salvation Army Chief Booth Tucker in New York Incident
Commander Booth-Tucker, new head of the Salvation Army in the United States, reportedly disarmed a tramp in a lodging house who stabbed him with a pin and floored a fellow hobo who came to the rescue, an act described as muscular Christianity in action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Booth-Tucker
Salvation; Army
United States
New York
Electric accident in Baltimore restaurant shocks warning
A restaurant keeper in Baltimore was killed while turning on electric fans. He stood on an iron gas pipe and touched a chain, causing him to fall into flames. The incident highlights the need for caution with electric appliances and house wiring.
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Baltimore
Horace Mann Memory Honors Education Pioneer
A reflection on Horace Mann marking the hundredth birthday with tributes in U S cities. Mann forged his own schooling by hard work and used his intellect to craft a schooling system aiding future generations. He sought to equip children for responsible citizenship through improved education.
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Horace Mann
United States
Yellowstone bison decline amid visitor-harm claims
A fragmentary report alleges the Yellowstone National Park bison herd is shrinking due to illegal visitor actions. It cites 120 buffalo once captured by Buffalo Jones, sending some to England and St. Petersburg, with only 50 to 73 remaining amid ongoing hunting pressures.
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Yellowstone National Park
Yellowstone Country
C. J. Jones
Buffalo Jones
England
St. Petersburg
National Park
River and Harbor Bill Dominates Senate and House Actions
The Senate resumed consideration of the Dupont election case under a Gorman compromise and debated Peffer’s bond resolution, while the House passed private pension bills on suspension day. The week featured river and harbor bill discussions, battleship reductions, and a final adjournment plan for May 18. A Washington monument bill for Samuel Hahnemann and clerks for members were also enacted.
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Senate
Turple
Dupont
Gorman
Peffer
Boutelle
Sayer
Tex
Messrs. Hill
Pettigrew
S. D
Pefferond
House
Hill
N. Y
Onli
Finance Committee
Yeas
Ainays
Pickler
Rep
Washington
Samuel Hahnemann
Medical School of Homeopathy
California
Congress
Nitrate King Col. North Dead in London
In a brief dispatch, Col. North, famed as the Nitrate King for vast nitrate bed interests in South America, died suddenly in London. Other items note Aubrey Beardsley’s recovery and resumption of work in London following illness in Brussels. Cardinal Luigi Galimberti, archbishop of Nice and former nuncio at Vienna, died near Düsseldorf after throat trouble. The New York grand jury indicted James B. Duke and American Tobacco Co. directors for conspiracy and monopoly. Havana and New York correspondents Creelman and Lawrence expelled from Cubs for calumny against Weyler. The president amended civil service rules to include the Interstate Commerce Commission. Prof. Burr sailed to Holland to study Dutch records on the Guinean boundary dispute.
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Col. North
South America
London
Aubrey Beardsley
Brussels
Luigi Galimberti
Tutlax
Nice
Vienna
Suchtein
Dusseldorf
Prussia
Rome
New York County Grand Jury
James B. Duke
American Tobacco Co
E Trust
National Cigarette and Tobacco Co
James Creelman
Havana
New York World
Frederick. Lawrence
New York Journal
Cubs
Weyler
Interstate Commerce Commission
Grovce L. Burr
Cornell University
Venezuelan Commission
Holland
Saloon keepers die in South Chicago incident
Crime column reports Joan Porulney and A Purski, South Chicago saloon keepers, found dead from asphyxiation after midnight on the 5th. Fire at Heidelberg riding school kills two women five children and 27 horses. Alonzo Spain dance hall blaze kills six. Herman Mudgett known as H H Sea ame murderer hanged in Philadelphia for 1894 homicide.
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Joan Porulney
A. Purski
Chicago
University of ‘Heidelburg
Germany
Alonzo
Huelva
Spain
Herman W. Mudgett
H. Hy
Philadelphia
Henjauain
Witton and accomplices face life terms in murder case
Witton, who wrecked a New York Central express train, was found guilty of second degree murder and sentenced to life at Auburn prison. Theodore Hibbard and Herbert Plato received 40 years each. Romulus Cotell, accused in the Stone family murder at Tallmadge Ohio, pleaded not guilty at arraignment before Judge Kohler of Akron. attorneys were appointed, trial date unset.
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ES “Witton
Auburn Prison
Theodore’ Hibbard
Herbert Plato
Romulus Cotell
Stone
Supreme Court Advances Wiborg Case and Venezuelan Note
The U S Supreme Court on the 5th granted Solicitor General Conrad’s motion to advance the Wiborg et al case tied to the Horsa Cuban expedition and set for hearing on the 18th. London reported a second blue book on the Venezuelan matter would be ready on the 13th but not published until delivered to Washington. Federal Judge Shiras ordered the release on habeas corpus of Fort Robinson Neb officers for operating a canteen, ruling liquor may be kept at an army post.
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Supreme Court
United States
Conrad
Wiborg
London
Washington
Minneapolis
Southampton
Cronstadt
Shiras
Fort Robinson
Neb
Treasury Old Reserve
Ohio State Board of Agriculture
Citizens’ Bank
Union City
Ind
R. G. Dun & Co
Canada
China
Japan
Treasury
Senate river harbor debate over Santa Monica and San Pedro
Telegrams note a Senate session on the 9th largely spent debating the river and harbor bill with Santa Monica and San Pedro as deep water site options. Afterward 30 unobjected bills were passed. a joint resolution urged no government bonds without explicit justification to Congress.
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Senate
Santa Monica
San Pedro
Dubois
Idaho
Congress
House
Guittero Luis
Havana
Washington
Cleveland
Weyler
Luis
United States
Pugarto
Vizso
Manabi
Guayaquil
Elsie Kragle
Zoological Park
Washington City
Trving Ford
Temple Emanuel
New York City
Baron Maurice de Hirsch
Alexandria
Egypt
Cairo
Frankfurt
State Treasury Faces Delayed Warrant Payments
Assistant State Treasurer Floyd K. Whittemore announced that April revenue from county collectors totals about 1.2 million dollars, paid into the treasury for appropriation. Final settlements with county collectors occur in July, with expected receipts from non tax sources likely to cover outstanding warrants by June 1. The Illinois Central Railroad is credited with about 300,000 dollars due to the state by that date.
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Floyd K. Whittemore
Balazice
General Assembly
Whittemore
Illinois
Central Revenue
Engagement Announced for Miss Letitia Scott in Bloomington
The engagement of Miss Letitia Scott of Bloomington to Lieut Bromwell of the United States Army is announced. She is the elder daughter of the late Matthew T Scott who left a large fortune to his widow and two daughters, Letitia and Julia. Mrs Scott is the sister of Mrs Adlair Stevenson and a daughter of the late Dr Green, former president of Center College, Danville Kentucky. The item also notes deaths and other local happenings including the passing of Mrs M Briggs aged 97, a pioneer settler moving to Illinois in 1852, and a land case decision favoring Mrs Will Nicholson over her mother Mrs Decia Bishop.
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Letitia Scott
Bloomington
Lieut
Bromwell
Matthew T. Scott
Letitia
Julia
Scott
Adlairb. Stevenson
Dr. Green
Center College
Danville
M. de Briggs
M. J. Briggs
Illinois
Argenta
Macon County
Calfornia
Plains
California
Decia Bishop
Will Nicholson
Decatur
Havana Protest Over Trials Of American Seamen
Report from Havana notes Consul General Williams urging civil trial for captured Americans while the case awaits cabinet decision in Madrid. Separately rebel bands burned 158 houses in Hoyo Colorado as Cornelio Alvarez and Jose Blanco Alfonso face death sentences for rebellion. Nine political prisoners were sent to Spain. General Pando sailed on the same steamer.
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Havana
Olliey
Eneral
Williams
Madrid
Bae
Hoyo Colorado
Cornelio Alvarez
Colon
Matanzas
Mornand
Jose Blanco Alfonso
Cabanas
Spain
Pando
Milton Case Tied to Spain Treaty Limits
Washington reports limited U S action for Owen Milton of Kansas condemned by court martial to be shot in Cuba. Officials seek delay to allow humane investigation of the Competitor incident, arguing protocol protects nonresidents from civil trials while permitting military court procedures with defense counsel and witness rights.
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Spain
Washington
State Department
Owen Milton
Kansas
Cuba
Madrid
Havana
Milton
United States
Williams
Caleb Cushing
Milton the Kansas boy condemned to death by Spaniards
Jacksonville Florida May 10 dispatch describes Milton the Kansas boy captured by Spanish authorities aboard the Competitor and condemned to death leaving Key West as a newspaper correspondent for the Florida Times Union. The report states he carried credentials connecting him with the Times Union as daily authorized representative and sought to relay news by cable to Southern Associated Press and United Press.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Milton
Olney
Flay
Richard Olney
Washington
Key West
Florida
Times Union
Southern Associated Press
United Pread
Ros
General Manpgbride
Times Unions
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LIV
Women's Missionary Society
Women's Foreign Missionary Society of the
Methodist Episcopal Church of
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Cerro Gordo
Danforth
Soldiers’ Orphans' Home
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Quincy
Allen Shantz
Wall Paper
Cook County
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Illinois High School Association
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Macomb
Jal
Thomas Owens
Montgomery
Nother
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