Shipbuilding doubled in US and other notes
The Weekly Call notes shipbuilding in the United States doubling from the prior year as part of expansion. It names a hostile Minnesota chief Hunts Thunder and warns of consequences with Uncle Sam. It also reports American capital investing in Santiago street railways and a post office deficit. A St Louis girl pursuing stage life discovers stark backstage contrasts in Milwaukee after one night.
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United States
Uncle Sam
St. Louis
Milwaukee
Yellow fever threat prompts Cuba siege plan
If American energy and sanitary methods can succeed in breaking up the yellow fever breeding places along Cuba's coast, the effort will justify the cost of seizing the island by securing practical immunity for the southern states against the pest.
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Cuba
Lyddite Shell Annihilates Mahdists at Omdurman
An explosive called Lyddite from the German inventor's town was tested by the Anglo-Egyptian army in the Sudan. The shell dropped into a mosque at Omdurman destroyed the building and 108 Mahdists in an instant, proving far more powerful than dynamite.
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Soudan
Omdurman
McKinley speech cited patriotism shaping postwar peace
On his Iowa tour President McKinley linked national patriotism to postwar peace, saying the high purpose shown in war would guide Americans in settling peace. Meanwhile Lieut Hobson faced pushback as his vessel raising plans for Maria Teresa and Colon stirred political reactions at senior levels.
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Lieut. Hobson
Maria Teresa
Iowa
McKinley
Paris Troop Presence Referenced Amid Revolution Fears
Dispatches say Paris is swarming with troops yet warn this does not guarantee calm. The July 14 1789 Bastille events showed soldiers may side with citizens, preventing suppression if aligned with the people.
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Paris
Monument Honors Michigan War Governor Austin Blair
Michigan honors war governor Austin Blair with a bronze statue on the state capitol grounds. Blair served faithfully as governor and congressman for many years and died poor in worldly goods but rich in the affections of the people of the Peninsular state.
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Austin Blair
Capitol
Austin
Blair
Paris palace feud ends in contractor ruse against Count
From Paris comes word that Count Castellane seeks control of his wife Anna Gould’s fortune by a deal with contractors. He allegedly takes forty percent of inflated sums for work and materials. The Goulds reportedly halted all work on the palace scheme.
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Anna Gould
German ambassador notes American patriotism in war talk
Dr Von Hollenden the German ambassador to Washington, visiting on vacation, dined with the emperor and lauded the superb patriotism of the American people. The monarch was astonished as he learned their former subjects and their children showed strong loyalty to the United States.
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von Hollenden
Washington
Stone
News in Brief Personal and euPolitical items
The London board censures Capt Williams commander of the Milwaukee for the September 16 accident and suspends his certificate for three months. Henry Paget dies in London. heir is the Earl of Uxbridge. Gen Julio Roca inaug urated Argentine president. Alcorta remains foreign minister. German ship Bussard takes Mataafa and exiles to Apia. Mataafa pledges loyalty to Berlin convention. George D Saxton’s will bequeaths estate to Mrs Barber. Mrs McKinley receives nothing. Nelson Miles central figure at Omaha exposition reception. Mrs John Sherman falls ill in Washington. stricken with paralysis. Court martial finds Chaplain McIntyre guilty. sentenced to dismissal. Calvin Fairbanks dies in Angelica NY at 81. Surgeon General Wyman to inspect southern fever work. Mrs Sherman slightly improved but critical. Schriener forms Afrikander cabinet. Various misc notes follow.
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Apia
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Marine Hospital Service
Cincinnati
Chattanooga
Atlanta
Mobile
New Orleans
Sherman
W. E.P. Schriener
Cape Colony
Gordon-Sprigg
Insurgent blockades hinder Hermanos at Le Gaspi
Telegrams report insurgents at Le Gaspi in the Philippine Islands preventing loading and unloading of the American steamer Hermanos for Spaniards aboard. An officer of the U S cruiser Raleigh was denied landing without Gen Agui naldo’s permission. Also notes Turkish governor in Crete and other fleet movements.
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Minor News Items Briefly Chronicle Old Era Figures
The Kentucky court of appeals upheld the separate coach law. Commodore W P McCann names Gen Blanco as the orderer of the Maine explosion. Texas Populists nominate T P Gore, a blind man, for Congress. Queen Victoria and the Empress of Chinarule dominate over half the world. Missouri legislators A T Sober and A L Booze noted. Capt Goddard E D Diamond, 102, a San Francisco book agent. Dora Richardson wed Riley Brock in Keene Kentucky. Rear Admiral Phelps survives as the last of the first Naval Academy class, 47 graduates. Virginia’s United Confederate Veterans claim right to secede at will. Ignacio, Ute chief, visits Denver. prior visit had only one white resident. A lion injures a head, killed by a circus lion tamer in Franklin Virginia. Miss E Bonomi earns MD from Genoa, first Italian university degree for a woman. Oregon and Iowa voyage to Manila via Magellan longest warship voyage. Queen Liliuokalani plans to visit Washington to seek compensation for the loss of her throne. John D Rockefeller awards contract for largest U S monolith at Lakeview Cemetery Cleveland.
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Deaths and Daring Thieves Across the State
Death notices list Martha Bates and other pioneers in Illinois towns, with ages, origins, and notable ties to Cass county, Carthage, Beardstown, Galena, Bloomington, Yates City, and Chicago. Reports cover Safe-Wreckers at Danvers, rural safe raids at Waldron, and a $14,000 theft linked to Frederick Leka burial site near Illiopolis. Also notes a civil war reunion in Peoria and the disappearance of Elizabeth Brockett from Mercer county near New Boston.
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Carlinville
Tennessee
Illinois
George Wessel
Cass County
Beardstown
Susan Stevenson
Carthage
Durham J. Livingston
Bloomington
Lewis Kay
Co. C
Yates City
Porto Rico
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Chicago
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Galena
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White House
John H. Wilson
Monroe County
Reuben Pribble
Arcola
Peter H Vance & Son
Danvers
McLean County
Waldron
Kankakee
H. C. Swan
Waterworks at Whitehall vote approved plan
Whitehall approved waterworks by a 360 to 58 vote. Citizens and manufacturers pledged patronage to cover running expenses and 10 years of bond interest. The item highlighted public support and financial backing for the project.
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Whitehall
McKinley Hosts Enthusiastic St Louis Welcome Parade
President William McKinley visits St Louis with a grand parade and escort by veterans and police. The visit includes reviews at the Southern hotel, a merchants exchange address, lunch, and night scenes at the exposition drawing massive crowds before departing for Chicago.
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Santiago
Merchants’ Exchange
Sharp
Ziegenhein
Sampson
Music Hall
Exposition Building
Union Station
Chicago
The Indian Trouble at Walker Conference
Minneapolis dispatch reports confidence that peace or war will be decided at the Indian Commissioner Jones conference with hostiles. Rumors say three ringleaders may surrender, but skepticism abounds as two wanted men attended Thursday’s council and were urged to surrender by elder leaders.
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