Mysterious shooting at Hill home bewilders police
Daniel Hill a Chicago Board of Trade broker was shot at his home as he woke to a shadowy intruder. Hill and family give conflicting accounts of shots fired. Police doubt burglar theory and probe intimate connections to the family while seeking a clear motive.
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Maurier
Daniel Hil
Chicago Board of Trade
Hills
Mr. Hill
Fill
Daniel
Aqain
Him
Adjudged of Unsound Mind Kilbourne Committed to St Elizabeths
Reted Ungant Adjudged inname Hallett Kilbourne to be of unsound mind and confined to St Elizabeths hospital for the insane in Washington. Kilbourne, once a leading Washington real estate broker, gained notoriety about 35 years ago for an act against the sergeant at arms over $100,000 damages for false arrest and imprisonment. The jury heard testimony and awarded Kilbourne damages.
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Hallett Kilbourne
St. Elizabeth's Hospital For
Washington
Kilbourne
House of Representatives
Memorial bust for William McKinley unveiled in post office
The 2000 plus postal service employees in the city and members of the William McKinley Memorial Association unveiled a bronze bust of McKinley in the post office building. Sculptor Edward L Pausch of Buffalo made the death mask. the shaft uses polished Quincy granite. Treasury permission backed the placement.
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Postal Service
William McKinley
Swindled Prominent Frenchmen Fraud Suspects in America
Prominent French figures including Mme Humbert and her husband, fugitives from Paris, are thought to have defrauded French bankers of four million francs over twenty years. They supposedly backed claims of an inheritance and kept funds in a safe which later proved empty when opened by creditors. Rumors tied to Paris judges and politicians suggest wider complicity while the Humberts live in luxury in Europe.
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America
Mme. Humbert
Paris
New York
Humbert
Crawford Brothers
Mme
Humberts
France
Traits of Lord Saliebury and His Patience in Diplomacy
Lord Salisbury shows profound patience and belief in time guiding diplomacy and keeping calm under pressure. His strength lies in restraint and durable reasoning, while his flaw is a tendency to press a point in discussions. He reminded Olney that Britain is an older, greater North American power than the United States.
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Lord Saliebury
Lord Salisbury
Mr. Olney
United States
North American
Great Britain
Elevators Carry More Riders Than City Railways
Mr C E Bennion told the Society of Engineers in Boston that more people ride New York office elevators daily than on the city electric and elevated railways at the same time. Some office elevators carry about 10 990 passengers daily.
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Brevetors
C. E. Bennion
Society of Engineers
Boston
New York
The Baseball Score Afloat In Serious Times
A curiously framed quote from the N. O. Democrat mocks how a baseball score interrupts grave discussions of state and disaster. The growler notes the absurdity of news cycles as people seek scores amid heavy topics, a seasonal human weakness observed in pub conversations.
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Democrat
Countess sues Gen Brooke for 250000 in New York
The Countess of Buena Vista sues General John R. Brooke in U.S. district court New York for 250000 alleging heredity Havana slaughterhouse privileges were terminated in 1899 by Brooke while Cuba was under military governorship. She claims royal Spanish decree and treaty of Paris provisions support her rights.
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Countess of
Buena Vista
Gen
Brooke
United States District Court
New York
John R. Brooke
United States Army
Havana
Spain
Cuba
United States
Primitive cone shaped corn bins in Mexico
The article notes that in parts of Mexico old cone shaped cora bins persist for storing corn. These bins are strong and preserve grain as well as modern storage. Over the years more Mexican farmers are adopting modern agricultural methods and implements, reducing the use of these traditional structures.
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Mexico
Descendant of Kings Claims Kinship With Royal Line
George Fitzgeorge a well known Trenton newsdealer asserts kinship to a king through a morganatic branch of the George IV marriage. He says he seeks no publicity and offers no use of the relationship, with proof long under consideration in Trenton.
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George Fitzgeorge
Trenton
N. J
Edward
Fitzgeorge
George IV
Pitzgeorge
Compromise tariff debate echoes historic battles
The piece argues against compromising the American protection system, recounting 1816 1833 1846 1857 1883 tariff episodes. It warns Republicans to stay uncompromising in favor of protection, linking past losses to current Cuban reciprocity talk and agricultural impacts.
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England
Brougham
House of Commons
United States
Union
Congress
Republican Party
Payne
Grosvenor
Dalzell
Babcock
Russell
Lane
Conflicting Currents In Tariff Debate Recalled
The New Orleans Item digs into history to show consistency as a rare jewel among great men. It cites Cushman and Gen Grosvenor speeches to illustrate how figures like Daniel Dingley era tariff debates shaped campaign rhetoric and policy evaluation.
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Cinta
New Orleans
Coheresaman Cushman
Gen. Grosvenor
Ohio
Democratic tariff dispute over Cuba relief in Congress
The piece critiques Democratic actions in the House on the Cuban tariff concession bill. It argues Democrats seek to unsettle tariff tinkering while Republicans split over concessions to Cuba, with the Dingley tariff potentially affected and a Senate stalemate seen in the differential amendment. The St Louis Globe Democrat labels Democratic self-glorification as silly.
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House
Cuba
Senate
Congress
St Louis Globe-Democrat
A Fearful Stradgia
A description of a political tableau featuring Mr. Payne of New York with one foot on protection and the other on free trade, holding the American Sugar Refining Company, and the Republican platform in his pocket, as used to evoke strong reactions during Cush of Washington’s speech.
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United States of America
New York
Mr. Payne
American Sugar Refining Company
Republican Party
Cush
Washington
Louisiana Democrat Robertson Draws Free Trader Enmity
Mr Robertson a Democrat of Louisiana faces fierce opposition from free traders and Pitchfork Tillman as he advocates spending 2 for harbor improvements in Havana to aid Cuba and provide work, arguing protection is better than mass lay-offs.
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Robertson
Louisiana
Pitchfork Tillman
Congressman Robertson
Havana
Cuba
Balf
Shotgun Tillman
Free Hides and Free Shoe Reciprocity Debate
The passage discusses a reciprocity scheme between New England and the West offering free hides and free shoes. It notes a parallel with Cleveland’s request for free wool and the resulting woolen industry impact, highlighting a 30 cent cut from protection to woolen fabrics and the resulting strain on New England’s wool trade.
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New England
West
Cleveland
Sugar voters in Louisiana back Teddy in 1904
The passage contends that if Louisiana’s sugar crowd supports Teddy Roosevelt in 1904 the state will cast its electoral vote for the Republican nominee. It asserts awakening Creole State interest could turn Louisiana toward the Republican ticket in the next presidential election.
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Teddy
Gower
Frait Luz Wriute
Salona and Fearless Finish Shanghai Run to Washington
A race of notable scale ends at Port Townsend Washington as schooners Salona and Fearless from Shanghai arrive. Salona took twenty three days from the Yangtse River to Cape Flattery while Fearless lost its foretopmast in a gale.
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Port Townsend
Salona
Fearless
Shanghai
China
Yang-tse-Kiang
Cape Flattery
Voter A Man Runs for Mayor in Texas Town
A man ran for mayor in a Texas town and received one vote. The next morning a friend admitted he voted for him, then another friend claimed likewise, and a third friend joked he voted too but confessed he cast the vote himself, revealing a joke on the tally.
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Texas
Boothby the English Novelist A Prolific Writer
Bard working novelist Guw Boothby, English by birth, has published about twenty six books in under eight years. He is 35, South Australian by birth, and has crossed Australia and travelled extensively in the East before settling into writing.
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Guw Boothby
Mr. Boothby
Australia
Catarrh Cure 35 Price and Dress Care Ad
An old advertisement notes Catarrh Cure 35 priced at 730 and promotes Red Cross Ball Blue to keep clothes white, cautioning not to spoil garments. It includes a terse Lavater quote on affectation and a brief grocer listing.
Kidney Troubles Cured by Lydia E Pinkham's Compound
Mrs Louise M Gibson testifies after two years of kidney trouble and other ailments. Six bottles of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound relieved her headaches backache and burning sensations. She urges others with puzzling cases to seek advice from the Pinkham company.
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Louise M. Gibson
Lydia E. Pinkham
Dean
Prixnan
Mel
Louise Ginson
Langley Farad
E. Pinkham
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