New Orleans Seen Through an Iconoclast Lens
G W Weippert surveys New Orleans as a cosmopolitan port poised for transformation. He notes Creole elites cling to tradition while the younger generation blends races, Italy dominates the old French market, and city modernization promises healthier sewers, export growth, and a shift from quarantine woes to Cuban and Latin American trade opportunities.
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New Orleans
Faubourg
America
Bienville
Louisiana
New England
Canal Street
The Good Doctor Quibbies
Mrs Fourthly questions Mr Bingo about praising his son as a great man. Rev Dr Fourthly notes the boy’s brutish nature in the context of evolution, suggesting future antiquarians will trace Mr Bingo's boy to a brute origin.
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Bingo
Recording His Condition
Ethel asks her father at the stairs if the young man has left as he warns her away. The dialogue conveys a dramatic moment with dramatic exclamations and stage whisper.
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Ethel
Aywfully
N.y. World
Queen Victoria's Eightieth Birthday Celebrated in Windsor
Torrents of rain halted as Windsor observed a general holiday with flags and church bells. The queen and royal family attended a serenade in Windsor castle, planted an oak sapling, and received congratulatory messages from U.S. Ambassador Choate and a formal greeting from President McKinley.
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London
Queen Victoria
Windsor
Eton
Windsor Castle
Kenneth
Saxe-Coburg and
Gotha
Joseph H. Choate
United States
Chapel Royal
St. James Palace
Simla
British India
India
Lord Curzon
Kedleston
Curzon
Washington
Executive Mansion
D. C
England
William Mainley
Rosa Bonheur Dies World Master Painter Of Animals
Fontainbleau May 27 Rosa Bonheur died at 11 oclock Thursday night. Born to painter Raymond Bonheur she challenged claims that women lack genius. Her 1841 public debut and The Horse Fair in New Yorks Metropolitan Museum marked her fame as the worlds master painter of animals. She studied at Paris abattoirs and kept a vast menagerie.
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Fontainebleau
France
Rosa Bonheur
Raymond Bonheur
Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York
Paris
Napoleon II
Samoan Commission Arrives to Hear Deliberations
The Samoan commission led by Damlett Tripp plus Baron Speck von Sternberg and C I Eli ot arrived May 13 and held its first sitting May 15. They conferred with Chief Justice William L Chambers and reportedly will back Admiral Kautz title in American naval role.
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Apia
Samoa
Auckland
Samoan Commission
Damlett Tripp
United States
Austria- Hungary
Baron Speck von Sternberg
Germany
C. I. Eliot
C. BS
Washington
Great Britain
William L. Chambers
Kautz
Tragic Family Slays In Missouri Tent
In Joplin Missouri a husband J E Moss and his wife and four children were found dead in a tent. All but Moss had their heads mashed with a hammer. Moss had a bullet wound and a revolver in hand. The deaths believed to be a murder suicide dating to Tuesday night. The motive remains a mystery.
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Joplin
J. E. Moss
Moss
A Successful Trip
An automobile carriage carrying Alexander Winton and Mr. Shinks arrived at New York City Hall from Cleveland at 5 45 p m Friday. The mayor could not stay late. the message will be delivered this morning. The trip began Monday at six in Cleveland, taking 4 days 11 hours 45 minutes to cover 707 419 miles, two days faster than the owner hoped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Alexander Winton
Mr. Shinks
City Hall
Cleveland
National Baptist Convention Opens Women's Mission Session
The National Baptist Convention began with the Women’s Baptist Home Mission Society session in San Francisco on May 25. Mrs. M. E. Manning of Illinois led with praise and prayer, Mrs. J. Sunderland of California gave the welcome, then a brief musical program and secretary reports were read.
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National Baptist Convention
San Francisco
Women’s Baptist Home Mission Society
M. E. Manning
Illinois
J. Sunderland
California
Special Session Adjourns After Tax and Dewey Bills
Albany N Y May 26 The state legislature met in a special session Monday night and adjourned sine die Thursday afternoon after passing the amended franchise tax bill and a bill appropriating 375 000 for Admiral Dewey's return celebration It is expected Gov Roosevelt will sign the franchise tax bill today
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Albany
N. Y
Admiral Dewey
Roosevelt
Peace Conference Delegation Committees Form Committees and Leaders
At The Hague on May 24 delegates at the peace conference met in private to choose presidents for three committees. Honorary presidents include Count von Munster and Andrew D. White with Prof. De Maartens as effective president. Committees split into war and marine sections with vice presidents from Britain France Germany and others. Secrecy safeguards tightened with orange admission cards and password control at Huis Ten Bosch.
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The
Hague
M. de Bernaert
A. P. C. van Karnebeck
Netherlands
Abdulla Pasha
Ardagh
Monnier
Fisher
Admiral Pethan
Capt
Siegel
Duke de Tetuan
Turkhan Pasha
Count von Welserschemb
Austria-Hungary
Prof
de Maartens
Red Cross
Brussels
Gen. Thaulow
S. Roth
von Stengel
Gen. Zuccari
Count Nigra
Julian Pauncefote
M. Bourgeois
M. de Bille
Baron d'Estournelles de Constant
Count de Macedo
Herr Mercy
Signor Compili
Zorn
Huis Ten Bosch
Light Winter Wheat Crop Forecast Across Midwest
Chicago reports from board of trade merchants in Illinois Indiana and Ohio predict a very light winter wheat crop due to severe winter damage a wet late spring and Hessian fly. Some say the crop may nearly fail while others expect only enough for seed next year.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Fire Devastates Half Million Dollar Section At Coney Island
A major blaze in Coney Island New York on May 29 destroyed about 29 acres of property valued at half a million dollars. Between Bowery and the ocean seven blocks burned along Tilyou's Walk to the old iron pier, ranging from a pavilion to the Hygeia Hotel with theaters and hotels, leaving 3 500 residents shelterless including 590 workers and silencing 100 pianos.
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Coney Island
New York
the Bowery
Bowery
Ocean
Tilyou’s Walk
Iron Pier
Hundreds Die As Sudden Rain Flood Drowns Cattle
Reports from El Dorado Kansas detail a severe storm Monday night with heavy rain and hail driving cattle into timber. Lehr and Leonard lose 510 head from a westward shipment as creeks surge ten feet, drowning nearly all. Additional losses total 267 head.
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el Dorado
Kan
Lehr & Leonard
Increases Railway Taxation in Michigan Senate Fight
Lansing May 24 The Michigan House refused to concur in a railroad taxation bill from the Senate increasing railroad taxation under the present law by about 32000 annually. In the afternoon the House passed a bill by 72 to 22 raising taxes on railroads operating in the state by roughly 566060 over last year. The move renews the battle over railroad taxation and adjournment by May 26 now seems unlikely.
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Lansing
Mich
House
Senate
Cholera Outbreak Expands in Karachi and Bombay
Cholera rages in Karachi with 232 new cases and 208 deaths reported in a day. Since the outbreak began, 1,197 cases and 1,099 deaths are recorded. Karachi, also Kurrachoo, lies on an inlet of the Indian Ocean near the Indus delta.
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India
Bombay
Karachi
Singe
Kurrachoo
Indian Ocean
Indus
Nathorst Expedition Sails From Helsingborg in Quest for Andree
An expedition led by Prof. A. G. Nathorst sails from Helsingborg to search the northeast coast of Greenland for the missing aeronaut Prof. Andree.
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Andree
Copenhagen
A. G. Nathorst
Greenland
Helsingborg
Sweden
Battle near Santa Anita leaves thirty Filipinos dead
Manila May 25 A clash at Santa Anita one mile north of San Fernando costs thirty Filipinos killed and over 60 wounded. American losses are one dead and twelve wounded. Gen MacArthur and Gen Funston reinforced the outposts as insurgents attacked, then flanked and driven back. Prisoners and arms seized, with insurgent losses and retreat details. Gen Lawton at Malolos reports 120 mile march in 20 days with 22 fights and large rice destruction.
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Manila
Santa Anita
San Fernando
MacArthur
Montana Regiment
Funston
Iansas
Utah
Kansas
Montana
Montana Volunteers
Lawton
Malolos
Fire Ends in Heavy Loss at St Johns
A large fire near the P Nese & Sons warehouse on Main Street North End New Brunswick devastates 15 blocks and destroys 130 buildings. Loss is estimated at 500000 with 30030 in insurance. Roughly 1000 people are left homeless and two deaths are reported, Miss Cunard and Mrs Arnold Mowery.
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St. Johns
N. B
P. Nese & Sons
Main Street
North End
Miss Cunard
Ifoly Street
Arnold Mowery
Rebels Attack San Fernando Insurgents Clash With U S Troops
Insurgents launched a bold three oclock Friday morning assault on San Fernando Manila and engaged American forces. The Montana regiment under Gen MacArthur moved to form a skirmish line along the railroad as insurgents withdrew under heavy fire.
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San Fernando
Manila
MacArthur
Funsion
Aguinaldo
Montana Regiment
Prohibition party nominates Atwood for governor
Des Moines May 25 M W At wood of Estherville was Wednesday nominated for governor at the prohibition state convention here Also named were George Prigsley Harrison county for lieutenant governor D Dunlevy Jasper for superintendent of public instruction and A L Wray Creston for railroad commissioner Resolutions pressed total suspension of alcohol suffrage for women ballot for senators and rest day seven for corporations and praised Russia’s czar for peace proposals
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Despines
M. W. Atwood
Estherville
George Prigsley
Harrison County
Dunlevy
Jasper
A. L. Wray
Creston
Secretary Long
Czar
Russia
Irish prisoners freed after Phoenix Park murders
Dublin May 24 The lord lieutenant Earl Cadogan grants releases to O H anon Mullet and James Fitzharris alias Skin the Goat, the last three Irish political prisoners jailed for life for the Phoenix Park assassination of Lord Frederick Cavendish and T H Burke on May 6 1852.
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Dublin
Ireland
Earl Cadogan
O'Hanion, Mullet
James Fitzharris
Skin the Goat
Frederick Cavendish
T. H. Burke
Phoenix Park
Disarmament Conference Viewed as Likely to Offer Only Suggestions
Washington reports that delegates at The Hague conference unanimously accept arbitration and mediation in principle. Andrew D. White predicts the outcome will be a mere suggestion on disarmament, with no binding agreements forthcoming.
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Washington
The
Hague
Andrew D. White
Three Texas Men Lynched Near Aley in Henderson County
Three white men, James Humphreys and his two sons, were lynched Wednesday night near the village of Aley in Henderson county Texas. The Humphreys, farmers, were suspected of harboring a murderer and aiding his escape in an isolated area about 75 miles southwest of Dallas.
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Texas
Houston
Tex
James Humphreys
Aley
Henderson County
Dallas
Humphreys
Young art student survives bold Brooklyn Bridge jump
Howard Kretz, 22, an Acad emy of Design student, leaped from a trolley near the Brooklyn Bridge, landed feet first in the East River, swam to safety, and was rescued by the freighter Vulcan. He claimed to prove via will power that a person can do anything without harm.
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New York
Howard Kretz
Academy of Design
Brooklyn
Kretz
Vulcan
Norwalk
East River
Insurgent pay drive yields few claimants in Cuba
Havana reports indicate only seven applicants claimed the $75 gratuity for Cuban soldiers though gold and silver totaling 339,900 were ready. Most who applied were camp followers, with no armed fighters among them. tens of thousands remain on rolls with many suspected fictitious names.
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Havana
United States
Alcalde
Fire kills Solomons family near Hardeeville
Savannah reports Jacob Solomons his wife and seven children burned to death in a house fire on the Oestricher farm near Hardeeville South Carolina. Coroner's jury verdict finds deaths due to negligent failure to build a chimney after prior storm damage.
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Savannah
Hardeeville
S. C
Jacob Solomons
Oestricher
Solomons
Memorial Day Observed in Texas Cities
Memorial day services in Texas cities featured broad ex Confederate participation with ministers who served under the stars and bars delivering sermons for federal dead. Decoration day will be widely observed as jessamine shipments from Houston and Alvin head north for decorations.
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Houston
Tex
Texas
Alvin
Odd Scraps From a Dated Collection
Paris hosts an automobile club with 1200 members while a palm yields up to 4000 dates. In Glenwood Iowa Utah hosts 800 acres and 133000 bearing trees. Columbia salmon average five pounds heavier than two decades ago. Shelley’s bronze harp tomb in Rome reportedly stolen. 103 year old Goddard Diamond plans walking tour from San Francisco to New York, abstaining from meat alcohol tobacco and coffee. A salmon of 53 pounds was landed at the Wyre near Kerne Bridge by a Moffatt's Goodrich Court fisherman.
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Apple Orchard
Glenwood
Columbia River
Shelley
Rome
Goddard E. D. Diamond
San Francisco
New York
Wye
Kerne Bridge
Moffatt
Goodrich Court
Democratic National Committee Adjourns Without Platform Action
The Democratic National Committee meeting in St Louis adjourned without policy decisions or platform groundwork. Leaders emphasized party organization and preparations for 1900, leaving anti trust, anti imperialism, and silver topics untouched. Bryan acted as proxy for Woods during the session.
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St. Louis
Democratic National Committee
Chicago
Jones
National Committee
Henry D. Clayton
Alabama
Tomlinson
Thomas C. McRae
Arkansas
T. J. O'Donnell
Wilson Adair
Colorado
J. K. Ohi
Clark Howell
Georgia
Alexander Troup
Connecticut
Thomas Ga
Dates For The President Tour Across The West
President McKinley plans a western tour as far as G and J Paul and Minneapolis but may skip Yellowstone and the coast depending on circumstances. He will visit St Paul during regimental arrivals from the Philippines and then proceed to New England quietly for informal receptions at Springfield and Northampton. The G A R encampment in Philadelphia in September will be attended.
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Washington
McKinley
G&j. Paul
Minneapolis
Yellowstone Park
St. Paul
Minnesota
South Dakota
Philippines
New England
Tolyoke
Springfield
Smith College
Northampton
Mount Holyoke
South Hadley
Philadelphia
Spanish Statesman Don Emilio Castelar Dies in Madrid
Senor Don Emilio Castelar, renowned republican orator and statesman, died in Murcia after pulmonary catarrh and albumin uria. The queen regent and cabinet sent condolences. body to be embalmed and placed at a chapelle ardente with a public funeral planned by the chamber of deputies.
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Madrid
Senor
Emilio Castelar
Senor Castelar
Murcia
Spain
Chamber of Deputies
Des Moines Man Convicted of Second Degree Murder
The Iowa Supreme Court upheld a lower court verdict finding Frank Novak guilty of second degree murder and life imprisonment for a Walford arson murder case. Novak's store burned Feb 3, 1897, Edward Murray's body found in the debris, insurance of 27000 dollars, and his later arrest July 12, 1597 led to conviction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Supreme Court
Frank Novak
Walford
Novak
Edward Murray
Murray
Klondike
Bryan pleased with banquet sentiment and platform
Col. William J. Bryan told the Post-Dispatch he was pleased with Thursday night’s banquet results. In a signed statement he says the Chicago platform will be reaffirmed with new planks added to cover new questions and that the trust issue will be one of the most important.
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St. Louis
William J. Bryan
Union Station
Post-Dispatch
Bryan
Chicago
Washington Jubilee Ends Grand Street Pageant
A historic street pageant and patriotic addresses marked the final day of the national peace jubilee in Washington. The allegorical parade traced epochs from Columbus to victory in the Spanish American War, with President McKinley and his cabinet reviewing the event.
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Washington
Columbus
Spain
America
McKinley
Cumberland Presbyterian assembly adjourns to Chattanooga
Denver May 26. The Cumberland Presbyterian general assembly adjourned after finishing its work shortly after 11 o clock. In closing hours a resolution protesting the seating of Congressman elect B H Roberts of Utah was adopted with practical unanimity.
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Denver
Col
General Assembly of the
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Chattanooga
Tenn
B. H. Roberts
Utah
Admiral Dewey to sail home via varied ports this fall
Admiral Dewey telegraphs the navy department that he will stop at several places en route to the United States and expects to reach New York around October 1. The message outlines his planned itinerary and timing as he completes his voyage back home.
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Dewey Due Ovigher
Washington
Admiral Dewey
Navy ‘Department
United States
New ‘York
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G. W. Weippert
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Philippe Streets
Rosa Bonheur NO
Sustazin Kautz
Rebels
Fansion
Iowa
Imitates
Steven Brodie
Brooklyn Bridge
S. C.C
Don Emilio Castelar
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