Dewey Otis Nominations Confirmed Navy Rank Given
The senate confirmed Admiral Dewey to be admiral of the navy and Brig. Gen. Elwell Otis to be major general by brevet, ranking from February 4 1899 for distinguished service in the Philippine Islands. Otis reports no American prisoners held by insurgents and notes over 1 600 insurgent soldiers captured since February 4. Madrid reports imprisonment of Admiral Montejo and Santiago commander for conduct at Manila Bay and Santiago.
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Washington
Senate
Dewey
George Dewey
Elwell S. Otis
Philippine Islands
Long
Admiral Dewey
Alger
Maj
Cen. Otis
Manila
Otis
Malolos
Cavite
Caloocan
Madrid
Montejo
Manila Bay
Linares
Santiago
Shafter
Pope's letter on Americanism praised by Rome
Rome reports the pope approves true Americanism and rebukes misrepresentations. The Vatican is said to reject charges against American bishops and uphold Archbishop Ireland's reading of papal intent. Cardinal Rampolla reportedly assured Ireland the pope did not condemn Americanism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Cardinal Gibbons
America
Ireland
Cardinal Rampolla
Union Reform Party Conference Concludes in Cincinnati
The national Union Reform Party finished its general conference in Cincinnati at noon. It plans to nominate an independent presidential ticket next year after the Buffalo executive committee meeting on June 29. Attempts to unite populists silver Republicans socialists and labor groups failed with 354 delegates from 15 states present. Notable reformers Parker Thompson and other leaders who attended Wednesday were absent Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Mareh v
National Union Reform Party
Buffalo
Labor Party
Joel Parker
Texas Press Reform Association
U. A. Thompson
Ex Gov J Madison Wells Dies at 91 in Rapides Parish
New Orleans reports the death of former Louisiana governor J Madison Wells aged 91 at his Lecompte home in Rapides parish. A two year governor who took office in 1864 and served on the returning board that helped place Lincoln in the White House, Wells spent many years in retirement on his large plantations.
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New Orleans
J Madison Wells
Lecompte
Rapides Parish
United States
Carl Schurz Celebrates Seventieth Birthday
New York marked the seventieth anniversary of Carl Schurz birth with a day of greetings. Close friends visited and congratulatory letters poured in, including a cable from Prince Herbert Bismarck and messages from 40 members of the German Reichstag and major German cities and U.S. centers.
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New York
Carl Schurz
Prince Herbert Bismarck
Reichstag
Germany
United States
Outpost Firefights Near San Pedro Macati
Rebels fired on outposts beyond San Pedro Macati from Guadaloupe church wall. A gunboat moved 200 yards beyond the lines and routed the enemy with Gatlings. No casualties reported. General Miller ordered to quarter troops in Toile or the custom house and authorized to make the BEES anes abla.
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Manila
San Pedro Macalti
Guadaloupe
Miller
Toile
Appropriation totals for Fifty-fifth Congress released
Washington report on Representative Joseph Cannon's summary shows total congressional appropriations at 1 566 590 016.28 with 673 655 400 for the just ended session and 70 000 000 in contracts authorized for future appropriations. It notes war costs from Spain and increases in pensions postal service rivers harbors navy and public buildings as drivers of the totals.
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Washington
Joseph G. Cannon
Chaiman
House Appropriations Committee
Cannon
Spain
Fifty-fifth Congress
Congress
Postal Service
Department of Justice
Paris
Cyclone Kills Three in Madisonville and Damage in Decatur
A March cyclone in Madisonville Madison County killed Mr. and Mrs. Jack Moser and Ed L. Horton and injured ten to twelve others. Twelve to fifteen houses and several barns were destroyed amid widespread orchard and crop damage. A separate storm in Decatur caused four deaths and wrecked a raft on the river.
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Athens
Tenn
Madisonville
Monroe County
Jack Moser
Ed L. Horton
Decatur
Ala
Sim McKee
Luke Pryor
Here
Chattanooga
Whitesburg
New Spanish Cabinet Takes Oath and Battle Sagas Continue
Madrid reports the new cabinet sworn in with Silvela as premier and foreign minister, and Dato, Villa Verde, Duran, Pollevaja, Pidal, Imaz named to key posts. The same day the supreme court and ministries push for punishment of defeated war leaders, with Jaudenes, Toral, Diaz Moreu and Montojo singled out amid public clamor.
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Madrid
Senor Silvela
Senor Dato
Marquis Villa Verde
Senor Duran
Gen. Pollevaja
Marquis Pidal
Imaz
Spain
Supreme Court
Departments of War and Marine
Jaudenes and
Toral
Diaz Moreu
Cristobal Colon
Santiago Bay
Montojo
Cavite
Boys Die From Pocket Knife Wound Incident
In Philadelphia on March 6 11 year old John Mc Laughlin bled to death after a shoulder knife wound severed an artery. 14 year old Chester Elsie colored was taken in custody as police investigate a fencing incident with pocket knives.
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Philadelphia
John McLaughlin
Chester Elsie
Noted Artist Michael Angelo Wolff Dies in New York
New York March 6. Michael Angelo Wolff, noted artist known for pictures of waifs, died today. He leaves a sister. Further details were not available.
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New York
Michael Angelo, Wolff
Wages Rise Across Iron and Steel Industries
Trade reviews show iron and steel markets booming with sharp advances in finished goods and wire products. Multiple mills announce wage increases from five to ten percent, benefiting thousands of workers including 10,000 at Amoskeag and 15,000 at Federal Steel mills in Illinois and Wisconsin.
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New York
Iron Age
Manchester
N. H
Amoskeag Corporation
Lebanon
Pennsylvania Belt and Networks
Lebanon Rolling Mills
Norristown
Cleveland
American Steel and Wire Company
VH1
Chicago
American Tin Plate Company
Lawrence
Mass
Pacific Mills
Manville
R.I
Blackstone Valley
Woonsocket
Providence
Federal Steel Company
Illinois
Wisconsin
Buffington
American Wire & Steel Company
Baltimore
Maryland Steel Company
Sparrows Point
Love of a Girl in Nebraska Tragedy
Clyde Cole of Endicott killed his friend Bert Grundy in a quarrel over a girl named Gertie Rickards. Grundy’s body was found six miles from Endicott with a bullet wound and a revolver nearby. Rickards witnessed the incident as she chose Cole, who fired during an attempt to escort her home. Grundy fled after the shooting.
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Wymore
Clyde Cole
Endicott
Bert Grundy
Grundy
Gertie Rickards
Reina Mercedes Raised From Santiago Harbor
After long delay the former Spanish cruiser Reina Mercedes sunk in the Santiago harbor channel during Sampson's bombardment on June 6 has been raised and pumped out with government tugs assisting. Brought to the city Thursday afternoon the wreck will be repaired and then likely towed to Havana.
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Reina Mercedes
Santiago de Cuba
Santiago Harbor
Sampson
Havana
Gomez proposes shrinking occupation force in Cuba
Havana dispatch reports Gen. Maximo Gomez asks Gov. Gen. Brooke to reduce the American army of occupation to 10,000 men while preserving 10,000 Cuban soldiers in military government service. Senor Manuel de Cespedes, acting as interpreter at the council, says the general statement was considered by Brooke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Maximo Gomez
Brooke
Manuel de Cespedes
Cuestas Elected President of Uruguay
Montevideo March 2 Senor Cuestas has been elected president of Uruguay. He was president of the Uruguay senate at the time of the assassination of President Borda in August 1897 and assumed the presidency ad interim.
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Uruguay
Montevideo
Senor Cuestas
Cuestas
Senate
Borda
Miles Beef Charges Court Counsel Appears
Counsel for Gen. Miles, Maj. Jesse Lee, appeared Friday before the war department court of inquiry in Washington to represent the army commander regarding the beef charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
Gen
Miles
Maj
Jesse Lee
Oregon Battleship Fleet Sets Sail for Manila
Word from the Oregon reports the battleship Oregon along with the water-distilling ship Iris and a collier left for Manila via Guam at five o'clock Tuesday afternoon, signaling a Pacific mission deployment.
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Oregon
Honolulu
San Francisco
Iris
Manila
Guam
Dreyfus Case Begins Hearing in Cassation Court
Paris on March 4 reports that united sections of the court of cassation will open the hearing of the Dreyfus case in line with the new trial revision.
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Dreyfus
Paris
United Sections
Court of Cassation
Germany withdraws ships from Philippines to reassure U S
Washington reports the German government orders its navy out of Philippine waters and places German lives and property under U S protection. The move is seen as a diplomatic key to prevent tensions and signal friendship with the United States, with Germany entrusting welfare to the U S government and avoiding any hostile posture at Manila or Iloilo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Philippine Islands
Germany
Philippine
Manila
State Department
Philippines
Iloilo
Sen
Trade upsurge marks February as record month
R G Dun reports February the strongest business month on record with clearing house exchanges around 7.0 billion dollars, up from 5.56 billion last year. Wages rise by five to ten percent in many industries, boosting purchasing power as iron and steel markets surge and orders extend into July. Failures show larger liabilities but overall health remains evident, with 186 U S failures versus 251 last year and 47 in Canada versus 32.
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New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Review of Trade
United States
Canada
Becker Confesses to Murder on Randolph Street Viaduct
Chicago police report Albert Becker a Southside butcher confessed to killing his first wife Teresa Becker on January 27. He said they argued on the Randolph Street viaduct and he threw her into the lake before returning home. Despite the confession officers doubt the drowning account given.
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Chicago
Albert Becker
Southside
Teresa Becker
Decker
Randolph Street
Becker
Horrible murder in Athelstone township Kansas
A neighbor returned home to find Mrs. Gilbert and her four children murdered in their locked home. The victims are a nine year old son and three daughters aged three five and seven. John Gilbert the husband is missing and had not been seen since Tuesday night.
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Clay Center
Kan
Athelstone Township
John Gilbert
Labrador Wreck Off Irish Coast With All Passengers Safe
A cable from Dominion Steamship line reports the steamer Labrador lost after striking Skerrymore rock while en route from St John s to Liverpool. All passengers are saved. Halifax confirms F Agoncilio among travelers, also saved.
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Montreal
Dominion Steamship Line
Labrador
St. Johns
N. B
Liverpool
Skerrymore Rock
Halifax
N.S
F. Agoncilio
Farmhouse Fire Claims Two Children in Iowa
A farmhouse near Onavwa, Iowa, occupied by Joshua McGee and family, burned Friday forenoon. Two children, a three year old boy and a baby girl, died in the blaze. The mother was fatally burned while attempting to rescue them.
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Omaha
Neb
Onavwa
Joshua McGee
Devastating Toulon Magazine Blast Kills Soldiers
A powder magazine explosion near Toulon France at La Goubran killed all duty soldiers and caused widespread destruction. About 40 corpses recovered and roughly 100 injured with several still unaccounted for. Rescue work continues as relief funds are organized by authorities.
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Toulon
la Goubran
la Seine
Var
France
Pone de Las
St. Jean Devar
M. Lockroy
End of Old Kaskaskia as Mississippi Erodes Historic Town
The Mississippi River's shifting current is swallowing Old Kaskaskia Illinois once the state’s first capital and a landmark of the Mississippi valley. Only a few hundred feet of the old village remain as Col Sweet’s tavern and the old statehouse vanish into the waters. The ancient cemetery has fallen to the river as the town crumbles.
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Kaskaskia
Illinois
Mississippi River
Nashville
Mississippi Valley
Middle-West Territory
Mississippi
Col. Sweet
LaFayette
Waskaskia
Flood Fears Rise In Kanawha Valley and James River
Rivers rise after days of heavy rain as the Kanawha Elk river floods the valley. Charleston is largely submerged with four feet around the state capitol. relief stations open. In Richmond the James river reaches 29 feet at Columbia and continues rising with merchants moving goods inland.
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Charleston
W. Va
Kanawha Valley
State Capitol
Richmond
James River
Columbia
Friends fear mind collapse of Gen Cassius Clay
Lexington Kentucky March 6 friends of Gen Cassius Marcellus Clay fear he has lost his sanity. Since his ex wife Dora Richardson married Riley Brock Clay sits moody in his Whitehall library and sent an incoherent telegraph to Senator William Lindsay seeking aid to save his life claiming he and his former wife have been imprisoned five years and pursued by a vendetta.
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Gen. Clay
Lexington
Cassius Marcellus Clay
Riley Brock
Dora Richardson
Gen
Fatal Wreck Near Huntington Pa
A fast newspaper train wrecked one mile east of Huntington Pennsylvania after a landslide caused by heavy rain. Engineer Robert McCutchin and Fireman J C Trace of Harrisburg were killed, their bodies trapped under debris from the engine.
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Huntington
Robert McCutchin
J. C. Trace
Harrisburg
McCutchin
Germany seeks to buy after talks on island negotiations
The report notes Germany aiming to purchase following negotiations about islands. Details are scarce and the context of the talks is unclear. The piece emphasizes Germany's stated intent and ongoing discussions among involved parties.
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Germany
Islands
Baron Herschell Dies in Washington
Baron Farrar Herschell, British member of the Anglo American Joint High Commission, dies suddenly at the Shoreham hotel in Washington. He had been bedridden since a February fall. His death prompts the U S Supreme Court to adjourn and a condolence message from the president and secretary of state.
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Joint High Commission
Washington
Lord Farrar Herschell
Anglo-American Joint High Commission
United States Supreme Court
Lord Herschell
Secretary of State
Mr. Choate
London
Ey Also
Farrer Herschell
Great Britain
Joint Commission
Ridley Herschell
Helen
William Mowbray
Edinburgh
Edward Leigh Kindersly
Baron Herschell
Bath
Lincoln’s Inn
Carlisle
Indictment Brought Against Molineux in Adams Murder Case
Roland B. Molineux was indicted by the New York grand jury on murder in the first degree for causing Mrs. Katherine J. Adams’s death. The four counts allege mailing poison to kill Adams, mailing poison to kill an unknown person, mailing cyanide of mercury to kill, and mailing an unknown poison to kill an unknown person.
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New York
Roland B. Molineux
Katherine J. Adams
Molineux
Molieux
Young Jesse James Junior acquitted in Leeds train robbery
Kansas City authorities report Jesse James Jr. is not guilty of leading the September Leeds express robbery. The jury acquitted on the first ballot after less than an hour. The following day the prosecuting attorney dismissed all Jackson county train robbery cases, citing difficulty in securing juries capable of convicting such charges.
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Kansas City
Jesse James
Missouri Pacific
Leeds
Young James
Jesse James, Jr
James A. Reed
Jackson County
Des Moines Republicans plan state convention in August
The Republican state central committee met in Des Moines to arrange the next state convention. Charles E. Pickett of Waterloo was chosen temporary chairman and Howard E. Tedford of Mount Ayr temporary secretary. The exact date and location were not fixed, but Des Moines is the practical site for an early August gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Republican State Central Committee
Charles E. Pickett
Waterloo
Howard E. Tedford
Mount Ayr
Jealousy Sparked Fatal Night Shooting Near Allentown
In Allentown area, Frank Krause shot and killed Maggie Good, 20, a Cedarville hotel servant. He wounded Owen Kern, the proprietor, in the head and abdomen, and Mrs Kern in the arm. Krause fled but was found drunk at his brother’s house.
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Allentown
Frank Krause
Cedarville Hotel
Maggie Good
Owen Kern
Osstrander Indicted for Receiving Stolen Property in Chicago
Chicago March 4 Ralph L Ostrander was indicted today on a charge of receiving stolen property. Evidence from letters in his possession shown to the jury indicates he has been getting 85 a United States.
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Chicago
Ralph L. Ostrander
United States
Rivers Out Of Their Banks
Flood warnings extend along the Ohio River basin as the river rises rapidly. Cincinnati reports 53 feet 9 inches with numerous cellars flooded in Portsmouth and Rat Row and Sausage Row dwellings evacuated. Kentucky cities face rising streams and casualties while Louisville notes continued flood threats and damage to farmland.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Ohio River
Huntington
W. Va
Guyan
Portsmouth
Front Street
Mill
Fast Front
Jackson Streets
Louisville
Gallipolis
Point Pleasant
Middleport
Racine
Kentucky
J. W. Gordon
Frankfort
Stoney Creek
William Abshire
Richmond
Jacob Ewing
Ewing Station
Neal Carter
Mount Sterling
Catlettsburg
Catlett’s Creek
Big Sandy
Louisa
Pittsburgh
Davis Island Dam
Prairie fires rage across Texas counties
A San Antonio dispatch reports prairie fires in Nueces Starr and Duval counties. After six months without rain, dry grass fuels fires along the Texas Mexican road from Laredo to Corpus Christi. Ranch foreman William Oliver and two laborers were killed when surrounded by flames near Aguilares.
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St. Louis
Republic
San Antonio
Tex
San Diego
Nueces
Starr
Duval
Laredo
Corpus Christi
Aguilares
William Oliver
Abbe Klein Affirms Pope’s Views On Hecker Book
Abbe Klein, author of the French edition of The Life of Father Hecker, writes to the pope declaring full adherence to his views as set forth in the pope’s letter to Cardinal Gibbons. He states he accepts the pope’s condemnation of errors in the book and rejects them without exception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nome
Osservatore Romano
Abbe Klein
Father Hecker
Cardinal Gibbons
Queen Victoria Extends Thanks to President
The message from Windsor dated March 6 expresses sincere thanks to the President and the American nation for honors shown to the memory of Lord Herschell and for friendly sympathy during Britain’s bereavement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Queen Victoria
Executive Mansion
Windsor
United States
Lord Herschell
Fatal Boiler Explosion at Baxley Mill
In Owensboro Kentucky on March 7 a boiler exploded at Baxley’s mill. Oliver Kelly was instantly killed with severe body dismemberment. Thomas Wisdom suffered fatal injuries including broken legs and a crushed head. Wilson Baxley was fatally scalded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owensboro
Baxley
Oliver Kelly
Thomas Wisdom
Wilson Baxley
Bailey's Course Indorsed by Texas House
The Texas House of Representatives adopted a resolution Monday endorsing Congressman Bailey's protest against seating Congressman Joseph Wheeler. The action occurred in Austin on March 7.
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K Bailey
Austin
Bailey
Joseph Wheeler
Texas House of Representatives
Walla Tonka Not Executed as Court Delays
Indian named Walla Tonka, labeled an Indian murderer, was not executed. The hearing before Judge Clayton in South McAlester was postponed by intervention of the United States court.
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Walla Tonka
South McAlester, TI. T
United States Court
Clayton
Wages Advance in Hollidaysburg Mills March
Wages advanced at Hollidaysburg Pennsylvania on March 7 for puddlers employed in the age works. The brief item notes wage adjustments and industrial labor activity in the local iron works sector.
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Hollidaysburg
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