Quay Cleared of Bank Funds Conspiracy Charges
Ex Senator Matthew Stanley Quay was found not guilty of conspiring to use Pennsylvania state funds for stock speculation. The 1898 People's Bank collapse led to indictments against Quay and associates, with outcomes and appeals noted as Governor Stone signals possible future appointments.
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Matthew Stanley Quay
Pennsylvania
People's Bank of
Philadelphia
Senator Quay
People's Bank
Quay
Charles 5. McKee
Pittsburg
Benjamin J. Maywood
McGee
Hopkins
Haywood
Djudge Finletter
Supreme Court
Hamispura
Stone
Mathew Stanley Quay
Witlin
United States
Army Beef Investigation At Washington Barracks
Army beef court of inquiry inspected a miscellaneous collection of canned roast beef at Washington barracks. Cans traced to Cuba and Porto Rico campaigns were examined. several brands were present including white labelled red cans. Most cans were sound. six were defective from rust, nail holes, or rough handling. only one can was swollen.
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Wasurineron
Army Beef Court of Inanity
Wiington
Rerouse
Cuba
Alaskan boundary talks hit delay amid Canadian demands
Lon G Hardin reports from Wasumetrox that negotiations on a boundary modus vivendi between the United States and Britain and Canada are stalled. Ottawa and London cause delays as Canada proposes changes to a temporary line, making an early agreement unlikely.
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Canada
Ottawa
London
United States
Tranquility Grows in Cuba as Army Weakened
Havana April 22. With the Cuban army near dissolution and agitators quieted, public calm spreads across the island. Recent clashes between police and United States soldiers in Vedado and suburbs are deemed minor and caused mainly by drunken American troops resisting arrest and provoking municipal authorities.
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Havana
United States
Vedada
President decides against enlisting 35000 volunteers now
President with Alger Long and Corbin adopts a wait approach not to enlist the 35 000 volunteers authorized by congress. Otis commands 22000 effective troops and with incoming and departing forces the total reaches about 30000. He may receive further troops from Cuba and Porto Rico if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wasumorox
Alger
Long
Corbin
Congress
Otis
Cuba
Porto Rico
Patent Office Notices List Pending Inventions
Des Moines April 20 notices show applications allowed but not yet issued for G D Lamm Ackley straw carrier and stacker, H Meyer Extra fire tightener, W Dodd Des Moines copper wire twisting machine for lightning rods, J H Pratt Carlisle harness and hitching attachment. Public notice of advisory material and patent consultation by Trios G Onwin & Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
G. D. Lamm
Ackley
Meyer
Tro W. Dodd
Des ‘Moines
J. H. Pratt
Carlisle
Volunteers Return From Cuba As Ships Carry Home
Information from the war department says all state volunteers who went to Cuba have left the island. Some are aboard ships and will reach the United States in a few days. Only immunes remain at Santiago and will be brought home when the Tenth cavalry arrives.
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Washington
War Department
Cuba
Santiago
Tenth Cavalry
German Warship Ordered to Samoa
A Shanghai dispatch reports the German cruiser Geifon is ordered to Apia in Samoa after taking on extra ammunition at Kiao Chou. A second German cruiser is to follow.
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Samoa
London
Shanghai
Geifons
Apia
Kiao Chou
Trust Promoters and the Smelter Trust Scheme
A Denver News analysis describes a class of trust promoters who profit by perfecting trusts such as the smelter trust. They receive stock in the new organization to dispose of at once and earn handsome profits, while the investment value for buyers remains unproven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Attes
Judge Holmes rules census work controlled by ex secretary
In Des Moines on April 22 Judge Holmes overruled defense objections and admitted state evidence showing the ex secretary, not the executive council, controlled census work. He found the 1873 code limits the council from hiring or fixing wages for labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
McFarland
Holmes
Executive Council
Bank Robbery Fight Ends With ARm Injury
A stranger entered the State Savings Bank on April 20 and demanded money from Cashier Brown. Brown struck with a stool, the robber fired several shots injuring Brown’s arm but not fatally. The assailant fled. police search continues for the unidentified suspect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Couxen
Burris
State Savings Bank
Brown
B. F. Sargent
Sargent
Ilis
Governor powerless to act over coal strike import policy
A Des Moines committee delivered a petition from 1000 leading citizens and labor leaders urging Governor Shaw to stop importing black miners to replacing striking workers. The governor expressed sympathy with the opposition but said no law allows action and interference would violate state and national constitutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moies
Shaw
Des Moines
Street Car Mail Collections Complete Success in Des Moines
Assistant Superintendent Edens of the free delivery system based in Washington reports the Des Moines street car mail collection system is a complete success. Collections have consistently increased since adoption.
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Des Moies
Edens
Washington
Des Moines
Lightning Sparks Devastating Fire at Bon Air Farm
A lightning strike destroyed the Bon Air stock farm barns owned by J. F. Martindale, killing seven standard bred horses led by Saxony, twelve Jersey cattle, and numerous hogs and grain. Two additional barns and contents in the county also burned in the same incident.
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Bon Air
Saxony
Jersey
J. F. Martindale
Higher Wages in Des Moines Railway Workforce
Des Moines April 20. The Des Moines City Railway Company announced a ten percent wage increase for all employees, to take effect May 1. About 200 workers will be affected as the move is framed as a response to better business.
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D & Moines
Des Maines
Des Moines
Suit Against Rock Island Des Moines For Damages
The Chicago Rock Island and Pacific railroad is named defendant in a $30 000 personal damages suit filed by William F Gordon for injuries while employed by the company. The incident is alleged to have occurred on January 20 1898 at Mineo Indian Territory. A list of deaths includes Private John Turner of Company II Fifty first Iowa who died April 15 at Manila per General Otis.
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Rock Island, Des Marnes
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad
William F. Gordon
Mineo
Indian Territory
John Turner Dena
Des Moines
Associated Press
Manila
Otis
John Turner
Company II
Iowa
Iowa Delegation Divided Over Speakership Hopefuls
Des Morins April 22 Iowa faces a split over the speakership with Col Hepburn of the Eighth district and Col Henderson of the Third district both named as possible candidates. The west claims the right to name the next speaker and a united Iowa delegation could gain real influence in the next House.
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Hepburn
Henderson
Des Morins
Iowa
Hawkeye State
House of Representatives
Col. W. P. Hepburn
Col
D. I. Henderson
Tenderson
Banker Called to Account in Clinton Embezzlement Case
Murray Haywood of Clinton is under indictment for embezzlement. He was junior member of the late banking firm George Haywood & Son, which failed after the 1894 financial downturn. The senior Haywood is dead and Murray ran the bank when it suspended operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murray Haywood
Clinton
Clintron
George Haywood & Son
Haywoods
Slaywood
Girl Tries Suicide After Lover Quarrel
Inez Streetor attempted to kill herself with carbonic acid following a quarrel with Frank Bender. She lives with her parents Mr and Mrs Geo Streetor. After refusing supper she collapsed upstairs and later regained consciousness with antidotes. doctors expect recovery.
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Drs Mores
Inez Streetor
Frank Bender
Miss Streetor
Geo. Streetor
Punishment for a Scoundrel in Crixton
Frank Strohm of Clinton becomes the first in the state convicted under a new law making it a penitentiary offense to betray a wife by marrying her to escape punishment and then deserting her. He married while under arrest last December and refused to live with his wife. The Supreme Court recently upheld the law, so a penitentiary sentence is expected. Both Strohm and his wife come from good families.
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Crixton
Frank Strohm
Clinton
Strohm
Supreme Court
Serious Accident to Farmer Mercer on Farm Harrow
James Mercer of this place had a serious accident while guiding a team and harrow across a small stream on his farm. A balking colt jolted the harrow, a tooth struck his right temple, leaving him unconscious briefly and with an ugly wound plus numbness down the left side.
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Fenna
James Mercer
Colonel Humphrey Re-elected in Fifty-second Iowa Regiment
W B Humphrey of Sioux City was re-elected colonel of the Fifty second Iowa National Guard. I R Kirk of Mason City was a candidate and 8 J Parker of Mason City was elected lieutenant colonel with no opposition. Otto Hile of Boone was elected a major. eight candidates ran and another major position will be filled later.
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Humphrey
Des Marxes
W. B. Humphrey
Sioux City
Fifty-second Regiment
Iowa National Guard
I. R. Kirk
Mason City
J. Parker
Otto Hile
Boone
Mine Inspector Appointed in Iowa
Governor Shaw names John Verner of Lucas as state mine inspector replacing the late Morgan G. Thomas. James W. Miller of Oskaloosa moves from the second to the third district at his request, with Verner handling mining interests in the Second district.
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Des Mores
Shaw
John Verner
Lucas
Morgan G. Thomas
James W. Miller
Oskaloosa
Thomas
Verner
Fifty first Iowa to Return Home From Manila
Washington announces volunteers in the Philippines will return in the order they sailed. The Fifty-first Iowa is expected to reach home about July 1.
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Juty
Washington
Philippines
Manila
Iowa
Two Iowa Tragedies and a County Court Verdict
In Cedar Rapids a streetcar collision injures Mrs. Samuel Card and her 5-year-old daughter, the child dies within hours while the mother may survive. In Story County a district court awards 3000 to John Lounsberry after a fall from a horse near a broken bridge on Fast Indian creek. Ottumwa reports a Harrison Fletcher saw mill boiler explosion kills the proprietor’s young son and injures several others.
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Samuel Card
Cedar Rapids
Nevada
John Lounsberry
Story County
Iowa and Nebraska Regiments Rescue Fourth Cavalry at Malabon
Dispatches from Manina and Washington describe Major Bell’s detachment of the Fourth Cavalry under siege near Quengua. The First Nebraska and Fifty‑first Iowa rushed to relieve them, suffering losses including Colonel Stotsenberg and Lt. August C. Sisson. The two regiments pursued insurgents and retook Malolos area as Washington confirms plans for wounded lists.
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Iowa
Nebraska
Fourth Cavalry
Manina
Malabon
Quengua
Bell
Fifty-first
Stotsenberg
August C. Sisson
Seventy-first
Pennsylvania
Washington
War Department
Yorktown
Captain Bell
North Dakota
Third Infantry
Scott
Gales
Malolos
MacArthur
Otis
Fate Is Unknown Dewey Dispatch On Baler Rescue Mission
Admiral Dewey reports Yorktown at Baler on April 12 to rescue Spanish forces besieged by 400 insurgents. Lieutenant Gilmore and 14 men in a launch disappeared after soundings. fate unknown. Spanish General Rios says garrison unaware the war ended and has sent no surrender. Secretary Sherman visits the White House, recovering enough for short drives.
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Dewey
Krebela
Navy Department
Admiral Dewey
Yorktown
Baler
Luzon
J. C. Gilmore
Rios
Gilmore
United States
Spain
Ile
Goscison
Sherman
White House
Wasumaron
Borivian Revolution Ends and Bolivian Quiet
From La Paz a cable reports the Borivian revolution has ended and all fighting has ceased. In Cuba six Holguin district gold mines are located by prospectors from the western United States amid old Indian workings. General Henry seeks relief from command in Puerto Rico due to ill health. no decision yet, but General Deary’s possible reassignment noted.
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Cuba
Santiago DE Cuna
United States
Holguin
Rebels Repulsed Near Novaliches in April Action
Lawton advances with North Dakota troops and other units starting at 5 A M along Novaliches road after rebels reoccupied cleared ground. The Dakotans engage at 8 15 A M, rebels flee after fifteen minutes of combat, and later bolt in full flight by 2 P M. Heat slows the line as casualties count.
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Lawton
North Dakota
Scott
Gale
Novaliches Road
MacArthur
Maplos
Novatiches
Split in Filipino Junta Prompts Manila Exodus
Four members have left the Filipino junta for Manila over demands for independence rather than concessions with Washington. Agoncillo and two others hold to independence, while the seceders trust Dewey and seek a meeting with Aginaldo to force settlement.
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Lonpox
Associated Press
Manila
Agoncillo
Washington
Dewey
Agmnaldo
Ambitious Diplomatic Shuffle Faces Portugal Assignment
John N. Irwin of Iowa is named minister to Portugal replacing Lawrence Townsend, who moves to Belgium. Bellamy Storer departs Madrid as Storer is reassigned, with W. P. Lord and A. S. Hardy among the stepping stones. W. W. Rockhill resigns as Greece minister. A. S. Hardy will succeed in Persia.
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Portugal
Washrotox
W. W. Rockhill
Greece
A. S. Hardy
Persia
W. P. Lord
Oregon
John N. Irwin
Iowa
Lawrence Townsend
Belgium
Bellamy Storer
Madrid
Five Deaths From Explosion In New Mexico Mine
AmuqurevE New Mexico April 23 Four men and a boy perished in a gas explosion at Cook and White coal mine Madrid caused by two miners carrying open lamps into the mine. John Louis Lay, aged 68, former United States Navy assistant engineer and inventor of the Lay torpedo, is dead in New York.
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Amuqureve
N. M
Cook & White
Madrid
John Louis Lay
New York
United States Navy
William B. Cushing
Albemarle
Fire Ravages Le Pointe a Pitre in Racial Unrest
Reports from Cadalupe say rioters set a blaze in Le Pointe a Pitre starting Monday midnight amid racial conflict. Firefighters battle the flames as tensions remain high in Martinique port.
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Gadalupe
Prerne
Martinique
Cadalupe
le Pointe-a-Pitre
Highbinders Fight in Fresno Chinatown War Turns Deadly
In Fresno Chinatown a clash between rival gangs left three corpses on slabs and nine in jail after a chaotic brawl. Police suspect San Francisco gunmen spurred the attack, with fifty shots fired and officers unable to prevent the opening violence.
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Fresno
Cal
Chinatown
San Francisco
Administration Extends Hostilities Despite Rainy Season
Washington says hostilities in the Philippines will not pause for rain or season. Additional troops will reach Manila, with the Eleventh Regiment likely to be relieved from Porto Rico duty. Officials cite Aguinaldo's demoralized forces and the need to prevent reorganization.
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Washington
Philippines
Manila
Porto Rico
Aguinaldo
Senators Teller Shafroth Endorse Silver Republican Unity
In Denver on April 20, Senator Teller and Congressman Shafroth publicly insist on preserving the silver Republican organization across Colorado and the nation. They predict the silver issue will dominate the 1900 campaign and say gold Democrats cannot control the Democratic convention. They expect the 1896 platform to be reaffirmed and allied with silver Republicans and Populists to secure victory in 1900.
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Denver
Teller
Shafroth
Colorado
Union
Gomez Announces Support for American Protectorate in Cuba
General Maximo Gomez plans to declare to Cubans his backing of an American protectorate until Cuba achieves an independent government. He will cooperate with the United States to pacify the island and organize rural police and Cuban forces. No date for occupation withdrawal is stated, but the manifesto favors ending agitation and withdrawing troops.
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Tiavana
Maximo Gomez
Cuba
May Come Home in June
Gen Corbin says nothing further has been done regarding the return of the volunteer soldiers from Manila. If transports could be spared there is no transport service to bring them home and it will not be for some time. Officials think by June 1 there will be enough transports at Manila to bring all who want to come.
No Successor to Quay Senator Race Ends
Hannispene Pa April 21 The battle for the United States senator ended without an election and unless Governor Stone calls an extra session there will be one representative in the United States senate for the next two years.
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Quay
Hannispene
United States
Stone
Pennsylvania
United States Senate
Orphans' Home Burns in Berne Fire Toll
A fire at the Orphans' Home in Berne Indiana killed three residents and injured several others. The building housed about sixty inmates from across the country and damage is estimated at five thousand dollars after a stove sparked on the second floor.
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Orphans’ Home
Berne
Ind
Orphans
Wages Raise at National Carbon Plant in Cleveland
The National Carbon Company increased wages for 400 workers at its West Madison Avenue plant in Cleveland. The raise is 2 percent and applies to pay scales from 5 to 15 cents per hour.
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Cleveland
National Carbon Company
Madison Avenue
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Council Bluffs
Svetpam
Sheldahl
Smart
Delhi
Cady
Buchanan County
Dunveur
Brintnall
Lamont
Marinda Meeker
Wm. Walker
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Dubuque
Iowa Condensed
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Enaea
Novaliches
Silver Republicans
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