Ramsay to be Retired After Civil War Valor
Rear Admiral Francis M. Ramsay, chief of the bureau of navigation, will retire today due to age. Born in Washington 62 years ago, he joined the Navy in 1856 and fought bravely in Civil War actions along the Mississippi and Atlantic coasts, commanding the Choctaw and later leading expeditions up the Black and Ouachita rivers and the Red River campaign. He held multiple commands and reform duties, including superintendent of the Naval Academy and chief of the navigation bureau since 1889, earning recognition as a progressive officer.
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Washinaton
Francis M. Ramsay
Naval Service
Bureau of Navigation
Washington
United States Army
Naval Academy
St. Lawrence
Ramsan
Lower
Mississippi
Atlantic
Fort Fisher
Cnannon
Haines Bloffa
Liverpool Landing
Milliken’s Bend
Yazoo River
Ramsay
Mississippi River
Black
Ouachita Rivers
Atchafalaya
Unadilla
Fort Anderson
Cape Fear River
Richmond
South Atlantic
Washington Navy Yard
Naval Home
Philadelphia
Newport
Trenton
Naval Examining Board
Academy
New York Navy Yard
Navigation Bureau
Walker
Floods threaten Helena and Tunica counties along Mississippi river
Acute flood danger extends from near Austin Mississippi to Perthshire as crevasses loom. St Francis basin waters surge west to east along levees with many telegrams warning of overflow. Helena Arkansas faces rising river. trains deliver sand and labor, while miners in Hartzron Pennsylvania avert arson at No.8 mine amid prior costly blaze.
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Austin
Miss
Memphis
Tenn
Perthshire
St. Francia
Helena
Arkansas
San Soucio
New Orleans
St. Francis
Bella
Tunica
Cachoma
Ark
Missouri Pacific
Cotton Belt
Illinois Central
Tragedy at Woodland Hotel Ends in Shooting
Frank J. Jackson a prosperous laundryman was shot and killed at the Woodland hotel by Jefferson D. Goddard a druggist and physician. The murder followed Jackson attacking Goddard after Mrs. Jackson estranged from her husband and living with her daughter. Goddard who had been attending Mrs. Jackson as her physician was arrested.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Oity
Frank J. Jackson
Jefferson D. Goddard
Woodland Hotel
Black Brothers Executed in Laraverre La April
The Black brothers were executed at 2 11 p m in front of 100 spectators in Laraverre Louisiana for the murder of merchant Simon Regnaud at Scott about a year ago. They were under 20 and born near Paris. They were well educated in France. Fraternal Insurance Ruling Topeka April 8 Webb McNall, superintendent of the Kansas insurance department, ruled that fraternal societies not under supreme or grand lodges may not operate in the state.
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Laraverre
Alexis
Ernest Black
Simon Regnaud
Scott
France
Paris
Topeka
Kan
Webb McNall
Kansas Insurance Department
Revolt Rumors in Albania and Frontiers Edge Nears
From Athens comes word that insurgent bands are crossing the frontier and no longer can be checked, signaling Albania on the verge of revolt. General Schofield receives a healthy baby girl. he is retired at 66. Vesuvius detains a Cuban expedition near Fernandina, captures tug Alexander Jones. Pope plans to intervene to ease the Crete crisis. James Guest, a renowned Moyreal wine dealer, dies at Verdun aged 69.
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Lonpor
Daily Chronicle
Athens
Albania
General Schofield
Sr. Augustine
Fla
Jacksonville
Vesuvius
Fernandina
Alexander Jones
Wilmington
N. C
Moytreal
James Guest
Canada
Verdun Hospital
R. V. Pierce
The
Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute
Buffalo
Pierce
Hunter Strength Dominates Ballot Fight in Kentucky
In Frankfort on April 8 Noquoram vote yielded Hunter's strength, needing only three more votes to win if Blackburn faction and anti-Hunter Republicans joined. Separately at Lira Peru on April 8 sugar planters urged government to push a treaty with the United States prioritizing duties on Peruvian gagay and California wheat.
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Hunter
Frankfort
Blackburn
Lira
Peru
United States
California
Tariff Fails to Move Markets as Wheat Edges Down
R G Don Co weekly trade review notes uncertain markets despite a new tariff bill vote. Wheat closes one cent lower, with May option down. western receipts up from last year and Atlantic exports surge. Iron and steel trembles after a Supreme Court ruling affecting railroads, with ore shortages and uneven demand for rails and cars signaling potential price declines.
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Supreme Court
New York
R. G. Don & Co
Review of Trade
House
Treasury
Atlantic
Eupreme
Japan
Messaba
Deputy Sheriff Shoots Wounds Circus Proprietor in Wiomia Kan
In Wiomia on April 8 deputy sheriff J W Cunningham of Taylor County Texas shot and fatally wounded Joseph B McMahon proprietor of Bond Bros Circus during a dispute over taking an employee to Texas on arson charges. McMahon was popular in town and circus hands talked of lynching the officer after the shooting.
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Wiomia
Kan
J.W. Cunningham
Taylor County
Texas
Joseph B. McMahon
McMahon
Cunningham
Bond Bros.’ Circua
Suit Against Carnegie for patent infringement filed
A suit has been filed in U S court by Harvey Steel of Newark against Carnegie Steel Co. The suit alleges infringement of the Harvey patent for hardening steel used in armor plate at Homestead works. An injunction and accounting are requested. The amount involved will run into thousands.
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Carnegie
Prrissage
Carnegie Steel Company
United States
Harvey Steel Company
Newark
N. J
Carnegie Company
Harvey
Homestead Works
Sugar Refineries to Start in City to Hire 2000
PritapeLpata reports sugar refineries to resume full operation by Monday, promising employment for about two thousand. Nearly 500,000 tons of raw sugar are en route from Germany, East Indies, Egypt, South America and the West Indies. Railroad traffic is at a standstill in Crookston due to washouts, with northern Minnesota lines damaged and vast floods converting prairie between Beltrami and Clyndon into a lake.
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PritapeLpata
Germany
East Indies
Egypt
South America
West Indian Islands
Cape Town Dispatch Reports Delagoa Bay Lease to Britain
The Daily Mail prints a Capetown dispatch claiming Delagoa Bay was leased to Great Britain for 80 years at £500,000 annually. The Transvaal government allegedly did not know of the arrangement until it was completed.
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Great Britain
London
The
Daily Mail
Capetown
Delgado Bay
Transvaal
Greeks Going Home to Fight for Their Flag
New York on April 3 reports confectioner John D Faik am as of Philadelphia paid passage for 20 Greeks homeward bound to fight under their own flag. Seventy Greeks are to sail on Da Touraine today. St Paul on April 8 notes ex Mayor Robert A Smith, former postmaster, filed a statement listing assets of 262700 and liabilities of 207512.
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New York
John D. Faikamas
Philadelphia
Botossi
da Touraine
St. Paul
Robert A. Smith
St. Louis
Laundering a Man's Stomach by Gyromere and X Rays
Chicago, April 8. Dr. Fenton demonstrated a gastric cleaning using a gyromere device swallowed by the patient and viewed by Roentgen rays. A flexible steel cable with a sponge at the end scrubbed inner walls while doctors watched via fluoroscope for over an hour without discomfort.
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Dr. Frenton
Chicago
Fenton
Turck
Hotel Fire Kills Two In Richmond Missouri
News of burning Maple Leaf hotel in Richmond Missouri arrives. Two boarders James Keeman and Frank Anderson perish in the flames. Adjacent boarding house destroyed. Loss estimated at 4000 dollars with insurance. Keeman an old Richmond resident. Anderson a local stranger. Both men had been dissipating late the prior night.
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St. Joseph
Maple Leaf
Richmond
James Keeman
Frank Anderson
Keernan
Anderson
Battle With Outlaws Near ArRoMmoRE
A posse of Indian Territory deputy marshals led by Deputy McLamore confronted seven Morris band outlaws near ArRoMmoRE. A fierce fight ensued with three outlaws wounded while all deputy marshals remained unharmed. Details remain sparse from incoming reports.
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Arrommore
Ravia
Indian Territory
McLamore
Morris Band of Outlaws
Doublé Kentucky Tragedy in Hayden County
News from Hayden, Leslie county reports a double tragedy. Tom Oglethorpe, a prosperous farmer, accused his wife of infidelity with Henry Schneider, a farmhand. After quarrel, his wife left, Oglethorpe shot Schneider through the heart with a Winchester, then killed himself. Also reported cattle losses from recent storm in Curyzanz, Wy.
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Kentucky
Lexington
Hayden
Leslie County
Tom Oglethorpe
Henry Schneider
Olgethorpe
Schneider
Curyzanz
Cheyenne
Blaze at Cincinnati destroys carpet stock worth 300000
A blaze at the George F. Otto company carpet store on Fourth street near Race street destroyed the entire stock valued at 300000 and the total loss to buildings and stock will reach 400000. The incident is part of a series of reports from April covering fires strikes and legal actions across the country.
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Cincinnati
George F. Otto Company
Fourth Street
Race Street
Wheelmen in Politics Seek Suspension of Barrett for Pledging Vote
Illinois division chief Pates requests suspension of George K Barrett for issuing a circular pledging wheelmen votes to Carter Harrison for Chicago mayor. IL Wheelmen and A C C committee back the move. Potter defends wheelmen as pursuing anti railroad influence and better roads. meeting turns stormy.
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George K. Barrett
Walter Harrison
Dpotter Suatrins Barrett
Ormcano
Fred Pates
Illinois
League of American Wheelmen
Potter
Carter Harrison
Chicago
New York
Pates
Evening Post
Wheelmen
Cyclists of
Barrett
Multiple World Events Reported From Crete to Cuba
News briefs from April 3 to 8 cover Crete’s Christian Muslim conflict, a mutiny near Bulsanaria held by international troops, railroad fraud charges against T E Dyer, Col Fred Grant declining a war post, the death of Mrs Mary Furnas in Brownville, six killed in a Bresavu mine blast, and rumors of General Gomez seeking peace in Havana.
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Constantinore
Crete
Turkey
Canna
Bulsanaria
Bresavu
Borsig
Seabriz
Wheaton to stay in Denver to end service
Brigadier General Frank Wheaton prefers to remain with the department of Colorado through his term and retire in May. A war department telegram indicated a possible promotion to major general to succeed Ruger who turned 64, but Wheaton would stay in Denver if kept in his current post.
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Denver
Frank Wheaton
War Department
Chicago
Military Department of the Missouri
Wheaton
Ruger
Department of the Colorado
Department of the, Missouri
Health Resort Destroyed in Cambridge Springs Fire
Cambridge Springs health resort near Mrapvits Pa was almost wiped out by a fire today causing one death and about 200000 in losses. Fire started in Mrs Wellmans notion store on Main Street with no local fire department hindering quick spread. Thirty business houses and a dozen homes burned or damaged as flames swept through the business district.
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Mrapvits
Cambridge Springs
Wellman
Main Street
Moore sentenced to four years hard labor in state prison
Dr J H Moore ex financier journalist and politician was sentenced to four years hard labor two years for misuse of Union Publishing stock and two years for fraudulently recording stock in the same company Des Moines leader dying W A Park bar leader at death bed likely within 24 hours Senate amends arbitratio treaty two propositions adopted one by Bacon exempts southern states claims the other by Morgan eliminates article 8
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Manchester
N. H
J. H. Moore
Union Publishing Company
Des Moines
W. A. Park
Washington
Senate
Bacon
Morgan
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Jackson White
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Francisco Gonzales Y Borrego
Antonio Gonzales Y Borrego
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Patricio Valencia
Frank Chavez
Kinsel
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Dunugue
T. E. Dyer
Manilla
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad Company
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Fred Grant
McKinley
East Thirty-second Street
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Brownvitlz, Neb
Mary E. Furnas
Robert W. Parnas
Gomez
Mapnip
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