Carter Harrison Wins In Chicago Mayor Race
Chicago and a string of cities reported decisive Democrat gains led by Carter Harrison as mayoral wins reshaped local power. Republican splits aided cross party voters with strong shows by Harlan and Hesing while women emerged as a key voting bloc in several towns.
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Chicaco
Democratic Party
Carter Harrison
Sear
Harrison
Hesing
Harlan
West Town
North Town
South Town
McKinley
Swift
Bryan
Nathaniel Sears
Sears
Vetera
People
Republican
Roy O. West
Torryka
Topeka
Wichita
Atchison
Kansas City
Kan
Robert Marshman
Leavenworth
Fort Scott
Seneca
Girard
Stockton
Learned
Galena
Coffeyville
Emporia
Ossawatomie
Maryeville
Great Bend
Newton
Sterling
Hutchinson
Kingman
Wellington
Eldorado
Burlington
Eureka
Columbus
Belleville
Hiawatha
Greeks Thirsting Forswear Independence Day in Athens
Fetes mark Greece 1821 independence with king and royal family attending cathedral Te Deum in Athens. Crowds shower leaflets reading Hurrah for War as foreign fleets plan Greek blockade and frontier moves escalate tensions across Crete and Macedonia.
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Athens
Greece
Rome
Cretan
Constantinople
Piraeus
Exassona
Macedonia
Ed‘hem Pasha
Constantine
Edhem Pasha
Molina
Skumpa
Western senators unite to press tariff favors on wool and coal
Western Republicans led by Rocky Mountain senators push for specific duties on wool especially third class wool, hides, coal and lead ore. They seek higher wool rates, a pound duty on hides, and to preserve or raise coal and lumber protections, amid fears of regional discrimination.
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Rocky Mountain
Washington
Rocky Mountain States
Finance Committee
Wyoming
Colorado
Oregon
House Votes Relief for Mississippi Flood Sufferers
Washington April 8 The house quickly approved a joint resolution authorizing $300000 for Mississippi valley flood relief. A heated exchange arose between Representative Simpson and Speaker Reed over house procedure with Reed defending his role as speaker and the house’s power to curb unilateral actions. President McKinley signed the relief resolution and set off on a Potomac river trip with Mrs McKinley and others aboard the Dolphin. Morasco Italian Mafia case in Kann Pennsylvania where a sleeping man is stabbed leaving a near fatal neck injury. Burrs Montana Ore suit seeks $2322060 for ore value from Rarus vein in 1894.
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Washington
House
Mississippi Valley
Simpson
Reed
Potomac
McKinley
Mississippi
White House
Saxton
Porter
Kann
John Geranie
Morasco
Philadelphia
Geranie
Burrs
Mont
Montana Ore Purchasing Company
Boston and Montana Mining Company
Rarus
Uprising in Porto Rico and Spanish colonial news
News dispatches report Porto Ricans taking up arms against Spain with plans for a 6,000-man army to seize key towns such as Yaucoy and Adjuntag. In the Philippines, Spanish forces claim victory at San Francisco Malabong, routing insurgents. Additional items note a May 5 postal congress in Washington and navy bids for three 30-knot torpedo boats.
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Porto Rico
New York
Henna
Porto, Rico
Porto
Rico
Spain
Philippines
Maprio
Manila
Philippine Islands
San Francisco
Malabong
Woman’s View on Local Treatment for Ills
The passage argues that many sick and half-sick women rely on local doctors for cure, delaying proper care. It contends hesitation lets disease grow, claiming local treatment is usually unnecessary and should be tried only after other options fail.
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Chicago
Kansas
Denver
Kansas Muniel
Detroit
Justice Long
Supreme Court
Maybury
Stewart
Pingree
T. S. McMurray
St. Louis
Henry Zeigenhein
House of Delegates
Zeigenhein
W. J. Bryan
Cincinnati
Vorexa
Fellows
Guatemala
Newport
Barrios
Morales
Berwin
Reichstag
Prince Hohenlohe
United States
Sam
Tanaier
Morocco
Burk
Castleton
Laraicho
McKensie
Lama
Peru
James A. McKenzie
Omaha
Western Men United
Senate
Frank ©. Downey
Dexter
J. H. Wynne
Manhattan
Dennis Tracy
Cedar Rapids
Neb
Navy
Montgomery Sicard
Albert Krutz
R. G. Davenport
F. B. Barry
St. Paun
M. J. Dowling
Republican National League
Mich
Sawyer
Omawa
A. J. Sawyer
Lincoln
Frances Ford
Turka
Kisssamo
Canes
Kissamo
Candia
Bisbop
South Africa
London
The
Times
Capetown
Delagoa Bay
Limpopo River
Transvaal
Caranavon
Mapataland
Victoria
S. Duncan
New Hebrides
Dubuque
Doevuque
Frank H. Brode
Iowa Homestead
King Crue
Aban
Farmers’ Institute
IGWA
Uri Cn
Fon
G. Cole
Stuize
Seme
Lowit
Des Moines
Lowi
Nike
John Cownie
J. W. Franklin
H. 0. Bishop
D. A. Kent
Richard Baker Jr
A. A. Berry
W. ML. Couch
J. R. Standley
Arnold B. C. M. Mather
Special Institute
Homestead CO
Kay
BO Griplig
Aeniby
Erereeti
Amreo
le By Drugers
Esmond
Senees Ae
BOGR
Jerry Simpson
Blake
Washington News
Wrisley
Wasamaron
Post Office Department
Corcoran
International Postal Congress
Washieron
Secretary of the Navy
U S.jouni
W. H. Annes
Moreras
P.O
W. H. Peeke
F. B
Gotar
Madiing Peeke
Ieian
Ainge
Lee
Bennie
McElree
Gardui
ELY Brothers
Warren
New York City
John Reid, Jr
Great Falls
Ely
Francis W. Poole
Central Press @Church
Helena
Mont. Ely
John H. Wood
Piftic
Postoffice
Atlantic
Iowa
DeWitt
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