Fifteen Lives Lost on Scotsman Shipwreck Horror
Montreal dispatch reports 1500 passengers aboard the Intercolonial special from Liver pool to Montreal aboard the Scotsman wrecked off Belle Isle. Fifteen women died, crews looted trunks, and passengers faced four days of starvation before rescue by Montfort and Grecian. Captain Skrymshire blamed on dockside gangsters. shore survivors suffered exposure and sickness.
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Miss Street
Montreal
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Scott
Robinson
Dickinson
Toronto Globe
Watson
Talbot
Tuthill
Skelton
Eliza Watkins
B. Weavers
Skrymshire
Scotsman
Montfort
Grecian
England
Monterey
Goriss
Revolt in Venezuela Advances Amid Battles Across Regions
U S dispatch from Puerto Cabello recounts a string of clashes between government troops and rebel forces led by General Castro. Battles near San Cristobal, El Cobre, Lumbador, Cordero, Arenales, and Bejama show heavy losses on both sides as Castro’s forces press toward Valencia.
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Venezuela
Washington
State Department
United States
Puerto Cabello
Castro
San Christobal
Sarria
Pensacola
Fernandez
el Cobre
Arenales
Torrez
Aular
Guavera
Bejama
Valencia
Gallifet Accused in Paris War Plot Link with Orleanist Prince
Paris Sept 30 Marquis de Gallifet minister of war replies to The Figaro denying any letter to the Duc d Orleans since 1895 and refusing to shoot at Woodnorton. Intransigeant cites a letter seized from Andree Buffet trial records claiming he warned Republicans to beware. Lincoln County Cattle King Dead in Nebraska longtime cattle operator M C Keith leaves an estate valued above 1 million dollars. sole heir believed to be Judge Neville’s son. Des Moines trolley day ends with Society Women Conductors netting about 1,000 dollars for the Home for the Aged infirm.
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Figaro
Duc d’Orleans
Woodnorton
Andree Buffet
Senate
High Court of Justice
Ministry of War
Lincoln County
North Platte
Neb
M. C. Keith
Neville
M.C. Keith
Nebraska
West
Society
Des Motes
Des Moines
Strike at Muscatine Button Factory Triggers Tieup
Sixty cutters at the Excelsior pearl button factory in Muscatine Iowa quit work over a 4 cent cut per gross of button blanks. A mass meeting of workers from about 30 local factories was held and a general strike may follow.
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Muscatine
Excelsior Pearl
Transvaal reply fuels war fears as Boer forces mass
Cape Town dispatch reports Transvaal reiterates adherence to the London convention, rejects touching suzerainty, while Natal camps and Boer movements near Laing's Nek raise alarm. Johannesburg says orders to field issued and 8,000 Boers near the Natal border. London ministers expect war as Milner dispatch drafts proceed.
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Pretoria
Tts
Republic
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Buffalo River
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Laing
Johannesburg
Withhold
Lonpox
Alfred Milner
Cabinet Council
Kruger
Lord Salisbury
Mr. Chamberlain
Nek
Orange Free State
Daily Mail
Charlestown
Wakkestrom Nek
Joubert
Volkrust
Wakkerstrom Nek
Panic in Cotton Exchange over False Liverpool Advices
A wild panic hit the New Orleans Cotton Exchange as false Liverpool advices caused a surge in prices and a market collapse. The exchange suspended future business after losses around 170000 and promised to resume only after Monday, with legal challenges likely over the ensuing turmoil and disputed conspiracy claims.
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Liverpool
New Orleans
Focal
Exchange
Inaugural at Iowa City Dr MacLean Inducted as President
Dr George E MacLean was formally inducted as president of the University of Iowa before about 5000 on the campus in Iowa City Governor Shaw presided ex President Pickard presented keys and Bible with MacLean replying Congratulatory addresses came from Chancellor McClain Judge Remley President King of Cornell and President Northrup of Minnesota Acting Chancellor Bessey offered congratulations from Nebraska University Letters and telegrams from leading universities were read A morning football win over alumni 40 to 0.
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Ofice
Iowa City
George E. MacLean
University of Iowa
Shaw
J. L. Pickard
McClain
University Law Department
Remley
Anamosa
University Alumni Association
King
Cornell College
Northrup
Minnesota University
Harper
Republic of Letters
Bessey
Nebraska University
Pittsburg hotel combination forms with five million capital
Telegraphic briefs report a movement to unite Pittsburg hotels into a single group with a capital of 5,000,000. Other items note 74 new yellow fever cases in Key West with one death, a Chicago boxer's win in St. Louis, a deadly Santa Cruz fuse blast at Corning mill, mine fatalities in Seelyville, Pan-American expo Mexico exhibit invitation, Louisiana homicide inquiry, and a governor stay of execution for Michael Bol linger in Cook County.
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Pittsburg
Key West
Young Kenney
Chicago
West End
St. Louis
Corning Mill Powder Works
Santa Cruz
Cal
Joseph Steiner
E. Larsen
Herman Minnis
George Thomas
Erlich
Seelyville
Ind
Weber
Buffalo
Griggs
Louisiana
Talulah
Tanner
Illinois
Michael Emil Bollinger
Cook County Criminal Court
Free State Votes With Transvaal in War Preparations
London reports the Volksraad of the Orange Free State has joined Transvaal in potential hostilities, stiffening Boer resistance. Pretoria buzzes with war readiness as authorities plan for government in wartime and mobilize, while Boers mass near Vryheid to threaten British lines and disrupt Dundee and Ladysmith.
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London
Volksrand
Orange Free State
Transvaal
Raad
Pretoria
Ladysmith
Laing
Nek
Glencoe
Dundee
Vryheid
Zululand
Buffalo
Rorke’s Drift
Deaar
Times
Cape Town
Johannesburg
Advertising Battle Highlights Tribune Lead Over Herald
An April 17 Herald editorial notes that on April 16 The Chicago Tribune printed a record amount of paid advertising, surpassing the New York Herald by about 10 000 agate lines in main and Brooklyn New Jersey editions. Across four Sundays to April 16 the Tribune totaled 1 084 43 columns versus the Herald’s 1 030 751 lines, implying the Tribune ran roughly eighty one more columns on average per Sunday.
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Chgago Tribune
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New Jersey
the Tribune
Herald
Herald al
York Herald
Chicago Tribune
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