Caillard Seizes Smyrna Customhouse Amid Turkish British Plea
Paris reports Admiral Caillard's division has arrived at Smyrna and seized the customhouse. The Porte asks Great Britain to fulfill the 1878 convention guaranteeing Asiatic possessions and proposes sending a squadron to the Levant to protect Asiatic Turkey against France.
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Paris
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Caillard
Smyrna
Porte
Great Britain
Constantinople
Echo de Paris
Cyprus
Turkey
France
Levant
Vote Will Be Smaller in Iowa Democrats Claim Gains
Des Moines reports Iowa voters will fall short of last year with Cummins' plurality around 77 000 after snow and turnout effects. Republicans, Democrats, and Prohibitionists claim varied gains while Foraker Hanna and legislative candidates draw attention. cold weather blankets the state.
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Des Moines
A. B. Cummins
Frank D. Jackson
Sidney A. Foster
John Briar
Republican State Committee
Iowa
McKinley
State Central Committee
Mr. Cummins
Shaw
Leslie M. Shaw
Frank Q. Stuart
Democratic Committee
Keona
Cummins
Foraker
Hanna
Ohio
Cuyahoga
Franklin
Ohio Legislature Amid Doubtful County Contests
Columbus reports widespread interest in close races for state representatives across Ohio counties. Advices note no incumbents hold over into the new term, signaling a renewal electorate and shifting political dynamics.
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Columbus
Ohio
Lincoln Nebraska Election Forecasts and Campaign Claims
In Lincoln Nebraska observers forecast state election results. Republican chairman Lindsay cites a stronger party organization and larger anticipated majority than last fall and a bigger turnout needed for Judge Sedgwick. Democrat and Populist leaders predict a fusion victory with specific vote ranges. Weather expected to reduce rural turnout.
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Lincoln
Neb
Lindsay
Republican Committee
Nebraska
Judge Selgwick
Scott
Democrats
de France
Sedgwick
Hollenbeck
Fusion
Justifiable Homicide Shock in Wilmington Home
Dan M Hogan senior, a famed bookmaker, was shot and killed by his son Dan M Hogan Jr in their Wilmington home. The coroner’s jury ruled justifiable homicide after the elder, 59, allegedly battered his wife, triggering the fatal shot. Hogan had recently suffered gambling losses and mortgage efforts to fund race track speculation.
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Hicago
Dan M. Hogan
Dan Mogan, Jr
Wilmington
Hogan
Hogan, Jr
Wilthington
British finance chief warns of looming danger from debt rise
The speaker notes annual expenditures and a surge in public debt over the past decade. Including the sinking fund suspension, debt totals £22,000,000 more than before, signaling real danger ahead for the country.
Wreck on Monon train injures 230 at Bedford station
A Monon line collision near Bedford joins a passenger and quarry stone train. About 320 quarrymen and officials were bruised and injured as cars collided and air brakes failed in the two sections. No fatalities are reported.
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Bedford
Ind
Monon
Perry, Matthews & Buskirk
Indiana
New Taxes and Fresh Loans Hint in British Budget Speech
London reports that Sir Michael Hicks Beach signaled future higher taxes and larger loans as war costs mount. He warned of greater burdens unless the South African war costs are eased and noted plans to discuss concentration camp conditions with South Africa authorities. John Morley spoke in Forfar on related wartime issues.
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London
Great Britain
Michael Hicks-Beach
Bristol
South Africa
Sir Michael
John Morley
M. P
Forfar
Scotland
Court of Inquiry Nears End Adair Schley Case
Washington notes the Schley court of inquiry reaching the argument stage with Admiral Schley and Captain Sigsbee as the sole witnesses. New witnesses Richards and Lynch were not heard. Mr. Hanna outlined orders and movements from Key West to Santiago, addressing delays and the retrograde route while evaluating information about the Spanish fleet and gate guard at Cienfuegos.
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Schley
Admiral Schley
Sigsbee
Santiago
Frank B. Richards
George Lynch
New York
Cuba
Cuban
Spain
Lynch
Somers N. Smith
Key West
Cienfuegos
Hanna
Sehley
McClalla
Admiral Sampson
Nunez
Brooklyn
Cervera
London Experiences a Fog That Throws Business Into Confusion
A historic dense fog blankets London and much of the United Kingdom causing transport paralysis. Trains stall, traffic jams form in Trafalgar Square and Parliament vicinity, omnibuses and cabs stand idle, and lanterns become scarce as newsboys light papers for torches.
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London
Great Britain
United Kingdom
Birmingham
Trafalgar Square
Iowa's Boy Murderer Wesley Elkins to seek Iowa pardon
The Iowa legislature may consider a pardon for Wesley Elkins, the Clayton county youth sentenced for life for killing his father and stepmother at age 12. Professor James E. Harlan of Cornell will lead the case for the appeal, filed with the governor within days.
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Charles City
Iowa
Wesley Elkins
Clayton County
James E. Harlan
Cornell
General Assembly
Ambassador Choate Recalls McKinley Assassination Impact
Washington the American ambassador to the Court of St. James Hion Joseph H. Choate arrived in the capital and spoke of England’s deep public response to President McKinley’s shooting. He noted English sympathy ran across the nation and its colonies, as if a trusted leader had fallen.
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Washington
Hion
Joseph H. Choate
Court of St. James
England
McKinley
Mr. Choate
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Walking skirts sale offer in large assortment
A store advertises a large assortment of walking skirts with prices from 1.98 to 10.00. One lot features 5.50 skirts available this week for 4.19.
Burned at the stake after Perry county assault
In Perry county Mississippi a black man was identified by Mrs. Fortenberry as her attacker after a morning assault and rape. A posse organized an informal court, condemned him, and burned him at the scene. The victim was the wife of a prominent local man.
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Gulfport
Miss
Perry County
Agreement Reached on Northern Pacific Railway Crisis
News from New York states an unofficial accord nearly formalizes a settlement to the Northwestern railway tangle that sparked the May panic over Northern Pacific shares. The plan centers on retiring Northern Pacific preferred stock at 115 or above and issuing 4 12 percent bonds, with one third to Union Pacific interests, plus traffic-territory divisions among Union Pacific Great Northern and Northern Pacific.
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Northwestern Railway
Northern Pacific
The
Stock Exchange
Union Pacific Railway
Great Northern
Union Pacific
Taft incapacitated after operation for about three weeks
Secretary Rees reports Governor Taft has undergone a recent operation and will be unable to perform duties for roughly three weeks. Taft says the procedure was successful and recovery is progressing satisfactorily. Judge Wright, named vice governor, will handle civil affairs in the Philippine government during the absence.
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Washington
Rees
Taft
Wright
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