Ripley murder case instructions mirror Powers ruling
Judge Cantrill delivered jury instructions in the Garnett Ripley Goebel assassination case in Frankfort Kentucky mirroring the Powers precedent. The charge requires guilty verdict if conspiracy proven and allows murder conviction if conspiracy to commit an unlawful act caused Goebel’s death.
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Frankfort
Cantrill
Garnett Ripley
Goebel
Caleb Powers
Ripley
Taylor
Storm brings heavy rain and floods to New Orleans
A Wednesday night storm drenched New Orleans with 5.48 inches of rain causing partial flooding. Lightning struck several locations while telegraph service was crippled. No casualties were reported.
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Selma
Ala
Mobile and
Birmingham Road
Jackson
H. G. Elmwood
New Orleans
Prince Herbert Bis marck attacks Emperor in Berlin speech
In Berlin Prince Herbert Bis marck denounces Emperor William's zigzag policy and praises Count von Buelow while urging an agricultural tariff to support needed measures. The address echoes Bismarck's caution against unkept promises and inconsistent governance.
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Berlin
Prince Herbert Bismarck
Burg
Emperor William
Bismarck
Herbert
Count von Buelow
von Buelow
Army sickness rates in Philippines show slight rise
Surgeon General Sternberg reports from Manila chief surgeon Col Greenleaf that April 16 there were 2937 hospital cases and 946 non hospital cases. The sick rate for the U S army in the Philippines is 7.39 percent, up from 6.89 percent last month, attributed to seasonal change though both rates stay under normal. Patrick Will Ordered Produced appears in New York legal item with surrogate's records clerk subpoena to produce a second will before the grand jury.
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Washington
Sternberg
Manila
Col
Greenleaf
United States Army
Philippines
New York
Patrick will alleged executed by William Rice
The document, dated September 30, 1900, is named the Patrick will and is tied to William Marsh Rice. Austin reports April 18 as Missouri issues a cattle quarantine proclamation designating Panhandle counties as dangerous and infected with Texas fever.
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Wiliam Marsh Rice
Patrick
Austin
Missouri
Panhandle
Richard Rothwell dies in New York at age 81
Richard Penne Rothwell a noted mining engineer and journalist died at his home in New York. Born May 1 1837 in Ingersoll Ontario he studied in Paris and Freiberg then worked in Pennsylvania before editing and managing The Engineering and Mining Journal. He designed large scale wire rope plants and earned international recognition.
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New York
Richard Pennefather Rothwell
Rothwell
Ingersoll
Ont
Imperial School of Mines
Paris
France
Mining
Freiberg
Saxony
America
Pennsylvania
Eckley
Drifton
Wilkesbarre
Hazard Manufacturing Company
Engineering and Mining Journal
Pennsylvania Railroad Seeks Western Outlet Via Atchison
Representatives of the Pennsylvania Railroad are said to be elected to the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe board. Heavy Atchison stock purchases by Pennsylvania affiliates are noted as the two lines consider a traffic alliance from ocean to ocean, with St. Louis and San Francisco as a possible link.
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New York
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company
Atchison Securities
Pennsylvania
Atchison
Burlington
Toledo, Peoria and Western Railway
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
Kansas City
St. Louis
Chicago
Ocean
San Francisco
Storm in Fiji Group Hits Levuka and Varies Losses
The Fiji group reports a March hurricane causing widespread damage and seven deaths at Levuka, with ten coasting vessels moved onto the main street. A marine hurricane affected New Hebrides soon after, while Victoria notes an Aorangi arrival from antipodes with passengers and New Zealand reception of a socialistic scheme. Premier Sedden plans a national coal mine to lower rail and consumer prices.
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Victoria
B. C
Aorangi
Antipodes
Ward
New Zealand
Sedden
Fiji Group News
Levuka
New Hebride
Fiji
Plague in Sydney and a Sydney murder case reported
Inter tribal clashes at Tuana and Aoba cause many deaths while Sydney sees a plague recur tied to the Antillian transport. In Paris, April 18, Madame Lascher Englander is murdered by Ferdinand Ernst after she refuses marriage. Ernst, a Chicago native and Manchester House director, shoots himself. He dies in hospital after leaving a cremation request and funds for the victim’s funeral from his estate.
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Bromanga
Tuana
Aoba
Sydney
Cape Town
Antillian
Paris
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