Trials of Mrs George near end in Canton Ohio
Canton Ohio April 24 concluding defense rebuttal in the Mrs George murder trial. Witnesses include Sample C George alibi attempts and medical experts on morphine habit. Jury expected to be charged Wednesday with proximity to end of testimony and possible verdict forthcoming.
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Canton
George
Andrew Wielandt
Wielandt
George Rex
Frank Hildenbrandt
Saxton
Upton Shutz
West Tuscarawas Street
George Swett
Welty
Jackman
Saxton’s Block
Cantos
Eyman
State Asylum For Insane
Newburg
Eckroate
Alva Whipple
P. E. Moog
Mook
W. B. DeWees
Maudall
Joseph A. Lippert
Thomas Shepard
Mrs. George
S. S. Kaufmann
the National Bank
South Dakota
James Huddell
Flor B. Klingler
Fred P. Shanafelt
Alex Garver
H. A. Smallfield
J. S. Hoover
Florence Klingler
Excursion trains carry 4,000 to Newnan for Hose burning
An Atlanta excursion and two regular trains ferried nearly 4,000 people to Newnan to view Sam Hose burning or visit the scene. Return trips yielded ghastly reminders in bones and flesh fragments. A car window was broken near Fort McPherson and two passengers were injured.
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Atlanta
Newnan
Sam Hose
Fort McPherson
Rep S L Bairds Religious Rites In Washington
Funeral services were held for late Representative Samuel L. Baird in the Riggs House parlors with Rev Dr R H McKim officiating. Floral tributes included a cross of roses and lilies from Louisiana’s congressional delegation and a Mason emblem from the state lodge. The body then left Washington by private car at 10 45 p m for Bastrop Louisiana for interment on Wednesday.
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Washington
Samuel L. Baird
Louisiana
Riggs House
R. H. McKim
Church of the Epiphany
Congress
State Lodge
Southern Railroad
Bastrop
Nebraska Regiment Battles At Quengua Trench Losses Told
From Mawx1ia April 24 Four men of the Nebraska regiment were killed and 44 wounded in a fight at Quengua where Filipinos retreated from a mile long horseshoe trench. Col Stetsenberg and Lieut Sisson fell leading charges, the second trench held after heavy fire as Americans recovered bodies under heat and shelling. The Nebraska loss is the heaviest of the campaign with many wounded, while the Iowa and Utah regiments also suffered. Washington confirmed the deaths and other casualties, including Major Kell and Maj Mufford in the action.
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Nebraska Regiment
Col
Stetsenberg
Sisson
Fourth Cavalry
Quengua
John M. Stetsenberg
1St
Nebraska
6Th Cavalry
August C. Nisson
4Th Cavalry
Kell
Bell
Mufford
Col. Stetsenberg
Manila
Iowa Regiment
Utah Regiment
Stetsenburg
Washixeton
War Department
Washington
Quengua Place
Malolos
Maj. Bell
Lieut
Sissons
Porto Rico Public Schools Plan Described in War Report
Washington April 22 - Dr Victor S Clark sub director of public instruction in Porto Rico reports only 50 dollars monthly can be offered to American teachers with transport from New York. Supervisors will be English speaking to weed out abuses and establish control plus a revised course of study. The island lacks higher education and many schools operate in teachers homes with no text books. about 525 schools exist, over 300000 dollars yearly funding, and a drive to learn English. A pedagogical museum and American library are in San Juan.
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Washington
Victor S. Clark
Porto Rico
New York
Clark
Island
San Juan
The Gold Brick Swindler Sentenced in New York
Hirsch Coppel, who pleaded guilty to swindling Cincinnati businessman Jacob Bernstein of 13000 via the gold brick scheme, was sentenced by Judge Newberger to four years and ten months. Saul Jacobs is serving seven and a half years in Sing Sing for the crime tied to Doppelman, who was arrested in Chicago after confessing. Minnie Jacobs investigated seeking her father’s real offender.
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New York
Missouri River Flood Drowns Cattle and Submerges Land
Vermillion South Dakota reports the Missouri river rising two inches in five hours worsened flood. Farm stock stranded between the Missouri and Vermillion rivers unable to be moved. Cattle drowning near Surbank as 15 miles west toward Yankton and eight miles south of Nebraska Bluffs are submerged by two to four feet. Land east toward Sioux City becomes flooded.
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Vermillion
S. D
Missouri
Vermillon
Yanktown
Nebraska Bluffs
Sioux City
British cruiser Porpoise cripples Samoan rebels at Apia
A letter from a British naval officer in Apia dated March 18 says the Porpoise cruised Along Upolu coast burning villages and seizing native boats. Islanders prize their boats, so the action was expected to worsen hardship more than village destruction.
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Lonpox
Apia
Samoa
Porpoise
Sturdee
Upolu
Sherman visits McKinley in Washington
Ex Secretary Sherman, recovering after a severe illness, joined the president for a short drive on Thursday. The president greeted him warmly and congratulated him on his recovery, while Sherman appeared wan and thin for his age but looked much improved.
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Wasminoton
Sherman
Lawton offensives toward Malolos in Philippine campaign
Gen Lawton leads a mixed force including the North Dakota regiment two battalions of the 3d infantry the 22d infantry Scott's battery three troops of the 4th cavalry and Gale's squadron from Novaliches road at daybreak. He aims to outflank rebels before joining Gen MacArthur north of Malolos. Rebels flee after stiff engagement with sharpshooters hindering our march.
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Lawton
MacArthur
Malolos
Dakota Regiment
Novaliches
Washington
War Department
Otis
Manila
Caloocan
Glenogle crashes City of Kingston off Brown's Point
No lives reported lost after the steamship Glenogle rammed the City of Kingston near Brown's Point in Tacoma Washington. The Kingston was cut in two but all 12 passengers and crew were saved by nearby officers and ships. Rev Horace H Clapham was trapped briefly but escaped with minor injuries. The Kingston pieces were towed to harbor.
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Tacoma
Wash
Kingston
Quay Not Guilty Leads to Senate Appointment
Quay acquitted of conspiracy charges in Philadelphia after a jury verdict of not guilty. Governor Stone immediately appoints Matthew Stanley Quay as U S senator of Pennsylvania to serve until the next Pennsylvania legislature convenes. The decision follows the acquittal and is described as a political triumph for the Quay faction.
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Harrissure
Matthew Stanley Quay
United States
Pennsylvania
William A. Stone
Giov. Stone
Philadelphia
Quay
M. S. Quay
Biddle
Senator Quay
Rothermel
Gov. Stone
Col. Quay
Governor orders militia as lynch mob looms in Atlanta
Governor Chandler stated that citizens from Fayetteville and Woolly planned to lynch Geo. W. Kerlin at the Atlanta jail after his alleged murder of Miss Pearl Knott. Eight companies of the 5th Infantry were ordered to be ready to march to the jail, with possible deployment to Palmetto if unrest among African Americans arose.
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Atlanta
Candler
Fayetteville
Woolly
Geo. W. Kerlin
Kerlin
Pearl Knott
Woolsy
5Th Infantry
Palmetto
Elijah Strickland on trial for his life in Palmetto
Patmetto Ga April Elijah Strickland the Negro preacher accused by Sam Hose of paying Hose twelve dollars to murder farmer Alfred Crawford was captured by a mob three miles from Palmetto and brought to town for a midnight trial by the arresting mob. Speeches for and against his character were made as the trial continued early Monday.
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PatmeTto
Elijah Strickland
Sam Hose
Newnan
Hose
Alfred Crawford
Palmetto
Vice President Hobart Quits Re Election Citing Health
Washington April 24 Vice President Hobart will not seek re election citing ill health. He has informed political friends including President McKinley of his decision. Like Arkansas Senator Jones he is troubled by heart problems.
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Washington
Hobart
McKinley
Jones
Arkansas
Tragic Train Incident Claims Life in Cammo
Ed Tierney of Louisville is reported killed in a train related accident in Cammo Illinois on April 24. Details remain sparse as authorities investigate the fatality involving a moving train near the local line.
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Cammo, Ill
Ed Tierney
Louisville
A National Commandery Elects Officers In New York
A meeting of the naval and military order of the Spanish American war met in New York on Friday night with Brig. Gen. Cloud presiding. The group decided to incorporate and adopt an insignia, organize a national commandery and adopt a national constitution and by laws. Officers elected included Commander Theodore Roosevelt Col. Theodore Roosevelt U S V senior vice commander Capt. Henry Taylor U S N junior vice commander Brig Gen Wallace Randolph U S V secretary Lieut Dr J Sears U S N treasurer Ensign Frank W Toppan U S N registrar Lieut Theo C Zeregs U S N V chaplain Charles A Parks.
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New York
Gen. Cloud
United States Volunteers
Theodore Roosevelt
Henry Taylor
Wallace Randolph
J. Sears
Frank W. Toppan
U S. N
Theo, C. Zeregs
Charles A. Parks
A Duel With Pitchforks in Curiaco
Horace Scott a black man and Edward Zikmond a white man fought a duel with pitchforks in an alley behind 1830 Indiana Avenue. Scott was stabbed fatally in the breast and died within minutes. Zikmond surrendered to police three hours later after a long standing quarrel over a blocked alley passage and a wager.
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Curiaco
Horace Scott
Edward Zikmond
Indiana Avenue
Scott
Zikmond
Supreme court to adjourn term May twenty third
The United States supreme court will adjourn the present term on May twenty third. The docket call will be suspended on Friday the twenty eighth inst, leaving one week for arguments.
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Wasuvnetos
United States Supreme Court
Wheeling Street Car Strike Improves With Service Restored
Waegine West Virginia April 22 The Wheeling street car strike situation continues to improve with full service restored after renewed efforts to resolve the dispute. City workers and union representatives reported progress as schedules returned to normal and passengers experienced fewer delays.
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Wheeling
Waegine
W. Va
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S. L. Baird
Bastrop, la
Quenqua
Pittsburgh
Prressures
Internal Revenue Officers
Jacobs
Lancaster
Moreantons
Henry Emerson
Milburn Neighbors
Hirsch Coppelman
Surbank
M’kinley
Laurence Sterne
Garrick
Novatches
Gen. Lawton
Gen. MacArthur
City of Kingston
George W. Kerlin
Farmer Crawford
Chicago
Supreme Court
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