Turmoil in Bluefields as General Torres doubles duties
News from Bluefields Nicaragua reports General Torres, allied with Zelaya, demanding immediate double duties from merchants and restricting American consular action. He controls telegraph lines and issues decrees, prompting protests and emergency dispatches to Port Limon. A vessel carried government dispatches after a partial clearance from Torres.
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New Orleans
Bluefields
Nicaragua
Gen- Torres
Ident Zelaya
Ies
Torres
Ling
Washington
Managua
Juan del Sur
Lim
Port Limon
Costa Rica
Republic
Congress
American cruiser Detroit ordered to Bluefields amid Central American unrest
The Detroit lies off LaGuayra and is dispatched to Bluefields Nicaragua to protect American interests. It will briefly stop at Port Limon Costa Rica to confer with the U S consul and may touch Greytown. The action follows General Torres's policies in Bluefields and U S protests, as Costa Rica faces insurrectionary pressure and levies on ports.
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Washington
Detroit
LaGuayra
Venezuela
Bluefields
Nicaragua
Port Limon
Costa Rica
United States
Greytown
State Department
Torres
Rebellion on Negros Island Formed By Bandits
Manila dispatch reports bandits led by Papais attempted uprising on Negros March ith. They killed officials of Damayalan and issued a proclamation calling Titives to rise on Americans and Spaniards. U.S. and local troops pursued, captured Labzid, destroyed the town, and disarmed thirty five sowers while quelling the rebellion.
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Negros
Manila
Uith
Papais
Ith
Sime
California Neitent
Coluboce
Ops
Labzid
Papalteto
Bet
Dead Heroes Reinterred With Full Honors at Arlington
336 Spanish American War dead returned from Cuba were laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery in Washington with full military honors. President McKinley and cabinet attended as government offices closed and flags flew at half mast. Military escorts, guards, and marines participated in a solemn ceremony on a clear day overlooking the Potomac.
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Cuba
Washington
McKinley
Porto Rico
Arlington Cemetery
New York
Crook
Navy Yards
Potomac
Washington Barracks
Fort Myer
Navy Yard
National Guard
District of Columbia
Francis P. Guenther
Fourth Artillery
Potomac River
Lee
Deadly blaze destroys two mansions on East Sixty ninth street
A five story residence of Wallace Andrews and a nearby brownstone owned by Alfred Adams burned in New York City at dawn. Six people died including Mrs St John and her seven year old son. multiple occupants and several firemen were injured as rescuers battled the flames. Missing include Wallace Andrews J St John and his two sons Mary Bolder Flanagan Ann Maria Eve Payson and Kate Roth. The Andrews house lay in a district of wealthy homes near H C Armour and Rothschild properties.
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Andrews
New York City
East Sixtyninth Street
Wallace Andrews
New York Steam Heating Company
Alfred Adams
East Sixty-ninth Street
St. John
Wallace St. John
Andrews House
Vallance Andrews
J. St. John
Mary Bolder
Mary Flanagan
Ann Maria
Eve Payson
Kate Roth
New York
H. C. Armour
Mr. Rothschild
Armour
Rothschild
New Lincoln Monument Proposed by Illinois Legislature
Springfield dispatch reports the house appropriations committee prepared a bill to erect a Lincoln monument in the capital at a cost of 1,000,000 dollars. One hundred thousand dollars would be released immediately, with Congress asked to provide 500,000 and 400,000 to be raised by public subscription. The bill moved to second reading after Wednesday night consideration.
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Springfield
House Committee On Appropriations
Congress
House
Southern Railway to Build New Line From Columbia to Savannah
A Raleigh dispatch reports a Southern railway official says construction of a new line from Columbia, North Carolina to Savannah, Georgia will start this month. Surveys are underway for a southwestward triangle route, with possible extension to Jacksonville if needed, ensuring access to Savannah.
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Columbia
N. C
Savannah
Raleigh
Southern Railway
Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad
Jacksonville
Southern
Aguinaldo Loses Command as Dagupan Evacuated
Cable dispatches from Manila report Aguinaldo’s insurgent forces losing control to General Antonio Luna. The U S proclamation of sovereignty is issued and read in Manila and far beyond as the Charleston shells Dagupan after rebels opened fire on a U S officer. Philippine casualties Feb 4 to Apr 4 reach 1,149 with 181 killed and 965 wounded.
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Manila
Aguinaldo
Antonio Luna
Luna
United States Philippine Commission
Talagog
Malolos
Oceania
Philippine Islands
United States
Charleston
Luzon
Dagupan
Philippines
Washington
Tragedy in Albany as Husband Kills Wife and Infant Then Dies
Walter R. Jackson a leading Albany man killed his wife and their three month old baby Tuesday night and then shot himself. The bodies were found by a servant Wednesday morning. Jackson in a fit of desperation over losing his job at Carter Woolfolk Warehouse and Commission Company is believed to be the killer and suicid e.
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Albany
Walter R. Jackson
Jackson
Carter & Woolfolk Warehouse and Commission Company
President selects Col. Buffington as chief of Ordnance Bureau
The president on Wednesday appointed Colonel Albert S. Buffington to brigadier general and chief of the Bureau of Ordnance, succeeding the late General Flagler.
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Col. Buffington
Ordnance Bureau
Col
Albert S. Buffington
Bureau of Ordnance
General Flagler
Commission to appeal ruling favoring Southern Express
The Georgia railroad commission plans to appeal Judge Emory Speer’s Macon ruling that the commission lacked authority to require payment of revenue stamps or to fine the Southern Express company. The appeal could go to the circuit court of appeals at New Orleans or the U S Supreme Court in Washington.
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Speer
Southern Exapress Company
Emory Speer
Macon
Georgia Railroad Commission
Southern Express Company
Circuit Court of Appeals
New Orleans
Supreme Court of the United States
Washington
England Accepts Plan for Samoan Settlement Commission
A Washington dispatch reports Lord Salisbury has accepted Germany's plan to appoint a tri party commission to settle the Samoan trouble. The plan is broad and temporary, with details to be agreed. The United States also accepts the general proposition and will name its commissioners soon.
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Washington
Lord Salisbury
Germany
United States
State Department
Startling Increase of Crime Reported at Georgia Baptist Convention
Judge John Hillyer presented a crime and lynching report noting rising U S homicide figures. He said 5000 homicides in 1894 and 10000 in 1896, with more killings than Cuba Gettysburg or the Philippines in the past year. He urged legislative action to speed justice and curb lynchings.
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Georgia State Baptist Convention
Savannah
John Hillyer
Atlanta
Superior Court
Hillyer
United States
Insurgents' Power Waning as Rebels Return Home
Manila dispatch dated April 8 reports natives returning to their homes along American lines, drawn by promises of fair treatment. General Otis congratulates the army on its work. Colonel Denby arrives to discuss peace prospects. Otis predicts insurgent collapse as reconnoitering parties and Visayan operations press Aguinaldo's forces back.
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Manila
Edward 8. Otis
Dewey
United States Philippines Commission
Charles Denby
China
Harrison Gray Otis
United States
Sherman
John Hay
Ha'e
Maine
Harry C. Egbert
Twenty-second Infantry
Wheaton
Otis
War Department
Mantza
Washington
Pointe
Malolos
Visayan Islands
General Otis
Department
Aguinaldo
Visayans
Iloilo
Panay
Bohol
Cebu
Negros
United States Authority
Vanderbilt Junior weds Virginia Fair in New York ceremony
Virginia Fair became the bride of William K. Vanderbilt Jr in New York on Tuesday. The ceremony was brief with few relatives present and W K Vanderbilt Sr and Harold Vanderbilt among the few Vanderbilts to kiss the bride.
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New York
Virginia Fair
William K. Vanderbilt, Jr
Mrs. Vanderbilt, Jr
W. K. Vanderbilt, Sr
Harold Vanderbilt
Charges Against Fourth Tennessee Officers Court Martialled
Nashville dispatch reports charges filed against Colonel LeRoy Brown Major W. Tatum and Dr Epler of the Fourth Tennessee regiment recently returned from Cuba by Captain West H Morton. Brown allegedly showed unsoldierly conduct toward his men Tatum faces accusations of profane language and firing on crowds in Trinidad wounding several children. Eplers charges are not stated.
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Fourth Tennessee Regiment
Nashville Dispatch
LeRoy Brown
W. ©. Tatum
Dr. Epler
Cuba
West H. Morton
Brown
Tatum
Trinidad
Epler
Georgia farmer injures arm in wagon tire mishap
A Georgia farmer strikes his arm on a wagon tire causing parassais and suffering an odd injury. The tale is set among outdated medical cures and household anecdotes reflecting old newspaper humor and domestic life.
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Georgia
Beauty to Blood Deep and Sweden Builds Navy
An old advertisement touts Cascarets as a liver cleanse to improve skin with promises of clearing pimples and blemishes for ten cents. Separately, Sweden reports its sixth Niord coast defense ship nearing guns and final equipment, a 3500 ton vessel.
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Sweden
Ite
Niord
To Cure a Cold in One Day and Aged Slave Dies
An old drug ad promises a one day cure with Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets and refunds if ineffective. A ten year old enslaved man named Adam Wyld dies in Augusta Georgia after choosing not to seek freedom and living with his former owner’s family.
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Adam Wyld
Augusta
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