Alger to resign as Hastings named Secretary of War
Washington reports Secretary Alger plans retirement after Court of Inquiry findings. General Russell Hastings of Massachusetts is expected to be offered and possibly accept the post of Secretary of War. The President may visit Michigan to show cordial ties with Alger and reassure the public of a smooth transition.
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Russell Hastings
Quiry
Alger
Massachusetts
General Hastings
White House
Washington
Bureau of American Republics
Hastings
Twenty-third
Ohio
McKinley
Bermuda
Perso
Navy
Michigan
Hanna
General Alger
Smallpox Found At Reform School In Delaware Ohio
The second smallpox case is reported at the Girls Industrial Home in Delaware. Victim Valera Kepp, 12, from Champaign County, had been at the home a year. She belongs to the same family as Lizzie Biddison of Athens County, ill in hospital with the disease for four weeks. Judge Isaac W. Tayler presides over the George trial in progress.
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Commercial Tribune
Delaware
Girls’ Industrial
State Reformatory
Valera Kepp
College No. 2
Champaign County
Lizzie Biddison
Athens County
Last Honors For 336 Spanish American War Dead
Arlington Cemetery tribute with President McKinley and Cabinet honoring 336 officers and men buried in two acre plot. 70 percent identified, 30 percent unnamed. Lieutenant K S Turman of the Sixth Infantry among those laid to rest as bands played and religious services concluded with taps.
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Washington
Arlington Cemetery
McKinley
Potomac
Lee Mansion
Ft. Myer
Edgar Hubert
Eighth United States Infantry
L. S. Barnett
Ninth United States Infantry
Wm. Wood
Twelfth
United States Infantry
K. S. Turman
Sixth
Francis Creighton
United States Volunteers
Signal Corps
Fourth
Fifth Artillery
Ft.McPherson
Potomac Bridge
Miles
Saul
Four Men Fail Robbery At Wellsville Bank
Four men attempted to rob the Wellsville bank near Montgomery City Missouri but could not open the vault and left with nothing. They bound and gagged night watchman Conrad Mentz at the depot and beat citizen Samuel Knipfel, then vanished.
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Montgomery City
Wellsville
Here
Conrad Mentz
Calaboose
Mentz
Samuel Knipfel
Free Abe Rothschild and Standfield Escape From Train
Two criminals Abe Rothschild and Albert Standfield, handcuffed together, escaped from Deputy Marshal Peck by leaping from a moving train at Vincennes Indiana. A posse searched for them with no capture. They faced charges of using the U S mail for fraudulent purposes and were being taken to Indianapolis for trial when the escape occurred.
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Commercial Tribune
Vincennes
Ind
Abe Rothschild
Albert Standfield
United States
Marshal Peck
Rothschild
Standfield
Princeton
Evansville
Indianapolis
United States District Court
No Bids for Ernest Bazin Roller Boat at Liverpool Auction
The French roller boat Ernest Bazin was offered at auction in Liverpool with no bids. Launched in 1899 at St Denis, France, it is a rectangular iron box on six lenticular rollers with 750 horsepower machinery aimed at rolling over water to speed transatlantic voyages from Havre to New York in four days.
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Liverpool
Ernest Bazin
St. Denis
France
Havre
New York
Republicans Sweep Huntington City Election
In Huntington West Virginia on April 6 the Republican slate won the entire ticket, with possibly one council seat remaining in dispute. The contest was described as the most exciting in years.
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Commercial Tribune
Huntington
W. Va
Jury Pool In Box Narrowed as Defendants Delay
Canton report says twelve jurors qualified in Mrs George trial with defense holding nine peremptory challenges. Efforts to locate witness Mrs Elizabeth Parks and Eva Althouse faced uncertain results as juror fate rests with defense.
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Commercial Tribune
Canton
George
Mr. Welty
Elizabeth Parks
New York City
Saxton
Eva Althouse
West Elizabeth
Funeral for Lieutenant M. B. Robinson Held in Shreve
The funeral for Lieutenant M. B. Robinson of Company H Eighth Regiment was conducted by Garfield Lodge F and A M at Shreve this afternoon. He died of typhoid fever in Brooklyn after returning from aiding in grave identifications of Eighth Regiment soldiers from Santiago aboard the Roumania. He was 49.
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Commercial Tribune
Wooster
M. 8. Robinson
Eighth Regiment
Shreve
Garfield Lodge
A. M
Robison
Brooklyn
Cuba
Eighth
Santiago
May Lose Barracks in Columbus Report Condemns Site
An official War Department report condemns the Columbus Barracks surroundings as unsatisfactory and unsightly. It cites neglected streets, bad drainage, impassable access, garbage dumps near the south front, unsanitary streetcars, and lack of police protection, warning abandonment may follow.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
War Department
Mrs David Harpster Dead Granddaughter of Cincinnati Publisher
Mrs David Harpster widow of the wool king of the United States died at her Harpster home at noon today aged 57 from intestinal obstruction. Born in Xenia she married in 1877 and was granddaughter of William Maxwell who edited Cincinnati's first newspaper. Funeral set for Saturday afternoon.
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Commercial Tribune
Upper Sandusky
David Harpster
United States
Harpster
Xenia
William Maxwell
Cincinnati
Alaska relief expedition rushed from Seattle to Valdez
Acting Secretary Meiklejohn announced urgency due to widespread destitution in Alaska. Captain Abercrombie's Copper River expedition is ordered to depart Seattle by the 12th with a target to reach Valdez by the 19th. War Department aims to speed relief efforts.
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Washington
Meiklejohn
Alaska
Abercrombie
Copper River
Seattle
Valdez
War Department
Sweden votes funds for rifles and fortifications
Stockholm report says on April 6 the Riksdag voted 2,388,000 crowns for rifles and 2,200,000 crowns for fortification improvements. The measures reflect Sweden moving to strengthen military capabilities.
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Stockholm
Riksdag
Three Emperors to Meet in Polish Town
Dispatches from Troppau say the three emperors may meet in autumn at Skierniwice Poland a town forty two miles from Warsaw.
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Berlin
Troppau
Austrian Silesia
Skierniwice
Poland
Warsaw
Tragedy on Panhandle Bridge Ends John Haney Life
Steubenville reports John Haney a section hand fell 130 feet from the Panhandle bridge on the West Virginia side of the river and was instantly killed.
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Commercial Tribune
Steubenville, O
John Haney
Panhandle
West Virginia
Will Ride Free Tom Johnson on Municipal Street Cars
Cleveland April 6 Hon Tom L Johnson street car magnate predicts a future where people ride free on municipal street cars. He argues municipal control is as workable as postal delivery and exposes corruption by openness and public examination of operations.
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Cleveland
Tom L. Johnson
Confirmation of Indiana Boy Wounded Near Manila
Parents of Charles Groves of New Albany receive telegram from the Adjutant General confirming that Groves was wounded near Manila. He was shot in the hip and faces serious injuries that may cripple him for life. Groves served in the Twenty second Infantry and is engaged to a local woman.
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Commercial Tribune
New Albany
Ind
Charles Groves
Washington
Young Groves
Manila
Groves
Twenty-second Infantry
Butcher fatally stabbed by plumber near Macon City Hall
Gus Tidwell a Macon butcher was stabbed to death by Charles Burge a plumber in public view near the City Hall as both men had been summoned to the Police Court for a fight connected to the murderer's sister. Twenty officers shoppers and citizens witnessed the crime triggering intense excitement in Macon Georgia.
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Macon
Gus Tidwell
Charles Burge
Mob Hangs Two Black Men After Farm Death in Mississippi
In Brooksville Mississippi on April 6 Forest Jamison confessed to choking stock farmer T H Cleland to death while Mose Anderson held his feet. A mob of about 200 secured the two Black men and killed them by hanging. An inquest labeled Cleland’s death murder.
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Brooksville
Miss
Forest Jamison
Mose Anderson
T. H. Cleland
Cleland
High Hat Ban Reaches Broad Street Church
In Columbus Ohio trustees of Broad Street Methodist Church decree no hats in pews. Women must leave bonnets on floor or elsewhere not in view. Men will see the pastor without obstructions. Rule begins April 16 after a two week delay for objections to be discussed at home.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Broad Street Methodist Church
Reverend Palmer declines Wooster University presidency
Rev. S S Palmer, pastor of Broad Street Presbyterian Church, declined the Wooster University presidency offered to him. Westminster Presbyterian Church accepted the resignation of its pastor Dr A E E Taylor with regret, likely uniting with Second Presbyterian. Broad Street Church plans to switch to individual communion cups after debate.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
S. S. Palmer
Broad Street Presbyterian Church
Wooster University
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Second Presbyterian
A. E. E. Taylor
Boy Burned to Death in Richmond Fire
In Richmond Indiana on April 6 the young son of Frank Burr was fatally burned when his clothing ignited from a fighting match during an incident described as a fire accident.
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Commercial Tribune
Richmond
Ind
Frank Burr
Hard line on clerk election sparks party clash at city board
Mr McCallister denounces demagogues and hypocrisy during the Board of City Affairs meeting urging a Republican clerk. He demands postponing the clerk election for ten days and stresses partisan control of board records, naming no personal grievance with Mr Speltmire.
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Speltmire
McCallister
Board of City Affairs
New City Affairs Board Swears In New Members
At 10 oclock the Board of City Affairs convened as gloom hung over appointees. John Renor named assistant timekeeper, Henry Heilker law clerk. Jerry Mulroy and others present as Fischer tribute noted. Nieman elected president, Miller vice president amid orderly adjournment.
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Fischer Club
Ward
Board of City Affairs
Ike Miller
Grogan
Messrs. Fischer and
McCallister
Wade Halllis
Rattermann
Jerry Mulroy
Battlesments
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