First Acts of the War Sultan Speaks of In vaders as Regulars
War narrative from Constantinople and Greek frontier reports detail Greek regulars entering Turkish territory near Grevena, oath taking by insurgents, and plans of the Ethnike Hetairia. Accounts of clashes at Gravena, Nezeros, and Baltiomeno emerge while European reactions foresee broader conflict and potential declarations of war. Leaders include Amilcare Cipriani and Makris. strategic moves center on Epirus Macedonia and Thrace.
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Associated Press
Larissa
Amilcare Cipriani
Kapsalopoulos
Mylanos
Ziepetros
Zermas
Davelis
Vrakas
Sarantio
Koniskos
Jalabak
Ethnike Hetairia
May Declare War Today The Greek Army Expects Orders
The Times reports from Larissa that Goussio, Ethnike Hetairia envoy, expects important news today and notes Greek Deputies and patriotic leaders favor giving Hetairia initiative. Outposts are strengthened, detachments move under cover. Early raid details indicate Turkish artillery repelled the Greek advance toward Chassanga with 23 killed and 27 wounded.
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London
the Times
Larissa
Goussio
Ethnike Hetairia
Patriotic Movement
Chassanga
Constantine’s Warning on Crete War and Macedonia
Crown Prince Constantine told a St. Petersburg Gazette correspondent at Larissa that Crete should not be acquired and Greece’s future lies in Macedonia not the South. He said he would fight if necessary but would not provoke a crisis, disavowed revolts by Greek rebels, and pledged neutrality until Crete’s status is settled.
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C Hildren
League
Europe
Turk
Crete
Epirus
Macedonia
Thrace
Asia Minor
Greece
Vienna
St. Petersburg
Constantine
Larissa
War Dispatch From Athens Reports King George Talks
London April 11 The Daily Chronicle's special correspondent at Athens Mr Henry Norman will say tomorrow As a result of interviews which were had today Sunday with King George Continued on Second Page.
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London
The
Daily Chronicle
Athens
Henry Norman
King George
Fatal railroad crash near Harrisburg kills three
A Florida Special northbound train and a local southbound passenger train collided at Harrisburg North Carolina at 11 15 AM. Three men died T Clingman Benton postal clerk Titus Budy and Will Donaldson fireman all from nearby towns. Six others injured including engineers Kinney and Tunstall and conductor Lovell. Rescue efforts delayed Benton’s extraction for over an hour and a half.
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Charlotte
N. C
Florida
Southern Railway
Harrisburg
T. Clingman Benton
Titus Budy
Forest Hill
Concord
Will Donaldson
W. Tunstall
Danville
J. C. Kinney
Thomasville
James Lovell
Fitzhugh Lee
Wm. S. Clemens
East Durham
R. E. Gallagher
No. 11
Tunstall
Benton
Donaldson
John Kinney
Kinney
Rout the Royal Troops in Cuba Guerrilla Fight Near Guines
Insurgents attack a column near Guines, forcing Spanish troops back into fortifications after a two hour clash. Cuban forces, led by Captain Manuel Delgado, surged into Gaines area chasing retreating Spaniards. Looting occurred on outskirts, while Spanish commanders faced arrests back at Matanzas for army fund crimes. Minor guerrilla actions reported near Artemesia with small losses.
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Commercial Tribune
Havana
Guines
Manuel Delgado
Hernandez
Gaines
Matanzas
Artimesia
Artemesia
Weyler Reaches Placetas Amid Campaign Reports
Captain General Weyler arrived at Placetas with his staff from Sancti Spiritus via Cien fuegos and Cruces. The city and military authorities greeted him and he expressed satisfaction with the campaign operations during a discussive visit.
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Havana
Weyler
Placetas
Sancti Spiritus
Cienfuegos
Cruces
Foreign Prisoners Released in Cuba Action
Havana April 11 Jose Gonzales Cur belo a naturalized American citizen imprisoned at Guanajay for conspiracy has been freed. Joseph Bofila an Englishman held at Santiago de Cuba has been granted release and will be handed to the British Consul to depart Cuba on the first available steamer.
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Havana
Jose Gonzales Curbelo
Guanajay
Joseph Bofila
Santiago de Cuba
Fall Heir to Millions from German Estate
Fred Mast, a former policeman, learns from his brother in Lancaster Ohio that Lawyer Martin will depart for Germany to secure possession of a two million mark estate left to Mast and his three brothers and one sister by their grandfather, a wealthy Düsseldorf manufacturer. Two siblings reside in Lancaster, another in Washington D C, with the fourth brother involved in the deal.
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Commercial Tribune
Springfield
Fred Mast
John
Lancaster
Martin
Germany
Mast
Dusseldorf
Cyrus
Washington, D. C
A Life Time Spent in Asylums
Jesse Adkins, about eight years old, died last night at the Western Lunatic Asylum near Hopkinsville. He was the first patient admitted when the hospital opened, came from near Covington, and had been in the Eastern Asylum at Lexington for more than fifteen years.
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Commercial Tribune
Hopkinsville
Jesse Adkins
Western Lunatic Asylum
Hopkinsville Asylum
Covington
Lexington
Dwyer Seeks Missing Heir in Troy After Brother’s Death
In Troy on April 11 A J Dwyer of New Orleans searches for John C King of Duquesne Pa who has vanished and is believed to have come to Troy. King’s brother recently died leaving about 100000 dollars to the heir who is the missing man.
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Troy
N. Y
A. J. Dwyer
New Orleans
John C. King
Duquesne
King
Go Down with the Wreck in Nellie Smith Collision
Savannah reports victors and survivors of a wreck with five crewmen lost. Names include Captain Dodg Peabody of Massachusetts, First Mate Assent of Boston, Second Mate Nelson, Martin Simons of Hins, and several seamen. The Nellie Smith collision left these individuals aboard the American barken wreck.
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Savannah
Vivors
Winfield
Babbedge
Frank Conway
Hem
San
Seaman
Dodg Peabody
Mass
Assent
Boston
Nelson
Syn
Martin Simons
Hins
Starved Couple Found In Remote Parkersburg Area
Mrs Sarah McDonald, frail and raving from starvation, was brought to the county jail with her helpless husband, an aged man unable to support her. They were found in a pitiable condition in a remote part of the county, after an apparent crisis of extreme exposure.
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Commercial Tribune
Parkersburg
W.va
Sarah McDonald
Convicts To Be Shipped Shackled From Indiana Prison
At 6 tomorrow morning 340 convicts mustered for removal to the old State Prison South will be shackled in the dining room and chained to train seats. One inmate, William Kennedy, a life prisoner from Rush County, will not be handcuffed. Rev. Hinshaw and other condemned men receive the same treatment. Federal prisoners, about fifty, will travel in an extra car under U S marshal guard with six deputies aboard.
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Commercial Tribune
Jeffersonville
Ind
Old State Prison South
Wm. Kennedy
Rush County
Recorder Baker
Cincinnati
Wm. Hinshaw
pIace Sylvanie
United States
Kercheval
Department of Justice
Washington
Plan for the police scheme to measure all criminals
The National Association of Chiefs of Police plans a central bureau in Washington to store Bertillon measurements and discusses repeal of state requisition laws. Officials from major U.S. and Canadian cities will attend the Pittsburg convention May 11 12 and 18.
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Washington
Commercial Tribune
Pittsburg
National Association of Chiefs of Police
United States
Canada
Washington, D. C
Association
General Fullerton Buried in Chillicothe Funeral Honors
General Fullerton lay in state in a private car of the B and O Railway at Chillicothe Sunday, then funeral services were held at the First Presbyterian Church conducted by the Legion of Honor. The coffin bore an American flag and flowers. Interment followed at Grandview Cemetery as immense crowds watched.
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Commercial Tribune
Chillicothe
General Fullerton
B. & O. Railroad Company
First Presbyterian Church
Legion of Honor
Grandview Cemetery
Sanford Comes Quietly The Indiana Forger Agrees to Return
Indiana forger J. H. Sanford, held in James town New York, agrees to return to Indiana without requisition papers. He will arrive in Fort Wayne Monday afternoon in custody of Police Superintendent Gorslin and Pinkerton detectives.
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Indiana
New York
Commercial Tribune
FT. Wayne
Ind
J. H. Sanford
Jamestown
N. Y
Gorslin
Pinkerton
YWCA Leaders Attend Services and Convention Closing
Twenty four leading YWCA workers made addresses at services in Detroit churches. A special meeting for women was led by Mrs F T Pierson, secretary of the Central Association of Pittsburgh. The International Convention closed tonight at Woodward Avenue Baptist Church.
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Detroit
Mich
Young Women's Christian Association
F. T. Pierson
Central Association
Pittsburg
Woodward Avenue Baptist Church
Georgia Governor's son weds 14 year old in two ceremonies
In Chattanooga on April 11 John P. Atkinson, 16, son of Georgia Governor A Y Atkinson, eloped with Ada Byrd, 14. After two elopements, a log cabin ceremony in Kingston Ga was voided by Georgia law 7. They wed again at I C Fansfield's home in Knoxville and plan a Nashville honeymoon before returning to the governor's mansion.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
John P. Atkinson
A. Y. Atkinson
Georgia
Ada Byrd
Atlanta
Squire McLane
Kingston
I. Cansfield
Nashville
Young Atkinson
Ornor
Dolphin Anchored Expected To Return To White House
The president did not return as expected this morning. Dolphins anchored in the Potomac may appear in the city tonight so the president can attend to office affairs tomorrow. Public Printer Palmer seeks to bypass civil service norms by demanding resignations from non Democrats, claiming better service for the Government Printing Office.
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White House
Commercial Tribune
Washington
Potomac
Palmer
Civil Service
Beheadings and Brutal War Tales From Brazzaville
Correspondence from Brazzaville describes Merchand’s expedition in January 1897. White officers lead 14 and 163 Senegalese soldiers against native villages along the Manyanga road, with mass killings and village burnings reported. Mobyalla’s village is burned. his head is said to have been brought to Brazzaville. The campaign aims to advance up the Mobangi River and secure French and Belgian interests while clashing with Arabs on Henry M. Stanley’s old routes.
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Associated Press
Brazzaville
Africa
Merchand
Manyange
Mobangi
Equator
Merchands
Manyanga
Quello
Quello River
Mobyalla
Alo
Loango
Mobangi River
Dhanis
Equatorial Lakes
Nile
Henry M. Stanley
Aruwimi
Kentucky Senate Bribery Plot Tangles in April Fallout
Commercial Tribune reports growing revulsion over Gaines and Tanner bribery charges as Hunter managers gain ground. Grand Jury in Franklin County to hear denials from Hunter, Franks, Wilson. political lines split with Democrats, a Populist, and a Republican. Emerson notes Gaines denies ties to any senator contest.
Hunter and Associates Summoned Before Grand Jury
Special Dispatch to Commerce Tribune from Frankfort Kentucky reports Attorney General Tyler representing Dr. Hunter along with Wilson and Franks asking County Attorney Polsgrove to summon them before the grand jury tomorrow. Subpoenas will be issued. The Gaines family division over Noel Gaines’s bribery case is noted, Howard Gaines condemning his brother. Delays in election and party maneuvers are described as the grand jury’s report looms. Sam M. Taylor weighs Hunter forces, while rumors of Noel Gaines meeting Bradley stir suspense at Hunter HQ. Governor Bradley reportedly sought a denial from Gaines regarding a Cincinnati paper story implicating him.
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Gaines
Wilson
Franks
Hunter
Commercial Tribune
Blackburn
Grand Jury
Franklin County
Messrs
Walter P. Emerson
Commerciaty Tribune
Frankfort
Tyler
Dr. Hunter
Polsgrove
Noel Gaines
Howard Gaines
Sound Money Democrats
Sam M. Taylor
Ohio
Bradley
Cincinnati
Today
Quarrel Over Gambling Ends in Double Killing
A shooting affray at McElroy's Hall Altman Colo left Jack Cox dead after fatally shooting Bob Daly and wounding Harry Miner and Sam Lashey. Cox was shot by Town Marshal O'Brien in the street and died later at the hospital. The feud grew from a gambling table dispute.
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Cripple Creek
Colo
McElroy
Altman
Jack Cox
Bob Daly
Harry Miner
Sam Lashey
Daly
Cox
O’brien
POPS OUST THE FACULTY AT K S STATE COLLEGE
Manhattan Kansas April 11 The Board of Regents purge expands from the resignation of Prof George T Fairchild to the dismissal of fourteen faculty and staff at the Kansas State Agricultural College. No charges filed. nine of the old faculty remain. Names include Failyer Popeno Lantz Kedsie Winship Brown Thompson Georgeson Hitchcock Mason Graham Mayo.
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Manhattan, Kas
George T. Fairchild
Kansas State Agricultural College
Board of Regents
Fairchild
George H. Failyer
Edwin A. Popeno
David E. Lantz
Nellie S. Kedsie
Elida E. Winship
Alex. S. Brown
John 8. C. Thompson
Murder Reported in Conneaut: August Jacobson Found Dead
Police investigate a murder claim after August Jacobson was found with his throat cut in a room above Mattson's saloon in Conneaut. Witnesses debate whether it was homicide or self-inflicted. Jacobson, aged 381, widowed, is listed as the deceased.
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Commercial Tribune
Conneaut, .O
Harber
August Jacobson
Mattson
Jacobson
Funeral of Voorhees Escorts From Congress to Indiana
Remains of ex Senator Voorhees to lie in state at the Indiana Capitol in Indianapolis before burial in Terre Haute. Funeral services will be held in St John s Episcopal Church Washington and the body will depart by Chesapeake Ohio express at 2 30 this afternoon. Honorary pallbearers include Senators Morrill Turpie J K Jones Wilson Cullom ex Senator Butler Judge Lawrence Weldon and Richard J Bright. Governor Mount approves the plan to lie in state en route to Terre Haute.
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Washington
Voorhees
Indiana
Terre Haute
Capitol
Indianapolis
Governor Mount
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Pennsylvania Railroad
Wilson
Chesapeake & Ohio Express
Morrill
Turpie
J. K. Jones
Cullom
Butler
Lawrence
Weldon
Richard J. Bright
Spokane
Wash
Depositors Denounce Spalding and Ex-Governor at Bankmeet
Eight hundred Globe Savings Bank depositors in Chicago gathered to condemn C W Spalding and fellow officers over the bank failure. They appointed an Executive Committee to pursue legal action and demanded a State Banking Department and stricter laws for defaulting bankers. Ex Governor Altgeld drew sharp denunciations as cries urged liability and punishment.
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Chicago
Globe Savings Bank
C. W. Spalding
Altgeld
Penitentiary
Spalding
General Assembly
President Brainard Burned in Gas Explosion
H. M. Brainard, head of the Brainard piano firm, was seriously burned at his East Cleveland home when a gas leak ignited after he struck a match. He was taken to Huron Street Hospital as the house burned and logs valued at 15 000 dollars were destroyed.
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Commercial Tribune
Cleveland
H. M. Brainard
Simpson as Embarrasser in House Adjournments
Washington April 11 The House plans three day adjournments this week with Jerry Simpson of Kansas likely to press for a quorum to approve the journal. Democrats doubt aid, inaction by leaders may limit his harassing moves while armor plate legislation could arise under a special order if decided.
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Washington
House
Jerry Simpson
Kansas
Committee On Rules
Yazoo River Water Volume Forecast Doom For State
Rising water from the Yazoo River threatens downstream areas as forecasts anticipate continued flooding and record river levels. Authorities warn of potential damage to homes roads and farms while mobilizing emergency response resources.
Flooded Mississippi Valley Looms Over Basin Losses
The Weather Bureau maps April floods across Mississippi, Arkansas, Missouri, Tennessee and Louisiana. It warns of potential Yazoo backflow into the main river near Vicksburg and possible levee breaks that could flood Northeastern Louisiana again. The report details submerged farms, livestock values, crop stocks, and regional wealth, with Mississippi holding the largest stake at about $42 million. Data covers 15,800 square miles under water, 3.8 million acres affected, and 39,500 farms across four states, plus population shifts and racial distribution in affected districts. Continued on Second Page.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Mississippi
Mississippi River
Yazoo
Vicksburg
Milliken’s Landing
Louisiana
Mississippi Valley
Cairo
Ill
Department of Agriculture
Department
Arkansas
Missouri
Tennessee
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Tyrnagos
Elassona
Mt. Olympus
Gravena
Baltimon
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Chasseurs
Islam Pasha
Times
Arta
Sfanos
Constantine Manos
Grevana
George
Acedonia
Turkey
Kakopleora
Mt. Hindus
Thessalian
Chronicle
Fonika
Baltino
Kakoplevra
United Greece
Charlotte, N. C
Nellie Smith
Rev. Hinshaw
Sanford
Mr. and
Mrs. Atkinson
Ebbitt
W.O. Telford
Columbus
Wm. Hett
Akron
Shoreham
Edward Senior
Arlington
Fayette Brown
Riggs
W D. Holt
Holt, Ky
Willard
S—A. T. Cozalet
Kentland
J. L. Leighty
St. Joe
St. James
Ed Zerholst
Sandusky
Joseph P. Smith
W. P. Hazen
Secret Service
Brooklyn
Hunter— Grand Jury
Kentucky
Tanner
Pops
Conneaut
Indiana Capitol
Houses of Congress
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Embarrasser
Will
Yazoo River
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