Peace in sight as Samoan settlement advances
Special dispatch reports a shift toward a peaceful diplomatic settlement in Samoa. Britain accepts Germany's demand for a unanimous decision by the Joint High Commission, enabling the Badger to sail with commissioners to Apia by late April. Hanna to lead a National Committee meeting in Washington, shaping next year’s presidential campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Department of State
Europe
Scretary
Hay
Baron Speck-Von Sternberg
Joint High Commission
Berlin
War Department
Apia
Pacific Coast
United States
Badger
Navy Department
Callao
San Francisco
Samoa
Hanna
Washington
Thomasville
Capital
New York
North
Republican National Committee
Diplomatic snubs widen rift in Western Hemisphere diplomacy
Article reports a continental move to exclude Western Hemisphere diplomats from inner circles, noting past snubs by Spanish and Portuguese ministers toward Latin American envoys. It cites social remedies by prominent society women, a Hay dinner inviting European and Latin diplomats, and discusses potential Bureau of American Republics directorship candidates like Will Cumback and Hoyt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senor Aspiroz
Senor
Pan-America
Western Hemisphere
Central
South America
Mexico
Viscount Santo-Thurso
Senor de Lome
Spain
Hay
M. Cambon
Guatemala
Nicaragua
Bureau of American Republics
General Hastings
Will Cumback
Indiana
Hoyt
Wyoming
Cumback
Protested to Col Hay over billboards on his Cleveland lot
A Cleveland woman writes to Secretary of State John Hay demanding the removal of a large rainbow colored medicine advertisement billboard on Colonel Hay’s Prospect Street property. She notes neighbors share the nuisance and urges action under the Golden Rule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of State
Commercial Tribune
Cleveland
John Hay
State Department
Washington
Hay
C. T. Bocifield
Prospect Street
Huntington Street
Wheeler Seeks Active Duty in Philippines
General Joseph Wheeler visited the White House and stated his wish for active service in the Philippines. He warned he would resign if not assigned and expects to resign before the Fifty sixth Congress convenes to take his seat in the House of Representatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Joseph Wheeler
White House
Philippines
Fifty-sixth Congress
House of Representatives
FIERCE PRAIRIE FIRES BURN RANCHES AND LIVESTOCK
Prairie fires swept through Newport and surrounding counties on Tuesday with strong winds. Henry Habercost John Mauch Jonas Conrad W Beebesness E Sixberry and Opp brothers lost ranch buildings hay stocks and cattle. Fire spread into Holt and Garfield counties reaching North Platte by late morning. George W Misner burned at Loup City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport
Neb
Henry Habercost
John Mauch
Jonas Conrad
W. Beebesness
E. Sixberry
Opp Brothers
Holt
Garfield
Ogallala
Keith County
North Platte
Holcomb Brothers
Jonathan Smith
Farnstroms
Nebraska
Loup City
George W. Misner
Washington Township
Sheriff serves restraining order in plate glass strike
Anderson Ind April 13 Sheriff T W Moore served 40 copies of Judge Ryans restraining order on strike leaders in the plate glass plant enjoining near plant assembly or intimidation of workers. Strikers are quiet. danger centers on arrival of imported replacements to take jobs in the mails.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Anderson
Ind
T. W. Moore
Alexandria
Judge Ryan
Shanty Fire Kills Two Young Men in Debauch Spree
A shanty housing ten men sleeping off a spree burned in St. Louis on April 13. James Hogan died in the blaze Basil Carroll was dying and James Kenneferick was seriously burned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
James Hogan
Basil Carroll
James Kenneferick
Spanish Gunboats Stripped in Mindanao Affair Sparks Suspicion
Francisco Reyes, buyer of the Mindanao gunboats, learned the fleet sailed to Manila and returned with weapons removed. Spaniards and Reyes agents swapped the ships, rebels reportedly boarded, arming losses blamed on misissued orders. In Malolos area, dawn swamp attack on the Third Artillery left two private soldiers dead and several wounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petrel
Zamboanga
Senor Reyes
Third Artillery
Paomban
Malolos
Montana
Saloon Keeper Edward Wharton Shoots Self Near Hustead
Edward Wharton, a Springfield saloon keeper wanted for attempted murder of Joseph Kelly, shot himself to death near the Panhandle Railroad track six miles south of the city. Coroner and police traced the body to Clark County, noting a memorandum: I was drove to it. Good-by to all. Kelly survived the quarrel that preceded the fatal act.
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Commercial Tribune
Springfield
Edward Wharton
Joseph Kelly
Panhandle
Hustead
Yellow Springs
Clark County
Greene
Henry Schaefer
Richard Smith
Wharton
Norming Wharton
Clifton Street
Kelly
Humbert Reviews Troops in Rain at Sardinia Visit
King Humbert and Queen Margherita, during a Sardinia visit, walked to review the garrison in heavy rain. They received enthusiastic cheers as they stood at the saluting point before returning to the palace. French Vice Admiral Fournier, with staff, arrived in state cars to present a letter from President Loubet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cagliari
Sardinia
Humbert
Margherita
Fournier
Mediterranean
Levant
Loubet
France
Volcano disaster report from Honolulu voyage
Passengers aboard the City of Rio de Janeiro from Honolulu report March 23 bottom of the great volcano in the Sandwich Islands collapsed. Clouds of dust and smoke rose, landslides followed, Volcano House guests were alarmed then reassured. A 150 foot crater hole appeared, with possible crater depth 800 feet below mouth. Further developments awaited.
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Sandwich Islands
San Francisco
Rio de Janeiro
Honolulu
Volcano House
Great Rush of Young Finns to United States Seen
In Hull England on April 13 a large influx of Finnish youth seeks migration to the United States to escape a Nicholas decree expanding Russian military and naval forces. The steamer Arctur brought 315 men from Hango, with 202 more arriving earlier, and reports say many more will follow.
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Hull
England
United States
Nicholas
Finland
Arctur
Hango
Warren Episcopal Church seeks new rector in Warren
A call was tonight sent to Rev. Frederick T. Webb of Minneapolis to become rector of the Episcopal Church in Warren, to succeed Rev. A. A. Abbott, who was appointed Archdeacon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Warren
Frederick T. Webb
Minneapolis
Episcopal Church
A. A. Abbott
Stenographer Falls Sixty Feet in Indianapolis Hotel
Charles Graham, stenographer for the I. & W and the P C C st L railroads, fell from the Grand Opera House Hotel top story to the sidewalk sixty feet below. He survived with a basal brain fracture, condition critical yet possible recovery, attributed in part to intoxication. his father is a Louisville court reporter.
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Graham
St. L
Louisville
Indiana couple defies parents to wed in Brazil
Nancy Goodin, 17, of a farm family near Brazil Indiana, arranged secret marriage with William Yocom after a threatened parental gunmen. the groom fled to Illinois but returned as the engagement remains firm and the wedding is planned within days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Brazil
Ind
Nancy Goodin
John Goodin
William Yocom
Illinois
Ten Smallpox Patients on Lahn Arriving at New York
The North German Lloyd steamer Lahn arrived from Bremen and Southampton with 62 cabin and 283 steerage passengers. Ten cases of smallpox were reported on board, including three infants. No deaths occurred. Patients and mothers of the infants were moved to Riverside Hospital on North Brother Island while the rest of the steerage group was sent to Hoffman Island for fourteen days of detention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bremen
Southampton
Riverside Hospital
North Brother Island
Hoffman Island
Austria Full-Rigged Vessel Reported Lost Near Halifax
The Austria a 3000 ton full rigged ships owned by Churchill and Son of Hantzport Nova Scotia left Mobile Alabama for Belfast Ireland near the end of January. She should have completed the voyage in forty to forty five days. The vessel valued at about $100000 with cargo worth $40000 carries a crew of about twenty three. At Lloyds the ship is being reinsured at eight guineas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halifax
N.S
Austria
Churchill & Son
Hantzport
N. S
Mobile
Ala
Belfast
Ireland
Lloyd's
Electric Experts See Murphy Third Rail Test At Coney Island
On April 13 three special Brooklyn elevated trains carried 500 men to Manhattan Beach for the public test of the Murphy third rail electric system. The single 2000 foot test track ran between the Oriental and Manhattan Beach Hotels with a 1 minute 16 second run. Vanderbilt Jr attended with railroad and electrical engineers watching the safety system that uses automatic switches and a central third rail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
New York
Brooklyn
Manhattan Beach
Oriental
John McLeod Murphy
Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr
Riot at Dayton Jail Ends With Sheriff Wounding Suspect
In Dayton Tennessee two prisoners Lew Gormany and Jack Harris led an uprising at the Dayton Jail. About forty inmates caused chaos threatening to tear the jail down. The sheriff fired his pistol, wounding Gormany in the abdomen and lodging a bullet in his back. He is expected to die. several others were injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Chattanooga
Tenn
Lewis Gormany
Jack Harris
Dayton
Germany
Several Ohio firms formed to build telephony network
In Columbus on April 13 the Union Central Savings Bank Company of Toledo The Oakland Land Company of East Liverpool and The Ohio Telephone Construction Company of Butler Richland County were incorporated with capital stocks of 50000 20000 and 10000 respectively to construct telephone lines linking Sandusky Norwalk Elyria Wooster Ashland Millersburg Mansfield Marion Mt Vernon Bucyrus Mt Gilead Newark Circleville Waverly Lancaster Chillicothe and Portsmouth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Union Central Savings Bank Company
Toledo
Capital Stock
Oakland Land Company
East Liverpool
Ohio Telephone Construction Company
Butler
Richland County
Sandusky
Norwalk
Elyria
Wooster
Ashland
Millersburg
Mansfield
Marion
Mt. Vernon
Bucyrus
Mt. Gilead
Newark
Circleville
Waverly
Lancaster
Chillicothe
Portsmouth
Mrs George Considers Killing Saxton in Trial Testimony
Canton court hears sensational testimony as Mrs George reveals plans to kill Saxton. Attorney Werntz details conversations where she discussed revolvers and a possible murder. Defense seeks alibi angles while prosecutors press on perilous motive and threats connected to Saxton’s death.
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Commercial Tribune
Canton
George
Saxton
Lorin C. Wise
High Street
Hazlett Avenue
Lincoln Avenue
Third Street
Tuscarawas Street
Tuscara
South Street
Dueber Street
Justice’s Court
Taylor
Werntz
Mrs. George
Catholic Educational Congress elects Conaty president
Chicago April 13 At the session of the Catholic Educational Congress Mer Thomas J. Conaty was elected president and standing committees were appointed. Delegates then entered secret session to discuss the drift toward non Catholic colleges. Very Rev L A Delarrey read a paper urging Catholics to improve breeding manners and science instruction at Catholic colleges. The convention adjourned to meet the first Wednesday after Easter in 1900.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. A. Delarrey
Chicago
Catholic Educational Congress
Thomas J. Conaty
St. Thomas College
Villanova
John A Barnes Weds Miss Anna Minch in Secret Ohio Ceremony
John A Barnes former husband of the wife of Trenton mayor Frank A Magowan secretly married Miss Anna Minch yesterday in Warren Ohio. They returned to Glenville Cleveland and plan to live there. The bride, 27, is the daughter of the late Captain Minch who drowned with his family in the Western Reserve disaster on Lake Superior. The couple had dated about two years and kept the engagement private due to Barnes Magowan troubles.
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Cleveland, O
John A. Barnes
Frank A. Magowan
Trenton
N. J
Anna Minch
Warren
Glenville
Cleveland
Captain Minch
Western Reserve
Minch
Lake Superior
Barnes
Miss Minch
Barnes-Magowan
Dewey A Republican Joins Philadelphia Young Republicans
Admiral George Dewey, hero of Manila Bay, becomes an honorary member of the Young Republicans of Philadelphia. At the April meeting, President Horace Gaw announced the news after recording secretary John C. Lindsay read Dewey’s letter from Manila Bay dated February 25, 1899, expressing thanks for the honor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Philadelphia
George Dewey
Manila Bay
Young Republicans of
Popular Organization
Horace D. Gaw
John C. Lindsay
Olympia
John R. Wiggins
Young Republicans
Girl cuts her throat in Findlay after distress over betrayal
Alice Worch, 20, daughter of a prominent merchant tailor in Findlay Ohio, killed herself at noon using a razor. She had recently given birth to a baby and remained despondent, withholding the name of her betrayal from her parents before dying with the secret.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Findlay
Alice Worch
Mexico under Yankee purchase warned by El Pais
A Mexico City report from April 13 cites El Pais accusing U S buyers of draining Mexican wealth. The paper laments land and business losses, claiming starvation of patriotism and a shift of urban, rural, mining properties into foreign hands. The piece portrays Mexico as being reduced to a skeleton of mendicancy in the face of Yankee money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
el Pais
Mexico
Yankees
City OF
C. P. Huntington
Iron Mountain
Durango
Will Creates Girls School Endowment in Ohio
In Cleveland on April 43 Judge John C. Hutchins spoke on the late Wallace C. Andrews will. He said the Wil loughby school for girls would be finely endowed if the wishes are carried out. The estate is believed to be about 4 million dollars.
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Cleveland, O
Wallace C. Andrews
New York
Willoughby
John C. Hutchins
Cleveland
Andrews
Governor Bushnell Reappoints State Board Members
Columbus Ohio April 13 Governor Bushnell reappointed Joseph Bishop to the State Board of Arbitration and Conciliation General R Brinkerhoff of Mansfield and Judge M D Follett of Marietta to the Board of State Charities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Bushnell
Joseph Bishop
State Board of Arbitration and Conciliation
R. Brinkerhoff
Mansfield
M. D. Follett
Marietta
Board of State Charities
Belmont Dinner Honors Thomas Jefferson With Ten Dollar Feast
A Belmont dinner event celebrated the legacy of Thomas Jefferson, featuring a ten dollar per plate feast. Organizers touted historic ties and civic ideals, inviting attendees to reflect on Jeffersonian principles as the community gathered for a formal evening.
Rose Banks Piled High at Evening Event
Detective Sergeants in evening dress mingled with guests at a public reception honoring Rose Banks, drawing attention from local dignitaries and attendees. The social occasion highlighted community ties and featured remarks by officials noting Banks’s contributions.
Jefferson Birthday Dinner Aisles Florals At Met Opera House
A New York Democratic Club dinner honoring Thomas Jefferson's birthday was held at the Metropolitan Opera House. The vast dining hall featured thirty-two rose and fern laden tables, alabaster swans, fruit horns, and cardinal silk ribbons, with a Louis XIV palace stage setting and four electric chandeliers illuminating the elegant scene. The seating formed two rows alongside a proscenium arch arrangement on a temporary floor lifting. Addressed guests occupied principal tables, under a west end inscription marking the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thirty-ninth
Fortieth
Louis XIV
Banquet at Waldorf Acknowledges Jefferson Legacy
A large Jefferson themed dinner at the Waldorf Astoria drew about 1 500 guests amid heavy security from Captain Price and 32 police, with detectives and firemen guarding entrances. Perry Belmont delivered a long speech praising Jefferson’s doctrines including civil supremacy, entangling alliances, and sound public finances.
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Richard Croker
Perry Belmont
Scanner
Sexton
Croker
McKinley
Waldorf-Astoria
John Stanchfield
Frederick C. Schraub
Robert D. Roosevelt
General J. Catlin
Amos J. Cummings
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MR. Hanna
Discour
Tesy
By Hal D. Landon
Baron von Sternberg
C. N. Elliot
Bartlett Tripp
Yankton
South Dakota
Commission
Rose
Herr Raffel
National Committee
General Alger
Wheeler
Active Duty
Manila
Francisco Reyes
Zamboanaga
Island of
Mindanao
Butuan
Bos
MR. Abbott
Indianapolis
Charles
Grand Opera House
Malady
Coney Island
N. Y
Vanderbilt
NEW
Ohio
Dewey
Admiral
Girl
Betrayer
Willoughby, O
Thomas Jefferson
Belmont
The
Democratic Club
Thomas Jeffer
Metropolitan
Opera House
Jefferson
Captain Price
Tenderloin
Mr. Croker
Democratic Party
Congress
John Quincy Adams
Madison
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