U S Aids Britain in Boer War Bills and Trade Talks
Washington April 15 secretaries Wilson and Roosevelt discuss how American wheat growers will share the burden of breadstuffs taxes used to fund Britain’s Boer War. They note the UK as a major buyer and emphasize continued prosperity of trade and South African renaissances while debating the Cuba reciprocity measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Otto Carmichael
Washington
United States
Agriculture
Wilson
Afl
England
Russia
Erlend
United Kingdom
Probe of Cruelty in the Philippines Demands Full Inquiry
Court martialed officials call for a full investigation into alleged cruelty in the Philippines. Testimony in the Waller trial is presented as a catalyst for action, with the cause of action tied to General Smith and related military conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippines
Waller
General Smith
Old aristocrats fear German nobility's doom
Berlin reports a dispute over the merit of the Prussian aristocracy versus the American moneyed class. Prominent figures like Albert Ballin and Ernest Von Mendelssohn-Bartholdy are favored by Emperor William, while Das Deutsche Adelsblatt warns that industry and finance may supplant traditional nobility. The paper cautions the nobility to adapt, asserting Germans may favor the German type of aristocrats over Americans.
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Berlin
Germany
Prince Henry of
Prussia
United States
Albert Ballin
L. M. Goldberger
Imperial German Consulting Board For Commercial
Ernest von Mendelssohn- Bartholdy
House of Lords
William
Das Deutsche Adelsblatt
Henry
Das Adelsblatt
Record Runs Set by Continental Limited and Burlington Trains
Springfield reports the Continental Limited on the Wabash Railroad covered 180 miles in 180 minutes from Tilton to Granite City with five stops. Danville to Decatur ran 71 610 miles in 70 minutes including Tolono and Bement. Omaha notes Burlington Road’s Eckley to Wrayl run of 148-10 miles at 98.6 mph on March 2, beating previous records. conductor J H Burns provided the report.
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Springfield
Continental Limited
Wabash
Tilton
Granite City
Danville
Decatur
Tolono
Bement
Omaha
Neb
Burlington Road
Eckley
Wrayl
Col
Burlington
J. H. Burns
Elks Buy Bedford Hotel for National Home
Roanoke news confirms the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks purchased the Hotel Bedford in Bedford City. The building will be converted into a National Elks Home. The price is reported as $11,000 with Bedford City on the Norfolk and Western Railway between Roanoke and Lynchburg.
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Roanoke
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Bedford
Bedford City
National Elks
Norfolk & Western
Lynchburg
Student shoots Russian Interior Minister in St Petersburg lobby
In St Petersburg on April 15 the Minister of the Interior M Sipiaguine was shot five times by a student named Balsahansti as he handed him a paper from the Grand Duke. The minister died an hour later at Hospital Maxmilianowsky. The student, a Kiev-educated pupil penalized for 1901 riots, said he acted out of revenge after not being reinstated at the university.
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ST. Petersburg
Apri
Interior
M. Sipiaguine
Siplaguine
Committee of Ministers
Imperial Council
Sergius
Balsahansti
Kieff
Maxmilianowsky
Democrats Name Dates for State Convention
Columbus Ohio April 15 It has been practically determined that the Democratic State Convention will be held here Tuesday and Wednesday June 24 and 25 or the same days of the week following July 1 and 2. The meeting of the State Central Committee will be called about the middle of June.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
State Central Committee
Book loving actor features in Best in the West paper
A bright theatrical letter from New York each week is highlighted in the Best in the West Sunday Commercial Tribune.
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New York
Morgan 10 Aids in Raising the English War Loan
London reports that J. Pierpont Morgan and the Rothschilds underwrite the new British loan of 32 million pounds in 2 percent consols at 98. The House of Commons approved the measure by 229 to 103 as part of wartime funding. The article also covers sugar relief for the West Indies, South African revenue prospects, and tax specifics on grain products.
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Cabrete Commercial Tribune
London
J. Pierpont Morgan
Rothschilds
House of Commons
Michael Hicks- Beach
West Indies
South Africa
Transvaal
Orange River
Joseph Chamberlain
Michael Hicks-Beach
Custom House
Grain Dealer Sells Elevator To Leave Town
Wesley Stults of Monroe Indiana sold his eastern grain elevator and is dispersing other property to move from Wabash. He received anonymous threatening letters promising arson and now plans to leave town. A Government Secret Service agent is investigating the case.
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Monroe
Commercial Tribune
Wabash
Ind
Wesley Stults
Indiana
Stuke
Secret Service
Pope Receives Former Congressmen Bourke Cockran
In Rome on April 15 the Pope welcomed Bourke Cockran of New York in audience, marking a notable meeting between church and politics.
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Rome
Bourke Cockran
New York
Serious hitch in negotiations with the Boers
The Daily Mail reports a serious hitch in South Africa peace talks. The Cabinet refuses the Boer leaders’ armistice request and blocks placing Cape rebels on the amnesty footing with burghers, a key demand in Milner’s Pretoria mission. The Boers seek restitution of farms, legal claims, duties, and faster representative government.
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London
The
Daily Mail
South Africa
Pretoria
Lord Milner
Great Britain
Iglesias Acquitted of All Charges in Porto Rico Case
The Porto Rico Supreme Court overturned a December ruling, clearing Santiago Iglesias of conspiracy to raise labor costs. A $25 contempt fine remains. Fifteen hundred federation members paraded in San Juan, meeting Governor Hunt, while Iglesias continues union organizing in Ponce with AFL groups.
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The
Federation of Workmen
San Juan
Palace
Governor Hunt
Iglesias
Ponce
American Federation of Labor
Bigamy After Sent Love Letters From Toledo Man
Jacob W. Spangler connected with the American Bridge Company and working at Waverly Ohio wrote loving letters to his wife and four children, then three days after a farewell note he married Minnie Knapp at Waverly in a singular family case.
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Toledo
Jacob W. Spangler
American Bridge Company
Waverly
Minnie Knapp
Morgan & Belmont control of Louisville and Nashville stock
A sensational New York dispatch reports J. Pierpont Morgan & Co. and August Belmont & Co. agreeing to take control of Louisville and Nashville Railroad stock bought by Harris Gates & Co. The move, approved by Belmont, claims to relieve general finance, not to profit the railway or alter control. Southern Railway denies direct interest.
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Jessie. Harris
Messrs
J. P. Morgan & Co
August
Harris, Gates & Co
Messrs. J P. Morgan, & Co
Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company
Mr. Gate
Mr. Belmont
Mr. Morgan
Mr. Gates
Spencer
The
Southern Railway
August Belmont
Geo. W. Perkins
W. P. Hamilton
Morgan & Co
T. J. Taylor
James R. Keene
Record of the Stock Exchange on Louisville & Nashville
John W Gates and a Morgan led syndicate claim control of the Louisville & Nashville after massive purchases totaling about 26 million dollars. The move positions J P Morgan as arbiter in the deal with no corner expected. Trading surged with 732,600 Southern Railway shares changing hands mid day.
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John W. Gates
Million
Ie Louisville & Nashville
J. P. Morgan Hag
Southern Railway
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Igbarras
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Conger
Lyon
Root
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Desitch
Ral Chaffee
Army
Elibu Root
Secretary of War
C. Lodge
United States Senate
Washington, D. C
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Adjutant General
Gardner
Sraubas
Edwin F. Glenn
James A. Ryan
Manila
Jacob H. Smith
Marine T Corps
Panay
Eighteenth United Pesto Infantry
Arthur L. Conger
Aconger
Twenty-sixth
Philippine Islands
Igbareas
Gen. Smith
Taylor
Lohio State
Capitol
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ELKS
Bedford, VA
Roanoke Reports
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Hussian
the Sunday Commercial Tribune
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John Bull
Cockran
Leo
Cape
Porto Rican Supreme Court
Porto Rico
Supreme Court of
Santiago
Tenced
Southern Bot
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Tradion
Southern
Belmont
Ars Tour
J. Pierpont Mng, Cin & CO
W. Perkins
J. P. Co
T Morgan
Statement
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Stock Exchange
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Edwin Hawle
Union
J. P. Morgan
W. Gates
Louisville & Nashvi
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John
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