May Trap Taylor as Governor Arrest Key Kentucky Crisis
Franklin County grand jury indicts Governor Taylor for alleged complicity in a plot to assassinate William Goebel. Becl ham forces surge with militia supplies to Frankfort while Republicans threaten broader action. Troop deployment or civil arrest debated as Washington returns Taylor toward the statehouse.
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State House
Beckham
Youtsey Arraigned Denies Charge in Kentucky Case
Henry Youtsey appeared in Franklin Circuit Court and pleaded not guilty to the indictment related to Governor Taylor matter. Bail motion set for April 30, with hearing also scheduled for Powers Whittaker Davis and Combs as prosecutors object.
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Tallow Dick
Queen Victoria Visited Convent with Princesses
In Dublin on April 20 Queen Victoria and the Princesses visited the Convent of St Mary of Loretta after touring the zoological garden. They were presented with a bouquet shaped like an Irish harp and returned to the vice regal lodge amid enthusiastic crowds.
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Harrison in New York Declines Political Talk
Former President Harrison and Mrs. Harrison hosted many callers at the Fifth Avenue Hotel in New York. He will preside at the ecumenical conference starting tomorrow and declined to discuss the political outlook, saying he would not meddle in political affairs.
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Nim Harrison
Harrison
Fifth Avenue
Powell Hanged in Cairo for Charleston Marshal Murder
Riley Powell, the African American man who killed Elmo Erie, City Marshal of Charleston, Missouri, in Cairo on October 11, 1899, was executed today. The widow and child of the murdered man watched the hanging from an upper courthouse window.
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Ill
Riley Powell
Elmo Erie
Charleston
Boxing bout death sparks coroner verdict in Hamilton
Elmer Taylor, seventeen, collapsed after a boxing match in Hamilton Ohio and died of heart disease per coroner's verdict. The incident was reported in the Special Despatch to the Commercial Tribune.
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Commercial Tribune
Hamilton
Elmer Taylor
Relief Relief Relief in Simla Area As Crippling Hardship Spreads
In Simla India on April 20 distress spreads with about 5 500 000 people now receiving relief.
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Simla
India
Amended Fish and Game Laws Cause Conflicts
In Columbus on April 20 Chief Clerk Howard Mannington reports the legislature buried the fish laws by enacting two bills amending the same section of the revised statutes. Both laws were signed April 16 with no precedence. A key contradiction concerns fines. The Gear law allows wardens to confiscate game guns and fishing tackle with no redress by replevin.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Howard Mannington
Secretary of State
Houseboat Sinks on Ohio River Rescue by McGraw
Doll Mc Graw and family escaped a sinking houseboat on the Ohio River when a leak appeared during the night. McGraw grabbed an ax, cut a hole in the roof, and pulled his wife and two children to safety before the boat went down in Portsmouth Ohio.
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Commercial Tribune
Portsmouth
Doll McGraw
Ohio River
McKinley Guests Visit Cedar Lawn and Armory Event
President McKinley with Mrs McKinley and Mrs Hobart toured Cedar Lawn Cemetery visiting Vice President Hobart’s grave. They attended a hospital fundraiser at the First Regiment Armory with a New Jersey National Guard escort before plans to travel to New York for events at the Manhattan Hotel and Carnegie Hall.
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McKinley
Rixey
Cortelyou
New York
Manhattan
Ecumenical Conference On Foreign Missions
Carnegie Hall
Minister Confesses and Withdraws From Ministry
Rev. Clifford Stewart disappeared from Westville amid accusations of a dual life. Chicago letters published today claim guilt and show he has withdrawn from the ministry until he can reform and lead a better life.
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Stewart
Chicago
Fortification Clause Struck from Nicaraguan Bill Report
Committee chairman Hepburn announces that a fortification clause in the Nicaraguan bill has been removed the modifier measure is expected to pass. The change signals a clearer path for approval as supporters marshal votes and adjust language.
Protest Faction Objects To O Concession In Canal Bill
Washington April 20 The House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee altered the Hepburn Nicaragua Canal bill striking the fortification clause in a move toward compromise. Barham of California proposed the amendment, aiming to ease opposition and speed action. The new text authorizes the President to obtain from Costa Rica and Nicaragua sufficient territory to dig and defend a canal for the largest ships, with funds from unappropriated Treasury money, and to construct a navigation route with locks and harbors. The panel plans to bring the bill to the floor May 1 or 2 and advance the measure amid cautious optimism.
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Brete
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Sport Abandoned Over Bloodhound Race Protest
Richmond Virginia readers report a public uproar leading the Deep Run Hunt Club to cancel a planned bloodhound chase involving a young man. The incident sparked widespread opposition to such savage spectacle and prompted comments on canal fortifications and diplomatic wording amid ongoing treaty discussions.
Immanuel Holland Reformed Church Fire Fatality
Muskegon fires destroyed the Immanuel Holland Reformed Church with Fireman Nicholas Carey dead and Fireman Ben Peterson badly injured when a wall collapsed. Authorities suspect arson, with estimated losses around 4000 dollars and no insurance.
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Immanuel Holland Reformed Church
Nicholas Carey
Ben. Peterson
Japanese Festivities at Paris Exposition At Imperial Pavilion
All this week the Magnificent Imperial Pavilion at the Exposition welcomed Accredited visitors. The pavilion offered elaborate displays of Japanese culture and hospitality, drawing international attention to its programs and demonstrations.
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Paris
Former Bean Blossom Trustee Indicted for Embezzlement
Bloomington report says grand jury returned a true bill against Peter BE Miller former Bean Blossom Township Trustee charging embezzlement. Miller was removed after impeachment for malfeasance and is a prominent Democrat who has held three offices. He is alleged to be short 1800 dollars in his accounts.
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Commercial Tribune
Bloomington
Ind
Grand Jury Today
Peter BE. Miller
Bean Blossom Township
Miller
Three Miners Hurt in Virginia Coal Mine Explosion
An explosion of dust at the Big Stone Gap Virginia coal mine this morning injured three miners named William Cheatham George Powell and Charley Brown. They worked near the shaft below the tipple when the blast occurred. Several others were maimed but not seriously.
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Commercial Tribune
Whitesburg
Big Stone Gap
Wm. Cheatham
George Powell
Charley Brown
Explosion at Dynamite Works Kills Three Men
Malet reports a blast at the Dynamite Works packing house near Kawka SeaP killing three married men, Wm. vaaren, Edward Halligan, and Wm. Van Vieese. About 600 pounds of crude nitroglycerin and 800 pounds of dynamite were in the building. The explosion levelled the plant, uprooted trees, and shattered village windows nearly a mile away as the victims' bodies were scattered over 1,500 feet.
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Malet
Kawka Seap
Wm. Vaaren
Edward Halligan
van Vieese
Michael Indicted In Bank Theft Case At Lima
N L Michael former Vice President of the American National Bank was indicted by the grand jury for larceny and embezzlement in connection with an $18 000 bank vault theft on Christmas 1898. He pleaded not guilty before Judge Cunningham and was released on $1000 bond. Trial set for next week. Indictment followed Webster Detective Agency's investigation.
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N. L. Michael
American National Bank
Michael
Cunningham
Webster Detective Agency
NO LONGER A GERMAN
Cable dispatch from Hamburg notes German anger at a professor from Oxford who condemned Boer hostilities. An Leipsic local German association letter says he no longer has the right to call himself German. Captain Bechler, naval attaché in Berlin, is at Kiel inspecting the royal shipyard.
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Hamburg
Max Mueller
University of Oxford
Ortsgruppe Allgedeutsch Verbander
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Leipsic
Bechler
United States
Berlin
Kiel
Royal Shipyard
Ger mans in Brazil Ridiculed as Revolt Seekers
The German Ambassador in Washington dismissed a Rio de Janeiro telegram claiming Germans in South Brazil and Uruguay plan a revolution. He called the tale an old, repeated story and said the German population there is not powerful enough to mount such an action against the current government.
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Advancing on Pretoria Report Amid Rain and Delays
General Chermside and General Rundle move across sodden roads with 20 000 troops toward Wepener as Boers hold Dalgety. Government defends publishing Roberts despatches while General White may become Gibraltar governor by late May.
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Chermside
Rundle
Dewet
Free State
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Oorlogspoort
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Spionshop
Hull
Walter Hume Long
Board of Agriculture
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White
South Africa
Gibraltar
Boers Surround Wepener After Night Attacks
From Aliwal North April 20. Captain Little of Brabant's Horse Lieutenant Holbeck and Reuters correspondent Milne fell into enemy hands while trying to reach Wepener a week ago. Prisoners report four guns disabled and Boer losses of about 100 men. Boers made a night attack on April 11 but were spotted and repulsed by Cape Mounted Rifles. The Boers still surround Wepener with little firing recently.
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Aliwal North
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Brabant
Holbeck
Milne
Reuter
Pretoria
Cape Mounted Rifles
Major Babtie Awarded Victoria Cross for Colenso Bravery
London April 20 The Gazette reports Queen Victoria awarded Major William Babtie of the Army Medical Corps the Victoria Cross for conspicuous bravery December 15 at Colenso. He aided wounded gunners under heavy fire and helped bring in Lieutenant Roberts son of Lord Roberts who was killed attempting to rescue the guns.
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Army Medical Corps
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Lord Roberts
Firing Reported Near Karee Siding South of Bloemfontein
A Bloemfontein despatch says firing is in progress south of Karee Siding six miles north of Glen. Boers' strength unknown. British infantry supported by artillery hold a strong position on a large dam.
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Bloemfontein
Karee Siding
Glen
President Steyn Decries Proclamation as Treachery
At a Volksraad meeting in Kroonstad President Steyn denounced Lord Roberts proclamation as treachery and argued that Britain seeks Boers destruction and that intervention by civilized powers is their last hope.
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Volksraad
Orange Free State
Kroonstad
Steyn
Lord Roberts
Great Britain
The Messenger Boy's Trip to Kruger
Paris dispatch notes James Francis Smith, an American District Telegraph boy, carrying a sympathy message from Philadelphia and New York schoolboys to President Kruger. He arrived in Paris and plans to sail from Marseilles on April 26, with further details to follow.
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James Francis Smith
Kruger
Philadelphia
New York
Marseilles
Military Leadership Changes Reported in Transvaal
In Pretoria on April 20 Major General Schalkburger is named Vice President in place of the late General Joubert while General Louis Botha becomes acting Commandant General overseeing Transvaal forces. At Branfort on April 19 General Delarey reports a forceful reconnoiter east of the Modder River with limited enemy contact and observes British fortifications along the hills.
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Louis Botha
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Thirteen Year Old Boy Drinks Horse Liniment by Mistake
In Oxford Ohio on April 20 Henry Popsis aged 13 drank from a bottle he believed held whisky after taunting from companions. The bottle actually contained horse liniment and he was nearly strangled before medical help saved him.
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Oxford
Henry Popsi
Oberlin Names Dr. Alice H. Luce Dean
Oberlin University announces that Dr. Alice H. Luce of Wellesley College has accepted election as dean. President John H. Barrows disclosed the decision at Oberlin Ohio on April 20.
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John H. Barrows
Alice H. Luce
Wellesley College
Oberlin
The Prince of Wales Returns Home Amid Enthusiastic Welcome
The Prince of Wales arrived at Dover from Copenhagen and was greeted by thousands. Crowds filled Pall Mall and Charing Cross as the Duke of York met the heir apparent on the platform, marking a joyous homecoming after his reported escape from death.
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Prince of Wales
Dover
Copenhagen
Marlborough House
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Charing Cross
Sherman Briefly Abandons Europe Trip
Ex Secretary Sherman, advised by physicians, will not travel to Europe this summer. He has ordered preparations to occupy his Sherman residence in this city, and his family plans to stay here for the summer around May 1.
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Mansfield, CO
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Europe
Light and Purcell Receive Life Sentences in Ross Murder
Ira Light, age 35 of Princeton Indiana, was given a life term for his role in the January 13 murder of Rufo Ross at Augusta Indiana. Purcell was also sentenced to life this week. Light admitted urging Purcell to shoot Ross again. Both men were intoxicated. Andy Meltery faces trial as an accessory after the fact.
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Princeton
Ind
Ira
Light
Rufo Ross
Frank Purcell
Augusta
Purcell
Ross
Andy Meltery
Actress Cissy Loftus Rescued After Fall at Old Point Comfort
Norfolk dispatch reports Cissy Loftus fell from the pier at Old Point Comfort last night. An artilleryman rescued her, she was taken to the Chamberlin Hotel and treated by a physician. She rested well and officials expect no serious harm. Earlier reports of an attempted suicide are denied.
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Norfolk
Cissy Loftus
Old Point Comfort
Chamberlin Hotel
Foraker in View Indorsement Hint Two Years Ahead
Convention may be asked to back Foraker early as ovation for the president draws state delegates toward his Canton home. The article notes possible mobilization of supporters and a favorable reception by delegates.
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Columbus
Commercial Tribune
Foraker
Washington
Hanna
Ohio
Republican Party
Sherman
Toledo
Ohio Republicans weigh future Senate endorsement
Columbus reports suggest the State convention may endorse Senator Foraker for re election, though no firm plan exists. Rumors place Joseph Blackburn with White House support and Byron Lutz awaiting talks, as leaders including Dick Hanna and Grosvenor prepare for next week’s meetings.
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Foraker
Hanna
Neil
Kurrz-Bushnell
Kurtz
McKisson
Bushnell
Relief cargo to Bombay loaded on British Quito ship
The Quito, a British steamship, will carry 6000 tons of relief supplies from New York to Bombay for Indian plague and famine victims. An American-flag vessel could not be secured. An agent will accompany the cargo. donors have increased their contribution from 3500 to 6000 tons.
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Bombay
New York
Quito
School principal accused of choking pupil in assault affidavit
Johna Wharton of Huntington filed an affidavit against Tipton Street School principal Joseph Saal charging him with assaulting her son Walter. The claim states Saal punished the boy by choking him nearly to strangulation.
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Commercial Tribune
Huntington
Ind
Johna Wharton
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