Crisis in Cuba as editorials spark arrest at El Cubano Libre
Santiago de Cuba April 7 Editorial staff of five at El Cubano Libre arrested and jailed after a critical piece about the municipal government. Mayor Grinan citing public decency confiscates printing plant, sparking citywide anxiety and calls for action from Gen. Rabi and the colored party. Police and rural guards on alert amid rumors of riots.
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Fail
Santiago de Cuia
Senor Krinun
el Cuebano Libre
Senor Grinan
Wood
Senor Gringa
Rabi
Santiago
Friends of Annexation
Independencia
Fortify St Johns plans ship to England for defense study
Cov. Mc Callum announces a short leave to discuss fortifying and garrisoning St Johns and establishing a naval reserve with the British war office. His prior work in defensive planning in colonial roles prompts the request. In New Orleans Julius Moyse alias Capt Clarke receives three years for impersonating an officer and fraud after Mardi Gras marriage.
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N. FL
Straits Settlements
Admiralty Works
Hong Kong
New Orleans
Apri
Julius Moyse
Clarke
Bertha Warnken
Texas
United States
Moyse
Vporlange
Queen's Dublin ride draws crowds on April day
The queen traveled in an open carriage from Dublin with the Princess Henry of Battenberg and a lady in waiting, escorted by four mounted constables and a Dublin police sergeant. She returned at 5 30 p m as crowds filled O Connell street hoping to glimpse her.
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Henry of Battenberg
O'Connell Street
Riot in Porto Rico sparks deadly mob attack
In Porto Viejo, San Juan, about 2,000 natives attacked English speaking Negro migrants from St. Thomas and St. Kitts after a pier strike. One Porto Rican killed, others injured as mobs armed with revolvers attacked homes and beat a man to death. Troops under Capt. Alexander and Liouis Ansell Parker were deployed. martial law declared and rum shops closed to restore order.
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Porto Vieja
St. Thomas
St. Kitts
Itis
Alexander
Liouis
Ansell
Parker
Porto Tiera
San Juan
Dewey Demands Future Plans After Philadelphia Visit
Adm. and Mrs. Dewey return to Washington pleased with their reception. He says a press statement on future plans will be ready soon and confirms he is a Democrat. He notes he has never voted and would only have voted for Cleveland. The couple will move to Beauvoir for the summer.
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Adm
Cleveland
Beauvoir
To Be Garroted in Ponce After Murder Case
In Ponce Puerto Rico on April 7 five men Simeor Rodriguez Carlos Pacheo Hermogenes Pacheco Eugeno Rodriguez and Hostilo Santiago are to be executed by garrote for the October 1898 murder of Senor Prudencio Mendez al Yauco. After assaulting the wife and daughters they forced them to dance around the corpse. The execution will be carried out by two convicts from San Juan Justino Garcias and Vicente Norsario.
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Ponce
Porto Rica
Simeor Rodriguez
Carlos Pachee
Hermogenes Pacheco
Eugenio Rodriguez
Hostilo Santiago
Senor Prudencio Mendez al
San Juan
Justino Garcias
Vicente Norsario
David W. Caruth Dies in St Louis Hotel
David W. Caruth capitalist former police commissioner and noted St Louis democrat dies at the Planters' hotel. Born in Scottsville Kentucky in 1839 his family held prominence in business politics and society there.
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David W. Caruth
Planters
Mr. Caruth
Scottsville
Dublin Crowd Questions Sipido Cartridges
In Dublin court circles the impression grows that Sipido's cartridges used against the prince of Wales in Brussels were devoid of bullets, suggesting a possible flaw or fabrication in the assault.
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Prince of Wales
Brussels
Boers Roil Communications in South African War Dispatches
London reports no details of the Reddersburg disaster beyond Lord Roberts dispatch. Boers threaten to retake Bloemfontein while remounts from South America arrive and prisoners suffer illnesses. Prisoner escapes occur at Simonstown as Pretoria orders Britons from the Rand.
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Pretoria
Bloemfontein
Springfontein
Olivier
Clements
Ladybrand
Thaba N’ebu
South America
Natal
Cape Colony
Col. Plumer
Ramathlabama
Cecil
Granville
Lourenzo Marques
Johannesburg
Rand
Samas Post
Methuen Relieves Mafeking as Boers Face Setback
London April 7 dispatch reports Lord Methuen’s relief force concentrating near Mafeking while Boers hold the Vaal river area. Methuen led a bold action nine miles southeast, surrounding 70 Boers and taking 54 prisoners with 60 horses. Gen De Villebois was killed and a British officer was shot by a Boer who then surrendered.
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Boshof
Lord Methuen
Mafeking
Vaal Rner
Comimaniounter
Duplessis
de Villebois
Power house in Greentown burns, $4000 loss
A Greentown Indiana power house supplying the city with electric light and its equipment was gutted by fire. The blaze destroyed dynamos engines and all contents, leaving no insurance to cover the $4000 loss.
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Greentown
Ind
Winter-killed Wheat Plagues Daleville Area
In Daleville Indiana on April 7 the local report states there are no fields of green wheat left in the neighborhood as all crops are winter-killed. Prospects indicate very little grain will be harvested in this end of Delaware County.
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Daleville
Ind
Delaware County
Col Plumer's Army Returning North
London dispatch reports from the Daily Mail correspondent that Col. Plumer's column is returning north. General Wheeler is also noted as being interviewed in the same telegram.
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Col. Plumer
London
Pretoria
Daily Mail
Gen. Wheeler
Greatest Ambition Realized Says General Wheeler
General Wheeler says his greatest life ambition is realized as Confederate veterans fight for the nation and prosper under U S leadership. He notes improved southern participation and commerce, downgrading presidential prospects to mere compliments.
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Washington
Wheeler
United States
Aubin
Not Quite Satisfied in Tit-Bita Quotation
Dialogue from Tit-Bita features Madge and Marjorie debating an engagement ring. Marjorie refuses happiness until revealing its cost, underscoring curiosity about expenditures in a social scene.
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Madge
Marjorie
Mer Stern Resolve
A brief Chicago Record note presents a wry exchange as Mer Stern vows to forgive and forget, while Miss Bunk cautions that she will not forgive a certain man. The row hints at social friction and personal diplomacy in a city column.
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Mer
Bunk
Chicago
Indiana Happenings and Regional News
Winchester reports Rev. John Wilson the Presbyterian pastor and Anti-Saloon League organizer missing for over a week after withdrawing funds in Indianapolis. Other items: coal talks in Brazil unresolved. Mine Workers face bituminous dispute in Indiana. switchman Ernst Linxweiler dies after being dragged by a train near Howell. groom-elect Elmer Myers found dead near Yountsville with carbolic acid injuries. murder or suicide unclear.
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Winchester
Ind
John Wilson
Presbyterian Church
Anti-Saloon League of
Indiana
Indianapolis
Scotland
Crawfordsville
Elmer Myers
Alice Kendricks
Yountsville
Violent assaults and fatalities reported across Indiana towns
In Fransville a wife is fatally wounded and her husband stabbed multiple times following a fight with William Smith who escaped after resisting officers. Noblesville marks the death of Adam B. Wiles at 95, the county’s oldest resident. Laporte reports Mrs. Mary Dalton fatally trampled by a horse. Dillsboro notes M M Dieberger killed a five foot tall heron in Titusvilleapple orchard. origin of the bird remains a mystery.
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Fransville
Ind
Baptisttown
Thomas Sanders
William Smith
Smith
Noblesville
Adam B. Wiles
Here
Jackson Township
Laporte
Mary Dalton
Dillsboro
M. M. Dieberger
Titusville
Diebreger
Dresser Woman Dies in West Lebanon Mystery Illness
Vena Howard of the Howard Comedy Co. died at West Lebanon from a disease that puzzled local physicians as reports say her blood turned to water during her illness. The incident occurred near Dresser, Indiana, on April 7 while the troupe traveled through the area.
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Dresser, Ind
Vena Howard
Howard Comedy Co
West Lebanon
Telegraphic Brevities From Across The Nation
Reports show smallpox spreading in Massae and Hardin counties Illinois. The Oriental livery barn at Lincoln Nebraska burned killing twenty horses. Erie section men received raises from 1.15 to 1.25 a day. A senator Foster bill makes deleterious substance use in food preparation a felony. Dan Creedon and Nick McCoy set to fight May 18 at Broadway Athletic Club New York. Republic Iron and Steel Springfield JL closed indefinitely with five hundred idle workers. Weekly U S business failures reach 182. last week 178. J F Stout resigns as Wheeling & Lake Erie GM to run Toledo Fremont Norwalk electric railway. Chicago Street Railway power house strike ties up 170 miles of electric lines two hours crippling service. President McKinley hosts Methodist conferences at White House.
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J. F. Stout
Wheeling & Lake Line Railroad
Toledo, Fremont & Norwalk Electric Railway
Chicago Street Railway
McKinley
White House
Methodist Episcopal Church
Methodist Episcopal Church South
Washington
Notable 1900s items mix in London and Boer War events
Cecil Rhodes arrives in London while Admiral Dewey runs for U.S. president as an independent. The Hawaiian government bill passes the house. In Georgia a double hanging for King and Lewis Crosby is reported. The Fourteenth Shiloh anniversary marks confederate and union veteran participation in Corinth Mississippi. Military actions unfold near Kimberley and Reddersburg with Boer forces yielding captives and casualties. Court of appeals backs Beckham in a gubernatorial contest. Durrelle dissents. John M. McLean seeks Boston hotel quarters for a July convention amid rumors of shared hospitality arrangements.
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Adm
Dewey
King
Lewis Crosby
Daniel Mims
Baxly
Shiloh
Corinth
Miss
Wisconsin Representative Proposes Constitutional Trust Control Amendment
Representative Jenkins of Wisconsin, ranking second on the house subcommittee on trusts, introduces a proposed constitutional amendment to grant Congress control over private corporations, partnerships, and stock companies. The measure aims to define regulate prohibit dissolve trusts monopolies and any restraint of trade, with states free to act in the absence of federal legislation.
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Jenkins
Wisconin
Wie
House
Congress
United States
Jeffries Knocks Out Finnegan in Cadilac Club Bout
Detroit April 7 James J Jeffries knocked out John Finnegan of Pittsburgh in fifty five seconds at the Cadillac Athletic club in Detroit.
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Mich
James J. Jeffries
John Finnegan
Pittsburgh
Cadillac Athletic Club
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