Logan Statue Unveiled With President Present in Washington
Maj. Gen. John A. Logan bronze statue unveiled at Town circle in Washington. President McKinley and cabinet attended a military parade led by Col. Guenther as George Tucker pulled the cord. Sculptor Franklin Simmons honored. numerous relatives and veterans observed the ceremony. Justice and tribute noted by senators and military officials. A separate court decision awarded Admiral Sampson and Captain Chadick bounties for Cuban engagements.
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John A. Logan
Town Circle
Franklin Simmons
Humbert
Italy
George Tucker
Logan
Francis L. Guenther
United States Artillery
Regular Army
Marines
Navy Yard
District of Columbia Militia
Army of Tennessee
of the Cumberland
Jann A. Logan
Gen. Logan
John A. Logan Post
St. Louis
Logan Republican Club
Brooklyn
Logan Club
Philadelphia
Granville M. Dodge
Army of the Tennessee
Tie
Frank Bristol
Simmons
4Th Artillery Band
Columbia
Depew
Cullom
Illinois
Yates
J. G. Butler
Company M 1st United States Infantry Sails for San Francisco
Little Rock April 10 Capt Elies Chandler commands Company M of the 1st United States Infantry and left Port Logan M Roots Tuesday afternoon for San Francisco where they will sail April 15.
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Little Rock
Ark
1St
United States Infantry
Elies Chandler
jJeft
Port Logan
M. Roots
San Fran
George Q. Cannon in Monterey critically ill
George Q. Cannon of Salt Lake, an apostle of the Mormon church, lies seriously ill in Monterey, with death momentarily expected. A bulletin notes gradual weakness as family and doctors attend him, including former Senator Frank J. Cannon and Brigham Young’s granddaughter wife, amid nervous illness and hopeful then deteriorating progress.
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Monterey
Cal
George Q. Cannon
Salt Lake
United States
Frank J. Cannon
Washington
Brigham Young
Apostle Cannon
Life of George Q. Cannon Traced From Birth to Leadership
Salt Lake April 10 George Q Cannon born Liverpool Eng January 11 1827. came to America 1844 ordained elder 1845 joined Mormon main body 1846 from Nauvoo to Utah arriving 1847 mission to California 1849 Hawaiian Islands 1830 four years Western Standard San Francisco 1855. 1880 became member quorum of Twelve Apostles delegate 1872 to Issa counselor to Mormon church president involved in Utah business enterprises.
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Utah
George Q. Cannon
Liverpool
Eng
America
Mormon Church
Nauvoo
California
Hawaiian Islands
Western Standard
San Francisco
Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
Congress
Issa
Delta Battles Mob Fire On Memphis Vessel At Gains Landing
At Gains Landing in Chicot county Ark a mob of Negroes fired on the steamer Delta as it left for Vicksburg. Captain Nowland armed officers and passengers and the Delta returned fire. several hundred shots were exchanged with no injuries aboard the boat while one assailant was severely wounded. Gains Landing has a history of white Negro clashes including a 1873 race war.
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Memphis
Tenn
Gains' Landing
Chicot Counts
Ark
Delta
Vicksburg
Nowland
Gains
Chicot County
Goldsborough Sets Record During Standardizing Trials
Washington reports the torpedo boat Goldsborough completed standardizing trials with an average speed of 30.54 knots over a measured mile. The naval trial board, led by Lieut. Commander Peters, notes the trials finished in Seattle and that an official trial is expected Thursday.
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Washington
Goldsborough
Navy Department
Peters
Naval Trial Board
Seattle
Beaumont Oil Sale Sets Record In Texas District
The Texas Western Oil Co property Beatty gusher sold for 1 250 000 dollars, yielding 7 000 barrels per day. Purchase handled by Chas D Pullen for Chicago capitalists led by R L Henry of Chicago, marking the largest Beaumont district sale to date.
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Texas Western Oil Co
Beaumont
Tex
Beaumont Oil District
Southwestern Oil Co
Corsicana
Beatty
Chas. D. Pullen
New York City
R. L. Henry
Chicago
Pan-American grounds carpenters strike after ten days of dispute
In Buffalo on April 10, about 200 carpenters from three of five gangs at the Pan-American grounds began a strike Tuesday morning. The action stems from a ten day conflict between mill workers and planing mill owners.
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Buffalo
Pan-American Grounds
German empire schools to favor English over French
Washington reports Consul General Guenther at Frankfort says Emperor William has ordered English to replace French in Germany’s high schools. The directive was conveyed to the state department in a diplomatic communication dated April 10.
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Washington
William
German Empire
State Department
Guenther
Frankfort
Emperor William Attacked Assassin Ill in Asylum
Dietrich Fieland the Bremen assailant of Emperor William has had multiple severe epileptic fits in the insane asylum. In one attack he nearly killed the causal retained for his defense.
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Berlin
Dietrich Fieland
William
Bremen
Prolonged Cow Workers Strike Ends in Marseilles
In Marseilles on April 10 the cow workers decided to resume work on Tuesday, bringing the prolonged strike to a close after weeks of stoppage and unrest.
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Marseilles
Wrecked Erie Crew Rescued After Night on Frying Pan Shoals
The schooner Erie bound from Savannah to Yarmouth struck Frying Pan shoals in a fierce gale on April 6. Capt. Berry and six crewmen aboard drifted 16 miles on a raft, rescued by the steamship State of Texas, with no provisions or water.
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Baltimore
State of Texas
Berry
Erie
N. S. Eldridge
Jacksonville
Fla
Savannah
Yarmouth
Berry Ann
Silver service found for Cincinnati cruiser after two years
Washington April 10 the silver service presented to the cruiser Cincinnati by Cincinnati city has been found after being lost for two years. Navy officials traced it to a Norfolk yard storage after a hurried wartime unload and lack of a receipt. It was recovered intact and will be restored to the ship.
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Cincinnati
Norfolk Navy Yard
Washington
Yangtse Officials Propose Reforms in Memorandum
The Yangtse viceroys and governors forward a memorial to the throne proposing reforms. They suggest royal princesses and students from good families study abroad, Western-style army training, expanded colleges and schools, and adoption of a standard dollar currency.
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Shanghai
Milwaukee man shoots wife then kills self in domestic tragedy
Edward II. Moore, 56, a member of the Tron Krigade, shot his wife about ten years younger in their Milwaukee home Tuesday night and then killed himself. The couple had been married two years with frequent quarrels. letters indicate he planned suicide rather than murder.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Edward II. Moore
Tron Krigade
Alleged Murderer Killed by Deputy at Nebraska Ranch
David Do. Luse, charged with murder and arson, was shot and killed Tuesday at his ranch near Ainsworth Nebraska while resisting arrest by Deputy U S Marshal Fred M Haas who attempted to arrest him after he tried to kill the marshal.
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Ainsworth, Neb
David Do. Luse
United States
Fred M. Haas
Luse
Hobson Assigned to Special Duty in Navy Bureau
Richmond P. Hobson has been assigned to special duty in the bureau of construction and repairs, navy department. He will assume his pen duties next Tuesday.
Miners Strike Deepens in Indiana Black Coal Fields
National mine workers committee reports Indiana black coal mines nearly all closed as powder price disputes trigger a strike. In Clay County most mines under the Columbus agreement risk lockout with operators and miners split over wage scales and powder terms.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
Linton
Terre Haute
van Horn
Bituminous
Black Miners Association
Brazil
Clay County
Miner Association
National Committee
Columbus
District Eleven
Wage conference eyed by Window Glass Co workers
Anderson Indiana April 10 workers prepare for a wage conference hoped for early May with the American Window Glass Co An announced plan to offer higher wages and better hours is expected The company may seek cooperative factory closings on May 11 with L A No 300 to speed the season shift and open earlier next fall.
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American Co
Female Crusaders March on Indianapolis Drug Stores
Fifty prominent North Indianapolis women formed an anti road house association and marched to drug stores suspected of illegal liquor traffic. Each wore a Carrie Nation hatchet ornament while a crowd of about 1000, including men and boys, followed. Protests included songs and speeches as proprietors were urged to close or face stricter action. One store owner promised to shut Wednesday.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Metropolitan Fire and Police Law Sparks City Clash
Ft Wayne April 10 state and municipal authorities clash over a new metropolitan fire and police law for the city. Commissioners qualified Tuesday while Councilor Berghe refused to recognize them. Governor advised legal recourse as Democrats claim the law unconstitutional and a bitter battle looms.
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Ft. Wayne
Ind
Berghe
Judge Denies Striking Parts of Jennings Complaints
Indianapolis April 1 Judge Baker refused to sustain a motion to strike out parts of the complaints by David W Jennings once editor at Salem who alleged whitecapping and persecution out of his home and business The ruling gives Jennings a favorable turn in his case.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Baker
David W. Jennings
Salem
Jennings
New War Ships Illinois 99 Percent Complete
Adm Bowles released a summary of US naval ship construction showing progress across battleships cruisers torpedo boats and submarines. Illinois 90 percent Maine 46 Missouri 2 Ohio 39 Virginia Georgia New Jersey Rhode Island not started.
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Virginia
Nebraska
Georgia
New Jersey
Rhode Island
Washington
Adm
Bowles
Naval Bureau of Construction
Maine
Missouri
Ohio
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
California
Colorado
Maryland
South Dakota
Cleveland
Somerville Man Slays Miss Cleghorn Then Kills Self
T T L Arrington a Somerville Ga youth shot and killed Mamie Cleghorn of Somerville then killed himself in Chattanooga. He had been engaged to her but parental objections ended the relationship. Cleghorn joined several prominent Chattanooga families. Arrington was the son of a Somerville merchant.
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Mamie Cleghorn
Chattanooga
Tenn
T. TL
Arrington
Somerville
Family buried under mine dump in Cripple Creek tragedy
In Cripple Creek Colorado on April 10 a mine dump collapse buried the home of James Smith and killed his wife and four children. Snow softened the granite dump causing a sudden slide, crushing the residence below the dump. Rescue crews dig through tons of dirt but survivals are unlikely.
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Cripple Creek
Col
James Smith
Smith
Wrong precinct voting leads to arrest warrant issued
Denver authorities issue a warrant for Mrs. M. A. Ratcliffe after alleging she wilfully voted in the wrong precinct in the city election. She is 36 with two children and was a Democratic campaign worker. reports call her the first woman arrested for election fraud.
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Denver
Col
M. A. Ratcliffe
Brave Little Girl Foils Robbers in Chicago Home
A 16 year old girl Fredericka Ramsater in Chicago grabbed a shotgun when two masked robbers menaced her father Christopher Ramsater in his home library. She charged outside as one robber warned Bill and fled. both suspects escaped, father a well known contractor.
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Chicago
Fredericka Ramsaier
Miss Ramsater
Bill
Mr. Ramsater
Mrs. Ramswater
Christopher Ramsater
City Council Thanks Carnegie for Library Gift
The New York municipal council adopted a resolution to thank Andrew Carnegie for his gift of 5 200 000 dollars for 65 libraries.
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New York
Board of Aldermen
Andrew Carnegie
Former Milwaukee Fire Chief Henry Claymier Dies
Henry Claymier, once head of Milwaukee fire department, collapsed and died from heart failure Tuesday evening in a Turkish bath establishment in Milwaukee Wisconsin on April 10.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Henry Claymier
Milwaukee Fire Department
Fire at Central hospital in Indianapolis contained
Fire broke out in the woman's department of the Central hospital for the insane at 2 o'clock Wednesday morning. Patients were dressed and moved to safety. By 4 15 the blaze was under control and losses were not heavy. All patients were removed safely.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Woman’s Department
Central Hospital For the Insane
Emperor William I Monument Speech Highlights Bayonets Doctrine
Berlin reports that at the March 31 unveiling of the Emperor William I monument, Emperor William I delivered a speech to his entourage emphasizing a doctrine of bayonets against an unruly people, marking the theme as a strong feature.
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Berlin
Frankfurter Zeitung
William
William I
To ledo & Ohio Central Railroad Mortgage Filed
The Toledo and Ohio Central Railroad Co. filed a first mortgage for 500000 dollars Tuesday with Morton Trust Co. of New York as trustee to cover an extension of the line in Marysville and nearby areas.
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Marysville
Toledo & Ohio Central Railroad Co
Morton Trust Co
New York
Berlin announces opening of Kiao Chou to Tsin Tau railroad
Berlin reports the Tuesday advices announcing the opening of the railroad line from Kiao Chou to Tsin Tau in China. The communication notes the new route as a significant transport development.
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Berlin
Kiao Chou
Tsin-Tau
China
Markets Show Mixed Grain and Live Stock Prices Across Cities
The Cincinnati market lists flour ranges from 1.80 to 4.10 and rye at 2.90 to 3.10 while wheat on track opens at 5 cents premium for No. 2 red. Chicago quotes May wheat at 5 1 2 to July 7 1 4. corn and oats move in similar parcel ranges. hogs and cattle vary by quality across Cincinnati Indianapolis and East Buffalo with steers near 4.25 to 5.75 and hogs around 5.95 to 6.25 in several entries.
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Cincinnati
Chicago
Indianapolis
East Buffalo
Tbs
Linlithgow Palace Seen as Queen Victoria Memorial Form
Lord Rosebery urged in Edinburgh that Scotland’s memorial to Queen Victoria take the shape of restoring Linlithgow Palace. The ruin, with historic ties to Mary Stuart and Stuart royal residence, began as a fort on Edward I’s campaign in 1300 and later became a favorite royal seat before 1746 when it declined.
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Lord Rosebery
Linlithgow Palace
Scotland
Linlithgow
Mary Stuart
Edward I
England
Binnoch
Bruce
Edward II
James IV
Mrs Charles W Fairbanks a popular charity leader
Mrs Charles W Fairbanks, born Cornelia Cole in Marion Ohio, rose as a prominent Indianapolis resident and active DAR leader. She married Charles W Fairbanks in 1874, aged homemaker then community volunteer, later joining art, literary, musical and charitable groups. She served as vice president general of the DAR for three years and engaged with Continental Hall projects.
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Charles W. Fairbanks
America
Marysville
Delaware
Ohio Wesleyantniversity
Cornelia Cole
Fairbanks
Big Four
Mr. Fairbanks
The
Daughters of the American Revolution
Continental Hall
Washington
Hair Sprouted by Electrically Hope Anew for Mulcahy
Timothy J Mulcahy a Cleveland tannery engineer had been bald for years when electric stimulation reportedly revived hair growth. Local report notes surprising change with no medical explanation given.
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Cleveland
Mtfes
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