Aguinaldo Acknowledges Pacification Efforts in Manila Visit
Insurgent leader Emilio Aguinaldo, courteous and dignified, discussed pacification during a visit to Solanca Street in Manila. He praised American achievements, urged insurgents to surrender, and expressed openness to a U S civil government and potential U S travel, while hoping Guam prisoners would be released after peace.
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Manila
Emilio Aguinaldo
Solanca Street
Malacanan
Aguinaldo
Nenito Legardo
Philippines
Congress
United States
Tinio
Lusban
Malvar
Guam
Newsom Accepted Philippine School Superintendent Post
Prof Sidney C Newsom English and Latin teacher from Indianapolis will become superintendent in a Philippine school division. He will lead a pacified district and depart with Mrs Newsom in a few weeks. Recommendations came from Harvard President Eliot and Chicago Universitys J M Manly. The San Jacinto battle anniversary was observed across Texas with reunions and large celebrations in Austin and Brenham.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Sidney C. Newsom
Manual Training High School
Philippine Islands
Newsom
Eliot
Harvard
J. M. Manly
Chicago University
San Jacinto
Houston
Tex
Battle of
Texas
Austin
Daughters of the Republic
Brenham
Dowager Duchess of Manchester Visits White House
Washington April 23 The dowager duchess of Manchester and her sister Indy Lester Kaye, guests of Washington, called at the White House Monday accompanied by Adelbert Hay United States consul at Pretoria. The report notes a wedding in the green parlor and references events in Alabama and a surrounding country.
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Washington
Duchess of Manchester
Indy Lester Kaye
White House
Adelbert
Hay
United S
Pretoria
River Not Expected To Exceed Fifty Three Feet In Portsmouth
Portsmouth Ohio reports the Ohio River unlikely to top 53 feet though rain continued. The river rose two inches per hour, reaching about 53.7 feet by 7 PM. Dikes held firm and central city businesses remained protected as Scioto valley corn lands flooded low areas. Some residents evacuated, but overall damage limited.
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Portsmouth
Ohio
Scioto Valley
Pomeroy Weather Relief Dampens Flood Fears
The Pomeroy area reports a river at 55 feet and holding steady with fears of disaster easing. Snowmelt continues slowly, Meigs County frontage remains high and dry, while Millersville and towns like Middleport Syracuse and Racine face varying submersion. No loss of life. salt furnaces lumber and electric lines hit by flood.
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Pomeroy, O
Pomeroy Bend
Electric Lines
Meigs County
Middleport
Syracuse
Racine
Millersville
Pomeroy
Russians Prepare Fresh Assault in Manchuria
A St. Petersburg dispatch reports renewed fighting in Manchuria with Chinese forces entrenched around Mukden armed with Mausers and Krupp guns. Russian expedition led by Kerpinsky advances from Kule toward Turhhausen as Mukden grows unsafe with nightly shootings. another spring advance seems likely.
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London
St. Petersburg
Daily Mail
Manchuria
Mukden
Turchausen
Boxer
Gutanse
Kut
Mongolia
Shan Mountain
Schu
Adm
Alexieff
Kerpinsk
Kule
Turhhausen
Arbor Day at Washington Pays Tribute to Rusk Willets
Arbor day in Washington featured the planting of two memorial trees in the agriculture department grounds to honor the late J. M. Rusk and E. M. Willets. Secretary Wilson and others spoke on reforestation, education, and expanding tree propagation and distribution nationwide.
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Department of Agriculture
Washington
J. M. Rusk
E. M. Willets
Wilson
Galloway
Bureau of Plant Industry
Sudworth
Department
America
Philadelphia Defeats Brooklyn In Nine Innings
In Philadelphia on April 23 the Brooklyns fell to the home team with a 9 to 11 score after nine innings. Batteries were Kennedy and Steelman for Brooklyn, White and McFarland for Philadelphia, umpire Colgan. Also noted, Secretary Gage announced the purchase of $300 000 in United States bonds at 113.56.
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Philadelphia
Brooklyn
Brooklyns
R. HE
Phila
Kennedy
Steelman
White and McFarland
Colgan
Washington
Gage
United States
Bandits hold up Memphis express near Bridge Junction
Masked bandits raided the Choctaw railroad express train at Bridge Junction Arkansas around midnight. An express messenger and a Negro porter were shot. valuables were taken amid a large haul as bloodhounds tracked the robbers. Delays followed as officials promised a reward and swift investigation.
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Bridge Junction
Ark
Memphis
Tenn
Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad
Wells Fargo Express Co
Tpolice Sergt
Nelson
Johnson
Menders
Gould
Little Rock
John T. Harris
Choctaw Railroad
Wells Fargo Express
CUBAN COMMISSION ARRIVES IN JACKSONVILLE FOR TALKS
The Cuban commission headed by Gen Domingo Mendez Capote arrived in Jacksonville on the Florida East Coast railroad from Miami en route to Washington. The group includes Pegroe Detancourt Gen Rafael M Portuondo Dr Diego Tamao and Dr Pedro Consalez Tolente with interpreter Pedro M Entenza and press liaison Col M H Coronaldo among others.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Cuban Commission
McKinley
United States
Cuba
Florida East Coast Railroad
Miami
Washington
Seaboard
Metropolitan Limited
Domingo Mendez Capote
Commission
Pegroe Detancourt
Rafael M. Portuondo
Diego Tamao
Pedro Consalez T.lorente
Pedro M. Entenza
M. H. Coronaldo
la Discuscion
Marquese Sterling
Cula
el Mundo
Bulgarian Nouroulah dominates Wittmer in St Louis match
Nouroulah the Bulgarian heavyweight defeated Charles Wittmer of Cincinnati in two straight falls, lasting exactly five minutes. The West End Athletic Club show at the exposition coliseum drew about 2,500 spectators, with a catch-as-catch-can format best two of three falls.
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St. Louis
Nouroulah
Charles Wittmer
Cincinnati
Exposition Coliseum
West End
Hand Will Be Sold to Highest Bidder at Logansport
Judge Brownlee orders sale of the Hel River railway under Receiver Ruddell. The 90 mile line from Logansport to Butler valued at $2,000,000. Sale set for June 10 in Logansport with bidding by Wabash, Pennsylvania and other systems. stockholders may bid. Attorneys claim fees totaling $90,000.
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Logansport
Indianapolis
Ind
Brownlee
Howard Circuit Court
Hel River
Ruddell
Kokomo
Butler
Wabash
Detroit
Pennsylvania
Postmaster Finds Suspicious Tube Mail Parcel
In Brazil Indiana on April 23 postmaster Falls found a five inch tube shaped package inside a mail pouch. He opened it and found a soft substance later identified as nitroglycerin and dry grains of dynamite with cotton and fuse. The package, undelivered and unaddressed, was sent to Washington for examination.
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Brazil
Ind
Falls
Southern Indiana Miners Return to Work Amid Invasion Rumors
Evansville Indiana April 23 coal miners of southern Indiana have returned to work and mines are running on steady time. Reported Monday night that another invasion into Kentucky is planned with miners carrying Winchesters. Several United Mine Workers organizers are in southern Indiana quietly active though specifics are unclear. The next invasion is said to be kept secret and aimed at non union fields before operators know.
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Evansville
Ind
Indiana
Kentucky
United Mine Workers
Powder blaze injures workers in Cable Co. mine No 9
Washington Ind April 28 Two men Frank Burkhardt and Gus Mandabach were hauling ten kegs of powder on an electric car in Cable Co s No 9 mine when a spark ignited the powder causing serious burns. Six kegs were hurled but did not explode and the men are believed fatally injured.
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Washington
Ind
Frank Burkhardt
Gus Mandabach
Cable Co
No. 9
Rinkard Sentenced to Death for Wife Murder
Wabash Indiana April 23 Judge Shively overruled the motion for a new trial in the John Rinkard murder case. Rinkard was found guilty of killing his wife at Marion and sentenced to death before sunrise. He spoke for about ten minutes Friday August 25, alleging prosecution witnesses lied.
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Wabash
Ind
Shively
John Rinkard
Marion
Rinkard
Evansville Appoints Gilbert Health Secretary Amid Smallpox Cases
Evansville Indiana reports several smallpox cases as Dr Will Gilbert is named secretary of the board of health by the new mayor. The former secretary Dr Thomas Powell resists under a state law and seeks an injunction against Gilbert.
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Evansville
Ind
Will Gilbert
Board of Health
Thomas Powell
Gilbert
Mishawaka Firms sue United Rubber for boot rights damages
Mishawaka Wool and Rubber Co. files suits against United States Rubber Co. seeking damages over alleged assault on its rights to manufacture knit wool boots. The actions were filed in Mishawaka, Indiana, on April 23.
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Mishawaka, Ind
Mishawaka Wool and Rubber Co
United States Rubber Co
Senator Willard Sent Home for Bedford Funeral
The body of Senator James H. Willard found dead in a New York hotel was shipped to Bedford Indiana on Monday. The funeral is planned for Wednesday in Bedford.
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Bedford
Ind
James H. Willard
Clarendon Hotel
New York
Indiana Masons report 33,400 members and 503 lodges
Indianapolis April 23. The forthcoming annual report of the grand secretary of Masons of Indiana shows 33,400 masons in the state a gain of 1,400 over the year and 503 active lodges.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Masons of
Indiana
Railroad detective held for blackmail at Indianapolis
Indianapolis April 23 Robert Hobbs a railroad detective was locked up Monday night charged with blackmailing Saloon Keeper Albert Hitzelberger in Indianapolis authorities said Hobbs claimed protection money in return for not exposing alleged wrongdoing and was taken into custody by local police for questioning.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Robert Hobbs
Albert Hitzelberger
Man Dies After Twelve Months' Drinking Spree
Ignatz Schniep, 76, was found dead in Osgood Indiana after a yearlong drinking spree. Authorities report the long period of intoxication preceded the death discovered Monday.
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Osgood
Ind
Ignatz Schniep
Editor Named Fuel Purchaser for Canadian Pacific
Indianapolis April 23 W. Scott editor of the United Mine Workers Journal named fuel purchasing agent for the Canadian Pacific railway. Muncie April 23 Emma F Renker deranged since her child's death tried to kill her parent and brother. She was taken into custody.
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Indianapolis
Ind
W. . Scott
United Mine Workers’ournal
Canadian Pacific Railway
Muncie
Emma F. Renker
Ohio River Flood Recedes as Rains Ended in Cleveland Area
Pittsburgh reports the flood is over with no further rise expected along the Ohio river at this point though towns downstream remain at risk due to Sunday night and Monday rains. Rivers fall, mud disrupts mills, and rail traffic resumes, with damage costs near two million dollars.
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Pittsburgh
Ohio
Banka
Cincinnati River Flood May Reach 60 Feet
Flood outlook for the Ohio at Cincinnati predicts a peak near 60 feet, with 58 feet more likely and 61 feet exceeded only in 1898. Water rising from 52 feet 8 inches Monday night threatens Rat Row and Sausage Row fronts, Shantytown houses, cellars, and local businesses as crews caulk seams and evacuate.
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Cincinnati
Upper
Ohio
River Front
Broadway
Ludlow
Sausage Row
Main
Walnut Streets
Little Kanawha Falling Amid Flood Forecasts
Parkersburg West Virginia reports the Little Kanawha river rising at three feet and a fifth inch per hour with crest due Tuesday morning. The flood scare passes, losses include about 100000 dollars in logs, while Paducah Kentucky forecasts the biggest flood in years along the Ohio, Tennessee and Cumberland rivers.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Welock
Elizabeth
Creston
Pheloze
Paducah
Kay
Tennessee
Remarkable Heart Operation in St Louis
Dr H L Nietart, superintendent of the city hospital, performed a rare operation on Gunn who was stabbed in a saloon brawl. The knife pierced the right ventricle and entered the heart cavity, yet the incision formed a lip shaped valve allowing only small blood leakage. The doctor exposed the pericardium, stitched the moving heart, and closed the chest. Gunn survived and doctors expect recovery due to his strong constitution.
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St. Louis
H.L. Nietert
City Hospital
Pitty
Gunn
Nietart
Through Six Floors Tank Crushes Chicago Building
A 25 by 6 foot iron water tank on the Galbraith building roof in Chicago tore loose in a Sunday wind, plummeting through six floors and injuring five people. The 40 000 gallon tank left a 40 by 40 foot hole, causing about 50 000 dollars in damage. Most pedestrians escaped. occupancy risk was high due to firms on site.
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Chicago
Galbraith
Madison
Franklin Streets
Hair-Breadth Escape Averts Collision Near Tyrone
In flood conditions a westbound Pennsylvania railroad limited train near Tyrone was saved from a collision when a boy on the footboard frantically waved his cap to warn the engineer. The train struck a rock after the warning, knocking off the cow-catcher and badly damaging a Pullman, but no passengers were hurt. St Louis beats Chicago in a 12-5 National League game with Sudhoff and Nichols on the mound for St Louis.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania Railroad
Tyrone
Market report from Cincinnati and Chicago markets
Flour and grain prices listed for spring patent to low grade flour with multiple classes and prices. Wheat, corn and oats futures shown for Chicago. live stock bids given for Hogs Cattle Sheep Lambs and Veal with ranges for each category.
Death of Col Keller Promotes Lt Col Thomson
The late Col Keller died from nephritis after a fight in 1899 during the Arayat Lu zon advance. He was a graduate of the military academy and appointed from Hamburg Pennsylvania in 1861. He led the 23d infantry in the Philippines before sickness in January. His gallant actions earned a brevet recommendation for meritorious service.
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Military Academy
Hamburg
Philippines
Arayat
Luzon
Keller
J. Milton ‘Thomson
14Th Infantry
Cofferdam Failure At Spier Falls Floods Hudson Project
Glens Falls New York April 23 one hundred feet of the cofferdam for the Hudson River Power Co at Spier Falls broke away due to high water from melting Adirondack snow and heavy rains. Frank Smith and Oscar Satterlee were hurled into the river by the derrick rope breaking Satterlee was saved by a log and Smith drowned with his body not yet recovered.
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Glens Falls
N. Y
Hudson River Power Co
Spier Falls
Adirondacks
Frank Smith
Oscar Satterlee
Satterlee
Smith
Man swept over Niagara Falls in river crossing
Report from Niagara Falls New Jersey says a man in a row boat attempting to cross the river was overwhelmed by the current. He turned to return to shore but was pulled into the upper rapids and carried over the Horse Shoe falls.
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Maun
Niagara River
Falls
Niagara Falls
N. J
Niagara Monday
Horse Shoe Falls
Upturned yawl boat explains four missing Rockefeller sailors
Erie Pa April 23 an upturned yawl boat in the bay accounts for four Rockefeller fleet seamen who did not return Sunday night. The missing are Thomas Greer Miles Guy Lapham and P E Dai of Painesville Ohio, son of the fleet’s captain. Up to Monday night no bodies had been recovered.
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Erie
Rockefeller
Drew
Thomas Greer
Miles
Guy Lapham
Dai Painesville
Monda
Army reshuffles assign Wade to Southern Luzon and Ludlow to Visayas
Secretary Root issues orders appointing Brig. Gen. James F. Wade to command the department of Southern Luzon replacing Gen. Bates and Brig. Gen. Wm. Ludlow to command the Visayas department replacing Gen. Hughes in an April dispatch from Washington with an eight dollar note.
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Washington
Root
James F. Wade
Department of Southern Luzon
Gen. Bates
Wm. Ludlow
Department of the Visayas
Market Report: Grain and Livestock Prices Across Cities
The Cincinnati market reports spring patent flour prices from 3.15 to 4.00 and No 2 red wheat around 76–77 cents. Chicago futures show Wheat May 71 1/4 cents and Corn May 44 1/2 cents. Live stock in Cincinnati and Indianapolis lists hogs 5.65–5.90, cattle 4.75–5.25, sheep 3.75–4.15, lambs 5.25–5.50, calves 4.00–4.25, with regional price ranges and quality grades.
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Cincinnati
Chicago
Shippers
Indianapolis
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