Uncertain Frankfort amid Goebel case crisis
In Frankfort Kentucky the mood eases after arrests tied to the Goebel assassination but unease remains among Republicans. Legislators flee or resist warrants as Gen Castleman and Beckham weigh delaying tactics and possible extra sessions with court of appeals decisions pending.
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Frankfort
Davia
William Goebel
Beckham
Taylor
Goebel
Adjt
Collier
Gen. Collier
Suier
Louisville
Suter
London
State Guard
Court of Appeals
Castleman
Beekham
McC
Claim It A Felony Republicans At Lexington Demand Trial
Lexington Kentucky March 13 The legal phase of removing powers and Davis from the Lexington jail stirred local attorneys. Prominent lawyers urged the act of taking men away without appearing before the local court be treated as a felony. The men were arrested on a warrant sworn out in the county and made returnable before the police court.
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Lexington
Owers
Davis
Police Court of
Republicans Threaten Prosecutions Over Prisoner Removals
Discussion grows after court failed to return prisoners. Republicans allege Sheriff Bosworth and Sheriff Suter aided in removing the prisoners and fear Police Judge Riley would grant bail to them.
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Bosworth
Suter
Riley
Central Asylum Steward Arrested in Goebel Conspiracy Case
W L Hazelipp, steward of the Central Insane Asylum, was arrested in Louisville on a conspiracy charge tied to the Goebel assassination plot. Implicated alongside Caleb Powers and Captain John Davis, Hazelipp is from Grayson County and in detectives’ custody at Lakeland awaiting bring to Louisville.
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Louisville
W. L. Hazelipp
Central Asylum For the Insane
Caleb Powers
John Davis
Hazelipp
Wm. Goebel
Central Asylum
Gov
Bradley
Grayson County
Lakeland
Lexington Captain defies orders to disband company
Lexington Kentucky March 13 Captain C W Longmire of Company M 2d Kentucky State Guards defies an order from Lieut Colonel S S Morrow to return all arms ammunition and accoutrements to the Lexington armory and disperse his company. He says he will pay no attention and awaits further orders from Beckham or Castleman.
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Lexington
C. W. Longmire
Morrow
2D Kentucky Regiment
State Guards
2D Kentucky
Powers Still At Large Near Barbourville Kentucky
John Lay Powers was seen Monday on Poplar Creek near Barbourville where a farmer spotted him. Detectives are in the area but avoid the countryside due to fears he is heavily armed and protected by associates. His father resides nearby.
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Barbourville
John Lay Powers
Poplar Creek
Powers
Philippine Casualties Reported by Gen Otis
Washington March 13 Gen Otis transmits a list of Philippine casualties eight soldiers killed and nineteen wounded. Names include killed Patrick Enright corporal and David Goldman, wounded Chidester surgeon back, Boyle leg, Galleher abdomen severe, Sick head serious.
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Washington
Otis
Philippines
Patrick W. Enright
Fred Daniel
David G. Goldman
Willson Bellis
John K. Morrison
William Dugan
Dennis L. Hayes
Michael Tracy
Walter C. Chidester
Anthony Westrate
Ernest F. Trepto
Cheek
Jacob Lucas
Guy A. Boyle
Charles A. Hackworth
James L. Jones
Fred Cliff
Frank T. McNarney
David P. Kennedy
John B. Galleher
Albert A. Widdick
John F. Landinge
C. J. Sick
Robert D. Stewart
Earl R. Hutchinson
William E. Biggs
Edgar H. Garrett
Guy M. Ingersoll
Sheldon to edit Topeka Capital with moral focus
Rev Charles M Sheldon takes editorial and business control of the Daily Capital for one week. He will run it as a newspaper defined as current events aiding moral and spiritual growth, with no Sunday issue and signings for editorials and major local items.
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Topeka
Kan
Kingdom of God
Charles M. Sheldon
Capital
Barbadoes braces for large emigration amid unrest
Kingston Jamaica report from March 13 describes dire labor conditions in Barbadoes with plans to relocate 20 000 people to St Lucia due to starvation. Troops stay in Barbadoes under imperial defense while arson and unrest persist on the island.
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Kingston
Jamaica
Barbadoes
St. Lucia
St. Lutia
Chicago Sash and Door Makers Strike Closes Mills
Chicago craftsmen in the sash door and blind trades voted to shut mills until labor troubles end, adding 4000 workers to 50000 already idle and crippling their industry further.
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Chicago
Boers Threaten Bloemfontein as British Push Near
Dispatches report Gen French six miles south of Bloemfontein after a clash with 12 000 Boer forces on kopjes commanding the direct road to the city. Casualties include 321 wounded and 60 to 70 killed or missing. Col Umphery died of wounds. Lt Pratt badly wounded amid expansive bullet fire.
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Kopies
Umphery
Lieut. Pratt
Essex Regiment
Venters Vlei
Orange Free State
Kevening
Dreifontein
Kopjes
Bloemfontein
Peace Proposal Talk in London House of Commons
In the British parliament Mr. Balfour indicated that government papers on peace proposals from the South African republics would be laid before the house soon. Reports say Kruger asked Lord Salisbury to stop hostilities with terms he would accept, signed by Kruger and Steyn, but Salisbury rejected any plan to retain Transvaal independence.
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London
House of Commons
Balfour
Treasury
Kruger
Lord Salisbury
Steyn
British advance nears Bloemfontein in Boer War dispatch
The Daily News reports from Venter’s Vliet that Lord Roberts’ forces moved from Asvogel Kop about 14 miles and now lie within 12 miles of Bloemfontein. Troops have joined the main advance, farms are deserted, and detachments are cautioned to touch nothing as they approach the city.
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London
The
Daily News
Venters Viet
Asvogel Kop
Maal Spruit
Bloemfontein
Lord Roberts
Gregorowski
Kaal Spruit
Roberts
Misleading the Boers as Roberts presses forward
London reports Lord Roberts rapidly advances by a southern route, misleading the Boers away from the east path near Asvogel Kop. He may seize the Bloemfontein railway southward, while Boers try to delay by removing rolling stock and stores, with Austria-Hungary and Italy seen likely to decline intervention requests.
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London
Lord Roberts
Venters Vlei
French
Bloemfontein
Steyn
Asvogel Kop
Orange River District
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Italy
Duterfeyre
Leading powers weigh mediation in South Africa crisis
Paris reports from London indicate Kruger and Steyn have not formally proposed peace but seek U S terms for negotiations based on independence of the republics. Choate has a long cable from Washington to Salisbury. Durban notes Germany declines to intervene, saying it is not involved in the conflict.
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Paris
The
Gaulois
London
Good
Kruger
Steyn
United States
Mafin
Choate
South Africa
Lord Salisbury
Durban
Transvaal
Germany
Great Britain
Fleischmann heirs sue estate for multi million action
In New York on March 13 the children of the late Maximilian Fleischmann sue the estate of their uncle Charles Fleischmann for several million dollars. They accuse Charles and their mother Mrs Johanna Fleischmann of control over Fleischmann & Co and claim papers transferred all Mrs Fleischmanns interest to him. The suit seeks recovery of Maximilians original stake valued at 1 292 550 dollars while defendants defend the signed agreements as valid.
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New York
Supreme Court
Maximilian Fleischmann
Charles Fleischmann
Johanna Fleischmann
Maximilian
Fleischmann & Co
Charles
Fleischmann
Draw Fights Mahony and Smith in 20 Rounds
Young Mahony of Philadelphia and Mysterious Billy Smith fought a twenty round draw at the Hercules Athletic club in New York City.
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Young Mahony
Philadelphia
Billy Smith
Hercules Athletic Club
New York City
Attorney Castillo
Mexico
Juarez
Albert D. Shaw
Grand Army of the Republic
Peace in Transvaal and Civil Unrest Dominate News
The nation reports on possible U S mediation to restore peace in the Transvaal as Gen Roberts nears Bloemfontein and Boer resistance hinges on battle outcomes. In domestic events a Omaha fire destroys stock worth 30000 with 74000 building loss, while Goebel’s funeral in Frankfort closes quietly. News also notes bubonic plague in Buenos Ayres, mine disaster recovery in West Virginia, Philadelphia tenement fire deaths, Crevado’s arrest, and political turmoil with Kentucky killings and militia formation.
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State Department
United States
Buenos Ayres
Red Ash
West Virginia
Philadelphia
Vito Crevado
Secretary of State
Powers
Davis
Lexington
Senator Goebel
Louisville
Castleman
Collier
Beckham
Taylor
No Washington London Contacts on Nicaragua Pact
London reports say no communications have passed between Washington and London on the Nicaragua treaty. Pauncefote dispatches to the foreign office are incorrect. Paris notes Italian boxer Guydo, who fought Jeffries in Paris, died last Saturday in Hospital Boucicault from advanced tuberculosis after admission in mid February.
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London
Washington
Lord Pauncefote
Foreign Office
Paris
Guydo
James Jeffries
Boucicault
Higgins Victim of Stabbing in West Virginia Election Quarrel
Benjamin F. Higgins a leading Culloden merchant was fatally stabbed by his brother Walter Higgins during a dispute over the municipal election in Culloden West Virginia on March 13.
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Culloden
W. Va
Benjamin F. Higgins
Walter Higgins
Market Report from Cincinnati and Chicago Prices
Market report lists grain and livestock prices in Cincinnati and Chicago for March 12. Wheat futures show No 2 red around 71/4 to 69 cents, No 2 white corn 39 cents, oats 26 cents, with mixed bids across spring and winter varieties. Livestock bids include hogs from $4.60 to $5.00 and cattle from $3 to $5. Lambs and veal calves pass along varying grades and prices.
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Cincinnati
Chicago
Sugar industry in the Philippine Islands shows primitive methods
The Philippines produce less than one sixth of Cuba's sugar due to antiquated mills and crude cultivation. Batangas lumber and Cebu Negros show uneven quality while European mills aid some plants. Land values vary from $30 to $115 per acre with shifting exports and pending opening of government land for settlement amid new ports.
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Hawaiian Islands
United States
California
Hong Kong
Batangas
Manila
Cebu
Negros
Luzon
Europe
Hawaii
Philippines
Nueva Eclija
Islands
Cuba
Mindoneo
Daniel Cleverton
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Col. Peakman
Kimberley
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Hoar
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Market Report
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