Panama Canal Survey Shows Progress and Slowed Efforts
The report notes 1900 workers on the Panama waterway with slow progress amid a termetric survey by Terhmian canal commission. It cites colonial negotiations, potential US purchase contingencies, and gunboat Scorpion enforcing access after treaty with Darien natives. Rear Admiral Walker affirms no negotiations with Zelaya or Iglesia, but hints at talks on canal matters.
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Sition
United States
Walker
Panama Canal
Bogota
Costa Rica
Nicare Agua
Terhmian Canal Commission
Panama Waterway
Darien
Nathan Sargent
Zelaya
Iglesiaas
All the Best Styles in Ready to Wear Garments
A broad assortment of suits skirts dresses jackets wraps corsets and waists is showcased with many items from the Gordon-Lewis line offered at reduced prices. Shoppers are urged to browse the profusion of styles and take advantage of marked down rates.
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Gordon-Lewis
La Vida Corsets Offer Value and Fit Compared to French
La Vida Corsets claim higher grade French styles cost about double and that La Vida uses French materials at half price. They say American women prefer La Vida for better fit and comfort, preserving features often sacrificed in French designs. Miss Keppler will visit this week to explain merits and drawbacks of the corsets and assist with fittings.
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Misa Keppler
la Vida
SALE OF FINE FURNITURE
An entire new stock is now ready with very low prices on all items. Extensions tables from $5.50, round dining tables from $10.50, couches from $11.00, iron beds from $3.50, Adams Westlake brass beds at $38.00, dining room chairs and rocking chairs in hundreds of styles, and combination book cases with twenty five patterns.
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Adams & Westlake
Aguinaldo Said to Be Riding in Manila
A Washington dispatch to the Tribune says evidence points to Aguinaldo hiding in Manila Manila's Tagal quarter favored for safety as American troops swept Luzon and Mindanao. Other officers doubt he fled Luzon or escaped by water. General Otis reportedly believes Aguinaldo has remained in Manila since early year with no reward offered for capture.
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New York
Tribune
Washington
Manila
War Department
Aguinaldo
United States Secret Service
Luzon
Philippines
Tagal
Otis
Secret Service
Captain Ostheim Ends His Life in Chicago Hotel
Captain Laula Ostheim of the first United States artillery was found dead in his Auditor ium annex room in Chicago. A bullet was in his temple and a revolver lay beneath him. He had registered April 2 and was last seen April 6. The marriage to Eva Bruce Wood was slated for today at the bride’s uncle’s residence before they planned to depart east for Philadelphia and other cities. The motive remains a mystery with no light shed by items in the room. Ostheim had earlier served in the Spanish American War and had a career of transfers and promotions in the artillery.
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Chicago
Laula O#1
Thelm
First
United States Artillery
Auditorium Annex
Hel
Louis Ostheim
Eva Bruce Wood
Walter B. Phister
Ostheim
Philippines
Army Register
First Artillery
EL Battery
Death verdict in accidental wound case of Captain Ostheim
Chicago April 9 coroner's jury finds death accidental in the case of Captain Ostheim of the First United States artillery. He was found dead last night in his apartments at the Audi building.
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Chicago
Ostheim
First United States Artillery
Audi
Army Vacancies to be Filled by Graduates
Washington April 9 115 vacancies exist in the second lieutenant grade in the army divided among Infantry Artillery and Cavalry. About half will be filled by West Point graduates and the rest by noncommissioned officer exams. about 20 civilian posts remain with preference to volunteers in the Philippines and sons of Spanish War dead.
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Washington
Weat Point
Philippines
Coeur d'Alene Inquiry Sparks Protest Over Snap Judgment
Washington April 9 Sulzer attacks a snap ruling by the committee and protests the Bull Pen record. The printed record includes a clipped list of ringleaders in the miners agitation and about 400 indicted men. Bowes, a local business figure, remains unaffiliated in the dispute.
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Washington
Coeur d'Alene
Sulzer
Henry E. Bowes
Death of Ostheim Believed Accidental by Family Verdict
Friends theorize Captain Ostheim woke in a nightmare on Sunday and shot himself, with no motive found. Initial belief of premeditated death by own action faded as investigators weighed the captain’s possible lapse in consciousness.
Eyewitness recounts Texas dam collapse near Austin
An eye witness describes the Colorado River dam failure with water 19 feet deep cresting 60 feet high spouts, a 40 to 50 foot breach, and sections sliding downriver. The power house and west wall later collapsed as the dam vanished and the falls roared.
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San Antonio
Texas
Jeff McLemore
Austin
Niagara
Colorado River
Heavy Snow Fall in Bozeman After 40 Hours of Storm
Heavy snow has fallen for about 40 hours in Bozeman, reaching nearly two feet on the level. The storm is the heaviest in 12 months, with farmers noting expected benefits from snow cover.
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Bozeman
Iranian Wrecked Off Yokohama Coast
Yokohama April 9 The British bark Iranian commanded by Captain Watt from New York November 15 for this port was wrecked on the Japanese coast. The captain’s boat is missing.
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Yokohama
Watt
New York
Boers raid south of the Free State in 1900 news
Reports from Maseru and London describe Boer forces moving south of the Free State after seizing Thaba N'Chu and Modder River works. British outposts at Wepener in touch with Boers while Brabant's colonials guard the region. Looting and disrupted communications mark the rapid Boer advance amid fevered responses in Basutoland and Bloemfontein.
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Maseru
Ladybrand
Thaba N'Chu
Modder
Free State
Brabant
Wepener
Basutoland
London
Bloemfontein
Rouseville
Alwal
Robert
Orange Pree
Svanetown
Nry Rundle
Eighth Union
Kimberley
United States Moves on Isthmian Canal Strip Deal
Washington reports that arrangements with Costa Rica and Nicaragua for a ten mile wide canal strip between Geytown and Brito are nearly complete. Admiral Walker secured favorable replies from Central American leaders after probing sentiment in Managua and San Jose. Negotiations hinge on territorial lease terms and the Walker route for the Nicaragua canal, with political and constitutional hurdles acknowledged. Costa Rica supports the plan. Nicaragua’s agreements are contingent on proper notification and concessions.
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New York
Washington
Costa Rica
Nicaragua
United States
Geytown
Brito
John G. Walker
Isthmian Canal Commission
Senate
Costa Ricarta
Isthmian Commission
Congress
Walker Nicaraguan Canal Commission
Walker
Managua
San Jose
Zelaya
Telesilas
Lake
Maritime Canal Companies
Fires destroy Euward Smith box factory in New York
The Euward Smith box factory burned today causing estimated losses of about a quarter million dollars as flames spread to adjacent structures. Reports from other cities note wage increases for Indianapolis carpenters and plumbers, quiet in Middletown Kentucky amid arrests, a banker's suicide in Livermore, stock market fluctuations in New York, and the withdrawal of Rev Arthur C. McGiffert from the Presbyterian church.
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New York
Euward , Smith Box
Arthur C. McGiffert
Presbyterian Church
Presbytery of
McGiffert
Presbytery
Robbers Pardoned at Helena After Commutation
James Milford and James Stone, highwaymen who robbed F. J. Wasnweiler near Helena in 1893, were granted clemency and will leave the penitentiary April 21 after the state board of pardons approved Governor Smith's commute from seventeen to ten years. The board was unanimous with no protests. Judge Hunt supported the commuting. The incident, trial, and conviction provided an interesting case. The state board convened in Helena as the populist party executive committee prepared for Sioux Falls delegates.
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Helena
James Milford
James Stone
F. J. Wasnweiler
State Board of Pardons
Smith
Hunt
Wansweiler
State Board of Horticulture
Limca
Sioux Falls
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Toto
Jolo
Miners’ Union
Bunker Hill
Capt. Ootheim
Torium Annex
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