Miss Stone Returns to America from Bulgaria
Miss Ellen M. Stone the missionary captured by brigands in Bulgaria arrived in New York on the Deutschland and said the captors sought her, not Mme Tsilka. She planned to visit Chelsea Mass to see her 90 year old mother and noted she was made ill by the sea voyage.
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Miss Stone
America
Ellen M. Stone
Bulgaria
New York
Deutschland
Charles A. Stone
Mme Tsilka
Mme. Tsilka
Chelsea
Mass
Belgian Soldiers Revolt In Brussels Riots Stir
Dispatch from Brussels reports troops called out amid riots near mutiny as militiamen wear anti government colors, march singing Carmagnole and Marseillaise. Industrial district in turmoil with arrests for insubordination and reg ulars confined to barracks as ball cartridges are issued.
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Brussels
Havana issues partial pardon for Cuban criminals
Havana publishes an order granting partial pardons to inmates serving life or shorter sentences. Pardons range from one quarter to one half of imposed penalties. Awaiting court of appeals decisions must withdraw appeals to qualify. The order also removes doubt about pardons for offenses tied to war.
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Havana
Court of Appeals
Journalist Appointed First Assistant Postmaster General
Robert J. Wynne, Washington correspondent for the New York Times, has accepted the post of First Assistant Postmaster General. The nomination will likely go to the Senate after the president returns from Charleston. The change may take effect May 1 or earlier as W. M. Johnson of New Jersey seeks retirement.
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Robert J. Wynne
Washington
New York Tress
Senate
Charleston
W. M. Johnson
New Jersey
Rumor Denied by Frederic Rutherford Warris at Llangibly Castle
Frederic Rutherford Warris former secretary of the Chartered South Africa Company at Llangibly Castle Usk Monmouthshire dismissed rumors of a telegram saying Boer leaders accepted British terms as entirely without foundation stating no such message had been received or verified.
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Frederic Rutherford Warris
South Africa Company
Llangibly Castle
Usk
Monmouthshire
Sarris
Demand for Gunboat As Insurgents Threaten Colon Area
The U S Consul at Colon cabled Boca Del Toro faces imminent danger from insurgents and a warship is needed to safeguard American interests. The Navy will dispatch the Machins to the threatened area. Eugene F Ware of Kansas has been chosen as new Commissioner of Pensions, succeeding H Clay Evans. Ware, from Topeka, is in the law firm Gleed Ware Gileed.
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United States
Colon
Boca del Toro
Navy Department
Eugene F. Ware
Kansas
H. Clay Evans
Mr. Ware
Topeka
Kan
Gleed, Ware & Gileed
Warsaw Philanthropist Donates to M E Ministers Fund
Fletcher Anglin of Warsaw Indiana donated 5000 dollars to the North Indiana Methodist conference fund for maintenance of superannuated ministers. The contribution supports retired clergy aided by the conference.
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Warsaw
Fletcher Anglin
Ind
North Indiana
M. E
Millionaire Bankrupt Henry Lucas Ends Bankruptcy in Chicago
Henry V. Lucas once heir to a $2 million fortune freed from $40,000 debt by the United States District Court in Chicago and discharged from bankruptcy. He had mortgaged vast inherited holdings from his father Judge Lucas of St Louis, losing through a barge line venture and competition with Jay Gould, with real estate largely sacrificed to mortgagees.
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H.v.lucas
Henry V. Lucas
United States District Court
Chicago
Judge Lucas
St. Louis
Jay Gould
Lucas
Confesses to Save Father in Omaha County Court
Charles I Kaufmann son of former Councilman stunned Omaha County Court by confessing to embezzling nearly $3000, admitting guilt to save his father who had just pleaded not guilty. Judge Vinson Haleder noted the son was not charged and allowed both to depart after bond was set.
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Charles I. Kaufmann
Charles Kaufmann
Omaha
Young Kaufmann
Vinsonhaler
Soldier Richter gagged and died after abuse claim
Information from Washington states Private Richter of the 28th Infantry was gagged by Lt. Sinclair who was tried and acquitted. Gen Chaffee notes Richter was drunk and abusive, gagged by Sinclair, and died soon after. Other items include a laborer wounded by a self-set revolver trap and a second trial for Thombs.
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Sinclair
War Department
Washington
Richter
Twenty Eighth Infantry
Chaffer
Chaffee
Mendicant with Banked Wealth Shocks Harlem Court
In Harlem Court Francisco Gorgin an Italian organ grinder aged about 60 was fined five dollars for begging. He then paid five dollars to a lawyer and revealed a bank book showing a twelve thousand dollar balance at the Bank of Rome. He said he would retire from business and recently gave his daughter two thousand dollars as a wedding gift.
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Harlem
Francisco Gorgin
Bank of Iome
Gorgia
Iron Deal Unprecedented in Steel Trade
The United States Steel Corporation announces a purchase of 800,000 tons of Bessemer iron at 16.50 per ton, a deal believed to ensure a busy year ahead. Delivery is scheduled between October 1, 1902, and April 1, 1903, securing raw material to meet vast demand and avoid delays of last year.
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Bessemer Steel
Steel Trust
Bessemer
United States Steel Corporation
Oklahoma Woman Kills Drunken Husband With Nail
In Grant County Oklahoma Mrs Peoples a farmer s wife reportedly killed her husband by driving a nail through his head after he beat her and slept against a pine partition. She feared another beating when he woke.
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Oklahoma
Grant County
Okla
Wellington
Kan
Peoples
Youth Swindles Diamond Firm With Disguised Messenger
Ernest Erickson, 19, son of an Evanston jeweler, posed as a messenger to obtain $1,500 worth of diamonds from Rich & Allen in Chicago. He distributed stones to railroad brakemen before police arrested him, finding hair dye on his neck and uncovering his confession. A similar swindle had targeted another diamond house.
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Ernest Erickson
Qets Gems
Ernest Efrickson
Evanston
Rich & Allen
Chicago
St. Paul
Erickson
New Murder in Rice Case Draws Indiana Heir to New York
Carl J. Carrolson of Muncie Indiana claims he is the grandson and heir of William Marsh Rice the Texas magnate murdered years ago. He says his mother died mysteriously in New York while pursuing a claim as daughter-in-law and believes conspirators stole Rice’s fortune. A prominent firm has taken his case and will back entry into the large litigation over the will.
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Indiana
Carl J. Carrolson
Muncie
Ind
William Marsh Rice
Texas Milionaire
Albert T. Patrick
Sing Sing
New York
Young Carrolson
Anarchists among the rich cited by Cleveland pastor
Rev. Dr. Charles A. Eaton of the Euclid Avenue Baptist Church in Cleveland denounces wealth-driven law evasion as a form of anarchism in a Ministers' Association address. He argues that many anarchists are not poor and condemn the rich who exploit failures in law enforcement for personal gain.
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Rockefeller
Cleveland
Charles A. Eaton
J. D. Rockefeller
Euclid Avenue Baptist Church
Ministers’ Association
Dr. Eaton
Cent valued hug verdict headlines local court case
A Louisville jury set the value of a hug at 1 cent with damages awarded to Mrs. Elizabeth Cecil against Richard Langan for an unwanted embrace during a rent visit. The story notes the defendant is a retired capitalist and mentions the judge and court setting.
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Louisville
Judge Field
Elizabeth Cecil
Richard Langan
Congress Debates Chinese Exclusion and Related Bills
The Senate and House devoted days to the Chinese exclusion bill with extensive discussion and votes. Other actions included passage of a revenue cutter service efficiency bill and appropriations for a Sterling Illinois public building, plus private pension bills and Cuban reciprocity debate.
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House
Revenue Cutter Service
Committee On Appropriations
Faylor
Ohio
Committee On Elections
Blorton- Butler
Welfth
Missouri
Sterling
Ill
Simmons
South
China
Orient
Pacific Coast
Conference
Si+mon
Hoar
Alasia
Gallinger
Dillingham
Turner
Fairbanks
Committee On Immigration
Patterson
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry
Conn
Richardson
Committee On Agriculture
Washington Notes Hint at New Minister and Senate Bid
General Fitzhugh Lee may be appointed first United States Minister to Cuba. Friends of Representative Hitt urge him to enter the Illinois senatorial race.
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Washington
Fitzhugh Lee
United States
Guba
Hitt
Illinois
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