Wreck of Georges Croise near Santo Domingo sinks four aboard
The French steamer Georges Croise lies wrecked off Santo Domingo harbor for over two weeks. Four men are dead or missing, including two passengers and two sailors, while Captain Francisco Cathmen is alive but missing. Chief Officer Marmion recalls the distress during the March 29 sighting as the ship sank after the captain deserted with the pilot amid cries from survivors.
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Phot Desert
Santo Domingo
New York
Georges Croise
Francisco Cathmen
Clyde Line
John O. Marmion
Joe Martha
Francisco Pla
Antonio Delgao
Martha
Dam Pepe Valle
Stimson Testifies in Coeur d'Alene Investigation
Washington reports on W R Stimson former Sho Shone County commissioner taking the stand to counter earlier testimony. He says state and military authorities removed him for resisting coalitions and claims Pinkertons and thugs hired by mining companies caused violence at Gem in 1892.
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Idaho
Couer d’Alene
Washington
Couer d'Alene
W. R.stimson
Shoshone County
Bunker Hill
Standard Oil Company
Gem
Pinkertons
Union Mon
George H. Scripps Dead Leader of Scripps McRae League
George H. Scripps died at Miranda California from pernicious anemia after months of illness at age 66. He began in Detroit and helped found the Cleveland Press and influenced the Cincinnati Post Kentucky Post St Louis Chronicle and Omaha News. Cremation will be in Los Angeles with interment at Rushville Illinois May 1.
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Scripps-McRae
California
San Diego
Cal
George H. Scripps
Miranda
E. W. Scripps
Los Angeles
Rushville
Ill
Detroit Evening News
Cleveland Press
Cincinnati Post
Kentucky Post
St. Louis Chronicle
Kansas City World
Omaha News
Pacific Coast
B. W
Milton A. McRae
Scripps- McRae
Boers in retreat as siege of Wepener falters
Lord Roberts tightening grip on southeastern theater as Boer forces reportedly retreat or flee in various directions. Wepener investment abandoned amid rail and road bottlenecks. Reports from Bloemfontein Natal and Mafeking reflect growing British advantage and Boer withdrawal pressures.
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Lonpox
Lord Roberts
Daily News
Standard
Daily Telegraph
Morning Post
Bloemfontein
Wepener
Bethany
Natal
Biggarsburg
Ladysmith
London
Pretoria
Cape
War Office
Mafeking
Daily Mail
Sarah Wilson
Snyiman
Plumer
Reddersburg
Chermside
British Losses at Wepener from Four Days Fight
April 14 report details British losses at Wepener amounting to 18 killed and 182 wounded. Rouxville district sent 1,000 recruits to Boer forces. 7,000 Boers at Wepener. Boers forced Royal Irish Rifles from Rouxville. looting repressed. One paymaster captured with £1400. hotelkeeper Guiney shot for foraging. General Brabant and mounted troops moved to Rouxville.
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Wepener
Aliwal Nort
Rouxville
Swanepool
Royal Irish Rifles
Guiney
Godfrey Lagden
Maseru
Brabant
Roberts Sends Protest to Kruger Over Prisoner Treatment
Lord Roberts telegraphs President Kruger denouncing the harsh conditions of colonial officers and troops imprisoned at Pretoria. He cites 90 fever and dysentery cases at Waterval camp, lack of medicines, open bivouacs, and sheds with iron roofs, urging Kruger to improve care.
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L’rotest
Kruger
Bloemfontein
Lord Roberts
Pretoria
Watervaal
Transvaal
Svho
Boers Reported Retreat from Elandslaagte District
Ladysmith dispatch dated April 16 says native scouts report Boers in the Elandslaagte district have retired beyond Biggarsburg. Further information tends to confirm that the Boers have ceased in blowing.
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Natal
London
Ladysmith
Elandslaagte
Biggarsburg
Postpone Wright Inquest in Chicago Report
The inquest into Rufus Wright’s death is postponed to April 24 after Mrs. Louise Lottridge, in whose apartment the shooting occurred, is described as in a state of nervous prostration. Police say she is unfit to testify. Lottridge was committed to county jail hospital as temporarily insane. Bail for Ida Ross, alleged accessory, is set at $2,500.
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Chicago
Rufus Wright
Louise Lottridge
Leland Hotel
Perry
Ida Ross
Lottridge
Towns Will Spring Up Between Chicago and Rocky Mountains
The Times Herald reports Chicago gateway railroads plan vast internal improvements for the region between Chicago and the Rockies. irrigation-driven growth could add 200,000 people in 18 months, with 1738 new towns projected as 600 to 600 population boosts appear. Key lines include Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe, Chicago and North Western, and others enhancing western land areas.
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Rocky Mountains
The
Times-Herald
Atchison
Topeka
Santa Fe
Northwestern
Milwaukee and St. Paul
Northern Pacific
Eastern Illinois
Illinois Central
Burlington and Quincy
Porter Resigns as Secretary of the President
Washington April 14 John Addison Porter resigns as secretary to the president due to ill health. George B. Cortelyou of New York is appointed to succeed him as the president's confidential man with May 1 effective date. Porter’s doctors urge complete rest and change for rapid improvement.
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Jorge BB. Cortelyou
Washington
John Addison Porter
George B. Cortelyou
New York
Disbanding the Eighth Army Corps
Washington reports Secretary Root will issue orders dissolving the Eighth army corps the last unit formed to fight Spain. The corps is folded into the Philippines division under four departments led by generals including Theodore Schwan returning from Manila with Otis. Health concerns prompt his withdrawal.
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New York
Herald
Washington
Root
Eighth Army Corps
Spain
Division of the
Philippines
Theodore Schwan
Manila
Otis
Third Cavalry Surprises Insurgent Recruiting Center
Captain Dodd and the Third Cavalry surrounded a Benguet province village and struck a recruiting center for insurgents. The confrontation left 53 insurgents dead, 44 captured, and the village burned. One American trooper was wounded.
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Manila
Captain Dodd
Third Cavalry
Benguet
Storm reports in Royse City exaggerated says Dallas dispatch
Dallas reports from Royse City Texas on April seventeenth say the cyclone damage was overstated. Twelve houses were destroyed but no fatalities or serious injuries occurred. Minor damage is noted in surrounding countryside.
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Texas
Dallas
Tex
Royse
Paris Fair Opens Amid Incomplete Preparations
Glorious weather drew immense crowds to the exposition in Paris on April 16. Visitors found unfinished buildings and debris along routes, with no attractions yet ready. The moving sidewalk was popular, the Eiffel tower illumination was planned, and 250,000 people attended the opening day.
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Paris
Eiffel Tower
Champs de Mars
Allen for Civil Governor Presides In Porto Rico
Porto Rico to have civil governance with Charles H. Allen as first civil governor under a bill approved by the House. Allen, then assistant secretary of the navy, was summoned to the White House and formally tendered the post, accepting in principle. The president and Allen held a hourlong conference on immediate arrangements and cabinet needs. Allen will travel to San Juan as soon as Secretary Long returns to Washington, likely Saturday.
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Porto Rico
Washecton
Charles H. Allen
House of Representatives
Allen
White House
San Juan
Italian Miner Runs A Muck Kills Four In Windber Saloon
Four men die and two are badly hurt after a drunken row in Windber near Johnstown. An Italian suspect fled. a man matching his description was killed by a train in South Fork. Victims named include John Halverson Ep P. McCauury Gust Greyback Samuel Shives. Kipling and Buckwalter wounded.
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Jounstown
Windbeer
South Fork
John Halverson
Ep. P. McCauLry
Gust Grieyback
Samuel Shives
Thomas Kipling
Jerk’ Buckwalter
Navy signs Holland submarine boat contract in Washington
The navy department will pay 150000 for the Holland boat and 175000 for any similar future boats. The Holland company guarantees patent infringement protection and may sell patent rights to the government at a board fixed price. A second item reports William F Miller of Franklin syndicate found guilty of grand larceny in New York for $1000 tied to a 20 per cent scheme.
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Washington
Navy Department
Holland Submarine Boat Company
Navy
Syndicate Miller
New York
William F. Miller
Franklin Syndicate Fame
Kathern Moeser
Trial of Colonel Colson Opens in Frankfort
Tomorrow the trial of ex-Congressman David G. Colson, surviving participant in the Colson Scott duel of January 16, begins. The case draws attention from mountain districts as witnesses and attendees expected in Frankfort.
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Colonel Colson
Frankfort
David G. Colson
Colson-Scott
Ethelbert Scott
Charles Julian
Luther W. Demaree
Snowstorm Halts Colorado Rails Between Denver and Colorado Springs
A snowstorm cripples rail traffic in Colorado with about 20 trains stranded on the Denver to Colorado Springs division. Drifts reach 16 feet in places as heavy wet snow slows plows. Officials expect clearance by tomorrow morning after extensive work by crews.
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Colorado
Denver
Colorado Springs
Mercer Emerges as VP Pick Prospect in Capital Gossip
In Washington on April 14 Congressman Mercer is named as a leading vice president possibility. The Star notes Mercer of Nebraska gains favorable reception among political circles with the argument that he could carry Nebraska against Bryan.
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Mercer
Washington
The
Star
Nebraska
Bryan
Typhoid Epidemic Reported in Nome and Vicinity
Arrivals from the north say warm weather breaks winter trails and the river opens early. Nome reports typhoid fever raging during winter with 80 deaths and 300 cases. Many perished en route from Dawson to Nome.
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Nome
Victoria
Dawson
Holland Resigns as Gates Aide Over Stock Claim
W A Holland private secretary to John W Gates of American Steel and Wire resigns after sending a letter to a newspaper claiming Gates earned between 3 million and 4 million dollars in stock speculation. The letter was published with Holland's signature.
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Holland
New Yorks
W. A. Holland
John W. Gates
American Steel and Wire Company
Gates
Steel and Wire Company
Complete stock sale at cost due to ground removal
The Bleven Live Stock Co announces a sell out of its entire stock at cost because the railroad company requires the land occupied by their building in the spring. The ranch spans about ten miles north of Dillon in Beaverhead valley, comprising roughly 1400 acres under cultivation with improvements.
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Bleven Live Stock Co
Dillon
Beaverhead Valley
Tragic double tragedy in Danville husband fatally shoots wife then suicide
In Danville Illinois on April 16 Joseé Orendorf of Indianola killed his wife in a jealous fit and then fatally shot himself, authorities report.
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Joseé Orendorf
Indianola i
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