Sergeant Robert Douglass Killed Amid Croton Dam Strike
In Croton Lanorna New York on April 17 sergeant Robert Douglass of the Eleventh Mount Vernon company was shot dead while relieving guard at Post Ten near the dam site. The shooter fired from direction of strikers camp. no witness saw the flash or shooter. Corporal McDowell led the guard as they searched the hilltop but found no assailant.
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Croton Lanorna
N. Y
Cornell Dam
Robert Douglass
Mount Vernon
Corporal McDowell
Little Italy
Croton Valley
Douglass
McDowell
Glover
Columbus Texas Besieged by Floodwater Submerges Half Town
Mayor Williams of Columbus reports the Colorado river flood swept away the Southern Pacific bridge and all wagon bridges. The town is surrounded by water with half submerged, no lives lost, crops destroyed, cultivable land overflowed, river down 18 inches from peak. Neuces river west of Beeville also overflows valleys.
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Columbus
Tex
Dalas
Williams
Southern Pacific
Colorado River
Neuces River
Beeville
Work Train Wreck Kills Three in California
A Santher sific work train wreck four miles below Cottonwood California kills three men and fatally injures two. The deceased are C W Gruen Redding Frank Richards Red Bluff and Frank Resner Dunsmuir. Fatally injured are R Heinze Hooker and George Green Redding. The train backed from Hooker to Cottonwood and a caboose with five flats left the track. Andrews Will Accept Nebraska Offer.
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California
Reppina
Cal
Cottonwood
C. W. Gruen
Redding
Frank
Ricnards
Red Bliff
Frank Resner
Dunsmuir
R. Heinze
Hooker
George Green
Reddiig
Negro Hanged by a Mob in Mississippi Town
Moses York, a Black man, was seized from an officer’s custody by a mob from Arkansas in Tuska Mississippi and hanged. The body was riddled with bullets after the execution. York confessed to killing Jon Castello an Italian fruit peddler and claimed additional murders in Arkansas along with other crimes.
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Tuska
Miss
Moses York
Arkansas
York
Jon Castello
Senator Hanna Ill With Jagrippe At Old Point Comfort
Word from Cincinnati says Senator Hanna is seriously ill with jagrippe at Old Point Comfort and may miss the Ohio Republican state convention in Columbus next week. President McKinley and other Republican leaders plan an informal conference and recreation at the same resort this week.
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Cincinnati
Hanna
Jagrippe
Old Point Comfort
Columbus
McKinley
Transmississippians to Meet Houston in April Session
The transmississippi commercial congress holds its 11th annual meeting in Houston on April 16 with representation from every state and territory west of the Mississippi. The likely topic is the disposition of the Philippines attracting political and commercial interest.
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Transmississippians
Houston
Transmississippi Commercial Congress
Mississippi River
Philippines
Reverend Rutledge Dies at 86 in Jacksonville
Rev William J Rutledge a prominent Methodist minister in the west died aged 86 at Jacksonville Illinois He is credited with proposing the idea that led to the founding of the Republic University or movement mentioned in connection with the era This obituary notes his influence and legacy in religious circles and civic projects in the region.
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G. A
Jacksonville
Ills
William J. Rutledge
Ill
West
Republic
Senate agrees to final vote on Quay seat in Pennsylvania
The Senate agreed to a final vote on seating George Q. Quay as Pennsylvania senator on April 24. The House passed a Porto Rico tariff bill and other measures, while the Senate tackled the Nicaragua canal bill and the Pacific cable project funds. In New York, Rev. Dr. Charles Parkhurst urged a new confession of faith at Madison Square Presbyterian.
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Waesaks
Senate
Quay
Pennsylvania
Richard P. Bland
Long
Missouri
House—Payso
Sioux City and Pacific Railroad
United States
Pacific Cable
San Francisco
Honolulu
House
Morgan
Secretary of the Treasury
Cuba
Porto Rico
Philippines
Hepburn
Burton
Talbert
S. C
Oliver P. Morton
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Parkhurst
New York
Charles Parkhurst
Madison Square -Presbyterian Church
Presbyterian Church
Wheat markets hold steady amid foreign damage reports
Wheat quiet but firm on foreign damage reports and strong corn. May wheat closes 44c over Saturday with mixed grain futures and pork and lard near unchanged to slightly lower. Cash quotes show No 2 red wheat around 69 to 70 cents and corn about 80 to 84 cents.
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Cureano
Curcaco Market Report Cattle Hogs and Sheep Prices
Cattle receipts 19 500 with steers down 10 cents and cows 3.00 to 4.50. Good to prime steers 4.90 to 8.00, Texas fed steers 4.00 to 5.25, heifers 8.15 to 4.75. Hog receipts today 4 000, tomorrow 25 000, top 5.75 with mixed and butcher 5.40 to 5.70. sheep receipts 16 000 lambs 10 cents lower, wethers 6.00 to 6.45, native lambs 5.6 to 7.40, western lambs 6.00 to 7.40.
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Curcaco
Texas Fed
Texas Bulls
Kansas City Live Stock Market Report April 16
Cattle receipts 8,000 with steady Tex and native steers and strong Tex prices. Hoge receipts 9,000 show few choice grades steady while others down 5c. Sheep receipts 2,400 with best grades up 5c and Colorado lambs quoted 6.90 to 7.30 with muttons 5.75 to 6.15.
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Kansas City
Colorado
South Omaha Live Stock Report
South Omaha April 16 cattle receipts 270 with native beef steers around 4.20 and 40 vows and heifers near 2.40 to 4.50. Hogs receipts 6,400 with heavy and mixed lots around 5.40 to 5.89 for top parts. Sheep receipts 8,800 active and steady with western muttons and lambs bid around 5.70 to 6.35 and stack sheep about 4.50 to 5.00.
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South Omaha
Bourn
Omaha
Igi
Dainty Easter Conceptions and Gifts at Spring Shops
The article surveys Easter gift trends from flowers to candy and novelties. It highlights lilies as the season’s symbol and notes decorative bulbs, violets, pansies, and marguerites in church and home displays. Egg shaped novelties, music boxes, straw lace bonbonnieres, and confectionery bonbonnieres appear as popular keepsakes for the festival.
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Genesta
Easter customs across nations and faiths highlight spring origins
The article traces Easter’s origins from Teutonic spring rites and Passover links to early Christian adoption. It notes variations in celebration across Britain Ireland Russia and Moravian communities, from egg games to music at Bethlehem Moravian churches, ending with a children’s Easter egg game reflecting maritime ship names.
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Ostera
Britain
Europe
Eaglandt
Ireland
Russia
St. Petersburg
United States
Bethlehem
New York Journal
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Chica Deseret National Bank
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Iowa National Bank
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Iowa
Montgomery Ie Dry Goods
Nelson Morris Park Packers
Rosenbaum Bros
Union Stock Verde
Clay, Robinson & Ac
Union ‘Stock Yards
Silberman Brothers
Michigan $T
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AM Hn
Burlington
Denver
St. Louis
Ogden
W. Temple ST
Salt Lake City
B. R. Watson
R. F. Nesten
Trav. Pass. & Freight Agt
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ELY Brothers
Warren
New York City
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R.R
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Leadville
Cripple Creek
Pueblo, Colorado Springs
All Pointe East
Grand Junction
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Express
Express Ly
Pace
Pueblo
Cole Spare
BAF
Nevers
H. M. Cusine
Gen’l
Trav. Pass. Agt
Stockmen’s Directory
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Dillon
Mont
Catt
Elde
Dewilap
Osan
Ghicaco
Milwaukee & ST. Paul
Omatta
and Palaoe
Eepers
St. P. Ry
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B.C. Dake
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