Global finance and wartime armies loom in late news
The Elgin dispatch pools a range of items from international banking totals to British military strength in South Africa. It notes a $70 million combined capital for twenty Mexican banks, compares mercantile tonnage to rivals, previews a hot New York mayoral contest, and reports on dog prices, book sales, temperance actions, and a dramatic congressional filibuster closing. It also discusses a Philadelphia cartoon joke aiding a patient with a stomach abscess, and concludes with updated British forces in South Africa tallied at 400,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Africa
London
de Wet
Botha
Hay lozenges aid army horses in war zones
Lozenge tablets like compact hay discs are fed to horses in the Philippines and South Africa, hung from saddles and sold by train-boys. A single broken disk can feed a horse, reducing freight by compacting hay. Other notes mention chromic acid therapy for foot and mouth disease and St Petersburg taking over streetcar lines for an electric transit system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippines
South Africa
Notable 1903 World and Political Dispatches
Attorney General Knox presented to the United States Supreme Court in a brief ceremony. Naval assignments include Richmond P. Hobson to special duty and Wallace Randolph named chief of artillery. Reports note a European linen trust and U S actions on indemnity for lynching victims. A long list covers crimes, suicides, and disasters across states, with international notes on plague in Egypt and political arrests in Sofia.
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Washington
Knox
United States Supreme Court
Stila
Naval
Richmond P. Hobison
Bureau of Construction and Repair
Navy Department
State Department
Europe
Col
Wallace Randolph
First Artillery
Sullivana Island
South Carolina
United States
Spain
Petrel
Com
J. H. Raper
Iba Saile County
Texas
World and Domestic Notices From Port Royal to Michigan
Yellow fever appears at Port Royal Jamaica while Denmark marks the eighty third birthday of King Christian. Notables include Lasker’s chess fame and several deaths from Joliet to Detroit. Public figures Kroger and Col Wallace are noted alongside obituaries and postiings in mid century societal notices.
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Port Royal
Kingston
Jamaica
Christian
Denmark
Count von. Waldersen
Tientsin
Lotpste
Berlin
Major transit line cost, labor strife, and notable notices
General reports a $2,600,000 trolley link for Colorado Springs Denver and Pueblo. Notes on potential Central New Jersey engineer strike, Bishop Turner's Africa banishment stance, heavy tin plate demand, Dewitt misidentification case, income tax bills for Manhattan and sugar levy on islands, and a Chicago-Omaha-Kansas City packing consolidation rumor. Also: painters' strike settled, Yale bequest, Lake Shore rail wage boost, Springfield mining resumption, Africa bishop services, Mississippi Grass wire company syndicate, Perry torpedo boat speed issues, Admirals Sampson and Chadwick judgments.
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General
Colorado Springs
Denver
Pueblo
New Jersey
Henry M. Turner
African Methodist Church
Africa
American Tin Plate Company
Charles Dewitt
Kansas City
Charley Roas
Manatlan
America
London
Chicago
Omaha
Ella McPherson
John R. McPherson
Yale University
Lake Shore Railroad
Springfield
North
Macon
United States
Mississippi Grass Company
Perry
Union Tron Works
San Francisco
Union Ironworks
United States Court of Claims Hing
Admiral Sampson
Manzenilla
Nipa Bay
Cuba
Meet
Chadwick
Move Against Boers Sweeping British Reinforcements Arrive
London reports sweeping moves against the Boers as 26 000 British reinforcements reach South Africa bringing total forces to about 260 000 with 60 000 mounted troops. Rumors of Gen French captured. official word denies it. Scheepers’ commando near Aberdeen avoids engagement due to mist. Dowet’s movements unclear. Kitchener reports Laager breached. casualties and captures noted.
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London
Pretoria
Daily Mall
South Africa
Elliott
Cape Town
Scheepers
Aberdeen
Aberdeen Station
Dowet
Kitchoner
War Office
Babington
Reachinson
Bmut
Laager
Klerksdorp
Plumer
Fie Corret Briel
Mleteher
Orange River Colony
Secretary Hay Pushes Opening of China Trade Via Likin Tax Removal
Washington on April 17 Secretary Hay shifts diplomacy to press for removing the prohibitive likin tax in China and replace it with a single duty at entry ports. He seeks opening of principal ports to foreign commerce and access along the Yangtze and East rivers, arguing for indemnity relief.
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May
Washington
Tay
Uhina
Committee of the World
China
Markes
Hay
State Department
Shanghai
Canton
Tientsu
Chefu
Vas T
Yangtse River
East River
German police await Romagnoli for possible attack
Berlin reports Romagnoli, an anarchist said to be en route to Germany, is watched by the German police, with suspicions he carries a mission from the Buenos Ayres anarchist club to attempt an assassination of Emperor William.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minkion
Berlin
The
Montag Zeitung
Romagnoli
Germany
Buenos Ayres
William
General A C McClurg Dies at Sunlit St Augustine
Gen A C McClurg longtime head of A C McClurg & Co and noted public figure dies in St Augustine Fla after a career spanning the Civil War from private to colonel with a brevet brigadier general title. Born in Philadelphia he studied law before moving to Chicago in 1859. His health declined last year and he spent winter in Palm Beach with his wife.
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Chicago
St. Augustine
Mia
A. C. McClurg
A. C. McClurg & Co
McClurg
Wingadier
Philadelphia
Lowrie
Pennsylvania
Palm Beach
Fla
St.Augustine
Parliamentarian to Be Introduced in Denmoers Copenhagen
Reports say the left ministry will enter Denmoers Copenhagen on April 17 amid election rumors. The king asked the current cabinet to stay for at least six months or a year until land elections. A left government is expected to form when changes occur.
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Denmoers
Copenhagen
Dmari
Manila commissary scandal investigation closes with arrests
The Manila inquiry into the Meston Hargt case ends as defense claims some entries were altered to speed work. Witnesses reveal irregularities and few officers face consequences. Capt Read and Maj Devies are named in alleged kickbacks from Evans & Co, while Harold Pitt runs a lavish house linked to officers and questionable entertainments.
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Canop
Manila
Hargt
Meston
Capt
Ead
Commissary Department
Nvans & Co
Offneers
George
B. L. Tremaine
Col. Woodruff
Evans Company
Harold M. Pitt
Evans & Co
Tenderloin
Pitt
Puerto Rico tax fears spark push for higher valuations
Commissions from Porto Rico report Planters Bankers and Merchants Association say business is at a standstill, emigration rises, and excise taxes under the Hollander law fail to yield expected revenue. The island government orders assessors to raise real and personal property valuations.
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New York
Hanceslao Torda, Jr
Vicente Balbas
Bankera and Merchants’ Association of Porto Ricn
Borda
Hollander
Inslar
Porte Rica
Webster Coal and Coke doubles size with 4 million purchase
The Webster Coal and Coke company of Altoona Pennsylvania announced it spent 4,000,000 to acquire the Mig Independent collieries near by. It also holds options on coal lands in ten counties valued at about 100,000,000. Led by H. Watkins the firm is linked to J. Pierpont Morgan and a steel trust representative. For a year it has been quietly expanding its holdings in developed and undeveloped mineral lands.
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Pennsylvania
Altoona
Webster Coal and Coke Company
Mig
Webster Company
2. H. Watkins
J. Pierpont Morgan
Great Steel Trust
Tle
Nation Woman Arrested for Obstructing Street in Wensas City
Carrie Nation was arraigned before Police Judge McAvey on a charge of obstructing the street. She was fined 506 and ordered to leave the city by 6 PM. Nation pledged to depart and left on a streetcar toward Kansas City, Kansas. The judge warned she must not return and quipped about Missouri atmosphere.
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Mixxeuri
Wensas City
Carrie Nafion
McAvey
Nation
Kansas City
Kan
Disappearance of John T Hill in New York raises fraud claims
John Thompson Hill once a long serving Darlington School board member and justice of the peace is accused of defalcations totaling 251000 dollars. He has vanished from Darlington and is believed to have sought refuge in New York City as investigations continue into alleged swindles targeting orphans widows clergymen and businessmen.
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New York
John Thompson Hill
J. P
Duarington
Eny
Herald
Darlington
Agency order ends Saseton district. McArthur named superintendent
Washington April 17. An interior department order discontinues the Saseton 4. D. Indian agency and places its affairs under a bonded superintendent. Earle T. McArthur of the Osage school in Oklahoma is appointed superintendent of schools at Sisseton and will oversee agency affairs thereafter.
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Vaterlae Department
Washington
Interior Departtment
Saseton
4. D
Earle Tt. McArthur
Osage
Oklahoma
Sisseton
Korean throne turmoil shocks Seoul after regicide claim
A report from Tacoma dated April 17 describes a political crisis in Seoul. The government reportedly beheaded Kim Yang Chun for allegedly planning to install the emperor's favored mistress Lady Om's son as heir to the throne, elevating the prince Imperial, son of the late queen, in a bid to control succession. The account comes via the steamship Duke of Fife.
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Kho
Korea
Tacoma
Wash
Seoul
Duke of Fife
Kim Yang Chun
Gja
Prince Imperial
Cuban convention delays Platt Amendment action in Havana
Washington reports New Cuban convention shows inexperience in political affairs and will prolong military rule. President declines to dissolve the Havana body, allowing time for debate on the Platt amendment while U S troops remain. Cuban independents call for new elections to align with Congress views. Local business leaders prefer the talks to continue without abrupt changes.
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Washington
United States
Cuba
Gen. Wood
Havana
Piatt
Deterates
American Congress
Emperor's Ryton Press Request at Pekin Delays Persist
From Pekin April 16 reports say the return of Emperor Wang Su to Pekin remains unaddressed as Li Hung Chang presses for an immediate decision. Foreign powers demand Emperor's return with 20,000 troops to help restore Manchuria. The scene includes German actions and ongoing ministerial delays and wavering court policy.
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Pekins Pekin
Wang Su
Pekin
Li Hung Chang
Manchuria
Bartsch
Tuan
Tang Fu Hsiang
Kansu
Li Hung Chung
Earl Li
Double Lynchings Loom After Eskew Murder in Hastings Florida
A white man Julius Eskew manager of Armstrong Turpentine near Hastings is shot dead by Jim Kirby during a robbery attempt. Kirby fled to a swamp but was captured by bloodhounds. soon after, gunfire through a depot window wounded Kirby fatally. Kirby confessed implicating Robert Lee. bloodhounds pursue Lee. The crime sparks strong public anger and fear of a second lynching in St Johns county.
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Florida
Hastings
Fla
Julius Eskew
Armstrong Turpentine Company
Here
Jim Kirby
Kirby
Perry
St. Augustine
Robert Lee
Lee
Eskew
St Johns County
Battle at Boone's Park Forces Sheriff Posse Fight Ends
Report from Boone's Park Kentucky recounts a large clash led by Sheriff John Wright against Creed and John Reynolds at Boone's Fair last Thursday. Two posse members were killed outright and four others wounded, with another battle expected in a few days.
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Boone's Park
Whitesburg
Big Battle Bee
John Wright
Outlawn
Creed
John Reynolds
Boone's Fair
Wile Wright
Isaac Minard
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Wast Lynne
Carrie Naton
Fulton
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Charles Sherman
Temperance
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William Thorpe
Quantico
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Thorpe
Jarre Ot Parléhen
Academie de Medicine
St. Petersburg
the News
Sina and Sinners
Malone
BF. Smith
Sandusky County
S. R. Lyons
Monmouth
IJL) College
Jesse Way
Columbus
Ohio
C.W. Pritchett
Christian Church
van Alstyne
Tex
Tt. L. Arrington
Somerville
Mamie Cleghorn
Arrington
John TW. Wilson
Arkansas
McKinnecy
Kings County
Wille Grossman
Grossman
Henderson
Gallaher Company, Limited
Charles Kriel
Joss
Gilpin, Langdon & Co
Baltimore
Thoman Basher & Co
Egypt
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Count von Waldersee
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Victoria
Thigarten
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Serviero
Sofia
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M. Sarafoff
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Wiliam H. Krane
Emmanuel Lasker
Will Ball
William Mooney
Minols
Joliet
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John M. B. Sin
Detroit
John Baker
Trapper
Kit Carson
Cheyenne
Wyo
Kroger
Hilversum
Utrecht
Clarisse J. Huyler
John Q. Huyler
Miss de Bar
Luther R. Marsh
Middletown
N. Y
John A. Worth
Charleston
W. Va
Virginia
West Virginia
Augustus Byram
Far West
Michigan Avenue
Robert Wallace
Jersey City
Col. Wallace
Easton
Pritish
Weeptiy
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Nexin
French
Cuiva
Uolurg
Ministry OF the Left
Parrig Nation
Bisseton Agency
Gens
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