Proclamation and Counter Proclamation in Samoa Crisis
Lively Samoa tensions flare as Admiral Kautz issues a proclamation stripping Mataafa’s provisional government of status under the Berlin treaty and ordering rebels to disperse. Rose’s counter proclamation from the German consul denies the move, sparking renewed fighting as ships shell coastal areas and MN troops land to protect consulates.
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Avi
San Francisco
Samoa
United States
Mutasta
Apia
Admiral Kauty
Kautz
Philadelphia
Mateafa
Mataafa
Miller
Matasse
Rose
French Sevres vases gifted to White House ceremony
At the White House blue room at 11 o clock, the French ambassador presented two Sevres vases from the Sevres factory to the American government commemorating the opening of the Franco American cable on September 1. M Cambon and President McKinley exchanged greetings as the tall blue vases were placed by the Potomac window.
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Wasninetos
Executive
M. Carabon
McKinley
Lattine Pottery
Sevres
Felix Faure
McKinoley
Faure
White House
Palace of the Elysee
M. Cambon
M. Cam
Paris
Seine
Versailles
Louis XV
Louis IV
France
Europe
Congress
Defends trusts under industrial commission testimony
Washington April 8 F B Thurber president of the United States Export association testified on trusts before the industrial commission and expressed that his view had shifted from opposition to cautious support. He traced trusts to railroad consolidation and noted transportation rates once were high before the scales of consolidation began to lower costs for freight.
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Washington
Thurber
United States Export Association
Industrial Commission
Public pressure over state school book contract selections
Citizens push for fair terms in the state school book contract award as publishers who comply with law and allow easy bookstore access, fair commissions, and prompt sale of books are favored over those imposing restrictions. The public resists radical changes while seeking quality, accessible options and lawful compliance.
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Board of School Book Commissioners
Tapia
Surgery For Elephant In Peru Indicate Unusual Case
A four ton elephant named Pilot from Wallace's circus in Peru Indiana underwent an unprecedented surgical attempt to subdue its unruly behavior. Veterinarians Dr Shaw of Dayton and Dr King of Cincinnati operated with Dr Will Watson assisting, using a plank platform and chained legs. Twenty two ounces of chloroform were delivered through the trunk, an incision in the flank opened one inch of skin, and the elephant recovered well after a two hour procedure. Miss Mary Bredi visited relatives in New Haven during the week.
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Peru
Ind
Wallace
Shaw
Dayton
King
Cincinnati
Will Watson
Death Ends a Long Career Ex Supreme Justice Field Dies
Justice Stephen J. Field of the United States Supreme Court, retired, died at his Capitol Hill home at 6:30 p.m. from kidney complications. Born in Haddam Connecticut on November 4 1816 he helped found California’s Marysville and later served as chief justice of the California Supreme Court before joining the U S Supreme Court in 1863 retiring in 1897. He authored pivotal opinions and held one of the longest tenures on the bench.
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Wasninerox
Stephen J. Field
United States Supreme Court
Capitol Hill
Mra J. Condit Smith
David J. Brewer
Edgerton
California
Linton
Edward MM. Mott
Church of the Advent
Stephen Johnson Field
Haddam
Conn
David Dudley Field
David Dudley
Cyrus W
Henry M. Field
Stockbridge, Mays
Joseph Brewer
Williams College
New York
Europe
Apant
San Francisco
Cape Horn
Occidental
Marysville
Justice Field
Commonwealth
Supreme Court of California
David. Terry
Lincoln
Supreme Court of the United States
John Marshal
Hayes-Tilden
Cincinnati
Stots
University of California
Sarah Althea Hillberry
Sharon
California T
Justica Field
Ghastisa
Quatica
Lathrop Cali
Terry
Casinat Sharon
Fiell
David Nayte
United States
Nagle
West Pil
Circuit Court
California Supreme Court
Capitol Grounds
Hearing Witnesses in Knight vs Fort Wayne Electric Corp Case
Judge Chapin presides as referee in bankruptcy examining witnesses in a suit over Mr Knight's officer salary. Numerous distant witnesses attend. the case centers on salary rights. Also notes obituaries for George Blackburn and Mrs Addie Lehman with family survivors and funeral details in Fort Wayne.
Pope's farewell audience with Archbishop Ireland
The pope spoke with sadness and hope during a half hour farewell audience on Wednesday. He expressed fatherly love for Archbishop Ireland and all American Catholics, congratulated him on a May 7 preaching assignment, and said he hopes to see him again if life lasts. Both men were greatly moved by the meeting.
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Roun
Ireland
Pops
Joan of Arc
All American Catholica
the Pops
Women’s Foreign Mission Society holds anniversary in Decatur
The annual conference of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society met Thursday afternoon in the Decatur M E church auditorium. Dr W B Oldham from Columbus Ohio spoke passionately on the conditions of Hindoo women and Christian privilege. A hospital is being built in Kin Kiang China for the society. A room named Harriet A Hudson is funded by a $100 collection and $52.65 more pledges. Frank R Dills, formerly in the county embezzlement case, was paroled and will return home. Mrs Charlotte Koenig is seriously ill at her son’s home.
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Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
Decatur
M. E. Chuarch
W. BF. Oldham
Broad Atreat M. E. Church
Columbus
Ohio
India
Malaysia
Muncie
H. B. Hudson
L. L. Geers
Lom. R. Hartman
Hudson
Kin Kiang
China
Women’s Foreign Missionary Society
Harriet 4. Hudson
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Falle
Falke
Cutliffe
Marquart
Taylor
H. J. Moorse
New Haven
Charlie Charton
St. Joseph Hospital
Fort Wayne
Sevres Vales
Standard Oil Company
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Sugar Trust
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Organization of Labor
Cspital
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F. B. Thurber
Gilven
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Supreme Court
New Orleans Slaughter House
Knight Electric Corporation
George Blackburn
Wyandotte County
Jennie Emory
Ada
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Joseph Craig
Addie Lehman
Missislom
Samuel Lehman
Benjamin Rasger
Jennie
Alonzo B. Raser
New York Central Railroad
Utica
N. Y
Ladd
Albany
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Caroline. Raser
Pope
Bishop
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Frank R. Dills
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Charles F. Koenig
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