Sherman Death Rumor Sparks Reception Delays at Santiago
Reports from Captain Leigh sparked a false death rumor about former Secretary of State John Sherman. Paris passengers saw Morro Castle at half staff and learned the news was false. Sherman’s condition later improved and he was moved to deck. General Wood and Mrs Wood awaited confirmation. The Chicago may escort Sherman home, with landing choices pending family wishes and Georgia quarantine rules. Governor Mount grants clemency to Augusta Schmidt, paroled after murder conviction to care for children.
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Morro Castle
Sherman
Leigh
Guantanamo
Mr. Sherman
Chicago
Washington
McCallum
John Sherman
Wiberg
Secreatary of State
Santiago
Long
Cooper
Florida
Tampa
Ass Landing
Cape Antonia
Roxomo
Ind
Augusta Schmidt
Mount
Johanna Schilling
Wicks
Saxony
America
Fother
Walter Looper
Sherman Improves After Illness in March Update
John Sherman showed four consecutive satisfactory nights and improved since illness began. Doctors report his recovery is confidently expected and medical teams in the south coordinate camp plans as the situation develops.
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Cupa
John Sherman
Bonds of Bliss Weds Miles Ligget and Cora Wilkinson
Wedded Wednesday at Montpelier, Indiana, Miss Cora Wilkinson and Miles Ligget united in a 3:15 PM ceremony at the bride’s parents home. Ligget, Fort Wayne native, serves as district passenger agent for the Lake Shore Railroad and is a Spanish War veteran. The couple plans to reside with the groom’s father at 10 Columbia Avenue.
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Phrot CU
Ligget
Cora Wilkinson
Montpelier
Fort Wayne
Hellopeter
Fort Wayre
Lake Shore Railroad
M. J. Blitz
Lake Shore
Chicago
Spain
Twenty-eighth Indiana Battery
James Wilkinson
Thomas Wilkinson
Address to Filipinos Promotes Self Government
Manila dispatch reports the American commission’s address to the Philippines natives, outlining aims to develop local self government while preserving U S obligations. It urges insurgents to disarm and trust the American administration, hints at tribal provincial autonomy under a central government.
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New York
Journal'a
Manila
Philippine Islands
American Commission
United States
Philippines
Desert Tribes Attack Expedition in Sahara
The Telegrame Algerien reports Arabs reached Ghardeia in the Sahara and raided the country. Touareg forces attacked a European expedition en route to Air and were defeated after a fierce fight. the expedition suffered around 100 killed and part of its caravan captured. Foureau-Lay's mission remains the sole European party in the region.
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Acrias
Telegrame Algerien
Ghardeia
Algiers
Sahara
Foureau-Lay
Asion
Desperate Pike County Fight Ends in Fatal Attack
In Pike Evanssvirus Indiana on March 22 Thomas H Wiggs son of State Senator Jos W Wiggs killed Wesley Hurt in a schoolroom confrontation. Wiggs used a pocket knife to defend himself when Hurt entered with a pistol. Wiggs and a fellow pupil brother then surrendered to officers. The Indian Association of Underwriters through a committee contributed to the case.
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Evanssvirus
Ind
Thomas H. Wiggs
Jos. W. Wiggs
Pike County
Wesley Hurt
Wiggs
Wigg
Aguinaldo Boastful In Manila Defense Plan Rumors
Manila march dispatch reports American forces reorganizing after a recent withdrawal of a flying column. Brigades of Wheaton and Hall reassigned, while Oregon, Minnesota, and Twenty-second regiments concentrate at Luneta ready for transport. Aguinaldo allegedly vows to lead reserves at Malolos and march on Manila within twenty days if Americans stay.
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Manila
Aguinaldo
Malolos
Malabon
Cebu
United States
Sherman
New York
Uprising in Negros draws Manila troops to front
A Manila dispatch reports fighting on Negros island and states the transport Indiana is sailing for the scene with a battalion from the First California Regiment aboard. The unit, under its mis‑named commander, proceeds toward the island as hostilities unfold.
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New York
Manila
Island of
Negros
Indiana
First
California ‘Regiment
Feos
Fire destroys Knights of the Maccabees meeting in Omana
A blaze tore through the Patterson block as gasoline beneath the stairs ignited during a Knights of the Maccabees ladies board session. Two women, Mrs. Thomas Taylor and Mrs. Anna Schamel, died. fifteen injured, including a rescuer who fainted after reaching a ladder. Mrs. Holt saved her child but both suffered severe burns.
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Omana
Neb
Knights of the Maccabees
Thomas Taylor
Anna Schamel
Patterson Block
Seventeenth
Douglas
Dirs
Taylor
China refuses Italian concession at San Mun Bay
The Italian government was informed that China rejects any domain over a concession at San Mun Bay. Notes from British, German, American, and French ministers in Pekin urge a settlement of Shanghai foreign settlement extensions. France agrees to withdraw protest if proposed extensions avoid the immediate Hinterland of the present French concession.
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Prkix
Pekin
Tsung Li
Yemen
Shanghai
M. Pichon
Reed not a candidate for presidency says aide
Amos L Allen, long time private secretary to Speaker Reed, states Reed will never again seek the presidency. He says Reed plans to withdraw from politics at sixty, notes McKinley era ties and argues the Philippines war is a costly burden and should be ended. He suggests possible expansion ideas including annexing Mexico and Nova Scotia, but warns the Philippines remain a white elephant.
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Alfred
Maine
Amos L. Allen
Reed
Joan
United States
Read
McKinley
Spain
Philippines
Mexico
Nova Scotia
Tramp Dies After Wood Alcohol Incident in Kentucky
James H. Dildine and three other tramps die after consuming wood alcohol in Paducah and at the Princeton railroad depot. Dildine, from Lima Ohio, had held railroad work, part of a party of twenty or more tramps seeking liquor substitute. Other victims include Joseph Corn of St. Louis and W. D. Morrison of Baltimore. one death remains unknown.
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James H. Dildine
Kentucky
Princeton
James EH. Dildine
Paduach
Lima
Ohio
Paducah
Joseph Corn
St. Louis
W.D. Morrison
Baltimore
Report on Lost Mail From Skagway Overwhelms City
San Francisco dispatch notes a Skagway report asserting that tons of mail are being lost or destroyed, with the claim described as emphatic and alarming. The item highlights postal disruption and potential consequences for communications and deliveries.
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San Francisco
Skagway
Deoe
Fires burn farm home. five children killed
Briefs recount a farm residence fire at Greshfell during owners John Dian and wife absence, resulting in the deaths of their five children. Other items note political views, military moves, a fatal train wreck, an archbishop’s birthday, a zinc ore strike, a train derailment, a strawboard prospectus, and lake carrier wage talks.
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Wisxerves
John Dian
Gresnfell
Dean
Suffering in Alaska Prompted State Help Letter
Dr. LL Nierman writes Hon. J M Robinson from Vipner Centre Alaska urging federal aid as scurvy patients suffer in Alaska hospitals. The letter notes two hundred people attempting a glacier escape, many sled rides by the able, crippled dragged along, and several deaths within days as others seek relief. Robinson forwarded the appeal to the secretary of state for action.
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Robinsen
LL. 4
Nierman
Vipner Centre
Alaska
Ines
Robinson
Secretary of State
Tragic murder suicide near Jcoro shocks family
Mrs Molter, driven by insanity, killed her two children aged six and two with chloroform and attempted to end her own life. Mr Molter, a prosperous farmer, found them unconscious, and the children died while the mother later survived. A note blamed the husband’s supposed madness, though he is deemed sane.
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Hamoa
Charles M
Bryan to Speak in Birmingham and Lincoln Return Planned
Democratic leader William Jennings Bryan is in Birmingham after arriving from Nashville. He tours the mineral district by special train, hosts a reception at Morris hotel, and plans to speak at the Auditorium before returning to Lincoln on April first. In Indianapolis, talks persist of the Indianapolis Street Railway buying the Indianapolis and Broad Ripple line, valued at about 120000, with the line barely covering expenses in monthly reports. The Steuben and DeKalb Bar Association convenes in Auburn on April 14 with a literary program and banquet.
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Buoisxcuama
Ala
W. J. Bryan
Birmingham
Nashville
Jefferson County
Hi-metallic League
Bryan
Mineral District
Morris Hotel
Lincoln
Indianapolis
Indianapolis Street Railway Company
Indianapolis and
Broad Ripple Street Railroad
Cockrum
Steuben and DeKalb Bar Association
Auburn
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