Belleville Police Lockout Ends After 24 Hours Of Shutdown
Belleville faced a complete police, fire, and lighting blackout after Mayor Ifrederviens dismissed 25 officers and halted city utilities on Tuesday. One shooting occurred as Joseph Bevenue shot at Maurice Hopkins but caused no injuries. Police and fire crews volunteered to monitor, and relief came Wednesday night as the police force was reinstated and an appropriation ordinance prepared. Banks remained unwilling to honor city warrants or scrip.
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Belleville
Ifrederviens
City Light and Water Service
Joseph Bevenue
Maurice Hopkins
Bevenue
Fred Obst
Conrad Vueckel
Phil Baubach
Mire
William Nebeen
Finince
Clty
Devotion of a Woman Restores That Board’s Loss
Chicago April 6 a devoted wife Mrs Graham recovered funds owed by W A Graham former school board secretary. A certified check for 25598.48 was given to President Harris as surety properties including residences and seven Evanston lots plus Western avenue lot were transferred. Andrew J Brown aided her as both sacrificed their possessions for family.
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Chicago
Board of Education
W. A
Graham
Ker
Harris
Grand Boulevard
Evanston
Auburn Park
Western Avenue
Andrew J. Brown
Fivanston
County Conventions Endorse McKinley and Cullom in Mis
In the Forty second senatorial district Republican convention resolutions praise McKinley Tanner administration and back Calom for United States senator. Thirty fourth district Republicans back Cullom. Menard county delegates favor Cullom for senator and Yates for governor. Pike county Democrats back Bryan for president, endorse Chicago platform, and call for income tax and other reform measures while opposing imperialism.
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Springfield
Mis
McKinley
Tanner
Calom
United States
Menard County
Yates
Pike County
Bryan
Chicago
England
Coal Mine Strikers Return to Work
Springfield Ill April 6 Drivers and day men in Sangamon coal shafts Nos 1 and 2 Starnes shafts Nos 1 and 2 Virden Coal company's shaft West End Coal Mining company's shaft Riverton Coal company who struck last week over oil and cotton free returned to work yesterday deciding not to press demands.
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Springfield
Ill
Sangamon
Starnes
Virden Coal Company
West End Coal Aining Company
Riverton Coal Company
Appointed Manager of a Railway Springfield
Frank W. Tracy, president of the First National Bank of Springfield and B & O Southwestern director, was notified by President Alton of the Chicago and Alton that he is appointed general manager of the St Louis Peoria and Northern Railway between Peoria and Springfield, recently acquired by the Chicago and Alton.
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Springfield
Frank W. Tracy
First National Hank
Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railway
Alton
Chicnago and Alton Railroad
St. Louia
Peoria
Populists Convene in Springfield for Nominations and Delegates
The Populist state convention is set for Springfield in Representative Hall on April 24 to nominate candidates for state offices and select members of state and national committees and delegates to the national convention. Thomas McManus dies after a shooting at Charles Baxter's saloon. Vieira held for grand jury action. The Tin Plate Company gains Illinois license with $200 000 capital, and Gov. Tanner's health improves as he leaves Palm Beach for Springfield.
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Springfield
Ills
Representative Hall
Thomas McManus
John Vieira
Charles Baxter
Vieira
Tin Plate Company
Ill
Ilinois
American Tin Plate Company
East Orange
XN. J
Illinois
Tanner
Anner
Palm Beach
Fla
Wreck on Fort Worth and Denver Rail Line Kills Two
A Fort Worth and Denver rail wreck near Magenta Texas leaves two dead and several injured. Dead are John E F Dane of Denver and John J Suntyz unknown residence. mail clerk Dane burned alive beneath wreckage. Fire scorches debris as cars pile in a chaotic heap after a washout wreck.
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Port Worth
Tex
Fort Worth
Denver
Magenta
John EF. Dane
John J. Suntyz
A. M. Scroggan
Independence
Rank Lane
James French
Herbert Bonebreak
el Reno
Moe Neal
Dobbs
Dane
Send Off Note Ends In Suicide At Jackson Hotel
A man claiming to be FF O Dickensheets of the Irisis City Journal killed himself at the Jackson hotel in Atlanta on April 5 1900. He left a letter to newspaper men asking for marked copies sent to several editors and pleaded not to have his body used by medical colleges. His name appeared on the hotel register as I.2 Olds, Kansas City.
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Atlanta
FF O. Dickensheets
Irisis City Journal
Jackson Hotel
Olds
Kansas City
Burlington
M. L. McCoy
West
Plains
Aly
O. Dickenshedts
Benny Yanger Knocks Out Frankie Noel at Tattersalls
Benny Yanger the Tipton Slasher stopped Frankie Noel of St. Louis in the second round of a six round bout at Tattersalls. Noel fought bravely but was overmatched and finally stopped after a punishing session.
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Chicago
Benny Yanger
Tipton
Frankie Noel
St. Louis
Tattersalls
Noel
Warden denies Bull Pen abuse stories before committee
Warden Coakley, in charge of the pull pen at Warden Idaho, testified before the house military committee and denied all stories of mistreatment of prisoners, denying the charges as to the Coeur d Alene district.
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Bull Pen
Washington
Coakley
Coeur d’Alene
District of Idaho
House Military Committee
Admiral Sampson’s Daughter Weds Navy Ensign at Yard
Miss Hannah Walker Sampson daughter of Rear Admiral Sampson married Ensign Wat Tyler Cluverius at the commandant’s residence in the navy yard last evening. Army and navy officers and their families attended.
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Admiral Sampson
Boston
Hannah Walker Sampson
Sampson
Wat Tyler Cluverius
Navy Yard
Army
Navy
Britain and Portugal Form Alliance of Hearts
The Tageszeitung accuses England and Portugal of a supposed alliance of hearts amid an April Beira route shipment of British troops and a savage attack on England. The report uses biting phrasing about moral bankruptcy and collusion.
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Sserman
John Bull
Berlin
Beira
Tageszeitung
England
Portugal
Naval Scandal Convicts 26 in Sevastopol Hearing
The Sebastopol military court ends a major naval scandal hearing and convicts twenty six soldiers and civil servants for criminally defrauding the government over coal and other navy supplies in Odessa on April 6.
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Odessa
Sebastopol
Market quotations and grain prices from Chicago and Milwaukee
Chicago board of trade quotes show Wheat at 67 to 68 cents May delivery and 69 to 74 for July and September, Corn and Pork products listed with varied figures, Live stock bids include hogs at 4.75 to 5.85 and cattle from 3.40 to 5.50, with several quality categories. Milwaukee grain steady at No 1 northern wheat 68 69c, No 2 northern 66c, rye 58c, barley 45 46c, oats 28c.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade Today
Gig Bae
Ceseses
Illinois
Texas
Milwaukee Grain
Milwaukee
Northern
Night lamps seek the newly slain in England
A Westminster Gazette excerpt laments the broken into house of life and a nation’s loss. It proclaims a splendid name for England and vows to part with a woman’s heritage, a breaking heart, and all that we have.
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Hfe
England
Westminster Gazette
A Sailor's Love on the Gray Eagle Fire Rescue
Will Clay the second mate saves passengers as a raging fire consumes the Gray Eagle in the Indian Ocean. He shows courage and declares his love for Mabel Vane, daughter of Arthur Vane, while captain and crew fight flames. The boats depart with many saved. Will and Captain remain aboard. They eventually reach safety, and Will marries Mabel.
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Indian Ocean
Mabel Vane
Ile
Cabin Bay
Arthur Vane
Will Clay
Gray Eagle
Clay
Will
William Clay
Mr. Vane
Wil
Aurthur Vane
Miss Vane
Mabel
Mr. Clay
From Classics to Quotations A Gallery of Moral Echoes
A collage of literary excerpts and aphorisms from Shakespeare to Ruskin and Browning. The passage rides through ideas on originality virtue and fame, blending reflections from Eliot Arnold Thackeray Emerson and others with notes on education, faith, and human aspiration.
Actors and swords aid Delagoa Bay railway display
Edward Sass acted in Johannesburg with a company run by George Edwards. In a production of The Solicitor by Darnley the cast wore military gear. Bleksley of the local fire brigade asked to borrow swords to decorate the Delagoa Bay railway opening, but Sass sent him to Edwards in England and the display lost its decorative swords.
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Edward Sass
Johannesburg
George Edwards
Darnley
Sass
Bleksley
Transvaal
Delagoa Bay Railway
Edwards
England
London Mail
Dinner guest minister expected in Cincinnati Enquirer
An anxious mother warns her son Tomny that the minister will dine with them today and to wash his face, while Tomny wonders what if the minister does not come. The snippet captures a domestic exchange from the Cincinnati Enquirer.
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Tomny
Ambulance on wheels and war cost contrasts
St Vincent's Hospital of New York City shows an electrical ambulance capable of ten miles per hour and priced at 2000 dollars, similar to a horse drawn unit. Collier's Weekly notes massive Franco-German War expenditures and casualties while India-US contrasts on population and land use.
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St. Vincent’s Hospital
New York City
Collier’s Weekly
India
United States
Property sale notice guidance and contact for homeseeker rates
Within 21 days from sale date interested parties may return. Readers are advised to call any Chicago Great Western Bay agent for homeseeker rate details or write to F H Lord G P and Fs Anne Adams 8t Chicago for information.
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F. H. Lord
G. P
Chicago
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Geo. Halbert
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