Death of Justice Field Ends Long Supreme Court Career
Justice Stephen J. Field of the United States Supreme Court died at his Capitol Hill home in Washington, D C, Sunday evening from kidney complications. Retirement since December 1 1898 followed a period of mixed health after a cold worsened his kidney troubles. he briefly revived Thursday but became unconscious Saturday and died at 6 80 PM.
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Justice Field
Stephen J. Field
United States
Supreme Court
Washington, D. C
Justice‘ Field
Etsreme
Court’ Bench
President declines interview with anti canteen delegation
Emma Shelton, secretary of the W C T U, sought an audience with President McKinley to discuss Attorney General Griggs interpretation of the anti canteen law. The White House replied the President is unavailable this week or soon and asked the written request be submitted for consideration by Secretary Porter.
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Gnavle
White ‘House
Griggs
Emma Shelton
Executive Mansion
Washington
J. A. Porter
John I K Speed sinks at Louisville dam
The John I K Speed, a 109 aboard Mississippi steamer owned by Cincinnati and New Orleans Packet Co, sank after striking the Kentucky dam. All passengers and crew were saved with lifeboats. The disaster occurred near Louisville as the stern wheeler drifted from the dock and flooded the hold after a large hole opened aft of the boilers.
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John I K. Speed
Cincinnati and
New Orleans Packet Company
Louisville
Kentucky
Distributive Trade Quiet Amid Spring Delays and Wheat Backwardness
Bradstreet reports a quieter distributive trade tone this week due to a backward spring and weak wheat crop news. Iron and coal show little change as supply issues and a Lake Superior ore miners strike threaten ore supply. lumber markets rise on spring demand. textiles steady. Wheat and flour shipments total 8,884,800 bushels for the week, up from last week and slightly below 1903 figures.
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Bradstreet's
Lake Superior
Wveek
Mob mobilizes to lynch Black man after alleged assault
Saturday night a mob of about 200 in Upper Alton and vicinity sought to lynch John Howard colored after he was charged with assaulting a white woman. Howard was moved to Edwardsville jail, while a committee checked Alton jail and found him not there. Edwardsville sheriff deployed deputies and sealed entrances to prevent an attack.
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Inois
Alton
John Howard
Howard
Edwardsville
Ill
Three Powers Agree on Samoa Regime Plan
A Berlin special reports that the United States, Great Britain and Germany have reached a pact on Samoa. Each power will appoint a high official to investigate and regulate conditions, with unanimous decisions required among the officials. Newspapers greet the accord with satisfaction.
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Samoa
Berlin
United States
Great Britain
Germany
Warship Ordered to Costa Rica From La Guayra
The cruiser Detroit, now at La Guayra, is ordered at once to sail to Costa Rica amid reports of insurrection disrupting commerce and forcing loans and steep import duties, prompting a State Department appeal. Nearby, a St Louis police court ruling allows some circumstances where a husband may beat his wife. A separate note notes wreckage washing ashore at Kellys Cove with a plank bearing Win, hinting a large vessel may be lost.
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Detroit
Costa Rica
la Guayra
State Department
Kelly’s Cove
N. 8
Mexican Morphy Arrested in Kansas City Mystery
Mexican Morphy alias Santiago Morphy was captured in Kansas City last week on an $70,000 bank fraud charge in Mexico City. He escaped New Orleans detectives January 28 and had been in hiding since. Officers report ongoing pursuit.
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Morphy
Santiago Morphy
Mexican Morphy
City of
Mexico
Kansas City
New Orleans
Fire Killer in Millionaire District Claims Thirteen Victims
A deadly blaze in New York City's wealthiest district on April 7 killed thirteen people and endangered more, destroying the homes of Wallac OC Andrews and Albert J Adams. The Andrews residence sparked the fire that spread to the Adams home, with police responding after an explosion and a dazzling flash. Nearby mansions of I O Armour Perry Belmont and George J Gould were in close proximity as flames engulfed upper floors.
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New York City
Wallac OC
Andrews
New York Steam Heating Company
East Sixtyseventy Street
Albert J. Adams
East Sixty-ninth Street
Adams
Sixty-sixth Street
Sixty-seventh Street
Sixty-seventh and
Fifth Avenue
New York
I. O. Armour
Chicago
Packers
Itis
Perry Belmont
George J. Gould
Advices From Samoa Report Provisional Government Denied
Dispatches from Apia dated March 24 confirm prior cables on Samoa. Admiral Kautz convened consuls and ship officers as fighting raged. Britons and Americans reject Mataafa’s provisional government while German consent is withheld. Casualties include one American sailor killed and a British wounded. The Falke blocked ships until forced aside. On March 28 Malietoa was crowned with American and British present. German officials absent.
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Apia
Samoa
Kautz
Philadelphia
Mataafa
Rose
Falke
Tanumafsili Malietoa
Jing
Mulinu
Miles Wins a Victory in Beef Court Action
The army beef inquiry court will admit official reports from army officers about beef supplied during the Spanish American War, following Maj. Lee for Miles. Separately, Gus Tidwell, a Macon butcher, was stabbed to death by Charles Burge near the city hall as police and bystanders looked on. The Missouri House passed an insurance bill targeting St. Louis and Kansas City, Gov. likely to sign. Allen L. Dalrymple, railway mall service assistant superintendent, died at Union Station after being struck by a train. Gas stove makers at Cleveland discussed price increases amid raw material costs, with no hint of consolidation. Gen Otis reported 100 wounded aboard the Sherman homeward bound from Manila. James Wylie, former checker champion, has died in Glasgow.
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Army
Spain
Miles
Maj
Lee
Gus Tidwell
Maccon Ga
Charles Burge
Missouri House
Board of Fire Insurance
St. Louis
Kansas City
Kansas
Arkansas
Allen L. Dalrymple
Union
Mgr. Dalrymple
Ilo
Wheat Damage Estimates From Unseasonable Weather
The Daily Trade Bulletin Chicago surveys correspondents on winter wheat losses from recent weather. Damage ranges from slight in Alleghenies, Ohio, Michigan to considerable in Indiana, Missouri, Tennessee, Kansas, Texas, and Nebraska, with Northern Kentucky fair and California prospects excellent. The national average condition does not exceed 75 percent, about 20 million bushels below last year. Spring wheat seeding is backward in Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota, South Dakota, and Rocky Mountain districts, with outlooks favoring reduced planted area.
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Daily Trade Bulletin of
Chicago
Allegheny Mountains
Ohio
Michigan
Indiana
Wilenois
Missouri
Kansans
Texas
Kentucky
Tennessee
Iowa
Nebraska
Wisconsin
California
United States
Minnesota
South Dakota
Rocky Mountain
Delegation to Czar Peace Congress Announced
American delegation to the Czar's peace congress is named with White Ambassador to Germany Newell Minister to the Netherlands President Seth Low of Columbian College Capt. Crozier of the Army's ordnance department Capt. A T Mahan retired navy and Frederiekolls of New York as secretary to the delegation.
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Amerilcan
White
Germany
Newell
Netherlands
Seth Low
Columbian College
Crozier
Ordnance Department of the Army
A.T. Mahan
Navy
Frederiekolls
New York
Yale Alumnae Appeal For Funds For 1901 Celebration
The Yale Alumnae Weekly New Haven appeals to graduates for 2,000,000 to finance an elaborate 1901 celebration. Of this, as much as needed will support a commemorative hall with the remainder to university endowments. Subscriptions exceeding 225,000 have been received. Maj. G. W. Watkins and Horace F. Rubens of the Insular Commission, sent by the War Department to Puerto Rico, returned aboard the McPherson. The remaining commission members stay at San Juan finalizing the report. A mutilated Chinaman’s corpse was found under an oil tank in St. Louis. A note in Chinese and an empty opium pot nearby suggest highbinders. a cousin says the deceased had been pursued for a year.
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Yale Alumnae Weekly
New Haven
Conn
Tastlar
G. W. Watkins
Horace 4. Rubens
Insular
War Department
Porto Rica
McPherson
San Juan
Highbinders
St. Louis
George I Fenrone Killed In Kansas City Tunnel
George St. Fenrone, a Kansas City attorney, was found unconscious beside a track tunnel on Highth Street after a suspected electric-car crash. He died soon after at the police station with the top of the skull exposed. An unknown motorman may have struck him. Secretary Alger was aboard the transport Ingalls with his party at Ponce. By April 6, they were in Kingston, Jamaica.
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George B. Fern
West Madison Street
Chicago
Fern
George I. Fenrone
George St. Fenrone
Kansas City
Highth Street
Alger
Ponce
Ingalls
Kingston
Jamaica
Market quotations from major U S grain and livestock markets
A condensed listing of market bids and price ranges across Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Cleveland Milwaukee Buffalo and New York for cattle hogs sheep wheat corn oats rye butter eggs and other farm commodities. Includes per market ranges and grade specifics.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
New York
Solemn Washington tribute for fallen soldiers interred
Unprecedented national ceremony at Arlington Virginia honors 850 dead officers and privates from Cuba and Porto Rico. President proclaims a holiday as salutes sound and taps mark graves. Bodies from Cuba and Puerto Rico were brought home for interment in the cemetery with military honors and official attendance.
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Thevorld
Washington Thoreau
Cuba
Porto Rico
Arington
Wren
Potomac
San Juan
Garantanaimo
Santiago
Ponce
Sandian
Coumo
Gainten
New York
Metropolis
Washington
Artington
Wall
Prechind Alort Monroe
Protestant Episcopal Church
Joseph PL Menree
St. Patrick'’s Church
Washington Barracks
Vayualry
Tort Meyer
Marvines
Navy Yard
Marine Barracks
National Guard
District of Columbia
United States
Presidendt Menthley
Cota
Porto
Philippines
Absent clear headline from turbulent early 20th century note
Fragmentary report mentions a $50,000,000 loan for a country named Bualgtria and telegraph developments. It notes Abercorn near Lake Tanganyika, repairs on a Manila to Toile cable, and possible disarmament talks at The Hague. References to Turkey, Germany, the Carolines, and Haidar Pasha hint at broader imperial tensions.
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Devil Rhodes
Abercorn
Lake Tanganyika
Manila
Toile
Turkey
Caur
Hague
Germany
Carolines
Spal
United States
Tent
Lemaire
Cayman
Africa
Lake Nyassa
Katke Sanganyitsa
Constantinople
Smyrna
Uy Missacre
Bultan
Haidar Pasha
Kapitaliste
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South Desplaines Street
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Hannibal, Mo
Warship
Peabody
Bernard Kretzer
Secretary of State of
New Jersey
International Smokeless Powder, and Dynamite Company
Halle VII
Samuel Halle
Wm. Nolland
Roosevelt Hospital
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Wylie
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