Traitor to Germany Charged with Furnishing Secrets
Sergeant Major Albrecht of the 129th Regiment arrived at Bromberg Prussia and will be taken to Spandau in chains charged with high treason for furnishing Russian agents with fortification plans and mobilization details of the German army. Naval Engineer John Louis Lay dies in New York at 63. inventor of the Lay torpedo and submarine torpedo. Bride-to-be Nina Wall of New Haven Kansas buried after accidental shooting by her brother as Ebby of the cruiser Brooklyn was en route from New York. Fraudulent stamps found by internal revenue on hundreds of cigars from factory No 741 in Pennsylvania. proprietors arrested. Maturity of Cuban debts extended to May 1 1901 for liabilities incurred before Jan 18 1899. Porto Rico governorship unsettled as Gen Henry succession looms. Brig. Gran to the Philippines and others under promotion. glass company raising prices 10 percent on window wings amid factory pressures.
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Russia
Serge
Albrecht
One Hundred and Twenty-ninth
Bromberg
Prussia
Spandau
John Louis Lay
United States Navy
William B. Cushing
De‘stroy
Albemarle
New York
United States
Nina Wall
New Haven
Kan
Ebby
Brooklyn
Eby
Yellow Fever Outbreak in Havana Warned Expected
The dispatch notes an annual outbreak beginning in Havana with three yellow fever cases on April 20. Col Davis isolates affected houses and restricts entry except for doctors and aides. No American sick. Sanitary department managing the situation. occasional fever cases expected to rise this season on a smaller scale. Also reports a U.S. bombardment shell incident in Maton affecting a cafe, killing and wounding several individuals.
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Havana
Col. Davis
la Lucha
Maton
United States
Muster Out of Troops Return Order Listed
Volunteers in the Philippines will come home in the sailing order they departed Manila. The sequence spans May 25 to November, starting with California and Oregon units and continuing through the California Artillery detachments Utah Artillery Pennsylvania Colorado Nebraska North Dakota Minnesota Idaho Wyoming Montana South Dakota Washington Kansas Tennessee Iowa Nevada Cavalry Wyoming Cavalry. The last units are not expected to reach home until before the end of July.
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Philippines
Manila
California
Oregon
Utah
Pennsylvania
Colorado
Nebraska
North Dakota
Minnesota
Idaho
Wyoming
Montana
South Dakota
Washington
Kansas
Tennessee
Iowa
Nevada
Quay Freed as Stone Names Him Senator
Matthew Stanley Quay was declared not guilty of conspiring to use state funds for personal gain from the People's Bank of Philadelphia. After the verdict, supporters cheered as Gov. Stone appointed Quay to serve as Senator until the next Pennsylvania Legislature convenes. The appointment was addressed to Vice President Hobart and based on Constitutional authority.
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Senator Quay
Matthew
Stanley Quay
State of Pennsylvania
People's Bank of
Philadelphia
Quay
Guy
Stone
Matthew Stanley Quay
Hobart
Senate
United States
Americans Clash With Filipino Forces Near Malolos
Early April 21, three companies of South Dakotans and three from Minnesota engaged a Filipino force of about 600 two miles from Hocay a. The enemy retreated three miles in decent order after suffering heavy losses as Americans ran low on ammunition and retreated to camps. Army tugs then opened fire along riverbanks. Rebels are active west of Malolos toward Calumpit with new trenches near the railroad and appear to evacuate foothill towns in expectation of an Awiccicer attack.
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South Dakota
South
Malolos
Calumpit
Kentucky vagrancy law struck as unconstitutional
A Kentucky vagrancy statute long used to punish and sell African Americans into work for years was ruled void as it conflicted with the U.S. Constitution prohibiting slavery and involuntary servitude. The court found vagrancy not a crime and the punishment cruel and unconstitutional.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
United States
Iso
Flyer Jumps Track in Illinois Train Wreck
A Burlington Railroad passenger train derailed seven miles west of Aurora Illinois when traveling at fifty miles per hour. The engine left the tracks and the entire train overturned causing the dining car and another car to burn. One person was killed and others injured.
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Burlington Railroad
Dlineis
St. Paul
Burlington Road
Aurore, Ill
They Want to See Bryan Visit Them in Augusta
The Third Nebraska will be mustered out May 11. The boys urge invitation for their first colonel William J. Bryan to visit Augusta, Georgia before disbanding. They urge friends and newspapers to help arrange the visit.
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Nebraska
Privst
Wm. J. Bryan
Nwspapers
Col. Bryan
Augusta
Highbinders War in Chinatown Breaks Out in Freano
A bloody clash erupts in Freano Chinatown as highbinders and rival tongs exchange gunfire. Police arrest one suspect after a man is killed and several wounded, with at least fifty shots fired and chaos spreading through the district.
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Sons of Flowery Kingdom
Freano
Cal
Chinatown
Counity Hospital
Hearts
Polivemin Rapelji
Tuiare Street
Rapell
Uwighbinder
Hin Dnstanly
Rupelji
War Duck
Morse
Chin Chi
Inestead
Highbinder
Ruy
Arrest of German Warship Commander at Apia
A Victoria special says the steamer Aorangie reports the arrest of the commander of the German warship Falke at Api for supplying arms to Mataafa. The arrest was made by the British commander Arkansas Lawmakers Quit. The Thirty-second Arkansas General Assembly adjourned sine die at Little Rock after a 101 day session. Bills passed included railroad commission creation, a new State Capitol, and an anti trust law. A bank bankruptcy petition was filed in Columbus Ohio by William M Lloyd, manager of the Lloyd National Bank at Jamestown NC, with liabilities of 266000 of which 3000 unsecured. Taliaferro was chosen U S Senator on the first ballot in Tallahassee. A cloudburst damaged Highland Kansas area. a tannery and yards of United States Leather Company in Lincoln Maine burned, loss about 150000.
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Apia
Victoria
B. C
Aorangie
Falke
API
Mataafa
Arkansas
Thirty-second General Assembly
State of Arkansas
Little Rock
Columbus
Ohio
William M. Lloyd
That City
Lloyd National Bank
Jamestown
N. C
Market quotations across cities for grains and livestock
Regional price listings show cattle hogs and sheep values in Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit and Toledo with ranges for wheat corn oats rye butter and pork. Prices vary by grade and city with No. 2 and white or mixed categories and notable spreads between high and low ends.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Doé
Milwaukee
Dewey’s Dispatch on Yorktown Ambuscade Partially Recounted
A fragmentary report describes Admiral Dewey’s account of the Yorktown incident involving Lieut and insurgent activity near the river shore. It notes captured enemy forces, 1000 Filipino holdings, and fifteen Yorktown men aboard, with unclear communications and ongoing questions about the engagement’s outcome.
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Yorktown
Gila
Bate
Dewey
Mother’s Hope in Search for Missing Boy of 1911
A long, troubled search spans years for Willie Dickinson who vanished as a child in Michigan. Detectives named Pinkardt pursued leads across states, chasing false sightings and false families. Willie, now 21, remains missing as his mother travels the United States seeking help to locate him.
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Pinkardt
Negros
Dickinson Hay
Wiermsing
Mothag
United
Willie
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Germany
Sir Eie
Chine Internal Revenue
Cigara
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Aigara
Wer
Alger
Gen
Brooke
Ccessor
Guy.v. Henry
Porto Rio
Brig. D Gran
Gavants
Glas’ Company
Yimpathy
Cleveland
Matt Quay
Fylyer
Bryan
Roosevelt
Goy
J.S. Dawson
Cook County
Tenn
North Carolina
American Car and Foundry Company
Jeffersonville, Ky
Creek
Colo
Anetie Ouras
Taliaferro
Tallahassee
Fla
Mangas
Highland
Wannery
United States Leather Company
Lincoln
Maine
Iey
Admiral Dewey
Washyo
Pilipinas
Aisom
Iforces
Gan
Otis
Wilipino
Aguinaldo
Oandings New Tatler
Gerald Lapiner
Mery
Llyzie Toyehton
Dickos Litttle
Magihood
Dickinsons
Dickinson
Willy
Ayers
Atau
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