End of Greco Turkish War Seen Near Armistice Likely
A London dispatch dated Sunday April 25 says the last week of the Greco Turkish war seems likely as conflicting telegrams cloud the situation. Britain and other powers move to intervene with an armistice suggestion Greece may accept while Turkey remains capable in battle. France Germany and Italy pledge to cooperate with conditions including Greece obeying a future mandate.
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London
Lurigs
Great Britain
Greece
Turkey
Athens
Cleveland Speaks at Reform Club Dinner
Ex-President Cleveland addressed the Reform Club of New York at the Waldorf Hotel during the annual dinner. Noted gold Democrat leaders from across the nation attended. John DeWitt Warner presided as Cleveland sat center stage, replying to the toast Present Problems before about 580 guests seated at ten tables.
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New York
Reform Club
New York City
Waldorf
United States
Gold Democrats
Cleveland
John DeWitt Warner
William L. Wilson
Young Central American Naturalist Dies of Yellow Fever
Otis E Bullock of Haverhill Massachusetts, 21, died of malignant yellow fever at Swinburne Island Hospital New York. He had joined a party of naturalists traveling from Panama on the Columbian Line steamship Finance. He was moved to quarantine on arrival and died a few hours later.
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Central America
Otis’ E. Bullock
Haverhill
Mass
Swinburne Island Hospital
New York
Bullock
Columbian Line
Panama
Swinburne Island
Insurgents Seize Baracoa in Santiago de Cuba
Havana reports Baracoa, an important town in Santiago de Cuba, seized by insurgents after heavy fighting. Spaniards suffered significant losses and retreated. Also noted is treasury telegram from New York authorizing export of 977000 in gold, the first large withdrawal since 1806. Nationwide unrest and other brief items follow.
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Santiago de Cuba
Havana
Baracoa
Secretary of the Treasury
Jordan
New York
Treasury
Turkey
Old Soldiers Misunderstand Right of Appointment
Government departments report many ex-soldiers misbelieve they can obtain civil service jobs without examinations or Civil Service Commission referrals. The law allows reinstatement after resignation or displacement but grants no general hiring preference to those not previously in civil service, except when requisitions favor veterans on eligibility lists.
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Civil Service
Civil Service Commission
Sts
Dying wish honored six women pallbearers at Lizzie Wagoner funeral
At Lizzie Wagoner's funeral in Cynthiana Kentucky, six prominent young women served as pallbearers per her dying request. One pallbearer fainted during the service but was aided by others. the group walked beside the hearse in white from church to the three mile cemetery.
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Lizzie Wagoner
Cynthiana
Miss Wagoner
Big Pennsylvania Blaze Hits Pottersville Homes
Fire broke out at 2 80 p m on the 224 in Pottersville Pennsylvania near Homestead. Thirty six houses burned with unknown origin. Town near Carnegie mill yards houses occupied by Carnegie company. Initial reports claimed a man and several children burned. latest update says missing persons accounted for.
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Pottersville
Homestead
Carnegie Mill
Carnegie Company
Hypnotized man buried three days freed in Ont
A man hypnotized and buried three days in Simoi Ontario was dug up. As he was removed he became restless and smashed the box, requiring five men to restrain him until he regained consciousness.
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Simoi
Ont
Naval Reserve List Forms Around Columbia
The navy plans a reserve fleet nucleus with the ship Columbia at League Island. She will not be withdrawn from service but laid up in reserve after returning from New York. A crew of 400 is reduced to 77, led by four commissioned and three warrant officers, with drills kept up and readiness to sail within twenty days of orders.
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Naval Reserve List
Navy Department
Columbia
League Island
New York
Murder and intrigue across world events reported
Reports detail the acquittal of Kurds and Armenians in the murder of American cyclist Lenz in Erzercum Turkey. Chile and Peru agree to arbitration for war claims with sessions in Lima. An assassination try on President Borda in Montevideo fails. Governor Hastings commutes James Gentry’s death sentence for the murder of actress Madge Yorke to life imprisonment.
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Cyclist Lenz
United States
Bergholtz
Erzercum
Turkey
State
Department
Young Lenz
Chile
Peru
Republic
Gentry
Board of Pardons
James B. Gentry
Harrisburg
Madge Yorke
Hastings
Omaha Beaten In House Vote On Depot Transfer
The national House of Representatives on Thursday did not concur with a Senate amendment to move the Inglian supply depot from Chicago to Omaha. The action ends a proposed transfer and preserves the current depot location.
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Omaha
National House of Representatives
Senate
Chicago
Omahge
Week in Trade Outlook Notes Mixed Signals and Labor Strife Fears
Bradstreet's Weekly Review reports slight trade improvement amid weak iron and steel markets. Dozens of sectors show slower wool and dry goods activity while coal mining faces strikes. Exports rise with wheat and Indian corn volumes up from the prior year, outlining a cautious but improving general trade picture.
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Bradstreet
Bessemer
United States
St. John
N. B
Agreement with Indians advances Dawes Choctaw Chickasaw deals
The Dawes Commission announced an accord with the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations for allotment of lands in severalty, townsite disposal, federal court jurisdiction, and presidential approval of tribal council acts. The pact aims to finish social restructuring and civilizing aims, covering all points of prior objections.
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Dawes Commission
Dawes Indian Commission
Severalty
Gunsaulus May Quit Chicago for New York Offer
Reverend Frank Gunsaulus, longtime pastor of Plymouth Church Chicago, appears ready to resign and move to New York to head the Broadway tabernacle. The move would mark the tenth anniversary of his Plymouth connection next month with trustees told his aim is broader reach. Chicago efforts to retain him include possible use of the Auditorium for services.
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New York
Frank Gunsaulus
Plymouth Church of
Chicago
Broadway Tabernacle
Plymouth Church
Gunsaulus
Guarded militia camps at Lacey home after lynching
In Alexandria Virginia on Saturday a light infantry unit camped at the house of Tobo Lacey following the Friday night lynching of Joseph McCoy who criminally assaulted Lacey's daughter. Soldiers were stationed as a precaution against potential reprisals by Black residents.
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Alexandria, Va
Tobo Lacey
Joseph McCoy
Lacey
French Women Offer Nursing for Greek Armies
A group of French women offered to serve as nurses with the Greek armies in the field. The Greek legation in Paris said they would gladly accept, but no funds are available to pay for their journey to Greece.
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Paris
Legation
Greece
Tornado devastates McFarland area in Kansas tragedy
A tornado swept Wa baunsee County near McFarland Kansas fatally injuring Henry Miller and his wife while destroying their home three miles north. Miller's eight year old son died in the disaster. In California Frank Kloss was hanged in San Quentin for the murder of William Doady after a saloon quarrel.
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Kanga
Wabaunsee County
Kansas
Henry Miller
Miller
McFarland
Frank Kloss
San Quinten
Cal
William Doady
Kloss
Doady
Oklahoma Governor Nominee Appointed by President McKinley
Governor McKinley appoints C. M. Barnes of Guthrie as Oklahoma governor. The decision reached too late to send to the senate Friday. Col. Mosby injured after a buggy accident at the University of Virginia Friday afternoon, suffering a possible serious eye injury.
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Oklahoma
McKinley
C. M. Barnes
Guthrie
Senate
Col. Mosby
Col
John
Mosby
University of Virginia
Clever Monument and Greek Plan in Thessaly War
Athens reports a Greek plan to encircle Edhem Pasha with 86 000 Greek troops in front and 20 000 behind in Thessaly. Turkish forces near Larissa and Milouna face Greek advances from Epirus as Col. Manos presses Janina and the Greeks bombard Prevesa with fleet support. Paris dispatch notes Russian intervention steps at Sebastopol.
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Athens
Platamona
Constantine
Edhem Pasha
Larissa
Eleulheropoli
Dedagateh
Salonica
Thessaly
Milonia
Reveniamlis
Milouna Pass
Kheshara
Bad Fi
Epirus
Col
Manos
Janina
Philliplada
Poaneet
Hdhem Pasha
Porte
Gulf of
Prevesa
Co. Manos
Paris
le Journal
Odessi Dispitch
Sebas
Smallpox Breaks Out in Cabanas Fortress Prison
The outbreak is reported at Cabanas prison in Cuba where four Americans are confined in cell 41. One prisoner died and three others contracted smallpox. An American correspondent, Ona Melton, sent a note April 18 describing the case and nursing a friend who may have contracted it. Gen Lee notified the state department and Acting Capt. Gen. Ahumada asked about measures for guarding American prisoners. Americans were vaccinated promptly. Harald M. Sewell of Maine is named minister to Hawaii.
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Cabanas
Cuba
Ona Melton
Gonzales
Lee
State Department
Ahumada
Market quotations by city and commodity prices
Market quotes summarize cattle hogs sheep and grains across cities including Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo New York and Western markets. It lists prices for cattle hogs sheep wheat corn oats rye and butter eggs and other staples with ranges and units.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Lonia
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
New York
Iowa lawmakers approve biennial city elections under special charters
The Iowa Legislature passes a code for cities under special charters shifting elections to every two years, reorganizing aldermen, capping tax mills, and limiting debts. Senate and House modify ballot marking, liquor law provisions, and collections for liquor sales. Governor Drake expected to sign. amendments on railway tax charges debated.
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House
Senate
State Board of Wealth
Conference Committee
Martin
Munk
Drake
President Cleveland Helps Gipsy Children Gather Marbles
President Cleveland and Mrs. Cleveland drive along Glenwood Road when gipsy children block the way with marbles. The president orders the coachman to stop and the children, grateful, collect their marbles as he passes. The incident ends with cheers from the children.
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Washington
Cleveland
Pipsay
Glenwood
Colors of mourning worn by nations across history
The article lists mourning colors used in various countries and roles. Black signals privation of life. scarlet appears in French royal wear. yellow appears in Egypt Burma and Brittany peasant caps. purple denotes royal mourning for cardinals and French kings. violet marks Turkish mourning. brownish gray symbolizes hardship in Persia, Ethiopia, and Abyssinia.
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Europe
America
Egypt
Burmah
Brittany
France
Turkey
Pole Browo
Persia
Haridi
Ethiopia
Abyssinia
Definition of a sybarite in Winter Ornament
A narrator recalls trying to define sybarite for youth. He visits a Lady at dinner where her maid warms her bracelets and necklace by the fire on a cushion, describing it as her winter habit and ornamentation. The scene prompts the speaker to consider a fitting definition.
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Michigan
Williamston
Mich
Albert Hovey
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OLD Soldiers
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Borda
President Borda
Montevideo
The
Choctaws
Gunsaulus May
Hawaii
Harald M. Sewell
Maine
Arthur Sewell
Iowa
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