Wil Takes Control Of Army And Navy Movements
A presidential consolidation plan is reported in a dramatic note that President McKinley will now issue all military orders personally. Dispatches to Commodore Watson direct naval actions along the Cuban coast to shell targets outside Havana without repeats of past incidents.
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Wil
Army
Navy
McKinley
United States
Secretary Long
Watson
Lavana
Winslow
Draper Cleared in Second Hastings Murder Trial
In Jerseyville Illinois a jury acquitted Charles Draper in the Hastings murder case the second trial ending the sensational affair. Hastings and Draper once worked together at the Abstractor of Titles in Kirby Jacksonville. jealousy and a fatal March 31, 1897, stabbing led to a prior guilty verdict and life sentence.
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Hastings
Draper
Jerseyville
Charles Draper
Charles L. Hastings
Abstractor
Kirby
Jacksonville
Sampson Reports From Cape Hayti to Navy
Admiral Sampson, commander of the American Fleet, sends a report from Cape Hayti to the navy department on Monday. He will proceed to Cienfuegos on Cuba's southern coast. Willemstad dispatch notes Spanish cruisers Vizcaya and Maria Teresa departed Sunday evening with unknown destination, taking coal and provisions. no colliers, boiler status unclear.
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Cape Hayti
Sampson
Navy Department
Cienfuegos
Cuba
Willemstad
Curacoa
Vizcaya
Maria Teresa
Fire at St Hyacinthe convent leaves seven dead
A fire at the St Joseph Sisters' School in St Hyacinthe Quebec on Monday morning killed seven of the 200 residents and left five missing while several others were injured jumping from windows. The deceased include two boys named Beauchmen and sisters Alexandrina and Dilomena. Missing servants Marla Millett Nofliette Mounir Mrs Berthinume and sisters Bouvier and Auge are listed among those unaccounted for.
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St. Hyacinthe
Quebec
St. Joseph Sisters
Beauchmen
Alexandrina
Dilomena
Marla Millett
Nofliette Mounir
Berthinume
Bourder
Bouvier
Auge
Big Wads Robbery Seizes Vast Tranes Treasures
A robbery report details a large haul described as over 410000 Tranes entities seized in a bold theft. Authorities describe the incident as a major heist with substantial material loss and ongoing investigations.
Gladstone Very Weekbed with No Leave of Room Two Weeks
A letter from a Gladstone family member describes the states of the patient who has not left his room for a fortnight. It states he longs for peace, has lost appetite and interest, and cannot sleep or converse, though he remains physically strong. Friends visit outside but only farewells are exchanged.
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Mr. Gladstone
Myen
Velas Sean
Severe hailstorm hits Kansas City with shattered windows
A violent hailstorm swept Kansas City on Sunday evening, with hailstones up to horn eye size. South side windows shattered across homes and businesses, skylights crushed, streetcar roofs pierced, and injuries reported. The storm also damaged fruit trees across eastern Kansas.
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Kansas City
Hon
Kansas
Pension for Gen Clay Granted Fifty Nine Per Month
The Kentucky House devoted its Friday session to pension and private claim bills. In night session the house voted to grant Maj. Gen. Cassius M. Clay a pension of 59 dollars per month at Whitehall, Kentucky. Clay, famed veteran of the Mexican and Civil Wars, owned the large Whitehall estates but had insufficient income to cover expenses. Forty six bills passed in committee of the whole and six passed finally by the house.
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House
Cassius M. Clay
Whitehall
Train Robbery near Cuba Alabama two bandits
Five men halted an Alabama Great Southern passenger train near Cuba Sunday night. The express car was robbed of $5000, though officials claim only $500 was actually taken as the money was hidden in a stove pipe. Bloodhounds pursued the bandits after a posse formed.
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Cuba
Alabama
Alabama Great Southern
Ala
Express
Bishop Perry Stricken With Paralysis in Dubuque Visit
The Episcopal Bishop of Town, Perry, suffered a sudden left side paralysis while visiting a friend in Dubuque on May 1. Doctors considered the attack serious but hopeful for survival, though he would be lame. soon after, Bishop Perry died Friday at 8 am after three days of illness. His body awaits transport to Philadelphia for burial beside his late wife.
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Wan
Percy
Town
Dubuque
Bishop Perry
Win. Stevens Perry
Davenport
Judson Keith Deming
England
Perry
Philadelphia
Lost Ant Copper Hardening Process Revealed in Sioux City
Sioux City man Frank Peterson claims to have discovered a copper hardening method and displays samples of a durable, highly conductive alloy. He has patented the process and plans a company to commercialize the invention, noting its edge retention and resistance to abrasion for tools and trolley components.
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Sioux City
Frank Peterson
R. Dawson
Des Moines
Allamosa
Peterson
Ibis
Alan Babbitt
Twenty Seventh Annual Iowa Grand Lodge Session at Waterloo
The Iowa Grand Lodge A O U W met in Waterloo May 10 with about 200 delegates. Reports were heard, 128 members in Iowa, total 10 161. Lathe Auxiliary Degree of Honor has 1517 members. Officers chosen: Grand Master Workman L Tilton Ottumwa. Grand Foreman Will M Narvis Muscatine. Grand Overseer G F Dunham Waterloo. Grand Recorder B F Rehkopf Des Moines. Grand Receiver William Wilson Jr Washington. Grand Guide D N Thompson Charlton. Grand Watch F A Secord Sioux City. Grand Trustee A Hartung Des Moines. Representatives to Supreme Lodge P S Fowle Clinton Iowa Tilton Rebkopf.
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Iowa Grand Lodge
Grand Lodge of
Iowa
Waterloo
L. Tilton
Ottumwa
Will M. Narvis
Muscatine
G. F. Dunham
B. EF. Rehkopf
Des Moines
William Wilson
Washington
Grand
D. N. Thompson
Chariton
Grand Watch
F. A. Secord
Sioux City
Supreme Lodge
P. S. Fowle
Clinton
R. la
Tilton
B. FB
Rebkopf
Deaf Mute Crushed Foot by Freight Train at Marshalltown
Everett Clark a deaf mute in a Marshalltown brick yard suffered the right ankle crushed to jelly when he fell under a freight train on the Iowa Central Railway while boarding a moving car at a crossing. Amputation was necessary. A cyclone near Webster City caused minor property disruption but no serious damage reported. Emme Allen, jailed in Boone, attempted suicide by corrosive sublimates. rescue saved her life though lips and throat burned.
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Everett Clark
Marshalltown
Iowa Central Railway
Young Clark
Emme Allen
Boone
Prisoners Escape From Anamosa Penitentiary
Two elderly inmates escaped from Anamosa Penitentiary last week by climbing over a clothing area while guards watched. They dressed in civilian clothes and slipped to the clerks office where a typist released them. A boy alerted guards and the pair were recaptured at the river bank while attempting to flee.
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Anamosa
Femmte
Thesult
Coal Find Thrills Clive Town Officials
In Clive Iowa excitement rises over a six foot coal vein uncovered by town drillers. At 230 feet a vein of excellent quality was struck and confirmed between six and seven feet thick by expert miners. Names of contractors and further details withheld.
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Iowa
Clive
Gasoline Wagon Makes Quiet Trip to Marshalltown
HL M Wartsoolk of Bondurant arrived in Marshalltown in a wagon powered by gasoline on a trial run. The heavy twelve passenger wagon uses a bicycle-like gear and travels about six miles per hour on ordinary roads with low fuel cost.
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M Wartsoolk
Bondurant
Marshalltown
Supreme Court decision on life policy application copy
The court ruling in Wesley M. Jolson versus Des Moines Life Insurance Co. from Lee district requires attaching an exact copy of the application to every life policy. The decision defines exact copy as more than substantial but not a mere likeness, so precise that it is truly the copy when compared.
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Supreme Court
Wesley M. Jolson
Des Moines Life Insurance Company
Lee District
Spanish sympathizer tarred on Lehigh farm barn
A man described as a Spanish sympathizer living on a Lehigh area farm placed a Spanish flag on a large barn near the road. News spread to Lehigh where miners visited the farm. They tore the flag down, then tarred Regan by applying one coat to his lower legs.
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Cris Begum
Lehigh
Regan
Fatal Accident at Decorah Farm Drawling
Robert Greer, proprietor of the eily draw ling at Decorah, was killed by a runaway team. He tried to stop them by grabbing a head, was knocked down, and struck on the head. Death was instantaneous. Greer was an old resident and Civil War veteran.
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Robert Greer
Decorah
Giem
Mr. Greer
Keep Soldiers Policies Good and Seventh Session Closed
The seventh session of the grand Judge A. O. U. W. at Waterloo closed with plans to keep member policies for volunteers funded from the general fund, limited to privates and noncommissioned officers. The African Methodist Episcopal Conference for the Rockford district concluded in the city with the bishop presiding and Rev Graves as secretary, ending with a reception. Chas. W. Budd of Des Moines won the world title in reverse-angle shooting at a major tournament in Des Moines, claiming the Smelter trophy as the championship prize.
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Waterloo
Buad
Chas. W. Budd
Des Moines
Old-Man Killed by Runaway Team in Dubuque
Joseph Sell, an elderly street picker hired by the city of Dubuque to collect loose paper, was fatally injured when a runaway wagon struck him. The wagon tongue hit him on the head, fracturing his skull.
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Joseph Sell
Dubuque
Des Moines Millinery Firm Fails. Receiver Appointed
The Des Moines millinery firm The M. Riegellman Company failed with Henry Riegelman named receiver. Liabilities about 111000, assets 180090. The collapse cited slow core sections, off season, and dull trade as causes.
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Des Moines
M. Riegellman
Henry Riegelman
Dewey Reports Manila Blockade Gains Pressure
Dispatches from Kong Kong Sunday bring news from Admiral Dewey to the president and Secretary Long. They suggest Dewey has limited options as Manila resists and supply lines tighten. Observers believe the blockade and surrounding insurgents push Manila toward early Spanish surrender.
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Kong Kong
Admiral Dewey
Long
Yewey
Mania
Manila
Dewey
Spanish cabinet resigns Sagasta to form new ministry
The Spanish cabinet resigned Sunday and Sagasta announced he will immediately form a new ministry. The Liberal cabinet, formed after the assassination of Canovas del Castillo, recalls Weyler and replaces him with Blanco. The United States warned Spain it cannot remain neutral amid Cuba’s crisis.
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Cuban Congress
United States
Cuba
Spain
Sagasta
Conseil
Senor Sagasta
Senor Gul Jon
Senor Grolzard
Winanen
Senor Puigearver
Senor Capiteon
Wir
Correa
Admiral Bermose
Count Xiquena
Senor Moret
Viberal
Senor Canovas del Castillo
Golli
Weyler
Blanco
Premice Sagasta
McDuiiie Defeats Titus on Charles River Park Track
McDuiiie easily defeats Titus at fifteen miles on the Charles River park track for a purse of 1509 dollars in 27 minutes 98 5 seconds. He breaks the world record by 61 15 seconds set by Michael for the distance and sets new marks from five miles upward, defeating Titus by about five sixes of a mile.
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McDuiiie
France Denies Lafayette Landing Report Amid Neutrality Claim
A semi official French statement denies reports the steamer Lafayette landed French artillerymen in Havana and asserts France has not departed from neutral stance. The Paris lender notes a 10 million franc loan to Spain. Havana reports of Cuban reconcentrados dying are rising.
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France
Lafayette
United States
Tlavana
Spain
Paris
London
Tua Banque de Paris
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Mary C. Manning
Melville W. Fuller
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Stickeen River
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