Li Hung Chang Pressed on Manchurian Treaty Fallout
Reports from Pekin say China will not sign the Manchurian convention while risking unified international sympathy. Li Hung Chang faces limitations as officials in Washington note his pro Russian stance may have reduced his powers to push the agreement, signaling a possible curb on Russia’s plans in Manchuria.
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Li Hung Chang
Russia
Prince
Washington
Li Slang Chang
Pekin
Shangra
Manchuria
Severe April Snowstorm Paralyses Pittsb urgh Rail Traffic
Beginning before dawn a heavy wet snow blanketed Pittsburg causing snapped wires and crippled telephone telegraph and trolley service. Rails stalled on the Pennsylvania lines and ore trains faced delays as poles and lines fell under the load. Extra engines were asked for and a blockade loomed if snowfall continued on Buff alo and Allegheny Valley systems.
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Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Destruction Attempt Threatens Local Merchant Business
April 4 report of a bold fire attack on D. B. Gilbart general merchant's outbuilding. William Yeo alerted authorities at about 3.30 am. neighbors extinguished flames before major damage. Stock valued 9 000 to 10 000 and insured. Gilbart had run his shop about fifteen months and controlled about 75 percent of local trade. if successful, district losses would be severe.
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Fleming
D. B. Gilbart
William Yeo
Gilbert
G1bart
Valleyfield Strike Debate In Dominion Parliament
In Ottawa on April 4 the Valleyfield strike dispute was argued at length in the house during correspondence. Labor members Messrs Puttee and Smith spoke for the strikers while Mr Sutherland explained militia callout due to civic authority. The militia chief stated Canada’s army exceeded 37 000 men as the house adjourned until next Tuesday.
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Monk
Messrs. Puttee
Smith
Sutherland
Canada
Winnipeg man guilty of manslaughter in 1899 murder
The assize court in Winnipeg heard the case of Ron ald Todd who was brought to the dock after the jury returned a verdict of manslaughter for the October 1899 murder of John Gordon. Sentence was reserved by his lordship.
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Winnipeg
Assize Court
Ronald Todd
Todd
John Gordon
Sarnia
Lambton County Assizes
James Clark
Joseph
Prince of Canada title discussed by King Edward
In London on April 2 reports say King Edward and the cabinet considered creating the Duke of Cornwall and York Prince of Australia but rejected it to honor Canada and other colonies. An alternative plan to make the eldest two sons Prince of Canada and Prince of Australia is under study.
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London
Duke of Cornwall and York
Prince of
Australia
Edward
Canada
Duke of Cornwall and
York
Across the World In April News Briefs
A compilation reports Aguinaldo taking an oath to the United States in Tien Tsin, and Captain Barrett wounded by sabres in Paris. Updates include Olga Nethersole’s improving surgical recovery, Dr. Ross gravely ill in Quebec, Indian sentry shot near Tien Tsin, and a university excommunication petition in Kiev. Additional items note a London Ontario death, Niagara Falls body found, a manslaughter case dismissed, a kidnapping probe in New York, a coal mine lockout in Hazelton, a major freight-house fire in St. Louis, and a Montreal abductors case with two teen victims.
Tailors' strike ends with ten percent wage raise
Hamilton reports the tailors' strike was settled after a conference between union and merchant tailors. The agreement grants a ten percent advance and a minor favorable modification. Also noted are church transfer requests in Toronto and Winnipeg and harbor elevator bid concerns amid multiple offers. A mutiny within the West African regiment led to a public execution and subsequent deportations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Custom Tailors’ Union
Merchant Tailors
Plowing to Begin in Manitoba Next Week
Reports indicate general plowing planned in Manitoba towns next week. A Fleming Alberta general store was set ablaze. The Boers executed another peace envoy, De Kock. Cape Town records 107 plague deaths. Leicester faces mass prosecution of anti vaccinationists. China warns Russia against Manchurian convention signing. Severe snowstorms disrupt wires and railways in Pittsburgh district. In Winnipeg, Donald Todd found guilty of manslaughter.
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Manitoba
Fleming
Alta
Cape Town
Leicester
Eng
Fathers Crime Destroys Daughters in North Dakota Barn
Emil Segerlin, a prosperous farmer near Devil's Lake, killed his three children Della seven Lilly five and likely killed Esther nine before stabbing himself. Esther may have fought back. Segerlin, once in an asylum ten years earlier, was reportedly sane at the time. Mother was an invalid.
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St. Paul
Emil Segerlin
Devil's Lake
N. D
Della
Lilly
Esther
Segerlin
Multinational March Dispatches Across Cities
Reports from Berlin Bloemfontein Dublin London New York and other locations relay births deaths political changes stock and crime updates. Notable items include Princess Bis marck's reported birth, Sir Alfred Milner’s return to Transvaal, Fenian leader James Stephens dies, and a New York stock exchange sale at 55000. Additional notes cover ship movements hotel plans and a prison term for a postal thief.
Carter Harrison Reelected Chicago Mayor and Other 1900s Briefs
Carter Harrison was reelected mayor of Chicago. Gen. Campbell battles Boers in Natal. Aguinaldo swears allegiance to the United States. A New York man is arrested for abducting two Montreal girls. About 1,700 settlers pass through Montreal for the Northwest. London county council to spend £1,500,000 on workmen homes for 42,000 people. Gold Coast mutineers punished leader shot others exiled. Mrs. George Arnold of Louisville Ont killed in ravine crash.
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Carter Harrison
Chicago
Gen. Campbell
Natal
Aguinaldo
United States
New York
Montreal
Northwest
London County Council
Gold Coast
George Arnold
Louisville
Ont
Icelandic youths drown in Lake Manitoba
Two young Icelanders were drown ed in Lake Manitoba. Alcie de Vallee was electrocuted by accident in Montreal. Owing to the colliery strike, 80,000 Scottish miners are idle. It is stated that Count Tolstoi has been banished from Russia, having been escorted across the frontier. The earthquake Sunday in Canastan tinople caused a panic during a ceremonial in the sultan's palace. A party of 700 Boers was given a splendid reception at Lisbon on that arrival from South Africa, of the inhabitants. The eldest sons of the tithe of Cornwall and York may be created "Prince of Canada" and "Prince of Australia."
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Count Tolstoi
Russia
Canastantinople
Lisbon
South Africa
Frenzied Attack Kills Seven Children in Luxemburg
A madman ran amuck in crowded streets striking children and crying to save them from pain. He killed seven children and wounded many before being shot by the father of a victim. The community mourns the tragedy.
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Brussels
Luxemburg
Death in Cascade tunnel wipes out engineer in gas attack
In Seattle March 31 a eastbound Great Northern train stalled in Cascade tunnel. Engineer W. W. Bradley died from poisonous gas. Fireman Joseph W. Smith and four other trainmen were overcome but later recovered. Rescuers faced heavy smoke while bringing survivors to Everatt hospital.
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Seattle
Wash
Great Northern
Cascade
W. W. Bradley
Joseph W. Smith
Everatt
Notable Deaths and Global Disturbances Reported
Actor Roland Reed has died. Flood damage rises in Ingersol Ontario. Lord Salisbury suffers a kidney complaint. Earthquakes strike It aly Constantinople and Odessa. Prinsioo commander and a convoy of 28 wagons captured near Standerton. Twenty thousand attend anti clerical protest in Barcelona. Oxford defeats Cambretyre in Thames race by two fifths of a pace. England football match ends in a draw at Crystal Palace. Section men find a man dying on the YP track near Melbourne Manitoba.
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Roland Reed
Ingersol
Ont
Lord Salisbury
Italy
Constantinople
Odessa
Prinsioo
Standerton
Barcelona
Oxford
Thames
Cambretyre
England
Crystal Palace
Melbourne
Man
Manitoba Legislature Pro Rogues and Global Incidents
The Manitoba legislature has prorogued. Winnipeg resident George Garner was robbed of 80 dollars in St Paul. Col Dent, remount officer for Britain, plans buying thousands of horses in Western Canada. Three Philadelphia ships with 54 crew are listed as lost. John Sudden's body found near Gladstone Manitoba, wolves said to have fed. The liner Campania arrived at Queenstown after a rough voyage. James Stephens, noted Fenian leader, died in Dublin.
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St. Paul
George Garner
Winnipeg
Florence Emerson
Gagner
Col. Dent
Canada
Philadelphia
Jno
Sudden
Gladstone
Man
Rumor Claims Suddon Body Found After Wolf Attack
Portage la Prairie Manitoba March 30 a rumor says John Suddon missing from Wellwood district near Carberry over a week ago was found Wednesday night near Bear Creek 17 miles south of Gladstone his remains said to be mutilated and devoured by wolves no authentic confirmation received to date
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Portage la Prairie
Man
John Suddon
Wellwood
Carberry
Bear Creek
Gladstone
Telegraphic Briefs Roundup From North America and Africa
Reports from St Petersburg say nine teen students died from riot injuries, many from lead bullet wounds, with two student deaths confirmed by students. Montreal notes remount officer Dent plans to buy a thousand horses for South Africa and set remount depots in Canada. St John reports an elderly man dies after maltreatment during a quarrel. Brantford records ex mayor Reid reelected by acclamation amid protests. Toronto notes a post office clerk, 51, arrested for opening registered letters with a $30 monthly salary. Cape Town reports bubonic plague virulent with five deaths and six new cases.
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Montreal
Dent
Liverpool
Portland
Boston
South Africa
Canada
Toronto
Charles Love
General Post Office
Remarkable Memory Feat At Montreal Rail Yard
Montreal April 3 a young freight clerk J H Dumais performed a memory feat for a bet in the C P R yard near Grand Mere. The yard master noted all car initials numbers and capacity totaling 87, and Dumais later wrote from memory the same details in rotation of the ST cars.
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Montreal
J. H. Dumais
Grand Mere
Anti Clerical Demonstration in Barcelona Turns Violent
Twenty thousand people gathered in Plaza del Toro for an anti clerical protest. The crowd stoned the Jesuit college until police charged to disperse the demonstration, injuring seven.
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Barcelona
Plaza del Toro
Notable Obituaries and Updates From Brandon and Britain
Dr Hurdman of Brandon died after a brief illness. John Lindsay a wealthy St Thomas district farmer died by his own hand. Herbert Spencer remains in Brighton in frail health and unable to work. Sir Michael Hicks Beach says Britain will not levy duties to aid Canada. Canada’s trade rose by 14 500 000 over eight months with imports down. The British War Office sent 22 000 reinforcements to Kitchener. 6 000 awaiting transport. The steamer La Presse has overcome winter navigation on the St Lawrence north shore.
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Dr. Hurdman
Brandon
John Lindsay
St. Thomas, Ont
Herbert Spencer
Brighton
England
Michael Hicks-Beach
Britain
Canada
Earthquake Shakes Benevento and Several Cities
A slight quake was felt in Benevento yesterday with seismic disturbances recorded in Rome Buda Florence and Catania. Earlier Constantinople experienced a strong quake while Odessa noted a distinct seismic disturbance yesterday.
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Rome
Benevento
Buda
Florence
Catania
Constantinople
Odessa
Turk ish transport Aslan wrecked near Yembo report
Jiddah April 1 report says the Turkish transport Aslan was wrecked near Yembo and twenty soldiers drowned in the disaster with loss of life confirmed.
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Jiddah
Arabia
Aslan
Yembo
Fire destroys Page & Co warehouse and elevator
A blaze in Iowa Michigan on April 1 leveled the Page & Co warehouse and elevator causing a $55 000 loss with Grand Trunk railway bearing half the damage. The insured value on the property was $12 000.
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Iowa, Mich
Page & Co
Grand Trunk Railway
Cleveland mayoral race yields notable Johnson victory
Hon. Tom L. Johnson, Democrat, won the Cleveland mayoral contest against William J. Ackers, Republican, by a substantial plurality that may reach eight thousand votes.
United Kingdom Revenue Returns Rise to 14 018 624 Pounds
London reports revenue returns for the United Kingdom for the year ending March 31 totaling 14 018 624 pounds, an increase over the previous year by 10 26 594 pounds.
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London
United Kingdom
Detroit Cleve navigation opens as City of Detroit sails
The steamer City of Detroit departed with 100 passengers from Detroit to Cleveland, opening the river route amid floating ice. The Pelee passage is reported as navigable for travel.
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Detroit
Cleveland
City of
Pelee
German Brewer Wins Six Parise Medals in Mexico
A German brewer in Mexico earned six gold medals at the Paris exhibition for six varieties of beer. The brewer's plants and brands were highlighted as he collected multiple top honors, signaling international recognition for his brewing excellence.
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Mexico
Desertion sparks mutiny risk in West African regiment
In the house of commons Mr Chamberlain confirmed a dispatch from Accra reporting that 400 to 500 men of the British West African regiment, who deserted at Kumassie, had marched armed toward Cape Coast Castle amid fears of looting. The mutiny stemmed from non return to Sierra Leone as scheduled for homeward service.
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Cape Coast Castle
Gold Coast Colony
West African Regiment
Sierra Leone
Sherbo
London
House of Commons
The Broken Betrothal Chapter in a Baltimore Tale
Dr. Melville meets his old friend Walter Strathmore in Baltimore while Theo hides a grim fate. Strathmore travels for his cousin Violet, unaware of Theo’s plot and Melville’s past love. Letters for both men are delivered to their hotel rooms as a fatal misunderstanding edges closer.
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Dr. Melville
Violet
Walter
Walter Melville
Strathmore
Manhattan Beach
Harry Strathmore
Miss Kensington
Baltimore
Theo
Melville
Tron Teracor
Mirlie
Herry Strathmore
Herry
Bebe Continued Ambition Involved
A father recalls telling his seven year old son Bobby that tobacco would prevent him from growing up to be a policeman. The exchange reflects a strict, cautionary parenting moment against smoking.
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Bobby
Indianapolis Journal
Flattered remark after street incident on pavement
A curious remark from a workman after being run over by a steam pavement roller drew laughs in Ohio State Journal coverage. The exchange shows a light moment amid the incident, underscoring the worker's resilient wit.
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Ohio State Journal
Prizes For the Helpless whist party plans
A fragment from the Detroit Free Press notes Edith is told her china plate painting lacks quality. She replies with a plan to host a whist party soon, turning the moment into a social teaser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith
Edgar
Detroit Free Press
The Great Kidney Liver Pills of Dr Chase
A Conson, Ontario resident testifies to dramatic relief from Bright's disease after using Dr Chase's Kidney Liver Pills. He reports pain relief, regained strength, and the ability to work again after five boxes. Two local witnesses vouch for his honesty as proof of the pill's benefits. Distributed at 25 cents per box in dealers and Toronto wholesalers.
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Chase
Consecon
Ont
James Odellihunt
Prince Edward County
Bright
Dr. Chase
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Quebec
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Niagara Falls Power Company
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Sherbourne Street
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South African Constabulary
New York Stock Exchange
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Salonica
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Victoria Memorial Organ Fund Organization Committee
A. E. Rundle
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Cunard Line
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Jefferson Hotel
Lewis Ginter
Lincoln, Neb
J. H. Millard
United States Senate
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Mr. Millard
Shanghai
Tsung Li Yamen
Liu Kun Yi
Chi Li
Krim
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British War Office
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Allendste
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