Dewey Plans Expedition Over Gambled Yorktown Mystery
Admiral Dewey seeks to uncover the fate of Lieut Gilmore and 14 Yorktown crew and to punish insurgents at Baler while aiming to free besieged Spaniards. The disappearance themes surround a river soundings mission and possible Spanish capture or death.
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Manila
Dewey
Lieut. Gilmore
York
Baler
Yorktown
Lieut Gilmore
Admiral Dewey
Gilmore
Rios
Casualties at Manila reported by Gen Otis
Washington April 21 report from Gen Otis lists wounded in Manila including Second Oregon Company A Private W G Walker foot moderate Thirteenth Minnesota Company A Private Nicholas Hanson thigh severe First Washington Company D Private Albert R Straub face severe William M Windsor chest severe Company H Corporal G H Burlingham side slight.
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Manila
Washington
Otis
Oregon
W. G. Walker
Minnesota
Nicholas Hanson
Albert R. Straub
William M. Winders
G. H. Burlingham
Texas Rangers Ready to Replace Minnesota Volunteers in the Philippines
A Fort Worth cable to President McKinley from A. B. Kelly, late captain of Company H, Second Texas regiment, urges mustering out Minnesota's weak-kneed volunteers and placing Buck's Texas rangers in their stead in the Philippines.
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Fort Worth
Tex
McKinley
Minnesota
Buck
Texas Rangers
Philippines
A. B. Kelly
Texas Regiment
Native volunteers skirmish near Bocave force Filipino retreat
Six companies of South Dakota and Minnesota volunteers fought 500 Filipino forces north of Bocave on Friday. The Filipinos retreated after a sharp clash. American casualties were light with only one wounded.
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Manila
South Dakota
Minnesota
Filipino agent Agonecillo avoids interview amid junta split
Paris April 21 Senor Agonecillo the Filipino agent refuses interviews about a reported split in the junta. He appears busy and reportedly has plenty of money remaining. Visitors to the junta headquarters are decreasing.
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Paris
Senor Agonecillo
Junta
Health at Manila shows low illness rate among troops
Washington dispatch from Manila reports troops abundantly supplied with sickness and wounds including. only 7 and fraction percent of command affected. Gen Otis commands over 60 000 men many unused to tropic heat. Deaths in Puerto Principe noted by Gen Brooke in Havana from typhoid and pneumonia among several regiments.
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Washington
War Department
Manila
Otis
Philippines
Department
Glacier Ready to Sail for Manila from New York
The naval refrigerator ship Glacier is ready to receive stores at New York and sail for Manila via Suez by month’s end. It will carry large quantities of meat and vegetables along with several naval officers to Dewey's squadron.
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Washington
Glacier
New York
Manila
Suez
Dewey
Hoax on ship arrests false claim from Victoria anchor
A Seattle dispatch debunks a sensational tale aboard the stamship Acrangi arriving from Australia. Rev Canon Bednsland says the claim that the Falke captain was arrested at Samoa and held as a prisoner on the British cruiser Porpoise is untrue, calling it a worked cupaboard rumor.
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New York
Seattle
Wash
Canon Bednsland
Victoria
Australia
Falke
Samoa
Ana “Helga
Porpoise
Detectives Nab Notorious Cattle Trader W B Storts in L A
Chicago detectives arrest W B Storts alias W R Smith in Los Angeles ending a nationwide cattle trading scam that netted up to 20 000 and spanned 35 000 miles across the country and to Mexico and Havana. He operated as Saline county Missouri agent for a Chicago livestock firm and fled after mounting debts.
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Chicago
W. B. Storts
W. R. Smith
Storts
Los Angeles
Cal
Saline County
Missouri
Chicago Livestock Commission Company
Mwe
Merry Chase
Mexico
Havana
St. Louis
San Francisco
Washington, D. C
R. Cc. Bates
W. EB. Storts
Windsor Hotel
New York
Small-Pox Case Reported In Local Woman
A new small-pox case is reported involving Mrs Ella Crewett colored of 853 Lahm Street. She walked into Dr Wagner's office Friday morning and was diagnosed with facial eruptions. Dr Clark procured a thick veil for concealment as she was taken home under supervision.
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Wagner
Ella Crewett
Lahmst
Wreck on Cincinnati Southern Line Kills Several
A freight wreck Friday morning between Greenwood and Sloane’s Valley Kentucky on the Cincinnati Southern line killed multiple people. Conductor J. Pepper and Brad Jennings of Somerset Kentucky are believed dead. a body of an unknown tramp has been recovered.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Greenwood
Sloane’s Valley
Cincinnati Southern Railroad
J. &. Pepper
Brad Jennings
Somerset
Oakdale
Cincinnati
McKee
Indiana Volunteers Muster Out and Return Home
The 161st Regiment Washington April 21 reports the first Indiana volunteers will be mustered out and may return home via Washington. Col. Durbin is closing accounts and will campaign soon after his April 20 muster out, bringing a large share of Indiana Republican politics into the gubernatorial race.
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Washington
Indiana
Train wreck on Burlington line leaves one dead in Illinois
A south bound Chicago Burlington and Quincy train derailed between Sugar Grove and Big Rock injuring two trainmen and killing fireman C. Fleck. The wreck occurred Thursday night near Aurora with authorities reporting the deaths and injuries.
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Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Sugar Grove
Big Rock
C. Fleck
160th Indiana Regiment Musters Out Next Tuesday
The 160th Indiana regiment will be mustered out at Savannah, Tuesday, April 25, according to a Washington dispatch dated April 21.
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Washington
160Th Indiana
Savannah
Largest life insurance check in paid up policy
Samuel Newhouse of Salt Lake City gave J A Ervin in New York a check for 283 828 over a paid up policy and annuity. The buyer receives 8000 annually for life and heirs gain 200 000 on death.
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New York
Samuel Newhouse
Salt Lake City
J. A. Ervin
County Commissioners Buy Gospel Hymns for Asylum
County officials purchased 56 copies of Gospel hymns for the asylum. The old hymn books were worn and dilapidated, and services are held every Sunday at the institution.
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County ‘Asylum
Crane Exonerated and Sergeant Ordered to Report for Duty
The Board of Safety exonerated Sergeant Leonard J. Crane after a preliminary hearing into a $3,000 damage suit by Maggie Otto, alleging he harmed her. The girl testified, but her statements to Attorney Henry N. Spaan contradicted the charges, saying Crane never molested her and that others urged the suit. Crane was ordered to report for duty and suspended until formal charges are heard.
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Henry Spaar
Leonard J. Crane
Maggie Otto
Sheffield-ave
Board of Safety
Cranes
Crane
M. L. Clawson
Henry N. Spaan
Spann
Clawson
Spain
Martin Lluse
Thepcard
Du Clam Hounded Dreyfus by Sweat-Box Methods
The Figaro prints Maj. Forzinetti testimony to the court of cassation claiming Dreyfus innocence. He describes Col. Du Clam using harsh methods to force a confession, while Dreyfus and his wife share heartrending scenes. Dreyfus contemplates death as an escape but promises his wife not to take his life.
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Paris
the Figaro
Court of Cassation
Maj. Forzinetti
Dreyfus
Col. du Clam
Forzinetti
Mme. Dreyfus
Weather forecast for Indianapolis area ends April 22
Forecast for Indianapolis and vicinity over 86 hours ending 8 p m Friday cooler than earlier. Friday night and Saturday to be cooler with morning temperature 64 at 7 a m and 82 at 2 p m with temperatures around that range.
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Indianapolis
Utah Senator Martha Cannon and Polygamy Question
In Salt Lake City on April 21 Martha Hughes Cannon, Utah state senator and notable U S Senate candidate, is described as living in polygamy with her husband Angus M. Cannon, a senior Mormon leader, who has six wives including Hughes Cannon, married in 1884 during anti polygamy campaigns.
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Utah
Salt Lake
Martha Wughnes Cannon
United States
Cannon
Angus M. Cannon
Mormon Church
Mattie Hughes
Four Horses Die In Barn Fire At 1201 English Ave
A Thursday midnight blaze in a rear barn at 1201 English Ave killed four horses. The fire, of unknown origin, destroyed the barn wagon harness and feed, totaling about $1,000 with $200 insured. Henry Workman, an expressman, suffered the loss. Miss Addie Line, a girl who works at the New York store, was thrown from the incident and hospitalized.
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English Ave
Henry Workman
Addie “Line
New York
Quay Acquitted In Conspiracy Case In Philadelphia
In Philadelphia Judge Biddle's court Sena tor M L Quay is found not guilty on conspiracy to misuse state funds. The jury, reportedly ten to two for acquittal, faced a cheering crowd as Quay left with his lawyers. Spectators included notable Republicans and many women observers.
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Philadelphia
M. L. Quay
Senator Quay
Rothermel
Quay
Stone appoints M S Quay as U S Senator from Pa
Gov Stone names Matthew Stanley Quay to fill the Pennsylvania seat until the next legislative session. He forwards a formal appointment letter to President Wilson and informs Quay by telegram. State officials react with relief. anti Quay faction vows continued fight ahead of the next legislature.
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Harrisburg
Matthew Stanley Quay
United States
Pennsylvania
William Stone
Gov. Stone
Senator Quay
Quay
United States Senate
Stone
Park Commission Delays Meeting and Laborer Start
The board held no meeting Friday as Chairman English and another commissioner are away. No major park issues were discussed. Laborers have not yet begun work on park improvements due to smallpox cases in Riverside park pesthouse, with transfers planned to the old pesthouse northwest of the city hospital. the park building will be destroyed afterward.
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Board of Park Commissioners
English
Riverside Park
City ‘Hospital
Sunday Baseball Case Heard by Indiana Supreme Court
The Indiana Supreme Court heard oral argument Friday in the state against Geo. Hogehover of the Indianapolis baseball club over a Sunday game. Merrill Moores argued for the state, contending the general and Sunday laws apply. Frank Burke countered that the law is flawed and unconstitutional as class legislation.
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Indiana
Deputy Moores
Frank Burke
Battery
Supreme Court
John T. Brush
W. F.C. Golt
Col.i. N. Walker
Geo. Hoghever
Indianapolis Baseball Club
McCray
Merrill Moores
Burke
Moores
Washington
Jordan
Henry Warrum
Coroner Questions Odd Mock Call About Barber Outland
Coroner Nash, investigating a call about a barber Alfred Outland found him alive and well at 1108 Maletrave. A man named Charles Poole had reported a death but no one was actually dead.
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Nash
Alfred Outland
Maletrave
Charles Poole
Water Works Purchase Not Being Considered
City-controller Johnson stated on Friday that the water company plant purchase is not being considered by the city. He noted two stockholders called on him but the matter was not treated seriously and one man wished to discuss a separate issue.
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Johnson
Bryan's a Dead Duck in Indiana's 1900 Dem Prospect
W D Bynum predicts Bryan will be nominated but lose badly in Indiana and the nation. He says eastern free silver delegates may appear, gold Democrats resist, and Tammany's fate looms. northern states likely swing back to Republicans with no Democratic governors or senators. He cites Indiana sentiment weakening for Bryan and anticipates no major anti Bryan convention fight.
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Bryan
W. D. Bynum
the Sun
Bryan Heresy
Gold Demser
New York
Mr. Bynum
Little Kough
Colorado
Nevada
Vitahg
Idaho
Iansas
Nebraska
Tree Silver
Associated Press
Mryan
Indiana
Supreme court clarifies term start for county treasurers
The court affirms that the term of the present treasurer begins on the date specified and not beyond the next general election. The case from Elkhart County involves Holdeman and Weaver with Wood later asserting his appointment. the decision defines when vacancies and successors take office and how terms are counted. It also addresses a Morton C. Hunter Stone Co. v. Woodard issue, affirming county assessor rights to assess property when township assessors overlook it.
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Supreme Court
Monks
Elkhart County
Holdeman
Delos N. Weaver
Wood
Weaver
Morton C. Hunter Stone Company
Jos. Woodard
Board of Review
Stone
Caer
Whitecaps Thash Women and Burn House in Kentucky
In Powells Valley Middlesboro Kentucky April 21 whitecaps abducted Lucinda Davis and her three daughters from their home. After severe beating they burned the house and gave the women 24 hours to leave the county. Two men fired on the assailants from an ambush but failed to stop them. The fire was later investigated with signs a person had been shot.
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Whitecaps
Middlesboro
Lucinda Davis
Powells Valley
Davis
Patrol Wagon Contract Awarded Amid Bid Confusion
The Board of Safety Friday awarded two patrol wagon contracts to C E F Black Manufacturing. Other bids from Irvin Robbins & Co John Guédelhoeter and Bernd Bras were not accepted. Bids were opened Wednesday and held for Bernd Bros later.
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Board of Safety
C.ef. Black Manufacturing Company
Irvin Robbins & Co
John Guédelhoeter
Bernd Bras
Bernd Bros
Brazen counterfeiters smugglers hid a paper mill and stamps
United States secret officers captured a large counterfeiting ring in Philadelphia. The gang operated a paper mill with nine tons of stock for postages and revenue stamps and planned to produce bank note paper. Authorities show plates and plans for $100 notes and $20 notes, plus cigar stamp issues. Captain Newitt and associates face bail and court action. Harvey Newitt awaits hearing.
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Philadelphia
Revenue
Revenue, Department
Taylor and Bredell
Harvey Newitt
Secret Service
Tuesduay
Newitt
Wilkie
Monon Railroad Sold to New York Syndicate
Negotiations to purchase the Chicago Indianapolis and Louisville line concluded with a New York syndicate led by the Vanderbilts acquiring the Monon. The system will operate independently and not join the Big Four. The deal signals a broader plan by New York financiers to tighten control of midwestern to eastern transportation routes.
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Chicago
Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville Railroad
Monon
Indianapolis
Louisville
Cincinnati
New York
Vandervills
Big Four
New York Railroad
Vanderbilts
Mississippi River
Atlantic Coast
State control of corporations and trusts urged by Monnett
Cincinnati attorney general Monnett told the Economic club that state control is the solution to industrial disturbances. He argued corporations are creatures of the state and should be held responsible, even to their suspension, noting pending suits against such entities.
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Cincinnati
Monnett
Economic Club
Vandalia Probing Experts to Complete Report by May 10
Three examiners Joseph T. Fanning John Clelant and George C Day will finish reviewing Vandalia railroad books and report to a court by May 10 They assisted the state in a suit against the company for about 2 000 000 owed to the school fund under the 1847 1873 charter They have earned 40 a week and expect that rate for any additional weeks if the case succeeds.
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Vandalia
Joseph T. Fanning
John #. Clelant
George C. Day
Greancastle
Detroit sails to Bluefields to probe double duties claim
Secretary Long received a cable from Commander Dayton aboard the cruiser Detroit announcing arrival at Bluefields Nicaragua. Dayton and Minister Merry plan to investigate charges by American merchants that the Nicaraguan government is forcing payment of double duties on imports through the Bluefields customs house.
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Washington
Long
Dayton
Detroit
Bluefields
Nicaragua
Merry
Greytown
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Bocave
Agoncillo
Health AT
Guba
Brooke Cables
Puerto Principe
Albert B. Jackson
Eighth Cavalry
John H. Farsler
Roebert Groves
Highth Cavalry
Samuel Deturk
Fifteenth Infantry
Cieg Bedeavilla
Pneumonia
Simoa
161ST
Col. Durbin
Aurora
DU Clam
Frank Reeder
Thos. W. Cooper
Frank Willing Leach
Senate
Controller Johnson
Massachusetts
Mer. Bynum
Kentucky
Vanderbilt
Bluefiezelds
Marcy
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