Washington Gossip Highlights Debates On Land Rates And Navy Budget
Congressional rounds discuss reducing land entry prices under the land act to homestead rates, postal reform funding, militia expansion, and a large naval appropriation. Dewey and Mrs. Dewey figure in public sentiment, with Hawaii statehood debates and Puerto Rican governance provisions moving to conference or passage.
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Otative Hay
Virginia
National Guard
Naval Committee
Naval
Ava
Joy
Hawaii
Kentucky Court of Appeals rules for Democrats in governorship dispute
The Court of Appeals held that the Legislature’s seating of Governor Beckham was final and courts cannot review it. It found Governor Taylor exceeded authority by adjourning to London and upheld regular journals. The decision leaves both state governments in place while appeals to the U.S. Supreme Court are pursued.
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Court of Appeals
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Buram
Guffy
Hobson
Beckham
Taylor
London
United States Supreme Court
W. O. Bradley
Marshall
Supreme Court of the United States
Mr. Bradley
W. H. Yost
Republi
Cleanse Your Blood Spring Medicine Promises Vital Renovation
An ad promotes a blood cleansing remedy claiming to purify the blood, renovate every body part, improve digestion, restore appetite, and enhance kidney and liver function. It asserts overall restoration of brain, nerve, and digestive strength.
Boers Capture British Forces Near Bethany Rail Line
Bloemfontein reports a Boer ambush near Samas Post results in 450 British casualties with 388 missing and 55 wounded. Three Royal Irish Fusiliers companies and two Ninth Regiment mounted infantry were captured near Roddersburg after a 24 hour defense before surrender.
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Royal Irish Fusileers
Ninth Regiment of Mounted Infantry
Roddersburg
Bethany Railway Station
Gatacre
Springfontein
Reddersburg
Cameron Highlanders
Bethany
Samas Post
U4 Artillerists
Life Guards
Tenth Hussars
Roberts’ Horse
Lottery Like Loan Scheme Operated From Chicago Edge
A scheme in Fifth Avenue near Fourteenth Street offered $1 investments to obtain “loans” from $5 to $10,000 if certificate numbers won. D H Jones heads the operation from room 1615 Masonic Temple Chicago, linking to the Guaranty Loan and Trust Company. Mail routing from San Francisco to Jones guides the enterprise.
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Dean” Company
Chicago
New York
Fifth Avenue
Fourteenth Street
D. H. Jones
Masonic Temple
Guaranty Loan and Trust Company
San Francisco
Jones
Great
Wall Street Profit for John W. Gates Reported
John W. Gates of the American Steel and Wire Company reportedly earned between 3 million and 4 million dollars in recent Wall Street trading as Baltimore and Ohio and Union Pacific stocks rose.
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Makea Millions
Wall Street
New York
John W. Gates
American Steel and Wire Company
Baltimore & Ohio
Union Pacific
Rioting in Puerto Rico Attacks on Black Laborers
In San Juan on April 7 a mob of about 2000 natives attacked English speaking black laborers from St. Kitts and St. Thomas over a pier strike. One Puerto Rican was killed, others wounded, and a St. Kitts man killed a machete blow. troops were deployed and martial law declared to restore order as police failed to intervene.
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
Puerto Tiers
St. Thomas
St. Kitts
St Kitts
Flo
Alexander
Ansell
Parker
General Villebois Mareuil Killed in Boer War Dispatch
London reports Lord Roberts dispatch announcing the capture of fifty four Boers and the death of General Villebois Mareuil chief of staff of the Boer army. Mareuil, noted for continental warfare methods and defense planning, was a key foreign lieutenant with the Boers.
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London
War Office
Lord Roberts
Lord Methuen
Villebois Mareuil
Joubert
Buller
Ladystuith
Natal
Cape Colony
Orange Free State
Turkish Tower Will Remain At Expo in Paris
United States Commissioner Peck and Ambassador Porter met the Turkish ambassador over the Ottoman pavilion tower blocking the American national building view. The ambassador blamed French authorities and said it was too late to change it. John W. Brooks of Chicago was named American athletic director of the exposition.
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Paris
United States
Peck
Porter
John W. Brooks
Chicago
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