Armistice Sought as War Turns Grim in Greece and Turkey
Reports from Lon don and Athens indicate major powers push for an armistice after Greek defeats at Tyrnavo and Larissa. Turkish advances prompt Greece to vow stronger resistance while Edhem Pasha celebrates Larissa occupation. News from Constantinople and Paris notes decorates for Turkish success and a growing international urge to curb fighting.
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Lonpox
Tarissa
London
Otice
Great Britain
Greece
Europe
Turkey
Athens
Edhem Pasha
Osman Pasha
Pharsala Aroens
Kurtzivoli
Tyrnava
Larissa
Pharsala
Constantinople
Daily Chronicle
Turnavo
Paris
The
Figaro
Ber‘lim
Adah Richmond Loses Widow Rights Case
Boston April 19 Judge Morton of the Suffolk superior court ruled that Adah Richmond once famous burlesque actress has not proven widow status to contest the will of John Stetson.
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Adah Richmond
Boston
Comedian Mack Passes Away
Boston April 29 William F Mack the comedian died at his residence aged 37 He had been associated with Wilson Charley Reed May Irwin Dan Daly and other well known actors.
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Mack
Boston
William F. Mack
Wilson
Charley Reed
May Irwin
Dan Daly
Something to Depend On Dr Jones recounts New Discovery
James Jones of Jones and Son drug firm in Cowden Illinois testifies that his wife suffered severe La Grippe last winter. Doctors could not help her. After taking Dr King’s New Discovery at home she improved after the first dose and many bottles cured her health.
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James Jones
Jones & Son
Cowden
Dr. King
la Grippe
Pana
Greece Resists Powers and Sets Direct Turkey Talks
Greece officially declares it will neither seek nor accept intervention by foreign powers and prepares to negotiate directly with Turkey. The stance signals a pivot to direct diplomacy while resisting external mediation.
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Greece
Turkey
Gold Democrats Meet in Brooklyn Informal Conference
Prominent leaders from several states gather at the Reform club in Brooklyn on April 25 to assess the Gold Democrats and discuss the state of the national organization. No business or future calls were set, though reports from various states are said to be encouraging. Simon B. Buckner speaks on the duty to maintain the party.
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New York
National Democracy
Gold Democracy
Brooklyn
Reform Club
National Committee
Charles Tracey
Albany
Smong
Randolph Stuhsnaker
West Virginia
T. P Lynan
Ohio
George PD. Harrison
Alabama
Simon B. Buckner
Kentucky
Josiah Patterson
Tennessee
J. E. Dodie
Wisconsin
Senator Caerey
Louisiana
L. R. Wae
St. Louis
James L. Blair
Elis Bb. Usher
J.C. Holt
Grand Rapids
Mich
John G. Carlisle
Charleton T. Lewis
New Jersey
N. C. Bachellor
A. Ho Barquhar
Pennsylvania
LH. FE. Fries
North Carolina
Democrats
Soldiers' Home Reorganization Announces Leadership Shifts
Cravenworth Kan April 25 Colonel Ant ENE J sinithe governor of the soldiers home receives a Washington telegram that the National Soldiers homes board voted to move him to the Pacific branch in Santa Monica and to install Colonel J. G. Rowland as commandant of the Leavenworth home. A second telegram says Cyrus Townsend of this city is elected treasurer of the Western branch to replace Major W. B. Shockley. No further changes ordered but a broad reorganization is expected after the new commandant takes office.
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Cravenworth
Kan
Ant Ene J. Sinithe
Soldiers’ Home
Washington, D. C
National Soldiers’ Homes
Pacific
Santa Monica
Cal
J. G. Rowland
Leavenworth
Cyrus Townsend
Western Branch
W. B. Shockley
Severe April rain floods Atchison neighborhoods and mills
A midnight storm in Atchison caused creeks to overflow inundating Thayer's machine shop and foundry Urich's planing mill Backus brothers' excelsior factory Ziebold Hageline's brewery and about a dozen colored homes near White Clay creek. Several small buildings were swept away by the floodwaters.
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Atchison, Kan
Thayer
Urich
Planing Mill
Backus I Brothers’ Excelsior
Ziebold & Hageline
White Clay Creek
Former Presidents invited to anti department store rally May 20
Chicago April 26 Former Presidents Cleveland and Harrison William Jennings Bryan and Senator William E Mason have been invited to attend an anti department store demonstration at Electric park on May 20. The Cook County Business Men's association plans a grand demonstration that day.
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Chicago
Cleveland and Harrison
William Jennings Bryan
William E. Mason
Electric Park
Cook County Business Men’s Association
Nomination Suggests Hawaii Annexation Policy
WashineTon April 26 The nomination of Harold M Sewall of Bath Me son of Mr Bryan s colleague on the silver Democratic ticket is sufficient evidence to those who understand the significance of things that the annexation of the Hawaiian republic is on the program of the present administration.
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WashineTon
Harold M. Sewall
Bath
Bryan
Hawaiian Republic
Kaw River Rising In Topeka At Unusual Pace
Topeka Kansas April 26 report the Kaw river at this point is higher than in eight years and continues rising at two inches per hour. Central Kansas sources say the rise will persist for about twenty four hours or longer.
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Topeka
Kan
Kaw
Kansas
Tragic Shootout Ends in Covington Saloon Deaths
In Covington Kentucky last night a fatal confrontation over Mattie Turner left George Washington dead, killed by Charles Clark. Washington’s ally was shot while protecting him, and Clark and his wife were mortally wounded and unlikely to survive.
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Covington
Mattie Turner
George Washington
Charles Clark
Washington
Clark
Funeral of Hon. William S. Holman in Avnora
The funeral of Hon. William S. Holman, longtime representative of Indiana's Fourth district, drew a large crowd in Avnora yesterday. Born there seventy four years ago, Holman lived his entire life in the town and was widely known.
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Avnora
Ind
William S. Holman
Congress
Judge Holman
Samuel Colgate Dies at Orange Home After Illness
New York April 26 Samuel Colgate millionaire soap and perfume maker and philanthropist died last night of heart disease and dropsy at his Orange New Jersey home after several weeks illness.
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New York
Samuel Colgate
Orange
N. J
Tragic Love Turned Fatal in Independence
Miss Eugenia Smith of Independence Missouri, 20, daughter of Rev Jarvis Smith, died last night after ingesting twenty grains of strychnine. Disappointed in a love affair with claimed fire chief Prince Compton, she told George Compton she had taken poison near Maple Avenue M E church. Despite emetics, she died within minutes with final words asking forgiveness. Her father once a circuit rider, later joined North M E church, preached near Sedalia and Marshall.
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Independence
Eugenia Smith
Jarvis PP. Smith
Sedalia
Marshall
Simith
Miss Smith
Dr. Twyman
M. E. Church
South
North
Duel Over Clemenceau Article Ends With Wounded Combatants
Paris April 26 A duel with swords occurred yesterday morning between M Clemenceau and Prince Caraman De Chimay after Clemenceau’s Echo De Paris article criticized interference with Princess De Chimay’s right to perform at the Folies Bergere. Both men were wounded. Clemenceau a gash on the right arm and Chimay a shoulder scratch. The piece mocked officials for impeding the actress and depicted the princess in widespread Parisian plaster casts, drawing crowds.
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Paris
M. Clemenceau
Echo de Paris
M. Clemencau
Prince Caraman de Chimay
Clemencau
M. Clemeneau
Princess de Chimay
Folies Tergere
Chimay
Ohio Nominates Day for State Dept Post and Storer to Belgium
President McKinley plans to nominate William R. Day of Canton for first assistant secretary of state and Bellamy Storer of Ohio for minister to Belgium. The nominations, delayed by Senate adjournment, may be sent next week. Storer faced opposition from Senator Foraker and other Ohio Republicans on personal and party grounds.
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McKinley
William R. Day
Canton
Ohio
Bellamy Storer
Belgium
Senate
Sherman
Storer
Senator Foraker
Cuban claimant Antonio Mora dies at 79 in New York
Antonio Mora, whose Cuba property was confiscated twenty five years ago and whose Spain claim was settled in 1895 with Spain paying nearly 1.1 million dollars, died yesterday at the Hotel Grenoble in New York.
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New York
Antonio Maximo Mora
Cuba
Spain
Hotel Grenoble
Diaz Creates Naval School at Vera Cruz
President Diaz issues decree establishing a naval school at Vera Cruz to open in July. The school will admit youths who seek careers in the navy as pilots or marine engineers.
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City of Mexico
Diaz
Vera Cruz
Navy
Calamitous Oklahoma cloudbursts devastate farm areas
Eurafulla and surrounding region endure last night cloud bursts heavy winds and rains nearly every acre flooded many farms underwater houses and fences washed away ferries destroyed river rising then falling cyclone south of town causes cattle losses. Ottumwa Iowa also reports levee breaches and bottomland floods with homes submerged.
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Euravulla
Eufaula
South Canadian
Ottumwa
Iowa
Kansas Roads Disabled by Fierce Rain in Kansas
Manhattan Kansas April 4 fierce rain last night crippled the Blue Valley railroad north to Lincoln Nebraska with washouts. The Blue River rose ten feet and continued upward at about one foot per hour. A Rock Island washout between Manhattan and Clay Center and another near Zeandale cut east and west service. Kansas River rising higher than in two years, no word on stock or crop damage due to cut communication with affected district.
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Manhattan
Kan
Blue Valley Railroad
Lincoln
Neb
Blue River
Rock Island
Here
Clay Center
Zeandale
Killed by a Wife at Fort Sairu Arkansas
Fort Sairu Arkansas April 24 Mrs Fagan Bourland confessed she killed Maud Allen claiming the woman wrecked her home and happiness She had previously wounded Allen but the later shooting proved fatal Bourland said I killed her because I loved my home and my husband She then went to her husband’s store with the revolver.
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Fort Sairu
Ark
Fagan Bourland
Maud Allen
Campbell Row
Reserve
Federal Court House
Detroit Detective Fatally Shot While Apprehending Robbers
Charles Mahoney a government detective from Windsor Ontario was shot and fatally wounded in an attempt to capture two robbers at Belliver Ontario.
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Detroit
Mich
Charles Mahoney
Windsor
Ontario
Belliver
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