Three powers reach Samoa accord amid Berlin talks
Berlin reports that Britain Germany and the United States have agreed on commissioners for Samoa and a plan to proceed. The Berlin foreign ministry confirmed a formal agreement was reached, with the commission to depart for Samoa soon, while British and German papers debate naval funding and Samoa policy.
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Fiat
Suman
Blue
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Mlolytee
von Ruclow
Reichstay
Great Hilonia
Samoa
Great Britain
Germany
Samos
Tagebratt
Iileen
Vossiehe Zeitung
Redehstig
Deutsche Avitung
Sehlesische Zeitung
Hanover Courier
Cole Gazette
Fk Cerin
Miss Hanlucker Accused In Arsenic Candy Poisoning
National poisoning mystery centered on Miss Ollie Hunlocker a stenographer at Morey law office as the accused writer of a note on a candy box. Victims Mrs F Matey and Mrs Gastin strain to recover with Mrs Gastin in serious condition. case hinges on arrest and possible insanity plea. Kansas newspaper accounts report secretary Miss Fran and others at a Women’s Press convention in Topeka with officers elected. a cyclone in Ottawa injures and unseats structures. a savage lynching near Vinita is described. a banquet invitation for judges and editors in Fort Scott with attendance planned.
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Matey
Prommliner
Warica Euing
Anekranee Ling
Ollie Hunlocker
Lowe Law Office
Mr. Morey
Hunlocker
Miss Honlocker
Kansas
Topeka
Kan
Women's Press Association
Mary Keating
Cimarron
Mex
Annie L. Diggs
Lawrence Mes
Lena Fuller
Ottaway
Cora Lew Kinster
Anna Waite
Lincoln
Elizabeth Frazier
Eric
Mra
Ollie K. Royce
Phil Ipeburg
Minnie D. Morgan
Cottonwood Falls
Miss Fran
Ottawa
Rupe
Clyd
Weather notes and a public park proclamation in Kansas City
Weather data from Kansas City and surrounding areas covers rainfall totals from 0.0 to 9.04 inches with showers extending from the Lake region to central Texas and a low barometer over the lake region and Ohio valley. A funeral for Captain David S. Eilon in Kansas City drew thousands. the procession featured secret orders and a large guard presence. Also noted is the proclamation to set aside 238,000 acres south of Lake Tahoe as a forestry reserve and public park.
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Bmo
Kansan
Oklahoma
Sedan
Kan
Springfield
Manhattan
Haye
Osage City
Trace
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Ban
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California
Reunion for ex Confederate veterans in Charleston May
Reported gathering of ex Confederate veterans with notable attendees including Geo Jobo Gordon and Gen Joseph Wheeler set for Charleston in May. Fundraising continues, with about 5,000 raised as preparations proceed, and the city has spent a small amount on a new auditorium. Sons of Confederate Veterans and Daughters of the Confederacy plan joint commemorations.
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Evlebental
Geo
Jobo It Gordon
Joseph Wheeler
Daughters of the Confederacy
Mrs George Testimony Details Saxton Murder Case
Canton April 14 The trial of Mrs George for the murder of Saxton reveals conversations in which she claims to have kept Saxton from entering the Airhouse home by brandishing a pistol and forcing him to leave with her She says she asked if he was ready to die and claimed she would kill him but wanted her husband George to obtain his money first The witness also recounted other threats.
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Saxton
Canton
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Airhouse House
Old Soldier Murdered Found Near Pratt Kansas
The body of Jacob McVammon, an old soldier from Kiowa County, was found with the skull crushed in a Lemon and Barbew posture fifteen miles northwest of Pratt. He was likely murdered. no clues were found, and a plausible motive remains unknown.
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Pratt
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Jacob McVammon
Kiowa County
Military funeral honors for ex-senator Tabor in Denver
Denver observed a military funeral for former senator Tabor attended by the state guard from the capitol. The Chaffee Light Artillery led the procession to Calvary cemetery, saluting with seventeen guns as the hearse entered.
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Seowtor Tabor
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Church of the
Chafee Ught Artillery
Alalvary Cemetery
Red book evidence in Quay trial sparks admission
In Philadelphia Judge Biddle ruled that Goldsmith may testify about entries in the Red book and its ties to bank books, effectively admitting the Red book as evidence against Quay. Also notes fires, military assignments, shipboard dismissals, and a gruesome Pine Bluff tragedy involving Aunt Martha.
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Quay
Grazing Lands Burned Over in Colorado Fires
Fires across Warren s Farts of Colorado Cheyenne Wells and Cul o burned hundreds of square miles of grazing land. Thousands of cattle moved to other ranges as fires spread south east and west. A fire on Wild Horse earlier burned about twenty square miles and was spreading unchecked toward the west.
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Cheyenne Wells
Culo
Robbers Catch Opponents in Seatt City Store Raid
Two well dressed men in a Shemio golds diers uniform with five stripes robbed a Devon Kap store today and fled with plunder on a hand car. Pursued by police they were captured near barns four blocks away after a chase and both men confessed. One claimed name Rowley of Independence and service with a Kansas regiment. the other refused to identify. Evancett Accused of Bornery Kansas Rev Gray arrested for forging a check at Manhattan while conducting revival services.
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Soldiers of the Queen enlisting from many causes
Village lads enlist for reasons from family tradition to scarce work and love of fighting. A letter from India describes a frontline action. youths quote blood and pride, while mothers receive photos, letters, and tokens from far battles. The piece echoes wartime sentiment.
Why Cats Hiss and Threat Display Say Experts
Dr. Louis Robinson writes in Wild Traits in Fame Animals that hissing and spitting among kittens likely aims to intimidate predators by suggesting a venomous snake lives nearby. He notes parallels across species where tail, body, and serpentine postures resemble serpents as protective mimicry, possibly chiefly to deter eagles known to prey on cats.
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Louis Robinson
Fame
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Troy
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Erhal
Pearson’s Weekly
Troops Increase as Sheridan Arrives with Regulars
The US transport Sheridan arrived at Maulla with the Twelfth and a battalion of the Seventeenth Infantry. Lieutenant Ralph B. Meyer, 21, son of Gen E S Meyer, disappeared at night likely overboard from the deck. Three privates and all children of privates died of pneumonia. Meyer, from Cleveland, Ohio, was appointed from civil life in September last.
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United States
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Seventeenth Infantry
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Cleveland
Apel
Tlachy
Guerrilla Warfare Persists in Philippine Insurrection
Washington reports officials see the Philippine uprising dragging on. Aguinaldo aims to wage guerrilla warfare to keep Luzon in turmoil, complicating American operations as the rainy season nears. Officials note limited progress from the Schurman commission and discuss troop needs and reenlistment plans around General Otis and Manila.
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Aguinaldo
Luzon
Sehurman Commission
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Gyn
Otis
Geo. Otis
War Dept replies on South Dakota troops home from Philippines
Washington April 24 The war department will reply to a telegram from Governor Lee of Booth Makers asking for immediate muster out and return of the South Dakota Groups to the Philippines. The troops will be brought home as soon as deemed expedient. An official said the matter was in hand and will be satisfactorily arranged.
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War Department
Lee
Booth
Philippines
United States
Department
Otle
Proclamation Criticisms and Des Moines Smallpox Career
Washington reports President McKinley received a message from a Philippine mission official in Sta. Clara urging better treatment and citizenship for Filipinos, while Des Moines notes smallpox cases rising with a public funeral. In Oklahoma and Kansas, shooting tournament opens and petitions seek clemency for William Eldred. Maj. Paul Faul is seriously injured in Emporia.
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McKinley
Se¢burmsuy
Philippine Criminibsian
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Marrila
Agginalda
Lily Standart
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Ex Queen Kapielani Nearing Stroke in Honolulu Advice
Honolulu advices report Ex Queen Kapielani is seriously ill after another stroke of apoplexy. The message notes rising concerns for her health amid traditional status and public interest in her recovery and condition.
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Francisco
Honolulu
Kapielani
Japan
Two Cents and a World of Insoluble Math
A Birmingham discussion mocks arithmetic limits in a council hall lease dispute. An alderman warns against a 99 year lease as the land and buildings revert to the landlord. A mock mathematician offers 50 dollars to buy them back, but jokes about 49.98 for soup and two cents for imagined future gains.
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Neanderthal Skeleton Discovery Reported By Experts
An article describes a Neanderthal skeleton found in a valley near Dasgeldort with bones suggesting a strong, unusually shaped skull. Anthropologists discuss its significance, noting a skull rivaling early ape forms and debates on its pathology and interpretation by authorities such as Virchow.
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White Fish at 5 Cents a Pound at HE PALACE
Mass mass White Fish advertised at five cents per pound at HE PALACE. The report notes Captain W C Barnes is declining, conscious but weak, with doctors abandoning hope. Dr Wilcox lecture on The Life of a Greek Artist scheduled at Usitarian church tonight, admission ten cents. W H Sears returned from Washington around noon.
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W. C. Barnes
Markets by Wire Kansas City Live Stock and Chicago Grain
Kansas City receipts show steady to strong demand with cattle and hogs firm to higher. Texas steers and feeders, cows, and calves move at elevated prices. hogs up as packers bid strong. Chicago grain markets feature April and May contracts for wheat corn oats and oats with mixed gains. Cattle and sheep receipts indicate a strong market across beeves cows steers stockers and lambs.
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