President McKinley Begins Western Tour Amid Crowds
Long voyage across the United States announced with the presidential party boarding the Southern railway train in Washington. The Olympia private car leads a modern multi-car consist as crowds greet the president and Mrs McKinley before departure for a 19 10,000 mile journey with stops planned along the way.
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Southern Railway Company
New Orleans
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Lucana
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Lucania
McKinley
Mother's Crime and Other Local News From April Dispatch
A fragmentary report describes Mrs Frieberg allegedly poisoning her family, including a five year old daughter who died, with a thwarted attempt to poison a second child. Additional items note insurance suspensions, a proposed territorial charter for an Oklahoma Canal project, a political dinner honoring Gen Grant, a death in St Joseph, and Topeka’s new gubernatorial mansion proposal.
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Paige
Chicago Raiking Trades league forms to arbitrate disputes
The Chicago Raiking Trades league was organized with arbitration of all disputes as its core principle. Fifteen of eighteen building trades members join, representing about 16,000 workers. Officers of the National Building Trades council backed the effort to establish a central body. a referendum will decide affiliation with the national group. If approved, the move signals peace in local labor relations for years ahead.
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Central Laber Horty
Chicago Raiking Trades League
National Building Trades’ Council
Aga Branch
National Met
Ishor
Cone
Fire at a mine in Tatrohe causes large loss
April 29 report from Tatrohe Pennsylvania describes a mine fire at the Dorothy cowl and cake point of the American Steel and Wire company. The tipple engine and boiler houses were destroyed with estimates of four to six miners killed and 180000 dollars in losses. Rescue efforts led to the suffocation death of Willig Gill while aiding Superintendent Rogers. Over 400 miners face unemployment as a result. In a separate item Washington reports no confirmation of inoculation claims against horses shipped to South Africa. Secretary Wilson expresses skepticism but says possible acts by on board attendants cannot be ruled out.
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Mini Era
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
England
South Africa
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Bulinna
Mvansville
Cal
Pachieah
Sia
Erib
Green River
Parker Wins In Mandamus Fight For Mayor Seat
Topeka April 28 Judge Hez en drafts mandamus to back Parker in Parker Hughes mayoralty base. Hughes attorney seeks new trial. Injunction preventing Hughes from appointing officials denied. Omaha April 22 barbers and theatres banned by mayor’s order. city aims to enforce Sunday activities ban. London April 20 Pierpont Morgan & Co buys Leyland Line, shaping major transatlantic shipping consolidation. Washington April 29 Chinese minister says imperial authorities strive to avoid clash with foreign forces. Washington April 20 Prudeo commission signed by president’s aide as major and paymaster. Berlin April 20 Wautoma fire wipes out business district. loss estimated at $100,000. London April 29 Lord Kitchener pressures Boers. they derail trains and capture Prince of Wales’s horsemen, then release them. Col Plumer’s force captures 45 men including Transvaal engineer Micinlok and his father.
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Kroonstadt
Prince of Wales
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Last Yaar
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Aurora Mine Cave-In Claims Five Buried Men
Aurora Maine April 2 9 After sixty hours of digging by shifts of men in ice cold weather five miners buried at the bottom of a 100 foot shaft on the Rosebud mine were located One man was taken out dead two were rescued partially alive and two more were still in the mine believed dead Chinese Forces Hold Back in Berlin News April 21 The German war office reports three engagements on April 23 and a fourth on April 24 at the Great Wall where Chinese troops under General Ketler were defeated and driven back after stubborn resistance An escaped prisoner captured in Nebraska Theodore Moore who shot Sheriff Richards and fled jail was captured after a 40 mile chase Sheriff Richards is expected to recover
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German War Office
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Great Wall
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Atl
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Prisoners Escape Carthage Jail Roof Break
Four inmates escaped from Carthage Missouri jail Saturday night by breaking through the roof. Fire destroyed half a block of buildings at Bessemer Alabama near Birmingham, causing a $75000 loss. A burning Schulze Bros Packing Co plant in Chattanooga Tennessee also reported $75000 in losses.
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Calderhead
Bessemer
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Ala
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Madera
Cal
F. E. Kirkpatrick
National Municipal League
Ploth Conference
Rochester
N. Y
Travelers’ Protective Association
Kanany City
Coates House
Depopulation of rural villages drives urban crowding in England
The article notes gradual population shift from agri villages to towns as census data show cities swelling while rural areas decline. It links low farm incomes and free trade policy to agricultural stagnation, predicting continued rural depopulation unless a revival arises or policy shifts occur, with government unwilling to act.
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Borieus
London
Great Hrntelm
Sir Howard Vincent
James Lowther
Henry Chaplin
England
Trainis
Dividend Declared Amid Anticipated Burlington Takeover
The GB & Q declares a quarterly dividend of 83 cents a share. Burlington officials revealed the payout ahead of its pending transfer to be acquired by the rear, Northern and Northern Pacific. Dividend increases by 50 cents from the prior payout as the transport realignment nears completion.
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DE Dputy
Manhattan
Multiple Fatal Fires and Crimelike Incidents Across States
A series of tragic events reported from April 22 to April 29 includes a livery stable fire in which five died, among them a florist Job Capping and his family, with a suspect arrested for arson. Other reports note a cloudburst in Woodward with widespread flooding but no fatalities, a train trench assault by a tramp in Savannah, a gunshot killing of a pickpocket in Chicago, a Nebraska businessman Norma Humphrey’s suicide amid bankruptcy, and a Duluth fire destroying Zenith Paper Co. stock valued around $50,000 with collateral damage to adjacent buildings.
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Lincoln, Neb
Norma Humphrey
Lincoln
Duluth
Minn
Zenith Paper Company
Italian Criminals Sent to United States Arrive in Kansas City
Three Italian brigands arrive in New York and head to Kansas City as American authorities seize and monitor criminal activity. Police warn authorities about the trio who preyed on merchants in their homeland and now plan crimes in the west. The report also details a widows protective league in South St. Louis aiming to form a mutual benefit insurance society, with funeral and sickness benefits and strict marriage prohibitions for members.
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America
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Minneapolis Times
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Steuss Cane
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League
Spouting Oil Well Dazzles Beaumont Crowd
A Beaumont oilfield event drew about 10,000 spectators as the Higgins well spouted a six inch stream above a 70 foot derrick for five minutes before valves were closed. Rumors of the Beatty well sparked a rush to the scene as a pipe cleared and the oil gushed past the top of the derrick, eclipsing the rigging. The Beatty well was said not to match the Lucas gusher.
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Keeping Summer Boarders With Success in Housekeeping
Advice from Caroline Benedict Burrell on hosting summer boarders in the countryside emphasizes guest comfort and self-service meals. It recommends predictable meal times, good drinking water, milk, cream, eggs, butter, abundant vegetables, and seasonal fruit, with flexible expectations about food quality.
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Potata
Caroline Benedict Burrell
May Ladies’ Home Journal
Noethar Missouri Crop Report and assorted notices
The issue notes prospects for a large fruit yield unlikely this year across northern Missouri. Strawberry patches are in excellent condition. Other items report Prof Haworth buying the Gleason property on South Massachusetts Street to remodel for July occupancy, and various local tidbits including fines for liquor sales to Indians, a visit from Paul Blackwelder of Chicago, and fashion notes on Bernhardt slippers.
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