Chaffee Von Waldersee Dispute Reported From Peking
Washington notes no official word on Gen. Chaffee and Count von Waldersee over the Forbidden City gate. Officials doubt a serious issue, suggesting possible peacable adjustment in Peking. the gate may relate to the future American legation site. Meanwhile Boxers are defeated at Shan-Hai-Kwan with 50 attackers killed. Maj. Browning's body recovered. Germans ordered back from Pao-ting-fu. Chinese unrest grows amid German harshness and robber bands. British discover 19 Krupp guns buried near Shan Hai Kwan. Japan seeks indemnities of about £4 750 000 against China.
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Washington
Chaffee
Count von Waldersee
Forbidden City
Rockhill
Squire
Ganffee
Peking
International
Col. Radford
Shan-Hai-Kwan
Maj. Browning
Maj
Browning
Pound
Tentsin
Wrecked by robbers on I and G N train near Davenport
San Antonio reports a southbound International and Great Northern train wreck near Davenport, 16 miles north. Engineers Pat Monahan died and Fireman F W Hicks was killed. Injured were attorney C A Goeth and clerks E B Keylick and E B Stanley, plus Miss M Horan of Killen. Authorities pursue suspects.
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San Antonio
Tex
Davenport
Here
M. Horan
Killen, Tex
Spreading Rails Wrecks Cincinnati Line North Dayton
The Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton limited derailed nine miles north of Dayton near Johnson's Station due to spreading rails. Engine, baggage car, and smoker overturned. engineers Patrick Dooley and fireman Raymond McElroy, both of Lima, killed. Several injured, transported to St Elizabeth hospital in Dayton.
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Dayton
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Limited
Johnson’s Station
Patrick Dooley
Lima
Raymond McElroy
St. Hlizabeth Hospital
Frank Weaver
Cincinnati
George Thompson
Fred Coles
Sidney
Tragic Portland Gunfire Shocks City Foreman Brainerd Sparks Fatal Wounds
In Portland on a sunny Wednesday afternoon George S. Brainerd a veteran New England Telephone foreman drew a 38 caliber revolver and opened fire killing one man Fatally wounding another and injuring two more Deputy Marshal W A Frith tried to arrest him but Brainerd aimed for escape His motive was deemed insanity though no obvious mental illness appeared He also struck a blow to several victims before surrendering The dead included I H Farnham and Earle Buxton with Farnham from Boston and Buxton hospital bound Lane of Mechanic Falls and Wadsworth of Lewiston were among those wounded The city reels from an event described as one of its worst tragedies in recent years
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Portland
New England Telephone Company
George S. Brainerd
W. A. Frith
I. H. Farnham
Poston
Earle Buxton
Filmer
Z. Lane
Mechanic Falls
James Wadsworth
Lewiston
Brainerd
Delegates From Cuba Seek Talks on Sugar Tariffs
The Cuban constitutional delegation led by Domingo Mende Capote and four others arrived in Washington to confer with President and War Department officials about Cuban relations. They seek U S sugar duty relief and discuss coaling stations, with Gen. Wood and Secretary Root leading the talks. Also noted is the interment relocation of Lincoln family remains in Springfield monuments.
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Washington
Domingo Mende Capote
Petro. Betancourt
Rafael M. Portuondo
Diego Tamayo
Pedro Gonzales Llorente
Havana
Agsistant
Till
Sanger
Capt. Sawtelle
Lieut
Overton
United States Army
Shoreham
War Department
Florida
Hit
State Department
Biezo Tamayo
Entenza
Geo. Wood
Congress
Ivar
Wood
Cuba
Richmond
Banger
White House
Root
Adjt
Corbin
Senator Platt
Connecticut
Admiral Bradford
Navy Department
Gen. Wood
United States
Legislature Returns and Appointments in Springfield
Springfield reports the legislature defeated bills on railway line construction over rails and on printing patent medicine formulas. Passes enacted include funeral expenses first on deceaseds insurance policies and sewer construction by special assessment. Governors appointments to multiple state boards were confirmed. House action covered clerks salaries for supreme and appellate courts and funding for Illinois exhibit at Louisiana Purchase Exposition. A Chandler railroad tax bill dispute led to conference committee formation.
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Springfield
Mtl
Senate
William Thiemann
Livestock Commission
Soldiers' and Sailors’ Home
Charles W. Hawes
Rock Island
Samuel A. Bradley
Adams
Soldiers’ Orphans’ Home
Wright
McHenry
Ilinois Institution For Education
Edward G. Greenleaf
Morgan
Illnois Northern Hospital
Charles W. Marsh
de Kuib
James A. Bullock
Lake
James , Lane
Kane
Central Hospital
John B. Jay
Mor
Supreme Ant
Fallowe
Supreme Court
Pope Faunum
Appellate Sour
Ziv
Aleo UN
Illinois
Louis
Lansing
House
Waters Rising Across Ohio River Valley Floods
Cincinnati reports the middle Ohio valley flood forecast worsens as 58 feet is expected to be breached. Rising streams from Big Sandy and Muskingum threaten Newport and Bellevue Kentucky, with many evacuated and damage spreading into Ashland Ironton and Portsmouth.
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Cincinnati
Middle
Ohio Valley
Big Sandy
Muskingum
Catlettsburg
Cumberland Mountains
Kentucky
Huntington
West Virginia
Ashland
Ironton
Portsmouth
Ohio
Taylor Bottoms
Newport
Lellevue
Bellevue
Dayton
Licking River
Parkersburg
W. Va
Sidney Cole
Wiliam Perry
Keystone State
Cole
Terry
South
Pittsburgh
Louisville
Fourth
Fifth
Weather Bureau
Eastman Trial Hits Admissibility Hurdle in Grogan Case
In Cambridge on April 25 judge Gaskill ruled against the government's attempt to admit statements as Grogan's dying declarations. Harvard professor Eastman faces murder charges in the death of his brother-in-law Richard Grogan Jr. Witness Mattie Troughton and druggist Titus offered conflicting testimony on Grogan's stated thoughts before dying, with most of the contested evidence deemed inadmissible as opinion rather than fact.
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Cambridge
Mass
Eastman
Harvard College
Sueperior Court
Richard Grogan
Gaskill
Grogan
Knowlton
Titus
Groga
Women Go to Jail After Bond Refusal in Wichita
In Wichita on April 25 four women including Mrs. Carrie Nation faced Judge D. M. Date in district court and could not post bonds. They are jailed together awaiting bond approval of 00 each or the May term trial. Nation claimed local bondsmen were unavailable while the others refused bonds, defending their companion in her famed campaign.
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Springfield
Abraham Lincoln
Yates
Lincoln Monument Association
Lincoln Guard of Honor
Humphrey
United States District Court
Phillips
Tincoln Monument Association
Bincoln Guard of Honor
Ieuden
Lincoln
Willie
Thomas
Tad
Faddie
Abraham
Robert Vt. Lincoln
Wichita
Kan
Carerie Nation
Lucy Wichite
Julia Evans
Lydia Muntz
D. M
Nation
Mrs. Nation
Constitution Yacht to Launch May 6 Celebration Planned
New York April 25 announces the launching of the yacht Constitution will occur on May 8 or the week starting that date. The event will be public with a celebration at Herreshoff works, the boat’s builders, stated by W Butler Duncan Jr. manager of the Constitution syndicate. Glasgow April 25 the Shamrock II was towed to Clyde Trusts No. 3 dock to have the racing mast removed. Workmen will continue removing the pom to pon, the yacht to be self supported and floated out on the afternoon tide. Special constables guard the dock gates to keep crowds from viewing the concealed underbody.
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New York
Constitution
Herreshoff Works
W. Butler Duncan, Jr
Glasgow
Shamrock SI
Clyde Trusts Graving Dock
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Gen Wool
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