Michigan Melange Reports Holt Murder Confession
Michigan notes reveal Coates and Mrs Lawrence confessed to Sheriff Keppel about the Holland murder of Frog W Lawrence. Confessions place husband and wife quarrel, Coates claiming self defense with a hatchet during the attack. The woman’s version is considered more credible.
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Telegraph
Statn
Mich
Bigfrond Coates
Mra
Boos Lawrence
Keppel
Frog W. Lawrenes
Holland Averal
Qonian
Coates
Lawrence
Mien
Raymond Coates
Enos Lawrence
Mrs. Lawrence
Holland
Mrs Lawrence
Captured the Mayor by Local Women in Michigan
Forty women from Ironseru Michigan captured Mayor John W Sterr dragging him to a private residence. They accused lax enforcement of laws and looser salon rules and demanded reform including a curfew bell. Protest lasted two hours with the mayor promising to cooperate. The town of hooky discusses the interview’s impact.
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Mich
Ironseru
John WY. Sterr
Brandy Sale Blocked by Village Authorities in Van Buren County
An attempt by a deputy collector to sell a caged brandy for nonpayment of revenue tax was halted by local authorities amid a conflict with the village ordinance banning liquor sales. The government official sought legal action from district headquarters and then returned to South Heron where the sale was declared off.
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Wro
Yores
van Buren
South Heron
Explosion at Havana Governor General Palace
An explosion believed to be dynamite shook the Havana governor general’s palace at 11:30 Tuesday. Dust filled rooms, roof fragments fell, a printer was wounded, and officials suspected a bomb rather than a boiler blast. Insurgents or their friends were suspected as the cause.
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Havana
Associate Press
Governor General
Nawspapers
Mahony Pushes State Dept for Hammond Mercy in Britain
Wandington April 20 Uncle Sam clashed with British interests as John Hays Hammond faces a death sentence in Pretoria for high treason over the Jameson raid. Mahany and others urge immediate intercession, warning the case could become a scapegoat for English diplomacy while Chamberlain’s dispatch to Kruger pressures a clemency outcome.
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Mahony
State Department
John Tait
Beaurgoat
England
Wandington
Uncle Sam
Anclé Sam
John Hays Hammond
Johannesburg
Kruger
Merny
Stewart
Hammond
Poer
Peccavi
Mobany
New York
Hall
Mahany
Secretary of State
Lfe
Tull
Bartlett
House of Representatives
Thasire
Pretoria
Tani
London
Ultlander
Plokwickian
Cabia
Reform
Prutoria
Transvaal
British Fight the Matabele at Bulawayo
Bulawayo reports a British clash with the Matabele where the enemy suffered an estimated 600 to 1,000 casualties. About half of Bulawayo’s force slipped out at midnight to attack but the plan failed as natives detected the move and repelled the surprise. British losses unknown. Meline forms cabinet in Paris announcing key ministerial picks with Barthon interior, Hanotaux foreign affairs, Cochery finances, Denobsnels colonies, LeBond commerce, Billot war.
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Bulawayo
Meline
Paris
Agriculture
Barthon
Roinleter
Hanotaux
Cochery
Fingnos
Denobsnels
LeBond
Commeros
Billot
Franch Spolintion Claims Reported for Payment
A committee on claims reports an amendment to the sundry civil appropriation for payment of French spoilation claims allowed by the court of claims. The appropriation is 62,030,000. The report references payment actions and related proceedings with references to dates and locations.
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Wascheroy
Benator Warren
Committee, On Claims
Court of Claima
Fire devastates Cripple Creek in massive 1900s blaze
Cripple Creek Colorado April 27 A Courtesan sparked a lamp fire that destroyed 41 000 000 worth of property in three hours at Coughs dance hall on Myers avenue near Third street. The blaze spread rapidly destroying blocks between Third and Fifth streets on Moyers Eaton Bennett and Carr with the post office wrecked and thousands of letters lost. Firefighters blew up buildings to halt the spread as three thousand people become homeless. Insurance tallies near 250 000 and rebuilding with brick and stone is planned.
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Odcopanta
Third
Fifth
Moyers
Bennett
Midland
Carr
Eaton
Mayora Avenue
Denil-Monde
Saloops
Tople
Hollangs
Mnor
Grnoa Clifton
J. Anderson
Sisters Hospital
Bennett Avenue
Shiloh
A. O. Hyde
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