Natives for Peace Seeks Terms With Rebels in Philippines
Secretary Alger disputes Lawton’s 100000-man claim and says no expansion of forces is planned. A wealthy Filipino committee aims to press terms through the U.S. Philippine Commission and Aguinaldo, while Col Crowder heads a war claims board. Shafter notes Lawton’s judgment. Otis to command King’s brigade during illness. Volunteers to be returned home. muster out urged by Pettigrew and South Dakota governor.
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Manila
United States Philippine Commission
Aguinaldo
Otis
Col Crowder
Lolle
Lawton
Whalley
Washington Regiment
King
Washington
Alger
Philippines
Luzon
War Department
Adjt
Corbin
United States
Minnesota
South Dakota
Pennsylvania
Senator Pettigrew
Gov. Lee
Bhaftier Bellows
Chicago
Shatter
Sycamore
They killed "witches" near Cold Springs Oklahoma
Deputy Marshals Ennis and Hveridge brought eight Choctaws to Antlers jail on charges of being accessories to the killing of three people and the wounding of another near Cold Springs eight miles west of Grant. A long period of illness of a peculiar type had prevailed in the area for months.
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Antlers
I. T
Ennis
Hveridge
Solomon Ho Tema
Cold Springs
Grant
Medicine man Sam Tuantubbee Arrest Restores Quiet in Indian Plague Tale
Belief held that the murdered persons bewitched the Indians and their deaths would lift the plague. Four days of disorder followed until the arrest of Sam Tuantubbee, the medicine man, brought restored calm and a sense of safety.
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Sam Tuantubbee
Klondike flood and drownings raise alarm in Yukon
Reports from the Klondike detail a breaking Yukon ice flood from Marsh Lake northward. A party led by Stuart of Snohomish Washington perished with their dogs after breaking through near Whitehorse on April 3. John Deland was rescued after Ice gave way on Summit Lake. Tangles over Atlin titles and widespread winter claim jumping on Spruce and Pine creeks add to the unsettled conditions.
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Victoria
B.C
Klondike
Yukon
Marsh Lake
Stuart
Snohomish
Wash
Whitehorse
Litkie
Summit Lake
John Deland
Atlin
Tent fire claims Erskine family in Joplin tragedy
In Joplin near the Midway mines a tent fire from a stovepipe injures John Erskine and fatally burns his six year old child while others suffer serious burns. Erskine rescues his child. he is left with severe burns and losing flesh and nails.
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John Erskine
Joplin
Midway Mines
Erskine
Increased Immigration From Europe After War Decline
Washington April 19 reports show a surge in European immigration since the end of hostilities with Spain. Italy leads arrivals with 20 616, Russia 12 828, Ireland 10 362, Germany 9 483 during the six months ending December 3 1897. West Virginia pledges troops for the Philippines and the Wade court of inquiry adjourns after a closed morning session with Maj. Lee urging more witnesses.
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Washington
Spain
Cleveland
Commissioner of Immigration
Italy
Russia
Ireland
Germany
Sweden
Hungary
England
West Virginia
N. B. Scott
Maj. C. D. Eliot
Philippines
Wade
Wade Court of Inquiry
Maj. Lee
Gen
Miles
WILL PLEAD INSANITY IN MRS GEORGE CASE
Canton Ohio April 19 The state has finished direct testimony and the defense will now present its case The judge signaled that insanity emotional insanity may be used and that related testimony from the 1880s is admissible as it concerns premeditation or deliberation and relations among Saxton Mrs George and Mrs Althouse
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Rost
Paris
Edmond Rostand
Mediterranean
Rostand
Canton
Saxton
George
Althouse
Topeka
Kan
Church
Lumbermen’s Exchange
Kansas
Boyle
Exchange
Kansas City
Lumbermen of Kansas
Fire at Pintsch gas works injures nine firemen
A Pintsch gas works fire yesterday afternoon caused a gas explosion injuring nine men connected with the fire department. Several were severely burned but officials doubt any are fatally hurt and no court action is expected.
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Pintsch
Samoan Mission and Pacific Deployments Quietly Underway
In Washington on April 1, United States officials discussed Samoa with Mr. Bartlett Tripp and President McKinley as part of instructions for the Samoan commission. Separate items note Rear Admiral Kautz's ships and a push to solidify Pacific presence, while Havana considers sweeping civil reforms and Cuba’s debt plan is revised. A Kansas preacher dies. four girls struck by a Birmingham train. a bank vice president is indicted. a swords presentation in Camden caps the day.
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Washington
Bartlett Tripp
United States
State Department
Hay
Cridler
White House
McKinley
Tripp
Admiral Kauts
Long
Marblehead
Newark
Pacific Ocean
Kautz
Texas
Pacific
Apri
Havana
Alger
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Thirks Otis
Shhafter
Scheller Hall
Denver
Col
City
National Society of Sons of the Revolution
John Lee Carroll
Maryland
Daughters of the Revolution
Gov. Thomas
Guthrie, Ol
Sac and Fox Agency
New York
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Cook
Seting
Howison
America
Ator-Kieet Seote Lafokmey
We- Kinley
Will
Mis. McKinney
Wort
Atlantic City
N. J
Monetary Committee
House of Representatives
Hitota
Springfield
State Board of Agriculture
Mernando
Mexico
Guthrie
Indian Territory
Guadalajara
Ochurch Appoinus
State Superintendent of Insurance
Senator Batty
Florence
Indiana State Life Insurance Company
Batty
Arkansas City
Toneka
Arkansas Valley & Gulf Railway Company
Oklahoma
Texarkana
Blackwell
Kay City
Tonkawa
Perry
Stillwater
Subu
Fort Dodge
William Snelson
Lehigh
Snelson
Mae Beebe
Minden
Horwich & Bernstein
William McEndree & Co
August Karen
Willam Rasch
J. Hesley
Samoa
Mr. Tripp
Admiral Krautz
Conant
Apia
Jr. B. Platt
Kansas State Agricultural College
Manhattan
Birmingham
Ala
Southern Railway
North
Cora Clark
Sarah Jones
Emma Coleman
Emma Berry
Martindale
Brod
Emporia
William Martindale
First National Bank
Federal Grand Jury
Camden
Ark
Sleet Stokeley Morgan
Dewey Mayship
Olympia
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