Senate Debate Over Southern Election Methods Sparks Clash
Washington reports a three hour senate debate after Senator Depew of New York questioned southern election practices in discussing a proposed constitutional amendment for direct popular election of senators. Money of Mississippi and McLaurin defended Mississippi methods while Blackburn of Kentucky attacked Depew's assertions.
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Money
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McLaurin
Simmons
N.C
Blackburn
Kentucky
Teller
Cal
South China
House
Mr Long
Kan
Ways and Means Committee
Shafroth
Col
Sugar Trust
Watson
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Neevite Vic Watron
House Committee On Agriculture
Belgium in Turmoil as Martial Law Looms
Brussels on April 12 reports the government will proclaim martial law Monday unless order returns. Rioting strikers attack gendarmes near Charleroi, with police, gendarmes, and civic guards patrolling. Widespread unrest spreads to Liege Ghent Houdeng Goegnies La Louviere and other areas with casualties and arrests as troops mass for potential action.
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la Croyere
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Odell Signs $100,000 for Buffalo McKinley Statue
Governor Odell signed a bill allocating 100000 dollars for a statue of the late President McKinley to be placed in Buffalo New York. The action was announced from Albany on April 12.
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National Forest Reserve
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Moody
N. C
House Committee On Agriculture
Virginia
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North
South Carolina
Georgia
Alabama
Tennessee
McKinley
Albany
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Odell
President McKinley
Buffalo
Trade Review Notes Weather Delays and Activity Across Industries
R G Dun reports good news in trade despite unsatisfactory weather retarding retail distribution and cotton field work. Manufacturing remains strong where strikes absent and iron steel and machinery show brisk activity. Bradstreets notes large bank clearings and rising railroad earnings while omnipresent crosscurrents mask a clear trend toward higher demand.
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R. G. Dun & Co
United States
Canada
Bradstreets
Central West
Confessions of a Murderer and Patricide Case Updates
In Paw Paw Michigan Professor Joseph Miller confessed to killing Miss Carrie Mcennett with a hatchet after a police interview. He faces a possible life sentence if he pleads guilty in recorder’s court. Separately Glenn France, 15, admitted shooting his father Caleb France amid family disputes and alleged threats to move north with his wife. The reporting notes prior claims of suicide were contradicted by the confession.
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Joseph Miller
Carrie Mcennett
Recorder's Court
Jackson Penitentiary
Shoemaker
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Patricide
Paw
Caleb France
Effie , Forman
Lulu France
Glenn
Forman
France
Agricultural mood brightens as crops and prices buoy hopes
Eastern centers note quieting demand while spring wheat reports stay strong. Southwestern trade remains cheerful as industrial centers in the south show active iron coal and coke production. Cotton prices buoy the outlook for cotton crops though acreage predictions are cautious. Wheat prospects exceed 400 million bushels, near last year’s final output, with oats progressing well and a large area likely for corn planting.
Troops for Ireland to be embodied and sent within a month
A Pall Mall Gazette dispatch from Dublin reports ten battalions of English and Scottish militia will be embodied and sent to Ireland within a month as part of the British government’s coercion strategy. Lord Londonderry threatened resignation over cabinet decisions to counter the United Irish League.
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Pall Mall Gazette
Dublin
Ireland
Lord Londonderry
United Irish League
Cargo of Horses Cleared for Cape Town
The steamer Mechanician cleared Friday for Cape Town with 1,100 horses aboard from New Orleans.
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New Orleans
Mechanician
Cape Town
Confession of Murder Follows Relationship Scandal
The accused man admits an illicit two year relation with Miss Jennett led to a planned killing to avert disgrace. He recounts meeting on Thirteenth Street, wielding a hatchet when Jennett demanded he abandon his family and flee the city. He describes the murder and washing away the blood after returning home.
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Miss Jennett
Miller
Thirteenth Street
Ware Named Pension Commissioner by President
Eugene F Ware of Kansas selected by the president to succeed Hlay Evans as commissioner of pensions. Ware, from Topeka, is a lawyer in Gleed Ware Gleed, born in Hartford Conn in 1841, served in multiple Iowa and Seventh Iowa units, wounded in campaigns, later practiced law in Fort Scott and Topeka, authored sketches and poems under Ironquill. A separate note reports a major fire in Sycamore Illinois destroying the Wilkins block with $15,000 loss, mostly insured.
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Washington
Eugene F Ware
Kansas
Hlay Evans
Ware
Topeka
Kan
Gleed, Ware & Gleed
Hartford Conn
Iowa Volunteer Infantry
Fourth Town Volunteer Infantry
Iowa Cavalry
Fort Scott
Kaw
State Senate
Ironquilh
Prince of Wales unaware of NY chamber invitation
From Copenhagen on April 12 the prince of Wales, via his equerry, stated he knows nothing about the New York chamber of commerce inviting him to attend the opening of its new building.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Prince of Wales
New York Chamber of Commerce
Peace rumors denied by London government leader
In the Commons at midnight A J Balfour denied peace rumors as groundless saying no information exists. Cabinet meeting and King Edward's return fueled rumors including Chamberlain’s resignation which he denied. Reports from Kruger and Boer forces show ongoing South African fighting with casualty lists, troop deployments, and a dispatch about the Twee Bush disaster. Levy and appropriation details for 1902 1903 are noted along with enacted laws.
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London
House of Commons
J Balfour
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Balfour
Edward Rather
Mr Chamberlain
Herd Relief
Dever
South Africa
Tord Roberts
Presidential letter calls for sweeping changes in three offices
Washington informs Secretary Shaw that after reviewing charges against Pow derly Pitchie and McSweeney the president orders a complete change in all three offices. Powderly and Fitchie to resign and Williams to succeed Fitchie Sargent to replace Powderly pending weeks, McSweeney asked to resign, Joseph Murray appointed in McSweeney's place.
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Messie Powcerly
Pitchie
McSweeney
Powderly
Itin
Fitchie
Williams
Sargent
Mr Powderly
Joseph Murray
Iowa Legislature Ends After Delayed Adjournment
Des Moines Iowa April 12 the Twenty-ninth general assembly closed at 8 15 Friday night though adjournment was officially noon delay due to late enrolled bills A narrowly defeated St Louis exposition appropriation bill resumed passage with the house receding and approving 125000 for the project A further bill required action by the state executive council
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Des Moines
Twenty-ninth General Assembly of
Iowa
Committee
Gen Wade Hampton Dies in Columbia at 83
Gen Wade Hampton died Friday morning in Columbia from valvular heart disease just after his eighty fourth birthday. Bells tolled across South Carolina and schools closed as Governor McSweeney ordered state offices to lower flags to half mast for the funeral to be held this afternoon without pomp per the general's wishes.
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Columbia
Wade Hampton
Har
Gen Hampton
South Petrolina
United States
Columb
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South Carolina
Notable Valparaiso educator struck and killed by train
Valparaiso Indiana April 12 Professor George Kitchener a prominent educator and musician was killed instantly when struck by a Lake Shore train at Christon crossing late Friday afternoon. He recently returned from Germany where a fortune was left to him and he had funded religious and educational projects. Washington April 12 physicians report Dr Talmage's condition unchanged and critically deteriorating with periods of slight improvement.
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Valparaiso
Ind
George Kitchener
Lake Shore
Christon Crossing
Germany
Washington
Talmage
President Roosevelt misses aunt Roosevelts funeral in Atlantic City
The White House announces President Roosevelt cannot attend the funeral of his aunt Mrs. Robert B. Roosevelt who died in Atlantic City on Thursday. Consul Mc Wade in Canton reports plague epidemic in towns and large villages near Yeung Kong in Kwang Tubg province.
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White House
Roosevelt
Robert B. Roosevelt
Atlantic City
McWade
Canton
State Department
Yeung Kong
Kwang Tubg
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