Boer Peace Terms and Pretoria Talks Reported
The Evening News cites Boers ready to drop absolute independence in exchange for internal government talks and property restoration. Delegates from Transvaal and Free State travel to Pretoria amid cabinet discussions in London as Kitchener and Milner stay central to potential conference.
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Edinburgh
Evening News
Kruger
Lord Roberts
Cape
South Africa
Pretoria
London
Schalk-Burger
Holland
Caimberlains
Chamberlain
Brodrick
Michael Hicks- Bench
Dule
Devonshire
Michael Hicks Beach
Buckingham Palace
King Edward
Foreign Office
Lord Salisbury
Balfour
House of Commons
Hatfield House
Lord Kitchener
Louis Jahn Purchase Exposition Postponed to 1904
Washington April 14 John M Allen announces after a conference with former Senator Thomas Carter that the Louis Jahn Purchase Exposition will be postponed until 1904. Carter chairs the national commission for the fair and reached Washington from St Louis where he met exposition officials.
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Congress
St. Louis
Allen
Carter
National Commission
St Louis
Roosevelt
Friends of the Fair
Senate
House
Allen and
Washington
United States
Louisa Jahn
John M. Allen
Thomas Carter
National Commission For the Fair
Exposition Company
Miller in Prison After Hatchet Murder Verdict
Detroit mid April reports Miller, branded a demon by Judge Murphy, was imprisoned in Jackson for life with hard labor after being convicted of the hatchet murder of Carrie Jennett. His wife, an invalid, lies at home in danger, while Heywood murder case sees Mrs. Heywood admit an affair with roomer Jones, confirming police theory of theft and homicide. In Omaha, Martin Rowley of Armour Packing Co. is arrested for embezzling 4800 dollars by issuing fictitious time checks to himself.
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Detroit
Joseph Mc Miller
Carrie M Jennett
Jackson
Hard Labo
Miller
Murphy
Heywood
William M Jones
Jones
Omaha, Neb
President Roosevelt signs repeal of war revenue taxes
Roosevelt signs the bill repealing the war revenue taxes in Washington on April 14. The signing pen was given to Representative Bartholdt of Missouri as a ceremonial gift.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Representative Bartholdt
Missouri
Jealous telegraph operator kills stepfather at Metamora depot
Richard Oliphant shot Capt. Peter Pellier on the Metamora railroad platform as Pellier helped Oliphant’s wife to leave town. After firing, Oliphant held the depot at bay all day with a shotgun and then killed himself with carbolic acid. Pellier was wounded in the left hand and collapsed.
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Metamora
Ind
Richard Oliphant
Peter Pellier
Oliphant
Olphant
Richard McAntee
Hiphant
Pellixer
Pellier
Open Fire at Riots in Brussels Riot Police Battle
Gendarmes and rioters clash in Brussels near the Maison du Peuple. At least 30 wounded and three later die in hospital. Fire from revolvers and swords as police push back mobs through Rue Haute and adjacent alleys. Sixteen arrests reported. doctors note further casualties.
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Brussels
Rue Haute
Maison du Peuple
Well Known Canker Dead
La Crosse Wisconsin April 14 Gysbert Van Steenwyk a renowned northwest banker dies at age 84 Born Utrecht January 13 1814 he studied at Utrecht University and held roles as immigration commissioner consul for Wisconsin Michigan and Minnesota state senator and La Crosse mayor He served as bank comptroller in 1860 and was a prominent figure in local and state politics
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la Crosse
Wis
Gysbert van Steenwyk
Northwest
van Eaedee
Utrecht
Netherlands
University of Utrecht
Wisconsin
New York City
Michigan
Minnesota
Immigrants Arrive In New York From European Ports
Immigrants totaling 4162 arrived in New York on Saturday aboard ships from European ports. The Trojan Prince carried 1107, Statendam 1097, Champagne 1039, Hesperia 680, Island 219. In Washington the Taylor bill granting Mrs Ida McKinley a $5000 annual pension passed the House unanimously.
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New York
Trojan Prince
Mediterranean
Statendam
Rotterdam
Champagne
Havre
Hesperia
Mediterranean Arts
Island
Denmark
Washington
Taylor
Ida McKinley
McKinley
Riots Turn Deadly as Gendarmes Fire on Mob in City
In a hilltop district near the Maison du Peuple violence escalates as rioters shoot toward police. Gendarmes charge with swords and then fire Mauser carbines loaded with strike cartridges after prior revolver fire and missiles from windows.
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Maison du Peuple
Royal Palace
Law Courts
Chamber of Deputies
Ministeries
Civic Guard
Rue Haute
Tragedy in Ohio Rocks Tiny Village
In Ohio near Mineton Station Mrs Martha Calhoun 75 and her daughter Mrs Naighna Calhoun 46 were shot to death by an unknown assailant two miles east of Mineton. Will Vaughn stepson of the younger woman is jailed in Ravenna on suspicions amid findings of bloodstains on his trousers and a recent estate dispute. The bodies were found in different rooms with evident fear and a single killer unseen.
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Cleveland, QC
Martha Fo Calhoun
Naighna
Meormer
Minitun Station
Ravens
Vaughn
Justice department targets beef trust amid Washington move
The Department of Justice in Washington is declared to be moving against the beef trust. Fire at Washington caused a loss to the American Ice Company and other firms. The navy is testing liquid fuel for potential naval use. Two homicide and drowning incidents leave families bereaved in Portville and De Soto. The Manchurian convention is seen in England as the start of Russian evacuation.
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Department of Justice
Washington
Beef Trust
American Ice Company
American Homing Company
Chicago
Kansas City Hydraulic Pressed Brick Company
Navy Department
Navy
Alda Collins
Elmer P Collins
Portville
Del
W T Baynes
de Soto
Miss
Charles Fleming
Russia
China
England
Marine Major Waller Acquitted by Court Martial
Manila April 14 Maj Lyttleton W. T. Waller of the Marine Corps has been acquitted in a court-martial on charges of killing natives on Samar without trial. The verdict was 11 to 2 in favor of acquittal.
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Manila
Lyttleton W. T Waller
Marine Corps
Samar
Waller
Eminent Divine Rev Talmage Dies After Illness
Washington April 14 Rev De Witt Talmage died Saturday night at nine o’clock after two days unconsciousness and brain inflammation. Surrounded by family and friends he had suffered influenza and catarrhal trouble. Funeral at four o’clock Tuesday from the Church of the Covenant will feature brief addresses by church and religious leaders. Talmage, born in 1827, led the Brooklyn Tabernacle era and authored numerous works and edits. He married three times, most recently Mrs Charles Collier of Allegheny Pa.
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Washington
DeWitt Talmage
Palmage
Frank Dewitt Talmage
Chicago
Warren G. Smith
Brooklyn
Daniel Mangain
New York
Clarence Wycoff
Maud Talmage
Allen E. Donnan
Richmond
Talmage
Menzies
Church of the Covenant
Statnee Dang
Teunis
Hamtin
Thomas Chalmers Basten
Eastern Presbyterian Church of Washington
Sanevel Oo Niccols
Louis
E. Po Terhune
Howard Suydam O
Reinbech Noy
James Devarest
Broohklyn
Miss Wil
Greenwee
Poe
Iotaniunte
Unin
Progland Russia
Chteville Row
Boundrock NJ
University of New York
New Brunswick Seminary of Theology
Reformed Church of
Belleville
Syracuse
Brooklyn Central Presbyterian Church
Divine
New Tabernacles
Rapid Risa
Brooklyn Tabernacles
Eormors
Frank Leslie
Tamage
Mary Avery
Susan C Whittemore
Charles Collier
Allegheny
Haitian Rebels Briefly Seize Jacmel Then Fall to Government
Port-au-Prince dispatch reports revolutionary forces led by Gen Nicolas Baptiste captured Jacmel on April 5 and held it 24 hours before retreating to the hills with arms and ammunition. Government troops under Gen Guillaum pursued and defeated them at Fonds Melon. Gen Baptiste was captured and shot. Rebels suffered 12 killed and several wounded.
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Port-au-Prince
Haiti
Nicolas Baptiste
Jacmel
Guillaum
Fonds Melon
Baptiste
Treasury to keep deposits steady amid no current need
Secretary Shawkins said the treasury will stop increasing deposits in national banks for now unless a public emergency requires more currency. Deposits recently rose to about 3.9 million dollars.
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Washington
Shawkins
Treasury Department
Misappropriation verdict leads to ten year terms in Cuban fund case
Havena April, Charles FW, Neely Fstest Rathbone and W H Reeved appeal a court verdict finding them guilty of misappropriation of Cuban postal funds. Each receives ten years imprisonment and fines. Fire devastates Masel & Huebner furniture factory in Bronx with $190,000 loss and insured property. Gen Miles retirement seen as likely amid war department tensions. Violent clash near Brages, Iowa leaves four dead and seven wounded.
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Havena
Charles FW
Neely Fstest Rathbone
W. H. Reeved
Audene
Funda Aml
Ogse
New York
Bronk
Masel & Huebner
David Binns
New Steel Combine Forming Led by H C Frick in Newark
Reports from Trenton say a new steel combine headed by H C Frick will form with a capital of 200 million dollars. It aims to absorb nearly all blast furnaces and mills not controlled by the Morgan combine.
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Trenton
H C Frick
Morgan
Farmer Dies in Dynamite Blast During stump destruction
Jacob Warner, a farmer near Champaign Illinois, was killed when dynamite exploded prematurely as he destroyed tree stumps. The accident occurred on April 14 G
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Champaign
Ill
Jacob Warner
Horace Besley Dies at 87 Inventor of Locomotive Pilot
Cumberland Maryland April 14. Horace Besley inventor of the locomotive pilot in 1840 and other railroad appliances died Sunday at age 87.
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Cumberland
Horace Besley
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