Friends optimistic as Cuban reciprocity bill clears hurdle
Washington reports indicate leaders expect approval of the Cuban reciprocity bill in its committee form with few Republican defections. Debate centered on sugar refinement duties and opposition from some Republicans and Democrats aligned with Chair rulings.
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Schools Used as Barracks as Strike Spreads in Brussels
Pupil dismissals rise in several communal schools while premises are repurposed for troops. In Moleneck factories halt work. the Charleroi district union sizes reach about 50,000. Government resists revision. universal suffrage looms as a political flashpoint. London notes king Teapeld backing suffrage. A sidewalk collapse in Chicago at 42% West Madison injures Peter Olson, who is morphing toward death.
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Chamber of Deputies
London
Brussels
Daily Telegraph
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German invite for U S officers to view autumn maneuvers
Washington reports the German government has invited three unnamed United States Army officers to observe upcoming large scale maneuvers in Germany next autumn. No official identities or dates were given for the observation event.
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Washington
United States Army
Germany
Nicaragua President Decrees Free Import of Grains
President Zelaya issues a decree for free import of flour wheat beans rice and lard to cope with food scarcity on Nicaragua's Atlantic coast in Managua.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Zelaya
Palma bid farewell as Cuba's president-elect departs
Tomas Estrada Palma, president-elect of Cuba, left Central Valley New York after 18 years in exile. A large crowd escorted him to the station with volunteers, students and flags. Rev F C Harding and Irving Washburn spoke. Palma thanked locals and prepares for travel to New York aided by Erie Railroad President Underwood.
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Tomas Estrada Palma
Cuba
Central Valley
F C Harding
Irsing Washburn
Mr Palma
Poor Man's Great Burden rises flour price across mills
The Northwestern Association of Millers met at the Liverpool corn exchange and voted to raise flour price by a shilling per sack and to add a five pence duty per hundredweight on pre Tuesday deliveries. Following Liverpool actions, other millers nationwide hike flour, while grain dealers in Devon raise prices by a penny per quarter. A sharp night drop in Liverpool prices followed, with early declines of nine pence to a shilling and expectation of further losses.
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London
Northwestern Association of Millers
Liverpool Corn Exchange
Liverpool
Devon
Explorer’s Cuba voyage aims to honor grave in Bayamo
Unnamed traveler departs Wednesday for Cuba. He will land at Gibara then travel to Bayamo seeking his mother’s neglected grave, last visiting Havana by May to coincide with the Cuban congress. He also plans stops in Mansanillo and Santiago en route.
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Gibara
Bayamo
Mansvanillo
Santiago
Havana
Annual NA Mfg Convention Opens in Indianapolis
The seventh annual convention of the National Association of Manufacturers opened in Indianapolis at 1030 Tuesday with DM Parry presiding. Hart state auditor delivered welcome for Indiana. Mayor Charles W. Bockwalter greeted delegates. Speakers included George J Seabury, Charles E Carpenter, Charles A Schieren, S O Rigney, and Gen H Barbour.
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National Asociation of Manufacturers
Hall of Representatives State House
DM. Parry
Hart State Auditor
Durbin
Michigan City
Charles W. Bockwalter
Bureau On Trade and Transportation
George J Seabury
New York
Charles E Carpenter
Philadelphia
Charles A Schieren
Brooklyn
S O Rigney
Massachusetts
Gen H Barbour
Detroit
Prevost Reelected Governor at Bank of England Directors Meeting
London reports indicate Augustus Prevost was reelected governor during a meeting of the Bank of England directors held on April 16. The outcome secures continuity in leadership and policy direction for the central bank.
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Talmage Obsequies in Washington Funeral Service Held
Funeral services for Rev T De Witt Talmage were held Tuesday at the Church of the Covenant. The crowd filled the church as ministers Hamlin Easton Nicol and Demarest officiated and the casket rested before the pulpit with a bed of violets. The service included hymns and prayers and the body was to be interred in Greenwood, Brooklyn, after a New York-bound train transfer.
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John W Poster
Leute Klopseh
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Magruder
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Pennsylvana Railroad
Greenwood Centers
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Rhincheck NY
Tragic Gas Poisoning at Warrenton Apartment Complex
Four people die in a suspected gas inhalation incident at Esther Woolen’s apartment building. Investigators report an odor of gas as the door was forced and Henry Wheeling and others were found dead in the parlor and bedrooms. The incident follows a boat disaster on the Ohio River with many missing or drowned nearby.
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Cece Orie Orm
Man fatally shoots wife in jealous frenzy
St Louis reports Anton Adler aged 36 shot and killed his wife Lizzie Adler six years his senior in a jealous frenzy. Adler surrendered at the police station claiming his wife was unfaithful.
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Cruelty Must End in the Philippines Investigations Ordered
Washington April 16 Secretary Root cabled Gen Chaffee in Manila to probe newspaper reports on the Waller trial and possible court martial of Gen Smith. Testimony alleged Smith ordered killings and burnings, with age limits for killing discussed. officials hope investigations will bring justice.
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Snooth
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Senate Philippine Committee
Fea
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Philippines
Col Dihmoo Tren
Disaster on British warship leaves two lieutenants dead
A devastating explosion aboard a British warship killed two lieutenants and injured several crew members. Survivors describe a chaotic blast as the ship attempted to respond, with investigators beginning a full inquiry into the cause and circumstances surrounding the tragedy.
Assassination at Russian Ministerial Offices
In St Petersburg on Tuesday minister of the interior M Siplaguine was shot in the lobby of the ministerial offices. He died an hour later after the assassin fired five shots as he attempted to receive a folded note. The assailant, named PBalsahanstt, offered no resistance to arrest.
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Maxmilianovsky
Sipiaguine
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Holy Synod
Nevsky
St Petersburg
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Sipsaguine
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Sergius
Nasnasein
Etpuek
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Pbalsahanstt
Valuable Marble Find Sets Stage For Bond Debt Payoff
At Bridewell farm deep excavation uncovered a limestone bed twenty feet down and a marble deposit thirty feet deep. Superintendent Sloan announces the find could be valuable enough to cover Chicago bonded debt, though years of digging remain. Experts deem the marble grant in value upon completion of pit drainage.
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Bridewell
de Pointn
Chienago
Sloan
Market notes and prices from New York grain and livestock
The report shows mixed futures and cash prices for corn rye and barley with firmer wheat and oats markets. Cattle hogs and stockers from South Omaha and Texas are listed with ranges for steers cows bulls and feeders, indicating steady to firm demand and varied price levels.
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