Great Crime Lecture Links Lincoln Assassination to Alcohol
Special Washington letter recounts witnesses who claim Booth’s body was identified by eye and touch on a gunboat. The piece links alcoholic excess to Booth and argues temperance as moral response, noting Lincoln’s death prompted shifts in public rights and prohibition sentiment. Senator Stewart recalls meeting Lincoln and learning of the assassination.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Abraham Lincoln
Stewart
Nevada
Senate
Booth
House
Allison
Iowa
Louis Dietrich
Lincoln
Ford
John Wilkes Booth
Dr. Todd
Army
Todd
Arsenal
Navy Yard
Harold
Payne
Atzerodt
Mrs. Surratt
Baltimore
Potomac
Benedict Arnold
Edwin Booth
Ton
Idwin Booth
Dietrich
Guiteau
Garfield
Republic
James C. Lindon
John B. Gough
John
Wilkes Booth
White House
Smith D. Fry
Arsenic in Vegetables Sparks Health Concerns
The Lancet reports arsenic in artificial manures, especially superphosphate of lime, is water soluble and absorbed by plants. Cabbages and turnips from treated soils show arsenic in tissues, raising fears of arsenic in beef, mutton, and malt and urging further investigation.
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Lancet
Chambers’ Journal
The Inevitable Finish and Waggles Dining Dilemma
Town Topics notes a punning exchange about health foods causing dyspepsia. Jaggles questions the cause while Waggles defends a strict healthful diet. The light item mirrors community humor on meals and manners.
Spring and Summer Styles Emphasize Bright Color and Flowers
Fashion notes in color driven spring and summer trends highlight brilliant hues and floral accents in gowns hats and parasols. Designers showcase bold color contrasts with single color garments featuring vivid undersleeves and inventive trims in outdoor wear including blue serge yachts and shepherd checked red outfits. SARAH DAVIDSON.
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Olor
Sarah Davidson
The Selection of Wardrobes for Summer Wear
New York summer girls plan wardrobes for seaside lakeside and mountain resorts. They favor French flannels serges tweeds and linen blends with self material trims and lace. The season promises a notable change and improvement in styles.
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York
New York
Curious Yankee Notion of Picture Telegraphy
Chauncey McGovern asserts that sending photographs and personal handwritten letters via telegraph is possible within an hour. The telediagraph uses the writer’s handwriting with all peculiarities preserved, not coded dots and dashes. It has been under two years of exclusive use by six newspapers and may expand globally after April 19.
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Chauncey McGovern
Frank Leslie
New York City
San Francisco
Colored Americans Seek Liberia Emigration From New York
News notes that 16 African Americans sailed from New York to Monrovia under the Liberian Colonial Society of Birmingham Alabama. More members plan to follow within weeks as they seek land grants and new opportunity in West Africa.
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Monrovia
West Africa
New York
Liberian Colonial Society of
Birmingham
Ala
Liberia
Bank Trust Funder Sees Cashier Abscond With Umbrella
A Yonkers Statesman note recounts a bank trustee inquiry into a cashier who has fled the premises. The president confirms the man is gone and mentions only an umbrella and an old pair of overshoes left behind.
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Yonkers Statesman
Mocking Remark Sparks Chicago Newspaper Quotation
A Chicago Record quotation describes a young man as stupid both in sheep and cold boiled mutton terms, reflecting harsh language used in public commentary.
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Chicago
China Declines Signing Manchurian Convention
The Chinese government formally informs Russia that it cannot sign the Manchurian convention due to the current hostile stance of powers. China seeks friendly terms with all nations and warns against alienating others. Russia is informally notified and Li Hung Chang and Prince Ching are cited on opposing views.
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Peking
Russia
China
Li Hung Chang
Prince Ching
Washington
Gen. Chaffee
Daily Express
Liu Kin Yi
Nenking
Japan
United States
Gajna
Manchuria
State Department
Hay
Count Cassini
Harri son reelected mayor as Chicago vote tops 156k
Chicago results show Carter Harrison Jr. reelected mayor by a 28 257 plurality over Hancey with Harrison at 156 952 and Hancey 128 695. Republicans win the new city council by ten votes and hold 39 seats to 29 Democrats, with 18 Municipal Voters' League endorsed aldermen elected.
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Chicago
Carter H. Harrison
Harrison
Hancey
Municipal Voters’ League
Honore Palmer
Potter Palmer
Helm
Springfield
John II, Phillips
William C. Converse
Converse
Phillips
Galesburg
W. C. R. Bradley
Joliet
Racine
Wis
Michael Higgins
Fred Klein
St. Louis
Rolla Wells
House of Delegates
Wells
Parker
Meriwether
Filley
St. Paul
Minn
Kansas City
Kan
William HL. Craddock
B. L. Short
Craddock
Short
Hughes
Benson
Topeka
Review of Trade describes steady markets in 1901 hopes
The piece notes a steady trade with more gains than losses, strong iron and steel demand, and contracts extending into year end. It cites robust pig iron consumption, ongoing plant expansions, and expected summer furnace work. It also reports commercial and banking failures for early 1901 but shows shrinking liabilities, indicating a solid foundation for the new century.
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New York
Dan's Weekly Review of Trade
Iron and
Atlantic
Chicago
British Successes Reported as War Front Advances
Dispatches from Pretoria dated April 1 to April 5 outline British gains and actions in South Africa. Plumer occupies Nylstroom, French captures three guns on the Pongola, and 31 prisoners taken in the Orange River Colony with no casualties reported. A night raid near Boschberg yields 60 Boers captured. Reports also note Treason trial and execution of De Kock, and a Boer cross-border attempt near Bethulie that failed. March casualty totals show nine officers and 103 men killed, 26 officers and 270 men wounded.
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London
Pretoria
Lord Kitchener
War Office
Plumer
Nylstroom
Lower Pongola
Orange River Colony
Bloemfontein
Boschberg
Brandfort
Saltpan
Morning Post
de Kock
Smith-Dorrien
Louis Botha
Bethulie
Kritzinger
Here
South Africa
Gainsborough Duchess of Devonshire Portrait Found in Chicago
The Gainsborough portrait stolen from London in 1876 after being cut from its frame and used as a pawn to press a forger’s release has resurfaced in Chicago. It had travelled through England, America, and Europe for 25 years via false-bottom trunks and multiple warehouses before being discovered following a convict’s deathbed confession.
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Chicago
England
America
Europe
Gainsborough
Duchess of Devonshire
London
Northwestern Kansas Blizzard Strands Towns Along Orleans Route
A severe blizzard hit the northwestern Kansas counties, stranding towns along the Orleans and St. Francis branch of the Burlington and Missouri River railroad. The storm began Thursday night and lasted ten hours, worsening conditions for residents cut off since March 23. Fuel and provisions are scarce across about a dozen communities within 40 miles.
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McDonald
Kan
Kansas
Orleans & St. Francis
Burlington & Missouri River
Great Cargo of Tobacco Arrives From Havana
The steamer Mexico from Havana arrived Thursday night delaying 21% days at Havana for tobacco. She carries over 7,000 bales the largest tobacco cargo ever shipped from Havana.
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New York
Mexico
Havana
Gen Cassius Clay Defies Sheriff in White Hall Clash
A pitched morning battle occurred at White Hall Kentucky as Gen Cassius M Clay resisted deputies led by Deputy Sheriff R W Colyer attempting to seize household goods from Mrs Mary K Clay Gen Clays daughter.
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Richmond
Cassius M. Clay
White Hall
R. W. Colyer
Clay
Mary K. Clay
Plague Deaths Rise in Cape Town Outbreak
Plague corpses found in streets and homes suggest concealment of exposure. Total deaths reach 107 with 22 Europeans among the victims. Reported cases total 315 in Cape Town as officials battle the outbreak.
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Cape Town
Aguinaldo oath signals pacification hopes in Philippines
Secretary Root releases a Manila cable stating Aguinaldo swore to the U S oath renouncing rebel governments and pledging loyalty to the United States. Though he is a prisoner, the war department expects the oath to aid pacification as Gen MacArthur reports other surrenders and Remey notes insurgent capitulations at Cavite.
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Washington
Root
War Department
Manila
Aguinaldo
Malacanan
Archipelago
Arellano
MacArthur
Philippine Islands
United States of America
United States
Gen. MacArthur
Islands
Tlain
Robert P. Hughes
Banga
Panay
Kobbe
Mindanao
Remey
Cavite
Rural Free Delivery Rules and Carrier Attire Changes
Washington issues a rural free delivery circular detailing petition requirements for service, route lengths, population, road quality, and endorsements. Carriers may wear gray blouses during heat with postmaster approval, while routes pay up to 500 dollars annually and require carrier stamps and mail handling duties.
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Washington
A. W. Mahen
Free Delivery Bureau
Post Office Department
Congress
United States
Money for King Edward Civil List Recommendations
A London report on civil list changes fixes the new total at about £470,000 with allocations for Privy purse, household salaries, expenses, works, and sundries. Annuities include £20,000 to the duke and £70,000 for the queen if she outlives the king, plus £30,000 for the duchess. The plan shows a net increase of £67,000. Labouchere opposes any rise.
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London
Duke of Cornwall
York
Duchess of Cornwall
Mr. Labouchere
Anti-Saloon League Sets December National Convention
Washington April 5 The American Anti-Saloon league board fixes December 3 to 5 as the national convention dates in this city. Officials say a large gathering of anti-saloon leagues from across the country will attend the event.
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Washington
The
American Anti-Saloon League
Castellane Case Ends Court Jurisdiction Ruling
New York appellate court decides it has no jurisdiction in Countess Castellane affairs and dissolves injunction restricting George Gould from paying her more than $200 000 annually.
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New York
Countess Castellane
George Gould
Gould
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Iits
Africa
Review OF Trade
Mlerry Im
Gen. Clay
King Edward
Labouchere
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