Dozens Die in Alaska Snow Slide On Chilkat Trail
A Skaguay dispatch dated April 3 reports a snowslide on the Chilkat trail between the Scales and Stonehouse killing at least 31 and injuring many more. About 50 people were overtaken by the avalanche with some buried or scattered along the trail. A blinding snowstorm hindered travel as Sobarth Sprague and Stevenson of Seattle were found together in bed.
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Seattle
Wash
Skaguay
Alaska
Scales
Stonehouse
President Reemlin Opens League of Bimetallic Clubs Meet
About 500 people attend the convention in Indianapolis with new officers elected J P Tarvin of Kentucky as president and Ailen W Clark Indiana as secretary. The resolutions pledge bimetallism and free coinage at sixteen to one and oppose the single gold standard while expressing support for William J Bryan and Cuban patriots.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Reemlin
League of Bimetallic Clubs
Ohio Valley
J. P. Tarvin
Kentucky
N. R. Tucker
Ohio
F. J. van Voorhis
Indiana
A. C. Bently
Illinois
Ailen W. Clark
Colon Scott
John Overmeyer
Silas A. Shepard
H. L. Dunbar
H. C. Cordrey
D. E. Gear
A. R. Williams
Ramsey Washington
Joseph L. Rhinock
J. Morse
League
Congress
William J. Bryan
Spring Elections Flag Democrat Gains Across Chicago
Chicago voters on Tuesday backed Democratic tickets in the three city divisions and the Town of Lake, with Republicans routing Hyde Park Lake View Jefferson and Cicero. Aldermanic results show 17 Democrats 17 Republicans and 1 independent, a reform win for city franchise compensation. In Illinois, Republicans won multiple towns while Democrats scored in Charleston Edwardsville Galena Paris Kewanee Ottawa Carlinville Pontiac Rock Island. St Paul reports large turnout in Minnesota.
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Lake
Hyde Park
Lake View
Jefferson
Cicero
Johnny” Powers
Armstrong
Illinois
Assumption
Clinton
Chrisman
Decatur
Jélgin
Mount Vernon
Monmouth
Moncaqua
Vandalia
Waukepan
Dloomington
Lisle
Geneseo
Galesburg
Moline
Springfield
Warsaw
Bement
Dwight
Charleston
Edwardsville
Reeport
Galena
Paris
Kewanee
Ottawa
Carlinville
Pontiac
Rock Island
St. Paul
Minn
European Powers Present Peace Message To President McKinley
Representatives of Great Britain France Germany Russia Austria and Italy formalize their Cuban peace initiative at the White House. Sir Julian Pauncefote delivers the collective note outlining friendship and peaceful avenues amid tensions with Spain.
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Washington
Europe
France
Germany
Russia
Austria
Italy
United States
White House
State Department
Spain
Julian Pauncefote
Austria-Hungary
Great Britain
Cuba
McKinley
Hungary
Judge Day
Sherman
Madrid
Bayonne
Avalanche Strikes Chilkat Pass Amid Snowy Storm
A massive avalanche swept across the Chilkat Pass trail on a weekend after a southerly storm. authorities estimate thousands of tons of snow and ice, burying the path used by travelers and supporting the rescue response.
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Taiga
Yukon
Perilous Klondike Trail Through Chilkat Pass
The text warns travelers of a treacherous ascent along the coast range with snow covered peaks and imminent ice and rock slides. Narrow paths run beside dangerous chasms where outfits and horses are lost beyond recovery. Chilkat Pass spans about 30 miles ending near Take Lindeman.
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Coast Range
Klondikers
Fire Engulfs Pattern Storehouse in Sacramento
A large three story Southern Pacific pattern storehouse on 1st Street between Front and Second was gutted by fire. Loss estimated from 200000 to 1000000 with 40000 patterns destroyed. Fire thought to start from heating pipes. rebuilding patterns could take 20 men 25 years.
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Sacramento
Cal
Southern Pacific Company
Frost Damages Tennessee Crops Across the South
Reports from Tennessee Alabama and Georgia indicate heavy crop damage from frosts Tuesday and Wednesday nights. Peach crops are nearly ruined many berries cut in half and early vegetables killed. total losses run into thousands of dollars.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Tennessee
North
Alabama
North Georgia
Kitchener Leads Successful Attack on Dervishes at Atbara
Anglo Egyptian forces under Sir Herbert Kitchener attacked near Atbara on Friday. Mahomed’s fortress center fell. 2,000 dervishes killed and hundreds wounded. Mahomed, the dervish general, was captured.
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Cairo
Sir Herbert Kitchener
Atbara
Mahomed
Varba
Quote on freeing Cuba and freeing America
A speaker urges focus on liberation efforts both in Cuba and at home, stressing that a greater task remains to free the United States from oppression and advance national freedom. The remark links foreign independence to internal reform and civic duty.
Shawneetown Flood Toll Revised at 30 Dead or Missing
A revised toll from Shawneetown flood lists 30 dead or missing, with townsfolk recounting exaggerated losses amid homeless families along the levee. The disaster also submerges Uniontown and Raleigh, with $100,000 property loss and fires kept alight by driftwood.
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Shawneetown
Mount Vernon
Ind
Carney
Uniontown
Raleigh
Maine Blown Up by Treachery, Says Captain Sigshee
Capt Sigshee told the House Foreign Affairs Committee that he believes the Maine was destroyed by a submarine mine and that Spanish authorities may be involved though he would not commit to that conclusion. He described the buoy anchoring and ship position as permitting fire on two forts simultaneously.
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Washington
Sigshee
House Committee On Foreign Affairs
Maine
Board of Inquiry
Actress Margaret Mather Dies After Collapse During Cymbeline
Margaret Mather the actress collapsed during the cave scene in Cymbeline in Charleston West Virginia and died Thursday at 5 p.m. from convulsions due to acute Brights disease. An obituary notes her death followed a Wednesday collapse on stage.
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Charleston
W. Va
Margaret Mather
Ohio municipal elections yield startling Democratic wins
Ohio voters produced major Democratic victories in Columbus on April 5. Cincinnati voters swept the city with John Galvin defeated for judge of the superior court, while Zanesville and Newark elected Democratic majorities and Upper Sandusky also chose a Democrat. Springfield backed a liberal local government and supported the previous year's Democratic school candidate in Warren, as the Woman's Political Equality club won the school election.
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Columbus
Ohio
Cincinnati
Senator Foraker
Superior Court
John Galvin
Zanesville
Newark
Upper
Sandusky
Springfield
Woman's Political Equality Club
Warren
Pope declines mediation in Spain United States conflict
Rome April 6 Pope Pius IX receives Archbishop Ireland telegram stating President McKinley declines the Holy See mediation between the United States and Spain. The message outlines McKinley’s policy opposing war now and seeking to avoid armed conflict.
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Ireland
McKinley
United States
Spain
Amish plans move to Michigan exodus from Ohio farms
Mount Eaton Ohio April 9 The Amish people a large farming sect in Wayne and Holmes counties plan to move to Michigan Ten leading men search for a suitable location in the peninsula and if favorable the whole company will emigrate there.
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Mount Eaton
Wayne
Holmes Counties
Peninsula of
Gould Donates 15000 to Missouri Pacific Exposition
George Gould of Omaha visited the exposition and praised construction progress and scale, donating 15000 dollars to support the enterprise. The Missouri Pacific Railway president expressed satisfaction with the undertaking during the April 8 visit.
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George Gould
Omaha
Neb
Missouri Pacific Railway Company
Exposition
Navajo Indians Offer Scout Services for Defense
Gov Adams in Denver reports a letter from Robert Mitchell of Cortez stating 500 Navajo Indians have offered to defend the United States against Spain. Mitchell, with 20 years as a west army scout, calls them the best scouts of the Indian race.
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Denver
Col
Gov. Adams
Robert Mitchell
Cortez
United States
Spain
Maving
Mitchell
Feud Ends in Double Slaying in Kentucky
A. J. Howard former Clay county sheriff and his son Will were killed in an ambush near Manchester. The feud among the Philpots Bakers Campbells and Howards has claimed about twenty lives over the past year with frequent ambush attacks.
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Middlesboro
The
Herald
Manchester
Howard
Clay County
Will
Philpots
Bakers
Campbells
Howards
Governor Tin nel Calls for Volunteers in Delaware
Wilmington April 9 Gov Tin nel issues proclamation urging able bodied men to submit names for enlistment in the national volunteer reserves.
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Wilmington
Del
Tinnel
National Volunteer Reserves
General Lee Recalled from Javana for Safety
Washington April 6 Consul General Tee was recalled Tuesday from Javana as a precautionary measure for his personal safety.
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Gen. Lee
Washington
Tee
Javana
Armistice Granted Without Conditions Reached in Cuba
The Spanish government announces an armistice in Cuba without conditions and plans to develop liberal institutions for Cuba with Cuban parliament involvement. Spain seeks US clarity on public opinion after the Maine disaster and proposes expert review of the incident. Blanco is ordered to proclaim the armistice and Cuban troops will be garrisoned while insurgent activity continues.
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Senor Polo Y Bernabe
State Department
Spain
Gen
Blanco
Cuba
Maine
United States
Minster Woodford
Philippine Islands
Publc
America
Friends of Peace
Island of
Canada
Madrid
Havana
Senor Polo
Senor DuBose
Legation
Senor J’olo
Armenia Patriarch reports forty thousand orphans in Anatolia
The Armenian patriarch in Constantinople reports 40 churches destroyed in the recent massacres in Anatolia and estimates 40,000 orphans whose parents were killed. The relief committee is informed of the figures.
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Constantinople
Armenia
Turkish Relief Committee
Anatolia
Browns and Brewers duel in 20 innings at Sportsman's Park
In St Louis on April 11 the National League game between the Browns and Milwaukee Braves went 20 innings. St Louis won 12 to 11 with Cross scoring the winning run as records fell in a marathon affair at Sportsman's Park.
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Sportsman's Park
Browns
Milwaukees
Cross
St.Louis
Milwaukee
Col. O. T. Beard Dies Suddenly in Detroit Ties
Col. O T Beard veteran of the Sixth-ninth New York Volunteers died Sunday night in Poughkeepsie from apoplexy. He served in the Civil War and spent years as an editor of the Detroit Tribune. A noted political speaker, he was known across several states.
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N. Y
O. T. Beard
New York Volunteers
Detroit Tribune
Barcelona Sails From New Orleans with Mules for Cuba
The Span 25n Barcelona departed New Orleans for Genoa via Havana carrying 600 mules 25 horses cattle poultry and other supplies for the Spanish government in Cuba.
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Cuba
New Orleans
Barcelona
Genoa
Havana
Reststs With Congress on Cuba Policy
Washington faces a pivotal Cuba policy moment as Congress weighs the McKinley message on Spain and Cuba. Foreign relations committees will report, with Republicans and Democrats debating independence and intervention options, while Senor Polo at Madrid gauges the response.
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United States
Spain
Cuba
Congress
McKinley
Cleveland
Venezuela
Harrison
I 1
Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
House
Committee On Foreign Affairs
Butler
N. C
Maine
Cuban
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Senor Polo
Legation
Madrid
Gen. Grant
Texas
Madrid in an Uproar Over Armed Protests and Armistice Decree
Crowds in Puerta del Sol and outside the interior ministry clashed with gendarmes and police as demonstrators cried Viva Espana. After repeated dispersals and a midnigh patrol, calm returned, and a decree restoring armistice was published as Gen Blanco considered declaring suspension.
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Madrid
Puerta del Sol
Espana
Senor Aguilera
Blanco
Ree
Second Moon Sighted by Citizens Sparks Skepticism
Dr Waltemath’s purported second moon was sighted at Greifswald on February 4 by a postmaster and 11 others and at Munich on February 16 by a painter and another man, though German astronomers question the observations. A Bulawayo rail line describes a river crossing with a long train pushed by engines before the bridge washed away. Cyprus yields first Mycenaean gold readied from a sphinx plate and two armed youths, dating to about 1100 BC.
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Waltemath
Greifswald
Germany
Munich
Bulawayo
Cyprus
Christ
Revenue Law Shows Surplus Amid March Receipts
The new revenue law yields enough to cover ordinary expenses with March receipts totaling 82.96 million. Expenditures run 81.91 million, producing a surplus of 1.05 million. Cash balance at March 31 stands at 226.16 million with gold and bullion at 173.69 million. Customs receipts by month show a record surge since the law’s enactment, highlighting a favorable fiscal period for the government.
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Treasury
Ccc
Peer Esevael Bebwee Ee
Queer Principles in Free Silver Club Debated
Chicago Tribune notes a draft declaration for a rival democratic free silver club to the Iroquois. It argues the principles conceal real aims like favoring single silver standard, extensive debt forgiveness, and retroactive coinage, critiquing vagueness on liberty and economy.
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Democratic
Free Silver Club
Free Silverites
Chicago Tribune
Political commentary on McKinley and silver issue across papers
A compilation of editorials attacking free silver and praising McKinley while critiquing Wall Street influence and praising the Dingley tariff. Notes improved manufacturing and farm prices with rising farm valuations and lower corporate failures in the year following the act.
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Troy Times
President McKinley
Cleveland
J. Bryan
St. Louis
Globe-Democratic
Wallstreet
Cleveland Leader
United States
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Agricultural Department
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