Censure Dispatch Targets Buller and Warren in War Report
Lord Roberts publishes February dispatch criticizing Gen Buller and Gen Warren over Spion Kop and January campaigns. Censorship tightens as Boers retreat near Bloemfontein and Mafeking fever rises. Schalkburger named vice president. Gen Louis Botha acting commandant general succeeds Joubert.
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London
Lord Roberts
Redvers Buller
Charles Warren
War Office
Buller
Warren
Spion Kop
Bloemfontein
Kaba N’chu
Pretoria
Mafeking
Col. Baden-Powell
Joubert
Distrust grows as steel and trade signals shift in April
New York reports from R G Dun Weekly Review of Trade note a $5 per ton price cut on plates and bars and mill closures by American Steel and Wire. Market turmoil follows with uncertain prices, deferred contracts, and 184 weekly US failures. Despite this, railroad earnings stay strong and improved spring retail demand boosts overall trade.
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New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Tron
New York Tunnel
United States
Canada
Bradstreet’s
Lower Iorces
Indictments Naming Goebel Murder Accessories
More indictments were returned by the Kentucky grand jury in Frankfort on April 20. John W. Davis and Green Golden are charged as accessories to Gov. Goebel's murder. Golden is a cousin of Wharton Golden, who turned state's evidence. Davis, a capitol square policeman, allegedly tried to flee Frankfort with Caleb Powers.
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Frankfort
John W. Davis
Green Golden
Gov. Goebel
Wharton Golden
John VW. Davis
Capitol Square
Caleb Powers
Andrews to Leave Chicago Board of Education May 1
Dr. J Benjamin Andrews plans to sever his link with the Chicago board of education on May 1. At a board meeting President Harris read a note from the superintendent announcing acceptance of the University of Nebraska chancellorship and requesting two months leave of absence.
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Chicago
J. Benjamin Andrews
Chicago Board of Education
Harris
University of Nebraska
Time Extended for Philippine Citizenship Choice
The senate committee on foreign relations approved a favorable report on a convention with Spain extending by six months the period for Spanish residents in the Philippine islands to decide if they will keep Spanish citizenship or become Philippine citizens. Charles Hinley ex-secretary of Kentucky Republican state indicted and urged to return to Kentucky to face charges.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
United States
Spain
Philippine Islands
Philippines
Indianapolis
Ind
Charles Hinley
State of
Kentucky
Cuban Census Shows Cuban Population Details Under Sanger
Gen Sanger released the Cuban census results noting a total population of 1 572 797 with 815 205 males and 757 502 females. Havana city 235 981 and province 424 804, with 49 414 children ten plus attending school and 443 426 literate.
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Washington
Sanger
War Department
Cuba
Havana City
Havana
Matanwas
Pinar del Rio
Puerto Principe
Santa Clara
Santiago
Disastrous floods sweep Mississippi and Louisiana towns
A New Orleans dispatch reports floods causing at least 3 million dollars in losses in central and southern Mississippi and widespread damage in Louisiana. Mail service is cut, bridges and rail lines washed away, with Columbia Mississippi alone facing about 500000 in losses and cattle and farm buildings ruined.
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Memphis
Tenn
New Orleans
Mississippi
Louisiana
Columbia
Miss
Pearl River
Northeastern
Trans-Mississippi Commercial Congress Adopts Plans
Houston April 21 The elev enth annual session adjourned after endorsing a permanent organization plan and the St Louis exposition. It appointed a committee to represent the congress in the St Louis fair hearing and urged rapid passage of a Nicaragua canal bill. The afternoon committee backed sugar industry support open Gilsonite in Utah canal and waterway improvements.
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Houston
Tex
trans-Mississippi Commercial Congress
Cripple Creek
Col
Congress
National Congress
Aftenoon
Committee On
Gilsonite
Utah
Buffalo
Armour & Co Unveils Million Dollar Electric Plant
In Chicago on Friday morning Armour & Co at the Union stock yards began operation of a massive new electric plant. The system, the largest of its kind, cost just over $1,000,000 and promises annual savings sufficient to pay the investment in about four years.
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Chicago
Armour & Co
Union Stock Yards
Vanderbilt Estate Valuation Near Sixty Million in New York
New York April 20. The appraised value of Cornelius Vanderbilt’s estate is about 60 million dollars exclusive of the residuary trust for Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt. Based on inheritance tax figures the assets total 32 million, with 320272 paid to the state comptroller Coler. Earlier estimates had placed the estate at 125 million.
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New York
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt
Coler
Change in Nicaragua canal bill alters fortification provision
In Washington on April 21 the house committee on interstate and foreign commerce removed the fortification clause from the Hepburn Nicaragua canal bill, signaling a likely compromise and aiming for quick consideration. Reports from Denver indicate heavy livestock losses from recent rain and snow, with sheep losses near Trinidad estimated at 20,000 head.
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Washington
House Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Denver
Cal
Lavela
Trinidad
Missionaries Gather in New York Ecumenical Conference Opens
More than 2000 delegates from around the world attend the ecumenical conference on foreign missions at Carnegie Hall New York with welcome addresses by ex president Harrison and President McKinley The sessions run through May 1 with church assignments on Sundays and visits to five boroughs.
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New York
McKinley
Harrison
United States
Benjamin Harrison
Carnegie Hall
Ecumenical Conference On Foreign Missions
Society For the Propagation of the Gospel
Ike Paul
Conference of Missions
Judson Smith
D. B
MeKhinley
Gov. Roosevelt
Morris K. Jesup
President McKinley
Christian Missions
Christian Missionary Society
Church of England
Church of Tang Gland
London Missionary Society of the Congregational Church
American Board of Foreign Missions
Congregational Church
Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions
The
Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church
American
Saloons to Reopen After Petition Approval in Des Moines
Des Moines officials certified the saloon consent petition on Saturday, prompting the city council to issue its consent resolution. Saloons are to reopen this morning. Also, ex Lieut. Gov. Matt Parrott of Waterloo Iowa died Sunday in Battle Creek after Bright's disease treatment.
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Des Moines
Board of Supervisors
Bright
Battle Creek
Mich
Matt Parrott
Waterloo
Conferees Agree on Hawaii Government Bill Plan
The House and Senate conferees reach unanimous agreement on a Hawaii government bill. It creates a governor, two house legislature, and a judiciary while allowing a nonvoting congressional delegate. The measure confirms crown lands as Hawaiian government property and sets residency rules for Chinese residents, omitting deportation provisions due to Japan treaty concerns.
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House
Senate
Islands
Hawaii
Congress
House of Representatives
United States
Territory of Hawaii
Tonolulu
Flilo
Hahukona
Kahului
DeArmond
Missouri
Hawaiit
Japan
Merchants Protest Stamp Taxes on Shipments and Telegrams
Washington reports that the Merchants' Association of New York presented a memorial to the Ways and Means Committee urging abolition of stamp taxes on express, railroad, and steamboat shipments and on telegrams. The group claims 1,400 New York firms and expands nationwide, denouncing express charges as monopolistic and seeking tax shifts onto carriers.
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Washington
Payne
House Committee On Ways and Means
Merchants’ Association of New York
New York City
United States
Interstate Commerce Commission
Supreme Court
Three Men Die In Ajax Dynamite Works Blast
A dynamite plant near Kawkawlin Bay City exploded Friday afternoon killing three men William Weaver Edward Walligan and William Van Viassar all from nearby towns Their bodies were mangled and debris toppled trees and houses in KawKawlin Owner N H Thomas said the explosion likely resulted from a dropped pail of dynamite This marks the fourth blast in seven years with slight financial loss reported Meanwhile in Kansas City populists form a new Progressive People's Party at a state convention naming Richard Thomas as governor candidate and endorsing reforms and anti trust positions.
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Bay City
Mich
Ajax Dynamite Works
Kawkawlin
This County
William Weaver
Edward Walligan
William van Viassar
West Bay City
N. H. Thomas
Kansas City
Progressive People’s Party
Omaha
William J. Bryan
John D. Rockefeller
Richard Thomas
Saline County
Seven Men Guilty in Bar Nickel Murder Verdict
In Belleville on April 20 the jury found Charles Hastings guilty and sentenced him to 18 years in the penitentiary for the murder of Sheriff Herman Bar Nickel during an attempted jail delivery. Five co-defendants received 14 year terms. Sheriff Barnickel killed Benton Revelle after Revelle fatally wounded him during the botched break. Peoria report notes Illinois Supreme Court ruling the advertising flag law unconstitutional.
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Belleville
Ill
Herman Barnickel
Charles Hastings
Barnickel
Benton Revelle
Revelle
Peoria, Ill
Journal
Springfield
Ilinois Supreme Court
Filipinos Suffer Heavy Losses in Manila War
Manila reports reveal 378 Filipinos killed and 244 wounded with 1,000 insurgents likely killed as battles raged around Manila. American losses total nine killed and 16 wounded, as Gen. Pio del Pilar and other insurgent forces reappear in Luzon and clash with U S units including the Thirty-fifth and Thirty-seventh Infantry. Montenegro, once a top Filipino officer, is captured and held in Manila after a hard pursuit by Col. Smith’s detachment.
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Manila
Luzon
Pio del Pilar
San Miguel
Pilar
Batangas
Wonde
San Jose
Sergt
Ledoius
Lincoln Republicans to Supplant Free Silver Rulers in 1896 Style
Formal announcement from Minneapolis details the rename of the Free Silver Republicans to Lincoln Republicans. The switch aims to broaden the party base, align with regenerated democracy, and push the single issue aside. The change occurs at Kansas City on July 4 during conventions. Corser frames Lincoln Republican league as active in Illinois Ohio and Minnesota.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Silver Republican Party
Corser
Lincoln Republicans
National
Lincoln Republican Party
Kansas City
McKinley
Lincoln
Bryan
Towne
Lincoln Republican League
Ilinois
Ohio
Minnesota
Flames Sweep Vast Forest Belts From Winnipeg to Warren
A Saskatchewan Manitoba forest fire line rages along the Southeastern railway from La Broquerie to Warren with about 500 believed entrapped. A special train evacuates Buchanan and Keith crews near Vassar as flames consume 100 teams and 40 wagons. Estimate loss reaches $1,000,000 as fires threaten more timber towns. Duluth reports fires waning, damage in thousands of dollars, and anticipation of rain to ease conditions.
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Winnipeg
Man
la Broquerie
Warren
Minn
J. A. Buchanan
Neil & Keith
J. Hylan
Vassar
Wood Ridge
Buchanan and Keith
Duluth
Forest Fire District
Burglar Shot by Sheriff at McConnellsville Bank
Marshal Porter confronted a burglar at the McConnellsville National Bank at two p m. The burglar drew a revolver and Porter fired wounding him in the left side. The assailant, whose identity is unknown, likely faces a fatal injury. He had many burglar tools and appeared desperate.
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McConnellsville
Porter
McConnellsville National Bank
Shortage Charged Against ex secretary J S Anderson
A report to the state auditor by experts alleges a shortage of 25116.31 against J S Anderson former secretary of United States Life Insurance company. The companys attorney will sue Anderson and the expert report will be submitted to the grand jury.
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Indianapolis
Ind
J.S. Anderson
United States Life Insurance Company
Anderson
Turkey Agrees to Pay US Indemnity Settlement
The Sublime Porte, concerned by Col. Hay's firm stance, replies to Washington on the $100,000 claim for Armenian massacres damage. The sultan offers payment under the same terms as other nations, fears a Mediterranean naval demonstration, and agrees to negotiate replacing prior protests with talks. Other powers monitor the Turco American dispute closely.
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Constantinople
Sublime Porte
Col. Hay
Mediterranean
Death of Bishop Mullen marks solemn Erie funeral
Rt Rev Tobias Mullen aged 82 dies at 9 46 PM after paralysis on May 19 1597. He served Erie diocese fifty years with thirty three as bishop. Funeral Thursday likely attended by 150 priests bishops Cardinal Gibbons and other dignitaries.
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Mullen
Erie
Tobias
Cardinal Gibbons
Martinelli
Maine attorney’s $500 counsel fee blindsided partners
A well known Maine lawyer is accused of profiting from deals with partners by claiming extra council fees. After a profitable first year, the attorney demanded $500 more, then watched as others unloaded the venture. When profits collapsed his partners revealed they too had avoided losses by unloading earlier.
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Maine
Lewiston
Doctor Diagnoses Heavy Cold with Narrow Pneumonia Escape
A Detroit notepeice recounts a young man visiting a doctor amid feverish cheeks and a chest rind soiled lungs. The physician warns of possible pneumonia but reassures a few days rest will suffice. The patient jokes about brain water after a wedding reception mishap and quips about a noisy barber.
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Science
Detroit
Jame
Thad
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Advertisements
Personal testimonials describe relief from female troubles and painful menses after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Mrs Axes Pescunten from Romeo Michigan credits the medicine with complete recovery and improved health after months of suffering. Mrs Caramssa Streser of Diller Nebraska and Mrs E F Custriz of Brule Wisconsin report kidney, stomach, and menstrual improvements and renewed well being.
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Romeo, Mich
PiInxuAst
Lydia E. Pinkham
Cararnsa Streser
Diller
Neb
Pinkiam
Lydia EK. Pinkham
E. F. Custriz
Brule
Wis
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American Steel & Wire Company
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G. W. Noyes
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