Manila Intruder Foiled by Maidie Ray
In Manila a stealthy veranda thief attempts to steal from Maidie Ray as Brent, Dr. Frank, and guests dine. Maidie, waking from illness, traps the thief by grabbing a lock of hair and fabric, forcing a pursuit and quick capture before daylight.
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Sackett
Manila
Murry
Col. Brent
Calle San Luis
Mimita
Brent
Sandy
Frank
Marion
Waffter
Maidie Ray
Maidie
Bagumbayan
Foster
May Sarquinez
Averill
San Francisco
Carcel
Paco
Ibi
Nighttime Break-In On Brent Estate Stirs Manila
A prowler looted Col Brent and his wife’s rooms ransacking the dressing table and wardrobe. Valuable items including a watch chain Loyal Legion insignia and family jewelry were taken while a knife and phosphorescent coin remained. Sentries fired a test of nerves as alarms echoed through Irmita and Malate, with Manila firemen adding comic relief to the chase.
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Maidie
Col
Mrs. Brent
Loyal Legion
Army of the Potomac
Miss Porter
Marion
Porter
Calle Nueva Brent
Irmita
Malate
Manila
Dr. Frank
Brent
Dilly Ray
Frank
Sandy
Stuyvesant
Suspicions Rise Over Covering Parlor Keyhole
A Boston Transcript quote notes Aunt Hannah and a girl who hides the parlor door keyhole when guests are present. The remark labels such behavior as highly suspicious.
Vivid Imagination Scribbler On Noted Philadelphia Writer
The Philadelphia Record notes a writer nicknamed Scrawler who authored How to Live Well on Eight Dollars Two Week. The piece discusses a vivid imagination and questions whether he is a fiction writer.
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Scribbler
Scrawler
Philadelphia Record
Miles Report Details Filipino Atrocities and Reconcentration
Gen Miles reports misconduct by officers and soldiers in the Philippines. Torture, killings, and forced concentration of 21,000,000 pounds of rice trade losses are cited, with cases on Cebu and Leyte. He notes pestilence, locusts, and 75,000 deaths unreported amid reconcentration and war hardships.
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Washington
War Department
Miles
Philippines
Ile
Calamba
Batangas
Lipa
Vincente Luna
Hennessey
Cebu
Samuels
Forty-fourth Infantry
United States Volunteers
Yeeter
Lacag
Luzon
Tacloban
Leyte
Glenn
Caulfield
Philippine
Quison
Faur
Maj
Watts
Lieut
Ramos, Preston
Carn
McKeen
Gen. Miles
Gen. Bell
Philippine Commission
Davis
Secretary of War
Philippine Islands
Mutiny on American Ship Edward Sewall at Woosung
Advices from the orient report a mutiny aboard the American ship Edward Sewall at Woosung. Captain Quick appealed for help from the battleship Oregon. Marines were sent aboard, mutineers arrested, and the vessel is en route to Honolulu. Owned by Arthur Sewall of Bath Maine.
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Honolulu
Apr
Orient
Dorie
Edward Sewall
Woosung
Quick
United States
Oregon
Arthur Sewall
Bath
Football Team to Visit Ireland and England Under Gaelic Rules
An All-American football team will travel to Ireland and England this summer to compete under Gaelic rules in pursuit of international honors. The trip marks a historic first for American athletics in this code. Washington proposes prosecutorial action in another brief item as the Postmaster General urges the attorney general to present the Tyner safe rifling case to the grand jury.
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Ireland
New York
England
Tto
United States
Washington
Payne
Knox
Mrs. Tyner
Train Collision Kills Eleven Near Buffalo Kansas
A northbound Missouri Pacific stock train collided with a work train near Buffalo Kansas killing eleven men and injuring twenty five. Among the dead and hurt were Greeks and Italians with one American boss, Peter Fry. Misreading orders cited as cause. crews and onlookers aided by doctors from Coffeyville Independence and Neodesha.
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Buffalo
Kan
Missouri Pacific
Peter Fry
Neodesha
Coffeyville
Independence
Rioting in Illinois Legislature Over Lindly Bill
Springfield Illinois April rioting in the state house followed a clash over the Lindly traction bill as Speaker J H Miller faced bribe charges and a crowd surged across the dais. After chaos and police protection the house reorganized and moved to second reading amid calls for roll calls and a vote reconsideration.
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Springfield
Illinois
Reichsrath
J. H. Miller
John Henry Miller
Miller
Abner Miller
Charles Allen
Hoopeston
Peter Knolla
Allen
Lindly
Republican Steering Committee
House
Mueller
House of Six Representatives
House of Representatives
Supreme Court Sides With Alabama Voter Denial
The U S supreme court ruled in Giles v board of registrars of Montgomery County Alabama that the case concerns a political question and relief could not be granted. Jackson W Giles a colored man challenging registration under Alabama's new constitution was denied relief as the issue was deemed political.
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Washington
United States Supreme Court
Jackson W. Giles
Board of Registrars
Montgomery County
Ala
Giles
Alabama
Wolmes
Prominent Lafayette Leader George Seeger Dies at 1
George Seeger Jr., president of the Lafayette Racing and Amusement Association and head of Seeger’s Transfer and Livery, plus Lafayette Stock Sale, dropped dead Monday in Lafayette Indiana. Edward Welcomed to Rome observed by King Edward and Victor Emmanuel as crowds filled Rome streets. Four hundred thousand people cheered the monarchs.
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Lafayette
Ind
George Seeger, Jr
Lafayette Racing and Amusement Association
Seeger’s Transfer and Livery Company
Lafayette Stock Sale Company
Edward
Rome
Great Britain
Victor Emmanuel
Four Killed and a Death by Mob in Separate Iowa and Nova Scotia Incidents
William Johnson 26 of Champlin Minnesota hanged himself in a Fraser Iowa barn to avoid mob violence after being charged with an unnamed crime. In Glace Bay Nova Scotia a gas explosion at the Reserve colliery killed four men and badly injured another, with many workers hospitalized.
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Sioux City
William Johnson
Champlin
Minn
Fraser
Johnson
Glace Bay
N S
St. Johns Hospital
Lipton Honored as Shamrocks Sail Toward Clyde
Lipton is honored in Southampton as the two Shamrocks depart for the Clyde. Weymouth town council votes to present Sir Thomas Lipton with an illuminated address for sportsmanlike efforts to reclaim the America’s Cup. In San Juan, Governor Hunt demands the resignation of Mayaguez mayor Fajardo over municipal fraud charges.
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Lipton
Southampton
Clyde
Weymouth
Sir Thomas Lipton
San Juan
Porto Rico
Hunt
Senor Fajardo
Fajardo
Mayagues
Snail
Tkondon
America
Dedication Week Begins with Arkansas Arrival in St Louis
St Louis welcomes the U S monitor Arkansas as dedication week for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition opens. President Roosevelt will dedicate the fair on April 30, with May 1 and May 2 featuring international diplomacy, state honors, and civic parades. Grover Cleveland is slated to speak.
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St. Louis
United States
Arkansas
Mississippi
Gulf
Olive Street
Jefferson Barracks
Roosevelt
Gov
Odell
New York
Dockery
Missouri
Fair Grounds
Grover Cleveland
E. R. Hendricks
Methodist Church
Henry C. Potter
Lynching Attacks Reported Near Santa Fe and Carthage
News from Thebes and Longview recount two lynchings in April. A seventeen year old colored youth was killed after an assault on a ten year old girl near Santa Fe. In Carthage a four year old white girl was allegedly assaulted and Hensley Johnson was hanged on a public square.
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Thebes
Santa Fe
Branson Davis
Longview
Tex
Carthage
Hensley Johnson
Amos
Ex-Gov Ramsey Dies After Illness at 88 in St Paul
Alexander Ramsey former secretary of war under Hayes and first Minnesota governor died at his home in St Paul aged 88 after a gout attack. He had long served as U S senator and was in Washington when Fort Sumter was fired upon. Relatives surrounded him at the end.
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Sandy
Dist
Paco
Old City
Maidie
Hens
Manila
St. Paul
Minn
Alexander Ramsey
President Hayes
United States
Minnesota
Gov. Ramsey
Washington
Fort Sumter
Lee Resignation Accepted by Missouri Governor
Gov. Dockery in St Louis says he has accepted Lieut. Gov. John A. Lee’s resignation received in a special delivery letter. Senator T J L Rubey becomes acting lieutenant governor, and the new appointee Thomas J Rubey resides in St Louis with ties to Lebanon.
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Jefferson City
Gov
Dockery
St. Louis
John A. Lee
Senate
Thomas Ji. Rubey
Tux Plaza
Lebanon
Trouble Imminent Warns Madrid as Morrocco Consuls Alert Residents
Telegrams from Morocco report Tetuan and Ceuta consuls ordering foreign residents to be ready to depart at a moment's notice amid rising tension in the region.
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Madrid
Morocco
Tetuan
Ceuta
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