END COMES QUIETLY Generals Death Leaves Family by Bedside
Gen. Warrison died at 4 45 pm Wednesday after a quiet painless decline. Relatives and many Indiana dignitaries mourn the statesman with tributes from Gov Durbin and Judge Baker. McKinley issued a 30 day mourning proclamation and flags to half mast nationwide. President McKinley attended the funeral and cabinet members served as honorary pallbearers.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Warrison
Indiana
Miller
John B. Elam
Harrison
James Whitcomb Riley
Durbin
United States
Baker
Lew Wallace
McKinley
Cuba
Porto Rico
Hawaii
Philippines
War and Navy Departments
Canton
Gen
Benjamin Harrison career highlights and family connections
Benjamin Harrison twenty third president of the United States born August 20 1838 son of John Scott Harrison grandson of William Henry Harrison great grandson of Benjamin Harrison. He studied law in Cincinnati and moved to Indianapolis in 1854. He held Indiana recorder position, served in the northern army, ran for Indiana governor, joined the Mississippi River Commission, served as U.S. senator, won the presidency in 1888, and later engaged in arbitration work with Venezuela. He married Caroline Lavinia Scott and had a daughter Mary Elizabeth later connected to Mary Scott Lord Dimmick. He faced a failed reelection bid and pursued public service until his death.
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Benjamin Warrison
United States
John Scott Harrison
William H. Harrison
Benjamin Harrison
Miami University
Ohio
Cincinnati
Indianapols
Ind
Bee
Indiana Waypreme Court
Harrison
Indiana
Hayes
United States Senate
Mr. Harrison
Polygamist Bill Is Dead in Utah Legislature
The Evans bill to hinder polygamy prosecutions in Utah failed after veto by Gov. Wells. Only nine votes in support, nine against, leaving the measure defeated in the state senate. In Washington, gold reserves reached a record $482,913,023 with a year‑over‑year rise of $66,694,814.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Evans
Wells
State Senate
Washington
Treasury
Department
Parisian supporters visit Kruger in Utrecht
M. Henri Rochefort and other Parisian promoters confer with South African republic allies and plan to visit Mr. Kruger at Utrecht during the March 16 gathering.
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Kruger
Hague
M. Henri Rochefort
Mr. Kruger
Utrecht
Quintero Appointed to Philippine Supreme Bench
New Orleans reports Lamar C. Quintero, a noted local lawyer and former staffer at the New Orleans Picayune, appointed to the Philippine supreme bench with a salary of 7000 dollars. his commission arrived Friday. Also notes the sudden death of Marshal Walter Ugalls of Clinton, Pennsylvania, from angina at the home of the late Charles T.
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New Orleans
Cashier in Jail After Bank Wreck Suspected
Columbus Ohio reports Charles A. Johnson longtime cashier of the First National Bank of Niles Michigan was arrested on a charge of wrecking the bank. He confessed his guilt, cited severe health issues from stress and drinking, and wished to return to Michigan. The bank failed after depositors learned of forged notes and stock losses. Johnson fled to Columbus as a bank run began. his wife and daughter went to Chicago.
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Columbus, CO
Charles A. Johnson
First National Bank of
Johnson
Niles National Bank
Columbus
Chicago
World Tour Begins With Royal Departure From Portsmouth
Massive crowds gathered in Portsmouth on March 18 to witness the departure of the duke and duchess of Cornwall on the Ophir for a world tour. King Edward and Queen Alexandra joined the royal party aboard the Victoria and Albert for the night, with Victoria medals conferred on H. M. S. Excellent bluejackets for Queen Victoria’s funeral procession. The Ophir sailed around four in the afternoon after a luncheon on board.
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Portsmouth
England
Ophir
Duke and Duchess of Cornwall
York
King Edward
Queen Alexandra
Victoria and Albert
Edward
H. M. S. Excellent
Queen Victoria
Windsor
Two identified victims found in Noyes-Norman fire ruins
In St. Joseph Missouri on March 18 the coroner reported two girls identified as Nora Bates and Louise Blondeau among victims of the Noyes Norman factory blaze. A partial body was found. one fire escape served the seventh floor where 25 girls worked and several others may have perished.
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St. Joseph
Nora Bates
Louise Blondeau
Mob murders woman near Rome Tennessee
Nashville report says Ballie Crutchfield, a Black woman living near Rome in Smith County, was seized from her cabin by a mob around midnight. They tied her hands, shot her, and cast the body into Round Lick Creek. The coroner's jury deemed death at unknown hands, with suspicions of a looted pocketbook worth 120 dollars.
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Nashville
Tenn
Ballie Crutchfield
Rome
Smith County
Round Lick Creek
Insurgent Commander Surrenders at Cavite
Manila report states Capt. Gen. Mariano Trias with 20 officers 2000 men and 119 rifles surrendered to Col. Baldwin of the Fourth Infantry at San Francisco de Marathon Cavite. Officers swore allegiance and were freed. further surrenders expected. London cost of Queen Victoria funeral 35000 pounds with 11400 for foreign guests housing. Hay arrives in New York refuses to discuss South African affairs.
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Manila
Mariano Trias
Col. Baldwin
Fourth Infantry
San Francisco de Marathon
Cavite
London
Civil Service
Hay
New York
Adelbert
United States
Pretoria
Noted Author Kellogg Dies at 87 in Maine
Reverend Eli jah Kellogg author and preacher famed for boys books and Spartacus to the Gladiators dies at his Harpswell home in his eighty eighth year. Also reported a fatal theatre car fire near Missoula Montana where three persons perished in a private car of a touring company at Olive station on the Northern Pacific line.
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Harpswell
Elijah Kellogg
Missoula
Mont
Olive Station
Fire Fatalities Strike Pittsburgh Exposition District
A deadly fire at the corner of Duquesne Way and Fort Street injures three firefighters and kills William Miller. The blaze began in the Hiram W. French felt factory boiler room, spread to the exposition building, and caused extensive damage including lost lumber and machinery.
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Pittsburgh
Duquesne Way
Fort Street
William Miller
George J. Snyder
Harry Griffith
C. H. EF. Scheckler
Hiram W. French Company
Gallagher and
Banker
Henry Henk
Miller
Snyder
Schreckler
Griffith
Torrance
Duel at Parc des Princes Aerates Paris News
Count Boni de Castellane and M. de Rodays fought a single exchange at three PM in the Parc des Princes. Rodays was wounded in the right thigh. Castellane was unhurt. Rodays’ wound is not seen as serious, though the bullet remains unextracted. The duel followed an Wednesday assault over an alleged coup rumor involving the duke of Orleans.
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Paris
Boni de Castellane
M. de Rodays
Figaro
Parc Des Princes
Count de Castellane
Castellane
Paul Deroulede
Duke of Orleans
Congressmen Marriott Brosius Dies After Stroke
Lancaster date with March 18 reports Congressman Marriott Brosius eldest chairman of the banking and currency committee died at 3 a m from a stroke after being stricken Friday afternoon. He remained unconscious until death and had been in good health until the trunk incident in the attic allegedly contributing to the stroke.
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Lancaster
Marriott Brosius
Committee On Banking and Currency
Six Burn to Death in Quebec Fire
Six persons died in Little Cascapedia Quebec when a coal oil heating stove exploded on the stairs landing. John Gauthier leaped to escape breaking his leg, and crawled to a neighbor as the house burned. His wife and five children perished in the blaze.
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Quebec
Canada
Little Cascapedia
Que
New Brunswick
John Gauthier
Gauthier
King Edward Resumes Cycling and Takes Up Fencing
The king recovering from a knee injury has returned to cycling between Marlborough House and the Mall and has begun fencing as a antidote to increased sedentary duties. He attended a West End school and showed great zest and skill with the foil.
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London
Edward
Marlborough House
Mall
West End
Robbers Hold Up City Car. Conductor Shot
Two masked men robbed a College Hill car in Wichita Kansas at night. The conductor was shot when he resisted and his condition is described as precarious. Authorities pursued the suspects after the daytime incident.
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Wichita
Kan
College Hill
Fort Wayne Baseball Players Fined For Sunday Game
Judge Edward O Rurke of the circuit court fined nine Fort Wayne players five dollars and costs each for playing on Sunday May 6 of last year.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Edward O’rurke
Circuit Court
British Russians clash over railway limits in Chinese concession
Dispatches from Tientsin report British and Russian guards facing near confrontation over railway property. Russians hold siding at Tientsin with armed sentries. Barrow hesitates to act without Gen. Gaselee. In Washington evacuation order sends US troops from China by late April. Nan-Ming looted by Germans with desecration of a Christian chapel and abuse of locals.
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London
Tientsin
Peking
Ten
Barrow
Gaselee
Ernest Satow
Washington
Chaffee
China
Legation
United States
W.S. Ament
American Board of Foreign Missions
Nan-Ming
Carnegie Retires and Donates 5 Million to Employe Fund
Carnegie announces retirement from active business life and donates 5 million dollars for a fund to aid superannuated and disabled Carnegie company employees. The gift boosts his charitable total to over 27 million dollars, largely for libraries, with many cities benefiting. He also contemplates further gifts to libraries and a technical school.
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Pittsburgh
Andrew Carnegie
Steel King
Carnegie Company
Carnegie
Scotland
New York
New York City
St. Louis
Trade Review signals bright week for trade and wheat
R G Dun weekly review notes improving wheat crop prospects, strong pig iron and iron steel prices, heavy grain exports, active minor industries, and easy money market. Labor troubles seem distant while steel mills lag orders. Prices may not hold if future dates differ. pools stay conservative yet premiums prevail in urgent sales. Failures total 209 U S, 33 Canada, against prior year rates.
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New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Weekly Review of Trade
United States
Canada
Committee rejects Platt amendment in Cuba constitutional talks
Havana March 16 The committee on foreign relations held a private meeting. Senor de Quesada says the committee agreed unanimously that the Platt amendment in its present form could not be accepted and that a report to this effect would be submitted to the constitutional convention. He adds the committee is assured of the support of the 28 delegates.
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Havana
Committee On Foreign Relations
Senor de Quesada
Fire devours Boston seven story Daily Advertiser building
A large blaze in Newspaper Row in Boston on Friday night kills three and injures nearly a dozen others. The Daily Advertiser and Record building sustains extensive damage costing thousands of dollars. Fire departments fight the blaze through the night.
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Boston
Daily Advertiser
Record
Newspaper Row
Robbers dynamite four Oak Harbor businesses
Robbers entered four Oak Harbor shops before daylight Friday and dynamited safes at Feitze's saloon Rose's meat market and Ficken's dry goods store. They netted under $100 but caused extensive property damage.
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Toledo
Oak Harbor
Feitze
Rose
Ficken
Census shows population decline in Bombay presidency
The census report from Bombay indicates the presidency population fell from 18,826,820 in 1891 by about 1,500,000, reflecting a significant decline since the last returns. This brief notes the outbreak of a population decrease affecting the region.
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Bombay
Bombay Presidency
Mob Burns Negro Murderer in Corsicana
In Corsicana Texas on March 14 a mob executed John Henderson the confessed killer of Mrs Younger by burning him at the stake before more than 5000 spectators. Authorities attempted to move him for safety but were overpowered at Itasca and Henderson was brought back for the burning.
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Corsicana
Tex
John Henderson
Younger
Henderson
Hillsboro
Fort Worth
Itasca
Work of Congress Details Fifty-sixth Session Totals
F H Wakefield tally clerk reports that over two sessions the House and Senate acted on 2204 bills and resolutions. Unacted measures include 593 House items and 8 Senate items. Also noted are 158 House and 17 Senate acts that failed to become law, with 29 not signed and 2 vetoed.
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Washington
HL Wakefield
House of Representatives
House
Senate
Confession After Inquest Follows Corsicana Murder Case
The document records J John Henderson confessing to murdering an unnamed white woman near Corsicana on March 6 1901 with no robbery motive. Justice H G Roberts then presided at the inquest March 13 1901 confirming the death by incensed and outraged feelings of Navarro County citizens.
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Henderson
United States
Navarre
Corsicana
Tex
H. G. Roberts
Navarro County
Indians and Cowboys Face Fatal Wildlife Roundup
A Cochise county cattle ranch roundup killed four Native Americans and many wild animals including 12 black bears 7 grizzlies 19 mountain lions two lynx and about 150 coyotes Dozens of dogs died during the hunt The party included 100 Indians of the Pima tribe and about 20 cowboys aided by 200 dogs.
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el Paso
Tex
Colin Campbell
Cochise County
Horace Boyd Punished by Public Whipping in Lockup
Horace Boyd, arrested for breaking into the Grand Opera house to attend a performance, was publicly whipped in the lockup corridors in Evansville Indiana on March 16.
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Evansville
Ind
Horace Boyd
Grand Opera House
Whitney denies bid for Garry M'Hermann
Yenial from Mr. Whitney at Aiken South Carolina denies telegraph report that he offered 28000 for Garry MHer mann the western colt favorite for the American Derby. Paul Pons sails from New York returning to France after a draw with Ernest Roeber at Madison Square Garden unable to arrange a second match.
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Yenial
New York
Paul Pons
Ernest Roeber
Madison Square Garden
France
la Champagne
Legislative activity during the Thirty-sixth Congress
The text notes 641 resolutions from committees left undisposed of. The House met 197 days, versus 331 in recent congresses. Senate acts totaled 6,070. 1,050 reached the House. committees reported 813. House introduced 14,339 bills. committees reported on 2,193. Military affairs 141. invalid pensions 1,381. pensions 200. war claims 174.
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House
Fire Devastates Cloverport As Gas Pipe Bursts
A midnight gas pipe explosion in Cloverport Kentucky leveled much of the town destroying property valued at about 500000. More than one thousand residents were left homeless with relief aid pending from Louisville. The American Tobacco Company suffered the heaviest loss with two stemmeries and about 1000000 pounds of tobacco damaged.
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Cloverport
Louisville
American Tobacco Company
Surrenders Increase in Philippines Open War
On March 13 Manila reports Capt Gulick of the Forty-seventh volunteers received the surrender of Maj Pulay with 49 officers and 240 men at Gubat Albay. Lieut Watson of the Forty-fifth volunteers killed five insurgents and destroyed 15 enemy barracks near Bado Camarines. Over 20 000 Ilocanos pledged allegiance to the United States last week.
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Manila
Gulick
Forty-seventh Volunteer Infantry
Pulay
Gubat
Albay
Tuzon
Lieut
Watson
Forty-fifth Volunteer Infantry
Bado
Camarines Province
United States
Odell Pushes Canal Deepening and Lock Expansion
Gov. Odell asks the legislature to continue canal improvements to nine feet and longer locks. Estimated total cost to completion is 25 million dollars. In a second note, Sir Edwin Arnold reports blindness forces him to give up much of his literary activity.
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Albany
N. Y
Odell
Sir Edwin Arnold
New York
the Herald
Edwin Arnold
Japanese miners imported to fill strikes in New Mexico
Colorado Fuel and Iron announces importation of Japanese miners from the Pacific coast to replace strikers in New Mexico mines. Forty have arrived at Gallup with about 210 more expected shortly. The company plans to employ Japanese workers in Colorado as well.
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Denver
Col
Colorado Fuel & Iron Company
New Mexico
Gallup
Colorado
Pacific Coast
Democratic Nominates Mrs Eliza M Anderson for City Clerk
Denver March 14 The Democratic city convention nominated Mrs Eliza M Anderson for city clerk.
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Denver
Col
Eliza M. Anderson
Illinois court rules against borrowers in Interstate Building and Loan cases
Judge Towner in Creston declares loans usurious in three suits tied to the defunct Interstate Building and Loan association of Bloomington Illinois. The Illinois receiver and auxiliary Des Moines receiver sold town property and borrowers seek credit for payments, with John A White J J Rice and W Robb named among defendants. All three verdicts favor the defendants with credits for amounts paid.
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Towner
Third Judicial District
Creston
Interstate Building and Loan Association
Bloomington
Ill
Minois Company
Creston Pares
John ‘A. White
J. J. Rice
Tlinois Court
Des Moines
Illinois Court
C. E. Spinney
Iowa
Sudden Death Stuns Clinton Judge Hayes in Marshall
Judge Hayes of Clinton died suddenly of angina pectoris at the home of the late Charles T. Gorham in Marshall Michigan while attending Gen Gorham’s funeral. Born in Marshall in 1842 he practiced law after the war then moved to Clinton and later served three terms as a Democratic congressman from Iowa. He was serving as circuit judge in his home district at the time of his death.
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Walter Ingalls. Hayes
Clinton
Charles T. Gorham
Marshall
Mich
Hayes
Gen. Gorham
Gorham
House of Representatives
Iowa
Man Arrested in Mail Fraud Indictment in Council Bluffs
Gilbert I. Moffett was arrested on an indictment charging five counts of using the mails to defraud. Authorities say over eight years he collected on 71 fraudulent accident insurance claims, with General Accident Association of Perth, Scotland as a main victim and Philadelphia agency involvement. other accident associations named among victims.
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Gilbert I. Moffett
Council Bluffs
United States
General Accident Association, Limited
Perth
Scotland
Philadelphia
Land Transfers Accelerate in Mills County with 3500 Acres News
Mills county farms have changed hands rapidly with over 3500 acres transferred in ten days. Recorder records show land sales totaling about $250,000, typical prices from $50 to $60 per acre. Large tracts, especially in the eastern part, have moved.
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Mills County
Recorder's Office
Hatchet Wielding Pair Disrupts Oxford Saloon
Mrs Barner and her daughter-in-law entered the Oxford saloon with concealed hatchets and smashed glasses and bottles. The keeper disarmed them and ejected them. He was later arrested for assault and battery amid townwide turmoil.
Striking Dubuque Case of Nervous Prostration
Miss Kate Lees of Keywest suffered a needle wound in her arm a month ago. She pulled it out but developed blood poisoning and was sent to an asylum in an insane state. Doctors call it nervous prostration induced by infection, a perplexing medical puzzle.
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Dubuque
Kate Lees
Keywest
Cedar Falls Pioneer Sheldon Fox Dies at 80
Sheldon Fox died at his Cedar Falls home aged 80. One of Iowa’s oldest settlers, he was born in New York in 1820 and moved to Iowa in 1854, first settling at Nora Springs. He later came with an ox team to establish a flour mill on the Cedar River, helping form the Cedar Falls Mill company. He previously moved from Madison, Wisconsin by wagon.
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Sheldon Fox
Cedar Falls
New York
Iowa
Nora Springs
Cedar River
Cedar Falls Mill Company
Madison
Wis
Shotgun Accident Injures Woman in Next Room
Lloyd Brooks, son of George H. Brooks near Maple Landing, cleaned a shotgun that discharged through a door striking Miss Lilly Baker in the next room. The shot penetrated her lungs. she was taken to Onawa for treatment and is not believed to be fatally hurt.
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Lloyd Brooks
George H. Brooks
Maple Landing
Lilly Baker
Miss Baker
Onawa
Nation ally Sermon in Dubuque Baptist Church
Rev J G Stewart of Monmouth Indiana delivered a fiery Carrie Nation address at the Dubuque Baptist church praising Nation methods. He argued the saloon lacks constitutional protection as it deprives people of life liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
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J. G. Stewart
Monmouth
Carrie Nation
Baptist Church
Dubuque
United States
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