Notable women to patronize Washington Red Cross fair
Countess Marguerite Cassini leads a Washington April 27 benefit for the Russian Red Cross Society. Patronesses include Mrs. John Hay and other diplomatic spouses. cabinet members and Congress will attend. Proceeds and cash gifts will go to St Petersburg, via New York links and a vaudeville show at the garden venue.
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Washington
Marguerite Cassini
Russian Red Cross Society
Russian Red Cross
Paris
St. Petersburz
United States
Red Cross Society
Red Cross Fund
John Hay
E. A. Hitchcock
Secretary of the Interior
Henry Cabot Lodge
Massachusetts
William S. Cowles
Commander Cowles
Navy
Speck von Sternburg
Jusserand
Durand
Moncheur
Senora Calderon
Countess Cellere
Orden Mills
New York
Potter Palmer
Chicago
Irish Nationalists in Cleveland Protest Arbitration Treaty
Cleveland Irish groups adopt resolutions opposing a U S Britain arbitration treaty. They cite George Washington on dangers of foreign power alliances and warn the pact could disrupt friendly relations with European nations.
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Cleveland
United States of America
Great Britain
George Washington
United States
Dowie Cancels India Visit Will Head Direct to Europe
The Zion leader John Alexander Dowie cuts his planned Hindoo visit from his itinerary and will go directly from Australia to Europe for safety. Zion City overseer Speicher says Dowie’s change comes after harsh treatment in Australia and concerns about protection in India. The cablegram from Adelaide notes Zion’s growth and Dowie resting in The Hills as he prepares to depart on the Gondolia.
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Waukegan
India
Australia
John Alexander Dowie
Zion
Europe
Overseer
Speicher
Zion City
Dowie
Australa
Indias
Hills
Adelaide
Watson Arrest Ties Oregon Land Frauds to Portland
Mrs Emma L Watson of Portland Ore is arrested in Chicago on alleged involvement in Oregon land fraud schemes. U S Interior and Secret Service tracked her for months as part of a wider investigation. She is held on a 7 5 thousand dollar bond.
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Washington, D. C
Chicago
Emma L. Watson
Portland
Ore
Oregon
Interior Department
Muller Law Drives Chicago Voters To Back Municipal Rail Ownership
In Chicago the municipal election produced 18 Republican aldermen to 16 Democrats and one Independent Republican. Voters approved the Muller law authorizing city control of street railways, with 152 435 for and 30 104 against. A separate vote backed immediate city takeover, 120 744 to 50 898, and licensing until takeover, 120 181 to 48 056. Voters also favored elected school boards by direct vote, 115 553 to 58 432.
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Chicago
Board of Education
Government case against Neely begins in circuit court
The government launches suit against Charles W. Neely, former Cuba post office finance director, to determine alleged defalcations and to establish title to twenty thousand dollars in cash bail and fifteen thousand nine hundred dollars in other property seized under federal attachment. Special Attorney General Jones cites defalcations around one hundred forty thousand dollars.
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New York
Charles W. Neely
United States Circuit Court
Neely
Jones
Five Lost in Gulf Cruise Tragedy Near Anclote Lighthouse
Five members of a Florida Methodist College pleasure party from Sutherland were drowned when their boat overturned in rough Gulf waters near Anclote lighthouse. President Walker had supervised the cruise from Tampa Bay area.
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Tampa
Fla
Florida Methodist College
Sutherland
Anclate
Walker
Gulf
Roosevelts Running Mate Could Be Indiana or Grosscup
In Washington a prominent politician reports President Roosevelts insistence that the vice president come from Indiana or Iowa. Senator Fairbanks is favored for the nomination, but if not Indiana then Judge Grosscup of Chicago holds a strong position for the honor.
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Chicago
Roosevelt
Indiana
Washington
Fairbanks
Grosseup
Entered Contests for St Louis Exhibition At Past
Thirty four entities have been received for the St Louis exhibition events. Changes announced aim to reduce risk and simplify entries. The grand prize requires a high speed, with a June deadline for entry and the top altitude prize withdrawn due to safety concerns.
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St. Peegas
St. Louis
Dette
Colombia Warns of Cassation and Manifesto Over Canal Case
Paris callistes Jorge Holguin, financial agent of Culomida, says in an interview that they intend to appeal the suit against the Panama Canal Company and, if needed, go to the court of cassation. He adds that Colombia may publish a manifesto to the world to explain its claim of odious spoliation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Callistes
Jorge Holguin
Culomida
Panama Canal Company
Court of Cassation
Colombia
Dissent Rumors Between Viceroy Alvonieff and General Kuropatkin
In Berlin official circles rumors persist of fresh discord between Viceroy Alvonieff and General Kuropatkin. The vice regal envoy reportedly pushes his plan for fighting Japan while Kuropatkin asserts full responsibility for concept and execution of military operations.
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Berlin
Alvonieff
Kuropatkin
Dutch Troops Clash With Achinese. 541 Reported Killed
A Telegram dispatch from Kota Raja Sumatra says Dutch troops near Achin engaged a well entrenched Achinese force in Gajocloeas district. Reported casualties include 541 Achinese killed, Dutch losses of three dead and twenty five wounded.
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Amsterdam
Kota Raja
Sumatra
Achin
Achinese
Gajocloeas
Fatal Rose Thorn Claims Bloomfield Woman on Birthday
Frances Dambacher died in Bloomfield New Jersey from blood poisoning after a rose thorn scratch during her seventy first birthday celebration. Local officials reported the accidental injury led to the fatal infection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomfield, N. J
Frances Dambacher
Beet Sugar Industry Established
Washington special reports the President sent to Congress a long 1903 progress on the beet sugar industry by Charles F. Saylor. Observations from 56 factories show beet growing and sugar production as an assured fact. Four factories began operations since the last report.
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Washington
Congress
United States
Charles F. Saylor
Department of Agriculture
Savior
High Naval Officer Edgar Townsend Warburton Dies Aboard Maine
Pensacola Florida report says special Lieutenant Commander Edgar Townsend Warburton chief engineer of the battleship Maine shot himself in his cabin on Friday. No clear motive. he was in good health and to receive shore duty soon. Some officers suspect accidental shooting. Warburton had commanded the Maine since commissioning, previously served on the Indiana.
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Pensacola
Fla
Edgar Townsend Warburton
Maine
Warburton
Indiana
Lawson Claims $66 Million Profit Figure in Gas Case
Boston financier Thomas W. Lawson, in a press statement about his testimony in the Boston gas consolidation case, said he cited $46,000,000 in profits and contended that even $66,000,000 would be within the truth. He defended the scale of the deal and the amount as he discussed the witness stand remarks.
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Boston
Thomas W. Lawson
Punished After Many Years Plea Led To Ten Year Sentence
Charles Cackley pleaded guilty Tuesday to the 1860 murder of Reuben Fenstenaker at Farmington and received a ten year prison term. Since the crime he reportedly led an upright life and raised a family in Southern Missouri. he was located through a pension application.
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Keabuk
Charles Cackley
Reuben Fenstenaker
Farmington
Cackley
Missouri
Igorrotes Must Eat Canned Dog Food at St. Louis Expo
The Igorot visitors from the Philippines face a dog food ban at the St. Louis exposition. The Woman's Humane Society of Missouri opposes the management plan to provide visitors with dog meat, insisting on canned dog food instead.
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St. Louis. Mo
Philippines
St. Louis Exposition
Woman's Humane Society of Missouri
Japanese plan changed after Russian treachery exposure
A London cable reports a Japanese correspondent says Japan altered its campaign after a Japanese officer disclosed details to Russians. The betrayal was discovered when the Russians mined the intended landing site.
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London
Swallowed Acid in Court Tragedy in Des Moines
Andrew Loeffier a well known florist died after taking carbolic acid on the Des Moines court house steps following a judge's order to answer to the grand jury in a divorce case. He had been accused by his wife of assault with intent to murder and was sought for violating an injunction. The death occurred on a lawyer's table in the courtroom.
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Des Moines
Couny
Andrew Loeffier
Hinzie
Eighteen Perish at Sea Herald of Morning Sails South
Report from Dakar confirms the American schooner Herald of Morning foundered off Africa on March 6. Eighteen lives were lost, most of them passengers, with crews saved.
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Paris
Herald
Dakar
Africa
Kidnap Plot Aimed at Rockefeller Jr In Chicago
Peter Niedermeier admits in county jail that he and Vandine planned to kidnap John D. Rockefeller Jr during his Sunday school class and hold him for ten million dollars in Philadelphia. He said the idea began in New York as he watched the church from outside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
John v. Rockefeller, Jr
Peter Neidermeier
Vandine
Philadelphia
New York
Neidermeier
Rockefeller
JAPANESE FORCES GAIN CONTROL IN KOREA WITH FEW RUSSIAN TROOPS REMAINING
The Mikado's army holds Korea while small Russian scouting parties linger. Japanese leaders are puzzled by rapid Russian retreats from fortified towns and strong positions, prompting renewed fortifications and troop movements toward the Yalu and Tumen rivers as a fresh invasion is anticipated.
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Seoul
Korea
Kuropatkin
Yalu
Tumen
Panama Canal Sale Ratified by Court Likely April 25
Paris tribunal rejects Colombia protest against transfer of the Panama canal concession from the French Canal Company to the United States. Colombia to pay all suit costs. Panama Canal Company to call a ratifying meeting with twenty five days notice, likely April 25.
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Paris
The
Seine
Colombia
French Canal Company
United States
South American
Panama Company
Panama Canal Company
Deposition of Alexieff and Russian Far East Command Change
Rumors say Viceroy Alexieff is largely superseded in the Russian Far East. Admiral Makaroff takes naval command and General Kuropatkin leads land forces as plans for active operations against the Mikado’s forces begin at month’s start. Ice-free harbors and favorable weather bolster the move.
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Mukden
Alexieff
Far East
Makaroff
Orient
Kuropatkin
London cabal endangers the Pope with planned assassination
A Rome Chronicle correspondent reports a Cardinal with knowledge of a plot says assassins chose to strike while trusting the Pontiff’s mercy in allowing photography. Access to the Pope will be restricted. audiences require credentials. The Pope urges avoiding unnecessary exposure to danger.
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London
Chronicle
Rome
Marx seeks earlier execution date in car barn murders
Gustav Marx appeals to authorities to move his execution up by one week so he will not die on the same scaffold as partners Peter Niedermeier and Harvey Vandine. He sparked their anger with confessions and faces bitter feelings about eternal companionship. the request cannot be granted.
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Chicago
Gustav Marx
Peter Niedermeier
Harvey Vandine
Marx
Organize a Ghost Trust In Chicago Spiritualist Meeting
A movement to form a trust in ghosts began at Handel Hall in Chicago during a mass meeting of Illinois spiritualists. The plan calls for all mediums to join the Illinois State Spiritualistic Association as the central body for the group. Secretary Ella J. Bloom says genuine and fake mediums will be welcomed into the effort.
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Chicago
Illinois
Handel Hall
Association of All Mediums
Illinois State Spiritualistic Association
Ella J. Bloom
Belgrade Decree Retires Twelve High Officers
A Belgrade issued royal decree retires twelve high army officers. The move is viewed as the first step in settling the fate of King Alexander and Queen Draga’s assassins and as a bid to pacify powers that severed relations when regicides remained in power.
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Belgrade
Servia
Alexander
Draga
Revolution rocks Santo Domingo politics in 190? turmoil
In Monte Cristi Santo Domingo a new revolution erupts as President Morales is deserted by Generals Epifanio Rodriguez and Clena Navarro. The two officers back ex President Horatio Vasquez and General Jiminez, attacked by Rodriguez and Navarro, flees on the German steamer Hispania to St Thomas after running out of ammunition.
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Monte Cristi
Santo Domingo
Morales
Epifanio Rodriguez
Clena Navarro
Horatio Vasquez
Jiminez
Rodriguez
Navarro
Hispania
St. Thomas
Bryan returns from East to tend Lincoln farm
William J. Bryan arrived in Lincoln Nebraska and will stay at Fairview for several weeks to oversee spring farm work and assist the men. He declines to comment on national politics except that he will publish any statements through his newspaper.
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Lincoln. Neb
William J. Bryan
Fairview
Evangelists push to intervene in Caleb Powers case
In Chicago a Presbyterian Church gathering of evangelists and Christian workers passed resolutions urging Governor Beckham of Kentucky to intervene in the Caleb Powers murder case. Powers was convicted and sentenced to die for the Goebel murder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Beckham
Kentucky
Caleb Powers
Goebel
Presbyterian Church
Explosion at Albia Bank Building Kills Three
In Albia late Sunday morning an explosion at the Citizens' National Bank Building killed R. Ramsey Edward Dougherty and Richard Grimes. Several others were badly injured in the blast.
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Marshalltown
Citizens’ National Bank
Albia
R. Ramsey
Edward Dougherty
Richard Grimes
Van Sant Enters Race for Republican VP Nomination
St. Paul Minnesota special: Governor Van Sant has entered the race for the Republican vice presidential nomination. He has not issued a public statement but told intimate friends he intends to appear before the national convention as a candidate.
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St. Paul, Minn
van Sant
Five Japanese transports arrive to aid against Russians in Korea
Five transports arrive with Japanese coveling infantry and light artillery. Troops already entraining for Seoul to push back Russian forces and drive the Czar's troops from Korea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chemulpo
Seoul
Korea
Democrats in a Duel at Lawton Convention
At the Democratic convention in Lawton Oklahoma Colonel Hawkins the sergeant at arms of the Legislature was shot three times and fatally wounded by editor Russell. Hawkins fired back but his shot caused no effect.
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Lawton
Oklo
Hawkins
Russell
Young Girl Dies After Forty Day Fast in Appleton
Lizzie Hatt Shein a 16 year old girl in Appleton Wisconsin died after a forty day fast said to be deliberate to end her life. Ill health and persistent suffering were cited as the cause.
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Appleton, Wis
Lizzie Hattshein
Six Persons Die in New York Mass Suicide Attempt
In New York on Tuesday six people, largely unemployed, killed themselves in separate methods. Three ingested carbolic acid, one shot, one hanged, and one died by gas asphyxiation.
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New York
One Thousand Homeless in West Tampa Fire
Tampa Florida reports a devastating Monday fire left about one thousand people homeless in West Tampa. The flames consumed twenty five acres of surrounding area and forced mass displacement.
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Tampa
Fla
West Tampa
Peculiar Ceremony in Hofburg Crystal Hall
Emperor Francis Joseph observed the ancient washing of the feet ceremony for twelve elderly men in the Crystal Hall of the Hofburg on Thursday.
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Vienna
Francis Joseph
Crystal Hall
The
Hofburg
Japanese firm seeks space for展示 of crafts at exposition
A leading Japanese business house sent Portland letters asking how to obtain space to build a $25,000 display building for the Lewis and Clark exposition. They plan to hire specialists and demonstrate embroidery, watercolors, wood and ivory carving, porcelain painting, and cloisonne.
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Portland
Ore
Japan
Big Armies on the March. Japanese forces land and move
Paris reports a Japanese army of 105000 landing opposite Taku Shan in southern Manchuria and marching northwest, another 40000 landing in northwestern Korea and moving along the Yalu, and a third body landing in northeastern Korea moving westward. A Russian cruiser Boyarin captain faces court martial, amid rumors the vessel was sunk by a mine.
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Paris
Taku-Shan
Manchuria
Korea
Yalu
Boyarin
Easter Week Riots in St Petersburg and Jewish Precautions
Russian authorities tighten controls during Easter week in St Petersburg to curb potential unrest against Jews. Placards warn troops will be deployed at the first sign of disorder and disturbers will face severe punishment. Despite murmurs, officials expect no major outbreak.
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St. Petersburg
Maka roff Plans Surprise At Port Arthur
Admiral Maka roff seeks to end Japanese bombardments at Port Arthur by a stronger reception on their next visit. Signalman Androusenko, who relayed Japanese movements from Askold island during Vladivostok bombardment, has been awarded the Cross of St George.
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Port Arthur
Makaroff
Androusenko
Vladivostok
Askold Island
Murderer Refused to Escape in Des Moines Special
An indictment charged Charles W. Graves with murdering his wife. Graves refused an escape offer Sunday while two other prisoners escaped. they left their cell door open.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Charles W. Graves
Graves
Grover Cleveland Denies Two gubernatorial stories
Richmond special from Princeton reports former President Grover Cleveland denies two circulated tales. He rejects that Frederick Douglass was invited to his home and that he supported a mixed schools bill while New York governor.
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Richmond
Princeton
Grover Cleveland
Fred Douglass
New York
Death of Guy W. Carryll Former Munsey Editor
New York special reports author Guy Wetmore Carryll died Friday at Roosevelt Hospital. He once edited Munsey's Magazine and later served as Paris representative for Harper & Brothers. In 1898 1899 he was a foreign correspondent for Munsey's Outing Collier's Weekly and other publications.
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New York
Guy Wetmore Carryll
Roosevelt Hospital
Carryll
Munsey’s Magazine
Paris
Harper & Bros
Munsey’s
Outing
Collier's Weekly
Oil price list from multiple towns and counties
A regional price roundup lists crude and refined product costs across many towns and counties. Prices vary from 30 to 99 cents in smaller localities to around $2.18 in Petrolea and up to $1.83 in Tiona, with several entries denoting light or heavy distinctions.
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Petrolea
South Lima
Bartlesville
Independence
Chanute
Newcastle
Corning
Whitehouse
Pennsylvania
Tiona
Peru
Corsicana
Lacy
Jennings
Batson
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