Health updates and crimes span across early 1900s notices
Senator Voorhees improves at Old Point Comfort while the Czarowitch of Russia declines. Salvation Army leader Mrs. Booth Tucker lies seriously ill in California. A depot agent in Piney Flats Tenn. fatally shoots a masked robber. California GOP convenes May 5 in Sacramento with McKinley support. chatter cites possible presidential courtesies to Congress.
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Czarowitch
Russia
Booth Tucker
Salvation Army
California
William Wolfe
Piney Plats
Tenn
Calfornia
Sacramento
MccKinley
Younesses
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H. Clay Evans
Mige
Washington
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Congress
Jokn Milan
Miller
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Louis Larsen
Aifstern
Cilony Banant
Aia
Fabwin Fluhe
United States
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Ratserhof
Berlin
Hainten Disston
Philiadeipisia Ager
Bud Taylor
Carrengan
Geeorse
Escarad
Etilbat
Qlaany Heldrickson
Manies
Mengter Quays House
Wraehingwton
Kinley
Elsie Bregia
Pak
Berth of Lindsbey
Sete
Reba
Baron Hirsch estate details and international notices
The report covers the Baron de Hirsch will in probate with legacies including 310,000 and funds for Barons adopted daughter. It notes King Humbert's donations for Italian soldiers and Red Cross aid. Also mentions Iranian and Persian events, abdication, and imperial announcements from Teheran.
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Meyarati
Eusypt
Ene
Spain
Bey
Tecredt
Baron de Hirsch
Legates
Penn
Anne Tien
Baren
Cork
Bulawayo
Earl Grey
Teesa
Sulawayo
Muattoppo
Matube
Humbert
Italy
The
Red Cross Society
Assassination of Shah Pers ia News Update
A cable from Teheran reports the Shah of Persia was shot entering a shrine near Tehran. Witnesses say a masked assailant fired at close range and the Shah died within minutes. The incident sparked national distress as officials confirm the royal death.
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Teheran
Persia
Shah
Shah Abdul Azim
Ttis
Blunt
Nes
Jidihovdowk
United States
McDonald
Teherin
Iner
Camissus Fin
Typoid Fever Sanitation Circular Issued by State Health
A state health circular outlines typhoid fever prevention and suppression measures. It urges health officers to ensure safe drinking water and to collect water samples for bacteriological and chemical analysis at no cost when required.
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Othe
Sia Sen
Tedes
Ani
Slippery Macedo Defies Spanish Plan in Cuba
Gen Weyler and officers push to engage Macedo beyond the trocha but the elusive cavalry leader refuses. He faces a large force, his defiant note stirring even weakly ready troops as the campaign nears another clash.
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Havana
Weyler
Inelan
Trocha
Maceu
Anderson Reports 5129 School Children
State news notes 5129 school children counted in Anderson. Sunday ball playing banned in Anderson. Gas City sees a new Christian church dedication. Sheridan Brick Co. strikes gas well. Indianapolis Driving Club opens May 14. Several local deaths and crimes noted across Vigo and surrounding counties.
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Anderson
New Christian Church
Gas City
Sheridan Brick Manufacturing Comn
Indianapolis Driving Club
Henry Kline
Inwood
New Baptist
Bluffton
James Veal
Oakland City
Vigo County
George L. Woolsey
Terre Haute
Winona
Warsaw
Abwauy
Mre
Charles Stith
Argos
Walter Q Gresham laid to rest at Arlington cemetery
Remains of Walter Q Gresham late Secretary of State under President Cleveland were buried in Arlington. Mrs. Gresham Otto accompanied the body from Washington with few mourners. President Cleveland Cabinet members and military personnel attended with simple ceremony.
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Walter Q. Gresham
Cleveland
Arlington Cemetery
Washington
Chesapeake & Ohio
Greshan
Otto
Gresham
Lamont
Greshamis
Lochren
Otto Gresham
Arlington
Olney
Carlisle
Herbert
Miles
Fort Meyer
Gen. Gresham
Gen. Sheridan
Admiral Porter
Gen. Crook
Weyler refuses to investigate Spanish atrocities in Cuba
James Creelman of the New York World reports ongoing massacres by Spanish troops across Cuba. He describes eye witness accounts of peaceful residents shot without trial and bodies found bound near Havana. Creelman says he warned Weyler and would continue to publish the truth despite threats of expulsion.
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James Creelman
New York World
Havana
Mayo
Dtdo
Campo Florida
Weyler
Havane
Cuba
Tagair
Sngre
Trial unfolds in Newport as Pearl Bryan case returns
Surprising testimony marks the Scott Jackson defense at Newport Ky with Jackson admitting early life details and interactions with Pearl Bryan. Witnesses test that Jackson and Walling stayed at Greencastle and Cincinnati. experts discuss timing and cause of Pearl Bryan's death while prosecutors reveal and defense challenges unfold.
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Scott Jackson
Newport
Jack~ Son
Jackson
Greencastle
Pearl Bryan
Will Wood
Miss Bryan
Les
Indianapolis
Kruger Declines England Visit Over Disputed Basis
President Kruger states that his trip to England hinges on a defined basis of discussion and that no foreign interference in the Transvaal will be allowed. He notes Chamberlain’s acknowledgment yet Britain's wish for internal measures. Separately a Petersburg incident sees boys cut a tree as a squirrel falls, killing ten year old James Grubb’s son.
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Aleheran
Paul Sprague
Woodville
Rush County
May Collins
Sprague
Chronicle of
Chicago
James Walden
Frost
Rushville
Miss Collins
Walden
Ohio
Kruger
Englancé
Transvaal
England
Chamberlain
Petersburg
James Grubb
Jackson Trial Sensation at Newport
May 3 reports a sensational development as Col. Nelson, prosecuting attorney, reveals that detective John Seward offered a full confession to admit fabricating testimony. Seward sought immunity in exchange for his confession, while Truste’s testimony was dropped by the defense and may be stricken from the record.
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John Lock
John Ossendorf
Cincinnati
Allen Johnson
Works
Johnson
Jackson
Newport
Ft. Thomas
Truste
John Seward
Scott Jackson
William R. Trusty
Trusty
William Trusty
Seward
Edward Hosley
James Smith
John Lee
Caldwell Guards
George H. Jackson
Geo. H. Jackson
Newport Bridge
Colonel Nelson
Nelson
Col
Juckson
Bomb in Captain-General’s Palace Shocks Havana
A bomb exploded at 1 26 this morning in the Captain-General’s palace in Havana. The blast shattered interior walls and knocked blocks of stone from place. Soldiers gathered as Gen Weyler and Gen Ahumaha inspected the damage and officials rushed to the scene. A man found in the courtyard was arrested.
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Havana
Gen
Weyler Voolly
Ahumaha
Marquis Valmerula
Indiana Municipal Elections Report From May 4
Indiana towns held municipal elections May 4 with local issues shaping results. Winamae shifted to Democrats, Edinburg records decisive Republican wins, Fowler notes first Democratic officers elected locally. Frankfort consul Mason reports on American bicycle adoption by Germans and strategies to promote U S bikes abroad.
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Winamae
Edinburg
Fowler
Markets Report from Indianapolis Grain and Stock Prices
The May 7, 1896 markets page lists grain and hay prices with corn at 28 1/2 cents and oats at 17 2/3 cents. Live stock includes carrie shippers at 3.40 to 24.00, stockers 3.00 to 3.50, and milkers 18.00 to 35.00. sheep at 3.25 to 3.50. Poultry, butter, honey, and hides prices follow, with regional wheat and corn quotes from Chicago New York Baltimore St Louis.
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Indianapolis
Carrie
Shippers
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