Prominent Republican Accused in Goebel Killing Plot Testimony
Frankfort Ky March 26 Wharton Golden testified in the Powers conspiracy case that two unnamed men planned to kill Goebel, naming Hock ersmith and Dick Coowbs as two involved to strike at Democrats. The witness described a scheme to bring mountain feudists to Frankfort to overwhelm the legislature. He suggested Governor Taylor and several others were discussed, though not definitively implicated.
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Frankfort
John Powers
Goebel
Hockersmith
Dick Coowbs
Wharton Golden
Kentucky
Commonwealth
Golden
Secretary Powers
John V Powers
Charles Finley
W. H. Culton
Taylor
Legislative Hall
Mines reported at Kentucky state arsenal denied
In Frankfort on March 26 Democratic circles circulated a claim that guards at the state arsenal laid an inside connected mine with fuse to defend against attack. Adjutant General Collier denied the report and said trenches were dug as a sham. officers were reprimanded. In Washington the Kentucky controversy saw no federal action after a committee visit and reports of militia rifles claimed by Beckham faction were presented to the War Department.
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Frankfort
State Arsenal
Collier
Murray
Arsenal
Washington
Committee of Kentucky Republicans
Kentucky
War Department
Beckham
United States
Beckham Taylor Case Appealed in Governorship Suit
Louisville March 26 The Beckham Taylor suit over title to the governorship reached its final stage in the circus court. Judge Field ruled for the Democrats, overruled a new trial motion, and granted Republicans an appeal to the court of appeals. A decision is expected within a week or ten days.
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Beckham-Taylor
Louisville
Field
Court of Appeals
Aid for India Accepted by Indian Government
The secretary of state reports from the viceroy of India that despite India’s effort to save five million starving people, American donations for relief will be gratefully received and devoted to material aid for the famine sufferers.
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India
Washington
Secretary of
New chipped-glass factory opens in Hartford City
Hartford City Indiana March 26 the C H Hubbard company opens a chipped glass facility. The plant will not manufacture glass but buy from independent trust factories and chip the glass.
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Hartford City
Ind
C. H. Hubbard
Independent Trust
Feat of High School Boys Scales to Heroic Flag Handoff
Three adventurous Sioux City boys climbed the high school fire escape and roof to wire the green and white Philomathian flag and the pink and white Hesperian flag. The Philomathians claim victory in their annual debate as the daring act crowns their triumph.
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Sioux City
Philomathian Society
Philomethian and
Hesperian
Plios
Hesperians
Stage driver fends off bandits in Nebraska hold up
W P Hunt, a stage-driver from Valentine to Rosebud, survived an attempted ambush Saturday as two masked men rode up firing. He fled, fired back all his revolver rounds, and dropped one rider before the pursuers halted. His watch was struck by a bullet but he was unharmed.
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Valentine
Neb
W. P. Hunt
Here
Rosebud
Hunt
Miners and Operators Fail To Narrow Weekly Wage Gap
In Terre Haute Indiana on March 26 miners and operators met in open conference about weekly wages and powder issues. Despite sessions both sides show no sign of retreat but remain hopeful for an agreement later today as discussions continue.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Indiana
Clinton clergy co-defendant in Indiana divorce case
Mrs. Carrie Horney of Clinton arrives in Terre Haute to defend a divorce suit filed by her husband John L. Horney president of Clinton Telephone. She denies the accusations and says the husband seeks dissolution to marry another woman. Evidence centers on letters from Mrs. Horney to Father John F. Stanton intercepted by the husband.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Carrie Horney
Clinton
John L. Horney
Clinton Telephone Company
John F. Stanton
San Antonio
Tex
Siorney
Father Stanton
Iowa Railway Assessment Raised and Reductions Announced
The state executive council fixed the railway assessment at 46,000,000 dollars, about 1,500,000 higher than last year. Old road assessments fell by around 150,000, new roads valued at about 165,000. Chicago and North Western up 90,000. Rock Island and Burlington down 250,000 each.
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Iowa
Des Moines
State Executive Council
Chicago and Northwestern
Rock Island
Burlington
Evansville Brick Manufacturer Dies by Drowning in Pond
William Meinert a wealthy brick maker from Evansville Ind was found dead in a pond near Babytown on Saturday. He had told friends days earlier he was tired of life and intended to die by drowning then bade his wife good night before leaving to the pond.
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Evansville
Ind
William Meinert
Babytown
Meinert
Strike at United States Glue Company plant near Milwaukee
About 200 men and forty girls at the Carrollville works ten miles south of Milwaukee strike after the discharge of former Assistant Superintendent Murphy. Deputy sheriffs guard the plant to prevent violence.
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Milwaukee
United States Glue Company
Carrollville
Murphy
Iowa Congressmen Name McPherson For Federal Judge Post
A Washington dispatch says Iowa members agreed on Representative McPherson for the late Judge Woolson’s vacancy. He has accepted the post and will await nomination by the president and Senate confirmation.
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Des Moines
Washington
Iowa
Congress
John S. Woolson
McPherson
Senate
Pates Bank Robbed Near Hoopeston
Hoopeston Illinois March 26. Pate's bank owned by Alexander Pate of Wellington was entered by burglars early Saturday. The safe was blown open and $3280 in cash notes and valuables taken.
Boers Reoccupy Griquatown as British Drive Them Out
From South Africa reports say 400 Boers retook Griquatown while a British column from Kimberley moved to expel them. Loyalists including women reportedly imprisoned. Mafeking siege and trench fighting continue with shortages and rising casualties. In a separate report, British officers were wounded after a patrol was fired on near the Modder River. one officer killed.
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Griquatown
Clements Unters
Philippolis
Transvaal
London
War Office
Lord Roberts
Nicholson
Bulawayo
Baden-Vowell
John Nicholson
Rhodesia
Barkly West
Griqualtown
Kimberley
Mafeking
The
Daily Mail
Sarah Wilson
Ladysmith
Plumer
Burghers Take Oath as British Move in Transvaal
War bulletin from London notes General Clements enters Philippelis at noon to accept oath of allegiance and disarm burghers under lord Roberts proclamation. Reports say British cavalry reach eighteen miles north of Cristiana and Fourteen Streams garrison strengthened. Free Staters surrender and Transvaal forces prepare for new campaign. Churchill calls for more troops as London dispatches continue.
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London
Philippelis
Norval's Pont
Clements
Lord Roberts
Free State
Bloemfontein
Daily Telegraph
Kimberley
Transvaal
Christiana
Darly Telegraph
Kroonstad
Ladysmith
Meran
Kipling Aids War Reporting In Friend Newspaper
London dispatch notes Rudyard Kipling helping edit the Friend, a paper run by war correspondents. A Bloemfontein correspondent from The Daily Mail reports Kipling is hard at work on the publication. Churchill urges continuous troop shipments to South Africa until Boer surrender.
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Churchill
Morning Post
South Africa
Kipling
London
Bloemfontein
Daily Mail
Rudyard Kipling
Spanish Paper Suppressed and Editor Imprisoned in Manila
Spanish organs La Patria and El Liberal published anti government material. General Otis suppressed La Patria and jailed its editor while warning Extreme party members to moderate. Senor Paterno plans to present at San Fernando. Rebels in General Youngs district attack Namagpacan. reinforcements arrive. Young intends aggressive pursuit before the rainy season.
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Otis
Manila
la Patria
el Liberal
Extreme Filipino Party
Senor Paterno
San Fernando
Union
Young
Namagpacan
General Young
Republican senators clash on Porto Rico tariff policy
Senators convene at 4 p m to decide a policy approach to Porto Rico legislation. Foraker leads, aiming to separate the tariff section from the government bill so the tariff issue may be voted on independently. Two factions press for keeping the tariff bill unchanged or pairing it with a free trade measure.
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Washington
Foraker
Senate Committee On
Porto Rico
Senate
Navy board recommends sale of Nantucket monitor and Comanche tug
The naval inspection board following a Port Royal visit proposes auctioning the single turret monitor Nantucket and the tug Comanche at Port Royal naval station. Nantucket valued at 15000 dollars had guarded Port Royal during the Spanish American War and was later found to have inoperative turret guns due to plugged vents.
Mother and Baby Found Dead in Illinois Well
Rushville Illinois March 26 a 20 year old mother Mrs Mark Sellers and her 14 month old baby were found dead in a well. The baby drowned and the mother died of exposure after attempting to rescue the child. They were in the well eight hours before discovery. the mother wore away nails and hands bled from the effort.
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Rushville
Ills
Mark Sellers
Haw hawk club clarifies free silver stance after vote
In Detroit the Mo hawk club resolved that free silver remains in its policy despite a reported shift in its constitution. A sharp Campau and Maybury faction disagreement accompanied the measure, with resolutions stating no abandonment of free silver. Admiral Dewey arrives in St. Augustine Florida and declines public demonstrations during a five to six day stay. In Hardy Nebraska burglars blow open the State Bank safe at 3 am, escaping with $4000. no suspects yet.
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Detroit
Mich
Campau
Maybury
St. Augustine, Fla
Admiral Dewey
J. M. Scheffield
Ponce de Leon
San Francisco Keeps Chinatown Clean Amid Plague Rumors
San Francisco authorities report ongoing cleaning work in Chinatown while debunking persistent rumors that bubonic plague exists in the city. Officials say investigations show no foundation to the claims.
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San Francisco
Chinatown
Germany's warship boom and industry near full order
Berlin dispatch reports Tageblatt figures showing Germany has 528 vessels under construction across 39 yards. Foreign trade rises to 10 milliard marks with seven tied to maritime business. capital in shipping nears 600 million marks while textile wages rise, and a coal strike in Austria disrupts supply.
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Berlin
Associated Press
Germany
Tageblatt
Properties of Religious Orders To Be Signed and Put to Other Uses
Paris March 26 ex Premier Brisson proposes secularizing properties of religious congregations converting them into pension funds for workers He cites 750 000 000 francs of lands and property and notes wholesale confiscation is unlikely Parliament may not adopt the measure A report on the brain of Vacher by Dr La Borde garners amusement and debate with claims he saw a Gambetta like fraud or genius His plaster cast provokes ironical laughter among physicians but La Borde remains earnest
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Paris
Brisson
M. Brisson
Isso
la Borde
Vacher
Academy of Medicine
Gambetta
Vadher
Dr. la Borde
Penchant for Stage Girls and Political Strife
London notes a Cavendish marriage scheme derailed by a young stage girl named Nine Stevening, while Queen Victoria contemplates more diaries for charity. In St Paul a Democratic convention splits into two factions with rival tickets led by Robert A Smith and John W Willis.
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St. Paul
Iowa Central Railway Sells One Way Excursion Tickets
On March 20 28 and April 4 Iowa Central Railway offers low rate one way excursion tickets to North Dakota. For information call coupon ticket agents or write Geo. S. Batty G P T A Iowa Central.
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Iowa Central Railway
North Dakota
Geo. S. Batty
Iowa Central
Chicago Markets Special Dispatch Report
J J Toher and Co brokers with H E McKay manager report steady corn and rising wheat in Chicago markets. Hogs and cattle also noted with modest gains in early trading. Muscatine office listed over the post office with Chicago contact details.
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J. J. Toher & Co
H. E. McKay
Muscatine
Muscatine Markets Daily Prices and Stock Report
Muscatine Iowa March 26 market notes show prices across wood, coal, grain, live stock and produce. Lumber, nails, hardware items and meats listed with steady to strong quotes and a range of per unit costs.
Train Route Promises Direct North South Connections
The notice highlights a direct corridor from Minneapolis and St Paul through Iowa towns to Os kaloosa and Oskaloosa via Mason City and Grinnell, with connections to Oria St Louis Kansas City and southern routes. It touts Union Depot at Peoria Indianapolis Cincinnati Washington New York links and premium Palace Sleeping Car and dining car service on all trains.
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Iowa Central
Minnapolis
St. Paul
Mason City
Marshtown
Grinnell
Oskaloosa
Oria
St. Louis
Kansas City
Union Depot
Peoria Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Washin
New York
Palace
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