Old Warrior Schofield Dies After Long Civil War Service
Lieutenant General John M. Schofield retired Army head and Civil War veteran died at his St Augustine home after a cerebral hemorrhage. He was 74, served as secretary of war 1868 69 and led the army 1888 95. Funeral set for today with body to Washington. He joined West Point in 1849 and had a lifelong military career.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Augustine
St. Augustine, Fla
John M. Schofield
Schofield
Washington
Loyal Legion
Europe
State Department
Mexico
Department of the Potomac
Richmond
Department of the Pacific
Military Academy
West Point
Division of the Missouri
Governor’s Island
New York Harbor
Sheridan
Army
General Schofield
Army Tactical
Hawaiian Islands
Board of Inquiry
Fitz-John Porter
Bartlett
Weat Point
Georgia Kilbourne
Iowa
Tavernola Town Falls Into Lake After Cliff Collapse
The tavern town of Tavernola on Lake Iseo Brescia province collapsed as rocks gave way Sunday morning causing about 200 feet of cliff and houses to be swallowed by the lake. A fisherman was killed and the 1000 residents escaped after a loud roaring warning.
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Rome
Tavernola
Lake Iseo
Brescia
Convicts Listed at Leavenworth Jail in March
A Leavenworth report shows gmalipex among convicts during March at the federal prison. The item notes the location and time frame without additional details.
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Leavenworth, Kan
March
Stop Indigestion With Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets
A persuasive ad warns that undigested food causes death and disease, urging readers to use Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets. It claims tablets digest large amounts of food, relieve gastric distress, and improve overall vigor after meals, priced at 50 cents per package.
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Bright
Stuart
Death Toll Rises in Meridian Tornado Ravaged District
The revised tally lists twenty four dead and forty six injured from Friday's Meridian tornado. Property losses reach about one and a quarter million dollars, with most damage in Lindsey Hill and Georgetown. Only five victims had tornado insurance totaling sixty seven thousand dollars. State militia continues debris removal as rebuilding begins. Colonel William McCants notes no vandalism or ghoulish acts observed.
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Meridian
Miss
Joss
Lindsey Hill
East End
Georgetown
Wiliam McCants
National Guard
Macon
Alleged Counterfeiters Taken in East St. Louis
East St. Louis on March 5 detectives arrested James A. Sapp, 31, and his brother Jesse, 18, on counterfeiting charges. James allegedly held a ladle of molten metal ready to pour into a plaster mold as he confessed that he and his two brothers made counterfeit dollars. Floyd, another brother, suspected as a lookout, was also detained.
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East St. Louis
James A. Sapp
Jesse
James
Floyd
Local Columbus Woman Says She Faced Starvation and Despair
Mrs Mary H Waiters of St Clair Street Columbus Ohio describes severe illness and starvation from an espress drug regimen that left her unable to sleep and in danger of death. The account portrays a dire medical crisis and a plea for medical relief.
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Ont
Mary H. Waiters
St Clair St
Columbus
Esprees
Senate Debates Statehood Bill With Foraker Amendment Topic
Washington March 5 The senate will devote most of the week to the statehood bill and vote Friday afternoon. The Foraker amendment dominates the fight with both sides claiming leverage on house actions. Lodge may move Philippine tariff action after the statehood vote as the house grows short of work for the week.
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Washington
United States Senate
Patterson
Beveridge
Foraker
Friends of the Union of Arizona and
New Mexico
House
Friends of the Joint Bil
Lodge
Senate
Committee On the Philippines
National House of Representative
Health remedy endorsement from Chas D. Knoefel
An advertisement promotes a health product with a guarantee and targets old people delicate children and weak individuals after illnesses and lung troubles. It emphasizes throat and bronchial relief and accepts the guarantee.
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Chas. D. Knoefel
Sherrick Embezzlement Trial Moves Forward in Indianapolis
David E. Sherrick, removed as Indiana state auditor by Governor Hanly, faces trial on embezzlement and conspiracy charges after Judge J E McCullough overrules his bid for a bill of particulars. The judge notes the state cannot specify exact funds, but the case proceeds with Sherrick represented by Addison C Harris and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
David E. Sherrick
Hanly
J. E. McCullough
Sherrick
McCullough
Addison C. Harris
Austria
John B. Cockrum
W. N. Harding
Daniel W. Simms
Lafayatte
Morocco Reform Talks Hint at Possible Settlement
A conference delegate, citing Morocco reforms, says a settlement between France and Germany seems possible, likely with France concessions on the bank issue and Germany softening its police stance. Paris reports wide support for France as the Algeciras vote shows Europe leaning toward France in the Franco German dispute.
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Diras
France
Germany
Paris
Algeciras
Sir Arthur Nicolson
Hives
Europe
Great Britain
Russia
Spain
Portugal
United States
Italy
Morocco
Austria
America
800 Fishermen Feared Lost After Baltic Ice Disaster
In Helsingfors Finland on March 5 authorities fear 800 fishermen and their families afloat on Gulf of Finland ice are doomed. A fortnight earlier about 1000 people with horses fished off the east land when ice parted and drifted into the Baltic. A block carrying 200 people reached Fredericksham as winds shifted east. the fate of the rest remains unknown.
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Helsingfors
Finland
Gulf of Finland
Baltic Sea
Fredericksham
Robberies in Finland Linked to Baltic Arrivals
Daring robberies across Finland terrify residents with Letts and Esthenians blamed for many crimes. The warning notes that Social Democrats, influential in the grand duchy, show sympathy for revolutionists across the gulf and may join the cause.
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Helsingfors
Finland
Baltic
Grand Duchy
Gulf
Mayor Wields a Hatchet in Slot Machine Clamp
In Seymour Indiana police seized two slot machines from George Schafers saloon. Mayor Graessle smashed them with a hatchet leaving them a junk pile. One machine contained a defraud device with a revolving disc designed to prevent large wins. Police found no other machines in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seymour
Ind
Board of Public Works
Elrod and
Wolfe
George Schafer
Graessle
Volunteer Students convention closes in Nashville
The quadrennial Volunteer Students convention in Nashville ends after five days with a benediction by Dr. James Robson of Edinburg Scotland. Accredited delegates total 4188 including missionary workers from twenty six foreign fields and seven hundred institutions represented.
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Nashville
Tenn
James Robson
Edinburg
Scotland
Princes Beatrice Ena Satisfy Consent In Spain Visit
The Princesses Beatrice and Ena of Battenburg, after lunch with King Edward, travel to Biarritz to await the king and arrange an interview with the English and Spanish monarchs. Official consent to Princess Ena's marriage to King Alfonso is expected to be granted there.
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Edward
Paris
Beatrice
Ena of
Battenburg
Biarritz
England
Spain
Ena
Alfonso
Chinese members follow Pekin plan to Washington
Local Chinese deny a split in the Imperial health commission claiming three members traveled to Portland to study Oregon and later California schools. They affirm the trio will rejoin the main party in Washington.
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Seattle
Wash
Imperial Hilth Commission
Portland
Oregon
Calfornia
Washington
Bloomington Man Pleads Guilty in Mayor Killing Case
Bloomington Illinois March Anticipating his trial scheduled for March 19 William Leduc a farmer formerly of Chenoa entered a plan of guilty to charges of shooting and killing Mayor Charles Nickel cashier of the Bank of Chenoa and Hugh Jones a depositor. He was sentenced to life in the penitentiary.
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Bloomington
Ill
Wm. Leduc
Charles Nickel
Csahier
Bank of Chenoa
Hugh Jones
Head of Negro Masons Capt. Matthews Dies at 80
Savenworth Kansas March 5 Captain W D Matthews national head of the negro Masons died here at his home aged eighty. He served in 1864 and organized and controlled negro masons in several states.
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Negro Masone
S Savenworth
Kan
W. D. Matthews
Negro Masons
Captain Matthews
Karieas
Gorilla's vast range noted in natural history snippet
The text discusses the gorilla as the strongest animal with the largest range and hints at human study of breathing organs. Mrs. Ore A. Stephens of Port William Hass Ohio is mentioned as having learned to do this, though the language is garbled and partial.
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Lange
Thoatanés
Ore A. Stephens
Port Wil- Hass
Judge Whallon Sentences Hogg For Inhuman Cruelty
Indianapolis police court hears John Hogg charged with cruel act against a horse. Unable to pay a $200 fine and costs, Hogg is sentenced to sixty days in jail and nine months in the workhouse after witnesses say he pulled the horse’s tongue from its mouth in anger while driving.
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Indianapolis
Whallon
Police Court
John Hogg
Hogg
Lackey Horse Sale Opens in Cambridge City
The nineteenth annual Lackey Horse sale opens in Cambridge City Indiana with J B Lackey again at the helm. Buyers from across the country and from Germany Austria and Russia are arriving and filling local inns as 966 speed horses are catalogued for this year’s event.
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Lackey
Cambridge City
Ind
Germany
Austria
Russia
Ex-Governor Hogg's Last Wish for Texas Trees
The body of ex-Governor Hogg arrived in Austin from Houston after noon with his children and a labor and bar association delegation. Thousands met the procession as his remains lay in state before the funeral. He expressed a final wish that pecan and walnut trees be planted at his grave and that seedings be given to Texas citizens when bearing fruit to symbolize a land of trees.
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Hogg
Texas
Austin
Tex
Iarci
Houston
Bie
Houston Bar Association
Statehouse
HOME AGAIN Longworth and Bride Return to Washington
Representative Longworth and Mrs. Nicholas Longworth arrived in Washington on Sunday from Cuba after their wedding. They traveled in a private car attached to a regular Southern railway train and proceeded to their home on Eighteenth Street where Mr. Longworth resumed legislative duties at the Capitol.
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Washington
March
Nicholas Longworth
Cuba
Southern Railway
Castro frees General Guerra amid prisoner releases
Caracas March 6 President Castro releases General Ramon Guerra once minister of war and several political prisoners who were jailed in November 1901 for alleged conspiracy against Castro. The move marks a broad clemency wave in Venezuela.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Castro
Ramon Guerra
General Guerra
Deadly Casting Explosion Kills Two in Erie
In Erie Pennsylvania on March 5 Albert Veltner aged 35 and Edmund Bury aged 38 were killed by a casting explosion at the Bury compressor works. The accident occurred at the factory causing fatalities for both men.
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Erie
Albert Veltner
Edmund Bury
Bury
Global tensions and local shocks race through early 20th century report
A sequence of brief items shows an earthquake felt in Portland Maine and a fire destroying Tacloban capital Leyte with 600000 loss. International events include the Algeciras Moroccan talks and King Edward visiting Paris. Other notes cover US Austria Hungary trade, Columbia University's proposed $1,000,000 athletic field, and crime in Buffalo and Henderson Kentucky.
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Algeciras
Columbia University
Russia
Japan
United States
Austria Hungary
Tacloban
Leyte
P.I
Edward
Paris
Henry L. Whitbeck
Buffalo
Henderson
Andrew Perkins
William Ward
Perkind
Metropolitan Railway Company
New York
Government clamps down after suspected revolutionary movement
Montevideo Uruguay March 5 government raids opposition clubs arresting plotters and censoring telegraphic dispatches. Government presents action to parliament stating no disturbance and order maintained nationwide.
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Montev Dea
Uruzuay
Russia aims to fix Vladivostok as trade port in Manchuria
Washington reports that Russia seeks a permanent foothold in northern Manchuria by using Vladivostok as the entry port, offsetting the loss of Dalny and Port Arthur, and this shift would spur American trade while reducing Shanghai's role as a distribution center.
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Washington
Russia
Manchuria
Vladivostok
Dalny
Port Arthur
Shanghai
Saloon Keepers Submit to Visibility Reform
Fort West Ind March 5 Last Sunday the Ministerial association secured evidence against about 75 saloon keepers who kept their places of business open. Yesterday 40 percent of the saloon men closed their places and threw screens open, giving an unobstructed view of the barroom. This was done voluntarily without orders from the police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort West Ind
Ministerial Association
Investigation overdrawn funds in Wabash county
Investigation of Workman Highs Wax for rents shows four million dollars due in twenty years. Local officials call the figures slight and overdrawn. Books turned over to County Assessor Pawling who will send notices to all concerned soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wabash
Ind
Pawling
Incident Closed for Him at Father Gapon Meeting
In St Petersburg on March 5 during a Father Gapon gathering, an accused member died by self inflicted action amid a probe into charges of accepting government money. A nurse advised the young woman speaker to avoid suppressing a sneeze as it strains nerves and vessels.
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St. Petersburg
Father Gapon
An African Forest With Dense Virgin Woods
The article describes a vast forest west of a lake with dense virgin growth and many tree varieties. It notes moss covered greens, tangled undergrowth, and a transition plain of grassy swamp leading into the forest, home to buffalo, elephants, monkeys, parrots, and wandering ant.
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Gen. J. M. Schofield
Gneral Schofield
Vinci
Morse
Sherrigk
Addison C. Harhis
Ence
Macks
Kankakee
Goveror Hogg
Longworth
Bride
Longworth Home
Guerra
Association To Prevent
Globe Security and Trust Co
Reem No
Beerhoofer Bleck
Pearl and Market
Aluns
Coal Company
Kolesal
Wwe
Eaer
Ks Aed
Paul Reising
H. L Meinhardt
Pres
Ayer
Wii Sa
Efésetea
Fk Sinape
Onde En
Ranls
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