Old French Town An Enormous Crowd Greets Nation's Chief Magistrate
Washington May 2 The legation board at the American legation at Pekin will not be subjected to foreign general orders. Official reports of negotiations at Pekin have not reached Washington and it is suggested that international generals demands may be unqualified. If necessary the guard will remain or be withdrawn from Pekin and China to preserve independence. Germany subscribed to the US idea against private concessions in China yet reportedly seeks a Canton concession. The US insistence likely checked Russia’s Manchuria aims for now.
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Washington
Pekim
Pekin
Legation Guard
China
Germany
United States
Canton
Russia
Manchuria
Military plans for Tien Tsin district and allied forces
Pekin dispatch details Field Marshal Von Waldersee plan for 6000 Chinese troops in Tien Tsin and district with 1400 foreign troops from Britain France Germany Japan and 400 from Italy. Civil administration to be exercised by foreign commanders, with warships on the Pei Ho and measures to avoid mandarins. Evacuation, indemnity talks, and gradual troop reduction cited as complex, months-long processes.
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Pekin
von Waldersee
Tien Tsin
Istrict
Great Britain
France
Germany
Japan
Italy
Hague
Tien Tain
Tien Tsia
Pei-Ho
Taku
China
Bloody battle near Muckden with Russian losses
May 2 Pekin reports a bloody clash near Muckden between Russian and Chinese troops. Russians suffered many killed with unclear total and details follow.
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Pekin
Muckden
Fireman's Fearful Fall and Fort Benton Wreck
Great Northern express wrecked two miles west of Fort Benton. Engine and cars ditched. Engineer John Wilkinson killed. Fireman jettisoned 150 feet down embankment, suffered only slight injuries. Also report of Sophia Hemphill, alias Sophia Hamilton, leaping from a bridge in Cincinnati to her death after a troubled marriage and a note citing family illnesses.
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Helena
Mont
Great Northern
Fort Benton
John Wilkinson
Petition to Stop Mule Shipments to South Africa
Washington May 2 The petition of General Pearson who represented the Orange Free State at New Orleans seeks to halt mule shipments from New Orleans intended for the British army in its war against the Boer republics. He asks the president to inquire and, if facts warrant, stop shipments under the 187% Washington treaty. Formal acknowledgement notes the petition is on file awaiting consideration.
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Washington
Pearson
Orange Free State
New Orleans
South Africa
State Department
White House
Third Dewey Day Banquet Honors Manila Bay Heroes
Washington observed the third anniversary of the Manila Bay battle with a Raleigh hotel banquet last night. American Beer officers who participated in the action attended, marking the event with a ceremonial gathering.
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Washington
Manila Bay
Raleigh Hotel
Fair estate divided after supreme court ruling
The San Francisco supreme court reversed a prior decision and ruled the trust clause in the late James G. Fair will invalid. The $25,000,000 estate will be divided among Fair’s heirs, including Mrs. Herman Oelrichs, Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt, and Charles Fair, rather than held in trust for them.
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San Francisco
Supreme Court
James G. Fair
Pan American exposition opening day in Buffalo
Buffalo reports a grand Pan American exposition opening after threatening weather kept crowds away in the morning. By afternoon sun the site filled with thousands. opening ceremonies were postponed to the 20th. Despite delays, citizens’ efforts produced a striking display of buildings and grounds. Callahan to face perjury charge in Cudahy kidnapping case. County Attorney to file formal charge citing prior statements.
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Buffalo
Callahan
Omaha
James Callahan
Edward Cudahy
Shields
Melrose Hill
Crowe
Pat Crowe
McKinley Arrives in New Orleans Amid Grand Reception
President McKinley and party travel from Memphis through the Yazoo valley to Jackson and New Orleans. Crowds along the route swell to record levels with cotton mill workers and residents pressing to see the president. A grand military parade escorts the party to the St. Charles hotel where 300 prominent locals join a lavish banquet.
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New Orleans
McKinley
Golden Gate
City
Cotton Belt
Memphis
Gulf of Mexico
Yazoo Valley
Nile
Vicksburg
Jackson
Mississippi
Tie
Cleveland
Crescent City
Heard
Capedeville
McEnery
Foster
Louisiana
Congress
Louisiana Cavalry Troop
Washington Artillery
Camp
Canal Streets
St. Charles
Terre Haute lands Bellaire Stamping plant for 700 jobs
Terre Haute Indiana May 2 Anwmportant industry Securea. The city has secured the Bellaire Stamping company which burned out at Harvey last December. The $25 000 bonus is nearly subscribed. The plant will employ at least 700 men and manufacture enameled kitchen utensils. It will cost several hundred thousand dollars for buildings.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Bellaire Stamping Company
Harvey
Fhe
Bellaire
Widow Gets Restored Pension After Marital Proof
Mrs. Maury Jr of this city received notice of her pension restored dating from June 1891 after a wartime loss due to her marriage to John F. Scott. The grant is $12 monthly, including June, with papers sent back for correction and potential extension back three years. Scott's undisputed wife was found in Springfield, and his death followed.
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Martins
Maury Jr
John F. Scott
Scott
Bryant
Irving
W. E. McCord
Springfield
Miner Must Return to Work in Indiana Mines
President Wan Horn of the United Mine Workers orders miners at Island City mines Nos. 1 and 2 in Linton Indiana to resume work and arbitrate wage disputes. Miners have largely complied. State officials may take radical steps to enforce obedience to the orders.
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Linton, Ind
Wan Horn
United Mine Workers
Island City
Alleged Forger Arrested Near Vincennes Bank Try
Joseph Goguat alias Charles Johnson, accused of forging the name A B Jordin of St Francisville La to obtain 500 dollars from the Second National bank in Vincennes Ind, was arrested near Elisao in Knox county and jailed.
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Aracat
Vincennes
Ind
Joseph Goguat
Charles Johnson
Second National Bank
A. B. Jordin
St. Francisville
Lill
Eilisoa
Smallpox Fear Hits Frankfort County North
Frankfort Indiana May 2 residents in the northern part of the county face an epidemic scare as smallpox invades three families with several patients in serious condition and exposure to hundreds of people already recorded in the area.
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Frankfort
Ind
Robbed For Her Sweetheart
Evansville Indiana May 2 15 year old Lucella Thompson is under arrest charged with stealing jewels from Mrs Daskell. She sold the jewels and gave the proceeds to her sweetheart.
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Evansville
Ind
Lucella Thompson
Dalsell
Avr
Plow Factory Merger Talk Sparks 90 Percent Output Claim
Louisville May 2 The Avery Plow company owners authorize directors to sell to Chicago capitalists in a planned eight-plant consolidation. The deal price sought is 1.5 to 2.0 million dollars. Avery accounts for 15 to 20 percent of U S plow production. The venture would include eight Indiana and Illinois plants plus the Avery Louisville plant and could control about 90 percent of national plow output.
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Louisville
Avery Plow Company
United States
Chicago
Avery Company
Indiana
Illinois
Avery
Porto Rico official admitted to U S Supreme Court practice
The Supreme Court admitted Fred eric De Getau the Porto Rico resident commissioner to practice. He took an oath after being presented by Solicitor General Richards as a member of the Porto Rico bar. The rule excludes foreigners, though rare exceptions allow arguing a single case. His admission prompts comment amid pending insular cases.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Frederic de Getau
Porto Rico
United States
Richards
Supreme Court of
Territory of
de Getau
Chase
Transport fleet to leave Manila for Taku today
The Manila bound transport fleet, intended to move General Chaffee's army from China to the Philippines, is scheduled to depart Manila today for Taku unless the pre arranged program has been altered.
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Washington
Manila
General Chaffee
China
Philippines
Taku
Woman acquitted after poisoning case cited insanity
Evansville April 30 Mrs Lou ise Eisele who killed her son and husband by poisoning their food and escaped prosecution on grounds of insanity is free, the Southern Hospital for the Insane being over crowded.
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Evansville
Tod
Louise Eisele
Southern Hospital For
Two of a Kind Palmer Case Ends in Not Guilty Verdict
In Nashville Indiana on May 2 the Brown County circuit court returned a not guilty verdict for Walter Robinson Omer Robinson James Bradley and John Altop in the Palmer whitecapping case. The defendants were accused of abducting and whipping Robert Palmer and his two sons on a June night amid claims of severe injuries and humiliation. The crowded courtroom followed the lengthy trial conducted Tuesday and Wednesday marking a second acquittal this week on the same charge.
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Nashville
Ind
Walter Robinson
Omer Robinson
James Bradley
John Altop
Robert Palmer
Brown
Palmer
Spanish War Veterans in Indiana Session at Indianapolis
The Spanish American War Veterans association of Indiana meets at the Commercial club in Indianapolis with 11 camps statewide and about 2,000 members. Captain William E. English leads, declining re election after two years. Captain Gilbert of Angola is favored as successor.
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Indiana
Indianapolis
Shelbyville
Rochester
Wabash
Angels
Bloomington
English
Gilbert
Angola
Bid to convict 41 vote-sellers tied to Montgomery case
Bloomington reports a planned push to convict 41 vote-sellers in Monroe County if the Montgomery County case yields a reward for the prosecuting witness. Robert Houston filed a $100 claim with county commissioners. rejected, he plans an appeal and to supply evidence to convict 40 Washington township voters from last November, seeking $100 per conviction totaling $4,000.
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Bloomington
Ind
Monroe County
Montgomery County
Robert Houston
Houston
Washington Township
Thrice Convicted of Forgery in Indiana Case
Rochester Ind May 2 Adam M Ball arrested in Plymouth cemetery in October 1890 on forging notes totaling 1600? Wait. The text states 81,600. He was found guilty by a 22 hour jury deliberation and committed under the indeterminate sentence act. Ball had two prior prison terms for forgery in Geneva and Indianapolis.
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Rochester
Ind
Adam M. Ball
Sherif Fults
Plymouth
John Walteess
Geneva
Indianapolis
Premonition of Death in Rail Wreck at Saline City
Douglass Franklin, an agent for the Indianapolis and Evansville railway at Saline City, was killed in a handcar wreck near Clay City on Monday night. He had told his wife he felt he would die on the trip, warning her he should not go but choosing duty over superstition.
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Brasil
Ind
Douglass Franklin
Indianapolis and
Evansville Railway
Saline City
This County
Clay City
Strike Settled At Fifth Ohio Subdistrict Meeting
In Wheeling West Virginia on May first the miners and operators of the Fifth Ohio subdistrict comprising Belmont Jefferson and Harrison counties resolved a strike at a conference held yesterday both sides making concessions workers returning to their jobs this morning
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Wheeling
W. Va
Ohio
Belmont
Jefferson
Harrison Counties
Cardinal Martinelli Elevation to Cardinalate in Rome Ceremony
Washington May 1 Cardinal Martinelli received from Count Stanislaus Colacicchi the consistory letter formalizing his elevation to the cardinalate and the red zucchetto. The ceremony at the papal legation featured formal readings, a brief oath to come next week, and a dinner for attendees.
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Washington
Elest Martinelli
Leo XIII
Stanislaus Colacicchi
Rome
Suchetto
Count Colacicchio
Mgr. Conaty
Catholic University
Count Colaelechi
Kelley
Savannah
Sebastian Martinelli
Mgr
M. Cardinal Rampolla
Count Colacicch
Dr. Canaty
Martinelli
Cardinal Martinelli
Count Colacicchi
Filipino generals surrender in Abraba province
Manila on May 1 reports General Tinio has surrendered in Abraba province. General Alejandrino’s surrender is confirmed, seen as a potential successor to Aguinaldo. Father Aglipay, once excommunicated, who preached a holy war against the United States, has also surrendered.
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Manila
Tinio
Abraba
Alejandrino
Aguinaldo
Padre Aglipay
United States
Exhausted horse blamed on bad manners in Cork Hill traffic
An old Dublin man chides a coal cart driver as the exhausted horse toils along Cork Hill. The driver retorts that the horse is tired because the man is putting it out, reflecting a humorous exchange from Londons Tit-Bits about animal hardship and human manners.
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Cork Hill
Dublin
Londos
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