Aguinaldo Eager to Visit America After Oath
Chief Justice Arellano reports Aguinaldo, detained at Malacanan, eagerly wants to visit the United States after taking an oath of allegiance. He expressed no desire for office and plans private life after the trip. President McKinley may invite him to visit, with a possible April 15 sailing from Manila. General MacArthur had no comment.
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Arellano
Emilio Aguinaldo
United States
Aguinaldo
Malacanan Palace
Washington
Philippine Commission
Taft
Sefer Arellano
America
McKinley
MacArthur
Aguinaldo Visit to Washington Considered by U S Authorities
Washington reports indicate the idea of inviting Aguinaldo to visit the United States remains unconfirmed yet under serious discussion. Secretary Root has signaled fair treatment for Aguinaldo, alongside other Filipino leaders, and Gen MacArthur has been advised on Philippine policy in this context. Small rebel bands surrender as military conditions improve in the Philippines.
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Washington
Manila
Aguinaldo
United States
War Department
MacArthur
Root
Philippine Commission
Gen. MacArthur
Gen. Funston
Philippines
Americans in Philippines bring pacification hopes
Paris dispatch quotes Le Figaro noting American successes in the Philippines may discourage Filipino resistance and hint at eventual pacification. It argues local government will be hard to organize and questions whether the population can handle autonomy aligned with Washington. It suggests surprises lie ahead but the tenacious conquerors will likely solve the issue.
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Philippines
le Figaro
McKinley
Washington
Index to Departments and Market Prices
The notice lists department indexes and market prices including Wheat No 2 red 80c, corn No 2 mixed 48 1 2c, oats No 2 mixed 30 1 2c, cotton middling 89 16c, iron Northern No 1 foundry 16 25, butter Western creamery 22c. Page references follow for each topic and section.
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Mes Pee
United Service
Awful mortality in Russia in several provinces
Odessa April 4 reports famine and typhus sweeping Kherson Bessarabia and parts of Kiev Taurida with mortality claimed near 30 percent of populations. Figures warn of possible cable error noting Kherson population about 2.73 million and Odessa over 300 thousand. Provinces are largely agricultural with varying industrial towns and large areas.
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Kherson
Bessarabia
Kieff and
Taurida
Almanach de Gotha
Roumania
Kieff
Dnieper
Crisis in Balkans Feared as Macedonian agitation grows
Odessa reports a pessimistic view from a Russian agent in Bulgaria about the Balkans crisis. The Bulgarian government is seen as unable to quell Macedonian Committee agitation, with risk of a major incident and a holy war if Turkey yields Macedonia to foreign intervention. In Sofia, the Macedonian Congress is set for April. Some committee agents are jailed, and Bulgarian officers resist joining Macedonian societies despite Ministry of War orders.
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Odessa
Bulgaria
Balkans
Turkey
Macedonia
Russia
Macedonian Committee
Tenants Gas Drawn Off Leads to Suspect Pair
Detectives Dwyer and Hawkins observed two men enter rooms linked to a hidden gas tube at 252 East 120th Street. John Tracy, 38, leases the apartment, and George Weston, 31, stays at Mills Hotel No 1. Police found opium paraphernalia and counterfeit ball tickets in Tracy's rooms. the men were jailed as suspicious persons.
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Standard Gas Company
Dwyer
Hawkins
East One Hundred
John Tracy
George Weston
Mills Hotel
Tracy
Jean de Reszke in Boston Illness Threatens Opera Run
Special to The New York Times. Jean de Reszke, famed tenor, lies dangerously ill at Parker House Boston. He has been bedbound since Tuesday with a severe cold. His brother Edouard and his secretary decline to detail the illness. The illness risks his Boston debut and the company’s finances.
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Jean de Reszke
Parker House
le Cid
M. de Reszke
Edouard
New York
Maurice Grau
Fire alarm saved Newark family by brave fox terrier
In Newark at 51 Stone Street a fox terrier woke George Collins and his wife when a closet fire broke out. The dog jumped on the bed and barked until Collins awoke, allowing him to evacuate his family. Winds fueled the blaze. two other tenants escaped with no injuries as firefighters contained the fire, but the apartment building was practically destroyed.
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Newark
N. J
George Collins
Stone Street
Collins Apartments
Terrier Dog Lay in State at Local Cemetery Burial
Mrs. George H. Primrose buried her pet terrier Baby in the dogs' cemetery at Scarsdale after having a rosewood casket with pink trimmings built. The dog lay in state this morning and was viewed by neighbors before interment this afternoon in Scarsdale.
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N. Y
George H. Primrose
Dogs
Scarsdale
Primrose
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A damaged OCR fragment mentions a beer flavor and pale ale with unclear branding or context. The readable parts reference a beer label or product line and an end note, offering little verifiable detail for a full news item.
China refuses to sign Manchuria convention
Washington and London report Li-Hung-Chang doubts and suggests China will not sign the Manchurian convention due to Russia demands. Peking notes seek friendly ties with all nations while internal turmoil hinders agreement as diplomats assess Li’s pro-Russian stance and court pressure.
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Russia
China
Li-Hung-Chang
Prince Ching
London
Times
Morrison
Russia's Possible Argument in Manchuria Row
Washington dispatch reports Russia may plead that powers opposition to the Manchuria agreement excuses Russia to stay in Manchuria. Analysts doubt the plea as disingenuous, noting Russia allied with powers to avoid private territorial deals and questioning future title respect if Russia prolongs stay beyond a reasonable time.
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St. Petersburg
Associated Press
Manchuria
Russia
China
United States
Emperor’s Power Reasserts In Japanese Budget Passage
In Yokohama on March 22 Japan faced a political crisis as the House of Peers refused to pass a taxation bill. The Emperor invoked power, the Peers ceded and passed the bill unanimously. The move, seen as an Emperor led private administration, boosts the Emperor’s standing while stirring resentment and fears of future deadlocks. The lower house faces rampant party feeling and a motion for impeachment was rejected amid claims the Diet cannot remove the Premier with the Emperor’s confidence backing him.
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Japan
House of Peers
Diet
Imigen
Japanese bellicose press cited in London dispatch
London April 4 report from The Daily Mail Yoko hama correspondent says the Japanese press is bellicose. Count Okuma, former premier and opposition leader, argues Japan must assert itself or lose thirty years of work, and declares Korea is not Russia’s chattel while Russia’s moves challenge Japan.
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Yokohama
Daily Mail
Okuma
Japan
Korea
Russia
Missionaries Accused of Chinese Blackmail Exposed
Berlin April 3 A Frankfurter Zeitung correspondent cites cases of missionaries allegedly blackmailing Chinese. He states American Edmonds was arrested in Peking by the French but released after American authorities demanded action.
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Berlin
Frankfurter Zeitung
Edmonds
Peking
German Troops Suffer Home Sickness From China
Berlin April 3 reports letters from China describing German soldiers abroad longing for home. The dispatch notes ongoing distress among troops and their families awaiting news. The item frames morale issues within forces deployed in Asia.
German War Letters Reflect Disappointment Over China
The Berliner Tageblatt quotes a respondent saying the entire German contingent is tired of China. Officers’ letters confirm the mood. The War Ministry struggles to recruit volunteers to replace home-bound troops. On Mortday no one answered a call to volunteer at a reservists meeting.
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Berliner Tageblatt
China
Ministry of War
Russian Fleet Ordered Out of Toulon Amid Italian Tension
In Toulon on April 3 the Russian Admiral was ordered to sail with his fleet to avoid the Italian squadron. The move coincides with celebrations for President Loubet’s visit. Paris reports call the withdrawal a brutal disavowal of France by an allied nation and a warning from the Czar.
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Loubet
Paris
Libre Parole
Italy
Gold Democrats See End of Bryan Influence in West
In Omaha on April 3 Gold Democrats in Nebraska celebrate St. Louis winner Rolla Wells and Chicago winner Carter Harrison. Euclid Martin and J. Sterling Morton hail Wells victory as signaling the decline of Bryanism west of the Mississippi.
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St. Louis
Nebraska
Rolla Wells
Carter H. Harrison
Chicago
Bryan
West
Wells
Harrison
Euclid Martin
The
Gold Democrats
J. Sterling Morton
Mr. Martin
Chicago City Council set to decide street railway grants
The Chicago City Council will likely be Republican by ten votes after yesterday's election. It totals 39 Republicans, 29 Democrats, 2 Independent Republicans, and 2 Independent Democrats, with ward redistricting causing the surplus over the legal number. The new body may organize on nonpartisan lines per Mayor Harrison and the Municipal Voters' League.
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Chicago
Harrison
Municipal Voters’ League
Wells Wins St Louis Mayor Election with Large Plurality
Complete returns show Rolla Wells, Democrat, won the mayoralty by 7,985 over George Parker. The Democratic ticket also carried the rest of the slate and will control the House of Delegates with 13 Democrats, 12 Republicans, and 3 Public Ownership members.
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ST. Louis
Rolla Wells
House of Delegates
George Parker
Chauncey Ives Filley
Lee Meriwether
House of Delect
Wright wins Denver mayor race by 1700 plurality
Denver reports show R. R. Wright, Republican, elected mayor by about 1,700 over Democrat E. T. Wells. Republican ticket leads include large pluralities. Mayor Johnson runs as Independent Democrat. Democrats win Pueblo Cripple Creek Victor. Leadville elects Republican mayor but Democrats gain city council. Colorado Springs entire Republican ticket elected.
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R. R. Wright
E. T. Wells
Johnson
Board of Supervisors
Pueblo
Cripple Creek
Victor
Leadville
J. T. McDonald
Colorado Springs
Injured in Collision Between Trolley Cars
Anthony Ahrens thirty two year old salesman living at 515 Marcy Avenue Williamsburg was seriously injured in a collision yesterday between two trolley cars at Throop Avenue and Gwinnett Street on the Union Avenue and Lorimer Street lines. He suffered a dislocated left wrist and internal injuries and was taken home by request after being found unconscious.
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Anthony Ahrens
Marcy Avenue
Williamsburg
Throop Avenue
Gwinnett Street
Union Avenue
Lorimer Street
Ahrens
Wilson
St. Catharine’s Hospital
Fire in White Street Building Causes 2500 Loss
A blaze at 17 and 19 White Street shortly before 11 last night, likely from spontaneous combustion, triggered the automatic alarm and drew the Fire Department led by Chief Croker. Flooding cooled the structure, preventing further damage. losses total about 2500 among tenants W. K. Brown combs Cumberland Shirt Manufacturing Henry Master handkerchief importer Hemingway Bartlett Silk Company.
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White Street
Croker
W. K. Brown
Combs
Cumberland Shirt Manufacturing Company
Henry Master
Hemingway & Bartlett Silk Company
Embezzlement Charged Against Paterson Lodge Treasurer
George S. Huester treasurer of the William Parker Council Junior Order United American Mechanics faces embezzlement charges after a sworn warrant. He was arrested by Detective Titus and jailed by the acting recorder. Huester, 37, lives at 457 Union Avenue and works as a bookkeeper at Jackson mill on Albion Avenue.
Chicago Corn King Loses On Bear Attack At Board Of Trade
On April 3 Chicago bears drove George H. Phillips the Corn King from wheat trading while corn and oats fell. May wheat dropped to 71% cents and closed at 72%. May corn slid to 40% cents. May oats fell to 24% cents. Margins near $250,000 were demanded on Phillips, who held nearly $500,000 in margins. Phillips urged keeping a stiff upper lip and predicted better action tomorrow as rains and delayed seeding affect oats and corn prices.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
George H. Phillips
St. Louis
Phillips
May
Shorts
Neral
Illinois
Iowa
Miners Strike Feared After Union Recognition Denied
Henry White, general secretary of the United Garment Workers, warned that a nationwide miners strike in the anthracite districts is inevitable unless the United Mine Workers win recognition. He reported miners are dissatisfied that operators refuse to recognize the union and noted Mitchell’s mission to New York failed to settle the dispute. White spoke after meetings in Scranton and Wilkes-Barre and upon returning to the city.
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Henry White
United Garment Workers
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers
E. S. Phillips
White
Chicago
Mitchell
National Civic Federation
Kenge
Scranton
New York
Wilkesbarre
Mrs Nation to Run a Town in Concord Nebraska
Carrie Nation will advise Concord's town government for the coming year after a landslide election. Mayor and city council candidates pledged to seek Nation's approval before enacting ordinances. Two saloons began packing furniture before midnight, fearing Nation inspired actions.
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Concord
Neb
Carrie Nation
R. O. Mitchellitree
Doctor slain by insane patient at Danville hospital
In Sunbury on April 3, Dr. Johnson of the State Hospital for the Insane at Danville was stabbed to death by Capello, an Italian patient who became unmanageable. Attendant restrained the man after chaos among inmates. Dr. Johnson collapsed while taking the patient’s temperature. The incident caused wide alarm and excitement.
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Sunbury
Penn
Johnson
State Hospital For the Insane
Danville
Montour County
Capello
Ferry service rerouted to West 23d Street due to repairs
West Shore and Ontario & Western R R announces ferryboats will run to and from foot of West 23d Street at the P R R station until 6:00 A M Saturday morning April 6 when the West 42d Street station will reopen.
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West Shore
Ontario & Western R. R
West 23d St
Constitution Named Cup Defender Prepares for Trials
The New York Yacht Club's yacht Constitution was officially sanctioned as the likely defender of the America's Cup this fall. Designed to replace prior names, the vessel is built at Herreshoff's Bristol yards by a syndicate including Belmont Stillman Bourne Payne and Walters. Shamrock II sails as Lipton's challenger with launching expected late this month.
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Bristol
Belmont
Syndicate
Herreshoff
Thomas Lipton
W. Butler Duncan, Jr
Herreshoffs
August Belmont
James Stillman
F. G. Bourne
Col. Oliver Payne
Henry Walters
Yachting World
Agate
Tobin Bronze
Desperate juvenile robber arraigned in East Side case
Abraham Aaronson nine years old of 12 Cannon Street was arraigned before Magistrate Devel in the Essex Market Police Court on a hold up at Broome and Sheriff Streets. The 11 year old victim Morris Mendelson of 9 Lewis Street reported being threatened with scissors and robbed of 3 cents after going for coal. Aaronson was remanded to the Children's Society as police review his past record.
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Devel
Essex Market
Abraham Aaronson
Cannon Street
Aaronson
Broome
Sheriff Streets
Morris Mendelson
Lewis Street
Mendelson
Sheriff and
Broome Streets
Dillman
Delancey Street
Children’s Society
Maine law fixes penalties for shooting humans by mistake
Bangor reports a new Maine statute punishing careless hunters who shoot a person by mistake during hunting. Offenders face up to ten years imprisonment or a $1000 fine. County attorneys and sheriffs must investigate and prosecute or risk a $1000 fine themselves. The law aims to curb frequent accidental shootings in woods.
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Bangor
Maine
Ecuador to Spend $2 Million on Gold Field Dredges
Dr. José Maria Borgia, former Consul General of Ecuador in the United States, said before departing New York that Ecuador plans to ship machinery for gold field development. He forecast over 300 electric dredges, and orders with American Bridge Company for more than $2,000,000 in bridge material for the Guayaquil and Quito Railroad to support mine operations.
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José Maria Borgia
United States
Ecuador
Fifth Avenue
New York Times
American Bridge Company
Guayaquil and
Quito
Man Who Arrested Congressman Fined
On inauguration day Representative Fitzgerald of New York and Representative Ruppert tried to cross the police lines without showing crossing cards. Officer Kilmartin arrested Fitzgerald and took him to the station. A trial followed with many witnesses. Major Sylvester, Chief of Police, recommends a $10 fine with two installments.
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Washington
Fitzgerald
New York
Ruppert
Pennsylvania Avenue
Kilmartin
Major Sylvester
Jones tells why he confessed the murder
Valet Charles F. Jones, killer of William Marsh Rice, testifies he was induced by Lawyer Patrick to confess and to attempt suicide. He says Patrick planned to keep Rice's wealth in New York, sought to kill the old man before Sept 24, and used forged signatures and drafts to control funds. Cross examination probes prior statements and immunity.
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William Marsh Rice
Patrick
Jones
Rice
Texas
New York
Moore
Mr. Moore
Osborne
Capt. McClusky
Mr. Osborne
Capt. Baker
Edward Reccord
Baker
Jerome
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