Russians Take Prisoner in Mukden Operation Near Turehausen
A Russian force under Gen. Zerpinsky stormed Julo 250 kilometres from Mukden and seized the ex Governor of Mukden. Russian losses were thirteen killed and twenty two wounded. The report says Manchuria remains unsafe with nightly Russian sentinels shot in the back and warns of another spring advance.
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London
St. Petersburg
Daily Mail
Afsneinuirta
Mukden
Turchausen
Boxer
Lutanse
Kula
Julo
Turehausen
Manchuria
French to Withdraw 10000 Troops from China Next Month
Gen Voyron informs Gen Chaffee that 10,000 French soldiers will leave China in May. American Special Commissioner Rockhill believes foreign troops may depart safely, while French residents fear for native converts to Catholicism. Foreign ministers disagree with many residents on the withdrawal’s implications.
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Peking
Voyron
China
Chaffee
Rockhill
Chinese troops to withdraw under allied boundary plan
Ji Hung Chung reports that Liu forces may withdraw beyond the agreed boundary as indicated by Field Marshal von Waldersee. Shan Li Governor received telegraphic withdrawal instructions nearly a week ago and could not transmit them to troops by last Friday. Most European correspondents with the Liu expedition expect the operation at Pao-ting- Foo to be halted.
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Peking
Ji-Hung-Chung
Liu
von Waldersee
Shan-Li
Pao-ting- Foo
Mongolian unrest denied amid Russian influence
London report cites The Times dispatch from St Petersburg stating Prince Tuan failed to rouse Mongolia and that false claims of an insurrection are circulating. The Mongolian population remains quiet under perceived Russian restraint.
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London
St. Petersburg
The
Times
Tuan
Mongolia
Russia
Hart plan to raise Chinese revenue met with opposition
Peking on April 22 reports Sir Robert Hart proposes a revenue increase for China estimated at 2 000 000 taels annually but foreigners and Chinese business men oppose it saying under the plan foreign firms would bear the larger portion of the indemnity.
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Peking
Sir Robert Hart
China
Boy Saves Train From Landslide On Busy Rail Line
A boy standing beside the tracks near Tyrone signaling with a waving cap warned the engineer as the Pennsylvania Limited train traveling westbound overran a rock slide. The locomotive lost its cowcatcher and required removal from the line, while passengers recalled a near sixty mile an hour dash before emergency braking saved the train.
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Pittsburg
Lear Tyrone
Trolley Work in Greenwich Connects Port Chester and Stamford
Greenwich Village begins trolley construction to link Port Chester and Stamford and bridge the gap to New Haven. Greenwich Avenue torn up as crews start work. next day crews to expand to a mile of track in ten days to ease summer travel. Cab fares rise from 1 to 2 4 cents amid changes in local transport.
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Greenwich
Conn
Greenwich Village
Port Chester
Stamford
New York
New Haven
Greenwich Avenue
Trolley
Stocks and Commodities Summary From The Market Pages
The notice lists erratic stock moves and commodity quotes including wheat No 2 red at 81 4 cents corn No 2 at 51 cents oats No 2 mixed 14 4 cents cotton middling 7 16 cents iron Northern No 1 foundry 16 25 butter Western creamery 20 cents. It references various pages for related sections and notes several topics from Weather to Real Estate and Marine Intelligence.
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Marine
United Service
Johns Hopkins seeks new endowment and land gift
Johns Hopkins University trustees aim to raise a 1 million dollar endowment and secure a land gift worth another 1 million dollars for a new site outside Baltimore. Henry Walters signals a large gift, with potential increases if other donors contribute pro rata. Pending progress, trustees face criticism for pace, but optimism grows that the rest of the funds will be secured by Commencement Day.
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Baltimore
Johns Hopkins University
William Seyser
Frances M. Jencks
William Wyman
Henry Walters
Gillman
Walters
Platt Urges Harmony In Anti-Tammany Move
Senator Platt urged unity among anti-Tammany groups in the upcoming municipal campaign. He backed the Committee of Fifteen, urged respect for dissent, and predicted favorable conditions for a union ticket against Tammany Hall. Crimmins and Cutting echoed hopes for cooperation and conference among groups.
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Platt
Tammany Hall
Committee of Fifteen
John D. Crimmins
R. Fulton Cutting
Citizens’ Union
Bird S. Coler
Tammany
Richard Croker
Coler
Tammany Wall
Croker
America
Citizens' Union platform debates city reform Priorities
The first meeting of the Citizens Union Platform Committee at 34 Union Square addressed ballot reform home rule in city government and municipal ownership. Speakers urged eight hour day civil service rules and taxation of unimproved land while criticizing health, education, and tenement regulation.
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Committee On Platform
Citizens’ Union Convention
Union Square
East
Montague Everson
A. D. Kohler
Kohler
Leverson
Health Board
Alexander Law
A. LB. Riddell
Henry Gompers
Samuel
R. R. Bowker
A. J. Boulton
Trades Union Political League Aims For Clean City Government
Leaders of the independent labor movement organized in New York to form trades union clubs across Manhattan and the Bronx in thirty five Assembly districts. Members join voluntarily through bona fide unions and unions are not to be asked to officially back the movement. A general conference will be sought to formalize the Trades Union Political League with headquarters at Brevoort Hall.
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University Settlement
Building Trades Unions
Manhattan
Bronx
Trades Union Political League
Weinseimber
Brevoort Hall
Fifty-fourth Street
Third Avenue
Albany Fixes Annual Supply Bill and Tax Rate
Albany April 22 The Annual Supply bill appropriates 1 900 000 for state government expenses, less than 1900. The Supplemental Supply bill will be introduced tomorrow. Total appropriations will be 2 000 000 less than last session. Tax rate to be fixed tomorrow may be as high as 1 25 but could be lower with indirect tax revenues. Gov Odell Speaker Nixon and Leader Allds press treasury based rate. debate ongoing.
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Albany
Odell
Nixon
Allds
Disastrous cyclone hits Canary Islands killing twelve
A Madrid dispatch to The Daily Express reports a cyclone sweeping the Canary Islands with twelve dead and extensive property damage.
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London
Madrid
Daily Express
Canary Islands
Berlin Sees Possible Anarchist Plot Against Emperor William
Berlin police have a cautious belief in a reported plot by anarchists in Argentina and New Jersey to kill Emperor William. Anarchist Romagnoli alias Langwick Mueller was ordered arrested on April 6, with photos issued for identification. Authorities monitor arrivals and keep the Empress uninformed as the case unfolds.
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Berlin
United States
William
Argentina
New Jersey
Rodolfo Romagnoli
Romanisso
Langwick Mueller
Romagnoli
Paterson
N. J
Buenos Ayres
Halle
Bremen
British coal tax sparks protests across coal centers
London reports large meetings of colliery owners miners and shippers denouncing the export tax on coal and threatening to suspend UK coal trade unless withdrawn. Meanwhile coal shipments resume as Chancellor of the Exchequer weighs exempting pre budget contracts.
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London
United Kingdom
British Forces Capture Prisoners and Arms in Transvaal
Pretoria reports Commandant Bokburg's force of 106 men with wagons and rifles surrendered near Middelburg. Lord Kitchener notes in a dispatch dated April 21 that British columns captured 242 prisoners 248 rifles some ammunition and wagons with carts and a few surrendering fighters.
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Pretoria
Bokburg
Middelburg
Transvaal Colony
London
Lord Kitchener
War Office
Shooting at Mott Street ends with Brooklyn man injured
Three shots rang out near Mott Street and Chatham Square just before 1 am as a tall shabbily dressed man fired then fled aboard a Third Avenue uptown car. A bystander, Frank Murray a printer from Quincy Street Brooklyn, was struck in the back and taken to Hudson Street Hospital with nonfatal injuries.
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Mott Street
Chatham Square
Third Avenue
Frank Murray
Quincy Street
Brooklyn
Chinatown
Hiudson- Street
Pennsylvania road behind Baltimore and Ohio suit
The Pennsylvania Railroad is said to back a suit by preferred B and O stockholders. The case goes to the State Court of Appeals April 30 after a pro forma dismissal. plaintiffs are Henry P. Scott of Wilmington and Nathaniel W. James of Baltimore with lawyers John J. Donaldson and John G. Johnson among counsel.
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Baltimore
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Baltimore and Ohio
State Court of Appeals
Ritchie
Pennsylvania Railroad
Henry P. Scott
Wilmington
Del
Nathaniel W. James
John J. Donaldson
John G. Johnson
Johnson
Philadelphia
Preferrers
Johns Hopkins University
Turks Defeated by Arab Rebels in Yemen Report
Vienna reports Arab rebels in Yemen claim a victory over Turkish forces with details sparse. The status of ongoing fighting and specific locations remain unclear as officials verify the account.
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Vienna
Yemen
Big Coal Discovery in Iceland Reported
Copenhagen April 23 reports say great coal deposits were discovered near the Nond Fjord on Iceland's east coast.
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Iceland
Copenhagen
Nond Fjord
Fast Steamers to the Orient Connect in San Francisco
Advertisement notes fast steamers to the Orient connecting at San Francisco with the Overland Limited. The Overland Limited runs from Chicago via Chicago and North Western, Union Pacific, and Southern Pacific Railways. Address North Western Line Office 461 Broadway.
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Orient
San Francisco
Overland Limited
Chicago
Chicago & North-western
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific Railways
North-western Line
Broadway
Submarine Boat Foretells Peaceful Future and War Wings
John P. Holland told Carnegie Lyceum listeners that submarine vessels will dominate near sea travel within years, offering smooth, pollution free passenger trips and displacing some surface ships. He warned that submarines present an unsolvable strategic threat to seaports, preventing feasible blockades.
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John P. Holland
Holland
Carnegie Lyceum
Mr. Holland
Manhattan College
Lewis Nixon
British Channel
Dover
Calais
New York
Clue Ties Missing Boy to Tarrytown Protectory
Information reached William McCormick, father of the missing Willie McCormick, that a boy matching his son's description is held in the Protectory at Tarrytown. He will investigate first thing in the morning. Late last night Mrs. McCormick was reported somewhat better.
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William McCormick
Willie McCormick
Tarrytown
Florida's new divorce law sparks debate in Tallahassee
Florida lawmakers pass a bill adding incurable insanity as a divorce ground after four years of illness. Jacksonville attorney Major St Clair Abrams denounces the measure as a blot and argues it harms the rights of the insane, while defenders say it addresses property and dower concerns.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Florida
Tallahassee
St. Clair Abrams
Abrams
Infanticide Plot Foiled Hastings Laborer Recovers Baby
Patrick McAvoy, a Hastings laborer, chased a couple into woods near Yonkers and rescued a two week old infant buried alive. Police arrested Francesca Spinella and Givio Buttacavalo in Yonkers and Hastings after a witness recounted the capture. The infant survived and was cared for at Hastings.
Dinosaur Restored and Stalled at Yale Peabody Museum
The 29 foot 3 inch long American dinosaur, restored over two years, is now completed and exhibited beside other prehistoric skeletons at the Peabody Museum in New Haven. Initiated by Prof. Marsh and finished by Prof. Edward C. Beecher, it stands 13 feet 2 inches tall at the head, 10 feet at the shoulders, with a 13 foot 7 inch tail and 9 foot 5 inch hind legs, marking the first such restoration in America and the second worldwide.
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New Haven
Conn
Peabody Museum
America
Yale
Brussels
Marsh
Edward C. Beecher
Terrific gas blast destroys Commercial Hotel at St Marys
A massive natural gas explosion leveled the Commercial Hotel in St Marys West Virginia early today. The frame structure burned in minutes and flames spread quickly. The ruins are being searched for victims with four bodies recovered and more feared dead. Several people are injured.
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ST. Mary’s
West Va
Ninety Miles an Hour Northwestern Fast Mail Record
Ninety miles an hour was recorded by the Northwestern fast mail from Chicago to St Paul. The train ran seven minutes late at Fairchild and then covered the nine miles to Augusta in six minutes, achieving the remarkable speed of ninety miles per hour. Passengers and observers fled the platform to avoid train suction as the locomotive thundered by.
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ST. Paul
Northwestern
Chicago
Fairchild
Wis
Augusta
Navy Gunner Charles Morgan Sues for Divorce
Newport April 22 Gunner Charles Morgan United States Navy sues wife Mary Morgan for divorce on desertion grounds. She is in Erie Penn. He is praised for Maine wreck work and divers. The case, served in Erie, may proceed at May term of the Supreme Court.
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Newport
Charles Morgan
United States Navy
Sampson
Newport County
Mary Morgan
Erie
Penn
Supreme Court
Gunner Charles Morgan
William T. Sampson
Mr. Morgan
Gunner Morgan
Mary Noonan
Michigan
Great Lakes
John McCloskey
St. Patrick's
Freight car crashes into house in Baltimore
A freight car broke loose in Baltimore on Aliceanna Street at 3 AM, smashing Joseph Lind’s house and plowing into Henry Kellner’s Roman Catholic Church supply store. Lind, his wife, and six children were hurled from bed. two children injured, wife in shock, wall and windows demolished.
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Baltimore
Aliceanna Street
Joseph Lind
Lind
Henry Kellner
Shortest Will Filed Disposes 105000 Estate
In Chicago on April 22 the Probate Court received a fourteen word will for Col. Francis E. Rigby who died April 11. The document on a small prescription blank divides one half to Ann Rigby Fowler of Leeds and one half to his wife F E Rigby. Witnesses include C P Stringfield and E A Whipple.
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Chicago
Francis E. Rigby
Grand Pacific Hotel
C. Pruyn Stringfield
Ann Rigby Fowler
Leeds
Yorkshire
F. E. Rigby
Co. P. Stringfield
E. A. Whipple
W. H. G. Wilson
Dr Draper Ill a College Physician and Trustee
Dr William H Draper a longtime Columbia University figure and College of Physicians and Surgeons faculty member is seriously ill at his home 19 East Forty seventh Street He graduated from Columbia in 1851 and has served as a trustee of Columbia and a consulting physician at several hospitals
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William H. Draper
East Forty-seventh Street
Columbia University
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Columbia
Prince Henry Faces Debt Crisis at Het Loo
Dispatches from Paris report creditors in Berlin and Frankfurt pressing Prince Henry. He promised to pay one third of his debts within a month of marriage but has not paid. Queen Wilhelmina insists he settle from state allowance. Creditors form syndicate and seek Amsterdam Boerse negotiations.
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London
Paris
Het Loo
Prince Henry
Wilhelmina
Berlin
Frankfort
Prince Consort
London Law Society Dinner Urges London Law University
At the United Law Society annual dinner Lord Alverstone presided as Ambassador Choate urged establishing a great university of law in London. He said students should be required to attend lectures if they wished to pursue professional or public life.
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London
United Law Society
Lord Alverstone
Ambassador Choate
University of Law
Desks Ad Highlights Vast Selection at Canal Street
Desks! Desks! Desks! Largest variety and finest stock offered by Chas. E. Matthews at 275 Canal Street near Broadway in a bold advertisement.
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Chas. E. Matthews
Canal St
Broadway
Charter Amendment Passes Over Mayor Van Wyck Veto
Albany reports show the New York Charter Amendment becoming law after veto override by both houses. Gov Odell signed into effect the measure creating Chapter 466 of 1901, with six supplemental bills to follow. The Assembly and Senate debate touched on mayoral powers, terms, and home rule in a tense party line session.
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Albany
New York
Donnelly
van Wyck
Elsberg
Senator Donnelly
Senator Stranahan
Senate
McCarren
Ellsworth
Foley
Marshall
Frisbie
Lynn
New York City
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Kaiser
Pennsylvania Road
Arabia
Lad
Tropics
Ballan
India
McAvoy
Patrick McAvoy
Hastings
Yonkers
Murray
Francesca Spinella
Givio Buttacavalo
First Street
First
Butta Cavalo
Orchard Street
Antonia E. Dordi
White Plains
Rawley’s Brook
New York Central Railroad
William Welch
Archer
Mount Vernon
Twenty-ninth Street
Tompkins
Mills
Francesca Spinalla
W. H. Draper
Gov
Stranahan
Intelligent Commission
Senator McCarren
Charter Revision Commission
Senator Ellsworth
Senator Brown
Assembly
Senator Hennessy
Hennessy
Yeas
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