General Uribe Uribe agrees to end Colombian rebellion
General Uribe Uribe, leader of Colombian insurgents, has agreed to halt the revolt after a year and a half. He is in New York at the Hoffman Arms on Madison Avenue and Fifty ninth Street. Negotiations with Dr Carlos Martinez Silva and Don Tomas Herran led to proposals to free political prisoners and abolish the war tax in exchange for peace. About 700 prisoners have reportedly been released, and the peace manifesto is ready to be sent to Bogota once accepted.
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Uribe-Uribe
Hoffman Arms
Madison-ave
Fifty-ninth-st
Venezuela
Carlos Martinez Silva
Colombia
Tomas Herran
United States
Panama Canal
Dr. Silva
Uribe- Uribe
Silva
Kitchener War News Shows Slow Progress and Policy Shifts
London dispatch reports Lord Kitchener’s Pretoria summaries offer little decisive progress as British forces seize prisoners and materiel. English horse breeders press War Office to buy home-bred mounts, and a remount officer will shop at Drayton and Lichfield Barracks. Also noted: a new war loan, anticipated bond activity, and sugar duty welcomed as a potential boost to British refiners, with mixed outlook for consumption and industry revival.
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New-York Tribune
THE
Tribune
London
Lord Kitchener
Pretoria
South Africa
War Office
Brodrick
United Kingdom
British forces take 81 prisoners in early April
War Office dispatch from Lord Kitchener states that since April 18 British commanders have captured 81 prisoners along with 100000 rounds of small ammunition and many horses, cattle and wagons. Surrender of twenty Boers reported in the same period.
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London
War Office
Lord Kitchener
Viceroy of Nanking Curbs Mule Sales to Britain
Shanghai correspondent reports the Viceroy of Nanking refuses further mule sales to Britain unless the animals are barred from the planned Franco German expedition to Sian Fu. The stance signals distrust of the expedition aims and tightens transport controls.
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London
Nanking
Shanghai
Morning Post
Sian-Fu
Condition of Boer Peace Holds Firm in Transvaal Stand
Chicago dispatch reports Captain Francis John Turner of the Boer army bearing messages from General Louis Botha to President Kruger at The Hague. He says there is no peace in sight and the Boers will not sign unless absolute independence is granted, with both world powers as sponsors of observance.
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Chicago
Louis Botha
Transvaal
Kruger
Hague
Francis John Turner
New York
Holland
Turner
Two World Bowers
Eng
Indian Troops Repel Boxer Raid Near Fu Ning
Brigadier General Reid orders Pun jab infantry to disperse a Band of robbers near Fu Ning. Boxers and robbers more than a thousand strong attack the Indian troops, killing Major Browning and a Sepoy, with others wounded. Reinforcements arrive from Shan Hai Kwan as Boxers appear armed with modern rifles.
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Peking
A. J. F. Reid
India Imperial Service
China
Shan-Hai-Kwan
Punjab Infantry
Fu-Ning
Browning
Fu- Ning
Shan- Hai-Kwan
Odell Era Cuts State Tax Rate to 1855 Low
Albany April 21 special Governor Odell presided over a frugal administration that expanded corporate taxes and aims for a state tax rate below 1% mills, the lowest since 1855. lawmakers note total appropriations around 22.2 million, with trust company and savings bank levies expected to raise about 3 million.
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Albany
Odell
Allds
Assembly Committee On Ways and Means
Higgins
Senate Committee On Finance
Storm’s Effect Delays Pan American Exposition Open
Buffalo April 21 The Pan American Exposition grounds close gates and mobilize workers after a heavy snowstorm. Damage to buildings is minor but landscape and road work lag, risking May 1 opening ceremonies. Officials plan to merge May 1 opening with May 20 Dedication Day, with President Buchanan pledging full effort to finish on time.
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Buffalo
National Guard
Buchanan
Flood Hollow Dam Brings Destruction To Chester Massachusetts
Floods wreck mills, rail lines, and homes in Chester after the Flood Hollow dam fails at Middlefield. No lives are reported lost, but the town faces extensive damage with the electric plant submerged and trains halted for days as crews assess and repair the wrecked infrastructure.
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Chester
Mass
Middlefield
Westfield
Bancroft
Boston and Albany
Springfield
Pittsfield
Chinese rebels strike Manchurian Railway again
London April 22 reports from The Daily Telegraphs St. Petersburg correspondent that Chinese rebels attacked the Manchurian Railway, destroyed 150 versts of line, removed rails and rolling stock, and killed nearly an entire detachment of guards. Troops from Amoor Province were dispatched.
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London
St. Petersburg
Daily Telegraph
Amoor
Expedition Against Liu Reports Large Allied Force Movements
April 20. Peking notes a large encampment of French and German troops on the way to the front in China. Estimates place 8,000 French and 6,000 German soldiers forming the expedition with reinforcements expected. Chinese retirements and joint command arrangements are discussed amid diplomatic hopes to respect the Shan-Se boundary.
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Pao-Ting-Fu
Kwang Su
Liu
Shan-Se
Prince Ching
Peking
Tartar General borrows 400000 taels for police force
Shanghai dispatch reports General Feng-tien in Manchuria borrows 400000 taels from Russians on land and poll tax security to form a military police. It adds that Feng-tse Tsai with 6000 infantry and 2000 cavalry passed through Cheng-Tu toward Hsian.
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Shanghai
Feng-Tien
Manchuria
Feng-tse Tsai
Yun-Nan
Cheng-Tu
Hsian
Russia Declines Talks with China on Far East Dispute
In St Petersburg on April 22 officials deny Russia has proposed any agreement with Japan or offered to cut indemnity to 10 million in return for China signing the Manchurian convention. They assert Russia will enter no negotiations with China under the present circumstances.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
Japan
Far East
China
Siberian
Corean Government to Borrow 5 Million Yen for Northern Railway
Seoul advices report Korea will borrow 5 000 000 yen from France to fund the Seoul to Wiju Northern Railway. Objections to pledging Corean customs as security fuel talk of McLeavy Brown's dismissal as Director-General of Corean Customs. British officials Admiral Seymour and Sir Claude Macdonald arrive at Chemulpo aboard the Powerful and may meet Emperor Yi Hieung. Russia seeks Chin-Hai Bay.
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Yokohama
Corean
Seoul
France
Wiju
Corean Customs
McLeavy Brown
Seymour
Claude M. Macdonald
Japan
Chemulpo
Corea
Powerful
Yi Hieung
Russia
Chin-Hai Bay
Lunatic's rooftop dash ends with capture after wild chase
John Lethermann twenty eight an ivory worker from East Thirty second street fled from a police chase across rooftops and walls after claiming devils threaten his wife He jumped to a adjacent roof then yard and scaled a ten foot wall before being caught near Thirty ninth street and First avenue He was taken to Bellevue asylum.
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East Thirty-fifth-st
John Lethermann
Ivory
East Thirty-second St
Policeman King
Bellevue
Lethermann
King
Thirty-ninth-st
First-ave
Carnegie Uses Frick Option to Fund New York Home
Andrew Carnegie built a plan to quietly secure Fifth Avenue plots between Ninety-third and Ninety-second streets to fund a grand New York home named The Highlands. Frick’s failed option money aided the purchase, with profits from sold lots and Frick’s option covering the mansion and site, leaving surplus for Skibo Castle land.
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Andrew Carnegie
Upper Fifth-ave
New-York
Highlands
H. C. Frick
Carnegie
Mr. Carnegie
Mr. Frick
New York
Frick
Fifth-ave
Skibo Castle
Scotland
London adopts electric traction for Metroplitan line
London reports that the Metropolitan District Railway managers plan to adopt the electric traction system used by New York surface lines. The move reflects modernization moves in urban transit as of April 22.
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London
The
Daily Mail
Metropolitan District Railway
New York
Highland Lake Threatens Winsted as Flood Fears Rise
In Winsted Connecticut on April 21 residents along John Hubbard Meadow streets were warned to flee to higher ground as Highland Lake swelled from heavy rains. Guards posted along the lakefront monitored the outlet as Mad River neared flood stage with rain continuing.
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Winsted
Conn
Highland Lake
Mad River
Boyd-st
John-st
Hubbard St
Meadow St
Wheeler
Fire Department
Fruit Trees Ruined and Wires Down in Lake Erie Region
A heavy rain and prior snow left frozen branches unable to support the wet load, breaking fruit trees along the southern Lake Erie shore. Telegraph and telephone lines suffer extensive damage as communications slowly resume west of the lake. Buffalo reports no flood danger despite the thaw.
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Buffalo
Buffalo Creek
Lake Erie
Lake Shore
Granby Roads Washed Away by Record Rains
Rain-swollen Salmon Brook floods Granby with the north and west branches at seasonal highs. A major bridge on the Granby Danville road is washed out, five more bridges threatened, cutting Granby off from neighboring towns. Tobacco fields lose topsoil, halving labor and fertilizer value.
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Granby
Conn
Danville
East Granby
Tariffville
Revenue officers besiege Ku Klux band in Whitesburg
A posse led by revenue officer Tom Hollifield places forces around a fortified house housing twenty three outlaws headed by Creed Potter and John Reynolds It aims to starve the group into surrender by cutting off provisions in Whitesburg Kentucky April 21 Special report
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Whitesburg
Tom" Hollifield
Creed Potter
John Reynolds
Uranus steamer launched for J C Gilchrist
Telegraphic notes report the steel freight steamer Uranus launched at Wyandotte shipyard for Cleveland giant J C Gilchrist. Separate item notes a Yukon mouth storm death toll disputed, Dawson governor inauguration, oil charter filings, and a fatal Great Northern Cascade Tunnel accident with twelve men overcome by smoke and gas.
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Detroit
Uranus
Wyandotte
American Shipbuilding Company
J. C. Gilchrist
Cleveland
Ohio
Victoria
B. C
Reed
Cape Nome
Alaskan
Yukon
Skagway
Ross
Dawson
Austin
Tex
Beaumont
Texas
Wellington
Wash
J. M. McDo
Great Northern Cascade Tunnel
McDonald
Pittsburg Flood Devastates Mills and Rail Lines
Pittsburg and Allegheny face massive flood damage with river peaks around 25.8 feet at Davis Island dam and millions in losses. Dozens of plants flooded, rail disruption, and thousands idle as crews clear slides on the P and L Erie lines. Damages stretch from utilities to homes and wedding plans amid ongoing rain.
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Pittsburg
Allegheny
Davis Island
Monongahela
Groetzinger Tannery
Gallery Tannery
Standard Ice Company
Armstrong-McKelway Company
Luty & Schramm Pickling Works
McGraw’s Tannery
Carlin Foundry and Machine Company
Pittsburg Provision Company
Walker’s Soap Works
Crawford's
Charles Nut Works
Baker Manufacturing Company
Peter Ressigh & Co
Harsogg Manufacturing Company
Damascus Bronze Company
Iron City Spring Company
Eagle Paint and Varnish Company
Morrison Brothers’ Stone Works
Hall Pump Works
Sicilian Asphalt and Paving Company
Pennsylvania Tube Works
Jones & Laughlin’s
National Tube Works
Elba Iron Company
National Supply Company
Keystone Smelting Company
Glenshaw Glass Company
Spang, Chalfont & Co
American Steel Hoop Company
Columbia Bridge Works
Superior Iron and Steel Works
Fort Wayne
Salem
Massillon
Ohio
Cleveland
Lake Erie
Windom
Leavittsburg
New Castle
Youngstown
Sawmill Run
Baltimore and Ohio
Soho
Bessemer
Allegheny Valley
Franklin
Penn
Thirty-third St
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Dash
Punjab Company
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Ramapo Water Company
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Storm
Big Fair
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America
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Monaca
Aliquippa
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