Dalzell and Cochran clash in House over funds and Greenback ties
In Washington on April 27, the House hosted a heated exchange between Dalzell and Cochran. Dalzell accused Cochran of being a Greenbacker, a sound money advocate, and a free silver supporter, citing newspaper extracts about McKinley campaign money. Cochran denied any improper payments and demanded a formal inquiry, while Democrats pressed for a five member select committee to investigate the charges.
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Washington
Dalzell
Cochran
Cockran
McKinley
Dalsell
Palmer and Burkner
Mcixinley
House
Dalzeh
Williams
Where Was the Child Absentminded Mother Confusion
Mrs Marie Schwab of Newark searched the North German Lloyd pier for a missing three year old as the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse sailed. The crowd feared the child had fallen overboard until she recalled she had left her at home.
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New York
Marie Schwab
Newark
Lloyd Pier
Countess Cassini War Fair Supports Red Cross Fund
In Washington at Belmont the Countess Cassini hosted a war relief fair for Japan and Russia aid. Bad weather hindered attendance but hundreds of society figures and young diplomats attended and backed the Russian ambassador's daughter charity drive.
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Countess Cassini
Washington
Red Cross
Japan
Russia
Belmont
A. L. Barber
Cleveland Will Lecture on Chicago Riots of 1884
Former President Grover Cleveland announced he would deliver the Henry Stafford Little lecture on public affairs on May 2. The subject is Circumstances of the Chicago Riots of 1884, and the lecturing fund was founded by Henry Stafford Little of Princeton who died last Sunday. Cleveland, a personal friend of Little, was appointed holder. He has been unable to deliver lectures for the first two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
N. J
Grover Cleveland
Henry Stafford Little
Little
Pringston
Cleveland
Mother Jones Breaks Quarantine in Utah Town
Price Utah April 27 "Mother" Jones who had been under quarantine after visiting a miner with smallpox escaped again with fifteen or twenty Italian women and children. She walked with sympathizers from Helper to the implement shed where 120 men were detained. she was arrested before reaching the shed and jailed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones
Price
Utah
Helper
Explosion Kills Two at Gelatin Plant in Lamotte Missouri
An explosion in the gelatin house of the Producers' Powder company plant at Lamotte, twenty two miles south of Hannibal, Mo, killed two men and demolished the building. The blast's shock was felt for miles and shattered windows in distant houses.
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Hannibal
Producers’ Powder Company
Lamotte
Here
Pine Brook breaker destroyed by fire in Scranton
The Pine Brook breaker of the Scranton Coal company was almost completely destroyed by fire near Scranton during dining hour. Estimated loss is $60,000 with 50 percent insured. All 600 miners and mules escaped safely through secondary openings. The mine has operated 52 years and will be rebuilt. 800 workers may be reassigned with six months idle for others.
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Scranton
Pine Brook
Scranton Coal Company
Allis-Chalmers Locomotive Works
Mrs Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch Fight in Court
In Louisville on April 27 Mrs Mary Bass the original Mrs Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch faced a police court charge for throwing a jar of slop at Mrs Emily Smith of Hazlewood after knocking at the door. Mrs Bass said curiosity neighbors provoked her while Mrs Smith said she sought charity. Case adjourned until next Friday.
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Wiggs
Louisville
Mary Bass
Emily Smith
Hazlewood
Bass
Domicelle
Smith Wert
Seabury Fook His Word For It
Seabury, charged with bigamy, was taken to Clyde Ohio to stand trial. Ruth Seabury and Irene Davenport plan to travel to Clyde to prosecute, each believing herself lawfully married. Seabury claims the trouble arose from a mistaken report of a divorce.
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Seabury
Chicago
Clyde, O
Ruth Seabury
Irene Davenport
Glyde
Pittsburg
Fireman Killed in Boston Clash at Gauge Works
Benjamin Farrow a day fireman at the American Steam Gauge and Valve company Camden street was killed in a fight with night watchman Robert McGrath. McGrath a 47 year old colored man confessed to the killing saying Farrow attacked first. He was taken into custody.
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McGrath
Boston
Benjamin Farrow
American Steam Gauge and Valve Company
Camden Street
Robert McGrath
Farrow
Veteran Acrobat Smead Dies in Binghamton Home
William T. Smead once a leading acrobat with Barnum's circus dies at his Binghamton residence after a long career as a top performer.
Financial and Commercial Closing Stock Quotations
Money on call easy at 1 percent. Prime mercantile paper 4 1/2 to 4 3/4 percent. Exchanges $186,710,205 balances $11,854,000.
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Prime Mercantile
New York Markets Steady. Wheat and Dairy Prices Noted
The New York market notes a steady to quiet tone across commodities. Wheat opened barely steady, recovered briefly on western strength, then eased on weekly government report fears. cheese and eggs show varied but stable quotes. butter and live poultry maintain steady, modest demand with moderate price ranges.
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New York
Minnesota
Pennsylvania
New Florida
Southern
Good To Choice, Inc
Steady
Ase
Olds
Pacific Coast
Long Island
State
Jersey
Live Stock Markets Report Listed Prices and Trends
CATTLE supply light with a steady market. Choice cattle 4.25 to 5.50, prime 5.25, fair 4.50. Veal calves around 4.85. TOGS market light with prime heavy and mediums. Pigs around 4.3. Sheep and lambs steady with prime wethers 4.13 to 4.15 and choice lambs 2.50 to 3.50, reflecting demand.
Shaw at Syracuse Great speeches on nonpartisan statesmanship
Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw spoke at the Syracuse chamber of commerce banquet with General Horatio C. King in attendance. He praised nonpartisan achievements in shipbuilding coastwise trade canal building and inland improvements while urging support for a strong merchant marine and American shipping interests.
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Syracuse
Secretary of the Treasury
Leslie M. Shaw
James Madison
United States
Pacific Ocean
Stars and Stripes
America
Edward in Ireland lands at Kingstown for Ponchestown races
King Edward and Queen Alexandra arrived by royal yacht Victoria and Albert to Kingstown before noon and received a warm welcome. Crowds gathered as bunting adorned harbor vessels and Venetian masts. The king expressed delight at hopeful spirit and urged education as the path to social peace and self reliance in Ireland.
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Dublin
King Edward
Queen Alexandra
Kingstown
Victoria and Albert
Ponchestown
Ireland
Debut as Literary Star At Banquet Readings on Carnegie
Opera singer David Bisp ham stirred National Arts Theater society members at Delmonico's by reading The Gospel According to Andrew. He portrayed Andrew Carnegie as "Andrew the Rich" and recounted urging Carnegie to back a national theater, noting the clash of heart and head in his appeal.
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Andrew the Rich
New York
David Bispham
National Arts Theater Society
Delmonico’s
Andrew Carnegie
National Arts Theater
Andrew
Theodorus the Strenuo
Carnegie
Japs in Manchuria Move to Cut Off Vladivostok Squadron
London dispatch reports Japanese forces crossing near the Yalu with Russians plotting to disrupt their river crossings. The Vladivostok squadron allegedly sank a Japanese transport at Gensan and may retreat to Vladivostok as Togo strengthens Port Arthur with four submarines. Officials in St. Petersburg discuss peace mediation but Russia vows to drive out Japanese troops, with a plan to double track the Transsiberian railway in eighteen months.
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London
Liaoyang
Yalu
Tchangdjiou
Siaopoussikhe
Tatungkau
Yalu River
Mukden
Takushan
Ixorea Bay
St. Petersburg
Evar
Seat of War
Vladivostok
Gensan
Sea of Japan
A. Kobe
Japan Sea
Wonsan
Korea
Port Arthur
Togo
Russia
Transsiberian Railway
Prince Hilkoff
Inquest Opened Into Death of Florence Mackintosh
Coroner White begins an inquest into the death of seventeen year old Florence Mackintosh at Sidney home of her stepmother Mrs Henrietta De Witt. Authorities suspect foul play after sudden illness and arsenic reported in stomach. Warrants allege first degree murder amid life insurance of two thousand dollars.
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Florence Mackintosh
Binghamton
White
Henrietta de Witt
Sidney
Engineer Studdard Weds After Missouri Heroics
CHICAGO April 27 Chief Engineer Studdard of the battleship Missouri, honored for heroic conduct during the explosion, received a several months furlough. He arrived to visit his brother Gustave Studdard and quickly married Miss Catherine Hurley, sister of his brother's wife. The couple will soon sail for a visit to Ireland.
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Chicago
Missouri
Flying machine eyed as sport for the wealthy
New York April 27 reports aerial navigation could join yachting golf and motor sport as a pastime for the rich. Private Paris advices note W Gould Brokaw ordered M Santos-Dumont to build an elaborate flying machine for his personal use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Paris
W. Gould Brokaw
M. Santos-Dumont
Durand Family Supports Neutrality at Cassini Fair
Lady Durand donated 100 to Countess Cassini's fair tea booth and Sir Durand sent another 100 to the Japanese minister for Red Grass work in Japan. The practice spread to other official women including Mrs. Dewey and Mrs. Hay as patrons in the event.
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Durand
Washington
Lady Durand
Hay
Hitchcock
Cowles
Rear End Collision Kills Fireman in Elizabeth NJ
An April 27 rear end collision near Elizabeth station on the Pennsylvania railroad left one man dead and several others slight injured when the Long Branch express crashed into the Washington express. Fireman David Letts of Point Pleasant jumped to save himself, was struck by a fence and died. the locomotive engineer stayed at his post and was uninjured. Brakes reportedly failed.
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Elizabeth
N. J
Pennsylvania Railroad
Long Branch
Washington Express
David Letts
Point Pleasant
Wreck Near Hayesville Claims One Life
Charles S. Shumaker of Lancaster Ohio was killed and five others injured in a Norfolk and Western wreck near Hayesville. The severely hurt include Mrs. Sarah Jessup of Dayton and J. W. Wright of Huntington. The women's and day coaches left the track and overturned on a siding during a switch pass.
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Hayesville
Chillicothe
Charles S. Shumaker
Lancaster
Norfolk and Western
Sarah Jessup
Dayton
J. W. Wright
Huntington
W. Va
Rumor Japan Aims Iukien Coast Move Opposing Baltic Passage
Paris dispatch reports rumors that Japan plans to seize part of the Iukien coast opposite Formosa to block the Russian Baltic squadron from passing through the Formosa Strait. The note suggests Shanghai holds the word of such a possible operation.
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Paris
Shanghai
Japan
Formosa
Formosa Strait
Fire damage at Lyceum theater traced to unlit stage lamp
Fire investigators in Syracuse conclude the Lyceum theater fire was caused by no lamp used for stage lighting. Damage to the theater runs to 10000 dollars, with water and smoke damage to adjoining property totaling 3000 dollars. The vaudeville venue is owned by John Dunfee.
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Syracuse
N.Y
Lyceum
John Dunfee
Trolley Car Jumps Track Falls Into Ditch Near Seneca Falls
A car on the trolley line between Seneca Falls and Geneva derailed and toppled into a ditch about a mile west of Seneca Falls injuring eight passengers and the conductor. Mrs. A. G. Swab suffered a badly hurt leg. a Geneva porter broke an arm. others were cut by broken glass. The rails spreading caused the accident.
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Seneca Falls
N. Y
Geneva
A. G. Swab
Montclair Lawyer Severely Injured in Runaway Crash
Arthur H. Bissell, secretary of the Montclair club and New York lawyer, was critically injured in a Mountain avenue runaway in Montclair New Jersey yesterday afternoon. He sustained a brain concussion and injuries to the lower spine.
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Monteclair
New York
Arthur H. Bissell
Montclair Club
Mountain Avenue
Montclair
N. J
Typhoid Breaks Out Among German Marines
Typhoid has broken out among all detachments of marines in German southwest Africa, reports from Berlen on April 27 indicate. The outbreak affects several units and prompts health measures and isolation procedures. Local authorities monitor the spread as troops receive medical attention and preventive treatment.
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Berlen
Africa
Engineer Dead at His Post on America Ferry
In New York April 27 the engineer of the ferryboat America on the Grand Street line died of apoplexy at his post. The vessel crashed into her pier at Broadway Williamsburg with passengers aboard causing panic and injuries to more than a dozen people. Charles Belly was found dead in the engine room clutching the lever.
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New York
America-of- the -Grand Street Line
Broadway
Williamsburg
Charles Belly
Whitelaw Reid Elected Chancellor at State University
Albany April 27 Whitelaw Reid chosen as chancellor and St Chir MeKel War named vice chancellor by the new board of regents amid university leadership changes.
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Whitelaw Reid
Albany, N.Y
Board of Regents
St. Chir MeKel- War
University
Spanish Premier Maura Shot At in Madrid Trip
Premier Maura, arriving from the Balearic islands, was shot at between Alicante and Benia as his car roof was struck by a bullet. No injuries reported, but the incident caused alarm during the Madrid visit.
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Madrid
Maura
Balearic Islands
Alicante
Bneiia
Composer Edouard Strauss Sees Roosevelt at White House
President and Mrs Roosevelt hosted M Edouard Strauss the composer and Mme Strauss at the White House. Dean Wrightson of West Virginia University introduced them. Mrs Roosevelt with friends attended a National Theater concert by the Strauss couple.
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Edouard Strauss
White House
Washington
Roosevelt
Mmne. Strauss
Dean Wrightson
University of West Virginia
National Theater
Mme. Strauss
Collapse in Robinson mine traps forty three natives
In Johannesburg on April 27 a cage collapse in the Robinson mine sent forty three native workers 2000 feet down to the shaft bottom where a quagmire of human remains was found.
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Miemains
Johannesburg
Robinson
Prayer and the Lord's Prayer Lessons Across Luke
Readings cover Jesus teaching on prayer, confidence in God, daily needs, forgiveness, and protection. The parable of the importunate friend urges persistence, while the Father’s willingness to give good gifts reinforces trust in divine mercy.
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John
Petit
Patie I
Christ
Yeach
Asumany
Ant
Avery Ong
Ans
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Vane
Brooklyn
R.T
Rock Island
Ches. & Ohio
St. Paul
D & H Sen
Southern Pac
Southern Ry
Gen. Electric
South
Louis. & Nash
Texas Peetre
Union Pacific
Missouri Pac
U. S. Steel
Alan Eweg
Shaw
Chamber of Commerce
Panama Canal
Edward
Manchuria
Mikado
Czar
International
Lesso
Ike
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