Youngstown Flood Destroys Dwellings. Rescue Efforts Continue
Mahoning river in Youngstown Ohio rises to a record flood level twelve inches above prior max. The river spans a mile through the city forcing rescues of submerged homes as fireboats aid in evacuations. Shenango river in Sharon Pennsylvania also peaks and begins receding with danger past. Burlington offers to be taken over by Great Northern and Northern Pacific for two thirds of stock at two hundred dollars per share with bond payment option.
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Youngstown
Ohio
Mahoning River
Shenango
Sharon
Shenango River
Burlington
Boston
Great Northern
Conger In Sight At San Francisco
The Nippon Maru from Hong Kong has been sighted in San Francisco harbor. Minister Conger is believed to be aboard as a passenger. The steamer will enter quarantine and is not expected to dock until evening.
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Conger
San Francisco
Nippon Maru
Hong Kong
Japan Faces Banking Panic With 20 Banks Suspended
Yokodyms April 25 reports over 20 banks suspend payment in Osaka and southern and central provinces. The Bank of Japan assists but more trouble is feared as a financial panic prevails.
Philippine battle near Norzagaray yields rifles and prisoners
Manila April 25 Capt. sicine with two companies of the 3rd infantry engaged insurgents near Norzagaray Bulacan. Five insurgents were killed and 25 rifles captured. Generals Morres and Morales surrendered with six men.
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Manila
Sicine
Norzagaray
Bulacan
Morres
Morales
Predictions of China unrest rise in Fond du Lac
Virgil Hart warned before Ada Tuesday that greater uprising than the Boxer movement could occur in China as anti foreign sentiment grows. He cited secret societies formed by foreigners and educated natives aimed at overturning the empire.
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Fond du Lac
Wis
Virgil Hart
Ada
China
Burr Leaves Arsenal as Two Officers Come In
Capt George W. Burr of Rock Island arsenal leaves for Sandy Hook New Jersey after two years and three months here. Capt Lawson M Fuller and First Lieut Edwin D Bricker will relieve him, arriving in about two months. Maj Andrew H Russell to Manila to become chief of ordnance succeeding Lieut Col John W McGinniss. both have Rock Island ties.
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Burr
Arsenal
George W. Burr
Rock Island Arsenal
Proving Grounds
Sandy Hook
N. J
Tri-Cities
Lawson M. Fuller
Manila
Edwin D. Bricker
Fuller
Bricker
Army
Tri-City
Andrew H. Russell
St. Paul
Ordnance
John W. McGinniss
Maj
Russell
Col. McGinniss
Maj Russell
State solons busy more appointments made
Springfield April 25 The senate defeated bills regulating telephone and railway construction and requiring poison medicine formulae on packages. Governor appointments announced include William Thiemann to the livestock commission and trustees for Soldiers and Sailors Home, Soldiers Orphans Home, and various state institutions. The board salaries for clerks set at 5000 to 2500 annually. A 250000 grant for the Illinois exhibit at St Louis exposition passed. An elderly woman was struck by a train near Fort Wayne, Rosana Gaskill of Champion Pennsylvania, en route to visit a son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Lis
Senate
Willam Thiemann
Livestock Commission
Yvesterdbay
Charles W. Hawes
Rock Island
Samuel A. Bradley
Adams
Wright
McHenry
Iilnois Institution
Educatio of the Deaf and Dumb
Edward S. Greenleaf
Morgan
Illinois
Northern Hospital For the Insane
Charles W. Marsh
Dekalb
James A. Bullock
Laames
Lane
Kanol
Central Hospital
John KB
Southern Hospital
W Ter Wood
Alexander
Institution For the Education of the
William L. Fay
Herman Engelbach
Cass
John A. Brown
Macon
Eastern Normal School
John Culp
Madison
Northern Normal
John 4. McLallen
Kane
Board of Livestock Commissioners
William Thiemann
Supreme
Supreme Court
St. Louis
Fort Wayne
Rosana Gaskill
Champion
Ind
Inaccuracies Noted Over Royal White Lodge Lease
In Richmond Park Mrs Hartman holds a long lease on the White Lodge, not an American grant. She is wealthy, sister to the Countess de Lacourt, and not a king’s ally. Also reports of W W Tripp’s death in Baker City and a slander case in Petersburg, plus Melbourne’s population from the 1891 census rise.
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Hartman
Edward
White Lodge
Richmond Park
America
Duchess of
Teck
Duke
Petersburg
Ind
Uarry Long
Alice Long
Melbourne
Consolidation of Two Large Western Creameries
Sinula Neb April 25 Two major creamery firms move toward consolidation Continental Creamery of Topeka proposes purchase or lease of Beatrice Creamery of Lincoln led by J B Parks C H Patterson and FP Burnham the company’s president secretary and attorney respectively.
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Sinula
Neb
West
J. 8. Parks
C. H. Patterson
FP. T. Burnham
Continental Creamery Company
Topeka
Kas
Beatrice Creamery Company
Lincoln
Boilers Blow Up at Factory Disaster
Three boilers at the Greisheim Electro Chemical works exploded this afternoon near Greisheim. The blast and fire killed fifty people and injured about one hundred forty. Frankfort fire engines and ambulances rushed to the scene as the disaster became audible in the city.
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Frankfort
Greisheim
Dallas Opera House Destroyed by Fire
Dallas opera house burned this morning causing an estimated loss of 100000 dollars. Damage was reported in Dallas, Texas, on April 25.
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Dallas Opera House
Dallas
Tex
Oppression of Cruel Nature and Militant Cape Policy
In London J N Merriman of the Afrikander Bond denounces Cape Colony martial law and press censorship. He cites trials of natives, confiscation of property, and curbs on editors to argue self government for the Dutch in South Africa. J W Sauer cites Boer camps guarded by rifle-wielding sentries and blocked liberations. A second item quotes Consul Holloway debunking sensational Russia riot reports as largely false.
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London
J. XN. Merriman
Afrikander Bond
England
League of Liberals
Cape Colony
Merriman
South Africa
J. W. Sauer
Public Works
Port Elish
Fool
Shelvine
Russia
Holloway
Indianapolis
Col. W. BR. Hollow
St. Petersburg
American Associated
Berlin
Vienna
Lincoln Remains Replaced in Monument Crypt
Springfield Miss April 25 Without ceremony the remains of Abraham Lincoln and family were moved from a temporary vault near the Lincoln monument into the crypt inside the monument. Governor Yates and state officials witnessed the transfer. about 200 citizens observed. The tomb now holds Lincoln and Mrs Lincoln their sons Willie Thomas Ted Eddie and Robert T Lincoln. The monument rebuild cost $100000. Charity at His Death Marion Ind April 2 ALN Martin former Indiana congressman in poverty has been taken to Soldiers Home in Bluffton with consumption. Mrs Avery Declines Sufrage Leader Not to Seek Reelection Minneapolis June convention.
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Springfield
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln Monument
Yates
Lincoln Monument Association
Lincoln Guard of Honor
Humphreys
United States District Court
Mayer Phillips
Cme
Lincoln
Willie
Thomas
Ted
Eddie
Robert T. Lincoln
Marion Ind
Aln. Martin
Bluffton, Ind
Congress
Avery
Chicago
Rachel Wexter Aver
National Suffrage Association
Minneapolis
Entirely New Line of Work for Women
A city crime wave is blamed on a woman who heads a burglary gang as three attempts target Jolson & Kehlor tailors store. Mrs Kehlor, warned by noises, foils two break-ins then watches a third, guiding two men and a woman in the plan. The report notes a shift of female leadership in crime.
Settlement Likely on Illinois Central Machinists
Chicago April 25 The committee representing the Illinois Central machinists presented grievances to Supt. of Machinery Renshaw. He asked for more time and another conference was set for tomorrow. Both sides expect an amicable settlement.
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Chicago
Illinois Central
Machinery Renshaw
Cuban Delegates Pay Their Respects at White House
Cuban delegates visited Secretary Root and the president in Washington. Root said talks with the Cuban commission would be private and no public statement would be issued.
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Washington
Root
Commission
Patrick Indicted for Rice Murder in New York
An indictment charging Albert T. Patrick with first degree murder in the death of William M. Rice was handed up in New York on April 25. The document lists ten counts against Patrick.
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New York
Albert T. Patrick
Patrick
William Marst Rice
Domestic parcels post debated by Postmaster General
The Postmaster General Emory Smith addressed petitions from midwest and southern merchants opposing a domestic parcels post arguing it would ruin small town retail, while reiterating current law allows 1 cent an ounce for four pounds or less with no author ity to extend beyond that weight. General Wood met with Root on Cuban affairs and canal talks with Lord Pauncefote and Secretary Hay.
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Washington
Emory Smith
Middle West
South
Post Office Department
Post- To
United States
Canada
Mexico
To Postmaster General
Congress
OF Vth
Tyner
Indiana Man Appointed Assistant United States Attorney
Washington April 25 Charles F. Jones of Indiana has been appointed assistant United States attorney in the consideration of the Spanish war claims before the commission now sitting here. Representation from Kansas was discussed as ready to furnish a pension commissioner in case H. Clay Evans retires.
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Woot
W Root
Nicaragua
Walsington
Wood
Cuba
War Department
Corbin
Etary Root
Senator Platt
Connecticut
Sanger
Bradford
Navy Department
Cubs
United States
Lord Pauncefote
Hay
State Department
Washington
London
British
Foreign Office
Congress
Senate
Charles F. Jones
Indiana
Mourned Dead Soldier Rejoins Friends in Philippine Battle
Racine Wisconsin April 25 Joseph Keller a Racine soldier reported shot and killed in the Philippines was seen alive by friends in a startling moment as he walked and asked for newspapers with his obituary. The confusion over his death prompted a homeward rush before official word arrived.
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Racine
Wis
Joseph Keller
Philippines
United States
States
Keller
Gypsy Fortune Leads to Kidnapping Fears in Janesville
A well known Janesville youth fears kidnapping after a Gypsy fortune teller Zy predicted love and control by her band. The gypsy queen vowed her group would reclaim him, prompting police protection requests as tension rises near the outskirts of town. Nearby reports note a wreck displacing prize Jersey cattle from J N Higinbotham to J Adams of Phoenix.
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Janesville
Wis
Joliet
Uwis
J. N. Higinbotham
Tiny Warsaw newborn weighs two pounds in 1900s report
In Warsaw Indiana a baby weighing two pounds was born to Mr and Mrs Claude Scheverell, described as one of the smallest perfectly developed children. The piece also notes baseball league openings in Chicago and Cincinnati results, mentions Zouaves in Paris, and reports a $ ten thousand library gift from Mrs Antoinette A Keenan for a memorial to her late husband.
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Warsaw
Ind
Ude Scheverell
Lndy
Prary
Milwaukee
Antoinette A. Keenan
Matthew Keenan
Public Library
IDENTIFIES THE PRISONER IN CUDAHY KIDNAPPING TRIAL
The boy Edward Cudahy Jr identified James Callahan as the dark man who held him at gunpoint and guarded him during the kidnapping. He said his certainty matched his knowledge of his own parents.
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Omaha
James Callahan
Edward Cudahy, Jr
Cudahy
Callahan
Head denies plow trust forming among manufacturers
F A Head, VP and GM of Rock Island Plow, attended Chicago meeting of plow makers and says a $50 million plow trust was news to him. He sees no immediate combination and doubts any move now, though if formed it would include Rock Island Plow as a potential member.
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F. A. Head
Rock Island Plow Company
Chicago
Head
Jury Reaches Damages Verdict In Railroad Land Condemnation
A jury in Davenport fixes land value at 1925 dollars with no damages in the condemnation case of D. R. L. N. W. Railway against E. H. Guyer. Lawyers Sweeney Walker Lane represented the railroad. Searle Marshall and W. R. Moore for Mr Guyer.
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D.R. L & N. W. Railway Company
E. H. Guyer
Sweeney & Walker
J. R. Lane
Davenport
Searle & Marshall
W. R. Moore
Artistic wall planned for Burlington yards project
Drawing Teachers' association notes F C Rice, Burlington superintendent, adopted a unique wall design for the Twentieth street side of the Burlington yards south of the new station. The plan aims for an artistic feature and promises timely completion of improvements including a new clock, with hopes for continued public spirited management.
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Drawing Teachers’ Association
F. C. Rice
Illinois Lines
Burlington
Twentieth Street
Burlington Yards
Local suits filed in Rock Island area docket
Theophilus McGraw of Moline sues Tri-City Railway for 10000 in damages claiming a fall on a car caused permanent head injury on October 5, 1899 at Fourth Avenue and Twenty third Street. Eckhart seeks separate maintenance from L V Eckhart. D&KLN road faces two suits for 10000 and 7500 from Skinner and Deere respectively. Davenport Business Men urge closing Rock Island Arsenal for June 11 inspection by President McKinley, with copies sent to Rock Island and Moline groups.
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Theophilus McGraw
Moline
Tri-City Railway Company
Fourth Avenue
Twenty-third ‘Street
Atlanta
Eckhart
S. R. Kenworthy
L. V. Eckhart
Porter Skinner
Mary L Deere
Davenport Business Men’s Association
S. E. Blunt
Rock Island Arsenal
McKinley
Rock Island
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