Fresh Troops Needed as South Africa War War News
A London dispatch says eighteen volunteer companies freed by reliefs return home as fresh troops are arranged to replace state-men. Kris will visit states in June, with mentions of Boston Washington and Chicago. Reports place Kruger in Hilversum and Dewet Botha meeting at Wreyd. Arthur Kruger signals no US trip. Graafreinet arrests for treason and Phillipstown reoccupied in Cape Colony.
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Lord’. Kitchener
War Office
London
Victoria
Morning Post
Hrussels
Schalkerburger
Leydesdorp
Daily Mail
Hilversum
Kruger
United States
Washington
Boston
Chicago
Times
Kroonschstadt
Dewet
Botha
Wreyd
Capetown
Daily Express
Graafreinet
Aberdeen
South Africa
Phillipstown
Cape Colony
Fire consumes large St. Louis grain elevator
Sparks from a switch engine ignite the St. Louis Elevator & Storage Co. facility in St. Louis. The blaze destroys the 800,000 bushels of wheat and corn and the building within two hours. Total insured value runs to about 650,000 with 90,000 on the structure and 550,000 on grain. No significant salvage expected. local market impact unlikely per He C Haarstick president.
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St. Louis Elevator & Storage Company
St. Louis
He C. Haarstick
St. Louis Elevator & Storage Co
Diegon to Be a Boatswain in Navy Lineup
The president announced appointments including Osborn Deignan as boatswain, a sailor who joined the Merrimac expedition. Deignan could not be made naval cadet at Annapolis due to eligibility rules, despite his bravery during the Santiago blockade.
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Navy
Rush R. Wallace
Marine Corps
John $. Doddridge
Thorns E. Stitt
Conrads L. Jungquist
Feledek R. “Havzard
Arthur Smith
Osborn Deignan
Santiago
Deignan
Annapolis
Woman tries to kill herself in Girard home
Mrs. Margaret Carr, a prominent Girard Illinois woman aged fifty seven, attempted suicide by hanging in the woodshed after breakfast. She was found and cut down by her daughter Mrs. Frank Allen due to despondency over the deaths of her husband and grandchild.
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Margaret Carr
Union Iron Works to Build Milwaukee Cruiser in San Francisco
The Navy Department decides to award the protected cruiser Milwaukee contract to Union Iron Works of San Francisco after board review. The bid is 2,825,000 dollars, under 4 percent above eastern prices, with Pacific coast deliveries expected for five ships as Congress intended. A Denver class five inch gun tested at Indian Head shows muzzle velocity 2,990 feet per second and armor penetration of seven inches Krupp at the muzzle and five inches at 2,000 yards.
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Milwaukee
Navy Department
Union Iron Works
San’ Fran
Long
Board of Construction
Longe
Pacific Coast
Congress
Union Works
East
Indian Head Proving Ground
Knox Accepts Attorney General Post Amid Cabinet Talk
President McKinley has announced that P. C. Knox of Pittsburg will become attorney general, confirming last week’s offer. Rumors of Governor Allen of Porto Rico resigning upon arrival in Washington circulate as island leaders seek his successor. Wenceslao Borda, Porto Rican commission chairman, proposes Francis H. Wilson of Brooklyn as Allen’s replacement, citing directives from the Merchants Planters Bankers association executive committee.
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McKinley
P. C. Knox
Pittsburg
Allen
Porto Rico
Washington
Island
Wenceslao Borda
Porto Rican ‘Commission
Francis H. Wilson
Brooklyn
N. Y
Wilson
Borda
New York
Merchants, Planters’ and Bankers’ Association of
Woman killed during Marble quarrel in Chicago
Mrs Anna Palmiere of 1552 Congress Street died after a 15 year old boy James H McKay struck her during a dispute over marbles involving her two sons Maxwell and Vivian Palmiere. McKay fled and was later arrested. The husband Henry Palmiere returned home with a revolver, sought his sons, and Captain Campbell assigned an officer to guard the house overnight to prevent further violence.
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Chicago
Anna Palmiere
Congress Street
James H. McKay
McKay
Henry Palmiere
Campbell
Palmiere
Maxmilian
Vivian
Jointist Acquitted In Salina Under New Kan Law
The first trial of a jointist under Kansas new Hurrell law ended without a verdict and the jury was discharged in Salina. Henry Stevens and his wife faced the raid by the sheriff recently. The law followed the temperance crusade led by Mrs Nation.
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Kansas
Salina
Kan
Yyas
Henry Stevens
Banquet Honours University Chancellor and Lincoln Lecturer
Dr E Benjamin Andrews chancellor of the University of Nebraska delivered a lecture at the Lawrence County Teachers Institute in Deadwood South Dakota on Self Culture. A banquet was given in honor of Dr Andrews and Miss Alice Hinman of Lincoln, one of the lecturers at the institute, at the home of Dr E L Clough.
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E.benjamin Andrews
University of Nebraska
Lawrence County Teachers’ Institute
Deadwood
Dre Andrews
Alice Hinman
Lincoln
Ele, Clough
Diaz Declines El Paso Invitation to Meet McKinley
A letter from Juancreel to the El Paso chamber of commerce states President Diaz will decline the invitation for a meeting with President McKinley due to the Mexican congress being in session on the named date.
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Juancreel
el Paso
Tex
Chamber of Commerce
Diaz
McKinley
Mexican Congress
Peruna Promises Easter Health Through Spring Ailments
An old advertisement extols Peruna as a spring tonic curing systemic catarrh and related nervous, digestive, and blood issues. It quotes various public figures praising Peruna as a top tonic and remedy for worn out systems and frail nerves.
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United States
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U. S.N
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New York City
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Jno
D. W. Timberlake
Lynchburg
Percy W. Moss
Second Arkansas Volunteers
Paragould
Ark
Jeanie Johnson
Lake Park Avenue
Chicago Teachers
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Peruna
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International Bar > Union
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Minnesota
W. C. Chambers
Samoa
Syston
Canada
Land of
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Ottawa
Canadas
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Bennett
N.Y. Life Bidg
Omaha
Neb
Western
Omaila, “Neb
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Reels
Institute
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