Redmond Denounces Lord Lieutenant Coercion in Commons
In London Friday John Redmond Irish nationalist leader denounced the Earl Cadogan and a proclaimed conspiracy to inflame Ireland as calumny. He warned of armed resistance to coercion while Wyndham defended government actions as based on extensive information. A detainment motion went down 253 to 148. Redmond and Dillon sent a joint cable to John F. Finerty seeking American support.
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House of Commons
London
John Redmond
Ireland
Earl Cadogan
England
Reamond
Redmond
John Dillon
John F. Finerty
Chicago
Missouri Referee Rules Anti-Trust Law Unconstitutional
Judge John P. Butler, appointed by Missouri Supreme Court in 1900, ruled that Missouri anti-trust law is unconstitutional. He recommends not maintaining suits by the attorney general and asks the court to confirm his report in the Continental Tobacco Company case.
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John P. Butler
Supreme Court of Missouri
Continental Tobacco Company
Supreme Court
Missouri
Pension Denied for Disobedience by 91st Pennsylvania
The House received the president’s message returning without approval a bill to pension Thomas F. Waller first lieutenant of Company A Ninety first Pennsylvania. He was cashiered in 1865 for disobedience of orders refusing picket duty. The president said inscribing his name on pension rolls would condone an inexcusable offense by a commissioned officer.
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Thomas F. Waller
Company A
Ninety-first
Pennsylvania
Refusig
Memorial for Rhodes Planned at Devil's Peak
A meeting of Capetown citizens established a national memorial for Cecil Rhodes. A committee will appeal across the British Empire for funds to erect a massive cairn on Devil's Peak overlooking the Cape peninsula. The cairn will bear a heroic bronze statue of Rhodes facing north.
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Rhodes
Capetown
South Africa
Cecil Rhodes
British Empire
Devil’s . Peak
Cape Peninsula
Doctor Jackson B. Thomas Convicted for Forgery
Dr. Jackson B. Thomas of Philadelphia was sentenced by Judge Wolfe to seventeen and a half years at hard labor in the penitentiary for forging papers to obtain a $6,000 loan from W. G. Putnam of Davenport Iowa. He made frequent trips to Iowa and Indiana to raise funds, and many aliases and successful operations have been uncovered since his arrest.
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Jackson B. Thomas
Philadelphia
G. Putnam
Davenport
Wolfe
Thomas
Iowa
Indiana
Eliases
Man Rescued After Gas Leak At York Hotel
Ray Pulman registered at the Le Grand hotel in York Nebraska and was assigned to a room. The next morning landlord Miller detected escaping gas, entered the room, and found the occupant near collapse. A physician revived him. a ajar door saved his life. He is from Chillicothe Missouri.
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Ray’ ‘Pulman
le Grand
York
Neb
Notorious brigand Musciano admits murders in trial
April 17 dispatch reports in Lucca that the brigand Musciano, on examination for murder and robbery, confessed to the killings but claimed he acted as an honest man delivering justice while denying the charges.
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Lucca
Musciano
Fort Scott Mayor Receives Sex Distribution Proposal
A Cleveland health journal messages Mayor Goodlander about a plan to swap men from Kansas for eastern women. It describes a nationwide matchmaking project publishing a book with photographs of willing Kansas men to pair with eastern women, aiming to address sex imbalances and boost western prosperity.
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Mayor Goodlander
Fort Scott
Kan
Journal of Health, Society
Cleveland
West End
United States
New trial ordered after screams disrupt murder trial
An Atlanta dispatch reports Mrs. Molly Eady Duncan on trial for the murder of her husband became hysterical during deliberations. Judge Candler ordered a mistrial Friday noting the screams reached him and may have affected the jury's view of the case.
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Atlanta, Ga
Molly Eady Duncan
Candler
Criminal Court
House Recedes Accept Senate Substitute on Chinese Bill
Members of the house after informal conferences decided to accept the Senate substitute adopted Wednesday. The measure continues the present laws and applies them to insular possessions.
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House
Senate
New Men for Philippines Arrive in Sherman Transport
After a year of idleness the army transport Sherman went into commission on Thursday and sailed for the Philippines. On board are 416 men of the Second Infantry under Captain Wilson, fifty recruits and casuals, 100 marines, 47 hospital corps men and ninety cabin passengers including officers wives relatives contract surgeons and civilians.
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Philippines
Army
Sherman
Second Infantry
Wilson
Woman Falls Into Cistern on Elk Creek Porch
Mrs Deborah Lawrence, over seventy, fell through a trap floor into a cistern on a porch in Elk Creek Nebraska while visiting N Libbys. The cistern is fourteen feet deep and held about four feet of water. A ladder was lowered and she climbed out with only minor bruises and no serious injury.
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Deborah Lawrence
N. Libby
Elk Creek
Neb
Pope Welcomes Swiss Pilgrims in Rome Audience
In Rome on April 18 the pope received a large Swiss pilgrim audience. Fears of hostile demonstrations due to Italy Switzerland tensions were halted by exhaustive military precautions enforced by the government.
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Rome
Italy
Switzerland
Robber Burnhaus Arrest Ties Post Office Conspiracy
Deputy U S Marshal McGrath arrested C B Burnhaus at a western Kansas town on a charge listed as game law violation. Authorities say the real charge is conspiracy to rob several post offices, linking Burnhaus to a gang active in western Kansas for months.
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Burnhaus
Wurich
Kan
United States
McGrath
Kansas
Czarina’s Niece Elopes to Warsaw Intercepted Exile
The Vienna Neue Zeitung reports czar’s niece Grand Duchess Helena aged twenty eloped from St. Petersburg with a plebian student. They were intercepted in Warsaw while headed abroad. The grand duchess returned home while the student was exiled to Siberia.
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Vienna Neue Zeitung
Helena
St. Petersburg
Plebian
Warsaw
Siberia
San Francisco Street Car Workers Demand 25 Cents Hourly
Aindroid street car employees presented a demand to the United Railway Company for a flat rate of twenty five cents per hour and a ten hour day with a time limit, saying they now earn two dollars and fifty cents for a seven and a half hour day.
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San Francisco
United Railway Company
Jury rules shot caused fatal wound in Alliance case
Coroner's jury in Alliance Neb. finds Michael Sierks died from a shotgun wound inflicted feloniously by Oliver Olson. A. Yahnke and his son named as accessories before the fact. Sierks at Olson's home twelve miles NW of Alliance. Three men in custody. preliminary before Justice Butler pending Monday.
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AD Alliance
Neb
A. Yahnke
Mike Sierks
Sierks
Michael Sierks
Oliver Olson
Butler
Grand Island Considers Charter Reform Plan
Grand Island citizens express dissatisfaction with the new city charter for towns of 5000 to 25000. Council member W F McLaughlin proposed forming a committee to meet with similar groups in other cities to draft a new charter for legislative passage.
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Iew
Grand Island
W. F.mclaughlin
McLaughlin
Game Warden Expenses Show Modest Surplus for 1901
Chief Deputy Simpkins reports the 1901 June to December running costs of the fish and game commission at 4681.51 dollars. Fines and revenues totaled 4039.55 dollars, leaving 541.96 dollars in unreimbursed costs. License income led with 2692 dollars, followed by 400 dollars from non residence licenses.
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Fish and Game Commission
Simpkins
Commission
Federal court moves to circuit in Minnesota merger suit
Judge Otis in Ramsey County Minnesota signs an order removing the action filed by the state of Minnesota against a railroad merger to the U S circuit court. The motion to remove was filed by a defendant securities company alleging the case involves construction of federal statutes and of the United States.
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Ities Company
Otis
Rameey’ County
Minnesota
St. Paul
United States Circuit Court
Securities Company
United States
Welcome for Miss Stone in Boston church meeting
Miss Eilen M. Stone the missionary was publicly welcomed home at a Park Street church meeting in Boston arranged by the women's board of foreign missions. An additional greeting was tendered by the American Board through Rev J L Barton while Dr Samuel B read notes from Governor Crane, Secretary Hay and others.
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Miss Stone
Eilen M. Stone
Boston
Park Street
Woman's Board of Foreign Missions
American Board
J. L. Barton
Samuel ‘B
Crane
Hay
Injured Couple in Farm Accident Near Plattsmouth
Thomas Schlegel and his wife, an elderly couple living on a farm ten miles south of Plattsmouth, were returning home when their buggy team frightened and ran away. Mrs Schlegel suffered a fractured collar bone while her husband sustained internal injuries that may have serious consequences.
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Thomas Schlegel
Plattsmouth
Schlegel
Suspected Kansas City Murder Suspect Arrested in Manhattan
William Beott, wanted for grand larceny in Savannah, Missouri, was arrested in Manhattan Kansas. He is described as fitting the killer profile of the Falls City Nebraska city marshal slain two years ago, a reward listed for that case.
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William Beott
Manhattan
Kan
Savannah
Falls City
Neb
Riots in Louvain Amid Brussels Socialist Clash
Brussels papers recount violent street clashes at Louvain after a meeting with socialist deputies. A mob split into two bands aimed at the president of the chamber M Schollaert and the interior minister Mu Trooz. A giant rioter seized an officer, a bayonet strike followed, and bullets felled several rioters forcing the rest to flee.
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Brussels
Louvain
Chamber
M. Schollaert
Interior
Mu Trooz
Jed
Big River Disaster Near Cairo Claims Many Lives
A river steamer City of Pittsburg burned near Ogden's Landspe in Cairo, Illinois, with about 150 aboard. Over $80,000 loss to the vessel and its cargo. Few survivors, many burned or injured. death toll may reach sixty as the register burned and lists unavailable.
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Ogden
Landspe
Cairo
City of
Pittsburg
Phillips
Has the Larynx Removed From Patient in San Francisco Surgery
Aaron Johnson survived a pioneering operation at the city and county hospital in San Francisco, the complete removal of the larynx to treat cancer. This rare coast procedure joins about three or four similar global cases, with the danger deemed passed. An artificial larynx is being crafted to restore speech, though the voice will be monotone.
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Aaron Johnson
San Francisco
New Yorker Gary A Willard Elected National Editorial Leader
Gary A Willard of Booneville New York was elected president of the National Editorial Association. A Hot Springs Arkansas dispatch reports W H Tuttle of Chicago spoke on The Postal Laws and harshly criticized Third Assistant Postmaster General Madden over recent mailing rulings affecting certain publications.
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Garry A. Willard
Booneville, N. Y
National Editorial Association
Hot Springs
Ark
Dispatch
W. H. Tuttle
Chicago
National Publishers’, Bureau
General
Madden
Road Closure At Fort Riley For Target Practice
Geary and Riley county officials plan a new road to replace the closed Fort Riley route used for artillery target practice. They seek a $6,000 federal appropriation urged by Senator Burton and Congressman Calderhead to fund construction.
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Fort Riley
Kan
Harvey
Geary and
Riley County
Burton
Calderhead
Congress
Grand Island Nebria imposes booth and wine room ban
At a recent Grand Island Nebraska council meeting an ordinance regulates booths or wine rooms in saloons. It makes it a misdemeanor to have any door curtain or screen over or in front of a booth wine room or other room built within a saloon. The move follows one dealer refusing to remove a door and is not a general remedy.
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Grand Island
Farmer in Franklin Area Injured in Sawed-Accident Runaway Horses
Will Carpenter, a farmer living east of Franklin, suffered a severe injury when his team spooked and bolted. He fell as the wagon wheels passed over his face, breaking the nose bridge and both cheekbones and leaving him unconscious for a time.
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Will Carpenter
Franklin
Congress Passes Cuban Reciprocity Bill Amid Party Rift
Washington dispatch reports Democrats and Republican insurgents overruled House chair in committee during debate on the Cuban reciprocity bill. The measure, removing the refined sugar differential, passed amid wide Republican defections and a large final tally of 247 to 46.
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Washington
House
Grosvenor
Ohio
Payne
Dingley
Agmay
Cuba
United States
Bromwell
Broussard
Brown
Coombs
Coruss
Cushman
Dahle
Plattsmouth Postmaster Seeks Missing Corwin Heirs
Postmaster in Plattsmouth Nebraska received a letter from an attorney in Defiance Ohio asking him to locate two children of J F Corwin deceased. The two youths aged twelve and fourteen are heirs to a large estate left by Corwins father. The younger Corwin disappeared nine years ago leaving a wife who later remarried as Mrs Simon Hanson now living near Nehawka with her husband a farmer. The missing man had worked on railroads in Denver and Wyoming before his death three years ago.
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Wyoming
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Jary
Bel
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Belgium
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Wich
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