Greek gains in Epirus and Salonica threaten Turkish lines
Dispatches report Greek forces advancing in Epirus and Thessaly while Turkish positions falter at Katerina Litochorion and Katrina. Turkish leaders reshuffled with Edhem Pasha recalled and Cyman Pasha placed in command. 56,000 Turkish reserves called up as Greek artillery and fleet actions disrupt Turkish stores and fortifications.
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New York
Greece
Porte
Cyman Pasha
Plevna
Lirissa
Edaen Pasha
Ahimed Thifsi Pasha
Comomuinid
Janina
Edhem Pasha
Tabissa
Skouges
Thessaly
Saje
Ind
Ofron
Derchi
Turks Dismayed as Greek Successes Reported in Crete and Thessaly
Athens cables report Constantine claiming Greek victories over Turkish positions at Ligeria and Katerring, with Turkish stores along the coast destroyed by Commodore Sachtouris. Turkish forces reportedly withdrawn from Crete as Greek advances continue. reported fires and destruction rise along the coast. Also notes calls for Landwehr militia in Gittece and Greek bombardment of Santa Quaranta with town damage.
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London
Athens
Daily Chronicle
Constantine
George
Ligeria
Nezeros
Raprani
Katerina
Chronicle
Katering
Litthorton
Sachtouris
Mount Olympus
Edhem Pasha
Salonica
Verria Road
Blas- Bona
Crete
Volo
Verria
Gritzovall
Landwehr
Gittece
Corfu
Santa Quarante
Porte's Bulletins News of the War From Constantinople
The dispatches arrive from Constantinople dated April 23 detailing war updates and military news as received by the Porte. The reports summarize ongoing operations and official statements regarding engagements and strategic movements.
Nurses Offered to Aid Greek Armies
April 23 Parle officials note ladies offered to serve as nurses with Greek armies in the field but no funds exist to pay for their travel. Greek colony members express relief at frontier news and approval of a Senate motion showing U S sympathy with Greece against Turkey.
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Parle
Legation
Greece
Thessalian
United States Senate
Turkey
Motorman shot in front of city hall in St Louis
In St Louis on April 23 James Thorp motorman was shot in the thigh by Ira Stansbury who, driving a buggy on the track, refused to yield and bumped the electric car off the rails. Stansbury 77 years old claimed equal rights on the street and faced arrest calmly after the incident.
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St. Louis
James FE
Thorp
Ira Stansbury
Ecity Hall
Stansbury
Sherman Letter Prompts Etiquette Note for Grant Parade
New York April 1. Mayor Strong releases a communication from the Department of State dated April 22 1897 addressing a controversy over ceremony precedence at General Grants tomb dedication. It states ambassadors and cabinet members will not seek special seating and asks equal treatment for foreign diplomats on the stand and in seating assignments.
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Grant
New York
Strong
Department of State
Wiachington
William L. Strong
New York City
General Grant
Julian Pauncefote
John Sherman
Voyager's Load of Diamonds Smuggling Case Involving Baron Lingke
Baron Oscar von Lingke of Penn Yan New York was detained aboard the North German Lloyd Trave after customs found two diamond brooches a pair of diamond and pearl earrings and a necklace of sixty one and a half carats with a large pearl. He claimed the gems were bought for his wife and Commissioner Ko ordered charges of smuggling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Baron Oscar von Lingke
Penn Yan
N. Y
Baron von Lingke
Five Gold Bricks Fraud Case In New York
Dr Jules Garnier bought five gold bars from Joseph Gomez in November and exchanged $2,500 for them. Garnier kept the gold bars wrapped in soft power until last week when he tried to cash them. The Assay office declared the bars were counterfeit.
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New York
Jules Garnier
Joseph Gomez
Holmdel Village House Proprietor Dies After Foot Injury
Matawan N J April 23 Christian J L Croxson of Holmdel died this morning in Long Branch hospital from blood poisoning after picking a corn on the small toe with his finger pall He was 65 years old and proprietor of the Holmdel Village House.
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Matawan
N. J
Christian JL. Croxson
Holmdel
Long Branch Hospital
Police raid bucket shops as detectives seize offices
Detectives raided four bucket shop offices in New York at Nos. 49 and 63 New Street and 20 Broadway and 51 New Street. Shouting patrons fled to the street while managers and a chief clerk were arrested. other suspects were detained for examination. The raid uncovered telegraphs and phones used in the operations within dense, maze like rooms.
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New York
Wale
Central Office
New Street
Broadway
Iiade
Piness
Manhattan Commilssion Company
Standard Commisseion Company
Woodruff
No. 40
Emitable Commission Company
Torve
No. 51
Broker Woodruff
No.0
Manhattan Commission Common
Droad Street
Exchange Place
Bowlway
Nassau #iest
Park Row
Centre Street
Police Court
Braun
Mallon
Murphy
Rate
Consolidated Exchange
Window Glass Advances 7 Percent Nationwide
At a special session of the national executive committee of the Western Window Glass Company in Chicago an advance of 7 percent was declared on all window glass across the country. The increase takes effect May 4.
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Chicago
The
Western Window Glass Company
Powell Clayton Arbitration Offer in Guatemala Mexico Boundary
Powell Clayton in Mexico City offered the arbitrator position for the Guatemala Mexico boundary dispute. Both governments have prepared data and papers. a decision may come soon.
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Powell Clayton
City of Mexico
Ipon
Guatemala-Mexico
American Girls Take the Veil at Loretto Abbey
Seventeen young women entered the veil at Loretto Abbey. Notable among them are Miss Maria Brean of Buffalo who will be known as Sister Alter Lucilla and Miss Miss Pope of Chicago who received the name Sister Antonio.
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Toronto
Loretto Abbey
Mias Brean
Buffalo
Aleter Lucilla
Mias Pope
Chicago
Antonio
Frankfort Session Defeats Deboer Nomination in Senate Caucus
In Frankfort on April 11 the Republican joint legislating caucus rejected the nomination of Deboer the Belters candidate and twenty other selections for the United States Senate seat.
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Frankfort
United States
Penate
Deboer
Etta Robbins Acquitted In Murder Case
Huntington W Va April 2 Etta Robbins was acquitted at noon today of murdering Nettle Call. The trial on the murder of A J Call likely will be continued to the next term of court.
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Huntington
W. Va
Etta Robbing
Nettle Call
A. J. Call
Hull Fighters Killed in Mexico Bull Fight
In Leon Mexico two ring men were gored to death at a bull fight yesterday. One bull jumped the barrier and seriously wounded several spectators.
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Hull
Mexico
Leon
Ring
Society Woman Divorces Harry Ripley in New York
Mrs. Ripley wife of Harry Dillon Ripley a prominent claimant obtains a Supreme Court divorce based on a referee report proving infidelity. Daughter of banker George I Seney and heiress, she had detectives track her husband after 18 years of marriage begun as a society event. Decree grants $5 000 annual alimony with relief from payment if she remarries.
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New York
Ripley
Harry Dillon Ripley
Supreme Court
Peculiar Case of Inheritance Fraud in San Francisco
Carrie Sankey, now adult, sues guardian Charles Coggins and wife Mary for fraud claiming her inheritance from Samuel Sankey, scattered across Pennsylvania Illinois and California. She alleges guardianship exploited her feeble intellect to place property in Coggins name and seeks voided gifts, accounting, and damages.
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San
Insurgent hangman's error leaves Kelley alive in Havana
An American named Kelley disappeared from a Havana hotel and joined insurgents posing as a dynamite expert. Suspected of being a spy, he was hanged but the rope broke, leaving him uninjured. He fled to Punta Brava and surrendered to the Spanish commandant in a naked state before receiving clothing and amnesty.
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Havana
Kelley
New York
Punta Brava
Kelley Ja
Mberty
Durrant May Not Hang As San Francisco Debates Fate
San Francisco April 24 reports suggest Theodore Durrant may escape the gallows as the state board of prison directors split on his fate. Two directors oppose hanging, two favor it, one is noncommittal. Governor Rhudd has not committed but allies say he privately confirms Durrant's guilt and interference seems unlikely.
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San Francisco
Theodore Durrant
Binanche Lamont
State Board of Prison Directors
Lave Eald
Durrant
Rhudd
Ten Years for Felonious Assault Conviction
Charles Plummer, a Black man from Wyoming, was found guilty of felonious assault against Rosa Weaver, a sixteen year old girl, in Dover Delaware and received the maximum ten year sentence.
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Dover
Del
Charles Plummer
Wyoming
Rosa Weaver
Delaware
English Syndicate to Pay Taxes on Island Holdings
Governor Pingree has signed a bill annexing Isla Royale county to Keweenaw county forcing about twenty English capitalists to pay taxes on their realty holdings. The move ends more than a decade of nominal assessments on the largest island in inland American waters.
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Houghton
Mich
Pingree
Isla Royale
Keweenaw
Jury sworn to hear Palr case on pencil deeds validity
A jury has been sworn to hear the Palr case in San Francisco as Probate Judge Stack probes the authenticity of pencil deeds conveying valuable property from Senator Fair to Mrs Craven. The trial is expected to occupy several weeks.
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San Francisco
April S
Palr
Stack
Senator Fair
Mre
Craven Fa Demas
Leng's Slavere Acquitted in Turkish Court Report
A Turkish court previously trying Kurds and Armenians for the murder of Lena, an American, reportedly acquitted Leng's Slavere. The report comes from United Bliuses Consul Borghols in Miaeroum, forwarded to the state department in Washington.
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Leng
Washington, D. C
United Bliuses
Borghols
Miaeroum
Turkey
State Department
Vo Lena
Effect of War on Markets and Demand for American Goods
A Dun and Co weekly review suggests European war fears will increase demand for American products at higher prices. It notes grain volatility, rising wheat and corn exports, modest cotton impact, and weak manufacturing orders while failures fall slightly from the prior year.
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New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Turkey
Greece
Europe
Russia
Danubian
Atlantic
Bessemer Pic
Pittsburg
Grey Forge
Birmingham
Boston
Rother
United States
Canada
Fire Converts a Silverite in New Jersey
Postmaster George C. Cranmer of Whitings New Jersey shifts from silver advocacy to gold after a depot fire destroys his safe. He salvages gold and currency, with silver coins devalued. Bills are lost. In Nashville a separate federal decision concerns a Southern Building and Loan Association location dispute and a request for a receiver.
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Toms River
N. J
George C. Cranmer
Whit Ings
Whitings
Silver Advocate
Nashville
United States
Clark
Southern
Ex-Governor Va Smith Dies in Ark Insane asylum
Former Governor Va Smith died in an Arkansas insane asylum after years of mental decline linked to campaign finances. He reportedly urged guards to arrange a meeting with President McKinley to settle the money issue to everyone's satisfaction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judttie Hock
Ark
Va ¥. Smith
McKinley
Cholera Outbreak Spurs Government Slaughter Plan
Windsor University April 2 report: a serious hog cholera outbreak in the county prompts an inspector to urge slaughter of all hogs in the affected southern area as the only proven method to exterminate the disease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Windsor
Uni
Mob violence forces blacks to flee Davis Oklahoma
Whites in Davis Oklahoma warned black residents to leave within 24 hours after the murder and robbery of Charles McCormick by Frank Brown. Territorial authorities, including U.S. Judge Kilgore, vow thorough investigation and swift justice, urging no spared time or money.
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Ardmore
I. T
United States
Kilgore
Congress Wraps Indian Bill Debate and Grant Tomb Visit
The House completes Senate amendments to the Indian appropriation bill and sends it to conference. Debate centers on opening the Uncompahgre Indian reservation under mineral land laws with a lease plan. An amendment to bar corporations from Gilsonite possession was proposed. The House rejected a Senate strike on oil and gas lease ratifications. A 23 member committee was named to attend the Grant Tomb dedication in New York, with a three day adjournment planned for next week.
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Washington
House
Senate
Bland
Missouri
Union Pacific Railroad
Grant
New York
Accused of Scurrilous Letter Writing in Lock Haven
Clara Brown, a young colored woman, was arrested today by U S Postal Inspector Hugh J Gorman on the charge of sending scurrilous matter through the mail. She was admitted to bail in 500 dollars for trial at Williamsport or Pittsburgh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lock Haven
Clara Brown
United States Poost Office
Hugh J. Gorman
Williamsport
Mittsburg
American Line St Paul to Carry Nordic Postmasters to Washington
The American Line steamer St Paul sails for New York tomorrow from Southampton carrying Postmasters General Erendsen of Norway and Hyerdahl of Sweden as delegates to the International Postal Conference in Washington.
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Southampton
American Line
St. Paul
New York
Erendsen
Norway
Hyerdahl
Sweden
Washington
Henderson Confined, Ordered Rest in Amputee Case
Dubuque dispatch reports Coneromeman Hen Henderson in his room for several days with a recurrence of old trouble. His condition is such that physicians have ordered absolute rest for two weeks, body and mind, to recover from his amputated limb illness.
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Dubuque
Coneromeman Henderson
Chicago Great Western Announces Export Freight Rate
The Chicago Great Western issues a tariff from Kansas City to Chicago for export bound to seaports. The rate applies to shipments destined for the seaport and sets a proportionate charge. The future rate noted is 12 cents.
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Chicago
Kansas City
Chicago Great Western Tas
Kanhie City
Fifty sixth ballot for US senator adjourns in Kentucky
Frankfort April 2 report: in the joint assembly the fifty sixth ballot for United States senator produced Blackburn 45, Martin 1, K. Stone 1 with no quorum and the body adjourned.
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Frankfort
United States
Legislative Assembly
Blackburn
Martin
Stone
Local News Summary and World Events Brief
Advance of the Gregan Army and police raid in New York amid market jitters. Pittsburg reports double tragedy. Scranton loses a game in the National League. Wheat issues and suburban growth noted in Lackawanna County. Local court and teachers institute close. London letter and Crete trade notes accompany cultural items.
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New York
Pittsburg
National League Hall
Scranton
Socamd
Lascaster
Washington
Bension of
Teachers’ Institute
Leocali
Koehler
Corpesorriets of
Phakespeare
Rth
Sadie Kaiser
London
Turkey
Greece
Crete
Owalia
Heppeninsa
Opposition in the Senate over Tariff Legislation
A Western Republican senator reports that opponents of the tariff measure may obstruct its passage for a pretext. He notes Democrats and Populists largely oppose the bill, with silver Republicans split, while President McKinley is surprised by the opposition and questions whether opponents will take on the responsibility to defeat revenue legislation. The president fears a grave responsibility if Democrats and Populists block the measure.
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McKinley
Palmer
Wrehington
Senate
Reinstatement Requests Mark Government Printing Office
Washington report details large White House receptions and even larger public visits to the Government Printing Office. Public Printer Palmer sees callers including senators and representatives urging reinstatement under civil service rules for soldiers sailors and their widows and children.
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Washington
White House
Government Printing Office
Palmer
Everysbody
Civil Service Order
Cleveland
Kiev Handa
Two nominations set by president for state posts
Washington April 23 reports the president will nominate William RF Day of Canton Ohio for assistant secretary of state and Bellamy Storey of Cincinnati for minister to Belgium.
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Washington
William RF. Day
Canton
Bellamy Storey
Cincinnati
Belgium
Appointment of fourth Clara poetmasters list ends with resignations
Washington April 2 The aggregate appointment list for fourth Clara poetmasters shows several changes. Names include Indhune Pennayte vania Covil Emil Lipacher and others. many positions show resignations or removals, with multiple vice appointments noted.
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Washington
Ruta
Clara
Indhune
Pennaytevania
Covil
Emil Lipacher
W. Potetti
Centrana
G. W. Davis
B. J. Doyle
Dinsmore
W. K. Traux
Aaron Buxton
Good Intent
M. J. Pivan
Harry Turner
Meistersburg
Elizabeth (Enwell
Levi Harn
Reinstatements Highlight Washington Department Figures
Washington reports April Y Henry A Coe of Pennsylvania and former treasury captain restored to service. P 8 notes Captain Talbert shifts to clerical work and Charles A Dillen, Chicago customs inspector, also reinstated.
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Washington
Henry A. Coehaurh
Pennsylvania
To Wateh
Talbert
Hae Beetl
Campalay
Charles A. Dillen
Chicago
Weather Report For New York And Nearby Areas
New York forecast for April 22 indicates mostly cloudy skies with warmer temperatures. Light rain expected in the northern districts, while the southern regions may see clearing and gentle winds from the southwest later.
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New York
Huncay
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Cording
Epirus
Litochorion
Mbritreit
Gulf of Arta
Prevesa
Katrina
Gulf of Salonica
Vola
Naim Pasha
Milouia
Slulva
Hakki Pasha
Nerly
Koekrena
Karadja
Viran
Pasha
Gordonan
Garbika
Edbem Pasha
Constantinope
Constantivoge
Paris
MR. Sherman
Grant Committee
Julian Pauncefot
Alte
Belters
Etta Robbins
California
State Board of Pardons
RG. Dun & Co
Tory Village
Mrs. Hovey
Lansing
Williamstown
Albert Hovey
Alexe
Congress
Congressman Henderson II
Kentucky
Wheat Side
Imag
Ines
Ohio
Cobauch
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