General Ketteler Reports Flat Chinese Resistance
General Ketteler presents a report noting Chinese troops did not retreat as expected and were forced to abandon provinces after clashes with German and allied forces. Li Hung Chang questions the claim while American indemnity stance gains support. British and American officers receive a ceremonial sendoff amid a tense frame of international talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Exoleive
Lisa Pekin
Aywih
Etteter
Kuru
Hafers
Clenerd Keiteler
Grenmenal
Germains
Mireneh
AH Ti
Li Hung Chang
Lo Kwang
Noenet
Rock
Chaffer
Gaselee
Chaffee
Ketteler
No Evidence of Boers Receiving Horses from Britain
The Agriculture Department has found no credible reports that Boer emissaries were invited to obtain horses shipped to South Africa. Officials say distrustful elements may have stirred rumors, but no official shipment or authorization has occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eadlualye
Washington
Agriultume
Africa
Les Soovetney
Dwight
Vostlers
Ohio River recedes as pumps clean cellars after flood
The Ohio river continues to fall in Cincinnati with siphon pumps clearing water from cellars. Navigation resumes with excursions expected to use regular depots soon. Farther downstream toward Henderson Kentucky and Indiana line, conditions are uncertain as flood channels shift and water hazard rises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Ohio
Henderson
Philadelphia League Erupts Over Player Move
In a tense dispute dated June 30, Philadelphia and Apollo representatives clashed over Abe Collet and Carnell Wilver city WEP. The Philadelphia venue, led by A. O. Lyongut and Dan Jolie, pressed a pledge to bring ten million to cover the future engagements, while Wilver would not permit departure, stalling the arrangement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Apollo
Philadelphia American League
Abe Collet
Carnell Wilvercity
Bihwed
A. OY
Lonigut
Dan Jolie
Heehee
Connell
Unclear OCR text fragment with maritime place names
Fragmentary wire service text lists ports and locations such as New York, London, Gibraltar, Marseille, Naples, and others. Several names appear garbled, suggesting a damaged shipping or arrival report with ships or routes not clearly identifiable.
Mildug Fray Prom Event Attacked by Disturbance
Unclear report describes a prom event held in Wilkes Pane and disrupted by a brawl. One person sustained injuries and faces possible fatal consequences. Details are garbled but indicate a serious disturbance at a school social function.
Father of the Telegraph James Reid Dies in New York
James Douglas Reid known as the father of the telegraph died in New York City at his home. Born March 2 1819 in Edinburgh Scotland he helped organize the Atlantic and Ohio company in 1845 and later served with Magnetic Telegraph Western Union and as U S consul to Dunfermline Scotland. He aided erecting Professor Morse’s statue in Central Park.
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James Douglas Reid
U. 8
Dunfermlin
Scotland
Associated
New York
Telegraph
Bia
Janey Douglas Held
Mdinburah
Marcel
Atlantic and Ohio Company
Philadelpha
Pittsburg
Buffalo
Detroit
Cincinnati
St. Louis
New Orleans
RB. Morse
Das
Mr. Reid
Magnetic Telegraph Company
Washington
Western Union Telegraph Compunny
United States
Duinfermiin
Beotland
Andrew Carnegie
Mr Reid
Pittsboro
Wey
Professor Morse
Central Park
Telegraph Fraternity
Reid
Missing Kansas farmer Kinney case stirs suspicions of murder
Frederick Kinney, a Jewell county farmer last seen August near Beloit with Henry Freeman, disappeared after Kinney’s money and outfit were allegedly sold. Freeman, jailed in Wichita on possible mail fraud, claims they parted near Beloit while Kinney, fearing arrest, vanished. Detectives pursue leads as family and local officials weigh murder theory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Freeman
Frederick Kinney
Salina
Kan
Jewell County
Wichita
Kinney
Alexander Jester
Nebraska
Kansas
Helon
C. M. Jones
Freeman
Abilene
Freenman
Young Kinney
Beloit
Preemen
Dan
Swedenburg
Ealing County
Saver
Preemius
Snow slide at Valdez cited with losses and mystery
A fragmentary report from Port Townsend notes a snow slide near Valdez on April 1 with twenty or more lives lost and horses buried. It mentions travelers from Sunrise and a steamship, but few concrete details are available as investigators still gather information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Townsend
Wael
Jiseoh Riteh
Alueka
Valdez
Senator
Valder
Juneau
Rush
Valdes
Jefe
Train Derailment Kills Eleven in Pekin Tien Tsin Run
The Pekin to Tien Tsin train derailed on a bridge between Lo Fa and Yang Fun after a culvert collapse. Eleven Chinese died and four Chinese and two Americans were wounded. one American is not expected to recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pekin
Tien Tsin
Vie Associated Res. Mekin
Lo Fa
Yang Fun
Passenger Dies After Lehigh Valley Train Collision
In Vimira on April 2 Mrs Sarah Seer, aged 455, and Mise Bowlby, 20, were struck by a dust foright engine while crossing the Leigh Valley railroad. Both were fatally injured according to local reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vimira
Sarah Seer
Mise Bowlby
Leigh Valley Railroad
Dinner to celebrate General Grant birthday at WaldorfAstoria
General Dodge presided at a Grant Monument dinner for Grants seventy ninth birth anniversary. Notables including Landis Howell Chandler and Wheeler attended among 240 guests while women occupied many boxes. Dodge read letters from McKinley and Julia Dent Grant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Dodge
Landis
Howell
General Wheeler
Asociated Press
New York
General 1 Grant
Waldorf-Astoria
Grant Monument Association
General Grant
Grenville M. Dodge
CC. 2
Indiana
Clark Howell
George
Atlanta Constitution
Willan E. Chandler
New Hampshire
J. RB. Brooke
Joseph Wheeler
O. Howard
FF. W. Greene
Isaac S. Catlin
William Brookfield
Nicholas Fish
J. Adriance Bush
George Wilson
James Speyer
Rastus S. Ransom
W. Storrs Wells
T. A. C. Smith
Z. W. Claus
Waller
Johnson
Charles A. Moore
David B. Sickels
Alfred van Santvoord
PD. Bubewek
M. Co
Horden
Woodbury Langdon
Frederick D. Tappen
James A. Blanchard
Amos J. Cuimiingis
Anson G. McCook
George M. Smith
C. Wf. T. Cal Iis
W W. Croker
William Tod Helmuth
Robert C. Morris
Henry &. Tremain
Samuel Thomas
TC Lounsbury
John F. Dillon
Bayard Dominick
John J. McCook
Hartwell A. Wilkins
Samuel P. Avery
A. N. Blakerman
Dodge
McKinley
Julia Dent Grant
Frederick PD. Grant
Reduction In Labor Hours Petition From Lehigh Valley Shops
In Wilkes-Barre on April 24 machinists blacksmiths boilermakers and laborers in Lehigh Valley railroad shops petitioned officials for eight to nine hour workdays across the New York to Buffalo line. Division superintendents received the petitions and higher officials will review them. May 1 marks a push by machinists nationwide for an eight hour day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkes-Barre
Lehigh Valley Railroad
New York
Buffalo
Lehigh Valley Company
Nation Paroled After Wichita Jail Release
Carrie Nation was released on her own recognizance from Wichita jail and headed to Lewisburg Kansas for her brother Charles Moore's funeral. She promised to return after the ceremony and thanked Dr Haley for a recent sermon denouncing police mistreatment of her. The jail fine of 400 was to be enforced upon return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansasity
Mre
Carrie Nation
Lewisburg
Kan
Charles Moore
Wichita
Pr.t. BP. Haley
Springfiehl Avene
May Have Yellow Fever Reported At Sea
Exclusive wire from The Associated Mail reports a pending quarantine as M S Conor’s arrival is awaited tonight. Authorities indicate a yellow fever signal has been seen on the voyage, though shore communications have not clarified details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
M.S. Conor
Fire destroys Dorothy Coal and Coke plant Nipple engine house
A large fire at the Dorothy Coal and Coke plant in Latrobe Pennsylvania destroys the Nipple engine house and boiler house. Estimates put losses at $150,000 and at least two workers hospitalized from smoke. rumors of several miners dead circulate as 400 miners may lose work.
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Dorothy Coal and Coke
Associatedress
Latrobe
American Steel and Wire Company
Eupore
Rogers
William Gill
McFadyen
Fim
Pittsburg Capital
Better Coal Wanted for the Warships
The quartermaster department seeks superior coal for transports. Major John M. B. Hyde aims to identify the best Japanese coal and secure a steady supply, noting Japanese coal’s lower cost but higher sulfur content. Australian coal costs more due to Japan’s duties. Utah coal is being tested for San Francisco delivery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Quartermaster's Department of the Army
John M. B. Hyde
Nagasaki
United States
Manila
Manila Bay
San Francisco
Hyde
Japan
Japinese Coa
Australia
Quartermaster's Department
North Pacific
Utah
San Pranecisco
Five Are Cremated In Stable Fire Tragedy
Fire swept through a stable and three houses early this morning killing Job Copping his wife and three children. Hopper couple escaped by leaping from the burning structure but were injured. The blaze started in a wife’s stile and quickly engulfed the frame buildings, leaving a charred mass of ruins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Job Copping
Myr
Aad
Ales
der Hopper
Cubans in New York Conference with McKinley Officials
The Cuban national convention delegation, recently in Washington for talks with President McKinley and Secretary Root, arrived in New York this morning. They were driven to a hotel and afterward left without sight of the city line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Washington
McKinley Aith
Root
Local Faith Call Prompted Presbyterian Title Votation
An Associated Press dispatch from New York reports a Newark New York resident received a call related to a Mount Carmel area church roll. The article notes church clerical actions and potential penalties for clergy, reflecting church governance matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kachsive Wintree
Asociated Press
New Yorks
Merherw Ure
Newark
Hag
Mt. Canyel
Prechyters
Insurgent Cailles Defeated Near Cavite by American Troops
Captain Wilson Chase and a detachment of the Twenty first infantry surprised General Cailles camp at Dugot Dugot nine miles northeast of Cavite on April 26. Cailles escaped. his adjutant general, five staff officers, fourteen men, twenty rifles and papers seized. Major Velo was killed along with Corporal McGill and Private Tipps. Cailles had offered rewards for American heads and headed a faction blamed for violating honorable warfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Wilson Chase
Twenty-first Infantry
Ceneral Cailles
Dugot-Dugot
Cavite
Laguna
Callles
Chase
Milipino
Velo
McGill
Tipps
Company A
Twenty-first Regiment
Cailles
Edward N. Jones, Jr
Eighth Infantry
Appeal for Sultan Mourad in Campain for Release
The French League of the Rights of Man received a letter from the Ottoman liberal commission in Constantinople appealing for help to release former Sultan Mourad de posed August 31 1876. He is described as imprisoned in Tohlragun in ill health and mental incapacity with no human contact for twenty five years. The commission urges scientific treatment if he is deranged. Senator Taricox head of the league expressed sympathy and willingness to appeal to the Turkish government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
French League of the Rights of Man
Ottoman Liberal Commission
Constantinople
League
Mourad
Tohlragun
Taricox
Calmined the Bar at Ludlow Saloon Incident
Cincinnati April 28 Mere Richard Grater wife of a house painter went to a saloon with a pail and wash bucket causing a disturbance. She challenged the bar and its keeper, who later warned she would repeat the act to anyone selling liquor to her husband.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Richard Grater
Satoon
Ludlow Avenues
War in the Balkans Escalates in Dipldavsite Clash
A deadly clash between Albania and Serbia near Dipldavsite, Gli Saw La, left multiple killed and injured as diplomatic tension rose. The report notes ongoing exchanges between Albanian and Serbian forces and references the broader regional conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hy Bychalye Wite
Associated
Devas
London
Adeomdiy
Tle
Albania
Serviana
Dipldavsite
Gli
Poem and Notices From Early 20th Century Era
Fragmented OCR notes report a poem by Samuel G and references to a James J Siuanon and Daniel Ularver Dyihani. Mention of a farewells, a dinner, and a pneumonia-related death in New York on April 2 with initials and place names garbled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel G
Suddiewity
Abinardes
Atlantic
Dlunel James J. Siuanon
Pooomietoy
Denty Tulay
New York
Daniel Ularver Dyihani
Dame HH. Buukam Te Vo
Hale City
Pnneumonia
Lule Lnemie
Weather and World News Digest Snippet
Morning notes report fair to warm weather. Military reports reference Chinese army withdrawal and Philippines fighting. Local items include a memorial dinner for General Geant and a court acquittal for alleged complicity in a crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippines
Geant
President McKinley’s Special Train Heads West on Journey
Exclusive wire from Washington reports President McKinley's private train prepared for a seven week tour across the United States. The seven-car train includes the Olympia and Lucania private cars, with Frank Larmond piloting and W. W. Albright as conductor. The Southern Railway handles Washington to New Orleans, then Southern Pacific supervises the rest as the party plans parades receptions and a banquet in New Orleans before continuing to the West.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pennsylvania Smailroad Company
United States
N Rineer Frank Larmond
W. W. Albright
Southern Railway
Southern Railway Company
New Orleans
Southern Pacithe Railroad
Olymonia
Allande
Sidames
Omena
Guiana
Pelion
Charmion
Olympia
San Francisco
Lucania
Luennia
McKinley
White House
McWinley
St. Charles Hotel
Othe Southern University
Ciere
Louisiana Historia Society
Cuabilde
Louisiana Territory
Supreme Court
Jackson Square
Governor Candler Responds To Northern Press On Negro Issue
Governor Allen D. Candler stated to the Associated Press that northern papers exaggerate his remarks about the negro question. He said his published comments in Savannah papers are substantially correct, and that Southerners did not want or need Yankee assistance in the matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Tia
Allen D. Candler
Associated Press
Hil
Wise
Bavannah
Moavernor
South
Drill of Porto Rican Troops On Parade Amid Tense Events
The passage describes Porto Rican troops parading under heavy guard with injuries reported and political exertions surrounding the show of force. It notes allies and ongoing tensions attributed to the intervention and the strict stance of authorities, with a leading figure named Angudeo involved in the surrounding controversy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Balive
Coypers
Coleus Deus
Manuel Anrtiews
Angudeo
Porto Bien
Jury discharges Callahan amid disbelief in verdict
The jury finds Callahan not guilty in the kidnapping case and is discharged without compliments of the court. Police drop the $5 000 reward for Pat Crowe but keep the $50 000 city and Edward Cudahy reward. The judge laments the verdict while noting two counts remain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pree Cali
Tamee Calelah Wat
Edward Crudlally
Widae Phiker
Saaeloclk
Stenling
Callahan
Tie
Donahue
Pat Crowe
Edward Cudahy
Thore
Murder suspect Norton hunted near Luckawaxen quarry
New York detectives chased James Torey known as Norton after a warrant from Justice Shannon tied him to a New York family murder. Norton, living at a Willow Turn boarding house near Pound Baldy, eluded capture while investigators questioned residents and pursued him toward Maxwell's bluestone quarries in Pont Buddy Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washund
Minilerer Werthim
Mimes Norton
Pound Baldy
James Torey
Beaver Stook
Sullivan County
George Bogart
Bore Moldy
Willow Turne
Norton
Bly
Uetentives
Tim
Blewis
Ile Wis
Miya
Tans
Mors Hans
Pere Jervis
New York
Carthy
Accident to Widener in city incident reported
The report describes a serious injury to Widener following an accident yesterday. Details are unclear due to garbled text and missing specifics about the event, location, and those involved.
The Gold of Cripple Creek
The article from The Associated Mine at Cohwaie Springs Col. April 28 details a dramatic discovery about the Cripple Creek district. It explains the dangers of a buried deposit and notes a discovery claimed by a figure named Pachoive Wie. The tone resembles a sensational local report with unclear wording and several garbled names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cohwaie Springs
Col
Cripple Creek
Tudian Territory Oil Project Reported by AP Aims for Oil Mine Development
An unclear AP dispatch from Vie Asociated Press outlines a proposed oil development by Tudian Territory Oil Company in South McAlowten. The notice mentions a capital rock of SNM and aims to develop hands in oil mining, with reports of local villagers and potential outputs, though details are garbled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tudian Territory Oil Company
Vie
Asociated Press
South McAlowten
Tate
Tyilum
Oii Weinioy
Tony
Elie
Weather Outlook Sees Warm Week Across Regions
Washington forecast for April 2 shows distant easterly winds easing. Forecasters expect fair to mild conditions with approaching spring warmth across coastal and inland areas.
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Earl LI
Lu Kwang Ting
Rockhill
Fron
Jennings
Arrivea
Jotedam
Hotterdam
Woulogne
la Boetagne
Mavic
Murtrig
Marceilles
Nauplia
Gibraltar
Minneaulie
Sow Yorke
Lombon
Sullly Paswal
Paderland
Toy Saul
Erupton
Trave
Geni
Napleu
Ddyceristowae Ballets Phurka
Borat
Southwark
Frau Anti
Kauhidse
Wilkes Pane
The
Waldorf- Astoria
Men of National Repute
Peti
He Asari
Asucigioh
Asher
Seluulik
Pyixabe Audione
Juin i. Loisijon
Duitul Tutes Mln
Turkey
Constitutional Convention
Tammanyville
Herr Merke
Tom
Bydiey
NOS
Hu Merk
Gelinas
Lle Sacht
Caco
Bib
New Gillain
Mapa
Herbet Ure
General Gailles
Society of Mandlo
Ducats
Bay Lake
Society of Mando-Ducats
Sultan Mourad
League of the Rights of Man
Meena
Carbondale Department
Kiiterial
Allied
Mink Deniere
Pennervania
Associated Proms
Candler
Cudahy
Mriss
Widener
Crone
Wikadelphia
Toph
B. Widener
Talek Wileners
Qaida
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