Danish West Indies sale charges denied by Fischer-Hagen
Carl Fischer-Hagen, attorney for Walter Christmas, denounces his secret Danish ministry report as defamatory and false. He notes Christmas pushed a sale attempt in 1900, with later American negotiations led by the Washington minister. Wilbur C. Brown, Abner McKinley ally, calls the charges maliciously false and offers to testify. The State Department will take no action to relay the matter to Denmark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Carl Fischer-Hagen
Walter Christmas
Fischer-Hansen
Fischer-lansen
Denmark
White
London
Copenhagen
Fisher-Hansen
Washington
Herring
Sehested
Christmas
Wilbur C. Brown
Abner McKinley
Congress
Dalzell
Danish West Indies
Ww. C. Brown
Washington, D. C
State Department
House of Representatives
Pension Commissioner Evans Resigns but Will Stay On
Washington reports that Commissioner of Pensions Evans has submitted his resignation to the president. It will take effect only after a diplomatic posting is secured. The Grand Army pension committee has delivered its report to the president, with no date set for public release. The successor is expected to continue Evans policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Evans
Pension Committee
Grand Army of the Republic
Pension Bureau
Jsvans
Coal Mine Development Planned Near Walico Nebraska
A stock company with 1,000,000 capital is being organized in Walico to develop the Swedeburg coal mine six miles south. The promoters have leased 700 surrounding acres and will start operations in a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walico
Neb
Swedeburg
Turkey Massing Reserves for War Effort
Constantinople reports the Turkish government will mobilize about 90,000 irregular troops in batches of four battalions each. Each batch totals roughly 20,000 men as part of a broader wartime mobilization.
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Constantinople
Turks Attack Bulgarians Near Saratch
Sofia bulgaria March 29 Turkish troops attacked a Bulgarian post near Saratch. One Bulgarian was killed and several wounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sofia
Bulgaria
Saratch
International money orders extended with Greece and Shanghai
The Post Office Department announced new arrangements extending international money orders to Greece enabling exchanges between the two countries. It also authorizes the Shanghai postal agent to issue domestic money orders payable in the United States Canada Cuba and the Philippines, making Shanghai a de facto U S money order office.
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China
Greece
Washington
Post Office Department
Kingdom of
United States
Shanghai
Canada
Cuba
Philippines
Edward Ends War Hope Hit By Rosebery Paris Statement
Lord Rosebery in Paris cites The Patrie as reporting that Mr Chamberlain was a Rhodes ally and that with Rhodes gone, a Birmingham MP’s position is questioned. British policy criticized as forceful, risking entanglements with Europe, and a ministerial crisis in England is hinted. The coronation may pivot Edward to seek a just policy shift.
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Taris
Lord Rosebery
Paris
London
Patrie
Chamberlain
Rhodes
Birmingham
Europe
England
Edward
Western Congress May Combine
Denver March 28 Speaker B I Montgomery of the Colorado house left for Washington to confer with the national irrigation congress and the International Mining congress on the proposed consolidation of three bodies. Ex Governor L B Prince of New Mexico and J H Springer of California will join as conferees.
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Western Congress
Denver
Colo
B. I. Montgomery
Colorado House of Representatives
Washington
Trans-Missisippi Congress
National Irrigaton Congress
International Mining Congress
L. B. Prince
New Mexico
Mining Congress
J. H. Springer
California
Irrigation Confrees
Payne Proposition Wins Out In White House Meeting
Representative Babcock of the ways and means committee was persuaded by the president to vote for the Payne Cuban reciprocity proposal after a White House talk. The committee previously stood eight to two against the Payne plan with Tawney absent due to illness.
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Payne
Washington, D. C
Babcock
Ways and Means Committee
White House
Tawney
Wood Begins Return to Cuba as Governor Departs
General Leonard Wood left Washington for Havana in his role as military governor of Cuba. He planned to sail on May 20 after the new government is installed and the Cuban flag saluted. About 1,200 American troops would leave via Havana and 400 from Santiago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Leonard Wood
Havana
Cuba
Labor Break Over Carnegie
Racine Wisconsin on March 28 reports a labor split as the Trades council faces division over accepting Andrew Carnegie library funds. Members expelled for protesting the library question and then re elected to the central body, widening rift within unions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Racine
Wis
Andrew Carnegie
Trades Council
Monument to McKinley Approved for Buffalo
Albany March 28 The assembly passed a bill to appropriate 100000 for a monument to President McKinley in Buffalo. The bill has cleared the senate and now goes to the governor who has urged its passage in a message to the legislature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N. Y
President McKinley
Buffalo
Senate
Cavern Collapse Wrecks Homes In Hamtown Near Wilkesbarre
Sixteen dwellings were wrecked when a cavern opened at abandoned No 8 colliery in Hamtown near Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania. The broken water main floods the mine and cave continues to widen. Residents evacuate to safety as fissures appear in streets and houses.
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Wilkesbarre
Hamtown
Pennsylvania Coal Company
Danish West Indies sale charges spark House uproar
Tennessee Democrat Richardson brandishes a secret report alleging a $500000 fund used to push Denmark's sale of the Danish West Indies. He calls for a seven member investigation. a committee is named as Dalton Dalzell Hitt Cousins McCall Richardson Dinsmore Cowherd. The session also passes the army appropriation bill and sets a continuing order on retirement of revenue cutter officers.
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Washington
Richardson
Tennessee
Danish West Indies
Walter Christmas
Abner McKinley
Colonel Crown
C. W. Knox
Manna
Richard P. Evans
House
Cannon
Illinois
Moessra Dalzell
Pennsylvania
Hitt
Ilinois
Cousins
Iowa
McCall
Massachusetts
Dinsmore
Arkansas
Cowherd
Missouri
Army
Revenue Citter Service
Samar insurgent leader Guevarra to surrender April 15
General Smith of the American forces on Samar met Guevarra and several officers in a three hour talks. Guevarra, who followed Lukban as insurgent head, agreed to surrender with his entire force and rifles, about 250 weapons, on April 15. Twenty five Krag Jorgensen rifles are included.
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Manila
Smith
Samar
Guevarra
Lukban
Young Man Ends His Life Near Corning
In Corning Ja on March 27 Harry Brown shot himself at his father George Brown's residence five miles southeast of town. The cause of the deed is not known.
Ellen M. Stone Leaves Salonica for London
Miss Ellen M. Stone the American missionary has begun a journey from Salonica to London and will sail home to America from there after completing travels in Roumania and surrounding areas.
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Miss Stone
Salonica
Roumania
Ellen M. Stone
London
America
Cholera Toll Reported in Manila
Health authorities in Manila report at noon today a total of forty nine cholera cases and forty nine deaths.
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Manila
Packing House in Mexico First Modern Plant in Old Mexico
John W. McKey of North American Beef Co. funds a $200,000 packing house in Uruapan Michoacan Mexico for Jonathan Clarke Sons & Co. of Chicago. It will be the first plant of its kind in Old Mexico, designed to be thoroughly modern. Long travel distances and hot climate have hindered refrigeration and shipments.
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Chicago
John W. McKey
North Amercan Beef Company
George T. Clarke
Jonathan Clarke Sons,& Co
Uruapan
Michaacan
Mex
Old Mexico
Livestock Market Report Sharp Week for Cattle Hogs and Sheep
Cattle supplies are strong with higher prices than last week, especially for stock cattle and beef steers. Hogs show an active market with most weights trading up to 6.60, and heavy hogs around 6.43 to 6.60. Sheep and lamb offerings are light but demand remains liberal with lambs selling well up to 6.65, wool sheep in demand but heavy sheep less favored.
Kansas City Cattle and Hogs Market Summary
Kansas City markets show cattle steady to higher with choic export and dressed beef steers quoted from 36.40 to 46.75, stockers 34.75 to 75.00, western fed steers near 50.00, cows 40.00 to 50.00, bulls 33.30 to 35.25, calves 40.00 to 60.00. Hogs up 0? higher with top 75 cents and most sales 60.00 to 67. The sheep and lambs sector steady with native lambs 64.07 to 66.85, western lambs 40.0 to 67.5, wethers 50.5 to 63.5, yearlings 57.5 to 60.0, ewes 8.0 to 75.25.
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Kansas City
Texas
Estate Goes to Education Plan Fueled by Rhodes Will
The Daily Mail reports Cecil Rhodes left the bulk of his fortune to fund a global education project aiming to better the British race. The will reportedly transfers the Dahiman estate to his brother Colonel Francis W. Rhodes, with details to be released soon.
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London
The
Daily Mail
Cecil Rhodes
Britain
Dahiman
Francis W. Rhodes
Plot to murder Waller Aboard Manila Court Martial
Native scout Smoke testifies in the court martial of Major Waller of the marine corps on Samar island about a plot by native leaders to kill Waller and Lieutenant Williams. He notes shared rations with natives and his own severe hunger during the expedition.
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Manila
Waller
Marine Corps
Samar Island
Smoke
Williams
Cattle Water Shortage Sparks Tensions in Orchard Morgan County
Reports from Orchard Colorado describe severe drought water scarcity as many plains cattle suffer for lack of water. County water holes are fenced by small herd owners prompting threatened retaliation and rising ill will as range cattle are impounded for needing water.
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Denver
Orchard
Colo
Morgan County
Notre Dame to Open Branch in Portland Ore
Notre Dame plans a Portland Oregon branch to be managed by the society of the Holy Cross. The move enlarges the college’s reach and adds a large local institution to its network.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Notre Dame
South Bend
Ind
Portland
Ore
Society of the Holy Cross
Mrs. Dewey Shows Improvement in Health
A letter from Admiral Dewey received at Palm Beach Florida reports Mrs. Dewey is much better.
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Macon
Admiral Dewey
Palm Beach
Fla
Cecil Rhodes Dies After Prolonged Illness in Capetown
Cecil Rhodes died at 5 57 p m after two heart failure episodes. Present were Dr Jameson Dr Smart Col Elmhurst Rhodes Walton and other aides. Body to Grootes chuur for public viewing then to Matoppo Hills for burial. government to stage a public funeral.
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Capetown
Cecil Rhodes
Rhodes
Jameson
J. W. Smart
Elmhurst Rhodes
South Africa
Walton
Assembly of
Port Elizabeth
Dr. Stevenson
Grooteschuur
Matoppo Hills
Rhodesia
Groteacuquer
England
Mr. Rhodes
Ill Health Drives Grinnell Woman to Self Inflicted Wound
Miss Kate Lawrence, a Grinnell High School graduate and former Cook County Hospital nurse, despondent over ill health, shot herself with a rifle in her home. The bullet missed the heart. she lingered for hours but doctors say she cannot live.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grinnell
Kate Lawrence
Grinnell High School
Cook County Hospital
Chicago
Navy authorizes action to prevent cholera spread
Washington March 27 Rear Admiral Frank Wildes ranking admiral in the Philippines is empowered to take necessary steps to stop cholera spreading from Manila to naval units at Cavite. Officials say the epidemic is confined to natives and Chinese in Manila and does not affect white personnel.
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Washington
Navy Department
Frank Wildes
Philippines
Manila
Cavite
Promise Wholesalers Profit In British Tobacco Deal
London reporters say American Tobacco representatives promised wholesale dealers a five percent profit on all deals. The Wholesale Tobacco Dealers' association chair warns that without similar terms from Imperial Tobacco there will be a grim outlook for the British tobacco trust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
American Tobacco Company
Wholesale Tobacco Dealers’ Association
Imperial Tobacco Company
British Tobacco Trust
Charged to Thad Stevens in a Lancaster Courtroom
A Lancastrian recalls Thaddeus Stevens in a Lancaster Pennsylvania courtroom. Stevens faced a judge who disliked him and, amid veiled reprimand, erupted. He grabbed his bag and hat to leave, then the judge stopped him, saying he felt contempt. Stevens replied he was not showing contempt but concealing it.
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Thad Stevens
Thaddeus Stevens
Lancaster
Stevens
Made of Meat Like Any Other Man Prince
Archibald Roosevelt argued with schoolmates about the prince saying he is not a real prince because he rode in a common carriage and looks like any other man made of meat.
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Archibald Roosevelt
Bright's Disease Cured by Dodd's Kidney Pills
Mrs Kitty F Seaney of Sullivan Tl March 31 had Bright's Disease with severe back pain. Doctors offered little hope. After using ten boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills her kidneys expelled diseased matter and she recovered fully.
Oldest Virginia lawsuit may settle soon
The Richmond Times reports a case dating to 1797 known as the Dismal Swarp wand company vs Anderson's estate. The suit seeks about $90,000 and observers expect a settlement within days.
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Virginia
Richmond Times
Swarp
Anderson
Bangs Boys Charge San Juan Hill in Family Jest
John Kendrick Bangs and his three sons hike a hill and reenact a charge. The eldest stops to blow his nose and the father chides him while the boy retorts that wiping the disgrace with a handkerchief would suffice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Kendrick Bangs
Mr. Bangs
Faithful Service Rewarded by a Retired Judge
The late Judge Smyth recalls a former clerk driven from service after five years of faithful work. The man, once in the same corridor as Smyth and later a distinguished lawyer, tearfully recounts being discharged without explanation and recalls affidavits he had drawn up for his former employer.
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Smyth
Recorder
Story Told of James J. Hill and Pigs for Farmers
A St Paul man recalls James J Hill giving purebred pigs to northwest farmers to spur stock raising and rail traffic on the Great Northern. Harry Ives, Hill’s secretary, opens Hill’s mail to find a farmer’s note about seeking Hill at the state fair and offices but failing to locate him despite finding hogs.
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James J. Hill
St. Paul
Harry Ives
Mr. Hill
Hill
Northwest
Ives
Treasure for Columbia University
Dr. V G Simkovitch who manages Columbia University library treasures bought an early ninth century Italian manuscript of St Jerome epistles during the past week. The fragment is described as of great value to the library.
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Columbia University
V. G. Simkovitch
St. Jerome
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