War on box car thieves and political moves across the nation
The Union Pacific fights box car thefts while Democrats back Bryan over Dewey. Reports note the National Biblical congress set for Washington on April 19 and Colonel Bryan declining to discuss the Dewey candidacy. Governor Mount of Indiana rejects Beckham as Kentucky's governor amid federal remarks.
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Union Pacific
Bryan
Dewey
National Biblical Congress
Washington
Mount
Indiana
Beckham
Kentucky
Root
Leary
Guam
M. Joseph L. F. Bertrand
French Academy of Science
Carnegie Steel Company
Bessemer & Lake Erierailroad
Dr. W. Wover
Rio Janeiro
Germany
Chicago
Herr Geissler
Naples
New York
Roseberry
Edinburg
England
William
Leyds
Joubert
William E. Merritt
Company
Fourth Cavalry
Sheridan
Manila
Julius Ukburuth
St. Louis
Kansas City
E. H. Moore
Athens
Congress
Richards
Globe National Bank of Boston
New York Senate
Rules Committee
Hungary
United States Army
Newark
N. J
Terre Haute
Ind
George W. Faris
H. C. Pugh
United States
Palermo
Leroy Channing Shear
Washington, D. C
Bedford
Citizens’ National Bank
Ale Hatfield
Hatfield
Russia
William P. Hall
Adjutant General's Department
Davis
San Juan de Porto Rico
Chico
Cal
George Bidwell
Bidwell
Boers report victory as they rout British forces near Bloemfontein
Pretoria reports General Dewet defeated a large British cavalry force south of Bloemfontein, taking 450 prisoners and stockpiles, with two Britons killed and four wounded. Other dispatches note Boer lines along the Samas Post to Jagersfontein and ongoing camps for surrendered Free Staters.
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Pretoria
Dewet
Bloemfontein
London
The
Times
Samas Post
Jagersfontein
Bethany
Gatacre
Reddersburg
Maseru
Basutoland
Ladybrand
Thaba Nehu
Basutos
Wepener
Brabant
Mexico on Dewey's Move in U S Politics
The Mexican Herald notes that with the gold standard settled in the United States and expansion issues settled, Mexico has little practical concern with American politics. It observes cordial U S relations and expects Mexico to watch Dewey's candidacy as a major, exciting electoral event.
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City OF
Mexico
Admiral Dewey
Mexican Herald
United States
Dewey
Pattison for Second Place
Chicago Chronicle reports that national Democratic headquarters prepare to boom former Pennsylvania Governor Emery Pattison for vice president at the Kansas City convention. Party leaders say Pattison would strengthen the ticket and help defuse criticisms over the east.
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Chicago
Chicago Chronicle
National Democratic
Emery Pattison
Pennsylvania
Kansas City
Volunteer Lemon’s Despondent Death At State Fair Grounds
Lincoln Neb April 9 C L Lemon a printer and member of Colonel W J Bryan's Third Nebraska regiment in the Spanish American War killed himself by poison, his body found on the state fair grounds near Lincoln after he disappeared Friday evening. Despondent over business reverses.
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Lincoln, Neb
C. L. Lemmon
W J. Bryan
Nebraska
Spain
General Randall sails to pick site for Alaska post
Seattle April 9 General G M Randall U S A commander of the department of saska sails for Skagway tonight to select a site for an army post there He will inspect troops at Wrangel and Skagway and return to Seattle in ten days He believes the government will soon find it necessary to build a telegraph cable to Port Valdes to give the states direct telegraphic communication with Nome via the Yukon line.
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Seattle
Wash
G. M. Randall
Department of Saska
Skagway
Wrangel
Randall
Port Valdes
Nome
Yukon
Valdes
Senators push for early adjournment and votes on key bills
Washington April 9 Senate actions loom with Chandler aiming to set a vote date on seating Quay while opposition from Burrows Quarles and Platt ironclad. Debate on the Indian appropriation and Alaskan code bills continues, with mining rights differences to be settled and DC appropriation likely later in the week. Lodge seeks a vote date on the Philippine measure, while Republicans push for quick adjournment and Democrats align. House highlights include Porto Rican tariff battles and the Mor ton statue ceremony.
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Washington, D.C
Chandler
Senate
Senator Quay
Messrs. Burrows
Quarles
Platt
Connecticut
Quay
Burrows
Carter
District of Columbia
Lodge
Committee On Elections
Clark
Montana
Representative
Missouri
House
Oliver P. Morton
Indiana
Filipino engagements reported across provinces near Manila
Reports from Manila dated April 9 describe multiple clashes between American troops and insurgents. Captain Sturgis struck an insurgent outpost on the Novaliches road, killing two and capturing ten, while a Laguna province detachment retreated to a church at Paeto and held off rebels until reinforcements arrived. Lt Gordon faced 250 insurgents near Apari and was wounded. A unit at Capiz suffered deaths, and Calbayon in Samar saw a night assault with ensuing fighting, resulting in four killed and twelve captured as Americans routed the attackers.
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Manila
Sturgis
Novaliches Road
Forty-second Infantry
Laguna
Paeto
Gordon
Sixteenth Infantry
Apari
Uagayan
Eighteenth Infantry
Capiz
Panay
Calbayon
Samar
Gilmore
Forty-third Infantry
Witnesses for Goebel trial extend week in Frankfort
In Frankfort Kentucky the grand jury continues the Goebel assassination investigation this week with about forty witnesses already heard and more than forty named on the summons list. No report is expected until later in the week. The Combs habeas corpus hearing before Judge Cantrill Tuesday is not expected to reveal new clues.
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Frankfort
Goebel
Tallow Dick” Combs
Cantrill
General Nelson Miles Nominated Favored by Some Democrats
The World reports General Nelson A Miles is willing to be the Democratic presidential nominee. He stated this to friends and recently discussed the idea with William C Whitney who cautioned against Bryan's nomination but did not commit to support Miles.
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New York
the World
Nelson A. Miles
William C. Whitney
Whitney
Bryan
Goebelite Case Headed to Supreme Court on Goebel Victory
The Kentucky Court of Appeals ruled in favor of the Democrats in the governorship dispute. The decision, written by Judge Hobson, holds the legislature correctly seated Beckham and blocks judicial review. Separate opinions by Burnam and Guffy challenge the ruling, while noting courts lack jurisdiction but agreeing with the outcome on the main issue.
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Frankfort
Court of Appeals
Durelle
Burnam
Guffy
Hobson
Beckham
Taylor
London
Bradley
Marshall
Supreme Court of the United States
W. H. Yost
W. C. P. Breckinridge
Legislative Journal
Assembly
General Assembly
Condemned Eloped Garroting Executions In Puerto Rico
In Ponce five inmates Simeon Rodriguez Carlos Pacheco Hermongenes Pacheco Eugenio Rodriguez and Rosalie Saltiago are to be executed by garroting at daybreak. They killed Prudencio Mendez in Yauco in October 1898 after assaulting his wife and daughters and forcing them to dance around the corpse.
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Muylerera
Ponce
P. R
Simeon Rodriguez
Carlos Pacheco
Hermongenes Pacheco
Eugenio Rodriguez
Rosalie Saltiago
Senor Prudencio Mendez
Yauco
Castro signs parcels post convention to aid U.S. trade
President Castro signed and delivered to the United States minister F B Loomis the parcels post convention. The pact is expected to boost American retail trade by about one million dollars annually through mail order business.
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America
Caracas
Vin Haytian
Castro
United States
F. B. Loomis
Treasury balances report shows cash and gold reserves
Washington April 7 Treasury releases balances in the general fund excluding the gold reserve. Available cash stands at 155,775,804 dollars while gold reserve totals 96,392,555 dollars.
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the Treasury
Washington, D.C
Krag Jorgensen Rifle Bill for State Troops Introduced
Washington April bill introduced by Representative Marsh of Illinois aims to arm state troops with Krag Jorgensen rifles. The measure, titled Krag Jorgensen for Staten, draws interest from the national guard and militia nationwide.
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Krag-Jorgensens
Staten
Washington, D. C
National Guard
Marsh
Ilinois
Every State to be Represented at Trans-Mississippi Congress
Secretary Richardson reports assurances from governors of all states and territories west of the Mississippi that official delegates will attend the Trans Mississippi congress in Houston April 17 to 21. Colorado chairman wired for fifty room reservations, marking first full attendance.
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Houston
Tex
Richardson
Mississippi
Colorado
Boers Pressure Bloemfontein as British Troops Are Captured
London reports Boer forces move south toward Bloemfontein while General Tucker's position near Karee is questioned. Lord Roberts confirms five British troops captured near Bethany and Reddersburg, with three Royal Irish Fusiliers and two mounted infantry companies taken after a brief siege.
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London
Bloemfontein
Morning Telegraph Today
Thaba Nehu
Tucker
Karee
Lord Roberts
Bethany
War Office
Gatacre
Springfontein
Reddersburg
Cameron Highlanders
England Alarmed Over Reddersburg Disaster And War Delays
London reports no new details on the Reddersburg disaster beyond Lord Roberts dispatch. Public belief shifts to longer war duration than June, with alarm rising over guarding the Bloemfontein to Springfontein railway. Questions arise about entrenchment and reinforcements as Boers threaten Ladybrand and Thaba Nchu grain districts.
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London
Reddersburg
Lord Roberts
Pretoria
Bloemfontein
Springfontein
Olivier
Clement
Ladybrand
Thaba Nehu
Vermont Will Be For Bryan Delegates Say
New York April 7 B. B. Smalley Vermont democratic national committee man and former DNC secretary says Vermont delegates will back William Jennings Bryan for president. He expects McKinley and Bryan as nominees and notes the Vermont convention in June at Montpelier will instruct the delegation to vote for Bryan despite Admiral Dewey.
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New York
B. B. Smalley
Vermont
Democratic National Committee
Admiral Dewey
Dewey
William J. Bryan
William McKinley
William Jennings Bryan
Montpelier
Mr. Bryan
Dewey Invited to August Grand Army Encampment in Chicago
The Grand Army of the Republic plans to invite Admiral Dewey to attend the August encampment in Chicago if the Dewey committee delays a May 1 welcome. Chairman William H. Harper said the invitation was extended when the admiral first landed in New York and later accepted.
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Chicago
Dewey Committee
Grand Army of the Republic
Grand Army
Admiral Dewey
William H. Harper
General Committee
New York
Legislature Adjourns Sine Die in New York
Albany reporters say the state legislature adjourned sine die on April 7 after routine session work final. The note records the formal end of the current legislative term with no immediate reconvening planned.
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Albany
N. Y
English Facing a Deficit in Finance Bill Debates
In the House of Commons on the finance bill third reading Sir Michael Hicks Beach revised the 1900 revenue to £127,520,000 with expenditures at £150,000,000. He said the deficit would be met partly by a war loan and partly by treasury bills as weekly trade showed improvement offsetting losses from the premature withdrawal of bonded goods.
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London
House of Commons
Michael Hicks-Beach
Treasury
Nose Alignment Abnormalities Common in Facial Studies
A centered nose is abnormal while most noses tend to tilt to the right. The observation notes a common tendency for nasal alignment toward the side rather than perfectly midline.
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