Insurgent Leaders and Local Posts in Brief War Update
General Bell reports no insurgents remaining in Batangas and Laguna provinces. A Dairyville post office in Grundy County, Ta., is closed. Gonzales agrees to obey Malvar and will surrender. Delegation seeks Winds troops positions in Vicksburg. Follett, Cincinnati attorney and ex-congressman, dies. St Louis & Gulf Railroad charter granted. Santos-Dumont to begin work in St. Louis. Moody dies in Haverhill. age 60. Kimball of Emerson Plane company dies near Phoenix. New comet announced by Dr. William R. Brooks. Critics of Yerkes London schemes note U.S. machinery orders. Dowshire divorce granted. Australian tariff bill considers suspending anti- trust duties. Major Pruden dies at 60. Janes J. Corbett authorizes Jeffries bout next September. Marietta capitalists plan $2M iron and steel plant. Secretary Root keeps Statue of Liberty light. Des Moines & Fi Dodge control shifts to independents. Texas Governor Sayres urges relief efforts for Zapata county. Houck post office established. Kittredge bill fixes SD court terms. Manila cholera persists. Commander Torrance appoints Schaller as aide. New York wholesale butter at 33 cents. Bates introduces land grant for Santa Fe Central railway. Tennessee federation votes against barring Negro women’s clubs. Count Rochambeau and Count Lafayette invited to Rochambeau monument inauguration May 24.
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General Bell
Batangas
Laguna
Dairyville
Grundy County
Mall
Gonzales
Malvar
Vicksburg
Miss
Yen
John F. Follett
Congress
Cincinnati
St. Louis & Gulf Railroad Company
M. Santos-Dumont
St. Louis
Henry Lord Moody
Congressman Moody
Navy
Haverhill
Mass
Ite
Kimball
Emerson Plane Company
Boston
Phoenix
Arizona
William R. Brooks
Smith Observatory
Hobart College
Charles T. Yerkes
London
United States
Marquis of Downshire
Morchidness
Miss Hare
Joseph Laycock
Yeomanry
Australia
Octavius I Pruden
Major Pruden
White House
San Francisco
Harry E. Corbett
Janes J. Corbett
Jeffries
Marietta
Ohio
Root
Bedloe’i Island
New York Harbor
New York State
Des Moines & Fi Dodge
Rock Island Company
Sayres
Texas
Associated Press
Zapata County
Houck Natrona County
Wyo
Edward C. Houck
Senate
Kittredge
District of
South Dakota
Manila
Torrance
Philip Schaller
Sac City
New York
Bates
Pennsylvania
New Mexico
Tennessee Federation of Women’s Club
Knoxville
Los Angeles
Sugar Trust Accuses Cubans as Senate Seeks Cuba Trade Probe
Senator Teller in the Senate introduced a resolution directing the committee on relations with Cuba to investigate claims that the sugar trust holds most of Cuban cane and that duty cuts would aid the trust. The probe would assess Cuba’s sugar costs and reciprocal trade terms with the United States. The measure was referred to the Cuba relations committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Teller
Senate
Sugar Trust
United States
Cuba
Committee On
Pratt
Chaffee Compliments Bell On Roosevelt Congratulation
General Chaffee forwards to General Bell the president's congratulations for the Batangas and Laguna campaign. He notes no American troops faced a task more difficult and that only someone familiar with local conditions can judge the methods used to establish sovereignty and peace.
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Manila
General Chaffee
J. Franklin Bell
Roosevelt
Batangas
Laguna
Bell
Chaffee
Lloyd Wheaton
General Bell
United States
Seven Die in Hackney Printer’s Warehouse Fire
A three story Hackney printer’s warehouse burned with living rooms on the top floor. Fire brigades arrived promptly but could not enter. When under control, seven bodies were found including a man two women and four children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Hackney
Attack on Nebraska Pure Food Law Draws Supreme Court
The Nebraska pure food law is vigorously attacked in the state supreme court as unconstitutional contending it creates state offices by the legislature. John C Merrill of Sutton was convicted for operating a creamery without a license from the food commissioner. The case attracts manufacturers of pure and imitation butter dairy and vinegar products. The ruling could impact other laws creating state offices and affect many interests.
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Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska
Supreme Court
John C. Merrill
Sutton
School land near gone as leasing nears end
Lincoln Neb April 21 Land Commissioner Follmer will fill leasing posts in Cedar Dixon Dakota Cass Polk and Boyd counties leaving at most 1000 acres of school land unleased in Nebraska Deputy Land Commissioner Eaton said little work remains and the final auctions are set for May 25 Most lands forfeited and released recently have fetched higher values across sand hill and fertile districts.
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Lincoln, Neb
Follmer
Cedar Dixon
Dakota
Cass
Polk and
Boyd
Nebraska
Eaton
Sand Hill
Shootout in Lawton Ends in Deputy Marshal Killing
Charles E. Growles was shot dead by a deputy marshal after a gambling house fight in Lawton. Growles and partner Lewis exchanged shots during a card game cheating dispute. The deputy fired in self defense as Growles resisted arrest.
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Guthrie
O TL
Charles E. Growles
Lawton
Growles
Lewis
Fire Destroys City of Pittsburg Steamer on River
The steamer City of Pittsburg burned near Ogden's landing around 4 AM with about 150 aboard. Over $80,000 in property lost plus cargo. likely up to 60 deaths as crews urged passengers to amid the flames. Survivors and victims lists unavailable due to a burned register. The ship filled with smoke as water was hurled on the blaze and passengers struggled to escape.
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Cairo
Ogden
City
Pittsburg
Phillips
Tentative agreement seen to ease hostilities in Africa
London dispatches report a tentative agreement likely to end fighting soon. Pretoria's Boer delegates are said to have full powers to negotiate with European Boer leaders, signaling a potential cordial settlement.
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London
Pretoria
Standard
Utrecht
Daily Mail
Europe
Small insurgent surrenders rise in Philippines
Manila reports daily surrenders to American authorities as insurgent groups bow out after General Malavar's capitulation. General Rifkro and a force of twenty six officers and eight hundred seventy five soldiers surrendered to local constabulary in Misamis province Mindanao where constabulary assists the military.
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Manila
Malavar
Rifkro
Misamis
Mindanao
Stoehr Dies in Elmwood Stalk Cutter Accident
George H. Stoehr, a young farmer two miles north and one half mile east of Elmwood, was severely mangled when a stalk cutter ran over him. He became entangled in the knives and escaped only by removing a wheel and lifting the blades, then drove to the house before a neighbor fetched a doctor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmwood
Neb
George H. Stoehr
Sleeping Girl Dies in Oswego After Epileptic Attack
Ida Hennessey, 17, of Oswego, New York, died April 21 after an attack of epilepsy left her in a coma for 180 hours following an April 12 seizure. Medical staff could not rouse her.
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Oswego
N. Y
Ida Hennessey
Pass Rigid Saloon Ordinance
GRAND ISLAND Neb April 21 At the meeting of the council an ordinance regulating booths or wine rooms in saloons was passed. It makes it a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than 25 dollars or more than 100 dollars to have any door curtain or screen over or in front of any booth wine room or other rooms built within a saloon. The ordinance results from an individual dealer refusing to remove the door and is not a general remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Island, Neb
Wilhelmina Holds Her Own Amid Illness
THE HAGUE April 21 Queen Wilhelmina’s condition remains practically unchanged she does not lose consciousness and has taken a little more nourishment as medical staff monitor her health amid reports on her welfare
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the Hague
Wilhelmina
Wadsworth Proposes Amendment Limiting State Admission
Representative Wadsworth of New York introduces a joint resolution to amend the constitution stating that no territory within the continental North American area shall be admitted as a state. The proposal signals a dramatic shift in territorial expansion policy and national governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wadsworth
New York
Continental
North America
Cu ban reciprocity bill referred to Cuban relations panel
Washington April 21 The Cuba reciprocity bill was referred to the Senate committee on relations with Cuba on motion by Senator Platt of Connecticut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Committee On
Cuba
Platt
Connecticut
General Bates Visits Fort Crook in Promotion Examination
General Bates commanding the Department of the Missouri and two aides visited Fort Crook to witness Lieutenant Bridges examination for promotion to captain. The test included battalion drill general formation and field exercises and was reported very satisfactory.
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Fort Crook
Neb
Bates
Department of the Missouri
Bridges
Aged Woman Falls in Cistern in Elk Creek
An elderly woman named Mrs. Deborah Lawrence aged over seventy fell through a trap door into a cistern four feet deep in Elk Creek Nebraska. She escaped with no serious injuries.
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Elk Creek
Neb
Deborah Lawrence
Death of Savannah Capitalist Captain Samuel J Whitesides
New Orleans April 21 reports a private telegram from New York announcing the death of Captain Samuel J Whitesides a prominent capitalist from Savannah Georgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
New York
Samuel J. Whitesides
Savannah
Large Fire Destroys Bromley Shipyard Workshops
A blaze at the Bromley ship building yard in Moscow on April 21 gutted several workshops and destroyed three large steamers and three small ones.
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Moscow
Bromley
Ground Beneath Car Wheels
Hastings Iowa April 21 Guy Edwards was run over and killed instantly one mile west of town by the last meat train east No 70 while crossing the tracks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hastings
Guy Edwards
Here
Orders Curfew Law Enforced
Nebraska City authorities report Mayor Bartling has ordered police to strictly enforce the curfew ordinance, tightening citywide curfew enforcement with no exemptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska City
Neb
Bartling
Chinese Bandits Kill Russian Near New Chwang
A post on the outskirts of New Chwang garrisoned by forty Russians was attacked by bandits. One Russian officer and four privates were killed in the assault near Pekin.
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Pekin
New Chwang
Barn and Horses Burned in Franklin Fire
A small barn in the west part of Franklin owned by Alf Nucklow burned. Three head of horses were lost in the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
Web
Alf Nucklow
Young Boy Sentenced in Toledo Murder Case
Daniel Rose Becker aged 13 pleaded guilty to murder and received a twenty year term in the state penitentiary. He killed his playmate.
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Toledo
Daniel Rosebecker
Butter up to highest yearly price in New York
Butter in New York rose to 33 cents a pound wholesale marking the year's peak. The April report notes the fresh table article advanced to the top price in the city market, signaling tighter supplies and strong demand.
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New York
Madden and Waite Fight Ends In Draw In Lawton
Jack Madden of New York and Kid Waite of Fort Sill fought twenty fast rounds here to a draw before 2 000 spectators in Lawton Oklahoma.
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Lawton
O. T
Jack Madden
New York
Kid Waite
Fort Sill
I. T
Soldier's Remains Arrive in York Nebraska
The remains of Joseph B. Oviatt arrived in York after dying of tuberculosis in Salt Lake City. A long-time U S service member since the Spanish American War he served in Company D Twelfth Artillery and formerly belonged to Company A of the First Nebraska.
Prosperous Elkhorn Valley Near Newport Nebraska
Major Buchanan, Elkhorn general passenger agent, reports Northwestern Nebraska in strong condition with moisture adequate for a big crop. The Newport region thrives as a major hay shipping point with per acre yields of 1.25 to 2 tons and cattle ranches ranging 500 to 1,500 head grazing year round.
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Omaha
Neb
Nebraska
Buchanan
Elkhorn
Newport
Union
Burglary at L F Holloway Co Hardware Store
A lone thief burglarized L F Holloway & Co hardware store at Sixth and F streets Fremont Nebraska around 11:30pm stealing 30 worth of razors shears and revolvers. He escaped by leaping through a plate glass front window after breaking a sewing machine to make an exit hole. Bystanders and passersby saw him flee toward the West and then into an alley. no suspect has been seen since.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fremont, Neb
L. F. Holloway & Co
F Streets
Mullen Nomination Moves Forward in Alaska
The president sent Patrick M. Mullen of Omaha to the Senate for the Alaska receiver of public moneys post at Juneau. Senators Dietrich and Millard urged the appointment, citing long effort since Alaska offices consolidated in Juneau. Mullen formerly served as receiver at Rampart City.
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Washington
Patrick M. Mullen
Omaha
Senate
Juneau
Alaska
Dietrich and
Millard
Mullen
Rampart City
Falls City Murder Suspect Tied to Larceny Arrest
MANHATTAN Kan April 19 William Scott held on grand larceny in Savannah Mo is described as resembling the Falls City Neb city marshal slayer killed two years ago, a reward had been offered for the killer.
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Manhattan
Kan
William Scott
Savannah
Falls City
Neb
Interchangeable mileage recommended for western roads
The Trans-Continental Passenger association in committee of the whole decided to recommend interchangeable mileage on all roads west of Denver Cheyenne and El Paso.
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San Diego
Cal
Trans-Continental Passenger Association
Denver
Cheyenne
el Paso
Re-Elected Superintendent Keeps Kearney Schools
A. O. Thomas was re-elected superintendent of the Kearney public schools by the board of education at their recent meeting with a salary increase of $100 per year.
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Kearney, Neb
A. O. Thomas
Kearney Public
Board of Education
Editors to Meet in Omaha Convention Selection
HOT SPRINGS Ark April 19 Omaha chosen by the National Editorial association for the next annual convention defeating Milwaukee and Asheville North Carolina.
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Omaha
Hot Springs
Ark
National Editorial Association
Milwaukee
dAshville
North Carolina
New Bank for Henderson in Nebraska
Henderson Nebraska April 19 John Krocker and Son start excavation for a new brick building and plan to organize a bank with 25000 capital. The bank will be named the First National.
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Henderson, Neb
John Krocker & Son
First National
School Boy Stabbing_shock in Nebraska
Long Pine Nebraska April 19 A school boy named Charlie Castle stabbed his comrade Guy Given in the spinal column while returning from school. Given is in precarious condition. Local authorities report no further details at this time.
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Long Pine
Neb
Charlie Castle
Guy Given
Young Castle
Given
Stoehr Injured in Field Stalk Cutter Mishap
In Plattsmouth Nebraska on April 19 George H. Stoehr was cutting cornstalks when he fell in front of a stalk cutter and was run over suffering serious cuts and bruises.
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Plattsmouth
Neb
George H. Stoehr
Impure Baking Powder Seized by New York Health Dept
The New York Health Department seized nearly two tons of cheap alum baking powder mixtures dumped into the offal scow for destruction. An analysis found alum and pulverized rock. The piece notes differing approaches by authorities in England Missouri and New York and urges buyers to choose high grade powders from reputable brands.
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New York
Health Department
Sixth Ave
England
Missouri
Never Misses a Church Convention
J Pierpont Morgan attends Episcopal general convention yearly. The 1900 convention will be held in October in San Francisco. The Crocker mansion there is placed at his disposal for use during the convention. Crowning events are not unusual in the life of a dentist.
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J. Pierpont Morgan
San Francisco
Crocker
Mr. Morgan
Defiance Cold Water Starch Promises Quality and Value
The ad targets housewives to try De Fi ance Cold Water Starch, claiming superiority and greater value. A 10c package offers 16 ozs compared with 12 ozs for competitors, with manufacturers guaranteeing it will become the preferred brand after first use.
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Defiance Cold Water
Solomon and his many wives call modern wisdom into question
Ahistorical remark notes that Solomon’s numerous marriages would challenge contemporary views of wisdom and leadership, reflecting on how ancient figures are interpreted today.
Faceless Dyes and Prolific Millet Featured Amid Ads
A collage of late 19th century ads highlights PUTMAM FACELESS DYES promising fast sunlight wash and rub tests, a seed corporate pitch for Earliest Russian Millet claiming 5 to 8 tons of hay per acre and low freights, Allen's Foot Ease advertised to soothe sore feet, and a quip noting Thoroughbred dogs are less intelligent than mongrels.
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Planta
John A. Salter Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis
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Gaston Schune de Lafayette
Rochambeau
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Colorado
Commissioner Follmer
Cass County
Bill With Relations Committee
General Bates
Madden and
Waite
York
Northwest
Fremont
New Bank For
Henderson
New York Board of Health
Solomon
Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
LeRoy, N. Y
Red Cross
Juvelle Mfg.Co
Dept
D. Parsons
Mia
Whislow
N. W. Samouay
Ocean Grove
N. J
F. J. Cheney & Co
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