Various World and National News Briefs Across US Europe
Oregon election June 2 is noted along with deaths of William Boots pioneer horse raiser and Earl of Lansboro. California steel firm hires 34 millionaires. Tennessee populists to Cincinnati delegates. King Oscar to visit Paris expo. Chile to import wheat from California. Telegraph workers strike. Governor Torres settles Yayul dispute. Canon City storm damage tops $600. Gen Gilmore ill in Washington. Beet sugar plant started in Santiago. Commodore Cowie sails to Philippines. Mrs Blakesless recovers from consumption. Alameda teachers rule on TB. William A Clark joins Trust Company board. Rev Ora Squire dies at 93. Episcopal bishops resignation accepted. Donovan ill in St Joseph. Miss Jennie Potter dies in New York. Women’s Baptist Missionary Society ends convention. Legal notes on depositions and witnesses. Honolulu residents demand court changes. Porto Rico Officers installation aid expected. Udall farmer killed by bull. Veterinarian J C Hamilton dies. Persia faces famine risk. Swedish arms funding approved. Sweden to build navy. Britain offers arbitration over Chile Venezuela. Anarchist plot in Ancona uncovered. Cuban elections scheduled June 16. Jennie Davis dies by suicide in Kewanee.
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Oregon
William Boots
California
Carnegie
New Steel Company
Tennessee
Cincinnati
Earl of Lansboro
Yorkshire
Buffalo Express
Dewey & Son
Dewey
E. S. Sheldon
Topeka
Oscar
Illinois Supreme Court
Chile
Atlantic and
Danville
Southern Railway
Advo
John C. Gilmore
Army
Washington, D. C
Santiago de Chili
Commodore Cowie
U. S.N
Philippines
Corie
Cavite Navy Yards
Lillian Blakesless
Cory, Pa
Alameda
Cal
Board of Education
William A. Clark
Sfontanr
Trust Company of America
J. William Clark
Ora Squire
United States
W. C. Squire
Seattle
Wash
S. Joslin
Greencastle
Ind
Protestant Episcopal Church
New York
Henry Jackson
Alabama
Charles T. Donovan
Livestock Commission
St. Joseph
John Donovan
John Hiaton
American Society of Religious Education
Justce John M. Harlan
United States Supreme Court
Jennie O'Neill Potter
St. Luke's Hospital
New York City
Potter
St. Luke's
Wisconsin
Women’s Baptist Foreign Missionary Society
Sioux Falls
S. D
J. c. Scott
Evanston
Adams
United States Circuit Court
Honolulu
Court of Claims
Sickinley
Porto Rico
House Committee On Insular Affairs
Daniel Fultz
Summer County
Kansas
Udall
J. C. Hamilton
Chicago
Shelbyville
Persia
Riksdag
Stockholm
Sweden
Volunterrine Association
Great Britain
Venezuela
Ancona
Italy
Adriatic
Paris
America
War Department
Wood
Jennie Davis
Treasury Department
Washington
Kewanee
Loss on American Side is Only Slight in Manila Fight
Manila dispatch reports one week of heavy combat around Manila with 378 Filipinos killed and 1,444 insurgents likely killed or wounded. American losses include nine killed and sixteen wounded, with actions near San Miguel and San Jose. General Montenegro and Montenegro's escapees linked to Col Smith's forces, plus Spanish prisoners and railway wreck attempts noted.
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Manila
Luzon
Geenral Pio del Pilar
San Miguel
Pilar
Satanges
Wende
San Jose
Ledous
Neuva Caceras
Smith
Seventeenth Infantry
Montenegro
Tayabas
Panique
Big Money in Electricity
The General Electric annual report shows 1900 year end January 31 gross receipts of 23,248,170 with a 5,479,130 profit. Dividends and debentures absorb 1,282,670, patent account drops 2,000,000, surplus grows by 2,196,459 leaving a current surplus of 2,353,030 and a carry forward of 156,570.
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New York
General Electric Company
Woman Survives Brooklyn Bridge Jump in New York
Miss Marie Dinse of New York jumped from the Brooklyn bridge into the East River but escaped serious injuries. The incident follows past attempts by women to end their lives there, including a 1895 case of Mrs McArthur and a later blocked attempt by Mrs Me rthur.
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Brooklyn
New York
Miss Marie Dinse
East River
Miss Dinse
McArthur
Merthur
General Rivera Expected to Resign in Cuba
Havana April 23 General Rius Rivera secretary of agriculture has had a long interview with Governor General Wood about his letter urging union of political parties and independence by end of 1901. Rivera will probably resign early this week from his post and others may follow, as Rivera’s influence is seen as pivotal to the party’s fortunes.
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Rivera
Havana
Rius Rivera
Wood
The
Cubano
General Rivera
Tacoma professor arrested for bigamy in April
Rowland yr. Hill, a mathematics professor at Puget Sound university and former Blaine, Nebraska mining speculator, was arrested in Tacoma on a bigamy charge. He allegedly married a Nebraska girl five years after deserting a wife in England, admits another wife exists but cites a Nebraska-printed statement claiming desertion abroad for five years counts as divorce. His English wife is an actress, and Hill says they never lived together.
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Tacoma
Rowland Yr. Hill
Puget Sound University
Blaine
Neb
Nebraska
England
Hill
End of Goebel Investigation in Kentucky
FRANKFORT April 23 The Franklin county grand jury has not adjourned and the Goebel assassination inquiry is considered completed The indictment against Republican Governor Taylor charging him as an accessory will be held until after the governors contest case is argued before the Supreme Court in Washington on April 30 No warrants or further steps are planned before that date
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Frankfort
Franklin County
Taylor
Supreme Court
Washington
Turkey replies on indemnity demands to American missionaries
The porte says it will compensate American missionaries under the same terms as other foreign subjects. The U S legation joins protests against higher import duties. Officials in Washington await official word, hopeful for a satisfactory amicable settlement. The changed Ottoman tone suggests a possible settlement aligned with foreign republics' demands. Embassies may be invited to discuss proposed changes.
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Constantinople
Porte
Turkey
United States
Washington
Hay
Boer forces clash near Wepener in Basutoland fighting
April 23 in Maseru Basutoland reports heavy bombardment as four Boer guns attack Colonel Dalgety’s position. Brabant’s relief column reaches Bushman’s Kop while Boers hold a strong line with two guns. Dalgety reports Boers fired 300 shells yesterday with limited damage.
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Maseru
Basutoland
Dalgety
Brabant
Bushman's Kop
Wepener
Brabat
Bushma
Bryan's Aid Will Be Asked Settle the Differences
W. J. Bryan, visiting Wichita, will offer his good offices to settle factional splits between populists and democrats in Kansas sixth and seventh districts. Fusion politicians fear a split if the May 21 third district nominating conventions fail to unite. Ridgely, a populist, currently represents the district in Congress. Bryan is slated to speak in Wichita on Tuesday.
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Topeka
Kan
W. J. Bryan
Wichita
Congress
United
Fort Scott
E. R. Ridgely
Bryan
Germany Unable to Help Berlin Peace Inquiry Urged No Visit
The Berliner Post says Boers remain popular in Germany but Berlin should not host a peace delegation as no aid can be given while Great Britain rejects mediation. The piece notes Germany cannot render any service to either side.
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Berlin
Berliner Post
Germany
Great Britain
Senate panel agrees to army reorganization bill
Washington April 23 The senate committee on military affairs reached a reportable agreement to advance the army reorganization bill. It would confer the rank of lieutenant general on the senior major general and major general on the adjutant general of the army.
Chicago Police Nab Ex Nebraska Official on Check Fraud
Chicago police report eighteen cases against C. O. Charleston a former justice of the peace and former Nebraska legislator who is under arrest for obtaining small sums from various people with worthless checks.
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Chicago
C. O. Charleston
Charleston
Nebraska
Sugar Trust Dominates U.S. Sweetening Output
Last year the American people consumed 2,000,000 tons of sugar, of which 1,385,000 tons were produced by the sugar trust.
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The
Sugar Trust
Dewey Schedule Arranged for Midwest Trip
Admiral and Mrs. Dewey depart Washington by special B&O train on Sunday April 29 for Chicago St Louis Memphis Nashville and Knoxville arriving Chicago at noon Monday April 30. A May 3 stop in Jacksonville Ill. with Chicago Alton line taking the train to St Louis in the evening.
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Washington
Admiral
Fever Decimates Mafeking Garrison Rumors Blitz London Cape Move
A New York World Cablegram reports fever decimating Mafeking garrison and questions if Colonel Baden-Powell is dead or ill. Dispatches show silence on his status, with officials denying knowledge and pressuring Mafeking to hold out until May 20 as Lord Roberts advances toward Pretoria.
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London
New York World
Baden-Powell
Mafeking
Sarah Wilson
War Office
Paden-Powell
Lord Edward Cecil
Lord Salisbury
Bloemfontein
Karee Siding
Glen
Pretoria
Lord Roberts
Capetown
Thaba N'Chu
Fire Devastates Edinburg Walsh County North Dakota
Fire swept Edinburg in Walsh County starting at 3 p.m. behind Flatens drug store. A south wind fanned the flames, destroying the business district while homes and apartments above stores were hit hard. Two women, Mrs Lindahl and Mrs B J Orson, perished and one child barely escaped. The town’s residence area remained uninjured.
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Grand Forks
N. D
Edinburg
Walsh County
Park River
Flatens Drug Store
Lindahl
B. J. Orson
Freight rates cancel Pacific to east of Mississippi plan
New York April 21 a Wall Street news service reports cancellation of through freight rates from the Pacific coast to all points south of the Ohio and east of the Mississippi. Southern Pacific and other lines notify shippers. Through rates east of the Mississippi rise by the added local charges from 30 cents to more than $1 per 100 pounds in some cases.
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New York
Wall Street
Pacific Coast
Ohio
Mississippi River
Southern Pacific
San Francisco
Griggs Seeks $900,000 for New Justice Building
Attorney General Griggs testified before a House committee on public buildings and grounds urging a $900,000 federal appropriation for a proposed new Department of Justice building. Also, the House committee on invalid pensions approved Senate Bill 1477, the Grand Army bill, detailing pension eligibility under the June 27, 1809 act and proposing raising a widow’s income base to $250 per year from $96.
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Washington, D. C
Griggs
House Committee On Public Buildings and Grounds
Department of Justice
House Committee On
Sulloway
New Hampshire
House
Senate
State Department warns Turkey on customs raise stance
Secretary Hay returns to Washington as the United States considers decisive action against Turkey. The State Department affirms the accuracy of Minister Starus' promises from the Porte, while European powers back a joint protest against a proposed 3 percent customs duty increase. Griscom is instructed to oppose the duties on behalf of the United States.
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Washington
Hay
New York
State Department
Starus
Porte
Minster
Constantinople
Department
United States
Turkey
United
Griscom
Land billWould waive per acre payments for Sioux settlers
Commissioner Herman reports on the relief bill for homestead settlers on the Nebraska portion of the Sioux reservation. He says the proposal would cancel the $1.25 per acre charge and grant patents on standard fees, creating discrimination against South Dakota settlers and against the general rule of paying for lands. He cannot recommend passage.
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Washington
Herman
General Land Office
Great Sioux Reservation
Nebraska
Territory of
Dakota
South Dakota
Great Sioux
Twelve Sacks Of Mail To Fraud Suspect Impounded
Boston on April 21 United States authorities seized twelve sacks of mail addressed to Francis Truth the divine healer arrested on fraud charges. The letters reportedly contain payments for absent treatment with Truth previously charging five dollars for such service.
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Boston
Mass
Francis Truth
United States
Reorganization of the Army Moves Forward in Senate
The Senate committee on military affairs reached agreement to report the army reorganization bill with amendments. It would confer the rank of lieutenant general on the senior major general and that of major general on the adjutant general of the army.
Century-Old Union Veteran Dan Whipple Joins G A R
Traverse City resident Uncle Dan Whipple, aged 100, is now a member of McPherson post No 13 G A R and may be the nation’s oldest Grand Army veteran. The piece also notes John S Cummings, said to be the youngest recruit, who enlisted at 11 and served in officers’ headquarters for three years before mustering out.
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Dan’ Whipple
Traverse City
Mich
McPherson Post
John S. Cummings
Army
A Mother's Tears Hood's Sarsaparilla Praise
A Rochester mother describes her infant's severe skin sores worsening to raw flesh. After other treatments failed, Hood's Sarsaparilla with Hood's Medicated Soap and Olive Ointment led to steady improvement, concluding with a dramatic full recovery in less than two bottles. She offers the condensed letter by request.
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Hood
Flood Devastates Mississippi and Louisiana Areas
A Mississippi flood report estimates at least 3 million dollars in central and southern Mississippi damages and rail lines washed away. In Columbus Mississippi losses reach 500000 with farmhouses cattle and mill buildings destroyed. Pearl River crested high and rail tracks along the New Orleans & Northwestern submerged.
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New Orleans
Mississippi
Louisiana
Columbus
Miss
Columbia
Pearl River
New Orleans & Northwestern
Atili
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Mloger Herman
Acme Mfg. Co
Des Moines
Iowa
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O'Farrell
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Ishington
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Ihington
D. Greland
Detroit
Canada
Land of Plenty
Department of Interior
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M. V. Bennett
New York Life Midg
Omaha
W. L. Douglas
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Staren
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