Eastern Elections Stir City as Mayoral Fight Heats Up
Cleveland reports show Democrat Farley uniting against Republican McKisson in a highly charged mayoral race. Detectives allege 6,000 floaters registered, with warrants issued for illegal voters. Detroit, Toledo, Cincinnati, and Chicago voters brace for record turnouts and key state and city races amid cross-party campaigns.
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Carpenters Strike for Eight Hour Day in Cleveland
About 1,000 carpenters walked out in Cleveland on April 3 seeking an eight hour day and thirty cents an hour. Several contractors are said to have agreed to the scale, while the strikers insist they are fully determined to win their demand.
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Netty Warmell Granted Divorce in Denver Leadville Claimant Case
Mrs Netty Warmell was granted a divorce from John Warmell in Los Angeles on April 3. Grounds cited were desertion and failure to provide with no contest by the husband. The couple had ties to Denver and Leadville Colorado.
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War Nears End as Otis Returns to United States
Manila dispatch reports natives returning to homes along American lines as promises of fair treatment are fulfilled. General Otis has received messages of congratulation for the army’s work. Dewey and Colonel Denby arrive to discuss the situation with the Philippine Commission. Otis sails for home aboard the Sherman, carrying Secretary Hay’s son and Senator Hale, amid reports the insurgency has suffered a fatal blow. General Wheaton assumes command of the brigade. Third and Twenty-Second Regiments return to Manila.
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Military Funeral at Arlington for Spanish-American War Dead
Government orders honor the dead from the Cuban and Porto Rico campaigns with interment at Arlington on Thursday April 6. The President directs National flag half mast and government offices closed at noon. troops and guards assemble for solemn ceremonies.
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Kipling Letter of Thanks and War Dispatches
A New York telegram transcribes Rudyard Kipling’s letter of thanks for sympathy during illness. Other items report General Otis’s cable confirming Kipling’s improving health, insurgent forces in the Philippines, and daily grain prices. Weather and transport woes include blizzards across multiple states causing cattle distress and railway disruption.
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Visayan Islands
New York Produce Exchange Reports Grain Supply Decline
The New York Produce Exchange notes a large failing off in visible grain supply both in storage and on ships, signaling tighter markets. The April 3 statistics summarize stock levels, including ore leased and related figures, from major warehouses and forward positions.
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Stabbed by His Wife in a Family Tragedy
Chicago April 3. Joseph Brown stabbed to death before his two children after a quarrel with wife. Brown had beaten her and threatened to kill her with a butcher knife. When he moved toward the knife Mrs. Brown seized it and, in the struggle, Brown was struck in the stomach and chest. She then stabbed him multiple times, the blows proving fatal.
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Bryan's Dispatch on Separate Banquet Nights
A partial Bryan dispatch suggests he favors holding the two Bryan Silver Dinners on separate nights to allow all Democrats and workers to attend. The message portion labeled personal and confidential remains withheld. Also noted, Light Battery F Fourth Artillery and Light Battery F Fifth Artillery left New York for Manila via the West Shore route.
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Eugene V. Brewster
Bryan Silver
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Manila
Lemsed Whee
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Fifth Artillery
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War Revenue Act Upheld for Stock Exchange Transactions
The Supreme Court upheld the War Revenue Act tax on sales at exchanges and boards of trade. The ruling states the tax is a duty or excise on the privileges of trading, not a tax on members or on sales generally. Jurisdiction covered Chicago cases involving Nichol, Skillen, Hingweisen, and the Union Stock Yard question.
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Charles Hingweisen
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Trust project to unite American potteries collapses
The American Pottecies Company abandoned plans for a 27 million dollar trust to include U S potteries. Projectors raised about 250 thousand to launch. over capitalization doomed the scheme. Property valued at twelve million faced a seven million appraised value, causing doubts investors would receive dividends on fifteen million more than the high valuation. Options expired at midnight Saturday and will not be extended.
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American Pottecies Company
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City of Topeka Lost in Wrangle Narrows Report
Report received from Victoria signaling the Topeka's loss in Wrangle Narrows with no further particulars. The San Francisco dispatch notes the City of Topeka formerly sailed from this port.
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A California liner to Alaska trade and boxing bill advance
The Pacific Coast Steamship liner now sails Seattle to Alaska ports. A Denver Senate bill legalizing athletic entertainments including boxing passed 18 to 9 and awaits governor approval. Five men died in a Joplin ditch cave-in. Beef inquiry witnesses to be recalled as Major Miles and Major Daly involved. Fire at Traverse City kills two. Harrisburg ballot totals show Quay leading.
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Conditions at Havana spark mutiny amid crowds
Telegraphic dispatches detail a completed Overland Telegraph trunk line through Cuba and nine cross lines enabling General command reach. A boisterous Eighth Infantry man clashes with police over chair hire, arrests, and a riot erupts as unarmed privates repel officers. A provost guard frees a prisoner then holds off a mutinous crowd. A local paper accuses Cuban troops of murders, provoking protest. Florida election news follows with Pasco successor speculation. Kentucky prisoner Bob Brown hanged for murder.
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Trouble in Macedonia and Balkan unrest across fronts
A London dispatch reports rising tensions in Macedonia with 100000 troops mobilized as Bulgarian Turkish frontier clashes widen. Reinforcements flood northern districts while rail and border garrisons tighten as fears grow of imminent revolution and Russian influence shaping Ottoman actions. Local markets and trade stall amidst general unrest.
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