Ohio spring elections show Democrats gain across counties
Cincinnati reports that local issues shaped municipal ballots yet Ohio results reveal Democratic gains in lake shore, river, and interior counties. The outcome shifts control of state offices and legislature for the November vote, with Governor Bushnell seeking a second term and Republican Senator Mark Hanna defending his seat amid party influence.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Lake Shore
River
Interior
Bushnell
Mark A. Hanna
Brice
Cincinnati Mayoral Election Ends in Democratic Victory
Cincinnati voters chose Gustave Tafel for mayor with a 7320 plurality. The Democratic ticket also won all city offices and board of legislation, though the Dana law barred it from being called a fusion or independent ticket. Levi C. Goodale led the Republican slate.
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Cincinnati, O
Cincinnati
Board of Legislation
Levi C. Goodale
Gustave Tafel
Cleveland Goes Republican Holds Re election Victory
Returns show Mayor McKisson reelected as a Republican by about 2000 over Democrat John H. Farley. The GOP also wins all four school council seats and 9 of 11 city council seats, with other ticket candidates elected by large majorities.
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Cleveland
McKisson
John H. Farley
Toledo selects Jones and GOP slate in wide open town
Samuel Jones won the mayoralty and the full Republican ticket carried city offices by margins from about 700 to 2000 votes. The city, long described as a wide open town, now leans toward Jones who is expected to push a restrictive agenda.
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Toledo
Samuel Jones
Jones
Black Wins Columbus Mayoral Race by 427 Plurality
In Columbus Columpvus Ohio on April 7 Samuel L. Black a Democrat defeats Emmet Tompkins a Republican by 427 in a mayoral election total votes 24 607 about 6 000 under registration. Last fall McKinley received a 3 100 plurality.
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Columbus
Columpvus
Samuel L. Black
Emmet Tompkins
McKinley
Canton Goes Democratic In Local Election
Canton Ohio April 7 The home of McKinley went Democratic as Mayor Rice won re election by over 400 votes. The remaining ticket was split with Democrats taking a majority of offices.
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Canton
McKinley
Rice
Dayton Vote Shapes City Waterworks and City Boards
In Dayton Ohio on April 7 the Democrats won a waterworks trustee seat by about 10 000 votes while Republicans captured the firmary directors council and school board.
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Dayton
Long leads in Michigan returns as McKinley wins big
Midnight estimates show Judge Long with about a 10 000 plurality for supreme court justice. Republican regents for the university likely win by smaller margins as Long ran ahead. McKinley’s Michigan majority near 58 000 and Pingree’s governor win about 20 000 higher. Voter turnout light with scattered free silver gains and a few Republican slumps.
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Detroit
Supreme Court
Judge Long
McKinley
Michigan
Pingree
Maybury Wins Detroit Mayoral Race Amid Pingree Rift
Detroit April 7 William C Maybury Democrat won the mayoralty by about 1000 votes over Captain Albert E Stuart Republican. Maybury’s victory is seen as a defeat for Governor Pingree who had effectively endorsed Stewart as his successor after a court ruled he could not hold both offices.
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Detroit
William C. Maybury
Albert E. Stuart
Maybury
Pingree
Stewart
Iowa Sends Corn to India to Aid Starving
Des Moines reports Iowa will dispatch at least 400 cars of corn to India for famine relief. A state commission led by Mayor Hoyt Sherman and appointed by Governor Drake coordinates a statewide network of about 100 local agents collecting corn. Rail lines have pledged free transport and both old and new grain are being accepted.
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Iowa
India
Des Moines
Hoyt Sherman
Drake
Senate clears Rivera Cuba resolution after debate
After a lively debate in Washington on April 7, the Senate passed the Allen Cuban resolution protesting General Rivera's drumhead trial and urging the president to oppose any such execution by Spain. Senators attacked and defended Cuban policy, citing money-changer pressure and calls for freedom.
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Rivera
Washington
Senate
Chandler
Allen
Foraker
Russ Rivera
United States
Hoar
Massachusetts
Senator Gallinger
New Hampshire
Cuba
East
New England
Gallinger
Committee On Foreign Relations
Allen Cuban
Ruis Rivera
Foreclosure Planned for Union Pacific This May
General John C. Cowin, special government counsel, said foreclosure papers for the Union Pacific will be issued as soon as courts prepare them. The decree is likely in May with the foreclosure following within 60 to 90 days.
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Union Pacific
Omanda
John C. Cowin
United States
Union Pacific Railroad
Washington
Cowin
Venezuela ratifies Guiana arbitration treaty with Britain
Caracas notes that Venezuela’s congress unanimously ratified the arbitration treaty with Great Britain negotiated by the United States. The measure passed the house on third reading after speeches by Senors Aranguren and Bricene amid cheers. The senate also ratified. President Crespo will sign next Friday.
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New York
the World
Caracas
Venezuela
Congress of Venezuela
Guiana
Great Britain
United States
House of Representatives
Senor Aranguren
Senor Bricene
House
Sam
Senate
Crespo
Cabinet Resigns En Masse Over Dispute With President
In SanTiaGo De CuHiLa on April 7, the entire cabinet quit following a deepening rift between President Frederico Brazurio and the interior minister over appointments of governors and other officials not satisfactory to the president.
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SanTiaGo DE CuHiLa
Frederico Brazurio
General Schofield Receives Birth of Daughter
Mrs Schofield in Florida presents Lt Gen John M Schofield U S A retired with a fine healthy baby girl. Schofield retired 18 months ago due to age limit and is now 66 years old.
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General Schofield
Ava Gusttne
Fla
Wage Scale Reduced Noted At Ironwood Mines
The Metropolitan Iron and Land company announces a 10 percent wage increase for 1,000 workers at the Norrie and Pabst mines in Ironwood Michigan effective immediately.
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Ironwoop
Mich
Metropolitan Iron and Land Company
Norrie and Pabst
Impatience Grows for Greek War Crusade Against Turkey
Athens reports rising popular impatience and calls for immediate war as Greece eyes a national crusade after independence day. King George and officials expected at a cathedral ceremony, crowds decked in flags. volunteers flood frontier reports warn army readiness lags.
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London
Athens
The
Times
Turkey
George
Ethnike Hetairia
Warlike mood as Greek frontier tensions rise at Milesna
Athens reports that English correspondents have arrived in Salonica and Larissa with war near certainty implied. Edhem Pasha orders Turkish troops on alert on Greeces independence anniversary and a rumor of Greek cannon at Milesna prompts Turkish warning.
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Athens
Salonica
Larissa
Elassona
Marquis of Salisbury
Associated Press
Milesna
Edhem Pasha
Greece
Position Impregnable to Greek Attempts on Turkish Frontier
A British foreign office official told Associated Press that the powers will follow their agreed course and that military authorities deem the Turkish frontier impregnable. Any Greek attempt to advance is expected to fail, with the king gripped by the difficult position this places on the powers.
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London
British Foreign Office
Associated Press
Greek Colonel Vassos vows mountain defense in Crete
The Greek press reports that if foreign powers force him from Crete, Colonel Vassos will retreat to the mountains near Sphakia and resist fiercely with insurgent aid against the attacking troops.
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HeEns
Crete
Vassos
Sphakia
President McKinley to Seek Relief Aid for Flood Sufferers
President McKinley plans to urge Congress to provide relief for flood victims in the Southwest. He notes a $250,000 Mississippi river appropriation cannot be used for feeding or shelter as it is earmarked for river improvement and levee protection. The president will press Congress to address the urgent needs of the stranded, cold residents.
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Washineton
Southwest
Congress
Mississippi River
Mississippi River Commission
Will Rise of Mississippi Flood Climb to Vicksburg Area
Weather Bureau chief Willis L. Moore issues a river bulletin warning that the Yazoo crevasse return will likely push the river at Vicksburg higher while the stretch to the mouth may rise indefinitely. He warns the levee below Vicksburg will face its greatest strain and urges evacuations for flooded districts. The river runs high along its length except Memphis, with slight decline between Arkansas City and Vicksburg and danger near Keokuk to St. Louis. alerts were sent from St. Louis bureau.
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Burg
Washington
Willis L. Moore
Weather Bureau
Vicksburg
Yazoo
Mississippi
Memphis
Arkansas City
St. Paul
la Crosse
Keokuk
St. Louis
River Flood Near 1881 Peak in St Paul
At midnight the Mississippi River in St Paul was rising slowly, up four tenths of a foot in 24 hours. Water remains about two feet from the 19.7-foot high mark first recorded April 18, 1881, and old river men expect a near approach to that flood peak before subsiding.
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St. Paul
Blockade Put Off Again
Athens reports a hitch delays the planned Gulf of Athens blockade as France hesitates over M. Hanotaux plan. King George is urged to refrain from action while French and allied admirals finalize details. The cause remains unclear.
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Lonon
Daily Chronicle
Athens
France
Gulf of Athens
M. Hanotaux
George
Athenian unions pledge funds for war effort
A dispatch from Athens reported that the Athenian trades unions will donate their funds totaling 1,000,000 drachms to the war fund if hostilities break out.
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London
Athens
Daily News
Forest Fires Rage in Pennsylvania Mountains
In Bellefonte Pennsylvania on April 6 a spreading forest fire fueled by locomotive sparks threatens thousands of acres of timber. A second blaze flares in the Seven Mountains near town, burning fiercely despite efforts to halt it.
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Bellefonte
Seven Mountains
Flood Crisis Deepens Along St Francis Basin Near Helena
Floods intensify from Austin Miss to Perthshire Miss as St Francis basin waters surge, threatening levees. Railroads rush sand to Helena while relief workers and levee boards strengthen embankments. Mississippi river at Memphis drops a foot in 24 hours and relief committees stay active. Greenville and Rosedale are flooded. cattle and refugees endure night without cover.
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Memphis
Tenn
Austin
Miss
Perthshire
St. Francis Basin
Helena
Ark
Missouri Pacific
Cotton Belt
Illinois Central
Cotton Belt Railways
Greenville
Rosedale
Water rise at St Paul reaches 17 feet at midnight
In St Paul the government gauge shows 17 feet at midnight, up 0.2 feet in six hours and 0.6 foot for the day. The rate of rise slowed during the night and a much higher level is unlikely unless warm weather and snowmelt accelerate floodwaters soon.
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St. Paul
River thaw advances. ferry resumes season at Pierre
The river has fallen about two feet and is ice free at Pierre. upriver reports a gorge at Oxoboji island twenty miles up that traps ice water and may raise levels rapidly without danger. The steam ferry started its season transferring many cattle and teams blocked by ice.
Danger Line Reached as Mississippi Rises at Alton
The Mississippi River has reached the danger line at Alton with a 24 hour rise of 47 inches. River men forecast a further rise of about 5 feet, while signal service predicts only 2 more feet. If rivermen are correct, significant damage looms.
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Alton
Autos
Mississippi
Doctor Nelson Fatally or Painfully Injures Student
In Minneapolis on April 6 Jacob Challon, a medical student at the university, was shot and severely wounded by Dr Hugh S Nelson at 3538 First Avenue South. The incident appears to have occurred during a temporary insanity or jealous rage by the doctor.
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Minneapolis
Jacob
Challon
University
Hugh. S. Nelson
First Avenue South
Iowa Makes Satisfactory Run to Boston Harbor
The battleship Iowa completed a 24 hour run from New York and anchored outside Boston Light. Builders Cramps & Co. of Philadelphia report the voyage as very satisfactory.
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Boston
Iowa
New York
Boston Light
Cramps & Co
Philadelphia
Payment to Sisseton Indians Begins at Valley Agency
In Valley Minnesota on April 6 a per capita payment of 25 dollars to Sisseton Indians started at the agency twelve miles west of Pay Day for Poor So. The article notes the distribution began.
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Brown's Valley
Minn
Agency
Here
River rises but no damage yet expected next week
The river has risen 3 feet in 48 hours but no damage will result unless it rises 20 feet. It is expected high water will reach here next week as a few trains reach via a roundabout route.
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Graxp Ferns N. D
Flood at Minnervolls Mixneavorts April 5
The flood has continued unabated with an estimated 5000,000 feet of logs carried away. Many people living on low ground driven from homes and numerous houses wrecked.
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Vminnervolls Mixneavorts
Largest silver shipment by steamer Umbria reported
On April 5 the steamer Umbria carried 955,000 ounces of silver in the largest shipment since July 10, 1896. Two steamers had delivered 1,026,000 ounces on that date. Weekly exports reached 1,573,000 ounces and 75,000 Mexican dollars.
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New York
Umbria
Sherman protests to save Rivera from execution
The Times Herald reports Secretary Sherman objected to General Ruiz Rivera's execution in Pinar del Rio. He informed Spanish minister De Lome at President McKinley's request and urged that Spain avoid provoking U S public anger, hoping Madrid will order Havana to spare Rivera's life.
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Rivera
Spain
United States
Senor de Lome
Havana
Colonel Nunez Returns to New York from Cuba
United States authorities report Colonel Emilio Nunez, sought for organizing and taking part in numerous filibustering expeditions, has recently returned from Cuba. Nunez known as a daring cavalry leader in the Ten Years War is disliked by Spaniards who wish to see him imprisoned.
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Nunez
New York
United States
Emilio Nunez
Cuba
Wisconsin veto blocks anti trust bill by Scofield
Madison April 6 Governor Scofield vetoed the McGillivray anti trust bill which would ban trusts in Wisconsin and empower the attorney general to act against foreign combinations. He ruled the outside competition provisions unconstitutional as they interfere with interstate commerce and called the measures harsh and impractical.
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Madison
Wis
Scofield
McGillivray
Wisconsin
Bank President Arrested in Utica Wrecking Case
W O Leland president of the First National bank of Springville was arrested under a United States court indictment in Utica on charges of wrecking the bank. He was later released on bail of 10000. The Springville bank is in bad condition with depositors claiming 175000 and the receiver about 350000.
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Burrato
W. O. Leland
First National Bank of
Springville
United States
Utica
Admirals Demand Answers on Armament and Leaders
In Canea on April 7 the admirals wrote to the governor demanding a categorical explanation of arming the Bashibazouks and the surrender of 12 Akrotir affair leaders. They warned Colonel Vassos that insurgents firing on international troops will be shot.
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Ila
Canea
Akrotir
Vassos
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