Train Robbery on Express Car Near Bridge Junction Ark
Three masked bandits held up the Choctaw Oklahoma and Gulf express near Bridge Junction Arkansas around midnight. An express messenger Meaders and porter Gould were wounded. dynamite was used to blast open the car door and valuables were seized. Bloodhounds were deployed along the trail near Hurlburt to pursue them.
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Memphis
Tenn
Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railway
Bridge Junction
Ark
Wells-Fargo Express Company
Perry
Nelson
Johnson
Meaders
Gould
Hurlburt
Boundary line between U S and Canada to be resurveyed
Ottawa April 24 reports arrangements have been made between the Canadian government and Washington authorities to review and maintain the boundary line marks between the United States and Canada. The international boundary from Lake Superior to the Pacific coast has not been sharply fixed for over four decades and its exact marking for more than half a century has lapsed.
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United States
Canada
Ottawa
Ont
Washington
Lake Superior
Pacific Coast
FATAL DEFECT IN TITLE OF MN BOARD OF CONTROL ACT
A Minnesota court challenge argues the act creating the Board of Control is void for a faulty title. The law would give the board control over all state institutions including universities and corrections. The title mentions correctional and charitable institutions separately from educational ones, creating the flaw.
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Minnesota
Pearson Petition Yet to Reach State Department
Washington April 24 The petition of General Pearson who sued to stop mule shipments to the British in South Africa has not yet reached the state department from the war department but will be acknowledged on receipt and given due consideration. If favored it would prompt diplomatic branch action and possible court proceedings.
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Lake Superior
Atlantic
British Columbia
Department of the Interior
State Department
Washington
Pearson
Orange Free State
New Orleans
South Africa
War Department
United States
Peking
Mr. Rockhill
General Chaffee
von Waldersee
Forbidden City
Legation Guard
Chaffee
Reforms Proposals Amid Chinese Imperial Decree and Foreign Pressure
An imperial decree names a board led by Prince Ching and Li Hung Chang to study reforms for the empire. It also orders Yan Ting officials replaced and signals continued foreign influence in Peking as American troops remain to guard gates.
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Peking
Prince Ching
Li Hung Chang
Tang Lu
Lun Kang
Wang Wen Shao
Lu Chuan Lin
Liu Kun Yi
Chang Chi Tung
Yang Lin
Yan Ting
Li Ching
Yan Ting Province
Nation Visit Sparks Kansas City Sunday Saloon Protests
Mrs Nation sparked a campaign against Sunday saloons in Kansas City after her arrest two Sundays earlier. Local ministers denounced the police and Police Judge McAuley for fining her $100 and threatening further arrest if she returned. She plans to lecture at Union Mission next Friday night.
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Kansas City
Two Towns in Danger as River Advances
The rising Missouri River threatens Wathena and Elwood in Kansas near St. Joseph Missouri. The river shifted west by about half a mile, causing irreparable havoc and flooding bottom lands never before underwater.
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St. Joseph
Wathena
Elwood
Missionaries Justified in Peking Siege Says Conger
Victoria B C April 25 Minister Conger defends American missionaries actions during the siege telling Kobe Herald there were no unjustified acts given the circumstances. He cites 2000 destitute Chinese and absence of government noting property appropriation to aid victims was necessary and justified.
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Conger
Peking
Victoria
B. C
Kobe Herald
San Francisco
Alabama voters approve constitutional convention
Chairman Smith of the Democratic campaign committee reports that Alabama backed a constitutional convention by a 30,000 majority. The statewide vote was light across the state.
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Birmingham
Ala
Smith
Democratic Campaign Committee
Alabama
Satow Presents Red Cross to American Missionaries
Sir Ernest Satow, British minister to China, formally presents the Red Cross to Misses Saville and Chapin for conspicuous services during the siege of the legations last summer.
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Peking
Sir Ernest Satow
China
Red Cross
Saville and Chapin
Legations
River flood fears rise along Mississippi and Ohio
Memphis residents from Cairo to Memphis fear rising water levels on the Ohio Mississippi Cumberland and Tennessee rivers. Reported preparations show planters moving stock to safety as lands between levees and the river are at risk.
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Memphis
Tenn
Ohio
Mississippi
Cumberland
Tennessee
Cairo
Bought Mesaba ore lands lands by Pittsburg firm
Jones Laughlins of Pittsburgh has purchased from Peter L. Kimberly of Sharon Pennsylvania several thousand acres of Mesaba ore properties in Minnesota. The deal reportedly totals 2 500 000 dollars. The tract is among the region’s finest with ore veins 10 to 50 feet deep and vast ore supply. It lies near Escanaba enabling cheap transport to Lake Erie ports for shipment to Eliza furnaces in Ash tula Erie or Cleveland.
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Pittsburg
Jones & Laughlins, Limited
Peter L. Kimberly
Sharon
Mesaba
Minnesota
Escanaba
Lake Erie
Great Lakes
Eliza
Ashtabula
Erie
Cleveland
Ohio River Flood Report Cites Slower Rise and Heavy Losses
The Ohio River flood outlook shows the crest passing below Wheeling with rapid downriver flow toward the Mississippi. Major impacts are at Ripley Maysville Aberdeen Portsmouth Huntington and Parkersburg with heavy rural losses and few if any deaths reported beyond shanty-boat drownings.
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Cincinnati
Ohio River
Pittsburg
Big Kanawha
Weather Bureau
Ironton
Portsmouth
Huntington
Catlettsburg
Kentucky River
Ohio
Point Pleasant
Marietta
Parkersburg
Pomeroy
Middleport
Ohio Valley
Mississippi
Ripley
Maysville
Aberdeen
Hanging Rock
Ashland
Wheeling
West ern millers must pay storage and handling charges
Buffalo officials announce the end of a flour warehousing privilege for Western millers in Buffalo New York. The privilege was withdrawn following an Interstate Commerce Commission investigation. Western millers will pay 5 cents per 100 pounds for flour shipments held for market plus standard storage charges.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Interstate Commerce Commissioners
Atlantic Seaboard
Improvements at Manila River Deepening to Eighteen Feet
The War Department insular affairs division plans major Pasig river work at Manila to reach 18 feet depth. Dredging about 325000 cubic yards of mud sand and shells will enhance river commerce and allow ships to load and discharge cargo in the river rather than by lighters.
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Washington
Division of Insular Affairs
War Department
Pasig
Manila
Three Die In House Fire Near Galesburg
In Galesburg North Dakota on April 22 a fire at the home of widow Mrs. Hannah Kioren killed three people. The widow and her two sons ages 6 and 10 perished inside the house two miles west of town. The mother was found with much of her flesh burned while holding the younger boy. the elder boy’s body was nearly incinerated.
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Galesburg
N. D
Here
Hannah Kioren
Herse'f
Decision limits Northern Pacific on private car hauls
The Interstate Commerce Commission rules that if Northern Pacific hauls private cars it must haul all private cars of the same class under equal terms. It also states the railroad may refuse hauling private cars entirely or may haul one class while refusing another distinct class.
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Northern Pacific
Washington
The
Interstate Commerce Commission
Northern Pacific Railroad Company
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Royal Baking Powder CO
William Street
New York
TION
Outlaws
BOARD
Rescript
Pomeroy Bend
Sandy
Mrs. Nation
A. Robinson
Western Millers
Buffalo Free
North Dakota
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