Will of a Caesar Affects Rhodes Will In England
In London on April 5 the Rhodes will dominated discussion as details emerged. The fortune is near £5,000,000 with executors including Rosebery Grey Milner Bell and Jameson. They will divide about £1,000,000 among themselves, with the remainder pooled and reinvested for surviving legatees.
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South Africa
Cecil Rhodes
Mr. Rhodes
Lord Rosebery
Earl Grey
Lord Milner
Alfred Bell
Dr. Jameson
L. L. Micell
B. A. Hawksley
British Columbia
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Canada
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Oxford
England
United States
Caesar
The
Globe
Great Britain
Germany
St. James Gazette
Westminster Gazette
America
Pall Mall Gazette
New Jersey janitor claims Cecil Rhodes kinship and fortune
George Rhodes of Lakewood New Jersey says a Philadelphia dispatch confirms he is Cecil Rhodes first cousin and heir to a $50,000 legacy. He plans to sail for Europe to claim the fortune and recounts his past from Canada to Buffalo and Philadelphia while detailing a fractured relationship over religious matters.
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George Rhodes
Lakewood, N. J
Philadelphia
Rhodes
Caid
Europe
Lakewood
South Africa
Cecil Rhodes
Cecil
Eton
America
Canada
Buffalo
Ourses
Rhodes Will Education Bequest May Shape Columbia Plans
In New York on April 6, President Butler of Columbia University discussed Cecil Rhodes's educational will. He said the value of the bequest hinges on its conditions and on the wisdom of its administration, noting it is a striking tribute to education by a man of vision.
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New York
Cecil Rhodes
Butler
Columbia University
Rhodes
MacCracken
New York University
Cecil’ Rhodes
Oxford
Princeton
N. J
Patton
University of Oxford
Great Britain
Senate
Feirbanks
Gallinger
China
Penrose
Mitchell
Gallingr
Lodge
Fairbanks
Dunn
Pacific Mail Steamship Company
Dillingham
Platt
Connecticut
United States
San Francisco
Boston
Rhodes Bequest Prompts Global School Exchange Praise
Reports from Princeton Berlin and New York celebrate Cecil Rhodes endowing Oxford scholarships for American students. Patton calls the gift a boost to Anglo American ties and education exchange, while German papers note imperial goodwill and interest in German youths studying in Britain.
Rhodes Body Train Arrives in Kimberley in Mourning
The funeral train bearing Cecil Rhodes arrived in Kimberley Cape Colony on Friday on its way to Bulawayo Matabeleland. The townwide procession marked the mourning as most residents joined the march past the hearse.
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Kimberley
Cape Colony
Cecil Rhodes
Cape Town
Bulawayo
Matabeleland
Ibrox Park Disaster Leaves Three Dead At Football Match
A crowd crush at Ibrox Park during the England vs Scotland international caused a terrace collapse. Three died and 13 were injured, with many others hurt in a fall sixty feet to the ground as barriers gave way. Police disciplined the crowds as the structure failed.
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Glasgow
Ibrox Park
England
Scotland
Pardon for Coghlan Elevates Naval Captain to Rear Admiral
The president signed a pardon restoring eleven lost numbers to Captain Joseph B. Coghlan, a Manila Bay veteran. Coghlan rises to head of the captains group alongside Captain Sands. both will become rear admirals after Admiral Farquhar's retirement. The action follows urging from Rear Admiral Henry C. Taylor and the Bureau of Navigation.
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Washington
Joseph B. Coghlan
Navy Department
Manila Bay
Sands
Farquhar
Coghlan
Roosevelt
Henry C. Taylor
Bureau of Navigation
New Jersey Revenue Collector Served in High Stakes Suit
New York April 5 Dr Cc H Herold collector of internal revenue for the fifth district of New Jersey has been served with a summons in a suit for 1 900 000 in the New Jersey Supreme Court. The American Sugar Refining Company sues to recover taxes paid under the war revenue act. The action seeks to test the constitutionality of the law.
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New York
Cc. H. Herold
Internal Revenue
Fifth District of
New Jersey
New Jersey Supreme Court
American Sugar Refining Company
Herald
Bodies of three American soldiers exhumed near San Juan hill
In Santiago de Cuba on April 5 workers digging the park at San Juan hill uncovered the bodies of three American soldiers about 20 feet from a Spanish trench. The exhumation followed a prior burial marked by a prolonged charge and command confusion involving Ninth and Seventeenth infantry units.
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Santiago DE Cuba
San Juan Hill
Tyth
Case Against Suspect in Girl's Murder Near Steamship
The defense offered no alibi for the time of the alleged crime and admitted the girl was taken to the steamer by Captain Toombe for work. The case is expected to end Monday night.
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Toombe
Col B L Lundlum Killed In Hydraulic Mining Incident
Telluride Colorado April 5 Colonel B L Lundlum superintendent of the Keystone Placer Mining Company near town was killed almost instantly when a hydraulic giant went out of control. Peter Epswich was seriously injured as water forced him down the mountain fifty feet. Lundlum a renowned hydraulic engineer of California for thirty years was sixty, leaving a widow and one daughter.
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B. Lundlum
Keystone Placer Mining Company
Peter Epswich
Colonel Lundium
Lundium
Havi
California
Col
Lawton Negro Warning Tensions After Election Turmoil
Comanche county authorities wired Governor Ferguson reporting proclamations posted across Lawton warning all negroes to leave by tomorrow. The city is described as wild with excitement, and the governor pledged to mobilize Oklahoma militiamen if needed to protect colored citizens after the April 1 election attempts to suppress black voting.
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Guthrie
O. T
Comanche County
Ferguson
Lawton
Territorial National Guard
Oklahoma
Corruption Alleged in St Louis Grand Jury Indictments
Grand jury report accuses municipal assembly members of forming combines to extort money from corporations, detailing bribery, attempted bribery, and perjury. Indictments against Robert N. Snider Edwin Butler John H Becker and George J Kobusch cited. Folk praised for leadership during probe.
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ST. Louis
Grand Jury
Municipal Assembly
O'Neil
Criminal Court
Robert N. Snider
Edwin Butler
John H. Becker
George J. Kobusch
House of Delegates
Contents of Today's Journal Part One to Part Three
A compact index of sections across three parts detailing topics from Cecil Rhodes bequests to state prison affairs, bank robbery, royal visit rumors, war claims, Cuban reciprocity, and various society, sports, real estate, and financial items. It lists editorial pages, law notes, and arts content including an original story and illustrated fashions.
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Cecil Rhodes
Fairbanks
Brig
St. Louis
Pennville Bank
Prince of Wales
America
Indiana
Treasury
Indiana News
Sporting News
Marvels in Surgery at German Congress
At the thirty first congress of the German Chirurgical Association in Berlin Dr Tietze of Breslau described removing diseased bone from a woman's shin and grafting it with a joint from her great toe to prevent lameness. Dr Roth of Lubeck demonstrated an oxygen chloroform anesthetic aiding weak heart patients. Other surgeons reported oxygen chloroform mixtures as effective. Dr Beerink of Freiburg described stomach patch operations using intestinal tissue on animals. Six surgeons, four Germans and two Frenchmen, announced cancer bacillus discoveries, but evidence was inconclusive and the examination committee remained skeptical as to origin theories.
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Berlin
German Chirurgical Association
Tietze
Breslau
Roth
Lubeck
Beerink
Freiburg
Bold Albanians Seize Ipek Officials in Turkish Uprising
Advices from Uskup report Albanians surrounding Ipek government offices, detaining officials and urging the Yildiz Palace to release detainees in Constantinople. Two Turkish battalions are sent to Ipek as authorities respond. A Vienna dispatch notes Sultan dismisses Tevfik Bey for kidnapping fifty two Macedonian women amid a suppressing insurrection in Salonika province.
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Uskup
Turkey
Ipek
Yildiz
London
Vienna
Salonika
Tevfik Bey
Italian guns landing alleged by Turkish ambassador claim
A dispatch from Constantinople to the Exchange Telegraph reports that the Porte has filed a complaint with the Italian ambassador accusing Italian fishermen of illicitly landing guns on the coast near Tripoli and suggesting disguised men are aboard sponge boats.
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London
Exchange Telegraph Company
Constantinople
Porte
Tripole
Traian
Durbin defends prison probe plans amid charges
Governor Durbin rejects Chicago papers' claims that he avoided the prison case. He confirms a board of control inquiry into deputy warden charges and outlines timing and scope, noting one member is away and promising a thorough investigation once all board members convene. He defends officials and disputes any cover up.
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Durbin
Chicago
North
Board of Control
Horne
Dr. Horne
Shideler
Campaign in France Woman Suffragists Fight for Recognition
Paris April 5 France enters a parliamentary election period with candidacy declarations already totaling about a thousand. Paris and Seine voters contend for 46 seats amid a wall poster ban and fines. The Woman's Suffrage League issues a pink placard urging voting rights. Auclert and others promote female suffrage. Ministerialists forecast victory while Nationalists, led by Jules Lemaître, push a strong campaign with an optimistic eighty seat majority.
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Paris
France
Seine
Woman's Suffrage League
Hubertine Auclert
M. Auclert
America
Jules Lemaitre
Attempted assassination and student exiles in Russia
In Moscow a would be assassin attacked M Trepoff the police prefect but was disarmed after a struggle. In St Petersburg four students have been exiled to Irkoutsk for three years and another sent to central Asia. One student received a three month sentence for riot involvement and was wounded in police contact.
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Moscow
M. Trepoff
ST. Petersburg
Irkoutsk
Siberia
Central Asia
Arctic
Lena
Kolima
Rea
Defense of L. J. Toombs Closes in Chicago Trial
Defense of Louis J. Toombs in the Carrie Larsen murder case closes after the defendant did not testify. The prosecution’s key claim remains that Toombs strangled Larsen aboard the steamer Peerless and disposed of her body in Burlington slip. The defense attacks the accuser Kiessing’s credibility and alleged story details.
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Chicago
Louis J. Toombs
Carrie Larsen
Robert Kiessing
Toombs
Peerless
Burlington
Wireless Telegraph Company to Take Marconi US Rights
New York April 5 A new Wireless Telegraph Company of America plans to take over American rights of the original Marconi company. Backers will form under New Jersey law with capital around 6 19 0m. Marconi’s attorney E H Moeran said negotiations continue and contracts may be signed soon. Marconi says the original company keeps controlling interests and will cooperate on wireless telegraphy matters.
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New York
Wireless Telegraph Company of America
Marcon! Company
New Jersey
E. H. Moeran
Marconi
Cable from Chamberlain to Lord Minto praises Canadian valor
Joseph Chamberlain, colonial secretary, cables Governor General Lord Minto praising the Dominion for its heroic conduct in action with Delary. He expresses deep regret for heavy casualties and offers heartfelt sympathy to those who have given their lives, noting splendid traditions of Canadian valor.
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Ottawa
Ont
Lord Minto
Canada
Joseph Chamberlain
Dominion
Delary
Unclear Plate Fire Report From Cincinnati Corner
In Cincinnati on April 5 a plate of Albert Schinder, a carriage woodworker, located on the corner of Gest and Ochler Streets, caught fire tonight originating in the boiler room from an unknown cause.
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Cincinnati
Albert Schinder
Gest and Ochler
Lees
Senator Fairbanks Opposes Chinese Labor Influx in Speech
Senator Fairbanks argues in support of immigration restriction bills under review. He asserts Congress has ample power to bar admission of undesirable persons and could legislate to prevent contamination of citizenship as a national menace.
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Senator Fairbanks
Strong Indiana support for Chinese exclusion in Congress
Indianian speeches in Congress urge exclusion to shield American labor from low priced Chinese labor. Senator Fairbanks defends treaty compatibility while Representative A. L. Brick argues exclusion safeguards labor and citizenship amid broad cross party support. Discussion covers enforcement, fraud in admissions, and treaty implications.
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