President McKinley Visits New Orleans and Mississippi
The president travels from Memphis through the cotton belt to Vicksburg and Jackson, arrives in New Orleans for a royal reception, and delivers a late banquet speech. Crowds cheer the expansion theme while Gov Longino and New Orleans leaders greet him, praising commerce and river improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Memphis
Gulf of Mexico
Yazoo
Nile
Vicksburg
Jackson
Mississippi
Lake Ponchartrain
Old City
McKinley
Cleveland
Crescent City
Heard
Capedeville
McEnery
Foster
Louisiana
Congress
Louisiana Lou
Jesuit Military College
Louisiana Cavalry Troop
Washington Artillery
Camp
Canal Streets
St. Charles
Whitelaw Reid Hurt in Yuba Pass Train Crash
At Yuba Pass California last night a Raymond excursion train struck the rear of a limited in snow sheds. D. O. Mills and Whitelaw Reid were among the injured. Reid sustained a facial cut. One fireman was killed and several others were hurt. the Raymond train remains here except for the baggage car.
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Yuba Pass
Emigrant Gap
Cal
Raymond
Here
D. O. Mills
James Saunders
Dalles
Ore
Whitelaw Reid
Limited
Saunders
Grant
D. O. Mille
Express wreck near Fort Benton kills engineer in washout
A Great Northern Express train wrecked two miles west of Fort Benton Montana. The engine tender baggage and mail cars ditched. Engineer John Wilkinson was killed. The fireman was thrown down an embankment but had only slight injuries. No passengers were hurt. The wreck was caused by a washout.
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Hena
Mont
Great Northern
Fort Benton
John Wilkinson
Lone Woman Robbed in Springville Residence
Two masked men entered Mrs Ruth Ayers home in Springville bound and gagged her and ransacked the house. They took about 8000 dollars in gold and currency. She was found to have 6060 dollars on hand. No clues to the robbers.
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Adrian
Midh
Ruth Ayers
Springville
Indemnity Report Divides Powers Over China Debt
Paris dispatch reports M Pichon forwarded the indemnity study fixing China’s payment at 1,365,000,000 francs. Nations disagree on distributing the sum and whether to raise customs duties or other taxes. United States and Great Britain oppose customs increases, delaying settlement as France Germany Russia and Japan favor higher duties and inland taxes.
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Paris
Foreign Office
Peking
M. Pichon
China
Hague
United States
England
South Africa
France
Germany
Russia
Japan
Great Britain
Guard at Peking Legation Vows Independence in Crisis
Washington reports the legation guard at Peking will not bow to foreign generals orders and may relocate if needed to preserve independence. Germany’s Canton concession move surprises officials, while US pressure stalled Russian designs on Manchuria.
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Washington
Legation Guard
Peking
China
Germany
United States
Canton
Russia
Manchria
Waldersee's Letter on Tien Tsin Garrison Plans
Field Marshal Von Waldersee sends to ministers a proposal detailing garrisons and foreign contributions for Tien Tsin and Shan Hai Kwan. It argues for foreign civil authority while Chinese officials may stay, warns against mandarin dependence, and outlines future steps to reduce forces and consider Chinese administration.
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Peking
von Waldersee
Tien-Tsin
Great Britain
France
Germany
Japan
Italy
Shan-Hai- Kwan
Russia
Hague
Pao-Ting-Fu
Best Killers on Earth Anecdotes of Peking Campaign
The Loyal Legion dinner at Delmonico's featured Gen James H Wilson recalling the Peking siege. He praised American troops as front rank allies and recounted the wall scaling by the Fourteenth Infantry under Daggett. He called the American soldier the best killer on earth and praised Chaffee and Funston.
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New York
Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States
Delmonico’s
James H. Wilson
Peking
United States
Chaffee
Daggett
Riley
Wilson
Funston
Philippines
Aguinaldo
China
Great Britain
England
India
Kettle of Gold Found on Osborne Farm
May L Joseph Myers, employed on the Oscar Osborne farm near the barn, unearthed a kettle containing $8 in gold. This marks the second gold discovery on the place, bringing the total to over $5. Osborne’s relatives claim $20,000 remains hidden. Edgar Johnson sits in the Ohio penitentiary serving a life term for Osborne’s murder, alleged to stem from a refusal to disclose gold’s hiding place.
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Akron
Joseph Myers
Oscar Osborne
Osborne
Edgar Johnson
Ohio
Yaqui leader identified as Apache Kid executed in Mexico
In Hermozillo May 1, government troops captured a Yaqui band leader at Cuesta Alta and executed him at Antejut near Lorenzo Torres. An American scout, Alexander McDonald, identified the man as Apache Kid, claiming to know him from Arizona and to have seen him again in the Yaqui ranks.
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Hermozillo
Mexico
Cuesta Alta
Antejut
Lorenzo Torres
Apache Kida
Alexander McDonald
McDonald
Arizona
Hornets Nest Chicago Clergymen Fight Canteen Visit
Chicago May 1 A committee of clergymen investigated the Fort Sheridan canteen abolition. A heated exchange with Col. Van Horne centered on drunkenness and officer testimony. Parkhurst denied newspaper charges he had made, and both sides argued until the committee withdrew after hours of debate.
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Chicago
Ministers’ Association of Chicago
Fort Sheridan
Parkhurst
Anti-saloon League
A. R. Thain
Oak Park
Congregationalists
B. Dexter
The
Baptists
J. S. Hughes
Christian Church
Bartram
Evanston
Wright
Presbyterian Preachers’ Association
van Horne
Ely
Madden
Morrow
Thorpe
Ross
Wattman
Dr. Parkhurst
Captain Ely
Senate
House
Washington
Colonel van Horne
Philippines
Chaplain Wattman
General Otis
Otis
City Officers Face Contempt Over Seized Patrol Wagon
May 1 report from Zanesville Ohio states attorney Winn secured a court execution to seize the city patrol wagon and team for unpaid judgment. Police recaptured the outfit from a local stable after Mayor Holden had summoned a force. Judge Frazier appointed a commission to report on contempt by the mayor and patrolmen. Police continue to use the wagon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zanesville
M. Winn
Common Pleas Court
J. L. Holden
Frazier
Teachers Win Writ of Mandamus Against Illinois Board
Chicago Teachers Federation wins peremptory writ to force State Board of Equalization to assess stocks of twenty or more Chicago corporations. Judge Owen P. Thompson calls board officers and duties public, notes prior assessments unfinished, and demands honest, in good faith taxation with mandamus as remedy. Writ likely served at September board session.
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Springfield
Owen P. Thompson
Jacksonville
Mandamus
Chicago Teachers’ Federation
State Board of Equalization
Thompson
Catherine E. Goggin
Robert C. Steele
Chicago
Sangamon Circuit
Lynchings Feared As Gartrells Held After Confession
Dr J L Gartrell and his son W P Gartrell, who confessed in Kansas City to killing D B Donegan, were brought to Butler Missouri where a large crowd gathered at the depot. Authorities kept them in jail amid fears of a lynching attempt and tension over the case.
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Butler
J. L. Gartrell
Kansas City
D. B. Donegan
Col
Miner
W. P. Gartrell
Gartrells
Gartrell
Moss
Paris
Paine
Mexico
Texas
Gortrell
Fayette, Mo
Higginsville
Dr. Gartrell
Smith
British Cabinet Friction Threatens Army Reform Bill
May 1 London reports friction between Salisbury and Lansdowne over revelations by Kitchener’s financial adviser. Brodrick defends the army reform plan at a Surrey banquet, pledging swift action and funding. Coal tax sparks fears of a general strike, miners’ unions hint at action, while industry leaders weigh potential disruption.
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London
Lord Salisbury
Lord Kitch=ener
Sun
Lord Balisbury
Lord Lansdowne
Guileford
Surrey
Brodrick
Great Britain
Nile
Yang-Tse
Orange River
Indus
South Africa
Miners' Federation
Iguay
Lancashire
Long Tom Blows Up At Bergplanta In Boer Fight
London dispatch reports General Grenfell attacked near Halverstsberg. Long Tom fired at 10,000 Kitchener alerts. gun blown up, Boers fled. Ten Boers maimed. Other columns say ten Boers killed or wounded, 6 prisoners, 90,000 rounds captured. British losses four killed, seven wounded. Berlin says Germany seeks £5000 from Britain for Transvaal expulsions. Britain refuses to set precedent. Indemnified 1,800,000? not clear. many already compensated. Commission to decide remaining claims. no German member but experts aiding. Germany asserts efforts to defend expelled Germans.
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London
Lord Kitchener
Grenfell
Bergplanta
Halverstsberg
Kitchener
Berlin
Germany
Great Britain
Transvaal
Foreign Office
England
Greatain
Reichstag
Delcasse Visit Framed as Nonpolitical in Berlin
FERLIN reports from Berlin that a Foreign Office source told the Associated Press France and Russia informed Germany before M. Delcasse, the French foreign minister, went to St. Petersburg that his trip lacked political significance. The aim was to protect French investor interests in Russia amid German fears of a provisorium extension.
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Ferlin
Forc Eign
Associated Press
France
Russia
Germany
M. Deleasse
St. Petersburg
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