Pacific cable reaches Fiji and other world notes
This pithy digest reports the Pacific cable reaching Fiji, a Wisconsin woman suing for 15000 damages after a kiss, and various international items. It notes naval purchases in Argentina and Chile, autographic obituaries, fatalities near Braggs, and a Texas drought relief collection. It also covers immigration records, rail and locomotive news, trade decrees, court-martial outcomes, and other scattered 19th century world events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fiji Islands
Wisconsin
Chile
London
DeWitt Talmage
Mra
Jane Huey
San Jose
Braggs
Boer Peace Proposals Routed For Pretoria Settlement
Reported from The Haguts indicates Boer leaders propose British rule with a Boer executive in Pretoria Johennesburg to be ceded to Britain and a dual language system. A British lord commissioner would govern with Boer officers, district divisions and a Boer committee chosen by burghers. War indemnity £10,000,000 and garrison costs to Britain.
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Haguts
South Africa
Dow
Pretoria
Johsooesburg
Great Britain
England's War Costs in Boer Conflict Highlight Tax Increases
The Chancellor of the Exchequer presented budget figures showing ordinary expenditures for 1020 at £526,159,000 with war charges of £45,460,000, totaling £174,609,000 and a three year war cost of £105,084,000. He noted potential repayments from Transvaal wealth and Chinese indemnity, while projecting a current year deficit of about £26.5 million plus further war costs. Tax measures include flour and wheat duties and a penny increase in income tax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Commons
Michael Hicks-Reach
Transvaal
Murder Near Des Moines Lights Community Fear
Mary Peterson age 15 and Thomas age 11, children of Peter J Peterson, a prosperous dairyman, were murdered on the north outskirts of Des Moines Iowa while returning from church. The boy was found alive at midnight but died shortly after. defendant unknown. A farmer found the bodies after overhearing a mention of Ulide Ladd.
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Dew Moines
Iowa
Mary Peterson
Thomas
Peter J. Peterson
Ulide Ladd
Chinatown Groups Seek Federal Aid for Fire Claims
The Honolulu chamber of commerce and Merchants association held meetings on the Pacido cable proposition and securing federal aid to cover Chinatown fire claims exceeding $2,000,000. They named J. G. Pratt a Chinatown court commissioner as delegate to Washington to present their views.
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Honolula Chamber of Commerce
Merchente Association
Pacido
Chinatown
Washington
J. G. Pratt
Court of Chinatown
Ote
Legacy For Dowla Probate In Lak County Court
Terms of Frederick Sutton's will direct probate in Lak county court. John Alexander Dowle, Zionist leader, heads the estate valued at about 280 000, largely in New Zealand. Sutton left most to a sister and brother remaining in New Zealand. a condition mentions Chim and a death prior to the will.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dowla
Frederick Sutton
Lak
John Alexander Dowle
Zionists
Sud
New Zealand
Fragmented text on political move and presidency
A garbled extract references a presidential move and policies. It mentions New York, President McKinley, and a marked difference in policy scope, with numbers suggesting comparisons to broader public sentiment. The text remains unclear about specifics or dates.
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Sloe Bo
Nett
Govenor
New York
Haemir
McKinley
Literman Gee
Death of prominent divine Thomas DeWitt Talmage
News of the death of Thomas DeWitt Talmage at his Washington residence after a six week illness. Born in Round Rock North Dakota January 7, 183? He studied for the ministry at New York University and New Brunswick Theological Seminary. ordained pastor in Belleville New Jersey 1830s. Served churches in Syracuse Philadelphia Brooklyn and led Brooklyn Tabernacle. His sermons appeared weekly for 29 years in thousands of journals and were translated into multiple languages reaching millions. He edited Christworker Advance and The Christis, author of numerous works.
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Divine Parsee
Teeverend
T. DeWitt
D O'Rlock
Washington
Talmage
Thomas DeWitt Talaage
Round Rock
N. d
Udiversity of New York
New Branswick Theological Seminary
Reformed Church
Belleville
N. J
Syracuse
N.Y
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Central Presbyterian Church
Brooklyn
United States
Europe
Washingto
Christ!ork
Advance
Leakazine
The
Christis
Wm Cumber
Divine Healers in Blue Springs Try Prayers to Raise Woman
Divine healers at Blue Springs Missouri kept the death of Mrs. Nancy Ashleys secret for three days while they prayed to restore life. She died last Saturday without physician care and while under healer treatment, information to the county prosecutor says.
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Blue Springs
Nancy
Macedonian Leader Calls Rising Against Turkey
A Sofia dispatch says M. Saradoff, Macedonian leader, proclaims a general rising on April 27. Macedonians in Bulgaria urged to join. Bands on the Turkish frontier ordered to cooperate and invade Turkey at various points.
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Bulgaria
Neve Fiie Press
Sofia
M. Saradoff
Turkey
Cholera cases rise in Manila and provinces
The cholera situation remains dire with 245 cases and 102 deaths in Manila, while the provinces report 414 cases and 318 deaths. The US Army transport Grant docked at Legaspi en route to Samar Island with a teamster aboard who contracted cholera.
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Manila
United States Army
Grant
Samar Island
Legasp
Peace terms reportedly reached between Steyn, Dewet, and British
Central News reports a Pretoria telegram stating Mr Steyn Generals Dewet and Botha agreed on peace terms and that Britain has accepted them. Other sources in London and Rutherford B Harris, once with the British South Africa company, echo the peace claim though details remain unconfirmed. An accepted settlement is said to be cabl ed to Boer agents.
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House Committees On Pensions
Senate
Mekissey
Kroger
South Africa
Terry County
Texas
Nantucket
Santos-Dumont
Montego Bay
Jamacca
Lonton Fisandler
Bulhowrat
Ciediation
London
Rutherford B. Harris
British South Africa Company
Pretoria
Steyn
Dewet
Bothe
Cruelty Case Shocks Colorado Household
Hannah Griffin of Lesdrille Colorado reports severe abuse by her father and stepmother on a 13 year old girl. Neighbors removed the child to safety after she endured head and body injuries from beatings with wooden rods and alleged carbolic acid exposure. A vengeful mob planned tar and feather punishment for the parents, but shifts at the mine halted the plan.
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Hannah Griffin
Lesdrille
Calo
Tragedy at Anaconda Mont Shoots Wife then Kills Self
Fred Bauer an employee at Washoe smelter in Anaconda Mont shot his wife over alleged jealousy and then killed himself. His wife is hospitalized with little chance of recovery. Also reported are notices of General Wade Hampton’s death, and various other homicide and suicide items with unclear details.
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Fred Bauer
Washoe
Anaconda Company
Anaconda
Mont
Bauer
Hauer
Tragic Denver Man Jumps Before Burlington Train
Nicholas De Temple of Denver leaped in front of a Burlington passenger train near Franklin Nebraska Sunday, instantly killed. Authorities suspect temporary insanity. De Temple had appeared in Red Cloud Saturday claiming he had been robbed, and is identified only as from Denver with a Knights of Pythias emblem. A cathedral in Clenin Spain collapsed at the close of a mass, destroying adjoining two houses. survivors report two bodies recovered and several injured, with many entombed.
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Nicholas de Temple
Denver
Burlington
Franklin
Neb
Sonday
Red Cloud
de Temple
Knights of Pythias
Clenin
Spain
Tragedy in Cleveland as Ironworker Fatally Shoots Jealous Man
Johnston Rogers, an ironworker, shot and killed Jobo Turner on a Cleveland street after suspected jealousy over Turner’s alleged role in a breakup. Rogers waited by the scene. ambulance released Turner too late, witnesses say. Rogers, with a wife and four children, faces potential charges.
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William Rogers
Jobo Turner
Cleveland
Ohio
Rogers
Turner
Hame
Sara
Unclear text fragment from police and city notes
Fragmentary OCR mentions Mexico City, Kilnapore, Venequin plantation, Milano police, dewyter, and city follow ups. Details are garbled. readable items include references to police headquarters, related towns, and a sheltered group. No coherent event or outcome evidenced.
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Mexico City
Kilnapore
Huga
Milano
Moonshiners and officers clash. deputy wounded in Kentucky
A fight near Big Meeting Creek in Hardin County Kentucky ends with Asa Humble dead at a moonshine still. Deputy Revenue Collector R A Hancock of Louisville narrowly escapes a head wound from a gunfire barrage as three men resisting surrender open fire. Two moonshiners flee while one may be wounded.
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Fet
Ken
Mig Myeting Croak Postofics
Hardin County
Ana Fumble
R. A. Hancock
Louleviile
Big Meeting Creek
Hancock
Asa Humble
Atll
Tiin
Manchurian treaty signed amid three month ratification
The Manchurian convention was signed on Tuesday with ratification due in three months. The Rusal commits to restoring the Nieuw Chwang and Shan Hai Kwan railways to China upon British relinquishment in Chi Li province. Sir Ernest Satow negotiates for sustained British administrative influence after transfer. Fred Stuart, colored, jailed ten years in Spokane for assault with intent to murder Fred Sharp after a church confrontation. Sharp's eye and neck injuries leave him partially blinded.
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Rusal
Nieuw Chwang
Shan Hai Kwan
Britiab
Chi Li
Ernest Satow
Miniater l
Fred Stuart
Fred Sharp
Spokane
Wash
Stuart
Sharp
Emma Reed
Governor Dockery Deals With Lathrop War Supply Claim
Governor Dockery was told of an alleged British war supply camp at Lathrop Missouri and said he knew only that a private market there has operated for ten years. He noted it is the world’s largest horse and mule market, serving the United States and Britain. A Boer colony might form along the Denver Salt Lake line. Consul-General Pierce seeks state land details for potential Boer refugee settlement in Colorado farms.
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Wade Hampton
Columbus
Hampton
Hampton Legion
Bull Run
Lee
South
United States
Sonme
Dockery
Lathrop
Missouri
Colorado
Denver- Salt Lake
Pierce
New York
Hoy
Cholera Strikes Philippine Provinces As City Reports Rise
cholera cases reach eighty one in Bula capital and two hundred four in Manila by Tuesday with one hundred forty deaths. In the south Ladrones attack five constables near Saraegun, three captives rescued, captors inflicted barbarities before retreating. a large force pursues the band.
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Muyenvey
Bulacan
Line
Manila
Tuenday
Cate
Saraegun
Luzon
Conata
Anxious for Conflict The Wall of Adelanopia
A garbled report describes a border incident with Bulgarians near Kirke Kilieweh and Adpiano vin. It mentions killings and refugees and references various place names and forces in a chaotic account without clear specifics or dates.
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Adelanopia
Turkey
Tragic Double Murder Suicide Shocks Everett Bank Family
Shepard R Bucey, a respected cashier at the American National Bank in Everett, is reported killed by his wife Mrs Bucey who then shot their 18 month old and 4 year old son before taking her own life. A servant said the killings began in the kitchen and escalated as the mother fired on her husband in his room. Insanity is named as a possible motive.
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Shepard R. Hucey
Anteashier
The
Americas
Bank
Mis
Bucey
Eugene
Elivat McNulty
Tatarim
Henry Buce
Tacoma
Socialist mob irons King Leopold at Brussels arrival
King Leopold was mobbed by Socialists in Brussels after arrival from Biarritz. Police cleared a delegation of Spanish Socialists before the crowd shouted long live universal suffrage and waved red flags near the king. The disturbance followed the police action at Socialist gatherings in Brussels.
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Leopord
Brussels
Biarritz
Increase in the Navy Adds Three Thousand Enlisted Men
Navy appropriation report by the House Naval Committee notes an increase of 3,008 enlisted sailors. No decision yet on new ships. focus remains on general appropriation for the naval establishment and substantial funding for yards and docks improvements.
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House
Naval Establishment
Shington Lawyer in Trouble
A Colville Washington court summons a special grand jury to investigate charges of gross immorality against a War of Stevens county prosecutor. The contested charges center on alleged misconduct by Halley and related officials, with arguments about accountability and legal duties amid a troubling local affair.
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Stevens County
Ilehari
Colville
Wash
Halley
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