Seventies Lives Lost On Burning Steamer Near Cairo Ill
A Cincinnati steamship, City of Littaburg, burned on the Ohio near Ogden’s Landing Cairo IL. Seventy five lives were lost with many injured as passengers fled the flames. Fire broke out in the forward hatch and rapid panic followed as boats and crews struggled to rescue those aboard.
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Not a Pleasure Trip: General Smith on Samar Campaign Hardships
Orders from Manila to hold a court of inquiry into General Smith Elaima's report claim the Samar campaign faced insurmountable difficulties and natives treachery. He asserts American troops showed extraordinary forbearance under harsh wartime conditions and doubts any other nation could have acted as they did in Samar.
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Explosion at Managua Barracks Claims Many Lives
The blast at a military barracks near Managua, Nicaragua killed about 150 people and destroyed the building. Conservatives blamed the Liberal party, now in power under President Selay, for the incident amid political tension.
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Ulster County Mother Gives Birth to Five Daughters
Isaiah Rhodes of Bailey's Gap Ulster county announces his daughter Mrs James McGowan aged 28 of Tuckers Corners in Ulster county Friday gave birth to five girls all doing well. Mrs McGowan has a son Ron and a pair of twins among her other children.
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Ulster County
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Tuckers Corners
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Hottest April Day Signals Record Heat in Nebraska
Sunday brought near record heat across southern Nebraska with Omaha at 95 degrees by 5 pm and Falls City hitting 100 in the shade. The heat caused illness in several people, including two in a church, while drought conditions weighed on fall wheat. Other southern Nebraska locations reported record April temperatures.
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Quake Destroyed Guatemala Towns Amatitlan And Quesaltenango
Reports say Amatitlan is obliterated by the quake and Quesaltenango severely damaged. Up to 500 feared dead at Quesaltenango though unconfirmed. Telegraph lines down hinder full casualty tallies as residents camp outside for safety. Amatitlan lies 15 miles south of Guatemala City. Quesaltenango sits over 100 miles away.
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Transvaal Leaders To Discuss Peace Terms In May
General Dewet moves to Neilbron and General Botha to Vrjheld with General Delarey and Mr Steyn to Klerksdorp for talks on British terms. Officials expect acceptance by Transvaal burghers though Orange River states may resist. Delegates to return to Pretoria mid May with orders for new clothes and provisions.
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Rebellious Levy Sparks Cossack Attack in Ilelsingfors
In Ilelsingfors district a levy of 857 summoned recruits saw only 56 comply with the new army edict. That same day April 18 a disturbance broke out as a youth teased police and a senator. General Kaigeroff deployed Cossacks who charged in Senate square injuring cripples and children, until the burgomaster persuaded withdrawal and order returned.
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Jealous Man Ties Dynamite to Ada Professor Home
A jealous lover of a domestic employed by Prof Magtott at Ohio Normal University Ada is accused of placing dynamite under the window sill. The blast destroyed the house front and damaged furniture. The suspect cannot be found.
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Ada
Peace Vote in South Africa Moves Forward
In Parliament A. J. Balfour reported two conferences between Lord Milner Lord Kitchener and Boer delegates led to a plan to elect and maintain Boer commanders to examine the position. Kitchener agreed to provide facilities for this, though no armistice. Boers have left Pretoria to pursue the plan. Communication with Boer leaders may not resume for three weeks. The move gains favorable impression and suggests many delegates favor British peace terms.
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North Carolina Man Plans Public Suicide Gala
From Rutherford county, North Carolina, Allen Cogsdell, an aged wealthy farmer, invites relatives to a June 10 dinner at his home with a noon reveal of him taking his own life, turning the suicide into a spectacle for guests.
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Noon Meaning in Akron Sets Insurance Claim
Akron Supreme Court rules noon is the sun's meridian time at Akron 11 27 standard time and orders payout of 2000 to Thoman Mier after his saloon burned the moment policy was issued. The ruling clarifies legal noon and forces insurer to honor the policy.
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Mier
Insurancce Company
German Grocer Hoards Pennies for Twenty Years in Goshen
Herman Boyce a German grocer in Goshen Indiana saved pennies for two decades. He tallied 19700 coins heavy enough to require a dray to move the bulk to the bank where the coins were finally deposited.
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Goshen
Ind
Boyce
Trnck and McIntyre Rocked by Sudden Illness at Wedding
Charles Trnck and Mary McIntyre faced an abrupt interruption at Sacred Heart church in Trenton New Jersey as the groom and his best man collapsed from appendicitis while the bride and groom moved toward the altar. Both men were stricken near the altar as the ceremony began.
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Mary McIntyre
Steart
Trenton
Time in Christian Era Calculations Revealed
Camille Trammation announced at a society meeting that one million minutes have elapsed since the start of the Christian era. The calculation uses January 1 as year zero and 19th century years average 25,857 minutes and eighteen seconds.
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Socite Astronomlique de France D’aris
Divorce After Fifty Years Ends Quietly in Jefferson
Willard Lanfare aged 84 and wife Catherine aged 5 were divorced after fifty years of marriage in Jefferson Wisconsin with no contest.
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Jefferson Wis
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Two Plainfield youths seek licensure as preachers
Gilvert Lovell and Carrison K Wright of Crescent Avenue Presbyterian Church Plainfield applied to the Sheabeth NJ Presbytery for licensing to preach. Lovell, a church member for thirteen years, and his fellow applicant face the required approval before ministry.
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Natives Feast After Tribal Warfare In South Seas
Australian papers report a mass casualty tale of French scientists in New Guinea as news to locals. A Sydney steamer Mambare says natives held a feast eating several captured or fatally hurt during tribal fighting.
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IS SUING FOR PEACE IN COLOMBIA REPORTS THREE FOREIGN COMMISSIONERS
Reports claim a government commission of three prominent foreigners from Magdalena is authorized to negotiate peace with revolutionaries. Telegrams note government forces win at Soacha Nov 3 and defeats of Uribe-Uribe in Touima. Barranquilla sources say General Rivera defeated insurgent Marin in Ibigue and Chacoral. Marin sought to surrender if guarantees to his troops and life were provided.
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Insurgent General Surrenders to Bell at Lips Batangas
General Malvar unconditionally surrenders to Brigadier General Bell at Lips Batangas province. Tell says Bell's influence can quell insurrection in Juaguna and Batangas, while Wheaton reports all resistance to the lia department ends and ports will open for Pinoys in detention camps to return home to plant crops.
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Imperial troops ambushed in southern China revolt stalls
A courier reports over 2,000 imperialist soldiers sent by Marshal Su were ambushed in a narrow defile, with all killed or captured. The Viceroy of Canton appeals for reinforcements as news from Generals Ma and Su dwindles, suggesting rebels may have cut communications.
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Cuba’s New Government In Official Gazette
The Cuban constitution and a government order are published in the Official Gazette. The order convenes the constitutional convention to meet in Havana on May 5 to examine credentials count and rectify the electoral vote. May 20 is declared a special holiday for Senor Palmara’s inauguration.
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Chicago airship project aims for polar reach next summer
Engineers in Chicago complete engines and framework for three air slips. Patrick O McDonnell hopes to reach the north pole next summer. The dirigible balloons will exceed 40 feet in length, with Chicago capitalists showing interest. expected cost within 50 300 dollars.
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Patrick O McDonnell
North Pole
Mr McDonnell
Global unrest and disasters ripple across nations
Reports from Europe, the Americas and Asia describe labour unrest in Belgium and South Africa, political shifts in Hawaii and Mexico, a deadly jail yard accident in Oklahoma, and several disasters from fires in Alabama to a railroad crash in California.
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