Stella Disaster Near Alderney Kills Seventy In Dense Fog
A passenger steamer named Stella bound from Southampton to the Channel Islands foundered on the Casquet rocks in thick fog near Alderney. About 140 passengers and 42 crew were aboard. Lifeboats were launched as the ship sank after a boiler explosion. Survivors reported long drifting hours, rescue by the Lynx and Vera, and significant loss with many unclothed in blankets. The disaster prompted crewmembers to aid women and children first amid harrowing scenes.
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Stella
Southampton
Channel Islands
Casquet Rocks
Alderney
London and Southwestern Railway Company
Great Western Railway Company
Lynx
Weymouth
Guernsey
Vera
Casquet
Grover Cleveland Not Invited to Belmont Dinner
Princeton dispatch reports ex president Grover Cleveland would attend the Belmont Jefferson dinner in New York on April 13. He said he had not received an invitation and only knew about the event from newspaper reports.
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Princeton
N. J
Grover Cleveland
New York City
Malolos Evacuated as American Flag Flies Over Aguinaldo Capital
A Manila special reports Malolos fell to American forces with the flag raised at 10 o'clock Friday. Kansas and Montana regiments entered a practically deserted city, finding evidence of evacuation and destroyed rails. Aguinaldo reportedly left Wednesday as rebels burned a government building. prisoners were few and many residents fled. American officers estimate the rebel army is thinning, likely ending in guerrilla warfare in the mountains within a month.
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Aguinaldo
Manila
Malolos
Kansas Regiment
Montana
Funston
Jeffersonian Dinner Announcement in New York Plan
Eugene V. Brewster as treasurer states the Jeffersonian dinner will be hosted by Chicago platform democrats at Grand Central Palace New York on April 10 at 7 pm to celebrate Thomas Jefferson. About 3000 are expected with 1000 seats already paid for. Bryan will attend and deliver an address.
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Committee of
Chicago Platform Democrats
Grand Central Palace
Bryan
Two White Men and a Negro Hanged for Troy Murders
Richard Hale Thomas Johnson and Sam Rivers were executed by hanging in Troy Alabama for the December murder of Mrs. Meyers and her daughter-in-law Mrs. Meyers robbed to cover the crime. Rivers testified to convict the white defendants and a jail escape plot was thwarted.
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Troy
Alabama
Richard Hale
Thomas Johnson
Sam Rives
Ala
Ira Meyers
E. Meyers
Josie
Sam Rivers
Alger authorizes candy supply for army officers
Before leaving Washington Secretary Alger approved a circular to keep half pound packages of Sweetmar on hand for sale to officers and enlisted men. The action mirrors European armies and follows new findings on sugar’s food value for troops.
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Alger
Washington
Bids Opened for Manila Refrigeration Plant Project
Bids were opened in Chicago at the division army headquarters for a large combined refrigerating and sea manufacturing plant for the government at Manila. The lowest bid was $193,152 from the DeLavalgne Refrigerating Machine Company of New York, with other bids including $205,820 from Theo Vitter of Milwaukee and $215,618 from the Frick Company of Waynesboro, Pa.
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Chicago
Manila
Division Army
DeLavergne Refrigerating Machine Company
New York
Theo Vitter
Milwaukee
Frick Company
Waynesboro
Aged minister Rev Needham dies near Pilot Mountain NC
Rev Jamen Needham, a Methodist minister, died at his home near Pilot Mountain North Carolina on Saturday morning. He would have turned 100 on May 2, and his last sermon was delivered in Winston last November at the western North Carolina conference session.
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Needham
Jamen Needham
Pilot Mountain
N. C
Winston
Cuban Courts Corrupt Gome z Writes Of His Troubles
General Maximo Gomez reproduces a long letter to his wife in Santo Domingo revealing clashes with the Cuban military assembly. He recounts promises of a $3,000,000 loan and disarmament aid from Washington, his resistance to the assembly’s pressure, and his stance for Cuba’s best interests amid debates over funding and governance.
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Indites
Santo Domingo
Gome
Maximo Gomez
Military Assembly
Robert P. Porter
McKinley
Guba
Washington
Porter
Havana
United States
Goveror
General Brooke
Cuba
Assembly
Troops Depart Cuba Bring 13000 Marines to U.S. March
A Washington dispatch reports 13000 troops were landed in the United States from Cuba during March. The quarantine service carried out special expeditionary measures, and all service requirements have been met.
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Washington
United States
Cuba
Alabama Democrats Indorse Proposed Constitutional Convention
Alabama Democrats at a party convention endorsed a constitutional convention to regulate suffrage for white rule, cap taxation, and submit the plan to a public vote. The 254 to 244 vote followed a bitter, chaotic debate, with delegates instructed to carry out pledges, and 33 delegates at large chosen to finalize the ratification.
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Washington
Alabama
United States
Crim
SPECIAL CABINET MEETING DISCUSSES VARIOUS QUESTIONS
A Washington dispatch reports a cabinet meeting that ran until 1 o'clock and covered topics from the president's two week absence in the south to Cuba administration changes. The troop-Philippines question was not raised and no such aim is foreseen. Officials aim to consolidate some administrative departments in Cuba, but exact changes remain undetermined.
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Washington Dispatch
Philippines
Cuba
Admiral Dewey Seeks More Sailors and Light Vessels
Admiral Dewey asked the department for more ships and men to patrol the island and prevent arms reaching the insurgents. General Corbin said current forces could quell the rebellion if surreptitious aid was kept away.
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Department
Admiral Dewey
Corbin
Supplies for Otis Sails to Manila on Charles Nelson
The transport ship Charles Nelson departed San Francisco for Manila with 900 tons of freight to be divided equally between the commissary and quartermasters. Lieutenant Alfred Aloe of the Eighteenth Kansas commands sixty six recruits aboard, including hospital corps. The Nelson carries many coffins for repatriated American soldiers.
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Charles Nelson
San Francisco
Manila
Alfred Aloe
Eighteenth
Kansas Infantry
Nelson
Fayne Moore Released on Own Recognizance by Judge Scott
New York dispatch reports Justice Scott released Mrs Fayne Strahan Moore on her own recognizance on the charge of stealing silverware from the Waldorf Astoria. The release came on the district attorney's application following previously released indictment charging extortion.
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Justice Scott
New York
Bombardment of Apia by Allied Ships in Samoa
Advices from Apia Samoa dated March 29 report a continued bombardment of native villages along the shore by the US cruiser Philadelphia and British Royalist and Porpoise. The assault follows the uprising against Matanaf a provisional government, with villages burned, casualties among sailors and marines, and refugees sought aboard Royalist. Rebels attacked consulates as bombardment began at 1 pm on March 15.
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Apia
Samoan Islands
Auckland
N. Z
Samoa
United States
Philadelphia
Kautz
Porpoise
Royalist
Aw Matoassa
Matanfa
Mulinuu
Herr Rose
Malinun
Mainafane
Falko
Women Win Sheepskin at Georgia Eclectic Medical School
At the graduation exercises of the Georgia College of Eclectic Medicine and Surgery in Atlanta twenty five diplomas were awarded. Two women earned diplomas with high honors, Mrs. Rosa B. Gates of Texas and Miss Mollie S. Foster of South Carolina. Mrs Gates won the first honor of the entire class amid loud applause.
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Georgia Medical College
Georgia College of Eclectic Medicine and Surgery
Atlanta
Rosa B. Gates
Texas
Mollie S. Foster
South Carolina
Gates
Germans Surprised by Samoan Bombardment Report
A Berlin dispatch reports the German government shocked by Samoa bombardment news. An informed source says Berlin is skeptical of Admiral Kantz instructions while noting Consul Rose would have protested, as Berlin instructed strict conformity to the Samoan act.
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Bannon
Berlin
Samoa
Admiral Kantz
Herr Rose
Not Needed at Nome Inventor Proposes Warship Armor Device
A fragment from the Indianapolis Journal quotes an inventor in Nome dismissing patriotism and wealth as unsettled, but presenting a device to stop shot holes in warships. He dislikes selling to foreigners yet notes U S ships seem busy enough that innovation is needed.
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Onts
Indianapolis Journal
Variation of a Biscuit Maker's Tale From Indian Apolias Journal
A fragmentary remark questions if an old housekeeper has left him. The response says she cannot match the biscuits of his first housekeeper, reflecting a colonial era domestic anecdote from the Indian apolias Journal.
Kipling's Good Luck and a Frat Tale Sold for Profit
Kipling writes a rese story that may fetch a fabulous price and be eagerly sought by progressive publishers Hostetter's Stomach Bitters advertised as a cure for indigestion constipation biliousness nervousness liver issues and kidney strain described as a spring medicine for fever and ague and related illnesses.
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Kipling
Op Hostetter
Hoatetter
Georgia Farmer’s Accident On Wagon Tied to Paralysis
Fragmented OCR recounts a Georgia farmer injuring his arm on a wagon tire and references medical nostrums, blood cleansing ads, naval ship Niord construction, a cold cure tablet, and a 19th century aged death of a gate-bellum Black man in Augusta as part of the era’s mixed-news page.
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Adam
Auguste
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