Manila front shifts as Hall and MacArthur push east
Washington April 1. MacArthur’s force rests near Mileless after advancing northward. Hall’s regular brigade engages east of Manila near Mariquina, with Lt. Gregg killed. Lawton’s division moves from San Macati to Pasig as rebels show activity. Native troops may be used to counter guerrilla actions in the coming rainy season.
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Robert Hall
Otis
Hall
Mariquina
Mania 1
Montalaban
Gregg
Fourteenth Infantry
Military Academy
Peonylvaria
Fort Sheridan
Cuba
Reba
Geral K’nz
Brade
San Macati
Pasig
Pasig River
Lawton
King
Overshine
North Dakota
Colorado
Idaho
First Cavalry
Aguinaldo
Philippines
United States
Disaster on Stella excursion steamer claims seventy lives
The Stella steamship on a Guernsey Isle excursion wrecked near Alderney after fog and speed caused loss of bearings. Of 140 passengers and 42 crew, about 70 are reported dead. Lifeboats rescued over 100 survivors after fifteen hours at sea. captain perished aiding women and children. Vessels search for remaining passengers.
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Tandon
Stella
Isle of Guernses
Guernsey
Casquet Rocks
Isle of Alderney
Raleigh Returns From Manila After 36000 Mile Cruise
The U S cruiser Raleigh the first of Admiral Dewey's fleet to return reaches Fayal Azores after visiting Singapore Colombo Bombay Aden Port Said Alexandra Malta and Gibraltar Banquets and cheers from British officials mark each port The Raleigh will touch Bermuda April 8 and is due in New York April 15 completing a 36000 mile voyage Des Moines opens a new Union Station with ceremonies and a ball April 2 in Iowa Milwaukee defeats Iowa in a debated intercollegiate contest on rail rates policy Newark widows and orphans reveal a city intrigue in a missed medicine case and a secret elopement while Manila reports surge in casualties among rebels and American forces in a long battle of April 1 CADET
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Camara
Suez Canal
Raligh
Bermuda
New York
Des Moines
Union Station
MacVicar
Des Moines Union Terminal Company
Rock Island
Wheeling
W. Va
Braunersreuther
Charleston
Manila
Augustus Pollack
United States Britain and Germany to form Samoan commission
A joint high commission to settle the Samoan trouble is practically agreed upon by the United States Britain and Germany. Details hinge on Britain’s approval and the arrival of further telegrams from Admiral Kautz as officials seek a swift resolution.
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Washington
High Commission
United States
Lord Salisbury
London
Great Britain
Germany
Samoa settlement plan gains favorable review by three governments
A proposed modus vivendi calls for a joint high commission with one member from each nation to decide the Samoa dispute. Germany reportedly pushed the plan as a second settlement proposal after the US and Britain resisted removing current officials. The commission would temporarily suspend existing officials and rule on a fresh settlement free of prior bias.
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Berlin
Simon
United States
Great Britain
Solf
Samoa
Germany
High Commission
Death of Mrs Van Nostrand in McPherson Kansas
W E Kerr received word of the death of Mrs Van Nostrand wife of I N Van Nostrand at their McPherson home. She was about 70 and died yesterday afternoon. Remains expected to arrive on passenger No 2 tomorrow. Funeral likely at Baptist church tomorrow at 4 oclock. Children: Mrs Hebener California Thomas Chicago, plus Mrs Mitchell California Robert Missouri John Chicago. Four children buried in Old City cemetery.
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W. E. Kerr
van Nostrand
I. N. van Nostrand
McPherson
Kansas
Baptist Church
Hebener
California
Thomas
Chicago
Mitchell
Robert
Missouri
John
Old City
Merrie Bell Opera to Present Olivette at the Graham
The Merrie Bell Opera company brings Olivette to the Graham next Thursday April 6. Mr Teywood secured over 125 tickets on its guarantee list to attract a large audience. Seats go on sale Tuesday morning and are expected to sell out as the first opera company in fifteen months and the only one this season.
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Merrie Bell Opera Company
Olivette
Graham
Paris doll display at Mrs McCall’s store opens
A Paris doll once owned by Bird Craven now Mrs Koehler is shown in Mrs. RT McCall’s south window, a gift to her niece Janette Cheery. The opening includes a patterns display and invites city ladies to visit this afternoon and evening. Washington Steam Laundry and Lafayette House events are noted with April 1 April fool jokes.
Remarkable suicide attempts and family dispute reports
Vienna sees a music teacher Hermine Ullrich endure multiple lethal poisonings. She survives after morphia oxalate potassic acid strychnine and prussic acid trials, then injures herself with a knife before medical staff note her strong constitution. Separate items report Peoples Transportation Co forming in St Joseph with Illinois capital to run Milwaukee line, and a dangerous obstruction of a daughter by her father in Evansville over a hasty marriage.
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Vienna
Hermine Ullrich
Maile
Ulich
Mdile Ullrich
Moile
Ullrich
Molle
Ulrich
St. Joseph
Mich
Peoples’ Transportation Company
Illinois
Benton Harbor
Milwaukee
Burke
P. J. O'Conoor
Chicago
R. T D. Farmer
Graham & Morton Transportation Company
Lawrence
Milwukee
Supreme Court Rules Railroad Relief Pact Waives Damages Rights
In Indianapolis on April 1 the supreme court held that a railroad employee who agrees to accept benefits from a railroad relief association upon injury relinquishes the right to sue the company again for damages.
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Indianapolis
Supreme Court
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Lowa
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City Hall
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Attorney At Law
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Washington, Iowa
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Riley
East Side
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Klein’s
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T. J. Dempsey
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Tree
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