Adolescent Apaches Aimed to Wreck Train in Revenge
Two youths from Trenton Michigan age 16 and 20 plotted to derail Chicago Rock Island No 12 near Trenton aiming to avenge being kept off a freight train. They halted rail traffic but a freight engine cleared the obstruction and no one was harmed. The pair confessed to authorities.
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Trenton
George Tuseh
George Young
Busch
Young
Pinceton
Toledo
Maroh
Danny Rosenbecker
Arthur Shanteau
Rosenbecker
Shanteau
Pathe
Miles Philippine plan sparks clash with War Department
Congressional disclosure of Secretary Root and Lieutenant General Miles shows sharp disagreement over Miles proposed plan to go to the Philippines with Porto Ricans and Cubans to educate Filipinos under U S governance and to bring back representatives for talks. Root condemns the idea and notes past disputed claims. New York reports a $5000 check for a $26000 purse in the Fitzsimmons Jeffries offer tied to Charleston exposition.
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Washington
Root
Miles
Philippines
Congress
War Department
Ihilippines
United States
Wood
China
Legations
Peking
New York
J. C. Jaudon
Charleston Exposition
Charleston
Remarkable Cure Reported With Dr Pierce Medicines
Mrs J L Myers of Washington West Virginia describes four years of illness from lung cough weakness and weight loss. After home treatment failed she tried Dr Pierce medicines and regained health gaining thirty five pounds. She praises prompt free guidance and invites other women to consult by letter free.
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J. L. Myers
Washington
W. Va
Dr. Pierce
Proposition on minimum sums for grogym A misread
Fragmentary notes show a debate over a minimum sum for grogym A with 1000 quarts related to the Aghters. Fire Simmons backs the proposition.
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Firesimmons
Appointment of Garrigan as Sioux City Bishop
Archbishop Keane in Dubuque reports Rome has appointed Rev. Dr Garrigan vice rector of the University of Washington as bishop of Sioux City. His consecration is expected May 4 in Springfield Massachusetts. Secretary Hay announces engagement of Alice Evelyn Hay to James W. Wadsworth Jr. of Genesee New York.
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Dubuque
Keane
Rome
Garrigan
University At Washington
Sioux City
Springfield
Masa
Hays
Washington
Misa
Alice Evelyn Hay
Hay
James W. Wadsworth, Jr
James W. Wadsworth
M. Co
Genesee, N.Y
New College Management
Dea Moines
Vprofesor
C. C. Rearick
Highland Park College
Hf. Longwell
J. G. Rounda
Z. ©. Thornburg
J. Jh. Dille
Dixon College
Dixon
Ite
A. Crawford
Sampson
Rhodes Lying in State Draws Thousands in Cape Town
Fifteen thousand people viewed the body of Cecil Rhodes as it lay in state at the Theote School for seven hours an uninterrupted stream passed by the casket.
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Rhodes
Cape Town
Persens
Cecil Rhodes
Theote School
Governor Stanley Calls Chicago Meeting on Reciprocity
Topeka March 81 Governor W. bk. Stanley president of the Western Reciprocity League has issued a call for a Chicago meeting open to all interested in reciprocity. The object will be to nationalize the organization.
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Topeka
Kan
W. Bk. Stanley
Western Reciprocity League
Chicago
Militants disrupt Seventh Day Adventist conference in Chicago
Five men and three women entered a Chicago Seventh Day Adventist church where an Interstate conference met and caused a riot. About 150 worshipers rushed them out and officers detained eight suspected disturbers, all from the same faith but a different church.
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Chicago
Seventh Day Adventist Church
Anna White
Battle Creek
Mich
Anid
Miraculous skin grafting gives Kokomo engineer a new face
Rufus Jauman a Clover Leaf engineer survived a wreck near Kokomo Indiana a year ago losing ears chin nose eyelids and scalp. After 200 days on the operating table long strips of skin from his legs were grafted to his face an occulist rebuilt eyelids and a new chin and nose grew. Ears remained unreplaced and a wig hides the bald spots.
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Kokomo
Ind
Rufus Jauman
Here
Janman
Still She Married Him Police Court Romance
Detroit story reports Mamie Wright a dress maker who accused Charles B. Patterson of robbing her of jewelry and cash, then claimed marriage to him and had the case dismissed after authorities advised she could not testify against her husband. Patterson faced examination in police court as the affair unfolded.
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Detroit
Mich
Mamie Wright
Charles BE. Patterson
Patterson
Miss Wright
Democracy of Illinois to mold state convention at Springfield
The Illinois Democratic state convention will meet June 17 at noon in the Manufactures' building on the state fair grounds in Springfield. It will have 1,259 delegates, 469 from Cook County, which will be divided into ward delegations bound by the unit rule.
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Chicago
Manufacturers
Springfield
State Committee
Bryan
Cook County
Cook
Ellen Stone Declares Kidnap Doubts as She Returns
Ellen M. Stone arrives in London on route home from captivity in the Balkans. She rejects theories of complicity, praises God for protection, and hopes to aid gospel work in Bulgaria and Turkey. She recalls a notable baptism and notes wide public interest across Turkey and Servia.
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Lonlon
March
Mies
Ellen M. Stone
United States
London
Miss Stone
Macedonia
Bulgaria
Turkey
Ray Stannard Baker
Salonica
Associated
Mr. Trouse
Ellen
Mine Disaster at Myton Kills and Injures Dozens
An explosion at the Nelson mine of Dayton Coal and Iron in Myton Tennessee killed twenty two men or injured many more. Firemen allegedly caused the blast by lighting fuses as miners left work and a blown blast ignited accumulated gas and coal dust. The death toll includes eight white and several colored workers with several more injured and fate of some uncertain.
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Chattincooga
Tenn
Apille
Neleon
Dayton Coal and Iron Company
Myton
Lark Hunter
Alex, Tuffer
James Franklin
John Harney
Tom Shaver
James Harris
BG. Travis
Will Presnell
William Scarbrough
Arthur Hughes
Tom Cummings
Henry Gonyon
George Wafford
Nelson
Lark Tlunter
Alleged lyncher freed as trial ends in mob murder case
Aaron Hughes aged 67, grandfather of Kate Hughes, was acquitted after four hours by a Nashville jury in the Charles Davis mob murder trial. The case marks a rare white defendant acquitted in mob violence, with the court noting Hughes helped prepare for the mob and witnessed the hanging but did not pull the rope. Other co defendants may also be released.
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Nashville
Tenn
Charles Davis
Smithville
Aaron Hughes
Kate Hughes
South
Hughes
Appellate Court Grants Writ of Superse Deas in Sullivan Case
The appellate court issued a writ of supersedeas for attorney Alexander Sullivan and cut his bond from 10000 to 2000. Judge Smith overruled a motion to arrest judgment and the case moved up to the appellate court which granted the stay pending writ of error.
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Chicago
Alexander Sullivan
Smith
Barahona Siege In Dominican Revolt Leaves City in Flames
Barahona on the south coast was attacked and captured by revolutionists after a heavy fight. Forty were killed or wounded. A government gunboat bombarded Barahona and troops landed to retake the town. Revolutionists retreated to a nearby stronghold. The war minister will pursue order with additional forces. Martial law declared across the republic suspending constitutional guarantees.
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San Domingo
Barahona
Dominican Congress
Republic
City Elections In Iowa Shape Up In Multiple Cities
Returns from Des Moines Denison Creston Springfield and Chicago area notes show Republican mayoral lead in Des Moines with a likely entire city ticket victory except few aldermen. Denison backs Democrat Shaw family figures, Creston votes Democratic, Jasper Oglesby noted as Governor Yates aide, Burnham resigns from federal clerkship, and Perry Wise son shot in boat accident.
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Des Moines
James Brenton
GOC
John J. Hartenbower
Citizens
Denison
Creston
Will Be A Fighter's Bride in Battle Creek Duel
In Battle Creek Nebraska on April 1 Bert Stavely and Will Losey fought bare knuckles for Miss Stasia Severa who is described as a decided beauty. Losey won the fight in a double sense and the scene centers on the rivalry over the courtship of Miss Severa.
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Battle Creek
Neb
Herbert Stavely
Will Losey
Stasia Severa
Losey
Livestock Market Notes From Chicago to West Superior
Chicago market receipts and price ranges for hogs cattle sheep and lambs across multiple districts with bids for hogs at 6.00 to 7.00 per cwt and cattle at 4.00 to 6.75 per cwt. East Buffalo reports steer and heifer quotations and hog demand at steady levels. Nearby city briefs include a fatal Las Vegas shooting investigation and a lightning fire destroying St Boniface church in Evansville with $20 000 loss.
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Chicago
Texas
East Buffalo
N. Y
Dunning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
Evansville
Ind
St. Boniface
Four Lexington officers indicted for embezzlement scheme
Abbreviated telegrams report four officers of the Central Mutual Investment Co. in Lexington Kentucky indicted for embezzlement. The firm promised three dollars for each dollar invested, signaling possible investor losses and a legal case in progress.
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Central Mutual Investment Company
Lexington
Hikins
Congress
Tuskegee
Ala
Toge
West Africa
Charleston
Dockwenville
Pla
Cuba Beet Sugar Policy Vote Sparks Committee Split
Washington April 1. The Ways and Means Committee ordered the Cuba reciprocity bill reported favorably by 12 to 5 with an actual vote of 12 to 8 after absences. GOP opposition remains and a conference of Republicans discussed continuing the fight, while Democratic support could offset defections. Sulser introduces Boer War arbitration resolution urging peace and civility. Civil Service Commission rejects efforts to exempt post office inspectors from civil service rules.
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Washington
Ways and Means Committee
Cuba
Venulayne
Dalsell
Kosvenor
Riesell
Steele
McCall
Long
Babcock
Mehardeen
Swanson
Melellan
Dene
Tate
Piedton
William Alden Smith
Michigan
Ways and
Haid
Sulser
New York
Great Britain
South
Civil Service Rates
WII
Post Office
Civil Service
Civil Service Commission
Perry denies indiscreet remarks and declares innocence
Secretary Long receives Captain Perry of the battleship Lowa who says he was never present at meals with toasts in Chile and did not express support for Argentina or Chile in war. He cites a Chilean official’s toast as misinterpreted. Acknowledges no sale of a town claim.
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Long
Perry
Lowa
Department
Verry
Chile
Argentine
Concepcion
Captain Perry
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World Conference of Mormons
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Washington County
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Attorney-at-Law
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Sol Rich
H. A. Burrell
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Frank Stewart
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