Trade survey shows tropics dominate US agricultural imports
A five year study by Frank H. Hitchcock details US agricultural imports from 1894 to 1898. Sugar and coffee, led by Brazil and Cuba, accounted for most values while tropical sources supplied over half of total imports. Uruguay floods damage roads and rail bridges, raising company losses.
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Brazil
Washington
United States
Frank H. Hitchcock
Agricultural Department
Cuba
Japan
China
France
Italy
Mexico
Dutch East Indies
Hawaiian Islands
British West Indies
Canada
Netherlands
Sumatra
British East Indies
Venezuela
Argentina
Egypt
Philippine Islands
Manila
Halian Islands
Tropics
Count Fountain Swindles Fort Dodge Society
A French count posing as nobility dupes Fort Dodge society, wining and dining leaders, preaching credibility to gain trust, then borrows funds, hosts events, pockets proceeds, and flees, leaving residents shocked by the counterfeit ruse across north central Iowa.
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Fort Dodge
Count Fountain
France
Washington
Louis Philippe
Wiard
Thomases
Mosiae Chuir
Iowa
Indiana Mines Suspend Over 9000 Idle in Pay Dispute
Indiana mines halt operations after breakdown in wage contract talks. About 9,000 miners are out of work as joint conferences resume April 10 to settle powder buying terms and payroll schedule, with miners waiving weekly pay under the state law for semi monthly wages.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Indiana
Negro vs Kentuckian sparks racial clash at Detroit restaurant
Detroit on April 2 reports a color line confrontation as attorney W. W. Ferguson a former legislator who is Black defeats a Kentucky patron who refused to apologize for dining with a Black man. The Kentuckian attacked Ferguson with a chair and cuspidors before bystanders halted the fight.
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Detroit
W. W. Ferguson
Ina Niger
Ferguson
British Guns Change Hands In Boers Trap At Thaba N Chu
British force under Colonel Broadwood near Thaba N Chu is captured after marching into a Boers bush trap. Six guns taken. Colville’s division arrives to shell Boer positions as the fight continues. Other items note Joubert’s successor, Boer prisoner transports, railway status, and Portuguese permissions.
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London
Broadwood
Colville
Bloemfontein
Boer Fight Halts British Move at Bloemfontein
British forces under General French and Major Le Gallais pressed a Boer position of irregular kopjes on the edge of a deep donga. Norfolks and Lincolnshires attacked lower slopes and the crest, while City Imperial and Tucker’s division advanced through open ground in a bid to outflank the Boers who retreated in good order.
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Bloemfontein
French
le Gallais
Tucker
Absin
Algeon
Kopie
Ageing farmer kills daughter's suitor in road near Petersburg
Elmer Clark, an aged farmer near Petersburg, shoots and kills Ilarry Ball, the girl’s longtime admirer, in front of the Clark homestead. Ball had defied warnings and confronted Clark, leading to a fatal rifle shot that ends in view before coroner arrives. Clark surrenders to authorities shortly after.
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Springfield
Elmer Clark
Petersburg
Ilarry Ball
Clark
Ball
Clark Homestead
Rall
Clark Farm
Miss Clark
Timber Thefts Investigated By Minnesota Land Agent
Minnesota State Land Agent TF Fullerton returns from an investigative tour into timber thefts on state lands. He seized 65 000 cedar ties valued around 5 cents each, with the state exacting triple value from the Chicago firm involved. Seizures include 18 000 ties near Kelsey. So far this season the state has recovered about 15 000. Fullerton proceeds to Grand Marais to expand seizures.
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Duluth
Minn
Fullerton
Oon
Chicago
Kelsey
Grand Marias
Machinists Reach Settlement Ending Major Strike
A joint agreement by the National Metal Trades Association and the Machinists International Union sets new terms. It includes no wage discrimination, weekly hours limits, a minimum wage top up, arbitration, no production limits, rapid rehiring, and elimination of the walking delegate. Four arbitrators named with a fifth to be chosen.
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Chicago
National Metal Trades Aesoviation
Machiniats International Union
International Association of Machinists
Arbitration Committee
Canada
Board of Arbitration
Seldon
Devans
National Metal Trades’ Association
James O'Connell
Stuart Reid
Machinists’ International Union
Ex Senator Sawyer Buried in Oshkosh Funeral
Ex Senator Sawyer was buried in Oshkosh Wisconsin with the largest funeral procession yet seen in the city. Special trains brought about 400 attendees while state officers and leading figures joined the ceremonies. Rev Edward Simnith conducted a simple service and the pallbearers were relatives of the deceased.
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Oshkosh
Wis
Sawyer
St. Paul Road
Edward HH. Simnith
First Congregational Church
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