Cuban military assembly dissolves as U S troops patrol Luzon coast
The Cuban military assembly dissolves amid smooth transfers of funds to soldiers. Provisional governors assist Cuban commanders in distributing $4,060,000 with rolls to be verified by independent inquiries. Rebellious bands raid provinces while Cuban troops pursue them. Six companies of the Forty-ninth Town volunteers depart for Savannah for quarantine.
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Criganudage
Jusular Real Pstate
Havana
Apri
Cuban Military Assembly
Assembly
Puerto Principe
Santa Clara
Matanzas
Pinar del Rio
United States
Savannah
San Antonio
Pulaski
Cuba
Gay
West Indian exchange proposal stirs US readers
A Washington dispatch reports St. Kitts residents favor swapping the Philippines for the British West Indies. US lawmakers note strategic and trade gains, while Fort Worth reports Army doctor Harris warns of health risks for troops in the Philippines.
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New York
Herald
Washington
St. Kitts
Leeward Islands
Philippines
British West Indies
Great Britain
United States
Caribbean Sea
Atlantic
Central
South America
Mexico
Myer
Louisiana
House Committee On Naval Affairs
Fort Worth
Tex
Charles V. Harris
Medical Department
United States Army
War Department
Philippine Islands
Harris
Philippines Islands
Total Loss at Manila in Batile Washington April 6
Casualties in the Philippines from February 4 to April 1899 inclusive are reported as 184 killed and 1,160 wounded. Listings show totals from U.S. forces engaged in the Manila operations with casualty figures summarized through early April.
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Manila
Batile
Washington
Philippines
Ant
Ars
Otal
Princess Salm Salm Arrives in New York Amid War Hero Ties
Princess Salm Salm of Bonn arrives aboard the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse for a two month stay in the United States. She plans visits to Washington and Chicago and will stay mostly with her brother in law Colonel Edmund Johnson at Vineland New Jersey.
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New York
Princess Salm-Salm
Bonn
Germany
Edmund Johnson
Vineland
N. J
Washington
John Nepomucene Salm-Salm
Anhalt
Yates
Ilinois
Herusband
Mexico
Maximilian
Miners in Iowa Strike Over Hours and Pay
About 2,000 miners in central Iowa went on strike affecting 20 of 25 local mines. They demand an eight hour day, year round winter scale, and 15 cent minimum, with four mines already granting the demand. Delegates at Trades Assembly Hall pledged nonviolence but firm opposition from operators. Reported plan to import Negro miners from Missouri to break the strike.
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Santa Clara
Brooks
Ernest Lee Conant
Special Commission
Havana
Des Moines
Towa
Trades’ Assembly Hall
Missouri
Barthel Severs With Wife and Witnesses Settlement
August Barthel a prominent attorney, separates from his wife keeping the residence. Deeds show property transfer, with Chris Hilgenstein of Freeburg witnessing. Barthel forced witness signing during confrontation after returning home from office.
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Bellevue
Tls
August Barthel
Chris Hilfennstein
Freeburg
Tis
Barthel
Chris Hilgenstein
Higenstein
Coal Trust Sued In Federal Court In Ohio
A federal suit filed in the Southern District of Ohio alleges a coal and coke trust formed Dec 15 1897 controls Kanawha district production and fixes price sharing output among defendants led by Chesapeake and Ohio Fuel Co with injunction sought to bar shipments outside home states. Industrial Commission studies trusts and labor pricing with Cornell’s Jinks. Shelbyville Illinois reports a gold mine prospect and Shelbyville Mining Co formed.
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Washington
Hichar
Griges
United States
Wm. PB. Bundy
Clcart
District of
Ohio
Cheapeake and Ohio Fuel Co
Cincinnati
Chesapeake and Ohio Fuel Co
Donald MacDonald
Robinson Coal Co
W. R. Johnson
Kanawha Sprint Coal Co
Carver Bros
Enoch Carver
Joseph Renshaw
Big Black Band Coal Co
Charlemere Coal Co
McCallister & Co
Mecca Coal and Coke Co
Chesapeake Mining Co
Coalburg Colliery
Kanawha
Industrial Commission
Jinks
Cornell University
Shelbyville
Ills
Shelby County
Chicago
Shelbyville Mining Company
Delegation Seeks U S Aid Over Nicaragua Mosquito Coast
A New Orleans delegation, led by Representative Myer, met Secretary Hay to pressure U S intervention to protect American business on the Mosquito coast of Nicaragua. They cited arbitrary acts by Nicaragua and General Torres, including double duties and breach of a prior agreement, plus the governor dispute from 1894.
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Wasington
Myer
Louisiana
State Department
New Orleans
Mosquito
Nicaragua
Hay
Nicaranga Ofitss
Torres
Mosqu Tio
Aguello
Beep inquiry hears two witnesses on canned beef verdict
Prof Russell H. Shittenden of Yale and Dr Samuel A Currie lieutenant colonel of the Second New Jersey regiment testified at the beef inquiry court in NeoChemtenata. Shittenden said the canned roast beef was wholesome with no chemicals found while Currie cited instances of illness linked to refrigerator beef and noted chemical analyses showing salicylic and boracic acids and galicylic acid in market meat.
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Washington
Russell H. Shittenden
Yate College
Samuel A. Currie
Second
New Jersey Regiment
Jacksonville
Chittenden
Colonel Davis
Havana
Prof. Chittenden
Work for Teetotalers Provision In Indiana Law
Kokomo Indiana April 6 Temperance leaders face new duties after the legislature adjourned a county reform bill requires monthly county commission sessions instead of quarterly This change forces saloon license remonstrances twelve times a year and may prompt a test suit over whether remonstrators may authorize an attorney to sign their names to remonstrances for two years The supreme court has not ruled on this issue.
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Kokomo
Ind
Supreme Court
Union labor dispute unresolved at Ishpeming mines
About 800 men returned to work after a mass meeting failed to unify the union on whether to strike or resume. Another session was planned as some favored continuing the strike while others would return to work. Many union men sought work. a funeral delayed actions earlier in the day. Special deputies monitored the mines as tensions linger.
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Ishpeming
Mich
Cuba
Record of Local Deaths and Notable Obituary Bequest
Joseph Van Dyck, 65, died after being run over by a wagon in Chicago. The will of 8 B Armour, deceased in Kansas City, Mo, leaves 4 000 000 to his widow and nephew Kirk B Armour. The westbound Burlington fast mail set a record with 104 miles in 113 minutes to Omaha, with two stops. B F Bowers of Chicago, a grain operator, attempted suicide with morphine after a failed pursuit of wealth.
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Joseph van Dyck
Chicago
8. B. Armour
Kansas City
Kirk B. Armour
Berlington
Omaha
B. F. Bowers
Sloane Vanderbilt Bride Weds John Hammond in St Bartholomew’s
Emily Vanderbilt Sloane daughter of William D Sloane and niece of Cornelius Vanderbilt married John Henry Hammond of Boston in St Bartholomew’s Church New York. Rector Rev David A H Greer officiated with grand church decorations of pink and white flowers walls of Bermuda lilies and Easter lily arch.
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Emily Vanderbilt Sloane
Wm. Douglas Sloane
Cornelius
William K
Frederick
George Vanderbilt
John Henry Hammond
Boston
St. Bartholomew's Church
David A H. Greer
Lathrop
Vanderbilt Hammonds Wedding Recalls High Society Ceremony
Miss Sloane wed Mr Hammond in St Bartholomew's with 200 guests from Vanderbilt and Hammond families. Attendants included Lila Sloane and Ruth Twomby. gifts featured diamonds from Cornelius and Frederick Vanderbilt and a ruby pendant from the Vanderbilts. The groom’s father, General John H Hammond, served on Sherman’s staff.
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Lila Vanderbilt Sloane
Ruth Twomby
Gladys Vanderbilt
Miss Knowlton
Edith Hall
Charlotte Barnes
Margaret Hammeral
Mies Lilia Sloane
Roel
Oange
Croom
Ceden Uammeec
Tovter
Aidan A
Rebbine
P. Stotes
Arthur Gordon
Thorpe
Willarm Etcane
Herbert Parsons
Rh. M. Leckman
St. Bartholomew’s
Richard Henry Warren
St. Bartholomew's
W. K. Vanderbilt
James A. Burden, Jr
John H. Hammona
Sherman
Thomas
Joliet Carpenters Strike Over New Wage Scale
Joliet carpenters strike over a new wage scale effective April 1. The rate asks 20 cents per hour for a nine hour day, replacing 25 cents for ten hours. Nearly forty contractors and about 350 workers are involved.
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Joliet
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