Go South for Trade South America Is Our Oyster
Washington notes a treasury letter urging American merchants to expand South American trade. It cites rising German Italian and British imports while U S exports to Argentina fall from 1889 to 1898. The memo recommends direct contact with local buyers and a wholesale retail merchandise establishment to gauge demand and avoid imitations.
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Washington
South Ameria
Bureau of Statistics
Treasury Department
South America
Argentine Republic
Germany
Italy
United Kin Lom
United States
Argentina
Uncle Sam
Europe
Misuse of State Funds Case Involving Ex-Secretary McFarland
Des Moines April 22. In the state vs ex Secretary of State McFarland the judge admitted evidence showing McFarland controlled census work and directed payments to himself. Witnesses testified he received sums from census contractors and diverted funds. defense argued the executive council bore wage-setting responsibility.
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Des Moines
McFarland
Holmes
Executive Council
State Executive Council
Death by own action: 1600-pound bull drowns after mauling owner
In Dwight Illinois a 1600 pound Jersey bull that had already injured its owner William Mueller drowned while trying to cross a deep creek after turning loose in a pasture. The animal reportedly acted in remorse and killed itself by submerging its head in water.
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Dwight, Ills
Jersey
William Mueller
Mueller
Man Survives Sixty Foot Fall While Smiking Pipe
An injured framer Aaron Krugson fell sixty feet through an air shaft on the sixth floor of a Broadway and Eighty-first street apartment house. He landed on his feet and, after being carried to Roosevelt’s hospital, calmly smoked a pipe with a broken leg saying only My leg is gone, boys. He is 34.
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New York
Aaron Krugson
Broadway
Eighty-first Street
Krugson
Wage Increase for Chicago and Alton Section Men
Joliet Illinois April 22 Chicago and Alton railroad officials announce a wage raise for all section men on the Chicago Bloomington and Dwight Peoria divisions from 1.10 to 1.25 dollars per day. The order took effect Wednesday and affects over 800 men with section gangs doubling in size.
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Joliet, Ill
Chicago and Alton Railroad
Chicago
Bloomington
Dwight
Peoria
German cruiser Gefion sails to Apia for Samoa duty
A Shanghai dispatch reports the German protected cruiser Gefion ordered to Apia Samoa with extra ammunition from Kian-Chou China and says another cruiser will follow.
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London
Shaghai
Gefion
Apia
Samoa
Kian-Chou
China
Joint resolution for initiative referendum killed in house
Lansing MichiganApril 22 The joint resolution proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the initiative and referendum in all matters of legislation has been killed in the house.
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Lansing, Mich
Lake City lynching case goes to jury in Charleston
In Charleston Judge Brawley's court the Lake City lynching case was submitted to the jury on April 22, with a mistrial generally expected.
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Charleston
S. C
Lake City
Quay Is Appointed Senator as Senate Sooks Yes
Philadelphia April 22 Senator Quay was acquitted and Governor Stone appointed him to the U S Senate to fill the vacancy until the next legislature meets The move follows a controversial effort to seat a governor appointed senator amid debates on precedent and party power in Pennsylvania and national capitals Des Moines April 22 Iowa weighs two candidates Hepburn Henderson for speakership with Hull unsure and three names possible as unit rule looms in a contested delegation
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Quay
Harrisburg
United States
Hobart
Pennsylvania
Matthew Stanley Isuay
Stone
Washington
Matthew
United States Senate
Senate
Club
Utah
California
Delaware
Des Moines
Iowa
Dubuque
Hepburn
Henderson
Jenderson
Rules
Clarinda
Luowa
Hull
Lacey
New York
Maser
Andrew Freedman
Abraham Mimmelwright
Roobeling Company
Moss
Croker
Freedman
Maget
Quay Appointment Sparks Senate Appointment Debate
Philadelphia April 22 United States Senator Boles Penrose defended Senator Quays appointment by the governor as a logical move after Quays election threat and party dynamics. Penrose cited party leadership and acquittal shifting the balance while John Wanamaker called Quays acquittal a setback for justice and good government nationally.
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Philadelphia
United States
Boles Penrose
Quay
Senate
Republcan
John Wanamaker
Uneeda Biscuit Promotes Homemade Crackers
A nostalgic ad extols crackers as a superior food, noting their scientific prep and digestible qualities. The speaker urges households to bake crackers at home but promotes Uneeda Biscuit a 5 cent package available at grocers.
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Uneeda
Wreck of St Paul Flyer Kills One in Illinois
The St Paul flyer of the Chicago Burlington and Quincy plunged from the track seven miles west of Aurora Illinois at fifty miles an hour. Fireman Charles Fleck of Chicago died crushed beneath the engine. Engineer William Clinton and several others were injured as cars burned and the train wrecked.
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Aurora
Ills
St. Paul
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Road
Here
Charles Fleck
Chicago
William Clinton
C. A. Wolf
G. O. Elmer
A. B. Plough
St. Paul and Duluth
Mutilated Dana heiress slain in Pana murder case
The body of Miss Jane Brunot of Dana Indiana was found buried in an abandoned well on a local farm. Anna Brunot Henry Brunot and Frederick Sibley are jailed in Pana charged with murder and robbery. Henry Brunot confessed that he and Sibley killed Miss Brunot after luring her to the farm garret. The case links motive to robbery with the mother said not to be involved.
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Pana
Ills
Jane Brunot
Dana
Ind
Anna Brunot
Henry Brunot
Frederick Sibley
Miss Brunot
Sibley
Woman Who Raised Checks Caught In Wisconsin
Rhoda M. Wallhorn alias Brownhorn, sought in Oshkosh for forging checks of 16 and 25 dollars to large sums, was arrested on the steps of attorney Maurice McKenna in Fond du Lac. She tried cashing a 2500 dollar check in Chicago. signature admitted but amount disputed.
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Fond du Lac
Wis
Mres
Rhoda M. Wallhorn
Brownhorn
Oshkosh
Maurice McKenna
Sheriff White
Chicago
McKenna
Stringham
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East Matin Street
P.W. McElwain
Marsh W. Bailey
Downstatia
Laws
Cc. J. Wilson
Attorney At Law
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Temple Building
W. E. Anderson, M.D
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Omee
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Frank Rogers
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Riley
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T. T. Keeley
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Rene Sais
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W. R. Jeffrey
A. Anderson
Cash
J.T. Anderson
Washington County
Avings Bank
Jon. Kron
A. Waitt
H. Knox
V. P.O
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Ass’t
East Side
East Ride of Square
First National Bank
Wm. Blair
A. A. Wallace
Jeph Keck
0. H. Keck
L. D. Robinson
Stewart
J. F. Henderson
W. H. Butterfield
Crail
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