Sibley attacks General Smith in heated debate
In Washington on April 2 Sibley denounced General Jacob H Smith for Samar campaign orders calling him a disgrace to the uniform. He urged the president strip him of his uniform within forty eight hours. The speech drew Democratic cheers and Republican at least restrained approval.
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Sibley
House
Jacob H. Smith
Smith
Democratic Party
Philippines
Army of the
United States
Kcenes
Protest Quietly Voices Across House On Civilizing World
A speaker urges members on both sides to voice protest against alleged inhumane orders and wartime conduct. He calls for the president to discharge the officer who admitted issuing orders to burn a province and kill noncombatants, asserting the man is a disgrace to the uniform and civilization.
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United States
Court makes it perpetual Lajoie barred from other clubs
In Philadelphia on April 20 Napoleon Lajoie the Phillies second baseman was ruled under the National League reserve rule to remain with the Philadelphia team permanently. The court also upheld injunctions against pitchers Bernhard and Fraser who left the Phillies for the American League.
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Philadelphia
Napoleon Lajoie
Court of Common Pleas
National League
Lajele
Bernhard
Fraser
Phillies
American League
Government Triumphs in French Elections Promises Stable Cabinet
The Temps reports Paris voters rejected extremes and backed moderates. Nationalists gain six seats while Socialists and radical Socialists lose. moderates hold, and cabinet likely without extreme Left or Right support. Interior figures show 248 ministerialists to 168 anti-ministerialists in the Chamber. In Joliet a fatal Santa Fe crossing crash kills three. Wisconsin drowning ends Winnebago dispute. Also notices a five year labor contract in Chicago for American Newspaper Publishers Association members.
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Paris
The
Temps
Ministry of the Interior
Chamber of Deputies
University crews win boat races amid royal health updates
The varsity eight of the University of Pennsylvania defeated the Middle first crew while Middle second beat Pennsylvania State freshmen in Annapolis. Queen Wilhelmina shows health gains and leaves bed briefly, with the queen mother expressing satisfaction.
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Annapolis
University of Pennsylvania
Jenneylvania
Sheckard Chooses Brooklyn Return Forces Action
Baltimore officials report Jamce T. Sheckard has decided to rejoin the Brooklyn National League team. They warn they will pursue legal action to recover advance pay and training expenses, with any additional damages sought. Marion report notes Marion All Dartford City Fat Men's club beat Hartford City 18 to 17, attendance 1,000.
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McCraw
Baltimore American
Lene Eith
Jamce T. Sheckard
Brooklyn
Elory
South
Marion
Tnd
Dartford City
Taylor
Stokene
Hartford City
Darley
Flicker
Death of 12 year old in Terre Haute street accident
Terre Haute reports a 12 year old boy named Tier man Shorts found dead with a fractured skull in Clinton Street area. Authorities suggest he was struck by a horse and wagon. Maryville records a severe hail storm with heavy rain delaying seeding and leaving snow in fields.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Tierman Shorts
Clinton
Maryville
Heldas
Algonac Bank Failure Sparks Depositors Meeting
Depositors of the closed Algonac bank meet in the town hall as Probate Judge Stephen Graham is named their attorney. Liabilities are about 32000 with assets unknown. A bankruptcy petition will be filed in Detroit and a receiver may be Spain b. Pierce. About 190 depositors are involved. cashier J W McKengle is missing.
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Algonac
Mich
Algonac Bank
Stephen Graham
Port Huron
Detroit
Spain B. Pierce
Register of Deeds
Port Fiuren
Senator Moore
Stephen
Market Notes on Hogs Cattle Sheep and Grain Prices
Chicago reports estimated daily receipts for hogs cattle and sheep with varied price ranges across categories including light mixed heavy and heavy packing. East Buffalo notes include prime steers choice heifers and veals with ongoing market activity and futures prices for wheat corn oats and rye.
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Chicago
Texas
East Buffalo
N. Y
Bumning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
St. Louis
Cooley
Lwe
Wage scales ratified at Wheeling convention with minor changes
The Wheeling convention approved the wage scale report with slight alterations and adjourned after a day of work. President Shaffer gains another win as the new scales, largely unchanged from last year, will run to July 1, 1908. Flynn returns stirring protest while Gompers heads the federation.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Thomas Prynn
Federation of Labor
Shaffer
Samuel Gonmpers
Seases
Executive Board
Wage Committee
Ropo
Flynn
Bompers
Gompers-Shaffer
English Protestant Alliance Tries to Dig Up a Dead Law
London action by the Protestant Alliance to expel Jesuits under an old act fails. Lord Alvestone upholds the magistrate may refuse summonses. no mandamus issued. Plus reports from Pontiac and Bancroft on a saloon assault and a house fire with money in a trunk.
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London
England
George IV
King's Bench
High Court of Justice
Lord Alvestone
Dr Miles Nervine Promises Restful Sleep
An ad touts Dr Miles Nervine as a cure for insomnia and nervous strain. It cites a Madison Wisconsin pharmacist, HH L Howarph, who reports lasting relief after using Nervine and urges readers not to delay relief tonight.
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Miles’ Nervine
Miles
HH. L. Howarph
Madison, Wis
Death of a Noted Actor Sel Smith Russell Saecombe
Washington April 20 Sel Smith Russell the actor died at the Mel mond hotel at 240 p m yesterday of perpetual hiccough He had been troubled by the malady for some time and in recent days it worsened Those at the bedside were Mrs Russell Miss L Alice Russell Mr and Mrs Frederick S Berger and Kaward J Rosenfeld Russell was 4 years old and will be buried in Rock Creek cemetery near the city
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Washington
Sel Smith Russell
Melmond
Sell
Russell
L. Alice Russell
Frederick S&s. Berger
Kaward J. Rosenfeld
Rock Creek Cemetery
Locomotive Theft by Two Miners Ends in Jail
Abel Phillips and Simon Kelley, coal miners, captured a moving Pawnee Pacific engine near Pawnee and rode toward Auburn before passengers halted them. They were fined 25 dollars plus costs and began serving the sentence in jail after arrest by Auburn pursuers.
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Springfield
Tie
Abel Phillips
Simon Kelley
Pawnee Pacific Railroad
Auburn
Pawnee
Phillips
Kelley
Bach
Kentucky Men In Fatal Ind. Gunfight At Whiteley
Munete Indiana April 20. L Tartar died from a stomach wound after a close range pistol duel with Harry Kern who was lightly wounded. The quarrel began in a gambling house and both men claimed Kentucky origins before drawing revolvers. Kern was arrested.
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Tartar
Kern
Texas Town Wind Swept Five Killed and Forty Injured
A Glenrose Texas telegram reports a tornado passing over Somervell County killing five and injuring forty with much property damage. Named dead are Mrs. Carl Milan a two year old child Rev. Ford Miss Mae Connell and a boy Mudgrove. Injuries not itemized.
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Tex
Glenrose
Somervell County
Carl Milan
J. Rh. Milan
Ford
Methodist Church
Mae Connell
Mudgrove
Wodbielski to Take Soundings for German Atlantic Cable
The cable ship Wodbielski was ordered to sound the Atlantic for a new German cable from Emden to the Azores. Rev Joseph Parker of City Temple London is seriously ill. Mexico would extradite a man if reciprocated. Mrs James Davidson of Chicago died after a coughing spell. A wind storm in McKeesport Pa killed three. Annetta Gill of New Rochelle died of heart disease after learning of her ex-husband’s decree setting aside a divorce.
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Atlantic
Emden
Azores
Joseph Parker
City Temple
London
Mexico
James Davidson
Chicago
McKeesport
South Dakota
Annetta
Gill
New Rochelle
N.Y
White Star Shares Linked to New Ocean Merger Plan
London April 20 The Shipping Gazette reports no sale of White Star shares to the American syndicate yet. It states an exchange of White Star shares for those of the new company will establish corporate control, while German lines avoid exchange but enter a ten year pool. A parliamentary committee on subsidies will be chaired by the Earl of Camperdown to study speeds, contracts, and subsidies in the Atlantic merger.
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Ganette
White Star
Combine
Porte
Admiralty
Atlantic Shipping Combine
Cew
Earl of Camperdown
View Adiiral Pitegerald
Itvies
Safford
R. N
The
Treasury and
Postoltier
House of Commons
Board of Trade
Gerald Dalfour
White Star Line
German steamship contract quiets public fears
A Berlin dispatch reports that an abstract of the Hamburg and Bremen steamship agreement aims to reassure the public about the alliance with J Pierpont Morgan. The deal reassures financiers that German lines retain independence while accepting limited obligations.
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Arnold Porster
Berlin
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J. Pierpont Morgan
Hamburg American Steam Packet Company
Lokal Anserger
Berliner Tageblatt
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