Bloodshed in Samoa as US and British ships bombard Mataafa forces
United States and British ships bombard Mataafa's forces in Samoa for eight days amid native resistance and German consul backing of the Mataafa government. Casualties occur among sailors, marines, and natives as a bombardment targets villages and the Malietoa refugees seek safety.
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United States
Mataafa
Mitania
Otis
Manila
Pierce
Apia
Samoan Islands
Auckland
N. Z
Samoa
Philadelphia
Kautz
Porpoise
Royalist
Seyeral
Herr Rose
Malinuu
Budge
Brigadier General Flagler Dies in Virginia
Washington dispatch reports Brigadier General Flagler chief of U. S. A. unit died at Hygeia hospital yesterday afternoon after being received from Old Point Virginia. Funeral arrangements are not announced.
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Washington
Old Pont
Flagler
Destructive sinking of Rowena Lee near Tyler Missouri
Memphis dispatch reports the Rowena Lee, a Lee Line steamer between Memphis and Cairo, sunk in mid stream at Tyler Missouri. About sixty aboard perished with only Captain Carvell and one mate surviving. Passengers and crew details list Captain George Carvell and officers among the dead or missing.
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Memphis
Tenn
Here
Cairo
Tyler
Ills
Rowena Lee
George Carvell
J. K. Hooker
Gus Mitchell
Sam Lewis
Sid Smith
FE. Banks
Albert Caldown
Frank Stull
George W. Todd
Ill
Carvell
Cuban Wife Seeks Arrest for Bigamy of Soldier Husband
Manuela Perez, claiming to be the Cuban wife of Sergeant Theodore Hawkins of the Eighth Mindrs volunteers, told police that Hawkins deserted her after learning he was already wed. She says they married in January at Palma Soriano and that he brought her to the United States, providing neither food nor heat. A warrant for Hawkins's arrest on bigamy is expected. Perez is 26, educated, and speaks English.
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Chicago
Theodore Hawkins
Eighth Mindrs Volunteers
Harrison Street
Hartnett
Manuela Perez
Jesus Perez Guardia
Hawkins
Palma
Soriano
Washington
DeLeon
Guayaquil
State Department
Ecuador
Congress
Peper
New York
Condi
Latin America
Venezuela
Costa Rica
Peru
Strikes End as Bloomington Miners Accept 5 Cent Pay Rise
Bloomington, March 30. After a tense stand off the Mine Workers union ended the strike as operators agreed to a five cent per ton increase. Miners had demanded binding state arbitration for a year, but rejected the six month term. Millard Lloyd led the miners in insisting on the longer binding period.
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Bloomington
Ils
McLean County Coal Company
Springfield
Hunter
Graham
State Board of Arbitration
Millard Lloyd
Thi
Death of Fond du Lac resident David Babcock dated
Word arrived that David Babcock prominent Fond du Lac resident died in Hot Springs Arkansas. Born Utica New York January 4 1835 he moved to Wisconsin 1855 lived in Waupun Milwaukee and Fond du Lac. He served in the Civil War in company I First Wisconsin infantry and later practiced law in Springfield Illinois. Representatives of major agricultural implement makers say March freezing weather seriously damaged the Wheat in central Iowa.
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Fond du Lac
Wis
David Babcock
Hot Springs
Ark
Babcock
Utica
N. Y
Wisconsin
Waupun
Milwaukee
Company I
Wisconsn Infanty
Nhe
Springfield
Ills
Ianols
Military court hears General Eagan on canned beef contract
General Eagan testifies about beef supply during the Spanish war before a military court. He recalls Armour bid and supports a seventy-two hour preservation idea while noting a twenty-four hour clause was a clerical error. Major Lee and others press Hanna influence claims as witnesses discuss refrigerated beef contracts and care in transit.
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Hanna
Lee
Washington
General Mills
General Eagan
Eagan
Armour & Co
Major Lee
Miles
Beagan
Swift & Vo
General Fagan
Ts Feeral
Tropics
Fort Mojave
A. T. Hoe Wan
Gardner
Swift & Co
Gen. Eagan
Kagan
Fagan
Texas
Alger
Powell
Bangor celebrates debt release with city holiday
Bangor Maine plans a Saturday public holiday to celebrate the city being freed from 3 million dollars in railroad era debt. A parade, athletic events, and public speeches will conclude with burning 1.225 million in bonds issued to Bangor and Piscataquis railroad.
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Bangor
New England
Bangor and
Piscataquis
Debt worries bishop after diocesan finances revealed
Fort Wayne Indiana March 30 Bishop Rademacher who took charge of the Roman Catholic diocese in 1893 faced a heavy debt load. Cathedral improvements cost 56000 in 1896 plus 40000 for library hall old debts. Diocesan borrowings include up to 30000 for orphan asylums Lafayette and Fort Wayne. Church property valued at about 1 606 000 remains strong and a 100 000 loan was under negotiation.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Rademacher
Brammer
Bathe
Lafayette
Orephan Asylum
Desire for Annexation to United States Drives Nicaragua Movement
Bluefields Nicaragua March 30 General Torres bans foreign bond signing and disrupts Reyes loyalists as Zelaya era tensions rise. A new liberal party seeks annexation to the United States, hoping to stabilize Nicaragua under American guidance and ease canal concerns.
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Nicaragua
Tropics
United States
General Estrada
Liberal Party
Baroness Hirsch critically ill and two local deaths noted
Baroness Hirsch widow of the phil anthropist Baron Hirsch is critically ill. S. B. Armour head of the local packing house Armour Co Kansas City died yesterday of pneumonia aged. First Lieutenant Frank Adams killed at Manila was from Trempealeau Wis went in 1881 to Watertown SD
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Baron Hirsch
S. B. Armour
Armour & Co
Kansas City
Frank Adams
Manila
Trempealeau, Wis
Watertown
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W. R. Jeffry
A. Anderson
Gash
J.T. Anderson
Washington County
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V. P . M. Keox
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Wasi Ride
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