Quay Is Acquitted and Appointed to Senate Vacancy
Philadelphia reports Matthew S. Quay found not guilty of conspiring to misuse state funds from the People's Bank. Gov. Stone immediately appoints Quay as United States senator to fill the Pennsylvania vacancy until the next legislature meets.
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Matthew Stanley Quay
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People’s Bank
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Matthew S. Quay
Senator Quay
Quay
Charles H. Meee
Pittsburgh
Benjamin J. Haywood
McKee
Hopkins
Mr. Haywood
Ahled
Finletter
Supreme Court
Court finds officers of Seventy First New York cowardly in Santiago battle
The court of inquiry verdict names Maj. Smith lieutenant colonel, Capt. Whittle major, and Maj. Austin of Brig. Gen. Smith's staff as guilty of lack of bravery and incompetency in the battle before Santiago.
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New York
New York Volunteers
Santiago
Maj. Smith
Whittle
Maj. Austin
New Hirsch Estate Valued at 25 Million Pounds
The Neue Freie Presse reports Baroness Maurice de Hirsch de Gereuth died April 1 leaving an estate valued at 25 million pounds. Of this 20 million pounds will fund charitable foundations and the Hirsch funds. The New York Hirsch foundation receives 240 thousand pounds and the Montreal institution one tenth of that amount.
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Vienna
Neue Freie Presse
Maurice de Hirsch de Gereuth
Hirsch Foundation
New York
Montreal
Cannon Tells Friends He Aims for House Speakership
Chicago April 22 Congressman Joseph G Cannon who came to Chicago from Danville Friday told a few of his friends he was an avowed candidate for the speakership of the house of representatives. Rivalry between Hopkins and Cannon for Reed’s seat sparks talk of a conference of Illinois Republican congressmen in Chicago to decide their support.
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Joseph G. Cannon
Danvillé
House of Representatives
Hopkins
Cannop
Fire At Pointe a Pitre Destroys Homes In Caribbean Fire
Consul Ayme reports incendiary fires at Pointe a Pitre Guadeloupe starting midnight on the 18th. Four hundred houses burned. 16 squares near the American consulate damaged. One thousand lives lost and two thousand people left homeless. Loss estimated around one million dollars.
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Ayme
Pointe Pitre
Guadeloupe
Carnegie Generosity Pay April 19 Andrew Dod
Fragmented OCR mentions Carnegie generosity and library science funds with unclear date April and names Andrew Dod and Carnegie library.
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Carnegie
Andrew Dod
Dispatches From Manila Report Calumpit Actions And Withdrawals
April 23 25 dispatches describe Gen Hale advancing toward Calumpit with Fourth Cavalry Nebraska Iowa and Utah artillery while Filipino forces destroyed a railroad bridge near Calumpit American stores of rice and refugees flee Malolos as Otis MacArthur Lawton plan a double move on Calumpit from Malolos and Norzagay officials note no change in policy despite new maneuvers and a separate train wreck in Phoenix kills two.
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the Herald
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Hale
Calumpit
MacArthur
Malolos
Fourth Cavalry
Utah
Nebraska Regiment
Iowa Regiment
Kumechua
Bagbag
Miulolos
Uen. Hale
Aguinaldo
Una
Washington
War Department
Otis
Lawton
Norzagay
Calump
Alger Monday
Quingua
Oris
Dewey
Philippine Commission
Philippines
Department
Marconi Successfully Communicates Across Channel
Signor Marconi's wireless experiments gain international notice. He has established communication from South Foreland, Kent, to the French armed dispatch vessel Ibis, as it sailed in the English Channel, showcasing practical achievement.
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London
Signor Marconi
South Foreland
Kent
England
Ibis
English
Accident in New York prompts review of traffic data
A brief incident report notes an accident in New York and indicates ongoing review of traffic data and conditions. No injuries or official statements provided.
Ex-Governor Richard J. Oglesby Dies at Elkhart Home
Richard J. Oglesby former Illinois governor died at his Elkhart Illinois home Oglehurst at 1 05 PM after a fall due to vertigo caused a concussion of the brain. He had a long public career including service as a soldier legislator and senator.
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Lincoln
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Richard J. Oglesby
Ilinois
Ogiehurst
Ogiesby
Oglehurst
Capt
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Bird's Point
Senate
Senate of the United States
Washington
Ardmore youth shoots father in domestic quarrel
Ardmore I T reports 18 year old Jack Petray shot and killed his father Monday after a quarrel over a trivial matter. local authorities investigate motive and circumstances.
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I. T
Farmers Alarmed by San Jose Scale Invasion
Farmers in Lucas County report the San Jose scale has appeared, causing widespread alarm as defenses and treatments are discussed amid early agricultural worries this April in Toledo Ohio.
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Toledo
Witty maxims from a Chicago daily record
The passage offers a string of satirical lines on reading, sexuality, pain, persuasion, class, and humor. It quotes the Chicago Daily Record noting contrasts between pretension and insight, and mocks success earned by others’ ideas rather than original thought.
Returned Soldier Confronts Faithless Lover at Parting
A returned soldier confronts a cold beloved who has chosen another man with a sample case. He proclaims he leaves the house forever, marching out with a military bearing while she calls out a taunting left.
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Lefe
Chicago Tribune
New York Central Called America’s Greatest Railroad
A western railway man praises New York Central passenger service as right from start to finish, while a transpacific ship line officer says no train service rivals the Lake Shore Limited. The piece notes the line’s supremacy and popular acclaim in 1869. Buffalo Commercial quotes. Chicago hosts Sporting Life sensation with Me Vickers. nine weeks, 218,587 attendees, high gross, three weeks left.
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Lake Shore Limited
America
Buffalo
Chicago
Sporting Life
Vickers
Noted items from Britain and Ireland raise legal and social shifts
Reports show the last treadmill disappeared from English prisons and a large sum spent on silk hats yearly. Ann Grant, a 17 year old domestic servant in Cambridge shire, died after 71 years with one family. Irish chancery records lost at Carlingford Lough surface unreadable. Since April 1 Nonconformists may marry by their ministers without civil registrar presence, affirming religious status.
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Great Britain
Ann Grant
Linton
Cambridgeshire
Carlingford Lough
England
California Fig Syrup Co Remedy Ad
An old fashioned advertisement extols a laxative syrup made from figs and senna by the California Fig Syrup Co. It promises gentle cleansing of the system, relief from colds headaches and fevers, and a permanent cure for habitual constipation. The copy notes the product’s taste and distinctive extraction method and lists locations in San Francisco Louisville and New York with a price per bottle.
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California Fig Syrup CO
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Williams
Ellen Colsom
Newpoint
Ind
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New Era
Greenburg
Dr. Williams Medicine Co
Schenectady
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