Castro's Impudent Diplomatic Reply to Arbitrate
Venezuelan President Castro rejects U S arbitration on Bermudez and Olcott asphalt cases. Gen Alexander Ybarra says Castro would withdraw the New York Bermudes Asphalt Co. suit from Venezuelan courts and will not submit the case if the U S army and navy enter Venezuela. Caracas notes U S demand as near ultimatum and the United States has not acted after two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crracag
Castro
New York
Bermudes Asphalt Company
Venezuehar
Oleatt
Vene‘auela
Alessandro Ybarra
State Department
Bermudez
Olcott
Venezuela
United States
Board of Arbitration
Fatal riot in Hibbing Minnesota kills two miners
Two miners Elvas Haskinson and John Eckdahl were killed and several others seriously injured in a riot at the Fitz Rust mine in Hibbing Minnesota on Tuesday. Twenty deputy sheriffs departed Duluth by train as authorities prepared to quell further violence with a strong guard needed to restore order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duluth
Minn
Elvas Haskinson
John Eckdahl
Fiwtz Rust
Hibbing
Bates
Messaba
Northern
Roosevelt Hunts Wolves In Oklahoma Pasture
President Roosevelt enjoys his hunting trip in Frederick Oklahoma calling it the top event of his life. He witnesses wolves captured by dogs and one alive by wolf hunter D R Abernathy. The crowd cheers as he leaps from his horse to assist the struggling captured wolf. At least twelve wolves have been caught so far.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Frederick
Okla
D. Rh. Abernathy
Cauchit
Window Glass Snappers Strike Hits Pennsylvania Plants
About 500 members of the Window Glass Snappers National Protective Union strike over wages. Workers in Pennsylvania mountain district factories and several Indiana plants protested after employers, with one exception, refused wage increases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Indictments Return Versus Standard Oil In Kentucky
About 400 indictments charging Standard Oil Company with failure to take out peddlers licenses were returned by the Franklin County grand jury Tuesday under Kentucky statutes. Similar indictments have been returned recently in several counties of the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfort
Standard Oil Company
Kentucky
Franklin County
Grand Jury
Fire Devastates Lowell Mich Business District
A Tuesday night dynamite explosion at R B Bay’s gasoline storehouse sparked a major fire in Lowell Michigan. Tan’s hardware store and fifteen other buildings in the business section were destroyed, with estimated losses around 5,000 dollars and insurance at 55,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell
Mich
R. B. Bay
Tan
Big Strike at Pittsburg Tubes Plant Paralyzed Work
In Pittsburg Pennsylvania five hundred workers from the tube department of the Lomemend Trou Company at Concholoeken went on strike Wednesday demanding the restoration of two percent of the fifteen percent wage cut made last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg Pa
Lomemend Trou Company
Concholoeken
Burb
Fatal Dynamite Blast Rocks Blossburg Mines
An explosion of dynamite on Tuesday wrecked the homes of William Cate a Black miner and a white miner named Mexander both non union miners. A 10 year old daughter of Alexander was killed and two other children in the same family were badly hurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blossburg
Ala
William Cate
Mexander
Alexader
Sioux City Stock Market Quotation Notes
Sioux City market update lists butcher steers at 4.50 to 4.85 per hundredweight and notes hog prices, reflecting Tuesday quotations. The brief item records sparse figures from the Sioux City stock market column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Frederick A Stock Named Chicago Orchestra Director
Frederick A Stock was appointed Tuesday to lead the Chicago orchestra succeeding Theodore Thomas founder of the organization who died seven months ago. Stock had served as Thomas's assistant for five years and assumes the directorship in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Thomas
Chicago
Frederick A. Stock
Chcago Orchestra
Stock
Mr. Thomas
Unidentified dead buried after RB Grover factory blast
In Brockton Massachusetts the remains of thirty five unidentified victims of the RB Grover Company shoe factory explosion and fire on March 26 were laid to rest on Tuesday with solemn honors as local officials mourned the tragedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brockton
Mass
RB. Grover Company
Strife Continues In Chicago Over Montgomery Ward Strike
Chicago shows no sign of settling the Montgomery Ward strike as non union wagons move goods to rail depots amid clashes with crowds. Employers urge end to sympathy actions while rail freight crews and express drivers consider joining, with potential federal injunctions mentioned to curb interference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Montgomery Ward & Co
Employers’ Association
Teamsters
Fun‘players’ Association
Sinois Central
Express
One Man Burned to Death in Burlington Freight Wreck
A Burlington freight train wrecked early Monday at Lamoille Illinois left Brakenian C. A. Jolson of Clinton Iowa burned to death. Engineer William Gaumbert of Fulton Illinois and Fireman Hugh Wynings of Carbon Hill Iowa were likely fatally burned. The engine and seven cars left the track after obstacles were struck, an oil car ignited and seven cars burned. the crew could not be freed from the debris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Burlington
Lamoille
Brakenian
C. A. Jolson
Clinton
Wm. Guambert
Fulton
Ill
Hugh Wynnings
Carbon Hi
Severe storm in Indiana leaves two dead
A violent thunderstorm swept northern and eastern Indiana on Monday causing two deaths and multiple injuries. Charles Murray, a young farmer near Connersville, was struck by lightning and died instantly while several farmhands were knocked down but later recovered. John Oliver, a farmer near Frankfort, also died from lightning. In Appecanoe County, the home of John Eylens was ripped from its place and three children were lightly injured.
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Indianapolis
Northearn
Connersville
Charles Murray
John Oliver
Frankfort
Appecanoe
John Eylens
Storm damages churches and injures children in Ohio
A destructive storm swept southern and southeastern Ohio on Monday afternoon. In Chillicothe the German Methodist church was unrooted and part of the St. Peter s church steeple was blown away. At Memorial Hall thirty children were rehearsing a play when bricks and debris crashed through the roof. one girl was seriously injured and others bruised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Chillicothe
St. Pete's Church
Memorial Hall
Presbyterian
Neve
Fire destroys Horton plant and town in West Virginia
A massive blaze leveled the Condon Lane Boom and Lumber Company plant at Horton West Virginia and consumed about 150 company houses. The fire left the town in ruins and destroyed millions of feet of lumber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland
Condon Lane Boom and Lumber Company
Horton
W. Va
Panicking Theater Fire Claims Teen and Injures Dozens
In Kukomo Indiana during a night show at the Panicing Theater a 17 year old, George Armstrong, was fatally injured and many others were severely burned when a roll of celluloid used in a moving picture machine ignited. The blaze caused extensive damage and the theater was set aflame by the flammable film.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kukomo
Ind
George Armstrong
Seipe Theater
Expelled Lawmaker Wins Chicago Re-Election
Frank J. Comerford, expelled by the house for failure to sustain bribery charges against members, is re-elected in the Second district of Cook County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Frank J. Comerford
House of Representatives
Cook County
Drowned banker and associate in Marblehead firm
David K. Phillips president of the National Grorud Bank of Marblehead and a senior member of a Boston real estate firm drowned himself in the surf off Phillips' beach. His death followed worries over business matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hinsell Juryan
Mass
David K. Phillips
National Grorud Bank of
Marblehead
Lir
Af. Phillips
Boston
Phillips
Bere. Fe
Ohio shooting targets labor leader in Delphos home
In Delphos Ohio labor leader Parpiek Innegna was shot and seriously wounded by prominent figure Delphos Battles, president of the local window hus workers union, who found him in his house. The incident ties to Battles a socialist mayoral candidate from the prior spring campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Nindlay
Delphos Battles
Parpiek Innegna
Battles
Window Huss Workers’ Union
Wind storm roars through Pittsburg with record speed
A Monday night wind storm swept over the area, reaching speeds around sixty miles per hour, the highest ever recorded in the region. No fatalities are reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Paes
Police Held At Bay In Schoenville Mob Riot
Rioting broke out in Schoenville near McKee’s Rocks as about 1,200 residents clashed with fifteen Lake Erie Railroad detectives. Three men were hurt, one possibly fatally, and a woman injured after officers and a crowd fought with bricks clubs and stones. An earlier incident involving Hungarian and Polish residents escalated into a chaotic chase and arrests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schoenville
Pittsburg
Pass
McKee's Rocks
Lake Erie Railroad
Sadun
Sigday
Attieins
Safina
Luckashewski
Denver Man Drowns After Disappearance in Five Weeks
George Wilder, a retired Denver merchant aged about, disappeared five weeks ago. He wrote from Galveston on April 4 informing his business agent of his plan to drown himself by leaping from the steamer Concha, which sailed from Galveston. He left deeds transferring valuable real estate to his stepdaughters before his departure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Colo
George Wilder
Concha
Galveston
Galvestoun
Filder
Tle
Wilder
Quarry Blast Tragedy Kills Eight in Virginia
At Archway limestone quarry four miles west of Allisonia Virginia a tamping blast discharged by accident triggered two nearby blasts. Eight men were killed instantly and two fatally injured as earth and stone collapsed onto a track of the Norfolk and Western Railway. A wrecking car and 100 workers were sent to clear the line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allisonia
Archway
Norfolk and Western Railway
Blamed For Disaster at Virginia Mine Tragedy
Birmingham coroner jury finds four operators Willful and criminal negligence led to eleven deaths in the Virginia mine disaster. Separate verdicts name Everett W. Schuler George L. Schuler Amos W. Reed and Sam Fartley as causing the decedents deaths through unlawful acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Everett W. Schuler
George L. Schuler
Amos W. Reed
Sam Fartley
Prairie fire in Greer County devastates crops and stock
A southwest Greer County prairie fire in Lawton Oklahoma destroyed food supplies several buildings livestock and hundreds of cultivated acres. Sparks from locomotives started the blaze in the area causing extensive damage and economic loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
Okla
Greer County
Tug Capsizes and Sinks in the North River Disaster
In New York the tug Greenville capsized and sank in the North River on Saturday. Capt. GCull, elson Curapser, the engineer, and Jians Fyesen, two deck hands, were drowned. Three other crew members were rescued from the river.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Greenville
North River
Gcull
Elson Curapser
Jians Fyesen
Lodge Initiation Ends In Damages Suit At Bloomington
Charles McAltee Wriday sues Modern Woodmen lodge at Arrow Smith Bloomington for 5000 dollars claiming permanent injuries after a fall caused by a faulty oat during initiation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomington
Arrowsmith
Charles McAltee Wriday
Ohio Bank Cashier Fatal Self-Destruction Report
Glenn Loufbour ron, cashier of the First National Bank of Mount Sterling, Ohio, ended his life with a gunshot to the head on Wednesday in Wellington IxXon.
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Ohio Bank
Wellington
IxXon
Glenn Loufbourron
First National Bank of
Mount Sterling
Madrid Water Reservoir Collapse Claims One Hundred
A new water reservoir under construction collapsed on Saturday, leaving about one hundred people killed or injured. Rescue teams have recovered many bodies as efforts continue to locate more victims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Ardmore Train Crash Claims Two Young Lives
Two young residents, Moses Simmons and Miss Mary Bearer, were killed at a railway crossing in Ardmore on Sunday when their buggy was struck as it stalled on the tracks. The accident occurred as freight cars moved, leaving the victims perished at the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ardmore
Lms
Moses Simmons
Mary Bearer
Pall While Running Marat Bloomington Alabama Feels Fatal Fall
A runner in the Bloomington Alabama marathon scene tripped during the race at midcourse and died instantly after breaking his neck. The incident occurred during a midday stretch near Atlanta as Glen, aged TS, fell and did not survive.
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Pall
Bloomington
Atlanta
Glen
Earthquake Devastates Kangra Town Population
Recent tallies indicate the disaster worsened than first reported. Of Kangra’s 5,000 residents, about 500 are believed to remain alive after the quake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Healy
Kangra
Missing cablegram outlines mission board earthquake shock
A garbled cablegram received on Saturday by the board of foreign missions of the United Presbyterian Church reports that seventy two missionaries are affected by a substantial earthquake. Details are unclear due to transcription errors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Tadit
Board of Foreign Missions of the United Presbytes
Letter Indicates Mabel Scofield Committed Suicide
The Hawkey estate story centers on a letter allegedly written by Mabel Scofield claiming she would end her life by poison. Attorneys for the Thomas murder defense question authorship, noting two nearly identical letters with differing paper quality and ink.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hilled
Mabel Scofield
Tam
Goodby
Laura Myans
York
Ashhimd County
Ohio
Meloury & Chaham
Thomas
Des Moines
Evans
Enaime
Charles Thomas
Pella
Bo If
Neables
Cummins Declines To Yield Key Oklahoma Witness
Gary Cummins at Des Moines Monday refused to grant Lear evidence on a requisition for Frank Shercliffe, principal witness for the state against Tom Dennison, Omaha’s policy king. Shercliffe, wanted in Oklahoma for a 1901 robbery, will remain in Iowa until after Dennison’s trial in Logan this month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary
Cummins
Des Moines
Lear
Charles Wooden
Oklahoma
Frank Shercliffe
Tom Dennison
Omaha
Logan
Pollock
Shercliffe
Dennison
Carnegie Makes Offer to Toledo College
Andrew Carnegie proposes a fifty thousand dollar gift to Western College in Toledo contingent on raising one hundred thousand from others. Maj Jy Clark offers to match half the amount and officials aim to begin fundraising immediately. The United Brethren college, with around 200 students, holds high standing and optimism rises over the potential endowment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little College
Toledo
Andrew Carnegie
Western College
Maj. Jy. Clark
United Brethren
A Shoestring District Contests School Taxes
Fred McCausland and others petition Onawa for a writ to stop tax collection by county treasurer S Willson and the Whiting independent school district. They challenge funds in Whiting’s independent district, noting controversy over its odd one mile by six mile shape and objections by eastern landowners to inclusion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monona County
Fred McCausland
Pritchard & Newby
Onawa
S. Willson
Whiting
Farm accident maims Will Adiaus near Harlan
Friday afternoon on his farm north east of Harlan farmer Will Adiaus about 50 years old was feeding corn into a shredder. While clearing fodder from cog wheels his right hand was caught and mangled, resulting in the amputation of nearly all of one finger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlan
Will Adiaus
Adams
Uniforms for the Guard Ready at Low Price
Adjt Gen Christ finds he can buy guard uniforms at the same price as the war department. He plans to outfit the guard with new uniforms before the state encampment. Costs will be charged to the town guard credits in the state treasury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adjt
Christ
Lowa
War Department
Man Killed by Burlington Train Near Otto
An unidentified man struck by a Burlington freight train near Otto on Tuesday afternoon died in hospital Thursday from injuries. The person appeared to be a Russian immigrant with no further identifying information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Ottowil
Phe Tian
Keil Shoe Store Robbery Conviction at Marengo
Traveling crook Hol Gorman pleaded guilty in Marengo court to January robbery of the Keil shoe store at Dardora. He received an eighteen month sentence in the penitentiary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hol Gorman
Marengo
Keil
Dardora
Penitention
Disinherited Adopted Daughter In $75,000 Estate Case
Henry Miller of Connell Bluffs disinherits his adopted daughter Alice over her marriage to Collamer. Despite intentions to make her heiress, the will leaves her a mere $5 while the rest goes to other relatives after a prior $1,600 wage payout. The case centers on his expressed hostility toward the daughter’s marriage to a Michigan-bound husband.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Miller
Connell Bluffs
Miller
Alice
Collamer
Michigan
George Coffey Acquitted in Sioux City Murder Trial
George Coffey was acquitted by a jury in Judge Oliver's court after nearly seven hours deliberation in the murder case arising from the stabbing of Joe St. Pierre at Wimima Robe ble's resort on Pearl Street in Sioux City. The judge publicly discharged Coffey and cautioned him to avoid places of trouble as he left the confinement of the county jail and penitentiary shadows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
George Coffey
Oliver
Colfer
Corth
Todi
Coffey
Joe St. Pierre
Wimima Rebble's
Pearl Street
Trust deed on large Sioux City firm recorded at Onawa
Recorder Oliver S Olson placed on record Thursday the extensive trust deed from New State Telephone Company of Sioux City to Miret Trust and Savings Bank of Chicago. It covers all real and personal property across Woodbury Plymouth Cherokee Calhoun Sac Ida Monona Crawford counties with twenty year bands and a stated interest. The document contains 10 320 words and required five hours of typing to produce eight and a half pages of single space matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monona County
Onawa
Oliver S. Olson
New State
T Lelephone Company
Sioux City
Miret Trust and Savings Bank
Chicago
Woodbury
Dlymouth
Cherokee
Calhoun
Sac
Ida, Monona
Crawford
Hand Amputation Feared After Clinton Laundry Accident
Miss Christina Bordensen, a Miller Bros. employee in Clinton, suffered a severe hand injury when caught in a mangle. Surgeons fear possible amputation as she was taken to the hospital unconscious after the incident. A prior similar accident injured Miss Alice Cieise, who lost three fingers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christina Bordensen
Miller Bros
Clinton
Alice Cieise
Bordeusen
Veteran editor Edmund Booth dies in Anamosa paper history man
Edmund Booth longtime editor of the Anamosa Wareka and self described oldest editor in the United States has died. Born August 13 in Springfield Illinois his first issue appeared on a land press in a small one story brick building in Anamosa. The early paper endured pioneer hardships and a notable mail train run from Clinton to Koons with W A Reed engineer and Oscar Anderson contractor Warren Henyon among those involved. The 202 mile trip with delays lasted over three hours in the era of steam and mule power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmund Booth
Anamosa Muareka
United States
Trewis
ISO
Springfield
Aluss
Wareka
Anamosa
Hetle
Clinton
Koons
W. A. Heed
Mirena Oscar Anderson
Warren Henyon
Igo
Pythians to Meet in Des Moines for Grand Council
Grand Council called by Grand Chancellor Wird of the Knights of Thyrhins will convene in Des Moines at the Wiott Hotel on April 16 to set the date and place for the grand encampment in August. Officials express confidence the encampment will be held in Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dew Moines
Wird
Knights of Thyrhins
Les Moines
Grand Council
Wiott Hotel
Auegust
Des Moines
Micah Van der Zee Named Rhodes Scholar Hopeful
Micah Van der Zee of Sioux Coates was chosen Monday as a state university senior to receive the Rhodes Scholarship. The award is funded by the Cecil Rhodes will. Van der Zee’s sole opponent was Thardesty from Drake University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhodes
Micah van der Zee
Sioux Coates
Tha Laws
Osford
Fou
Cecil Rhoades
Vater Zee
State University
Thardesty
Drake University
William Bouillard Dies at Home in Devon City Sunday
William Bouillard, longtime Crawford County resident, died at his home Sunday evening about 10 o'clock. He was 60 years old. Death was caused by a carbuncle on the back of his neck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Bouillard
Crawford McOunty
Devis
Doeuth
Park Plan Near Sioux City For New Fairway
W B Lower and J T Kennedy have bought 200 acres of hay along the Big Sioux near Sioux City and plan to create a new five mile park. A country club is likely to locate on the site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
W. B, Lower
J. T. Kennedy
Big Sioux
Mrs. Juhn 2
Boyd
Weaty Acres
Sau Hale
Cal
Railway chiefs and royal tea leaves in mixed notes
An assortment of biographical notes and rumors on railroad leaders including Charles S. Mellen and Theodore P. Shonts with brief mentions of their careers, birthplaces, and roles. Also references to the Princess of Wales Victoria Mary, Pike's Peak centennial, and a former singer Michael Maybrick, with assorted local notices and society items.
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Bowen
Washington
Minnesota
Violenge
Thllinois
Indiana
Alabama
Spain
Hawkey
Iowa
Carnegie
DEEN
New State Telephone Company
Clinton Laundry
Traian Makesecord
Chas
Mellen
Charles Sanger Mellen
Connecticut
New York, New Haven & Martrorg Road
New Hampshire Northern Line
Boston & Lowell & Concord
Mng
Union Pacific
New England
Northern Paciity
Fore Gy
Theodore P. Shonts
Shonts
Clover Leaf Railroad
Mr. Shonts
Crawford County
Pennsylvania
Toledo, St. Louie & Western Railroad
Monmouth College
Mnols
John Drake
Theo. Y
P. Shontz
Princess of Wales
India
Duke of Teck
Victoria Mary
Princess May
Prince Albert Victor
Victoria
Prince George
Prince of Wales
The
Whittier Home Association of Massachusetts
Bard
California
Rank PL Flint
United States Senate
Frank PL Flint
Flnt
Massachusetts
Gustafson
Bosto
Ee J. Yoffman
Chics
Mendota
Cll
Lown
Hoffman
Jowers’ Institute
Chautauqua Worl
Colorado
Amy
Ven
Zebulon
U. B.A
Michael Maybrick
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