Riot Over Death Cry In Monterey Leaves Several Dead
A riot in Monterey Mexico followed a crowd shouting death to Reyes. Police shot a student who cried death and killed a civilian, with two policemen also dead and at least 20 injured. Authorities say calm returned under Governor Reyes, as investigations continue.
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Reyes
Monterey
Mex
Diaz
Whch
Camilio Villanceva
Apolinio Partido
Jose Rocha
Ccnillan
Fansto Gillvan
Evihan Gladalupe Esqueda
Amselmo Reina
El Renegado John Dyer Shot 10 in Sonora
The Mexican Herald reports the capture and execution of John Dyer, a newspaper man who claimed Yaqui leadership near Bacúmi Sonora. Court martial condemned him. he earned the alias El Renegado for alleged cruelty to Mexican women and white men while leading Yaqui forces. Dyer had served as a newspaper correspondent in Catianea and for eastern and Pacific coast papers, sending sensational accounts of uprisings.
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Tucson
Ariz
Mexican Herald
John Dyer
Arigona
Benor
Bacumi
Sonora
Dyer
Catianea
Brother and Sister Run Down by Electric Car in Chicago
Walter Kreuger eight and his sister Ella were struck on Wentworth Avenue near Twenty Fourth Street while crossing to a prayer service at Burr Mission Chapel. The motorman and conductor faced mob calls for lynching but were guarded by police and released.
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Chicago
Walter Kreuger
Ella
Wentworth Avenue
Twentyfourth Street
Burr Mission Chapel
Herbert Sanford
G W
Death of a Centenarian and Distinct Records
Roanoke Virginia April 3 James W Trayton Williamson centenarian and former WV state convention member died at St Marys West Virginia at age 101. Dallas Texas April 3 Texas and Pacific company annual meeting adjourned from New York with C E Satterlee treasurer holding proxies and endorsing March 18 actions. April 3 Alejandro Orrellac ministerial congressman opposes Hay Herran Varama canal convention preferring poverty over indignity.
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James W .Williamson
Seville
Roanoke Va
James W Whi- Trayton
West Virginia
Virginia
St. Marys
Texas and Pacific
Dallas
Tex
Texas and Pacifc Company
New York
C E Satterlee
Nea York
Abe Ofjials
Alejandro Orrellac
I Hmus
Hay-Herran Varama
Corpse Shown for Ten Cents in Greenville Exhibition
In Columbia on April 3 a public exhibition displayed the body of Joe Keenan, hanged in Greenville for murder. An old woman described it as natural, while a traveler paid ten cents to view the corpse. Keenan’s body was embalmed after the hanging and shown first in Greenville then Sparenburg.
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Columbia
9. C
Natchul
Alm
Joe Keenan
Greenville
Lockhart
Speiler
Joe Keenen
Keenan
Spartenburg
Explosion in Ursuline convent lab injures two girls
In a Park Avenue Ursuline convent chemistry lab a chemical explosion injured Jennie Cotter, 17, and Stella Hersheimer, 16, as students panic spread through about 100 girls. Both had burns and cuts but were not fatally hurt. the room suffered little damage.
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New York
Ursuline Convent
Park Avenue
Mary Joseph
Jennie Cotter
Stella Hersheimer
City Island
No Dissolution Of Commons, Lord Cranborne Says
London April 3 Lord Cranborne under secretary for foreign affairs spoke at St Albans and said dissolution of the house of commons is not imminent but the unionist party should be prepared for contingencies Mr Wyndham chief secretary for Ireland also hinted at the topic and said the Tory party would be ready at the next elections He argued Ireland should have a fair opportunity to develop agriculture and serve England’s interests in both peacetime and war time with Ireland as a bridge to Canada and the United States
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Lord Cranborne
London
St Albans
House of Commons
Wyndham
Ireland
Manchester
Canada
United States
Seventeen Indicted for Egging Actors in McFadden’s Row of Flats
Philadelphia April 3 grand jury returned twenty five true bills of indictment against seventeen men arrested at the People's theater Monday night for disturbing the performance of McFadden's Row of Flats. Defendants charged with conspiracy assault and battery riot malicious mischief melting to riot and conspiracy to commit the offenses. The show proprietor states his company will testify when trial is called.
Schooner Albion River Runs Aground Off Point Arena
San Francisco April 3 the steamer schooner Albion River with forty passengers ran on a rock in Bodega Bay. Passengers and crew were safely taken ashore this afternoon by the U S saving crew of Port Reyes. The schooner will probably be a total loss.
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San Francisco
Albion River
Point Arena
Bodega Bay
United States
Port Reyes
Fishing Smack Belle Marie Towed After Storm Off Virginia Capes
The dismasted fishing smack Belle Marie with Captain Thomas McKeown and three deck hands aboard was towed into Norfolk harbor by the British steamer 64, Bebe The Helle after a Sunday hurricane off the Virginia capes. The wind snapped both masts, wrecked steering gear, and left the craft listing for four days before the tow.
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Norfolk
Thomas McKeown
Norfol Harbor
Marie
Virginia Capes
Bulgarians and Turks clash in Balkans battle report
A dispatch from Constantinople says Bulgarian bands and Turkish troops in Okharida district fought a battle with about 100 killed or wounded. Bulgarian inhabitants rise against the Turks as Albanians threaten wider unrest near Sandjak and Mitrovitza, with a railway bridge blown and telegraph lines cut near Drama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Constantinople
Lokal Anzleger
Okharida
Monastor
Mustapha Hache
Revolutionary Committee
Oriental Express
Adrainople
Mustapha Pache
Mitrovitza
Priestina
Itig
Sandjak
Wovi Bazar Isable
Sandjek
Austria
Salonica
Angieta
Drama
Seree
Macedonia
Strike Waves Hit Luke Fiddler Colliery and Lehigh Valley Mines
Shamokin Pennsylvania April 3 workers at Luke Fiddler colliery owned by Mineral Railroad and Mining Company strike after two half hour deductions. They began at 7 am claiming a full nine hour day and aim to tie up the mine with 110 employees. In Altoona March 3 a bitter strike at Lehigh Valley Coal Company Snow Shoe pits over check weighman and union activity sees 50 miners fired for joining the organization.
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Shamokin
Luke Fiddler
Mineral Railroad and Mining Company
Altoona
Pennsylvania
Confederate Colonel Leonard Reported Near Death
Colonel Leonard, elderly Confederate Army veteran, who yesterday amid fears of mortal wounds gave an ante mortem statement, is now reported to be in danger of immediate death as of April 3 in New York awaiting further update.
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Leonard
New York
L. Leonard
Speck von Sternberg Addresses Hartford Yacht Club Banquet
Baron Speck von Sternberg, the German envoy, was guest of honor at the Hartford Yacht Club annual banquet. Governor Chamberlain and state officials attended as he praised his country and the Kaiser. He proposed mutual respect and fair play in future commercial rivalry and toasted Republican America as a strong, growing nation with a gallant army and navy.
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Hartford, Conn
Baron Speck von Sternberg
Germany
Hartford Yacht Club
Chamberlain
Imperial
Baron von Sternberg
America
Walter N. Dimock Found Guilty in Mint Theft Trial
The jury in San Francisco found Walter N. Dimock guilty of stealing $4,000 from the United States Mint. Sentence will be imposed next Wednesday.
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United States Mint
San Francisco
Walter N. Dimock
Puts and Calls Debate Triggers Indictments in Chicago Board
Chicago dated April reports a bitter fight over puts and calls at the Chicago Board of Trade. Grand jury returns seven indictments against leading commission houses amid threats to close the exchange if their demands to regulate grain speculation succeed. Brokers warn that passage of Senate bill No 4% could bar trading and force brokers to quit.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Stey
Cates
Board of Trade
Bethy
Rifle Punch Fatal Tragedy in Little Rock Marriage
In Little Rock on April 3, Robert Weare a machinist was shot and killed by his wife Mattie shortly after 7 pm. She used a revolver firing a single shot behind the heart. She offered no statement on the motive. The couple wed about a year ago.
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Little Rock
Ark
Robert Weare
Mattie
Barge Fitzpatrick Lost Off Long Island
New London April 3 The tug Sweepstake reports the loss of the barge Fitzpatrick after its boiler exploded near Long Island. Five men perished including captain George Davis of Philadelphia and John Nelson of New London. The barge T C Fitzpatrick towed by Sweepstakes carried 2400 tons of coal from Philadelphia to New Bedford. Owned by Boutelle Transportation Co of Cleveland Ohio.
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New London
Conn
Fitzpatrick
Long Island
West Point Cadets Dropped Disciplinary Action Report
West Point New York April 3 cadets W A Howard Michigan Malcolm McFar lan Pennsylvania William Calvin Oates Jr Alabama and Edwin M Watson West Virginia fourth class discharged from the military academy for deficient studies Cates linked to ex Governor Oates of Alabama and Howard's father a naval academy graduate. Boston April 1 Home Market Club officers adopted resolutions against reciprocity in competitive products removal of protection for raw materials and general tariff reduction.
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C. Oates, Jr
Alabama
West Point
W. A Howard
Michigan
Malcom McFarlan
Pennsylvania
William Calvin Oates
Edwin M .Watson
West Virginia
Military Academy
Cates
Oates
Howard
Naval Academy
Home Market Club and Tariff
Boston
Home Market Club
Jamaica Lands Exiled Hondurans Amid Coast Revolt
Mobile April 3 The Norwegian steamer Jamaica reports that after the capture of Puerto Cortez on March 23 a mass exodus of inhabitants occurred with many men and sixty women and children landing in Guatemala The labor disruption along the coast hinders fruit vessel cargoes and the Jamaica was used to transport revolutionists Panama reports 4000 Honduran troops under General Bonilla moving toward Comayagua to reinforce besieging forces near Tegucigalpa The Kaiser visited Copenhagen and Emperor William attended a Dane crown prince event Jenkins regains wrestling title in Buffalo defeating Dan McLeod in two falls
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Mobile
Ala
Jamaica
Pendersen
Puerto Cortez
Honduras
Bagen
Guatemala
Panama
San Salvador
Bonilla
Shimeali
Sierra
Sir Chen Cheng Comes to Town
Washington April Sir Chen Tune Liang Cheng the new Chinese minister to the United States with his entire suite and party arrived in Washington tonight. The minister and his party went to the legation. He is a graduate of a New England college and was interpreter of the Chinese legation here from 1888 to 1899. Tonight he said he hopes to strengthen China United States relations and would act as an instrument toward that end.
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Washington
Sir Chen Tune Liang Cheng
United States
San Francisco
Legation
New England
China
Wage Trouble on Wabash Heads Toward Amicable Settlement
St Louis April 3 The wage dispute between Wabash Railway Company officials and employees remains unsettled but all indications point to a final adjustment either tomorrow or next week. A prolonged conference was held with both sides working hard to reach an amicable understanding and avert a strike. Only minor details reportedly remain to be settled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Louis
Wabash Raiilway Company
Eighth Annual America and Britain Chess Match Opens
The eighth annual chess match for the Newnes challenge trophy between America and Great Britain began in New York. Ten players per side, the event will conclude tomorrow. America has won the trophy four times, Britain twice, with one tie. At start, America leads 2.5 to 0.5, and remaining boards look favorable.
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America
Great Britain
New York
Teacher Shot by Young Boy at Lowndesville Academy
J F Harper principal of Lowndesville academy was shot in the breast by 17 year old James Latimer nephew of South Carolina's junior senator after Latimer resisted punishment for absence. A self acting revolver fired twice with a button diverting one bullet. Harper survived. A separate Asheville strike by building trades council sought an eight hour day with nine hour pay.
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Columbia
James Latimer
South Carolina
J. F. Harper
Lowndesville Academy
Harper
Latimer
West Virginia
Asheville
Building Trades Council
South
Pettus and
Morgan
Alabama
Samford
Ala
Bartow
Flt
Polk County
Clara Morris Near to Death
Yonkers New York April 3 It was reported at the home of Clara Morris that the actress had another blinking spell and while rallying seemed possible there was practically no hope of her ultimate recovery.
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Yonkers
Clara Morris
Georgia Weather Outlook and Local News Highlights
Summary of forecast reports cold weekend in Georgia with sun and scattered showers, and a high with westerly winds. Local items include Comptroller Wright tax returns, Atlanta businesses closing Saturdays, a mail theft confession, a Georgia school census plan, a personal injury suit against the Georgia Railway and Electric Co, and union printer commission proposals. Regional notes cover violence in Webster and Lee counties, peach crop fears in south Georgia, court adjournments, and various national and international items.
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Wright
Atlanta
James Townsend
Constitution
Ga State Board of Education
Georgia
I B Shelton
Georgia Railway and Electric Company
Weston
Webster County
W C Adamson
Annapolis
South Georgia
Cribb
Buchanan
Farmer Poole
Lee County
Americus
Tom Jackson
John T Griffin
Griffin
Putnam County
Cotton lands flooded after levee break near Holly Brook plantation
New Orleans reports a major levee breach at Holly Brook plantation owned by James G Pittman in East Carroll parish. Crevasse about 500 feet wide, with 6 miles of breach below Lake Providence threatening cotton lands across several parishes. Repair work on Hymelia crib continues. sacking expected and break to be mended early next week. River level fluctuated around 202 to 203.
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New Orleans
Holly Brook Plantation
James G Pittman
Lake Providence
East Carroll Parish
Tennas
Madison
Concordia
Catahoula
Richland
Carrall
Mississippi River
Rea River
Break Say
Wyly-Hass
Hymelie
Tornado Sweeps West Leaves Deaths and Damage in Indiana
A powerful tornado struck southern Indiana near Washington and English causing fatalities including a child named Mary Smoot at the Wathen district school and a 10-year-old boy in a farm house near Cunningham. Farm stock perished and structural collapse was reported. Chicago faced telegraph outages and lake dangers as storms moved through the region.
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Washington Ind
Indiana
Wathen
Mary Smoot
George Cunningham
Mass Meeting of Negroes Protest Suffrage Laws in the South
A Brooklyn mass meeting at the Academy of Music drew a large crowd to protest southern Negro disenfranchisement. James A. Hates, a Richmond Negro lawyer, spoke as General Stewart L. Woodford urged persistence and faith in progress. Separate item notes two army officers dismissed by court martial for desertion and related breaches.
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South
New York
Academy of Music
Brooklyn
James A Hates
Richmond
United States Supreme Court
Virginia
Stewart L. Woodford
Washington
Tar
Hawt
Army
Betah Smith
Pas
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Buffalo
Tom Jenkins
Cleveland
Dan McLeod
Chen Cheng
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