Eight girls die in false alarm factory disaster
Philadelphia April 30 a tragic accident at Harbnger Homan Co tobacco factory on Tenth Street and Washington Avenue leaves eight girls dead and dozens more injured. A janitor’s pulley accident and a misfired alarm trigger panic as workers flood stairways and lifts collapse. rescuers respond amid a frightened, crowded interior and a district with many Hebrews.
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Philadelphia
Isador Baccus
Harbnger, Homan & Co
American Tobacco Company
Tenth Street
Washington Avenue
Mary Melino
Josephine
O'Ronco
Paccus
Baccus
H Thana m
Helen Toloni
Ted
Fumring
Atlanta Postal Site Will Be Condemned
Ashington April 30 Colonel Livingston after a conference with Chairman Mercer of the public buildings committee prepared an amendment to the Atlanta item on the bill to give the government the right to condemn the property if necessary to secure the post office site. The treasury value was 165000 and Livingston secured 170000. Senator Clay seeks a larger addition as the senate passes a 500000 bill for a new Atlanta building. The house bill stands and a handsome new building appears certain.
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Livingston
Mercer
Public Buildings Committee
Atlanta
Postoffice
Treasury
Senate
Clay
House
Cmnibus
Congress
Coleone
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Eral Smith
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Root
Roosevelt
Rathbone
Perry M. DeLeon
Georgia
Ecuador
State Department
Deveaux
Savannah
Williams
Roosevelt names Deveaux collector at Savannah
President Roosevelt nominates De veaux colored as collector of customs in Savannah sparking opposition from Savannah cotton exchange and board of trade. They urge senators Clay and Bacon to defeat or stall confirmation citing prior deals and political bargaining with Georgia delegation. Local reaction in Savannah is strongly against the appointment.
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Senate
Deveaux
Savannah
Orfer
Georgia
H Deveaux
Savannah Cotton Exchange
Clay
Bacon
Cotton Exchange
Board of Trade
J. P Wiliams
Roosevelt
Williams
Mark Hanna
ThomasvMle
McKinley
Hanna Forces Roosevelt To Give Rathbone Chance
A report says Major Estes G. Rathbone will be granted another opportunity to prove innocence in the conspiracy and defrauding charges. Senator Hanna reportedly secured assurances from Secretary Root, suggesting the case may be reopened or reconsidered with a path to exoneration. Root’s Havana trip and comments imply legal standards may not have been fully satisfied, while responsibility for future action lies with Governor Wood.
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Estes G. Rathbone
Hanna
Root
Ohio
Havan
Ment
Major Rathbone
Havana
United States
Major Rathpone
Governor Wood
De Leon Too Strenuous for State Department
The United States announces friction with Guayaquil authorities over the removal of Perry M. De Leon from his consulate post. De Leon, appointed July 15, 1897 from Georgia, faced trouble linked to the Bolan case involving an American imprisoned by Ecuadorian courts over a disputed railroad contract. His successor will be named soon.
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Ecuador
Ashington
Thas
Eral
Gua
Perry M. de Leon
Guayaquil
de Leon
Georgia
Bolan
Knox Refuses Conference With Beer Trust Agents
April 30 Attorney General Knox rejects a New York Republican Club president’s letter arranging a meeting with packing companies. He states such action is unwarranted, not in his knowledge, and misrepresents the government’s position.
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Beer Trust
Ashington
Republican Club
New York
Woman Marries Former Slave Man in South Carolina
In Richland county court a widow sought a homestead from the estate of Ed Owens, a deceased Black man. The white widow had married him in Tennessee after the war, and court ruled the union illegal under state law, denying a homestead.
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Columbia, 9. C
Richland County
Ed Owens
Red
South Carolina
Tennessee
Columbia
Quarrel Between Miners and Operators Probed by Conciliations
After two days of talks in New York City the United Mine Workers and coal operators, with National Civic Federation help, referred matters to the federation’s conciliation committee. No official progress announced yet, with a meeting likely Friday or Saturday. President Mitchell said no report to the public while Baer noted the arrangement requires a federation report. Both sides offered cautious optimism despite scant details as negotiations pause for the committee’s next session.
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New York
En Hearlig
United Mine Workers of
Mitchell
Tate
Norgar
Catholic Growth in United States Surprises Church Leader
Father Sheedy reports figures from a religious census showing 682,000 new members joined denominations last year, with 468,083 added to the Catholic Church. The overall population up 7.8 percent, Catholic growth at 4 percent on 26,000,000 church members, placing Catholics at about 9,000,000 in the United States.
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Father Sheedy
New York
Maynooth Association
United States
H. &. Carrofl
Carroll
Postal Currency Scheme Outlined for Congressional Aid
Washington April 80 The committee of postal and treasury experts considering a fractional postal currency is likely to recommend a measure creating a currency of notes based on postal notes used in Canada Great Britain Germany and France The plan envisions books of fractional currency in detachable coupons redeemable at post offices or rural free delivery carriers in amounts from 5 cents to 2 dollars
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Washington
Postal
Treasury
Congress
Canada
Great Britain
Germany
France
War Department says no direct orders to General Smith in Samar campaign
Washington reports that no instructions were sent to General Smith from Washington and he acted under General Chaffee. Chaffee was not instructed by Washington about warfare in Samar. The only link is a republished General Order 100 guiding the army, with the department noting it remains in force. If Smith’s court martial accepts this, acquittal may rest on Article 30 allowing suspension of civilized warfare rules for retaliation.
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Samar
Smith
Poisoned Spears Against American Troops Alleged
Anila April 80 Lieutenant George H Shields Jr testifies in General Jacob H Smith court martial. He asserts insurgent leader Lucban signed the order to use poisoned spears and that Lucban confessed authorship of a proclamation claiming German ships bombarded Vigan and a Filipino navy blockade of Manila. Defense rests. court adjourns until Saturday.
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Anila
George H. Shields, Jr
Jacob H. Smith
Lucban
Strebler
Philippine
Samar
Vigan
Manila
MacArthur testifies on Philippines chaos risk and US role
Major General MacArthur tells the Senate committee that Philippine self-government without US forces would likely fail, arguing the Philippines was not ready for autonomy. He defends US presence as a benevolent influence while detailing combat realities and the Aguinaldo capture plan. The committee, by party vote, refuses to subpoena several figures.
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Washington
MacArthur
Senate Committee On the Philippines
United States
Philippines
Spain
The
Senator Patterson
Patterson
Mills to Gradually Close Delayed by Woolen Weavers Strike
Providence April 4 An unexpected development in American Woolen Company affairs followed the thirteen mill weaver strike with an order to gradually close yarn making departments in the Olneyville mills. Over twelve hundred workers will be laid off as mills in other cities halt demand for wool. The strike currently affects about 20 persons.
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American Woolen Company
Providence
Olmeyville Mills
Congressman Butler Sued for Alleged Hotel Assault
Washington waiter sues Congressman J Butler of Missouri for 10000 in damages alleging he was assaulted at a local hotel. The suit filed in district court claims Butler cursed him and struck him with a water bottle during service on a Saturday at the hotel.
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Washington
J. Butler
Missouri
District Court
August Scholz
Scholz
Aleges
Butle
Barges and Men Lost off Penfield Reef
A New York tug Volunteer quenched a port fire after losing the barges Henry Hughes and Baxter near Penfield reef in Long Island Sound. One man aboard the Baxter died, and a boy aboard the Henry Hughes perished. The Henry Hughes captain, his wife and two children were rescued and returned to New York.
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New York
Volunteer
Henry Hughes
Baxter
Penfield Reef
Long Island Sound
Moore and Evans Jewels Placed Under Receiver
Moore and Evans, a leading wholesale jewelry firm in the west, was placed in the hands of a receiver. Liabilities reach about 175000 with assets around 100000. C B Moore, head of the firm, has been in Memphis and is asked to return to Chicago to assist in winding up affairs. Long out Moody in Washington April 30. Secretary Long ends his official naval post and Moody is to assume duties tomorrow.
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C. B. Moore
Memphis
Chicago
Moody
Washington
Long
Naval Establishment
Tragic Detroit Mother Destroys Self After Daughter’s Death
Mrs Adeline Sage of 363 Locust Street, devastated by her 23 year old child’s March death from fever, set kerosene alight and burned herself. Her husband and neighbors attempted aid as the flames consumed her body before a physician arrived.
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Detroit
Mich
Adeline Sage
Locust Street
Birthplace of Uncle Sam farm auctions for 1500 dollars
A homestead once linked to Samuel Wilson and the origin of Uncle Sam was sold at auction this afternoon for about 1500 dollars. Captain Arren A. Hamblett of Washington purchased the property, ending a family era after the last member died. A second item notes J. Sterling Morton’s funeral procession in Nebraska City with mourners lining Wyuka cemetery roads.
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Rhe Wilson Mason
Uncle Yam
Arren A. Hambilett
Washington
Bam
Samuel Wilson
England
Edward
Roy
Morton
Nebraska City
Nebr
J. Sterling Morton
Wyuka Cemetery
Guard of Honor
Lodge Signals Probe of Philippines by Senate Panel
Senator Lodge hinted that a Senate subcommittee may visit the Philippines to investigate the war. He argued witnesses from the islands should testify and pressed for Major Gardener and other Filipinos to be summoned, while Democrats pressed for a thorough inquiry into court martial findings and General Bell orders.
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Jos. Ohl
Washington
Senate
Philippines
Lodge
Waller
Smith
Gardener
J. Franklin Bell
Aguinaldo
Clay
Major Gardener
Atlanta News Summary From A Mixed Georgia Nationals
Fair Thursday with showers in the northwest Friday, south fair, north showers, variable winds. Temperatures, precipitation details, and national notes follow including Mayor Mims seeking appointment rather than election for public works and marshal, expansion of Atlanta city limits, court visits, police suspensions, and regional incidents from Canton to Macon.
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