Ex-British premier Campbell Bannerman dies in London
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman former British premier died at his official residence 10 Downing Street after a long illness. He led Liberal opposition, served as Irish secretary and secretary of war, and became premier in 1908 with a record majority. The death followed a two month decline with heart failure as the cause.
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London
Sir Henry Campbell Bannermann
Downing Street
Sir Henry
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Rh. W. Burnet
Campbell
Lady Campbell-Bannerman
Dr. Burnet
Campbell-Bannerman
James Campbell
Stracathro
Forfarshire
Glasgow
Henry Bannerman
Hunton Court
Kent
Glasgow University
Trinity College
Cambridge
Charlotte
Charles Bruce
Henry
Stirling Burghs
War Office
Admiralty
George Trevelyan
Gladstone
William Harcourt
Reform Club
House of Lords
Sickness drives civil engineer to suicide near Pittsburgh
J. E. Clappert, a prominent civil engineer from Pittsburg, shot and killed himself Tuesday at Lellevue, a suburb, after an illness that troubled him for some time.
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Pittsburg
J. E. Clapper
Lellevue
Lawmakers Hurt In Capital Traction Car Crash
Representatives Tawney of Minnesota and Chaney of Indiana were injured in a rear end collision on the Capital Traction Company line at Four and a Half Street. A score of passengers suffered slight injuries while ambulances and patrol wagons responded. Tawney and Chaney declined hospital care and continued to the Capitol. Mrs. Griffin, a Congressional Library employee, was tossed from a seat. Motorman Knighton kept his post and was unharmed.
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Tawner
Minnesota
House Committee On Appropriations
John ¢. Chaney
Indiana
Pennsylvania Avenue
Capital Traction Company
Avenue
Tawney
Chaney
Capitol
Georgetown
G. G. Griffin
Congressional Library
Mount Pleasant
Knighton
Sailors Attend Grand Ball in Los Angeles
A light rain freshened Los Angeles as officers and men from the Atlantic fleet enjoyed a busy schedule of public and private events Wednesday. The Shrine Auditorium hosted the grand ball with more than 250 naval officers and about a thousand couples on the floor, marking the era’s most momentous naval social affair in the city.
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Cal
Shrine Auditorium
West Jefferson Street
Mountaineers Join Bandits On Persian Frontier
In St Petersburg on April 23 the crisis on the Persian frontier grows despite a check to brigands as Russian forces repulse them with heavy losses. Mountain tribes rally to aid Shaksetan and Beglivin groups in ongoing operations. In East St Louis a man attempts to kidnap his seven year old daughter from a Venice school then battles a teacher and is captured after a carriage chase near the stockyards.
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East St. Louis
Pearl
Venice
C. W. Evans
Tulsa
Okla
Adeline Barnett
St. Clair County
Morrison Nominated for Congress in Ninth District
Kokomo Indiana April 23 Martin A Morrison of Frankfort was nominated for congress by Ninth district Democrats. Resolutions endorsed Bryan for president and John W Kern of Indianapolis for vice president.
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Kokomo
Ind
Martin A. Morrison
Frankfort
Bryan
John W. Kern
Indianapolis
St Petersburg braces for cholera epidemic warning placard issued
St Petersburg authorities warn residents of an impending cholera outbreak. Police placards announce strict regulations and preventive measures as city officials anticipate the epidemic.
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St. Petersburg
Wreck on Laquin log train kills nine workers
A Susquehanna & New York runaway log car struck a lumber train near Laquin Pennsylvania. Eight lumbermen died at once and one died later. fifteen were seriously injured. The crash resulted from a failed reverse lever on the engine during a steep ascent, with the train pushed by the locomotive. The injured were sent to Williamsport.
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Ralston
Susquehanna & New York Railroad
Laquin
Laquin Lumber Company
Williamsport
Fort Stevens
Ore
Cabrera Congratulated by Roosevelt After Escape
President Cabrera received a congratulatory message from President Roosevelt on his escape from death after an assault. The note followed official confirmation of the attack details from United States Minister Heimke whose cable dispatch arrived.
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Washington
Cabrera
Roosevelt
United States
Heimke
Cable
Son of Rich Man a Vagrant
Pittsburg April 23 A man who said he was Livingstone Roe Jr son of a Standard Oil director is jailed on vagrancy charges. He asked police to telegraph his New York father and Morris Town New Jersey mother for aid claiming former high salary with Standard Oil before estranging from his wife and wandering the country.
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Pittsburg
Livingstone Roe, Jr
Standard Oil Company
New York
Morristown
N. J
Town Farmer Found Murdered Near Collins Iowa
Otto Dolph, 25, a Collins area farmer, was found dead with a shotgun wound in an unused outbuilding on his farm after his supposed failure to keep an engagement with his sweetheart Miss Hattie Cooper. The coroner called it murder and an investigation ensued in Marshalltown Iowa.
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Marshalltown
Hattie Cooper
Otto Dolph
Collins
Dolph
Railway Engineer Elected Mayor in Sioux Falls
Sioux Falls Apr 23 W T Doolittle a veteran railroad engineer defeated Mayor F M Pills bury seeking re election by 498 votes. The anti patoon party also suffered a decisive defeat by 552 votes.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
W. T. Doolittle
F. M. Pillsbury
Ex-Rich Have a Home for Needy Women at Rye
The home for rich women fallen on hard times, funded by the widow of Wall Street banker Charles Osborne, was dedicated at Rye on-the-Sound, New York, on April 23.
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New York
Charles Osborne
Wall Street
Rye on-the-Sound
Second Battle On Liquor Pits Illinois Against Prohibitionists
Illinois voters battled over saloon laws in a second April vote that spread from the southern counties into Cook and Dupage. Pickneyville and Effingham fell to anti salooners while Cairo was decisively for keeping licensed saloons. Smaller towns and Champaign county also shifted. several towns elected saloon licensing officials. In New Orleans results, Jared Sanders and the Democratic ticket won big while Republican Henry Pharr trailed with under ten percent.
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Illinois
Cook
Dupage
Pickneyville
Effingham
Cairo
Murphysboro
Champaign County
Ivesdale
Supreme Court
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Fairfield
Fairbury
Milledgeville
Fisher and Robinson
Solemn Pontifical Mass Marks Philadelphia Diocese Centennial
In Philadelphia a solemn pontifical mass of thanksgiving was celebrated at the Roman Catholic cathedral with prelates from many sections of the country attending to commemorate the centennial of the diocese of Philadelphia.
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Diocese of
Railway Machinists Strike Hits Iowa Central Shops
Marshalltown Iowa April 23 machinists in the Iowa Central railway shops walked out with helpers and apprentices over a four cent per hour wage reduction. Strikes also spread to Oskaloosa Iowa and Monmouth Illinois as workers join the action.
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Marshalltown
Iowa Central Railway
Oskaloosa
Monmouth
Banker Convicted of Theft in Remington Bank Case
Rensselaer Ind April 23 Robert Parker owner of the Remington private bank that failed December 19 pled guilty to embezzlement and was sentenced to prison for two to fourteen years. He was sent to the state prison at Michigan City Wednesday afternoon. Plan to Take Bond Issue New York April 23 Kuhn Loeb Co and the Rothschilds of London have negotiations to take an issue of 40 million dollars four per cent fourty year bonds of the Pennsylvania railroad.
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Cleveland
Cleveland, O
A. L. Withington
Society For Savings of
Ohio
Rensselaer
Ind
Robert Parker
Remington
Michigan City
New York
Father and Son Die in Haystack Fire at Osmond
J. K. York and his son Earl were burned to death near Osmond Nebraska after seeking shelter in a haystack during a thunderstorm. Lightning struck, rendering them unconscious and a fire started.
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Osmond
Neb
J. K. York
Earl
Ban on Animal Mosses In New Jersey Ordinance
An ordinance before the South Orange board of trustees would ban barking dogs and crowing roosters from 10 p m to 6 a m, prohibiting the noise within the town limits of New York on April 23.
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New York
Board of Trustees of
South Orange
N. J
Battleships Plan for 5 Million Dollar Navy Appropriation
Washington reports that Senator Hale will introduce an amendment to the naval appropriation bill to provide about 5 million dollars for immediate work on two battleships torpedo boats and other vessels. The navy department favors building on plans from recently built ships and will seek the funds now. In a separate action the house judiciary committee ruled the Lever Currier bill unconstitutional but may report that forest reserves aiding navigability could be constitutional.
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Navy Department
Hale
Senate Committee On Naval Affairs
House
House Judiciary Committee
Lever- Currier
Appalachian
White Mountain
Bishop Capers Dies in Columbia at 70 Years
Bishop Ellison Capers of the Protestant Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina died at his Columbia home on Wednesday afternoon. He was 70 years old, had led the diocese for 15 years, and previously served as South Carolina secretary of state and a Confederate brigadier general. He was the father of John G. Capers, national Republican committee member and IRS commissioner.
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U S. C
Ellison Capers
Protestant Episcopal Diocese of
South Carolina
Capers
South
John G. Capers
Internal Revenue
National Republican
Thaw Granted Habeas Corpus By White Plains Court
A writ of habeas corpus was granted at White Plains on Wednesday by Justice Mbrschauser on Harry K. Thaw with James G. Graham presenting the application. The writ is returnable in Poughkeepsie on May 9, when District Attorney Jerome of New York may oppose Thaw's release.
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White Plains
Justice Mbrschauser
Harry K. Thaw
James G. Graham
Poughkeepsie
Jerome
New York
Thaw
St Louis Delegate Convicted of Bribery and Sentenced
Ford Warner, a St Louis house of delegates member, was found guilty of bribery by a jury and sentenced to two years in the penitentiary the minimum. He allegedly accepted 500 dollars to influence an ordinance permitting a garage. Co-defendant Fred Prissmeyer awaits trial. Deneen defended his administration in Quincy amid a packed Empire theater audience.
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Ford Warner
House of Delegates of
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Fred Prissmeyer
Deneen
Quincy
Empire Theater
Julius C. Kramer
Salem Lutheran Church
Threats End in Frightful Blast at Illinois Grocery
In Streator Illinois two men knocked Salvatori to the door and blew in the grocery front. He had just received three letters from Chicago demanding money from 106 to 1000 dollars. Separately in Columbus Ohio John K Brown, once jailed seven years for bank embezzlement and wrecking the New Holland bank in Pickaway county, was released after completing his term.
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Streator
Ill
Rizzo Salvatori
Salvatori
Chicago
Columbus
John K. Brown
New Holland Bank
Pickaway County
Train killings spark manhunt after ambush on freight
Mt. Vernon April 28 Two men were found dying on a Louisville and Nashville freight train after being wounded by five tramps. The victims, suffering severe injuries, stated the attackers were five hobos who assaulted them aboard the moving freight, authorities said.
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Mt. Vernon, Jr
Louisville & Nashville
International meeting opens in St Paul and other notes
A three days meeting of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers starts in St Paul Minnesota. William Allen White hosts Kansag editors in Emporia at a 4 dinner. Harry K Thaws relatives oppose his release from Matteawan Insane asylum. D A R session in Washington discusses reports. John Learmonth dies of heart disease in Alliance Ohio. Alfred Gwynne Vand erbilt’s mother sends envoy to Muropa for reconciliation. Senator Patrick H McCarren denounces convention movement. Japan awards Col Charles A Boynton the Fourth Class of the Rising Sun. Pekin reports cite ovation for Sir Robert Hart departing China on sick leave.
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Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers
St. Paul
Minn
William Allen White
Emporia
Kan
Harry K. Thaw
Matteawan
Congress of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution
Washington
John Learmonth
Lake Erie, Alliance & Wheeling
Alliance
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt
Muropa
Patrick HW. McCarren
Brooklyn
Japan
Charles A. Boynton
Associated Press
Pekin
China
Foreign Office
Diplomatic Corps
Robert Hart
England
Fire Bugs Kill Three In Lincoln County House
Fire of suspected incendiary origin destroyed a isolated Lincoln County dwelling killing three Brumfield children under 12. Mrs Brumfield was seriously injured with a broken leg as Jacob Brumfield fled with his wife. Neighbors allege long standing hostility over testimony in a federal conspiracy case.
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Huntington
W. Va
Ann
Pire
Jacob Brumfield
Lincoln County
Market signals show mixed grain and dairy pricing across regions
Chicago and New York reports display weak flour markets and bullish wheat, with May and July futures nudging higher on a recovering Northwest outlook. Corn and oats show varied tenor while butter and live poultry hold steady. milk products fetch mixed dairy quotes amid fluctuating seasonal demand.
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New York
Minnesota
Western
Live Stock Prices Across Chicago and Omaha Markets
Chicago and Omaha reports show mixed cattle hog and sheep activity on April 22. Cattle ranges include good to prime steers at 6.70 7.15 and cows from 2.00 to 6.50. hog values hit 5.36 to 5.75 for various weights. sheep market stays steady with yearlings at 5.75 6.35 and lambs at 7.00 7.60.
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Mgnt
Omaha
Neb
Texas
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