Arrest of Alexander Berkman Aftermath of Union Square Bomb
Alexander Berkman, known anarchist, was taken into custody then released after a magistrate delayed action. He failed to recognize Selis Silverstein during a hospital confrontation linked to the Union Square bombing. Police traced Berkman via his card found in Silverstein's Brooklyn rooms, then paroled him pending future appearance. Detectives widen the search for anarchists across several cities as authorities pursue Silverstein associates.
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New York
Mar
Alexander Berkman
Henry C. Frick
Berkiman
Droege
Jefferson Market
Berkman
Bellevue Hospital
Selis Silverstein
Union Square
Herkinin
Silverstein
F Pelice
Brooklyn
Anarchist Federation Union
Aas
Herkgen
Sturday
Alleged Forger Slain In Hand Oklahoma
Charles Bunton, under arrest for forging a Garfield County bank check, was shot and killed Monday in Hand by Sheriff Campbell while being transported to jail after an attempted escape. Attorney General Young ordered a prompt investigation of the state oil inspection department in St Paul.
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Hand
Okla
Charles Bunton
Campbell
Garfield County
Lunton
Probe
St. Paul, Minn
Young Monday
State All Inspection Department
Bandit Slays and Robs Express Messenger on Santa Fe Train
Ay Bailey of Kansas City, an express messenger for Wells Fargo, was killed on train No. 115 between Florence and Newton. Robbery netted at least $1,000 and jewelry. Bailey, about 30 and recently married, was found slain in a car with brutal head injuries. Three suspects were detained at Wichita. a $1,000 reward was issued for the killers.
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Newton
Kan
Ay Bailey
Kansas City
Wells-Mario Express Company
Florence
Messenger Bailey
Bailey
Strong City
Peabody
Wichita
Wells-Fargo Express Company
Indiana Republicans Weigh Fairbanks Support At State Convention
Indianapolis March 31 The Indiana Republican state convention will meet in Tomlinson Hall on Wednesday and Thursday to adopt a platform, choose four national delegates, and nominate a state ticket. It will instruct Indiana’s 30 delegates to back Vice President Fairbanks for the presidential nomination, though he will not attend. Attention centers on the governor race with Watson, Miller, Taylor, and Hugh Miller contending. Jesse Overstreet is set as temporary chairman with John C. Chaney likely chosen permanent chairman. Lieutenant governor candidates are Emmett F. Branch and Fremont Goodwine, with seven nominations uncontested.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
Tomlinson Hall
Chicago
Fairbanks
James E. Watson
Rushville
Charles Miller
Goshen
William L. Taylor
Hugh Miller
Columbus
Jesse Overstreet
Committee On Rules
John C. Chaney
Emmett F. Branch
Martinsville
Fremont Goodwine
Williamsport
Rewards for Bulkeley Wells dynamiters reach two hundred ten thousand
Telluride reports 210000 in rewards for the capture of the person or persons who dynamited General Bulkeley Wells in an attempt on his life. Sheriff Fitzyat vick says evidence for arrests is lacking. Henry Anker, a waiter, jailed for incendiary language, is found uninvolved. The Panama arrives with news of a Guatemala volcano eruption. Locals in San Fillipo flee as lava and smoke billow from the dormant peak.
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Telluride
Bulkeley Wells
Fitgyatvick
Henry Anker
San Francisco
Mar
Panama
Guatemala
San Fillipo
Secret Murder and Death by Own Action in Euclid Heights
Bodies of Carl Bernthaler a music teacher and Lena Zeichmann a public school teacher were found in a field near Euclid Heights Ohio, each shot through the heart. Authorities believe either murder occurred or the man killed the woman before shooting himself. Interment plans proceed for Thitham White Stevens victim in San Francisco. Mr Porter and wife arrive from Washington to oversee the body’s transfer.
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Cleveland
Carl Bernthaler
Lena Zeichmann
Euclid Heights
Stevens
San Francisco
Joseph I. Porter
Washington, D. C
Thitham White Stevens
Professor Wiles Resigns From Ohio State University
Dr George Ji Wiles associate professor of Germanic languages and literature at Ohio State University resigns to devote his time to literary work. The resignation takes effect at the close of the current school year in Columbus Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio University
Columbus
George Ji. Wiles
Ohio State University
Kaiser Withdraws Objection to Hill as Berlin Ambassador
Berlin officials release statement from foreign office clarifying misreports on the Hill affair. Emperor William recalls disapproval of Hill’s appointment, says he would welcome Dr Hill as American ambassador, while Tower remains loyal to Germany and the United States.
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Berlin
Foreign Office
Willian
Roosevelt
Dr. Hu
Germany
Charlemagne Tower
Dr. Hill
Associated Press
Mr. Hill
Hill
Tower
Couduet
Seek bodies of 54 miners at Wa. 18 recovered
Manna March 31 report says five of 59 miners and mine officials killed in the Wa. 18 mine disasters have been recovered. Widows and orphans are cared for, with no destitution. Local Knights of Pythias Odd Fellows and United Mine Workers lodges arrange burial and support. Entire official Mine Workers roster listed among the dead. Two widows lose husbands again, five years apart.
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Manna
Wye
Union Pacific Coaal Company
Knights of Pythias, Odd Fellows
United Mine Workers of America
Briggs
Cas
Asmited
QUITS JEROME INQUIRY
Charles Andrews former chief judge of the court of appeals resigns as commissioner to take testimony for the governor on charges against District Attorney Jerome. He cites an overseas departure in June and the hearing's slow progress as reasons he cannot report before his departure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Charles Andrews
Court of Appeals
Jerome
Andrews
Ten Hurt by Blasts at Large Boston Fire
Explosions shattered windows and doors as firemen climbed ladders in a seven story brick building at Atlantic Avenue and Purchase Street on Monday. The blaze caused an estimated damage of 75000 to 100000 dollars and injuries to ten people.
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Boston
Mar
Atlantic Avenue
Purchase Street
Count Laszlo Szechenyi and Countess Arrive in Vienna
Count Laszlo Szechenyi and the countess, formerly Miss Glidys Vanderbilt, arrived in Vienna on Monday. They plan to remain in Vienna for some time.
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Szechenyi
Vienna
Laszlo Szechenyi
Glidys Vanderbilt
Remdin
Gun Muzzle Blows Off During Target Practice
At Magdalena bay a six inch broadside gun at the Missouri battery suffered a clean fracture in its muzzle while target practice was ongoing. No injuries occurred and a replacement will be sent from the Washington navy yard.
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Washington, Mar
Magdalena Bay
Washington Navy Yard
Washington
Mar
Blakeley
St. Josephs Bay
Fla
Pensacola Navy Yard
Japs to Pay Port of Loan on April Thirty
The Official Gazette announced that Japan will pay 20,000,000 yen as the first installment of the 100,000,000 yen national loan. The payment is due April 30 and the loan matures next December.
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Tokyo
Mar
Jail breakout convict believed drowned in Monongahela River
Believe Jail Breaker Dead Jeff Taylor one of five convicts who escaped from Marion county jail is believed drowned in the Monongahela river near here Mar 31.
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Yairmont
W. Va
Jeff Taylor
Marion County
Monongahela River
Here
Gillette Confesses and Dies in Auburn Electric Chair
Chester B. Gillette paid the full penalty for the Grace Brown murder at Auburn prison. He maintained composure, issued a Christian life appeal to youth, and left a brief confession through prison chaplains. The electrocution occurred at 6:16 pm, 1800 volts for about one minute and three seconds, with witnesses noting a quiet, orderly execution.
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Auburn
N. Y
Mac
Chester BE. Gillette
Grace Brown
Auburn Prison
Gillette
Henry McIlvary
Little Falls
Cordallo Herrick
Chester Gillette
Warden Benham
Valley of Death
Jesus Christ
Accidental Drug Overdose Fatality Reports In SF Bank Cashier
San Francisco dispatch reports Joseph Channon, cashier at the First National Bank of Philadelphia, died in the Hotel Stewart from an accidental morphine overdose. The incident is described as accidental self-administration. In Michigan, two men, Albert Tren and Rubin Dawe, were killed in a dynamite explosion at the Austin mine in Swansea after a worker’s blasting cap misfired.
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Self
San Francisco
Mar
Joseph Channon
First National Bank of Philadelphia
Stewart
Marquette
Mich
Albert Tren
Rubin Dawe
Austin
Swansea
Murky snippets of early 20th century headlines
News briefs note Warden Janes D. Rela resigns over executions in Michigan City prison. Mrs Theodore Shonis says Duc de Chaulnes’ son will pay debts. Minister Russell protests mail theft from the American cruiser Tacoma. A Montana silver battle set is exhibited in New York and shipping to Dilton. A rare 1856 California gold piece is found in Wall Street. Northwestern appoints Cecil Rhodes scholar Charles Wendell David. Archbishop Ireland critiques modern marriage contracts as commercial. Mincolz Surrogate cites Floretta Whaley for elopement settlement with rector Jere K. Cooke.
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Janes D. Rela
Michiigan City
Ind
Theodore Shonis
Duc de Chaulnes
New York
Russell
la Quayra
Dilton
Mont
Wall Street
California
San Francisco
Charles Wendell David
Northwestern University
Evanston
Cecil Rhodes
John Ireland
St. Paul
Failty
Archdiocess
Times
Surrogate Jackson
Mincolz
Li 1
Floretta Whaley
Jere K. Cooke
Keziah Whaley
Attempt to Blow Up Steamboat Cowles Exposed
An attempted bombing of the extrusion steamboat CG W Cowles, owned by Capt George W Winans of St Paul Minnesota, used a dynamite bomb hidden in a private stateroom. The blast wrecked three cabins, valued at about 3000 dollars, with four crew members absent before the explosion.
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St. Paul, Minn
CG. W
Winans
The Markets Chicago Mar 3 Wheat Corn and More
Markets report activity across grains with spring wheat at 5.90, hard patent at 4.95 to 5.10, export bags 3.80 to 4.70, and winter patent 4.204.25. Corn and oats show strength and May positions around 0.54 to 0.60 for oats, butter and eggs priced per standard cases, live poultry and potatoes noted, with flour dull and wheat easing on Liverpool cables and local liquidation.
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Chicago
Mar
Minneapolis
Quly
Sarss
Teiec
Hedalries
New York
Liverpool
Western
She
Fob
Pawtuac
Live Stock Market Listings from Chicago and Omaha
Chicago and Omaha market notes show cattle prices by grade with steers and cows delivering ranges from five to seven dollars, hogs trading around five to seven dollars, and sheep values for yearlings and lambs. Prices for calves, bulls, and hogs vary by quality with regional differences in late May trading.
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Chicago
Mar
Omiha
Neb
May
Sivekurs Ancy Fontars
Slandy
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Federation Union
Balks
Hartford
Conn
States
Arthur F. Eggleston
William F. Walker
Savings Bank of New Britain
Ensenada
Mexico
Amyaro
J. Piersant Morgan
Robert W. Fusholler
Fusholler
Mar. Ul
Wii Avenue
Dikran Kelekian
Santa FE
Kani
Big Sam
Wells
Rampa Viipke
Echo
North Pole
Siberia
Kaiser
Emperor William
Hanna
Jerome Inquiry
Missouri
England
Misa Olive Trearin
Hlza Moulton
New Rochelle
Miss Trearin
Toy Line
Hast River
Edgemont
New Manhattan Bridge
Auburn, N. Y
Soes
C. W. Cowles
Durham White Stevens
Japan
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