Simpson Will Investigate Rousseau Money Controversy
Boston observers expect a full reopening of the Rousseau will contest after Attorney Leslie Simpson hurried to Northern New York to review the Rousseau family history. Giles Chase of Messena New York was wired to assist. Several Rousseau witnesses have discussed the large sums they received and a factional split over the money.
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Boston
Russell
Leslie Simpson
New York
Rousseau
Giles Chase
Messena
N. Y
Simpson
Rousseaus
Shirt plant tragedy shocks workers in St Paul
In St Paul on April 18 M H Honisch, 30, a shirt factory employee, cut his throat with a knife in the shop. Death was nearly instantaneous as a dozen young women in the same room witnessed the scene and fled in panic. The motive remains unknown.
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St. Paul
M. H. Honisch
Honisch
Hanisch
Child Burned to Death in Milwaukee Fire
Four year old Mary Alaema died after a fire partially destroyed her home in Milwaukee's Italian quarter. Her two year old brother Michael was also burned but survived.
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Milwaukee
Mary Alaema
Michael
Results in the Diamond: A A baseball scores
In Toledo the Louisville team won 2 to 1, while at Indianapolis Louisville edged Columbus 3 to 2 in another diamond contest.
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American Association
Toledo
Louisville
Indianapolis
Columbus
Riots Burn Foreign Property in Changsha China
In Changsha on April 18, all foreign owned buildings except the British consulate were destroyed by fire and looted. Rioters overwhelmed 24,000 troops as officials fled. the governor of Hunan and his son were killed. Missionaries and foreign residents sought refuge by boat, many abandoning effects amid famine and violence.
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Changsha
China
Hunan
Woutchungsiu
China Inland
American Episcopalian Missionary Alliance
United Evangelical Church
Wesleyan
Yale
Standard Oil Company
Hankow
Liebenzoll
Changsha Riots Claim Three Missing American Missionaries
London April 18 The Times Shanghai correspondent reports three American missionaries are missing amid Changsha riots with their fate unknown.
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London
Times
Shanghai
Changsha
Fatal Fights in Kentucky and Georgia Family Feud
In Beattyville Kentucky two men are dead and others wounded after a barroom fight at Dudley Lutes near Heidelberg. The dead are C Jones and Jeff Wilson with several others injured as shots were exchanged. In Lyons Georgia a long running family feud ends in two deaths, one is dying, and others wounded over a public road crossing.
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Beattyville
Dudley Lutes
W. C. Lutes
Heidelberg
C. Jones
Jeff Wilson
Clay Hall
Elmer Mattox
Robert Farmer
John Swann
Jones
Young Wilson
Lyons
Emanuel
Collins
Wilson Collins
Alma Lewis
Mark Twain, ill but improving at Stormfield in Redding
In Redding Conn on April 18 Samuel Clemens known as Mark Twain is slightly better at his home Stormfield. His daughter Mrs Ossip Gabrilovitch arrived from abroad and her presence seemed to lift his spirits materially.
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Redding Conn
Samuel Clemens
Mark Twain
Stormfield
Ossip Gabrilovitch
MISS MARY D. SPIERS Private Secretary to Mrs Taft Resigns
Miss Mary D. Spiers resigns from her post as private secretary to Mrs Taft after serving in the role for several years. The departure ends Spiers's correspondence and personal assistance duties to the first lady.
Miss Mary Dandridge Spiers Resigns White House Secretary Role
Washington April 18 Miss Mary Dandridge Spiers resigns after seventeen days as private secretary to Mrs Taft mistress of the White House. She will resume duties in the war department and returns to the surgeon general’s office where she worked ten years prior. Native of Halifax County North Carolina.
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Washington
Surgeon General
The
Army
Halifax County
North Carolina
Roosevelt Seeks World Peace and Armament Limits
In Vienna on April 18 Roosevelt discussed forming a permanent world peace and armament limitation with Emperor Franz Joseph and Count Aehrenthal. He plans to urge similar talks with France's Fallieres, Italy's king, Britain’s Edward, and Germany’s Kaiser. Friends say he believes achieving such an international accord would be his crowning life achievement.
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Vienna
Count Aehrenthal
Roosevelt
Italy
Fallieres
France
King Edward
England
Kaiser Wilhelm
Germany
Meat Barons of Chicago in Public Prosecution Effort
Pierre Prosper Garven, public prosecutor of Ffua son county New Jersey, will appear before Governor Fort to press the meat trust case in Chicago. He spoke in Washington with assurances from President Taft Attorney General Wickersham and Senator Tod that Fort would sign papers to grant him the controls.
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New York
Pierre Prosper Garven
Ffuason County
New Jersey
Governor Fort
Chicago
Washington
Hearcy Port
Taf
Geeral Wickersham
Tod
Meat Trust
Govern Fort
Fireman Killed In Yard Collision In Clinton Ia
Fireman Otto Shubert of the Chicago and North Western was killed when Train No. 5 struck a switch engine in Clinton yards. Passenger Mrs. A Roby of New York suffered a fractured knee.
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Clinton
Otto Shubert
Chicago and Northwestern Railroad
A. Roby
New York
Railroad Strike Averted in Scranton Arbitration
In Scranton on April 18 the Delaware Lackawanna and Western railroad avoided a strike after General Superintendent T. N. Clarke advised trainmen that the company would accept the New York Central award.
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Scranton
Aril
Delaware, Wackawanna and Western Railroad
T. N. Clarke
Lackawanna
W. G. Lee
New York Central
Alberta farmer kills man and wife then dies
London reports Bert Hunter a farmer from Alberta Canada shot Schofield and his wife and then died by his own hand. Authorities suspect Hunter was insane.
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London
Bert Hunter
Alberta
Can
Schofield
Hunter
Roosevelt welcomed by Budapest crowds in heavy rain
Theodore Roosevelt arrived in Budapest April 18 amid vast public enthusiasm. The ex president was greeted by the mayor, city officials, and crowds at the station. Villages Magyar Slovak and German joined in demonstrations as the procession proceeded to Apponyi castle and back to the city with massed university students singing the Star Spangled Banner.
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Roosevelt
Pressburg
Count Appony
Washington
Oyster Bay
Hungary
United States
Apponyi Castle
Budapest
Great West
Arpad
Europe
Roosevelt Tracked by Anarchists Group in Europe
European secret police report that the Paterson anarchist group is tracking Theodore Roosevelt for assassination. Italian authorities cite recent anarchist arrests and US secret service units monitor his movements from Cairo to New York.
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Rome
Theodore Roosevelt
Italy
Chiasho
Switzerland
Roosevelt
Khartum
United States
Secret Service
Mr. Roosevelt
Cairo
New York
Train Robbery Near Benicia Delivers Nine Registered Pouches
Two masked men stopped the China Japan mail train at Sprig two miles east of Benicia California and robbed nine pouches of registered mail. The train carried no express matter.
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Benicia
Cal
San Francisco
Southern Pacific Railway
Sprig
Here
Wealthy farmer James Harter ends life at home
Oskaloosa Louisiana April 18 James Harter a wealthy farmer living near here who was adjudged insane committed suicide at his home by hanging himself with his suspenders.
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Oskaloosa, la
James Harter
Here
Mrs Scott Endorsed by Board After D A R Dispute
Mrs Mathew T Scott president general of the D A R faced charges over dismissing Miss Agnes Gerald for alleged insubordination. The board adopted resolutions endorsing Scott and her administration and urged a censuring vote against Miss Mary R Wilcox for a circular criticizing the dismissal.
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Washington
Matthew T. Scott
Agnes Gerald
Board of Management
Hills Gain Entrance to Golden Gate City
At a Denver conference railroad officials from Chicago Burlington and Quincy Denver and Rio Grande and Western Pacific agreed to interchange business in Denver. Gould lines will route Hill traffic to California and Chicago to San Francisco. President Miller called it a victory over Harriman lines and an entrance to San Francisco after ten years of effort.
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St. Paul
Denver
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Denver and Rio Grande
Western Pacific
Gould Lines
California
Hill Lines
Harriman Lines
Darius Miller
Burlington Road
Chicago
San Francisco
Hill and
Hill
Harriman
Hills
Cass Lake Group Protests Interior Land Holdback
Cass Lake Minnesota April 18 the Cass Lake Commercial club drafted resolutions protesting the interior department action in withholding 30 000 to 40 000 acres near Cass Lake The protest cites the May 23 1908 act allowing settlement after timber clearance and notes hundreds of settlers moved in under that belief The land has been cleared of timber for some time.
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Cass Lake
Minn
Rochester Editor Dies in Kerosene Explosion
Rochester Minnesota April 18 R R Russell editor of the Hayfield Guard died from burns after a kerosene explosion in his office stove. He poured kerosene on the fire the can slipped and fell into the flames enveloping him in seething oil. He was transported for treatment to Rochester.
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Rochester
Minn
R. R. Russell
Hayfield Guard
Minnehaha Stranded Near Scilly Islands With Passengers Ashore
A wireless message reports the Atlantic transport line steamer Minnehaha ashore on the Scilly islands near Bishop's Rock. Passengers are being landed while the captain stays aboard the vessel.
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London
Atlantic Transport Line
Scilly Islands
Bishop's Rock
Lloyds
Lizard
One Term for Taft Still Possible in 1912 Tale
Washington dispatch says Taft may refuse renomination while Theodore Roosevelt could seek the presidency in 1912 with Taft’s consent. Friends note Taft’s weariness of office and duty to party could drive retirement unless Roosevelt launches a bid that would force a counter fight to defend Taft’s honor.
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Washington
Theodore Roosevelt
William H. Taft
Taft
Roosevelt
United States
Republicans Ready Utica Rally To Counter Progressives
Washington reports a mass Republican meeting planned in Utica New York to undercut the Norris progressive demonstration. Vice President Sherman arranged the event with Senator Root Senator Depew and James E Watson to defend Taft and praise the Payne Aldrich tariff as counterpoints to progressives.
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Washington
Utica
N. Y
George W. Norris
Nebraska
Sherman
Root
Depew
James E. Watson
Indiana
Taft
Republican Organization
Republican Party
Wreck of B&O engine claims four aboard in Joy Ride
In the Baltimore and Ohio narrow gauge wreck between Shippenville and Clarion the bodies of four men were recovered from a locomotive at the foot of a steep embankment. Identified victims include Engineer Kelley and Fireman Watson of Foxburg along with D Dennison and M Neuland of Luce Indiana. The crash happened at night when no trains were moving, suggesting a possible joy ride in the engine cab.
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Oil City
Baltimore and Ohio
Shippenville
Clarion
Kelley
Watson
Foxburg
D. Dennison
M. Neuland
Luce
Ind
One Witness Missing in Broken Bow Murder Case
Frank Cleaveringer who confessed leading to the body of C F Hamilton is under arrest along with Burlington brakeman H McIntyre who he accuses of murder. C W Rector and a second eyewitness named by Cleaveringer have disappeared.
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Broken Bow
Neb
Frank Cleaveringer
C. FP. Hamilton
H. ©. McIntyre
Burlington
Hamilton
C. W. Rector
Cleaveringer
Boiler Explosion Strands Steamer Hoover and Mason
One man was scalded by escaping steam and several others endangered when a boiler fire on the steamer Hoover and Mason of the Tomlinson line exploded. The vessel fell into a helpless condition after the blast in Duluth on April 18.
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Duluth
Hoover and Mason
Tomlinson Line
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