Tragedy In Warrensburg Ends In Shootout And Deaths
In Warrensburg on April 20 two officers and J E Hall are dead after an attempted arrest of J E Hall who, after firing on city marshal James Ryan and two night watchmen, was shot by a hotel porter and killed. Basham and Pollock are fatally wounded with Basham unlikely to recover.
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Warrensburg
J. E. Hall
James Ryan
R. P. Pollock
J. E. Basham
Hall
Johnson County
Missouri Pacific
Ryan
Basham
Pollock
Mis taken for burglars in Columbus gunfire ends two lives
In Columbus Ohio April 20 John and William Frank sons of grocer R O Frank were shot and killed by Patrolmen Heinze and Casey who mistook them for burglars. Casey is suspended pending investigation while Heinze remains on duty.
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Columbus, O
John
William D. Frank
R. O. Frank
East Side
Heinze and
Casey
Parsons Avenue
Albert Frank
William Yoerger
Heinze
Yoerger
W. D. Frank
John Frank
Father of Baseball Henry Chadwick Reported Dying
New York reports Henry Chadwick known as the Father of Baseball is dying at his Brooklyn residence. He is eighty three years old suffering from pneumonia and heart trouble. Chadwick was born in England and came to the United States as a youth and wrote many articles on baseball and pastimes. He was an authority on the rules of baseball.
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New York
Henry Chadwick
Brooklyn
Chadwick
Mr. Chadwick
England
United States
Atlantic fleet battleships split into four harbors at Los Angeles
For the first time since Hampton Roads the sixteen battleships of the Atlantic fleet are separated into four harbor divisions near Los Angeles. The ships will remain apart until next Saturday morning when they unite to sail to Santa Barbara under Rear Admiral Thomas. Spectators pack San Pedro, sailors attend Easter services, and local committees plan banquets and entertainment as about 250000 people plan to tour the vessels.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Hampton Roads
Thomas
Santa Barbara
Welcome
San Pedro Harbor
California
Prisoner Max Shinborn Freed After Prison Term Ends
Concord New Hampshire April 20 Released from prison for the Walpole Savings Bank robbery the man known as Max Shinborn insists his real name is Henry E Woebus. He led a gang that stole over 2 million dollars in ten years including an 1869 vault break in New York and other bank robberies. Now seventy six he had lived in Belgium as a count during his absence.
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Concord
N. H
Max Shinborn
Walpole
Henry E. Woebus
Europe
Shinborn
Ocean Bank
Greenwich Street
New York
Boyleston Bank
Boston
West Maryland Bank
Baltimore
Manhattan Savings Bank
Belgium
Jealousy drives bookkeeper to suicide
Washington reports Edward R. Taylor a 25 year old book keeper shot himself in his home at 101 H street after a quarrel over a telephone call to miss Reggie Gargas at 1919 Pennsylvania avenue. A rival suitor stood nearby as he ended his life, failing to reach the woman he loved. St Paul convent robbed during Easter services as burglars steal $300 kept for safekeeping in the sister superior’s room, marking the third such Catholic institution theft in the city.
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Washington
Ea4ward
R. Taylor
H Street
Reggie” Gargas
Pennsylvania Avenue
Gome
Taylor
St. Paul
St. Francis
St. Adelbert’s Catholic
Charles and Gaultier
Tragic Drowning in Fall River Near Neodesha
In Neodesha Kansas on April 20 Anderson and his two year old child died after their boat went out of control above a dam. The mother was rescued but Anderson and the child were swept over the dam and drowned.
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Neodesha
Kan
Anderson
Fall River
Launch Sinks With Three Men
A gasoline launch capsized and sank about six miles upriver from Hannibal Missouri. Witness Young Walker says three men were aboard one surfaced waved then disappeared. No trace of boat or men has been found.
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Hannibal
Young Walker
Governor Broward Deploys Troops to Pensacola Strike
Governor Broward orders state troops to Pensacola to preserve order during the street railway strike. Motormen and conductors are to return home while cars operate under militia protection.
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Pensacola
Fla
Railway strike socking Peru Bolivian port link
Advices from La Paz say a strike by workers on the Arequipa Maldendo railway has caused serious disorders. Details are sparse, but disturbances are reported at the Peruvian Bolivian line with Maldendo.
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la Paz
Bolivia
Arequipa
Peru
Maldendo
May Nail Down Aid Holds Congress Can Ban Interstate Liquor
Washington reports that five senate judiciary committee members issue opinions on liquor transport in interstate commerce. Nelson and Bacon claim Congress can prohibit entry of liquor into prohibition states. Knox Fulton and Rayner disagree, saying Congress lacks that power. Nelson’s view is praised as the most luminous and vigorous.
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Washington
Congress
Judiciary Committee
Senate
Nelson
Minnesota
Bacon
Georgia
Knox
Pennsylvania
Fulton
Oregon
Rayner
Maryland
House of Congress
Prince Helie de Sagan Arrives in Paris by Auto
Paris April 20 Prince Helie de Sagan disembarked at Cherbourg from the St Paul and traveled by train to Erveux then by automobile toward Paris. He declined interviews and refused to discuss rumors of marriage to Madame Anna Gould. Passengers say he plans to depart Paris soon for Italy and that he appeared unattached during the voyage.
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Paris
Prince Helie de Sagan
Cherbourg
St. Paul
Evereux
Men
Cri de Paris
Madame Anna Gould
Italy
Prince
Wireless electricity powers Union Pacific truck
Dr. Frederick H. Millner of the Union Pacific shops leads a group of electricians to inspect a wireless controlled electric truck in operation at Omaha. The truck is started and stopped via a wireless central station, showcasing several novel features.
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Union Pacific
Omaha
Frederick H. Millner
Explosion at Tipton ice plant destroys homes no injuries
In Tipton Indiana on April 20 a boiler battery explosion at the local ice plant shattered windows and sent debris through roofs and walls across the residential area. A 500 pound machine crashed through a roof and fell into a bed without harming anyone.
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Tipton
Ind
Gould declines to discuss personal affairs in AP telegraph
Frank J. Gould, whose domestic matters have been widely debated, states from Hot Springs Virginia via telegraph that alleged interviews are untrue and he must refuse to discuss his personal affairs.
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New York
Frank J. Gould
Associated Press
Hot Springs
Chelsea fire death toll rises with new victim found
In Boston on April 20 a search through Chelsea ruins uncovered another body, believed to be Captain Benjamin F. Knowles, a Grand Army veteran. The discovery brings the death toll to twelve in the wake of last week’s blaze.
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Boston
Chelsea
Benjamin F. Knowles
Port Townsend Pioneer Senator Conover Dies at Hospital
Port Townsend Washington April 20 Dr Simon B Conover who during the administration of President Hayes was United States senator from Florida died at the hospital here of old age.
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Port Townsend
Wash
Simon B. Conover
President Hayes
United States
Florida
Harvard Law Student Charged With Manslaughter
Frederick Oliver Thompson of Des Moines Iowa a first year Harvard Law student was arrested charged with manslaughter after a car crash in which an unidentified woman was fatally injured. The woman died at Cambridge Hospital and Thompson was released on five thousand dollars bond.
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Watertown
Mass
Frederick Oliver Thompson
Des Moines
Harvard University
Thompson
Harvard
Cambridge
Chicago Labor Group Demands Sherman Act, Pearce Bill Action
At a Chicago Federation of Labor meeting on April 20 resolutions protested Congress hostility to workers demands and urged immediate passage of a Sherman anti trust law amendment and Pearce bill restricting court power to issue injunctions in labor disputes.
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Chicago
Chicago Federation of Labor
Congress
State labor bulletin shows widespread idle workers in 1907
Albany figures indicate about one third of union men in New York state were idle at year end 1907. New York City idle rate stood at 24.2 percent, while 22.7 percent were idle in the rest of the state.
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Albany
N. Y
New York State
Bulletin of the State Labor Department
New York City
Oldest North Dakotan Lou Williams Dies at 107
Lou Williams, believed the oldest man in North Dakota, died at Grand Forks County poor farm and hospital in Arvilla after years there and several days of serious illness. He was 107.
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Grand Forks
N. D
Lou Williams
North Dakota
Grand Forks County
Arvilla
Williams
Telegraphic Brevities
Rear Admiral Evans continues to improve gradually. James Neal once a prominent Ohio politician dies in New York City from paralysis. Neal had served as speaker of the Ohio House. The National Society of the Children of the American Revolution opens its annual convention in Washington with members attending services at St John’s Episcopal Church.
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Evans
James Neal
Ohio
New Yk City
Mr. Neal
Ohio House of Representatives
National Society of the Children of the American Revolution
Washington, D. C
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Baseball scores from American Association and major leagues
American Association games at Toledo 6 St Paul 2 Columbus 8 Minneapolis 1 Louisville 3 Kansas City 2 Milwaukee 6 Indianapolis 1. American League Chicago 0 St Louis 4. National League St Louis 3 Chicago 4. Cincinnati 4 Pittsburg 3.
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Toledo
St. Paul
Columbus
Minneapolis
Louisville
Kansas City
Milwaukee
Indianapolis
Chicago
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Pittsburg
Market Quotations Wheat Prices in Minneapolis
Wheat market notes from Minneapolis on April 18 show May at 1.00 percentage, July at 1.00 1.00, and September at 0.89. On track No 1 hard bids around 1.05 percent, No 1 Northern at 1.03 1.0314, No 2 Northern at 1.01 44, No 3 Northern at 0.93 98 for We.
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Minneapolis
Northern
Market Report St Paul April 18 Cattle Hogs Sheep Prices
Cattle ranged to choice steers six dollars for top grades with fair to good six to six sixty. Cows and heifers moved from four sixty to six oh nine. Veals three seventy five to six. Hogs sold five fifty to five seventy. Sheep wethers six to six oh six thirty five, good to choice lambs six seventy six to seven oh twenty five.
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St. Paul
Wheat and flax price notes from Duluth market report
In Duluth on April 18 wheat prices show No 1 hard at 1.6314 dollars, No 1 Northern at 1.014%4, No 2 Northern official May 99 cents, July 3.00 dollars, September 0 cents. Flax prices to arrive on track for May at 1.174% with July 1.19, September 1.1934, October 1.19 dollars.
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Duluth
Northern
Cattle and Hogs Prices Reported for Chicago Trade
Chicago cattle and hog prices listed for April 18 show ranges across categories including cows and heifers Texans Western cattle stockers and feeders and hog classes from light to rough with values between 4.25 and 7.65 per unit. Sheep and lambs also cited with varying price bands.
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Chicago
Wheat and grain futures and poultry prices in Chicago
Chicago price report lists Wheat May at 92 93 cents, July 864% 86 cents, Sept 4 cents. Corn May 66 66 cents, July 68 cents, Sept 62 4 cents. Oats May old 8 9 cents, May 51 cents, July old 45 cents, July 48 cents, Sept 37 37 4 cents. Pork May 13.10, July 13.45, Sept 13.77. Butter Creameries 214 28 cents, dairies 20 26 cents. Eggs tic. Poultry Turkeys 14 cents, chickens and springs 12 cents.
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Chicago
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