May Wheat Slips below 93c on Chicago Market Selloff
Trade in Chicago on April 2 shows May wheat tumbling below 95c and closing around 92c amid heavy selling. Armour & Co. offered quiet support while market bears driven by fear of July deliveries pulled prices down from earlier highs. Final May wheat quoted about 98c and July around 84 1/4c as nerves kept the pit volatile.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Dell
P. A. Valentine
Armour & Co
Armour
Beef Trust Inquiry Grand Jury Completes Aetna Examination
Federal grand jury in Chicago completed a session examining Aetna Trading Company operations. Remaining witnesses and subpoenaed parties were excused as jurors prepare to hear testimony from employees of the firm.
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Grand Jury
Aetna Company
Chicago
Federal Grand Jury
Iota
Aetna Trading Company
Two Servants Killed at Old Forney Mansion
Philadelphia April 25 two servants found dead in the kitchen at 615 South Washington square Old Forney mansion once home of Colonel John W Forney publisher and editor Miss Tillie May Forney occupant The cook Margaret Turner fifty and butler Lawrence Barnes thirty both killed by a pistol Barnes died three hours after admission to hospital while Turner was dead At scene a revolver with two exploded cartridges found
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Philadelphia
Forney
South Washington Square
John W. Forney
Tillie May Forney
Margaret Turner
Miss Forney
Lawrence Barnes
Japanese Warships Clash Off Kamranh Bay
Japanese torpedo boats supported by a cruiser scout fired on Russian ships off Kamr amh bay. One vessel, believed cruiser, was disabled, and the Japanese withdrew. Reports say Baltic fleet heavy ships head toward Hainan with a Russian squadron to join soon. Admiral Rojestvensky may avoid battle pending a larger clash, while Admiral Togo is ordered to move on.
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Tokio
Ro Jestvensky
Kamranh Bay
Hainan Island
Fonsi
Hainan
Hong Kong
Russian Admiralty Seeks News on Rojestvensky Plans
The St. Petersburg admiralty says it has no information on whether Vice Admiral Rojestvensky awaits Nebogatoff’s reinforcing detachment and leaves the matter to his discretion. Naval circles expect Nebogatoff with Rojestvensky while the transport fleet may be left to Nebogatoff’s slow but powerful division as Rojestvensky seeks to conclude with Togo.
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St. Petersburg
Admiralty
Rojestvensky
Nebogatoff
Nébogatoff
Togo
French neutrality note on Rojestvensky waters
Official telegraph agency states no truth to Tokio foreign office claim that Rojestvensky was ordered to leave territorial waters. French governor general of Indo China did not request withdrawal and Rojestvensky is said to have observed neutrality rules.
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St. Petersburg
Offcial Telegraph Agency
Tokio Foreign Office
Rojestvensky
Indo- China
Prohibition Clash In Hempstead Ends In Tragedy
At a mass meeting in Hempstead Texas three die and two are wounded as J N Brown anti prohibitionist fires, killing Congressman John M Pinckney and his brother Tom Pinckney and Robert Mills, with John Mills a leading Prohibitionist badly wounded. Rangers are en route as governor is notified.
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John M. Pinckney
Tom Pinckney
John Mills
Special Train Carries Joseph Jefferson's Body North
West Palm Beach observed the departure of a special train at 9 p m bearing the body of Joseph Jefferson for Buzzards Bay. The cortege included family members and longtime servant Carl Kettler, with a large crowd escorting the body and the city draped in mourning, shops closed for the day.
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Pla
W—Joseph Jefferson
Mr. Jefferson
Buzzards Bay
Carl Kettler
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