Emperor Nicholas Grants Easter Freedom to Russian Subjects
In St. Petersburg on May 1, Emperor Nicholas grants real religious freedom as an Easter gift. The decree ends broad restrictions, extending tolerance beyond Orthodoxy while preserving state religion. It creates a framework for mixed marriages, birth and death registrations, and legitimizes diverse faiths including Jews Catholics Lutherans Muslims and Buddhists across Russia and its peripheries.
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St. Petersburg
Nicholas
Pobedonostzeff
Russia
Nevsky
Old Believers
Merchant Brinces
Moscow
Napoleon
Siberia
Poland
Baltic
Finland
Urals
Crimea
Caucasus
Turkestan
Central Asia
Committee of Ministers
Antonius
Easter in the Field Among Russian Forces in Manchuria
Gunshu Pass Manchuria May 11 reports the Russian army observing its second Easter in the field with religious services and special feasts. Prisoner-sourced maps show Japanese dispositions under Generals Nodzu Oku Kuroki Nog Kawamura around Tie pass Kaiyuan Mukden Changtufu and Fagoman with Mukden area being the weakest zone.
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Gunshu Pass
Manchuria
Nodzu
Tie Pass
Kaiyuan
Oku
Kuroki
Nog
Fagoman
Changtufu
Kawamura
Mukden
Russian Pacific Squadrons Reported Near Hainan Island
Reports from Tsingtau London and Hongkong confirm the Russian Second and Third Pacific squadrons are near Hainan. The Tokio correspondent says they will join forces May 6. The steamer Stettin sighted 30 to 40 Russian ships in Honkohe bay preparing to sail.
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Tsingtau
Hainan
London
The
Daily Telegraph
Tokio
Hongkong
Stettin
Honkohe Bay
Kamranh Bay
Mae Wood's damages suit names Loeb Wynne Miller in scandal claim
May Wood, filing for 35000 in a damage suit in Omaha, asserts authorities sought scandal and hints at connections to Secretary Loeb and others. She credits J Martin Miller with instigating intimidation while declining direct answers about Loeb.
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Omaha
Mae Cr. Wood
William Loeb
Robert J. Wynne
J. Martin Miller
Miss Wood
Loeb
Mr. Loeb
New York
District Court
President aide denies familiarity with Mae Wood suit
Glenwood Springs Colorado May 1 William Loeb Jr secretary to the president dismissed a Omaha court dispatch about the suit filed by Miss Mae Wood saying he never saw the woman and does not want to see her.
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Glenwood Springs
Colo
William Loeb, Jr
Omaha
Mae Wood
Labor Leaders Seek Roosevelt Help Over Chicago Strike
Chicago Labor Federation appeals to President Roosevelt and Governor Deneen for intervention before troops are considered to manage a spreading teamsters strike. Peace efforts fail. unions vow solidarity while employers tighten deliveries and police plan stiffer action amid clashes and a shooting involving Grady brothers.
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Chicago
Dunne
Chicago Federation of Labor
Roosevelt
Deneen
Teamsters
Labor Organization
Preside Roosevelt
Employers’ Association
Teamsters’ Union
Chiteaige
Employers’ Association of Chicago
Union Teamsters
Bishop Anderson
Jenkin Lloyd Jones
Dr. Hirsch
Jane Addams
Cornelia de Rey
Citizens’ Committee
Federation of Labor
Federation
Peace Commission
Peace Committee
Funeral of Joseph Jefferson at Bayview Cemetery
Buzzards Bay Mass May 1. Joseph Jefferson laid to rest at Bayview cemetery Sandwich after simple services. Five sons and about 100 villages attended the open grave as the commitment was read, with Charles B Jefferson the sole watcher. A police guard will remain for days. New York May 1. Services in his honor were held at the Church of the Transfiguration, connected to the Players' club of which he was president alongside Edwin Booth.
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Buzzards Bay
Mass
Joseph Jefferson
Bayview
Sandwich
New York
Joe Jefferson
Players’ Club
Edwin Booth
Jefferson
Miners Buried After Terrific Dynamite Explosion
A terrible dynamite blast traps miners at Hin Teen Ew Oklahoma. Rescue teams rush to the site as families await word on casualties and officials investigate the cause and scope of the blast.
Thirteen Miners Reported Entombed After Mine Blast
Wilburton Oklahoma May 1 Thirteen miners were entombed and probably killed by an explosion in Missouri, Kansas and Texas Coal company Mine No 19. No bodies recovered. Foreman Ray says the mine was in good condition and a gas blast seems unlikely. A shot may have ignited detonators left by the previous shift.
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Wilburton
Okla
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Coal Company
Ray
Minister Bowen to Return to United States
Secretary Taft received word from United States Minister Bowen in Caracas that he will come to the United States immediately if possible, but asks to delay departure until the Monday after for personal matters. Taft approves the delay and Bowen is expected to use the president's permission to depart.
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Washington
Taft
United States
Bowen
Caracas
Omis
State Department
Rowboat Capsizes in a Lake Near Omaha
Five young men were fishing from a boat on Cut Off lake near Omaha when the craft overturned. They were rescued or aided by bystanders as officials investigated the accident.
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Omaha
Cutoff Lake
Three Boys Drowned After Capsize In Strong Wind
The capsizing boat left Willard Johnson eighteen, George Teats twenty, and Carl Lindquist twenty dead after they attempted to swim ashore. William Johnson and Rollie Alsman were rescued as the wind hurled the others into exhaustion and submersion.
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Willard Johnson
George Teats
Carl Lindquist
William Johnson
Rollie Alsman
Lenich and Movinsek Captured After Weeklong Manhunt
Duluth reports Peter Lenich and Luj Movinsek captured after eluding deputies and a volunteer posse for nearly a week in desolate swamps between the Cloguet and White Face rivers. They are jailed awaiting Lenich arraignment on first degree murder charges and Movinsek as an accessory, with Frank Longer also held after the Eveleth fight.
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Duluth
Eveleth
Cloguet
White Face
Peter Lenich
Peter Koceran
Luj Movinsek
Eveleyth
Frank Longer
Lenich
Movinsek
Tragic Army Officer Killings Stun Port Douglas
In Port Douglas during the day, Lt William H Point of the Twenty-ninth Infantry was shot twice by his superior officer Lt Col W A Rasbourne. Rasbourne then killed himself with a self-inflicted gunshot. Rasbourne had been heavily drinking and faced drunkenness charges after an arrest earlier in the week.
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Kohlsaar
William
Harry Grady
Montgomery Ward & Co
Gradys
Ward Company
Salt Lake City
W. A. Rasbourne
Twenty-ninth Infantry
U.S. A
Port Douglas
William H. Point
Twenty Ninth Infantry
Point
Raithourne
Raibourne
Russians Drive Japanese From Five Positions at Tunghusiang
General Linevitch reports two Russian forces attacked near Tunghusiang on April 29, driving the Japanese from five successive positions and occupying the town. The message to Emperor Nicholas is dated in St. Petersburg on May 1.
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St. Petersburg
Linevitch
Nicholas
Tunghusiang
Explosion kills two at Broad Street electric plant
In Philadelphia on May 1, a tank explosion at the Broad Street station electric light plant of the Pennsylvania Railway killed two men, George D. Tollinger aged 62 and George Hoey aged 35.
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Philadelphia
Broad Street
Pennsylvania Railway
George D. Tollinger
George Hoey
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