Turbulent Commons Scene Over Balfour Colonial Pledge
London May 23 The British House of Commons erupted in disorder as Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman demanded an adjournment to discuss Premier Balfour's alleged pledge on colonial preference. Lyttelton tried to answer but was drowned out as the speaker invoked a new rule to adjourn for grave disorder. The session underscored a bitter Balfour Campberlain dispute fueling an expected censure motion.
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London
House of Commons
Try Campbell-Bannerman
Balfour
Alfred Lyttelton
Ntter
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Edinburgh
Henry Campbell- Pannerman
Jalfour
Lyttelton
Balfour-Chamberlain
Bilt
Alles
Chicago Strike Block and New York Elevated Crash
Teamsters and employers inch toward settlement in Chicago as express firms refuse to rehire striking drivers. In New York, a three-train collision on the Third Avenue elevated line injures twenty, with over a hundred narrowly escaping death and several seriously hurt.
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New York
Third Avenue
One
Thirty-third Street
Alexander Avenue
Harlem River
Clergymen March to City Hall to Protest Gas Lease
In Philadelphia on May 23 more than 100 Methodist Episcopal ministers marched to City Hall to protest a pending gas lease and to commend Mayor Weaver for his stance. Dr. Reed led the delivery of resolutions while the mayor outlined his plan to block the lease.
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Philadelphia
Methodist Episcopal Church
Weaver
Methodist Episcopal Ministers’ Association
Reed
Picked posse to pursue John F Dietz near Cameron Dam
Black River Falls Wisconsin May 23 United States officials have assembled a posse of fifteen to twenty picked men to capture John F Dietz at the Cameron dam on Thornapple river. Former City Marshal J H Walters has joined the effort and left for Madison where the group will be formed. Each man will be paid seven dollars per day plus expenses for up to fifteen days.
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Black River Falls
Wis
Cameron
Thornapple River
J. H. Walters
United States
Madison
John F. Dietz
Walters
Dietz
Prominent Man Shot Down in Savanna Office Door
Daniel S. Berry a noted lawyer and former legislator was shot dead at his Savanna Illinois office door as he unlocked the door after leaving home. One bullet hit his arm and another pierced his brain. he died instantly. No witnesses or clear motive emerge amid a coroner inquiry.
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Savanna
Ill
Daniel S. Berry
Berry
Schreiner
Johnson Removes Beltrami Officials On Malfeasance Charge
Governor John A. Johnson issues an order removing Commissioners F Sibley and Wes Wright of Beltrami county, finding malfeasance and nonfeasance in office with five stated reasons. The action concludes the matter from the governor's view.
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St. Paul
John A. Johnson
F. ©. Sibley
Wes Wright
Beltrami County
Date of Execution Fixed for William Williams
St. Paul May 23 William Williams convicted of murdering John Keller at No 1 Reid court St Paul will be hanged in Ramsey county jail Aug 4 the day after Edward Gottschalk execution for murdering Joseph Hartmann, his accomplice in the murder of Christian H Schindeldecker The date fixed by Governor John A Johnson after a conference with Sheriff Miesen
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St. Paul
William Williams
John Keller
Reid Court
Ramsey County
Edward Gottschalk
Joseph Hartmann
Christian H. Schindeldecker
John A. Johnson
Miesen
Napoleon Victor Bonaparte Ends Belgian Marriage Plans
Prince Napoleon Victor Bonaparte hosted Bornapartist leaders at Castle Moncalieri in Turin on May 23 and announced that his planned marriage to Princess Clementine of Belgium had been abandoned.
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Turin
Italy
Napoleon Victor Bonaparte
Castle Moncalieri
Clementine
Belgium
Tunnel Disaster in Austria Kills 176 Workers
Report from Liesen in Styria says 176 killed when fire damp exploded in the Posruck tunnel. Seventy in the tunnel at the moment, rescue attempts failed as gas fumes overpowered rescuers. Bosrock mountain project connects to a second railway to Trieste.
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Vienna
Liesen
Styrie
Posruck
Bosrock
Trieste
Local gunman Shaw dies after fatal standoff and mob attack
A gunman Shaw fired on bystanders held a house hostage as Deputy Brown of Hancock county lost his shoulder during a near miss. A mob gathered, set the house ablaze, and Shaw leaped from a second-story window only to be shot about 100 times in the streets.
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Shaw
Brown
Hancock County
About & P. m
Rojestvensky’s Pacific Route Alarms Philippines
Paris reports Vice Admiral Rojestvensky likely moves north of Luzon into the Pacific amid Russian plans to rendezvous near Babuyan. The Temps notes this could complicate Philippine defense by avoiding Japanese torpedoes and mines, though a clash near Formosa remains possible before any detour toward Vladivostok.
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Paris
Rojentvensky
Pacific
Luzon
Babuyan
Philippines
Rojestvensky
Indo-China
Straits
Formosa
Straits of Korea
Vladivostok
Japan
Kelun
Police Chiefs Convention Opens With Key Addresses
Washington May 23 The first day features the annual address and report by Major Richard Sylvester of Washington D C president papers by W A Pinkerton and Chief Alonzo W Corry of Brookline Mass at the twelfth annual convention of the International Association of the Chiefs of Police.
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Washington
Richard Sylvester
Washington, D. C
W. A. Pinkerton
Alonzo W. Corry
Brookline
Mass
International Association of the Chiefs of Police
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