Fierce Fighting in Philippines on Jolo Island
Telegraphic dispatches report heavy clashes on Jolo between Gen. Leonard Wood’s troops and outlaw Kala with 600 followers. About 200 Moros killed. Wood forces suffer seven dead and sixteen wounded. Kala surrounded in a swamp after a spurt of killings including Britons.
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Philippines
Manila
Jolo
Leonard Wood
Kala
General Wood
Fourteenth Cavalry
America
Bonero
Jolu
Interurban Car Collides With City Car Injuring Five
An interurban car on the Indianapolis line collided with a northbound city car at Delaware and Maryland streets in Indianapolis Indiana. Five people were seriously injured and many others were bruised or shaken. The impact splintered the side and vestibule of both cars and narrowly spared motormen and center-seat passengers.
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Delaware and
Maryland Streets
Indianapolis
Akitomir
Volhynia
Russia
Jeffries Leaves Chicago for Los Angeles to Build Home
James J. Jeffries world heavyweight champion leaves Chicago for Los Angeles to set up a home, saying he will never again fight due to rheumatism and intermittent malaria. He has canceled theatrical engagements and plans to seek health at Harbin Springs to regain strength.
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James J. Jeffries
Chicago
Los Angeles
Cal
Jeffries
Harbin Springs
Train wreckers strike near Emporia Kansas injuring six
A Santa Fe train was wrecked near Emporia Kansas. Six passengers were injured and two may die. This is the fourth attempt in four months to wreck trains at the same spot. Earlier attempts involved piling ties on the track. Wreck caused by removing spikes in fish plates on two rails inside a curve. No clues found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Fe
Emporia
Kas
Paxtang Electric Company
Cedar Street
Lauge
Thames
Susquehanna River
Wilich
Oss
Erie Railroad
Fire devastates Aikin-Erskine flour mills in Evansville
Fire at the Aikin Erskine milling complex on Main and Michigan streets in Evansville Indiana destroys the flam ing mills with losses about 100000 dollars and insurance 50000. Bosse Brothers feed store sustains 5000 in damage. The blaze endangers nearby plants. Engineman Chris Voelker was thrown from his corner and seriously injured. Cause not determined.
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Aikin-Erskine
Main
Michigan Streets
Evansville
Ind
Bosse Brothers
Chris Voelker
Fatal Engine Boiler Explosion Ends Engineer's Life
A boiler explosion on a Wabash freight engine at Winston four miles south of Litchfield killed engineer Larry Taylor of Decatur HL. Fireman Charles Clark and Head Brakeman L. F. Nedman, also of Decatur HL, were injured as the train, traveling twenty five miles per hour, wrecked ten cars of merchandise.
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Larry Taylor
Charles Clark
L. F. Nedman
Decatur
Wabash Road
Winston
Litchfield
Cambridge City Clerk Daniel Petro Missing in Indiana
Cambridge City Indiana clerk treasurer Daniel Petro is missing. Town board members audit his books while the town marshal is away on a mission connected with his disappearance. Preliminary checks reveal a $3000 shortage.
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Daniel Petro
Cambridge City
Ind
Jessie Bartlett Davis Dies in Chicago at 58
Renowned comic opera star Jessie Bartlett Davis died at her Chicago home from heart disease caused by nephritis. The 58 year old performer rose to fame in the opera circuit and was widely mourned by peers and fans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie Bartlett Davis
Chicago
Ottawa river channel work blasted to aid Lima reservoir
Dynamite blasts start on the blockading banks of a new Ottawa river channel to aid a $200,009 reservoir project at Lima Ohio. Heavy rains overflow the river forcing a flood that submerges hundreds of acres of farms and oil leases beyond the high water mark.
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Ottawa
Lima
Ohio
Fatal Explosion at Cora Copper Mine in Butte
Five men are killed and two injured in a mine explosion at the Cora Copper mine, a Heinze property, in Butte Montana. Authorities continue to investigate the cause and assess damages.
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Butte
Mont
Cora
Heinze
Center of Population May Turn Eastward in Census Outlook
Census experts suggest the center of population may stop moving west and head eastward. They cite slower westward emigration and rising East and Southeast populations, with 110 years of westward shift totaling 519 miles. Future censuses in about a dozen states will test the theory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Census Bureau
Less Wheat Planted, More Remains Harvested This Year
May 1 reports show winter wheat area sown is 16 452 000 acres, slightly down 1.00 percent from last fall but up 2 805 000 from last year. Abandoned or plowed land totals 350 000 acres in Kansas, 210 000 in California, and 102 000 in Missouri, with 20 723 000 acres remaining under cultivation and varying average conditions across meadow lands and pastures.
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Department of Agriculture
Iansas
Zoa
California
Missouri
Workers Build Factories for Union Glassblowers
T. W. Howe of Toledo heads the American Flint Glassworkers' Union which says three lamp chimney factories will be erected to employ union men ousted by the McBeth-Evans open shop move. Locations include Marion Indiana, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania. The Marion plant will hire 300 workers.
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T. W. Howe
Toledo
Ohio
American Flint Glassworkers’ Union
McBeth-Evans Chimney Company
Marion
Ind
West Virginia
Pennesylvania
Alaska and Yukon Output to Reach 22 Million in Gold
United States assayer in Seattle says based on reports from Alaska and the Yukon Territory that this year’s gold output will total about 22 million dollars. From the Klondike alone Wing predicts 8 to 80 million, with the balance from camps on the American side.
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Alaska
Yukon Territory
Blas Wing
United States
Seattle
States
Yukon
Wlondike
Wrecked boats flood Lake Monona as windstorm rages
Winds whip Madison Wisconsin lakefront wrecking boathouses along Lake Monona. Boats driven onto the water surface and several launchers sink. A steamer is hurled ashore and wrecked amid the storm. The Assembly chamber at the seat capitol suffers flooding from torrential rain. Missing Middleton Bank cashier admits guilt in $62000 shortage after a note exonerates assistant cashier Warner.
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Lake
Monona
Madison
Wis
Seite Capitol
Middleton, Mo
J. H. Lewis
Warner
Lewis
Model Employee Confesses Bank Embezzlement in Kansas City
C Leslie Stockwell, a mail teller at New England National Bank in Kansas City, admits stealing 1700 dollars and depositing the funds to his own accounts at three other banks. He says none of the money has been spent.
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C. Leslie Stockwell
New England National Bank
Kansas City
Dr Oliver W Nixon Dies in Biloxi Wintering
Dr Oliver Woodson Nixon a Chicago newspaper man and author of West history died in Biloxi Mississippi where he had wintered. He was brother of William Penn Nixon Chicago collector of customs and had lived in Chicago twenty nine years.
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Oliver W. Nixon
Oliver Woodson Nixon
William Penn Nixon
Chicago
West
Biloxi
Miss
Nixon
Teacher Slain in Holdup Near Mohall North Dakota
The body of Amunders Olsen, 8S years old, a school teacher, was found four miles east of Mohall, North Dakota. He was murdered. his skull crushed by a blunt instrument. Authorities express belief a holdup was the motive.
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Amunders Olsen
Mohall
N. D
Beleve
Dr Charles Ames Dies by Morphine Overdose in Louisville
Dr Charles Ames, a temperance lecturer, killed himself with morphine in Louisville due to his inability to break the drink habit. He was described as brilliant, well educated, and from an excellent family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Ames
Louisville
Tle
Canada Threatens Invasion Over Maine Log Booms
The Canadian government threatens to send troops into Maine to cut log booms blocking navigation on the St John River, which runs through Maine and New Brunswick into the St Lawrence.
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Canada
Maine
St. Joln River
New Brunswick
St. Lawrence
Avalanche claims Graz professors on Styrian peak
Professors Von Glanwell and Wetritsch of Graz University and official Stopper were killed by an avalanche while climbing the Soelzstein in the Styrian Alps. Their bodies were recovered and the incident is confirmed. Indian quake kills fifty as landslide hits near Banderabbas. A mountain landslide toppled 200 yards of Kuliganda col and caused tower and building collapses in town.
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von Glanwell and
Wetritsch
Graz University
Stopper
Soelzstein
Styrian
Alps
Banderabbas
India
Kuliganda
Crop bulletin notes frost and rain affecting yields
The weekly crop bulletin reports unfavourable conditions due to frost in the North and rains across the Middle States, hindering expected yields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middle States
Mail Robbery Ring Busted On Chicago Routes
An extensive plan to rob postal sacks on the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul trains was exposed by Postal Inspectors in Chicago. Ernest Q O Wieppin Fred Latham and another man were arrested and arraigned before U S Commissioner Mark A Ponte. The trio, mail sorters on train 67, confessed to stealing mail and valuables from unlocked sacks while en route at night.
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Germer and
Mullen
Chicago
James B. Stuart
Ernest Q O. Wieppin
Fred Latham
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
United States
Mark A. Ponte
Jasco
Milwaukee
St. Paulo
Germer
Nan Patterson Free After District Attorney Recommends Release
District Attorney Jerome recommends Nan Patterson's release from the Tombs after nearly a year inside awaiting trial for the Caesar Young murder. A crowd of about 2,000 cheered as she walked free, with the DA saying a retrial would likely end in a hung jury and accusing the press of undermining justice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerome
Nan Patterson
Tombs
New York
Caesar Young
Miss Patterson
Ple
Italy approves navy budget for fleet expansion plan
Italy's cabinet approves 32 million lira allocation for the navy to spread over thirteen years. The program funds three are mored cruisers, ten torpedo destroyers, seven submarines, fifteen torpedo boats for the fish seas, and ammunition stocks. Love Causes Double Killing in Nebraska A millwright named Peter Na theiser kills Miss Gee Powansley then shoots himself in a Nebraska Volunteers hall after firing three shots through her body. He dies minutes later.
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Italy
Italian Council of Ministers
Ministry of Marine
Peter Natheiser
Miss
Iee Powansley
Heutemant
Aieriet
Lineahi Nebo
Seven Die In Corra Mine Explosion At Butte
Seven men killed and one fatally injured in a blast at the Corra mine, a Leinas property near Butte Montana. Cause unknown as Nels Wanpa carried about forty sticks of dynamite when the explosion occurred with terrible force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jitomir
Russia
Corra
Leinas
Butte
Mout
Nels Wanpa
Three-Locomotive Wreck Kills Fireman Near Warren
One dead and five injured in a crash on the Pennsylvania and Erie division one mile east of Warren. Charles Souers, fireman on a locomotive, was killed and engineer David Santelle suffered fatal injuries.
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Pennsylvania and Erie
Pennsylvania
Warren
Charles Souers
David Santelle
Singer E Broderick Dies in Aurors
George B. Broderick a 12 year old singer and comedian died in Aurors Tb from pneumonia after two months with the Chinese Honeymoon company en route to Chicago. He was known to play for twenty years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A, E. Broderick
George B. Broderick
Aurors
Mr. Broderick
Chicago
Chinese Honeymoon” Company
Fire in Crowded Sioux Falls Theater Damages Building
The Booth Theater in Sioux Jalls, 8. D., suffered severe fire damage after an explosion in a moving picture machine. The theater was crowded but patrons exited calmly without panic.
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Booth
Sioux Jalls
Aransas Sinks After Collision Near Pollock Rip Light
The passenger steamer Aransas of the Joy Line, traveling from Boston to New York, was sunk after a collision with the barge Glendower off Pollock Rip light ship. One passenger, a woman, drowned.
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Aransas
Joy Line
Boston
New York
Glendower
Pollock
Mass
Race of Battleships Ends With Missouri Victory Off Athletic Coast
An eight hour race of seven battleships off the athletic coast ends with Missouri first. Alabama lags and heads to New York navy for overhaul.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athletic Coast
Missouri
Alabama
New York Navy
Man Confesses to Twin Murders in St Paul Shop Killing
Edward Gottschalk admitted to murdering Christian Schindeldecker on February 18 at the West Seventh Street butcher shop and the accomplice Joseph Hartman. He pleaded guilty to murdering Hartman and told Judge Lewis details of both crimes. Hartman’s body was later found March 17 with a crushed skull and tied irons.
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Edward Gottschalk
Christian Schindeldecker
West Seventh Street
St. Paul
Joseph Hartman
Lewis
Gottschalk
Hartman
New York Seeks Foreign Farmhands For State
The New York State Department of Agriculture aims to attract desirable immigrant farmers and laborers. It plans to collect and share information on New Yorks farm and dairy advantages to counter labor shortages. The effort notes farmers often pass through New York for western lands, now shifting to attracting settlers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Agricultural Department
New York State
State Department of Agriculture
State Agricultural Department
Mystery $34,000 in gold seized in St Joseph baggage
Two solid gold disks valued at about $34,000 were found concealed in two new steamer trunks at the Burlington station in St Joseph Missouri. John Billsy of Quitman with an elderly man attempted to cash $20,000 at First National Bank of Buchanan County. The gold was seized as the pair fled and have not been located.
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St. Joseph
Francis Street
Burlington
Omaha
John
Billsy
Farmer forgets dynamite kills family in Minnesota explosion
A farmer near Bridgeman Minnesota set dynamite in a stove to thaw stumps. He left for town and an explosion wrecked the house killing his wife and two children. One child was hurled through a window. The man returned to find the tragedy and has since been restrained as insane. Also notes plan to build new furnaces at Carnegie Steel in Youngstown and the recall of Count Cassini from the U S as ambassador to the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Hunter
Bridgeman
Minn
Fie
Qoiae
Hunter
Carnceie Steel Company
Youngstown
Ohio
Count Cassini
United States
St. Petersburg
Madrid
Spain
Paris
Hereros Attack German Column in Southwest Africa
In the mountains east of Cananis German Southwest Africa a Herero force attacked a German column led by Capt. Winterfeldt, killing or wounding sixteen soldiers. The Germans repelled the attack with fifteen natives killed in the engagement.
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Winterfeldt
Cananis
Africa
Cornell Students Drown in Cayuga Lake
Two Cornell sophomores George M. Seymour and Charles L. Sperry drowned when their canoe overturned on Cayuga Lake near Ithaca New York. The victims were from New York City and North Adams Massachusetts.
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Cornell
Cornel
Cayuga Lake
Ithaca
N. Y
George M. Seymour
New York City
Charles l. Sperry
North Adams
Mass
Passenger Express Routs into Dynamite Freight Wreck
A western Pennsylvania bound Cleveland and Cincinnati express crashed into a dynamite laden freight near Harrisburg Virginia. The explosion killed about thirty, injured many, and left wreckage burning with passengers asleep in the cars in flames.
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Western Express
Pennsylvania Railroad
Cleveland-Cincinnatixpress
South Harrisburg
New York
Harrisburg
Cincinnati
Pittsburg
Chicago
McKinley Tomb Design Approved for Monument Hill
Trustees approve a mausoleum design by FL Van Buren McGunigle for the McKinley National Memorial Association. The 175 foot high granite structure with a 75 foot diameter dome will sit on Monument Hill near Canton Ohio, featuring an artificial lake, broad steps, and a $500000 cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKkinley National Memorial Association
FL. van Buren McGunigle
McWinley
Westlawn Cemetery
Canton
Oho
Gen. Grant
Bergen County Superintendent Kills Wife Then Ends Life
John Terhune, Bergen County New Jersey superintendent of schools, shot and killed his wife at their Hackensack home before killing himself. The tragedy occurred during a personal crisis described as a nervous disorder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Terhune
Bergen County
New Jersey
Hackensack, N. J
Appellate Court Rules Executor Lacks Saleable Rights
The Appellate division of the New York Supreme Court declares that an executor named in a will cannot dispose of his right to act for compensation. The ruling states an executor cannot sell the right to perform fiduciary duties any more than a public officer can sell the functions of his office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appellate Division
New York Supreme Court
Trade tone holds despite strikes and weather delays
Bank exchanges report general business strength with gains in manufacturing, building, and agriculture. The teamsters strike spreads at the fringes, but deliveries rise. grain receipts show a slight weekly drop yet yearly gains, while livestock values rise. Structural materials and building trades show high activity amid improving trade indicators and steady demand for foreign orders.
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Ap Chicago
New York
Chicago
Tron
Lunker
United States
Canada
Bradstreet
Chicago cattle markets and grain prices across major cities
The report lists bids and price ranges for cattle hogs sheep and grains in Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Toledo Buffalo New York and other markets. Prices cover wheat corn oats rye and butter eggs and hay with variations by grade and class.
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Chicago
Ste
Eges
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaurkee
Toledo
New York
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State Capitol
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Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Mabel
B. H. Metz
Springfield
Joseph Lewis
Ele
Emma Exgebrecht
Staten Isle
Dora Davidson
Farmer
Dynamite
Taft
Railway Congress
International Railway Congress
Washington
Fish
Ilinois Central
Hotel
Regent
Washington, D. C
Dormers
Michael Melicho
Marquette
Ian
M'Kinley
Memorial Association
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