Panorama of the world and notable deaths and events
Edwin H. Conger former minister to China and ambassador to Mexico dies in Pasadena California at age 61 from a complication of diseases. He served in Congress 1885 to 1891 and held diplomatic posts in Brazil China during the Boxer trouble and the Pekin siege. A Youngstown Ohio church looting by 3000 parishioners under Father Loos follows Bishop Horstman’s removal order and Father Lops is kept as pastor by most of the congregation.
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BE. H. Conger
Edwin H. Conger
China
Mexico
Pasadena
Cal
Knox County
Illinois
Iowa
Congress
Brazil
Pekin
St. Anthony Italian Catholic Church
Youngstown
Ohio
Father Loos
Horstman
Father Lops
Red Flags at Chicago Socialist Parade Over Idaho Murder Suspects
A mass meeting and parade in Chicago in sympathy with Mover Haywood and Pettibone drew nearly 4,000 participants, about 500 women and children. The procession carried hundreds of red flags and banners while police kept order with extra precautions. No disturbances occurred despite flags waved from windows along the route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haywood and Pettibone
Steunenberg
Idaho
Chicago
General Kuroki Honors Grant at Riverside Tomb
A long-ago tour mentor story recalls General Kuroki placing a laurel wreath on the tomb of W. S. Grant in New York City. The 28 year-old ceremony linked Grant’s world tour with imperial reception in Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kuroki
Kokomo Doctor Fatally Injured in Street Car Collision
Dr. E. C. Maughmer a leading Kokomo Indiana physician was fatally harmed when his auto collided with a street car at the Washington street crossing He was pitched about fifty feet from the wreck and may have fatal internal injuries feared by doctors at the scene
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kokomo
Ind
Washington Street
Frank Blair
Indiana
Princeton Sanitarium
William Cook
Linton
Bomb found in San Francisco streetcar at Oak and Frederick
A satchel containing a bomb was found in a Salter street car at the barn at Oak and Frederick streets. The fuse had been lighted but the spark died before the powder. Police are on the case. United Railway officials suspect a strike sympathizer left the device.
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Oak and
Frederick Streets
San Francisco
Cal
United Railway
Eccentric Millionaire John Bryan Marries Miss Murphy in Secluded Clayton Ceremony
John Bryan of Yellow Springs Ohio and Miss Murphy wed in Clayton Maine inside Justice Werre Meyer’s office behind locked doors to keep the crowd out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Bryan
Yellow Springs
Ohio
Miss Murphy
Clayton, Me
Office of Justice
Werremeyer
Collision on Traction Line Near Cleveland Injures Three
Two Northern Ohio Traction Company passenger cars collide at Silver Lake near Cleveland Ohio injuring three people. Wesley McGuire eighteen an employee of Ball Brothers factory was struck and killed by a Big Four passenger train in Muncie Indiana.
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Northern Ohio Traction Company
Silver Lake
Cleveland
Ohio
Muonelie
Big Four
Wesley McGuire
Ball Brothers
Muncie
Ind
Man Freed After Police Court on Irvington Death Case
Peter EB. Green, detained on murder charges in the death of his 17 year old son Newell Green at Irvington, was discharged in Police Court in Indianapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter EB. Green
Newell Green
Irvington
Indianapolis
Plague Death Toll Reported in Simlay Government Files
Government figures from Simlay India show 451,892 deaths from plague in six weeks. Punjab records account for 286,777 deaths amid the outbreak.
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Simlay
India
Punjab
Ruef Pleads Guilty In San Francisco Graft Case
The confession of Abe Ruef, longtime San Francisco political boss, to accepting a bribe shocks the city. Ruef vows to expose others behind graft as he seeks reform work and to repair the wrongs in city government.
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Friseto
Abe” Ruef
San Francisco
Cal
Dunne
Mhiarter
Grefters
Mmilionaire
Steve Bonefit
Ruet
Thase
Ref
Ste Ment
Deire
Abraham F
Octopus Sets Speed Records on Newport Trial Run
The submarine torpedo boat Octopus, during trials at Newport with Captain Marix aboard, achieved an average speed of ten knots and a maximum of 10.15 knots for a mile. A submarine bell linked the vessel to a surface boat’s receiving apparatus during submersion for the first time.
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Octopus
Newport
Marix
Naval Board
College figures and gifts mark era of education progress
The article notes Robert St. Gaker of Amherst as assistant astronomer at Allegheny Observatory and Franois Coppee's prize to Acad mie Francais. It covers university reforms urged by Chancellor Day, Rockefeller’s $2 million real estate gift to the University of Chicago, and Prof. William Lyon Phelps praising Mark Twain as a leading American novelist.
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Francois Coppee
Acadene Francais
Gov
Tuebes
New York
Iawo- Tembia
Colgate
Willitia
Fisker
Dralithium
University of Pennsylvania
Diisiiak
Miss. Beard
Edeatient
Secre
Nena
Tegedhiers
Severanes
Pleir
Phaysrouwnd Association of
Aimiesien
Aerdkel
Te Ghamestown
Siing
Day
Syracuse University
New York Methodist
Ele
Ife
Dre
John D. Rockefeller
University of Chicago
Rockefeller
University
William Lyon Phelps
Yale
Connecticut
Mark Twain
Martyr to Yellow Fever Experiment Soldier Becomes Invalid
John Kissenger of South Bend Indiana, under age 30, offered to be infected with yellow fever to test prevention and cure. He received five infected mosquito bites and initially seemed to recover, but has since deteriorated into a crippled state with spinal myelitis and mobility severely limited. His companion Moran fared better, while Kissenger remains confined to a wheelchair and homebound.
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John R. Kissenger
South Bend
Ind
Efe
Nissener
Soldier
United States
Phe
Wats
Tite
Tadiana Dailigia
Whe
Dola Oh Moran
Rewubur
War Department
Walter Teed
Terideo
Rosenberros
Imides Corrroat
Lewins
Duosqufo
Congress
Lineney
Kissenger
Meran
Kissinger
Dew S
Art
Moran
Kissencer
Nissenger
Rural Delivery Service Operations Report
The report through May 1 shows 27,5907 rural routes in operation served by 37,447 regular carriers.
New York Strike Riots Linked to Dockyard Clashes
After steamship lines refused wage demands, strike breakers loaded ships to sail while strikers retaliated in dockside clashes. Some lines settled with workers, boosting momentum for remaining unions. Rioting spread to the Havemeyer sugar refinery in Brooklyn.
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Havemeyer
Brooklyn
Trade conditions show expansion with easing money and price rises
Dun s Review of Trade notes continued heavy bank payments and expanding commerce while borrowing moderates. Prices lift across raw materials led by iron and steel, with favorable weather boosting distributive trade and wholesale orders for dry goods clothing boots and hardware. Bank clearings rise 50 percent year over year. Chicago district failures fall from prior weeks.
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Harape
Mai
Bole
Chicago
Dun
Unseasonably cold and wet weather hurt trade and crops
New York reports widespread cold rain dampening commerce and delaying shipments as jobbers and wholesalers reduce orders for summer wear and millinery. Crop outlook shows marginal improvement while weekly business failures rise from prior weeks. wheat and corn exports and fiscal figures are noted alongside Canada’s crop data.
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Tad Im
Canada
United States
Agiinst Bani
Brandstvent
Grain Prices Across Markets Mentioned in Patchwork Reel
Prices for wheat, corn, oats, rye and hogs listed across markets including Cincinnati, St Louis, Detroit, Milwaukee, Buffalo, New York, Toledo and Chicago. Entries show No 2 and mixed grades with quotes in dollars per unit, noting hogs and sheep price ranges and special lots.
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St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
New York
Castle
Corp
Eges
Toledo
Hoosier Happenings: Local Deaths and Disasters
Solomon Arnold, 70, hanged himself in his Columbia City barn. Erica Minton, 26, of Georgetown, died of lockjaw from a cut while splitting kindling. Laketon barn fire destroys property and kills a horse. John Price’s Laketon barn blaze. arson suspected. Several accidents, robberies, and suicides reported across Indiana towns, with fire damage, hospitalizations, and a large interurban stone order. Fort Wayne census places, population 61,765 and 16,630 schoolchildren, ranking it third in the state.
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Solomon Arnold
Columbia City
Erica Minton
Georgetown
John Price
Laketon
Fort Wayne
Transatlantic liners bring 3100 immigrants to New York
Three liners docking in New York within a day add 3100 immigrants to the ongoing influx. King Carlos of Portugal plans a Latin American tour visiting Brazil then Argentina early next year per Lisbon dispatch. The Elks of the World Louisville sue to compel Secretary McChesney to file their charter in the State Department.
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New York
Carlos
Portugal
Argentina
Brazil
Lisbon
Colored Organization
Elks of the World of Louisville
State McChesney
State Department
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Missouri
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Ruef
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Rtobert ST. Gaker
Amherst
Allegheny
Yellow Jack
Hoosier
Jesse Harden
Columbus
J. S. Kelly’s
Crawfordsville
John Ball
Elwood
Greencastle
Beyrl Matthews
Matthews
Syedford
Indianapolis & Louisville
Seymour
Louisville
J. S. Baker
Meltzerville
Reese Crecoilus
Burns City
Bert Wheaton
Ellis
Steuben County
Naily
Studebaker Bros. Manufacturing Company
D. J. Newell
Knox
United Colonies of America
John W. Mencing
Lawrenceburg
Mr. Mencing
Farmland
David Huffman
Harry Zimmerman
Zimmerman
Huffman
Verne Hardman
Bedford
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