Mystery surrounds Roanoke hotel assault on R A Sharp
R A Sharp of Burlington North Carolina awoke at the Ponce de Leon hotel in Roanoke Virginia bruised and bloodied with two missing teeth and a cut right temple. A burglar entered through a window ledge searched the room and struck Sharp while he slept before fleeing with a pistol and money. Additional details place the incident around the hotel room on Campbell avenue. local physicians attended Sharp after he raised the alarm.
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Senate Debates Injunction Restrictions and Aldrich Bill Table
Washington April 17 The Senate discussed an injunction restrictions bill as Overman explained its provisions with Knox supporting and Heyburn opposing due to western court delays. The House Banking and Currency Committee unanimously tabled the Aldrich financial bill, delaying final action on Appalachian forest legislation until Wednesday.
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Aldrich Financial
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Georgia
Dr Charles Henry Parkhurst Turns Sixty Six Today
New York April 17 Dr Charles Henry Parkhurst marks his sixty six birthday as messages of congratulations pour in The famed reformer who led the Lexow investigation crusade against vice earned fame for church and civic work He was born in Framington Massachusetts in 1842 educated at Amherst College studied theology in Germany and taught at Williston Seminary He has pastored the Madison Square Presbyterian Church for twenty eight years and long led the Society for the Preservation of Crime (text cut off)
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Compelled to Reject the Crown of Spain
Rome reports great festivities in Genoa for the silver wedding anniversary of the Duke and Duchess of Genoa. The couple, popular for their benevolence, are closely connected to Italian royalty and have strong ties to Britain and the United States through the Duke’s naval career and education.
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Louis Ferdinand
Europe
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America
England
Har
Good Friday Observed Across Cities
Good Friday led to wide suspensions of business in New York and Chicago with stock exchanges closed and schools to remain shut. Churches held special services while banks stayed open in Chicago. Vienna reports Emperor Francis Joseph skipping Holy Thursday feet washing. archduke presided instead.
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Chicago
Board of Trade and the Stock Exchange
Vienna
Francis Joseph
First Joint Debates Open Tennessee Campaign
Chattanooga reports the first joint debate between Governor Patterson and ex Governor Carmack as Tennessee prepares for about fifty joint appearances. The Democratic gubernatorial primary is set for near the end of June, with campaigns slated to reach all regions within two weeks of the primary.
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Tenn
Patterson
Carmack
Tennessee
Blue Stone Traction Co Announces Monthly Discount Offer
A recent board meeting of the Blue Stone Traction Co. states a five percent discount on light and power accounts valid only if paid by the 10th of each month at the company's office 23 Bluefield Ave. After the 10th, discount not allowed. The notice appears among other local ads about vanilla, strawberries, and poultry supplier Sublette & Barnes.
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House Talks Of Dr. Hill In Diplomatic Debate
In Washington on April 17 the House debated the diplomatic and consular bill. Speakers Perkins and Slayden urged housing diplomats in government owned buildings and salaries to maintain dignity, arguing wealth should not govern appointments. Others touched on social issues and various policy stances as Cousins postponed further explanation.
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David Jayne Hill
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New York
Slayden
Texas
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Griggs
Georgia
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Ohio
Connecticut
Byrd
Mississippi
Thomas
North Carolina
Cape Cod
Beaufort
D. C
Saunders
Virgina
Cousins
Iowa
Passover Feast Observed by Jews in New York
New York on April 17 reports Jews worldwide celebrating Passover or Pesach also called the Feast of Unleavened Bread. Reform and orthodox communities observe varied rituals with matzos replacing bread. Seder night features family gathering, Hagadah readings, and festive hymns marking deliverance from Egyptian bondage.
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Israel
Meyot
Moses
Upper East Side
Pesach Feast Observed in New York Synagogues
A large number of Hebrew synagogues in Greater New York held services this morning for Passover continuing eight days with only the first and last days celebrated as holy. Sermons appropriate to the occasion were preached in both reform and orthodox congregations.
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Greater
New York
Mauretania Sets Record Crossing Atlantic in 4 Days
New York April 17 The Cunard liner Mauretania arrives with a remarkably close margin for the fastest Atlantic crossing. The voyage took 4 days 283 hours 59 minutes with an average speed of 24.08 knots, and the ship held about 25 knots for several hours on the final day, surpassing the Lusitania's previous mark.
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New York
Cunard
Atlantic Ocean
Mauretania
Government fights fertilizer combine dissolution in Nashville
Washington reports that the government reopened its case against the Virginia Carolina Chemical company before United States District Judge McCall in Nashville. Assistant Attorney General Sanford traveled from Washington to argue against demurrers and other legal obstacles raised to defeat indictments under the criminal clause of the anti trust law.
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United States District
McCall
Nashville
Sanford
Virginia-Carolina Chemical Company
Mob Drives Italians From Clinton Town
Thirty Italian workers employed by the Illinois Centre railroad on Clinton were driven from town by a mob after a night of shooting intimidation. Indignation grew as the mayor had received a threatening Black Hand letter threatening his life.
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Bloomington
Ilinois Centre
Clinton
Ktaleos
Desperate shotgun duel near Ozark leaves one dead
Mobile reports a duel near Ozark between Martin Sheepan and Swamn Pilcher. Both fired double-barrel shotguns. Sheepan was fatally wounded while Pilcher escaped. A posse pursues the suspected killer.
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Mobile
Ala
Ozark
Martin Sheepan
Swamn Pilcher
Sheepon
Pilcher
Crutchfield & Co Petition Declares Firm Bankrupt
Petition filed in United States district court seeks bankruptcy for Crutchfield & Co. with suspension announced yesterday. Petitioners claim against the firm total $3,695 and Robert D. Murray appointed receiver.
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New York
Cotton Exchange Firm
Crutchfield & Co
United States District Court
Robert D. Murray
Battle ship fleet to move north from San Diego
The fleet begins its northward voyage toward Los Angeles with another large section of sailors ashore for a day of entertainment as San Diego marks the start of the journey.
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San Diego
Los Anedes
Another Gould divorce rumor shakes New York society
The rumor that financier Frank Gould and his wife will separate legally gained ground as reports say they are not living together yet papers may not have been served. Mrs Gould packs for a southern trip with their children while Gould reportedly plans to leave the city. The discord is linked to jealousy over his wife's noted beauty.
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New York
Frank Gould
Goulds
Gould
Amicable Ohio Coal Strike Resolution Ratified
Two hundred thousand idle miners in the central competitive district will return to work next Monday after an amicable agreement reached by the scale committee and ratified by a joint meeting of miners and operators. The pact restores the 90 cent rate, sets a two year term, and establishes district referendums and a joint interstate conference to be held in Toledo in February.
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Toledo
Iine
Russians Rout Persians Near Belosuvar in Campaign
Russian troops invading Persian territory near Lenkoran attacked Kurdish raiders at Belosuvar on April 13. In a pitched battle the Russians despite being outnumbered routed the Persians, with 34 killed and 50 wounded among the tribesmen. Russian losses were one officer and seven soldiers, with 41 wounded.
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Lenkoran
Belosuvar
Belesuvar
Aged Wytheville Man Ends Own Life at Home
An elderly resident of Wytheville, Kh. Trucks aged 70, died by suicide at his residence in Roanoke on April 17. He severed the jugular vein with a pocket knife after long illness and brood over his condition.
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Roanoke
Wytheville
Two More Bodies Found in Chelsea Fire Ruins
April 17 report says two more bodies recovered, total recovered rises to eleven and known victims to fifteen, including two who later died in hospitals. List of missing persons remains large.
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Fiston
Chelsea
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