Reputation and Swindlers Roil Bituminous and Soft Coal Regions
New York reports arbitration proposals by anthracite miners to form a consolidation board with Judge George Gray as umpire. Operators hesitate. miners may resume hard coal work if plan gains approval. In soft coal, production rises but lags expectations amid regional tensions. Boston reports Lord Ashburton alias Charles F Richards, a noted swindler, arrested on suspicion of passing worthless checks with a history of English and American prison terms.
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New York
Consolidation Board
George Gray
Delaware
Patrick Dolan
Pittsburg
Miners’ Union
Uriah Bellingham
Roscoe
Irwin
Somerset
Johnstown
Boston
Charles F. Richards
Bank of England
John L. Sullivan
Richards
Lord Ashburton
San Francisco
Prosecution Warns Hot Springs Gambling Houses to Close
Hot Springs on April 6 1906 Prosecutor Scroggins ordered all gambling houses in the city to close by morning. He warned of burning all prohibited devices if opened after publication. Two large clubs Arkansas and Indiana already shut. pool rooms and race tracks unresolved. He will likely take no action against Oak Lawn race meeting as it ends within a week.
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Hot Springs
Arkansas
Indiana
Scoggins
Oak Lawn
Lava flows threaten Pompeii area as eruption intensifies
In Naples region April reports lava streams advance toward Pompeii from a new crater twenty feet across. The lava has reached two miles and a half, with hot mud and caustic rain harming vegetation. Main lava splits toward Ottajano and Torredel Greco, risking evacuation of Boscotrecax with nine thousand residents.
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Naples
Pompeii
Ottajano
Torredel
Greco
Boscotrecax
Crater
Hunger Strike by Political Prisoners Roils Moscow Elections
In Moscow on April 6 political prisoners, crowded jails, began a hunger strike to force swift trials or release. Many have been jailed three months without charges as Interior Minister Durnovo had ordered speedy confrontations. Police hold noncharging prisoners administratively while Cossack patrols guard industrial areas. Zemstvo leader M Shipoff fronts the Block party slate of twelve for the lower house, seeking Progressive backing and severing ties with Reactionists.
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Moscow
Durnovo
M. Shipoff
Zemstvo
Engineer Scalded in Rail Wreck Near Gibsland
A mixed train on the Louisiana and Arkansas line wrecked five miles south of Gibsland due to a defective rail. Engineer J. Brazill of Gibsland was fatally scalded. mail clerk Ira H. Spangler sustained minor injuries.
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Shreveport
Louisiana and Arkansas Railroad
Gibsland
J. Brazill
Ira H. Spangler
Chaplain Hale Assisted by Bishop Johnston in Senate
In Washington on Friday Chaplain Hale received assistance from Bishop Johnston of the West Texas Episcopal diocese. After routine business was cleared Senator Elkins took the floor to present his view on the railroad rate bill.
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Washington
Hale
Senate
Johnston
West Texas
The
Epicopal Church
Elkins
Porters Shot. Johnson Dies. Houston Arrested
Roswell New Mexico April 6 Charley Johnson a mulatto saloon porter was shot through the heart and ran 100 feet before he fell dead Samuel Houston a negro hotel cook was arrested in connection with the killing.
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Roswell
N. M
Charley Johnson
Samuel Houston
Elections completed for provincial convention in Grodno
In Grodno on April 6 a provincial convention election concluded with a delegation of twenty nine Poles thirty Russians three Lithunians eleven Little Russians and twenty five Jews.
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Grodno
Russia
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Nunnally’s
Blanke
Batavia
Howell Bros
OPTEN
Gamne
Cata Heep Swath
Grand Opera House
Bryan
Smith Drug Co
Bryan, Texas
W. Howell
H. C. Boatwright
Guy M. Bryan, Jr
F. M. Law
L. L. McInnis
Cashier
Tamles
Scroggins
Engineer Scalded
TEXAN
Senat
Geo. A. Adams
Parker Building
Oliver Typewriter
Postoffice Drugstore
Pure Drugs
E. J. Jenkins
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