Murders in Detroit Shake City as Two Are Arrested
In Detroit on April 10 a young woman Carrie M. Jennett 1191 Wabash avenue was killed returning from a Rebecca lodge meeting. George W. Haywood a bookkeeper was found murdered on Junction avenue. W F Jones held by police amid charges from the case. Prof James Miller music teacher is arrested as Jennett's likely killer. blood found on his clothing and Jennertt was his pupil.
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Thirteenth Street
Carrie M. Jennett
Wabash Avenue
James R. Jennett
Jennett
Rebecca Lodge
George W. Haywood
Malleable Iron Works
Junction Avenue
W. F. Jones
Haywood
Brisson
Jones
Earl Haywood
William Duit
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Seymour
Downer
Grand River Avenue Station
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Miss Jennett
Miller
Barcelona
Bryan
Jose Rocabruna
Sr. Ferrer
Sr. Roure
Bryan and
College
F. E. Giesecke
Albert J. Buchanan
T. K. Lawrence
H. O. Boatwright
Carnes
Mill Contract Won for Brazoria County Project
Brazoria County awards a contract valued at 265,500 for a mill project to be completed by October 25 next. The notice names the county and project timeline with a firm completion date.
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Brazoria County
Hogg Hosts Ambassadors at Carlton Dinner in London
Gov. Hogg entertained a diverse group of guests in London at Carlton House during his voyage to New York on the Teutonic. Attending were the American, German and Russian ambassadors, along with Lord Claude Hamilton and Viscount Deerhurst.
Diplomatic Rupture After King Humbert Insult Note
Switzerland and Italy break relations over a Geneva article insulting the murdered King Humbert. The Swiss government demands recall of Signor Silverstrelli, Italy refuses, and both nations sever ties with the respective ministers. The Swiss will publish documents related to the dispute.
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Berne
Switzerland
Italy
Geneva
Humbert
Bundesrath
Signor Silver- Strelli
Signor Silverstrelli
Rome
Confessed Robbery Involving Mrs Proux Case
Mrs Minnie Grady in custody for robbing widow Mrs Emma Proux admits luring her for a buggy ride, drugging her for rheumatism, taking diamonds during convulsions, abandoning her, hoping for death. Diamonds recovered after the victim’s rescue. Authorities plan to exhume Mrs Grady’s husband and 15 year old son who life insured for 5000.
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Butte
Mont
Minnie Grady
Emma Proux
President and party depart after brief South
Summerville reports the president and his party facing a free day with no formal program. They planned a visit to a tea farm near town. Secretary Wilson will not return to Washington, choosing a brief swing through Southern Georgia Florida and Alabama. The group departed at 2 PM for Washington.
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Summerville
S C
Wilson
Washington
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Journalist Becomes First Assistant Postmaster General
Washington report states Robert J. Wynne, Washington correspondent for the New York Press, has accepted the post of first assistant postmaster general. The nomination will go to the Senate after the president returns from Charleston and the change may take effect May 1 or earlier as William N. Johnson prepares to retire.
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Robert J. Wynne
The
New York Press
Senate
Charleston
Wm. N. Johnson
New Jersey
Armour Estate Valued at 14.75 Million for Chicago and New York
The total valuation of the late Phillip D. Armour estate in Chicago and New York is 14 751 105 with most of it in personal property. Real estate in Illinois and elsewhere is noted but not priced. The will leaves nearly all to widow Malvina and J Ogden Armour.
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Philp Armour
Chicago
Phillip D. Armour
New York
Illinois
Armour
Malvina
J. Ogden Armour
Anti Foreign Unrest in Ning Po Over Alleged Missionary Cruelty
Shanghai dispatch reports accusations of cruelty by Catholic missionaries sparking an anti foreign outbreak in Ning Po Che Kiang. A rumor claims missionaries gouged a boy’s eyes. Two British and two German warships dispatched to Ning Po.
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London
Shanghai
Ning Po
Che Kiang
State penetentiary board approves sugar mill contract
Austin April 10 The state penitentiary board held its regular monthly session and ratified and signed the contract for construction of a sugar mill on the William Cla mente state farm with details not fully disclosed.
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Austin
State Penitentiary Board
William Clamente
Army transport service cut costs in Washington orders
Washington orders to place the army transport service on an economical basis discharge unnecessary personnel. Fifth and sixth mates are dismissed aboard all transports. Crews must be regulation sized with fewer hires in steward and deck sections. Chief paint inspector and assistants removed from pay roll.
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San Francisco
Washington
Duval
Army Transport Service
New Penitentiary Superintendent Appointed in Austin
The governor accepts the resignation of J B Rice as state penitentiary superintendent effective immediately. Leave Baker of Grimes county is named to succeed him. Baker brings long executive experience in penitentiaries and has served three years as chief clerk in W M C Hill’s office, financial agent of penitentiaries.
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Austin
J. 8. Rice
Methodist minister removed for reincarnation teaching
Lebanon Indiana April 10 reports Rev Columbus Bradford removed from the pastorate of the Methodist Episcopal church at Okanville over his book advocating reincarnation and offering scriptural references. Charges of heresy were filed against him.
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Lebanon
Tus
Columbus Bradford
Methodist Episcopal Church
Okanville
Not Take Charge Till September At Agricultural College
Austin news announces that Dr. D F Houston, newly elected president of the Agricultural and Mechanical College, will not assume charge until the September session. He plans a thorough reorganization and many faculty changes are expected.
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Austin
Tex
D. F. Houston
The
Agricultural and Mechanical College
House Adopts Two Resolutions on Border Issues
Washington residents report the House adopted the Cochran inquiry resolution about alleged removal of boundary marks on the Alaskan border by Canadians and the Sulzer resolution seeking information on an alleged British camp near New Orleans.
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House
Washington
Sulzer
New Orleans
Farmer Blanchard Hanged After Deputy Marshal Killing
Tom Blanchard, a farmer from near Dukedom Tennessee, was taken from Fulton Kentucky jail Wednesday night and hanged. He had been intoxicated when he shot and killed Deputy Marshal Frank Taylor on the Tennessee side of Fulton.
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Fulton, Ky
Tom Blanchard
Dukedom
Tenn
Frank Taylor
Tennessee
Fulton
Riots in Brussels End With Mounted Police Dispersal
Rioting in Brussels on April 10 led to repeated charges by police and mounted gendarmes with drawn sabres. Mobs were dispersed and several policemen were injured amid the unrest.
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Brussels
Sacked by four months after author view injuries
A fragment reports that a author UT protesters were hurt after being sacked for a four month period.
Seventeen Year Locust Invasion Predicted Across Midwest
Indiana will suffer the heaviest locust plague this summer with Indiana Illinois Ohio and Kentucky infested according to State Geologist Blatchley. He warns Indiana will have more locusts than all other central states combined.
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Indianapolis
Blatchley
Indiana
Illinois
Ohio
Kentucky
Textile union backs Augusta strike for 10 percent raise
Fall River reports the United Textile Workers executive committee endorsing the Augusta Georgia cotton mill operatives strike for a ten percent wage increase. The show of support signals broader labor momentum and potential bargaining pressure in the textile sector.
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Fall River
United Textile Workers of America
Augusta
Congregational Minister Rev Dr David L Vandeveter Dies
Rev Dr David L Vandeveter former pastor of Union Park Congregational Church Chicago in 1877 and 1878 died at his home in New York from a complication of diseases at age 60.
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New York
David L. Vandeveter
Union Park Congregational Church
Chicago
Green's August Flower Promotes Broad Health Not Part Diet
An editor mocks diet fads claiming no single food targets specific body parts and urges regular use of Green's August Flower to aid digestion stimulate the liver purify blood and boost vitality. Dr G G Green's remedies promoted by Wilson Jenkins Co store. dtf
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G. G. Green
Wilson-Jenkins Co
Green
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