American Launch Seized by Colombian Insurgents at Bocas del Toro
News from New Orleans reports Colombian revolutionists hijacked an American steam launch near Bocas del Toro. One crew member was killed and thrown overboard. A United States cruiser heads to recover the vessel as insurgents plan to deploy launches to attack Boca del Toro. The Taunton of the United Fruit Company carried the news.
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Bocas del Toro
Colon
United States
Taunton
United Fruit Company
Boca
Krosman, Braden & Co
Bocas
Philippine Investigation Probes Native Force Relations
Washington April 12 The senate committee on Philippines adopts a resolution to seek all war department orders circulars and reports from commanders in Tayabas Batangas Samar and Laguna Gen MacArthur testifies on the early relations between native forces and American troops at Manila during initial landing days.
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Pers
Washington
Senate Committee On
Philippines
Carmack
Secretary of War
Tayabas
Batangas
Samar
Laguna
Gen. MacArthur
Culberson
Manila
Perry A Hull Dies in Beaumont of Pneumonia
Beaumont Texas April 12 Perry A Hull Chicago capitalist and politician died here from pneumonia after arriving to tend to his interests. His condition worsened Friday despite brief improvement after Mrs Hull arrived. The remains will be sent to Chicago.
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Beaumont, Tex
Perry A. Hull
Chicago
Fire on Transport Sherman at San Francisco Dock
Fire discovered in the hold of the United States transport Sherman at the government dock. City fire department responded quickly and confined the flames to the storeroom. Damage deemed nominal and the vessel remains uninjured.
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Sherman
San Francisco
United States
Government Dock
Macedonian Leader Calls for General Rising in Bulgaria
A Sofia dispatch reports Saradoff, the Macedonian leader, issuing a proclamation urging Macedonians in Bulgaria to join a general rising on April 27. Bands along the Turkish frontier are to co operate and invade Turkey at various points.
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Vienna
Neue Freie Presse
Sofia
Bulgaria
Saradoff
Turkey
Rioters Contained by Armed Forces in Brussels
In Brussels on April 12, authorities report暂 the rioters have been checked by a strong display of police gendarms and soldiers. No further disturbances occurred as troops remain loyal and capable of maintaining order.
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Brussells
Bank Robbery at Macey Indiana Ends in Escape
Six men broke into the Commercial bank at Macey Ind drilled into the safe and set a nitroglycerin charge. The blast awoke residents and shots were exchanged before the robbers fled without entering the vault.
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Macey
Ind
Commercial Bank
Revolt Breaks Out in Coa Colony Leader Fires Up Rally
In Bombay on April 12 a new revolt against Portuguese rule erupts at Coa. The Maharata landowners leader raises arms with hundreds of followers, who have burned property as clashes unfold along the western Indian colony.
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Bombay
Coa
Portugal
India
McSweeney Asked to Resign from Immigration Post
Washington reports the secretary of the treasury has sent a resignation demand to Assistant Commissioner of Immigration McSweeney in New York.
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McSweeney
Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
McSweney
New York
Conference Report Agreed to on Post Office Bill
Washington April 12 Rev T De Witt Talmage is dying at his residence doctors concede no hope for recovery and he has been unconscious for 48 hours passive brain congestion inflamed. He was ill with influenza after returning from Mexico and spoke briefly to his daughter Maud before losing lucidity.
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Washington
Senate
Talmage
T. Dewitt Talmage
Maud
Wind Storm Destroys Buildings in Aspermont Texas
A cyclone with a water spout hit Aspermont on Thursday causing major destruction. J E Kings house and Tom Bierdimans residence were blown apart, Co A Birds Restaurant, the Presbyterian church, and the county jail were heavily damaged, and the Star office was blown from its foundation. Numerous other homes were leveled and outbuildings demolished.
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Aspermont
Tex
J. E. King
Tom Bierdiman
Co. A. Bird
Presbyterian Church
County
Star Office
Mayor Hicks Tightens San Antonio Ticket Scalping Rules
San Antonio mayor orders strict enforcement of a new ordinance regulating railroad ticket scalping. Brokers must post a $1000 bond, aiming to curb scalping as railroads offer low rates for events starting April 21 including the Battle of Flowers, the horse show, and the Spanish war veterans reunion.
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San Antonio
Hicks
County Judge Appeals for Immediate Aid in Zapata County
Letter from County Judge Spohn warns of actual starvation in hundreds of Zapata County families. He says many residents are fleeing, but most cannot leave due to lack of funds and urgently requests swift help to save starving lives.
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San Antonio
Hicks
Spohn
Zapata County
Accident on Colorado River Near Brownwood Kills One
An accident on the Colorado river twenty miles south of Brownwood, Texas, results in the death of assistant foreman Richard Van Viet. A boat overloaded with Frisco bridge workers capsized. two others barely escaped. Remains were brought to Brownwood and will be shipped to Neosho, Missouri, Van Viet’s home.
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Brownwood
Tex
Colorado River
Here
Frisco
Richard van Viet
Neosho
Jim Morgan Ends Life in Durant Home
James Morgan, 65, a longtime Durant resident who moved from Bonham five years ago, shot himself at his Second Avenue home, dying from a pistol wound. He left a letter bequeathing his property to his children.
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Durant, I. T
James Morgan
Durant
Second Avenue
Bonham
Death of Mrs. Margaret Campbell En Route to Shreveport
Mrs. Margaret A. Campbell died on a train from Alabama to Shreveport and her body was shipped to Fort Worth for interment. She was the mother of Don Campbell, a prominent Fort Worth businessman.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Margaret A. Campbell
Alabama
Shreveport
Don Campbell
Poor Farm Subject Takes Morphine Suicide
Oklahoma City on April 12 reports Oscar Lehman aged 55 committed self inflicted death by morphine rather than go to the county poor farm. He resided in Oklahoma Territory and acted alone in the incident.
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Oklahoma City
O. T
Oscar Lehman
Boy Dies After Scalding Water Accident
Cruz Alion, the boy who fell into four feet of scalding water at Dietrich's soap factory, died from his injuries in San Antonio on April 12.
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San Antonio
Cruz Alion
Dietrich
Harriman Re-elected President of Southern Pacific
E. H. Harriman was re elected president of the Southern Pacific Railway Company. The Houston and Texas Central railroad plans a new brick passenger depot at Waxahachie Texas. Mrs Stonewall Jackson cannot attend the Confederate reunion in Dallas Texas due to illness. The carpenters of St Joseph Missouri agree to abide by the state board of arbitration decision.
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E. H. Harriman
Southern Pacific Railway Company
Houston and Texas Central Railroad
Waxahachie
Tex
Stonewall Jackson
Dallas
Carpenters
St. Joseph
State Board of Arbitration
Brain Food Nonsense Dispelled by Authorities
An article denounces diet fads claiming foods target specific body parts and promotes Green's August Flower as a general health tonic. It argues proper nutrition supports all parts and notes digestive issues ruin nourishment, urging readers to buy remedies from Wilson-Jenkins Co. and obtain Green's Almanac.
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G. G. Green
Wilson-Jenkins A Co
Green
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