drastic decree bars foreigners from Venezuelan politics
Caracas issues a harsh decree forbidding foreigners to engage in politics or public life. It bans foreign participation in political societies newspapers speeches and public offices and imposes declarations or expulsion for noncompliance. The decree repeals earlier foreigner rights decrees and sets new entry and conduct rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wishington
Caracas
Associated Press
Castro
Venezuela
Abstract Books of Henry County Land Titles for Sale
J W Batts offers the only set of Henry County land title abstracts for sale. About 195 acres one mile from court house, chiefly cultivated with pasture, fenced with six wires, price 81500. About 1 quarters acres near a shop house in southeast town, small cottage, tenant house and well, price for room house and two lots near main street. Brick cottage on premises, price ix room house with two lots, near Allen Academy fast front, price 260. One half block near Allen Y, price 50000 near school house at 100 and. About 1% acres south side of town with 4-room house, oil, cistern and outbuildings, price 81000. 4-room house with pantry, hall and two galleries, tub cistern, barn, stable and garden, four blocks from courthouse, rents 99.00 per month, price 650.
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Achop House
Partstown
Ain Street
Allen Academy
Alleny
Trio of suicides reported near White House in Washington
Three persons committed death by their own hand in Washington on April 2. Leonard H Mangum a former census clerk Gay F Padgett a real estate and insurance agent and Mrs Sadie Plummer a lunch room operator on Pennsylvania Avenue were named. Mangum native of North Carolina had lived years in Arkansas and lost employment after leaving the census office last July. His body was found beneath a tree in the reservation south of the White House grounds.
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Washington
Leonard H. Mangum
Gay FE. Padgett
Sadie Plummer
Pennsylvania Avenue
Mangum
North Carolina
Arkansas
It &E
White House Grounds
Riotous Outbreak Near Capuchin Convent in Marseille
A riot erupted in Marseille near the Capuchin convent with several thousand protesters bearing anti clerical banners. Police clashed, Commissary Souchen was injured, and multiple arrests were made as officers fired shots to disperse rioters. Reinforcements and gendarmes restored order and traffic was later suspended in surrounding streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marseilles
Capthain
Souchen
Incendiary Fire Burns Bache Residents
An April 29 blaze in Bache I.T. destroys the home of William West and Tatum Bree, leaving them burned out.
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Bache
I. T
William West
Tatum Bree
Guards on Duty at Muscoots Dam Amid Italian Strikes
Reports say armed Italian strikers attacked workers at Muscoots dam in Winchester county. A deputy sheriff's posse routed several rioters, but 20 plus armed Italians remain in nearby hills, posing a public peace threat. Guards placed at the powder cave and dynamite cave after managers requested protection.
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Muscoots Dam
Winchester
W. J. Doyle
Weatchester County
Dame
Muacota Mountain
Mob Punishes Men in Johnson Township Whipping
In Nashville Indiana two men, James Moffett and Eleworth Hashman, were beaten by a 40‑man masked mob at their homes early Tuesday. Moffett was whipped for visiting a salacious house and abusing his wife. Hashman suffered the same punishment for the same alleged offenses.
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Nashville
Ind
Johnson Township
James Moffett
Eleworth Hashman
Moffett
Hashman
Thirteen Hurt in Train Derailment near Toledo
A Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton No 13 southbound derailed at Bates siding four miles south of Toledo due to a derailing switch. Thirteen were injured, seven severely, with no fatalities. Most seriously injured were brought to Toledo hospital. The train was traveling about twenty five miles per hour at the time of the accident.
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Toledo
Cincinnati
Hamilton
Dayton
Bates’ Siding
Sugar Refinery Sues Over War Tax Refund Demand
American Sugar Refining company sues to recover 530000 in taxes paid under protest on 21000000 of business as the war tax on gross receipts of refineries is challenged as unconstitutional. Papers served on Internal Revenue Collector Jordan in Brooklyn. Judge Thomas to hear argument soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
American Sugar Refining Company
Internal Revenue
Jordan
Brooklyn
United States
Thomas
Turkish cavalry cross into Asiatic Russia near Kars
A St Petersburg dispatch reports Turkish cavalry crossed the frontier at Sara Kamysh in Transcaspian territory. Russian Cossacks fired on them, killing one Turkish officer and six troopers. The Turks retreated across the border with no Russian losses reported.
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Berlin
St. Petersburg
Lokal Anzeiger
Kars
Russia
Sara Kamysh
Trascaspiann
Emperor William to travel with his own horses
A trainload of Emperor William I's horses and equipage left Berlin for Rome. The emperor plans to travel by his own horses when visiting the pope and will not use King Victor Emmanuel's carriage. He sent two royal vehicles with eight coach horses three saddle horses and twenty staff to accompany them.
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Berlin
William
Rome
Victor Emanuel
Papal
Chinese laborers head toward Salina Cruz for hemp fields
The advance guard of Chinese coolie laborers bound for hemp fields in Mexico arrived in San Francisco on April 29. Fifty seven workers are now in transit with an eventual 25,000 expected to follow, under the supervision of John G. Meyers, a hemp grower from Meridia, Mexico.
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San Francisco
Mexico
Orient
Salina Cruz
John G. Meyers
Meridia
Mex
Judge Irwin Delivers Ruling On Indian Guardianship
Associate Justice Irwin ruled guardians for Arapahoe and Cheyenne Indians were illegal and void. He dismissed all existing guardians and barred lower courts from interfering with the Indians' private finances.
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Guthrie
O. T
Irwin
Oldest resident Perry Edwards dies near Cartersville at age 110
Perry Edwards an elderly Black woman born in 1794 died at her home seven miles north of Cartersville Georgia. Her estate was valued at $1000 and her numerous children are spread across the country and prosperous. She likely was the oldest person in the area.
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Cartersville
Derby Candidate Sold in Ky Auction for $12400
Derby candidate sold in Kentucky at an April sale in Leuteville. Pat Duns transferred a gold binder candidate named Karly to Ticheget Newsame for twelve thousand four hundred dollars.
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Leuteville, Ky
Pat Duns
Karly
Ticheget & Newsame
Note on Russian policy toward Manchuria unchanged
A semi official note from St. Petersburg states no change in Russian intentions regarding Manchuria. It says discussions between the Russian and Chinese governments concern measures to maintain order after troops withdraw and that Russia has no plan to hinder foreign trade.
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St. Ig
Manchuria
Justin Sucd
Ruseia
Pekinan
Raseian
Foreign Office
Ruse
Huseia
Supreme court splits on railroad passenger case injuries
Raleigh April 29 The state supreme court ruled that journalist W H McNeill editor of the Carthage Blade and the Durham and Charlotte railroad violated the law against discrimination by transportation companies. The verdict awarding McNeill 000 damages was set aside and both parties were declared violators under the corporation commission law which allows free passage only to orphans the poor and similar classes.
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Raleigh, N
State Supreme Court
W. H. McNeill
Carthage Blade
Durham
Charlotte
Supreme Court
Harvard Professor Links Smallpox to Micro Organism
Dr William Councilman of Harvard Medical School announced to the Boston Society of Medical Science that smallpox is caused by a micro organism representing the lowest form of animal life. The finding clarifies its relation to malaria and sets it apart from many bacteria driven diseases.
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Boston
William Councilman
Harvard Medical School
Boston Society of Medical Science
King Edward in Rome Repeats Ceremony at Pantheon
On April 29 King Edward with General Pedotti representing King Victor Emmanuel deposited laurel and palm wreaths on the tombs of Victor Emmanuel I and Humbert at the Pantheon. A long city drive followed and crowds along the routes hailed the visiting sovereign before returning to the Quirinal for dinner.
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Rome
Edward
Pedotti
Victor Emmanuel
Pantheon
Victor Emmanuel I
Humbert
Quirinal
General Bell remarks on Miles report travels home
General Franklin Bell of the U S Army, en route from the Philippines, views the cabled digest of Lieutenant General Miles’s report. He declines further comment, noting all complaints to General Miles were thoroughly investigated by the War Department and that such investigations are usually forwarded to Washington.
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Southampton
Franklin Bell
U.S. A
Philippines
Miles
Associated Press
War Department
Washington
Mississippi council elects bishop candidates in Jackson
The diocesan council of the Protestant Episcopal Church of Mississippi met in Jackson to elect a bishop after Rev. Arthur Lloyd of New York declined. Prominent contenders include Rev. Theodore Bratton of Raleigh and Rev. Peter G. Sears of Mississippi. Bishop Thomas F. Gailor of Tennessee presided and memorialized the late Bishop Hugh Miller Thompson.
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Jackson
Miss
Protestant Episcopal Church of Mississippi
Arthur Lloyd
New York
Theodore Bratton
Raleigh
N. C
Peter G. Sears
Mississippi
Thomas F. Gailor
Tennessee
Hugh Miller Thompson
Fierce battle reported between Turkish troops and insurgents
Telegrams from Sofia report a fierce fighting on the right bank of the Struma in the Dschuna district of European Turkey. Turkish troops clashed with a large band of insurgents, according to dispatches received in Vienna.
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Vienna
Sofia
Bulgaria
Strumm
Dschuna
European
Turkey
Final and Definite Refusal Over Manchuria
Pekin on April 29 reports that China has given Russia a final and definite refusal to accept her demands regarding Manchuria.
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Pekin
China
Russia
Manchuria
Transport Logan Arrives in San Francisco
The Logan arrived from Manila bringing the First Infantry. She carried twenty five wounded men eighty seven sick and four insane passengers.
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Logan
San Francisco
Manila
Multiple Incidents Reported Across Oklahoma Territory
News items note several fires near Manville Texas and Shawnee rail work in progress, a shooting of George Wright in Dallas, Beaumont refinery starting operations, stabbing near Village Mills, governor Ferguson visiting St Louis, a fall causing death in Houston, J C Clarke named game and fish warden, a child's death from scalding in Lyons, Texas, opposition to Willway freight rate hikes by Texas railroad commissioners, and Frank Bowles injured in a board of appeals dispute.
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Santa Fe
Shawnee
Oklo
George Wright
Dallas
Southern
Beaumont
Tex
Village Mills
Billy Hawthorn
Ferguson
Guthrie
Okla
St. Louis
Robert B. Lynch
Houston
J. C. Clarke
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
August Schaffle
Lyons
Texas Railroad Commission
Frank Bowles
Board of Appeals
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Buchanan & Buchanen Ruger
J. D. Franklin
J. W. Batts
Iey County
Smith
Jariot
Dows East Cir Netinm
Sun CO. Simmons & “Geue
W. C. Fountain
Asay
Darwin & Drummond
Dorse’ & Belmon
McDougald
R. _ Marrison
White House
Mtatian
Will
Coolies
Derby
Wherte Saye
Wan and Hailroad Company
Elvet
Manville
Bryan Steam Laundry
James & Hart
Parsons Bottling Works
C. G. Parsons
Crown Cork System
Hutchinson
Jand
Bryan
Boece
Joshn Wittman Filor
Lew Dpy
Iary
D. Garrett
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