Armed Intruders Halting Rural Carrier Near Gallatin
Post Office reports rural route carrier John C. Allgood and his colored substitute were threatened at gunpoint by masked men near Gallatin Tennessee. Postmaster General Payne suspended route service pending investigation and warned of possible summary action, with options including abolishing the route or deploying soldiers for protection.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Jno
C. Allgood
Gallatin
Tenn
Payne
Swaney
F. F. Conger
rural free_delivery service
Nashville, Tenn
Gallatin, Tenn
Civil Service
Allen E. Dillard
Civil Service Board
John C. Allgood
Conger
Pope Receives Roosevelt Jubilee Gift of Presidential Messages
In Rome the pope accepted ten handsome volumes of Roosevelt's presidential messages and a golden scroll with 5,000 signatures from Father Van Antwerp and Father Raudenilli. The private audience featured Leo XIII examining the volumes and Roosevelt's autograph, with Cardinal Gibbons arranging gifts and the pope planning to respond with an autograph letter. Washington date cited March 15, 1903.
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Rome
May
Father Raudenilli
Francis J. van Antwerp
Detroit
Mich
Roosevelt
Father van Antwerp
Theodore Roosevelt
United States
Cardinal Gibbons
Leo XIII
Washington
Rock Island Acquires Frisco System and Yoakum Named Director
New York reports President Yoakum of the St. Louis and San Francisco railroad has been elected a Rock Island director and will transfer Frisco control. No cash changes hands. Frisco pool members receive bonds and Rock Island common stock valued to boost Frisco stock to about 87 a share. Common stock collateralizes the deal as negotiations pass through J P Morgan & Co.
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Rock Island
Frisco System
Yoakum
New York
St. Louis
San Francisco
Rock Island Road
Frisco Pool
Rock Island Company
Rough J. P. Morgan & Co
Commissioners Back From Their Trip to Isthmus of Panama
City officials return from a overseas trip to the Isthmus of Panama with notes on trade routes and regional development. They report meetings with local leaders and observations on infrastructure, economic sectors, and potential partnerships.
Panama canal commission inspects Isthmus work
Rear Admiral J G Walker General P C Haines and Prof William S Burr arrive on the Alliancia from Colon to review the canal line. Major Black of the engineer corps remains at the isthmus with engineers to finish preliminary route work. The group conducts an on site inspection and will report to the Washington committee.
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New York
May
J. G. Walker
P. C. Haines
William S. Burr
Panama Canal Commission
Alliancia
Colon
Canal
Major Black
Engineer Corps
Isthmus
Walker
General Committee
Washington
Oil Tank Steamer S V Lukenbach Missing
Edward F. Lukenbach, owner, says hopes of recovering the S. V. Lukenbach are dim after the missing oil tank steamer departed Sabine Pass on March 22 with 1 110 000 gallons of oil bound for Philadelphia. Captain George L. Thompson and a 32 man crew were aboard. She was due in Philadelphia around April 23 and may have struck a sunken vessel or drifted off course.
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New York
Edward F. Lukenbach
S. V. Lukenbach
Sabine Pass
Tex
Philadelphia
George L. Thompson
Brooklyn
Lukenbach
Bulgarians Try to Blow Up Monastir Magazine Trigger Panic
In Constantinople on May 8 a Bulgarian group tried to blow a Monastir powder magazine causing a town panic. Shops closed as authorities cordoned the Mohammedan quarter and blocked Muslim exits. Guards were set at consulates. attackers fled after Turkish troops repelled them with several killed or wounded.
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Constantinople
Monastir
Mohammedan
Mussulmans
Jury Awards Wife Damages for Loss of Companionship
In Elizabeth New Jersey on May 8 a Union county court awarded Mrs Myra Rose Searles 12000 for loss of companionship after a trolley wreck that left her invalid and deprived her husband Dr Searles of her presence The jury cited her beauty as a factor in the verdict Mrs Searles sued for 30000 and two children were in the carriage during the August 18 1892 collision which also harmed Mrs Searles and her sister
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Hushant
Elizabeth
N. J
Union County Court
Myra Rose Searles
Plainfield
Man Injured in Fall From Ladder in Washington New Jersey
In Washington New Jersey on May 8 neighbors rushed to George B Andrews home after hearing a parrot mimic cries for help. Andrews, found on the floor unconscious with a deep neck gash from a fall while repairing the ceiling. A physician sewed the wound and said death would have occurred in minutes.
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Washington
N. J
George B. Andrews
Andrews
Bakers Hike Bun Prices Across Markets
The Master Bakers' Association voted to raise wholesale buns rolls cake cookies and crullers by 25 percent and 20 percent to retailers. Effective immediately, small bakery goods rise from 9 to 10 cents per dozen wholesale and 10 to 12 cents per dozen retail due to higher costs for flour lard and butter.
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Chicago
Master Bakers’ Association
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Panama
Black
Engineering Corps
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