Charges Against Premier Balfour Spark House Turmoil
London reporters describe a Commons scene as Campbell-Bannerman seeks to adjourn for a debate on charges that Premier Balfour violated his pledge not to discuss colonial matters without a public mandate. Lyttelton urged response while opposition disrupts. new rule used to adjourn amid disorder. A censure motion is anticipated next day.
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London
House of Commons
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Balfour
Alfred Lyttelton
Lyttelton
New Yorker Robbed at Camp Hotel Lodging
E F Lamb of New York, mining operator at Gillette, was robbed in the National hotel lobby while asleep in Cripple Creek. A pocketbook with 1860s drafts and $20 cash vanished. purse found in Lamb’s room. Porter Sam Laff jailed. police seek Frank Hemming, discharged bell boy, as prime suspect.
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Cripple Creek
E.F. Lamb
New York
Gillette
National Hotel
Big Verde Mine Caves In At Jerome Arizona
Prescott Arizona May 22 miners fled for their lives as millions of tons of rock and earth collapsed at Senator Clark s United Verde copper mine in Jerome. Ground dropped to the 700 foot level. hoisting works settled. smelting plant shut down and all activity ceased. Silver and copper markets noted in New York.
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Prescott
Ariz
Senator Clark
United Verde
Jerome
Kills an Officer and Wounds Seven in Owensboro Scene
In Owensboro Kentucky on May 22 Bob Shaw a black man reportedly insane killed one man and wounded seven over the past day. A posse tried to arrest him at his house as gunfire wounded members of the posse. Deputy Will C Brown was killed when Shaw fired from fifteen feet. A mob later set Shaw’s house on fire and he died after leaping from the flames. A separate note from Dantzig reports the German Institute of Naval Architects meeting with Prince Henry opening ceremonies.
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Owensboro
Bob Shaw
Shaw
Waltman
Lewisport
Will C. Brown
Hancock County
Brown
Dantzig
German Institute of Naval Architects
Prince Henry
Boiler Explosion Kills Six at Hocking Valley Roundhouse
A boiler exploded near the Hocking Valley railroad roundhouse in Columbus Ohio this afternoon killing six workmen instantly. The blast badly damaged the roundhouse and wrecked four other engines.
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Columbus
Ohio
Hocking Valley Railroad
Lightning strike leaves Cripple Creek girl speechless
Miss Willie Raymond 17 was talking on a phone during a thunderstorm in Bikton Cripple Creek when a lightning shock knocked her from the receiver. She lay unconscious for over an hour and could not speak until the next day. Dr Polly treated her and saved her life. She is the daughter of miner Eugene Raymond.
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Cripple Creek
Colo
Willie Raymond
Eugene Raymond
Elkton
Bishop Hoban Celebrates 25th Ordination Anniversary
Scranton Pa May 22 The twenty fifth anniversary of the ordination of the Right Rev M J Hoban bishop of Scranton to the priesthood was celebrated here today The celebration will be continued tomorrow with a high pontifical mass at St Peters cathedral Bishop Hoban will wear white vestments made in Rome for the occasion in the presence of several prominent bishops and priests
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Hoban
Scranton
M. J. Hoban
St. Peter's Cathedral
Rome
News from the Front and a Missouri Bribery Case
Reports from St Petersburg suggest Admiral Rozestvensky may move toward the Pacific as Gen Linevitch prepares a counter offensive near the Japanese front. In Missouri, Judge John H. Rogers considers bribery charges against Charles L. Blanton tied to post office site selections.
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St. Petersburg
Admiralty
Rojestvensky
Pacific
Indo- China
Linevitch
Hannibal
John H. Rogers
Arkansas
Charles L. Blanton
Blanton
Missouri
Rogers
United States
Burton
Elmer B. Adams
Unit States Court of Appeals
St. Paul
Miners Escape Fire at Leadville Shaft
In Leadville on May 22 two miners trapped in the Blaine shaft of the Small Hopes Mining Co on Yankee Hill escaped by digging through a three foot dirt wall to another shaft as a fire destroyed the shaft and cage above them.
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Leadville
Colo
Blaine
Small Hopes Mining Company
Yankee Hill
Chicago Strike Talks End With Hopes For Settlement
After a three hour conference the Teamsters Union and employers said prospects for settlement are excellent and the end of the strike may come within forty eight hours. The sticking point remains the express companies refusing to rehire any striking drivers. All other terms have been accepted.
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Chicago
Teamsters’ Union
Urewe
Express
Pleasure Trip Ends in Death for Six
Roswell New Mexico May 22 M W Murray a prominent citizen left Thursday on a mountain pleasure trip with his wife and six children. He wired last night that his entire family were drowned in Capitan later reports say they may have been caught in a cloudburst in a Lincoln county canyon.
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Roswell
N. M
M. W. Murray
Capitan
Lincoln County
Lincoln
Bullets in Brain Could Not Kill Him
George Horat a Baltimore brewery worker attempted suicide by shooting himself twice in the head. Doctors report he survived the shots and is expected to be well enough to leave the house, despite the bullets remaining in his skull.
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Baltimore
George Horat
Church Divided On Union Question Chronicle
Fresno Calif May 22 The Cumberland Presbyterian General Assembly debated union with the Presbyterian church two reports debated whether the union is constitutional. A majority list of presbyteries voted to unite while a minority disputed constitutional right to merge. Winona Lake Ind May 22 The Presbyterian general assembly voted to reunite with Cumberland Presbyterian, effectively uniting the two largest Presbyterian branches despite awaiting action by the General Synod in New York.
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Fresno
Cala
Cumberland Presbyterian General Assembly
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Hher
Presbyterian Church
Winona Lake
Ind
Cumberland Presbyterian
Reformed Church
General Synod
New York
Baptists Denounce Mormonism at National Meeting
In St Louis on May 22 the American Baptist Publication Society debated a resolutions report condemning Mormonism and calling for the expulsion of Senator Smoot of Utah. The resolution was adopted unanimously, with copies to Roosevelt Fairbanks Cannon and Burrows.
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St.Louis
American Baptist Publication Society
National Baptist
Committee On Resolutions
United States
Senaor Smoot
Utah
Roosevelt
Fairbanks
Cannon
Burrows
Committee On Elections
Mrs Stuyvesant Fish Sued Over Sable Furs
Adelbert Jaeckel sues Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish for 1000 dollars claiming eight pieces of Russian sable fur were furnished as a darlingest fur and tapet. Mrs. Fish argued the items were dyed and seconds not sable and was summoned to testify in court.
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New York
Stuyvesant Fish
Uiness Central Railroad
Adelbert Jaeckel
Senate Interstate Commerce Panel Nears Close of Hearings
Washington May 22 The Senate Committee on Interstate Commerce has almost wound up its hearings for the present and expects to close this afternoon or tomorrow at the latest.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Interstate Commerce
Royal Society of Canada Opens Annual Session
The Royal Society of Canada opened its annual session in Ottawa. President Benjamin Luke delivered the address on The Transfer of Canada to England, 1760 to 1763, outlining historic imperial ties and scholarly topics for discussion.
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Ottawa
Royal Society of Canada
Benjamin Luke
Canada
England
Texas towns under water after severe storm and deaths
The May 22 storm dumps heavy rain across Texas and Colorado with fatalities. In Texas, Haskell county fourteenso houses destroyed two children killed near Mary, a 12 year old girl Bertha Henley killed in Temple, roofs torn off in Waco and bridges washed away. Colorado reports one lightning death near Fort Collins and major flooding in Greeley.
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Denver
Colorado
Join Bee
Fort Collins
Clark Ranch
Longmont
Greeley
Hall
Trinidad
Dallas
Texas
Haskell
Will Townda
Mary
Waco
Wyoming Weather Forecast Indicates Warmer East Tuesday
Washington reports Wyoming will see warmer temperatures in the eastern portion on Tuesday with a downward trend or fall in Wednesday.
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Washington
Wyoming
Attell Defeats Battling Nelson in Four Rounds in Philadelphia
In Philadelphia on May 22 Battling Nelson of Chicago fought Abe Attell of San Francisco in a four round bout. Attell dominated early with clever jabbing and fielded Nelson easily through most of the match. Attell's strength waned slightly in the fifth round but he still held off Nelson for the decision.
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Philadelphia
Battling Nelson
Chicago
Abe Attell
San Francisco
Attell
Nelson
Wit
Colonel Bryans Account Considered
A New Haven hearing examined William J. Bryans account for 2600 dollars as administrator of the Philip and Bennett estate valued at 291000 dollars. The estate seeks 67000 yet to be received from Bennett Sloan Company of New York, of which the deceased was a member.
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Colonel Bryan
New Haven
Conn
William J. Bryan
Philp & Bennett
Bennett, Sloan & Company
New York
Western Racing Association Begins Cir cuit in Rocky Mountain Region
The Western Racing Association trotting circuit starts in Fort Colina Colorado with events in Denver Salt Lake Pueblo Trinidad Fort Collins Albuquerque and Las Vegas. The season runs through July 16.
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Fort Colina
Colo
Western Racing Association
Rocky Mountain
Denver
Salt Lake
Pueblo
Trinidad
Fort Collins
Albuquerque
Lis
Paseles Ministry Resigns in Belgrade
Belgrade reports on May 22 as the Paseles ministry submits its resignation. The move comes amid government instability and political realignment in the region.
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Servian
Belgrade
Bervin
Paseles
Bowen Loomis matter postponed until fall
Washington reports the Bowen Loomis case will be postponed pending the arrival of William A. Russell former secretary of the legation under Loomis in Caracas Russell’s testimony is sought before a decision and no action is expected until Congress convenes next fall Bowen may stay home until Russell arrives in the United States
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Washington
Bowen-Loomis
Wm. A. Russell
Columbia
Bowen
Russell
Legation
Loomis
Caracas
Congress
Venezuela
Mr. Russell
Roosevelt Declines Interference in Equitable Affairs
Washington May 22 The president will not intervene in Equitable Life Assurance matters or call a congressional session over the private company. The stance reflects his judgment after considering possible executive action and noting the Supreme Court ruling on insurance not being interstate commerce. New York May 22 The Frick Investigation committee advances rapidly with its Equitable report due by week’s end and a directors meeting set for May 31.
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Washington
Equitable
Congress
Supreme Court
New York
Frick
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Noted Author Weds Society Belle in New York
Governeur Morris, noted author and descendant of Lewis Morris and signer of the Declaration of Independence, married Miss Elsie Waterbury at St Peter's Church New York with Bishop Potter officiating.
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New York
Countess Cassini Heads to Paris Via St Petersburg
Countess Cassini daughter of the retiring Russian ambassador to the United States leaves St. Petersburg for Carlad, then proceeds to Paris to meet Count Cassini on his arrival.
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Countess Cassini
Paris
St. Petersburg
United States
Carlabad
Count Cassini
Baseball scores from major leagues and alliances
National League results include Philadelphia 4 Cincinnati 6 Boston 6 St Louis 4 New York 2 Pittsburg 1. American League Detroit 0 New York 3. Western League Omaha 8 Sioux City unknown St Joseph 6 Denver 7 Des Moines 6 Colorado Springs 10. American Association Kansas City 6 Toledo 3 Minneapolis 0 Louisville 2 Milwaukee 2 Columbus 1. St Paul Indianapolis 6.
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Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Boston
St. Louis
New York
Pittsburg
Detroit
Cleveland
Omaha
Sioux City
St. Joseph
Denver
Des Moines
Colorado Springs
American Association
Kansas City
Toledo
Minneapolis
Louieville
Milwaukee
Columbus
Paul
Indianapolis
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Cumberland Presbyterians
Baptists Score Mormon Church
MRS. Stuyvesant Fish
Machen
W. Machen
Wynne
Weds
National League
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