Jeweler Robbery Near Vine Street Window Break Sparks Chase
A thief smashed Jacob Morris jewelry storefront at 1227 Vine Street with a cobble stone wrapped in paper to muffle the crash. He grabbed a tray with about $1,000 in diamonds and fled up stairs into the Hutzler Building before vanishing. merchant policeman Charles Gerhart pursued but could not locate him.
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Jacob Morris
Q Jewelry Store
Vine Street
Hutzler
Charles Gerhart
Merchant Police Force
Morris
Fire Destroys Majestic Cafe at 526 Vine Street
Fire at the Majestic Cafe rear basement caused extensive damage and panic among nearby hotels and all night diners. The blaze, likely started by a cigarette discarded by a waiter, gutted the back area and damaged the kitchen and stored furniture, with total losses approaching $3,000.
Roosevelt speech centers on corner-stone ceremony at House office building
Special Dispatch reports President Roosevelt in Washington addresses a large crowd at the corner-stone laying for the House of Representatives office building. Cabinet members Supreme Court and foreign diplomats attend as Knights Templar and Masons in ceremonial dress march past. The Marine and Engineers bands perform during the formal event.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
House of Representatives
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Knights Templar
Masons
Marine Band
United States Engineers
Office Building Commission
Cannon
Hepburn
Iowa
Richardson
Tennessee
Earthquakes Devastate Formosa Causing Heavy Losses
A strong quake struck southern Formosa causing widespread destruction. Earlier quake incidents left 1,104 dead and 695 injured with 1,200 houses demolished. Damages from the latest event are estimated around 45 million dollars, with Daiiyo Raishiko and Shinko towns completely ruined.
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Formosa
Mortally Hurt In Aeroplanes Fall At Atlantic Beach
Israel Ludlow of New York inventor of the aeroplane was badly injured during a demonstration at Atlantic Beach Florida. While aloft at 150 to 200 feet a strong south wind shattered bamboo supports and caused the craft to collapse pinning him to his seat. Two vertebrae were displaced paralyzing his legs. He was taken to New York for specialist care.
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Commercial Tribune
Atlantic Beach
Fla
Israel Ludlow
New York
Arson Attempt Charged Against Union Members in Evanston
Evanston labor union members are accused of attempting arson at a building contractor T J Currey is erecting at Ash land avenue and Central street. Currey reported to Police Chief Frost that flames were started after labor trouble over wages but were extinguished with little damage. Currey found benzine on woodwork where the fire started. Chief Frost pledged an investigation.
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Commercial Tribune
Chicago
Evanston
T. J. Currey
Hartzell Street
Frost
Ashland Avenue
Central Street
Currey
Benzipe
Gorky Marriage Row Tests Twain Howells Stand
Maxim Gorky denies a Russian actress is his wife amid reports of a Finnish divorce. Mme. Gorky, children in Russia, claims he remains faithful. Mark Twain and William Dean Howells on a committee to help the Russian cause express puzzlement and decline to comment publicly. The group moves from the Hotel Belle Claire to West Ninety-third Street residence.
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Mme. Gorky
America
Gorky
Mark Twain
William Dean Howells
Robert Hunter
Twain
Howells
Russia
Howell
Gorky Seeks Release Amid Ties With Actress Andreeva
Report from St. Petersburg says Maxim Gorky may have ended his marriage by severing ties with his wife while maintaining support for her and their two children. It alleges he spent last summer in Finland with actress Mme Andreeva, who accompanied him to the United States, and that police required his departure from St. Petersburg.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Maxim Gorky
ST. Petersburg
Mme. Andreeva
United States
Russia
Gorky
Mme. Gorky
M. Gorky
Riga
Finland
Powder Explosion Kear sarge Disaster Kills Seven
In Guantanamo Bay on April 15 the battleship Kearsarge arrived after a powder rear area explosion during target practice off Cuba. Two officers and five sailors were killed, fourteen injured, eight seriously, with bodies to be buried in the Naval Cemetery.
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Guantanamo
Cuba
Kearsarge
Naval Cemetery
Washington
Missouri
Kear- Sarge
Atlantic
America
Caribbean
Funeral Row Over Nonunion Driver Attack in New Orleans
At St. Joseph's Church a nonunion driver D Dolan was assaulted and badly injured as funeral processions left after Councilman Cahill's service. Union drivers damaged Dolan's carriage and a brick struck him. Ed Noonan and Sam Mitchell were arrested. Dolan received treatment at Charity Hospital for a deep head wound.
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Commercial Tribune
New Orleans
Cahill
St. Joseph’s Church
D. Dolan
Dolan
F. Johnson
Fogarty
Frawley
Ed Noonan
Sam Mitchell
Charity Hospital
Rawlings
Mitchell
Ground 10 Death Under the Wheels
Robert Gordon about 35 identified by papers on his person 220 Worth Street was killed by Delta Avenue fire car No 7 at Eastern and Strader Avenues at 1 am. Motorman Smith attempted to stop but momentum caused the fatality. Body taken to County Morgue. $3.25 found on him.
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Robert Gordon
Delta Avenue
Worth Street
Eastern
Strader
Geringer
Smith
Gordon
Patrol 6
Mob Hangs Two Negroes From Goddess of Liberty in Missouri
A 3,000 strong mob in Springfield, Missouri, seized Horace Duncan and Jim Copeland from the county jail and hanged them from the Statue of the Goddess of Liberty at the courthouse, then burned the bodies. The men, under 21, were suspected in an assault but likely innocent, amid rising anti Negro sentiment and prior local killings. Circuit Attorney Arthur Sager helped cut gas lines to thwart further violence, as calls to hang additional suspects circulated.
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Commercial Tribune
Springfield
Horace Duncan
Jim Copeland
Goddess of Liberty
Mable Edmonton
Monett
Miss Edwards
Cooper
Duncan
Copeland
Horner
King
Wilson Crane
Polk County
Arthur Sager
St. Louis
Theo. M. Kinney
Stanton Portrait Unveiled in Steubenville Courtroom
Edwin M. Stanton memory honored with life size portrait by Eliphalet F. Andrews unveiled in Steubenville. Captain John F. Oliver chaired the event. Speeches by John M. Cook and John A. Mansfield accepted by bar association, with county and Worthington addresses.
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Commercial Tribune
Steubenville
Edwin M. Stanton
Lincoln
Stanton
Eliphalet F. Andrews
Washington, D. C
John F. Oliver
John M. Cook
Circuit Court
Bar Association
John A. Mansfield
Rees G. Richards
A.S. Worthington
Tragedy as false fire alarm kills four at Easter service
In Chicago on Easter Eve at St Ludmila Church a boy shouted fire during a 4000 strong crowd. The panic caused a beam collapse and 4 deaths including three children and one woman. Dozens injured, many trampled, as worshippers fled through aisles and windows.
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Commercial Tribune
Chicago
St Ludmilas Roman Catholic Church
Woman stabbed by husband at Freeman Avenue home
Lizzie Wilson 32, colored, was stabbed in the abdomen at 1215 Freeman Avenue by Ivy Wilson who fled after a heated quarrel. Neighbors heard the argument, patrol 5 collected the victim, and she was taken to City Hospital with a serious, possibly fatal, wound. The husband is at large.
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Lizzie Wilson
Ivy Wilson
Freeman Avenue
Hamilton
Army adopts fingerprint and photograph identification plan
War Department announces the fingerprint and photograph system is adopted for the United States army. Equipment will be sent to military posts and post surgeons will oversee the program.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
War Department
United States Army
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