Legislature Considers Amendments and Calendar Committee
The House approved the measure 67 to 12 and postponed the concurrence in the amendments to the Thomas taxing bill until Monday. A five member Calendar Committee was adopted to advance key measures. The Williams biennial election amendment bill was recommitted, and only a single new bill from Mr. Meyer would grant $10 monthly pensions to indigent ex soldiers widows and orphans.
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House
Thomas Inking
Chamberlain
Williams
Meyer
Hamilton County
Secretary of State Urges Meeting Over Toledo Election Board
Secretary of State Thompson asks Charles A. Kloeb to convene the Democratic State Central Committee to decide the Toledo Election Board seat. The Lucas County appointee James A. Bailey was named by an independent Democratic group, while the regular committee had backed John A. Dwyer. A meeting is expected in Columbus on Saturday before May 1.
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Democratic Committee
Toledo
Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Thompson
Charles A. Kloeb
Democratic State Central Committee
James A. Bailey
Lucas County Board of Elections
Independent
John A. Dwyer
Health Conference Called for Northern Ohio Boards
The State Board of Health schedules a conference with township and village boards under 3,000 population in Northern Ohio at Cleveland. Delegates President Palmer and Dr. Probst advance to the Washington event. Sewage petitions for New Philadelphia and Sandusky River were dismissed pending purification plants. Jefferson water supply filtration project approved.
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Ohio
Cleveland
Commercial Tribune
Columbus
State Board of Health
Boards of Health
Palmer
Probst
Conference of State Boards of Health
Washington
New Philadelphia
Tuscarawas River
Sandusky River
Jefferson
Ashtabula County
Colonel William S. H. Warwick Dies in Bronx Home
Colonel William S. H. Warwick dies in his Bronx bed with the Civil War sword he wore as Morgan's Raiders clasped to his heart. The coroner cites infirmities of old age. A Virginia born Confederate veteran turned New York lawyer, he faded after a failed fortune and lived in modest lodgings with his longtime servant Mammy.
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New York
William S. H. Warwick
Bronx
Colonel Warwick
Virginia
Morgan
South
Senator Daniel
Four masked men loot Indiana Club in Hot Springs
Four masked robbers enter the Indiana Club on Central Avenue in Hot Springs, seize a large cash haul estimated between 5000 and 10000 dollars, and lock occupants in a room before escaping through a mountain side window. Guests from nearby hotels were present. no individual reported robbed. House detectives guard the premises.
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Mot Springs
Ark
Indiana Club
Central Avenue
Four Miners Die In Ellsworth Collieries Explosion
Four miners were killed and 100 escaped after a gas explosion at Mine No 1 of Ellsworth Collieries in Ellsworth Pa. Three others were seriously injured. The dead are foreigners. Deputy Mine Inspector Southitt will investigate. Survivors showed calm and escaped despite the blast.
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Pittsburg
Ellsworth
Washington
County
Southitt
Ellsworth Mine Explosion Tied to Sold Property
Cleveland reporters note that Mine No 1 in Ellsworth Pa exploded today. Ellsworth Company officers say the mine is no longer owned by James W Ellsworth Co, having been sold recently to the Lackawanna Steel Co.
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Cleveland, C
James W. Ellsworth & Co
Ellsworth Collieries Company
Ellsworth
Ellsworth Company
Lackawanna Steel Company
Bailroad Grants Targeted for Forfeiture Suits
Washington April 23. The House passed 245 to 0 a Senate joint resolution authorizing the Attorney General to sue the Oregon & California Railroad Co for forfeiture of 2 800 000 acres of land grants in western Oregon. Government claims breaches void rights. House says suits would not harm bona fide homestead buyers. The measure, introduced by Senator Tillman, has passed the Senate.
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Washington
Senate
Oregon & California Railroad Company
Oregon
Tillman
Scotch Distillers Protest Over New York Whisky Shipment
Scotch distillers in London protests after customs in New York detain a shipment of whisky over labeling of coloring matter. They argue the American pure food laws exclude harmless coloring ingredients and have asked the Foreign Office to press the issue. Ambassador Bryce in Washington was informed of the instructions.
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London
New York
Foreign Office
James Bryce
Washington
Boy shoots stepfather in Lexington family tragedy
In Lexington Kentucky on April 23 Samuel Smith, 17, shot and fatally wounded C C Wallace after years of abuse and marital strife. The 22 caliber bullet left Wallace spinally paralyzed. The family had moved to Lexington from Knox ville Tennessee.
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Lexington
Samuel Smith
C. C. Wallace
Wallace
Smith
Knoxville
Tenn
Novel court action in Columbia replevin over wife
In Columbia Tennessee on April 23 W J Riggins a white man replevined his wife Ada Templeton from her parents Magistrate Farriss required a bond twice the value of the property and Riggins valued his wife at 10 dollars with bond set at 20 dollars
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Columbia, Tenn
W. J. Riggins
Ada Templeton
Farriss
Riggins
Lord Nelsons Gavel Gives Evans Honor At Santa Monica
In Los Angeles on April 23 the Atlantic fleet events included a 250 officer automobile parade. Santa Monica Mayor Dudley presented Admiral Evans with a historic Lord Nelson gavel used by Admiral Thomas, accepted by the Commander-in-chief in a gracefull speech.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Santa Monica
Dudley
Admiral Evans
Lord Nelson
Thomas
Evans Enjoys a Good Night at Kurhaus
Palo Robles Springs Cal April 23 Rear Admiral Evans received another good night and his treatment was given at the Kur haus this morning.
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Evans
Palo Robles Hot Springs
Cal
Admiral Evans
Kurhaus
General Linevitch Dies at 68 in St Petersburg
Lieu tenant General Linevitch aid de camp to Emperor Nicholas and commander of the first Manchurian army died of pneumonia in St Petersburg at age 68 after a week of illness. He fought in the Caucasus at 21 and during the Russo Turkish War of 1877 78, later commanding Russian forces in Manchuria from 1904 1905 including Mukden.
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ST. Petersburg
Linevitch
Nicholas
Linovitch
Caucasus
Russia
Kuropatkin
Mukden
Cleveland Sentenced in Bridge Trust Case
William N. Cleveland nephew of Grover Cleveland and junior partner in Huston and Cleveland of Columbus was sentenced by Judge Quail in Lima. Convicted last year, he received a $500 fine and five days in jail.
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Toledo
William N. Cleveland
Grover Cleveland
Huston & Cleveland
Columbus
Quail
Lima
Cleveland
Falls from wagon kill man and injure another in Newton Falls
Leonard Allen aged 77 and Addison Allen of Newton Falls fell from a wagon while diving to their home in Warren on April 23. Both were thrown from the seat when a cuck hole struck. Leonard Allen died at the scene and Addison Allen was severely injured. Willis Craver found them in the highway.
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Commercial Tribune
Warren, O
Leonard Allen
Addison Allen
Newton Falls
Warren
Addison
Willis Craver
Tucker Indicted Again in Mail Fraud Case
In Topeka Kansas on April 23 the Federal Grand Jury returned a third indictment against H H Tucker Jr secretary of the Uncle Sam Oil Co charging use of the mails with intent to defraud. A new 10000 dollar bond is required.
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Topeka
Kan
Federal Grand Jury
H. H. Tucker, Jr
Uncle Sam Oil Company
Tucker
British Indian force mobilizes near Peshawar for punitive Mohmand raid
A mixed British Indian force is being rapidly mobilized near Peshawar to crush Mohmand and Zakkakhel raids on border villages. Thousands of Afghans are reported crossing the Kabul River to join the insurgents, while Sir James Willcocks leads the new expedition.
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Simla
Peshawar
Kopat
Kabul
Ameer
Afghanistan
James Wilcocks
Zakkakhel
French Column Demonstrates in Ainchair Region
General Vigy commands 4 500 troops of the Second Brigade of Algerian Infantry in a demonstration in Ainchair Algeria aimed at suppressing anti French fanaticism among Berber and Eastern Moorish tribes.
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Columb Bechar
Algeria
Vigy
Ainchair
Rebellion in Central Annam Provinces Against Local Mandarin
Natives in the Central Annam provinces rise in rebellion against the local Mandarin over abuses by the official, sparking civil unrest in Cochin China.
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Saigon
Cochin China
Annam
Supreme Court Upholds Local Option Law in Lipsey Case
Springfield April 23 The Supreme Court ruled in Ralph Lipsey habeas corpus that neither Judge McEwen nor any judge could review after the high court has spoken and ordered Lipsey sent to prison. The decision affects three local option elections where 36 counties voted dry under current law. The court says US stamp proves liquor sales. noticeless elections could be invalid but do not void the act. It allows districts and states that voters ban liquor so villages within cannot sell. Medicinal liquor sales by druggists are not saloon business.
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Springfield
Ill
Supreme Court
Ralph Lipsey
McEwen
Chicago
Lipsey
United States
Lipsey case blocks Cooke habeas corpus release
Prominent Chicago attorneys say the Lipsey decision creates a new obstacle to a possible release of John A. Cooke, convicted Court Clerk, via habeas corpus. The cases are described as strikingly similar.
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Chicago
Lipsey
John A. Cooke
Ohioan slave survivor Johnson Crowder dies at 100 in Piqua
Piqua Ohio April 23 Johnson Crowder aged 100 the oldest of the Randolph slaves and a survivor who sued for land in Mercer and nearby counties saying it was promised by his master to free them. He came to Ohio in 1846 with the Randolph group.
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Piqua, O
Johnson Crowder
Randolph
Crowder
Ohio
Mercer
Protest From Congressmen Over Paper Trust Probe
Telegrams from Representatives Bannon and other Ohio lawmakers press the Stevens bill and demand a full House vote. The Special Paper Trust Committee prepares hearings on print paper extortion, with hearings likely after reviewing census data. Speaker Cannon says the inquiry will be impartial and may compel testimony from publishers or the Associated Press.
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Commercial Tribune
Munsey Building
Washineton
D. C
Washington
Bannon
Ohio
Special Paper Trust
Congress
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Cannon, Payne
Dalzell
Stevens
House
United States
Williams
Cannons
Cannon
James R. Mann
Illinois
Publishers’ Association
Associated Press
Indiana to sue brewing firms over saloon ties across state
Indiana Attorney General James Bingham plans to file suits within ten days against more than twenty brewing companies accused of running retail liquor operations and controlling saloons. He seeks to enjoin violations, revoke charters, and appoint receivers, potentially shutting down about 3,500 brewery owned saloons and removing many breweries from the state.
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Indianapolis
James Bingham
Obituary notes honor Navy commander York Noel and three notable deaths
Commander York Noel of the U S Navy died at the New York Navy Yard after a Spanish War era command of the Marblehead. He was slated for promotion to Captain at midnight. Also reported: Mary McGhee Snell Hall, evangelist, died in Tala farrias Texas. Charles Drinkwater, Canadian Pacific Railway executive, died in Montreal. Andrew Comstock, president of the Cincinnati and Portsmouth Railroad, died in Detroit at 69.
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York Noel
United States Navy
New York Navy Yard
Marblehead
Noel
Pennsylvania
Mary M’ghee Snell Hall
Talafarrias
Texas
Columbus
Miss
Charles Drinkwater
Canadian Pacific Railway
Montreal
Canada
Andrew Comstock
Cincinnati & Portsmouth Railroad
Detroit
Mich
Earthquakes Hit Tortosa In Medium Night Shocks
The seis mograph at the Ebro Observatory recorded shocks from midnight to 1 am in Tortosa Spain. The center of the disturbance is estimated to have been about 8 000 miles distant.
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Tortosa
Spain
Ebro Observatory
English Statesman With Scandal Kept From Office
The World reports Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke as the foremost Liberal of England, sidelined from the premiership by a scandal. It contrasts him with Asquith and notes Dilke's intellect, international respect, and public service despite public scrutiny.
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Asquith
England
Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke
Charles Dilke
Duke of
Chicane
Devonshire
Dilke
Duke of Devonshire
Gambler Hanged by Mob at Skidoo Nevada Camp
A mob in Skidoo California overpowered guards and hanged Joseph Simpson, a gambler who shot and killed James Arnold last Sunday. Simpson had threatened Cashier Dobbs of the Southern California Bank and had a troubled record. Arnold, the former Justice of the Peace, had helped prosecute Simpson previously.
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Skidoo
California
Here
Joseph Simpson
James Arnold
Simpson
Dobbs
Southern California
Arnold
Boy in Cathedral Pulpit Marks Diocese Anniversary
On the diocese centennial celebration in Philadelphia a layman boy spoke from the cathedral pulpit for the first time. James Charles Devers of Boys' Catholic High School delivered an address praising Archbishop Ryan and his work in education.
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Philadelphia
James Charles Devers
Catholic High School
Ryan
Tawny Injuries Cause Lawmaker to Miss Capitol Week
Washington April 23 Representative Tawney of Minnesota remained in his hotel due to a street car accident on the Pennsylvania avenue line. He suffered pain and may not return to the Capitol this week. Private secretary B F Oden of Representative Flood Virginia is also homebound. Tawney’s absence delays the House Appropriations Committee which postponed the sundry civil bill carrying over 100000000 until Saturday.
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Washington
Representative Tawney
Minnesota
Pennsylvania Avenue
Capital Traction Company
Capitol
B. F.oden
Flood
Virginia
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