Changes Purely Political Says General Payne
Postmaster General Payne calls Tulloch charges purely political and not related to current administration. He says the inquiry will focus on service improvements and rejects digging into past administrations. State Department declines to pursue damages for Miss Stone, citing lack of formal complaint and safety of abductees.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Payne
Post Office Department
Khown
Heath
New York
Abner McKinley
McKinley
Republican National Committee
Hanna
Bliss
Manley
Scott
National Committee
E. C C. Madden
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Merritt
Tulloch
Clue in Poisoning of Murderer McCarty
Lexington May 17 The poisoning of William McCarty in the County Jail will be resumed tomorrow morning at 3 o clock before County Judge Bullock. Detectives expect a witness statement by Monday. Brain and stomach analysis at the State College is underway and to be completed Monday by Prof. J H Kastle.
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Commercial Tribune
Lexington
William McCarty
Bullock
McCarty
State College
J. H. Kastle
Davis Located at Galveston Amid Missing University Clerk Mystery
William Henry Davis Jr., Clerk of the University Trustees, is found in a private sanitarium in Galveston Texas. Telegrams reached his wife and relatives, easing fears after a weeklong disappearance sparked rumors of self harm or foul play. An auditor’s probe found a $1560 discrepancy tied to private papers, with bonds intact. Relatives plan to bring him home.
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William Henry Davis, Jr
Board of University Trustees
Emmet's Trial to Be Imitated at Columbus Auditorium
A staged recreation of Robert Emmet's trial will unfold September 19 and 20 in Columbus Ohio to mark the 100th anniversary of his trial conviction and execution. Irish Nationalists will sponsor the event with 25 000 visitors expected and excursions planned from across the country. Noted Irish lawyers will participate and a detailed courtroom set will be built on the auditorium stage.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Robert Emmet
Emmet
George Sweeney
Jas. B. Bophy
Cincinnati
A. B. McGrath
Cleveland
Philip Hagen
Youngstown
M. J. Barry
M. E. Langen
Yeager Murder Mystery Sees No New Leads In Indiana
In Kokomo Indiana the Yeager murder case shows no new developments after a week. Police still pursue the strange woman lead as three men Logan Ingles Frank and William Eades remain under bonds of 3000 each and a May 22 preliminary hearing is set. More blood stains tied to the witnesses account at 1 am Monday. County commissioners will seek a 1000 reward for the killer and the inquest will resume Tuesday.
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Commercial Tribune
Kokomo
Ind
Logan Ingles
Frank
William Eades
Yeager
Wedding Unites Lovers Despite Family Opposition in Lexington
Harry D. Parsons of Meridian Mississippi and Miss Kitty Waters of Jessamine County eloped to Lexington and wed at Central Christian Church. Parsons, a Knights of Pythias leader, and Waters faced repeated family opposition yet married after a brief courtship.
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Commercial Tribune
Lexington
Harry D. Parsons
Meridian
Miss
Kitty Waters
Jessamine County
I. J. Meer
Central Christian Church
Knights of Pythias of
Louisiana
Supreme Lodge
Divorces Sought Over Utopian Investor Flings
Walter Vrooman founder of the People's Trust and Western Co operative Company faces a divorce suit in Trenton Missouri from wife Anne Graffith Vrooman heiress of Baltimore who provided 250000 for his ventures. She accuses him of infidelity as his Trenton school moved to Chicago amid failed holdings and investor relief.
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Kansas City, Mo
Walter Vrooman
People’s Trust
Western Co-operative Company
Trenton
Ruskin College
People's Trust and Western Co-operative Company
Kansas City
Vrooman
Chicago
How Overton and Noyes Met Death in Mindanao
Manila report details Captain Clough Overton of the Fifteenth Cavalry and Private Harry Noyes killed May 15 at Sucatlan Mindanao while guarding insurgent prisoners. Private Hartlow wounded. Lieutenant Cameron pursued Flores after. Overton criticized for guarding fifty with three men. no Moros involved.
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Manila
Clough Overton
Fifteenth Cavalry
Harry Noyes
Sucatlan
Mindanao
Hartlow
Overton
Fifteenth
Department of
Misamis
Flores
Sucatian
Cameron
Holt
Boises
Misamis Mountains
Change in Friar Situation Moves Filipino Clergy
Rome reports a shift in the Philippines as Spanish friars seek departure after U S rule. Mer Guidi notes schism led by Bishop Aglipay and a Vatican petition from Filipinos to stop friar exodus. About 400 friars would abandon 6 million Catholics without clergy in the islands.
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Rome
Philippine Islands
United States
Vatican
Philippines
Mer. Guidi
Aglipay
Jews Forbidden to Defend Themselves In Kishineff
In Kishineff three thousand damages suits against the State seek 1.5 million dollars. A ministerial circular forbids Jews to defend themselves, prompting fears of increased emigration to America as officials take part in proceedings.
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America
Kishineff
Russian Interior Minister warned of Kishineff riots
The Times publishes a confidential despatch from March 25 1903 by V Plehve to the Governor of Bessarabia warning of planned anti Jewish disturbances in Kishineff and urging suppression without arms. The Times condemns the document in a leading article.
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London
the Times
Bessarabia
Kishineff
See of the Interior
V. Plehve
The
Times
Forty Peasants Shot at Krisewachlich
Vienna reports from Sissek Croatia confirm clashes between peasants and the army in Krisewachsich. Forty peasants shot, authorities isolate the village to curb news. Kreuz also hit by riots, telegraphic cutoff at Kreuz, and arrests said to be sweeping across Agram and other cities.
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Vienna
Sissek
Croatia
Krisewachsich
Kreuz
Agram
3000 People Take Up the Cause of the Jews
Three thousand attended an afternoon meeting at the Academy of Music in Baltimore to back victims of Russian anti Jewish outrages. Leaders and lawmakers spoke, and letters of sympathy from officials and church leaders were read urging U S action to stop Kishineff massacres.
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Baltimore
Academy of Music
Russia
Fabian Franklin
Baltimore Evening News
William Pinkney Whyte
John Y. Lindsay
Hayes
Roger W. Cull
Dean Greenbaum
John Walter Smith
United States
McComas
Isador Raynor
Simon Wolf
Kishineff
Daniel C. Gilman
Carnegie Institute
Cardinal Gibbons
Harry Friedenwald
Sir
Legion
Wife of Elks leader involved in confrontation at station
Council Bluffs Ia May 17 Furious at alleged attentions of her husband George B Cronk Grand Exalted Ruler of the Elks to Cora Lathrop Patterson the divorced wife of a Richmond tobacco heir Mrs Cronk clashed with Mrs Patterson on the Northwestern Station platform in Council Bluffs in the presence of a large crowd. The fight ended when friends intervened and Cronk and his wife left separately for Chicago and Omaha respectively. Patterson is a Virginia social figure who secured a divorce in Omaha last fall.
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Commercial Tribune
Council Bluffs
George B. Cronk
the Elks
Cora Lathrop Patterson
Richmond
Cronk
Patterson
Northwestern Station
Pullman
Omaha
Mr. Cronk
Chicago
Paterson
Illinois
Salt Lake
Lathrops
Call for U S Action Over Russian Jewish Atrocities
A appeal urges the United States to influence the Russian Government to halt inhumanities and asks Congress to protest the outrages endured by Jews in Russia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Congress
Russia
Mass Casualty Report From Kishinoff Jewish Incident
Odessa report cites interior ministry circular on Kishinoff event: seventy four fatally hurt and three hundred fifty seriously hurt, seven hundred Hebrew homes wrecked, six hundred shops robbed, three hundred fifty plus lightly injured. Thomas E. Heenan US Consul at Odessa.
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Commercial Tribune
Odessa
Russia
Kishinoff
Minister of the Interior
Korty
Thomas E. Heenan
United States
Imposter Exposed In Kishineff Tale By Jewish World
New York May 17 Jacob Friedman famed for Kishineff massacre stories is revealed as a rank imposter. The Jewish World exposes him this morning.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Jacob Friedman
America
Both Took Acid But Girl Lives
In Combersville Indiana on May 17 Van Moore aged 33 a carriage maker and Miss Clara Sherwood aged 23 daughter of a saloon keeper were walking together. About 2 pm Miss Sherwood was found in a grove suffering carbolic acid poisoning and said Moore was dead. Moore left a widow and a two week old baby. Miss Sherwood was returned home and will live.
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Commercial Tribune
Combersville
Ind
van Moore
Clara Sherwood
John Sherwood
Roosevelt and party encamped in Bridal Veil grove Yosemite
President Roosevelt John Muir and Rangers Leidig and Leonard rest beside Bridal Veil Falls after a day touring Vernal Falls and Happy Isles. He calls the day the one he will always remember and recalls a snowy Glacier Point night with appreciation for nature.
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Yosemite
Cal
Roosevelt
John Muir
Leidig
Leonard
the Merced
Gidder Point
Vernal Falls
Nevada
Glacier Point
American Federation of Musicians Convenes in Indianapolis
In Indianapolis on May 17 the annual convention of the American Federation of Musicians opens with 180 delegates expected. The major issue is admitting the Musicians' Mutual Protective Order of New York with 2,500 members and other Eastern associations. World’s Fair officials pledged fair representation at the exposition. the Executive Board met to hear grievances and complaints.
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Indianapolis
American Federation of Musicians
Musicians’ Mutual Protective Order
New York
Lightning Strikes Illinois Church as Services Continue
Lightning hit the Rockton Methodist Church in Illinois during services. Three people suffered serious burns and clothing was torn from their bodies, though all are expected to recover. The bolt struck a chandelier. the church itself remained undamaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beloit
Wis
Rockton
Ill
Murder story grips Lena region as posse hunts killer
Terrified community of Lena near Greencastle and Terre Haute searches for a murderer after Mrs. Hauck Stewart was assaulted at her home near the Big Four. A bloodied four foot hickory club was found, five suspects are jailed, and a colored man seen near the scene is being traced along with three foreigners who rode the Big Four line.
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Commercial Tribune
Terre Haute
Ind
Hauck Stewart
Big Four
Lena
Stewart
Greencastle
Coal Bluff
Electric current boosts vegetables growth says Brackenridge
John C Brackenridge chief engineer of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company augments his Richmond Hill garden with electricity to stimulate vegetables. He reports repeated prizes for size and quality as he uses underground currents to invigorate roots and speed growth.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
John C. Brackenridge
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
Richmond Hill
8. S
Scandals Alleged in P O Investigation Spark New Turmoil
Washington banking on Tulloch charges detail irregularities in Post Office spending under a new administration. Cashier Seymour W. Tulloch alleges improper vouchers and forced payments by Rathbone Neely Livingston and others, including travel and furniture bills, with claims of favoritism and coverups.
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Washington
Seymour W. Tulloch
Washington City
Tulloch
Payne
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State Department
Miss Stone
Otto Carmichael
M. Stone
Department
Sofia
Mme. Tilska
M’carty
DAVIS
Galveston
Texas
Ceived
Tive
Uni
Cer
Tain
Tral Trust Deposit
Sam Davis
H. D. Parson
Miss Waters
Noyes
Petersburg
ST. Petersburg
von Rouben
Kishkreff
St. Peters
Burg
Krisewachlich
Wife OF the Elks
American Musicians IN Convention
P. O
Rathbone
Neely
Spectors
Washington City Postoffice
Postoffice Department
Washington Postoffice
Shephard
George W. Beavers
J. Holt Livingston
George
Rathbone and Neely
Livingston
Porto Rico
M. D. Helm
Cuba
Rathbore
Flivingston
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