Vendetta Flares In Clay Home Shootout In Lexington
Gen Cassius Marcellus Clay and a small bodyguard clash with Sheriff Colyer and deputies at his Lexington estate while attempting to serve a writ of delivery on his daughter. Gunfire erupts. Clay reportedly wounded. he barricades himself inside guarded by loyal servants.
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Lexington
Cassius Marcellus Clay
United States
Russia
Mary Bb. Clay
Clay W
Thes
Clay
Bud Literell
Jim Bolin
Colver
Verrill
Frank Mason
Madison County
White Tall
Colyer
Culver
Gen
Celyer
Gen. Clay
Jie
Dora
Riley Brock
Mwan
Toune
Trouble with Gen Clay ends failed papers delivery
Sheriff Colyer and deputies left Gen Clay in his den after retreating to the yard. A Negro boy was sent to fetch the general unarmed, but he did not appear. Colyer will wait till Monday to attempt serving the papers. The narrative recalls Dora Richardson and Mrs Mary B Clay as linked figures in past family disputes over property and claims.
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Gen. Clay
Rail Road Combination Rumors Spread Across Nation
Reports claim a vast consolidation plan uniting U S railways under one New Jersey holding company to oversee major lines while preserving individual identities. Proposed first steps include acquiring control of the Chicago Burlington and Quincy Erie Great Northern and Northern Pacific with Morgan linked talks across Cincinnati and New York circles.
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New York
United States
New Jersey
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Erie
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Cincinnati
J. Pierpont Morgan
Southern Railway
Hamilton & Dayton
Chicago, Indianapolis
Louisville
Cincinnati Southern
Fire Destroys Major Detroit Radiator Plant
A large American Radiator Co plant outside Detroit city limits burned, destroying the warehouse pattern shop and machine shop after about two hours. Loss is estimated at 150600, insured in full. 506 to 600 workers may lose temp jobs. foundry spared. Cause unknown, fire started in the warehouse. Detroit fire department aided but limited facilities. Radiator combine HQ is in Chicago.
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Detroit
Mich
American Radiator Co
Belt Line
Frederick W. Hodges
Detroit Fire Department
Radiator Combine
Chicago
Danish West Indies Sale Quietly Pressed by U S Pressure
Copenhagen correspondent reports the sale of the Danish West Indies has reached a serious point. Washington is understood to be inclined to take umbrage at Denmark’s hesitation to accept the American offer. The United States stance is described as almost menacing, while Denmark enjoys the moral support of European powers.
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London
Doings in the Hoosier State Dispute Orchestrates Idle Mines
In Linton Indiana on April 6 three of thirteen local unions rejected the Terre Haute Coal Operators Association and United Mine Workers agreement over a clause forcing miners to buy powder from operators only. A mass miners meeting is planned for Saturday where President Van Horn may resign. Fifteen hundred miners are idle and a strike appears near.
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Linton
Ind
Coal Operators’ Association
United Mine Workers
Terre Haute
van Horn
Rough Purdue Student Fight Sparks Chapel Scuffle
In Lafayette Indiana on April 6 the college chapel saw a brutal clash as sophomores clashed with freshmen after a Thursday proclamation. President Stone and faculty were knocked down as seven students were suspended including Nebel the football star.
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Lafayette
Ind
Purdue
College Chapel
Stone
Nebel
Death by own action or accident in Columbian City
Frea Ward a 12 year old boy eight miles west of Columbian City reportedly hanged himself in his parents barn Friday afternoon. He disappeared about 10 o clock and about an hour later his mother found the body suspended with a rope around the neck. Coroner C S Williams believes the death may have been self inflicted or accidental while at play.
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Columbian City
Ind
Frea Ward
Williams
Former Cincinnati newspaperman secreted penitentary work
Michigan City April 6 Jesse Webb ex Cincinnati reporter sentenced to the penitentiary for forgery and theft is now at the penitentiary shirt factory running a sewing machine. He led a crooked life for years, caught in a Cincinnati burglary and escaped until his Indianapolis commission. He robbed letters of employees for nearly two years. He had previously worked on mooning papers in Cincinnati.
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Michigan City
Ind
Jesse Webb
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
Weld
Montgomery coal miners walk off over scale talks at Nooley mines
Washington Ind April 6 three hundred miners at the Nooley mines Petersburg went out Thursday after the company refused to provide men to clean fallen slate work stopped Friday morning pending the scale negotiations outcome.
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Washington
Ind
Montgomery
Nooley
Petersburg
Davis Captured Near Muncie in Theft and Murder Plot
John Davis a man with a long criminal record from petit larceny to attempted murder was captured near Muncie by Detective Fletcher. He faces charges of committing various thefts in Indiana and Ohio over several months.
Backbone of the Strike Broken in Muncie
Owing to builders ignoring alliance members and allowing non alliance carpenters to work, the backbone of the strike has been broken in Muncie Indiana.
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Muncie
Ind
Contractors Alliance
Taika Arrested in Embezzlement Case From Patterson
Joseph Taika was arrested in Muncie Indiana on Friday afternoon on a charge of embezzlement in Patterson New Jersey. He says a large amount of money charged to him was to be paid by others but they went into bankruptcy.
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Muncie
Ind
Joseph Taika
Paterson
N. J
Will Defy the Law
Dr. W. McGuire secretary of the board of health says he will defy a new law allowing a child to attend school despite a contagious disease at home. The remark came in an interview in Frankfort Indiana on Friday April 6.
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Frankfort
Ind
W. McGuire
The
Board of Health
Russia's Manchuria Note Warmly Received by U S
Washington reports a Russian note on Manchuria that eases tensions and pledges a peaceful path. Officials say it averts a crisis, aligns Russia with other powers, and echoes Secretary Hay's March 11 note. The communication lacks direct Russian comment and details remain unofficial.
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Russia
Europe
Manchuria
Nussia
Washington
Hay
United States
China
St. Petersburg
Two Brothers Die in Sawmill Boiler Explosion
In Nevada Missouri on April 6 two brothers named George and James Todd were killed when a boiler exploded at a sawmill near Ketterman in the county. The men were working near the boiler at the time of the blast.
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Nevada
George
James Todd
Ketterman
Red Cross Medal Presented by Lord Kitchener in Johannesburg
In Johannesburg on April 6 Lord Kitchener awarded the Red Cross medal to Madame Ferriers head of the French ambulance detachment for her services to the British wounded in the conflict.
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Johannesburg
Lord Kitchener
Red Cross
Madame Ferriers
Milwaukee Cruiser Contract Awarded to Union Iron Works
The Navy Department awarded the contract to build the 23 knot protected cruiser Milwaukee to Union Iron Works of San Francisco for $2,825,000.
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Washington
Navy Department
Milwaukee
Union Iron Works of
San Francisco
Rhein sets passenger record at New York port
The steamship Rhein arriving from Bremen carried 2,502 passengers with 400 crew, breaking the prior record. Only 53 of the travelers were in cabin class while 2,449 steerage passengers disembarked at Ellis Island. Third class totals thus surpass previous records, surpassing 2,200.
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New York
Rhein
Bremen
Ellis Island
British workers to study US tool trade methods
After Pointers London reports iron manufacturers in Manchester will send a selected group of British workers to the United States to study American practices in the automatic tool trade. They will visit New England Philadelphia Cleveland Cincinnati Chicago and other steel centers to persuade workers of the need for improved methods to keep their world market share.
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London
Manchester
United States
New England
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Chicago
Post Office Likely to Permit Summer Coatless Carriers
Washington reports an imminent plan to let letter carriers shed coats on their rounds in hot weather. The postmaster general is expected to issue orders authorizing gray blouses with mandarin collars and black ties, adjusting rules to fit summer conditions.
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Seevere
Washington
Mine Strike Ends Near St Clair County
Springfield July April 6 The strike at Muren's mine in St Clair county ended as operators agreed to retain two top men they were about to discharge.
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Springfield
Muren
St. Clair County
Killing Result of a Family Dispute in Nacogdoches
Nacogdoches Tex April 6 William Hardin shot and killed his brother John after a trivial dispute. Police investigated and reported the fatal shooting occurred in the family home.
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Nacogdoches,Tex
Hardin
John
Gainsborough Portrait Returns After Long Heist
The Gainsborough portrait known as the Electioneering Duchess of Devonshire was stolen in 1876 by two American crooks who cut it from its frame and hid it in a false bottom trunk. It eluded detectives until its recovery to London after identities and rewards surfaced including the Pinkertons.
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Chicago
Gainsborough
Duchess” of Devonshire
Agnew
London
Pinkertons
Pinkerton
Five Inch Naval Guns Achieve Record Muzzle Energy
The first five inch gun of the Denver class was tested at Indian Head proving grounds. A 60 pound projectile with a 26 pound charge reached 2,990 feet per second, 3,724 foot tons energy, 65 percent more than prior models, and could pierce seven inches Krupp armor at the muzzle and five inches at 2000 yards.
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Washington
Indian Head Plaving
Col Robert Wallace Dies After Prolonged Illness
Col Robert Wallace is dead at his sister Mrs Alexander Elliott’s home in Jersey City after a long illness. Born in Masten Pennsylvania eighty years ago he served as a captain in the Mexican war and was made colonel of a western regiment in the Civil War. He later lived in Washington state. Interment will be at Mauch Chunk Pennsylvania.
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New York
Col
Robert Wallace
Alexander Elliott
Jersey City
Col. Wallace
Masten
Washington
Mauch Chunk
Postal swindler nabbed after misusing mails in Tennessee
Chattanooga reporter says Paul F. Williams, chief post office inspector, caused the arrest of J. D. Snoddy at McKenzie on charges of using the United States mails for swindling. Snoddy advertised sending $50 in counterfeit money for $1, and enclosures were sent in response, but no payment was received.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Paul F. Williams
Post Office
J.D. Snoddy
McKenzie
United States
Snoddy
Tragedy in North Dakota: teen shoots siblings amid mystery
In Grand Forks on April 6 Chas Beecher, 16, shot his sister 10 and brother 6. The sister died, the brother is dying, and the youth disappeared. Accidental or not remains uncertain as several children were nearby. Also, Maria Henderson dies at 101 in Quincy Illinois.
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Grand Forks
N. D
Chas, Beecher
Traill County
Quincy, TL
Maria Henderson
Tennessee
Bondsmen Held Liable in Andrews Treasurer Case
Huntington Ind April 6 The bondsmen of Lesser Long former treasurer of Andrews have been held liable for defalcations totaling 2210 50 with interest dating back to 1894 in a local accountability matter.
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Huntington
Ind
Lesser Long
Andrews
Kelly Appointed Captain By Indianapolis Nine
Indianapolis April 6 Manager Watkins Friday released pitcher Potter of Greensburg catcher Cummings and infielder Smith and appointed Mike Kelly as captain of the Indianapolis nine. Knox Accepts Washington April 6 When the cabinet met President McKinley announced that Mr P C Knox of Pittsburgh has accepted the attorney generalship which was offered him last week.
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Paris
Senor DeCastro
M. Delcasse
France
Venezuela
Kelly
Indianapolis
Ind
Watkins Friday
Potter
Greensburg
Cummings
Smith
Mike Kelly
Washington
McKinley
P. C. Knox
Pittsburgh
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