Past and Present Telegraphic Summary of Global Affairs
A garbled telegraphic digest reports Hondurns-Nicaragua defeating Honduran and Salvadorean forces while the U S considers German actions in the region. It cites Moroerco-Prance seizing Oneida to press French claims, unsettled Persian internal strife, and riotous Rountania peasants threatening Bucharest. A separate local crime note mentions a woman in Akron, identified as Mrs. Theamnhith, who hanged herself after an alleged attempted rescue, with prior inconclusive signs of insanity.
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Nicaragua
Turkey
United States
Germany
Moroerco—Prance
Oneida
Persia
Bucharest
Esopitak
Caporre
Venezuela
Castors
Mere
James
Akron
Obie
Heben
Gered
Pepe
Stee
Wren
Busta
Pemiphill
Heaven
Postmaster General DeGraw Upholds Rural Route Tax Signs
In a Washington decision Fourth Assistant Postmaster General DeGraw demands strict adherence to rules requiring taxes on rural routes to be erected by the roadside for carrier access. The ruling warns noncompliance may lead to discontinuation of rural mail delivery.
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Washington
DeGraw
New York Central Tendered in Court Case
In a courtroom action, New York Central Railway faced charges in a second degree case. Ira McCormack, general superintendent, and Alfred H. Sait, vice president, appeared as officers of the railway company in the proceedings. The Brewster wreck division controversy was also referenced in the background of the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fidicthohisa
Titushiehter
New York City
New Yoo Central Railway
Ira McCormnck
Goeral
View
Brewster Wreca Contine
Explosion at Railway Depot Kills Two, Injures Several
A blast near a Southern railway depot fatally injures one person and severely injures another while several bystanders, both white and Black, are reported wounded. Authorities investigate the cause of the explosion at the fredeht car standing nearby.
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Fregent
Assassination of Journalist Jollis in Moscow
Journalist Sista for Jollis editor of the Russki Vie-Temeshi was killed in Moscow by an unknown youth firing a revolver as he left his residence. The killer escaped. Dr. Jollis served in the lower house of the first Hirsi Parliament.
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For. Jollis
Russki Vie- Temeshi
Moscow
Russia
Dr. Jollis
Train wreck at Carlton Minnesota kills two crew
A Northern Pacific passenger train derailed at Carlton Minnesota. The engine mail and combination cars left the rails. The engineer and fireman were killed and several passengers injured.
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Northern Pacific
Carlton
Minn
Naval Accident in Cherbourg Wounds Many
A boiler explosion on a torpedo boat at Cherbourg arsenal France injures several and causes multiple casualties. In Philadelphia an automobile blast at Broad and Vine streets fatally injures two and seriously hurts three others.
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Cherbourg
France
Arsenal
Broad and Vine Streets
Philadelphia
Fire devastates Elizabeth City business district
A disastrous blaze swept the business portion of Elizabeth City North Carolina causing an estimated loss of 400000 dollars.
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Elizabeth City
N. C
Ex Senator Burton Free After Six Month Jail Term
Joseph Ralph Burton former United States Senator from Kansas is released from Trenton Missouri county jail after serving six months for appearing before a government department as a paid representative of a St Louis get rich quick scheme. A $2500 fine remains civilly due and may bill Burton. He declares his innocence and announces plans to publish a newspaper while continuing public work.
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Kansas
Joseph Ralph Burton
United States
Trenton
St. Louis
Burton
Ironton
Nin
Cave
Abilene Brin
Innocent
Oma Fife
Three Churches Unite in Protestant Union
Delegates from Congregational United Brethren and Methodist Protestant denominations met in Chicago to form The Five Churches, a union expected to reach nearly 1,000,000 members and rank among the country’s largest Protestant bodies. The merger will roll out gradually with separate councils until full consolidation, while missionary work and youth societies will operate jointly.
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Congregational
United Brethren
Chicago
Caimnete
Cuba Costs U S 2 5 Million to End Revolt
War Department figures show U S expenditures for pacification in Cuba total about 2 5 million with the navy making no extra charges and the marine corps billing for organizing a brigade to aid in keeping peace Congress authorized collection from Cuba as available.
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War Department
United States
Cubs
Navy
Marine Corps
Cuba
Congress
Court martial exonerates Penrose but holds colored troops
Senate military committee in Washington receives a War Department copy referring to Major Penrose court martial. The report notes exoneration of Penrose while implicating the twenty-second infantry and other colored soldiers in the case.
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Penrose
Senate Committee On Military of
Washington
Electan Fren Reig
McCuskesy
Pexas
Theater Fire Triggers Panic. 24 Injured in Greenefield
A theater fire in Greenefield causes 24 injuries as a gas explosion shakes a two story building. About 20 people inside at the time rush for exits, trampling one another amid the chaos.
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Crreenfield
Othe Shearer
Dewey Leaves Gift House in Rhode Island Avenue
Admin George Dewey and his wife depart their Rhode Island Avenue dwelling in Washington. The home, presented by the American people for future residence at THO Ko street, once belonged to Mrs Dewey before her marriage and will reportedly be leased furnished.
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Dewey
George Dewey
Rhode Island Avenue
Washington
Tho
Ko Street
Explosion Unlocks Gas Flow at Green River Plant
The Western Alkali Company reports its ail plant at Green River Wyoming was wrecked by a natural gas explosion. The blast released a gas flow that is being considered for commercial use. Officials say the gas likely escaped through a newly opened fissure in a well.
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Western Alkali Company
Green River
Wyo
Dying Woman Fires at Husband in Cleve land
Mrs. Charles Avery of Cleveland shot her husband twice with a revolver believing she had three days to live from cancer. Her action ended in fatal injuries, as she feared dying and leaving him.
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Charles Avery
Cleveland
Avery
Stocks Slump in New York Market as April Payouts Loom
Stocks fell to year’s lows in New York trading as investors prepared for record April interest and dividend disbursements by corporations. The downturn reflected broad weakness across sectors and heightened caution ahead of the payout season.
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New York
WIVES AS PREMIUMS PROMISE DRAW ON FARM HANDS
Daniel Kindred, a prosperous South Dakota farmer near the Missouri River forty miles from Terre Haute, offered that farm workers who did satisfactory work could win one of his four daughters. The first successful recruit married Miss Daisy Kindred after installing irrigation, a fish pond, and home improvements. A second worker later installed a motor and lighting, winning the heart of another daughter as plans for marriage proceed.
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Daniel Kindred
South Dakota
Kinedred
Bass
Kindred
Daisy Kindred
Tie
Missouri River
Terre
S. 7H
Ma Ninedred
Morton Salt Block Fire Blazes In Hutchinson Kansas
Fire at the Morton Salt block in Hutchinson destroys the large plant owned chiefly by Jay and Paul Morton. Estimated loss reaches 500000 as a coal lamp explosion ignites crude oil and fuels spread from the boiler room to other sections.
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Jay
Paul Morton
Hutchinson
Kan
Morton
Jay Morton
The
Nuyvy
Joss
Work of Train Wreckers Blamed for Pennsylvania Flyer Crash
A Chicago Limited on the Pennsylvania railway at Stewart South, started early Friday, plunged off the track after being ditched by alleged train wreckers. No. 23 was traveling toward Chicago at about 35 mph when five coaches derailed and one car burned. Nearly twenty passengers were injured.
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Pennsylvania Flyer
Pennsylvania Railway
Stewart
Chicago
Pssengers
Skidoo Pa Seeks New Town Name Change
Citizens of Skidoo in Ventago county Pennsylvania petition the Post Office Department for a new town name. The community, once Cherry Tree, has operated under the title Skidoo since the last tall year, but the change to Skidoo has not proven satisfactory. The postmaster and local officials are involved in the request.
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Skidoo
Namie
Ventago County
Postoffice Department
Prousthce
Cherrytree
Gasoline Prices Raised by Standard Oil Company
Standard Oil Company increases all grades of gasoline by 14 cents per gallon citing rising costs of cooperage and barrel materials. The move affects refined and unrefined products nationwide as officials explain the need to cover higher production expenses.
Carnegie gift boosts Oberlin Library and endowment
Andrew Carnegie adds 25000 dollars to Oberlin College for the Carnegie library in Oberlin Ohio joining a prior gift of 125000 dollars. Willis James of New York City contributes 40000 dollars for a chair of practical theology at Oberlin College.
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Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie Library
Oberlin
Ohio
Murdered man found north of Phoenix in Arizona
The body of John Leicht, a former resident of Sheboygan Wisconsin, was found eight miles north of Phoenix. Authorities believe he was murdered and are seeking the companion last seen with him to determine his whereabouts.
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Arizona
John Leicht
Sheboygan
Wis
Phoenix
Ariz
Leicht
Woman's Corpse Unclaimed in Boston Lodging House
The body of Mrs. Theodore Weigan a Chicago dressmaker who died from an accidental fall from a third story window at a Boston lodging house is unclaimed. The city will bury her and take the $82.05 she had in a bank to cover expenses.
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Theodore Weigan
Chicago
Boston
Bible Trust Operating Moves to Suppress Small Missions
An international Bible society alliance claims to use the same tactics as oil and sugar monopolies to enforce control. Smaller groups distributing scriptures are being compelled to cease operations or be reconciled.
Buried Alive in a Well Near St Paul
Ernest Adams a 44 year old contractor was buried by a cave in four miles outside St Paul Minnesota. He was rescued the next day at 4 30 pm with only a scalp bruise and slight discomfort. He wedged a plank to keep earth from crushing him and was found sitting astride a plank with air space below.
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Ernest Adams
Fia
St. Paul
Minn
Wealthy Kansas City Contractor Found in Illinois Insane Asylum
Eight years after vanishing from his Kansas City home in 1909 William T. Church, a wealthy contractor, was located at the Dunning insane asylum near Chicago. Detectives Grandpre and Wertheimer traced him to 140 Green Street and later Desplaines Street Police, verifying his identity and notifying relatives. His family plans to bring him home after a suspected dissociative episode.
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Kansas City
William T. Church
Kansas Citys
Dunning Insane Asylum
Chicago
Chareh
Grandpre
Wertheimer
Central Stations
Green Street
Desplaines Street
Inecone Asylia
Chaeets
Fran Lente
Jie
Ciue
Iis
Hone
Heaviest U S Youth Elmere Sheppard Dies in Wisconsin
Appleton Wisconsin reports the death of Elmere Sheppard known as Big Ene the heaviest man in the United States. At 17 he weighed 640 pounds and grew by about a pound weekly. A door and window of his house were too small for removal, requiring nine men to extract the body for burial.
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Elmere Sheppard
United States
Appleton
Wis
Althouish
Mao
Eno
Messenger Thrown From Train North of Fikhart Texas
An Express Messenger Winsley Womack was knocked from a moving northbound train of the International and Great Northern near Fikhart Texas. He was not missed from the train until Palestine was reached and a telephone message reported he had been assaulted by robbers.
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International
Great Northern
Fikhart
Texas
Winsley Womack
Palestine
Pikhaet
Statins
Oer
Census estimates national wealth and railroads value
The census report estimates national wealth in 100 billions of dollars, highlighting real property and improvements, with WOOP valuing $55,012,2047 and railroads and equipment at $117,000,000,000. The figures underline the composition of wealth across real estate and transportation assets.
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Hburpan
Tok
Panic at Collinwood YMCA as Water Heater Explodes
A water heater in the dining room of the Collinwood Ohio YMCA building exploded while fifty people slept inside. The blast caused part of the building to be destroyed but no injuries were reported.
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Railroad
Young Men's Christian Association
Collinwood
Ohio
Woman Falls From Bluff To Die On Ice Near Lake Erie
A richly dressed woman about 40 years old plunged from a 70 foot bluff overlooking Lake Erie in Gleyveland. She was found with her head through a hole in the ice and had drowned. No identifying marks were found on her clothing.
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Lake Erie
Gleyveland
Roosevelt disapproves court martial ruling on Koehler case
President Roosevelt formally disapproves of the court martial finding that acquitted Captain Lewis M. Koehler. Koehler had appealed to the Secretary of War and levelled serious charges against General Wood, triggering the review.
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Roosevelt
Lewis M. Koehler
Secretary of War
Gen. Wood
Mythical Lease Sours as Ore Certificates Linked to US Steel
Ore certificates for 150 million dollars issued by J. J. Hill and associates rest on a claimed lease to the United States Steel Corporation that has not been signed. The document’s validity hinges on an unexecuted lease said to authorize mineral rights transfer.
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J. J. Hill and Associates
United States Steel Corporation
Chicago Spring Business Indicators Signal Strength Import
Chicago reports stronger spring business with higher production distribution and transport activity. Demand and costs rise while railroad facilities improve and car shortages ease. wholesale trade grows as weather improves and Easter approaches. Western dry goods sales rise, while eastern cereals move to market amid varied regional prospects. Bead Street’s shows fewer failures in Chicago, with weekly totals down from prior periods.
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Chicago
United States
ISG
Beadstreet
Commodity price brief includes cattle and grain bids Across cities
The report lists cattle and grain prices in multiple markets including Indianapolis Chicago Milwaukee Buffalo Detroit and New York. Prices show cattle hogs and sheep bids with wheat corn oats and rye figures. Notable ranges include hogs 4.00 to 7.10 and wheat No 2 prices around 60 to 90 cents.
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Lidianapolis
Olivia
Detroit
Milwaukee
Cisice
New York
Western
Toledo
Peace Congress to Convene in New York This April
The first national arbitration and peace congress in the United States will meet at Carnegie Hall and Cooper Union in New York City from April 14 to 17. Andrew Carnegie will preside with over 200 delegates including prominent figures. Speeches listed include William Stead Archbishop Farley Bishop Potter Rabbi Hirsch Elihu Root James Bryce Woodrow Wilson and W J Bryen.
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New York
Carnegie Hall
Cooper Union
New York City
Andrew Carnegie
William 'S
Stead
Archbishop Farley
Bishop Potter
Rabbi Hirsch
Elihu Root
James Bryce
Woodrow Wilson
W. J. Bryen
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Denver
Indiana
Macey & Lacey
Gs Os L. Qwn
New York Central
Sista
Burton Free
U. S
Dakota Farmer
Oberlin College
Messenger
Pacific Express
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