Bomb Threat Strikes King Alfonso Wedding Procession
A bomb during King Alfonso and his English bride's wedding progress in Madrid narrowly misses causing injuries. Officials say two bombs may have been used. one exploded near telegraph wires, another fell close to the royal wheel horses. At least sixteen people killed. Catalonian suspect Manuel Puranas leads the alleged plot. await examination.
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Afonso
Miatrid
Spain
Justo
Alfonso
San Jeronimo San Real
Suspicon
Manuel Puranas
Two Men Burned to Death in Ohio Railroad Work
Edward Nevies of Portland and John Fobinger of Bryant were killed by a fire that consumed box cars used as sleeping quarters during Wheeling and Lake Erie repairs near Belmont Vale Ohio. The overheated stove caused the blaze and twenty other workers escaped without major injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Nevies
Portland
Ohio
John Fobinger
Bryant
Dbonvale
Wheeling and
Lake Erie
Fire Marshall Dismissed Over Boiler Adoption Controversy
Chicago officials removed Fire Marshal John Campion after a dispute over boiler choices for the fire department. Mayor then named Captain John McDonough as acting fire marshal. Memorial Day shotgun accident in Lapel Indiana killed 10 year old Fred Moore and injured two others, as boys used a shotgun barrel for cannon work during holiday observances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Dinimne
Lohin Campion
Campion
Juln McDonough
Lapel
Ind
Fred Moore
Irwin Fisher
Fred E Tison
Rojestvensky to Face Court Martial Over Surrender
St Petersham dispatch says Admiral Rojestvensky and others will be court martialed for the surrender of the torpedo boat Byedovia in June of last year after defeat by Admiral Pogo and his fleet in the Russian theater.
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Rojestvensky
St. Petersham
Pogo
Byedovia
Child burned by playmates in mock Red Men initiation
A Cedar Grove West Virginia child aged d years died after playmates tied and burned the youngster as part of a mock initiation of the Red Men. The event followed a performance by members of the local lodge in a public hall in Kanawha county. The tragedy involved the son of Robert Maroney and sparked investigations.
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Robert Maroney
Cedar Grove
Kanawha County
W. Va
British Ship Lismore Wrecked Near Coronel
Dispatch from Concepcion Chile reports the British ship Lismore from Melbourne April 21 to Coronel wrecked at Santa Maria. Twenty two crew drowned including all officers except the first mate who with three crew members landed at Lice.
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Concepcion
Chile
Lismore
Melbourne
Coronel
Santa Maria
Lice
Child Killed by Lightning at Newburg Barn
A lightning strike in a severe storm hit a large barn in Newburg Indiana where children from the 4 Sunday School class were gathered. A 12 year old named Asal vin Garcer died instantly and five other children were injured but not seriously.
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Newburg
Ind
Prema
Asalvin Garcer
Cyclone Hits Lauraville and Ohio Gas Well
A severe rain and wind storm in Louisville caused about 50000 dollars in downtown damage from blown plate glass, ruined fabrics, and basement flooding. In Ohio the Springfield Gas Company drilled the largest well at Pleasantville, Licking county, producing an estimated 9,000,000 feet daily.
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Lauraville
Louisville
Gos Gueher
Ohio
Springfeld Gas Company
Pleasantville
Licking County
Fire Hits Union Underwear Plant in Piqua Ohio
A large blaze at the Union Underwear Company knitting department in Piqua causes a $10000 loss. The fire origin is unknown and insurers cover the damage in full.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piqua
Ohio
Union Underwear Company
Six Hundred Glass Workers Idle as Hartfort Plant Closes
Six hundred skilled laborers were put out of work after Pittsburg orders shut down the American Window Glass company plant at Hartfort City Indiana. Also listed is the death of George E. Howes, ex mayor and Battle Creek businessman, who died by his own hand with a gun report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
American Window Glass Company
Hartfort City
Ind
George E. Howes
Battle Creek, Mich
Schooner Mabel Wilson sinks off Cleveland in storm
The ore laden schooner Mabel Wilson sank outside the Cleveland breakwater after taking on water in a Lake Erie storm. One drowned, seven rescued after tug Lutz and life savers recovered the crew. Captain Gotham and Mate Gunnison were injured. Vessel owned in Detroit and loaded with ore from Mackinac.
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Mabel Wilson
Cleveland
Lake Erie
Lutz
Gotham
Gunnison
Majel Wilson
Mscanaba
Detroit
Eight Die As Train Derailed In Louisville Wreck
An inbound passenger train from Foxville, Kentucky, on the Louisville and Nashville line derailed at Seventh and Tem streets in Louisville while backing into Union Station. Eight people were killed and several injured as a wheel split in the smoker caused the car to derail, uncoupling the engine and baggage cars and sending the smoker and two day coaches into a nearby freight train. Sleeping cars from Knoxville and Nortonville also left the track but suffered no damage.
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Foxville
Town
Louisville and Nashville
Seventh and
Knoxville
Nortonville
Amet
Signals to aid rural mail delivery issued order
The fourth assistant Paxmaster General Jax issued a July 1 directive limiting rural carriers to visit only mail bases with signals showing dispatch. Patrons with empty mills must install a signaling device for couriers. The change aims to greatly speed delivery and collection on rural routes.
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Jax
Quake Destroys Chinese City and Mongolian Areas
Reports from the Orient describe a May earthquake near Uniankai and nearby Mongolian zones with a wide chasm opening and heavy loss of life. The Peking Times notes near destruction of Uniankai and urgent relief efforts underway. Additional quakes hit Fokien and Chuen prefecture with unknown fatalities.
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Uniankai
Orient
Mongolia
Peking Times
Pokin
Fokien
China
Chuen
Chou Prefecture
Flood Destroys Galconda After Dam Break
Flooding sweeps Galconda after Pole Creek canyon dam breaks. Five men drown and several are badly injured in the disaster near the Galconda Cattle Company shedding area about 200 miles from Teno.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nevada
Galconda
Teno
Pole Creek Canyon
Galconda Cattle Company
Refuses Police Aid in Strike by Toledo Mayor
Manufacturers valued at over 3 million dollars urge Mayor Whitlock for police protection against threatened violence by striking workers. The mayor replies that Toledo will not strike-break and will intervene only if laws are violated.
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Whitlock
Toledo
Nuns Volunteer for Philippine Leper Colony Mission
The first permanent leper settlement is established on Calion island in the Philippines. About 200 lepers are relocated from Cebu. Catholic nuns volunteer and travel to the island to serve as nurses for the afflicted.
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Philippines
Calion Island
Cebu
Elevator slides into Kaministikwia River at Fort William
A massive Ogilvie Milling Company elevator collapsed from a broken concrete base and slid forty feet into the Kaministikwia River above its mouth in Fort William Ont. The crash, heard half a mile away, caused an estimated loss of 500000 dollars.
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Ogilvie Milling Company
Fort William
Ont
Cleveland White City Burns
Fire nearly wiped out the White City amusement resort on Lake Erie shore near Cleveland. Firemen were overcome by smoke. damage estimated at 150000 dollars with limited insurance.
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Cleveland
White City
Lake Hiie
Trains Runaway Wreck Kills Three Tramps In Duluth
A runaway Duluth and Two Harbors freight train with thirty loaded ore cars derailed after the air brakes failed on a hill. Three tramps were killed, the brakeman injured, and the engine crew escaped by jumping as the engine apparently reversed after the wreck.
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Duluth and
Tron Range
Waldo
Minn
Harbara
Students Wreck School Colors Fight Ends with Dynamite
At a Marion Ohio school board meeting in September UW LL Frank was ordered to issue warrants for seniors and juniors who vandalized during the annual class colors fight. Juniors had hurled colors onto a high corner of the school building and workers removed them. later seniors used dynamite destroying colors and damaging a large part of the structure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Ohio
UW. LL. Frank
Joss House Plot In Baltimore Connected To Reformers
State's Attorney files reveal a conspiracy by Chinese Freemasons to assassinate leaders of the Chinese Empire Reform Association in Baltimore and beyond. The raid recovered the conspirators' letters from the temple and 16 plotters were jailed amid ongoing clashes with factions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Ma Jass House
Omaha City Clerk Indicted in Primary Ballot Case
An indictment against William T. F howrn, former Omaha city clerk, charges him with tendering ballots in the recent Republican primary. Ten other indictments were returned against election officers for alleged misconduct in voting machine operation.
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Omaha
William T. Fhowrn
Many Cleveland Saloons Close Under Aiken Law Tax
Augents of brewing firms report about 200 percent of Cleveland saloons shut due to the $1000 tax under the Aiken law. About 600 saloons closed Monday, mainly in outlying districts. A freight train on the Frederick spur of the Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie railroad wrecked after a trestle collapse. five people seriously injured and one may die.
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Cleveland
Frederick
Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie
Minnesota
Lynched Man in Rose Dale Driven Insane says report
Munroe Talyers, the negro found under a white woman’s bed and lynched by a mob at Rose Dale Kansas, was cut down by police before strangling. The ordeal has left him violently insane.
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Munroe ‘Talyers
Rosedale
Kan
Justice Brown Retires. Taft Expected to Succeed
Associate Justice Henry B. Brown retires from the U S Supreme Court after a long tenure dating to 1891. William H. Taft, then Secretary of War, is expected to succeed him at the bench.
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Justice Brown
Henry B. Brown
United States Supreme Court
Wiliam H. Taft
Shoe Firm in Lyon Mass Makes Assignment for 100000
William Porter and Son, a historic Lyon Mass shoe maker, makes an assignment for more than 100000 due to leather costs and tight credit. The firm lists liabilities over 100000 as part of the process.
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William Porter & Son
Lyon
Mass
Coal Operators Yield in 1903 Scale Agreement
Illinois and Indiana mine owners concede to the United Mine Workers the 1903 scale in exchange for concessions by the miners, signaling an end to the strike. Ohio operators plan to continue the fight independently.
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Ilinois
Indiana
United Mine Workers
Ohio
President Roosevelt Unveils Memorial at Portsmouth Ceremony
President Roosevelt delivered the memorial day address to members of the Army and Navy Union in Portsmouth Virginia. He honored veterans and unveiled a monument created by the group in the national cemetery.
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Roosevelt
Army and Navy Union
Portsmouth
National Cemetery
Prominent Indiaman Gene Guig Dies in Newark Sanitarium
Alexander Guig of Indianapolis, vice president and general manager of the Federal Union Surety Company, died in a Newark sanitarium. The prominent Indiaman Gene figure was known for his leadership in Indianapolis business circles.
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Gene
Alexander Guig
Indianapolis
Federal Union Surety Company
Newark
Great Elevator Burns in Chicago Fire
Armour elevator D at Twenty third and Fisk streets Chicago was destroyed by fire causing extensive losses. Irish Leader Is Dead Michael Davitt famed Irish leader died in Dublin.
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Armour
Twenty-third
Fisk Streets
Chicago
Michael Davitt
Dublin
Congress Debates Bills and Passes Key Measures
The Senate advanced the agricultural appropriation bill and Beveridge meat inspection measure, and passed a peso weight reform bill. House actions included denatured alcohol tax relief, district education, and post office appropriations amid filibuster aftermath and quorum fights.
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Senate
Maxsrs
Tillman
Oalom
Elkins
Kittredge
Rayner
Panama
House
Cohunhin
Financial currents lift Chicago trade via bank resumption and rail sale
Banks resume in San Francisco free funds boosting business channels and the sale of the Customet Electric railway eases money markets. Industrial activity remains high with strong production, rising demand, and expanding construction. Prices stay firm for pig iron, while iron ore and fuel supplies grow but lag last year in lumber and woolen materials. Western rail traffic is heavy. New York spring weather aids retail and jobbing, with broad consumption and improving money flow.
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Chicago
San Francisco
Dumber
Woollaw
Althamehib
Lin
Review of Trade
New York
United States
Canada
Bradstreet
Senate confirms Sargent as immigration commissioner general
In executive session the Senate confirmed Frank V. Sargent of Hiling as commissioner general of immigration. Congress appropriated 60000 for delegates to the Pan American conference at Rio Janeiro. Reilly named Georgetown graduate coach for the coming season. Ayme of Illinois named consul general at Lisbon. Roosevelt to speak at Independence Day celebration in Oyster Bay New York. Senate bill for the Archaeological Institute of America passes the House under Mr Longworth. Denby bill favorable to establish a US consular court in China with sessions in Shanghai Canton and Tientsin.
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National Capital
Senate
Frank V. Sargent
Hiling
Congress
Rio Janeiro
Joseph A. Reilly
Georgetown University
Louis H. Ayme
Ilinois
Lisbon
Portugal
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
L. A
Archeological Institute of America
House
Longworth
Ohio
House Committee On Foreign Affairs
United States
China
Shanghai
Canton
Tientsin
Chicago and Major Markets Price Briefs
Market figures across Chicago and multiple cities show cattle trading around 4.00 to 6.00 dollars, hogs commonly 4.00 to 6.60, sheep 2.50 to 6.00, with grains including No. 2 wheat near 9 to 12 cents, corn around 47 to 64 cents, oats 32 to 48 cents, rye 60 to 63 cents, and hay and butter prices noted. Regional entries cover Indianapolis, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Detroit, Milwaukee with varied ranges for cattle hogs sheep wheat corn oats rye and related commodities.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
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the Tribune
Lacey
M. Tae
John E. Sennent, Jr
Tennent Shoe Company
Young Tennent
Joss House
Ronmesesesc
Dievelis
Charles A. Towne
John Dalzell
Pennsylvania
Beveridge
McCumber
Minneapolis
Clapp
Hinds
Five Civilized Tribes
Cooper
Wis
Hepburn
Towa
Hacker
Somimel W. Smith Mich
Lamar
Fla
Perkins
Mir Murphy
Rhodes
Missouri
Cannon
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