Kishineff Outbreak Prompts Jewish Blame and Slayings
Reports from St. Petersburg and Kishineff detail anti Jewish violence with three thousand lawsuits for damages against the state and calls for relief contributions. The Times publishes a confidential Plehve translation urging restraint while rioting is alleged to have been organized by anti-Semites.
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St. Petersburg
Roeben
Bessarabia
Kishineff
America
London
the Times
M. Plehve
David Alexander
Claude Montefiore
England
Protest Against Russia in Baltimore Draws Thousands
About three thousand people gathered at the Academy of Music to support victims of anti Jewish riots in Russia. Dr Fabian Frank en presided with speakers including ex Governor White ex Congressman Findlay Mayor Hayes and letters of sympathy from Governor Smith Senator McComas and others were read.
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Russia
Baltimore
Academy of Music
Fabian Franken
Baltimore Evening News
White
Findlay
Hayes
Smith
McComas
Raynor
Kishineff
United States
Gilman
Carnegie Institute
Drought Strikes Porto Rico Weathers Scarce Crops
May 18 report from San Juan Puerto Rico notes continued southerly winds causing drought. Orange blossoms drop and the new cane crop is delayed while cattle suffer from lack of food and water. Small whirl winds occur and crops remain scarce with coffee in decent condition.
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Porto Rico
San Juan
P. R
Venezuela Pays Sixth Installment to Germany
The Venezuelan government transferred 63000 dollars to Germany via the German legation in Caracas, the sixth payment under the protocol. Reports from Willemstad Curacao claiming rebel victory over government troops are denied by authorities.
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Venezuela
Caracas
Germany
Willemstad
Curacao
Squadron Arrives From Philippines at Fort Meade
The first squadron of the Sixth Cavalry arrives at Fort Meade South Carolina from the Philippines. The unit numbers ninety three men ten in the band eleven officers and is commanded by Colonel Smith.
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Philippines
Fort Meade
S. C
Sixth Cavalry
Smith
Ibsen In Peril Again Amid Copenhagen Tidings
Copenhagen May 16 Henrik Ibsen the Norwegian dramatist is again in danger according to late reports. He has fallen ill and is receiving care while his condition is watched closely by doctors in the capital.
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Ibsen
Copenhagen
Henrik Ibsen
Illness casts shadow over a community figure
The article notes a locally known figure is seriously ill and his friends express deep anxiety about his condition. No other details are provided in the accessible text.
Fatal Chicago fire claims two lives at Westchester Apts
Fire at 151 Cottage Grove avenue destroyed the Westchester apartment building in Chicago. Dead are Louisa Phast a ten year old and Harry Strubley fifty. Missing Samuel Hall forty five. Injured include Theodore Whitele Patrick Bolger Nelson Lundberg Mrs G D Hoffman Louis Herbert. Building housed twenty seven families with heavy property loss estimated at fifty thousand dollars.
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Chicago
Westchester
Cottage Grove Avenue
Louisa Phaést
Harry Strubley
Samuel Hall
Theodore Whitele
Patrick Bolger
Nelson Lundberg
G. D. Hoffman
Louis Herbert
Strubley
Anti religious demonstrations in Paris churches fail
In Paris on May 18 anti clerical protests did not unfold except in Belleville where Free Thinkers clashed with Catholic youth. Police halted the melee after chairs flew and women cried, with five arrests and injuries reported as funerals arrived to calm the scene. A second disturbance at Plaisance was deterred by 600 priest defenders, mostly Lavellite butchers.
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Paris
Belleville
Society of Catholic Youths
Plaisance
Anti Clerical Rally Draws 5000 in Marseilles
A large anti clerical demonstration gathered about 5 000 people in Marseilles amid various tensions. Police reported no clashes and a peaceful turnout as protesters voiced secularist demands.
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Marseilles
Riots Reported in Krizwachsich Village
Bulgarian authorities deny unrest but reports from Sissek Croatia confirm fierce clashes between peasants and troops at Krizwachsich. About forty peasants shot. Village isolated to curb news. Telegraph links to Kruz cut off and wholesale arrests reported in Agram and other cities.
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Vienna
Sissek
Croatia
Krizwachsich
Kruz
Agram
Russian Patrol Ambushed Near Wera Wul
Telegram from Lenkoran reports a frontier guard patrol ambushed by Persian robbers in a forest with a Russian captain and two noncommissioned officers killed. Robbers plundered Wera Wul the same evening. In April, a Russian officer and eight soldiers were killed by brigands in the same district.
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Berlin
Lenkoran
Baku
Russia
Werawul
Prosecution Ordered in $6000 Shortage Case
The war department has ordered District Attorney Pettingill to prosecute Lieutenant Arthur Myer of the insular police, formerly of Brooklyn and once quartermaster of the Forty-seventh United States volunteers, for an alleged $6000 shortage in regimental pay accounts.
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Myer Short
San Juan
War Department
Pettingill
Arthur Myer
Insular Police
Brooklyn
Forty-seventh
United States Volunteers
Freight Handlers Strike At Cupples Station
About 700 freight handlers at Cupples Station in St. Louis struck for higher pay halting freight handling. The walkout disrupted operations across wholesale groceries woodenware hardware and implement firms.
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St. Louis
Cupples Station
Appointment of Father Patrelli as Apostolic Secretary
Rome May 18 Father Patrelli a leading Capranica College scholar is named secretary of the apostolic delegation to Washington. He succeeds Mgr Rooker named bishop of Jaro in the Philippine Islands.
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Apostolic
Rome
Father Patrelli
Capranica College
Apostolic Delegation
Washington
Mgr. Rooker
Jaro
Philippine Islands
Kelley Hidden at Chateau Frontenac in Baking Powder Case
Montreal May 18. Daniel J. Kelley a key witness in the baking powder scandal has stayed at the Chateau Frontenac for weeks. He declines to discuss the matter.
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Kelley
Montreal
Daniel J. Kelley
Chateau de Frontenac
Agricultural Bill Affects Imports To Health
Berlin dispatches report a clause in the appropriation bill grants the secretary of agriculture power to bar imports injurious to health. The move signals possible retaliation to Germany’s food restrictions on U S products and may pressure Germany to liberalize meat imports and insurance operations.
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Washington
Berlin
Secretary of Agriculture
Germany
United States
Heavy Lamb Losses From May Blizzard Across Montana
Reports from Dillon Portage Fort Benton Cascade and Griser detail extreme lamb fatalities caused by the May blizzard. Sheep herder H. H. Wilson is missing and presumed frozen near Portage as his horse roamed in snowdrifts. Ranchers statewide report widespread losses across northern and southern Montana.
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Butte
Mont
Dillon
H. H. Wilson
Portage
Wilson
Fort Benton
Cascade
Griser
Small Cyclone Strikes Guthrie Oklahoma
A small cyclone struck Guthrie Oklahoma on May 19 damaging the western edge of the city. It blew down trees and chimneys and toppled the Murray houses between the Cottonwood and Cimarron rivers. Mr and Mrs Murray escaped injury by taking shelter in a cyclone cellar as their houses fell.
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Guthrie
Okla
Cottonwood
William Murray
Murray
Train attacked near Estill wounds Tipton in crowd
A Missouri Kansas and Texas excursion train returning from Jefferson City was fired upon near Estill. A passenger named Tipton from Hannibal was severely wounded by a ball through the abdomen as six shots hit coaches or windows, causing great excitement aboard the crowded train.
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Fayette, Mo
Jefferson City
Estill
Tipton
Hannibal
Wine of Cardus Promotes Health and Beauty for Women
An advertisement asserts beauty stems from health and claims Wine of Cardus strengthens female organs to create a healthier, more attractive appearance. It promises noticeable changes within a month and urges readers that friends will hardly recognize them.
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Cardus
Name the Daily Limited prize contest opens doors to California travel
A $100 prize offer invites the public to name the new Daily Limited train to California set to begin service November 1 1902. The Rock Island System and Southern Pacific via the El Paso Short Line sponsor the contest with no fees. Send entries to John Sebastian Passenger Traffic Manager Rock Island System Chicago.
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California
Rock Island System
Southern Pacifica Company
Elpaso
Jno
Sebastian
Rock Islan System
Chicago
Dyspepsia Advertising Appeal From Early 20th Century
An old advertisement asks if digestive distress signs like coated tongue heartburn or belching apply to the reader. It promotes PEPSIKOLA TABLETS and a free trial by mail, offering a pamphlet Advice To Dyspeptics and listing agency contact at 37 Vesey Street New York.
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Ang
Laxakola. Company
Vesey Street
New York
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