Turbulent week spans ships, trials and politics in 190x
A mosaic of events runs through the week from Elgin Iowa to Congo and Porto Rico. Drowned nine in a Susquehanna boat disaster and trial updates for two American missionaries in Congo Free State. Taft calls for legislation, Patten corner fallout, tariff debates persist in Senate. Wright brothers return from Europe while a Michigan lawmaker faces ouster amid scandal. Peter C Hanna Jr convicted for manslaughter in New York. Steamer Adelia Shores lost in Lake Superior. Baroness von Hutten widowed and world price trends show declines. A bomb injures twenty in Buenos Aires. Mrs Boyle cleared in a kidnapping case. Averbuch link remains contested by police.
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Bunday
Susequehanna
Princy Burrhem Edem
Turkey
Congo Free State
Belgium
Augusta Evans Wilden
Mobile
Ala
St. Bimg
Tiberius
Wright Brothers
Europe
Michigan
French Chamber of Deputies
Peter C. Hanna, Jr
Flushing, N.Y
W. E. Annis
Population data and plans for memorial day naval visit
Buffalo reports a population of 415,532 with a house-to-house census by four police. Congressman Taylor of Colorado sponsors a bill for a presidential executive mansion at Glenwood Springs costing 250000. Japanese and American sailors plan to decorate graves in Tacoma on Memorial Day as Japanese cruisers and US battleships visit the port.
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Buffalo
Taylor
Colorado
Congress
Glenwood Springs
Tacoma
Wash
Life term for Boyle kidnapping man and wife’s 25 years
In Mercer Pennsylvania Judge Williams sentenced James H. Boyle to life imprisonment for kidnapping Billy Whitla and Mary Boyle, indicted as Mary Doe, to 25 years plus a $5,000 fine and costs. Both collapsed in court as the sentences were announced.
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Mercer
Williams
James H. Boyle
Billy” Whitla
Western Penitentiary
Pittsburg
Miller
Boyles
Boyle
Twenty Drown in Ohio River Tragedy Near Pittsburg
Twenty men, workers from Prassed Steel Car Company at McKees Rocks, drowned when a gasoline launch sank in the Ohio River four miles below Pittsburg. Thirty aboard crowded an overbooked boat after overtime work. no explosion or leak occurred, but the vessel sank under excessive weight, pulling several men under and others exhausted while swimming to shore.
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Ohio
Schoenville
Pittsburg
Prassed Steel Car Company
McKees Rocks
Ship Shores Believed Sunk In Lake Superior
Advices from Duluth state the steamer Shores, overdue by six days, went down near White Fish Point in Lake Superior with all aboard. Northland crew found wreckage, 21 people on board. Vessel belonged to Milwaukee firm and carried salt from Michigan. captain was S Holmes.
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Shores
Lake Superior
Duluth
White Fish Point
Northland
8. O. Nef Transportation Company
Milwaukee
Michigan
8. Holmes
R. 3. Nott
Two Killed in Panama Riot Between Police and Canal Zone Workers
Panama police clashed with Canal Zone employees near Cristóbal. An American electrician G M Abbott and a colored American were killed. Police crossed into the zone to arrest an escaped prisoner, were mobbed, then arrested for disturbance. Night patrols by Panama police led to further gunfire and closures.
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Republic
Canal Zone
Panama
G. M. Abbott
Christobal
Chinatobal
Mehmed V Plows Symbolic Coronation Rite in Constantinople
Mehmed V completed a symbolic coronation day in Constantinople by plowing a lawn at Dolma Bagtschi Palace with two horses aiding the plow for a brief moment. The ceremony marked both fulfillment of ancient customs and a breaking of them as Christians were admitted to a small mosque attached to Ayoul Mosque, signaling shifts in ritual practice.
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Mehmed V
Constantinople
Dolma Bagtschi
Ayoul Mosque
Ceremony of girding the Word of Osman described
The report notes a brief twenty minute ceremony in which the Word of Osman was girded. Among thirty attendees were Buckman Pasha, an American, and Woods Pasha, an English officer in Turkish service, both observers of the rite amid priest chants.
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Osman
Buckman Pasha
Woods Pashs
Rail and railways news from Missouri to Manitoba
The Burtington Railway sets a 24 cent passenger rate in Missouri, aiming to end a proceeing to nullify the two cent low. Great Northern plans a Winnipeg line from Noyes Minnesota, to be in service by September. Wisconsin Central raises soft coal rate to 1.15 per ton between Manitowoc and the Twin Cities. Southern Pacific stockholders vote to issue 100 million dollars in new stock in exchange for bonds. Cuyuna Range coal contracts filed for record at Brainerd, rate 65 to 66 cents per ton. Missouri passes passenger train prohibitions on drink and intoxicated riding.
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Burtington
Missouri
Western Paints
Great Northern
Noyes
Minn
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Assine
Cuyuna Range
Brainerd
Balloon Explodes On Landing After 120 Mile Flight
Army balloon No. 12 ascended from Fort Omaha, traveled along the Missouri River toward Jackson Nebraska, then exploded on landing Monday night. Capt Chandler and Lt Ware were knocked down and bruised but not seriously hurt as static electricity and ground contact allegedly sparked the fire. The 120 mile flight lasted about six hours with one and a half hours prior deflation.
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Jackson
Neb
Chandler
Ware
Fort Omaha
Missouri River
American School Razed in Kessab by Moslem Raiders
An investigator returning from Kessab in Asiatic Turkey reports all American property there destroyed. The girls high school run by Misa Effie N. Chambers of the American Board suffered destruction while an Armenian church and a Protestant school survived. Most natives fled and returned to find looted homes and destitution. Aid reaches some but lacks organized distribution and sufficiency.
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Kessab
Turkey
Misa Effie N. Chambers
American Board of Commissioners For Foreign Missions
Fight for the Pennants Landing of Clubs in Leagues
National League notes mark the arrival of key clubs advancing toward pennant races. Team changes, new signings, and promising rosters set the stage as spring training looms and fans await early season form.
Newburg Man’s Far o Wager Nets $110 000 in Two Days
Joseph Mager of Westchester County sues James Thompson over a note for $10,000 said to be given as payment for a gambling debt. Marshall Bell of Newburg is named in an answer filed in White Plains claiming $110,000 won in two days playing faro in New York City.
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New York
Marshall Bell
Newburg
Faron
New York City
White Plains
Joseph Mager
Westchester County
James Thompson
Captain Peter Hains Found Guilty of Manslaughter in Yacht Club Killing
Captain Peter C. Hains Jr. was found guilty of first degree manslaughter for the Bayside Yacht Club killing of William B. Annis on Long Island last August. The defense argued insanity, and an appeal is planned on grounds the jury was not properly guarded. Acquaintances and co-defendant T Jenkins Hains were involved. the brother was acquitted.
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Petar
Hanna, Jr
Flushing
William B. Annis
Bayside Yacht Club
William Craft
William
Annis
Peter C. Hains, Jr
Long Island
Haine
T. Jenkins Hains
Capt Hains
Claudia Hains
Tiwaa
Hains
Haina
Will Discipline by Record Road Method Adopted by Burlington
Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railroad officials introduce discipline by record. Instead of suspensions, workers are governed by a service record to determine dismissal or promotion. Those deemed unsafe or untrustworthy will be dismissed, with older employees preferred when records are equal.
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Chicago, Buringhton and Quincy Railroad
Burlington
FARMERS PLAN GRAIN TRUST AT SPRINGFIELD MEETING
Grain growers from many states assembled in Springfield Missouri for a main meeting called by C S Barrett president of the National Farmers union to organize a grain growers branch. The aim is to enable growers to sell wheat at the highest figures and to store grain while pressing Congress to curb grain corners.
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Springfield
Barratt
National Farmers’ Union
Farmers’ Union
Grain Growers’ Branch
Barrett
Allenta
South
Congress
Boat Capsizes on Susquehanna. Nine Drown at Wilkes Barre
Nine people drowned when an overloaded rowboat on the Susquehanna River at Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania capsized after frightened occupants stood up. William Andrews of Port Grimm took several relatives and associates on the outing. floodwaters swept them away as the boat took on water in swift current.
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Susquehanna‘ River
Wilkesharre
William Andrews
Port Grimm
Tie
Drought Eased by Showers Across Nebraska
General rains broke a recent South Platte region drought in Nebraska with showers spreading across the southern and southeastern counties. Lincoln recorded precipitation near 0.24 inches.
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Nebraska
South Platte
Lincoln
Chicago Trade Spring Boost Signals Strong Industrial Upswing
The report notes cheer in trade and improving conditions driven by seasonable weather, labor readjustments, and rising demand for steel shapes, furnace outputs, and equipment. Forwarding to the West increases, bank demand strengthens, and April permits for business structures rise. overall bank clearings and fewer failures indicate growing activity in the Chicago district per Dun's Weekly Review of Trade.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Dun
Weekly Review of Trade
Optimistic Bradstreet signals improve in trade and industry
New York reports show improved retail and farming conditions with an upbeat tone for future trade. Iron and steel demand rises, Western coal activity increases, wool prices firm, and leather and hides selling higher. fall shoe business slower. Collections remain slow as overall business tone turns hopeful with tariff relief hopes and crop progress.
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New York
Bradstreat’s
United States
Canada
Brad
Atrect
Market Price Snapshots Across Regions and Commodities
Market notes show cattle and hog prices fluctuating by city with wheat, corn, oats, rye and butter ranges. Detroit and Buffalo report multiple livestock quotes, while New York and Milwaukee list grain values and dairy prices. Wheat No 2 red shows around 1.45, corn No 2 roughly 0.78 to 0.80, butter creams at 22 to 26 cents per pound, eggs 18 to 22 cents, and hay in the 8 to 14 dollar range per ton.
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Howe
Detroit
Milwaukee
New York
Toledo
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