Ten Die in Minneapolis Oil Plant Disaster
An explosion at the Northwestern Star Oil Company plant in Minneapolis killed ten people, including W. H. Davis president and Ti. Durbin general manager. The blast at about 11:30 am threw walls down, injured others, and destroyed the office and mill. Recovery continued through the night with six or more bodies later recovered. losses pegged around $40,000 to $15,000 in insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwestern Star Oil Company
Minneapolis
Minn
W. H. Davis
Ti. Durbin
Pianislaus W. Mitchell
Jacob mm
Qoaroline A. Ord
S Harold
John Stontaneke
Joseph la Fond
Secern
Comp
Omm
Ling
President Ends Yellowstone Vacation at Mammoth Springs
President Roosevelt completes a Yellowstone Park visit at Mammoth Hot Springs before returning to Washington. He arrived at Fort Yellowstone on Wednesday and greeted a crowd of several hundred locals at the Mammoth Springs hotel. He praised the park, spoke of his enjoyable tour, and spent Thursday inspecting the post and riding with Major General.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yellowstone Rs
Cinnabar
Mont
Roosevelt
Mammoth Hot Springs
Yellowstone ‘Park
Washington
Fort
Park
Mammoth Springs
Major Or
Riot in Springfield Legislature Over Bribery Scandal
A Springfield special describes a chaotic legislative session with a speaker named Isaac Miller presiding as a riot erupts amid frantic acts blamed on bribery attempts. Desks and chairs are overturned in a tornado like wreckage as federal court actions against unions in Chicago unfold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Charios
Isaac Miller
Union
Chicago
Information at a Premium in Diplomatic Rush
Bearstary Hay faced immense calls from Pekin and St Petersburg as diplomats pressed for details. The secretary handled inquiries from powers eager for information, amid a busy, tense moment in the Manchurian situation.
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Hay
Pekip
St. Petersbure
Ogden Elected President at Southern Educational Conference
The Southern Educational Conference named officers for the ensuing year. Robert C. Ogden was elected president, with Baldwin and Flair among the officers. The record lists the officers and roles at the annual meeting.
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Ogden
Southern Educational Conference
Ich
Bat
Robert C. Ogden
Paapaemetas 2
I. Baldwin
Lotgemery
Als
W. OQ. Flair
Winsee
Dynamite Attacks Raise Race Tension at Beggs OK
In Beggs Indian Territory officers report two store buildings exploded by dynamite with no injuries. A nearby family from Alabama owned the shops and faced threats as race tensions rise. The James family remains in Beggs amid orders for a quiet watch to prevent uprisings.
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Muscogee
Indian Territory
Beggs
Alabama
James
Jameses
President Roosevelt Resumes Tour With Welcoming Ovations
President Roosevelt resumed his tour Friday afternoon after laying the cornerstone at the Yellowstone gate in Montana. He traveled through three states with brief stops at Alliance Nebraska and Crawford Nebraska where the Tenth Cavalry greeted him with sabers and a marching band. Cowboys and local crowds cheered as he spoke from his car and at makeshift stands including a decorated platform at Newcastle Wyoming. Sunday was spent quietly aboard the train at Grand Island Nebraska.
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Roosevelt
Yellowstone Park
Montana
Alliance
Nebraska
Edgemont
Dak
Society of Blac
Newcastle
Wyo
Crawford
Nebru
Tenth Cavalry
Gillette and
Moorcroft
Ad Ard . &. Dak
Grand Island
Mormon Missionaries Ordered Out of Prussia Instantly
Prussia and Mecklenburg authorities order 145 missionaries in Germany and 90 in Prussia expelled for preaching beliefs deemed incompatible with state laws and public morals. The missionaries are described as American and linked to polygamy in their doctrines.
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Prussia
Grand Duchies
Mecklenburg
Germany
Bold Robbery in Broad Daylight Hits Americus Home
A Black man armed with a hatchet entered the Dodson residence in Americus Georgia Sunday afternoon. He terrorized the women present and seized valuables including a watch before leaving with the axe still in hand. Authorities described the assailant as bold and dangerous.
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Americus
Dodson
Florida ex-treasurer C B Collins dies at Dunedin
C B Collins, former Florida state treasurer, died at his Dunedin home Sunday night. He won the treasurer post in 1892 and 1896. During his second term the Merchants National Bank of Ocala failed with $80,000 of state money on deposit, and he resigned amid criticism of the treasury.
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C. B. Collins
Dunedin
Florida
Merchants’ National Bank
Oqocaa
Moey
Treasury
Italian Labor Unions Plot General Strike in Milan
Labor leaders in Italy plan a general simultaneous strike across major cities, with Milan as the focal point. They believe the government lacks sufficient military force to suppress unrest and anticipate concessions from employers as a result.
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Italy
Milan
Min
Czar in Faithless Pact Risks No War Says Officials
Pekin dispatch reports Secretary Hay will brief the president before action. Russia’s latest move in Manchuria breaches prior pledges to keep the open door and withdraw troops. Officials foresee no war danger, but anticipate remonstrance and continued open door policy, despite Russia’s control aims and future tariff plans.
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Conger
Pekin
Hay
China
Russia
Manchuria
Washington
United States
Chwang
Ruella
Japan
Pacific Ocean
Dalny
Port Arthur
Hitchcock
Bungling Sheriff Delays Death as Hanged Man Revives
A negro hanged in Wedowee Alabama two weeks ago was cut down after being pronounced dead and began to show life. A physician was called and restoratives were given, and he can now sit up. The incident is said to be the first execution in Randolph county and raises questions about officials delaying death.
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Wedowee
Ala
Randolph County
Uncle Tom's Cabin Barred from New York Libraries
New York public schools have removed Uncle Tom's Cabin from their revised catalogue. The board of education decided the antebellum tale, once popular late in the century, will be barred from circulation in class libraries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Tou
Board of Education
Seaboard Sells Bonds to Extend to Birmingham
Seaboard Air Line sells six million dollars of 4 percent bonds to a syndicate led by Ladenburg Thalmann and Baltimore capitalists. Funds will be used for the railway extension from its current line into Birmingham Alabama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Seaboard Air Line Railway
New York
Ladenbure, Thulman & Co
Baltimore
Lst
Pew
War Department releases Miles report on Philippine abuses
General Miles details misconduct by officers and soldiers during his Philippines inspection tour. He cites torture and killings by scouts under Lieutenant Hennessy and others, including Vincente Luna burned alive, with multiple cases noted across Luzon, Leyte, and Cebu. The report questions statements, coercion, and lack of official follow up.
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War Department
General Miles
Philippines
Miles
Vincente Luna
Hennessy
Manila
Luna
Cebu
Samuels
Forty-fourth Infantry
U. S. Volunteers
Feeter
Nineteenth Infantry
Judge Advocate General Denies Funston Inquiry Request
The judge advocate general by direction of Secretary Root has sent a formal letter to General Funston denying the latter's request for a court of inquiry in connection with the charges that General Funston had been guilty of cruelty to Filipinos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judge Advocate General
Root
Funston
Lee Case Again Postponed in Atlanta Court
Millard Lee insanity case delayed to Monday May 11 in Fulton County Criminal Court due to the illness of the defendant's mother. The case centers on the slaying of Mise Suttles and the defendant, Lee, remains in Atlanta jail awaiting further proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Millard Lee
Fulton Criminal Court
Mra. Lee
Grave Robber Sentenced in Indianapolis Case
Rufus Cantrell was sentenced by an Indianapolis judge to a minimum of three years in prison. His actual time will depend on conduct. The case will be appealed to the state supreme court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rufus Cantrell
Indianapolis
Cantrell
Supreme Court
Three Die by Carbolic Acid in Washington
In the National Capital on Tuesday three individuals died by suicide using carbolic acid. The deceased are Leonard H. Mangum, formerly a census office clerk. Guy B. Padgett, a real estate and insurance agent. and Mrs. Sadie Plummer, a young woman whose husband runs a lunch room on Pennsylvania Avenue.
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National Capital
Washington
Leonard H. Mangum
Guy B. Padgett
Sadie Plummer
Pransylvania Avenue
Supreme Court denies relief in Giles v. Board on political question
The U S Supreme Court held it cannot intervene in the Giles case testing Alabama 1901 constitution voting provisions. Justice Holmes said granting relief would be unheard of in political questions, and the court limited itself to jurisdiction while not ruling on merits. Dissenters would have allowed federal jurisdiction and the circuit court to proceed.
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Washington
United States Supreme Court
Jackson W. Giles
Board of Registrars
Montgomery County
Alabama
Giles
Holmes
Circuit Court
Middle District of
Harlan
Brewer
Brown
Federal Court
Congress
Justice Holmes
Supreme Court
Court of Equity
Justice Brewer
Negro Workers Strike Over Alabama Child Labor Law
In Lanett Alabama 125 children under legal age were sent out of cotton mills after a state child labor law took effect on the 26th instant. To fill roles away from white workers, several Negro women were hired in a side building prompting a 1500 strong labor walkout. They demanded the withdrawal of all Black workers. Superintendent Coburn and President Lanier intervened, granting the demand and laborers returned to work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of
Alabama
Lanett
Ala
Anless
Coburn
Lanier
Mrs Plant Towed Again Bride to be Dunn Auctioned Fortune
Relict of millionaire railroad magnate Mrs Margaret Loughman Plant is reported to wed former Sheriff Thomas J Dunn, a Democratic leader in New York's twenty sixth assembly district. Dunn, described as well to do, has an estate estimated at about five hundred thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dunn
Thomas J. Dunn
New York Assembly
Margaret Loughman Plant
Henry B. Plant
Lee Announces Resignation From Missouri Lieutenant Governor Post
Lieutenant Governor Lee of Missouri mailed his resignation to Governor Dockery on Sunday afternoon. He appeared relieved and offered no regrets about relinquishing the office. He refused to discuss the grand jury investigation or his future steps regarding it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee
Missouri
Dockery
Willie Weds the Widow in Quiet London Nuptials
William Kissam Vanderbilt secretly marries Mrs Lewis Rutherford in St Mark s Church London. Eight attendees include the bride and groom. The couple depart for France after a discreet ceremony and plans to stay abroad for a time.
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Vanderbilt-Rutherfurd
London
William K. Vanderbilt
Lewis Rutherfurd
France
Rutherford
Mr. Vanderbilt
St. Mark's Church
William Kissam Vanderbilt
William H. Vanderbilt
Willie K
C. H. P. Belmont
Vanderbilt
Nellie Neustretter
Paris
Alva Smith
Mobile
Ala
New York
Elliott F. Shepard
Mr. Rutherford
St. George's
Hanover Square
Samuel 8. Sands, Jr
New Yorker
Anna H. Harriman
Mr. Sands
Tranquility Farm
Allamuchy
N. J
Papers Submitted Tie To Washington Postoffice Case
Saturday’s key events in the office of the attorney general for the postoffice department case involve papers claimed to be the abstracted documents being shown to postal officials and Postmaster General Payne ordering Acting Assistant Attorney General Christiancy relieved pending inquiry. Christiancy requested the action and it was granted.
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Postoffice Department
Washington
Payne
Christiancy
Carnegie Donates Peace Hall At Hague Temple of Peace Gift
Andrew Carnegie gives 1.5 million dollars for a permanent court of arbitration home at The Hague. The gift, via Baron Gavens in Washington, stipulates Holland will administer the project as Carnegie returns to Scotland.
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The
Hague
Scotland
Andrew Carnegie
Temple of Peace
Permanent Court of Arbitration
the Hague
Baron Gavens
Netherlands
Washington
Holland
Armored Cruiser Colorado Launched at Cramp Yard
The armored cruiser Colorado was launched Saturday at Cramp's ship yard with officials from Washington and Colorado present. Miss Cora May Peabody, daughter of Governor Peabody, broke the wine on the prow as the cruiser slid into the Delaware river at 12 45.
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Colorado
Crames
Cramp’s
Washington
Cora May Peabody
Peabody
Delaware River
Hearst Becomes Husband Of Millicent Wilson In New York
Congressman-elect William Randolph Hearst, owner of several major papers, wed Millicent Wilson on Tuesday at Grace Church. Bishop Potter officiated as a number of their personal friends attended the ceremony in New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Randolph Hearst
New York American
New York Evening Journal
Chicago American
San Francisco Examiner
New York
Millicent Wilson
George H. Wilson
Advance Music Company
Grace Church
Potter
Setback for Howard as witness says he was sick in bed
In the James Howard trial at Frankfort Dan Vaughan testified he was ill in bed on the day Goebel was killed and not on the street at all, contradicting Howard who claimed to have seen Vaughan on the street just before the shooting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goebel
James Howard
Frankfort
Dan Vaughan
Howard
Vaughan
Defaulter Sims Indicted on Eleven True Bills
Eleven true bills returned by the United States grand jury at Atlanta charge 3. H. Sims the Capital City National Bank clerk with embezzling nearly $100,000. One indictment covers the general transaction and ten cover specific embezzlement occasions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Grand Jury
Atlanta
H. Sims
Capital City National Bank
Six years for Sims in bank theft case
G H Sims a young Capital City National bank clerk pled guilty in Atlanta federal court to embezzlement of more than 93000. Judge Newman sentenced him to six years in federal prison, with immediate transfer. Eleven indictments had been returned, but sentence covered only the general count. ten others were severed and pressed.
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G. H. Sims
Capital City National Bank
Newman
United States Court
Atlanta
Sims
Federal Grand Jury
Federal Court
Government
Marshal Landers
George L. Bell
Bell
National Bank Examiner
Gatekeeper with Gun Causes Fatal Lanett Mill Shooting
In Lanett Alabama on Monday morning gatekeeper Lucius Ogletree shot and killed John L Potter and fatally wounded Dan Zachry after being ordered by striking mill operatives to block entry. Ogletree fled the scene. All involved are white Lanett mill workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lanett
Alabama
Ala
Lucius Ogletree
John L. Potter
Dan Zachry
Lanett Mills
Ogletree
Vanderbilt Engagement Reported In London Dispatch
A London dispatch confirms the engagement of Mrs. Lewis Rutherford to William K. Vanderbilt. It notes the wedding may not occur in Paris and will avoid the United States embassy or Secretary White's London residence, where Mrs Rutherford’s brother-in-law resides.
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W. K. Vanderbilt
London
Lewis Rutherford
William K. Vanderbilt
Paris
United States
White
Mra. Rutherfurd
Russia tightens grip after Manchuria annexation talk
A Tokyo newspaper quotes a Pekin dispatch in which a Russian minister said remonstrances by Japan and others would lead St. Petersburg to decide to incorporate Manchuria's three provinces into the Russian empire. The interview signals a hard line amid growing pressure.
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Czar
Tdkio
Japan
Pekin
St. Petersburg
Manchuria
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