Elephants Rampage Through Riverside Hotel Court
A fire at Standard Oil tanks triggered a stampede of elephants that terrorized Riverside. The lead elephant crushed Miss Ella Gibbs in front of the Glenwood hotel, injuring several others before four additional elephants were captured and restrained at the circus grounds.
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Riverside
Cal
Standard Ol
Ll. J. Worsley
Migs
Ella Gibbs
Worsley
Glenwood Hotel
Miss Gibbs
D. P. Chapman
Taln
Elirceus
Congressional Leaders Balk at Several Proposed Laws
Washington, May. The leaders of Congress told the president that several laws he wants enacted this session will not be pushed. They would consider elastic currency measures, compensation for injured government workers, DC child labor ban, tariff hearing preliminaries, and funds to continue Inland Waterways projects started last year.
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Washington
Congress
District of Columbia
Ways and Means
House
Senate
Russian Forces Hit Kurdish Raiders Near Lenkoran
Russian troops crossed into Persian territory near Lenkoran on the Caspian to punish Kurdish raiders, in response to renewed attacks on Belo suvar frontier garrison. A skirmish began April 12 as a detachment from Belowayvar clashed with Kurdish brigands, with casualties on both sides.
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Tiflis
TransCaucasia
Lenkoran
Caspian Sea
Belosuvar
Belowayvar
Navy may buy any submarine boat type after vote
In Washington the house of representatives struck out a proviso that limited the secretary of the navy to purchasing only Holland type submarines. The action ends the long-running debate and gives the secretary freedom to select submarine boats without type restriction.
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Washington
United States Navy
Committee On Naval Affairs
House of Representatives
Secretary of the Navy
Railway collision near Braybook Junction shocks Melbourne
Wreckage from two trains from Ballarat and Bendigo collided at Braybook Junction eight miles from Melbourne. Forty-one people were killed and sixty injured as the Bendigo train rear collided into Ballarat. engines piled atop coaches and fires ravaged the wreckage. Rescue was delayed and doctors and nurses arrived only after long intervals.
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Melbourne
Australia
Ballarat
Bendigo
Braybook Junction
Trapped by Brigands Near Belostvar
A Russian expeditionary force pursuing Kurdish brigands in Persia faces a superior Persian and nomad alliance. The siege near Belostvar has Russian commander requesting infantry artillery and cavalry reinforcements as floods hinder relief efforts.
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Persia
Titus
Belostvar
Race War in Tennessee Ends in Double Slaying
In Memphis Mrs James Wright killed Lelia Gordon a four night old ogro woman with a single barrel shotgun. She reloaded and pursued Mary Davis firing a second shot that missed. A violent clash between white and negro women followed with Mrs John Wright beaten as the fight erupted over children playing with nearby black children.
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Memphis
Tenn
James Wright
Lelia Gordon
Wright
Mary Davis
John Wright
Davis
Gordon
Washington approves reduced agricultural appropriation bill
The Senate committee on Agriculture reported the agricultural appropriation bill for the current year at 11,042,146 dollars, up 1,920 dollars from the house bill. The panel also backed 10,000 dollars for cooperation with the reclamation service to study crop production feasibility and 10,000 dollars to obtain hardy forage plants from Siberia for the northern Great Plains.
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Washington
Senate
House
Department of Agriculture
Reclamation Service
Siberia
Great Plainy
Senate Pensions Bill Near Final House Concurrence
Senate committees on pensions practically complete consideration of the pension appropriation bill carrying about 162 million dollars an increase of 12 million over the house bill to implement the widows pension act. The house bill was amended to eliminate the plan to abdicate pension agencies and consolidate agency work under the bureau in this city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Prosecution Weighs on Kronstadt Saint Followers
St Petersburg authorities move to prosecute leaders of the Johannite sect tied to Father John of Kronstadt. Dozens of adherents have assumed sacred titles such as Holy Ghost and Virgin Mary and the group will be thoroughly investigated.
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St. Petersburg
Father John of
Texas flood drives thousands from homes and crops lost
In Fort Worth Texas a flood from Clear and West Forks forced thousands from homes as streams rise. At least four deaths are reported and 8000 people are homeless. North Fort Worth is isolated with 6500 houses submerged. Rail service crippled and towns like Mineral City and Cleburne flooded. Engineer Long and fireman died after their engine left the track. Sufferers offered shelter. crops wiped out with losses estimated above half a million dollars.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Clear
West Fork
East Fort Worth
North Fort Worth
Mineral City
Weatherford
Cleburne
Outrages in Manchuria Reported by Router News Agency
London dispatch describes Harbin under control of the Chinese Eastern Railway company with a self styled civil governor and unsafe conditions after dark. Mukden and south Manchuria see Japanese immigrants perceived as unruly. wartime alliances blamed for changing local attitudes toward Japanese visitors.
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London
Router
Harbin
Mukden
Manchuria
Chinese Eastern Railway Company
Money Markets Show Rich Flow In New York Banks
Last week the New York money market showed plentiful funds with dividends mid month, pushing call money up and ninety day loans under 2 percent. Gold exports began as a consequence, and a treasury demand for government deposits is not expected to harden rates.
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New York
United States Treasury
Nomination of Guy Murchle as U S Marshal for Massachusetts
President nominates Guy Murchle of Boston to be United States marshal for Massachusetts. He served with the Rough Riders in the Cuban campaign and has since been active in the state militia. He was on Governor Guild's staff as an aide de camp with the rank of captain. In February 1907 Roosevelt acted as godfather for his child.
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Washington
Guy Murchle
Boston
Massachusetts
Murchle
Rough Riders
Guild
Roosevelt
No Dissolution Planned for American Tobacco Company
Caleb C. Dula vice president of the American Tobacco Company said there is no basis for a report that the firm will dissolve voluntarily. The claim followed James J. Duke's return from California after government antitrust investigations. Duke said the inquiry shows the company has not violated antitrust or other laws.
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New York
American Tobacco Company
Caleb C. Dula
Dula
James J. Duke
California
Republican leaders postpone caucus until sundry civil bill ready
Washington reports that the Republican house caucus, set for Tuesday evening, was postponed due to delays in reporting the sundry civil appropriation bill. It is deemed essential that this supply measure receive immediate attention upon reporting and that no other bill, including financial or currency measures, be brought forward by the caucus beforehand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Secretary of the Interior Approves Idaho Land Segregation
The General Land Office notified Senator Horah that the Interior Secretary is urged to approve Idaho segregation under the Carey Land Act. The recommendation covers a large tract south of Twin Falls linked to the Twin Falls irrigation project, a standard step before final approval.
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Secretary of the Interior
Twin Falls
Washington
General Land Office
Horah
Idaho
Turkey Accepts Italian Post Office Demands End of War Talk
Turkey has acceded to Italy’s demand for Italian post offices in Turkish territory to avoid naval demonstrations. Istanbul reports confirm Italian settlements in five cities and equal treatment for Italians to own property and coast navigation. Paris commentary suggests broader danger to the sultan over Macedonia and other questions as tensions ease yet loom.
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Turkey
Italy
Porte
Lullin
Constantinople
Turkieh
Paris
Eclair
Asia
Memorial services for late Illinois Representative George W. Smith
Washington reports that memorial services were held in the House of Representatives for George W. Smith of Illinois. It marks the first time in two weeks that the body opened with prayer as it continued its session. Tributes were paid by Mesare Thistlewood Rodenberg Chapman Louder and Graff Russell Chaney and Steenerson from Minnesota and Missouri respectively.
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Washington
House of Representatives
George W. Smith
Illinois
House
Continue Sesslo
Mr. Smith
Mesare Thistlewood
Rodenberg
Chapman
Louder and Graff
Russell
Chaney
Steenerson
Burned to Death in Jail in Seneca Kansas
James Lally charged with murder died in a jail fire early Saturday in Seneca Kansas. Sheriff rescued him from his cell as flames spread. Lally reportedly set his bed ablaze during a personal crisis while awaiting trial for the February 14 killing of Herbert Jordan, a newspaper man and former secretary to former Governor W J Dalley of Kansas, in Sabetha.
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Seneca
Kan
James Lally
Horsethief Captured Near Green River After Two Years
Oscar E. Wella alias Lorell Gruell, a noted Oregon horsethief, hid for two years in the Hole in the Wall country thirty miles west of Green River Utah. He was seized Saturday by deputies from Salt Lake and Emery county and Yale Oregon officials. He was moved to Salt Lake City then sent to Oregon to face trial.
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Salt Lake City
Green River
Emery County
Utah
Oscar E. Wella
Lorell Gruell
Oregon
Axel H. Breele
Salt Lake
Pace
Sherif Robert Odell
Yale
Ore
Odell
Landed in Jail Before He Had Committed Any Crime
San Francisco reports T. C. Diffenbacher confined in city jail awaiting investigation with no charge filed. He admits to being a wire tapper and claims his pool hall profits were legitimate. He states he came for health and would have committed a crime if opportunity had arisen.
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San Francisco
T. C. Diffenbacher
Privon
Diffenbacher
California
Two Men Die in Pistol Duel at Estes Hotel Corridor
In Warrensburg Missouri Sunday night James Ryan chief of police and Byron Hall son of farmer J B Hall were killed and James Baynham and Robert Pol wounded during a pistol duel in the Estes hotel corridor. Officers attempted to disarm Hall who opened fire. Hall was fatally shot when the officers returned fire.
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Warrensburg
James Ryan
Byron Hall
James
Baynham
Robert Pol
Estes Hotel
Hall
Steamer North Star Damaged In Hell Gate Collision
The steamer North Star of the Maine steamship line was seriously damaged after colliding with a loaded car float in Hell Gate Saturday night while returning from Portland with about eighty to hundred passengers aboard. A large hole was stove in the side but the vessel reached her deck under her own steam and no crew or passengers were injured. The crash was blamed on heavy traffic in the narrow tide swept passage.
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New York
North Star
Maine Steamship Line
Hell Gate
Portland
French and Arabs clash on Tamlet plan in Algeria
Colombe Becher reports a dawn engagement on Talzaza hill near Tamlet where a French column fought off Berbers and nomad Arabs. French casualties reached 28 killed and 100 wounded as pursuit lasted six miles, with 125 Berber dead found by French forces when darkness halted the chase.
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Colomb
Becher
Algeria
Talzaza
Tamlet
Iswolsky Outlines Russia’s Balkan Peace Policy
Russian Foreign Minister Iswolsky states no definite Macedonian settlement yet. He notes support from Austria-Hungary Germany Italy and France with Britain partly approving. Reforms are needed and Russia aims for a peaceful plan free of egotistic aims, seeking to maintain the European concert after the Japanese war.
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St. Petersburg
Iswolsky
Dama
Balkan
Austria-Hungary
Germany
Italy
France
Great Britain
Macedonia
Russia
M. Iswolsky
Japan
Race Home Ends Fatally for 85 Year Old Banker
Addison Parkison a retired banker and farmer of Renese Laer Ind died in Western Springs Il after racing half the continent to reach home. Stricken with pneumonia a week ago in California he, at age 85, pressed on with his relative James Mooney until his death only half a day from home.
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Chicago
Addison Parkison
Reneselaer
Ind
Western Springs
California
James Mooney
Reverend George W. Tomson Dies in Woodbury Hotel
General shock in Woodbury New Jersey after the suicide of Rev. George W. Tomson pastor of the Woodbury Presbyterian Church. He was found dead with a bullet wound in the Newton Hotel amid rumors and social scandal involving several local women. Relief and questions abound as details remain unclear.
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Woodbury
N. J
George W. Tomson
Woodbury Presbyterian Church
Tomson
Newton
Fife
Perjury Indictment In Santa Cruz Cotton Will Case
The Santa Cruz grand jury indicted Walter J. Barnett for perjury arising from a December 17 1900 cotton will contest testimony. He claimed, as special administrator of Ellen Colton’s estate, a bank deposit of 20699.75 at California Safe Deposit Bank, while his on hand funds were 10474. Bail set at 10000 with a bench warrant issued on district attorney Knight’s motion.
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Santa Cruz
Cal
Walter J. Barnett
Ellen Colton
California Safe Deposiit Bank
Knight
Smith
Ren Cante rencanter Dies. Noted Sioux Interpreter
Lower Brule South Dakota reports the death of Alexander Ren canter a renowned Indian interpreter and guide. He knew the Missouri valley from St Louis to Fort Benton and served Father De Smet on his second Sioux mission. In 1864 he joined Generals Sherman and Sully on their river expedition locating agency and fort sites from Yankton to Fort Benton.
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Lower Brule
S. D
Alexander Rencanter
Missouri Valley
St Louis
Fort Benton
Rencanter
Father de Smet
Mirsionary
Sherman
George Sully
Yankton
Circus Stampede Injuries Ease After Riverside Stampede
Riverside California reports most injured from Thursday's fire and elephant stampede are resting. Driver L G Worley is gravely injured with slim chances of recovery. The circus and elephants have left town. Actor Wilton Lackaye escaped uninjured despite a shattered Hotel Glenwood window.
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Riverside
Cal
L. G. Worely
Worely
Wilton Lackaye
Glenwood
Lackaye
House Committee Kills Aldrich Bill in Banking Panel
The House banking committee voted unanimously to table the Aldrich financial bill and agreed to hear Rep. Vreeland who offers a substitute. A report with reasons was not to be issued, and the move could shift currency legislation toward a conference with the Senate bill and Vreeland’s proposal. The plan centers on using commercial paper as security for emergency currency and omits limits on loans to allied corporations.
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Washington
House Committee On Banking and Currency
Vreeland
New York
House
Congress
Senate
National Bank Act
Aldrich
Senator la Follette
Bold bank robbers in Chautauqua raid escape into Oklahoma
Two men robbed Citizens' State bank at Chautauqua, forcing Cashier Walterhouse and Del Kasley into the vault then fled with about $2,000. Four posses chase them through the Osage hills, one suspect named as William Tennant, 23, formerly of Chautauqua and recently escaped from Nawata jail on horse stealing charges.
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Coffeyville
Kan
Citizens’ State Bank
Chautauqua
C. CC. Walterhouse
del Kasley
Osage
Oklahoma
Ashier Walterhouse
William Tenant
Nawata
Oklo
Important Railway Decision Upholds State Rate Power
A U S Court of Appeals rules federal courts cannot enjoin state railway rate changes before rates are fixed. The Nebraska circuit’s decree stands, refusing to restrain modifications to grain and grain products rates in Nebraska. The Burlington round originally filed the action.
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St. Loula
United States Court of Appeals
United States Chircuit Court of Appeals of
Nebraska
Nebraska Railway Commission
Burlington Round
Boy Sacrifices Life To Save Kitten in New York
Ten year old Dominico Bello died after shielding a kitten as an electric truck from the New York Edison Co moved on Eat Thirty-ninth Street. Driver Edward Flaherity, unaware of the boy beneath the vehicle, halted power to avoid the animal, but Dominico was crushed while acting to save the kitten.
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New York
Dominico Bello
Edward Flaherity
New York Edison Company
Eat Thirty-ninth Street
Dominico
Mauretania Sets Ocean Crossing Record in Close Finish
The Cunard liner Mauretania completed the long ocean voyage on Friday in four days twenty three hours fifty nine minutes, beating the Lusitania by nearly a minute. Average speed was 25.08 knots over the 2 88 mile course, with 26 knots on the final day.
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New York
Mauretania
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