Dagger Threat Against Belgian Heir-at-Large Arrests
In Brussels a masked anarchist armed with a dagger and revolver was found in a church where Prince Albert of Belgium was to visit. Three French anarchists in the rear of the church were seized, all admitting their status. Authorities believe the assailants aimed at the prince. Albert was named successor to King Leopold for Congo and later sworn into the Belgian senate.
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Brussels
Albert
Belgium
Leopold
Vislt
Prince Albert
Count of Flanders
Congo
Haunted for a Year Drives Man to Confession
John Shire confesses to murdering Morris Chaplin a Denver auctioneer in 2006. He says he followed Chaplin after seeing a roll of bills, entered the Chaplin home, and shot when Chaplin advanced with a stool. He reports hearing the fall’s thud and claims laboring under fear of a pursuing mob.
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Lutte
Mont
John Shire
Morris Chaplin
Denver
Shire
Chaplin
Italy
Foul attack on herders shocks Montrose region
Three herders Grover Cornett Peter Swanton and Al Swanson traveling with a Frisco Utah herd were attacked by seven masked men near White Water Colorado. Peter Swanson was fatally shot while the others were bound and left on the ground. The shooting has stirred anger among cattlemen and sheep owners as authorities pursue the perpetrators.
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Montrose
Colo
Frisco
Utah
Grover Cornett
Peter Swanton
al Swanson
White Water
Ifty
Here
Peter Swanson
Grable
Newa
Alabama Killer Watts Hanged After Knife Defiance
Bob Watts, a young white man from Guiteraville, was hanged in the jail yard after resisting with a knife. He mauled Perd Winkles, a Confederate veteran, to steal $20 pension money. Watts fought for his life as ammonia was used to subdue him and he was dragged to the scaffold amid coughing and moaning.
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Guiteraville
Ala
Bob Watts
Watts
Perd Winkles
Jury Deadlock Ends Breathitt Feud Case in Lexington
After twenty four hours of deliberation the jury in the Bill Britton murder trial could not agree on a verdict for the assassination of Town Marshal Jas A Cockrill. The panel stood eight for acquittal and four for conviction and the trial, over two weeks, was discharged. Senator Hargis Jane Hargla and others were named in the feud case.
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Lexington
Bill Britton
Jas. A. Cockrill
Breathitt
Hargis
Jaane Hargla
Signs of an Uprising of Hindoo Students
Lahore, British India. Riots and unrest among Hindoo students arise after inflammatory native newspaper articles. Authorities tighten controls, armed volunteers deployed, and a determined forceful response is planned to suppress rioting with broad support from Mohammedan populations. Several elites join volunteers, signaling heightened mobilization.
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Lahore
British India
Hindoo
India
Punjab
Supreme Court
Peary Seeks Fresh Funds for Polar Expedition
Commander Peary cries for about $60,000 to finance a summer dash to the north pole. He asserts the mission is a great work and expresses deep disappointment at possible abandonment. He believes funds will come and notes they were 174 nautical miles from the goal on the last voyage.
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New York
North Pole
R. B. Peary
Pole
President Roosevelt Calms Jamestown Crowd at Tercentenary
At Jamestown Tercentenary events in Norfolk Roosevelt took charge amid a crowd panic. He urged Virginians to maintain gallantry and avoid pushing, then delivered an improvised but vigorous speech from a shaky speaker’s table. The day featured a 300 gun salute and a fleet review in Hampton Roads.
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Norfolk
Roosevelt
America
United States Army
Vervels
Hampton Roads
Sylph
Harry St. George Tucker
Exposition Company
Virginia
Conductor a Hero after Missouri Freight Engine Explosion
A boiler explosion near O Fallon Missouri destroyed a freight engine and caboose, killing engineer Paul Lynch fireman Frank Appleby and brakeman George Brown, all of Moberly. Conductor Dessert saved a Kansas City bound passenger train by flagging it before collapsing. his fate remains dire.
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O'Fallon
Paul Lynch
Frank Appleby
George Brown
Moberly
Dessert
Kansas City
Witte Prompts Liberal Support in Empire Council
Count Witte, former premier, urged allowing experts to assist committees in the Douma during a council speech. He criticized the empire’s council for paralysis and questioned its usefulness, calling for action and participation in state business. Liberal press praised his stance.
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St. Petersburg
Count Witte
Council of Empire
Douma
Campaign clashes as elections near in Guayquil region
The May 5 congressional campaign sees daily clashes between governing partisans and Independent Liberals. In Quito a key fight erupts with Independents attacking Alfarists supporters of President Alfarro. several killed and many injured. Troops and police restore order and arrest leaders.
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Guayquil
Partiaane
Liberals
Quito
Alfarist
Alfarro
Rural carriers get new pay scale from July first
Postmaster General Meyer approves the detailed salary adjustment for rural free delivery carriers as proposed by Assistant Postmaster General Degrew. The plan, effective July 1, 1926, raises compensation by 9 to 25 percent based on miles traveled, with total rural service expenditure near 35 million dollars for the next fiscal year.
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Washington
Meyer
Degrew
Binger Hermann Acquitted of Destruction Charge
Former Oregon congressman and ex commissioner Binger Hermann is found not guilty of destroying public records. The twelve week trial ended with a jury verdict after twenty one hours of deliberation. Hermann thanked the jurors and his counsel after the acquittal at noon Saturday.
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Washington
Binger Hermann
Oregon
General Land Office
Hermann
White House restricts reporters after nightfall
Secretary Loeb announced new rules banning reporters from congregating on White House grounds after nightfall and from seeking interviews with visitors inside the building. Reporters may still go to the door to ask questions but may not loiter to solicit interviews, aiming to curb interference with White House visitors at night.
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Washington
Loeb Hie
White House
Loeb
Insurance Man in Trouble in New York Indicts
former president William A. Brewer of Washington Life Insurance faces perjury and false statement charges. He tentatively offered to plead guilty to making false official statements with the aim of a fine only, but the assistant district attorney opposes a fine, arguing prison time is deserved.
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New York
William A. Brewer
Washington Life Insurance Company
Assaistant
Nott
General MacArthur Arrives to Welcome General Kuroki
Lieutenant General Arthur MacArthur with staff arrives in Seattle to greet General Kuroki the famed Japanese soldier. MacArthur will accompany Kuroki across the continent to Jamestown where he will be the nation’s guest as Roosevelt’s special representative.
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Seattle
Wash
Arthur MacArthur
United States Army
San Francisco
MacArthur
Kuroki
Arive
Roosevelt
Jamestown
Havana Cigarmakers Strike Pinches Havana
Nine thousand independent cigarmakers join the Havana Tobacc company workers in a lockout. The strikers visited Governor Magoon to pledge order and said they would not hold meetings or demonstrations while demanding wages be paid in American currency instead of Spanish gold.
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Havana
Cig
Tobacc Company
Magoon
Doctors Baffled Disease Spreads in Mexican Mining Camps
A mysterious illness spreading through mining camps in Durango Mexico has baffled doctors and caused numerous deaths. Reports indicate fatalities among several mine operators in Torreon including Antonio Alvadez Garcia and Alfonso Bragseari, signaling a troubling health crisis near mining communities.
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el Paso
Texas
Durango
Mexico
Antonio Alvadez
Garcia
Alfonso Bragseari
Torreon
Tornado Devastates Texas Town Killing Five
A violent storm in Texas Saturday night produced tornado like damage across the state. The village of famming was practically wiped out and five persons were killed including W. Alexander a young child on Wilkinson and two men and lit ie
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Fort Worth
Texas
Famming
W. Alexander
Wilkinson
President and full cabinet absent from Washington
The president and much of the official family were away from the national capital on Friday for the first time in many years. Several cabinet members accompanied him to the Jamestown exposition with Secretary Wilson traveling to Pittsburg and Secretary Root to Clinton New York. Taft went to New York and Boston while Attorney General Bonaparte also went to Boston.
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Washington
National Capital
Wilson
Pittsburg
Root
Clinton
N. Y
Taft
New York
Boston
Bonaparte
Judge Hebbard Charged With Criminal Libel Arrest Request
Superior Judge Hebbard of San Francisco faced a motion for arrest on criminal libel after an address by Assistant District Attorney Francis J. Heney at Stanford. Heney accused Hebbard of repeatedly characterizing him as a menace to the legal profession.
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Outs
San Francisco
Hebbard
Francis J. Heney
Btanford University
Weller
Heney
Dover Deckhand Charged With Murder in Marvin Case
Dover, Del. Frank H. Butler, a deck hand on the steamer John P. Wilson, is jailed on murder charges in the disappearance and presumed death of Horace Marvin four years old. Detectives theorize a cork-filled bag hid the boy’s body. Caldwell recalls loading bags and a missing bag later. Butler denies knowledge of the child's disappearance and claims the boy sat on a haystack on the Marvin farm.
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Dover del
Frank H. Butler
John P. Wilson
Horace N. Marvin
Dr. Marvin
Butler
Marvin Farm
Caldwell
Carmen union demands four dollar eight hour wage
A Carmen's union committee in Frisco handed President Calhoun of United Railroads a demand for a new annual contract that would set conductors and motormen at four dollars for an eight hour day with time and a half for overtime. Calhoun and Mullaly stated the company will not pay three or four dollars for an eight hour day to platform men and will not raise wages further.
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San Francisco
Carmen's Union
Calhoun
United Railroads
Mullaly
GIRL TAKES REVENGE IN CITY OFFICE TRAGEDY
Misa Belle Stroup shot and killed Pat Thaddeus Stevens Ross at Dr George W Magees office during lunch hour then killed herself. Ross, a prominent local figure, was to wed Misa Cruisella Sampsell that Wednesday. no witnesses were present. The shooter was her former sweetheart who alleged jilted romance.
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Pat Thaddeus Stevens Ross
Misa Belle Stroup
George W. Magee
Ross
Misa Cruisella Sampsell
Take President to Task Protests Roosevelt Action
A Milwaukee movement plans a national day of protest in early May against President Roosevelt for designating Moyer Haywood and Pettibone as undesirable citizens and for his message to Honore Jackson of Chicago defending his stance. The effort urges unions nationwide to join the protest and hold President Roosevelt to account.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Moyer- Haywood-Pettibone
Roosevelt
Moyer and Haywood
Honore Jackson
Chicago
Peace Treaty Signed Between Salvador and Nicaragua
San Salvador reports a peace treaty was signed Wednesday night by ministers from both nations at Ama pala. The accord accepts Salvador’s terms, rejects Zelaya’s demands for reparations and free interchanges, and honors both sides in the recent war.
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San Salvador
Salvador
Nicaragua
Amapala
Zelaya
Honduras
Scientist Dies After X ray Exposure
Chicago report says Wolfram C. Fuchs, expert in X ray use, died after contracting cancer linked to X ray exposure. He underwent multiple operations and amputations as the disease spread, leaving him helpless.
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Chicago
Wolfram C. Fuchs
Kansas Tightens Prohibition Crusade Against Brewers
Kansas Attorney General F 8 Jackson won an injunction against nine foreign brewing firms to stop ownership of property and saloons. He secured receivers for the brewers’ assets, planning to seize all property tied to defendants in Kansas and use proceeds to cover state costs. He warned militia could be used if needed to enforce the order.
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Topeka, Kas
Jackson
Kane Ins
Kansas
Supreme Court
Kanens
Deputy Sheriff George Graham Frozen to Death Servicing Papers
Montana authorities recovered the body of Deputy Sheriff George Graham near Jordan in Custer County after he froze while attempting to serve papers in Anaconda county. Coroner Gray and Under Sheriff Western identified him. no horse or saddle was found, money intact, Graham had traveled from Lewiston County and the subpoenas were in his possession.
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Helena
Mont
Gray
Western
Milea City
George Graham
Prairies
District Court
Anaconda County
White Graham
Jordan
Custer County
Lewiston County
Graham
Million Dollar Gift For Southern Negro Rural Schools
Philadelphia reports a one million dollar fund established by Anna T. Jeanes to aid rudimentary schools for southern African Americans. Trustees named include Booker T. Washington and Hollis Burke Frissell though Tuskegee Institute and Hampton Institute will not share in the gift. Income supports rural and community schools for Black residents in the southern United States.
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Philadelphia
Mias Anna T. Jeanes
Booker T. Washington
Tuskegee Institute
Hollis Burke Frissell
Hampton Normal and Industrial Institute
United States
Murder at Paradox: Youngs Kill Rancher Wilkinson
Bill Young and his son Clare shot and killed Charles Wilkinson, a rancher, at Paradox Colorado then fled. Wilkinson reportedly wounded in multiple shots after falling. The case follows a two year-old feud that left Bill Young with a damaged hand from earlier violence.
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Moab
Rhode Island Deadlock Ends After Eighty First Ballot
Providence reports a persistent Senate stalemate as the Rhode Island Republican legislature fails to choose a candidate. On the eighty first ballot Colonel Samuel Colt leads with 39 votes while George Peabody Wetmore has 30, leaving the deadlock intact.
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Providence
R. L
Rhode Island
United States
Joint Assembly
Samuel Colt
Bristol
George Peabody Wetmore
Newport
Attempts to Cremate Forty Families in Rochester Fire
Evidence of incendiary action exposing forty eight families in a crowded Rochester tenement building emerged from investigators of an early Tuesday blaze. A cigar factory sat on the ground floor. at the factory rear a broken window revealed the incendiary dragging a hog before dry tobacco to start the fire that threatened sleeping residents above.
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Rochester
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