Jamestown Fair 8 Opens With Roosevelt At Parade
President Roosevelt joined Virginia officials and foreign dignitaries at the Jamestown Tercentennial opening. A sunrise 300 gun salute, a grand fleet review in Hampton Roads, and a gold button ceremony marked the dedication. The president steadied a panicked crowd, then reviewed the ships aboard the Mayflower before returning to the grandstand for speeches and a night illumination of the warships.
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Norfolk
Roosevelt
United States Army
Hampton Roads
Bergap
United States Cavalry
Exposition Grounds
Tucker
Old Virginia
Salutaiin
Twenty-Third United States Infantry
Lee
United States
Ballora
Fair Grounds
Suitor's fatal shot ends tragedy after failed marriage demand
In Philadelphia an enraged suitor Fring Endrukat shot 22 year old Miss Korais in the street after she refused to wed him. He then killed himself with a bullet to the head. Endrukat, 33, had followed her from Europe after a prior attack and imprisonment. The two years of pursuit ended Monday with Korais dead and Endrukat unconscious.
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Old Country
Philadelphia
Marth Kotals
Endrukat
Pomerania
Renish
Prussia
America
Europe
Cramps
Miss. Morais
August Ranstein
Endrakat
Master Sunday
Endoukit Montiay
Miss Korais
Badrukat
Union City Fire Destroys Industry and Water System
A major blaze in Union City caused extensive damage to the Union City Chair company and nearby structures, with losses over 300000. The fire threatened the St Carlos Commercial and Warner hotels until aid arrived. Water supply failures hampered efforts, prompting temporary citywide danger before fire crews secured the scene.
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Corry
Union City Chair Company
Union City
Here
Union City Electric Light
St. Carlos Commercial
Warner
Ag Hove
Torpedoes Exploded by Wireless Experiments
In Cartagena on Sunday, successful experiments exploded torpedoes at long distance using the Hertizan waves system. The device was invented by a Spaniard named Balsera.
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Cartagena
Balsera
Engine leaps into creek wreck kills two near Pittsburgh
Two men died and about 100 passengers escaped disaster when westbound Wabash train No 27 left tracks near Bridgeville, plunging engine and first coach into Chartiers Creek. A second and third coach rode on, with one coach torn free. The three rear coaches carried the passengers unaware of the danger until stopping. New schedule had reduced the departure time by 45 minutes, averting more casualties. Marion Boyd of Rock Station and Frank Messaucs of Barberton were killed. The cause remains under investigation.
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Pittsburg
Bridgeville
Charliers Creck
Marion Boyd
Enabeey
Rock Station
Frank Messaucs
Barberton
Chartiers Creek
Flood near Oklahoma City inundates lowlands and crops
Floods from rising Canadian river and heavy rains threaten Capitol Hill and nearby areas near Oklahoma City. Lowlands become swampy, crops damaged, stock drowned, several residents evacuated or stranded in trees. One house with occupants was rescued. Communication down as wires fail across towns. The rain may benefit cotton later.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Capitol Him
Oklahoma
Texas Panhandle
Tulsa
Revolt in Montenegro Prompts Military Government Rise
Dispatches report a Montenegro revolt and political crisis with a military government proclaimed. Premier Tamanovics resigns, which Prince Nicholas does not accept, while forces march on Cettinje amid serious street fighting in Podgoricza.
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Vienna
Montenegro
Preylier Tamanovics
Nicholas
Cettinje
Podgoricza
Bombs Found in Kaulbar Villa at Odessa
Sixteen bombs were discovered Sunday in a villa rented by Governor Kaulbars as a summer residence in Odessa. The find occurred on April 29 and prompted evacuation and security measures in the area.
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Kaulbar
Odessa
Gov. Kaulbars
May Day Labor Quiet in Major Cities
St Louis reports stable conditions with 120,000 union men signed for the year and little disruption expected on May 1. New York and New England anticipate few labor conflicts as construction and private projects drive demand. Pittsburg and Philadelphia expect subdued disputes, while San Francisco faces a potential eight hour day strike. Armour Car Line resists public-rate filing in Nebraska. Indiana veteran Colonel Elias Neff dies at 69 in Arkansas City.
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St. Louia
Southwest
Building Trades Council
New York
New England
Boston
Pittsburg
Philadelphia
Central ‘Bahay
Frisco
San Francisco
Metal Trates
Smployers
United Railroads
Snowstorms and travels in early 1900s briefings
Heavy snowstorms hit Wisconsin and Iowa as reports reach Rio and Tangier. Notable deaths include Rufus Bullock in Albion and pathfinder David C. Cook in Denver. A spate of incidents injure and kill across cities, from a Baltimore pier collapse to a Peoria hospital escape and a St Louis dynamite blast. Local politics see Illinois Central suit filed. Milwaukee labor strife and Prohibition-era liquor crackdowns draw attention.
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Towa
Rufus B. Bullock
Georgia
Albion
N.Y
Superior
Wis
Locust Point
Baltimore
Mme
Emme Eames
Julian Story
Raisul
Tan- Bier
Morocco
Rio de Janeiro
Thornhill
Philadelphia
Josephine Hess
Stead
Ilinois Central Railroad
LaSalle County
Anlivari
Adriatic
Thomas &. Mulvihill
St Louis
David C. Cook
Denver
Cal
Laporte County
Ind
Tegucigalpa
Mate L. Chester
Chicago
The
Order of the Eastern Star
Peoria
Frank Fitzgeurice
Citizens’ Bank
Eagle Grove
Nellie Ferguson
John C. Schwartz
Cincinnati
Trust Company of America
New York
North Pole
Robert F. Peary
Milwaukee
Master Plumbers’ Association
Binger Herman
Oregon
General Land Office
Eddie’ Tate
Collins
Albert Zimmerman
John Becket
Luxemburg
St. Louis
National Cash Register
Dayton
A. J. Eliott
Wash
le Crosse
R. J. Russel
Lumbermen Ask Square Deal Before Interstate Commission
Rivalry among Hill and Harriman rail lines prompts lumber groups in Washington and Puget Sound to seek through and joint rates via Portland to points east of the Cascade mountains. They accuse 20-plus railroads of refusing to interchange cars at Portland, hindering shipments from 417 sawmills and 453 shingle mills with combined outputs of billions of feet and shingles.
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Washington
Hill and Harriman
Northwest
Interstate Commerce Commission
Puget Sound Territory
Commission
Cascade Mountains
The
Pacific
Coast Lumber, Manufacturers’ Association
South
Washington Lumber ‘Association
Shingle ‘Mills’ ‘Bureau
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
Union Pacific
Oregon Short Line
Portland
Ore
Entombed Miners Rescued After Flood Halted Entry
Seven Berwind White Coal Mine No 33 workers were trapped by a wall breach and flood near Poustwell. They were rescued at 10 p m Tuesday, alive but exhausted, with a decision to drain the mine before bringing them out.
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Johnstown
Berwind- White Coal Company
Poustwell
Appropriations summarized for the last Congress session
Thomas P. Cleaves and James J. Courts report total appropriations for the recent session amounting to 820,798,143 dollars. In addition to specific appropriations, contracts authorized for public works awaiting future funding total 67,934,349 dollars.
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Washington
Congress
Thomas P. Cleaves
Senate Committee On Appropriations
James €. Courts
House Committee On Appropriations
Largest mortgage filed in Multnomah County
Portland officials record a $15,000,000 trust deed filed with the county clerk. The mortgage favors Central Trust Co. of North America of Philadelphia and covers all properties of the Portland Railway, Light and Power Company, marking the county’s biggest mortgage to date.
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Portland
Ore
Multnomah County
Central Trust Co. of North America
Philadelphia
Portland Railway, Light and Power Company
Reward Offered for Twenty-fifth Infantry Confessions
Brownsville Texas organizes a popular subscription drive to raise 10000 dollars as a reward to any soldier or officer of the Twenty-fifth Infantry who confesses involvement in the Brownsville yard incident in August or supplies names or evidence to convict those guilty.
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Brownsville
Tex
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Resignation Accepted Forthwith In New Alexia
Washington reports that Fleibert J Hagerman’s resignation as governor of New Alexia is accepted forthwith upon receipt of the president’s letter. The Public Printer, Stillings, announced a major staff cut, laying off 204 employees including 102 journeymen bookbinders and 102 women sewers and golf workers, due to changes in printing and binding laws for government reports and congressional documents.
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Fleibert” J. Hagerman
New Alexico
Wagerman
Stillings
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Armour Car Line
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Armany Cay Ling Company
State Railway Commission
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Armour Line
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Elias “Neff
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Hill and Harriman Lines
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