Wreck of the Gloriana off Whale Cove Claims Many Lives
The American fishing schooner Gloriana, Capt. George Stoddart of Gloucester, struck White Point Ledges near Whale Cove Tuesday night. Of eighteen crew, fifteen drowned. three survivors on the rocks were rescued after a brutal night. The vessel wrecked near the Brianianda site, echoing earlier disasters in the area.
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N.S
Americus
Gloriana
George Stoddarg
Gloucester
Idu Asborg
Whale Cove
Neay
White Point
Fteen
George . Stoddart
Sable Island
Tibet
Collision off Virginia Coast Drowns Many on Saginaw Sinking
Dense fog shrouds the coast as the Hamiltons steamship collides with the Clyde Saginaw near Fenwick Island lightship. The disaster leaves dozens dead and many rescued as both ships flood and capsize. Conflicting official tallies follow.
Death in Mill Pond Fire at Pleeon Pa Shingle Mill
Walter Bord owner of a shingle mill near Pleeon Pennsylvania died in a mill pond fire when a tank exploded and oil spread. Crew members fled but Bord stayed to help others until the burning oil engulfed him. His body was recovered from the water.
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Walter Bord
Pleeon
Bord
Coal Operators Deny Unlawful Price Fixing in Chicago Case
Federal court in Chicago heard operators from Indiana and Illinois deny forming an unlawful coal price fixing cartel. They admitted a time under an agreement but argued it was abandoned before proceedings. they also said they sold coal below market prices during its existence.
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Chi¢a
Indiana
British Foreign Secretary Lansilowne Warns on Persian Gulf Forts
London dispatch reports Foreign Secretary Lansdowne declares Britain will wage war if rivals attempt to set up a cheval base or fortified position in Persian Gulf waters. His hard line gains approval at home while other powers await responses with anxiety.
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Lansilowne
London
Monroe
Great Britain
Lansdowne
Gulf
Drummer Dies While Beating in Cincinnati Based Club
A drummer in a US eight beat group dropped dead in St Louis while performing. In Seattle officials filed Articles of Incorporation for the American Telegraph and Cable Company to build a submarine cable from Seattle to Alaska and Vladivostok. In Horton, Kansas the Teck Taland Company discharged a foreman named Rooster George Bell and eighty striking machinists returned to work.
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Bo McMerrick
Grant Post
G. A. TL
Chicago
St. Louis
American Telegraph
Cabie Com- Hans
Seattle
Yates
Pointe
Alaska
Thenca Tof Vladivostek
Wash
Horton, Kan
Teck Taland Company
Rooster
George Bell
Fr Waller Discharged In Inquest Over Mysterious Murder
Coroner’s inquest into the murder of Agatha Thelebjin at Lorein held Thursday cleared Fr Waller. Casimir Rejchtin, brother of the accused, testified from the hogwa where the crime occurred. Rejchtin asserted his belief in innocence amid limited new details.
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Misa Rotehlin Fellewin
Agatha Thelebjin
Thoreday
Lorein
Agiyee
Walesr
Iaue
Casimir Rejchtin
Yotine Rejchtin
Aiger
Fight to a Finish in Omaha Strike Clashes
Labor difficulties in Omaha Nebraska escalate as unions and waiters strike through the night seeking a peace agreement. Proposals from each side are rejected and talks collapse, signaling a near certainty of continued confrontation. The unrest threatens local business and prompts mayoral intervention as clashes intensify.
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Omaha
Neb
Iiskiees Men's Association
Striking Unione
Reavion
Winter storm scorches western Kansas cattle herds
Severe weekly storm slams western Kansas causing heavy cattle losses. Reports from Wallace County indicate losses alone may exceed thirty thousand head with further declines in surrounding areas and eastern Colorado as snow and harsh winds persist.
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Karras
Wansas
Wallace County
Kansas
Colorado
Bt Stock Crhees
Fire wrecks Chicago frame factory and adjoining blocks
Flames driven through a frame factory on Oakley Avenue at Fulton Street in Chicago destroy the plant and nearby buildings. One man is missing and feared dead. seven families flee with scant clothing. A separate note mentions polar expedition news from Stockholm and a Bakersfield boilermakers strike planned for May 8 in solidarity with Union Pacific workers.
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Ghicego
Chicago
Oakley Avenue
Fulton Street
Snathery Pacifie
Bakersfield
Cal
Union Pacific
Pennell Insurance Funds Seized by Court Ruling
Justice Brusé in the Buffalo supreme court ordered security of insurance proceeds tied to Arthur R. Pennell. Thayer is to receive 810,000 from Pennell’s policy while 25,000 may go to Mrs. Bardick. The suit to contest the secret charge was dropped after review of Thayer’s documents.
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Justice Brusé
Supreme Court At
Buffalo
N.Y
Wallace’ ‘Thayer
Arthur R. Pennell
Thayer
Bardick
Pennell
Frederick Pennell
Tharer
Dynamite Attack Reported on Chicago Church
A dynamite blast at the institutional church at 8825 Dearborn Street is alleged to have been carried out by Negroes amid a Chicago policy battle waged by black preachers. A mass meeting had ended moments earlier. no injuries were reported, but windows were shattered and a south wall blown in.
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Chicago
Dearborn Street
Insanity Plea Entered in Former Mayor Ames Trial
In Minneapolis the defense for ex mayor Ares pursues an insanity plea after the state rests on bribery and extortion charges. Testimony includes women paying Gardner for protection as defense team schedules further proceedings.
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Ames
Ares
Minneapolis
Gardner
Atos
Recognition of Unions Drives Omaha Strike Coverage
SOTH SIDES FIRM. Recognition of Unions is Main Fasue at Omaha. The first violence of the strike at Orma la was attempted when an upknown mag fired two a hate at a noncanton tem pter. A crowd of a hundred people gnth ered. ltt the man who did the shooting oecaped. The driver was anhert. The strikers disclaimed responsibility for the whealing. Wo breaks have occurred in the ranks of any of the striking bodies vor the em ployers as er.Nor have the employers in any Ietdness this far undertaken to reopen their linea of businass that were choked by the strite.
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Omaha
Ormala
Woman Accused of Murder Minnie Cummings Charged
A warrant from St Louis charges Minnie Cummings of SL Lowe with killing her first husband F A Harrix on October 4, 4901. She awaits trial on second degree murder for the shooting at a rooming house in St Louis.
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Minnie Cummings
SL. Lowe
At. Louis
St. Louis
Belfale- Tenge
Sixty-Five Rescue From Flem ing Brig Java Souet
Sixty-five of seventy-two crew members from the Flemish fishing brig Java Souet were rescued after a gale off St Malo on March 28. Six were lost overboard with one dead, as the remaining crew were brought to New York aboard the steamer St. Andrew from Antwerp on April 25.
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Fleming
St. Malo
Prince
Java
Souet
St. Andrew
Antwerp
Rioting in New York Strikes Draw Police Reserve Response
Police reserves were called out Monday in various parts of New York to quell disturbances arising from strike action. Many arrests were made and some nonunion individuals were beaten. In Brooklyn subway clashes about fifty Italians and several officers were injured though none seriously.
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New York
Wnion
Brooklin
Bay City Man Claims Waterloo Service in Blucher Band Dies at 105
Louis Keep of Bay City Michigan reportedly fought at Waterloo under Blucher and died aged 105 in his hometown obituary notes.
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Waterloo
Louis Keep
Bay City
Mich
Blucher
Severe Crost Sun damages Indiana crops and Detroit plant
Bard Frost in Indiana caused heavy losses to strawberries palms and other tender fruit. Detroit reports a $100,000 fire in a special saga. Scherer & Co carriage works suffered $200,000 damage by a Friday fire.
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Bard
Indiana
Detroit
Scherer & Co. Carriage Works
Nine Hurt as Trolley Derails at North Beach J I
A New York special says a trolley car of the New York and Queens County Electric Railroad left the rails at North Beach J I on Sunday night injuring nine passengers. A laundry strike expands as five Chicago steam laundries in Evanston close, widening the famine situation.
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New York
Tanrang
New York and Queens County Electric Railroad
North Beeach
J. I
Chicago
Evanston
Dipsomaniacs Strike at State Hospitals Refuse Work
Report from Cherokee hospital shows sixty inmates confined for inebriety with only one agreeing to perform any labor as staff set out trees. Mt Pleasant facility records fifty-eight men with eleven admissions, eleven escapes, seven parolees, and a net decrease of seven.
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Cherokee
State Hospital
Mt. Pleasant
Escates
Frost Narrows Loss to Iowa Fruit and Crops
Damage from frost in Iowa was less severe than feared with experts predicting an average fruit crop. Henry Wallace estimates at least 25 percent of fruit in Iowa harmed, while officials note cherries and peaches suffer most and southern counties show greater impact than central regions.
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Iowa
Sage
Towa Crop Bureau
Des Moines
Henry Wallace
Lea
Lown Wan
Greene
State Horticultural Society
Stolen Money Recovered in Local Express Robbery
Reports say General Superintendent Bs Averill and Col John Bryant along with Phil Ketigta claim 4000 hidden under the ox Steve Coffes and that the robbery was 4000 not 10000. They name guilty parties but offer no public details while promising arrests soon.
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Bs, Averill
Stataz Expresa Companys
Hetectites
John Bryant
7 Enlo
Phil Ketigta
Cifeden
Britt
Steve Coffes
Ofaciala
Wedded Sixty Years A Sioux City Couple Celebrate Anniversary
Mr and Mrs William Lubert of Sioux City marked sixty years since their 1845 marriage in Tagegow Germany They celebrated with relatives and friends after a long journey from Germany to the United States They lived in Cleveland Rock Island and finally settled in Sioux City in 1958 as early white residents.
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Sioux City
Atr
Wiliam Lubert
Sioux Cly
Lubert
Ron Yerrary
Tagenow
Mecklenbure
Gommany
Cleveland
Rock Island
Lulberts
Sheldon Boy Electrocuted in Sheldon Incident
A one year old boy, son of Mr. and Mrs. N. F. Worth of Sheldon, touched a live electric wire and died minutes later. The wire blew down near Postreaster Stewart's yard, where the accident occurred, and the boy likely grabbed an exposed section after the wire dangled low.
Court hears case of eight indictments in Davenport terms
Mercy hospital patient CLanra Beckman found a false tooth that chokingly lodged in her throat. Trial of eight indictments against EL Wilson for shooting J E Knight at Gommer progressed with testimony and jury actions during the term. Court sessions consumed much time as political tensions influence proceedings.
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Clanra Beckman
Mercy Hospital
Davenport
EL Wilson
J. E. Knight
Gommer
Spss Chu
Fire damages boiler house at Iowa Falls plant
A fire damaged the boiler house of the Iowa Faille Manufacturing Company plant in Iowa Falls. The blaze caused an estimated loss of about 500 dollars and was confined to the boiler area.
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Iowa Faille Manufacturing Company
Iowa Falls
Acquitted Of Murder in Avoca Case Surprises Town
Bert Livix and Mrs Ela McDaniel were found not guilty after four hours of deliberation in the Livix McDaniel murder trial at Avoca. The verdict shocked Macedonia residents who opposed their return home. The state alleged Mrs McDaniel poisoned her husband with strychnine before slashing his throat. The defense argued despondency led to a fatal self-inflicted death with the razor.
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Bert Litix
Lioux
Notaries Public in Iowa Face July 4 Renewal
About 7 000 Iowa notaries public must renew their commissions by July 4 this year. The Secretary of State's office is sending notices and notaries may renew by returning the attached blank with bond and a $5 fee to the governor. If approved, the governor issues the new commission from the Secretary of State's office.
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Phelr Commissions. Co
Iowa
State House
Martin
Convernor
Secretary of State
Man Thrown From Freight Train Breaks Leg East of Aurelia
Andrew Frac Seys alleges he was dragged from a way freight train by a brakeman near Aurelia on Thursday morning. The train was speeding a mile east of town when he was ordered off at the car door. A farmer heard his cries, authorities were notified, and he received medical treatment at a local hotel where a leg was set after a badly broken injury.
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Andrew Frac Seys
Aurelia
Andrew Frag
Trae
Deake
Chine Duwg
Rioux City Bookkeeper’s Motive In Shortage Case Revealed
Rioux City special report shows bookkeeper Charles Rademacher faced a June 1, 1902 shortage of BR200 and $2,500 bond to Fidelity and Casualty. The Thornburg & Co. firm aims to recover the balance as details emerge from Charles Cranon’s accountant’s examination.
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Rioux
Rioux City
Charles
T.radamacher
Charlas
Thornburgh& Cs
Sioux City
Des Moines Suffers Severe Winter Storm Hit On Orchards
A Des Moines storm battered fruit country Thursday before daylight. Grounds were covered with frost and ice, leaving fruit trees damaged and many small fruit crops likely killed. Orchardists fear further frost will injure gardens and field crops. some sheltered trees may still yield.
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Des Moines
Unknown tramp killed by fall at Tara station
A body found Thursday morning at the foot of a coal chute in Tara station on the Illinois Central near Fort Dodge. The deceased, a German man from a likely working-class background, had been put off a freight train with a companion and fell twenty to thirty feet after mistaking the chute for the train track. His neck was broken.
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Falla
Fort Douge
Fort Dodge
Tara
Illinois Central
Port Dodge
Roth
Mat Hunter Sentenced in Osceola Killing Case
Osceola dispatch reports Mat Hunter, aged about a year, shot and killed Homer Wolland, a nationally noted college athlete. Hunter received a twenty five year sentence in the state penitentiary. Also reported: a Burlington wreck near Creston killed Fireman Walter Neble who was trapped by the boiler and died.
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Mat Hunter
Osceola
Homer Wolland
War
Freeman
Creston
Walter Neble
Gambling unrest ends in Oroameen for a month
Officials order a one month closure of all gaming activities in Oroameen while proprietors store APPUTONaARacEs. Revival services by Ching go evangelists have concluded and organizers prepare for Easter.
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Oroameen
Eagter
Chinggo
Plan to Exterminate Smallpox and Washington Theater Venture
A hundred years ago Dr Waterhouse announced a high plan for smallpox extermination in the United States via vaccination similar to London schemes. Plans for the first theater in Washington were announced with $10,000 stock subscribed in other cities. A Paris treaty for the purchase of Louisiana Territory was signed by James Monroe. news came that the Spanish ship Juneau bound from Porto Rico to Cadiz foundered at sea with seven survivors from 400 aboard and $100000 in specie.
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Waterhouse
United States
London
Ieee
Washington,d.c
Louis
Paris
James Monroe
Juneau
Porto Rico
Cadiz
Four hundred passengers bring California gold dust to New York
Four hundred passengers and 2 300 000 in gold dust arrived in New York by ship from California. Ex-President Martin Van Buren and his son sailed for Europe after being escorted to the steamship pier by Benjamin Butler and other statesmen of the day.
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New York
California
Martin van Buran and Son
Europe
Benjamin Butler
War Department to enlist disabled soldiers for gar rison duty
War Department announced plans to enlist 20 000 disabled and discharged soldiers for garrison duty. A Texan region was captured near Franklin Tennessee by Gen Gordon Granger's cavalry. Cal Henry L Scott son in law of Gen Winfield Scott faced accusations of correspondence with Confederate agents at Davis during retirement from the army.
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War Department
Washington
Franklin
Tenn
Gordon Granger
Cal
Henry L. Scott
Winfeld Scott
Davis
Chicago
George Doze
Hamilton
Ohio
Coe Gan
Hooker
Frederickeburg
Fayaixi
James Buchanan
Lancaster
United States
Matteson
Ghicaga
Springfeld
Bouda
Ashoth
Cairo
Kelnicg
Scandals and Conflicts Highlight Early 1870s Turmoil
Reports link Jay Gould and associates to a 45 million dollar car loan scheme while a US infantry expedition forms near Washington to guard a Northern railway project amid threats. Fights with Native tribes leave several soldiers dead and the Astor Place riot claims 22 lives in New York. Macready dies in London at age 80 as a convention forms to oppose railroad subsidies and monopolies.
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Jay Gould
Henry 4. Stotth
Alden B. Stockwell
New York
United States Infantry
Washington
Surrogate
Norther
Peele
United States
Willam Charles Macready
Astor Place
London
Atreet
New York City
Baltimore
Norfolk
New Jersey Southern Railroad
Narragansett Steamship Company
Astor House
Secret service at Irish convention sparks anti Fenian concern
Report notes United States agents attended the Irish National convention in Philadelphia amid British complaints that Fenian dynamite plots were forming in America. The dispatch mentions Mexico selling one million acres to Bismarck for German colonization and negotiations for another nine million acres.
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United States Secret Service
Philadelphia
Great Britain
America
Bizmarck
Unclear OCR World Event Clippings From Early New York
Disjointed OCR text mentions Erastus Wiman a New York financier failing with a thousand dollars in assets. References Warships of all nations in New York for a Columbian event. London arrest of William Townsend over alleged assassination plot. NYC bankers asked for a fifty million gold loan to replenish reserves. Liberty Bell train special and a world fair opening fringe notes.
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New York
William Townsend
London
Gladstana
Treasurr
Lisle
Philadelphia Liberty
Chierge
Tribe of
Veranna
Christopher Iplay
Das Calamabus
Chienge
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