Battle in Bluefields. Madriz forces repulsed by American gunners
In Bluefields Nicaragua, Madriz troops attack the customs house but are repelled by American gunner forces aboard Venus and supporting ships. Casualties run high with hundreds killed or wounded as Estrada loyalists deter further assaults and ponder reinforcements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madriz
United States
Estrada Army Would Drive Them Back. the Last Attack On the Custom House
Histrada
Estrada
Rama
Venus
Mifuerzo
Paducah
Dubuque
Washington, D. C
Esfuerza
Navy Department
Two Die in Hotel Fire in Monmouth Illinois
Galesburg man John Jacobs and Monmouth resident Bud Miller were killed when the City Hotel burned. Edward Calhoun of Galesburg was badly injured after leaping from a second story window as guests narrowly escaped the flames. Jacobs’ body lay beside a broken lamp believed to have exploded and started the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galesburg
Iil
John Jacobs
Bud” Miller
Monmouth
Edward Calhoun
Galesurg
Jacobs
House Votes for Taft Tariff Board
The Tawney amendment to the sundry civil bid was adopted in the house by a strict party vote of 110 to 83, allocating 250000 to enable the President to obtain prices for enforcement of the tariff law. An amendment by Mr Fitzgerald reducing the allowance to 75000 was rejected 84 to 106. The income tax amendment has been finally defeated in Albany. Cocaine fiend ruins a town in Arkansas. A cigarette dropped by the fiend caused 25 business buildings to burn in Wister, Oklahoma. The cocaine fiend died in the flames. no other deaths reported. Loss will exceed 100000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Taft Tariff Board
Washington, D. C
Tawney
Pfitzgerald
Smith
Ark
Wister
Okla
Ploviose Submarine Sinks After Collision Near Calais
In Calais Bay the French submarine Ploviose was sunk in a collision with the Ville de Calais packet. The commander and 24 crew died due to miscalculation of depth while attempting to pass beneath. The Ville de Calais, damaged but able to return to Calais, sent calls for help as rescuers searched the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calais
France
Ville de Calais
Commandar
Packet
Pluvoise
Dover
Cherbourg
Depew Correctly Said McKinley Had To War
Columbus Ohio former secretary James Boyle recalls President McKinley’s view that Cuba could have a peaceful settlement with home rule for Cuba if not for a war push by influential lawmakers and yellow press. Boyle cites a 1900 Can ton remark on negotiations and the president’s sorrow over the avoidable war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus, O
Depew
James Boyle
McKinley
Ohio
Liverpool
Senate
Boyle
United States
Spain
Congress
Cuba
Cantona
Fire devastates Aomori Japan city killing many and leaving thousands homeless
Aomori North Japan suffered a catastrophic fire destroying 8,000 of 11,500 buildings and killing about 100 with 30,000 people displaced into refugee camps. The blaze, driven by high winds and water shortages, left vast districts scorched and a powder store explosion rattled the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
B. C
Aomori
Japan
Five Brokers Sentenced in Bucked Shop Mail Fraud Case
Cincinnati agents Louis W. Foster Edward Hell Walter Campbell J M Scott and Arthur W Baldwin of the O Dell Brokerage Company were sentenced to jail on mail fraud charges in bucket shop operations and surrendered to U S Marshal Eugene Lewis. They were taken to jails in Canton and Troy Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Seyler Acquitted In Atlantic City Murder Case
William Seyler, charged with the murder of Jane Adamson at Atlantic City’s million dollar pier last February, was acquitted after a jury deliberation of just over five hours. In St Louis, the Terminal Railroad Association announced a 5 percent wage increase for 6,000 workers earning under $200 monthly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mays Landing
N. J
William Seyler
Jane Adamson
Atlantic City
St. Louis
Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis
Wyman estate leaves bulk to Princeton Graduate School
In a probate filing Isaac C. Wyman of Salem leaves nearly ten million dollars, the bulk of his estate, to the Graduate School of Princeton University. Salem, Massachusetts. The will specifies substantial bequests and directs distribution through the probate court as part of the estate plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
Salem
Mass
Isaac C. Wyman
Graduate School
Princeton University
THOUSANDS FOR EDUCATION Allegheny and Marietta Colleges
The general education board approved more than $700,000 in appropriations for college endowments and agricultural work in the south. Allegheny College in Meadville, Pa., received $100,000 and Marietta College in Marietta, Ohio $60,000. The board has given to 70 colleges in total, gifts totaling $5,177,500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allegheny
Marietta
New York
General Education Board
Allegheny College
Meadville
Marietta College
Ohio
Fraternal insurance scam reportedly drains 1 million
States Attorney M L Magill of Rock Island county says the investigation into a fraternal insurance scandal shows fully 1,000,000 may have been stolen through systematic looting schemes. The probe has taken a national turn with witnesses to be summoned from Washington DC and Arizona. Societies cited include The Knights of the Globe Life Endowment Society Fraternal Crystal Light Farmers Federation and Independent Order of Mutual Aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
M. L. Magill
Rock Island County
Washington, D. C
Arizona
Knights of the Globe
Life Endowment Society
Fraternal Crystal Light
Farmers Federation
Independent Order of Mutual Aid
High Tide of Immigration in April
Washington reports the April immigration bulletin shows 135,052 aliens admitted in that month. The fiscal year total reaches 803,001 with two months left, about 52,000 more than the year ended June 30, 1909, signaling a record immigration roll for 1910 if the pace continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Department of Commerce and Labor
Mule Finds Gold Nugget During Desert Prospecting
A mule from San Bernardino developed a limp after five months in the desert. A hoof exam revealed a gold nugget worth about 300 dollars. The animal belonged to Clyde Durham and James Desmond, prospectors, who do not know where the gold was found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Bernardino
Cal
Clyde Durham
James Desmond
Train wreck injures fourteen near Cacharas Junction
Fourteen people were injured when two coaches of Denver and Rio Grande train No. 115 jumped the track two miles from Cacharas Junction. Spreading rails caused the wreck as two cars went down the embankment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pueblo
Col.p
Denver and Rio Grande
Cacharas Junction
Governor Carroll Fights Morality at Mitchellville School
Des Moines Iowa Governor B F Carroll states former State Board of Control member John Cowle resigned allowing immoral conditions at the Mitchellville Girls Industrial School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
B. F. Carroll
Ayers
John Cownle
State Board of Control
Mitchellville Girls
Steel demand drives large iron and car orders in the week
Concessions and heavy inquiries on pig iron and rail steel dominated the week. Central west sees Bessemer sales near 16 dollars, lake point shipments at 16.25, and large upcoming contracts for 82 locomotives, 70 thousand tons of steel, and 20 thousand tons of fabricated steel with northern and eastern markets still listing pending orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Central West
Bessemer
maHealle Bessemer
Chicago
Harriman
Baltimore & Ohio
Carnegie
Senate votes for big navy authorize two battleships
The Senate passed the naval appropriation bill 26 to 39 after defeating Burton's amendment for one new battleship. The bill totals nearly 134 million dollars and includes two first class battleships, two fleet colliers, five submarine torpedo boats, and six torpedo boat destroyers. An added Johnston amendment appropriates 450,000 for torpedo boats and Jones cleans bonds from eligible securities. The plan budgets six destroyers at 750,000 each and limits battle ships to at most one per company. The eight hour law remains for ships and colliers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Burton
Senate
Johnston
Senator Jones
Tornadoes Wipe Southwest Oklahoma Towns Clean
Reports describe a tornado that wiped Maysville and nearly erased McCarty, Oklahoma, killing three in McCarty and several elsewhere. A severe hailstorm destroyed homes near Madill and Ada, injuring Ruby Engleman, with additional windstorms and a Beaumont oil derrick incident in Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
Pauls Valley
Okla
Maysville
Here
McCarty
Beaumont
Estrada Loses 14 Men in Rama NC Rebel Fight
Washington reports two days of fighting near Rama Nicaragua left Estrada forces with 14 killed and 29 wounded. Madriz casualties are unspecified as General Mena retreated to entrenchments. Large quantities of Madriz ammunition and provisions at Bluefields were captured by General Moncada of the Estrada faction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Rama
Nicaragua
Estrada
State Department
Congal Moffett
Bluefields
Madriz
Mena
Madris
Moncada
Last Revere dies in Morristown at age 62
Augustus L Revere, great grandson of Paul Revere and last direct Revolutionary descendant, died at home Morristown New Jersey at 62. He was the son of General Joseph Revere and never married. In San Francisco a hotel elevator cage collapsed on Joseph Griffin a Canadian millionaire from St Thomas Ontario killing him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Last Revere
Morristown
N. J
Augustus L. Revere
Paul Re- Vere
Mgr. Re Vere
Joseph Revere
San Francisco
Joseph Griffin
St. Thomas, Ont
Wreck of the Goodyear Claims Many in Lake Huron Collision
A fog bound collision between the steamer Goodyear of Cleveland and the Wood near Thunder Bay, Lake Huron, sinks the Goodyear with most hands lost. Only five aboard the Goodyear survive, including a cook’s child torn from a parent. Survivors aboard the Wood are rescued after hours in the water and attempts to save crew members continue into port.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Huron
Mich
Frank H. Goodyear
Mitchell Transit Company
Cleveland
Thunder Bay
Lake Huron
James BE. Wood
Gilchrist Line
Vic Tims
Thomas H. Basset
Marine City
Gus” Daetch
Algonac
Goodyear
Gibson
Wood
Hemenger
Steward Frank
Bassett
Emma Bassett
Frank Mellick
George Grant
Tuesay
Collison
Grand Trunk
Robbery at Gambling House in Salt Lake City
Sixteen men were robbed by two masked assailants in a gambling house in Salt Lake City. They secured 1500 dollars in cash and 1100 dollars worth of diamonds. Separate notices report land designations in Montana and New Mexico for settlement under the enlarged homestead act and large forest boundary reallocations. Washington also saw tariff announcements raising tail and sea freight rates on sugar and coffee to Western lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Utah
Washington
Montana
New Mexico
Ballinger
Oregon
Atlantic Seaboard
Interstate Commerce Commission
Cunard Plans 50,000-Ton Monster Liner for New York Service
Liverpool reports Cunard Line will construct a 50,000 ton giant capable of 22 knots for New York service. The ship, a new type, will dwarf existing liners and is distinct from the Franconia currently under construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cunard
Liverpool
England
Cunard Line
New York
Franconia
Sugar frauds confession implicates New York official
A high level sugar fraud case unfolds with testimony from a pardoned official. Charles R. Helke, secretary treasurer of the American Sugar Refining Company, faces conspiracy charges over underweights of imports. An Atlanta penitentiary inmate, once aided by a presidential pardon after serving three months, now vows to help convict remaining co‑defendants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Charles R. Helke
American Sugar Refining Company
Spitzer
Williamsburg
Brooklyn
Atlanta
Wants Whole Fortune From Washington Heir Claim
Washington D C publication notes congress may pay heirs of George Washington for land loss valued at 305000 dollars. George M Roberts of Wellaville claims to be the sole heir and seeks the entire sum, vowing to prove his case once original documents sent from England by John Paul Jones are recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
D. C
Congress
George Washington
George M. Roberts
Wellaville
Roberts
Massachusetts
House Committee On
England
John Paul Jones
Ute Indians awarded 8.4 million in claims case
The United States Court of Claims ruled for the Ute Indians granting 8.408 million dollars as compensation for lands confiscated by the government. Jurisdiction over Ute reservations was vested in 1909 by an act of Congress after lands were taken by treaties without compensation, leading to vast forest preserves and shrinking holdings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
United States Court of Claims
United States
Congress
Court of Claims
Steamer Skerryvore Sunk After Collision at Sea
Twenty two people drown when the steamer Skerryvore is struck by the German bark J C Vinnen in the English Channel near Cowes Isle of Wight. Only two crew rescued, one dies shortly after. The bark reaches port but departs for Southampton uninjured with no passengers aboard.
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Cowes
Isle of Wright
J. C. Vinnen
Southampton
Double Tragedy in Philadelphia Shooting of Couple
Philadelphia police investigated a mysterious shooting of Mary Krumpp, 88, said to have wealthy Washington relatives, and John McGovern, a married man. Both were found dying. the woman had two bullet wounds and died after hospital transfer, the man was shot three times. Police puzzled by the case as there were marks on McGovern but none on Krumpp.
Heresy Trials Ahead in Atlantic City N T
The judicial committee of the Presbyterian Assembly announced plans to try the New York Presbytery on charges of heresy for granting preaching orders to Black Steen and Finch after the young men refused to fully accept church beliefs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
N. T
New York
Standard Oil Fine Affirmed by Appeals Court
New York The appeal by Standard Oil Company of New York against a verdict in Western New York for violations of the Henkins act in accepting concessions on shipments was denied by the United States Circuit Court of Appeals. The $20,000 fine was affirmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Standard Oil Company
United States District Court of Western
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Mexican Veterans Hold May Reunion in Houston
Texas Mexican war veterans gathered in Houston on May 28 with fourteen attendees. The reunion included a visit to San Jacinto Field where General Sam Houston defeated Santa Ana and secured Texas independence in 1836. Alonzo Steel, the battle’s sole survivor, age 98, attended the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Tex
San Jacinto
Sam Houston
Santa Ana
Texas
Alonzo Steel
Rioting in China Leaves Chapel Destroyed Near Changsha
Reports say Chinese rioters killed several people and destroyed a chapel at a village between Yi-Yang and Niangsiang, north of Changsha as an armed band moves toward Yi-Yang while the city remains quiet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hankou
China
Hunan
Yi Yang
Changsha
Chaun-Chia
Nankin
James F. McNally
John K. Davis
London
England
Chuan-Chia
Yi-Yang
Chang Sha
Niangsiang
Widow Receives 170000 Insurance After Husband’s Death
Mrs Joseph Detmel, widow of the National Parlor Furniture Company treasurer, received a $170,000 life insurance payout from an eastern company. Her husband died in a collision with a train at Blue Island about a month earlier. Lieutenant Boyd Alexander, a famed traveler, has been murdered by natives near Wadai in French Congo.
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Chicago
Joseph Detmel
National Parlor Furniture Company
Blue Island
Eastern Lfe
Tondon
Boyd Alexander
Wadai
Ane
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Yankees
Chiselry
Custom House
Albany
ALLON
Siaat & Smad ‘Med
Sultan, Bly
Bualhead
Dean
James B. Wood
Hold Up Inc
Wellsville
Sam
Standard Oil
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