Buttner Testimony Details Police Protection for Broadway Garden
The Mazet committee heard Chas. Stephens recounts a $500 payment to testify against Simon Buttner proprietor of the Broadway garden. Buttner testified he paid police protection money, including $150 weekly, and that Captain Price demanded half of all profits while Devery and McCullagh era shifts affected enforcement.
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Mazet
Croker
Europe
Hoffman
Boland
Consolidated Coopany
Brany, Boardayans, & Si
Chas. Stephens
Broadway Garden
Sehvuiltz
Capt. Price
Buttner
Devery
McCullagh
Tenderloin
Church Disturbers Cause Disorder at Third Church
Police arrested Ed Moeler George Phillips Joe Foxworthy and William Clark for disturbing a religious meeting and obstructing the sidewalk. They were fined five dollars and costs for the disturbance and one dollar and costs for sidewalk obstruction.
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Third Christian Church
Ed Moeler
George Phillips
Ioe Foxworthy
William Clark
Mail Robbers Nipped in Buffalo Pouch Theft Case
Albert E. Bell and Frank H. Smith were arrested for stealing a mail pouch containing about $10,000 in registered letters and drafts. They wore mail carriers outfits, confessed, and detailed how Bell boarded the train and seized the pouch with Smith.
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New York
Albert E. Bell
Frank H. Smith
Buffalo
Smith
Bell
McClusky
Sullivan evades arrest after boxing match escape
John L. Sullivan, former boxing champion, faced an arrest warrant in Astoria Oregon after a Sunday bout. He fled to a special train and hid in an engineer uniform to avoid capture, narrowly eluding authorities.
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Astoria
Ore
John L. Sullivan
Judge-Mayor's Name Ruled Out in George Case
Canton Ohio April 17 defense watchful as Ex Police sergeant Hasler testifies and admits talking with Grant. Judge Taylor allows revolver in evidence but requires proper identification and proof that Mrs. George wrote and circulated a threatening letter. Witness Luskey identifies only when lighted. defense to exploit discrepancies.
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Canton, CO
Welty
George
Mrs. George
William J. Hasler
Alt South
High Sts
Hasler
Grant
Pomerene
Mayor Rice
Taylor
Saxton
Gussie Luskey
Stilliner
Third St
England Hoists Aer Flag at Tai-Po-Fu Hong Kong
April 17 report states the British flag was raised at Tai-Po-Fu opposite Hong Kong after England secured a 99 year Kowloon lease from China last June. British warships saluted the flag while a Hong Kong regiment unit aided by the torpedo boat Fame routed a large Chinese force on nearby hills. Leaders reportedly may apologize to Hong Kong’s governor as tensions ease.
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Hong Kong
Tai-Po-Fu
Xow Loon
England
Kow ‘Loon
Topeka Man Sues Western Union Over Telegram Rates
T L Blackman, a Topeka capitalist, sues Western Union for 20100 damages under the new law cutting telegrams of 110 words or more to 15 cents from 3. He filed 20 telegrams offering 15 cents each, was refused, and paid 2 cents each. The statute awards $100 damages per count plus actual damages for failure to send messages.
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Topeka, Kas
T. Ll. Blackman
Topeka
Western Union Telegraph Company
Blackman
Riot at Presidio Saloon Sparks Large Arrests
On Sunday near the Presidio in San Francisco a large group of white troops burned a saloon and resisted arrest by Twenty fourth Infantry and local police. Police fired to intimidate rioters, resulting in hundreds of arrests with one volley fired and no injuries reported.
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San Francisco
Presidio Reservation
Twenty-fourth Infantry
Presidio Hills
Inventor Archibald Campbell Buried After Air Machine Accident
Archibald Campbell, inventor of a liquid air machine, was buried Sunday after a valve of his device burst, striking him on the face and causing fatal injuries while he tested the apparatus. The tragedy highlights risks in early high pressure experiments.
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New York
Archibald Campbell
Campbell
Catholic Protest at Yale Circulates Among Students
Father Spillane a Boston priest visited Yale during the past week distributing circulars to Catholic students numbering over 80. The pamphlets question why students do not attend Catholic universities and compare Yale unfavorably to Catholic institutions.
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New Haven
Conn
Father Spillane
Boston
Yale
Receipts at Havana port rise in first quarter
Customs at Havana show improving three month totals with January 742,483 dollars, February 706,908, and March 896,923 dollars, totaling 2,346,267 dollars. John Addison Porter’s illness is due to a stroke of apoplexy with doctors calling the case almost hopeless.
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Washington
Havana
John Addison Porter
Runnels Child Dies After Seven Weeks Ill in Town
Clark nine son of Dr C S Runnels died Monday morning after a seven week illness of heart trouble. Lexington resident Bullock visits to study local street sweeper usage. Krienzle Dean and Roscoe Jackson boys charged with entering a Pratt street house for robbery and bound for the grand jury Monday.
Judge Biddle rules against expert paper in Quay trial
In Philadelphia on April 17, Judge Biddle sustained a defense objection to admission of an expert's paper. The paper, offered by the district attorney, related to Goldsmiths study of the state deposit with the People's Bank and loans to Senator Quay from May to October 1897. The ruling marked the first sustained objection in the case.
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Goldsmith
Biddle
Philadelphia
U.S
Quay
Rothermel
People's Bank
Senator Quay
Langsdale’s Porto Rican post to file Friday
Langsdale George J. Beveridge’s father in law leaves Indiana for a new postal service post in Porto Rico Friday. He rose from Greencastle Banner editor to Tribune editor and headed the soldiers’ monument commission, influencing Indiana’s war memorial.
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George J. Langsdale
Albert J. Beveridge
Langsdale
Indiana
Greencastle
Tribune
Fitzgerald
Three Children Perish in Cabin Fire Near Pittston
In Wilkes Barre on Easter Sunday a cabin three miles from Pittston burned while Mrs. Jacob Leischeck was away. Her children Mary six Katherine four and Apollo two were killed in the blaze. The tragedy unfolded in isolation as fire consumed the dwelling.
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Wilkesbarre
Pittston
Jacob Leischeck
Mary
Katherine
Apollo
Household sale ad lists cleaners, tools, and 15 percent suit discount
An old advertisement markets wallpaper cleaner and household items like scrub brushes mops cloth hampers and garden tools with reduced prices. It notes a 15 percent discount on tailor made suits and promises special pricing on remaining stock.
Where is Petty in Oland murder case
In Muncie Indiana on April 17 192? the Oland murder trial heard Thomas Flaherty describe blood on leaves near the Petty paint shop. He testified Petty drank heavily and owned a .22 caliber revolver. Petty disappeared after the murder and officers seek his whereabouts.
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Muncie
Ind
Oland
Thomas Flaherty
Petty
Fire wipes Rutland business area in Newfoundland
Fire devastates the Rutland Newfoundland business district causing losses around 375000. Separately the fuse factory of Aetna powder mills in Xenia Ohio burned on Monday with an estimated loss of 5000.
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Rutland
Aetna Powder Mills
Xenia
Multiple Unfolding Incidents Taint National Wire Whispers
Chicago marks the first anniversary of Dewey's victory while Gen. Shafter plans a Syracuse visit before California. Gypsy the elephant narrowly injures a trainer at Rome Georgia. A Standard brewery boiler explosion in Rochester kills Engineer James Costello. Cormoran arrives at Brisbane damaged from a reef storm. Streetcar workers strike in Wheeling. cars and marshals faced egging and stones. Dr. Rolf moves toward Samoa from San Francisco. Albert Bell and Frank H. Smith arrested over a $15 000 mail pouch theft. A cave-in hurts a worker at Cleveland water works tunnel. Marion Thompson shot in Gray Kentucky during a drunken brawl. Constable Hutchins kills a man fleeing Porter. Bad Elk found guilty of killing Indian officer Isillsback at Pine Ridge. death penalty. Columbus soldier George Lewis dies after leg crushed beneath a train. Chief Deitsch of Cincinnati bans prize fighting in Cincinnati.
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Dewey
Shafter
Visi
Syracuse
Ill
California
Harris
Rome
O'Rourke
Standard
Rochester
N. Y
James Costello
Cormoran
Brisbane
Queensland
Wheeling
W. Va
Rolf
Bertin
Apia
San Francisco
Samoa
Albert Bell
Frank H. Smith
New York
New Water Works
Cleveland
Marion Thompson
O. i. Skinner
Gray
Hutchins
Portsmouth
Robert Shaw
Bad Elk
John Isillsback
Pine Ridge Reservation
South Dakota
George Lewis
Columbus
Toledo
Deitsch
Cincinnati
Advert: Patent Teething Remedies and Liners
An old advertisement touts Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup and Byrup for teething children. It claims the products soothe gums ease wind colic and diarrhea, with a 25 cent price and references to Sunny Sun’s Popular Liners as satisfactory.
Trust Hogs and Open Market Urged by Indy Trader
An Indianapolis trader laments restricted access to hogs and denounces a city Trust as a market regulator. He cites high Chicago purchases, prices from 3.70 to 4.10, and promises lower commissions for open market consignment while pushing East Coast buyers to source nationally. The note notes weekly reports and packers’ pricing as context.
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Indianapolis
Chicago
Trust
Associated Press
Indianapolis Stock Market and Grain Prices Report
The Indianapolis market shows light cattle receipts and a quiet tone with slight price changes. Hogs and sheep also move modestly, while the city grain market lists grain movements with specific prices for wheat corn oats and hay on Monday April 17. A death notice and various classifieds accompany the market data.
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Indianapolis
Bugcais
City
Timothy
Hay
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