Adopted Chicago machinists vote to extend strike
Cleveland report notes adoption by the convention of American Association of Railroad Machinists authorizing Baltimore & Ohio machinists to extend the strike to every B&O branch. A. F. Stark, president, says the strike order will be issued next to Chicago terminal machinists. Inquiry into B&O control of Cincinnati Hamilton Bayton line could trigger a walkout.
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Cleveland
American Asso
Baltimore & Ohio
A. F. Stark
Machinists’ Union
Chicago
Baltimore
Baltimore & Qohto
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Bayton
Denver Votes Wet by Large Majority
Denver, Colorado reports a decisive 10 000 vote margin in favor of continuing alcohol sales. Voters rejected the 20 years franchise sought by the Denver Tram Water Company while incomplete returns show two of three supervisors and eight of sixteen aldermen elected. Democrats likely won seven aldermen and the Citizens' party one. The Citizens' party also likely elected one election commissioner, a woman, Ellis Meredith, a novelist, with the Republican candidate noted.
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Denver Tnien Water Company
Citizens’ Party
Ellis Meredith
Tyro
Cudahy and wife may be reconciled
Kansas City Mo May 18 That a reconciliation may soon be effected between John P Cudahy and Mrs Cudahy through friends of the couple was rumored Wednesday The children are living with Mrs Cudahy at the family home but they meet their father several times a week at a hotel Cudahy has taken them home several times in his automobile but has never entered the house
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Kansas City. Mo
John P. Cudahy
Priest Lured From Altar Attacked in Brooklyn
New York May 18 Rev. Pather Angl0 Billeza assistant priest of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Brooklyn was lured from the altar during Mass Wednesday and attacked by an enemy who cut his throat and slashed his face. He was taken to the home of Spother nearby as he lay dying.
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New York
Meteor Hits Shawnee Building In Topeka
A meteor weighing about a pound fell through the skylight of the Shawnee Building at Seventh and Jackson in Topeka at 1 30 am Wednesday. It landed in the Shawnee Fire Insurance company office, splintering the clerk's desk within ten feet of the secretary general manager J W Going as about 50 people were in the room.
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Topeka
Kas
Shawnee
Seventh
Jackson Streets
The
Shawnee Fire Insurance Company
Harry Morgen
J. W. Going
Refining Firm Tied to Customs Conspiracy Probe
An investigation outlines alleged collusion between a detail refining company and a government customs unit led by Smith, the acting surveyor, with further notes on the office operations. Smith was reportedly followed by Thomas Hratt, who headed weighing duties at the facility.
Arrest of Lieut Col Rob for conduct unbecoming
Lieut Col Rob Wednesday faces court martial after civil verdict linked to death by suicide at Col Ames house during a March 21 dinner. Lieut Clarence M Janney of Ames regiment Twelfth Infantry is implicated. rumors swirl about the colonel's attentions to a subordinate's wife.
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Rob
Clarence M. Janney
Ames” Regiment
Twelfth Infantry
Col
Ames
Man falls 30 feet through roof eaves observing comet
Evansville Indiana May 18 Scantily clad Lamber Wilson of Owensville Tud emerged through a trap door on a roof to observe Haller's comet. His foot slipped and he slid across the eaves thirty feet to the ground. He is in serious condition at St Mary's hospital.
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Evansville
Ind
Lamber Wilson
Owensville
Tud
Haller
St. Mary‘s Hospital
Wealthy Evansville Man Dies at Comet Party
Evansville Indiana May 18 Fred Becker a 60 year old wealthy furniture manufacturer collapsed and died at 4 15 a m after sitting up all night while scanning for Halley s comet He had hosted a party at his home attended by about fifty guests in the same eventful gathering that ended with his sudden death
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Evansville
Ind
Fred Becker
Halley
Becker
French crowds snap up oxygen as cyanogen scare grows
Parisians raid chemists shops after astronomers fail to reassure public on cyanogen gas in Halléy comet tail. Hundreds buy entire oxygen stock to counter feared effects, signaling widespread anxiety over the comet’s tail danger.
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Paris
Comet Shows Remarkable Changes Since Sunday Sightings
CHICAGO May 1 The largest ever recorded tail extends two thirds of the distance from horizon to horizon as the comet evolves since its last sighting at Yerkes Observatory Williams Bay. The dramatic development follows an earlier observation Sunday and hints at further brightening and tail growth.
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Chicago
Yerkes Observatory
Williams Bay
Hae
Immediate Measures in Foreign Crisis Ordered by Calhoun
Minister Calhoun requested the rear admiral commanding the American fleet in Chinese waters to keep a warship in readiness to sail to Nanking if needed. The move signals readiness amid rising tensions and the possibility of intervention to protect interests.
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Calhoun Une
Nankin
No Free Lungh No Growlers For Gary
Gary Indiana residents oppose free liquor drafts and growlers. Frank Zawadski, head of the Saloonkeepers Protective Association, blames hangers on fueled by free drinks for city crime. City Attorney H J Curtis plans to draft an ordinance to curb the practice.
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Gary
Ind
Frank Zawadski
Protective Association
H. J. Curtis
Queen Lil Loses Claim To Lands In Hawaii Case
Queen Lilinokalani’s bid to recover 400000 from the United States for the Hawaiian crown lands taken during annexation failed when the court of claims ruled against her plea on Wednesday.
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Lil
Washington
Lilinokalani
Hawaii
United States
Fox At Washington Attends National Academy of Arts Meeting
William H. Fox director of the Herron Art Institute in Indianapolis is in Washington for the first annual meeting of the National Academy of Arts. He arrives May 18 and participates in the gathering with other art leaders and peers.
Births and Deaths in City Notices
Birth announcements list Henry and Lillian Lindsey at 328 McCauley Street and many other couples with births across multiple streets and states, including a girl for Everett and Daisy Barker and a boy for Oren and Elizabeth Watts. Death notices name James A. Carter and Marki Gouldstein among others, detailing ages and causes like lobar pneumonia and tuberculosis.
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Henry and
Lillian Lindsey
McCauley Street
Hoy
Everett
Daisy Barker
E. Nineteenth Street
Wats and Zell Hill
Garfield Place
Gi. Hobert
Emma Fulton
Penn- Sxlysna Street
James
Clara Prewatt
Valley Avenue
Olga Smith
First Street
H.W
Edith Dale
New Jersey Street
Oren
Elizabeth Watts
Rural Street
Mathew
Josephine Ug
Senate Avenue
Harvey
Emma Heyman
Rueckle Street
Anthony and
Jace Weishaar
New Jersey
Jessie
Freda Wilson
Sauley Street
Tohn
Alma Sunderland
N. Tllinois
James and
Julia Sullivan
Bates Street
James A. Carter
Madison Avenue
Marki Gouldstein
Meridian Street
Pearl Headley
Barth Avenue
Magdalene Weber
Noble Street
Robert Donald Powers
Martindale Avenue
Jobar
Clara D. Neuer
Alabama Street
Noble Harvey Bowman
Twenty-eighth Street
Ernest Schultdress
City Hospital
John Lowder
Margaret Kiefer
Twenty Second Street
Frances M. Abbott
Anna B. White
David T. Francis
Jennie Hill
Harvey G. Churchhill
Jessie F. Stobureh
Alford
ITTSBURG Man Fran Nicola Acquitted In Bribery Trial
ITTSBURG May 18 Fran Nicola millionaire lumberman Wednesday was acquitted of bribery charges by a jury in criminal court. The county was ordered to pay the trial costs, the most complete disclosure possible in the case. LIGHTS LAMP AUTO HIN ROCHESTER N Y May 18 Willi Wernick 19 while lighting the rear lamp on his auto car was struck by a machine from behind early Wednesday and killed almost instantly.
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Ittsburg
Fran Nicola
Wedn
Auto Hin
Rochester
Willi Wernick
Wenesday
La Porte Man Struck and Killed by Train
A 21 year old named James Pa was struck and killed by Lake Shore No 30 at Rolling Tie south of La Porte Indiana on Tuesday night. The incident is reported as a fatal railroad accident with authorities notifying next of kin.
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Suz
Laporte
Ind
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