Abdul Hamid Exile and Asia Minor Crisis Deepens
News from Constantinople reports Abdul Hamid, deposed sultan, moved to Salonica with eleven wives under guard, risking communication with reactionaries. Miss Lam bert and other missionaries in Hadjin describe grave dangers as mobs destroy food and shops, while mutinies and proposed uprisings threaten the Young Turk government.
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Constantinnople
Abdul Hamid
Salonica
Abdul
Constantinople
Rose Lambert
Hadjin
Maryland Senator Attacks Tariff Bill in Senate
Maryland Democrat Senator Isa dor Raynor assailed the tariff measure before the senate. He declared the bill carries no relief to the country and argued that federal taxation would not be solved by the proposal presented today.
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Maryland
Payne Bill
Washington
Isador Raynor
Senate
Raynor
Lawmaker Fails to Find Restrictive Monopoly Clause
He stated no line in the house or senate bills limits monopolies of trade. He urged abolition of duties on necessities and a high tariff on luxuries.
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House
Senate
Missionaries in Turkey Named in Adana Massacre Zone
Three American women missionaries linked to the Asia Minor massacre were identified. Effie Chambers of Sidney Iowa is in Kessaba Miss Sarah L Peck of Faribault Minnesota is in Adana and Mrs Thomas Christie of Beloit Wisconsin is in Tarsus.
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Adana
Boston
Asia Minor
Effie Chambers
Sidney
Iowa
Kessaba
Faribault
Minn
Thomas Christie
Beloit
Wis
Tarsus
Death in Leap After Shelter Asked at Parish House
Mary Behrens aged 20 of Sheboygan Wis was found dying in an alley beside St Anthony s Polish Catholic church Milwaukee April 28. Her skull was fractured from a leap from a third floor window and she died at the hospital without explaining her action. She had asked for shelter last night and was given a room on the third floor. she left home yesterday afternoon without explanation.
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Milwaukee
Mary Behrens
Sheboygan
Wis
St. Anthony's
Downie-Wright Plant to Resume Operations in Rapid City
Rapid City April 27. Under a recently appointed receiver Judge Howard Worth the Downie-Wright Manufacturing plant is to resume full operation tomorrow. The mill and foundry will run under his management after days of careful review of details leading up to the restart in the western Rapid City shops.
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Rapid City
Downie-Wright Manufacturing Company
Howard Worth
Omaha Mayor Faces Political Scandal Tie to Swindle Ring
April 27 report reveals letters allegedly showing Mayor James Dahlman tipped off gang leader J. C. Mabray and loaned funds. Correspondence hints at a market for influence in Omaha with May 19 1908 communications about operating without interference. The exposure colors Dahlman as a central figure in a major midwest political sensation.
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Omaha
James Dahlman
Bee
Dahlman
J. C. Mabray
Bunke Steerers
McCann
St. Louis
Missouri
Mabray
Nebraska City
Middle West
Explosion and Fire Ravage Fond du Lac Furniture Warehouse
An explosion and subsequent fire at the Winnebago Furniture company warehouse in Fond du Lac Wisconsin caused losses exceeding 75000 dollars. Windows in the courthouse and surrounding business blocks were shattered by the blast.
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Fond du Las
Wis
Winnebago Furniture Company
Court House
Prominent Citizens Tied to Tensleep Raid Guilty Confession Reported
Prominent Tensleep area figures are rumored implicated as Herman Brink a cowboy admits guilt in a raid tied to the Tensleep sheep camp murders of Allemand Lazier and Emge. The confession, if true, could drive the grand jury session opening next Wednesday and spur drastic measures to prevent further flight. Ed Eaton remains silent as investigations continue.
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Tensleep
Alston
Wyoming
Ed. Eaton
Wagar Arrested Again After Acquittal in Embezzlement Case
Sioux Falls April 28 An son Wagar former United States commissioner at Dallas who was acquitted Saturday on embezzlement charges involving 2680.39 in trust funds for homesteaders has been arrested on a new federal indictment and will be tried at a future term.
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Constantinople
Asia Minor
Abdul Hamid
Sioux Falls
S. C
Anson Wagar
United States
Dallas
Allen Smith Arrested for Murder in Sheridan Barber Shop
Allen Smith, manager of the Upton club, a colored men’s group, is under arrest for the murder of Henry Jamison in Walley’s barber shop on South Main Street. Jamison, a former Brownsville regiment member, was killed after a quarrel over money. Jamison did not carry a weapon. Smith was found in his room pretending to sleep when jailed.
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Sheridan
Wyo
Allen Smith
Upton Club
Henry Jamison
Walley
South Main Street
Smith
Jamison
Brownaville
Tex
South Dakota Elks Plan Special Train to National Convention
Arrangements are set for the South Dakota Elks to attend the national convention in Los Angeles from July 11 to 17. The party will travel by a special Union Pacific train there and return via the Burlington route.
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Sioux Falls
G. D
South Dakota Elks
National Convention of Elks
Los Angeles
Union Pacific
Burlington
Hill Harriman Earling Vie for Northwest Rail Lines
Eastern Washington central Idaho and western Montana form a checkerboard for railroad expansion by Hill Harriman and Earling as engineers appear in Spokane Lewiston and Missoula. Indications suggest a renewed contest with the veteran empire builder in the Clearwater country Idaho southwestern of Spokane.
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Spokane
Wash
Washington
Idaho
Montana
Hill
Harriman
Earling
Lewiston
Missoula
Inland Empire
Northwest
Clearwater
Rail alliances vie for Washington Idaho and Montana routes
The Harri man and Harling interests plot to wrest the territory from Hill in fall 1907. The Chicago Milwaukee and Puget Sound Railway spends 100 million on a transcontinental line and seeks feeder territory in Washington Idaho and Montana. Howard Elliott of Northern Pacific reveals a Pasco line linking Washington Central with Northern Pacific to water level haul at Spokane and bypass Moses Lake country. Milwaukee officials react as surveyors map a line from the Columbia river west of Moses Lake tapping the Big Bend wheat belt west of Spokane.
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Harriman
Harling
Hill
Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound Railway Company
Washington
Idaho
Montana
Howard Elliott
Northern Pacific Railway Company
Wash
Spokane
Portland
Seattle
Moses Lake Country
Big Bend
Milwaukee
Columbia River
Wheat Belt
Winter Stock Loss Not Severe in Wyoming Report
In Sundance Wyoming on April 27 crop officials report Wyoming winter was long and cold. Stock losses were not as heavy as feared with current conditions and ranges fair. Some stations anticipate larger cattle sheep and wool shipments and sugar beet acreage will rise.
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Cattie
Wyoming
Sundance
Wyo
Burlington
Massacre in Adana as Armenians clash with Muslims
A dispatch from Adana reports a bloody religious riot leaving hundreds dead. Armenians armed with axes and clubs fought Moslems as Major Daughty-Wylie, the British consul, led a relief column and was shot. Trenches were dug in cemeteries while streets remained strewn with corpses.
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London
Herbert Gibbons
Adana
Asia Minor
Constantinople
Daughty- Wylie
Adama
Desert Land Entries Reversal Affects Rapid City District
Rapid City land office cancels B W Lloyd desert entry near Scenic in section 35 one mile west of Wall. Land ruled not desert in character, preventing remunerative crops and overturning prior decisions. This marks a major shift in desert land contest outcomes and may influence future rulings.
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Rapid City
James W. Babcock Dies in Washington at 73
James Weeks Babcock former representative from Wisconsin's third district and longtime chairman of the District of Columbia committee died in Washington today from a complication of diseases.
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James W. Babcock
Washington
James Weeks Babcock
Wisconsin
District of Columbia
Cyclone Rages Across Tenn Tenn Mississippi Valley
Disaster reports from Memphis and surrounding states describe a sixth cyclone belt sweep with tornadoes hitting thirty to forty towns. Hundreds dead or injured, villages wiped out, with Golden Missouri and Harrisburg Illinois among the hardest hit. Affected areas request aid as wires fail and rescue teams deploy.
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Memphis
Mississippi Valley
Tennessee
Arkansas
Mississippi
Acores
Golden
Secrecy Lid Rests On Taft Administration Press
Washington notes a strict news censorship under Taft as cabinet members stay tight lipped and public information remains scarce. The article contrasts Taft's quiet regime with Roosevelt's open, copy producing approach.
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Washington
Congress
Taft
Roosevelt
White House
Roosevelts Cabinet Ushers in a Busy Public Life
The piece describes Roosevelt era cabinet activity and a push for open government. It notes frequent shuffling to avoid stagnation, with officials from Ballinger to Nagel moving to prevent rut and enforce transparency. It contrasts with Taft era secrecy rooted in corporate law, and cites Wickersham and others imposing censorship across departments while Wilson and MacVeagh push openness.
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Roosevelt
Wickersham
Ballinger
Interior Department
Knox
War
Dickinson
Navy
Meyer
Nagel
Department of Commerce and Labor
MacVeagh
The
Treasury
Department of Justice
Attorney General
George W. Wickersham
Lake Seamen Strike Orders Issued After Vote
Chicago April 30 The lake seamen vote to strike prevailed with the faction favoring a fight. Today orders are issued to take every union seaman off the job at midnight. The order applies to the seamen and affiliated unions.
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Chicago
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