Chelsea Inferno Suspected Arson Fires Destroy City
April 14 reports say four fires burned simultaneously in Chelsea and Boston. Authorities arrest three suspects including Daniel Rass and Manuel Oli. three people found dead in ruins and hundreds of refugees left homeless. Insurance claims projected around 6 million dollars with extensive property loss.
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N. Mass
Boston
Daniel Rass
Evian
Manuel Oli
East Cambridge
Beck
Nervy Nat Appears in Milwaukee Crime Report
The article alleges Joseph Wam Ser, an assistant janitor at Juneau court, tore out plumbing at 625 Eleventh Street in front of remodeling workers, sold the lead to a junk dealer, and borrowed a hammer from carpenter foreman William Heise to aid the theft. Judge Necen sentenced him to thirty days in jail.
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Milwaukee
625
Eleventh Street
Joseph Wam Ser
Juneau Court
Wol
Uiliam Heise
Necen
Wabser
Prince Victor of Thurn Taxis loses suit over princess claim
London April 14 Prince Victor of Thurn Taxis failed to stop publication of reports about Josephine tt an American girl who allegedly married him in secret and about being called Princess of Thurn The judge ruled against the injunction allowing newspapers to describe her as such.
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London
Prince Victor of
California Split in State Returns Vote
San Francisco reports indicate men win in northern California while losing in the south as temperate weather affected the outcome yesterday, with early returns showing mixed results across regions.
New York Democrats Clash Over Delegates At Large
New York Democrats face a chaotic fight to appoint delegates for the national convention. McCarren's Brooklyn seats gain a court-backed roll, Bryan supporters surge, and rival delegations from Albany and Jefferson counties loom as the injunction is vacated and the convention proceeds.
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New York
Connors
Murphy
McGarren
Kings County
Thomas F. Carmody
Bryan
State Committee
McCarren
Tammany Organization
Supreme Court
Brooklyn
Committee On Credentials
Patrick McCabe
Albany County
John N. Carlisle
Jefferson County
Justice Crane
Brothers die in strange double suicide pact
Budapest April 14 Two Austro Hungarian officers Majors Nicholas and Past Von Palkovi twin brothers rich but in debt and in love with the same woman killed themselves in their hotel dressing room. They faced each other by mirrors with pistols and left letters to the woman they both adored.
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Budapest
Nicholas
Past von Palkovi
von Palkovitches
President Calls for Four Battleships in Naval Plan
The president urged Congress to approve four battleships of the most advanced type, arguing one per year weakens national naval power and endangers peace. He stressed the policy is one of peace, not war, and warned the nation would be undefended if armament is limited by Hague conference limits.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
House
Foraker Hints It to Teddy Today in Bitter Senate Speech
Senator Foraker denounces the presidents handling of the Brownsville affair urging against a bill to re enlist Negro troops. He warns of justice returning to witchcraft era and questions if re enlistment will be public or private. Galleries fill as many Negroes attend.
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Washington
Foraker
Brownsville
For
Night Riders threaten Tennessee peanut traders
Threatening letters signed by night riders warn captains of Tennessee River Packet steamers not to ship peanuts. The letters demand $1 per bushel, with farmers told not to sell unless paid that price, up from the current fifty cents, likened to tobacco price coercion in Kentucky.
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ST. Louis
Tennessee
Tennessee River Packet Company
Kentucky
Teamsters meet to avert strike in commission district
Chicago April 14 The teams ters council and Team Owners association will convene this afternoon in a last bid to stop a strike in the commission house district.
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Chicago
Teamsters’ Council
Team Owners’ Association
Teamsters’ Oe
Commission House
Illinois Not to Enter Convention to Resume Work
Illinois operators refuse to join the miners convention in Toledo arguing eastern operators fear resuming work with huge coal stocks at the lakes. Factional rifts threaten a united scale agreement as eastern operators claim Illinois coal stocks exceed those of other states combined. President Lewis predicts mines will resume Monday.
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Toledo
Illinois
Lewis
Patrolman James C. Shea dies after self inflicted wound
In Chicago on April 14 Patrolman James C Shea aged 28 shot himself through the lung in Jackson park, dying at Washington Park hospital. He believed fellow officers were knocking him and there was no chance of advancement. His mother, already ill, is prostrated by the shock and feared to die.
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Chicago
James C. Shea
Jackson Park
Washington Park Hospital
Japan China relations worsen with new boycott pressure
Pekin April 14. Japanese representative Baron Haiya shi told the government that the mikado is displeased by the delay in ending the boycott on Japanese goods, signaling mounting strain between China and Japan as efforts to resolve the dispute stall.
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PEKIN
China
Japan
Baron Haiyashi
Distillers Complaint Over Freight Rules Reach ICC
The Harvester King Distillery of Kansas City has filed complaints with the Interstate Commerce Commission alleging railroads will not accept liquor consignments to Oklahoma in less than carload lots unless prepaid, action prompting regulatory scrutiny.
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Washington, D. C
Harvester King Distillery Company of
Kansas City
Interstate Commerce Commission
Oklahoma
Arsenic Suspected in Mrs Butler’s Death Exhumation Sought
Attorneys for heirs say Mrs Mary Butler died from arsenic poisoning two months after her death and urge Coroner Hoff man to exhume the body. They allege poisoning followed an induced will change disinheriting adopted son Thomas Cunningham. Viscera fragments reportedly dumped in a vacant lot and linked to stray cat deaths raise theory of foul play.
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Chicago
Mary Butler
Hoffman
Thomas Cunningham
Attempted death noted in bank deficit case at Belleville
Edward Story, cashier of Citizens' State Bank of Belleville, Wis., faces defalcation charges as State Banking Commissioner Bergh seizes the bank. District Attorney Mason pledges arrest if Story does not survive after an alleged shortage of 7000 to 8000 dollars is revealed.
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Madison
Wis
Edward C. Story
Citizens’ State Bank of
Beleville
M. C. Bergh
Vroman Mason
Story
Illini Operators may meet miners over joint scale report
Springfield April 14. The Illinois Operators association is likely to be called Thursday to meet the miners and hear the report of the joint scale committee.
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Springfield
Ill
Illinois Operators’ Association
Joint Scale Committee
Heney accuses Senator Fulton of fraud in Oregon
Assistant District Attorney Heney charged Senator Fulton with offering Representative Webster financial inducements for support in the Oregon senatorial campaign of 1903. The affidavit by Webster, read by Heney, links Fulton to land fraud defendants in Oregon through accompanying letters and documents.
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Portland
Ore
Heney
Fulton
Webster
Oreson
Oregon
Tolstoi's Condition Relapses in Moscow
Moscow April 14 Count Tolstoi, once improved after an illness, has suffered a relapse and remains in serious condition.
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Moscow
Tolstoi
Students Lost In Lake Mendota In Apparent Drowning
Madison Wis April 14 J O Watkins of Milwaukee and George K Hamilton of Berlin university freshmen went out on Lake Mendota in a frail canoe A heavy storm rose and they are feared drowned Launches searched last night and a paddle and canoe were found on shore This morning it is believed they were drowned A searching party will drag the lake Both boys were Sigma Alpha Epsilon freshmen The Belleville bank defalcation will reach 23000 under cashier Edward C Story who confessed and attempted suicide by poison but survived
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Madison
Wis
J. O. Watkins
Milwaukee
George K. Hamilton
Berlin
Lake Mendota
John O. Watkins
Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Citizens’ State Bank
Belleville
Edward C. Story
San Diego Welcomes Mighty Fleet of Uncle Sam
Thousands fill the shores as ships arrive in a gala welcome. Visitors swarm the waterfront while smaller craft sail out to sea and larger warships approach in a tent city spectacle. Arrival is expected between 1 and 2 o clock.
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San Francisco
San Diego
Uncle Sam
San Diego Prepares for Arrival of the Fleet
San Diego crowds line streets decorated in red white and blue for the welcome. Governor Gillette leads a reception committee as the battleship fleet nears 2 pm with 33 000 oranges to be distributed and Coronado Beach packed for the visit.
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San Diego
Cal
Weather report notes cool La Crosse after warm spell
The La Crosse area records 48 degrees with a 76 degree high elsewhere, no precipitation, wind at 8 miles and water stage at 5.3 feet rising 0.1 foot. Detroit 36 and Montgomery 86 mark U S extremes as river levels inch up over 24 hours. Wisconsin Minnesota and Iowa forecasts call for partly cloudy to fair weather, cooler temperatures, and possible showers in eastern sections tonight and Wednesday.
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la Crosse
United States
Detroit
Montgomery
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
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