Murderer of Nora Fuller Identified as C B Hadley
San Francisco police name C B Hadley, longtime Examiner accountant, as Nora Fuller murder suspect. Fuller vanished January 16, her nude body found later on Sutter Street. Witness Clara Dixon alleges Hadley killed Fuller and forged name Hawkins, with Dixon claiming Hadley’s alias Starr and Chicago link. Dixon says Hadley wearing disguises and burned clothes after disappearance. Detective notes show Hadley handled money and faced possible dismissal for irregularities. Dixon refuses to reveal current location.
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San Francisco
Wittman
Nora Fuller
C. B. Hadley
The
Examiner
Theodore Kytka
C. B. Hawkins
Hadley
Sutter Street
Clara Dixon
Miss Dixon
Misa Dixon
Hawkins
Fadley
Amaden & Co
Starr
Chicago
John Start
East Park Station
Examiner Office
Inew
Assassination of Interior Minister Sparks Unrest in Russia
Reports detail the April 16 shooting of M. Sipiaguige, minister of the interior, by Hal suhonsti. The assassin remains jailed and uncooperative while police fear hidden suspects and secret service pressure. Widespread unrest and dubious frontier rumors add to official anxiety as peasants riot and chancellor figures debate uprisings near Moscow and Poltava.
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St. Petersburg
M. Sipiaguige
Halsuhonsti
Primi
Secret Service
Moscow
Duke of Mecklenburg
Russia
Ministry of the Interior
Poltava
Kharhoff
Travis Wins Final Matches at Lakewood Relay Meet
Walter J. Travis, United States golf champion, defeated W. C. Chick and Findlay G. Douglas to clinch two final wins at the Lakewood event in Lakewood New Jersey on April 21.
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Travis
Lakewood
N. J
Walter J. Travis
United States
Lakewood Eceamen
W. C. Chick
Findlay G. Douglas
Trade report notes strong week with rising trade and shipments
New York based Dun and Co weekly review reports weather favorable for a strong week, retail distribution and jobbing trade up, faster building and agricultural work, improved interior traffic and better collections. Labor disputes eased, but tardy deliveries persist while freight improves and railway earnings rise 6.9 percent from last year.
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New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Boston
United States
Canada
San Francisco Transit Strike Closes Most Lines
San Franciscans faced disrupted travel as a street railway strike halted service on United Railroads and the Baltimore syndicate lines. Only three routes operated with police supervision but carried no passengers. Cars ran to meet franchise rules, while autos and carryalls provided the sole mobility. Both sides held talks without public results.
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San Francisco
California
Hyde
Union Streets
United Railroads
Baltimore
Market Street
Spokane Market Prices and Trade Roundup
Listing of poultry eggs and livestock prices at Spokane with live and dressed weights. Notes on vegetables hides fruit and wheat price differentials with the coast. Mentions geographic fact about lakes and Caspian being largest and Lake Huron smallest.
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Spokane
The
World
Caspian
Lake Huron
Steamer City of Pittsburg Burns Near Olmstead Ill
Fire aboard the sidewheel steamer City of Pittsburg en route from Cincinnati to Memphis at Turner's landing near Olmstead Ill burned to the water’s edge. About 80 aboard, 60 missing or unaccounted for. passengers and crew reported. One child’s body recovered. a man severely burned. Other notices report Washington immigration figures and rising western settlement.
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Pittsburg
Olmstead
Ill
Cairo
Cincinnati
Memphis
Turner's Landing
Mound City
Fenmore
Arbuckle
W. Va
L. J. Hunter
Tittinti
Fannie B. Cullom
Leavenworth
Ind
Sylvester Goss
Wesley Doss
Marie Lyster
Carrolton
Henry Thomas
John Botts
Tony Gilfoyle
S. Leach
Bridgeport
Ohio
Ellen
Peril on the Maud Kilgore Aboard Fire Disaster
Passengers rushed from staterooms as flames and smoke engulfed the steamer Maud Kilgore. Lifeboats saved several, others drowned or burned. Survivors reached shore by 6 pm. list of the lost includes Adams, Downs, Burke, Doss, Lyster, and several crew. Local aid and foreign relations notes follow.
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Phillips
Maud Kilgore
Adams
Ohio
St. Louis
Downs
Memphis
Tom Smith
Steerman
Patrick Burke
Owensboro
Joe Ridding
Fred Jones
Striker Engineers
Cincinnati
William Bolanger
Sweeney
Dumprope Confesses Murder of George Crowley in Kansas
Henry Dumprope admits killing George Crowley during a dispute over a house. He says he struck Crowley with a wagon endgate, wrapped the body, bound it with a stone, and threw it into the Neosho river. Dumprope was arrested in Council Grove and taken to Emporia for trial.
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Council Grove
Kan
Henry Dumprope
George Crowley
Emporia
Dumprope
Crowley
Neosho River
Queen Wa helmina Quiet Night Amid Typhoid Watch
Bulletin from Castle Loo reports Queen Wilhelmina had a fairly quiet night and typhoid fever continuing its usual course with no complications. Her majesty's strength is slightly diminished and Prince Henry’s birthday passed with little notice due to the illness.
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the Hague
Castle Loo
Wahelmina
Prince Henry
The
Netherlands
Admiral Dewey declines Denver banquet invite
Washington message from Admiral Dewey states he does not plan to visit Denver at this time. He signs the note George Dewey in response to an invitation for a banquet honoring General Funston.
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Denver
Col
Rocky Mountain News
Admiral Dewey
Washington
News
Deaver
George Dewey
General Funston
Death in field claims Southwick farmer William Blevins
William Blevins, a farmer of the Southwick area, died suddenly in a field near his home on April 21 while sowing grain. He was about 54 or 55 and had lived in the area for four years. Heart failure is listed as the probable cause of death.
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Southwick
Idaho
William Blevins
Blevins
State Supreme Court grants leave in Northern Securities case
Washington April 22 the United States supreme court granted leave to the state of Washington to file an original bill seeking an injunction against Great Northern Northern Pacific and Northern Securities over railroad mergers. Justice Fuller noted care in original cases and that leave to file would be granted returnable October. London April 22 stock allotments in the new shipping corporation were taken by British syndicate members. Morgan in Paris. San Francisco April 21 street railway strike began, cable line blocked, with electric lines soon at risk and possible wider shutdown Monday.
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St. Paul
Minn
Washington
Minnesota
North Dakota
Montana
Pacific Coast
W. B. Stratton
State of
United States Supreme Court
Northern Securities Company
Supreme Court
Waeton
U. S. Supreme Court
Great Northern Railroad Company
Northern Pacific Railroad Company
Fuller
Louisiana
Texas
London
New Shipping Corporation
Europe
Morgans
J. P. Morgan
Paris
Associated Press
United States Steel Corporation
San Francisco
Market
Powell Streets
United Railroad
California Street
Presidio
First Puget Sound canned salmon to reach Table Bay
The Arctic Stream loading at Tacoma bound for Table Bay South Africa will carry 1000 cases of canned salmon to the British army. The shipment marks the first delivery of Puget Sound canned salmon to that continent, following the British war office adding salmon to the army ration about a year ago.
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Whatcom
Wash
Arctic Stream
Tacoma
Table Bay
South Africa
Puget Sound
British War Office
Bocas Del Toro Surrenders As Navy Reports
Washington April 21 The navy department received a cable from Commander McCrea of the gunboat Machias from Colon stating Bocas del Toro Colombia has surrendered with no injury to American citizens or interests. Forces will withdraw this evening and sail for Aspinwall on Sunday.
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Washington
Navy Department
McCrea
Machias
Colon
Bocas del Toro
Colombia
Aspinwall
Found Guilty in Wallace Murder Case
The jury verdict finds Chalmer F. E. Shuff guilty of wilful deliberate and premeditated murder in the Idaho killing of Eugene Klein at Mace on November 11 last. The verdict closes a weeklong court drama that held Wallace's attention.
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Wallace
Idaho
Chalmer FE. Shuff
Gailty
Eugene Klein
Mace
Wal ‘Lace
Rebels Besiege Nanking Falls Feared in China
Canton reports rebels besieging Nanking, a key city in Kwangsi province. News states the place has likely fallen and telegraph lines beyond Wu-chow to Nanking have been cut, signaling disrupted communications.
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Canton
Nan-king
Kwang-si
Wu-chow
Boer Delegates Set for Burgher Consultations
The Boer delegates departed Pretoria for multiple destinations to confer with burghers in the field, as the April 21 report notes.
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Pretoria
Pompeian Discovery Uncovered at Ancient Inn Ruins
Archaeologist Lanciani reports July 1899 excavations near the Stabian gate of Pompeii reveal a fortified country inn along the Via Stabina. Among the finds are shops, an oven court, an ancient wine seller, a fish dealer, and a wealth of funerary valuables on fugitives, including a noble man with a gold ring chain and signet ring, likely killed by volcanic fumes as the Liburna set sail.
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Pogpeli
Rodi
Lanciani
Signor Matrone
Sarno
Stabian Gate
Molino Flenzo
Via Stabina
The
Inn
Miseno
Thyer
Pliny
The Reason and the Oysters Delayed by a Fork
A professor famed for measured speech refuses raw oysters in a restaurant until a new waiter hesitates. After a second plate arrives, the professor repeats his refusal, insisting he cannot eat them because no fork has been provided. The waiter nervously offers reassurance, but the exchange ends with the professor standing firm.
Entertainers spar over cost in local bragging rights
In a bowling of boasts Mrs. Cumrox and the Van Flams spar over who spent more on a recent entertainment. The Cumrox claim they spent forty thousand dollars and plan to file an affidavit with their figures while the Van Flams say sixty thousand dollars. The exchange ends with a telegram request as a final flourish.
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Miss Fuller
Heen
Trade Report
Onlo
BURKS
Pekin
Dewey
Stratton
Am Ship Companies Combine
Nanking
Pompeiian Discoverieg
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