Winds, fires, and protests dominate week in news
A packed weekly review details fires in Odessa and Glens Falls causing extensive damage, a windstorm in Lincoln Neb and Ashtabula Ohio, dock and labor unrest in Copenhagen and Portland, celebratory returns in Cork, and political shifts from Kentucky to Utah. Notable events include the acquittal of Berry Howard, Roosevelt era tensions, and a fatal shooting in Topeka.
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Paterson N. J
Odessa
Bigham Bros
Berry Howard
Goebel
Kentucky
Sailors’ Union
San Francisco
Cork
William O'Brien
Ireland
Glens Falls
N. Y
Webb Bros
Lincoln
Neb
Ashtabula
Ohio
Pretoria
Tulsa
I. T
Boston
Sterling Morton
Lake Forest
Ill
Mark Morton
Nebraska
Waverly Golf Links
Portland
Alice Sibson
R. L. MacLeay
Oregon
Singer Manufacturing Company
South Bend
Ind
Venice
United States
Copenhagen
Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Eix
Joplin
Missouri
Wallace
Mayhewe
Chalmer Bshuff
Supreme Court
William W. Carr
Associated Press
Topeka
Budora
Kan
Northern Pacific Machinists
Brainerd
Minn
Cooper
Motive
Lovell
Wilson
International Machinists’ Union
Senator Kearns
Utah
Perry
Heath
R. C. Kearns
St. Louis
Chicago
Los Angeles-Salt Lake
Kearns
Goulds
Clark
Cleveland
Zanesville
Heinze copper properties in Montana sold to United Copper syndicate
New York reports United Copper company has taken over all Heinze copper properties in Montana. A syndicate including Hallgarten & Co. will manage expansion with larger working capital and more acquisitions. Capital stock totals 60 million dollars. 5 million preferred at 6 percent, rest common. Common shares to be issued later and traded when issued. Properties include Montana Ore Purchasing, Nipper Consolidated Copper, Cobra and Rock Inland groups, Minnie Healy, Belmont and others.
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New York
Heinze
Montana
United Copper Company
Hallgarten & Co
Montana Ore Purchasing Company
Nipper Consolidated Copper Company
Cobra and
Rock Inland Group
Minnie Healy
Belmont
Cyclone Victims in Kansas City and Joplin Toll
April 28 report lists three dead and 15 injured from the Joplin tornado while damage spans 20 Joplin residences and homes in Moonshine Hill and Villa Heights. Estimated losses reach 100000 in wrecked buildings and flooded mines as relief plans begin. Telecommunication outages hindered initial casualty reporting. In Matabeleland, a cattle plague outbreak threatens gold production by halting miner supply transport.
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Kansas City
Joplin
Moonshine Hill
Villa Heights
Trigg
Bulawayo
Matabeleland
Coronation Plans Face Misstatements and Costs
London reports detail coronation preparations with streets torn up and hotel shortages. Prices for prime viewing vary from 3 to 20 guineas, while many London residents plan charitable dinners for the poor. The ceremony arrangements include the full Anglican service with anointing, crowning, and coronation rites at Westminster Abbey.
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London
America
Piccadilly
Associated Press
Pall Mall
Strand
St. Paul's
Cecil
Carleton
Berkeley
Harrington
British Empire
Westminster Abbey
Westminster School
House of the Lord
Canterbury
Frederick Temple
Earl Halsoury
Marquis of Cholmondely
Sir Albert Woods
Westminster
George Granville Bradley
Arthur Winnington Ingram
Archbishop of
Fort Wayne Train Crash Injures Dozens Near Wallen
A Bun day excursion train on the Grand Rapide and Indiana railroad collided with a freight train at Wallen six miles from Fort Wayne Indiana. More than 30 people were injured all residents of Fort Wayne. A relief train brought the injured to Fort Wayne with Darnell in critical condition at St Joseph's hospital. The engineer fireman and brakeman were among those slightly hurt.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Grand Rapide & Indiana
Wallen
Darnell
St. Joseph's Hospital
Root Stops Stift in Second Round at Chicago Meet
Chicago April 28 Jack Root knocked out Billy Stift after one minute and a half of fighting in the second round of a scheduled six round contest at the Chicago Athletic Club. The bout was tame and uninteresting.
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Chicago
Jack Root
Billy Stift
Chicago Athletic
Cardinal Riboldi Dies in Rome at Ravenna Archbishop
Rome reports the death of Cardinal Agostino Riboldi archbishop of Ravenna. The Italian native's passing is announced as of April 28 in the city. Also reported is the death in Washington on April 30 of Sel Smith Rasell the actor.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
Loris Melikoff
Alexander III
Poltava
Prince, Obolensky
Khereson
Atl Irkutsk
Archangel
Balschaneff
M. Sipia- Guine
Interior
Rome
Agostino Riboldi
Ravenna
Cardinal Riboldi
Italy
Washington
Sel Smith Ras Eell
San Domingo
Port Au Prince
Haiti
Santo Domingo
Republic
Hayti
Penn Relays See Records Fall and Champions Crowned
On Franklin Field Philadelphia April 27, 8000 spectators watched a relay carnival where world and intercollegiate records fell. Harvard won the one mile in 3:21.5, Pennsylvania captured the two mile and Yale won the four mile relay. Duffy of Georgetown matched 9.45 seconds in the 100 yards. Gray of Pennsylvania and Magee of Chicago cleared 11 feet 5.5 inches. Gray later cleared 11 feet 8 inches in the jump off while Magee failed.
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Philadelphia
Franklin Field
University of Pennsylvania
Harvard
Pennsylvania
Yale
Wisconsin
New Haven
Duffy
Georgetown
Gray
Magee
Chicago
Explosion Kills Two Miners at Issaquah
Will P. Price and Bernard Gutter were killed by a dynamite blast at Issaquah. Sutter’s body was blown to pieces, leaving only scraps, and inquest could not be held. Price died soon after, while a nearby boy John Coutts escaped unharmed.
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Seattle
Wash
Will P. Price
Bernard Gutter
Issaquah
Sutter
Onn
Locomotive explosion kills two on Delaware train
Dover New Jersey April 30 a locomotive attached to a passenger train on the Delaware Lackawanna Western railroad exploded near here killing engineer George Trimmer of Washington New Jersey and fireman Joseph Mayberry of Port Murray New Jersey. Two coaches toppled and all passengers were rescued. The crash was caused by low boiler water.
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Dover
N. J
Delaware, Lackawanna &Western Railroad
George Trimmer
Washington
N.J
Joseph Mayberry
Port Murray
Blizzard talk and western wit in a New York mood
A curio collection of Western lore and wry foil from a Montana winter to New York headlines. A humor piece contrasts real blizzards with city talk, recounts a milk freezing incident in Montana, and lampoons Eastern exaggeration. Also includes a legal anecdote about a farmer versus a railway and a note on a grain of corn miniature painting.
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Montana
Sth Avenue
Manhattan
Senator Conkling
Harlem River
New York
Yellowstone Park
Missouri
Nebraska
Dakotas
New-Yorker
New York Mall and Express
Bronx
Northwest
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