Mob and Militia Clash in Albany Over Strike
Albany N Y May 15 Gov Odell halted a state trip as two thousand armed soldiers fill the city with more en route. Bloodshed erupts as non union men move under cavalry escort to a barn amid mob pursuit and police lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy
Odell
Adjt
Gen. Hoffman
Ten Eyck
Gen. Roe
Roe
Brooklyn
Second Signal Corps
Quail Street
Third Signal Corps
Hollow Square
Broadway
Union Depot
State Street
Capitol
Tenth Battalion
Chapel Street
Gilbert Hart
Quail
Central Avenue
Albany
Mayor urges pastors and teachers to curb street loitering
Troy mayor Conway dispatched letters to city pastors via special messenger urging them to use their influence to maintain peace. He also directed President McKenna of the school board to ask public school teachers to tell students to refrain from loitering in the streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy
N. Y
Conway
McKenna
First Break in Ranks as Linemen Return to Work
Springfield May 15 The first break in the strike by New England Telephone and Telegraph linemen occurred as four of six foremen returned to work with a small group. The union will meet tonight and a general break or reouts may follow. No disturbances occurred among linemen or sympathizers in the state, and the men treat the strike as a joke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
New England Telephone and Telegraph Company
Striking Smelters Start Up At East Helena
St Paul May 15 Helena special says fully 200 strikers have accepted terms of the American Smelting and Refining company and the first furnace will be blown in at East Helena Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Helena
Mont
American Smelting and Refining Company
East Helena
Unique Tampa Cigarmakers Strike Over Bridge Break
A 6000 worker strike began in Tampa today over the broken bridge linking the city to western suburbs. The walkout centers on the unusual, record-setting dispute as cigarmakers protest the disruption to commuting and production caused by the damaged bridge.
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Tampa
Fla
West Side Workers Strike Over Bridge Repair Delays
West side employees organized to push manufacturers to exert influence for immediate bridge repair. They resolved to strike as a means to compel action after delays left ferries waiting and service slow and unsatisfactory.
Three Men Indicted for Murder in Portland Case
Portland May 15 Grand jury dismissed at 12 40. Edward Graffam Hands and George Brainard face murder charges. Brainard to be examined for sanity and sent to Augusta for asylum observation. Indictments include Graffam Hands Brainard and others. many lack names. Rest involve illegal liquor sales.
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Portland
Superior Court
Bonney
Edward Grafam
William Hands
Clifford Moshier
Gorham
George H. Brainard
I. H. Farnham
Brainard
Foster
Wm. M. Hatch
Charles E. Howard
Donald McMaster
John H. Slater
William Williams
John Dunn
Shirley Tragedy in Maine Sparks Massive Search
In Shirley Maine on Sunday night Farmr Allen his wife and daughter were murdered and cremated. Hundreds of men and boys have scoured Piscataquis county for 48 hours seeking the murderers with only one arrest to date. Daniel Creighton, a tramp, is held at Dover jail for further inquiry as leads from Brunswick and Fort Fairfield yield detentions but little solid evidence.
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Monson
Piscataquis County
Farmr Allen
Shirley
Daniel Creighton
Dover
Brunswick
Fort Fairfield
Ireland
Father and son die in double suicide in Washington
A 15 year old son of John Fay at La Conner shot himself after a reprimand by his father. The father then returned to the scene and killed himself with the same gun. The tragedy occurred after the youth secured a firearm while employed by Seattle Bridge company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tacoma
Wash
John Fay
Seattle Bridge Company
la Conner
Everett
Thatcher arraigned on forged notes for large sum
Springfield Ohio May 15 George W Thatcher was arraigned and pleaded not guilty to forging the name of F P Mast the late millionaire on notes totaling 296000 pounds Bond was reduced to 35000 and release arrangements are being made
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ohio
George W. Thatcher
F. P. Mast
Hart County Bank Burglary Shocks Munford Vault Loot
Munford Kentucky May 15 currency totaling over 3000 dollars and several valuable papers and bonds were seized by burglars who early today blew open the Hart County Deposit and Trust bank vault. The vault was shattered and the total loss remains undetermined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munford
Hart County Deposit and Trust Bank
Boy Murdered Near Circus in New Jersey River
The body of six year old Ellison Riley was found in the Cohansey river in Bridgton New Jersey. The county physician says the lad was undoubtedly murdered after being last seen near a circus tent last night.
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Bridgton
N. J
Ellison Riley
Cohansey
Young Riley
Indictment for first degree murder against Zavasky
Bridgeport Connecticut May 15 the grand jury in the superior court returned an indictment of murder in the first degree against Josephine Zavat sky. The woman is accused of having strangled her child aged five months.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Josephine Zavatsky
Madison Tobacco Deal Tops Western Markets
Madison Wis May 15 One of the largest tobacco deals in the West was completed by a Philadelphia firm with the sale of 18 000 cases of Wisconsin tobacco from last year. About 350 009 dollars changed hands and the shipment will reach roughly 260 carloads.
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Madison
Wis
West
Philadelphia
Charles B Ticknor Found Dead in Wisconsin Rail Circle
Racine Wis May 15 Charles B Ticknor longtime auditor of the Wisconsin Central railway and a prominent figure in railroad circles in the northwest was found dead in bed today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Racine, Wis
Charles B. Ticknor
Wisconsin Central Railway
Northwest
Mosquito Population Questioned After Spring Rains
An editor notes concern that the abundant spring rains may boost the mosquito crop, asking how the wet conditions will influence breeding and swarms this season. The inquiry frames public health implications and potential control efforts.
Insurance Report Highlights Fire Insurance in Massachusetts
Insurance Commissioner Frederick L. Cutting releases the 46th annual department report. It notes 18 fire insurers operating in 1900, 12 exiting, and seven new entrants since 1901. The rise of Rhode Island mill mutuals is praised, while the Traders Fire Insurance case shows strong scrutiny of solvency and disclosures, urging possible separate management of aligned financial institutions. The South Danvers Mutual case underscores risks from intertwined bank and insurer roles. The report also covers mutuals and Salisbury and Amesbury Mutual, plus overall gains in mutual fire assets from 1900 to 1901 and premium distributions.
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Frederick L. Cutting
Massachusetts
Mill Mutuals
Rhode Island
Pennsylvania
Insurance Department of Pennsylvania
New York Department
Traders Fire Insurance Company of
New York
Commonwealth
New York Examiner
South Danvers Mutual Fire Insurance
South Danvers National Bank
George W. Foster
Choice Securities
Insurance Company
Foster
South Danvers Mutual
Salisbury and Amesbury Mutual
State Grange
Grange
Trial in Kennedy murder case features hotel staff identifications
New York May 15 Charles McGurry head waiter at the Grand hotel identified the defendant as a man seen entering the dining room with a woman on August 15, 1598, just before the murder of Emeline Reynolds. John F. Legg and John A. Davis testified to seeing the defendant with the murdered woman. the cross examination noted uncertainty about other guests. The lunch check and elevator witness accounts were inconclusive, and the court adjourned.
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New York
Charles McCurry
Samuel J. Kennedy
Emeline Reynolds
Miss Reynolds
Dr. Kennedy
John F. Legg
John A. Davis
Bell Boy
Stephen Burns
Grand Hotel
J. Maxwell
Patrick J. Lenahan
Martyr to Labor's Cause editor Sheriff Sherlock dies
William Sherlock editor of the Unionist labor journal died in New York on May 15 from pneumonia. He had supported Typographical union No 6 during the New York Sun printers strike and was jailed for libel, later pardoned by Gov. Odell after serving part of a three month sentence. His failing health and friends’ persistence preceded his death after release.
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New York
William IF. Sherlock
Unionist
Fneumonia
Sherlock
No. 6
New York Sun
Gov. Odell
Lowell
Tuberculosis Congress Opens in New York at Majestic
A joint session of the American Congress of Tuberculosis and the Medico-Legal Society began today at the Hotel Majestic in New York. Delegates have been appointed by the governor to attend the meeting and discuss public health and legal aspects of tuberculosis control.
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New York
American Congress of Tuberculosis
The
Medico-Legal Society
Hotel Majestic
Gov
Bausch Arrested After Roslyn Murder Suspect Captured
New York May 15 John Bausch or a man answering that name and believed to be the Roslyn fugitive murderer was captured by Jamaica detectives near Maple Grove cemetery. He was taken to Far Rockaway for court as Roslyn residents were asked to attend. Police found him in an old woods house once lived in by an older woman, calmly weaving a wooden strip basket. He claimed his name was John Bausca.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John Bausch
Roslyn
L. L
Jamaica
Maple Grove Cemetery
Far Rockaway
John Bausca
Immigration Baggage Taxes Reported at New York Docks
Assistant Secretary Spaulding reports customs receipts on arriving passenger baggage from Europe at New York docks last month totaled 88531 dollars. For April of the previous year, collections were 7242 dollars.
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Washington
Spaulding
Customs
New York
Europe
Woman Pleads Not Guilty in Delanco Poison Murder
Mount Holly May 15 Mrs May Haines indicted by Burlington county grand jury for murder of her step daughter by poison at Delanco in March last pleads not guilty and is remanded to jail for trial at the October term.
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Mount Holly
N. J
May Haines
Burlington County
Delanco
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George H. Brainerd
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Wrratame
Mun. Cio
N.Y
Thursda
A. G Pollard
New England
Imiperfect
Oxford
Vici
Palmer Street
Merri
Pollard & CO
Mack, Palmer and Middle Streets
Insurance Report
Opera House
Meex
Patton Stock CO
Malabar
W. F. Sherlock
Tuberculosis Congress
Tuts College
Highland Club Hall
Bausch
Roslyn, L
Dr. J. FP. True & CO
Auburn. Me
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