Constantinople Battle Ends as Constitutionalists Gain City
In London reported by Daily Telegraph and The Standard, Sultan Abdul Hamid II was forced from the palace and Mehmmed Reachad Effend installed. Heavy casualties reported in the capital as clashes raged in streets. 25,000 killed in Adana area, with widespread massacres and sieges across the vilayets. American and British interests affected as property losses mount and relief efforts face restrictions.
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London
Daily Telegraph
Sultan Abdul Hawid
Constantinople
Selimieh
Seurari
Stamboul
Rula
Schefker
Mechssen
Turkey
Vilayet
Adana
Avery
Kessab
Miss Chambers
Elkhart
Ind
Virginian
A. Billings
Miss Rowan
Messrs. Lawson and
Chambers
Woman 92 Reads Bible Twenty-Three Times in Ithaca News
Mrs. Sarah Harty, age 92, finished reading the Bible twenty three times in Ithaca N Y Apr 26 and said she will not attempt another reading. She believes she holds the local record for Bible reading and is too old to try again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ithaca
Sarah Harty
Stewart's Body Cremated as He Planned
William M. Stewart former United States senator from Nevada died Friday in Washington. His body was cremated following his deathbed wish. Ashes will be interred in an urn and later moved to Bullfrog Nevada for burial after Stewart recovers from illness.
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Stewart
Washington
Wiliam M. Stewart
United States
Nevada
Mia
Bullfrog
Nev
British Lord's Brother Leaps To Death In Sea Voyage
Plymouth Apr 26 Ronald Ramsay brother of the Earl Dalhousie died by his own hand leaping from the Hamburg Amerikaner Cleveland as it neared port. He left a letter to Uncle Charles Ramsay and reportedly suffered from a troubled love affair and low spirits during the voyage. The Ramsays suffered prior family tragedy when both parents died on a voyage and the countess died after returning to Havre.
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Plymouth
Eng
Ronald Ramsay
Earl Dalhousie
Cleveland
Ramsay
Charles Ramsay
Marthe
W. J. Garrison
New York
Atlantic
Vox
Ronny
Lord Dalhousie
Havre
England
Saskatchewad
World Suffragists Meet Open in London Apr
Delegates from Britain the United States Australia Bulgaria Canada Denmark Finland Germany Hungary Italy the Netherlands Norway Sweden Russia South Africa and Switzerland gather as the International Woman Suffrage Association opens in London. Rev Anna Howard Shaw leads as sole American speaker with Carrie Chapman Catt presiding. Sessions run through May 1.
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London
Apr
International Woman Suffrage Association
Great Britain
United States
Australia
Bulgaria
Canada
Denmark
Finland
Germany
Hungary
Italy
Netherlands
Norway
Sweden
Russia
South Africa
Switzerland
Anna Howard Shaw
Mias Shaw
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Willam M. Ivins
New York
L. A. Coonley Ward
Illinois
Mary A. Safford
Iowa
Oliver H. P. Belmiont
M. LaReine Maker
Washington
Lucy E. Anthony
Pennsylvania
Katherine Iing
Mary A. Wilmurth
William H. Parsons
Caroline Crossett
Kangley
Carrie Chapman Catt
International Allance
Minister Dies During Baptism at Finnish Lutheran Service
Big Rapids Michigan August 26 Rev EB C Franck pastor of the German Lutheran church collapsed and died while administering baptism to a child at the end of the war service. He was 37 and survived by a wife and nine children. Previously he led churches in Steelville Illinois and Easton New Jersey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Rapids
Mich
Eb, C. Franck
Franck
Gig Mapids
Steelville
Ege Asrlior, N, J
Eight Die In River Wreck Near New Orleans
The towboat Eagle of the Souls iana Petroleum Company sank in the Mississippi about forty miles south of New Orleans. Eight died including Capt. George Joyce, Second Engineer Charles Goodhus, Fireman Charles Martin, Mate Richard Le Blanc, two deckhands, a chambermaid, and a cabin boy. Seven others escaped. The victims were asleep when the accident occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Eagle
Soulsiana Petroleum Company
Mississippi River
George Joyce
Charles Goodhus
Charles Martin
Richard le Blanc
Acquittal in Federal Embezzlement Case
Sioux Falls M C April 25 A verdict of acquittal was returned Saturday by a federal court jury in the case of Anson Wagar former United States commissioner at Dallas who faced trial on a charge of embezzling trust funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux Falls
M. C
Anson Wagar
United States
Dallas
Farmer Howard Koch Dies After Fall From Load
Howard Koch a farmer living near this city was killed instantly when thrown from a load of food his neck breaking in the fall. The accident occurred near Harvard UL on April 26.
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Harvard
Howard Koch
Tax on Incomes Splits Senate Over Tariff Bill Change
Washington reports a near even split in the Senate over adding an income tax to the pending tariff bill. Some favor a minimum income figure, others fear unfair discrimination and tax design challenges. Revenue projections vary, with critics urging revenue proof before passage, while supporters push for a swift, limited measure or a separate bill after the tariff. Decisions may come within weeks as committees study the plan and potential revenue impacts.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
Taft
Finance Committee
Sud
House Ways and Means Committee
Senate Finance Committee
Portuguese Quakes Fatal and Lisbon Relief Efforts
Lisbon reports seismic disturbances ended after a deadly quake. King Manuel guided firemen and traveled with doctors and supplies to disaster districts. Villages such as Satyaterra and San Stefano were wrecked. thirty nine bodies recovered, 120 missing, hundreds injured. Two fishing boats sank with 38 sailors lost. Parliament voted 100000 for relief.
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Satyaterra
San Stefano
Railroad Officials to Meet in Cincinnati This Week
Prominent railway officials from across the United States will gather in Cincinnati this week to discuss issues facing the railroad industry. The Southeastern Conference of Railroad Accountants met today, while the American Railway Accounting officers plan to convene Wednesday at the same venue.
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Cincinnati
United States
Southeastern Conference of Railroad Accountants
American Railway Accounting Officers
Temperance Women Hire Editor To Fight Saloons
In Mount Vernon Indiana on April 26 the temperance women contracted with B. O. Hanby editor of the Tribune at Mount Vernon to publish a daily paper to oppose saloons during Posey county local option campaign.
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Eyousy
Mount Vernon
Ind
B., OQ
Hanby
Tnafraid
Posey County
Roosevelt Hunt Party Records Smallpox Threat
Porters in Roosevelt’s camp near Tapiti show smallpox symptoms as Col. Roosevelt and Kermit Roosevelt remain healthy. The party moves to Sir Alfred Pease’s ranch after breaking camp. Roosevelt bags wildebeests and a gazelle while guards tighten security to protect Americans from disturbances in a plains game-rich region.
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Natrobi
British East Africa
Roosevelt
Kermit Roosevelt Northy
Tapiti
U Ness
Sir Alfred. Pease
Ath River
Col. Roosevelt
Kermit
Mr. Roosevelt
Japanese Cruisers Make Pacific Coast Port Visit
The Japanese training squadron led by Rear Admiral H. Nich entered San Pedro, California, marking the first visit by ten-year warships to a U.S. Pacific port. The Aso and Soya, former Russian Bayan and Varing respectively, were captured in the Russo-Japanese War and now on a peaceful multi-port voyage along the Pacific coast.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Japan
United States
Soya
Aso
H. Nich
San Pedro
Dolstion
Bayan
Port Arthur
Gen. Stoesse
Varing
Chempulo
Niagara Ice Jam Breaks Open River Channel
Niagara Falls Apr 26 A burst of wind and gale widened the Niagara River mouth clearing a passage blown by dynamite along the American shore. The ice pack to the fort end is broken enough to allow boat crossing by a straight course to Niagara on the Lake. Engineers did not work yesterday. powerful currents sweep away large ice mounds, reducing need for explosives.
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Youngstown, . x
Niagara River
Niagars-on-the Lake
Iam
Forl
Boy Slain by Italian Sparks Outcry in Beatrice
Clyde Price 17 stepson of Frank Weisner was shot at Wymore by Spertrud an Italian railroad laborer and died the next day. A mob of 400 men attacked the Italian camp, burned bank cars, and forced the laborers from town before their removal to Beatrice under guard.
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Beatrice
Nev
Clyde Price
Frank Weisner
Wymore
Spertrud
Bertrud
Trude
Identified prisoner Maybray claims McCann cover story
The Des Moines Journal reports J J Maybray, jailed on swindling charges, identifies as McCann, the St. Louis horseman slain in June 1903. He cites alibi details, recounts travels to Chicago, Denver, and Kansas City, and asserts Mrs Lillian Gates misidentified him. Gates remains convinced Maybray is McCann, citing scars and corroboration. Barrington, in Missouri prison, seeks liberty with Maybray’s help.
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Dew Molpas
J. J. McCann
St. Louis
Barrington
J. C. Maybray
Lillian Gates
Maybray
Mivelssippi
Plains
Jim Dahlman
Omata
Omaha
Kansas City
McCann
St. Louis County
Jyne
Maubrey
Chicago
Denver
Gates
Wisconsin
Barrington Seymour
Missouri
Bupland
J. J. Collings
Pell County
San Francisco
J. G. Maybray
Jefferson City
McCanny Churter
Maghray
Des Moines
Daily Tripune
Mre, Cann
Fire Panic at Battery Park Hotel Sends 200 Guests Out
A morning blaze in the laundry room of the Battery Park hotel in Asheville North Carolina drove about 200 guests from the building at four o'clock yesterday. Guests included Mrs Van Wyck wife of former Judge Augustus H Van Wyck and Mme Olive Fremstad of the Metropolitan Opera Company.
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Ashevlltz
N. C
Battery Park
van Wyck
Augustus H. van Wyck
James Osborne
New York
Mme
Olive Fremstai
Metropolitan Opera Company
Ice Holds 76 Lake Ships in Icebound Port
In Sault Ste. Marie Michigan on April 26 the local harbor reported 76 boats trapped by thick ice after 17 steamers arrived yesterday. Eight inches of heavy wet snow fell Saturday night, worsening conditions on the lake. Edward Arnold of Muncie Indiana was killed by a train while walking on a railroad track in Peru Indiana on April 20.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Peru
Ind
Edward Arnold
Muncie
Baseball Game Results Across Leagues
National League games in St Louis and Cincinnati show Chicago and St Louis split wins with decisive scores. American Association reports Minneapolis and Toledo contests, Milwaukee hosts Kansas City as Columbus defeats Louisville with high run totals.
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St. Louis
Chicago
Cincinnati
Pittsburg
Minneapolis—St. Paul
Minneapolis
Toledo
Lingianapollo
Milwaukee
Kaasag City
Columbus
Louisville
Chen
Wan
Perce
New York
Detroit
Boston
Washington
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
Louleig
St. Paul de Columbus
Kansas
National Mosgue
St Couis
Cleveland
Church Wrecked by Bomb in New Orleans
A bomb explosion shattered the St Louis Cathedral on Chartres Street in New Orleans as workers were repairing the south tower. The blast damaged the church, caused no injuries, and about 22,000 dollars in damage was reported. Police rushed to the scene and several arrests followed as detectives hunted suspects among the repair crew.
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New Orleans
St. Louis Cathedral
Chartres Street
First Precinct
Trajan
Army Aeronauts Trip Ends Safely After Night Flight
Washington reports the first official ascension of the season by balloon No. 17. Lieutenants Foulis Lahm and Bamberger found no telegraph or telephone contact 60 miles from Washington at Great Mills, Maryland. After a mud filled night drive from Cox, they reached safety. the crew reached 4000 feet altitude but encountered no unusual conditions.
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Washington
Great Mills
Foulis
Lahm
Bamberger
Signal Corps
Inauguration
Cox
Chesapeake Bay
Census Chief in Trouble With Taft Aide Sparks Debate
Washington April 26 S N North director of the census faces friction with Senator Nagle over census bureau authority. Three hour talks with President Taft followed. The issue is whether Taft shall hold full or divided responsibility for the census office. If North retires E Dana Durand may be named his successor.
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Washington
S. N
Sunken Tug George A. Floss Found After Lake Erie Tragedy
The sunken hull of the fishing tug George A. Floss, missing with seven aboard during a storm on Lake Erie on April 7, has been located. It lies in about 50 feet of water seven miles north of Cleveland harbor. most of the crew’s bodies have been found.
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Cleveland
George A. Floss
Lake Erie
Cleveland Harbor
Man fatally shoots rival then wounds widow in Battle Creek
In Battle Creek Michigan on April 26 A J Mullen shot and killed Floyd Ketchim and attempted to kill widow Mary Fredeburg proprietor of the boarding house where the men lived. Both men had been paying attentions to Mrs Fredeburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Battle Creek
Mich
A. J. Mullen
Floyd Ketchim
Mary Fredeburg
Mra. Fredeburg
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