Promise of Amnesty Faces Limited Scope in Russia
May 23 report notes an amnesty likely proclaimed May 27 on Emperor Nicholas II’s coronation anniversary. It will be limited to exclude terrorists and convict releases rise in provinces, with 27 Taninfesto collaborators among those freed in St. Petersburg. Premier Goremykin to brief parliament on Friday.
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St. Petersburg
Associated Press
Nicholas H
Constitutional Democratic Party
Alexander II
Council of Workmen’s
Goremykin
Peterhof
Nicholas
Washington
Loved Sister In Law And Suicide After Rejected Elopement
In Pottsville Pennsylvania on May 23 Milton Harvey aged 24 from Schuylkill Haven shot at his sister in law Mrs Levi Howell 28 from St Clair as she walked with her baby in her home after she refused to elope with him He then killed himself firing two bullets into his brain Harvey died three hours later Mrs Howell and her baby were unharmed
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Pottsville
Levi Howell
St. Clair
Milton Harvey
Schuylkill Haven
Harvey
Explosion kills six at New York Glucose plant in Shadyside
Six men died and about 60 were injured when a boiler explosion wrecked a four story brick plant of the New York Glucose Co in Shadyside New Jersey opposite New York City. About 600 workers were inside the building. rescuers from nearby towns and nearby warships aided. The blast could be heard far away and caused a devastating fire.
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Shadyside
New Jersey
New York
New York Glucose Company
N. J
Hudson River
Summer vacation school in Golden Gate Park tents
In San Francisco Golden Gate park hosts a summer vacation school for 17 militia tents housing refugee children. About 600 children are settled with plans to reach 1,500, each tent designed for 20 pupils with desks and blackboards. Reading arithmetic will be indoors with park outings to teach nature and history, zoology, botany, and cooking by specialists.
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San Francisco
Golden Gate Park
Get Money Snares Victims In Fort Wayne Scam
In Fort Wayne a stranger posing as F. G. Baumann of St. Louis lured Herman Reichert into lavish hospitality while claiming an inheritance. The man borrowed $50 from Reichert, spent $1,000 bills, offered to buy property, and left with Reichert’s $50. Unpaid hotel bills and chattels allegedly followed. In another note, a Springfield Ohio crash injured five including Jerry Williams with multiple fractures and cuts after a late night collision.
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Logansport
Ind
Herman Reichert
Fort Wayne
Reichert
Murdock Hotel
F. G. Baumann
St. Louis
Blamed His Mother in Deibel Murder Case
Akron Ohio May 23 Leo Deibel confessed to killing Minnie Berndt but pleaded not guilty to first degree murder and was held without bail. He cried in his cell and blamed his mother for opposing marriage to the girl. He described the January 20 shooting by moonlight and recalled his father’s past vow to wed a girl his parents opposed.
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Akron
Minnie Berndt
Leo Deibel
Squire Nash
Delbel
Winchester
Barbara Powell
Deivel
Failure at Plum Run Miners Strike Ends Operations
In Cleveland on May 23 two score Pittsburg vein coal operators failed to open the Plum Run test mine, deciding not to renew efforts for now but planning future action. Separately Republic Oil company withdraws from Ohio, citing sale of holdings and linkage to Standard Oil. In Salonika, a band of 100 Greeks burned Startchina village, Turkish troops killed 17 Greeks as fighting spread.
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Pittsburg
Plum Run
Republic Company
Ohio
Columbus
Republic Oil Company
New York
Laylin
Ohio G Iing
Standard Oil Company
Statehouse
Salonika
Startchina
Monastir
Denounces Machine Makes Charge Of Hypocrisy
In Washington May 23 Randell Texas denounces the Republican machine in the house accusing leaders of deceiving voters and pursuing stand out doctrine while failing vital questions. He warns of a new deal and square one as the people demand justice and accountability. The article also covers Senate debate on railroad rate legislation, immigration issues, and Knox’s proposal to upgrade Constantinople’s diplomatic status.
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House of Representatives
Randell
Texas
House
Congress
Randel
Republican Party
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Senate
Jenkins
Wisconsin
Judiciary Committee
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McCumber
New York Tribune
Committee On Privileges and Elections
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Dillingham
McCreary
Scott
Bacon
Patterenn
Athare
Advance Guard Starts Polar Expedition From Paris
Maj. H B Hersey departed Paris for Tronisce Norway to lead the first Wellman polar expedition party to Dane islands. Eighteen joiners accompany him to assemble a numbered timber and canvas shed housing the dirigible. Walter Wellman accelerates balloon work with 100 mechanics on motors 40 on the envelope 15 building sleds and 50 on related appliances.
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Maj
H B. Hersey
Tronisce
Norway
Dane's Island
Maj. Hersey
Walter Wellman
Wellman
Hope for Leprosy Cure Reported in Louisiana
New Orleans May 23 In a lengthy report to Governor Blanchard the Louisiana Leper Home board announces a definite cure in three leprosy cases based on Dr Hopkins and Dr Isador Dyer. The disease continues to spread with infection centers yet uninvestigated and some patients have spread it to non infected areas. The legislature is urged to locate all infection points and to appeal to the federal government to establish a national leprosy hospital.
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New Orleans
Blanchard
Board of Control of the
Louisiana Leper Home
Hopkins
Isador Dyer
Storers Returning Home From Vienna to Paris
Bellamy Storer former American ambassador here and Mrs Storer depart Vienna for Paris en route to the United States in the fall.
Heated Debate Over Presbyterian Book of Forms and Service
Des Moines May 28 heated debate accompanies consideration of the Book of Forms and Service from a Presbyterian general assembly committee. Dr Henry Van Dyke defends the book while Rev Dr Robert Johnston of Montreal denounces it as priestcraft provoking a large applause. Debate continues at a later session as officers push home mission funding and endorse the Platt bill for polygamy suppression.
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Henry van Dyke
Robert Johnston
Montreal
Priestcraft
Johnston
van Dyke
William F. McCauley
Cincinnati
General Assembly
Cumberland
McCauley
S. Edward Young
Pittsburg
Jesus
New York
Mr. Galloway
Oregon
Home Missions
Home Missions Board
Assembly
United States Senate
Students in Disgrace Expelled at Phillips Academy
Andover Massachusetts May 22. Between 15 and 20 Phillips Academy students face expulsion for taking part in a scheme that left John M. Stewart proprietor of the Phillips Inn roughing and tossed into Rabbit pond. Principal Stearns investigated after Travers Brown of Chicago was dismissed. over 100 students marched to the inn but 15 to 20 were directly involved in the assault or subsequent disturbance.
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Rabbit Pond
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Stearns
Travers Brown
Chicago
Woman Assassinated Near Springfield by Door Shot
Mrs Anna Stevens 40 of Springfield Ohio was shot at her doorstep last night and died instantly. Police arrested her separated husband Charlies Stevens a gardener on murder charges. He was hiding in a farmhouse Westbury IL May 23. In a separate crash a touring auto owned by P F Collier rammed an eastbound train at a depot crossing. Driver George Gabriel and valet Frederick Whitehead were killed.
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Meadowbrook Club
Refused to surrender Manon May 23 at little red schoolhouse
A note on commencement at Sells Corners reveals Roy Prettyman teaching for two months at 35 a month. Pupils vanished after last term. Prettyman seeks 70 dollars owed, while board director George Snare refuses. Also reports 16 counties endorse Bryan, a fatal train collision in Columbus Grove, and other brief items from Harrisburg and Naples.
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Sells Corners
Roy Prettyman
George Snare
Snare
Prettyman
Prettman
Chicago Grain Market Sags as Southwest Conditions Weaken
Midwest traders cite slack crop weather in the southwest weighing on Chicago grain prices. July wheat slips to 825 and July corn to 475, while oats fall to 33144.
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Pittsburg Market Report May 21 Prices for grains, livestock and fats
Pittsburg markets show corn values various at 56 61 with new high mixed yellow ears. No 2 white 38 No 8 57. Hay timothy 15.25 15.50 clover 11.25 15.50 mixed 11.75 12.25. Eggs 17 18. Butter 22 23 in tubs 15 16. Cheese 10% New York full cream 10% Ohio 10%. Cattle ranges from prime fat steers 4.50 6.25 to common fat 4 4.5, milch cows 40 55, bulls 4 4.05, feeding steers 3.75 4.75, stockers 2.84 3.75. Calves 3 7, veals 5.50 6.25, hogs 6.60 6.70, sheep and lambs 2 9.60 with prime wethers 5.60 5.90.
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New
Ohio
Miners, Operators Brace for Plum Run Mine Clash in Ohio
In Smithfield Ohio on May 23, officials report fortified guards at Plum Run mine as 75 guards deploy and heavy weapons including a Hotchkiss gun and a Gatling gun await potential strike action. Operators and miners from Crow Hollow Dillonvale and Bush Run poised for a large movement if the mine opens.
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PanRin
United States Coal Company
Noni
T. B. Cox
Ohio Operators’ Association
Plum Run
Cox
Sceme
Crow Hollow
Dillonvale
Bush Run
Investigation Ordered After Batoum Consul's Murder
St Petersburg May 23 The foreign office received a note in Iawolsky's hand expressing Russia's regret over the murder of William H Stuart the American vice consul at Batoum The viceroy of the Caucasus was ordered to conduct a strict investigation and to arrest the assassins Ambassa dor Meyer had requested the inquiry
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St. Petersburg
Meyer
Veterans in collision kill one at Lafayette encampment
In Lafayette Indiana on May 23 a collision on the Lafayette Battle Ground electric road killed motorman Charles Roude bush and lightly hurt conductor M A Harner as nearly seventy veterans packed the cars for the Grand Army of the Republic encampment. Both trains were demolished and most injured expected to recover.
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Lafayette
Ind
Associated Press
Lafayette Battle Ground
Grand Army of the Republic
Charles Roudebush
M.A Harner
Tragedy as Four Year Old Girl Killed in Homestead
Pittsburg May 2 Catherine Clutter aged four was killed today in Homestead by her brother Wiley aged six. The children found an old revolver not known to be loaded and the boy pulled the trigger. The parents are badly hurt.
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Pittsburg
Agrocist Press
Catherine Clutter
Homestead
Wiley
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