Massacre outrage stirs U S protests and Cardinal Gibbons letter
In Odessa on May 20 a government circular cites 45 killed, 74 seriously wounded, 850 slightly wounded, 700 Jewish homes wrecked, 600 shops looted. In Baltimore a May 20 rally drew thousands backing Russia’s Jews, with leaders and Cardinal Gibbons expressed horror and urged U.S. action.
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Odessa
Russia
Kischeneff
Baltimore
Academy of Music
Fabian Franklin
Baltimore Evening News
William Pinckney
Hayes
Roger W. Cull
Leon Greenbaum
Smith
McComas
Isador Raynor
Simon Wolf
United States
Daniel C. Gilman
Carnegie Institutes
Cardinal Gibbons
Kischineff
James Cardinal Gibbons
Congress
Russia May Open Diplomatic Channel Over Kischeneff Crisis
Washington reports indicate no new guidance from the State Department on the Kischeneff massacre despite various resolutions. A brief cable from St Petersburg could trigger U S action, noting Russia's ban on armed Jews and emigration pressures echo Roumania policy concerns.
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Russia
Washington
United States
State Department
Emassy
St. Petersburg
McCormick
Europe
Roumania
Roumantia
Fire in Potsdam Palace Lands Crown Prince Rooms
A heating apparatus on trial at the Potsdam palace caused a blaze in Crown Prince Frederick William’s apartments. The fire destroyed silk hangings, carpet, and furniture, but walls remained fireproof and flames were contained.
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Berlin
Potsdam
Frederick William
Kent sentenced to twenty years for assisted death case
Rochester in May reports Leland Gorr Kent received a twenty year sentence for encouraging and assisting Ethel Blanche Dingle to commit death by own action. The case centers on a fatal self-inflicted death with Kent’s role labeled as aiding the act. Authorities describe the motive and actions leading to the conviction.
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Rochester
N. Y
Leland Gorr Kent
Ethel Blanche Dingle
Valuation Sparring Over Old Horse Offer
Munson notes Crawley claims a $150 composite offer for the old plug, while Benson clarifies the figure isn’t a single bid but the total of multiple offers over time. The exchange plays on the horse’s faded worth compared with memory of its prime.
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Kansas City Journal
Munson
Crawley
Benson
Russian Ambassador Denies Government Link to Keseneff Riots
Count Cassini says reports of Russian government involvement in Keseneff riots are false. He notes educated Russians admire Jewish bankers and financiers but points to conflict with peasants over credit and commerce. He warns that those exploiting peasants will be punished.
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Washington
Cassini
Keseneff
Russia
Government Concludes No Intervention in Russian Jewish Cruelties
Washington reports marked Jewish newspapers poured in on the state department over alleged killings and maltreatment of Jews in Bessarabia. Ambassador McCormick faced criticism for denying a massacre and for relaying the Russian reply that relief funds were not needed. The department says it cannot intervene absent official evidence, noting the U S moral influence seeks improvement of Jews' conditions in Russia.
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Russia
Washington
State Department
Bessarabia
McCormick
United States
Roumania
Count Cassini
Hay
Zionist Leader Declares Palestine Solution For Jewish Question
London May 19. Israel Zangwill urged that a Jewish home in Palestine is the only practical remedy for the Jewish question at a meeting under the English Zionist Federation. He cited Roosevelt’s stance on Romania and horrors in Bessarabia while noting police and soldiers aided mob violence and a governor ordered a Jewish deputation removed. The resolution passed. Must Not Defend Themselves. St. Petersburg May 19. Governor von Reuben of Bessarabia issued a circular forbidding Jews to defend themselves, prompting expected emigration to America. Kisheneff saw 3000 lawsuits for damages against the state totaling 1.5 million dollars.
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Irael Zangwill
London
Zionist Federaion
Israel Zangwill
Palestine
Zangwill
Roosevelt
Roumania
Kesheneff
Bessarabia
St. Petersburg
von Reuben
Kisheneff
America
Prince Henry to Visit United States for World’s Fair
A Washington official says Prince Henry of Prussia will visit the United States to see the St. Louis World’s Fair. The report sparks talk of royalty visiting St Louis and possible trips by King Edward or other rulers, making the city a Mecca for royals next year.
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Washington
Prince Henry of
Prussia
United States
St. Louis
St Louis
Stead
London
Edward
America
Russians reject Lincoln Finns relief appropriation
Count Cassini the Russian ambassador in Washington returned to Nebraska state officials the legislature's appropriation for Finns relief with a statement that the imperial government can take care of its own subjects.
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Lincoln, Neb
Count Cassini
Washington
Ita
Trust Cos Leave Clearing House May Go Out Of Banking
Seven trust companies withdraw from the clearing house or announce exit by June 1 due to cash reserve rules. They hold deposits about 225 million and cash on hand around 3.2 million. remaining in the clearing house would demand about 12 million reserves, prompting many to retreat. Some will limit operations to regular trust company functions.
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New York
Clearing House
Clearing House Committee
Not a War Vessel Nahma Detained at Dardanelles
The yacht Nahma owned by Mrs Goelet was detained at the Dardanelles for forty eight hours after two small rapid fire guns on its deck fired blanks in salute. A representative of the sultan awarded Mrs Goelet the grand cordon of chefekat, one of his highest decorations.
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Washington, D. C
Feared Grave Robbery Ends With Child’s Remains Exhumed
In Bedford Indiana on May 20 William Rock prominent contractor forced the sexton at gunpoint to dig up his child’s coffin buried a year. He broke the lid with a spade seized the remains and called them endearing names as the corpse fell to pieces. he was disarmed by policemen and arrested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford
Ind
William Rock
Rock
Promises Famous Trial Arrest in Queenstown Sensation
London reports the arrest of Mrs. Gunning S. Bedford Jr aboard the Umbria at Queenstown on Saturday night. She faces a charge of unlawfully causing a registrar to register a false birth entry for a female child. Relatives allege no child was born at 16 Upper Woburn Place in three years and say the child was born in Paris and brought to London for the registration. Mr. Bedford died in Paris two months later leaving an estate near 500000.
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Queenstown
London
Gunning S. Bedford, Jr
R. C. Cowle
Upper Woburn Place
Bow Street Court
Bedford
Fortune Being Robbed Massachusetts Woman Gets $40,000
In Utica New York on May 20 a reward arrangement revealed that 1888 purse thief Geo H Todd a miserly traveling peddler left $40,000 to Mrs Peter Jordan of Brockton Massachusetts. The wallet with bankbooks and securities surfaced after his death showing the accumulation of wealth through extreme frugality and hardship. Todd was known for his gaunt frame and a tin box carried across the nation while peddling and begging for meals and lodging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
Miser
Utica
N. Y
Geo. H. Todd
Peter Jordan
Brockton
Mass
Todd
All Chilean Argentine Brazilian Flags Unite in South American Alliance
In Santiago on May 20 about 50 000 people welcomed a Brazilian commission and celebrated the prospect of a South American triple alliance with flags waving together. The city decorated and a 500 man band played the Brazilian anthem as allegorical cars moved through the procession. Chilean authorities plan extensive entertainment for the visitors while Valparaiso reports reduced strike activity and tranquility.
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Brazil
Santiago
Chili
Valparaiso
The Haughty Police
Clergyman accuses New York City police of brutality in a case heard by Magistrate Tighe. The magistrate criticizes the force as overbearing saying officers hit those who glare at them and then arrest for assault. He contrasts with London police in a provocative remark.
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New York
Meyers
Tighe
London
Senator Busche Confesses to Missouri Lobbying Schemes
St Louis May 19 A tearful confession by ex State Senator Charles F Busche reveals extensive boodling in Missouri legislature from 1888 to 1899 He says he earned about 15000 from lobby paid for votes and work on railroads and school textbooks He names payments and figures and breaks with the lobbying circle. Busche is a baker and pie company president in St Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schweickard
St. Louis
Busche
Folk
Schweickardt
State
Senate
Busche-Hoernlein Pie Company
Vegetable Famine Threatens City Market
A rain drought in New York threatens a vegetable famine with three weeks of no rain. Prices for fruits and vegetables rise steadily along with meat prices. Vegetable production around the metro area is a major industry and a shortage would harm both urban consumers and farmers.
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New York
Cummins Drops Iowa Idea for Republican Platform
Washington correspondent F. E. Sullivan of the Chicago Chronicle reports Governor Cummins has consented to abandon the so called Iowa idea for the next state platform. The tariff plank will echo the St Louis plank from 1896. Sullivan notes Cummins’ rise in Iowa politics and links to Secretary Shaw, while denying a quoted remark about Slid down the Pole.
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Washington
Chicago Chronicle
Iowa
Chicago
The
Chronicle
Cummins
St. Louis
F. E. Sullivan
Shaw
Sullivan
Earn
Electric cultivation claims two crops in garden growth
New York man John C. Breckenridge, chief engineer of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Co, says three years of electrical experiments at his Richmond Hill garden yield two crops in one year. He claims underground wires energize roots and boost growth of vegetables, fruit, trees, plants, and flowers by about 100 percent.
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New York
John C. Breckenridge
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
Richmond Fill
Man Sues for Divorce After Wife Desertions Twenty Three Times
Joplin Missouri May 19 Samuel Enders sues for divorce claiming his wife deserted him twenty three times and that patience has ceased to be a virtue. He says he will no longer endure the separations.
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Missouri
Joplin
Samuel Enders
Patience
Millionaire Samuel Cupples Endows City Engineering School
St Louis magnate Samuel Cupples announced before sailing to Naples that he would fund the world’s best school of engineering and technology in St Louis. The report notes Cupples, a woodenware manufacturer, intends a major gift to his hometown university.
Payne Dissects Tulloch Charges In Postal Probe
Postmaster General Payne says Tulloch’s allegations are being dissected and forwarded to the appropriate bureaus for report. He asserts some acts are irregular yet not illegal and vows full investigation of alleged irregularities including any improper charges or pay for nonrendered service. He notes Machen will not resign and denies requests for his resignation.
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Washington
Payne
Comptroller of the Treasury
Post Office Department
Department
Tulloch
Camp Alger
Porto Rico
Indiana
Augustus W. Machen
Machen
Free Delivery Division
Platt Denies Tulloch Bonding Influence Claim
New York May 20 Senator Thomas C Platt rejected Seymour W Tulloch’s assertion that Beavers of the post office salary division pressured a bonding firm for Platts son to benefit from bonding business The senator called the statement an absolute lie and said he has no interest in any bonding company.
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Senator Platt
Tulloch
New York
Thomas Co. Platt
Seymour W. Tulloch
Washington Post Office
Beavers
Post Office Department
Disorder at Dublin meeting over welcome to King Edward
In Dublin a rostrum melee broke out as Gaelic league members disrupted a meeting chaired by Timothy Harrington to back the Irish parliamentary fund and greet King Edward. John Redmond was interrupted, chairs flew, and John O'Donnell was injured while the crowd scattered and order was restored.
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Gaelic League
Dublin
Edward Dublin
Irish Parliamentary Fund
Edward
Ireland
Timothy Harrington
John Redmond
McBride
Maude Gonne
Harrington
Gaelic
Rio Grande Train Wreck Claims Two Lives Near Palisades
A Denver and Rio Grande passenger train struck a rock slide near Palisades Colorado causing the deaths of Engineer George Stewart and Fireman W A Woods. Several passengers were shaken but none fatally injured.
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Rio Grande
Grand Junction
Colo
Denver and Rio Grande Railroad
Palisades
George Stewart
W. A. Woods
Signs Mueller bill affixed by Yates for Chicago railways
Springfield May 20 Governor Yates signed the Mueller enabling act for Chicago street railways. The measure, opposed by streetcar interests and supported by many mayoral candidates, allows extensions up to 20 years and sets terms for municipal ownership. The governor cautions his approval is not endorsement and reserves power to call a special session to repeal if terms prove onerous.
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Yates
Sire Railway Enabling Act
Springfield
Ill
Chicago
Sas
Cit
General Assembly
City of
Wyoming ranchman battles mountain lion near Dubois
Near Dubois Wyoming on a Sunday morning ranchman Sercoff encountered a large mountain lion while exploring caves. He fought the beast with a club and his hands after dropping a cub and severed the lion's neck to kill it. He sustained deep claw injuries but survived.
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Wyoming
Lander
Wyo
Dubois
Sercoff
Stuck to his post New York firefighter injured thrice
A Worth Street business fire injured several firefighters from No 27. Fireman William O Keefe repeatedly returned to help, was treated, and sent back to duty, with hospital care after the final collapse. Property loss was small.
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New York
Worth Street
William O'Keefe
Hon B F Jones Dead Founder of Jones Laughlin Works
Hon B F Jones founder of the Jones Laughlin works and longtime political figure died suddenly from nervous prostration in Pittsburg. He headed the Republic National Committee during the Cleveland campaign and was prominent in national politics.
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Jones A. Laughlin Company
Pittsburg
Hon
B. F. Oa
Jones & Laughlin Works
United States
Republic National Committee
Cleveland
Retrial Ordered for Boodlers in Suburban Franchise Case
Missouri Supreme Court reversed St Louis circuit court in the perjury conviction of former delegates Falkner and Lehmann connected with the suburban franchise bill. The cases are remanded for retrial.
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Missouri Supreme Court
St. Louis
Jefferson City
Preme Court
Falkner
Lehmann
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Nebraska
Czar
New York City
Jack
Ethel
Postal Department
Mueller
B. F. Jones
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