Tragic River Steamer Disaster Near Pittsburg
The side wheel City of Pittsburg en route from Cincinnati to Memphis broke to the water and burned at Turner's Landing near Olmstead. Sixty lives were lost with many injured as passengers fled in panic while rescuers from Pittsburg and Mound City worked through flames and smoke to save survivors. The Maud Kilgore bore the rescued to safety as reports tallied missing aboard the City of Pittsburg, and the ship’s losses included 80,000 in value with two hundred feet length and ownership shared by Phillips, Brahm, Dana Scott, and others.
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Memphis
Turner's Land
Olmstead
Igor
Mound City
Ill
Paducah
Oliver Phillips
al Pritchard
Clay Breeze
Archie M. Allen
Pehillips
Mra
R. Leach
Bridgeport
Ellen Fenmore
F Buckle
W. Va
Maud Kilgore
Cole
Marietta
John M Phillips
Brahm
Dana Scott
Zanesville
Phillips
All-Night Fight Over Bocas del Toro Ends With Liberal Victory
In Colom bia liberals captured Bocas del Toro after an all-night battle. About 150 soldiers were killed on both sides. United States forces landed 100 marines and sailors with machine guns to protect American interests, as liberals outnumbered and overwhelmed the government garrison and forced surrender by Friday morning.
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Colon
Colombia
Bocas del Toro
United States
Bocas
Prisoner Ira Gillespey Admits Links to Goebel Murder
Knox. Tenn April 21 Ira Gillespey alias Dock Hill a prisoner in Sevier county jail Sevierville Tenn on robbery charge admits to Sevier authorities he is wanted for alleged complicity in the murder of Gov Goebel of Kentucky and notes a $500 reward for capture He claims Lexington Ky as his home Kentucky officers have been wired but no word yet.
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Knoxville, Tenn
Ira Gillespey
Dock Hill
Sevier County
Sevierville
Tenn
Knoxville
Goebel
Kentucky
Lexington
Prominent Blount County Citizen Shot At Home
Knoxville April 21 Alex Woodward 63 a leading Blount county figure was assassinated at his home near FIM Joy Sunday morning Neighbor James Cumins rushed to the house after a shot and found Woodward dying unable to speak to Ogle a nearby farmer held under arrest charged with the crime Woodward and Ogle had been tied to many cults and Woodward had recently testified he would not believe Ogle under oath.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Alex Woodward
Blount County
Fim Joy
James Cumins
Woodward
Ogle
Fire Tragedy in Hackney Print Shop Warehouse
A midnight fire in a three story Hackney printers warehouse killed one man two women and four children. Fire engines arrived quickly but the upper living quarters could not be entered and the blaze proved overpowering.
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London
Hackney
Record Heat Readings Across Southern Nebraska
Falls City reports 100 in the shade on Sunday with fall wheat suffering from drought. Other southern Nebraska locations record unprecedented April heat, signaling a blistering spell for the region.
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Omaha
Neb
Falls City
Mercury
Nebraska
Turks and Bulgarians Clash Near Kilindir in Turkey
A clash between Turkish troops and Bulgarian forces near Kilindir in European Turkey occurred around April 10. Eight Bulgarians were killed and several wounded, with casualties reported on both sides and the Bulgarian dead identified by their uniforms.
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Salonica
Turkey
Kilindir
Columbia Elects Nicholas Murray Butler President
New York April 21 Nicholas Murray Butler was installed as Columbia University president in a ceremony led by the U S president. He is a Columbia graduate of 1882. The day featured a reception at Avery Library, building tours, a noon luncheon for visiting university leaders, and a 2 30 pm installation in the gymnasium with speakers from Harvard Yale Princeton Chicago and the U S Commissioner of Education. President Roosevelt spoke during the day.
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New York
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
United States
Butler
Columbia
Avery Library
University Council
Roosevelt
Charles William Eliot
Harvard University
Arthur Twining Hadley
Yale University
Francis Landey Patton
Princeton University
William Rainey Harper
DPD
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University of Chicago
William Torrey Harris
United States Commissioner of Education
Morgan plans vast trans Atlantic steamship combine
J P Morgan, abroad, has practically completed a plan to unite major trans Atlantic lines. The proposed holding includes American and Red Star lines, White Star, Dominion, Transport, and British lines with possible additions from Cunard Wilson Hulland American. A working agreement with others such as North German Lloyd and Hamburg American is expected.
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New York
J. P. Morgan
trans-Atlantic Steamship Lines
London
Morgan Drinking House
Iinide
Red Star Linr
White Star Line
Dominion Line
Tuiitie Transport Line
Ji Vland Line
Morgan
Cunard
Wilson
Hulland- American
Lloyd
Hamburg- American
General Trans-Atlantia
Anen
Anchor Line
Roosevelt Speech on Scholarship and Character
The excerpt quotes Roosevelt urging universities to focus on productive scholarship and the development of master minds. He argues one first-rate work outweighs many second-rate efforts and emphasizes character and courage over mere intellect in education. The piece shifts to a Chicago dispatch noting rising meat prices spark protests and calls for investigation.
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Aach University
Stancard
Cay
National League Games Saturday Scores
Summary of national league games across cities including Cincinnati Chicago Boston New York Philadelphia St Louis and Pittsburgh with multiple games and varied scores on Saturday. Results include Cincinnati Chicago 0 3 6 and other listed box scores with Brooklyn Boston New York Philadelphia and St Louis appearances.
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Cincinnati
Chicago
Boston
Brooklyn
New York
Philadelphia
AtSt. Louis
Pittsburg
St. Louis
Om Sanday
St. Bonceittabargs
Morgan outlines proposed American controlled steamship combine
The article reports an planned holding company gathering all entry steamship lines into a pool like United States Steel, with capitalization likely over 150 million dollars. American interests led by J P Morgan & Co. will dominate, benefiting importers exporters and U S railroads, while subsidized British lines may stay under nominal British control. The scheme hinges on which lines join and subsidy policies.
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Aericon
United States Steel Corporation
White Star
Cunard
George W Perkins
J P. Morgan & Co
Mr. Morgan
United States
Perkins
Maine
California
Perkins remarks on commercial ties with Germany
Mr. Perkins suggests the proposal will deepen commercial understanding between the United States and Germany, aligning economic interests and fostering better bilateral relations. The statement implies broader benefits for trade and diplomacy between the two nations.
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Mr. Perkins
Germany
Labor foes injunctions praised by national AFL
The AFL executive council urges wage workers nationwide to unite and press for abolition of injunctions in labor disputes. They call for public discussion on May 1 and Labor Day with resolutions to push Congress and states to enact pro labor laws. In San Francisco a streetcar strike halted most transit. only three lines ran under police supervision without carrying passengers.
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Congress
San Francisco
San
Earthquake Scourges Central America Taphehula Hit Hard
Mexico City reports a major quake Friday night affecting a wide area reaching into Central America. Chiapas town Taphehula near Guatemala sees property damage estimated at a million dollars, with a wealthy man alone claiming two hundred thousand. In Kansas a hot dry wind from the south harms crops, while in Oswego Ida Mennessey, 17, dies after a prolonged epileptic coma.
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Central America
Pacific
Taphehula
Chiapas
Topeka
Kan
Yanagak
Kansas
Fire damages Kansas city homes leaving many homeless
A Sunday blaze in the southwestern part of the city destroyed four houses and damaged a strip of band amid extensive losses not exceeding 75000 dollars. About 50 very poor families are homeless and one person is reported dead.
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Kansas
Nomore
Barracks Wrecked by Conspirators in Managua
A massive explosion in Managua near the lakefront on April 16 destroyed a two story barrack killing 100 to 200 soldiers and injuring many more. Several nearby buildings including the National Hotel and National Palace were damaged, with President Zelaya abroad returning to condemn conspirators. Estimates of damages run to 5,600,400 pesos by mid May as people anticipate repairs and returns.
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Nicaragua
National Hotel
Central Telegraph Station
National Palace
Zelaya
Morava
Manila Surrenders Persist as Insurgents Yield
Reports from Manila note ongoing surrenders of small insurgent bands to American authorities with Gen Malvar and Gen Riusing surrendering with officers and soldiers in Mindanao. The U S Army transport Buford departed for San Francisco after quarantine. Washington orders a court of inquiry into the conduct of campaign actions and related events.
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Misamis
Mindanao
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Lre
United States Army
Buford
San Francisco
Ashi
Waller
Marine Corps
Assand
Washington
Cemeuer
Afar
Samiar
Vanerica
Dave
Samar
Boers Meet to Discuss Terms Across Front
Pretoria reports De Wet moves to Heilbron and Botha to Vryheid while Delarey and Steyn head to Klerksdorp. They plan simultaneous rendezvous with burghers to present British terms. Transvaalers likely accept terms. Orange Free Staters may resist. Hostilities continue as leaders return to Pretoria.
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En de Wet
Heilbron
Orange Rver
Botha
Transvaal
Vryheid
Delarey
Steyn
Orange Free State
Klerksdorp
Orange Free
Noted author Frank R Stockton dies in Washington
Washington April 21 Frank R Stockton the renowned novelist died suddenly Sunday morning from paralysis due to a brain hemorrhage. He had attended the National Academy of Sciences banquet Wednesday night and grew ill, dying at his bedside with his wife Mel Tottle of Virginia and sister Hy present. Stockton, a Philadelphian by birth, had spent winter in New York and a month at Tent City before visiting Charlestown. He was long a journalist and engraver before turning to literature and earned worldwide fame as a story writer.
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Frank R. Stockton
Stockton
National Academy of Sciences
To Leock
Mel Tottle
Virginia
Philadelphia
New York
Tent City
Charlestown
Whale
Steckton
Chicago man ends life after mutual aid policy dispute
John Harberg, a Chicago care center member, killed himself upon learning that his mutual aid society planned to scale town policies. Sugar stocks dropped 8 percent on the New York Stock Exchange after Congress moved to remove the differential, with refiners facing an estimated loss between 1.0 and 3.0 million dollars.
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Chitaga
Mortali
Ry &K
London
United Paees
Avinirat
Dewey
Huror
Gem Fioser
Denver
Cte
the Murcer of
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Atadeeth
Terry
Soveretary
RY ‘Weyers
John Harberg
Chicago
Mutual Aid Society
New York Stock Exchange
Congress
Queen Wilhelmina’s Condition Stable in The Hague
The queen’s condition remains practically unchanged in The Hague as she does not lose consciousness and has received a bit more encouragement.
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Wilhelmina
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