Wide-ranging musings cross politics and society in late era
A collage of remarks from The Express notes on diplomacy in Paris and Central America, fashion wages in Vienna, Canadian border ideas, self running lawn mowers, Hetty Green on philanthropy, Japan Russo war photo albums, a fake tale about Mr. Fairbanks, public opinion and golf, Roumania’s Riot, Bonilla’s latest fight plans, college education costs and press photos, Admiral Dewey’s move, a Minneapolis domestic dispute, women rights versus men’s rights, and potential railroad legislation hurdles.
Whale leaps and dives near boat in apparent display
A whale weighing hundreds of tons was observed rising slowly from the sea and dancing on the surface before sinking back. In a dramatic moment the whale reportedly lifted about 20 feet above the water near a small boat without touching it.
Voorhees recalls 1860 Lincoln convention with Cullom
Nathaniel W. Voorhees, father of ex Governor Foster Voorhees of New Jersey, was a delegate at the 1860 national convention that nominated Lincoln. Now nearing 80, he believes he and Illinois Senator Shelby M. Cullom are the sole surviving members of that historic gathering.
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Nathaniel W. Voorhees
Foster M. Voorhees
New Jersey
Lincoln
Voorhees
United States
Shelby M. Cullom
Illinois
Roosevelt Reads More Newspapers Daily Than Before
The President now reads a larger number of daily newspapers each day and scans news pages with avidity. The old clipping practice by staff is at least temporarily abolished, with every paper delivered directly to the White House.
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Roosevelt
White House
Narrow North Tyrone Division Keeps Tight Irish Elections
In five successive elections since 1892 the North Tyrone parliamentary division in Ireland has varied by less than 400 votes. The largest majority recorded was 91, with 55 and 49 also noted. The Liberal candidate led by nine in 1906 and by seven in the March by election.
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North Tyrone
Ireland
Society in California Seeks Ideal Marriages
A California society aims to promote perfect marriages but faces old obstacles of original sin and human nature before it can succeed in pairing perfect husbands and faultless wives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Rockefeller Jr Seen Walking With Stakes in Town
A columnist notes John D. Rockefeller Jr. was seen walking through Tarrytown carrying a bundle of stakes. The joke suggests his income allows such excess as gasoline rises by a cent a gallon and ponders a potential salary increase for the Pocantico Hills estate superintendent.
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John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Tarrytown
John D
Pocantico Hills Estate
Wobbling Czars and Nihilists Stir Minds for Stormy Brain
A terse line hints that if the czar’s wits wobble, nihilists will seize the moment to instigate excitement and provoke a brain storm or two, signaling likely political upheaval and public unrest.
Bricklayer Survives 14-Story Fall With Minor Injuries
A Philadelphia bricklayer plummeted fourteen stories but sustained only minor injuries. Witnesses described the fall as slow enough to allow onlookers to react, though investigators are reviewing the safety factors involved.
Roosevelt Opens Jamestown Tercentennial With Fleet Review
President Roosevelt attended the Jamestown Tercentennial opening in Norfolk Virginia with 37 foreign representatives and state governors. He helped quell a crowd panic, addressed guests on naval and war aims, and pressed the gold button to formally inaugurate the exposition amid a grand fleet review.
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Norfolk
Roosevelt
United States Army
Hampton Roads
Sylph
Virginia
New York
Exposition
Tucker
United States
Roosevelt Defends Critics in Miners Murder Row
In a letter to Honore Jaxon of Chicago, President Roosevelt rejects claims that criticizing alleged Western Federation of Miners figures amounts to pressuring justice. He denounces advocates of violence and says criticism is not verdicts of guilt. Milwaukee launches a national Moyer Haywood Pettibone day protests against his remarks.
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Washington
Honore Jaxson
Chicago
Cook County
Moyer-Haywood
Roosevelt
Moyer
Stellenberg
Harriman
Moyer and
Haywood
Milwaukee
Moyer-Haywood-Pettibone
Honore Jaxon
Million Dollar Gift For Negro Education In South
Philadelphia reports a $1,000,000 fund to create rudimentary schools for southern Negroes. Miss Anne T. Jeanes funds the drive, with Booker T. Washington and Hollis Burke Frissell named trustees. The gift targets rural and community schools, with a board to be appointed and the Pennsylvania Company handling fiscal matters.
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Philadelphia
Anne T. Jeanes
United States
Washington
Frissell
Pennsylvania Company For
Jeanes
Society of Friends
Ngro
Fire destroys Wisconsin Central depot in Minneapolis
A major blaze in Minneapolis last Thursday gutted the Wisconsin Central freight depot with an estimated loss of 400000. Origin unknown, a northwest wind hindered firefighting as oil explosions on tracks and in storage caused repeated setbacks. At 4 10 pm a colossal explosion shattered the west wall, collapsing platforms and sealing passenger tracks near the Union depot.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Wisconsin Central
Union
Sophomores Triumph In Shurtleff Contest After Prank
In Upper Alton Illinois the sophomore team won an oratorical contest at Shurtleff College on Thursday night. Freshmen, upset by the judges decision, seized two judges Professor M Magan of St Louis and E M Dey advertising agent for Missouri Pacific tied them to trees on campus and left them overnight.
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Upper Alton
Ill
Shurtleff College
M. Magan
St. Louis
E. M. Dey
Missouri Pacific System
Four miners killed in Black Diamond mine explosion
An explosion on the sixth level of the Morgan slope at the Black Diamond mine of the Pacific Coast Company near Seattle Washington killed four miners and severely injured nine others on Friday.
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Seattle
Wash
Black Diamond
Pacific Coast Company
Vicious Horse Attack In Mason City Ends Trainer Harm
Walter Beverly, a horse trainer in Mason City, was attacked by a vicious horse on Wednesday. His arm was mangled and his body was trampled, and he faced possible death.
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Mason City
Walter Beverly
Famous Surgeon Drowns on Danube Banks
Vienna reports the renowned surgeon Prof Albert Ritter von Mosetg Moorhof who introduced iodoform. He fell from the Danube bank Friday into the water and drowned while walking along the river.
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Vienna
Albert Ritter von Mosetg-Moorhof
Danube
Miner Hicks Tries to End Life in Reno Incident
Reno report says Lindsay B. Hicks, the Bakersfield Edison mine survivor after 17 days buried, attempted suicide by leaping before a switch engine. A bystander intervened and saved him.
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Reno
Nev
Lindsay B. Hicks
Edison
Bakersfield
Cal
Resignation of Patent Commissioner Allen Effective June 1
Frederick J. Allen resigns as Commissioner of Patents and will leave the post to return to the practice of law. The move is presented to President Roosevelt with effect on June 1.
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Washington
Frederick J. Allen
Roosevelt
Allen
Mine Owner Vanishes in Mexican Mining Town
El Paso report says John M. Seaton a prominent Cananea Mexico mining man disappeared ten days ago with a large sum of money on his person leading authorities to believe he was murdered.
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el Paso
Tex
John M. Seaton
Cananea
Sonora
Mexico
Thieves Make Rich Haul In Oakland Diamond Theft
Three thieves stole a tray worth 5000 dollars of diamonds from Paul C Pulse store at Thirteenth and Washington streets in Oakland California on Thursday.
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Oakland
Cal
Paul C. Pulse
Thirteenth
Washington Streets
Odessa Official Slain by Four Terrorists
The chief of the political prison in Odessa was killed on Wednesday after an attack by four terrorists. One attacker killed himself, another was captured, and two escaped.
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Odessa
Fire devastates Kittery Navy Yard pattern shop
A three story brick building about 100 feet long and 40 feet wide used as a pattern shop and storehouse at the Kittery Navy Yard, Maine, was ruined by a fire on Wednesday night.
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Kittery Navy Yard
Kittery
Navy Yard
Tug And Grew Are Missing In Lake Huron
Harbor Beach reports the fishing tug Searchlight disappeared Tuesday in rough Lake Huron with six crew aboard. A(searchlight) search parties found floating fish boxes, indicating the tug foundered. The missing crew includes Capt Walter Brown Mate Harry Brown Engineer Coveau Fireman Merton Perkins deckhands Angus Murray John Lester. Ludington fishermen recovered the Arcadian cook’s body in Lake Michigan, half dressed, near a life preserver.
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Harbor Beach
Mich
Lake Huron
Johnston
Walter Brown
Harry Brown
Peace Treaty Signed At Amapala Ends Long Negotiations
Washington reports that peace negotiations at Amapala concluded with a treaty agreed at 11 a m. Salvador and Nicaragua signed the accord, rejecting Ze Laya demands for reparation and allowing free trade. Separate reports note a new Honduran revolt led by Manuel Bonilla near Pimiento and Chaloma.
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Washington
State Department
Amapala
Doyle
United States
Chicago
San Salvador
Republic of Salvador
Salvador
Nicaragua
Zelaya
Honduras
Mobile
Ala
Manuel Bonilla
Pimiento
Chaloma
Parkersburg Man Kills Neighbor Then Flee Ongoing Chase
In Roane County George Hively of Kettle shot and killed Robert Summers, both respected farmers with families. Hively fled as sheriff and posse pursue him.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
George Hively
Kettle
Roane County
Robert Summers
Hively
Railway Official Dies by Own Action in Prince Rupert
Vancouver BC E G Russell former executive agent of Grand Trunk Pacific in British Columbia shot himself Thursday in Prince Rupert. The incident is reported as a death by own action and notes his prominent position in the railway service.
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Vancouver
B. C
E. G. Russell
Grand Trunk Pacific
British Columbia
Prince Rupert
General Henry R. Guss Dies in Westchester Home
Gen Henry R Guss commander of the Ninety seventh Pennsylvania in the Civil War and later major general in 1867 died at his Westchester home Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry R. Guss
Westchester
Pennsylvania
Flora Wolff to Sue Beresford Estate in El Paso
Flora Wolff, described as the common law wife of D. F. Beresford and identified as a negress, plans to sue Beresford's estate in El Paso, Texas for one half or more than $100,000 according to her attorney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flora Wolff
Beresford
el Paso
Tex
D. F. Beresford
Death is His Bride in Oil City Double Suicide
Thaddeus Stevens Ross was shot dead in Dr. Magee’s office by his former sweetheart Miss Belle Stroup who then killed herself. The couple, both from prominent local families, planned a Wednesday night wedding. Ross, 35, post office worker and Spanish American War veteran, and Stroup, 28, were found in the office after the shooting. No witnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oil City
Thaddeus Stevens Ross
Belle Stroup
George W. Magee
Drusilla Sampsell
Miss Stroup
Bradford
Dr. Magee
Ross
Mise Stroup
Coal Hill
J. D. Ross
Philippines
Free Love Colony in Washington Destroys Cooperative Dream
Equality, a socialist colony near Bellingham founded in 1897 by the Brotherhood of the Co operative Commonwealth, was ordered dissolved by Judge Joyner. Its 600 acres of land, sawmill, printing plant and 20 dwellings will be sold to pay debts as chaos followed the free love faction.
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Bellingham
Wash
Joyner
Skagit County
Brotherhood of the Co-Operative Commonwealth
Minnesota Solons Adjourn Sine Die
Minnesota legislators adjourned sine die at noon after finishing most business last night. They passed a two cent fare bill an anti pass measure and opened a broad inquiry into coal and lumber combinations.
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Minnesota
St. Paul
Minn
Theatrical Manager Avery Dies in Cincinnati
Cincinnati Lyceum theater manager John A. Avery died at his home Thursday night from heart disease. Born in Avon Illinois fifty nine years ago, he was a well known figure in theatrical circles.
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Cincinnati
John A. Avery
Lyceum Theater
Mr. Avery
Avon, Ill
Jail Fire Kills Inmate at Chipley Florida
A jail in Chipley Florida burned Thursday killing Henry Berry a white prisoner. The jail housed many inmates and authorities believe the prisoners attempted to burn their way out during the blaze.
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Chipley
Fla
Henry Berry
White
Safe Blower Tate Escapes from Peoria Hospital
Tate, the safe blower held on charges of robbing a school board safe and destroying the N. C. Dougher script, escaped Wednesday night from St Francis hospital in Peoria Illinois.
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Tate
Peoria
Ill
School Board
N. C. Dougherty
St. Francis Hospital
Thornhill Burned at Sea En Route to Barbadoes
British steamer Thornhill captained by Dickson left New York April 5 and was burned and sunk at sea on April 16. The entire crew arrived in Bridgetown, Barbadoes on Wednesday in their own boats.
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Bridgetown
Barbadoes
Thornhill
Dickson
New York
Trains Wreck Trist Off Bridgeville Trestle
A westbound Wabash train No. 27 derailed near Bridgeville when the engine and first coach plunged into Chartiers Creek killing two crewmen Marion Boyd and Frank Mc Isaacs. The new schedule saved over 50 lives by reducing passengers to the three rear coaches. An investigation will determine the cause.
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Pittsburg
Wabash
Bridgeville
Chartiers Creek
Marion, Boyd
Rock Station
Frank McIsaacs
Barberton
Ohio
Train Ditching Destroys Indiana Run. One Dies
Train No. 7 on the Grand Rapids and Indiana line wrecked at Collett Indiana four miles south of Portland. About a dozen passengers injured. two seriously. A truck under the tender collapsed, tossing the train into a ditch. Frank Kenworthy of Winchester died after a neck break from a telegraph pole impact. George Edwards in the car party was seriously hurt.
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Portland
Ind
Grand Rapids & Indiana
Collett
Here
Frank Kenworthy
Winchester
Kenworthy
George Edwards
Automobile Party
Steel Car Men On Strike In Salt Lake City
A general strike shut Utah Light & Railway on Sunday with 450 workers leaving. Disorder followed as the company tried to run cars with non union crews and all service efforts were abandoned. A mail car towed others back to the barns ending disturbances.
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Salt Lake City
Utah Light & Railway Company
U. S. Mail
Firefighters Die as Dynamite Explosion Hits Fire Scene
St Louis suburb Luxeburg sees two firefighters Albert Zimmerman and John Becker killed when a dynamite blast erupts as they try to extinguish a blaze. Eight others are injured, with several in serious condition.
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St.Louis
Albert Zimmerman
John Becker
Luxemburg
St. Louis
Castro to Retire on May 23
New York reports President Cipriano Castro of Venezuela plans to retire on May 23 due to ill health and seek recuperation in the Swiss mountains, according to two independent sources.
Bombs Found in Kaulbars Villa in Odessa
Six time bombs were discovered Sunday in a villa rented by Governor Kaulbars as a summer residence in Odessa. Police and guards investigated the scene and secured the area around the residence. No injuries were reported, and the motive remains under inquiry.
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Kaulbar
Odessa
Gov. Kaulbars
Fire Threat Near Panama Public Buildings Contained
Early Sunday a blaze broke out near key Panama government buildings. Cristobal fire brigade arrived to save the southern part of the city south of Sixth Street, preventing further damage to the area.
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Coon
Panama
Cristobal
Sixth Street
Oregon Congressman's Acquittal on Public Records Charge
Washington jurors acquitted Binger Hermann former congressman from Oregon and former commissioner of the general land office of the charge of destroying public records after a trial verdict.
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Washington
Binger Hermann
Oregon
General Land Office
Stromboli Eruption Echoes From Mount Etna Report
In Sicily, a royal observatory on Mount Etna logs an extraordinary eruption. Volcanic activity sends out large quantities of ashes and cinders.
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Catania
Sicily
Royal Observatory
Mount Etna
Stromboli
Torpedoes Exploded by Wireless at Long Range
Cartagena reports successful Sunday experiments using Hertizan waves to explode torpedoes at long distance. Inventor Balsera of a Spam yard presented the device and demonstrated its capability amid the test firing.
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Cartagena
Balsera
Peruna Believes Spring Catarrh Hope Shared
A series of testimonials praise Peruna for spring catarrh relief. Afiss Dora Hayden of Washington DC commends the medicine and urges friends to try it. Mrs N P Lawler of Pittsburg KS recounts rapid improvement after starting Peruna, noting renewed health in two weeks.
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Peruna
Dora Hayden
N. P. Lawler
N. Broadway
Pittsburg
Kas
Ants wage syrup trail raid against termites in Mauritius
Indigenous Mauritian Indians use syrup to lure black ants to termite galleries. The black army overruns the white ant passages, destroying the termite nest, and returns with a dead termite as they retreat to their nests.
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Mauritius
Weighty Social Scale: Many People Light in Build
A discussion notes that a broad social scale includes numerous individuals who are described as lacking weight or heft in physical or metaphorical terms. The entry highlights perception and social grouping without asserting specific events or outcomes.
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