Death in the Fog as Saginaw Sinks After Collision
A fogbound collision off Virginia between the Clyde steamship Saginaw and Old Dominion’s liner Hamilton sank the Saginaw, killing many. Twenty or more feared dead, including a mixed crew and passengers. lifeboats launched, rescue attempts by the Hamilton thwarted by wreckage and panic. Captain Tunnell badly injured.
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Clyde
Saginaw
Hamilton
Rfolk
Old Dominion Steamship Company
Winter Quarter
Fenwick Island
Virginia
Boaz
Old Dominion
W. L. Morris
Goslee
J. 8. Tunnell
Captain Tunnell
Bowes espera Venezuela sign on Hague arbitration protocol
Washington reports that final permission from the Italian, British and German embassies allows allies representatives to sign with Mr. Bowes Venezuela's plenipotentiary the protocol submitting preferential treatment to The Hague for arbitration. Bowen remains neutral pending allied agreement on joint or separate signatures.
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Washington
Bowes
Venezuela
Hague Tribunal For Arbitration
Ean
Bowen ‘Hes
Seventeen Charged With Rioting in Muskogee
Seventeen men were brought to Muskogee by a deputy U S marshal after rioting between black and white residents near Braces last Sunday.
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Muskogee
J. T
Gue
United States
Braces
Dyspepsia Relief Promised by Hood’s Sarsaparilla
The ad touts Hood’s Sarsaparilla as a radical cure for dyspepsia and related digestive distress. It cites a 25 year sufferer Maus G Barrett of Providence who reports four bottles restored appetite, sleep, and digestion with no cramps or burning.
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Hood
Maus
Woluam G. Barrett
Olney St
Providence
R. L
Last Battle Fears as Matos Rebels Face Government Forces
Caracas reports on May 6 that General Matos may have walked into a trap while attempting to reunite rival revolutionary chiefs. Matos’ forces, 20 men, are believed to be besieged around Barquisimeto, with a major government assault expected within eight days. If defeated, this could mark the end of the Matos revolt and officials fear for Matos’s life if captured.
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Caracas
General Matos
Venezuelan
Matos
Barquisimeto
Mates
Venezuela
President's Western Tour Ended in Albuquerque
President closed a two hour stop in Albuquerque on May 6 addressing about 5,000 people at the Alvarado hotel. He emphasized irrigation as vital to New Mexico's development and noted a tableau showing New Mexico’s appeal for statehood with forty five white-clad girls.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Alvarado Hotel
New Mexico
Uncle Sam
Freed the Priest The Coroners Verdict Proclaims No Evidence
Lorain Ohio May 6 Father Ferdinand Walser arrested on suspicion in the Agatha Reichlin murder was discharged after an inquest. The mayor and prosecutor said evidence did not justify detention and Walser was released amid crowd reactions. The murdered girl's brother greeted the priest with a handshake and approval followed by broad congratulations.
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Lorain
Ohio
Ferdinan Walser
Agatha Reichlin
Elyria
King
Walser
E. G. Johnston
Stroup
Agatha
Agatha Reichiin
Father Walser
Father Reichlin
Rev. Walser
National League and American League Scores Reported
National League games in Cincinnati St Louis Philadelphia Brooklyn Pittsburg Boston and Chicago. American League results show Chicago beating Detroit New York defeating Philadelphia. American Association matchups include St Paul Kansas City Louisville Indianapolis Columbus Toledo and Minneapolis Milwaukee with varied scores.
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Cincinnati
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
Pittsburg
Chicago
Boston
Detroit
New York
American Association
St. Paul
Kansas City
Louisville
Indianapolis
Columbus
Toledo
Minneapolis
Milwaukee
Edward Tours France Ends Return Home
News notes that King Edward completed a tour of France and returned home. Other items mention a possible pawn-broking firm in New York, three bathers mauled by sharks on a Mexican coast, and various people planning theaters and political ventures.
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King Edward
France
New York
Mexican
Deng Gong
Jefferson Barracks
Missouri
Herbert Booth
Ballington Booth
William Pickens
Heyti
Saginaw
Norfolk
Inter-state National Guard Association
Columbus
St. Augustine
Frs
Electric Bitters Recoup Sufferer After Kidney Trouble
A sick patient reports severe kidney trouble and failed medicines until using Electric Bitters. After a few doses relief came and full recovery followed. Neighbors also credit the remedy for rheumatism neuralgia rheumatic and other pains.
Rural delivery issue frames Republicans appeal in Indiana
Indianapolis May 6 Republican leaders prepare a practical rural free delivery issue to rally rural voters as routes expand in Indiana. They credit extension with boosting GOP chances in districts like the Twelfth, citing Senator Robinson’s losses and local county splits. Veterans from G A R expect a memorable Anderson encampment with Indianapolis leaders sending many delegates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Indiana
Robinson
Lagrange
Noble
Gilliams
NO NEW MOVE IN WASHINGTON POSTOFFICE PROBE
Washington officials disclose two developments in the postoffice investigation. A letter seeks evidence from the former city post office cashier to back charges against the department. Also, the inquiry’s agreed status from last winter is confirmed as under review by the postmaster general and Bristow.
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Washington
Postoffice
Washington City
Payne
Bristow
Merritt
Charles Emory Smith
Harvard Senior Whitwell Missing From Cambridge Campus
Cambridge May 6 William Whitwell Harvard senior and substitute guard on last year s varsity team has been missing since February 27 He left quickly without effects after word that his New York father Dr Whitwell was dangerously ill He did not reach home and the father died later Friends and family hope he is safe A note reportedly left by Whitwell claiming he was tired of life is unconfirmed by current inquiries and absence from college delays details of the report.
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Cambridge
Mass
William Whitwell
Harvard
Dr. Whitwell
New York
Young Whitwell
Battle at Okrina in Salonica Front Report
May 6 dispatch from Salonica notes a fierce engagement between Turkish forces and revolutionists at Okrina. Seventy rebels reported involved as clashes continue along the front lines.
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Salonica
Okrina
Republicans sweep Fort Wayne council and water works board
In Fort Wayne Indiana on May 6 the Republican party won a historic victory electing three waterworks trustees who led the ticket and fourteen of twenty council members. Voters revolted against the waterworks record and distrusted the old council leading to a major party shift.
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Council
Old Water Works Board
Fort Wayne
Ind
May Close Them All Crusade Targets Sabbath Shops
Alexandria Indiana May 6 The arrest of H M Clegg charged by the local butchers union with selling meat on the Sabbath sparks a proposed Sunday business crusade. Clegg vows action and the town awaits the outcome amid reports of seven cigar stores forty saloons and six poolrooms open on Sundays with support from restrained citizens.
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Alexandria
Ind
H. M. Clegg
Clegg
Unconfirmed rumor of Balkan general murder circulates in Vienna
An unconfirmed rumor from Vienna on May 6 claims Albanian forces murdered the Turkish general of the Uskub district, with death attributed to own action. In Marshalltown Iowa on May 6 former Mayor Garwin was found dead on his stairway with a shotgun nearby, coroner's verdict accidental shooting while indications point to self-inflicted death.
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Vienna
Uskub
Marcates
Marshalltown
Garwin
Post Office in Harlan robbed by safe blowers
In Harlan Indiana burglars blew the safe of the village post office located in a shoe store run by postmaster John B Mack. They chiseled the lock and escaped with $75 in cash and a small amount of stamps. No identification of the robbers is reported.
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Ft. Wayne
Ind
Harlan
Allen County
John 8. Mack
New Blowing Machine Could Reform Glass Making
Muncie Indiana May 6 local manufacturers of fruit jars and bottles show interest in a new eight mold blowing machine. It opens and closes automatically, manufactures its own compressed air, runs two revolutions per minute and outputs 960 pieces of ware per hour.
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Muncie
Ind
Miner John Dean Arrested on Embezzlement Charge in Boonville
Evansville Ind May 6 John Dean a miner and union organizer was taken to Boonville Warrick county by an officer. Dean was arrested here on a charge of embezzling about $100 with a complaint filed by the coal miners union at Boonville.
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Evansville
Ind
John Dean
Indiana
Boonville
Warrick County
Dean
Coal Miners’ Union
Poison Mistakenly Taken Claims Life of Laura White
Laura White twenty seven dies in Jeffersonville Indiana after taking bi chloride corrosive sublimate by mistake. Her father Joseph White a retired steamboat engineer is named. She was considered a highly respected young woman in the city.
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Jeffersonville
Ind
Laura White
Joseph White
Embezzlement Alleged In Vincennes Case
Vincennes Indiana May 6 Henry T Kuhlmeyer Adams Express agent here arrested charged with embezzling 2130 dollars from the company He posted 1000 bail and was released The trial is set for June 9 Kuhlmeyer is prominent and maintains his innocence and says he can prove it.
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Vincennes
Ind
Henry T. Kuhlmeyer
Adams Express
Kuhlmeyer
Train Wreck Follows Mistaken Orders At Terre Haute
Terre Haute Indiana May 6 A Southern Indiana freight engine was ditched south of the city due to mistaken orders at the tower Engineer Loy Montgomery was pinned under the engine and remained trapped for several hours He was brought to Terre Haute and is believed to recover
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Terre Haute
Ind
Indiana
Loy Montgomery
Precautionary Measure In Perry County Residence
By order of the Perry County board of health the Gibson family home at Oriole in the flat county was burned to prevent smallpox spread. Four members of the family died from the disease, Mrs Gibson and four children remain.
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Evansville
Ind
Board of Health
Perry County
T. J. Gibson
Oriole
Flat County
Fusionists' Kentucky election case sparks Breathitt feud fears
Wood G. Dunlap leaves Lexington to represent fusionists in Breathitt county contest cases, succeeding James B. Marcum who was killed in the courthouse while filing papers. The feud between Cockrell and Hargis sides intensifies with threats and no arrests as Jackson, Kentucky, braces for further violence. Belvin Ewen, with Marcum nearby, is said to have identified a shooter, while Mrs. Marcum mourns at the courthouse.
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Lexington
Wood G. Dunlap
Jackson
Breathitt County
James B. Marcum
Court House
Hargis
Alexander Hargis
Belvin Ewen
Marcum
Cockrell
Hwan
Chinese flock to Chicago for laundry business boom
Chinese workers arrive from Hip Lung in San Francisco to join Sam Lee’s network of twenty seven Chicago laundries. Efforts to ease labor disputes between workers and employers have seen limited progress so far.
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Chicago
Hip Lung
Chinatown
San Francisco
Sam Lee
Rebel Leader Hung Assassinated in Hong Kong
The steamer Olympia reports the assassination of a prominent Chinese rebel leader surnamed Hung in Hong Kong. The body was sent to Canton for official inspection and authorities suspect other missing revolutionists were killed by government emissaries.
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Victoria
B. C
Olympia
Hong Kong
Canton
Hung
Last Confederate Senator West Dies at 83 in Chipley
Judge A B Maxwell reports the death of Senator West the last survivor of the Confederate states Senate. West aged eighty three, dated Chipley Florida May 6.
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Chipley
Fla
A. B. Maxwell
Senator West
Confederate States Senate
Four machinists accused of spying at Milwaukee convention
Four men including a convention delegate and three union members are alleged by James O'Connell of the International Association of Machinists to have attended the meeting as spies for the National Metal Trades Association. The delegate confessed to being an MT spy and named the other three as present for the same purpose.
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Milwaukee
James O’connell
International Association of Machinists
National Metal Trades Association
Metal Trades Association
Siders Seeks Supreme Court Appeal After Embezzlement Conviction
Kansas City experienced a postal era note as C. B. Siders aged seventy after serving four years in the penitentiary appeared in criminal court to appeal to the supreme court. He says he is innocent and seeks to clear his name of the embezzlement conviction tied to a Platte county land deal for a woman.
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Kansas City
C. B. Siders
Criminal Court
Supreme Court
Siders
Platte County
Three Veronica Seamen Indicted for Murder Arson
Liverpool authorities report a true bill by the grand jury against three seamen from the British bark Veronica of Ship Island Mississippi. They stand charged with murder and arson in the Dec 29 burning at sea that killed Captain Shaw and six other crew members.
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Liverpool
Eng
Veronica
Ship Island
Miss
Shaw
Bingham Arrested Over Montgomery Threat Case
Edward Bingham of Washington Indiana was arrested after private detectives allege he authored a threatening letter to Montgomery trustees demanding 2500 dollars. He is jailed awaiting bond as investigators present claimed proof. Insurance firms canceled several contracts after a dynamite explosion and arson attempts on a school and a livery barn. In Hosaville Indiana John Gilbert Shanklin of the Breansville Courier shows improved health after a serious illness.
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Washington
Ind
Edward B. Bingham
Montgomery
Bingham
Wellner Acquitted in Hatfield Murder Case
Frederieck Wellner, a farmer and preacher from Mil tonville, Missouri, was acquitted by a jury after claiming James Hatfield died when his horse bolted. An insurance policy for $2,000 payable to Mrs Wellner was cited as a motive. the verdict followed last evening’s trial proceedings.
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Hamilton
Frederieck Wellner
Mibtonville
James Hatfield
Wellner
Hadfield
Market Report Prevailing Prices for Grain and Livestock
May grain and livestock prices in Indianapolis show wheat at No 3 red steady oats No 3 mixed steady and cattle slow at 8.60 to 9.40 per cwt hogs quiet at 6.97 to 7.15 per cwt sheep steady around 4.94 to 5.56 lambs steady near 5.78 to 6.08 per cwt. Chicago grain and provisions opened with mixed moves for wheat oats corn and pork futures.
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Indianapolis
Chicago
Ciena
SOG - Mae
Wiee
Grain and Livestock Quotes From Cincinnati and Chicago Markets
Market notes show Wheat No 2 white and No 3 red steady in Cincinnati trade with bids around 78 to 85. Cattle steady near 295 to 396, lambs steady around 38 to 65, and sheep about 54. Prices and statuses vary by commodity and location with Chicago reporting strong cattle and steady lamb and lambs near 65.
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Chicago
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Oas
Edward J. Fogarty
South Bend
St. Joseph
Knights of Columbus
Fogarty
Anderson
Blo
Uneeda
National Biscuit Company
Carer
Breathitt
Oriental Advices
Ayers
Towaif
Hoasaville
John Gilbert Shanklin
Breansville Courier
Market Report
Loulavilly
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