Gang tied to Richmond postoffice theft evades capture
Frank Chester and Fred Cunningham, tied to a Richmond Va postoffice safe cracking, are identified as part of a ten year gang operating nationwide. Fay resisted Bertillon photography for hours before a likeness was secured. Authorities say trunks held stamps worth thousands and a bank-note ledgers.
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New York
Frank ‘Chester
Fred Cunningham
Richmond
Geggs
Cunningham
Eddie Fay
Eddie Smith
J. D. Cummings
J. W. Campbell
Chester
Richard Harris
Grand Central Station
Fay
Bertillon
Harris
Farrol
United States
Shields
Los Angeles
San Diego
Peoria
Chicago
Postoffice
W. 8. Mayer
Dick Harris
Little Dick Harris
Detroit
Post Office
Grand Central Depot
Avon Hotel
Lexington Avenue
Thirtieth Street
Westcott Express Company
West Twenty-third Street
Peruna Praised By Readers In Natal Testimonials
Evanston resident Rosa Boyer reports Peruna revived her after a long illness improving her energy sleep and weight. Burning Springs resident Mary F Jones praises Peruna after years of use noting relief and renewed health. A neighbor with stomach trouble also benefited after a Peruna recommendation. Man a lin an Ideal Laxative.
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Mary F. Jones
Burning Springs
Yey
Peruna
Indiana Mines in Danger of Closing
Indianapolis reports the Indiana district of the United Mine Workers of America meets with coal operators as the district faces mine closures at night. Operators refuse wage increases while signaling possible continued supply if inventories hold. President Rollins hopes for a settlement with Indiana operators.
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Indiana
Indianapolis
United Mine Workers of America
Rollins
Indiana District
Pittsburg Strike Likely Averted On Coal Scale
Announcement from Pittsburg district officials indicates a strike may be avoided as the coal miners resume work under a wage scale with a scent increase, pending midnight expiry and settlement of differences.
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Pittsburg
Wolter Arraigned in Ruth Wheeler Murder Case
Albert W. Wolter, charged with the murder of Ruth Wheeler, was arraigned before Judge Mulqueen in general sessions. The coroner's jury ruled he killed the fifteen year old girl, holding him for the grand jury, which indicted him for murder in the first degree within minutes. He will be placed on the calendar and tried early in April.
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New York
Albert W. Wolter
Ruth Wheeler
Mulqueen
Wolter
Fifty Gypsies Drowned in Ice Break Incident
A caravan of fifty travelers on Cheremenetski lake near Luga broke through the ice. All but a few were drowned including men women and children, in this fatal accident reported from St. Petersburg.
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St. Petersburg
Cheremenetski Lake
Luga
Disaster to Military Train
Mulheinean Rhine May 31 A train de Jure rear ended a military train near here killing or seriously injuring about fifty people, mostly soldiers.
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Mulheinean-Rhine
Night Riders Kill 16 Year Old Boy at Carroll Farm
In Litchfield Kentucky a band of twelve masked men knocked at dawn and shot Charlies Carroll sixteen at his doorstep. He died on the porch as the assailants fled firing at the body. His father George Carroll, a prominent local farmer, was unable to identify the assailants. The motive is suspected to be a night riders campaign against the family.
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George Carroll
Litchfield
Marandera
Here
Charlies
Roosevelt Sails From Alexandria for Naples in Grand Sendoff
Former President Roosevelt Mia and Kermit and Miss Ethel departed Alexandria by steamer Prinz Heinrich for Naples on a bright afternoon. Telegraphs were sent to the khedive Sir Eldon Gorst and the sirdar expressing thanks and delight at the visit while crowds along the route cheered the party in Cairo and en route to Alexandria.
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Europe
Alexandria
Egypt
Roosevelt
Mia
Kermit
Miss Ethel
Naples
Prinz Heinrich
Khedive
Sir Eldon Gorst
Sirdar
Cairo
Shepperd's Hotel
Powdered mine threat found at Kortkamp operation
Hillsboro Alabama March 31 two hundred miners employed by the Kortkamp Mining Company escaped death or injury when mine examiner W W Davenport found three kegs of powder wired to the electrical system. The setup would have exploded if power was applied, averting a likely disaster.
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Hillsboro
Kortkamp Mining Company
W. W. Davenport
Indictments Overturned in Axtell Embezzlement Case
Former Bloomington official Harry Axtell and ex secretary of the Real Estate Building Loan and Savings assn returned home after the Illinois Supreme Court voided all indictments. The ruling bars embezzlement charges tied to $38,000, leaving potential larceny actions for $7,000 while treasurer. The decision dates from March 31 in Bloomington, Indiana.
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A. Axtell
Supreme Court
Bloomington
Tnd
Harry A. Axtell
Uildng, Loan and Savings Association
Michigan City
Unitations
Axtell
Death of General Tiernon in Buffalo New York
General John J. Tiernon veteran of the Spanish American War died at his Buffalo home. Born in Indiana he led the native police in Manila during the Philippines campaign. After forty years of service he retired seven years ago and died the day after being promoted to brigadier general.
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Tiernon
Buffalo
Alaret
Indiana
Wal
Philippines
Manila
Death of Abyssinia’s King Menelik II
Menelik II of Abyssinia dies at sixty six after a long illness. Ras Tesame becomes regent with chiefs’ approval. Empress Talou is stripped of influence. Prince Sidi Jeassu is named heir. he is fourteen, married last year to a seven year old granddaughter of the late emperor.
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Addis Abeba
Abyssinia
Menelik II
Sidi Jeassu
Ras Tesame
Talou
Lidi Jeassu
John
Taitou
Tragedy in Washington as Fireclaims two children
In Washington Pennsylvania on March 30 Mrs E Lowe and five children were trapped in a house fire. Firemen rescued the mother and three children. Four year old Samuel and nine year old Katherine died. The mother suffered severe burns and is not expected to recover.
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Washington
E. Lowe
Samuel
Katherine
Witness Called From Prison in Hotel Fire Trial
In Sullivan Indiana Judge Henderson orders Mrs Belle Hinkle brought for trial alongside Thomas Shepherd charged with burning the McCammon hotel Shepherd faces trial while Hinkle, already serving a prison sentence in Indianapolis, is his codefendant. In Hammond Indiana Walter C Bennett dies after three failed chloroform suicides and a self inflicted skull fracture at Crown Point jail following an inquest declaring insanity.
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Sullivan
Ind
Henderson
Belle Hinkle
Thomas Shepherd
McCammon
Hammond
Walter C. Bennett
Crown Point
Bwennert
Telegraphed World Briefs Annotated
The Philadelphia and Reading railroads plan a six percent wage increase. Tom L Johnson visits Europe for health. U S and Canada near talks on a reciprocal treaty. A new hippopotamus species Constrictttus found in Africa by Colonel Roosevelt. Taft to attend launching of the Florida at New York yard on May 12. Bryan to arrive San Juan Puerto Rico next Monday then tour the island before sailing for Europe. Broussard to Honduras on a confidential State Department mission. Columbus grand jury returns forty nine indictments against six men for false bills. Admiral Fourier to publish on French naval policy and the likelihood of war with America and Japan.
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Philadelphia & Reading Railways
Tom L. Johnson
Cleveland
Europe
United States
Canada
Africa
Roosevelt
Taft
Florida
New York Navy Yard
W. J. Bryan
San Juan
Barbadoes
Robert Broussard
Louisiana
New Orleans
Honduras
State Department
Grand
Columbus
Ohio
Fourier
France
America
Japan
Labor Leaders Press Indiana to Prosecute U.S. Steel at Gary
Samuel Gompers and 25 labor chiefs urge Governor Marshall to act on charges that United States Steel in Gary uses peonage and coercive practices. The complaint alleges low wages long hours high rents inflated shop prices and restricted education with company housing and saloons funneling workers’ pay back to the firm. Gompers seeks a law brief and affidavits as he campaigns against the open shop.
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Indianapolis
American Federation of Labor
Samuel Gompers
Marshall
United States Steel Corporation
Gary
Gompers
Indiana
Elwood
National Labor Organization
Steel Corporation
Gompere
Democrats renominate Cyrus Cline for U S senator
In Fort Wayne Indiana on a Wednesday the Democratic party renominated Cyrus Cline for the United States Senate. The convention endorsed Governor Marshall and criticized PayneAyrich tariff while supporting the Taft administration. No reference to Governor Gaver.
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Jancre
Marshall
Fort Warne
Mareh
Contein Angresa
Ladigva
Hoffman
Wayne
United States
Seni
Beveridge Speech Awaited Before Indiana Convention
Washington reports Senator Beveridge recovering in Atlantic City and preparing for the state convention in Indianapolis next week. He plans to depart Saturday for Indianapolis and will defend his attitude toward the Penrose Aldrich issue, aiming for a notable appearance. Utica reports Henry R. Follett predicting libel suits by Henry S. Allds against Conger and several New York papers.
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Beveridge
Washington
Atlantic City
Indianapolis
Allds
Utica
N. Y
Henry R. Follett
Alids
Conger
Worker killed from fall at construction site
Jed Laporte reports a contractor, Pivanith, fell from a building he directed, breaking his neck and dying instantly. The accident occurred during ongoing operations at the site.
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Laporte
Jed
Marea
Rich
Pivanith
Failine
Vanderbilt heir may join Reno divorce colony
Reports from Reno Nevada claim Mrs W K Vanderbilt Jr formerly Miss Virginia native daughter of a Virginia magnate plans to join the citys divorce colony next week despite denials from San Solos circle. Sardis Summerfield of Summerfield Curler law firm said he would not discuss the matter. The persistent rumor is widely accepted as fact by many in the area.
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Reno
Nev
W. K. Vanderbilt Jr
Mias
Virginia
Virginia City
San Soli
Tages Ti
Sardis Summerfield
Law’ Fire
Summerfield & Curler
Vand
Vanderbilt
Strange case of missing Michigan star returns home memory gone
Detroit reports Michigan university football star Joy Miller reappears but cannot recall past. He remembers a Chicago meeting with men heading to Manitoba but fails to recognize family. Reading ability faded. parents and sister unrecognized. Treatment planned with relatives, friends, and specialists.
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Cissing
Detroit
Joy Miller
Michigan University
Chicago
Manitoba
Miller
Beveridge Secures Ship Canal Survey in Rivers Bill
Senator Beveridge won a pledge from the senate commerce committee to add a $100,000 appropriation for a preliminary survey of a Chicago to Toledo ship canal via Fort Wayne in the rivers and harbors bill after previous rejection. A separate Evansville fatality notes Arthur Smith of Henderson Kentucky, 18, died after falling under wheels while riding a southbound banana train aimed at joining the navy.
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Beveridge
Washington
Senate Committee On Commerce
Chicago
Toledo
Fort Wayne
Evansville
Ind
Arthur Smith
Henderson
Mark Slater Convicted Of Certification Of False Bills
Mark Slater former supervisor of state printing was found guilty on a charge of certifying false bills to the state auditor. The offense carries a penitentiary sentence. Sentence was reserved by Judge Dillon in Columbus Ohio March 30.
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Mark Slater
Columbus
State Printing
Dillon
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