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New York Times

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New York, New York, United States of America

Date

Apr 20, 1903

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Sultan Promises to Heed Demands Amid Albanian Unrest

Constantinople reports Austrian and Russian ambassadors pressed the Sultan to quell Albanian disorders. The sultan promised compliance as Albanian hostages hold his commissioners in Ipek. Rome notes Austro Russian accord on the Balkans remains intact and troops in Albania and Macedonia appear sufficient to deter disturbance. The Times adds the sultan seeks twenty battalions of Redifs from Angora and Konia to preserve order.

Constantinople Turkey Ipek Rome Balkans Albania Macedonia London Times New York Times London the Times Angora Konia

Prince Ferdinand May Flee To Riviera For Safety

The Times Paris correspondent suggests Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria may visit the Riviera for safety as Bulgarian government surveillance of revolutionaries is seen as incomplete. It is widely believed Austria and Russia would support Turkey’s actions if Bulgaria or Serbia allow revolutionary activity, potentially placing Ferdinand between danger and capture.

London TimEs New York Times London Paris The Times Riviera Ferdinand Bulgaria Austria Russia Servia Turkey Deep Sea

King Alexander Warns Serbs Mass Troops Over Balkan Tensions

Belgrade interview with King Alexander of Servia warns that Albanian unrest and Turkish troop buildup threaten peace. He says Servia will not initiate but will defend its vital interests if Balkan states move, denying the coup was to settle succession.

London Belgrade The Daily Mail Alexander of Servia Balkans Alexander Balkan

Gold Mine for Charity at Granite Falls

Dr. Alexander Desoto and John J. Habecker plan to dedicate a wealthy wayside gold mine at Granite Falls to charity. The mine aims to pay dividends by May and provide monthly funds for Puget Sound charity work, including a free medical college and charity home for working girls. Desoto and Habecker are noted philanthropists with a history of charitable missions in Seattle and Philadelphia.

New York Times Tacoma Washington Alexander Desoto New York John J. Habecker Philadelphia Granite Falls Puget Sound Desoto Habecker Seattle Wayside Mission Hospital Wayside Mission Lodgings

Sunday closing in Ohio brewers pledge help enforcing laws

In Columbus on April 19 the State Association of Brewers announced support for strict enforcement of Sunday closing laws in smaller municipalities amid temperance pushes. Secretary Miller said brewers favor rigorous enforcement and see a difference between small towns and larger cities.

Columbus Ohio Miller State Association of Brewers Ohl

Amusements and arrivals noted in pages five and nine

The notice lists amusements on page five and arrivals by out of town buyers on page nine. It also references losses by fire on page two and estate material on page eleven with religious and society items on page seven. Weather reports appear on page nine and yesterday's tires on page two.

Maestelligence Age Boal Estate Eather

Mayors urged to enforce Sunday closing law

The speaker says he has telephoned more than fifty mayors urging enforcement of the Sunday closing law and promises brewer support and responsibility for actions taken. He notes cities including Cincinnati Cleveland Columbus and Toledo as examples for action.

Cincinnati Cleveland Columbus Toledo

Pacific Northwest lumber crisis prompts railcar dispute

Secretary Shaw weighs if inter state commerce law is violated as railroads refuse to ship lumber and shingles beyond Chicago in foreign cars. Northwest mills face 5,000 carloads lost annually while 289 new plants boost capacity to 14 million feet of lumber and 47 million shingles daily.

New York Times Tagoma Washington Pacific Northwest Shaw Treasury Department Northern Pacific Great Northern Burlington Wisconsin Central Chicago Puget Sound Mills Backman Washington Shingle Manufacturers’ Association Swater Oregon British Columbia Pacific Coast Lumber Manufacturers’ Association Pacific Coast Panama Cape Horn Northwest

Frances Fairfax Engaged to Edward Rhett of New York

Miss Frances Marvin Fairfax, daughter of the late John Cantel Fairfax, announces her engagement to Edward Lowndes Rhett, a New York stockbroker. The Fairfax family has deep Maryland Virginia ties dating to the eighteenth century. No wedding date has been set.

New York Times Baltimore Frances Marvin Fairfax John Cantel Fairfax Cameron Scotland Edward Lowndes Rhett New York Miss Fairfax Caroline Fairfax Fairfaxes Maryland Virginia Albert Kirby Fairfax London North Hampton Prince, George's County Tunstall Smith Charleseis Fairfax Newark Rhett South Carolina Knickerbocker, Calumet Crescent Athletic Einion League

Rabies Scare Grips Chicago Police and Dogs

Special to the New York Times Chicago reports a rabies outbreak so serious that police education is urged. Lectures by Dr. C A White and Dr A Lagorio are offered to trains of patrolmen to identify rabies early and destroy infected dogs. The disease is described as epidemic in the city with nineteen cases last year and ongoing dog cases.

New York Times Chicago C. A. White A. Lagorio Pasteur Institute Fe City

No Word from the President Reported by Loeb

Secretary Loeb received no word from the President today in this CINNABAR dispatch dated Monday April 19. The notice notes quiet White House communications and ongoing administration silence during the day.

Cinnabar, Mon Loeb

Arkansas Halted by a Bridge at Cairo

The monitor Arkansas arrived from Mound City and lies above the Illinois Central Bridge. To pass under the bridge parts of the stack must be cut away, or the vessel must be diverted. Proceedings are underway to decide the best course.

Arkansas Cairo Ill Monitor Mound City Mlinois Central Bridge

Carley Seeks Discharge From Bankruptcy After Appeals Win

Francis D Carley formerly a Wall Street broker plans to be discharged from bankruptcy in a few days in Newark New Jersey after more than two years in court. creditors sought to locate his property and objected to discharge while the United States Circuit Court of Appeals ruled for him recently.

Frederick W. Leonard Francis D. Carley Wall Street United States Circuit Court of Appeals Newark N. J April Aya

California outlaw killed by officers in Bakersfield raid

James McKinney an outlaw was shot and killed as deputies and constables surrounded a Chinaman's house in Bakersfield. Deputy Tibbetts was killed and Constable Packard fatally wounded. Burt Tibbetts shot McKinney. Hulse surrendered as fire was set to the fortlike Joss house.

Bakersfield Cal James McKinney Tibbetts Packard Kelly Kern Collins Tulare Leavin Arizona Will Burt Tibbetts Gus Tower McKinney Will Tibbetts Wil Tibbetts Hul @Julse Hulse Tom Sears Porterville Billy ’’ Lynn John Willis Kingman, Ariz Charles Blakely

Rebels Seize Monte Cristi Harbor In Dominican Uprising

A letter from Monte Cristi dated April 14 reports the rebel gunboat Independencia entering the harbor and taking harbor officials prisoner. The ship carried rebel leaders and arms as Gen Epifanio Rodriguez vows to resist. foreigners seek protection as the uprising spreads.

Cape Haitien Monte Cristi Independencia Manzanillo Epifanio Rodriguez Valencia ST. Thomas Santo Domingo

Diplomatic Corps to Visit St Louis for Exposition

Washington reports arrangements for thirty three foreign nation representatives to attend the Louisiana Purchase Exposition dedication in St Louis from April 30. Diplomatic corps chiefs will travel on the Diplomatic Special led by Allen V Cockrell with wives, departing April 28 and returning May 2.

New York Times Washington St. Louis Denmark Persia Allen V. Cockrell Senator Cockrell Missouri Pennsylvania Railroad Bulding Exposition Grounds St. Louis Club

Three Chicago Rioters Shot After Easter Disorder

In Chicago on Easter Sunday a Greek crowd near the Greek Catholic Church attacked Policeman Cohen after he arrested a disturbance. Oppenheimer aided, saving Cohen. Three rioters were wounded and arrested, including Nick Rizzuto James Chipanvitz and John Lobers, as police restored order.

Chicago Cohen Henry Oppenheimer Johnson Street Nick Rizzuto Oppenheimer James Chipanvitz John Lobers

Wages and Reorganization at Greene Copper Mines

From Cananea Mexico private reports say Greene Consolidated Copper Co plans a reorganization affecting 6000 workers. Wages now run 3.50 gold dollars per day, highest in Mexico, with Greene favoring keeping pay high against Buchard. Plant output nears 30000 dollars daily and may double in two years if plans succeed.

New York Times Austin Texas Cananea Mexico Greene Consolidated Copper Company Greene Buchard buHich

Commissioner Foulke May Resign Says Report

Civil Service Commissioner William D Rourke is said to contemplate resigning from the commission. It is unclear if a final decision will be made before the President returns, with Mr Foulke expected to discuss the matter then. The commissioner declined to comment.

Foulke Civil Service Commission Washington Civil Service William D.rourke

Rev Dr Francis A Horton Dies After Stroke While Sermon

Philadelphia April 19 Rev Dr Francis A Horton pastor of Temple Presbyterian Church died after a stroke suffered while delivering a sermon to young men. He collapsed about ten minutes into the talk and never regained consciousness. He was fifty eight and earlier served in Oakland Cleveland and Providence.

Philadelphia Francis A. Horton Presbyterian Church Temple Presbyterian Church Horton Oakland Cal Cleveland Providence R. I

Woman Shot By Suitor In Broad Street Home

Mrs Eliza beth Stevens was shot four times yesterday by Charles Gardner at 396 Broad Street Newark and is resting in City Hospital. Detective Fallon reports Stevens told how Gardner, once friendly, forced entry and began shooting after she asked him to stop.

Newark N. J Elizabeth Stevens Charles Gardner Broad Street City Hospital Fallon

Woman's Messenger Service opens in Toledo

Miss Mayme Hartzell, twenty, starts Toledo Messenger Service in Nasby Building to compete with American District Company. She operates from 438 Irving Street and works as telegraph operator, a skill learned at age thirteen during railroad office visits with her father employed by Ohio Central.

New York Times Toledo Ohio Mayme Hartzell Irving Street Nasby Toledo Messenger Service American District Company Ohio Central

Ohio River Rises Near Evansville Danger Line Near Tuesday

After days of standstill the Ohio River begins rising and stands at thirty four feet, one foot below the danger line. Side streams rise slowly while the Wabash at Mount Carmel and New Harmony also climbs. Navigation remains uninterrupted at Evansville for now.

Evansville Ind Ohio River Wabash Mount Carmel New Harmony

Wrecked Freight Train Feared To Have Fatalities

A west bound Lake Shore and Michigan Southern freight train wrecked in South Bend Indiana when an air brake failed. Seven cars piled up blocking the track and delaying service for hours. Several men and boys were aboard and feared injured or dead.

South Bend Ind Lake Shore and Michigan Southern

New Servant Found With Smallpox in Montclair

Mary Crawford, a servant at W. D. Kerfott’s Hawthorne Place Hawthorne Place residence, was found to have smallpox. She arrived from New York, fell ill soon after, Dr Brown diagnosed the case, she was sent to the pest house and the Kerfott home quarantined.

Taz New York Times Montclair N. J Mary Crawford W. D. Kerfott Hawthorne Place New York Brown Kertfett

Fire damages Preston Leather plant in Newark

Fire at 1 30 this morning partly destroyed the Preston Leather Manufacturing Company plant at 28 to 34 Ferdon Street in Newark. Loss estimated at about 30000 dollars. Origin of the blaze not yet ascertained.

New York Times Newark N. J Preston Leather Manufacturing Company Ferdon Street Los

Young Cyclist Sustains Skull Fracture in Street Accident

Sixteen year old Antonio Massa of 202 Warren Street Jersey City was riding on Hudson Boulevard when a front wheel struck a stone. He was unseated and his skull fracture left him unconscious last night.

Antonio Massa Warren Street Jersey City Hudson Boulevard

20 Hour Train Between New York and Chicago

The 20 Hour Train between New York and Chicago is the 20th Century Limited by the New Yorkentral and Lake Shore Railways advancing service and speed on the corridor.

New York Chicago New Yorkentral and Lake Shore Railways

Tragic Boat Cap Sizing Drowns Three near Kalkaska

Three Kentuckians, John Victor his wife and Maggie Fuetz, were drowned when a rowboat capsized on a small lake six miles east of Kalkaska Michigan. The tragedy occurred just six rods from shore after a cap sizing mishap.

Kalkasmia Mich John Victor Maggie Fuetz

Anchored Vessel Thought Indiana Reaches New Jersey Port

A ship anchored off Sandy Hook last night without signaling is believed to be the U S battleship Indiana. Capt William H Emory commanded the vessel which sailed from Pensacola Florida for this port on the 12th of the month.

Indiana Sandy Hook United States

Eight Trains to the West Ady Pennsy at convenient hours

Pennsylvania Railroad announces eight daily trains to Chicago and St. Louis with easy schedules. The schedule emphasizes convenient departure times and reliable connections for travelers heading west.

Pennsyvania Railroad Chicago St. Louis Ady

War on speeding chauffeurs starts in Harlem streets

West Side police in plain clothes arrest speeding motorists after West End Association protests. Victims include Veryl Preston of Empire Building and others from Park Avenue and West End Avenue. Capt. Halpin leads a crackdown across four stations with promises to arrest all violators. The arrests begin as citywide enforcement aims to curb lawbreaking drivers.

West End West One Hundredth West One Hundred and Twenty- Fifth West One Hundred and Fifty-second East One Hundred and Twenty-sixth Street Harlem Bronx Empire State Halpin West One Hundred and Fifty-second Street Wheeling Veryl Preston American Steel Hoop Company Whitman Preston F. T. Swift Park Avenue Swift Walter Roberts Bethlehem Penn Nierney West One Hundredth Street Frank Bradley West Eighty-fifth Street West End Avenue Lucien Huntington Arthur Pemberton Sturges Players Princeton Racquet Metropolitan University Calumet

Trolley Car Ran Away in Pittsburg Collision

A Western Avenue trolley of the Pittsburg Railway Company ran away on Federal Street unable to stop on a steep grade when its electric brake failed. It wrecked a carriage crashed through safety gates derailed freight cars and derailed. About forty five passengers were injured with one fatality.

Pittsburg Western Avenue Pittsburg Railways Company Federal Street Allegheny Fort Wayne Stockton Avenue Harry Catlin

Textile Strike Maintained In Lowell Mass

Lowell Massachusetts reports the fourth week of the textile strike will start with no mills reopening. Unions aid members as about 1900 dollars are raised for assistance. Patriots Day forces mills to stay closed tomorrow. next week might test workers' return.

Lowell Mass

Deputy Marshal Killed in Kentucky Moonshine Raid

In a dawn clash at Elkhorn Creek near Mayking Kentucky Deputy Marshal James C Asher and assistants captured James Moore a long time moonshiner and his brother William Moore. After imprisoning others Morgan obtained a warrant and Asher was shot dead by County Jailer Ison who fired on the boarding house adversary.

New York Times Mayking Elkhorn Creek James Moore Kentucky William Moore James C. Asher Moores Whitesburg Asher John P. Morgan Morgan Ison

Railroad Прomotional Schedule Ad

Advertisement touts convenient and speedy service to Chicago, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Cleveland and other Western points via Pennsylvania Railroad.

Chicago St. Louis Cincinnati Cleveland Pennsylvania Railroad

Payne denounces arrests for smuggling in Porto Rico cases

Special to The New York Times Washington April 19 Postmaster General Payne attacks prosecutions in the Porto Rico navy smuggling matter arguing there are two kinds of smuggling and the cases fit the lenient category of duty evasion by tourists rather than deliberate trade evasion He urges restraint while noting wines liquors and cigars were smuggled and used in San Juan clubs and as presents

The New York Times Washington Porto Rico Navy Payne Moody Pay Treasury San Juan

Missouri Senator Arranging Bond in Legislature Bribery Case

Jefferson City Mo April 19 Senator Buel T Matthews of St Louis County is among indictments returned by the Cole County Grand Jury in a bribery in the Legislature probe He is arranging for bond set at 5000 by Circuit Judge Hazell Matthews proclaims innocence and asks the public to withhold criticism until trial He declines to talk beyond this on his attorney's advice

Jefferson City Buel T. Matthews St. Louis County Cole County Matthews Hazell

Railroad Branch In Mexico Planned From San Angelo

Engineers locating the Kansas City Mexico and Orient Railroad say construction of the San Angelo to Tampico branch will begin around June 1. The line runs 500 miles via Laredo and the Rio Grande valley to Brownsville, then crosses into Mexico to Tampico.

New York Times Austin Texas Kansas City, Mexico, and Orient Railroad San Angelo Tampico Mexico Laredo Rio Grande Brownsville Gulf Coast

Paper mill strike called off in Wisconsin

In Appleton a one week truce ends the Neenah and Appleton Brotherhoods of Papermakers strike. Kimberly Clark mills all eight resume work tomorrow. A joint committee meets in Neenah with the State Board of Arbitration aiding negotiations for a permanent settlement.

Appleton, Wis Neenah and Appleton Brotherhoods of Papermakers Paper Mills Kimberly & Clark Company Appleton and Neenah Brotherhoods of Papermakers Neenah State Board of Arbitration Kimberly-Clark Company

Murdered Man and Wife Near Newcastle

The Wyoming case of J. W. Church and his wife, once of Omaha and now ranching near Newcastle, is solved by the confession of Slim Clifton. Clifton admits killing the couple and states where the bodies were buried, after authorities presented recently unearthed evidence.

Newcastle Wyoming J. W. Church Omaha Slim” Clifton Clifton

Newark Masons Demand Raises Before May First Strike

Newark labor unions including Masons and Bricklayers meet with Harlingen Lyme Hall representatives and threaten a general strike if a five cent hourly wage increase is not granted by May 1. Current pay is 55 cents per hour after last year's raise. Four hour Saturdays proposed. eight hour days otherwise.

New York Times Newark N. J Masons’ and Bricklayers Harrigan Lyme Hall

Couple Dies Trying to Prevent Wife's Suicide in River Tragedy

Frank J. Feeley and his wife, both from well connected families, drowned in the Hudson while he tried to stop her from taking her own life. Police recovered both bodies within minutes after the event near Twenty-second Street. The couple, identified by Mrs King, had run away from home about a year earlier and faced family estrangement amid alleged wealth and education.

Frank J. Feeley Eighth, Avenue Providence R. L Hudson River West Twentieth Street New York Feeley Feeley Williams Seventh Avenue Litlie May King Daug Robert King Feeleys Twenty-second Street Eleventh Avenue Harbordt Hurbordt Patrick Kern West Twenty-second Street Kern Hern Jern Harberdt Kerr Hugh Welsh Welsh Wemern New York Hospital Thorne Pnaysician EB. E. Pisco King Seid Edwards

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Prince Ferdinand Frances M. Fairfax F. D. Carley California Joss House Trip OF Diplomatic Corps St. Louis Fair Greene Consolidated Company F. A. Horton Woman's Messenger Service High Water Very Preston Arthur P. Sturges Lowell Mills MR. Payne Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Road Wisconsin Newark Masons Quarre Policeman Harbordt
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