China Neutrality Assured Amid Russia Skewed Views
The United States sought to keep China neutral at Russia's request. Secretary Hay and Minister Conger assured China’s neutrality, countering Russian fear. Cassini reported Tokyo-influenced Ma's army disciplined. Yuan-Shi kai cited as stabilizing. Paris negotiations echoed claims of strict neutrality and reduced prospects of China joining Japan.
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New York Times
Washington
Japan
United States
China
Russia
State Department
Count Cassini
Hay
Conger
Air
Cenger
Prince Ching
St. Peterspurge
Yuan-Shi- Kai
Pe-chi-li
Yuan
Paris
Peking
Unitead
Confessed Hold-Up Plot Ties Hemple Horsemen
Frank Johnson, a wealthy Hemple horseman, was attacked and robbed of 200 dollars in St Joseph. James Troutman, also a prominent breeder, implicated Robert J. Kearny and David Mason. Kearny, Mason jailed, deny charges. Troutman says Kearny planned the scheme to net five thousand dollars.
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New York Times
ST. Joseph
Frank Johnson
Hemple
James Troutman
Troutman
Franz
Robert 3. Kearny
Phil Kearny
David Mason
Kearny
Mason
Johnson
Attorney Olin Bundy Dies in Indianapolis Stress
Olin Bundy a Bedford Indiana attorney died in Indianapolis from nervous exhaustion after overwork related to the Sarah Schaefer murder investigation. Bundy served on the Bedford investigating committee and his health declined during the case.
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Olin Bundy
Schaefer
Indianapolis
Bedford
Ind
Sarah Schaefer
Bundy
Wall Street's dull day as 40,000 shares sold on exchange
The metropolis saw the quietest trading day in years with only 40,532 shares exchanged. Brokers on the Stock Exchange stood near silent, while coffee traders and curb brokers filled time with games, gossip, and moralizing about a market starved of activity.
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Stock Exchange
Wall Street
Atchison, St. Paul
Missouri Pacific
Reading
Southern Pacific
Union Pacific
Mrs Powell Found Guilty in Deliberate Murder Case
In Dover Delaware on May 7 Mrs Mary A Powell was convicted of murdering Estelle Albin in a jealous fit at their Bowers Beach home. The jury set life imprisonment. sentence to be announced Monday. Powell testified the act was self defense during a weeklong trial.
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Dover
Del
Mary A. Powell
Estelle Albin
Essie
Mrs. Powell
Beauty Book portrait scam linked to World’s Fair committee
A questionable invitation sought $100 for a public book of portraits titled the Beauty Book. The asking group claimed endorsement by the Board of Lady Managers but the board and organizers deny authorization. Portraits collected for an exhibit were stored unseen in the Woman’s Building.
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St Louis
St. Louis
Board of
Lady ‘Managers
England
H. W. Sierichs
George Grantham Bein
Park Row
New York
New York Times
Sierichs
Fifth Avenue
Bain
THE
TIMES
Lady Managers
Daniel Manning
Lavinia Egan
James L. Blair
Sierichs and
Peru Prepares for War Amid Amazon Frontier Tensions
Peru’s General Staff orders two line battalions and a machine gun battery to Alto Jurua via the Amueya to deter possible Brazilian incursions. One battalion with two machine guns heads to Chandless on the Purus to reinforce sovereignty. Iquitos is placed in defense with harbor mining and a 3,000 man division ready to occupy Tabatinga and Manaos if needed.
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Lima
Peru
Alto Jurua
Amueya
Chandless
Purus
Iquitos
Tabatinga
Manos
Amazon
Commodore Park Fined for Speeding in Port Chester
Commodore Trevor L. Park of the American Yacht Club was arraigned before Justice Patrick Kane on a speeding charge. He was fined 25 dollars paid under protest and intends to appeal to White Plains County Court. Police testified Park drove 19.5 mph while Park claimed about 13 mph on the Boston Post Road.
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Port Chester
N. Y
Trevor L. Park
American Yacht Club
Patrick Kane
Park
White Plains
Ernest Lush
William Pflug
Michael Tracy
Steamer Elixir Arrives. Captain Horner Reports Berth
Steamer Elixir with Capt. Horner docked at the bar at 8 o clock last night. Steamer St Paul from Southampton and Cherbourg reached east of Fire Island at 11 45 last night.
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Elixir
Horner
Girgenti
Bar
St. Paul
Southampton
Cherbourg
Fire Island
Ex Judge Becker Sentenced in Bank Insolvency Case
William H. Becker once a Circuit Court judge in Dakota was sentenced in Kansas City to two years in the penitentiary. He and partners William S. Canfield and J. T. Morrow opened the Mutual Benefit Bank on Southwest Boulevard and were convicted of receiving deposits while knowing the bank was insolvent.
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New York Times
Kansas City
Dakota
William H. Becker
William S. Canfield
J. T. Morrow
Mutual Benefit Bank
King Receives Jacob Schiff For Anglo American Harmony
Jacob Schiff of Kuhn Loeb & Co met King Edward in private audience in London. The visit followed the King’s wish to thank Schiff for the United States and England working in harmony on large financial undertakings such as the Japanese loan. Sir Ernest Cassel arranged the meeting amid news that Schiff helped secure half the Japanese loan. The loan is nominally quoted at 214 percent premium.
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London
Jacob Schiff
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
Edward
United States
England
Ernest Cassel
Mr. Schift
Derailment Blocks Second Avenue Elevated Midnight Switch
A derailed car on the Second Avenue elevated at Chatham Square blocked the line for about two and a half hours. Two cars of a three car train in the northbound direction jumped the track at Division Street causing surface car transfers and crowd disruption. Passengers, including three women, escaped injury as crews redirected service to maintain Third Avenue line operations and avoid South Ferry trains.
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Second Avenue
Chatham Square
Division Street
the Battery
Eighteenth Street
Third Avenue
South Ferry
South Ferry Terminal
Battery
City Hall
Chloroform Attack on Holiness Tabernacle at Wabash
Unknown attackers released chloroform during a Holiness service in Wabash Indiana injuring several women who were carried outside. Pastor Melville Pratt and evangelists May and Clark led the gathering to late hours with nine conversions reported. Stones were later thrown at the church as the congregation dispersed amid public alarm and police protection concerns.
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New York Times
Wabash
Ind
Union “ Holiness
Tabernacle
May and Clark
Melville Pratt
Pratt
Great Lakes Shipping Tied Up Indefinitely After Break in Talks
The Lake Carriers Association and the Masters and Pilots' Association failed to reach a wage agreement ending a conference. About 70 percent of Great Lakes tonnage is affected as masters cannot board ships until a settlement is reached. Secretary Barter says 106,500 maritime workers are impacted, with 26,500 aboard ships and 80,000 on docks. The Lake Carriers' executives say wage classifications were too high and unfair to owners, forecasting a dull season with no season charters.
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Cleveland
Lake Carriers
Masters’ and Pilots
Masters and Pilots’ Association
Lake Carriers’ Association
Henry C. Barter
International Longshoremen, Marine and Transport Workers’ Association
Erie Canal
William Livingston
Littleton Forced to Move as Brooklyn House Quakes from Subway Work
Borough President Martin W. Littleton and his family fled 262 Hicks Street after cracks appeared from excavations for the Whitehall Street to Joralemon Street subway. Workmen braced walls, but Littleton left for Atlantic City with plans to return Monday to arrange temporary housing or seaside relocation. Other nearby houses reportedly show wall weakening due to the digging.
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Martin W. Littleton
Brooklyn
Atlantic City
Hicks Street
Joralemon Street
Whitehall Street
New York
Littleton
Packer Institute
Woman Stops Jail Delivery in Plucky Attack
In Lancaster New Hampshire three inmates from Coos County jail tried to escape through a side door after being allowed in the inner corridor. Mrs. W E Flanders wrestled them in the kitchen as her daughter warned neighbors. Her husband, a baggage master, pursued and recaptured the trio. Mrs Flanders was badly bruised and one finger nearly severed by a prisoner bite.
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New York Times
Lancaster
N. H
Coos County
W. E. Flanders
Martin Tierney
Napoleon Malbot
J. C. Kelley
Berlin
Seven Steamers Stranded by Gulf Ice off Cape Ray
Seven ocean steamers bound for Montreal are stuck in the ice off Cape Ray during May. An immense ice pack blocks the Gulf of Saint Lawrence route, trapping vessels headed toward St. John’s and Montreal.
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ST. John's
N. F
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Montreal
Cape Ray
Woman Hurt in Yacht Collision Near Norfolk
Mrs. M A Sheridan of New York was badly injured when the yacht Diana owned by her husband collided with the petrolia owned by Standard Oil in Smiths Creek. The Petrolia backed into a dock and struck the Diana bow. Sheridan jumped from the forward cabin to the deck suffering multiple leg fractures and other injuries.
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New York Times
Norfolk
M. A. Sheridan
New York
Diana
Sheridan
Petrolia
Standard Oil Company
Manchus Harass Russians Near Kiulien Cheng
A Red Cross dispatch says Manchurian brigands attacked Russians wounded in the Kiulien Cheng fight and maltreated them. A report of Russia sending troops to Shan Hai Kwan to guard the border was officially denied. no government request or action planned.
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ST. Petersburg
Red Cross Society
Kiulien
Cheng
Russia
Shan-Hai-Kwan
Manchuria
China
Penrose to substitute for Quay at Republican convention
Senator Penrose will travel to Chicago about a week before the convention to act as substitute for Senator Quay at the National Committee meeting. Quay, following his physician guidance, will not attend the trip, prompting concern among his friends and signaling he will likely skip the convention itself.
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New York Times
Philadelphia
Senator Penrose
Chicago
Senator Quay
National Committee
Quay
Penrose
Constable Falls to Jewish Colony Woman in Sullivan County
Cornelius Hill, a Centreville Station constable, argued with a member of a relocated Jewish colony in Sullivan County. The woman grabbed his beard and twisted it, knocking him down. her sister-in-law then struck Hill’s brother Robert on the jaw. A mob of angry women formed, but no arrests were made.
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New York Times
Middletown
N. Y
Cornelius Hill
Centreville Station
Sullivan County
New York
East Side
Green Meadows
Hill
Robert
Andrew McNally Dies in Pasadena at 66
Andrew McNally head of Rand, McNally & Co. died in Pasadena, California from pneumonia. Born in the north of Ireland aged sixty six, he arrived in New York in 1858 and soon moved to Chicago. He started a printing business and later led The Tribune job office before founding a large publishing house.
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New York Times
Chicago
Andrew McNally
Rand, McNally & Co
Pasadena
Cal
McNally
Ireland
New York
Tribune
Mrs Hawes Sues to Undo Conveyances in Stamford Case
Mrs Eliza beth C Hawes via conservator sues to set aside about 40000 in real estate mortgages stocks and bonds conveyed to Wardlow alleging mental incompetence and undue influence. The Teal party claims Evelyn Hawes, 19, daughter of G W James of Paris, profits from the transaction and inheritance from Dr Hawes.
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New York Times
Stamford
Conn
Elizabeth C. Hawes
Che Wardlow
Banker's feud ends in double killing at Luling
Maston Nixon, a Dallas banker, shot and killed Robert F. Malone and Capt. John Veasey in front of Malone’s store during a dispute tied to longstanding business and banking matters. Nixon was captured by the sheriff and gave no statement. Both victims left families.
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New York Times
Dallas
Texas
Maston Nixon
Robert F. Malone
John Veasey
Luling
Nixon
Malone
Veasey
Sheriff's Department
Dallas fugitive turns self in after sermon confession
Fred A. Beach of Chicago, who used the alias George A. Collins, surrendered at Fort Worth last Tuesday night. He says a ser mon by the Rev. George W. Truett of Dallas led him to give himself up. Beach, in a signed confession, admits robbing a Chicago dry goods store, cashing a $10,000 check and vanishing, then coming to Dallas and marrying Miss Ethel Miller.
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New York Times
Dallas
Texas
Fred A. Beach
Chicago
George A. Collins
Fort Worth
United States
Atweil
Collins
George W. Truett
Beach
Ethel Miller
Kuroki Gains Fresh Manchuria Position In War
News from St Petersburg reports Gen. Kuroki’s forces capturing Feng-Wang-Cheng and advancing in Manchuria. Kuropatkin shifts to Mao-Tien Pass while Japan aims to secure Liao-Yang corridor and strike toward Niu-Chwang, Pitsewo, Hai-cheng. The Emperor backs Kuropatkin’s independent plan amid cautious operations.
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Kuropatkin
Feng- Wang-Cheng
Mao-Tien Pass
Liao
Liao-Yang
Liao-Yang Peninsula
Kaiping
Niu-Chwang
Hai-cheng
Mao
Tien Pass
Bay of Korea
Liao- Yang
Pitsewo
Liao-Tung Peninsula
Feng-Wang- Cheng
Peng-Wang-Cheng
Admiralty
Kuroki
Feng-Wang Cheng
Liao- Yeng
Zassalitch
Manchuria
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G. Grantham Bain
Commodore Parks Fine
King
Great Lakes
Newfoundland
Rand, McNally & Co. of
E. C. Hawes
Las Banker
Feng-Wang-Cheng
Manding
Tokio
Gen. Kuroki
Yalu River
Gen
Feng-Wang
Czar Full
Yalu
Port Arthur
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