Dye Factory Fire Threatens Firemen at Platt Street
A four story Read, Holliday & Sons dye works at 7 Platt Street burned with multicolored flames and green smoke. Firemen rescued colleagues amid explosions. seven injuries reported and the building suffered heavy damage estimated at 75000 dollars.
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Read, Holliday & Sons
Platt Street
Fear
Flanigan
Engine’ 7
Riley and
Allen
Lieut. Flanigan
Flani £N
Joseph B. Griffon
St. Gregory’s Hospital
Patrick Sullivan
David Stark
Slater
Peter Toner
Lieut
Daniel Leary
Mortimer Bennett
Harry Archer
Fire Department
Read, Holliday & Sons, Limited
Financial District
New York & London Drug Company
Read, Holliday ,& Son
Fierce Battle in Algeria Near Boudenib
In Algeria near Boudenib Gen Vigy’s French force endured a long engagement yesterday, with 13 French killed and 65 wounded. Three officers were among the dead while Arab losses were described as heavy. A May 13 clash near Beni Ouzian preceded the fight.
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Algiers
Vigy
Boudenib
Mulai Ae Ee
Beni Ouzian
Violent Scenes in the Duma in Saint Petersburg
The Duma held a stormy session with Vladimir Purishkevich near confrontation against Prof. Paul Milyukov and a dispute over opposition replies to Makaroff's defense of martial law. A disorder followed until calm returned and Milyukov rebutted a Buchkoff charge. In Astrahan, prison officials faced lengthy sentences for cruel treatment that caused a prisoner's death.
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ST. Peticrsburg
Duma
Vladimir Purishkevich
Bessarabia
Paul Milyoukov
Constitutional Democrats
M. Guchkoff
Makaroff
Ene
M. Milyoukov
M. Buchkoff
Siberia crackdown prompts Chinese residents arrest report
A Siberia Chinese society telegram from Khabarovsk complains 209 Chinese residents were arrested for lacking passports. Russian authorities raided a Chinese theatre and detained the audience including prominent merchants amid efforts to limit Chinese presence in Siberia.
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ST. Petersburg
Khabarovsk
Siberia
Mme Gould and Sagan Headed to Paris
Mme Gould and her party including her children depart for Paris by tonight's express leaving Monte Carlo in May.
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Mme. Gould and
Sagan
Paris
Fear Armours in England Set to Open Retail Meat Stores
London a parliamentary question prepared by Charles W Bower man to Winston Churchill on May 18 seeks action to block Armour and Co from launching retail meat stores in Britain amid reports the firm plans 5 million dollars of new capital. Armour director Arthur Meeker dismisses the London dispatch as baseless claiming Armour is not in retail trade anywhere.
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London
Charles W. Bowerman
House of Commons
Winston Churchill
Board of Trade
Armours of
Chicago
Armours
Arthur Meeker
Armour & Co
England
Stanier Wins Shropshire ByElection For Unionists
In the North Division of Shropshire the by election to fill W S Kenyon Slaney’s vacancy returned Unionist Reville Stanier by a majority of 951, continuing Unionist control of the seat for about a quarter century. The report notes calm conditions in Tokyo and moves of officials, plus a German arrest of the Taurus fishing boat near Amrum. France accepts the US plan for a 1909 international opium conference in Shanghai to help China curb use.
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Shropshire
House of Commons
W.S. Kenyon-Slaney
Reville Stanier
Cumbhaven
Germany
Grimsby
England
Amrum
Pasa
North Sea
Cuxhaven
Paris
Washington
Shanghai
China
Reyes Ends Coast Stay Heads Back to Bogota
A Cartagena letter says Gen Rafael Reyes, president of Colombia, abandoned his planned coast stay and is returning by the Magdalena River toward Bogota. Dispatches from Port Limon report a plot against Reyes by Colombian refugees in Costa Rica.
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Cartagena
Colombia
Rafael Reyes
Republic
Pogota
Atrato
Pacific
Magdalena
Bogota
Port Limon
Costa Rica
Reyes
San José
Baranquilla
Dowager Empress Receives Diplomatic Wives at Summer Palace
Wives of diplomatic corps met the Dowager Empress at the Summer Palace in Peking. They noted the Empress had aged considerably since last year’s audience. The event reflects court protocol amid ongoing international relations.
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Peking
Summer Palace
Navy Rear Admiral Hemp hill to dine with Japanese Emperor
Rear Admiral Hemp hill of the United States Navy will meet the Japanese Emperor at a May 18 luncheon in Shiba Palace. The event will be presided over by Prince Arisugawa and is scheduled for the morning.
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Peking
Tokio
Hemphill
United States Navy
Shiba Palace
Arisugawa
Army resignations and transfers reported in The United Service
The United Service reports on May 15 that First Lieut J Rodgers Philippine Scouts has resigned. First Lieut S C Leasure Signal Corps is to Fort Beepore for treatment. Capt H Powell Twenty-fifth Infantry is at Jones Hospital Fort Beyard for treatment. Brig Gen P Reade is reassigned to Commanding General Department of the Philippines. Major G T Bartlett Coast Artillery is sent to Fort Stevens to install a fire control apparatus.
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Washington
J. Rodgers
Philippine Scouts
S. C. Leasure
Signal Corps
Fort Beepore
H. Powell
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Jone Hospital
Fort Beyard
P. Reade
Department of the Philippines
G. T. Bartlett
Coast Artillery
Fort Stevens
Naval officers reassigned to new commands and duties
Capt H McCrea ordered home to await further orders. Capt E F Qualtrough assigned to command of Georgia. Lieut Commander L H Chandler sent to Navy Department Washington. Chief Boatswain J Clancy to Franklin. Lieut S J M Major to Rainbow. Lieut Commander E L Bisset to the Supply.
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H. McCrea
E. F. Qualtrough
Georgia
L. H. Chandler
Navy Department
Washington
J. Clancy
Franklin
J. M. Major
Rainbow
E. L. Bisset
Mixed vessel movements and naval assets listed aboard
Arrived panther at Mare Island porter blakely. De Long thornton and tingey at Brunswick scorpion at Charleston. Mayflower sailed from Guantanamo for Washington Albany from Salina Cruz for San Jose de Guatemala. South Dakota from San Francisco for Paducah Curaçao for Puerto Cabello Sioux from Boston for Bradford Annapolis from Suva Fiji for Pago Pago. Wasp turned over to New York Naval Militia at the navy yard New York.
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Panther
Mare Island
Porter
Widow of Yerkes Sues For Estate Share In Supreme Court
Joseph D. Redding sues Mrs Mary Adelaide Yerkes to recover 20 percent of what she received from the estate of her husband Charles T. Yerkes who died at the Waldorf Astoria in 1905. The trial before Justice Davis began with claims of a 1904 agreement and adjourned for further testimony. Under the will Mrs Yerkes had $200000 cash a Fifth Avenue house for life and half of the residuary income.
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Supreme Court
Davis
Joseph D. Redding
Mary Adelaide Yerkes
Charles T. Yerkes
Waldorff-Astoria
Yerkes
Wilson Mizner
Mr. Redding
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