Rioting in Lisbon Ends in Deaths and Wounding
Seven killed and about one hundred wounded as guards clash with rioters after polls close in Lisbon. Republicans and Monarchists dispute vote counts at St. Dominique's Church prompting guards to intervene. Troops battle mobs, several officers and civilians injured, with chaos spreading to surrounding streets and Alcantars.
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Lisbon
St. Dominique’s Church
St. Dominique’s
Cipal
Bere
Alcantars
Express Clerk Hewitt Held on Embezzlement Charge
Zebulon M Hewitt a 29 year old express company clerk was jailed at Police Headquarters accused of obtaining funds from American Express and misusing them. He confessed before a notary detailing thefts totaling up to several thousand dollars since starting seven years ago. He admitted shifting travellers drafts and checks through routine indorsements and cashing them at will. Hewitt said he started with small amounts then increased losses last summer. He allegedly took 5100 last Tuesday and hoped to repay by more thefts. His sister and he visited police headquarters afterward.
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Zebulon M Hewitt
American Express Company
Th Street
Madison Avenue
Express Company
F .F. Lobstein
Hewitt
Treasury
Bennings “Sark
West Tyth Street
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Asquith
Birrell
John F. Redmond
Bannerman
Ireland
Lewis Harcourt
House of Commons
Man Heflin Shot May Die
Washington April 6 Thomas McCreery a New York horseman was accidentally shot by Congressman Jiehin of Alabama. He was operated on for lockjaw at George Washington University Hospital this afternoon and is in serious condition. his life is the only hope.
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Washington
Thomas McCreery
New York
Jiehin
Alabama
George Washington University Hospital
Two Men Entombed in Highland Mine Tragedy Near Atieton
Two men John Tekosh and John Washinick were entombed in the Highland mine operated by G. E Markle & Co near Atieton Pennsylvania after a jet of clay flooded the workings. Rescue teams have worked since the accident but both men may be dead.
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Atieton
Penn
John Tekosh
John Washinick
G. E Markle & Co
Royal Engagement Reported for Duke of the Abruzzi
In Rome on April 6 the Duke of the Abruzzi met King Victor Emmanuel and scheduled a family council with the King’s relatives Count of Turin and Duke of Aosta to discuss a marriage engagement with Miss Katherine Elkins. The dialogue and camaraderie suggest the King’s consent may be forthcoming.
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Rome
Miss Elkins
Escape at Sing Sing: Lasalla Flees Cell and Prison Yard
Joseph Lasalla escaped Sing Sing early yesterday after serving less than four months of a 11 year four month to 14 year two month sentence for highway robbery. Guards searched walls and yard while reports of footprints and clothing taken from a wagon shop instructor point to a possible outside ho code.
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Joseph Lasalla
Sing Sing
Lasalla
Lasalia
Frost
New Fund For Columbia From Harriman Family Gifts
Columbia University received a $100000 gift from the children of the late Rev Orlando Harriman to found the Orlando Harriman Fund for an English chair now held by Professor George Rice Carpenter. An anonymous gift of $30090 will be used under the president’s direction to meet university needs, plus $254 from Clarence H Mackay and $1 from James Speyer and Professor John Dyrnely Prince to fund the American School of Archaeology in Palestine.
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Columbia University
Orlando Harriman
George Rice Carpenter
Clarence H. Mackay
James Speyer
John Dyrnely Prince
American School of Archeology
Palestine
Gas litigation to cost city hundreds of thousands
The fight to uphold the Licent gas law could total about 200000 in city costs. Expert fees amount to 7500 plus other bills, with notable lawyers and special counsels engaged for the case. If the Supreme Court requires reprinting records the expense will rise further.
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Consolidated Gas Company
Alton B. Parker
Hough
United States Supreme Court
Edward B. Whitney
Public Service Commission
Old Gas Commission
John F. Garver
Charles F. Mathewson
Joseph H Choate
John F. Dillon
James M. Beck
Paul E. Cravath
Louis Marshall
Governors Resign, New Appointments In Cuba
Governor Magoon accepts resignations of all provincial governors in Cuba and names replacements in Santiago Captain Dougherty Camaguey Major Wallace Clark Matanzas Captain Edwin Wittenmeyer Havana Major F J Foitz Pinar del Rio Captain G W Read. Silva of Camaguey refuses to resign and is dismissed by order. Appointees to assume office tomorrow.
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Havana
Magoon
Dougherty
Santiago
Wallace Clark
Camaguey
Edwin Wittenmeyer
Matanzas
F. J. Foitz
G. W Read
Pinar del Rio
Silva
Yhoo
Baldwin Apple Discovery Sparks Historical Controversy
A dispute in Boston centers on who first discovered the Baldwin apple. The Baldwin monument credits Thompson, but sources claim William Bauer found the wild tree earlier, challenging the established inscription.
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Telesaph
the Tribune
Boston
Sampan
Thompson
Willam Bauer
Alwha Uel Thompson
Asquith Goes South Summoned by the King
London reports H H Asquith the Chancellor of the Exchequer summoned by King Edward to Biarritz to meet the King amid Cabinet crisis rumors. The piece notes possible reconstructions, retirements, and potential inclusion of Churchill and Rosebery in the new cabinet, with Parliament adjourned to April 14 for ministerial by-elections.
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London
H. H. Asquith
Exchequer
Edward
Biarritz
Dover
Calais
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Henry
Asquith
Winston Spencer Churchill
Manchester
Peckham
Earl of Elgin
Marquis of Ripon
Privy Seal
Lord Tweedmouth
Admiralty
H. J. Gladstone
Te Home Department
John Sinclair
Scotland
H. H. Fowler
Duchy of Lancaster
P S C Measure Split May Be Extra Session
Albany reports on April 6 shows the Assembly Committee on Electricity Gas and Water Supply proposing amendments to the Public Service Commission bill. They remove telephone and telegraph from PSC jurisdiction and replace with a new bill, risking reduced commission control and potential extra session. Governor Hughes favors PSC control of telecoms. opposition could delay passage.
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Tribune
Albany
Assembly Committee On Electricity, Gas and Water Supply
Public Service Commission
Assemblyman
Yale
Page-Wainwright
Page- Wainwright
Department
Hughes
Stevens
Upstate
Todd
New York Soldier Walter G Smith Found Dead
Walter G Smith once led Company G and served as adjutant of the 74th NY National Guard unit. His body was found with a bullet wound in the Susquehanna near Waverly. Theories blame murder or suicide. Smith had disappeared from New York two months earlier and previously practiced law with Aaron Fybush in Buffalo.
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Tribune
Buffalo
Walter G Smith
74Th Regiment
Marie Antoinette
New York
Susquehanna River
Waverly
Smith
Aaron Fybush
Seek Radcliffe Woman Missing in Brain Tree Search
Emma Barnitz, a 25 year old Radcliffe graduate and post graduate violinist and writer, vanished from a hotel room near Boston as hundreds join a Brain Tree search led by police and fire departments. Her father Major Albert Barnitz and her mother request help.
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the Tribune
Boston
Braintree
Emma Barnitz
Albert Barnitz
Miss Barnitz
Radcliffe
Canadian Pacific Plans Second Rocky Mountain Line
The Canadian Pacific Railway decides to build a second route through the Rockies to the Pacific Coast. Land at Hardy Bay in northern Vancouver is secured for a terminus and the line will connect with the Edmonton route.
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Winnipeg
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Rocky Mountains
Pacific Coast
Hardy Bay
Vancouver
Edmehdon
Bomb thrower speaks on new bomb and factory blast
Selig Cohen or Silverstein, who hurled a bomb in Union Square, described how he built a second device using a brass bedstead top and nails, nitroglycerine, and gunpowder. He said a cigarette ignition caused the explosion and named Berkman and Emma Goldman as known associates.
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Selig Cohen
Silverstein
Union Square
Arthur, Woods
Cohen
Alexander Berkman
Emma Goldman
the Tribune
Cameron Report Stands After Reconsideration By Board
The Cameron case returns to the Board of Education as the building committee resubmits its March 25 report on charges against Caleb W. Cameron inspector of masonry. Abraham Stern signals support for the report if unchanged. The panel previously found misconduct and neglect but not incompetence.
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Board of Education
John A. Wilbur
Caleb W. Cameron
Abraham Stern
Cameron
Japan’s Offer on Postal Arrangement Rejected by China
The Chinese Foreign Board rejected Japan’s proposal for a reciprocal postal pact in Manchuria, arguing it would violate China’s sovereign rights. Japan sought recognition of telegraph stations outside railroad zones within Chinese postal routes. The government directs adherence to the 1903 China-Japan convention limiting mails on Chinese imperial rails, ending most negotiations.
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Peking
Chinese Foreign Board
Japan
Manchuria
China
Government
Department of Posts
Robert Hart
Boycott Against Japan Expands Across Canton
Canton April 6 The anti Japan movement grows with mass meetings urging a broad boycott of Japanese goods amid Sino Japanese tensions over the release of the Tatsu. Weather did not deter about 4000 women in white mourning attire who attended to hear speeches denouncing Japan.
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Canton
Japan
China
King awards Garter and Thistle to senior ministers
The King confers knightship of the Garter on the Earl of Crewe and knightship of the Thistle on Lord Tweedmouth. These promotions appear tied to Premier Campbell-Bannerman’s final recommendations and hint at possible ministerial reshuffles. The Daily Chronicle questions the King's absence and its impact on a crucial period.
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London
Earl of Crewe
Lord Tweedmouth
Campbell-Bannerman
Daily Chronicle
Sir Henry
Measles Epidemic in Brooklyn Reported by Health Officer
Dr Travers R Maxfield Brooklyn Health Officer said there were more measles cases among Brooklyn children than since the winter of 18 percent three thousand children under quarantine ready to serve for all social events ad for H T Kewey & Sons Co NY
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Travers R. Maxfield
Brooklyn
Maxfield
H. T. Kewey & Sons Co
Fulton St
New York
Governor Attacks Percy-Gray Law At Brooklyn Dinner
Governor Charles E. Hughes denounces the Percy-Gray law as a policy to profit from gambling, asserting no vested rights exist in racetrack profits. He criticizes the law as a deceitful regulation and lauds Brooklyn League backing, urging constitutional enforcement against pool selling and bookmaking.
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Charles E. Hughes
Brooklyn League
Clarendon Hotel
League
Kings County
D. C. Hughes
VICE AND POCKETBOOKS IN REGULATION DEBATE
A editorial blasts Percy-Gray regulation as a cover for avarice arguing pool selling and bookmaking at tracks would profit racing interests. It accuses proponents of hypocrisy for touting virtue while prioritizing money over the constitution and public welfare.
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