Easter Parade in drizzle dampens Fifth Avenue show
In New York the Fifth Avenue Easter parade suffers a soggy impression as expected crowds vanish amid constant rain. Lincoln Slapgood, famed for exposés, arrives to expose the parade but finds desolation and shuttered fashion displays, while Cheery drolls at the scene.
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Washington
New York
Prisk
Weather Bureau
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Pittsburg
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Slapgood
Spitlang
J Nellon
Third Negro Lynched in Springfield Mob Rages
Springfield Missouri April 15 a mob broke into the Greene County jail and hanged Will Allen a negro after a prior lynching of Duncan and Copeland. The mob then freed Gus Crane and thirteen others escaped. Wrecked jail possessions and property damage estimated at $3000. Militia and deputy sheriffs restored order as Governor Folk ordered investigations and posted a $300 reward for mob members.
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Ronark
Statue of Justice
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Horner
Folk
Gward
Rush Lake
Patterson
Greene County
record flood of immigrants overwhelms New York harbor
Ten thousand men women and children arrive inside New York Harbor with more on vessels off Sandy Hook and 52090 expected by Thursday morning. Ellis Island prepares for a massive intake as officials suspend overtime and set a two day processing cap per day. Immigrant ships from Liverpool Genoa Havre Hamburg Glasgow and other ports bring large contingents, with distribution showing most go to New York State and neighboring states while a portion heads to upstate farming areas.
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Cunard Ship Campania Carries Record Specie Shipment
Queenstown reports the Cunard Line steamship Campania sailed for New York with what is described as the largest single Atlantic specie shipment. The total value reaches £1,250,000 about $6,250,000, and the cargo weighs nearly twelve tons.
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Cunard Line
Campania
New York
Atlantic
Defeated in Newark After Bat Linch Mob Pursuit
John W. Ricketts, a 46 year old Black man of Newark, was fined 10 in Kearney police court for disorderly conduct after a mob pursued him with baseball bats. A crowd, including two uniformed teams, joined the chase across two miles, during which stones were thrown. A boy was injured as the mob closed in before police arrived to stop further violence.
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Mulberry Street
Newark
Kearney
Tolen
Passaic Bridge
Harry Stimes
Four Hundred in Panic as Steamer Louisiana Sinks
Four hundred people aboard the side wheel steamer Louisiana were endangered when the vessel struck a snag near Newburg at 8 PM. The cabin filled with women and children during a dance. passengers panicked but were kept from the deck by men guarding the doors. The ship turned to the shore and sank in shallow water. all aboard were rescued by skiffs with no deaths.
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The
Tribune
Evansville
Ind
Louisiana
Newburg
Death of Lieutenant Graeme raises Kearsarge disaster toll
The Navy reports Lieutenant Joseph W. Graeme of the Maryland has died after the Kearsarge explosion in Cuban waters. William King and Frederick T. Fisher remain in grave condition. other injured are improving. Bodies of Graeme and Hudgins to be returned to the United States, with similar arrangements for seamen if requested. Armored cruisers Maryland and West Virginia arrive at Guantanamo after target practice.
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Navy Department
Brownson
Joseph W. Graeme
Maryland
Kearsarge
Cuban
William King
Frederick T. Fisher
Graeme
Newberry
Wilkes-Barre
Penn
John M. Hudgins
New York
West Virginia
Guantanamo
Twenty Caught at Cockfight in Newark Raid
Police raided a cockfight at the Old Stone House on Bloomfield avenue Newark. Henry Morris was arrested as owner and fined 100 dollars. others in attendance were fined ten dollars each after Justice Blauvelt held court atop a barrel.
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Newark
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Edward S. Edwards
Newark Society
Justice of the Peace
Blauvelt
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To
Henry Morris
Justice Blauvelt
Morris
Train Reaches Silverton After Ice Tunnel Passage
The first train to reach Silverton in 33 days arrived last night followed by six more with 51 carloads of merchandise. The line ran through an ice tunnel four miles below town bored through ice 50 feet high and 100 yards wide, a remnant of a great avalanche likely to stand until June.
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the Tribune
Silverton
Colo
Gorkys Disappear West After Hotel Rejections
Maxim Gorky and Mme. Gorky vanished from New York after baggage shipped to Chicago. They were seen leaving hotels with Leroy M. Scott and companions and may have boarded a morning train with Nikolay Pleshcoff. Immigration officials weighed deportation risk if polygamy or bigamy applies, while The Jewish Daily Forward reported plans for Gorky to write and tour in the United States.
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Mme. Gorky
Chicago
Nikolay Pleshcoff
Gorky
Lafayette- Brevoort
Fifth Avenue
Sth Street
Grand Central Palace
Rhinelander
No. 12
Frank Geraty
No. 3
Leroy M. Scott
Victoria Hotel
Victoria
Grand Central Station
H. Gaylord Wilshire
Gorkys
Hotel Belleclaire
West 93d Street
Scotts
Scott
Russia
Abraham Cahan
Forward
Cahan
Robert Watchorn
Hotel Chelsea
Immigration Bureau
Metcalf
Department of Commerce and Labor
Washington
Mutiny at Lisbon Reported on Portuguese Warships
Madrid dispatches state the Vasco da Gama swung near Lisbon on April 15 with alarms cries and gunfire aboard a mutinous crew. Aresan tried to help but was fired upon. A lieutenant may be killed in vengeance for a sailor's death as trials of 488 Don Carlos mutineers proceed with seven already sentenced.
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Lisbon
Aresan
Don Carlos
Plan To Import Workers To Mine Fields Aggressive Campaign
The Mine Workers Journal denounces the State Mounted Police act labeling them Cossacks and accuses coal operators of staging and funding an aggressive plan. Operators aim to bring in unskilled labor to run collieries and washeries, with Erie and Delaware & Hudson firms already hiring imported workers. Many miners opposed to a strike are seeking work elsewhere as plants prepare for intensified production.
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the Tribune
Wilkes-Barre
Penn
The
Mine Workers’ Journal
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Russia
Mine Workers’ Union
Erie
Delaware & Hudson Companies
Coal Men To Stand Pat At Mitchell Committee Meeting
Anthracite operators will submit a final, detailed reply to Mitchell's seven member committee at a meeting in the Jersey Central Building on Liberty Street. President Baer of the Jersey Central is expected to preside. Dealers report a slight drop in domestic anthracite demand as warm weather nears and prices may ease.
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Jersey Central
Liberty Street
Baer
Jersey Central Company
Conciliation Board
Coal Merchants’ Association
Retail Coal Dealers’ Association
Rockmen's Union to Stay Out
One hundred fifteen delegates from the Rockmen's Union of the anthracite region met in Scranton Pennsylvania and voted to extend the suspension for two weeks until a satisfactory wage agreement is reached. The workers demand an eight hour day and a one percent wage increase.
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Tribune
Scranton
Penn
Rockmen’s Union
Aeronaut Israel Ludlow Near Home After Jacksonville Crash
Telegram reports Israel Ludlow, injured in a Jacksonville Florida aeroplane fall, is improving. His mother and brother Charles rush to meet the northbound train with Charles K. Hamilton aiding. Ludlow and Hamilton will pass through this city at 7 20 a m and be met by Aero Club members including Augustus Post.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Charles
Washington
Mr. Ludlow
Charles K. Hamilton
Augustus Post
Dr. Thomas
Aero Club
Ludlow
Roosevelt
Morocco Revolt Spirals Near Fez Government
London dispatch from El Araish reports a south Morocco proclamation of the Sultan in the making and a growing revolt against the Fez government in the city of Morocco.
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London
The
Daily Mail
el Araish
Morocco
Fez
Tragic Live Wire Deaths In Croton Falls Farm Incident
Daniel Jeungst Jr. and his mother died after contact with a live 3000 volt wire while shutting off a poultry incubator connected to the local lighting plant. They were found clutching the energized line, both severely burned. Mrs. Jeungst, 50, and her son, 35, died at the scene in Westchester County.
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Daniel Jeungst
Croton Falls
Westchester County
Jeungst
Youngst Brothers
Mr. Jeungst
New York Central Train Details Urban Trip
Information on The Twentieth Century Limited departing New York at 3 30 and arriving Chicago with distance and fare details incomplete and text garbled.
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New York Central
New York
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