Greeks Retreat and Peace Talks Loom Amid War
Reports from Athens describe Greek forces withdrawing toward Lamia after battles near Pharsalos Velestino while Turkish troops push from Velestino to Almyros and Lamia. Amid rumors of a cabinet crisis, public desire for peace rises as mediation with Russia and other powers is sought and abdication finances are debated.
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Athens
Voto
Smolenski
Aimyros
Ricciotti Garibaldi
Pharsalos
Kurt
Velestino
Volo
Almyros
Lamia
Domokos
Smolens
Mati
Larissa
Phar~salcs
Lens
Trikkasia
Velestina
Nowspaper
George
Greece
Smoltenski
Aimsros
Thessaly
Spherchiog
Moch- Inka
Turka Pass
Russia
Germany
Crete
M. Ball
Quadruple murder shocks Wisconsin farmhouse
A farmer Alexander Harris, his wife, a hired girl, and a hired man were killed in a dawn attack. Suspect Wilhim Pouch, sheltered overnight, shot Harris then killed others and robbed the house before escaping on a bicycle. A posse vows lynching if caught. Other brief items note Duc d Aumale’s death, a Michigan dynamite rescue, and a brutal 45 round boxing match.
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Milwaukee
Alexander Harris
Waukesha
Mr. Harris
Whiism Pouch
Helen Wesbach
Nelson
Harris
Pouch
Horribly Gored by a Bull at Paxinos
Shamokin Pennsylvania May reports Wesley Newberry a 40 year old farmer of Paxinos was horribly gored by a bull yesterday after the animal reacted to a passing train. The bull fled as Newberry was injured and by the time friends arrived to remove the animal he lay badly cut in critical condition. The engineer alerted nearby helpers as the train passed.
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Shamokin
S—Wesley Newberri
Paxinos
Newberry
Newherry
Driven Insane for Horror in Philipsburg NY (New Jersey)
Sarah McCaffrey of Philipsburg driven mad by frightful horror. Her husband in a frenzy slashed his throat with a razor and stabbed his breast with a fork. McCaffrey tried to disarm him, he wounded her arm, and he died the next day leaving her bereft of her reason.
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Philipsburg
N. J
Hershn Sarah MecCaf
M McCaffrey
Tragedy at Norristown Crossing Ends in Death and Injuries
A wagon with William Taber his 10 year old son and mother in law Mrs Mary Johnson was struck by a Chester Valley railroad train near Norristown Pa last night Mrs Johnson died soon after and Taber and his son are in a precarious condition with skull fractures The wagon was demolished but the horse survived Call withdraws from race for US Senate in Florida Chipley leads Stockton Raney Hocker Burford in ballot results as Chipleys allies push for his nomination.
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Norristown
William Taber
Mary Johnson
Chester Valley
Call
Tallahassee
Fla
United States
J. N. C. Stockton
Jacksonville
Cail
Chipley
Stockton
Raney
Hocker
Burford
Bayard Farewell Banquet Attends London Embassy Circle
The London farewell banquet for former United States ambassador Bayard drew 200 guests including Ambassador Hay and Mrs Hay, Lord Creighton Baron Russell of Killowen and many officials. Bayard lauded the strong ties with Britain and praised his successor while a log from the Mayflower was displayed. Hay thanked London society and warned against rivalries between nations as Bayard’s career was celebrated.
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London
American Society
Bayard
United States
Ambassador Hay
Hay
Lordshop of
Creighton
Baron Russell of
Delaware
Bagan
Newton Crane
Loving Cup
Mr. Bayard
Baron Russel
Ambassador Hey
Colonel Hay
England
Ulysses
France
Hike
Wand
Enbh
Chicago Police Captain Declared Insane and Committed
Chicago police captain Charles E. Aldrich was declared insane yesterday and will be sent to the Elgin asylum. Years earlier he suffered a heavy blow to the head during street car riots.
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Chicago, Mary
Charles E. Aldrich
Elgin Asylum
Balds Challenge to Cooper Sets July to August Match
Eddie Bald deposits 500 dollars with J W Brigham bicycle editor of The Evening Post to bind a match with Tom Cooper between July 1 and August 1. Cooper's friends say he will accept.
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Bald
Cooper
Louisville
Eddie Bald
J. W. Brigham
The
Evening Post
Tom Cooper
Ex Grain Inspector Indicted for Embezzlement in Illinois
The Chicago grand jury handed seven indictments against Dwight W. Andrews former state grain inspector and Benjamin F. Jenkins former office cashier accusing embezzlement of state funds. Andrews allegedly stole 14459 and Jenkins 3200 with bonds set at 2500 and 9000 respectively. Locating details placed Andrews in Owatonna Minnesota and Jenkins in Chicago, with a deputy sheriff sent to track Jenkins.
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iMinots
Grenad
Chicago
Dwight W. Andrews
Andrews
Owattona
Minn
Jenkins
Joplin
Sherif
Recorder Taylor's Successor Washington May
C H J Taylor the colored recorder of deeds for the District of Columbia met at the White House and is expected to resign today with ex Representative Cheatham of North Carolina as his successor. Taylor came from Kansas City. The Ten messee Coal, Iron and Railroad company signed a new wage scale with Pratt City miners on a sliding scale tied to iron prices, reducing wages.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Jellico
Taylor
Washington
C. H. J. Taylor
District of Columbia
White House
Cheatham
North Carolina
Kansas City
Birmingham
Ala
Tenmessee Coal, Iram and Railroad Company
Pratt City
West Pratt
Trolley Companies Defeated in Harrisburg Fight
In Harrisburg a house vote blocked a resolution to set a special order for the Young bill granting trolley companies eminent domain. The measure failed 52 to 0 with two-thirds requirement not met. In Allentown a farmer Franklin Flores found his mother dead in the kitchen, burned to death, believed due to apoplexy.
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Harrisburg
Allentown
Franklin Flores
Dillingesville
Iowa Legislature Makes Wild Rose State Flower
The Iowa legislature passed a law declaring the wild rose the official state flower. A congressional push aims to curb sugar trust influence on the tariff schedule. In New Orleans non-Episcopalian clergy seek Bishop Sessums trial for heterodoxy. Honolulu reports the Hawaiian government shifting Asiatic labor to white labor to aid annexation. Policeman Molth, transporting a prisoner to Albany, leaped from a fast train and recaptured the escapee. neither was seriously hurt.
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Iowa
Congress
New Orleans
Davis Sessums
Protestant Episcopal Church
Louisiana
Honolulu
Molth
Albany
Woes of mine workers prompt Wilkesbarre inquiry testimony
Mayor Nichols of Wilkesbarre cites destitution among miners amid declining coal output. Testimony from EL Law of Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal Co and A J Davis of Warrior Run notes wage scales, rising costs to ship coal, and shortages. Fund relief aided 228 families since April while immigrant labor fuels wage pressures.
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Wilkesharre
EL EL Law
Lehigh and Withesharre Cont Company
Weming
Lehigh
Wyermaling
bin Lawall
Lehbrh and
Witkhesbarre Company
Sodojou
Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Company
Osoick Air
Luwolh
A. J. Davis
Warrior Hun
Nichols
Mary
Poland
Hungary
Daniel Edwards
Kingston Coal Company
Edwards
Lake Fisheries SA scheme targets fishing interests
A secret meeting discussed a project to control fishing interests and form a central English capital, with Booth Packing and Chicago concerns represented. fish businesses urged to attend as plans to corner all fishing activities were advocated by leaders in the Lake Fisheries scheme.
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Tag SA
Lnrows
Engish
A. Booth
Tragic Gas Incident After Train Crash Near Oak 7
In Yonkers New York Fannie Scott and her 5 year old grandnephew George McKenzie were found dead in a sleeping apartment of Mrs Scott's summer cottage. Gas was pouring from an open burner and investigators believe the woman turned off the stopcock by mistake before retiring. The Chicago Express halted earlier and no one was injured. The bodies were found yesterday. the family lived at Mott Haven New York.
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Asbury Park
Fannie Scott
Yonkers N.Y
George McKenzie
Mott Haven
N. Y
Ohio Republican State Convention to Meet in Toledo
The Republican state central committee met in Columbus and set the state convention for June 22 and 23 in Toledo with 1,050 delegates, the largest in state party history. Hon. Charles H. Grosvenor of Athens serves as temporary chairman and John H. Malloy of Columbus as temporary secretary.
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Ohio
Columbus
Republican State Central Committee
Toledo
Charles H. Grosvenor
Athens
John H. Malloy
Finance and Trade News From New York and Elsewhere
Finance and trade reports show a 10 percent drop in April sales in major eastern cities from peak levels, with 6.1 percent higher than last April. 357 city reports indicate sustained legitimate trade amid price fears, with fewer business failures though cotton mills show larger liabilities. 1890s style: university embezzlement case in Washington and a Beaverton couple who died within a day of each other, aged 100 and 102.
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Apri
New York
G. Dun & Co
Rocky Monn
Mercantile Agency
Nexrly
New Bedford Mills
Yesterday's Baseball Scores From National and Atlantic Leagues
Reported games include AL Veston-Hoston 5 Washington at Pittsburg Pittsboro 7 Cincinnati 3 and AL PhiladelphiaBaltimore 12 Philadelphia 1. Brooklyn New York 7 Crooklyn 5 with various other scores from Scranton Buffalo Wilkesbarre and Providence Syracuse and Newark Paterson Lancaster Reading Athletic Richmond Norfolk.
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National League
AL Veston
Hoston
Washington
Pitburg
Pittsboro
Cinccinnati
AL Pathedelphia
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
New York
Crooklyn
Ille
Loutaville
St. Lori
Scranton
Buffalo
Wilkesbarre
Springfield
Hocheater
Providence
Syracuse
Newark
Paterson
Lancaster
Huartford
Reading
Athletic
Richmond
Norfolk
Narrow professional stock market shows little change at New York
May 7 reports a highly narrow market with Western Union absorbing over a fifth of daily volume. Most stocks were inactive or moved within small ranges as offerings signaled mild firmness in some later notes, with mixed commodity and livestock prices across Philadelphia and New York markets.
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New York
Western Union
Clomng
Balto, & Ohio
Lehigh Valley
Chesa
Ohio
N. J. Central
Del
Fraudson
Central
DBL
Pennsylvania
Erie
Reading - Wes iLuke Erie & W
St. Paul
Philadelphia
Stern Creamery
Dow Ter
Syaite
Eigins
Mery
New York Dairy
Southern
Land Deed Transfer Involving Charles L. Brokes Executors
Charles L. Brokes as executor transfers 7 scraps 2 roods 18 perches of land to Jammem J. and Charles D. M. Macklay for $365.34. The transaction records a conveyance of property and the agreed payment in the historic units of land measurement.
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Charles L. Brokes
Jammem J
Charles D. M. Macklay
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National Building Association OF
Baltimore City
ENEST
J. Enare, Jr
Same
D. Mason J. Wesley Guest
Renese J. Knabe, Jr
Wm. Kashe & Co
Clinton P. Paine
Paine & McLaran
Thomas W. Hall
Wilbur F. Jackebor
Continental Nail Bank
Edward Bainr
James D. Mason
James D. Mato2 Co
Cracker Mira
N. Winslow Williams
WM. P. Harvey
L. McD
Prichard
Garer Johnson, Soleagen
Frederick, MD
Monumental Savings and Loan Association
EACS
J. L. Massey
Carlin House
Frederick
F. Dorsey Owens
Hamilton Lindsay
Treas
F. ¥. Buxton
Jefferson
Devilbiss
Liberty
Emdawly
William A. Mansfield
Rederick, MD. I
Ernest Helfenstein
West Patrick Street
Lee Johnson
Attorney-At-Law
Sourt Square
Frederick, AB
iSsi
Bex Manufacturies Co
Sally
Siebel
Lexeen
Nore
Anna Giering
Taraty
Vate Seal
Wwe
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Wisconsin
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Paris
Duc d’Aumale
Zuecco
Sicily
Duchiesse d
Michigan
Bey
Boushton
Mich
John Thomas
Tamarack
Thomas Hed
Allegan
Eddy Shannon
Detroit
Lew Agnew
Jersey City
Shannon
Mi Bayards
Ambaador Hay
Manny Lyell
Advent
Spalding
Charles and Globe Savinto Court
Chapman
Davis
Elverton R. Chapman
Sugar Trust
My Havemeyer
Princeton
New Haven
Yale
House of Representatives
Edward Hicks Hume
Herbert W. Fisher
Edward L. Smith
H. H. Yocum
N.S. Reeves
It. EB
Sterling
Collins
Merchants’ National Bank of
Ocala
Colling
Finance and Trade
Beaverton, Gnt
Amy S—Iv
Graham
Hags East Liberty
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