Riots in Russia Grow Troop Reluctance to Fire on People
A St. Petersburg report dated April 30 notes the most serious feature of the crisis as troops show reluctance to act against rioters. The same dispatch says 57 officers were arrested after refusing to fire on mobs in Moscow, with marines to be disciplined similarly. Miners and mills in Novorossiysk shut for winter, workers return to villages increasing famine pressures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Voronej
Kharkoff
South Russiia
Novorossik
Black Sea
London
Reuter’s Telegram Co
Sumy
Moscow
Swindler With Seven Aliases Nets $12 000 From Hotels
New York on May 3 reports a con artist using two credit letters and seven aliases to defraud hotel keepers across midland and eastern cities of about 12000 dollars. The bogus checks traced to Earl First Co of California and linked to names including Hoffman Cotterall Dalley Webster Bissell Gordon Steuben. Operations spread through Portland Maine Boston Albany Springfield Massachusetts Syracuse Indianapolis Troy Buffalo Pittsboro Springfield New London and Hartford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
National Hotel Keepers Protective Association
Middlewestern
Earl First Co
Caliifornia
Or. Hoffman
C. A. Cotterall
Jas. Dalley
A. BR. Webster
W. G. Bissell
H. PD. Gordon
L. QO. Steuben
Cldies
Jubit
Portland
Boston
Albany
Springfield
Maas
Syracuse
Indianapoli
Troy
Buffalo
Pittsboro
New London
Hartford
Dalzell Oil Authorizes Lake Erie & Ohio River Ship Canal
Washington May 1 Chairman Davittean of the committee on rafinas and canals reports favorably the Dalzell oil bill authorizing formation of the Lake Erie and Ohio River Ship Canal Co. to build a 122 mile canal from the Ohio River near Pittsburgh to Lake Erie near Ashtabula. The canal would be 60 feet wide and 15 feet deep with no locks and would be funded entirely by private capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Davittean
Rafinas and Canals
Thy
Dalzell Oil
Lake Erie & Ohi River Ship Canal Co
Ohio River
Pittsburgh
Lake Erie
Ashtabula
Roosevelt Delivers Felicitous Speech At Lone of the American Revolution Banquet
In Washington a banquet at the New Willard hotel closed the annual congress of the Lone of the American Revolution with nearly 400 attendees. President Roosevelt attended as a noted car patriot and delivered a felicitous speech.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
New Willard Hotel
Roosevelt
Fitz Starts For San Francisco Heavyweight Title Fight
May 3 report says Bob Fitzsimmons will start for San Francisco on Saturday to face Jim Jeffries for the heavyweight championship. He travels with his wife and Soldier Tom Wilson as his sparring partner and trainer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fitz
San Francisco
New York
Bob Fitzsimmons
Jim Jeffries
Bob
Tom Wilson
Fitzsimmons
Denver Gas Explosion Injures Five in Chemical Tank Incident
Five persons were severely injured when a tank of chemicals exploded during gas generation for stereopticon view displays. The most serious victim is Dr. Perry K. Pratt, whose hands and face were buried by debris and who may lose his eyesight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Col
Perry K. Pratt
Roosevelt Donates to Fund for Mrs. Foster Monument
President Roosevelt sends a contribution to the fund for a monument to Mrs. Rebecca Salome Foster the Torabs Angel who perished in the Parke Avenue hotel fire in New York on May 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Roosvelt
Rebecca Salome Foster
Torabs Angel
Parke Avenue Hotel
Earthquake Becomes Grim Blow to Guatemala City
A cable from Guatemala to a San Francisco shipping firm reports more than 1 000 lives lost in the April 13 quake. The disaster left many homeless and caused vast material losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Franciso
Republic
Cotton Mills in Holyoke to Close Indefinitely
In Holyoke Massachusetts a Syrian owned cotton mill employing about 1400 workers will shut down for an undetermined period after mule spinners demanded a ten percent wage increase. Fire disaster reported in Yokohama Lakayenan area follows this.
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Holyoke
Masa
General strike probable in Hazleton district
Hazleton Pennsylvania May 5. Miners expect a near general strike after failure of operators and United Mine Workers to agree. District boards may order a work suspension at Scranton on Wednesday, with three fourths of local miners organized. If declared, operations halt at every colliery. many mines idle winter floods. Miners claim they can live cheaply in summer while companies hold small anthracite stocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazleton
United Mine Workers
Scranton
Rush of Immigrants Sets New New York Records
The Port of New York saw a surge of arrivals in four months to April 30 totaling 178 604 immigrants, beating previous years. January through April counts show 13 243, 22 590, 67 175, and 73 687 arrivals respectively, with Ellis Island processing 12 340 on Saturday and Sunday and 1 000 more left aboard the Tartar Prince to be landed Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Co.ltn
Nrpean
Ellis Island
Potter Palmer Dies at Age of Chicago Prominent Banker
Potter Palmer of Chicago a long time leading businessman died Sunday evening at his Lakeshore Drive home. After weeks of nervous disorder he seemed better but suddenly collapsed at 5 46 PM and died. Doctors could not determine a direct cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Potter Palmer
Lakeshore Drive
Mr. Palmer
Fire destroys Wells elevator in Buffalo river area
A midnight blaze at the Wells elevator on Buffalo river near Indiana street destroyed the building and its grain inside. Loss estimated at 225000 with the Wilkinson elevator nearby scorched and adjacent docks and sheds sustaining minor damage. The blast preceded the roof bursts on two sides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
N. Y
Wells
Buffalo River
Indiana Street
Cleveland and
Stormes Hit St Louis. Fires From Lightning Damage Plant
A Sunday storm brought wind and rain to St Louis causing minor damage and several fires from lightning. One fire destroyed a washine shop and part of the William and Philip Mardart patent puller plant in South St Louis, with losses estimated at $250,000, partly insured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Wachine
William and Philip Madart
Train wreck near Rochester kills man and injures engineer
The "re Wet" train used to carry railroad workers from Conway yards to Rochester derailed between Freedom and Rochester Sunday evening. The engine jumped the track and overturned. Charles Lewsh of Freedom was killed and Engineer A. J. Stacy, also of Freedom, was fatally hurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
Conway Yards
Freedom
Charles Lewsh
A. J. Stacy
Wedded: the Next Day on a Sullivan County Farm
Willam Fitzgerald a Sullivan county farmer buried his wife on Thursday and married Minnie Stephens the cook and maid of all work the next day on his farm near Blountville Tennessee.
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Knoxville
Tens
Willam Fitzgerald
Sullivan Country
Minnie Stephens
Blountville
President Elect Palma’s Movements
President elect Estrada Palma left Santiago de Cuba Sunday for Santa Cruz and will travel to Cienfuegos Matanzas and Havana. He is due back in Havana May 11.
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Palma
Santiago de Cuba
Estrada Palma
Santa Cruz
Cienfuegos
Matanzar
Havana
McGraw Suspended by President Over Baltimore Incident
Chicago May 5 John J McGraw manager of the American league team has been suspended by President Johnson for five days The suspension stems from the brawl in Baltimore Thursday in which a policeman was injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McGraw
Chicago
John J
Johnson
Baltimore
Moro Fort Captured After Gallant Assault at Bayan
Washington confirms Brig. Gen. George W. Davis reports Bayan surrendered unconditionally after a bold assault on the principal Moro fort. Col. Frank D. Baldwin led a hand to hand fight in four lines of ditches with Moros dead around the walls. One American officer and seven enlisted men killed. four officers and 37 enlisted wounded.
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Washington
War Department
Chaffee
Sultan Bayan
George W. Davis
Hayan
Bayan
Raja Muda Bayan
Sultan
Andapstanana
Frank DD. Baldwin
Wberts
Datta
Manbang
Sultan Tarlac
War Bayan
United States
Congressman Peter J. Otey Dies in Lynchburg
Congressman Peter J. Otey of Virginia's Sixth district died in Lynchburg on Sunday afternoon. He had been named to accompany the late Congressman Cummings’ remains to New York but notified the speaker he was too ill to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Peter J. Otey
Virginia
Lynchburg
House of Representatives
Otey
Cummings
New York
England and Scotland Play In Birmingham Drawn Match
The international football game between England and Scotland, declared no game after the Glasgow disaster of April 5, was replayed in Birmingham before 60 000 spectators and ended in a draw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
Scotland
Glasgow
Birmingham
Admiral Schley Visits Lookout Mountain Party
Adm. Schley spent three hours on Lookout Mountain in Chattanooga on Sunday morning. He was accompanied by Gen. Boynton Col. Frank G. Smith of the Chickamauga park commission and members of local entertainment committees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ade. Schley
Lookout Mountain
Chattanooga
Tenn
Adm
Schley
Gen. Boynton
Frank G. Smith
Chickamauga Park Commission
Fire kills fifty in Mit Gamti Egypt amid heat wave
A blaze in Mit Gamti on the Damietta branch of the Nile killed fifty people. The intense heat fed the flames destroying thousands of native residences and two hundred stores, leaving extensive property damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Egypt
Mit Gamti
Damietta
Nile
Wave of Jewish Emigration From Roumania Reported
The Neu Freie Presse states that systemic persecution prompts 3000 Jewish families totaling 32000 people to depart Roumania for the United States within days, moving as a large migration event in Vienna on May 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Neu Freie Presse
Roumania
United States
Fishermen Drown as Japanese Fleet Hit by Havoc
Report from Yokohama states two fishermen drowned off the west coast of Japan as a typhoon battered the fishing fleet. The Japanese cruiser Musashi ran aground but her crew were saved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yokohama
Japan
Musashi
The Gift of God to Enduring Hope in Christ
This sermon extols God's gift of Jesus Christ as the ultimate, enduring blessing beyond compare to pagan legends. It traces biblical witnesses from Enoch to John and Paul, urges belief for eternal life, contrasts worldly riches with heavenly promises, and closes with a call to accept salvation now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Greece
God
Jesus
Christ
Earth
Heaven
David
Christ Jesus
Papa
Woman Rings the Grace Church Chimes
The Grace church bell system now uses an electric keyboard operated by Misa Bertha Thomas, a woman, to ring the nine-note chime. The old method with nine bell ringers has been replaced by electricity, with the keyboard connected to the bells via an electrical attachment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Church
New York Sun
Misa Bertha Thomas
Little Girl Thanks Judge After Lenient Court Sentence
A well dressed girl and Rev. Wheeler visited Judge Stubbs in Indianapolis to thank him. The girl said her father, a former drunkard, was spared by the court and promised to abstain, a pledge he kept while taking a steady job in a large company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Wheeler
Stubbs
Indianapolis Woman Dies of Smallpox in Quarantine
Mrs Joshua Collins of Southport died from smallpox due to refusing medical care on religious grounds. The Church of God community has 12 other infected members before health officers intervened. A quarantine is set in the village and physicians are in charge of the patients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Joshua Collins
Southport
Church of God
Collins
X rays Show Cure for Cancer in Indianapolis Patient
In Indianapolis on May 5, a 64 year old man, Thomas Maher, treated at the city hospital, received 27 X ray exposures under Dr Joe Wright. The cancer of the face ceased growing within four weeks of treatment beginning February 2 and the patient remains under care to monitor possible return of the disease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Thomas Maher
Joe Wright
Dr. Joseph A. Tarkington Dies in Greensburg Ind
Dr. Joseph Abury Tarkington formerly of Washington D C and a well known physician there died in Greensburg Indiana. He was a member of the American Medical Association and the District of Columbia Medical Association. He was an uncle of Indiana author Booth Tarkington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Joseph Abury Tarkington
Washington, D. C
Greensburg
Washington
American Medical Association
District of Columbia’ Medical Association
Booth Tarkington
Missing Boone Grove farmer feared foul play in lake drag
Valparaiso Indiana May 3 Frank Phillips a wealthy Boone Grove farmer is missing after disputes with Cincinnati and Chicago railroad workmen. Friends fear foul play and say his body was dumped in the local lake which will be dragged. he carried a large sum of money on his person when last seen.
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A. N. Kellogg Newspapapier Co
Chicago
Johnois
Enoch
God
Elijah
Earth
Elisha
Peter
James
John
Galilee
Palestine
Baal
Jesus
Stephen
Heaven
Paul
Jesus Christ
John the Beloved
New Jerusalem
Christ
Abraham
Tod
Judea
David
Christ the Lord
Cild
Valparaiso
Ind
Frank Phillips
Boone Grove
Cincinnati & Chicago
Remarkable spinal surgery succeeds in Indiana
Indianapolis May 2 One of the most remarkable operations in Indiana surgical progress was successfully completed by Dr Albert E Sterne and assistants. They reduced a fracture of the backbone near the base of the brain in a historic procedure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
Albert E. Sterne
Iron Workers Strike Hits Indianapolis
Only one union in Indianapolis went on strike Thursday with sixty structural Iron workers quitting work demanding an eight hour day and a ten percent raise. Deadlock could trigger sympathy strikes from other unions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Iron Workers
Indianapolis
Ind
Structural Iron
Fugitive Frank Hedges Captured After Urbana Hideout
Indianapolis authorities identified a man arrested in a thatched den near Urbana Illinois as Frank Hedges sought for attempting to shoot Patrolmen Alberts and Samuels weeks earlier. He lived there with his wife and child under the alias Frank Wolfe and was brought to Indianapolis Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Urbana
Ill
Frank Wolfe
Frank Hedges
Alberts
Samuels
Man With Green Hair in Indianapolis Blast
Ed Spencer, a young city resident, suffered severe burns to head and face when an acetylene gas experiment for a magic lantern exploded. The blast also singed his beard and hair, leaving him with vivid green hair from the flame exposure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Ed Spencer
Spencer
Hill Bros. Voluntarily Declares Bankrupt in South Bend
The missing Hill Bros. firm of South Bend Indiana filed voluntary bankruptcy in federal court on May 5. Liabilities amount to 59029 with assets of 52077.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Bend, Ind
Hill Bros
Smallpox Investigation Finds Thirty Cases in Sullivan County
Dr J N Hurty secretary of the state board of health and local doctors surveyed the northeastern part of Sullivan County and found about 30 cases of smallpox near Shelburn Star City and nearby areas. The report notes active investigation and implications for containment efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sullivan
Ind
J. N. Hurty
State Board of Health
Shelburn
Star “City
Mera
First District Red Men Meeting Held in Warsaw Indiana
The first district meeting of the Order of Red Men in Indiana was held in Warsaw with seventeen tribes from Kosciusko Noble Whitely DeKalb Huntington Wabash Fulton Marshall St. Joseph and Elkhart counties sending delegates. Leaders included Great Sachem Lewis Otto Great Senior Sagamore Charles Hicks Great Chief Records Thomas Harrison Deputy Great Sachem William Bullers. A banquet at Armory hall drew 300 attendees as the meeting closed.
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Warsaw
Ind
Order of Red Men
Indiana
Kosciusko
Noble
Whitely
DeKar
Huntington
Wabash
Fulton
Marshal
St. Joseph
Elkhart
Lewis Otto
Crawfordsville
Armory Hall
Former Fiancé of Marconi to Wed in London Chapel
Indianapolis born Miss Josephine Holman to wed Eugene Boross of Budapest at St Margaret's chapel Westminster London on May 22. The announcement notes Holman was previously engaged to Signor Marconi, with no reason given for the breakup, and Marconi said he acquiesced to her wishes before she and her mother sailed for Europe. Boross was a passenger.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Josephine Holman
Eugene Boross
Budapest
Hungary
St. Margaret’s Chapel
Westminster
London
Jiolman
Signor Marconi
Marconi
Miss Holman
Europe
Boross
A Boy Confesses to Killing His Employer in Hammond
Arthur Meyer a nine year old boy from Lowell has confessed to killing Douglas Craft a farmer near Hammond on April eighteen. Meyer had claimed Craft shot at him and then committed suicide. Craft lay mortally wounded in the barn for twelve hours before his wife found him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hammond
Ind
Arthur Meyer
Lowell
Douglas Craft
Meyer
Craft
Miner Ed High Dies By Own Action In Fontanet
Tarre Haute Ind May 5 Ed High a coal miner killed a Polish coworker a year ago and escaped conviction as self defense. He suffered remorse and heavy drinking then took poison, gave his watch to his brother and bade his mother farewell before dying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tarre Haute
Ind
Ed High
Fontanet
High
Canton Glass Works to Move Plant After Fire
Canton Glass Works at Marion Indiana announced on May 5 that the plant would be dismantled after the current fire and relocated to Cambridge Ohio where the company operates another plant. The move is attributed to gas scarcity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Ind
Canton Glass Works
Cambridge
Kick May Result Fatality
Indianapolis May 2 Two months ago George Bone clerk of the superior court was kicked from behind injuring the spinal column. He has undergone two major operations and is now threatened with death from blood poisoning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
George Bone
Superior Court
Bone
Bank cashier Richard Davis to report for sentence
Indianapolis on May 5 reports that Richard Davis the Washington Indiana bank cashier who pleaded guilty in federal court weeks ago and was allowed to sue gamblers who won his money is ordered to report for sentence Monday morning. Davis has attempted full restitution and has repaid most of the money. his sentence may be suspended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Richard Davis
Washington
Davis
Sullivan Rejects Incorporation As City
Sullivan Ind May 2 The special election to adopt a city form of government was defeated by a three to one margin. Politics influenced the vote and Republican voters opposed the measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sullivan
Ind
Man Kills Himself After Drinking Strychnine
Bedford Indiana May 3 Charles Kelly of this city attempted suicide by placing ten cents worth of strychnine in a glass of water and drinking it. The deadly poison acted quickly ending his life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford
Ind
Chas. Kelly
John Burger Dead in Petershur t Indiana
John Burger a merchant tailor of Petershurt Indiana died Thursday morning near Evansville at about age 40. He was regarded as a leading citizen of Pike County and his estate is valued at about 50000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Burger
Evansville
Ind
John Bugger
Petershurt
Pike
County
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