Turbulent News Roundup Mixed with Deaths and Conflicts
A wide daily wire of misstate and affairs reports renewed student strife in Kiel and Kharkov Russia, notable deaths in Cincinnati and Lancaster, Serbia's diplomatic shifts, and Turkish Armenian tensions. U.S. reports include embezzlement charges in Canton, naval orders at Brooklyn Navy Yard, and a suicide in Wisconsin. A Belgrade- Bulgaria- Russia angle dominates Europe while America’s rail labor strike and prohibition debates continue. The piece ends noting student unrest at a university and a large Northern-born turnout for a Meliminary meeting.
Vast Senate activity and river rescue authorizations described
The article recounts Senate actions including authorizing the Mississippi River Commission to purchase boats for rescue work in flooded districts, debates on anti trust measures, and various House actions. It notes election case progress, global news on ships, tariffs, and events from Milwaukee to Moscow, with multiple political and legal notes.
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Bens
Misetsipi
United States
Cunedi
House
Idaho
Gray Gniebet
Hyause Senate
Fortigm
Emin Bey Enters German Service for Africa
Emin Bey accepts Major Wissmann's proposal to serve Germany in Africa at ten pounds a year. He abandons plans for travel and moves with a caravan toward Victoria Nyanza under German officers. In Zanzibar six hundred Sondanese join to support Wissmann and are sent toward Ragameya as Emin proclaims his break with Stanley and England.
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Emin Bey
Afries
Anmeownees
Stanley
Engiion
Zaxzroam
Wissmann
Bagamoyo
Apeil
Emin Pasha
Victoria
Alarming Overflood Threat in Delta Region
The Herald's Vicksburg special reports the Delta country encompassing Tucaica Coahema Bolivar Washington Sus Flower Le Flore Isaqqeena Sharkey and parts of Varee Warren faces imminent inundation. About 600 people mostly Black migrants from the Carolinas Georgia and Alabama reside there. Rail traffic stalls as floods advance and many lowland settlers lack escape routes. Fuel access remains limited due to ongoing rains.
Changes Proposed in Cleveland Presbytery Confession Revision
The Cleveland Presbytery Revision Committee reports radical changes to the Confession of Faith. It urges striking out eternal punishment for infants, rejecting the claim that all heathen are doomed, removing anti Catholicism, and dropping the Pope as anti christ reference, while stressing missionary duty and cooperation for a shortened creed.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Presbytery
Rome
Lone highwayman robs stage near Ensemia L with bullion
A lone highwayman with a Winchester robbed the Alamo stage near Ensemia L Cal. nine men were ordered to throw out bullion destined for International Company. Only small sums were found after the driver continued journey and a search failed to locate the bandit. Major Zeimpelman carried 4000 in bullion. other passengers had about 100. The $55009 shipment was detained.
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Bigtwayman
Tragic ship disaster and rail incident reported
A passenger recounts the City of Paris steamer disaster where engines strained and many travelers perished. Indianapolis note adds a Wisconsin Central railcar death by hanging using a red handkerchief, likely Frank Schmidt from Spokane Falls to Detroit with Detroit citizenship papers dated May 2 of this year.
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Indianapolis
Paris
H. D. Pierce
Wisconsin Entral
Frank Schmidt
Spokane Falls
Detroit
Murder by Wholesale in Arweom Utah? No proper title. local murder case
Judge Ree Tam sentenced Iacias Chleborad to fifty years for murdering his younger brother Joseph by strychnine last December. Neighbors recall a string of killings tied to Gracian Chleborad and his wife, with bodies dumped in an abandoned well near the "Wirtle" vicinity. The family, including three sons, faced suspicions and multiple mysterious deaths, now sparking renewed calls to dig the old well for proof of horrors to come to light.
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Kan
Ree Tam
Iacias Chleborad
Munner
Chleborad
Srick
Joseph
Stramce
Trscian
Gracian
Chiebecad
Joseph Chi
Chieborad
Berial
Chiebersi
Gracias Chleheratami
May
Nebraska
Amd
Robert
Racian
Russia Quietlyens War Rumors Amid University Closures
Reports from St Petersberg describe intensified public unease as universities close and careers of young graduates hang in the balance. Authorities restrict discussion while the Novice Vremya directs concern toward Afghanistan and India amid perceived British intrigues.
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Lespos
St. Petersberr
St. Petersburch
Isis
Ami
Pyonar
Alonz
Vremya
Afghanistan
Imilia
Murders and Whisky War in Rowan County
In Rowan County violence erupts as illicit whisky rings clash with U S revenue officers. Cooper and others are shot in ambushes and fights, as lawlessness grows amid raids that destroyed stills and threatened many locals. The era of bloodshed seems bound to escalate.
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Rowan County
Fiewrvesarus
United States Revenue Men
Cooper
Boumgartner
Tim Cooper
George Hogg
Som
Sherif
Morsing
Hiram Roberts
Futsal Tragedy in Beyepeerrel: Youths Involved in Fatal Quarrel
A boyish quarrel between John Aldridge, sixteen, and W Gleason, seventeen, led to Gleason being struck on the head with a cast and dying thirty minutes later. Aldridge was arrested but made no statement. He is Bettie Aldridge’s brother, who recently died in George Jakes’s arms. The killing is described as wanton and unprovoked.
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Jzergrussosvitz
Ind
John Aldridge
Gleason
Car Works
Gleawen
Saiis
Aldridge
Bettie Aldridge
George Jakes Ber
Gieasom
Delta Area Faces Cresting Levee Breach Threat
April 3 report from Calieh Point warns of a major levee crevasse in the Lower Mississippi Delta threatening land west of a line from Catfish Point to Latertia on the Vasa river. Describes floods across Sunflower Valley, stock removals, and river transport efforts as relief and cattle movements continue.
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Mires
Calieh Point
Yanco Telta
Misesisaippi Levee
Nethet
Catfish Point
Latertia
Vase River
Sunflower Valley
Rogue Falaya
Consolidation of State Alliance and Women’s Agricultural Wheel
A joint meeting in Trereis April 4 reports the consolidation of the State Alliance and the Agricultural Wheel under the former name. Officers from Alcorn and Lee counties begin duties to push new work across multiple counties. Lee County Alliance held its first quarterly meeting with strong business, signaling farmers’ readiness to advance collective principles nationwide. The report notes railroad damage cases, Knights of Pythias institution in Meridian, and railroad and bridge developments affecting Vicksburg and the Mississippi Valley region.
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Mese
Allisare
Tedestrial Assen
Tien
IL M
Preeti
Lee
Alabama
Levee Street
Vicksburg
Neary Sid
Jane Rhcears
Purvis
Charley Rich
Financial probes, indictments, and a river captain’s death
Ex treasurer W L Hemingway faces an audit led by Griffith and Walte aiming to expose false balances in fourteen years of office. Shelby County indicts Ben I Pullen, Memphis city register, with a reward for capture. Tennessee Republicans plan a Nashville convention. Captain Stacker S Lee of the Lee Line dies in Memphis. A cyclone hits Upson County damaging stores and mills. A Delta Fraternity meeting in Chattanooga includes members from multiple Southern universities. A railroad contract in Knoxville plans a Gadsden to southeast line with substantial capital to push toward Mexico.
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W. L. Hemingway
Mississippi
Leroy E. Douglas
Mobile
Ala
Griffith and Walte
Anisons
Bes
Grand Jury
Shelby County
Ben I. Pullen
City Register of
Memphis
Pullens
Peter
Kattaneoga
Tenn
Gadsden
Tanooga
Sota
Mexico
Sieon
Iror and Cos
Fire destroys Beck & Gariier building and nearby block
At Union City Tennessee a large three story brick factory and a block of business houses were burned with the fire beyond control when discovered after six hours. A dozen men began clearing debris to permit rebuilding. Sheriff Morris from Blount County obtained photos and identified Alan McClung as linked to Kabe Burrows gang. McClung will be tried for murder in Blount County after capture in Amory Mississippi for Buckatunna train robbery.
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Bloest
Alan
Waynesboro
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Kabe Burrows
Entlaes MecCleng
Buckatunna
Morris
Blount County
McClung
Amory, Miss
Buckatunns
Misa
Pail Judge He Died at Louisville Hotel Owner and Manager
Obituary notes Pail Judge longtime proprietor and manager of the Louisville Hotel Louisville Kentucky who rose from errand boy to partner in ownership. He retired from active duty years ago and is believed still safe. Also brief item about an old Georgia enslaved woman unaware of freedom and a fatal shooting near Aprilia Georgia with Captain Schuman killed by buckshot.
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Simety
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