Calbert the Hero of a Vaudeville Night
A veteran performer named Calbert is recalled as brave and upright after a brutal incident in Memphis. He defends a woman from a drunken abuser, intervenes during a knife act, and later foils an attempted murder with a pistol, saving the moment and earning audience acclaim. The story ends with Calbert's act stabilizing the troupe and the villain's downfall earned elsewhere.
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Calbert
Empire
Memphis
the Grand
Caldert
Backalbert
Athene
Calvert
Roosevelt Invited to Lead Mining Congress on Gold Plate
President Roosevelt received a gold plate invitation to attend the mining congress in Lead, Dakota Territory, next September. The plate, measuring two and three-fourths by five inches, was not large enough for a dinner but demonstrated the gold produced by the Black Hills.
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Roosevelt
Lead
8. D
Black Hills
New York City Employees Reach 45 208 in Municipal Service
The New York municipal service totals 45 208 workers with 12 000 teachers and 10 000 from police and fire departments.
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New York City
New York
Mississippi State News No Lynchings This Year
Mississippi reports no lynching incidents through April, while state courts issue more death sentences than in any two-year span since the Civil War. Officials note the paradox of legal executions possibly curbing mob violence and record widespread court activity amid crime studies. Also mentions Ardmore unrest, Choctaw movement through Jackson, and a dealer guiding Indian land sales.
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Mississippi
Corner Stone Day Plans and Veteran Rider at 91
Capt Lafayette Montgomery of Madison county will attend the corner stone laying of the new state house on June 3 and will ride horseback from his 20 mile journey. He is 91 and keeps active on his old mare, a companion for two decades. He witnessed the 1839 corner stone laying and received a special invitation from the capitol commission. He remains a leading farmer in Madison county.
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Lafayette Montgomery
Madison County
Capt. Montgomery
Horse Lick
Old State House
Capitol Commission
Decoration Day Plans for Confederate Veterans Event
Claiborne Camp of Port Gibson prepares for the annual Decoration Day with ex governor Lowry delivering the Confederate Veterans address and Congressman Benj Humphreys speaking for the Sons of Veterans. Attendance is expected to be large.
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Claiborne Camp
Confederate Veterans
Port Gibson
Lowry
Benj. G. Humphreys
Congress
Third
Sons of Veterans
Tragic Self-inflicted Gun Accident at Greenville Depot
Grant Ward a Black driver for the Southern Express Company died in the Greenville office last week when a pistol carried on his belt exploded after striking a counter as he transferred express matter. The bullet penetrated his skull and he died instantly.
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Grant Ward
Southern Express Company
Greenville
Rail line grading advances toward Laurel to Bay Springs
The grading work for the Mobile Jackson and Kansas City railroad main line through Laurel is progressing well. With the current favorable weather trains are expected to run from Mobile over the new line through Laurel to Bay Springs soon, as grading continues north and south of Laurel and within the corporate limits.
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Mobile, Jackson & Kansas City Railroad
Laurel
Mobile
Bay Springs
Jasper County
Canton City Marshal Recovers Embezzler From New Orleans
City Marshal J W Owen returned from a fishing trip with Sam Ward, a black man who in January embezzled 300 dollars from Will Lutz, a cattle dealer. Ward had been a trusted buyer, with access to sums up to a thousand dollars. Owen, seeking four months, learned Ward was in New Orleans and wired the police chief to arrest him.
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J. W. Owen
Canton
New Orleans
Sam Ward
Will Lutz
Ward
Marshal Owen
Aberdeen city crackdown targets two blind tigers
City Marshal J B McKinney nabbed two blind tigers last week and brought them to grief. Lela Nabers who runs a lunch house on Lower Commerce street and Joh Kerns a Federal Court witness from Attala county, both negroes, were convicted by Mayor Acker and fined 500 dollars and sentenced to ninety days imprisonment. The fine will be worked off on the streets after the imprisonment is served.
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J. B. McKinney
Aberdeen
Lela Nabers
Commerce Street
Joh Kerns
Attala County
Acker
Central State drought slows crops as rain sought
Drouth in the central section of the State is beginning to affect crops and farmers are anxious for rain. Ground is hard and seed cannot germinate. Two cold days have set vegetables back but no frost has occurred in this section.
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Drouth
Uneasiness Over Smallpox Diminishes As Clarity Grows
The medical fraternity disagrees on the name of the malady with many calling it chickenpox. No new cases are reported. School is expected to resume at once. The university and the Women's College report no trouble from the rumor.
Tornado Hits Columbus Leveling church and homes
A tornado struck Columbus causing severe damage across the city including the Second Methodist Church and several small houses in the Robertson addition. Fences trees and grounding wires were toppled but no lives were lost.
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Columbus
Second Methodist
Robertson Addition
Port Gibson Clerks Push Early May City Closing
Port Gibson clerks seek to have employers implement the early closing move starting May 1 instead of June 1. If granted, business houses would close each evening at 6 30 from May 1 to September 1.
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Port Gibson
Hickory Flat Residents Plan Oak Chili Tubbe Mineral Resort
Citizens of Hickory Flat announce plans to develop the Oak Chili Tubbe mineral springs near the old Indian town into a resort. Local belief holds the waters have curative powers for certain diseases, though the springs have not yet been developed.
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Hickory Flat
Prison convoy returns to Mississippi convict farms
Traveling Sergeant Mc Caskill will escort convicts from the Delta back to Dulaney and McLaurin farms in Issaquena and Sharkey counties. Floodwaters from a levee break near Greenville have receded enough to allow the prisoners to resume farm work this week with preparations underway.
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McCaskill
Delta
Dulaney
McLaurin
Issaquena
Sharkey
Greenville
Six Birmingham runaways rounded up by Columbus police
Columbus police captured six youngsters from Birmingham last week and sent them home. The runaways were reported by local authorities and returned to their guardians.
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Columbus
Birmingham
Newton Special Election Adopts City Code Provisions
A Newton special municipal election last week decided to bring the town under the provisions of the 189% code for charters of municipalities. The result was 55 for the code provisions to 1 against.
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Newton
M'Kinney the Outlaw Shot Dead in Bakersfield
James McKinney an outlaw was killed in a Bakersfield Chinese joss house after a siege by Deputy Sheriff Tibbitts and local officers. Will Tibbits Packard and McKinney exchanged fire. McKinney killed, Tibbits mortally wounded, Packard severely wounded and another suspect captured as the building burned. Authorities trace McKinney’s past killings from Tulare to Porterville and Ringwan, with extradition attempts from Mexico.
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Bakersfield
Cal
James McKinney
Tibbitts
Packard
Kelly
Kern
Collins
Tulare
Leovin
Arizona
Will
Burt Tibbits
Gus Tower
McKinney
Will Tibbits
al Hulse
Hulse
California
Tulare County
Randsburg
Tom Sears
Porterville
Billy Lynn
John Willis
Eature
Hermosillo
Mex
Indictments Out in Missouri Bribery Case
Senator Buell Matthews of St Louis county faces a $5,000 bond after Cole county grand jury returns four indictments on bribe charges. Daniel J Kelley of New York is also indicted for alleged bribery attempts involving Lieut Gov Lee. Gov Dockery issues a requisition for Kell ey and Detective Tracy travels to New York with the papers. Grand jury members and court officials testified as the panel adjourned to April 27 to resume proceedings. Attorney General Crow says the indictments rest on strong evidence.
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Gov
Dockery
Odell
New York
Crow Sage
Jefferson City
Buell Matthews
St. Louis County
Cole County
Hazell
Matthews
Daniel J. Keidy
Lee
Tracy
St. Louis
Kelley
Circuit
Folk
Cole County Grand Jury
Marshall
Scott County
Hugh J. Koenig
J. B. Crumbaugh
Senate
John E. Price
Olean
Morgan County
Crow
Greeks Riot in Chicago Easter Night Clash with Police
In Chicago on Easter Sunday a Greek crowd near the Greek Catholic church on Johnson street rioted after an arrest. Policemen Cohen and bystander Henry Oppenheimer fired on the mob, wounding three leaders and two others. Cohen and Oppenheimer were bruised but escaped to a saloon until reinforcements arrived.
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Chicago
Cohen
Henry Oppenheimer
Stander
Johnson Street
Nick Rizzuto
Oppenheimer
James Chipanvitz
John Lobers
Stricken in the pulpit Rev Dr Horton Dies at 58
Rev Dr Francis A Horton pastor of Temple Presbyterian in Philadelphia collapsed during a Sunday night sermon to young men and died soon after at his home. He was 58 and previously led churches in Oakland Cleveland and Providence.
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Philadelphia
Francis A. Horton
Presbyterian Church
Temple Presbyterian Church
Horton
Oakland
Cal
Cleveland
Providence
R. I
Death of Reading Eagle founder Jesse G Hawley at 63
Jesse G Hawley proprietor and founder of the Reading Eagle died Sunday evening at age 63. He was noted for his charity and liberality in education.
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Reading
Jesse G. Hawley
The
Reading Eagle
Foulke Likely to Resign from Civil Service Board
Washington April 20 Civil Service Commissioner William D Foulke considers resignation from the commission but no final decision is expected until the president returns and a discussion with him is planned.
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Washington
Civil Service
William D. Foulke
Foulke
Three Kentuckians Drown In Michigan Lake Accident
Kalkasia Michigan April 20 The capsize of a rowboat on a small lake six miles east of Kalkasia caused a triple drowning Sunday. Victims are John Victor his wife and Maggie Fuetz Mrs Vietor s sister all from Kentucky. They sank six rods from shore in six foot water.
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Kalkasia
Mich
John Victor
Maggie Fuetz
Rev. Dr. Howard Smith Dies at 53 in Philadelphia
Rev. Dr. Howard Smith dean of the Reformed Episcopal seminary in Philadelphia and professor of dogmatic theology died suddenly Friday at the age of 53. He was a prominent church leader and educator with long service in the institution.
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Philadelphia
Howard Smith
Reformed Episcopal Seminary
Textile workers face lockout in Lower Rhine region
In Crefeld, Rhine Province, the association of textile industry employers ordered a lockout of all workers starting May 4 after strikers at one factory did not return to work on Saturday.
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Crefeld
Rhenish Prussia
Association Employers of the Textile Industry
Lower Rhine
Forty-Niner William Alexander Henry Hedenberg Dies
New York April 19 William Alexander Henry Hedenberg a California Forty Niner died Friday of cerebral hemorrhage. He was born in Newark New Jersey in 1590.
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New York
Alexander Henry Hedenberg
California
Mr. Hedenberg
Newark
N. J
Missouri mules aim for strong presence at St Louis World’s Fair
Mr N H Gentry of Sedalia urged Chief Coburn of the Louisiana Purchase exposition to hire a capable canvasser to reach Missouri mule owners and stress the need for a large mule exhibit. The plan targets the mule as a major livestock feature, noting past underrepresentation and the rising profile due to war service.
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St. Louis
N. H. Gentry
Sedalia
Missouri Commission
Coburn
Chicago
Livestock Department
Gentry
Statues of Napoleon Jefferson and Missouri for World’s Fair
The Missouri Commission sets aside 30000 to bronze three statues for Forest Park. Napoleon by Daniel C. French Jefferson by J. Q. A. Ward and Missouri symbol by Sterling Calder will occupy Terrace of States with placements by Grand Basin and Education and Electricity buildings. Cornerstone of the Missouri building to be laid May 2.
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St. Louwis
Missouri Commission
Forest Park
Napoleon
Daniel C. French
Jefferson
J. Q. A. Ward
Missouri
Grand Basin
Sterling Calder
Jerusalem concession awarded for Fair exhibit hill site
The Jerusalem Exhibit Co awards a $500,000 contract to Dunnavant & Co for constructing Jerusalem at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. The pavilion will sit on the eastern slope south of the Machinery Building, using the cedar grove to depict the Vale of Kedron. It is the first concession under contract for the fair.
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J. Louis
Jerusalem
Jerusalem Exhibit Co
Jnc. J. Dunnavant & Co
Kedron
Lipton's America's Cup challenger dismasted in squall
Sir Thomas Lipton's new challenger for the America's Cup was dismasted after a squall near Weymouth. The mast fell overboard with crew, one man drowned, and Lipton and others were injured. The ship was towed into harbor after further mast damage. The death was a brother-in-law of Captain Wringe. Edward IV sent sympathy from Valletta.
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Weymouth
England
Thomas Lipton
Shamrock I
Thomas
Wringe
Sir Thomas
Edward
Valetta
Malta
Indictments at San Juan Reported in Cable
The Justice Department received a cablegram from the U S attorney at San Juan Puerto Rico stating true bills were returned today against Merritt of the navy Lowndes of the marines Crabbs army Giles and Butler civilians in pending smuggling cases.
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Washington
Department of Justice
United States
San Juan
Merritt
Navy
Lowndes
Crabbs
Giles
Butler
Pettingill
Methodist Editor Edward Drinkhouse Dies in Baltimore
Baltimore April 20 Rev Edward J Drinkhouse 78 years old longtime editor of the Methodist Protestant and author of a church history died at his home in Baltimore He served eighteen years as editor and his writings are regarded as authority on the denomination
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Baltimore
Edward J. Drinkhouse
Methodist Protestant
Illinois Divine Dead: Davis Johnson D. D. Dies at 65
Davis Johnson D D clerk of the Presbyterian synod of Illinois died in National City on Friday aged 65. He served as Illinois synod clerk for 20 years and was pastor of Second Church Springfield for 14 years and seven years at Hinsdale.
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San Diego
Cal
Leader of Palermo Mafia in America Arrested in Barrel Murder
New York reports Giuseppi Morello, alleged head of the Palermo Mafia in America, is arrested amid the slaying of a stranger found murdered in a barrel. Authorities say 13 others are implicated or in custody as papers and letters point to a long-running blackmail ring preying on wealthy Italians in New York and vicinity.
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New York
Drickmailers
America
Giuseppi Morello
Palermo
Morello
Corterie
McClusky
Schmittberger
New York Boy Testifies to City Crime Ring
Solomon Hellerstein, a Manhattan boy, tells a Brooklyn court of a crime academy run by two men known as the Boston Brothers. He says a 30-strong gang ages 12 to 19 operated across the city, sharing stolen gains and threatening members, including a pocketbook theft of $60 from a woman at Union Street.
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New York
Brooklyn
Solomon Herrelstein
Manhattan
Union Street
Hellerstein
Young Hellerstein
Germania Sails Again After Propeller Loss
The French steamer Germania, bound for Naples, was seen returning to port off Highlands Saturday morning after losing two blades from its propeller about 200 miles east of Sandy Hook.
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New York
Naples
Highlands
Sandy Hook
Collision Kills Dr. Chas. Howard in Indianapolis Area
An interurban car collided with an automobile Saturday in Indianapolis area killing Dr. Chas. Howard of St. Paul Indiana and seriously injuring Richard Rice of Indianapolis.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Chas. Howard
St. Paul
Richard Rice
President Mitchell to Meet Union Board on Anthracite Dispute
Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania April 20 President Mitchell of the United Mine Workers will arrive today to meet the executive board of the three anthracite districts and help settle disputed points in the strike commission award.
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Wilkesbarre
Mitchell
United Mine Workers
Lease of former President Kruger sold at auction
Pretoria notes an auction on Saturday sold the lease owned by former President Kruger for 70,000.
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Pretoria
Kruger
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