Rulers of Europe hold significant meetings in France and Naples
In Naples Kaiser Wilhelm and King Emmanuel meet warmly as King Edward travels from London to Marseilles to meet President Loubet. Paris hosts Edward and Loubet in cordial talks amid Morocco tensions, with public hope for an Anglo French accord. Berlin hints at an international Morocco conference. In Naples King Victor Emmanuel and Emperor William greet each other aboard the Hohenzollern in a friendly scene.
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Kaiser Wilhelm
King Emmanuel
Naples
London
Edward
Queen Alexandra
Marseilles
Paris
Loubet
Marquis of Salisbury
Pierrefitte
Varia
Morocco
Germany
France
Berlin
Kaiser
Italy
Victor Emmanuel
Rome
Tittoni
Mirabello
William
Hohenzollern
Officers of law battle at polls in Huntington riot
Huntington, April 6. An election riot left Policeman Roy Hill fatally shot twice. Deputies Jermiah Adkins Burt Foster Ennis Bayles were wounded. Two deputies jailed. Violence arose over authority during an arrest attempt of a Black man. Police were Republicans and deputies Democrats.
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Huntington
W. Va
Roy Hill
Jermiah Adkins
Burt Foster
Ennis Bayles
Repub-Icans
Democrats
Unconscious Student in Lexington Amid Athletic Rivalry
William G. Peters, a Kentucky State College student from Kansas City, was found unconscious on a dorm sidewalk in Lexington. Authorities suspect an assault tied to college athletics rivalries. Peters later appeared in police court, J. F. Wallace was fined but the penalty was remitted. Meanwhile in Peoria, German Reform Ministers elected officers, Henry Huenimann as President and John Schaeffer as Secretary.
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Lexington
William G. Peters
Kansas City
Kentucky State College
Peters
J. F. Wallace
Peoria
Morales Accepts Collection Terms for Santo Domingo Revenues
Washington dispatch reports President Morales has accepted terms for collecting Santo Domingo revenues. Minister Dawson forwards the agreement details, marking a key step in resolving colonial financial arrangements.
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Morales
Washington
Dawson
Santo Domingo
Record for speed on Northwestern line
Boone, Iowa April 6 Engineer Wared of the Chicago Northwest ern railroad has broken the eastern Iowa division record by driving his engine from Clinton to Boone a distance of 202 miles in 189 minutes.
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Boone
Iowa
Wared
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad
Clinton
Dunne’s First Move Successful Expert Comes
Chicago dispatch reports Mayor Elect Dunne secured Glasgow’s approval for Tramways Manager Seagats to visit Chicago for street car advice. Seagats to depart May 10, following approval of a month’s furlough from the lord provost.
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Chicago
Ill
Dunne
Glasgow
Municipal Tramways
Seagats
Brighton by election shocks Balfour government
A Liberal victory in Brighton sparks a rowdy Commons scene as supporters cheer the defeat of a government candidate. Sir A. Balfour is urged to resign while Lloyd George accuses the premier of discourtesy to the house. Churchill calls it the beginning of the end amid calls for a new ministry.
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London
Commons
Brighton
Balfour
United States
Lloyd George
Lloyd-George
Winston Churchill
Sea Fight Looked For Sea Fight Looked For Goes Via Malacca
A Batavia dispatch notes Togo's fleet sighted south of Mindanao as world war talk intensifies. German embassy statements deny near peace, yet diplomacy hints peace moves failing. analysts see potential shift toward peace though no action taken. Russian losses at Mukden total 107000 with rapid rail evacuations underway. Russians repulse Chin Cheatun assault. 27 wounded. A Russian-Korean detachment drives Japanese from two positions near Kutchjiou. Japanese forces retreat toward the Mandaryn road.
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St. Petersburg
Karkovitch
Kutchjiou
Kiljou
Mandaryn
Changtufu
Miamaikan
No Cure Found for Cerebrospinal Meningitis
Experiments at Gouverneur hospital in New York conclude that diphtheria antitoxin cannot cure cerebro spinal meningitis. The illness spreads within 250 miles and 18 deaths occurred Wednesday in Greater New York. In Chicago five new malignant meningitis cases were reported by Dr. Class of the board of health.
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New York
Gouverneur Hospital
Greater
Chicago
Class
Board of Health
Murder Mystery In San Francisco Prompts Police Probe
San Francisco April 6 The headless and legless trunk of a young man was found late last night on Vallejo Street. The body, wrapped in an old blanket tied with fishermans twine, was discarded after a passerby saw a man throw the bundle away. No clues to the victim or killer were found.
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San Francisco
Cal
Vallejo Street
Tragic Lover's Quarrel Ends in Double Death at Huntsville
In Huntsville Alabama on April 6 H Ballard was shot dead by his sweetheart Oma Hardie who then fatally shot herself. The tragedy stems from a quarrel between lovers.
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Huntsville
Ala
H. A. Ballard
Oma Hardie
Five Fires Baffle Georgetown College Dormitory
Lexington Kentucky April 6 five attempts Saturday and Sunday to burn Ruckerhall the girls dormitory at Georgetown college the largest Baptist institution in the south have come to light the college authorities believe girl students started the fire.
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Lexington
Ruckerhall
Georgetown
College
South
Gas Fatal to Four in Family in New York Tenement
Four killed by illuminating gas from a defective stove in an upper East Side tenement. Victims are Mary Rogers 75 and children Helen Clark 12 Kate Clark 10 Elizabeth Clark 7. Father found the bodies. the wife and young son occupied an adjoining room.
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New York
Upper East Side
Mary Rogers
Helen Clark
Kate Clark
Elizabeth Clark
Railroad Fatalities Rise Across 1904 Accident Totals
The Interstate Commerce Commission report records 242 killed and 3,298 injured in October November and December railway accidents. Including non collision and non derailment incidents, total fatalities reach 951 with 14,027 injuries. Rev David F McGill of the United Presbyterian general assembly is critically ill from heart dilation after grip.
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Washington
United States
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pittsburg
David F. McGill
United Presbyterian General Assembly
Declare Mine Safe After Deadly Zeigler Explosion
In Zeigler Illinois Coroner J M Adams jury reports 43 miners died at the Zeigler Coal Co mine on April 3 1905 likely from afterdamp after a blasting powder explosion. The culprit remains unknown though presumed dead with the victims. Names of some identified deceased include William Atkinson John Graham and John Lindsay.
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Zeigler
Leiter
J. M. Adams
Prraakdia
John Lindsay
William Atkinson
John Graham
Zeigler Coal Company
Franklin County
Illinois
Joseph Geisler
William Baxter
Everett Jones
Rolla Campbell
Robert Davis
Jerry O. Woods
Gustave Brumick
Charles Robinson
Robert Hare
Harry Withrow
Latter Day Saints Confer on Nonpolygamy Branch Meeting
In Des Moines Iowa on April 6 a general conference of the Latter Day Saints branch that disavows polygamy convened at Lamoni with representatives from nearly every country present indicating a global reach of the non polygamy sect.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Latter Day Saints
Lamonia
Heavy Snow Sweeps Several States in Uplifted Snowfall
Louisville reports snow in northern and eastern Kentucky on April 6. Madison records a heavy snowstorm. Syracuse also begins a heavy snowstorm on April 6 as winter weather hits the region.
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Louisville
Kentucky
Madison
Wis
Syracuse
N. Y
Hotel Guests Jump as Fire Triggers Escape
Fire in the White Elephant basement on Main Street reaches the Rienza hotel upper floors in Buffalo on April 6. Forty four guests are accounted for after some jump to the pavement and others are guided to safety by firemen. Loss is listed at 40 000 dollars.
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Buffalo
White Elephant
Main Street
Rienza
National Clothiers Adopt Boycott Against Cancelled Orders
New York April 6 resolutions by the National Association of Clothiers representing the second largest manufacturing industry in the country call for a boycott of retailers who unjustifiably cancel orders or return goods.
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New York
National Association of Clothiers
Open Door Policy in Morocco Stresses World Trade Interests
Germany presents an open door policy in Morocco and the Far East while preserving the status quo to safeguard commercial and trade interests of all nations. Taft forwards the memorandum to Roosevelt as Jusserand confirms current policy with no French intent to alter it. A separate Decatur monument to Macon county Civil War soldiers is unveiled.
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Washington
Germany
United States
Berlin
Sternberg
War Department
Taft
Morrocco
Far East
Roosevelt
France
St. Petersburg
Madrid
Jusserand
Morocco
von Sternberg
Decatur
Ilinois
Macon County
Inga Hansen Case Sought Pardon By Legislature
A resolution in Springfield requests the governor inquire into Miss Inga Hansen’s case. She faces penitentiary time for swearing falsely in a damages suit against the Chicago Street Car Co. Friends say she is paralyzed, helpless, and innocent. Also reports: McKinney anti trust bill passes house. local option under fire. high school township bill advances. open shop ends strike at Inland Steel with wage cut.
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Springfield
Senate
Inga Hansen
Chicago
President Roosevelt Visits Dallas and Texas Cities
President Roosevelt arrives in Dallas amid a full city welcome driving to a public stand near the Oriental hotel where he delivers an address. The train proceeds to Waco Austin and San Antonio amid cannon fire and crowds as Dallas, Hillsboro and Waco greet him.
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Dallas
Texas
Roosevelt
Lone Star State
Oriental Hotel
Waco
Austin
San Antonio
Tex
Hillsboro
President Roosevelt
Grand Army
Throught Park
Tere
United States
Baker
Iowa Plea on Shiloh Tablets Referred by Secretary Taft
Army officers report on a proposed change to the inscriptions for the Iowa volunteer regiments tablets at Shiloh. Secretary Taft referred the matter to three General Staff officers for investigation and reports after a hearing with Gov Cummins and other interested parties.
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Washington
Earthquake Kills Eighty Percent in Dharmsala
Lahore reports that about eighty percent of Dharmsala's inhabitants were killed in the recent earthquake. The disaster leaves the city largely destroyed with heavy casualties and extensive damage to homes and infrastructure.
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Lahore
Dharmsala
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West Virginia
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Rojestvensky
Togo
Malacca
Batavia
Java
Mindanao
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Straits of Malacca
Harbin
Peeceeres
Mukden
Siberian
Kuyshu
Chinceatun
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House
Representa
Tives
Anti-Saloon League
W. H. Anderson
Sheldon
Inland Steel Company
Indiana Harbor
Ind
Shiloh
Keokuk
Edmund Jaeger
Jaeger
White Bear
Minn
Berland Lumber Company
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