Train Hold Up Near Memphis Yields $35000, Injures Porter
A Gulf and Choctaw passenger train was robbed at midnight four miles west of Memphis. Express messenger Meader was beaten. porter Sidney Drew was shot and suffers serious injuries. Passengers were not molested. Local Fargo agent Wells could not confirm the haul but estimates exceed 35000.
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Little Rock
Memphis
Sidney Drew
Express
Meader
Wells
Fargo Express Company
Illinois Central Machinists Vote For Demands At Demo
Illinois Central machinists at a Chicago conference set tomorrow to present road officials with demands for a nine hour day a ten percent wage raise overtime pay apprentice question and all other grievances. Vice President Harrahan will meet a machinists committee if all are Illinois Central employees but friction may arise if the committee includes members of the International Mechanics association.
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Illinois Central
Chicago
Harrahan
International Mechanics’ Association
Artemus Lamb Dies in California Lumberman and Banker
Artemus Lamb, a millionaire lumberman and banker from Clinton Iowa, died in Coronado California after earlier injuries from a wreck on the Asian Pacific at Rock Springs Wyoming. He had extensive lumber interests in Clinton and Minnesota and suffered heart trouble after his transfer to California.
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Artemus Lamb
California
Clinton
Iowa
Coronado
Cal
Lamb
Rock Springs
Wyo
Minnesota
Same Old Story Stove and Kerosene Fire Tragedy
At South Port, seven miles southeast of Indianapolis, a house fire this morning killed an infant and seriously burned John James, his wife, and two children. The blaze started during an attempt to start life with kerosene.
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Indianapolis
Southport
Here
John James
James
WELL KNOWN EDITOR DIES AT MONONGAHELA
Col Chill W Hazzard editor and proprietor of the Monongshela Republican died at his home here of paralysis He was past supreme chancellor of the Royal Arcanum and past commander of the G A R He was 62 years old.
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Monongahela Monongshela
Chill W. Hazzard
Monongshela
Bates and Grant On The Way Home
Washington April 23. MacArthur informs the war department that the transport Sheridan sailed yesterday via Nagasaki with 66 officers and 1,523 men of the 45th and 46th infantry. Also that the transport Kintack arrived.
Big coal strike in district ends after scale signed
Columbus Ohio April 23 A large strike of 2500 miners in district No 5 started Monday and was broken yesterday by Schenck & Co for Belisire signing the miners scale. The move is expected to prompt other operators along the Ohio river to follow.
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Columbus
Ohio
Schenck & Co
Belisire
Ohio River
Fire Nearly Destroys Disiness Town in Winfred S D
Fire swept through a portion of Winfred South Dakota this morning nearly destroying the area. Loss estimated at around 50 000 dollars with property damage affecting local businesses and homes. Police and fire crews battled the blaze and began investigating the cause.
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Winfred
S. D
Burglars Fail at Post Office Robbery in Oxford
A four-man gang attempting to blow the Oxford post office safe was frightened away by a resident named Randall who alerted authorities. The robbers stole a hand car toward Pontiac on the P O and N railroad, likely from Detroit, with the safe drilled and a nitro charge ready. Detroit police were alerted as the men fled.
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Oxford
Randall
Pontiac
P. 0
Detroit
Settlement Repudiated Amid Arbitration Confusion
Manele Ind April 23. distinctions between cyimen carpenters and Gas Belt alliance members widen as arbitration committee fails. Journeymen win 30 cents hourly with nine hours daily. alliance holds for 28 cents and nine hours. Contractors to decide who is competent. pay under 29 cents. carpenters disown committee. Herron to be charged with heresy Grinnell Ind April 23. Congregationalists to try Professor George D Herron on heresy and socialism charges. pastor likely found guilty. He plans no defense. Milwau ky April 23. Fannie Moses seeks divorce from millionaire L B Moses, former bank president in Wisconsin, for a second time.
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Herron
Grinnell
Town Congregationalist Association
George D. Herron
Congrat
Elgin Education Board Election Sparks Student Involvement
In Elgin Wisconsin on April 24 the election for the board of education drew heated competition between two tickets led by Walter D. Kee and Dr G J Schneider. The Kee ticket opposed Superintendent A M Whitney, and won by 270 votes after student turnout and a dispute between the superintendent and Kee following suspensions of several pupils.
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Elgin
Apwil
Elgin Board of Education
Board of Education
Walter D. Kee
G. J Schneider
Cit
Kee
A. M. Whitney
Whitney
Snow Keeps Falling in Kentucky With Flood Damage
London Kentucky April 23 reports ongoing snowfall since Friday. Floodwaters rise higher than in 1855 causing great damage to livestock and fields. Many bridges have been washed away, leaving farmers heavy losses from washed and flooded farmland and disrupted transport.
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London
Floods Abating as Ohio Valley Cleans Up Debris
Cincinnati April 25 The flood is over with no imminent rise at this point though towns downstream remain at risk from recent rains. Rivers are falling as up river regions report ceased precipitation. Pittsburgh area cleans up amid mud, broken bridges, and debris in mills while rail lines resume service. Total losses near 2,000,000 with broader damage to property and wages.
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Pittsburg
Ohio River
Carnegie Borough
McRee's Rocks
Stowihh
Flood Fears Patrol Ohio Valley Upstream Breaks Loom
Flood reports stretch across the Ohio River valley from Ripley to Parkersburg with rising water threatening crops and property. Cities like Maysville Ashland and Huntington brace as streams surge while some areas report less damage and no deaths. In Madison, Illinois the mayor closed all saloons at 6 pm to curb unrest amid dry weather.
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Clacionati
Ohio Valley
Ohio
Mississippi
Ripley
Maysville
Aberdeen
Portsmouth
Manging Rock
Trenton
Ashland
Catletts
Huntington
Point Pleasant
Pomeroy
Meira
Parkersburg
Wheeling
Cincinnati
Pittsburg
Salt Trust
Light
Minersville
Bst
Pomeroy Bend
Nyeriver
Madison
Wisy
Storm Bull
State University
Three Drownings Reported in Ohio Flooding
In Marieta Ohio on April 23 three persons drowned after a boat carrying nine eel toppled under a wharf in a swift river current. Joseph Everett a glazes worker drowned while others were rescued. Later two boys named Hanley aged 14 and 7 were drowned at the same site.
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Marieta
Joseph Everett
Glazes
Hanley
Pittsburg
Ohio River
Legionville
W. H. Barnhart
Thomas Holsinger
Solons Told to Start Work in Springfield
Springfield, April 25. Members of the house were urged to stay two weeks in Springfield for continuous business. Speaker Sherman announced an all day session next Saturday with a 9 am return on Monday April 29 to push city affairs. Adjournment on May 3 possible if apportionment bills pass. Beginning today the house will hold three daily sessions. Wisconsin game and fish warden M. Carpenter plans enforcement along Lake Winnebago shores with pickets and pursuit by speedboat if needed. The Wisconsin building at the Buffalo exposition opens next Thursday with state building committee meetings then in June and Governor La Follette to announce dedication plans. Reported that 186 missionaries were killed in China during recent disturbances, including 28 adults and 8 American children.
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Springfield
His
Sherman
Warnera King Fisher
Uty Game and Fish
M. Carpenter
Buffalo
Milwaukee
Ayr
Wisconsin
Comin Pers
LaFollette
Wies
Ching
Washington
State Department
China
Saintly City burglar sentenced after larcenies
LaCrosse Wisconsin April 27 Peck admitted stealing from a traveling man in a downtown hotel. Police found a large ugly Colt revolver on him. He pleaded guilty to two larceny charges and carrying concealed weapons. Judge Brindley sentenced him to two years six months in state prison. A hypodermic needle was found among his belongings linking his crime to morphine use.
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Brindley
Peck
Two Shotguns, A Kill, And Death In Lemars Farm
Henry Steffen and William Beaver are jail in Lemars charged with murder. Peter Peterson also under arrest as accessory. John Jessen shot and killed at Steffen farm eight miles from Lemars Sunday afternoon. Jessen and wife kept house for Steffen. Beaver is Steffen's hired man. Jessen came home drunk and abused his wife. Steffen admits firing the fatal shot. The men claim self defense.
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Sioux City
Henry Steffen
William Beaver
Lemars
Peter Peterson
John Jessen
Steffens Farm
Jessen
Steffen
Beaver
Aguinaldo interview frames pacification shift at Solano Street
Manila. AP finds Emilio Aguinaldo in a Solano Street room, calm and reflective as he discusses U.S. sovereignty and peace efforts. He urges insurgents to surrender, hopes for released prisoners, and expresses belief in a civil government under American auspices for the Philippines.
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Aguinaldo
United States
Tinio
Lisbon
Malvar
Philippines
Panic in Rural Districts As River Flood Rises
Cincinnati April 25 reports a panic in Washington county rural districts and small towns along the river amid a sudden flood rise. No telegraph service and no warning. No loss of life outside Marietta. Large areas inundated, extensive land underwater.
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Cincinnati
Marietta
Washington County
Cuban editor condemns radical calls for American troops
Havana reports a Cuban constitutional convention debate where Bravo Correoso urged independence and US troop deployment. The Cuban Discussion condemns the move as dangerous and claims it shows Cubans cannot govern themselves without foreign soldiers. In Hudson Michigan an early April freight wreck on the Chicago Northern disrupted service with no injuries. Des Moines court records note Reigelman Millinery’s receivership with assets about 157000 and liabilities of 90000.
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Havana
Bravo Correoso
Tamayo
Santiago
Correoso
Cuba
Senor Correose
Correose
Devilish act of murder and rescue in New York
A child was buried alive by a man and woman who scooped a three foot deep grave. Ilse Patrick McEvoy rescued the infant as earth closed in, lifting the baby to safety moments before suffocation. Separately, Professor Samuel Calvin disputes oil and mineral prospects in Iowa, urging cautious capital and noting impossible geology. In Sheboygan, divers seek to recover bodies of two fishermen lost off the reefs, with debris and possible ice transport hindering recovery.
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NewYork
Wome
Ilse Patrick McEvoy
McEvoy
Sheboygan
Wis
Rose Paper
Two Rivers
Minka
Wisconsin Town Carr ie Nationized Dance Hall Raid
New Richmond Wisconsin April a This town was Carriationized Saturday night It was not a saloon but a dance hall raided The place on the northern city limit had hosted Saturday night dances drawing many downtown men while wives waited downtown They organized marched on the hall and took the place by storm The dance ended quickly as husbands were escorted away by angry women The men promised to sin no more
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New Richmond
Wis
Old enough to know better divorce in Wisconsin
In Galesville Wisconsin on April 23 a 70 year old man and his 70 year old wife, married nearly forty years, were granted a divorce to the wife who alleged years of abuse and drunken behavior by her husband whenever he went to town, making home life unbearable.
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Pan Alpas
Metropolis
Ill
John Lemsey
Tulinels Penitentiary
LaCrosse
Wis
Proit
John Brophy
Galesville
Prohibition of Cigarettes Passed by Large Margin
Springfield report states the house approved a bill prohibiting sale, giving away, or import of cigarets and substitutes by 113 to 2. London dispatch notes Count Polocoi expelled from Russia by czar decree, served in Vienna.
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Springfield
House
Count Polocoi
Russia
London
Vienna
Czar
Police Officers Shot in Joplin Arrest Runaway Tramps
Joplin Mo April 23 Policeman Charles G Sweeney was shot and killed and Officer Brannon wounded while attempting to arrest a gang of five tramps found in a box car Four escaped the fifth James Roby of St Louis surrendered An early morning confrontation led to the fatality and injuries in the raid on the tramps.
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Joplin
Charles G. Sweeney
Brannon
James Roby
St. Louis
Saloonkeeper Shot in Chicago
William Lee, a south side saloonkeeper, was fatally shot by two masked robbers early today. The men escaped without securing any booty. Other items note a fire in Paper Mills and Barnes, Wis, a Joliet Tin Plate plant resuming, a Brownstown marriage with a $12 monthly pension, and Delcasse arriving in St. Petersburg for dinners in his honor.
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Chicago
William Lee
South Side
Paper Mills
Barnes
Wis
O. St. Newton & Sons
Obscure Telegraph Briefs Blend Deaths and Far Flung Events
A Chicago wife slayer released to die at home dies Sunday. Korea plans to borrow 5 million yen from France for a railway. An American firm gains Nile passenger boat concession. The Marlboroughs reunite at Warwick House. Smallpox at Chicago jail prompts quarantine. Orange Nassau arrives in New York after severe storm. Alaska Governor Ross installed at Dawson April 12. Leo Fraiquini jailed in New York for bigamy claims many wives. Ohio river residents endure swells from passing steamers. About 300 wheelmen plan a Milwaukee to Buffalo ride Aug 2. Colombian revolution nears conclusion. Queen Wilhelmina refuses to settle husband’s pre marriage debts. Irish MP D C Tanner dies in London at 50. Mount Vesuvius erupts again. Bishop William Stubbs of Oxford dies aged 76.
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Charles Baber
Chicago
France
Nile
Duke and Duchess of Marlborough
Warwick House
Chicago Bridewell
John Worthy School
New York
Ross
Alaska
Dawson
Leo Fraiquini
Ohio River
Milwaukee
Buffalo
Colombia
Wilhelmina
de. D.C .K. Tanner
London
Mount Vesuvius
William Stubbs
Oxford
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Fannie Moses
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Walter Sanders
Celes
Department of Agriculture
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Solano Street
Malacanan
Benito Legerdo
Julio 8
Mekcinte
Nnbender
Ita
Marshield
D. Murphy
Lindsey
New Telephone Company Incorporated
Des Moines
Mississippi Telephone and Telegraph Company
Les Moines
Towa
Hudson, Mich
Chini Northern
Ceiver
Reigelman Millinery Company
Henry Riegelman
Iowa Geological Survey
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Joliet
Uls
Great Western Tin Plate Company
Brownstown
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James W. Bower
Anna Mitchener
Delcasse
St. Petersburg
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Paris
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