California Civil War with San Francisco Guard Withdrawal Clash
In San Francisco and Oakland reports describe heavy earthquake shocks, rain, and a mass of refugees. Disputes between Mayor Schmitz Governor Pardee over withdrawing National Guard. police and military tensions surface amid relief, supply drives, and a near panic on the Piedmont ferryboat.
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Schmitz
Pardee
Guard
San Francisco
General Greeley
Devine
Red Cross
National Guard
Spain
Hill Stocks In A Sudden Break
New York April 27 stock market sank at noon as heavy liquidation engulfed Hill stocks and spread nervous selling. Support vanished and prices fell under indiscriminate unloading, creating a panic among investors.
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New York Today
New York
City council curbs mayor in Indiana
Laporte Ind April 27 The anti Darrowites in the council passed an ordinance removing the mayor from appointing standing committees after a two hour clash with the mayor and his followers who fought against it. The council elected Alderman Scott temporary chairman but Darrow refused to yield the chair and preside.
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Laporte
Ind
Scott
Darrow
Epitome of Doings in Congress Yesterday
Washington April 27 brief resume from official records of yesterday's proceedings in both houses. Senate Spooner spoke three hours on the railroad rate bill and attacked Bailey's amendment removing from lower courts the right to enjoin against Interstate Commerce action. Bill making and appropr 200,000 for employment labor the Me Island navy u il today. House Agricultural appropriation bill debated with few deviations. Hepburn on tariff Boutelle defended watch companies Sulzer spoke for merchant marine Simms on rural free delivery boxes. Alaska delegate bill conference report agreed. adjourned at 5 15 pm. Fatality at Avon Avon TfL April 27 Mrs Lucy Fennessy killed by a Burlington train.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
Senate
Spooner
Baileys
Interstate Commerce Commission
HOUSE
Hepburn
Town
Boutelle
Tlinois
Sulzer
New York
Simms
Tennessee
Webster Debating Society Wins Over Gladstonians in Negro Question
Founders day celebrations at Augustana college include recitations suspended for special exercises. President Philblad of Bethany College spoke at the annual event. Webster society won the debate on expulsion of the Negro race, with Otto E. Peterson J. L. Larson and C. O. Bengston on the winning side. Judges were Dr. Gustav Andreen Dr. E. F. Bartholemew and John Hauberg.
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Augustana College
Philblad
Bethany College
Wennerberg Chorus
College Chapel
Webster Society
Gladstone and
Webster
United States
Gustav Andreen
E. F. Bartholomew
John Hauberg
Moline
Otto E. Peterson
J. L. Larson
C. O. Bengston
E. H. Carlson
C. Bloomquist
Arthur Swanson
Divorce for Brodie L. Duke Ends in Interlocutory Decree
New York April 27 Supreme Court Justice Blanchard signed an interlocutory decree divorcing Brodie L. Duke tobacco man from Alice Webb Duke. The couple wed in 1904 amid a spree. Duke was later sent to a sanitarium after relatives intervened. The action against Mrs Duke was by default as key witnesses reportedly stayed away.
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New York
Supreme Court
Blanchard
Brodie LL. Duke
Alice Webb
Dee
Duke
Chicago Tunnel Company extension granted to July first
Secretary Taft extended the deadline to July 1 for the Chicago Tunnel Company to remove or lower its tunnels under the Chicago River. The action follows required remedial work and compliance steps by the company to address tunnel issues.
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Chicago
Washington
Taft
Chicago Tunnel Company
Chicago River
Tillman bill cleared by Senate on campaign finance curbs
Washington April 27 the Senate committee on privileges and election authorized Foraker to report favorably on the Tillman bill to prohibit insurance and other corporations from contributing to campaign funds. The House approved a $100,000 Mare Island repair grant and 70,000 for San Francisco post office disaster needs. Spooner resumed debate on railroad rate legislation distinguishing judicial power from jurisdiction.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Privileges
Foraker
Tillman
Frisco
House Committee On Appropriations
Mare Island
California
Navy Yard
San Francisco
Post Office Department
Senate
Spooner
Bailey
Supreme Court ruling narrows cigar law to dealers
Indiana Supreme Court Judge Gillette upholds that the anti cigarette law targets dealers and manufacturers only. The decision affirms the trial court’s refusal to convict W. W. Lowry of Indianapolis for obtaining cigarets from outside the state, and holds plans may still smoke if they obtain cigarets elsewhere.
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Indiana Supreme Court
Indianapolis
Gillette
Supreme Court
W. W. Lowry
Dowie Denies Illness and Severes Zion City Robes
John Alexander Dowie publicly denies reports of illness in Chicago. Voliva orders disbanding of the Zion Guards and removal of ornate robes from Zion City officers. Women overseer Jane Dowie remains. reforms push toward a simple life with remnants sold at Zion City stores.
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Voliva
Zion City Guard
Chicago
John Alexander Dowie
Jane Dowie
Auditorium Annex
Mexico
Zion City
Shiloh Tabernacle
Zion Guards
Zion
Church of God
Tabernacle
Don
Insurgent Republicans Plan Bill Next Week in Springfield
Springfield April 27 Insurgent Republicans in the house expect to present a bill next week modeled on the democratic measure. They believe the democrats will support it. The senate bill passed yesterday will not pass the house under any consideration. Neither house will transact business before Wednesday as sessions resume after the republican canons adjournment.
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Springfield
House
Senate
Four Houses Escape in Town of 1500 Population
A tornado devastated Bellewie and nearby areas in Texas, killing and injuring residents. Bellewie, a town of about 1,500, was reportedly swept from existence. Stoneburg suffered partial damage. Many homes and ranch buildings were destroyed. a special train was sent from Bowie with relief supplies.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Bellesne
Stoneburg
Bellewie
Bowie
Crossing the Isthmus Panama How workers swarm the canal zone
Special correspondence from Tabernilla Panama describes two crossing methods rail transit and walking the ties. The piece contrasts cosmopolitan labor crews from Jamaica, Barbados, Italy, and elsewhere with management styles. Foreman Lynch treats Jamaican workers humanely, boosting productivity, while skepticism about Black labor persists. The narrative travels from Colon to Mount Hope and outlines the labor process and morale.
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ARGUS
Tabernilla
Canal Zone
Panama
Colon
Canal
Culebra
States
Tower of Babel
Madrid
Champs Elysees
Paris
Picadilly
Broadway
Genoa
Unter den Linden
Berlin
West Indies
South America
New York
Spain
Italy
Martinique
Mont Pelee
Gallegos
Americans Win More Honors in Athens Sprint Events
In Athens on April 27 Archie Hahn of Milwaukee Athletic Club won the final heat in the 11 meter race. James B. Lightbody of Chicago University won the first heat of the 100 meter race. Meyer Prinstein of New York took first in the running long jump.
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Athens
Archie Hahn
Milwaukee Athletic Club
James B. Lightbody
Chicago University
Meyer ,Prinstein
New York
Convention Meets in June Wisconsin Democrats Decide
Wisconsin Democrats vote to hold a state convention in June to adopt a state platform after an all night session. The plan faced opposition from several editors and county chairmen who argued it violated the primary law.
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Wisconsin
Milwank Wis
Democratic State Central Committee
Timothy E. Ryan
Changes Merely Nominal Union Electric Officers Titles
Union Electric Telephone issues an official definition of officer titles in three offices with little change in authority. E. J. Burns of Rock Island is chiefly superintendent overseeing operation collections contracts and overall business management on both river sides. H. H. Bratt of Davenport is titled general superintendent of construction maintenance and repairs, a role he has held previously.
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Union Electric Telephone
Union Electric Telephone Company
E. J. Burns
Shor
Rock Island
Moline
H. H. Bratt
Davenport
Police search for Anna Sherman after bottle note on island
Clinton police responded to a note found in a bottle claiming Anna Sherman was detained on an island above Lyons. A launch was deployed but all islands were flooded, making pursuit impossible. The writer suspects a recurring hoax.
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Anna Sherman
Clinton
Muscatine
Lyons
Anna
Helen Blair Extends Through-Ticket Service to St Louis
The Helen Blair steamer arrived from Burlington carrying passengers and freight for St Louis. It will operate Wednesdays to connect with the Diamond Jo line from Burling ton until the through packet between St Louis and St Paul opens. Lieut. Gov. Herriott quits Iowa governor race after county opposition. Confederate reunion parade features veterans and marines from the cruiser Columbia in New Orleans.
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Helen Blair
Diamond Jo Line
Burlington
St. Louis
Dubuque
St. Paul
New Orleans
Columbia
Indictments Hit Life Insurance Chief and Several Former Officials
New York April 27 William A Brewer Jr formerly president of Washington Life Insurance Company was indicted by the grand jury for perjury. Chicago April 27 two indictments charging conspiracy to defraud an exchange case were returned against former Judge Abn Smith Jerome V Pierce Luster PF Sorrow and FLBE Creelman in connection with the investigation of the affair of the defunct Bank of America.
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New York
William A. Brewer, Jr
Washington Life Insurance Company
Chicago
Abn Smith
Jerome V. Pierce
Luster PF
Sorrow
FLBE
Creelman
Bank of America
Former Moliner Kills Self Amid Financial Scandal
Professor B. F. Davies a prominent Moline musician and choir director ended his life in Kansas City yesterday afternoon by drinking carbote acid. Aged five or six years past retirement he was treasurer of C A Burton Machinery Co. Accounts said to be wrong. He was married.
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B. F. Davies
Moline
Beethoven Club
Kansas City
C. A. Burton Machinery Company
Franklin Celebration and Unveiling in Paris
The Franklin celebration was held at the Palace Trocadero in Paris before today’s unveiling of a Benjamin Franklin statue given to Paris by American banker John H. Harjes. Also reported: the British steamer Havana sunk in Halifax harbor by Strathcona. Dewey and King Edward and Queen Alexandra arrivals and movements in Suez and Naples.
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Paris
Franklin
Benjamin Franklin
John H. Harjes
Palace Trocadero
Halifax
Havana
Halifax Harbor
Strathcona
Edward
Naples
King Edward
Queen Alexandra
Messina
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Arthur Jones
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Metcalf
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Cit
Greeley
Pante
Piedmont
Goat Island
City Council
Indiana
Avon
Tfl
Lucy Fennessy
Webster Debating Society
Gladstonians
Brodie L. Duke
Senator Spooner
Belleview
Texas
Dowie
Mourteen
Bellevue
Burnet
Perth
Isthmus
Woodworth Clum
Miraflores
Mr. Lynch
Louisiana
Mount Hope
Lightbody
Prinstein
Herriott
Iowa
Des Moines
John T. Herriott
A. Brewer, Jr
Moliner
Dewey
Suez Canal
Port Said
Egypt
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