San Francisco Banks Suffer But Little Loss
San Francisco banks report net losses around 2.32 million from the disaster but remain financially sound with insurance reducing the final hit. Federal troops to be deployed in California, and ongoing casualty lists grow as rescue and recovery continue. Looting resurges in Chinatown and along Kearney Street, with sightseers implicated. newspapers resume publication from Oakland as telegraph links to the city are restored after severe disruption.
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San Francisco
Chinatown
Kearney Street
Maus
United States Infantry
Evening Post
Oakland
Associated Press
Western Union
Bay
Franklin Hall
Fillmore Street
Black Eye Spurs Shaw Prospects at Missouri GOP Convention
At Exposition Music hall in St. Louis a fist fight broke out between Samuel Harris and Horace G. Reedle as Reedle sought floor recognition. Harris knocked Reedle into the orchestra pit and again off the plank, prompting the chair to be surrendered and officials to intervene. Secretary Shaw, the treasury candidate, was expected but did not arrive.
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St. Louis
Samuel Harris
Fiorace G. Reedle
Missouri League of Republican Clubs
Exposition Music Hall
Beedle
Orff
Harris
Albus
Charles Day
Shaw
Treasury Department
Federation
Indictment Against John A Cooke Shocks Chicago
A Chicago grand jury indicted John A Cooke former circuit court clerk on 31 counts including forgery conspiracy embezzlement and withholding public records. The piece also notes chaotic city recovery efforts in San Francisco with electric streetcars and new building plans amid loans and civic appeals.
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Chicago
Grand Jury
John A. Cooke
Circuit Court
Rain and mudslides hit Vesuvius region in April storms
Naples reports heavy rain and gale winds causing avalanches of mud ashes and cinders over Somma Santa Anastasia and the Vesuvius area. Bridges roads and telegraph lines were damaged and railways partly washed away. Troops were sent to aid victims. No deaths reported. Also in Chicago the couple Mich ael Janoszek and wife faced bonds in a torture case involving their two young children.
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Naples
Somma
Santa Anastasia
Vesuvius
Chicago
Michael Janoszek
Criminal Court
Labor unrest widens as searches surge in Paris
Police conducted sweeping searches of labor federation offices and homes of labor leaders royalists and Bonapartists plus anarchists amid a planned May 1 demonstration. Authorities cite possible royalist and Bonapartist financing of labor strikes while the confederation of labor protests police action and stalls publication of Voix du Peuple.
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Paris
Labor Federation
Libor Federation
Jess
Confederation of Labor
Confederation
Voix du Peupule
Murdered Wife He Cannot Be Located Mystery in Cambridge
Warrant issued for Frich Muenter Harvard German instructor charged with murdering his wife in Cambridge Massachusetts. Arsenic alleged in the stomach analysis. Body sent to Chicago April 17. Wife died April 16 after a complex birth and disputed medical care. Father exonerates husband, citing Christian Science beliefs. Police probe continues.
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Cambridge
Mass
Frich Muenter
Harvard University
Muenrer
Chicago
Muenter
A. Krends
Krenis
Muen
Hin
Thousands Deportees Under Contract Labor Law Deported
New York April 28. One thousand immigrants were deported yesterday as contract laborers in one of the largest removals under the contract labor laws. The men came mainly from Greece Montenegro Bulgaria and Servia.
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New York
Greece
Montenegro
Bulgaria
Servia
Suing to Oust the Standard Company
Toledo April 28 ouster proceedings filed in circuit court against the Standard Oil Company and 17 affiliated firms including oil and pipeline companies and railroads. Court asked to dissolve their fraud and appoint trustees for creditors and stockholders.
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Toledo
Standard Oil Company
Oil and Pipeline Companies
Lake Shore, Hocking Valley, Toledo & Ohio Central
Pennsylvania Railroad
Decide Tennis Honor Final Rounds in London
London April 28 Final rounds in tennis were held this afternoon. Hugh L Doherty retained the singles title by defeating A Wager three sets to none. Miss D K Douglas defeated Miss Lane to claim the ladies singles. R F Doherty and A W Gore with G A Carida won the doubles championship. A small earthquake struck Saxony causing alarm but no damage.
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London
Hugh L. Doherty
A. Wager
Doherty
Miss D. K. Douglas
Miss Lane
R. F
A. W. Gore
G. A. Carida
Saxony
Berlin
Builders Rise on Culebra Hill Amid Panama Canal Effort
In a Panama Canal Zone dispatch from Culebra, a vast work scene unfolds with steam shovels, trains, and a growing town. The author notes limited canal activity yet increasing construction, housing for 34 buildings, a water reservoir, and hotels for 300 white employees as administrative HQ may move there. A school scene with children and a dedicated chief engineer, Mr Stevens, reflects national pride and steady effort despite critics.
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Eclal
ARC
Culebra Hill
Canal
Uncle Sam
Bureau of Inforation
Washington
Panama Canal
Culebra
Mammoth
Canal Zone
Stevens
Empire
Mr. Stevens
Corporation Power
Epitome of Doings in Congress Yesterday
Brief resume from official records of yesterday's congressional proceedings in both houses. Senate debated private pension bills and tariff doctrine. Emergency appropriation sought for San Francisco sufferers and labor employment. naval yard work discussed. medical appropriation acted upon.
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Shington
D. C
Congress
Senate
Spooner
Willams
Mississippi
San Pranets
Conedide al Delate
Ted
Americans Land Two Other Prizes At Olympic Games
Athens April 28 Lawson Robert son of New York won the lone jump contest. Earlier Sheridan of the Irish American Athletic club of New York won the weight throw with a mark of 15 meters 214 centimeters.
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LETAD
Athens
Lawson Robertson
New York
Sheridan
Irish American Athletic Club of
Mayor Johnson Inventor Claim Sparks Motor Test
Cleveland April 28 Mayor Tom L Johnson allegedly has an embryo motor in his house that has been tested to six miles a minute. Ex councilman Patrick Gallagher says he has seen it work and believes it will be perfected. He refuses to discuss the subject. Lieutenant Colonel Pugel of Cholm gendarmerie in Russian Poland was murdered last night. the assassin escaped.
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Annovinces Mhaws
Chicago
Dowle
Zion City
Disca
Cleveland
Tom L. Johnson
Patrick Gallagher
Lublin
Russian Poland
Pugel
Cholm
Senate approves land purchase for government buildings
Washington April 28. The senate passed a bill to buy land in Washington for sites for the departments of state justice and commerce with an appropriation of 2 000 000 dollars. The house considered the naval appropriation bill and Williatos of Mississippi closed his tariff speech.
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Washington
Fons
Millness
House
Williatos
Mixsiasiput
Senate
Departments of State, Justice, and Commerce
Dentist C A Nichols fined for mail fraud in Urbana
In Springfield on April 28 Judge Humphrey fined Dr. Charles A. Nichols of Urbana 250 dollars and costs with imprisonment until paid. Nichols, a prominent Urbana dentist, was convicted by a jury of using the mails in a scheme to defraud Susan Day, his alleged common law wife, who was divorced from William R. Day, former attorney general aide and now a director of Equitable Life. The case involved threats of exposure if she did not settle. Also noted is a separate item: Clifford Sarrel, a bet name, was smothered to death in a bin of oats at Watega.
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C. A. Nichols
Urbana
Springfield
Humphrey
United States District Court
Charles A. Nichols
Nichols
Susan Day
William R. Day
United States
Equitable Life Tneurance Society of
New York
Nichola
Mrs. Day
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Jacob H. Bucker
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Bertha Fabian
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Bernard Kellogg
Kinzie Lokura
Charles Neville
George Neville
Benjamin Orwitz
Tililie L. Whitaker
Delmont
E. D. Rouser
Senda
Northwestern
Chicago Commercial Association
Santa Rosa
Cal
Phelan
Finance Committee
Riordan
Missouri Republican League
Citizens’ General Committee
Schmitz
Thomas McGee
Herbert E. Law
Law
W. L
Sticreast
Order of United American Mechanics
Frisco
Royalists
Laborites
Vredenburgh
John Alexander
Dowie
Zoo City
Minois
Ale Insurance Department
Ankem Wisead
Igr
Pittsburg
Mitchell
Scranton
Wilkesbarre
Anthracite Strike Commission
Oper
George J.baer
B. Thoms
David Willcox
W.H. Truesdale
Morris Williams
J. R. Kerr
J. J. Cake
Standard Company
Isthmus
Panama
Woodworth Clum
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Robertson
Mayor Johnson
Galesburg
Clifford Sarrel
Watega
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