Anarchist plot against King Alfonso leads to six arrests
Madrid reports a discovered anarchist conspiracy targeting King Alfonso with dynamite cartridges found at arrest site. Gabriel Lopez, an insurance employee, among six held as authorities analyze cartridges. Also noted are unrelated events in Du Lac Wisconsin and Madrid pageant aftermath.
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Madrid
Alfonso
Gabriel Lopez
Lopez
Alfonso XI
Alfonso XIII
Spain
Prize fighter Noble convicted of first degree murder
The jury found Kid Noble guilty of first degree murder for shooting saloonkeeper Thomas Morgen after accusing him of intimate behavior with Noble’s wife. Morgen died from the wounds after being knocked down. Noble, 24, was sentenced to life imprisonment and captured at Enid, Oklahoma Territory.
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Muscatine
Lowa
Maupean
Noble
Enid
O. T
Death by own action mystery in Chicago work chief clerk
Chicago May 19 James Hollock longtime chief clerk of the Kimball Piano company died in an apparent self-inflicted incident. Authorities report his death occurred at the factory premises and an investigation is underway to determine motive and exact circumstances.
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Chicago
James Hollock
The
Kimball Piano Company
Milnois
Ninols
Charleston
Milwaukee
Wis
Andrew Uchlein
Racine
Uchlein
Joseph Benesqully
Neb
Ciete
Michigan
Ohio
Chicago University
University of Michigan
Venezuelan Fight Prompts Bombardment at Carupano
A dispatch from Trinidad dated May 17 reports Venezuelan forces bombarding the seaport of Carupano in Bermudez state. The attack was aimed at the port with foreign consuls notified eight hours beforehand. The report notes U.S. minister H W Bowen in Caracas received the notification and suggests an engagement tomorrow between revolutionary and government forces may determine President Castro's future. It also mentions a Gazelle cruiser and German residents in the area.
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New York
Trinidad
Carupano
Bermudez
Caracas
H. W. Bowen
Campano
Powen
Verexuela
Gazelle
Castro
Monument to Abner Powers to be unveiled in Lily City
Arrangements are under way for the July 4 unveiling of a monument to Abner Powers buried in Illinois. Powers served in the revolutionary war with the First New Hampshire Continentals under General Stark, later receiving a fifteen continental dollar bounty. The granite shaft bears inscriptions of Bennington Saratoga Valley Forge and Yorktown.
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Wore
Ils
Lily City
Abner Powers
Illinois
John Stark
New Hampshire
Continentals
Bennington
Saratosa
Valley Forse
Yorktown
Rathbone Seeks New Trial in Cuban Postal Frauds
In Havana Rathbone seeks to present new and additional evidence to prove his innocence in Cuban postal frauds. General Wood orders amending criminal procedure to allow review of facts and to grant a new trial. Rathbone and attorney Lanzua file a petition for relief while demanding action from the military governor.
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Havana
Root
Supreme Court
Est Bone
Rathbone
Sernor
Wood
Senor Lanzua
Rathhbone
General Wood
Gen. Wood
Scott
Krathbotle
Colunsel
Maine Town Destroyed By A Great Fire
A devastating fire in Tioulton Maine destroyed most of the town business district and several residences. Seventy five shops and three churches were leveled. One hundred twenty five families were made homeless with an estimated loss of 40040K0, only a third insured. The blaze began near a market on Upper Main Street and spread rapidly through the town.
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Tioulton
Muay Wi
Upper Main Street
Mechanic Street
East Main
Perjury Conviction for St. Louis Legislator Lenmann
Julies Lenmann former St. Louis house of delegates member found guilty of perjury in circuit court. Judge set two year penitentiary term. bond posted at 10,000 pending appeal to the supreme court. Case involved grand jury testimony on Suburban Bathroad company franchise deal.
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St. Louis
Julies Lenmann
Lehmann
Supreme Court
Explosion at Thistle and Fraterville coal mines near Knoxville
An explosion at the Thistle and Fraterville coal mines in Coal Creek near Knoxville, Tenn., killed many workers and left only one survivor. Rescuers faced gas, heat, and a heavy slate fall as fires burned. estimates suggest up to two hundred miners killed.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Rand Tistle
Coal Creek
Camp
Thistle Mine
Thistle
Fraterville
Five Die on Rail Collision In Nebraska
A Burlington Billings line collision east of Hyannis Nebraska killed five people and injured four others aboard a smoking car of the Portland St Louis eastbound train No 4. An extra stock train bound west caused the wreck when orders were misread.
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Neb. May
Billines
Tne
William Ray
Kaiser Plans Frederick the Great Statue for United States
Berlin reports Emperor William proposes gifting a statue of Frederick the Great to the United States after a court box remark during an opera intermission. Sculptor Uphues is tasked with the work and a Roosevelt letter on the idea is drafted. Several officials seek royal attendance at the unveiling. In Texas, a cyclone and tornado sweep Goliad, Beeville, and surrounding towns, killing dozens and causing extensive damage as portents of severe windstorms plague multiple states from Houston to Austin and beyond.
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Berlin
William
Frederick the Great
United States
New Theater
Wiesen
Professor Uphues
Uphues
U Wit
Roosevelt
Hohenzollern
Thany
Perick
Potsdam
Eperor William
Roos
Vorwserts
Soviilist
Frederic
London
Daniel Howey T
Frederick
Dantsie
Vorwuserts
Magland
Flouston
Tex
Goliad
Houston
Beeville
Salt Coast
Antonio
Fort Houston
West Eng Church Way
College
Prideneces
Austin
Tes
Walters Park
Aus
Lunatic in Kneightly Causes Train Clash After Alarm
Prank Orell, described as insane, disrupted rail traffic at Kneightly by shouting a robbery and waving a revolver. An operator nearly caused a collision between east and west bound passenger trains and two fast freights on the main street. The engineer, handed a unreadable order, deemed the operator insane and sped to the city to report Orells condition. Operators were put to work and trains halted until orders were clarified.
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Krazil
Ind
Tion
Kuishtsville
Veritable thug with parole history described as desperate
Tonia Michigan report identifies Frank Logan a former prisoner from Kalamazoo County sentenced December 13 1889 for breaking and entering a horse at night. He gained parole from Governor Pingree December 31 1900 expiring April 13 1902 and was finally discharged. Authorities label him a desperate man with a troubling record.
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Tonia
Mich
Frank
Bay City
Saginaw Broken
Tishep
Michigan Reformator
Kalamazoo County
Frank Logan
Board of Control
Pingree
Destructive storms sweep multiple towns causing rail and building damage
A series of May storms across Iowa Nebraska Kansas and Illinois caused extensive damage. Flood washed out rail lines near Dubuque and McGregor while the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul line faced wrecks. Chicago area flood edges and a cyclone like wind damaged Red Cloud and Fairfield structures including a grain elevator and a residence.
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Kain
Prairie du Chien
Mis
Iowa
Wisconsin
McGregor
Asin
Towa
Kansas
Spart
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
Dale
Chicago and Northwestern
Here
Dubuque
Great Western
Oelwein
Chicago
Milwaukee
St. Paul
McGregorcGregor
Freze
Red Cloud
Neb
Wichita
Kan
Wheat Belt
Manhattan
Nevenport
Evansville Grain Company
St. Joseph
Grand Island
Fairfield
Benedict
White House orders inquiry on Martinique and St. Vincent
Washington reports the president directed War and Navy to investigate conditions in Martinique and St. Vincent. Receipts of subscriptions to be suspended until further word is issued. New York dispatch cites Mount Pelee disaster figures 25000 buried, 6000 rescued, 3000 likely drowned. Thom Prentis and James Japp identified for shipment.
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Washington
White House
Aymes
Martinique
St. Vincent
York
Mount Pelee
Fort de
St. Pierre
Thom
Prentis
James Japp
No Strike For Springfield Miners After One Year Pact
Hazleton Pa May 1 1919 After a long conference between miners and operators of the Springfield Illinois district all differences were adjusted and there will be no strike there for at least one year A final agreement was countersigned and kept secret though it is known the pact lasts one year Illinois delegation members departed for the west after the meeting
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Hazleton
Springfield
Ills
Illinois
Hed
Locust Invasion Reported Across Several Cities
Reports from Locust outbreaks in two cities describe large numbers of seventeen year locusts appearing in Locusts Invasion across Evansville Indiana and other towns. The Department of Agriculture sent 5000 postal cards to collect immediate reports on first appearances.
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Department of Agriculture
Altoona
Nashville
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Y On du Lac, Wis
Jessie McNeal
J. B. McNeal
State Board of Health
Maria Teresa
Infanta
Jose, Paiz
Carlos
Don Carlos
Kid” Noble
Patriots
Stove Works
Vincennes
Enterprise Stove Works
Fiee
Council Bluffs, In
W. H. Kinsman
Battle of
Vicksburg
Twenty-fourth
Iowa Volunteers
Grenville M. Dodge
Admiral Sampson
Admiral William T. Sampson
Fort Brady
Municipal Corporation of
Sault Ste. Marie, Mich
Saginaw, Mich
Max
Hanna
Joonvicted
Maine
Houlton
Muras Hastings
W. Foagland
Edward Ransom
Clarence Pendavis
Hoagland
Ransom
Pen“davis
Knoxville, Tenn
Fraterville Mince
William Morgan
McClernand
John A
Anna
Cracow
Gilicia
Hay
Ayme
Fort de France
Rel
Clarinda
Eugene Mason
Oscar Miller
Shenandoah
Mason
Edward Dennis
Owaba
Texas
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Waterloo
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Preston
Minn
Donkey
Milwaukee Road
Killarney
Ireland
Bombay
May Lane
British India
Tseor
Obra
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