Outlaw James McKinney Killed in Bakersfield Shootout
In Bakersfield California Sunday, James McKinney the Arizona outlaw, died in a house battle with Sheriff Kell and deputies. Deputy Will Tibbetts was killed, City Marshal Thomas Packard fatally wounded, and McKinney killed by Burt Tibbetts. Hulse, an accomplice, surrendered after a fire set the building ablaze.
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James McKinney
Skingman, Ariz
The
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Chinatown
Sui Ong Tong
Joss House
McKinney
al Hulse
Kell
Kern
Collins
Tulare
Levin
Arizona
Will
Burt Tibbetts
Gus Tower
Packard
Will Tibbets
Burt Tibbets
Hulse
Tibbets
North Accepts Census Bureau Directorship in Boston
BOSTON S N D North of this city has decided to accept the directorship of the United States census bureau the position recently offered him by President Roosevelt. The matter was left to the executive committee of the National Association of Wool Manufacturers from which organization he was released as secretary.
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Commercial Association of
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Des Moines
Chentung Liang Cheng
Morocco
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Taza
Sierra
Honduras
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Findlay
Stade Peretzey
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Ayres
Rosario
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Bobrijon
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Prince Oblensky
Kharkov
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Sir Oliver Mowat Dies at 83 in Ottawa Government House
Sir Oliver Mowat, former Ontario premier and long serving lieutenant governor, died Sunday at Government House in Ottawa at age 83. He had been frail after a leg injury but had long influenced Canada as a key father of confederation and 24 year Ontario premier from 1872 to 1896.
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Ottawa
Dan
Sir Oliver Mowat
Government House
Sir Oliver
British Empire
Disorder in Mindanao After Surigao Raid
Mindanao unrest spreads as troops pursue raiders across Lake Manit country. A Surigao raid on March 23 ends with 20 killed and many wounded, arms recovered. Misamis province unrest grows with 400-strong band dispersed after clash. civil authorities seek military help as residents flee to mountains.
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Manila
Suriago
Kansas Men Will Examine Cattle at Same Time as Officials
Topeka Kansas Governor Bailey and the state live stock sanitary commission agree on a plan to end double inspections of cattle from Texas. J H Johnson the state inspector at Arkansas City is ordered to Fort Worth to inspect cattle bound for Kansas and will stay until the spring shipping rush ends. The current system has Texas cattle inspected in Fort Worth by federal inspectors and again in Kansas by state inspectors, a source of dissension.
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Topeka
Kan
Bailey
State Livestock Sanitary Commission
Kansas
Texas
J. H. Johnson
Arkansas City
Fort Worth
Tex
Commission to Inquire on Food Importation in War Time
London royal commission named to study food importation during war and related topics. Prince of Wales serves on the panel with Lord Balfour of Burleigh as chairman.
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London
Edward
Prince of Wales
Lord Balfour of
Burleigh
Santo Domingo Revolution Reach Monte Cristi Siege
A steamer arriving from Monte Cristi Santo Domingo on April 17 reports rebels besieging Monte Cristi by land and sea, with activity surrounding the town.
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Santo Domingo
ST. Thomas
Monte Cristi
Divorce Is Knocked Out In Supreme Court Ruling
Washington D C The United States supreme court Monday decided the divorce of Like Winston versus Walker Winston of New York in favor of Walker Winston. The case involved the validity of a decree granted Mrs Winston by an Oklahoma court claimed to lack sufficient residence. The decree was not accepted by the courts and the supreme court upheld that view.
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Washington, D. C
United States Supreme Court
Like Winston
Walker Winston
New York
Winston
Oklahoma
Supreme Court
Lipton's Shamrock III Dismasted In Weymouth Squall
Sir Thomas Lipton suffered minor injuries after a gust wrecked the Shamrock III off Weymouth. A crewman drowned as the mast and gear were torn away in a squall near Portland harbor, delaying America’s Cup trials by six weeks to a month. Lipton and guests escaped unharmed.
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America
Thomas Lipton
New York
Sir Thomas
Captain Wringe
Ratsey
Sherman Crawford
Royal Ulster Yacht Club
Challenger
North Head
Erin
Shamrock
Weymouth Bay
Imprison the Peacemakers Albanians Turn Deaf Ear
In Constantinople, the sultan’s special mission to pacify Albanians is effectively imprisoned at Ipek Albany as Albanian chiefs reject reforms and demand an Albanian governor. Austrian and Russian ambassadors urge strong action, but the sultan resists coercion, hoping to rely on Albanians if tensions escalate.
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Tion
Constantinople
Ipek
Albany
President Cancelled Black Hills Day Plan
CINNABAR Mont. No word from the president since Friday as he travels through Norris in Yellowstone to view geysers. The visit to the Black Hills has been abandoned due to scheduling constraints. An hour will be spent at Edgmont with a cowboy reception for the president and party.
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Norris
Yellowstone
Park
Loeb
Black Hills
Edgmont
Pope to Roosevelt Autograph Letter for Jubilee Thanks
The pope expressed pleasure after learning that President Roosevelt sent the volumes of American messages and official documents to the papal jubilee through Cardinal Gibbons. He called the messages the essence of a century and a half of American political wisdom and planned to thank the president with an autograph letter.
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Rome
Roosevelt
Cardinal Gibbons
United States
Taft
Former publisher Kilbourne dies in Washington at 72
Washington figure Kilbourne longtime interior department chief clerk died Tuesday in the capital from paralysis aged 72. He once faced national scrutiny after being arrested for refusing to hand over firm books during a real estate pool inquiry and later won a $33,000 judgment for false imprisonment. Kilbourne edited the National Republican and the Critic and hailed from Rochester New York, an early California pioneer.
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Washington, D. C
H. Kilbourne
Interior Department
Washington
House of Representatives
National Republican
Critic
Te2
Rochester, N. Y
California
Pension ruling interprets act on artificial limbs
Washington. Commissioner of Pensions Ware issued an order interpreting the March 2 1903 act for claimants who lost limbs in service. The ruling clarifies use versus wear of artificial limbs and sets criteria based on the amputation level, detailing when increased pensions apply and how to determine the bone midpoint per Curran decision.
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Washington
Commissioner of Pensions
Curran
Berlin Over-Subscribed Imperial Loan Draws Banks
Berlin reports the new imperial 3 per cent loan of 72,500 dollars is heavily oversubscribed with large Berlin banks offering two to three times their allotment. Subscriptions are still being tallied and a small percentage of the requested sums may be allotted. France has subscribed heavily, with applications totaling 3 438 850 000 dollars.
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Berlin
Imperial
France
Immigration Tax Sparks San Francisco Controversy
The new immigration law imposes a $2 head tax on all aliens, troubling local authorities. Oceanic Steamship refuses to pay, prompting commissioner to rule that no alien passengers may land until the tax is paid by the steamship company.
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San Francisco
Cal
Immigration Bureau
Oceanic Steamship Company
Commissioner of Immigration North
Steamship Company
Klean Kool Kitchen Kind Stores Promote Starch and Trade Marks
A vintage ad style note touts The Klean Kool Kitchen Kind stores with slogans about no smoke or heat, Defiance Starch guaranteed with money back, 16 ounces for 10 cents. It urges punctuality and warns against late bedtimes as a path to fame.
Tipped the Mayor in Glasgow Visit
A Glasgow lord provost recounts a dinner anecdote about a U S tourist tipping him a half dollar as he guided a party through the municipal chambers. The provost said he only realized the gift after the Americans left and laughed at the moment.
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Glasgow
United States
Honeymoon Thirty Years Old
Mr and Mrs Fred A Hull of Danbury Conn revived their thirty year old honeymoon trip begun in 1873. They planned visits to Wisconsin and Kentucky but paused at Albany for a business telegram. They now sail up the Hudson to Albany and will travel a month visiting their intended places. Hull is described as wealthy.
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Fred A. Hull
Danbury
Hudson
Albany
Mgr. Hull
Grape Nuts Promises Health From Food Alone
A Reading Pennsylvania club treasurer touts Grape-Nuts as curing a years long intestinal ailment. After five years of distress and an attempted operation, he began eating Grape-Nuts in May 1901 and over weeks to months improved steadily, becoming practically well without medicines. Postum Co. Battle Creek, Michigan supplies the testimonial.
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Treas
Bere
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
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