Turkey Protest Over Prohibited Pork Imports
Washington reports no Turkish reply to the protest against a proposed decree excluding American pork from imports. The State Department has directed the American charge at Constantinople to seek a resolution, while the Agriculture Department prepares a thorough defense of U S meat products for similar future actions by European governments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turkey
Washington
Constantinople
State Department
Department of Agriculture
Building Collapse Buries People in Pittsburgh
A four story brick building at Second Avenue and Wood Street in Pittsburgh collapsed trapping several residents. Three were killed, six injured seriously, and others slightly hurt. Firefighters and police quickly roped off the area and conducted a careful rescue despite danger from collapsing walls.
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Second Avenue
Wood Street
Pittsburgh
Three Bodies Reported Near San Francisco by Arethusa
Victoria special reports the TH B M Arethusa, arriving at Esquimault, passing three evidently male European bodies floating off San Francisco on the 7th. No wreckage found. presumed from a foundered ship. Heavy gale hindered investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
B. C
Esquimault
San Francisco
Train Hold Up Fails as Six Tramps Arrested in Hebron
Six tramps attempting to rob a freight train at Hebron North Dakota were fought off by a citizen posse with rifles after shots were fired at the conductor and crew. One tramp was wounded in the knee and will lose his leg. The others were jailed after a lively battle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hebron
N. D
Reverend John W. Julian Pioneer Minister Dies at 85
Gordon Nebraska obit notes Rev. John W. Julian longtime Methodist preacher and 55 year member of the Indiana M E Conference. He served as fighting chaplain of the Fifty third Indiana Volunteers under Colonel Walter Q. Gresham and died at his daughter's home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon, Neb
John W. Julian
Indiana
M. E. Conference
Fifty-third Indiana Volunteers
Walter Q. Greshim
Durban landing for Mashena cargo delays Delagoa Bay bound ship
The Admiral in charge of the British fleet in these waters has refused to permit the British steamer Mashena capt Johnson to proceed beyond Durban. The vessel’s agents announce the cargo bound for Delagoa Bay will be landed at Durban.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Town
Mashena
Johnson
Durban
Delagoa Bay
Roberts Says the Boers Are Checked
London dispatch indicates Lord Roberts says the Boers are checked not by sight but by dispositions to hinder their advance and block vulnerable points in the British line. The report frames this as a strategic pause rather than a decisive defeat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roberts
London
Lord Roberts
Park House Proprietor Shoots Wife in Steubenville
William Horner, owner of the Park House in Steubenville Ohio, shot his wife then barred doors and resisted arrest. Officers forced entry and overpowered him despite his revolvers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Horner
Park House
Steubenville
Ohio
Horner
Historic First Baptist Church Fire at Concord Mass
A historic First Baptist Church at Concord Massachusetts, a Unitarian venue once used by the Provincial Congress and presided over by John Adams, was burned recently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Concord
Mass
John Adams
Russia Renews Demands on Corean Government
Advices from Seoul report Russia presented renewed demands to the Corean Government concerning Masampo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Seoul
Corea
Railway Chief Denies Threat of Strike
General Manager Murphy of the Queen and Crescent Railway denies reports of a threatened strike on the system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphy
Queen and Crescent Railway
Earthquake devastates Toron Bohemia causing many homes lost
A severe quake struck Toron in Bohemia destroying sixty houses. No fatalities are reported though extensive damage disrupts the area. Local authorities assess the aftermath and begin inspection and relief plans.
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Bohemia
Toron
Fort Wayne Theatre Schedule Notes
Masonic Temple Fort Wayne Indiana hosts shows on April 24 and April 28 featuring James O Neill in The Musketeers and Hogan's Alley respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stan
Masonic Temple
Fort Wayne
Ind
James O’ Neill
the Musketeers
Hogan’s Alley
Eleven Drowned After North Cornish Fishing Boat Wreck
In a North Cornwall coast disaster three fishermen and eight life boatmen drowned when a lifeboat attempting rescue capsized. The wreck of a fishing boat prompted the perilous search and loss of life.
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London
Train wreck near Clarence Station kills four men
Bellefonte Pennsylvania reports a railroad wreck near Clarence Station in which engine toppled over a bank. Victims named include fireman Harry Whip, brakeman Calvin Temple, and Albert Beamer among the four men killed.
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Bellefonte
Harry Whipple
Calvin Temple
Albert Beamer
Clarence Station
Notable Deaths and Disasters Across the Northeast
Charles Stone a New York banker dies at 70. State Senator Richard Higbie of New York passes away at his Long Island home. John Wright Dean the Quaker evangelist dies at Pawtucket Rhode Island aged 70. Actress Kily Coghlan dies in Stamford Connecticut aged 36. Fitchburg hardware store Damon Gould Co destroyed, loss 90000. Philadelphia youths send 16 year old messenger to President Kru ger. Sans Souci Opera House block and Schaffer building burned at Ballston Spa loss 150000. Carnegie Cramp shipbuilding talks rumored. Antonio del Viso reports jewelry theft valued 3000 at Washington. Merritt of Kingston shoots mother and himself in a fit of temporary insanity. Miss Kate Tobin shot dead in Waverly New York by Fred Krist. Civil War veterans at New Jersey Home for Disabled Soldiers fall ill from unknown irritant poison. Green Point New Jersey box factory fire causes quarter million loss. Captain Leslie Hamilton and four escape fire aboard Laura Robinson off Chatham Massachusetts aided by Monomoy life saving station. Riot at Mamaroneck New York between strikers and strikebreakers with firearms injuries. Central Railroad of New Jersey Scranton express wrecked near Baronne Street. local train dislodges wheels and passengers escape amid wreckage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Stone
New York
Richard Higbie
Long Island
John Wright Dean
Pawtucket
R. 1
Kily Coghlan
Rose
Charles Coghlan
Stamford
J. Albert Merritt
Kingston
N. Y
Kate Tobin
Waverly
Fred Krist
I Krist
New Jersey
Kearney
N. J
Ash and
Oakland Streets
Green Point
Edward C. Smith
Leslie Hamilton
Chatham
Mass
Laura Robinson
Monomoy
Mamaroneck
Western news round up a string of disasters and legal actions
The Supreme Court of Ohio sustains a ban on coloring oleomargarine to imitate butter. A Colorado River flood erodes Austin’s dam causing 8 million dollars in property loss and many deaths. Fire destroys major buildings in Cleveland and Colorado Springs. Indianapolis carpenters’ strike ends with 30 cent wages. An Ohio post office in East Liverpool is gutted by fire. A suicide near Ballard California, suspected temporary insanity. Taxed tobacco seizures in San Francisco. Coal miners and operators in Bellaire Ohio settle disputes affecting about a thousand workers. Reinhard banking failure in Columbus with assignments filed. Middleport fires and factory destruction plus a convention hall bond for Kansas City. Also a farmer’s daughter found dead, and a near miss on a Great Northern special train in Montana. Cleveland robbers sentenced. Omaha exposition building burned.
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Supreme Court of Ohio
Colorado
Ereat
Austin
Texas
H. B. Hunt Stamping Company
Cleveland
Indianapolis Carpenters
East Liverpool
Ohio
Joseph Hemphill
Ballard
Cal
San Francisco
Internal Revenue
Bellaire
Indianapolis
Hagerman
Colorado Springs
Colo
Wichita Mountains
el Reno
Kiowa
Comanche
Bank of Reinhard & Co
Columbus
John G
Henry A. Reinhard
Thomas J. Kernathy
Middleport
S. F. Smith
Gillette Herzog Manufacturing Company
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Jesse Howard
Springfield
Ark
James J. Hill
Great Northern Railroad
Northern Pacific
Silver Bow Canyon
Mont
Albert E. Davis
Samuel G. Brooker
Omaha
Multiple Major Events Scatter Across Cities In One Report
Wrecking crews tear down large structures after a fire mystery as Chicago swindler Richard J. Koch escapes in Cleveland. A U S Supreme Court decision ends a Duluth iron mine dispute in favor of Minnesota Iron Co. and against Thomas Hyde. Shaughnassee the Pottawatomie chief dies at 90 in Kansas. A Proctorville Ohio flour mill fire destroys half the town with $200,000 loss and $60,000 insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wrecking Company
Richard J. Koch
Chicago
Cleveland
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Supreme Court of the United States
Duluth
Minn
Minnesota Iron Company
Thomas Hyde
Shaughnassee
Pottawatomies
Nadeau
Kan
Proctorville
Ohio
G. D. Pugh
Tenth District Court
Galveston
Texas
Charles N. I. Armstrong
Nellie Armstrong
Melba
Squire D. J. Smith
C. W. Paris
Mount Healthy
Squire Stauvemann
Wyoming
Head
Paris
Co. L. Lemmon
Lincoln
Neb
Peru
Ind
Ward Bros. & Co
Reilly Gregory
Lazarus
American Tin Plate Company
Laughlin Iron Works
Martin’ferry
Aetna
Bridgeport
Martin’s Ferry
Phoebe A. Hearst
University of California At Berkeley
F. A. Cline
St. Louis
Multiple deaths and fires linked to political strife across states
Alfred C. Green self inflicted death near New Orleans. A Negro family perished in a house fire at Claremont Virginia. In Middlesboro Kentucky special policeman William Mosley shot deputy Charles Cecil then was killed by an unknown assailant. Street violence at Huntington West Virginia left Shelly Sharitz dead after a clash over an election. Sylvester Storrs, linked to Lincoln era events, died of cancer in Berea Kentucky. A Petersburg tobacco factory destroyed by fire risking Austrian government stock. Georgia sawmills vote to operate on two thirds time after May 10, reducing output amid pine timber scarcity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred C. Green
New Orleans
Claremont
James River
Middlesboro
William Mosley
Charles Cecil
Mosley
Huntington
W. Va
Shelly Sharitz
Hall Ross
Sylvester Storrs
William H. Seward
Lincoln
Berea
W. G. Dunnington & Co
Petersburg
Georgia Sawmill Association
Georgia
South Carolina
Florida
Naples landslide buries artificial coal factory. eight dead
A landslide at Naples destroys an artificial coal factory, killing eight workers. Other notes include deaths of William Cross in Liverpool and Dr. Joseph Nenny in Ireland. Germany and France discuss naval arms, estates, and expositions. Gen Otis plans retirement with Gen MacArthur to succeed in the Philippines.
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Naples
William Cross
Liverpool
Italy
Paris
Berlin
Danish West Indies
United States
Joseph Nenny
Frederich Maasen
Innspruck
Eighly
Dixie
Otis
Philippines
Arthur MacArthur
Public Exhibition Rules and Colonial Conflicts
The document notes Sunday public access and United States exhibits linked to a regulation. An agreement has Russia disavowing port aims on Quelpart while Corea pledges not to grant such to another power. Dewet defeats the British at Meerkes fontein with heavy casualties and captures. A religious war near Harar, Abyssinia results in many deaths. A floor collapse in Corunna, Spain kills a dying man and four others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Russia
Quelpart
Corea
Dewet
Meerkesfontein
Jebuti
Jiggiga
Harar
Abyssinia
Corunna
Spain
Steel House Cargo for Japan in Wilhelmina Shipment
A complete steel house valued at 21 481 dollars is part of the Wilhelmina cargo from Philadelphia to Japan and Russia, consigned to Prince Yoshihito of Tokyo. The ship’s bill cites Pittsburg fabrication and a $75 million capital in the Anglo American Rapid Vehicle Company.
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Philadelphia
Japan
Russia
Prince Yoshihito
Tokyo
Pittsburg
United States Marine Hospital Service
San Salvador
Fruit
Anglo-American Rapid Vehicle Company
Joseph Chamberlain
Newfoundland
Margaret Riley
Marjory, Lee
Arnold Lawson
Thomas W. Lawson
Boston
Miss Riley
Mr. Lawson
Canada
Capt. MacDougall
Duluth
Minn
Cramps
Collingwood
Ont
Georgian Bay
Hawkins
White Pass
Alaska
Yukon
Closeleigh
Secretary of War
Congress
Board of Engineers
Potomac River
Washington
Arlington
Burr
New York
Bradstreet’s
Market Report Showcased Nationwide Grain and Livestock Prices
A dense market summary lists cattle hogs sheep and grain prices across major U.S. marts including Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo New York. Highlights include cattle ranges from 2.50 to 6.00 dollars and hogs from 3.00 to 6.00, with wheats corns oats and rye quoted in varied No. 2 grades and regional figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
New York
Porto Rico Tariff Concurrence Passes House 161 158
The national House completed action on the Porto Rico tariff bill by concurring in Senate amendments. Final vote 161 for 158 against with eleven present and not voting. Nine Republicans opposed the bill and shifted the balance, while Democrats largely supported passage. Debate limited to four hours. rule adopted 158 to 142 amid partisan tension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Representatives
Senate
Lorimer
Ilinois
Warner
Illinois
Crumpacker
Indiana
Lane
Iowa
Henry C. Smith
Michigan
Fletcher
Minnesota
Heatvole
Littlefield
Maine
House
Porto Rico
Committee On Rules
McCall
Heatwale
H. C. Smith
Messrs. Watson
Hopkins
Dolliver
Payne
Mec-Call
Massachusetts
Botha Named New Boer Commander in Chief
General Louis Botha succeeds the late General Joubert as commander of the Boer army. The distinguished officer earned praise as a brilliant strategist, having commanded at Swartkop and Spion Kop. He played a key role near Ladysmith and earned notable respect from conservative correspondents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Botha
Joubert
Botha
Swartkop
Spienkop
Buller
Tugela
Ladysmith
Strong Boer Leaders Move Troops and Tactics Noted
The report praises Commandant Olivier for a bold 25 mile long march to place his army between Brit ish lines and the Basutoland border without losses. It highlights Tom Kelly commanding 20 000 Kaffirs and notes a cadre of generals Smet Schalk Burger Delarey and others, plus foreign officers, as skilled strategists and gunners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olivier
Basutoland
Tom Kelly
Zoutpansberg
Smet
Schalk- Burger
Delarey
Franz Joubert
Henning Pretorius
Meyer
Irish Convention Aims at Unity in Dublin Meeting
News roundup reports an Irish convention to discuss national unity in Dublin. Additional items note U S mineral output near 1 billion dollars this year and Denmark’s West Indies costs exceeding revenue by 75 thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
United States
Denmark
West Indies
Atlantic
Athens
New York
Sarmiento
Gov. Jones
Arkansas
Senator Berry
Lima
Ohio
Stephanie
Austria
Count Lonvay
Vienna
State Department
Washington
Senate measures and quorum gaps on Indian bill and Quay seating
Debates over the Indian appropriation bill continue with amendments on sectarian schools and government employment of contract Indians. The Senate adjourns amid no quorum while marking a tribute to Richard Bland and advancing a Hawaiian civil government dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deboe
Senate
J. C. S. Blackburn
Mentucky
Committee On Privileges and Elections
Sullivan
M. S. Quay
House
Hawaii
Jones
West
Richard Parks Bland
Missouri
Silver Dick” Bland
Quay
Pennsylvania
Hansbrough
Cape Nome
Hepburn
Sioux City and Pacific Railroad
United States
San Francisco
Honolulu
Committee On Naval Affairs
District of Columbia
Yeas
Burrows
Arkansas
Dolliver
Porto Rico
Secretary of the Treasury
Cuba
Philippines
Odds and Ennis Ex Congressman Owens Dies in Newark
Obituary note reports the death of former Congress member Owens in Newark Ohio. The item mentions his long service and local impact alongside brief regional notes.
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Scranton Express
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Baronne
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Ennis
Owens
Newark
Lompoc
Treasury Department
Skaguay
Prince of Wales
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