Ottoman capital falls to Young Turks in street fighting
In an April 26 clash in Constantinople, the Young Turks seized control after heavy shelling and street fighting. About 1,000 killed or wounded. sultan safe at Yildiz Kiosk. foreigners largely unharmed as cadets and troops guard embassies. American reporters Frederick Moore and Booth wounded. Casualties high at Taschkischla and Matchka barracks amid tight security.
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Constantinople
Yildiz
Yildix
Saloniki
Taschkischia
Frederick Moore
New Orleans
Moore
Leishman
Booth
Army of Investment
Pera
Tildiz
Mahmoud Shefket
Matchka
Taschkischla
Enver Bey
Viidiz
Tagchdldschia
Yildiz Minak
Ines
Shefket Pasha
Grande ‘Rue de Peru
Fira Sone
Deserters Fight as British-Turkish Skirmish Rages
At the Port Palace hotel early, a shelling burst jolted tourists from breakfast and five shells fell near Grande Rue de Peru. Fifty deserters from the opposing side rushed the street but women waved scarves from home windows as Belgian legation guards exchanged fire, leaving the building riddled yet unharmed while constitutionalists finally cleared the grounds.
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Pora Palace
Soutari
Bosphorus
Grande Rue de
Peru
Grande Rue
Legation
No Cessation Of Massacres In Turkish Actions
Constantinople and many towns and villages in Turkey endure ruthless slaughter as hundreds seek refuge. Consular dispatches report ongoing massacres in Anti och district with people fleeing in every direction. French vice consul at Marash notes order restored there amid a Galata panic and widespread nervousness before calm returns.
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Constantinople
Turkey
Antioch
Marash
Galata
Killing Right and Left in Constantinople
A Daily News cable report from Constantinople describes organized killings by the sultan’s forces. Refugees shelter in embassies and Western houses as young Turkish officers are shot in broad daylight, with palace spies everywhere and no action by authorities to stop the slaughter.
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Chicago
Daily News
Constantinople
Dea
Turkey
Hunger, Revolt, and War News From Tabriz and Beirut
In Tabriz, Persia, April 26, bakeries are closed and starvation deaths occur as women protest the ongoing crisis. Latar Khan vows to never surrender and denies welcoming Russian interference. In Beirut, Alexandretta remains tense with Christian and Moslem tensions rising. troops arrive and order is pursued. A Russian expedition under General Snarsky nears Tabriz to restore order.
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Tabriz
Persia
Latar, Khan
Beirut
Alexandretta
Beslan
Lebanon
St. Petersburg
Snarsky
Maybray Identified as McCann in St Louis Murder Case
Local United States officials say J. Maybray, accused of running fake horse races nationwide, is McCann the man believed murdered by Lord Barrington in St. Louis years ago. Laura Gates of St. Louis and Louis Deming testified. Maybray denies being McCann and says he never knew him.
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McCann
St. Louis
Bess
Kentucky Governor Pardons Goebel Case Figures
Governor Willson pardons former Governor W S Taylor and Charles Finley after nine years on the run, plus John Powers Holland Whittaker John Davis and Zach Steele. Indictments remain for Wharton Golden Frank Cecil and William H Culton. Most cases to be dismissed leaving Henry E Yaytsey as the sole inmate at the state penitentiary for Goebel?s death.
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Kentucky
Goebel
Frankfort
Willson
William Goebel
W. 8. Taylor
Charles Finley
Indiana
John Powers
Caleb Powers
Honduras
Holland Whittaker
Butler County
John Davis
Louisville
Zach Steele
Dell County
Wharton Golden
Knox County
Colorado
Frank Cecil
Bell County
St Louis
William H. Culton
Owsley County
West
Cecil
Henry E. Yaytsey
O Ife
Pententiary
Gosbel
Woman Saves Three Tots in Burning Minneapolis Home
Mrs Mary Thompson forced a back door to reach burning home of Mrs John Gordon. Her children Francis six Nellie four and Frankie two were inside when matches started a blaze. She rescued them just before the house was destroyed.
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Minneapolis
Mary Thompson
John Gordon
Many Creeds Represented at Philadelphia Liberal Congress
Leaders from multiple faiths gather for the first congress of the National Federation of Religious Liberals in Philadelphia on April 27. The group promotes sincere religious life, freedom, and progress through social service and spiritual fellowship beyond sect boundaries.
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Philadelphia
Congress of Liberals
National Federation of Religious Liberals
Woeralthink. Org
Primate of All Canada Election Noted in Canada
Winnipeg dispatch reports Archbishop Matheson elected Primate of All Canada for the Anglican Church in Western Canada with duties in Rupert’s Land. The election names him Delonte in charge of church affairs across the region.
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Primate of All Canada
Winnipeg
Mon
Matheson
Ruperts Landdlocuse
Western Canada
Delonte
All Canada
Electric lights shine on indoor long-distance race
New York April 24 promoters plan tonight's fifteen mile race between Henri St Yves, Derby Marathon winner, and Alfred Shrubb at the local American league park. The field will be lit by 2 Nehting systems making every inch visible, weather permitting. A new record prize is offered. the existing professional record for the distance is 1 hour 22 minutes set by J Howitt in Islington on March 22, 1852.
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New, York
Henri
St. Yves
Alfred Shrubb
St. Yves Holda
J. Howitt
Islington
Famous Beauty Married in New York Society
New York April 26 Society pages report the marriage of Miss Norah Langhorne to Paul Phipps. The ceremony was at St James Episcopal with Bishop Courtenay officiating. Attending were Mrs Gibson and other prominent society figures including Mrs Astor, Mrs Brooks, and Mrs Perkins.
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New York
Dion
Virginia
Great Britain
Misa
Norah Langhorne
Chigwall
D. Langhorns
Albemarle County
Paul Phipps
England
St James
Charles Dana Gibeon
Langhorne
Gibson
Walderf Astor
William Walderff Astor
Reginald Brooks
T. Moncure Perkins
City
Phipps
William Butler Duncan
Great Day for College Men at Penn Athletic Carnival
Philadelphia April 24. Almost every college and school in the Eastern and Middle United States is represented in a great athletic carnival at the University of Pennsylvania today. Institutions number 57 colleges and universities, 44 preparatory schools, 48 high schools, 44 grammar schools and 16 parochial schools, totaling 209. Principal events include relay races to decide the college championship of America with distances of a mile, two quarters, four miles, and two miles for the two mile leg.
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Philadelphia
United States
University of Pennsylvania
Athlet U
Come of Mem
Wisconsin
College Elars Pionship of America
Terin Amity
Milo
Woman Refuses To Testify In Mercer Kidnapping Case
In Mercer Pennsylvania on April 2 a woman in a kidnapping inquiry before the grand jury refused to answer questions. Her counsel Judge Miller instructed silence and she declined to testify. District Attorney Lininger sought commitment for contempt but Judge Williams delayed ruling until full argument.
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Mercer
Atte Inger
Dames K. Gay
Willie Whitta
Testi
M! Ler
Lininger
Willame
Williams
Boyle
Roosevelt expedition in Africa stalls plans near Kapiti Plains
The Roosevelt party sets up camp near Kapiti Plains station in British East Africa. Officially no decision on departure or movement has been made. Some baggage from the Smithson Institute remains at Mombasa, likely delaying shooting trips by two to three days as Roosevelt forbids any information about future plans.
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Roosevelt
Kapiti Plains
British East Africa
Africa
Kapit Plains
Smithactian Institute
Ohio Court Bans Hocking Valley Railways Control
Franklin County Circuit Court under Ohio anti trust law ousts Hocking Valley Railway from control of the Zanesville and Western Toledo and Ohio Central Kanawha and Michigan parallel lines and several coal companies. Judge A I Alrod wrote the opinion in the Attorney General case. The decision bars stock ownership in coal firms and competing railroads, while leaving some charter aspects intact.
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Columbus, O
Circuit Court of
Franklin County
Hocking Valley Railroad
J. Pierpont Morgan Syndicate
Zanesville and Western
Toledo and Ohio Central
Kanawha and
Michigan
Sunday Creek Coal Company
Sunday Creek Company
Continental Company
Buckeye Coal and Railway Company
Ohio
G Biven
Hocking Valley Railway Company
Denman
Circuit Court
A. I. Alrod
Hocking Valley Railway
Hocking
Sunday Creek
Hocking Valley
Toledo
Ohio Central
Kanawha
Zanesville
Scapegoat of politics seeker Brandenberg nabbed in SF
San Francisco April 26. Novelist Brandenberg, once a fugitive from New York grand larceny charges over a Cleveland article, is in custody after failing to appear for trial. He called himself the Dreyfus of America and claimed Brandenberg’s arrest follows political maneuvering. His eight year old stepson Cabanne’s disappearance from St. Louis sparked kidnapping fears.
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San Francisco
Broughton Brandenberg
New York
Connecion
Grover Cleveland
Dreyfus
America
Cleveland
New York Time
Hastings
Brandenberg
Cabanne
St. Louis
Hargis Jury Cleared to Proceed in Irvine Trial
Irvine Ky April 24 Judge Adama refused a defense motion for another continuance and ordered the Beach Hargis trial to continue. The jury was accepted by both sides and A Floyd Bird opened for the state, as the defense indicated a plea of self defense and harsh treatment as extenuation for the killing.
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Hargis
Irvine
Beach Hargis
Adama
A. Floyd Bird
Jackson
Receipt That Cures for Nervous Debility and Manhood
A sensational offer promises a free copy of a “prescription” claimed to restore vigor and memory for men troubled by weakness or prior excesses. The ad touts a physician’s special recipe and urges readers to request it by sending name and address to Dr A E Robinson in Detroit for delivery in a plain sealed envelope.
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A. E. Robinson
Detroit
Mich
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Hocking Valley Railroad Company
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