Gaps in German British Talks and Paris Robbery Arrests
The report notes no formal Germany Britain treaty agreement yet and that Britain only offers most favored nation treatment as talks continue. Paris details two arrests in the American Express robbery case with George Miller, alias James Samuel, and Tom Edwards in Amiens. stolen funds and tools found. A Bombay cotton mill fire kills 35 workers, with a separate similar blaze at Khamgaon killing 11.
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Germany
Associated Press
Gerhat
Great Britain
Paris
American Express Company
Parie
France
Hae Ben
George Miller
Chicago
Mere
James Samuel
Tom Edwards
Amiens
Ophir Arrives Albany With Royal Party Amid World News
The British steamer Ophir reaches Albany Western Australia on May 11 carrying the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York and reports all well aboard. Also noted: Crown Princess of Japan has a son. President Errazuriz of Chile ill. Edward VII may hold levees. Canada potentially joins the British king’s title. multiple plague updates from Cape Town. various political and social upheavals in Europe and Russia.
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Albany
Western Australia
Ophir
Duke and Duchesss of Cornwail
York
Japan
Errazuris
Chile
Senor
Anibal Zanartu
Cape Town
Queen Victoria
Edward
Craig-y-Nos
Mme
Adelina Patti
Rolf Cecerstrom
South Wales
Alexis Nicolajewitch Dolgoroukoff
London
St. Petersburg
Posslbie
British Empire League
Colonial Office
Canada
King Edward
Pry and
Everett
Barclay & Co
Kovropatkin
London Times
Russia
Servia
Paule Minck
Pere la Chaise
Paria
M. Max Regis
Algiers
la Revanche du Peuple
Losses by Fire In San Juan Porto Rico
Fire on the pier wrecked the structure and contents causing about 100000 in loss. Most is insured except roughly 5000 worth cargo awaiting steamers. The pier, costing 100000, was insured. Eight thousand sacks of sugar waited for ships bound here today. In St Louis a Roth Homeyer Coffee building at 20 South Eighth street was destroyed by fire.
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San Jitan
Porto Rico
ST. Louis
Roth-Homeyer Coffee Company
South Eighth Street
Weather forecast for Washington and Midwest regions May 1
Forecast for Thursday and Friday calls for Port Winoosaki – showers possible Friday and cooler with variable winds turning to fresh southeasterly. Ohio expected warmer in the north Thursday, then Friday fair with light northerly winds. Indiana forecast fair both days with westerly winds. Barometer falling, temperatures around 60. Local Forecast Official Wappenhans notes comparative May mean temp and precip totals.
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Washington
Port Wiinos
Ohio
Indiana
Weather Record Missing Clarity in May Heat Report
A garbled May weather note from St Paul recounts unofficial temperatures reaching extreme highs. The report notes readings from a government instrument about thirty feet above street level, but details are unclear and partially unreadable.
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ST. Paul
Minn
Verdict of Acquittal in Palmer Riot Case and Damages Awarded in Tipton
A Nashville jury found Joseph W. Robertson and two co defendants not guilty in the Palmer white capping riot case, after a short deliberation. In Noblesville, Mrs. Vina Peters won $200 damages against saloon keeper William Gough for selling liquor to her intoxicated husband, leading to abuse and a broken home.
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Indianapolis Journal
Nashville
Ind
Joseph W. Robertson
Robert Robertson
James &. Bradley
Robert W. Palmer
Palmer
Reubert Palmer
Brown
Noblesville
Vina Peters
William 8. Gough
Tipton
Tipton County
Murder at Danville saloon ends in instant death
John Pritchard shot and killed 22 year old Joseph Somers after a quarrel in Fred May's saloon Danville Illinois. Two versions differ over who was the aggressor and whether Somers attacked with a knife. Somers and Pritchard ages noted as about 26 and 22. Somers reportedly died at the scene.
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Indianapolis Journal
Danville
John Pritchard
Joseph Somers
Fred May
Somers
Pritchard
Lone Linton strik marks Indiana miners clash
At Linton Indiana United Mine Workers refuse to enter mines with engineers who did not join the UMW. Operators concede engineers to miners in wage talks but seek no separate engineers contract. No major trouble expected as UMW has absorbed most state engineers. Other items note Window Glass Workers wage scale talks in Pittsburg and Tin Plate Workers wage committee meeting in Elwood with plans for Cleveland convention.
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Indianapolis Journal
Terre Haute
Ind
Indiana Operators’ Association
Linton
United Mine Workers
Engineers’ Brotherhood
Miners’ Organization
Brotherhood
Pittsburg
Burns
St. Peter
Window Glass Workers’ Organization
Muncie
Elwood
Tin Plate Workers’ Protective Association of America
Cleveland
President Arms
New York
Henry Timrod
Washington Square
Charleston
S. C
Valentine
Timrod
Kohlsant
United States Circuit Court
Chicago
John A. Frazer
Frazer
United States
John R. Thomas
Indian Territory
Marshal Bennett
Tams Bixby
Dawes Commission
Havana
Beckham
E.B. McCormick
Hopkinsville
McCormick
Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary Society
General Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the United States
Washington, D. C
J. G. Butler
Washington
Lewis Hay
Indiana
Alice G. Bond
Kansas
Ohio Republican State Central Committee
Columbus
J. B. Foraker
John R. Malloy
New York Naval Arch Association
Ernest Flagg
Victory
Sea Horse
Nicholas Carrie
Fifth Avenue
Carrie
Resignation demanded over mayoral liquor use in Logansport
In Logansport Indiana the City Council party line passed a resolution demanding Mayor George P McKee resign due to months of excessive liquor use. The mayor, a Republican, faces impeachment if he refuses to quit. The news also notes visits by state officials to speed cellhouse construction and Richmond Indiana’s current prosperity outlook.
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Indianapolis Journal
Logansport
Ind
Common Council
Repubicans
George P. McKee
McKee
Vincennes
Police Board of
Thomas Dunn
Thomas Robertson
Indiana Towns See Rail Growth and Weather Toll
The Cincinnati Richmond and Muncie Railroad spurs growth as electric lines planned east and west. Evansville hosts the Indiana literary clubs convention with Mrs. Felts delivering the address. A tramp in Rushville smashed windows to seek jail, and Vincennes fights a hostile police board vote. A Fort Wayne farmer’s son dies in a lightning strike as a season’s first storm tests the area.
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Cincinnati, Richmond & Muncie
Nations House
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Imilanapolis
Evansville
Ind
State Union of Literary Clubs of
Grace Presbyterian Church
George Felts
Fort Wayne
Indianapolis Journal
Fred Heine
Morris Couple Celebrate Fifty Seventh Wedding Anniversary
Warsaw Indiana May 1 Mr and Mrs Isaiah Morris celebrate their fifty seventh wedding anniversary. Mr Morris is the oldest member of the local lodge at eighty years old and his wife is two years younger. South Bend Indiana May 1 Ethel Costello a nurse in this city learns she is heir to 280000 from the uncle of her deceased husband.
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Cincinnati
Sophia Hemphill
Ohio River
Sophia Hamilton
Thorntown
Ind
Hemphill
Toledo
Chicago
Indianapolis Journal
Warsaw
Isaiah Morris
Morris
South Bend
May L—Ethel Costello
Notre Dame Pioneer Mother Dies in South Bend
South Bend dispatch reports the death of Mother Ascension, an early Notre Dame pioneer born in France in 1826 who came to Notre Dame in 146. Noted as a famous national figure, her passing marks the end of an era for the college community.
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South Bend
Ind
Ascension
Notre Dame
France
United States
Benjamin J. Newman
Indiana
Warsaw
Charles Barbour
Presbyterian Sunday School
Greensburg
James Templeton
Decatur County
Horace
Eastman murder case nears end with bullet evidence
In Cambridge on May 1 the government pressed its case against Harvard instructor Charles R. Eastman for murder. Prosecution notes built on witness admissions that a bullet shown as from Grogan’s body matched a modern Smith & Wesson revolver used by Eastman and Grogan in target practice. The weapon’s distance at firing was argued to be at least six feet.
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Cambridge
Mass
Charles R. Eastman
Harvard
Richard H. Grogan
Grogan
Smith & Wesson
Eastman
Aceferee
Jury Trial Focuses on Firearms Evidence in Grokan Case
The jury did not hear about any new evidence of personal animosity. Testimony today was largely expert on firearms and cartridges, with no additional proof of ill will between Grokan and the other man.
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Grokan
Jefferson and Jackson Honored in New Orleans Address
The speech lauds Jefferson for the New Orleans treaty and the Era of American expansion, and praises Jackson for wartime heroism and obedience to federal law. It vows unity of the nation and outlines a presidential pledge to sustain the Republic’s honor and prosperity. After streetside applause, the party plans a city drive and riverfront journey en route to the West Coast.
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Jefferson
New Orleans
United States
Spain
France
Jackson
Tennessee
Louisiana
Mississippi
Golden Gate
Tate
Ohio
Grand Army of the Republic
Vicksburg
Miss
Longino
McKinley
President McKinley Tours Mississippi for Open Door Policy Speech
The President travels through the Yazoo valley to New Orleans and Vicksburg, visiting Jackson and addressing crowds. He defends the open door policy in China, recalls Tennessee’s cotton trade stance, and pledges unity as he tours Mississippi with Cabinet members, amid large, diverse crowds.
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New Orleans
Yazoo
Memphis
Greater
America
Orient
China
Tennessee
Vicksburg
Zachary Taylor
National Cemetery
Pemberton
Grant
Fort Nogales
Grant-Pemberton
Mississippi
Yazoo Canal
Trowbridge
Growth and unity in a Spanish American War era speech
President McKinley appeals for national unity and growth as he tours the South. He stresses American progress since the Spanish War, urges settling differences domestically, and highlights prosperity, wages, and education. He praises Southern hospitality before urging foreign markets for U.S. products under the flag.
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Spain
Hay
Charles Emory Smith
Smith
Hitchcock
Peers Wilson
Washington
McKinley
MILL
Wesson
Hay and
Wilson
Weston
McComb
Miss
South
Governor Dietrich Resigns as Nebraska Governor
Governor Dietrich is succeeded by Ezra Savage who takes the oath and signs the senatorial commission. Dietrich plans to move to Washington in June as the capital punishment bill in Colorado becomes law without the governor's signature.
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Dietrich
Nebraska
Ezra Savage
Savage
Washington
Colorado
J. B. Ofield
Arlington
Tex
Milton Young
Young
Ofield
Thomas Kilgore
Manila Port Needs Dredging to Aid Trade
Manila's shallow harbor strained by American occupancy prompts immediate Pasig river channel dredging by U S engineers to secure commerce. Large hemp and sugar ships face bay exposure and tempests, hindering shipments.
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Boston Journal
Manila
Pasig
United States
America
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Ecord
Brown County
Parmer
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County Institute
Alexandria
John Weisner
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Joseph Gognet
Knox County
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Second National Bank of
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Fred Miller
Fairmount
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John Dean
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Covington
Thomas D. Glasscock
Pisot
Detroit
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Atlanta
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Trust
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Chicago, Covington & Southern Railroad
Carnegie Library Board of
Carnegie
Cambridge City
Lee Ault
Mattie McGlave
Charles H. Eastman
Jack
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Emerson
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Brockton, Mass
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E. B. Barker
Deansboro
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Kruse & Deventer
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Indianapolis
Sentinel Printing Company
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Johnson
Woodbridge CO
Delaware St
Henry C. Smither
Roofer
Pennsylvania Stree
Knight & Jillson’ Co
Indianapolis, Ind
Hamburg-American Line
Plymouth
Cherbourg
Hamburg
Maeack MA
M. Deutechiond
Columbia
Chew PA
Engeer Shevick
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