Collision at Sea Sinks Clyde Saginaw Off Virginia Coast
A fogbound collision near the Virginia coast between the Clyde steamship Saginaw and the Old Dominion liner Hamilton early Tuesday sank the Saginaw and left twenty or more dead. The Hamilton rescued survivors as crews aided victims, with a list of saved and missing including many colored passengers and crew.
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Saginaw Cai
Hamilton
Norfolk
Saginaw
Old Dominion
Steamship Company
Uner
Winter Quarter
Fenwick Island
Virgin Coast
New York
Virginia Capes
Richmond
Philadelphia
Boaz
Hamilten
W. L. Morris
Hamton
Goslee
J. 8. Tunnell
Old Point
Ese Oa
Clyde Line
Offcer Morris
Clyde Company
E. B. Cole
J. Trevor
R. B. Younghead
Chester
George B. Hood
H. F. Winters
Camden
N. J
Mary A. Sanderson
Windsor
N. C
Morris Payner
Northeast
John Reese
Miller Pennell
Judson Severlls
Rokeley
David Roland
Newport News
Harry Robertson
Florence Newby
Edna Ward
M. EB. Jones
P. L. Pendleton
A. Gilmore
S. Jernigan
M. E. Jones
Mary Robertson
Edward Goslee
Willam Bittes
Mary Anderson
Morris
Peter Swanson
Tunnell
Beltzer
Murray
W. T. Morris
Philadelhia
Parry F. Winters
Ary A. Sanderson
Memory fails as ex-mayor Ames faces bribery trial
In Minneapolis on May 5 former Mayor A A Ames is cross examined over alleged bribes and protection payments. He claims a rubber stamp signed orders, denies setting up a list of houses of ill repute, and says his memory is deficient. Attys Brown Long and Dr Clark testify to his alleged delusions and unfit judgment.
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Minneapolis
Minn
A. A. Ames
Dr. Ames
John Long
E. J. Clark
Ames
Convention of Doctors Opens AMA Meeting in New Orleans
The fifty fourth annual American Medical Association session began at Tulane Theater with record attendance. President Frank Billings urged higher medical school standards, noting that 98 private schools are ill equipped to teach fundamentals. A report from the ethics revision committee proposed state bodies set their own rules while following AMA standards. A Cincinnati delegate offered a substitute favoring ethical principles and no uniform rules. A national committee was formed to study the code as a key agenda item.
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New Orleans
American Medical Association
Tulane Theater
Frank Billings
United States
R. Elliott Harris
New York
Charles A. L. Reed
Cincinnati
Matos Trapped? Venezuelan Revolution Near Barquisimeto
Report from Caracas on May 5 suggests General Matos may have fallen into a trap after landing to unify rival revolution chiefs. Government forces under Gomez Penalosa Jacinto Lart move on Barquisimeto with about 5,000 troops, while allied contingents advance from multiple directions. A decisive, possibly final, battle is expected within days, raising fears for Matos and allies.
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Caracas
Matos
Barquisimeto
Penalosa
Jacintolart
Venezuela
Gomez
Tucacacas
Cuaca
Linares
San Felipe
Yaritagua
Gonzales Pacheco
Guidor
Carache
Assimeto
Generalates
Bernard Blanco
Republican Victory Reshapes Fort Wayne City Council
In Fort Wayne Indiana May 5 Republicans win sweeping city election reducing Democrats to 14 of 20 council seats and placing three Republican water works trustees. Edward White Hugh Hogan and Julius Towne top the trustee slate with strong majorities while Charles Pfeiffer Calvin Reimann and others capture council seats, reflecting a revolt against the old board and distrust of prior council honesty.
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Indianapolis Journal
Fort Wayne
Ind
Edward White
Hugh Hogan
Julius F. Towne
Charlies N. Pfeiffer
Calvin Reimann
William Pearce
Thomas N. Hall
Charles B. Woodworth
Charles N. Crouse
Joseph A. Bursley
Byron A. Strawn
Fred W. Scheimann
William H. Meyer
John Grund
Arwid Polster
Jesse Brostus
G. A. Sthair
Democrats
Henry Wiebke
Frank Baker
O'Ryan
D. F. Hauss
Michael Kinder
Philip Wyss
Related Election Returns Across Indiana Town Votes
In Goshen area counties on May 5, party lines blurred with varied victories. Nappanee Millersburg and Wakarusa saw Republican, Democrat, and Citizens tickets win in different towns while Redkey and other centers reported mixed results across clerk, treasurer, marshal and trustees. Overall turnout modest with several contests decided by narrow margins.
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Indianapolis Journal
Goshen
Ind
Nappanee
Ristol
Middleburg
Millersburg
Wakarusa
Citizens
Redkey
Shoals
Gwin
Lay City
Marshal
Social Democrats
Worthington
Charles Gecklen
Arthur Lowe
W. Z. Barker
G. D. Taylor
Martin Evans
Alonzo Dickey
Corydon
Local Indiana Elections End in Mixed Returns
May 5 reports from Indiana towns show Democrats winning two of five council seats in LaGrange while Republicans retain most offices. Salem re-elected Marshal Mediock for the 16th time and a new Board of Trustees was elected with nonpolitical issues. Middletown voted Republican for most posts, with sharp contests and substantial majorities. A lamp topple at Wolcottville caused a small fire, destroying ballots and halting town officer elections until new ballots could be printed, with only twelve votes cast.
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Lagrange
Ind
Salem
Marshal Mediock
Middletown
Indianapolis Journal
Wolcottville
Masonic Hall
Baltimore Mayoral Result Dubious as Votes Remain Uncounted
Baltimore May 5 The mayoral outcome is in doubt with 303 of 308 precincts counted showing a 382 vote lead for Democrat Robert M McLane over Republican Frank M Wachter. Five precincts locked overnight, recount likely. Republicans win city controller George R Heffner and Rep E Clay Timmarus take second city council, Dems lead first branch.
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Baltimore
Robert M. McLane
Frank M. Wachter
George R. Heffner
E. Clay Timmarus
Moores reelected Omaha mayor as party divisions show split ticket
Frank E. Moores, Republican, won a third term as Omaha mayor by about 1,000 votes over three challengers. Erastus A. Benson led the bolting faction, with Democratic candidate E. E. Howell third and Socialist William M. Moore about 2,000 votes. City ticket results were mixed, with Democrats electing C. C. Wright city attorney, William Fleming tax commissioner, and C. C. Lobeck controller, while Republicans kept city treasurer A. P. Hennings and city clerk William H. Elbourn. The City Council result remained uncertain.
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Omaha
Neb
Frank E. Moores
Erastus A. Benson
E. E. Howell
William M. Moore
C. C. Wright
William Fleming
C. C. Lobeck
A. P. Hennings
William H. Elbourn
Scheme to Utopianize Haiti Proposed by Yale Student
William Pickens, Yale junior exhibition prize winner, is asked to head a new Afro-American republic in Haiti. The plan envisions a republican government as a giant corporation with stockholders from the society, land titles in the state, and deportation of dangerous criminals at sea. Public schools would be established and rights equal, though individual freedoms would be limited.
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New York
William Pickens
Yale
Haiti
New Haven
Sturgis
N. L. Musgrove
Fire destroys Southern Sewer Pipe plant in Birmingham
A large fire in North Birmingham swept the entire Southern Sewer Pipe Company land tonight, destroying the plant and causing an estimated loss of 150000 dollars with about 00 insurance. The facility had operated for about two men and was regarded as the best equipped firm of its kind in the South.
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Birmingham
Ala
Southern Sewer Pipe Company
Alma Taylor Weds Dr Harvey Bohannon In Secret
Former Governor William H Taylor announces the secret marriage of his second daughter Alma to Dr Harvey Gale Bohannon of Greenville Kentucky. The ceremony took place at Justice of the Peace Harvey B Stout office with a quiet private gathering.
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William 8. Taylor
Kentucky
Alma
Harvey Gale Bohannon
Greenville
Justice of the Peace
Harvey B. Stout
Taylor
Taylors
Indiana
Dr. Bohannon
Indianapolis
North
Delaware Street
Justice Stout
Bohannon
Shelby County
G. Bohannon
Demand of Militiamen Guard Association Officers Elected
In Columbus Ohio May 5 the Interstate National Guard Association adjourned to meet January 27 1904 at St Augustine Fla. Officers elected include Gen Charles Dick president Col C E Bleyer secretary treasurer and Lieut Col E J Dimmick assistant secretary The group endorsed bills to limit wearing military uniforms to service members protect the flag from advertising use amend military act to insert calendar year wording and extend penalties for official militia business while urging a fixed minimum fee for inspections and company runs
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Columbus
Interstate National Guard Association
St. Augustine
Fla
Charles Dick
Ohio
C. E. Bleyer
New York
E. J. Dimmick
Washington, D. C
Army
United States
Battery and Signal Corps
War Department urged joint maneuvers and guard distinct insignia
The War Department inaugurates joint maneuvers and camps of instruction for mobilization of the National Guard and Federal Army. The association calls for distinctive collar insignia for state troops versus the regular army and asks Congress to provide shooting ranges accessible to guard and regular army officers and men, plus an increase in annual support to the National Guard to two dollars.
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War Department
Fepular Army National Guard
Rea R Army
Congress
National Guard
Memorial Service Honors Two Bishops in Meadville
The Methodist Episcopal bishops gathering in Meadville Pa mark a solemn session as two senior bishops, Randolph B Foster and John F Hurst, die after long illnesses. A memorial service at Allegheny College Ford Chapel drew bishops, ministers, students, and townspeople. The event featured Bishop Edward G Andrews presiding and singing led by C C McCabe with addresses by Merrill Mallelieu Foss and Fowler among others.
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Meadville
Conference of the Bishops of the
Methodist Episcopal Church
Randolph
Foster
West Newton
Mass
John F. Hurst
Washington
Ford Chapel
Allegheny College
Edward G. Andrews
New York
C. C. McCabe
Omaha
Isaiah W. Joyce
Minneapolis
Stephen M. Merrill
Chicago
Willard F. Mallelieu
Boston
Cyrus D. Foss
Philadelphia
Charles H. Fowler
Buffalo
Magnet Pull Removes Metal From Wound At Navy Yard
John Gettegg an apprentice at the Vallejo navy yard was severely injured when a steel fragment lodged in his face. Master Electrician Petrie devised a magnet capable of lifting 500 pounds to extract the foreign metal, marking a novel use of electricity in surgery.
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Vallejo
Cal
John Gettegg
Navy Yard
Petrie
Feudist Locked in Car Sparks Jackson Feud Tension
In Jackson Kentucky a feud flare renews after the killing of J B Marcum. Tom Cockrell was locked in a smoking car after planning to confront Alex Hargis. No arrests have been made. James Marcums allies fear further violence as bloodshed persists. The dead man’s wife visited the courthouse to mourn.
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Lexington
Tom Cockrell
Louisville & Nashville
Cockrells
Alex. Hargis
Cockrell
Ben Hargis
Hargis
James Cockrell
Jackson
Winchester
J. B. Marcum
Breathitt County
Richwood
Walker Creek
Wood G. Dunlap
James B. Marcum
Snce
Lexington & Eastern Railway
Marcum
Duel Ends In Kentucky Fatality In Clay County
London Kentucky May 5 News arrived of Sid Bakers death in Clay county following a highway duel with William McCollum Baker rode away from his horse and fired twice missing McCollum McCollum fired back hitting Baker in the abdomen The feud involved Baker as brother in law to James Howard linked to a murder trial involving William Goebel McCollum had been summoned as a witness against Howard but did not testify.
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London
Clay County
Sid Baker
James Howard
William Goebel
William McCollum
Baker
McCollum
Howard
Powers Must Wait in Caleb Powers Goebel Case
In Kentucky, the 1900s Goebel murder case against ex secretary Caleb Powers moved to a third trial date as his lawyers sought to have Judge Cantrill removed. The judge kept the bench for now and delayed proceedings until October, with related defendants Dion Combs Harlan Whittaker and J W Davis also in limbo.
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N. Ky
Caleb Powers
William Goebel
Powers
Cantrill
Harlan Whittaker
Tallow
Dion Combs
J. W. Davis
Goebel
Court of Appeals
Miss Helen Gould Expands Estate Projects in New York
Miss Helen Miller Gould insists on using her estate for public benefit. Workers convert idle buildings into homes for philanthropic efforts. A cooking school is underway and a sewing school building is donated. Girls from Irvington and Tarrytown will participate in programs.
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New York
Helen Miller Gould
Miss Gould
Irvington
Tarrytown
Logsdon Denounces Hearsay in Sprinkling Contract Probe
Edwin P. Logsdon denounces hearay evidence during an impeachment committee session. Lawyers for Logsdon clash with committee chairmen over admissibility while witnesses recount conversations linked to a street sprinkling contract and alleged kickbacks.
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