Outrage in South Negro Rural Route Carrier Held Up
Post Office reports a colored rural free delivery carrier near Gallatin Tennessee was halted by armed masked men who warned him to quit the route under death threats The Postmaster General suspended service pending a full investigation and possible summary action if charges prove true The case links to broader civil service appointment disputes and potential intervention by military protection if violence recurs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Post Office Department
John C. Allgood
Guillatin
Tenn
Payne
Indiana
H. Swany
Gallatin
W. F. Conger
Nashville
Civil Service
Civil-Service
Department
Allen F. Diffard
Civil Service Board
John Allgood
Conger
John C
Bto
Ced
Peer Aera
Cts
Hayne
Cis
Tulloch Objects to Payne Comments in Postoffice Inquiry
Seymour W. Tulloch, long time cashier at Washington’s city postoffice, replies to Postmaster General Payne declining to provide facts for now. He refutes Payne’s personal remarks and says he will substantiate his statements after reviewing responses from officials cited by Payne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emory Smith
Bristow
R. J. Tracewell
the Treasury
John A. Merritt
Washington, D. C
Tulloch
Postmaster Generals
Lesa
Postoffice Department
Payne
Washington
Postoffice
Seymour W. Tulloch
Washington City
Washington Post
Daily Press
Former Minneapolis Mayor Dr A A Ames Guilty of Graft
Dr Albert Alonzo Ames, once mayor of Minneapolis, was found guilty by a jury of accepting a $3600 graft while in office. The jury deliberated 24 hours amid motions for stay of execution. No sentence was pronounced. The case involved Gardner and women said to have provided funds for Ames.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Albert Alonzo Ames
Elliott
Ames
Gardner
Mayor Ames
Last Hague Protocol Signed in Venezuela Negotiations
Dramatized at the British embassy the allied powers and Venezuelan envoy Bowen signed the last Hague protocol and related conventions on the blockading powers claims. Brazil, Italy, Britain, Germany involved. Caracas commissions to meet this summer. Bowen to sail May 16. The pivotal clause forbids preferential payment if The Hague rules against the blockaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Herbert W. Bowen
Venezuela
Signor Mayor Des Planches
Michael H. Herbert
Baron Speck von Sternburg
Hert G. Dering
Bowen
Hague Tribunal
Caracas
Castro
Hague
New York
Philadelphia
Filipinos Naturalized in Pittsburgh Court Oath
Ten Filipino graduates employed with a traveling show appeared in U S Circuit Court in Pittsburgh and took the oath of allegiance. Under Capt T W Griffith they were admitted to take out first papers declaring intention to become U S citizens and renounced allegiance to the King of Spain. They viewed the federal court process and were shown courtroom procedures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
United States
T. W. Griffith
United States Army
Spain
Buffington
Court of Justice
Red Price Found Guilty of First Degree Murder in Saloon Shootout
Arthur Johnson alias Red Price, identified as one of the robbers at Ed Connors's saloon, is convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to life in prison. The evidence shows his partner, guarding an outer door, killed patron Charles Bervin as he tried to escape. Johnson was tried as an accessory and becomes a principal under Colorado law.
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Denver
Arthur Johnson
Red” Price
Ed Connors
Charles Bervin
Johnson
Bervin
Colorado
War Warning as Balkan Turmoil Draws Powers
May 7 reports from Constantinople Berlin and London describe Bulgaria facing pressure from the Porte over insurgent activity in Macedonia and Albanian unrest. Germany supports Turkey while Britain warns against entangling alliances, and France monitors the crisis as arrests in Sofia escalate tensions.
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Constantinople
Porte
Macedonia
Turkey
Bulgaria
Sofia
Albania
Berlin
Balkans
Russia
Balkan
London
Foreign Office
Great Britain
Ottoman Empire
Austria
Lansdowne
Near East
Germany
Paris
France
Salonica
Ria
Sultan Avoids Controversy as Bulgarians Face Arrests
Reports state the Sultan seeks quietude while wholesale Bulgarian arrests spread across European Turkey. All Bulgarian schools in western Macedonia are closed and their teachers arrested, signaling intensified suppression of Bulgarian activities.
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Turkey
Macedonia
Gomez Plans Cuban Representation at World Fair
General Maximo Gomez, returning from St. Louis, sails for Havana with Francisco Palma. He expresses deep interest in the St. Louis fair and intends to urge Cuba to gain official authority and funds to be represented at the exposition.
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Cuba
New York
Maximo Gomez
St. Louis
Havana
Francisco Palma
Palma
Gomez
Pershing Forces Capture Moro Forts on Mindanao Lake
Captain Pershing's column defeats the Sultan of Amparagana's Moros in Taraca on Lake Lanao East Shore. Ten forts seized, 115 Moros killed, 60 captured, 2 Americans dead, 7 wounded. Forts dismantled. Pershing moves north to survey the shore. Velasco raised with hull intact.
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Manila
Captain Pershing
Pershing
Shaw
Gracie
Twenty-seventh Infantry
Velasco
Admiral Dewey
Cavite
Demand Drives Fanning From Post Ahead of Primaries
The Democratic chairman Fanning faces removal as he vows to publish the primary call within a day or two. A tense meeting with the Democratic Executive Committee discussed timing, with most supporting soon primaries while a dissenting Spencer urged delaying until new precincts are drawn. Keach presented a silver monkey wrench and Fanning a cut glass jar of ninety six goldfish as symbolic gestures amid hopes the primaries proceed fairly and without cooked opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fanning
Chairman Fanning
Charles H. Stuckmeyer
Jacob Buennagle
Patrick Henry Woods
Mr. Fanning
Mr. Keach
Keach
French Lick
W. W. Spencer
Mr. Spencer
Sullivan
Harvey R. Matthews
Mr. Bell
T. Taggart
Indianapolis
R. H
Indiana Democratic factions clash over Keach bid and Kern organ
Indianapolis reports show heated Democratic infighting across Indiana as Keach gains support from the Big Four while Taggart resists losing control. Bell and Reach factions push back against unification, with Morse’s paper backing Keach and fears of state-wide repercussions if unity fails.
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Gold Democratic Committee
Keach
Taggart
Bell
Big Four
8. E. Morse
Morse
Morss
Murdock
Dougherty
Fleming
Bryan
Joseph E. Bell
Bad Boy Taken South By Mrs Workman Police Matron
Mrs Julia Workman matron of the Indiana Reform School and charity delegate brought 12 year old Robert Loefler from Indianapolis to Atlanta to return him to Mobile authorities. He fled Mobile after running away from home, rode westward and fought to stay in the North, resisting capture until she secured passage to Atlanta. She tied a rope around his waist to prevent escape during the journey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Journal
Atlanta
Julia Workman
Indiana Reform School
Convention of Charities and Correction
Indianapolis
Robert Loefler
Mobile
Ala
Cincinnati
Arkansas Monitor Adrift In Low Mississippi Waters
Water levels along the Mississippi fall as the United States Monitor Arkansas runs aground near Little Rock Landing. From St Genevieve reports say the channel has only eleven feet of water with several spots at nine feet, forcing dredge assistance from Chester. Navy dispatches note the ship’s thirteen foot draft and possible lightening of fittings to reach New Orleans.
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Cairo
St. Genevieve
United States
Arkansas
Little Rock Landing
Vreeland
Gulf
Chester
Ill
Washington
Mississippi River
New Orleans
Navy Department
E. Vreeland
The
Lise
St. Louis
Lunatics Beaten At Kansas Asylum By Order
A former Kansas Insane Asylum attendant testified that new patients were beaten into docility by order of a superior officer. He said beatings occurred before rule violations and ranged from fists to clubs when fists would hurt the attendants. The May 7 testimony came during an ongoing investigation in Topeka.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas Insane Asylum
A. M. Mason
Lawrence
Mason
Gift of 145000 to Carthage College announced
Carthage Illinois May 7 Harry Denhart of Washington Illinois announces a further gift of 145000 to Carthage College over five years He earmarks 100000 for the endowment on the condition that an equal amount be raised in the college territory within five years The remaining 45000 is unrestricted assistance to the college
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carthage, Ill
Harry Denhart
Washington, IL
Carthage College
No Progress in Sprinkling Contract Inquiry Witness Testimony
Fred Fuehring, longtime street contractor associate, faced two and a half hours of rapid questions from Attorney Noel before the council investigation committee. The exchange centered on alleged bid rigging and district assignments among sprinkling contractors, with Fuehring denying fixed districts or prearranged bids while acknowledging attempts to keep bids low.
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Fred Fuehring
Street
Council
Attorney Noel
Noel
Wynne
Mr. Fuehring
Robin Hood
Fuc_cing
Rust
Kennington
Fuehring
Roeust
Haughville
Ring
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Ang
Ulloch
A. A. Ames
Allied Powers
the Times
Amparagana
Capt. Pershing
Mindanao
Lake Lanao
Percival Landon
Philippines
Daily Mail Today
Aguinaldo
Milese
Landon
Democratic Executive Committee
Oance
Machine Democrats
Bad Boy
United States Monitor
Mississippi
Illinois
Logsdon
Republican Campaign
Col Ky
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