Taft pushes tariff action and White House plans travel
The report notes Senator Aldrich and Senator Daniel debating the tariff bill with Secretary Wilson saying wheat is ample and price driven by Patten. Taft may visit Alaska if traveling expenses are approved, and Norton joins Red Cross central committee. A San Francisco fire at St George hotel leaves six dead and seven missing.
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Aldrich
Daniel
Wilson
James A. Patten
Congress
Taft
West
Alaska
Congress of the Daughters of the American Revolution
Continental Hall
Washington
the Treasury
Charles P. Norton
Treasury Department
Central Committee
The
National Red Cross
Scott
Kansas
House
Senate
Payne
Philippines
American Federation of Labor
St. George Hotel
San Francisco
Notable speeches and appointments across Washington and New York
Vice-President Sherman and Ambassador Jusserand led the opening of the D A R congress in Washington. Reverend MacArthur labeled Christian Science as Eddyism from Calvary Baptist Church New York. Col John Hicks has sent his resignation to Washington and it is expected to be accepted. Joseph H Choate chairs Manhattan committee for Hudson Fulton celebration with about 2000 members. H S Henry bought Miller’s Going to Work Dawn of Day for 50000 at a New York sale. Taft attended Yale Corporation meeting in New Haven. Brig Gen Frederick A Smith, recently in San Francisco, ordered to Fort Russell Wyoming to assume command.
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Sherman
Jusserand
Congress of the Daughters of the American Revolution
Washington
Robert S. MacArthur
Calvary Baptist Church
New York
John Hicks
Chile
State Department
Joseph H. Choate
Manhattan
Citizens’ Committee
Hudson-Fulton
H. S. Henry
Philadelphia
Miller
Taft
Yale University Corporation
New Haven
Frederick A. Smith
San Francisco
Fort D. A. Russell
Wyo
Train Death Toll, Injuries Rise in Three Months
An interstate commerce commission report records 184 killed and 2924 injured in train accidents during the three months ending December 31. Other items note the battleship Mississippi’s government acceptance and routes to Natchez, Saloniki’s tremors around Constantinople, and various international incidents including massacres in Adana and Mersina.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Mississippi
Mississippi River
Natchez
Constantinople
Adana
Mersina
Asia Minor
Edward
Paris
Clemenceau
Gordon
Roosevelt
Aden
Arabia
Society Women of
Washington
Virginia
Ohio River
Wellsville
Ada mob lynches four ranchmen in frontier case
A mob in Ada Oklahoma lynched four ranchmen who had slain Deputy U S Marshal A L Bobbitt. The incident followed a violent spree that included bank robberies, political clashes and local reckonings across several states and nations.
Five Die When Steamer Eber Ward Sinks In Ice Flotilla
The steamer Eber Ward collided with an ice floe five miles west of Mackinaw City and sank with five crew members drowned. Survivors include Captain Lemay and three engineers. The vessel, bound Milwaukee to Port Huron, vanished in deep water of the Straits of Mackinac with its cargo of corn. The Bennington rescued the on deck survivors.
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Mackinaw City
Mich
Eber Ward
Here
John Hern
James Perry
John Meberoth
Kinney McKay
T. Lemay
A. P. Galino
Frank Baldwin
S. R. Shipman
Charles Lester
Frank Gutch
August Padmer
John Winterhalter
Bennington
Tunnelled under buildings in Suffolk bank heist
Robbers tunneled under four buildings to reach the Bank of Suffolk vaults and escaped with about 1500 dollars in loose currency coins and gold. Police were notified late after officials discovered the loss on Monday. No clue exists as to suspects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suffolk
Bank of Suffolk
Actor Killed by Jilted Girl in Jacksonville Fight
Jacksonville police report a film actor and stage director from the Mabel Paige Stock Co was shot to death by Miss Jessie Brown after he visited her home to discuss an upcoming marriage to Miss Elizabeth Bagley. Brown, sister of May Brown a 1905 murder victim, was arrested.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Earl P. Adams
Mabel Paige Stock Co
Elizabeth Bagley
Jessie Brown
Adams
Miss Bagley
Miss Brown
May Brown
Freeman
Cahoon
German editor fined for libel in Moltke case
Berlin reports Maximilien Harden editor of Die Zukunft was fined 150 dollars on libel charges for accusing Gen Count Kuno Von Moltke former Berlin military governor in the Prince Zu Eulenberg affair and the 1907 round table scandals. The case, retried after a prior four month sentence, involved Moltke’s offer to drop if Harden retracted the pervert accusation. The state attorney refused withdrawal and the hearing excluded press and public.
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Berlin
Maximilien Harden
Die Zunkunft
Kuno von Moltke
Prince Zu Eulenberg
Round Table
Herr Harden
Supreme Court
von Moltke
Harden
Secretaries Dickinsons Sail to Colon for Canal Inspection
Secretary of War Dickinson and Mrs. Dickinson boarded the U S S Mayflower in Charleston and sailed for Colon to inspect Isthmian Canal progress. They expect to return about four weeks hence.
Riot at Knoxville Inebriate Asylum injures six
A riot at the Des Moines Knoxville state inebriate asylum last night left six people injured including inmates and attendants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Knoxville
Price Cut on Wire Nails by Major Steel Firm
In Philadelphia the American Steel and Wire Co a United States Steel subsidiary cut wire nails prices by ten cents per hundred. At the Pennsylvania Hospital Chief Resident Bradbury performed a difficult heart operation on Mrs Catherine de Mateu of Christian Street sewing seven stitches, with her likely recovery.
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Pittsburg
American Steel & Wire Co
United States Steel Corporation
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Hospital
Bradbury
Catherine de Mateu
Christian Street
Officer probes claim of Boyle kidnapping suspect
An officer in Kansas City tests a theory that Mrs. Boyle held on kidnapping Willie Whitla is Mrs. Frank A. Parker, once arrested locally, with a husband in Jefferson City penitentiary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sharon
Kansas City
Boyle
Willie Whitla
Frank A. Parker
Jefferson City
Trustees bar new girls at Allegheny prep. school renamed Alden academy
At Allegheny college chapel service on Monday, the board of trustees announced that no additional girls will be registered in the preparatory school until finances justify a dormitory. The school will be renamed Alden academy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meadville
Allegheny College
Alden Academy
Bank Failure At Lititz Langston District
The Lititz National Bank of Lititz failed to open on Tuesday April 20. It carried a paid up capital of 105000 dollars. No financial statement is available yet and reports say the bank made bad investments in local industrial enterprises it backed.
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Lancaster
Lititz National Bank of
Lititz
Obed Hand Nordstrom Pioneer Inventor Dead at 87
Obed Hand Nordstrom, noted inventor and pioneer business man from Punxsutawney, died aged 87. After turning 75 he introduced three inventions to the market. He was kin to William H. Vanderbilt of New York, their mothers being sisters. His grandfather, Jonathan Hand, leased land to Cornelius Vanderbilt over a century ago that later became New York City Hall.
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Punxsutawney
Obed Hand Nordstrom
Nordstrom
William H. Vanderbilt
New York
Mr. Nordstrom
Jonathan Hand
Cornelius Vanderbilt
City Hall
Court frees John E. Craig after coroner verdict in self defense
In Altoona a coroner's jury ruled Edward Russell died from a gunshot fired by John E. Craig in self defense during a home incident. Craig was released on 2000 bond for trial at the next criminal court after a habeas corpus writ was filed by his counsel.
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Altoona
Edward Russell
John E. Craig
Craig
Bell
Keller Cleared of Assault Charge in Laceyville School Case
Clayton G Keller principal of Laceyville borough public schools was found not guilty by a Wyoming county jury in quarter sessions court. The father of a girl named Russell had accused Keller of whipping the pupil for alleged school rule infractions. The trial featured full presentations from both sides.
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Tunkhannock
Clayton G. Keller
Laceyville Borough
Wyoming
Keller
Russell
Donora man sues Bishop Canevin over promissory notes
Washington. Charles H. Hamill of Donora sues Rt. Rev. Regis Canevin bishop of the Pittsburg diocese as trustee of Holy Name of Mary church Donora and as trustee of St Patrick s congregation Canonsburg alleging 1200 and 1500 due on promissory notes. The suits stem from dealings of P J Kieran whose actions affected many Catholic churches and priests.
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Washington
Charles H. Hamill
Donora
Regis Canevin
Pittsburg
Holy Name of Mary Church
Bishop Canevin
St. Patrick’s Congregation
Canonsburg
P. J. Kieran
Miss Aimee Tourgee Dies at 88 After Pittsburg Lectures
Miss Aimee Tourgee writer lecturer and illustrator died at the Homeopathic hospital on Monday April 19 of heart disease. She was 88 and the daughter of Judge Albion W Tourgee. Cremation was performed per her wish and the ashes will be taken to Mayville New York her late home.
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Pittsburg
Aimee Tourgee
Homeopathic Hospital
Meadville
Irwin
Miss Tourgee
Albion W. Tourgee
North Carolina
United States
Bordeaux
France
Colbert Brothers Convicted in Pittsburgh Bribe Conspiracy
Charles Colbert and his brother Herbert alias John Colbert were found guilty of conspiracy to bribe after a two hour jury deliberation in a graft trial. Testimony showed they offered 100 dollars and a suit of clothes to juror B. F. Carpenter to favor a banker linked to a 17500 dollar city deposit scheme involving Capt. John F. Klein.
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Pittsburg
Charles Colbert
Herbert
John Colbert
B. F. Carpenter
John F. Klein
Mustn't Miss Visiting Tom in the Southern Mountains
A New England traveler learns of Tom the mountain recluse whose cabin hosts visitors at risk. Locals warn that Tom may set a dog on strangers, mete out rough treatment for any slight, or mistake cautious talk for spying. The tale stresses stopping at Tom’s cabin for safety and hospitality.
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Tom
Stamping Out Opium Smoking in Henan Province
A Henan correspondent reports mass destruction of autumn opium crops and a shift to wheat. Officials say future searches will seize any remaining poppy plants and label land growing them as official land. Smoking is restricted to homes and inspectors enforce the rules despite local evasion by some.
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Henan
China
Remarkable Longevity Cited in Will Case
In a Bellenden Ker will dispute a witness claimed a brother died 150 years ago. Evidence showed the father, who first married at 19, had a son who died in infancy then, and a second marriage at 75 produced a son who reached 94 and testified long after.
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Louisa Courtenay
Bellenden-Ker
When Romance Flees in a Witty Quote
A Chicago Record Herald line notes a woman greeting her husband's former sweetheart with courtesy to signal either the rival has grown stout or faded away. The quip reflects social wit on marriage and rivalries in early 20th century society.
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Chicago Record-Herald
Market summary of grain and livestock values across cities
On April 21 markets show on call money steady to easy at 1 to 2 percent. Grain and provisions list Minnesota flour patents 6.00 to 6.50. wheat at various No 2 red and May futures. corn around 80 cents to 74 cents. oats around 57 to 44 cents. live stock prices across Cleveland Toledo Buffalo Pittsburgh and Chicago with cattle lambs hogs and sheep reported.
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New York
Prime Mercantile Paper
Sterling Exchange
Minnesota
Cleveland
York State
Pattern order form for sewing pattern procurement
A short notice invites readers to obtain a sewing pattern by sending 10 cents to the Pattern Department of the paper. Readers should include their full name and postal address, plus size and pattern number.
Too Succulent Missionary Dream Ends in Haunting Twist
A wry exchange recalls a young woman studying to be a missionary. Her bold aim to convert a cannibal tribe ends in tragedy, leaving a bitter note on zeal and fate. The tale juxtaposes sweetness with dangerous ambition, hinting at consequences beyond imagination.
Heated discussion over furnace sparks house dispute
Quite Natural and her husband recall a visit about the house fitting. A heated discussion over the furnace followed the encounter.
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A. L. Bobbitt
William Loeb
Port
Havana
Kan
Braddock
Peter C. Hains, Jr
William E. Annis
Woman's Baptist Foreign Missionary Society of the West
Ottawa
Kaw
Ballinger
Grand Trunk Railroad
Grand Rapids
Rose Fenner
Chicago
Oklahoma
United States Circuit of Appeals
St. Louis
United States Circuit Court of Oklahoma
Jules Cambon
Germany
Order of the Red Eagle
Des Moines College
Danville
Joe
Cannon
W. W. Mitchell
Panama
Iowa
Jacob Augur
Fort McKinley
Wewoka
Creek National
M. L. Mott
Guadeloupe
Port Limon
Costa Rica
Senora Castro
Venezuela
Topeka
Tokyo
Joan of Arc
St. Peters
Rome
University of Michigan
James B. Angell
Eugene Gardiner
Kentucky
Joseph Cordez
Alcona
Baker
Indiana
Indianapolis
Marie Bartels
Adolphus Busch
Annheuser Busch Brewing Company
Ilinois
Missouri
Carroll
Murray
Muskogee
James S. Sherman
Daughters of the American Revolution
John Barrett
International Bureau of American Republics
Knox
Straits OF
Mackinac
Count von Moltke
Keystone State Jets
Toledo
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