Russian Pacific Fleet Deploys for Great Naval Engagement
Report from Singapore lists Vice Admiral Rojestvensky backing battleships and cruisers in the second Pacific squadron with transports and colliers, while Admiral Togo commands a Japanese force including Mikasa and Chiyoda. Demonstrations in St Petersburg suggest Russian cruisers Gromobol, Russia, and Bogatyr may sail to threaten Togo’s rear.
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Singapore
Rojestvensky
Pacific Squadron
Kniaz Souvaroff
Alexander II
Borodino
Orel
Sissot Veliky
Oleg
Nakhimoff
Dmitri Donskoi
Aurora
Tzumrud
Jemtchug
Almaz
Russ
Anadyr
Furst Bismarck
Kaiserin Maria Theresa
Kaiserin Augusta Victoria
Kaiser Friedrich Rion
Vo- Toner
Kief
Yaroslav
Tamboff
Vladimir
Russian Navigation Company
Meteor
Jupiter
Mercury
East Asiatic Company
Korea
Kauai
North Artic Company
Kniaz Gortchakoff
Sissoci Veliky
Alexander III
Oslabya
Navarin
Svietlana
Isamrud
Blestlachy
Bedovi
Bravi
Kieff
Voronez
Vladimiroff
Kamtchatka
Gortschakoff
Malaya
Togo
Mikasa
Fuji
Asahi
Shikishima
Chinyen
Asama
Chiyoda
Iwate
Nisshin
Atsuma
Idsumo
Kasuge
Tokwa
Yakuma
St. Petersburg
Rosestvensky
China Sea
Gromobol
Russia
Bogatyr
Vadivostok
Vladivostok
Mysterious Kokomo Quarry Creature Discovered
A strange lizardlike animal, released from a rock quarry in Kokomo Indiana, has survived without food since its discovery ten feet below a solid stone surface. Dr J Moulder holds the specimen and reports renewed inquires from geologists and scholars. A similar find occurred twenty years ago but the creature died six months after discovery.
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Kokomo
Ind
Deffen- Daugh
J. McL. Moulder
Nive High School Boys Note From Zanesville on April 10
A short item from Zanesville Ohio dated April 10 mentions Ralph and a group of Nive High School boys. The readable text is fragmentary with limited context about the event or persons involved.
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Zanesville, O
Ralph
Russian squadron sighted near Anambas group after Singapore arrival
The British steamer Gregory Apear reported the Russian squadron commanded by Rear Admiral Enquist seen about twenty miles northeast of Monki in the Anambas islands. Russians were at anchor. Additional reports say four warships, likely Japanese, were off Cape St James near Saigon on April 7.
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Anambas Group
Singapore
Russian squadron sighted near Muntok expected in Batavia
A dispatch from Batavia via Handelsblad reports a Russian squadron seen near Muntok and anticipated to arrive in Batavia today.
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Patch
Handelsblad
Batavia
Zanesville High Students Arrested on Indictments
Baker and Elverett Okey, Zanesville High School students from prominent families, were arrested on grand jury indictments. Baker faces burglary charges while Elverett is charged with malicious destruction of property. The indictments stem from an investigation of various depredations at the school over the past year.
timber merchant Edward Rietz dies after heart attack fall
Edward G W Rietz aged 60 a retired Chicago timber merchant collapsed on a sidewalk at State and Madison streets from heart disease and died before aid could arrive. He had just returned from a trip down state and was en route home.
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Chicago
Edward G. W. Rietz
State
Madison Streets
Meningitis Death in Oshkosh Child
Cerebro spinal meningitis appears in Oshkosh Wisconsin with the death of four week illness of five year old Veril Schoonover daughter of M Schoonover of Waupaca at St Marys hospital.
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Oshkosh
Wis
Veril Schoonover
M. Schoonover
Waupaca
St. Mary's Hospital
Real estate man Ulysses Sykes dies at Omaha theater
Ulysses Sykes, a well known Omaha real estate figure, collapsed and died suddenly during a vaudeville show at the Orpheum theater. The incident occurred while he was watched the performance in Omaha on April 10.
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Omaha
Neb
Ulysses
Sykes
Orpheum Theater
Stella Clements Dies After Short Illness In Lincoln
Stella Clements aged 11 years died in Lincoln, UL after a twelve hour illness of cerebro spinal meningitis or spotted fever. It is reported as the first case in the region.
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Lincoln
Family Stricken by Cerebrospinal Meningitis in Bellefontaine
The Barringer family of Bellefontaine Ohio including the father, wife, and son died in an outbreak of cerebro-spinal meningitis.
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Bellefontaine, O
David Barringer
Ironwood Plans Up-to-Date Theater for City
Ironwood Michigan expects a cement three story opera house and Masonic hall costing about 40000 dollars. The building is planned to be a combined theater and hall and aims for completion before winter.
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Ironwood
Tronwood
Mich
Explosion inquiry closes as inspectors depart
Carbondale Alabama April 10 Examin tion into the cause of the Zeigler disaster by a committee of eleven state mine officers is finished. Inspectors have left for St Louis and no report will be released until presented to the governor.
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Carbondale, al
Zeigler
St. Louis
Judge rules mail order whisky firm can use US mails
In Kansas City on April 10 Judge Amidon refused to bar a mail order whisky business from using the United States mails. He granted injunctive relief against the Kansas City postmaster who had blocked money orders and mail related to a fraud order. The decision holds ads may be untruthful but not violate federal statutes. widespread food adulteration is noted but not grounds to stop the manufacturers.
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Kansas City
Amidon
United States
Dutch family’s deportation case shocks Kalamazoo
Mrs A Hartzhorn and three Dutch babies migrated seeking easier life claiming they have earned their living. Kalamazoo county officials say she must work and may deport the family to Holland after review.
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Holland
Kalamazoo
Mich
A. Hartzhorn
Netherlands
Hollhind
New York
Robinson
Mother's awful mistake in Virginia ends in tragedy
In Chatham near Concord Church Mrs. Nannie Bowe kills herself after a mistaken act that killed her 12 year old daughter Fannie by accidental strychnine overdose and left her son Cabell gravely ill. The mother also ingested strychnine and carbolic acid after realizing the error.
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Chatham
Nannie Bowe
Concord Church
Fannie
Cabell
Death of Leopold Levy Indiana Merchant and Politician
Leopold Levy a wealthy Indianapolis merchant and prominent politician died at his home after months of illness. He served as state treasurer from 1809 to 1903 and was twice elected from Huntington his former home. Born in Württemberg Germany in 1838 he leaves a wife a son and a daughter.
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Leopold Levy
Indianapolis
Huntington
Wurttemburg
Germany
Terrell Dies of His Wounds Following Fight
Bloomington April 10. James Terrell dies from wounds after a savage fight with Jacob Hartman. Hartman has been arrested. The trouble stems from a quarrel between the two men’s children. Washington April 10. Mrs Roosevelt and three children return from a Florida cruise.
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Terrell
Bloomington
Ind
James Terrell
Jacob Hartman
Hartman
Washington
Tenement Fire Forces Five to Jump From Window
A blaze on the east side of Sixth avenue near Webster avenue in Pittsburg drives four men and one woman from a second story window. Two people suffer serious injuries requiring hospital care, with Mrs. Fran among the most gravely hurt.
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Pittsburg
Sixth Avenue
Webster Avenue
Fran
Two men face possible death as ages clash with fate
Chesco Cristallo aged 476 and Frank Aversano aged 45 are described as both may die. Authorities provide no further context on the peril or the events linking them.
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Chesco Cristallo
Frank Aversano
Murder Mystery Solved in San Francisco
The dismembered body of Biaggio Vilarde, a Sicilian, was found last week. He was killed with a cleaver at 186% A Green Street in the home of Pietro Torchirito known as Peter Torchi, who is in hiding. Torchirito’s wife Rosa and others named as witnesses have been arrested. A bloody cleaver and bones were found in the basement.
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San Francisco
Biaggio Vilarde
Green
Pietro Torchirito
Peter Torchi
Torchirito
Rosa
Thippo Feretta
Salvator Morande
Rosario Domina
Denver Youth Ends Life by Jumping From Ship Concha
George Wilder 14, pioneer wholesale grocer of Denver, disappeared from his home two weeks ago and died by suicide by jumping into the sea from the steamer Concha after sailing from Galveston last Wednesday. A letter dated April 4 from Wilder to his business agent said he was worn out and tired, intending no inquest.
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Denver
George Wilder
Galveston
Key West
Wilder
Remembered His Love
In Minneapolis on April 10 Augustus King heir to part of a $1,000,000 fortune. He leaves about $150,000 to Henriette Bateman now of Montclair, daughter of the woman he once loved who refused him years ago. He never forgot his youth.
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Minneapolis
Augustus King
Norman W. King
Henriette Bateman
Montclair
Cole
John Bateman
Explosion capsizes boat injuring four in Calumet river
In Hammond Indiana on April 10 Julius Lenicent Dan Lenicent Peter Canady and W Miller were nearly drowned when their boat exploded and capsized on the Calumet river. They were taken to Indiana Harbor city hospital all in serious condition.
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Hammond
Ind
Julius
Dan Lenicent
Peter Canady
Hk. W. Miller
Calumet River
Indiana Harbor
Hunters Rescue After Tin Barrel Explosion Incident
Four men duck hunting near a river mouth endured a blast from a tin barrel that wounded Miller and tipped their boat. The injured men clung to the hull for over an hour before another hunting party recovered them from the water.
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Miller
Birth Rate Gaps Highlight Wealthier City Areas
New York births data show sixteen thousand babies in four months with Fifth Avenue recording the lowest rate under ten births. East Side near Division Street has the highest rate due to different living conditions.
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New York
Bureau of Vital Statistics
Fifth Avenue
Division Street
Infuriated Boy Stabs Sister With Hat Pin
A six year old boy Jas Callen of Wilsondate attacked his five year old sister over sharing a toy. He seized a hat pin and stabbed the girl, who collapsed and died in their mother's arms from a pierced heart. Authorities report the incident as a fatal act of violence within a family setting.
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Huntington
W. Va
Jas, Callen
Irank Cablon
Wilsondate
Baptists Accept Rockefeller Donation to Missionary Union
The American Baptist Missionary Union received a $100,000 contribution from John D. Rockefeller and has acknowledged the gift. Rockefeller has supported the union with annual gifts for several years, and this payment continues that pattern.
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Rockefeller
Reston
Mase
The
American Baptist Missionary Union
John D. Rockefeller
Union
Mr. Rockefeller
Executors sue for $10,000 after Ill. wreck death
Sioux City, April 10. Executors for the estate of the late Prank Jandt file a $10,000 action. Officers have attacked Big Four railroad cars across Iowa following Jandt's death October 28 near St. Anne Illinois in a Ble Four wreck.
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Sioux City
Jandt
Big Four
Iowa
St. Anne
Ill
Markets in Chicago April 10 1908 hogs and cattle totals
Chicago markets report weak to lower tendencies across hogs and cattle. Hogs range 5 30 to 85 60 with light to mixed packers active and declines 2 1/2 to 5 points, while cattle and sheep show a general drop with beef and stocker prices down and lambs slow to sell. Receipts and shipments volumes noted for yesterday and today.
Roosevelt hunts coyotes and jack rabbits in Oklahoma
President Roosevelt is camping at Pap Springs on the Red River with a hunting party including General Young Colonel Lyon Captain Burnett and Dr Lambert. They plan a five day outdoor life near Frederick Oklahoma with wolves and jack rabbits pursued by greyhounds and stag hounds on a thirty six mile square tract leased from Kiowa and Comanche tribes.
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Frederick
O. T
Roosevelt
Pap Springs
Red River
Hant
BLM
Young
Cecil Lyon
Burke Burnett
Sloan Simpson
Oklahoma
Simpson
Rough Rider Regiment
G. R. Fortescue
Alexander Lambert
New York
J. R. Abernathy
Pat Dooling
bin McDonald
Burnett
Panther Springs
Blast Kills Eight Men at Archway Quarry in Virginia
A quarry blast near Allisonia in Pulaski county Virginia accidentally discharged causing two nearby blasts to explode. Eight men were killed instantly and two injured with little hope of recovery. The dead include six black laborers and two white workers, with roles listed.
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Roanoke
Allisonia
Pulaski County
the Times
Archway
John Fortner
Walter Miller
John Harris
Tobe Sutton
O. Davis
Striking Teamsters Target Hotels in Chicago Blockade
In Chicago on a Saturday, teamsters amid a widespread strike ordered two hotels housing non union workers to be sealed. One hotel yielded and sent the men away while the other resisted provoking a boycott on provisions and picket lines. Managers claimed ample supplies and little impact, as strikers and employers clash over tactics.
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Chicago
Burton Resignation Put Off Pending Case Decision
Frank K. Grimes former state treasurer and Burton campaign manager says Senator Burton will not resign until the case against him is decided. Grimes cites Burton’s own statement made less than a week ago in Topeka Kansas on April 10.
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Burton
Topeka
Kan
Frank KE. Grimes
Toe Grimes
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Monki
Cape St. James
Saigon
Amsterdam
the Evening Journal
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Java
Muntok
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Mukden
China
Mrs. Roosevelt
Grain Market
Beach-Wickham Grain Co
Chicago Board of Trade
McCall Bros
Uncle Sam
Fort Worth
Texas
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Iain the
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Tex
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Teamsters
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