Windber Strike Violence Ends in Arrests and Fatalities
At Windber Pennsylvania during a miners strike a meeting turned into a brawl with shots fired by deputies and rioters. Three men were killed and a boy mortally wounded while Eu gene Delaney, a mining engineer, was seriously hurt. Local authorities, backed by deputies, arrested several union men amid fears of further violence and dynamite stockpiles raise concern.
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Johnstown
Eugene Delaney
Windber
Arrests in Missouri mob lynching case
Four men are under arrest in Springfield for alleged mob leadership in the jail break that freed three black men and lynching victims. Cannefax Calfry Crane and Hall face varying bonds or jail, with Cannefax and Hall tied to the sheriff property damage inquiry.
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Springfield
Charles Cannfax
Oney Calfry
Cannefax
St. Louis
San Francisco
Calfry
Dan Crane
D. D. Crane
Crane
Cat Hall
Hall
Horner
Baseball Scores from Diamonds Philadelphia Cincinnati
Scores on the Diamonds report games from April 17. In the League, New York beat Philadelphia 4 to 2 in Philadelphia and Chicago lost to Cincinnati 3 to 2 in Cincinnati. In the American, New York defeated Boston 8 to 4 in New York, and Philadelphia beat Washington 5 to 3 in Washington.
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Diamonds
Chicago
Philadelphia
New York
Cincinnati
Boston
Washington
New Blue Book Edits At Naval Academy Add Hazing Rules
Annapolis authorities prepare a revised edition of the Blue Book detailing interior discipline at the naval academy. The update will incorporate new laws addressing hazing.
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Annapolis
Naval Academy
Officer dies from Kearsarge explosion in Cuba
Another officer has died as a result of the April 13 explosion aboard the battleship Kearsarge in Guantanamo Cuba. Ten sailors injured at the time remain in serious condition.
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Guantanamo
Cuba
The
Evening Journal
Kearsarge
State Senate Lacks Authority to Probe Cincinnati Officials
Cincinnati officials and Hamilton county offices cannot be investigated by the Drake committee as the common pleas court rules, saying the state senate committee has no authority to authorize such an inquiry. The ruling affects ongoing scrutiny of local government activities.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
The
Evening Journal
State Senate
Hamilton County
Drake
Common Pleas Court
Ex-Treasurer Murray Indicted in Erie County Graft Probe
Buffalo April 17 Fred O Murray former Erie County treasurer and recent port collector indicted by the grand jury on charges of stealing 58870 from the county and receiving stolen property. Seventeen indictments total linked to graft probes over North Street cemetery site for the Sixty Fifth Regiment armory. Murray pleads not guilty to all charges and seeks speedy trial. Bail set at 10000 with bondsmen posting. Justice Kenefick postponed to a later date.
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Buffalo
Fred O. Murray
Port of
Erie County
Grand Jury
County of Erie
North Street
Sixty-fifth Regiment
Murray
Kenefick
Supreme Court
Excursion Steamer Louisiana Narrowly Survives Drowning Panic
More than 400 excursionists on the side wheel steamer Louisiana faced a near disaster nine miles above Evansville as a log struck the hull causing a large hole. A dance was underway when alarms sparked a panic but doors closed and passengers moved to shore safely. The vessel now rests in twenty feet of water with the bow damaged. valued around $10,000.
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Evansville
Ind
Louisiana
Vicksburg
Miss
Decapitation on Pere Marquette Train Ending in Tragic Death
Grand Rapids, April 17. A young farmer named William Vanderkolk leaped from a moving Pere Marquette train at Vriesland Ontario and was decapitated by the wheels. The incident shifts attention to railway safety among rural travelers.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Whileliam Vanderkolk
Pere Marquette
Vriesland
Ont
Sun Worshiper Starves to Death in Chicago Case
Coroner informs Milan Horvat a 30 year old resident of 135 West Nineteenth Street starved to death. Authorities say he adhered to a sun worshiping cult and kept a fast that proved fatal.
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Chicago
Hoffman
Milan Horvat
West Nineteenth Street
Norvat
France's President Fallieres Rise From Humble Barrister Roots
Clement Armand Fallieres, newly elected French president, hailed from a poor country barrister background. At 35 he entered the chamber of deputies in 1876, soon stood out, later becoming senator, interior minister, premier, and seven years before leading the government, president of the senate.
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Clement Armand Fallieres
French Republic
Chamber of Deputies
Senate
Denby vs Diplomat Controversy Over Fraudulent Certificates
Chinese minister Sir Chentung Liang Cheng rebuts Michigan Rep Denby on who issued fraudulent U S admission certificates. Cheng cites 527 issued in three years, notes 92 percent from non Chinese sources, questions Denby geography, and calls the accusation against Chinese officials a product of fertile imagination.
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Kwangtung
Fukien
United States
Philippine
Hawaii
Denby
China
Denby Attacks Chinese Officials Over Immigration Records
Representative Denby, on foreign affairs, accuses Chinese officials of fraud in issuing S95 immigration certificates and reports 368 unreported certificates as fraudulent. He cites 6 590 admissions and rejections at San Francisco and explains many so called certificates were not issued by a foreign government. He notes many rejected certificates originated from China and urges balanced blame while defending friendly U.S. relations.
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Denby
Foreign Affairs Committee
Bureau of Immigration
China
United States
San Francisco
Congress
Des Moines Man Arrested in Attacks on Aged Hampton Couple
Des Moines reports a brutal assault on Obadiah Smith and his wife near Hampton. A. E. Evans, a prominent figure, is arrested in connection with the robbery and injuries. Investigators probe motive and seek stolen valuables.
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Des Moines
Obadiah Smith
Hampton
A. E. Evans
Insurance official dies in shooting at Hampton stockyards
The secretary of the Property Mutual Insurance company, Evans, shot himself at the Hampton stockyards after a business visit to Smith. The death is ruled a suicide with no apparent motive or value taken from Smith. The incident occurred in a setting tied to Waterloo.
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Nent Insurance Arm
Waterloo
Hariton
Evans
Property Mutual Insurance Company
Hampton
Smith
Forced to Sign the Bill in Harris Divorce Case
A Harris divorce case reveals that Pearl Ethel Harris signed the complaint under duress and threats by her parents after an elopement at age 14. The court ordered separation custody, with judges warning the parents against punishing her for testifying. The case was taken under advisement. Also reports death of veterinarian M Stegner in Fort Dodge and obituary of Ernest B. Kruttschoutt, longtime Democratic leader in New Orleans.
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Paris
Pearl Ethel Harris
Ernest Harris
Eireuit
Dee
Kimbrough
Reform School
Markets Report Chicago Cattle Hog Prices April 17 1906
Chicago market notes show cattle and sheep steady to strong with hogs fully higher. Official receipts and shipments split across light mixed packers rough and old shipping grades, with specific price ranges for beves cows and heifers stockers and feeders and western lambs. Observers credit Beach-Wickham Co and McCall Bros as agents.
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Chicago
Beach-Wickham O Co
McCall Bros
Jockey Club Tightens Race News Controls at Aqueduct
The Queens County Jockey Club at Aqueduct announces strict telegram and telephone censorship to sever pool room gambing links. All messages face delays of twenty minutes, with results relayed only via track messengers, hampering pool room operations and withholding nonstarter details.
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New York
Pool Room
Gau Tobling
New York City
Queens County Jockey Club
Aqueduct
Jockey Club
Chicago
Telegraph Bureau
Grand Stand
Southern Bell linemen strike effective in Atlanta area
The strike by Southern Bell telephone linemen took effect in Atlanta with no impact yet on construction. Colonel W T Gentry said the union had not given official notice and the demand centered on recognition and hiring of union men. He noted the company pays five cents a day more than the union asks.
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Atlanta
Southern Bell Telephone
Associated Press
W.T. Gentry
Free-for-all on Washington avenue flats ends with injuries
A three day celebration in Minneapolis district known as the Washington avenue flats ended Sunday in a brawl leaving three men badly hurt and one likely fatally. John Hrudny was found unconscious with two head wounds. John Robur had a gouged left eye and John Jonawott suffered a broken jaw.
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Minneapolis
Washington Avenue
Flats
John Hrudny
John Robur
John Jonawott
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Chentung Liang Cheng
Michigan
House Committee On Foreign Affairs
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AH Sin
Fort Dodge
M. Stegner
Judah P. Benjamin
New Orleans
Ernest B. Kruttschoutt
State Central Committee
South
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