Neutrality debate grows as Russian fleet sighted near Kamranh Bay
Reports from Paris and London on April 18 discuss the presence of Admiral Rojestvensky and a Russian squadron near Kamranh Bay amid renewed neutrality questions. British papers debate French responsibility while Japanese action hinges on Russians staying at the bay.
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Kamranh Bay
London
London Morning
Morning Post
Bay
Rojestvensky
Daily Mail
Singapore
Lloyd
Prinz Heinrich
Dmitri Donskoi
Rion
Hong Kong
North Anglia
Bombay Reef
Paris
Legation
Japan
France
Senator Cul tom Pushes Tariff Change on Corn Product
In Washington on April 18 Senator Cul tom visited the state department regarding a corn based food product with 30 percent of output exported to Germany. A tariff currently 1.35 may be raised to 1.77, a hike Illinois manufacturers say would be prohibitive for their trade.
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Washington
Cultom
State Department
Germany
Illinois
Gift of Weapons to the President Arrives in San Francisco
Captain Thomas H. Darrah of the U S Army arrives on the Sherman from Manila bearing a letter to President Roosevelt from Datto Piang a Moro chief of Mindanao. Piang offers a fine collection of native weapons as a token of loyalty. the weapons pass customs on arrival.
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San Francisco
Thomas H. Darrah
Sherman
Manila
Roosevelt
Datto Piang
Mindanao
Piang
More Woe for St Louis April 18
A damaged line from the St Louis report mentions April 18 and ongoing woes. The brief notes a government or official message but lacks clear details or names to identify a specific event.
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St St. Louis
Gover
Sheriff Werpel Urges Sunday Closing Enforcement in County
Sheriff Werpel of St. Louis County announces Sunday closing law enforcement to include saloons barber shops and cigar stores. county not yet under Sunday closing tid. He asserts the law applies countywide and urges immediate action to enforce restrictions.
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Werpel
St. Louis County
St. Louis
Terry McGovern Sent to Sanatorium for Exhaustion
Stamford, April 18. Pugilist Terry McGovern has been brought from New York to a local sanatorium. Doctors report nervous, mental and physical exhaustion and anticipate a stay of several months.
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Terry
Stamford
Conn
Terry McGovern
New York
Death of Rev. C. C. Swartz in Monroe Wisconsin
Rev. C. C. Swartz a retired Wisconsin Methodist presiding elder dies in Monroe from long starvation due to bulbar paralysis. He documented his suffering on a tablet with a pencil as his tongue shriveled.
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Monroe, Wis
C. C. Swartz
Wisconsin
Giant Miner Killed in Ore Tram Disaster at Florence
Florence Wis April 18 F Karp a giant miner was killed when a tram of ore slipped on him. He fought off the mass for hours as his body bent backward until death. It took nearly a day to dig him out.
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Florence
Wis
F. Karp
Supreme Court Rules Beavers Removable to Washington
The Supreme Court ruling holds George W. Beavers subject to removal from Brooklyn to Washington. The decision clarifies the process for Beavers to be moved as part of the case against him.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
George W. Beavers
Brooklyn
Beavers
McKinley Statue Seized by Sculptor in Port Wayne
In Port Wayne April 18 sculptor C D Hillman moved a McKinley statue from City Park to his home yard using a wagon and block and tackle alleging the statue had not been paid for. City officials were away at a municipal league meeting when the act occurred. Citizens watched as the monument was removed amid tension and questions over funding.
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Togansport
Ind
C.D. Hillman
City Park
William McKinley
Hillman
Block
MacKinley
Billman
Tragic Saginaw Fire Fatal to 11-Year-Old Helen Prey
In Saginaw Michigan on April 18 Helen Prey an 11 year old girl playing with neighbors caught fire from a stove. Her dress ignited and flames burned her head and lungs. She died at St Marys hospital after five hours of agony.
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Saginaw, Mich
Helen Prey
St. Mary's Hospital
Mexico ends free coinage of silver
News outline reports definite closure of free silver coinage in Mexico. It details duels over a fence in Nebraska with one man killed, a double homicide and suicide in Kansas, a U S Supreme Court adjournment date, a tuberculosis congress in Atlanta, a St Louis drivers strike for a closed shop, and frost damage across several states.
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Fuller
Supreme Court of the United States
Atlanta
St. Louis
West Virginia
Georgia
Kentucky
Ohio
South Carolina
The Divining Rod Origin and Adoption
Professor W F Barrett traces the modern divining rod to German mining districts likely the Harz mountains. The tool appeared in mineral lode prospecting in the 15th century with later 16th century depictions of miners using forked hazel or willow rods. German miners brought the rod to England in the late 16th century for Cornish mines, with beliefs linking the willow’s droop to concealed minerals.
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W. F. Barrett
Germany
Harz
England
Professor Barrett
Europe
Roosevelt Rejoins Rough Riders at San Antonio Reunion
President Roosevelt, eager to stay connected with the first volunteer cavalry, meets oil partners during a San Antonio reunion. He plans to return to Washington around May.
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Theodore Roosevelt
First Volunteer Cavalry
The
Rough Riders
San Antonio
Tex
Washington
Girl Brutally Murdered Near Little Walls
Annie Kintop is found dead in woods four miles from Little Walls Minnesota. The body shows extensive bruising and evidence of rape. Two negroes were seen nearby and a lynching is feared if caught. She left Darling April 10 and was found Sunday with her pocket etbook and parcel nearby.
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Little Walls
Minn
Annie Kintop
Darling
Husband and Wife Die in Mutual Suicide Pact
In Philadelphia on April 18, vaudeville singer Mabel Heck and Louis Heck musical director at Keith's Chestnut Street theater died of asphyxiation in 425 South Carlisle Street apartments. They reportedly planned to end their lives due to Mrs Heck's failing health and both appeared despondent, with the husband kneeling beside his wife.
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Philadelphia
Mabel Heck
Louis Heck
Keith
Chestnut Street Theater
South Carlisle Street
Heck
Lucy Tustin
Mrs
Norfolk Man Claims California Estate After Death
Norfolk Virginia April 18 Thomas Yandaw a known local figure for fifty years claimed he was entitled to a large fortune in California until his death Five years ago he was adjudged a lunatic and sent to the eastern Virginia asylum at Williamsburg Two years ago he died and was buried in a pauper s grave at the asylum A letter has been received by an attorney stating Yandaw was entitled to a large part of an estate in California worth upward of 1500000 His wife is dead and he left no heirs
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Norfolk
Thomas Yandaw
California
Eastern Virginia
Williamsburg
Yandaw
Four Boys Die in Panic at Free Theater Tickets
In Indianapolis on April 18 a false fire alarm caused a stampede of hundreds of newsboys rushing for free theater tickets distributed by a traveling representative of a patent medicine company. In a narrow stairway of the Masonic Temple four boys were crushed to death and several were injured.
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Indianapolis
Masonic Temple
Arrest in Freeport for complicity in abandonment of infant
Rockford police caused the arrest in Freeport of Mrs. Henry Williams on a charge of complicity in abandoning a two weeks old infant on a doorstep in South Curtis street Chicago on the night of December 31. Williams was brought to Rockford and imprisoned awaiting Chicago authorities.
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Rockford
Freeport
Henry Williams
South Curtis Street
Chicago
Dee
White Pupils Strike Over Japanese Students Disturb School
In summer unrest white pupils loudly objected to Japanese classmates. About three hundred left the school, vowing to stay away until the Japanese were excluded. Police dispersed the mob and escorted two Japanese boys inside. only twenty five to thirty white pupils remained.
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Tarenta
New Haven Pastor Attacks Rockefeller Gift Controversy
The Rev. Artems J Tynes of New Haven condemns the Rockefeller gift to the Rockefeller gift debate, calling the Prudential committee report a sophistic pretense and urging Christlike duty over earthly schemes. John Medbury dies in Chicago freight elevator accident. News from the president's Colorado camp is awaited. Chicago mayor Dunne faces strike stalemate in teamsters dispute. Secretary Loeb plans to visit the camp.
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New Haven
Conn
Artems J Tynes
United Congregational Church
Bowal
Rockefeller
Haynes
Prudential Committees
Oo Corporation
John Medbury
Chicago
Market snapshot from Chicago opening in April
The 1905 market page reports estimated receipts of 15000 plus 6012 carried over with strong prospects after yesterday. Cattle at 4500 and sheep at 18000 show steady to strong movement. prices list includes various items with mixed bids and oats.
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Yesterdys
Binet Pockens
Reverend's Rebuke Triggers Suicide at St James Church
In St Louis on April 18 Captain James Rider sexton of St James Episcopal Church killed himself in the church during morning service after remorse from a rebuke by his pastor for intemperance. A pistol shot in the lower church room startled the congregation as Rev Edmund Duckworth preached.
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St. Louis
James Rider
St. James’ Episcopal Church
Edmund Duckworth
Firefighters Salvage Dynamite As Store Fire Rages
Volunteers risked their lives to remove a large quantity of dynamite from the rear of Stiglitz store as flames fed by a trousers factory sparked the blaze. The fire threatened a major explosion and potential loss of many lives.
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Waupum
Stiglitz
Stigitz & Weehaler
Italian murder suspect detained near Pennington
A man believed to be Pietro Torturici, the Italian accused of murdering a countryman in San Franeliaco, was arrested near Pennington. He closely resembles the description of the accused.
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Ridley
Cal
Pietro Torturici
San Franeliaco
Pennington
Chicago Hog and Beef Market Report 1905
Chicago reports yesterday receipts 53420 hogs and 16257 shipments with estimated today 5000 and tomorrow 32000. Markets show strength with hogs 5 higher and various grades priced from 4.75 to 6.47 per cwt and beef cattle steady to strong with cows and heifers 3.50 to 4.90 and natives Western lambs and yearlings priced across 4.75 to 8.85 per cwt.
Pope Issues Encyclical On Teaching Doctrine
Rome April 18 The pope addressed an encyclical to the worldwide Roman Catholic episcopacy on the method of teaching Christian doctrine.
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Pope Lssues
Rome
Joe Jefferson’s Health Failing in West Palm Beach
Joseph Jefferson’s condition worsens in West Palm Beach Florida with doctors reporting he is gravely ill and the end may be near as of April 18.
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Joe Jefferson
West Palm Beach
Fla
Joseph Jefferson
Chicago Market Report Highlights Mixed Beef and Lamb Prices
Chicago market news shows strong demand with higher bids for light and packer grades. Packers pay 5.00 to 5.85 for assorted beef and lamb offerings as buyers push for top seeping and shipment grades amid steady activity.
Baseball Scores From League and American Games
Chicago leads St. Louis 1 to 0 in eleven innings at Chicago. Scores include St Louis 5 Chicago 0 at St Louis and Pittsburgh 6 Cincinnati 4 at Cincinnati. Philadelphia 7 Brooklyn 4 at Brooklyn. Washington 13 New York 7 at Washington. Weather prompts missing entries for Cleveland Snow and Philadelphia Weather.
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Chicago
St. Louis
Br. Louis
Cincinnati
Pittsburg
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Washington
New York
Strike of School Pupils Sparks Riot at Lowell School
In South Omaha on April 18 three hundred Lowell school pupils refused to attend classes and blocked entry as a riot was averted by police. The disruption stemmed from two Japanese boys whose packing house labor history linked to the strike.
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Omaha
Lowell
South Omaha
New York Ten Hour Workday Law Declared Unconstitutional
Supreme Court rules the New York ten hour bakery workday law unconstitutional citing interference with contracts and liberty to contract under the fourteenth amendment. Justice Peckham writes for the majority while Justices Harlan White and Holmes dissent. the case is Lockner v. New York.
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Washington
Justice Peckham
Supreme Court of the United States
New York State
Harlan, Whiteley
Holmes
Harlan
Han Down
Lockner Va
State of New York
Walker
Court of Appeals
Parker
New York Court of , Petts
York
White
Day
Harion
Case That Is Worth Noting in Geneva Sunstroke Incident
Jacob Schneider of South Bristol suffered sunstroke while shoveling snow near Woodville at Canandaigua lake head. A physician and others confirm his illness after immense winter snowdrifts persisted and his feet and limbs chilled. The hot sun contributed to the attack.
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Geneva
N. Y
Jacob Schneider
Bristol
Isrom
Woodville
Canandaigua Lake
Schneider
Did Not Enjoy Her Riches Long
Mrs. Hannah Nelson mother of the late Mrs. Charles L. Fair died at her Newmarket home. She once worked as a bushel woman in a local clothing factory. She and other heirs of Mrs. Fair sued for a share of Charles L. Fair estate after his and his wife’s deaths in France. The dispute was settled by agreement.
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Playintigdd
N. J
Hannah Nelson
Charles L. Fair
Newmarket
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Haddick
Butler
Stockton
William Mohr
George
President Roosevelt
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