Kamranh Bay Tensions Rise Over Pacific Fleet Actions
Reports from Tokio and Manchuria indicate a Japanese fleet ready to sail for Kamranh bay and a Russian squadron maintaining positions near Annam. British worry grows as Rojestvensky and Nebogatoff potentially join in a naval contest, with France and Britain drawn into a pointed winter crisis.
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Tokio
Kamranh Bay
Annam
Rosestvensky
France
John Bull
London
Togo
Rojestvensky
Straits of Malacca
Nebogatoff
British Empire
Remote trial by telephone avoids Lincoln court for Elkhart farmer
Robert Willard, a farmer near Elkhart in Logan County, pleaded guilty to drunkenness and disorderly conduct by telephone. Justice Rudolph sentenced him to a $14 fine in Lincoln and Willard agreed to mail the payment. The unique proceeding used telephones to improvise a quick trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomington
Robert Willard
Elkhart
Logan County
Rudolph
Lincoln
Willard
Misfortune strikes Bailey family in Battle Creek
In Battle Creek on April 20 Mrs. Samuel Bailey recovered $800 worth of silks stolen from L. W. Robinson and earned a reward around $200. The same day she underwent an operation for blood poisoning from a splinter in her right hand as the poison spread up the arm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Battle Creek, Mich
Bailey
Samuel Bailey
L. W. Robinson
Patrick Coyle Elected Village President in Madison
In Madison Illinois on April 20 Patrick Coyle the Citizens candidate won the village presidency over F Garesche in a bitter political contest marking a high point in local factional rivalry.
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Madison
Ill
Illinois
Patrick Coyle
F. Garesche
Russian Chinese and Japanese Forces in Kamranh Bay Standoff
Saigon April 2 report says Admiral Rozjestvensky's fleet remains in Kamranh Bay while French Admiral Jonquires has taken every measure to observe neutrality. The dispatch notes a turning movement northeast of Gunshu Pass with Russians discovering Chinese bandits and Japanese forces in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Daily Telegraph
Tokio
Kamranh Bay
Tunghui
Hsincheng
Russians Report Turning Movement Near Gunshu Pass
A Gunshu Pass dispatch says Russians uncovered a turning movement eighty miles northwest of Kuanchent gsu, near Gunshu Pass. Two forces of about three thousand Chinese bandits and several thousand Japanese cavalry with 22 guns are involved.
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Kuanchent
Vanderbilt University in Flames as Main Building Burns
Nashville April 20. The Vanderbilt University is burning amid high winds with little chance of saving the main building. a special report notes the fire's rapid spread and the threat to campus facilities.
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Nashville, Tenn
Receiver appointed for Owosso bank in Michigan
The Detroit Trust Company has been appointed receiver for M. L. Stewart & Co. of Owosso a private banking firm that closed its doors at noon last Saturday in United States district court.
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Owosso Bank
Bay City
Mich
Detroit Trust Company
United States District Court
M. L. Stewart & Co
Owosso
Five Children Die as Disease Strikes Tenement Family
In a Little West Twelfth Street tenement New York five children from the families of Mrs. Darder and Mrs. Frawley have died or are dying from cerebro-spinal meningitis. Frank, 17, is dying while Jimmie Frawley has died and sisters Mamie 17 and Dora 10 are hospitalized in critical condition. Five families with children are affected.
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New York
Little West Twelfth Street
David Darder
James Frawley
Derder
New York Hospital
Frank
Jimmie Frawley
Mamie
Dora
Americans shorter lived than Germans say Dr Laquer
Comparison in Wiesbaden notes that Dr B Laquer finds Americans have shorter lifespans. He says Americans, though temperate in alcohol use and working 10 percent fewer hours, exhaust themselves earlier in life. This conclusion comes from his paper on Social Hygiene in the United States presented at the international congress of medicine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiesbaden
B. Laquer
United States
International Congress of Medicine
License Wins in South Dakota Cities and Towns
Elections held in most South Dakota cities and towns for aldermen and boards of education. Some areas voted for mayor, assessor and justices of the peace. License or no license was the main issue in many places, with license carrying in more than two thirds of the locales.
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South Dakota
Pierre
S. D
Boards of Education
Taft to Visit Tokio During Manchuria Stopover
Secretary Taft, after review presented by Secretary Hioki of the Japanese legation, plans to visit Tokyo while the Manchuria coals at Yokohama before proceeding on his Philippine trip.
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Washington
Hioki
Taft
Tokio
Manchuria
Yokohama
Examinations for Navy Assistant Paymaster Posts Set
Examinations for nine vacancies in the position of assistant paymaster in the navy will be held June 12.
Jealousy Ends in Murder at Southwest House
In Washington three people were seriously wounded including Rutledge Robinson a 62 year old soldier from the soldiers' home. Kaye Norbeck and Frank Jones lived at the house with Norbeck's mother. Jones is jailed after a jealousy fueled shooting and self inflicted wounds. Robinson is likely to recover while Norbeck may die from liver and intestinal injuries. Jones faced arrest as doctors treated the trio at Providence hospital.
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Washington
16 Street
Rutledge Robinson
Kaye Norbeck
Frank Jones
Robinson
Norbeck
Jones
Providence Hospital
Banker's Fall Ends Fraud Case in Iowa Town
Keosauqua Iowa April 20 RE H Skinner of RE H Skinner Sons Birmingham Iowa is indicted by the grand jury on nine counts for fraudulent banking. The case closes a forty year career once trusted in the community. The bank deficit is expected to reach forty thousand dollars tied to the Fort Madison railway venture and a wool market corner attempt.
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Keosauqua
RE. H. Skinner
RE. H. Skinner & Sons
Birmingham
Skinner
Fort Madison
Town
Nan Patterson Trial Jury Drawn for Third Murder Case
The jury for Nan Patterson's murder trial of Caesar Young was completed at 4:40 p.m. Recorder Goff adjourned court to Monday. The panel is largely married men with few single jurors and includes many middle aged men with large families.
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New York
Nan” Patterson
Caesar” Young
Goff
Miss Patterson
Berliner Dinner Honors Henry Watterson From Charles R. Flint
New York financier Charles R. Flint hosted a dinner in Berlin to honor Henry Watterson the noted American editor who is spending a week there. Watterson spoke of his five months wandering Europe while publishers in the United States pressed him for political opinions.
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Berlin
Charles R. Flint
New York
Henry Watterson
Watterson
Europe
Newspaper Man Declines Past Duties Amid Whitecap Threats
In Logansport Indiana on April 20 Daniel Bohn, a Tipton township farmer and executor of Sarah Shedron's estate, resigns after claiming whitecaps forced him to step down within 24 hours. The Shedron will largely bequeaths to John Alexander Dowie of Zion City.
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Logansport
Ind
Daniel Bohn
Tipton Township
Sarah Shedron
Bohn
Railroad Losses Meat As Transit Spoiled Jury Verdict
In St Louis on April 20 the circuit court affirmed a Missouri Pacific railroad judgment for 1500 dollars. The award covered meat claimed spoiled in transit while under the railroad's charge.
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St.Louis
St. Louis
Explosion injures three at Wheeling pump station
An explosion at the North Wheeling pump station critically injures William Scroggins superintendent of the city waterworks and two workers as they test a new Y casting. They were taken to North Wheeling hospital for treatment.
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Harts
Wheeling
W. Va
William Scroggins
North Wheeling Hospital
Couple from Keokuk wed after revival meeting meet
Announcement from Keokuk Iowa reports Nova M Warnick and Coy Ward married in Fairfield on Saturday. Warnick first saw Ward when she sang at a revival meeting where he was converted noting the singing led to their union.
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Keokuk
Fairfield
Nova M. Warnick
Coy Ward
Warnick
Mixa Ward
Baseball Scores From Chicago and Across Leagues
Baseball scores from Chicago and other cities list results in the American and National Leagues. Highlights include Cincinnati beating Chicago 5 to 1 in Chicago, Detroit routing Chicago 3 to 0, Washington defeating Boston 8 to 2, and Philadelphia beating New York 7 to 6. Additional results show Brooklyn over Boston 2 to 1, St. Louis over Cleveland 2 to 0, and Louisville trouncing St. Paul 10 to 3.
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Chicago
Cincinnati i
Boston
Brooklyn
Pittsborg
St. Louis
Pittsburgh
New York
Hitedelphia
Detroit
Cleveland
Washington
Philadelphia
Association
Toledo
Kansas City
Columbus
Neapolis
Louisville
St. Paul
Indibhapolis
Milwaukee
Indianapolis
Murderer Sentenced to Hang in Box Car Killing
Elk River Minnesota April 20 Crawford found guilty of murdering Heino Lundeen in a box car near here in November last sentenced to be hanged. Accomplice Arthur Lozee convicted as accessory to the murder gets thirty years in prison by the district court.
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Elk River
Minn
Cp. Crawford
Heino Lundeen
Here
Arthur Lozee
Reforms in Macedonia Said to Work Well Since March First
Vienna sources report that reforms in Macedonia established by Turkey are progressing well since March 1. The Associated Press notes negotiations among powers on Britain’s financial reform plan for Macedonia may end by the end of April amid some lingering doubts.
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Turkey
Vienna
Associated Press
Foreign Office
Great Britain
Macedonia
Austrian Agent von Mueller Praises Macedonian Reforms
The Neverete Presse prints an interview with Herr von Mueller the Austrian agent in Macedonia. He says since March 1 the financial reforms by Turtey through Pili Casha are working well, salaries are paid promptly via the Ottoman bank, and this system will yield success. The foreign office neither confirms nor denies his report of remaining abroad.
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Germany
Neverete Presse
Herr von Mueller
Macedonia
Sanlontika
Athens
Turtey
Pili Casha
Ile
Foreign Office
Macelonia
Squelched the Rebellion in Panama Warned by U S Forces
Washington reports diplomatic dispatches on how the United States used naval and military presence to quell Panama unrest. Minister Barrett quotes Panamanian officials and says soldiers were warned of the government’s ouster and severe punishment for mutiny. Actor J W W Stoddard shows improvement after illness in Ontario.
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Washington
Panama
United States
Barrett
Gener
Guardia
Wms
Ancon
Empire
Hogs and cattle market report from Chicago April 20 1905
Estimated hog receipts 23060 with 106 left over from yesterday. Prospects show price down about 5 cents from yesterday’s average. Light and shipping grades quoted around 85 15 to 85 55. Cattle around 7500, weak. sheep about 15000, weak.
Chicago Market Receipts and Prices Report April 20 1906
Chicago market reports slow receipts and weak prices across cattle hogs and sheep. Bulk hogs priced 5 to 10 lower than yesterday morning and cattle show a weak tone with native and western stockers and lambs varying by grade.
War talk on Morocco as German officers join mission
Berlin reports three senior army officers Colonel von Schenck Major von Senden and Captain von Kiienst ordered to join the German mission to Morocco amid French policy tensions. Delcasse and Rouvier defend trade freedoms and seek a peaceful solution with Germany. France offers to discuss misunderstandings and maintain friendly relations.
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Rmy Omicer
Tangier
Berlin
Kanwer
Moreera
von Schenck
Alexander Grenadier Guards
von Senden
Madrid
Dregoon Guards
Czarina
von Kieinst
Canr
France
Chamber of Deputies
Morocco
Tater Delcasse
M. Delcasse
Rouvier
Germany
Municipal Ownership Wins in Elgin Mayoral Race
Elgin voters chose Carl B. Botsford over Charlies H. Potter by 2,559 to 1,821, a 1,038 vote margin. Botsford ran as an Independent after petition and campaigned on public control and operation with a more conservative platform than Potter.
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Elgin
Eilgin
Carl B. Botsford
Charlies H. Potter
Botsford
Potter
Dentist Fires At Suspected Robbery In Richmond Bank
Dr Lawrence Anderson Bragg fired toward a noise near the Citizens National Bank building in Richmond Virginia believing an attempted robbery was underway. He fatally shot Dr Alexander Nelson a Western State hospital staffer who arrived late to visit his brother Attorney George E Nelson near the bank entrance.
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Richmond
Lawrence Anderson Bragg
Ciizens’ National Bank
Govington
Alexander Nelson
Western State Hospital
George E. Nelson
Bank
Nelson
Smallpox Outbreak Alarms Washington April
Black small pox has broken out in Washington causing general alarm. The virulent disease recalls past fatalities in the District of Columbia. Charles Osborn, a railway worker, is reported as the first victim, dying at his sister's home amid a crowded city area with many feared exposures.
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Capital
Washington
District of Columbia
Charles Osborn
Berge buys Nebraska Independent to reshape paper
George W. Berge, fashion candidate for Nebraska governor, purchases the Nebraska Independent from Frank D. Bager and editor T. B. Thibbles. Berge says he will reconstruct the paper and publish an issue focused on exposing the free pass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln, Neb
George W. Berge
Nebraska
Nebraska Independent
Frank D. Bager
T. B. Thibbles
Berge
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Citizens
Gunshu
Saigon
Cochin China
Jestvensky
Jonquires
ST. Petersburg
Pass
Gsu
Vanderbilt Univer
Sity
Deneen
Russia
Moscow
Banking
Nan Patterson
Brothers
Uncle Sam
J. W W. Stoddard
Galt, Ont
Grain Market
Beach-Wickham Grain Co
Chicago Board of Trade
McCall Bros
Count Schieffen
Kaiser
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