Russian fleet coaling at Hainan amid neutrality tensions
April reports from London and Paris say part of the Russian second Pacific squadron is coaling at Hainan Island while Admiral Rojestvensky's whereabouts remain uncertain. Disarmament of the Diana continues and Paris coordinates neutrality measures with Indo Chinese waters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hainan Island
London
Tokio
Daily Telegraph
Peking
Hainan
Tonquin Bay
France
Paris
Delcasse
Far East
Beau
Thirteen Dead in St Genevieve Fire at Convent
Montreal April 22 The village of St Genevieve mourns thirteen lives lost as the convent of St Anna burns. A nun and nine children aged 10 to 18 perish along with four elderly women. Sisters Marie Adjuteur Marie Therese and Marie Robertine are celebrated for heroism in attempts to save others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
St. Genevieve
St Anna
Marie Adjuteur
Marie Therese
Marie Robertine
Rageterra
Miss Garand
Tessier
Marceline Villemarie
Irene Bertrant
Leona Jeust
Eglantine Vrouly
Dugas
Rina Terrault
Margaret Pottman
Ber
Mme
Narcise Lalonde
Cynal
Admiral Rojestvensky Ordered From French Waters
A semi official telegram from St Petersburg says Emperor Nicholas ordered Admiral Rojestvensky s squadron to leave French neutral waters The dispatch notes the move as part of the broader Russo Japanese War developments and mentions allied diplomatic strands including Manila port activities and consul cables in Paris
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Rojestvensky
Navy proves Rojestvensky fleet at Kamranh harbor
Tokyo dispatch reports the navy department has indisputable proof that Rojestvensky's squadron uses Kamranh harbor to clean ships and prepare for the anticipated battle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
French
Partment
Rojestvensky
Kamranh
Japanese Ports Hint Kamimura Visit in Manila
The Japanese consul Norita Goro received a cablegram to Vice Admiral Kamimura, suggesting he plans a call at Manila. The message implies an imminent arrival or visit by the admiral to the port.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila Port
Manila
Kamimura
Delicasse
Norita Goro
WILL NOT RESIGN
Delicasse informed President Loubet that he will not resign the office of foreign affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loubet
Monument to Gov Tanner bid bids opened in Springfield
The Tanner Monument association invites bids for the monument designed by Tiffany New York as winner of a prior competition. Bids accepted until noon May 25 with plans on exhibit at Springfield Marine Bank and Tiffany offices in New York. A three member committee will oversee the process and completion is hoped for this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Tanner Monument Association
Tiffany
New York
Governor Tanner
Springfield Marine Bank
New York City
John W. Bunn
Isaac N. Phillips
James R. B. van Cleave
Luther Burbank
California
Santa Rosa
Carnegie Institute
Burbank
Portland
Baseball Scores From Chicago and Boston Games
SCORES ON THE BALL FU FIELDS Chicago April 22 Following are the baseball scores League At Chicago Cincinnati 5 Chicago 2 Weather American At Boston Philadelphia 5 Boston 4 Weather Association At Louisville St Paul 1 Louisville 7 inn logs darkness all other points Weather
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Cincinnati
Boston
Philadelphia
Weather Association
Louisville
St. Paul
Woman Whips Teacher in Yukon Public School Incident
Mrs. Laura Black publicly horsewhipped C. K. Sherman a local public school teacher. She had him arrested for punishing her son cruelly and said he made objectionable statements after he was acquitted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yukon
Young Marion Couple Wed in Unusual Marriage
In Marion Indiana on April 22 Katie Bodkins a 13 year old girl left school and the truant officer learned she had married Charles Wortman a 10 year old boy. The brides mother and other parent figures reportedly sought to halt the marriage while the boy is said to have been compelled to wed to avoid a tough arithmetic lesson. Evidence suggests the bride fled with the groom and one report puts the ages at 16 for the couple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Ind
Katie Bodkins
Charles Wortman
Royal Baking Powder's 40 Years of Scientific Experience
The manufacturers boast four decades of study on bread and cake raising and claim a perfect product without substitutes. Purity and efficiency are said to be guided by top world authorities, offering two important assurances to housekeepers.
Police Crack Down on Jefferson Avenue Establishment
In Battle Creek on April 21 under Mayor George S. Barnes vigorous crusade, police raided the Jefferson avenue spot known as the White Front at 2 a.m. arresting five negroes and two white women. The crackdown targets gambling joints disorderly houses and illegal saloons fueling the new mayor's policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Battle Creek
Mich
George 8
Barnes
Jefferson Avenue
Indictment Returned In Mason City Elks Liquor Case
The grand jury accuses the Elks official directory of selling liquors without a license at the Elks club house buffet, raided during a recent municipal campaign, with liquor seized in the raid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason City
Grand Jury
Elks Tudge
Elks
Burglary at Denny’s Jewelry Store in Plainville
Robbers hit Robert I. Denny’s jewelry store in Plainville and stole fourteen clocks eight watches and a large amount of silverware. The loot was loaded into a wagon and carried away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ind
Robert I
Denny's Jewelry
Plainville
Trade diary notes mixed weather and growing demand
New York April reports say erratic weather caused irregular trade but overall results were satisfactory. Early delays gave way to activity especially in Easter lines with fall delivery business and more spring and summer contracts than expected. Industrial activity rises with iron and steel strong, textiles and footwear firm. labor troubles are few and immigration doubles versus last year. Railway earnings up sharply. foreign port trade shows large export gains and higher imports. U S pasture numbers fall in the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
R. G. Dan & Co
United States
Canada
Writ of certiorari sought in Pearson immigration case
In Washington on April 22 a petition for a writ of certiorari was filed in the U.S. Supreme Court in habeas corpus cases of Peter Pearson and Enoch Pearson. Both English lace weavers immigrated to the United States a year ago and were ordered deported after a board found they had been bound by a lace manufacturer in Governeur New York. The issue is whether an alien admitted after full examination may be retried on the same charge without new evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court of the
United States
Peter Pearson
Enoch Pearson
Governeur N. Y
Log Boom Robbers Nabbed In Floodwood River Heist
Deputy Sheriff Levy and five Duluth men captured Mike Anderson and Erick Perkin who were holding up the Coolidge Schussier company log boom on the Floodwood river. Perkin resisted but agreed to jail after being told the boom would not start until his side of the case is heard in court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duluth
Minn
Levy
Mike Anderson
Erick Perkin
Coolidge- Schussier Company
Floodwood
Perkin
Sea serpent sighted off Atlantic Highland shore
A sea serpent about 200 feet offshore was witnessed by many respected citizens. The creature surged through waves with a circular motion and a green mouth visible from a distance as the Jersey shore region reacts with heightened concern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic Highland
Fort Lane
Jersey
Injuries in Kansas City Pantograph Incident at Kaufman Plant
In Kansas City on April 22 an accident at Kaufman Manufacturing hurt several women on the second floor when a belt slipped from a pulley causing plaster to drop. Caroline Mbler was the most seriously hurt but expected to recover. The workers fled the area thinking the building would collapse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Kaufman Manufacturing Company
Caroline Mbler
Tts
Montana Supreme Court Affirms Healy Case Favor
Helena Mont April 21 The Montana supreme court affirms the Silver Bow county district court ruling in Minnie Healy case Chief Justice Brantly dissenting The decision favors Heinze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Mont
Montana Supreme Court
District Court of
Silver Bow County
Minnie Healy
Brantly
Heinze
Market Summary for Hogs Cattle and Sheep in Chicago
HOGS receipts 90 left over 50 25 prospects strong at yesterday's best light 85 26 to 85 67 14 heavy shipping grades 86 25 to 85 57 1¢ rough 85 25 to 85 35. CATTLE 200 unchanged. SHEEP 2100 weak.
Market Report Chicago Livestock Prices See Mixed Movements
Official receipts yesterday show 12574 cattle shipments and 690 hog shipments. Estimated receipts today 9000 with strong to higher bulk and prices ranging for hogs from 8530 to 8565. Sheep receipts 2500, cattle and sheep/lambs unchanged. Chicago market notes weak to lower in light offerings and mixed packers prices.
Threat of Paralysis As Union Teamsters Consider Strike
Chicago April 22 union delegates from forty six local teamsters in conference with International President Shea have pushed toward a broad strike against Montgomery Ward & Co. Merchants resist and a grand jury plans to probe the labor dispute, while injunctions bar pickets at Ward facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
International
Shea
Mont Ward
Michigan Avenue
Fifth Avenue
Chicago Federation of Labor
Teamaters
C. P. Sheaf
Senate of the Teamsters
Ward
Business Agent News
Feud at Blue River church sparks assassination attempt
In Shelbyville Indiana on April 22 two shots were fired from ambush at George Wicker a church member while he walked from his house to the Blue River Christian church near Lere. One bullet struck him but he is not dangerously injured. The grand jury is in session to investigate amid long standing factional divisions and prior court battles over who are regulars and dissenters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Warsaw
Bialystok
Russian
Poland
Sawitzki
Shelbyville
Ind
Blue River
Wicker
Platt Dies at Summer Home in Washington Conn
United States Senator Orville Hitchcock Platt of Connecticut died at his summer home in Washington Conn at 8 55 last night from pneumonia. The immediate cause was rupture of an abscess in the right lung leading to suffocation after a period of illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, Conn
United States
Orville Hitchcock Platt
Connecticut
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wirenius
Kamranh Bay
Rosestvensky
Ro Jestvensky
Saigon
Cochin-China
Diana
Russ
Nicholas
Admiral Rojestvensky
Gov. Tanner
The
Elka
Dan & Co
Minnesota
Offecrs
Cerkio
Counec
Will Fihd
Cna
Bryan Hogen Wieoded
Heifer
William J. Bryan
Charles Hatcheld
Colonel Bryan
Lake Harvester
Masonie
General Keifer
Hlon
Alabama
Teusta
Montgomery
Ala
Alabame
Diamond Match Company
Grain Market
Beach-Wickham Grain Co
Chip Board of Trade
McCa! Bros
Hicago
Veera'y
Montgomery Ward & Co
Trrand Jury Investigation
Croml
Kieet
Brentano
North Side
Montgombery Ward & Co
Indiana Street
New Teaming Corporation
Brewtano
Senator Platt
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!