DUMA DEMANDS ACTION OVER PRISONER TORtURE CASE
A Russian parliamentary delegation urged Premier Stolypin to stop anti Jewish excesses and assure order. Stolypin promised governors would be instructed to prevent disorders and reassure Jews. The lower house debated mutiny at Riga prison with reports of torture and official investigations. prosecutions have begun.
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St. Petersburg
Stolypin
M. Stolypin
Riga
M. Pergament
Constitutions Democrat
Kherson
Interior
Makeoff
Lutvl
M. Makaroff
Lord Barrington Gives Up After U S Supreme Court Ruling
In St Louis on April 24 Lord Frederick Seymour Barrington, jailed in Clayton, reacts to the U S Supreme Court upholding a guilty verdict in the murder of Jas P McCann. He says the ruling concerns jurisdiction and fears an execution date may be set by Missouri’s court.
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St. Louis
United States Supreme Court
Jas.p. McCann
Frederick Seymour Barrington
Clayton
Barrington
Missouri Supreme Court
United States Court
Running a Race with Death
Mrs. Axel Chytraus wife of Chicago judge is said to be dying of Brights disease at Glendale sanatorium. Her husband races across the continent in a bid to reach her in time as specialists treat her and as Dr Winnegar Simpson fears she may not live until his arrival. Mrs Hanugan mother of the patient stays at her side and Judge Chytraus is expected to arrive this morning.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Axel Chytraus
Judge Chytraus
Chicago
Bright
Glendale
Winnegar Simpson
Chytraus
H. A. Hanugan
Chytrans
Judge Chytrans
Gentleman murderer Cornelius to die in electric chair
James W. Cornelius of Massachusetts is to be executed Friday morning in the electric chair. The supreme court refused a new trial motion citing trial error. Known as the "gentleman murderer," he is described as a model when sober and a fiend when drunk.
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Columbus
James W. Cornelius
Massillon
Supreme Court
Cornelius
Free Pass Law Proposed by Joint Legislative Committee
The joint legislative committee on free passes in St. Paul recommends a bill to prohibit all free privileges on railroads telegraph and telephone lines after December 31 1907.
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St. Paul
Joint Legislative Committee On
Legislature Bans Traffic in Wild Birds in Pa
Harrisburg April 24 The Pennsylvania lower house passed a bill prohibiting buying selling or wearing for adornment any wild bird or part thereof in the state.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Parade Rules At Columbus Post Demand Hat Removal
At the Columbus post spring dress parade civilians were asked to remove hats in salute to the national colors. Colonel Glenn, commander, insisted on removing hats whenever the flag is carried and pledged to enforce the rule.
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Columbus, O
Columbus Post
Glenn
United States
Philadelphian gifts $1,000,000 for southern negro education
Announcement reports Miss Anna T. Jeanes will give 1 million dollars for elementary schooling of African Americans across the south. Trustees named are Booker T. Washington and Hollis Burke Brissell.
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Philadelphia
Anna T. Jeanes
South
Booker T. Washington
Hollis Burke Brissell
Doctor Watson Ill in Mount Pleasant Trip
Dr. John Watson who arrived at Iowa Wesleyan university in Mount Pleasant La. fell seriously ill with tonsillitis and was removed to a hospital. All engagements connected with his visit have been cancelled.
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Ottumwa
John Watson
Ian MacLaren
Mount Pleasant
Iowa Wesleyan University
Women Teachers Demand Higher Pay in Minneapolis
The women teachers of Minneapolis high schools petition the board of education for salaries equal to men in a document signed by all female high school teachers.
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Minneapolis
Board of Education
Baseball scores from Chicago and surrounding cities
Chicago reports scores from April 24 across leagues. Notable results include New York 4 over Boston 2 in Boston, St. Louis 7 over Pittsburgh 5, Chicago 4 over Cincinnati 3, and Detroit 7 over St. Louis 4 with weather affecting other games.
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Chicago
Boston
New York
St. Louis
Pittsburg
Cinccinnati
Brooklyn
Detroit
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Association
Toledo
Milwaukee
Columbus
Indianapolis
Louisville
Western
Sioux City
Denver
Lincolnm
Omaha
Lincoln
Des Moines
Pueblo
Roosevelt Replies to Chicago Critic on Labor Debates
President Roosevelt writes Honore Jaxon of Chicago defending his earlier remarks about Moyer Haywood and Debs as undesirable citizens. He condemns efforts to influence justice and argues that criticism of conduct is not control of trials. He notes similar concerns about Harriman and asserts labor leaders incite violence and mislead public opinion.
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Washington
Honore Jaxon
Chicago
Cook County
Moyer and Haywood
Harriman
Messrs
Moyer
Haywood
Steunenberg
Messrs. Moyer
Debs
Labor
Messrs. Haywood and Moyer
Messrs. Moyer and Haywood
President Schwabdenounces labor movement in public remarks
The president, citing Meyer Haywood and Debs, condemns the labor movement while asserting his firm stance on the undesirability of the movement's methods. He argues that legal actions will not alter his judgment on this issue.
New Anesthetic Plan Used At Flow er Hospital
Edward McCabe, injured by a Third avenue car, endured a leg amputation under spinal anesthesia after cocaine was injected into his spinal column due to a weak heart. He watched the operation and joked with the surgeons as they worked, and he has a fair chance of recovery.
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New York
Flower Hospital
Edward McCabe
McCabe
Third Avenue
Dr John Carver Captured in Fort Worth Fraud Charge
Marshall Michigan reports Dr John Carver an alleged bigamist with at least seventeen wives has been captured at Fort Worth Arkansas. He is charged with defrauding his wives of 150000 dollars and specifically accused of stealing 20000 from Lola Davis of Battle Creek who he married in 1906. He vanished after collecting funds and is wanted in Cincinnati Pittsburgh Buffalo Grand Rapids Norfolk and Saginaw.
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Carver
Cincinnati
Pittsburg
Buffalo
Grand Rapids
Norfolk
Saginaw
Mauric Grau Leaves Large Opera Fortune To Wife And Child
Maurice Grau, famed opera impresario of the Metropolitan, leaves a very large fortune divided equally between his wife and his only child Miss Lulu Gray. The will notes Grau died recently in Paris and confirms wealth beyond the old belief he died poor. In a separate item Albany reports Governor Hughes has honored Illinois’ requisition for Carl Alfred Jurgens deputy clerk of Chicago municipal court, for short accounts.
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Maurice Grau
New York
Metropolitan Opera House
Paris
Lulu Gray
Chicago
Albany
N. Y
Hughes
Illinois
Carl Alfred Jurgens
Municipal Court of
Markets Report from Chicago April 24 1907
The Chicago market summary shows estimated receipts 32000 and a mix of figures for cattle and sheep. Cattle prospects appear generally steady with 2500 head listed. Sheep and lambs total 32000 with prices steady to 10 cents lower.
Chicago Hog and Sheep Market Dated Rates and Trends
Chicago reports show hog receipts yesterday at 11541 and shipments 3349 with today’s estimated receipts near 31000 and tomorrow’s around 2965. Market ranges lower across hogs and pigs with cattle and sheep softer. notes include beef and veal prices and Western stockers, with sheep markets weak to 10 lower and lambs mixed in the mid 60s.
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Yestern
John A Babcock Offers a Square Deal
A brief note asserts confidence in getting a fair, square deal. The speaker emphasizes reliability and straightforwardness without additional details.
Secretary Taft Says No Political Talks in Ohio Trip
Secretary Taft returns to Washington amid questions about a political clash with Senator Foraker. He plans three nonpolitical speeches in Ohio and a Philippine voyage in September, with possible future talks in Iowa Minnesota and Oklahoma but no definite political stump.
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Taft
Senator Foraker
Washington
War Department
Foraker
Ohio
Philippines
Cincinnati
Western Federation
Yale Clubs
Payton
Young Men's Christian Association
Business Men's Club
Iowa
Minnesota
Oklahoma
South Dakota
Fort Meade
Cannon and Fairbanks boomers head to Jamestown trip
Speaker Joseph G Cannon left Indianapolis with Fairbanks boomers for Washington along with Senator Hemenway State Chairman Goodfrich Representative Watson and other political figures. They will join the president at the Jamestown exposition before returning to Washington.
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Indianapolis
Joseph G. Cannon
Fairbanks
Washington
Hemenway
Goodfrich
Watson
House
Joe Kealing
Fairbanks Generalissime
Cannon
Jamestown
Storm Capsizes a Ferryboat Near New Matamoras
A severe rain storm in Marietta Ohio caused a small gasoline ferryboat to capsize and sink at New Matamoras in Washington County. Eight people aboard were saved by life belts.
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Marietta
New Matamoras
Washington County
Roosevelt to sail Mayflower to Jamestown exposition
President Roosevelt will depart the navy yard at 2 30 p m on the yacht Mayflower for the Jamestown exposition. Secretary Loeb, several of the president's children and perhaps other guests accompany him.
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Roosevelt
Jamestown
Washington
Navy Yard
Loeb
Widow of ex Speaker Crisp Dies in Americus at 59
Mrs. Chas. F. Crisp widow of former Speaker Crisp of the national House of Representatives died at her Americus home on April 24 aged 59. The death marks the end of the widow’s long association with national politics and public service in Georgia.
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Crisp
Americus
Chas. F. Crisp
National House of Representatives
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