Battleship Fleet Heads Toward San Francisco After Week in LA
The U S battleship fleet reassembled at dawn to continue to San Francisco for a May 5 review. A week in Los Angeles featured saffron air, bustling entertainments, flower parades, dances, and sporting events for officers and sailors. Two more calls Monterey and Santa Cruz precede a ten day San Francisco stay with a grand parade and a harbor review by Secretary Metcalf.
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Los Angeles
United States
San Proncisco
Pacific
Los Aplee
Santa Barbara
Oroua
Monterey
Santa Cruz
San Francisco
San Diego
Metcalf
California
Pacific Coast
Bowman H. McWall
Civic League
Army
Adna R. Mhaffee
Suspension of I A McIntyre Co Announced on NYSE
The New York Stock Exchange has announced the suspension of I A McIntyre & Co from trading. Details on duration and reasons were not provided in the brief notice.
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I. A. McIntyre & Co
New York Stock Exchange
Spaniard Rafael Gomez sails to Mexico to stage bullfight
Madrid born Rafael Gomez of Malaga, famed for killing 200 bulls in two years, arrived on the Slavonia en route to Mexico to demonstrate bullfighting before President Diaz. He says he loves the sport and donates all earnings to charity, praising bullfighting as more merciful and spectacular than horse racing or football.
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New York
Spain
Rafael Gomez
Malaga
Slavonia
Mexico
Diaz
Fiomex
England
Gomez
America
Senate and House in Brief Four Battleships Debate
In Washington on April 25 the senate devoted most of its session to arguments supporting the president's plan for four battleships. Telegraph appeals from a magazine urged senators to back the four ships. The house moved quickly, with Democrats forcing six roll calls on pension bills the largest batch of the session, while other bills passed and the chamber recessed.
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Senate
House
Washington
Pat Throme
Disappearance Explained in Indiana Divorces and Alleged Alienation
Petershirgy Indiana April 25 Ex Sheriff J W Stillwell of Winslow has vanished mirroring his wife Alice Stillwell who seeks divorce and $5000 alimony. Abijah Humphrey sues for $10000 for alienation of his wife’s affections saying she vanished after Stillwell left, and they fled west together. Stillwell mortgaged his home and disposed of property before leaving. Also Will Dinrh am Will Tie sues brewing companies charging retail liquor business. state argues brewing firms illegally operate saloons across the state.
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Winslow
Alice Stillwell
Abijah Humphrey
Stillwell
West
Indiana
Vchem Dinrham
Makes a Bad Admission
Rochester Michigan April 25 Arthur F Collins bankrupt private banker appeared in court before 120 depositors. Collins says he knew he was in shaky condition last November but continued to accept deposits knowing he could never repay them. He could not give any apparent cause for his failure beyond not balancing his books in 24 years of business here. He claims loss from previous failures and investments totaling thousands, with liabilities and assets detailed including small cash balances and partly mortgaged property.
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Rochester
Mich
Arthur F. Collins
Collins
D. RB. Kressler
Rochester Handle Works
Peninsular
Detroit
Bootblack a Greek Scholar Appointed Greek Class Critic
Thomas Kalendas, a bootblack at an Alton barber shop, has been named critic of the Greek class at Shurtleff College in Alton Illinois. An eight een year old graduate of Athens high school he is proficient in ancient and modern Greek and will teach accent and pronunciation one half day weekly. He will receive English language instruction in exchange for his teaching.
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Shurtleff College
Alton
Ill
Thomas Kalends
D. G. Ray
Athens
Greece
United States
British Defeat Mohmand Raiders at Simla Action
Sir James Willcocks attacked Mohmand raiders from Peshawar with two columns after they tried to cut lines of communication. A sharp engagement followed and British forces drove the tribesmen from their positions. British casualties are listed at sixty. Mohmand losses are not known.
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Simla
James Willcocks
Peshawar
Young Chicago boy drowns fishing on St Joseph River
Three Rivers Michigan April 25 George Hammond a nineteen year old from Chicago was working on a farm eight miles east of town for his health when he drowned in the St Joseph river. He capsized a row boat while landing a fish and sank immediately as his companions swam to shore.
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Three Rivers
Mich
George Hammond
Chicago
Here
St. Joseph
Hammond
Thugs fail planned hold up near Welch's Spur
Butte reporting police say three men Rudolph Wenk Paul Filenius and Ed Teasdle were arrested after a failed attempt to stop a westbound South Coast Limited two miles east of Welch's Spur with two armed masked accomplices who fled after losing nerve. The conspirators planned to blow up part of the train and steal expected money, with dynamite sticks claimed.
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Butte
Mont
Welch
Rudolph Wenk
Paul Filenius
Ed Teasdle
Wenk
Filenius
Outlook Not Brilliant In Mixed Trade Picture
R G Dun weekly review notes better demand for lightweight apparel due to milder weather while overall retail trade is stagnant. Crop progress is insufficient to spark wholesale and jobbing activity, payments firmer from easy money, iron and steel dull with ore shipment estimates trimmed to 20 million tons. Several mills have resumed at rail points but operate below full capacity.
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New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Iron and
Asphalt firm denies Venezuela payment under duress
The New York and Bermudez Asphalt company told the senate committee it paid 145,000 to Venezuelan revolutionists, asserting the payment was made under duress as part of the dispute between the United States and Venezuela following a complaint that sparked the tense relations.
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Washington
New York
Bermudez Asphalt Corpany
United States
Venezuela
Senate Committee
Evans Takes Auto Ride to Hot Mud Springs
Paso Robles Cal April 24 Rear Admiral Rolley D Evans in excellent spirits despite threatened showers insisted on automobile ride with Mrs Evans and Dr P E Mcdonald A speedy vow was made to the hot mud springs He enjoyed the trip and spent an hour in the sun room upon return
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Paso Robles
Cal
Rolley D. Evans
Child Crushed By Street Car In Chicago
Four year old Bernice Kazmierowski of 111 West Division Street was killed when she tripped on street car tracks and was run over by a Division Street car as her mother watched. The car was later raised by a derrick to remove the body.
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Chicago
Bernice Kazmierowski
West Division Street
Murder Mystery Sparks Bloomington Probe in Arkansas Capitalist Case
Bloomington reports a possible murder case as police investigate H C Bruner a Stuttgart Arkansas capitalist found dead beneath a second story window of a disorderly resort. His wallet cash of 400 was missing and his skull fractured in the apparent crime.
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Bloomington
H C. Bruner
Stuttgart Ark
Chicago Markets Open With Mixed Hog and Cattle Quotes
Chicago April 25 1908 official receipts yesterday 13052 shipments 6074 estimated receipts today 8000 market slow weak 5 to 10 lower than yesterday hogs light mixed packers and ship s grades and porkers with varied prices cattle and sheep steady to unchanged reports from Beach-Wickham Grain Co with postal telegraph building Chicago
John A Babcock and the North American Commission Company
John A Babcock affiliated with the North American Commission Company in Chicago Illinois invites inquiries and promises a square deal in dealings with clients and partners.
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The
North American Commission Company
Hundred Die as Tornado Wrecks Amite and More
A deadly tornado swept through Amite Louisiana and parts of Louisiana Mississippi and Alabama causing heavy property loss. Nearly 100 killed and over 100 injured, with most fatalities among African American communities in destroyed cabins and rural areas. Towns cited include Amite City Arcadia Independence Belle Grove Melton Lorman Pine Ridge Quitman Landing Fairchilds Creek Purvis Lumberton Dora.
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Atlanta
Louisiana
Mississippi
Alabama
Amite City
Arcadia
Independence
Belle Grove
Melton
Lorman
Pine Ridge
Quitman Landing
Fairchild’s Creek
Purvis
Lumberton
Miss
Dora
Bergen
Moore
Birmingham
Ala
Mra
Death Toll Rises From Destructive Southern Storms
Reports say a northern Alabama strike hit Albertville destroying much of the town including a cotton mill. Deaths range from thirty to thirty five with many injured as militiamen and physicians rush to aid. Nearby Richland Lamourie Winchester Natchez and Mobile area report fatalities and widespread destruction.
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Albertville
Ala
Birmingham
Meridian
Miss
John Minnece
Richland
Lamourie
Winchester
Natchez
Louisiana
Mobile
Hattiesburg
Panama canal commissary plans ice cream factory opening
Washington notes a Panama Canal Commission report announces a forthcoming ice cream factory. A top US ice cream maker will supervise operations with modern machinery and improved methods. Milk will be imported from New York in cold storage for production.
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Washington
Canal Record
Commissary Department
The
Panama Commission
United States
New York
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New York Mail
Royal
Bootblack
Indianapolis
Angler
Montana
Dun & Co
Evans
Great Law School
Berkeley
George H. Boke
the State University
London Hospital
Beach-Wickham Grain Company
John A. Babcock
Chicago, Ill
New Orleans
Amite
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