Mayor McClellan and Tammany Reach Peace Accord
New York April 50. A conference between Timothy Sullivan and Corporation Counsel William B Ellison yields an accord allowing McClellan to appoint top city officials from the highest class while the Democratic organization will advise against appointments hostile to its ranks. Ellison says only efficient men will remain or be named. McClellan confirms the talks and asserts he has made no deals. He seeks organizational support on conditions that favor clean, efficient government and harmony if possible.
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New York
Tammany Hall
McClellan
Charles J. Murphy
Timothy D. Sullivan
William B. Ellison
Ellison
Sullivan
Fallison
Soell
Democratic Organization
Attempt on President Cabrera's Life in Guatemala City
A dynamite bomb exploded near President Estrada Cabrera's carriage in Guatemala City. The blast killed the horses and wounded General Orellana, chief of staff. The attack occurred as Cabrera traveled in the capital.
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Guatemala City
Evening Journal
Pres
Estrada Cabrera
Orellana
No Hotel Then A Drought Grant Michigan
Grant village officials refuse to renew the hotel liquor license and adopt a resolution approving saloons only if connected to a brick or stone hotel to be built with steam heating. The move aims to expand hotel capacity and curb alcohol-driven profits by tying licenses to substantial hotel construction.
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Newaygo
Mich
Grant
Man shoots German servant after rejection in Philadelphia
Martha Corais, 22, left a bakery with Frank Endrukab who pursued her after she said she would rather die than marry him. He shot her then turned the gun on himself, likely fatally wounding himself.
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Philadelphia
Martha Corais
Frank Endrukab
Ransom Paid for Abbot Boy in Salonika Case
Seventy five thousand dollars was paid for the release of Robert Abbott son of a British subject living at Salonika who was kidnapped from his father’s garden on March 24 and freed after abductors’ demands were met. The brigands initially asked 109000 dollars. The British government will insist that the Turkish government reimburse the ransom.
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Sultan
Constantinople
Robert Abbott
Salonika
Waterloo farmer and wife trap burglars and march them to jail
Christian Wirth and his wife surprised two men at their home in Waterloo. They held the drop with a shotgun until the couple dressed, then marched the prisoners five miles to the sheriff. Prisoners identified as Harper Gilette and FE Sutton from Indiana, each found with revolvers. Charged with burglary.
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Waterloo, HL
Christian Wirth
St. Clair County
Wirth
Waterloo
Harper Gilette
FE. Sutton
Indiana
Bell Predicts Fast Aerial Travel and Naval Advances
London April 20 Dr Alexander Graham Bell predicts aerial travel will soon allow dinner in America and breakfast in Europe within under twenty hours. He envisions airships reaching 175 to 200 miles per hour and foresees advances enabling armored battleships as the next step in flight technology.
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London
Alexander Graham Bell
Mas
America
Europe
Atlantic
Bell
Elevator death at Mayer hotel blamed on operator
Peoria April 20 coroner's jury probes Mrs Mate Chester Eastern Star grand secretary death and holds hotel owner David Mayer responsible for employing underage, incompetent help in the elevator bay at Mayer hotel.
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Peoria
Lil
Mate Chester
The
Eastern Star
Mayer
David Mayer
McClellan Statue to Be Unveiled at Army Reunion
The thirty seventh annual reunion of the Society of the Army of the Potomac will feature the unveiling of a bronze equestrian statue of General George B. McClellan on May 2. McClellan organized and commanded the Army of the Potomac early in the Civil War.
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McClellan
Washington
Society of the Army of the Potomac
George B. McClellan
Army of Potomac
Debated Army Bill Leaves Constitutional Democrats in Trouble
In St Petersburg the first executive session of the Duma debated the army bill with 56 deputies set to speak. Absent Easter visitors and opprobrious votes by Poles and rightists threaten a hostile majority, prompting protraction to await returnees.
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St. Petersburg
Constitutional Democrats
Poland
Toll
Kuzmin-Karavieff
Lobel
Rudiger
M. Hessen
Duma
Zuraboff
Soc
Golovin
Zara
Two Terrible Shocks: Body Found in College Pickling Vat
Rev J Q Helm of University Place Lincoln finds his son Arthur Helm dead after a fall from a second floor window in North Sixteenth street. His body, unclaimed at the morgue, was given to a medical college for dissection where the father discovers the death on arriving in Omaha.
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Omaha
Neb
University Place
Lincoln
J. Q. Helm
Arthur Helm
Sixteenth Street
Medical College
Hotel Proprietor and Clerk Among Four Under Bonds
Marion Ind April 30 Walter Campbell Hatfield hotel proprietor Fred Rice clerk Roy Barnes and Asbury Wallace under bonds of 500 each to answer grand larceny in circuit court. They allegedly robbed Richard McGuire Soldiers Home of 160. McGuire reports money given to clerk who refused to return it. Police say confessions from some prisoners and part of the money recovered. Ages of the four range 22 to 50.
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Marion
Ind
Walter Campbell
Hatfield
Fred Rice
Roy Barnes
Asbury Wallace
Richard McGuire
Soldiers’ Home
McGuire
Campbell
Quaker Benefactor Anna Jeanes Kept Homes for Servants
Philadelphia reports Miss Anna T. Jeanes, noted Quaker benefactor who gave 1,000,000 for southern Black education, spent much of her wealth maintaining several homes for her Black servants at no charge. One Arch Street residence she occupied faced late piano concerts and she closed the property after negotiations failed.
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Philadelphia
Anna T. Jeanes
Fire destroys Union City Chair plant in Cory Pa
Fire swept through the Union City Chair company building in Union City Pennsylvania ten miles west of Cory. The loss is estimated at 300000 dollars and the fire threatens much of the town’s lower portion.
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Cory, Pa
Union City Chair Company
Union City
Here
Seven Imprisoned Men In Berwind-White Mine Rescue
Johnstown April 30 officials report seven miners trapped by water at Berwind-White mine No 38 in Foustwell have been confined for eighty four hours and rescuers estimate at least twelve hours more are needed to reach them.
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Johnstown
Foustwell
Woman hangs self in Garrett railroad home
Mrs. A. Cross wife of a Baltimore and Ohio railroad shop foreman hanged herself from a bed post using a necktie in her Garrett Indiana home on April 30.
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Garrett
Ind
A. Cross
Baltimore and Chblo
Markets Report Chicago April 30 1907 Cattle Hogs Sheep Prices
Chicago markets show mixed cattle hogs and sheep futures with receipts and shipments from yesterday and today. cattle ranges include Texas steers and western stockers with lambs and natives noted. hogs show light to heavy grades and steady to weak tone. sheep and lambs listed as steady with official receipts around 45375 yesterday and 13000 for today.
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Texas
Honduras Faction War Ends After Comic Intervention
Fighting raged in Tegucigalpa as rival Honduran factions split power among three leaders then clashed in city streets. Genecuel Davila interceded to halt the battle, while Nicaraguans briefly arrested both sides and later Davila became president as the Nicaraguan influence looms. U S gunboats may press foreign interests if Zelaya withdraws forces.
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Puerto Cortez
Honduras
New Orleans
Nicaraga
Rosales
Bustillo
Cast
Pel Bontlia
T Gaipa
Genecuel R. Davila
Jonnl
Nicara
Davila
Zelaya
United States
Twin babies found in Fox River wrapped in blanket
A fisherman discovered the bodies of a boy and girl twin babies in Fox river near Elgin on April 30. The corpses, well developed and wrapped in a blanket inside a pasteboard box, were in the river for days. Coroner Norton and County Physician Vaill assume premature birth and possible criminal involvement. Authorities consider the possibility the infants were hurled from a nearby train as two railroads cross the river.
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Elgin
Fox River
Norton
Vaill
John A Babcock Is
A brief note asserts a promise of fair treatment and timely service to the reader, stressing a square deal from John A Babcock. The tone emphasizes reliability and straightforward, no-nonsense conduct.
Bribe Trial Opens for West Ham Officials and Officials
London April 30 The first trial in years of municipal officials on bribe charges begins with West Ham board guardians and four workhouse and other officials facing accusations of accepting money for coal contracts and appointments. Involved sums are small with a physician alleged to have paid 9500 for a hospital post. The Attorney General Walton and assistants defend as officials plead.
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London
West Ham Board Guardians
Criminal Court
Walton
Stephenson Brothers Sell Ludington Interests for 3 500 000
Stephenson Jr and Fred Steph of Menominee Michigan formerly with Lions Wells and Van Schaick car firm sold out their extensive Ludington holdings to an eastern concern for about 3 500 000 dollars. The deal closes a major local business transfer.
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Stephenson
Menominee, Mich
Stephenson, Jr
Fred Steph
Lion, Wells & van Schaick Car
Ludington
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Big Town
Michigan
Dastard
Farmer
ROYAL
Royal Baking Powder Co
Beekman Winthrop
Porto Rico
the Treasury
William H. Taft
Philippines
Mr. Winthrop
Roosevelt
Orange, N. J
Chicago
Teguelsgalpa
Nicaragua
Grain Market
John A. Babcock
North American Commission Company
Chicago, Ill
Old London
Richmond
Charles Lovette
Noblesville
Neville
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