Russia May Be Dealing Blow to Drumhead Courts
St Petersburg May 2 A government note says the lower house heard nothing of the drumhead court abolition and transfer of sentences to ordinary courts The cabinet officer says dissolution of parliament is not planned and the issue will be ignored by the ministry Golovin hostile but cautious editors say parliament may work productively Stolypin orders drumhead courts martial end May 3 and bans publishing court names or records.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
Golovin
Associated Press
Zuraboff
Novoe Vrema
Novoe Vremya
Stolypin
Rudiger
A good conscience is heaven bad one hell German proverb
A compact saying translates a German proverb on moral bearings with a warning about conscience Clouded by ethical choices it suggests inner peace mirrors heaven while guilt mirrors hell.
Heiress Edith Presley Dies After Criminal Operation
Edith A. Presley 24 a Michigan state senate stenographer and heiress to 75000 is dead in Detroit after a criminal operation. Police hold Dr G A Fritsch who treated her fading hours though a signed statement names another physician as the culprit. The patient, who sought a private sanatorium, refused to seek help saying the man could not marry her.
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Detroit
Edith A. Presey
Michigan State Senate
George C. Presley
G. A. Fritsch
Jeley
Slope Sanatorium
Miss Gilman Secretly Engaged to Steel Executive
Miss Mabelle Gilman, fresh from Paris, declines to discuss personal matters but confirms plans to marry William Ed. Corey president of United States Steel Corporation in New York on May 12 with both families present.
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New York
Mabelle Gilman
Paris
William Ed. Corey
United States Steel Corporation
Missing Ina Moore Reported From Ewart Michigan
Ina Moore age 21 daughter of farmer Henry Moore disappeared after leaving home for her teaching job near Ewart Michigan. She did not arrive at the school and has not been seen since.
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Ewart
Mich
Ina Moore
Henry Moore
He Divided Up Some Land
D M White filed deeds dividing lands valued at 125000 dollars among his eight children. A few years ago White gave each child 5000 dollars. He retains large land holdings that will pass to his children at death.
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Pana
D. M. White
White
Reynolds Is Set Free After Capias Dissolved
Reynolds William N. of Chicago was arrested in Muskegon on a fraud charge by Mrs. Augusa Buener for allegedly taking $500. His capias was dissolved by Circuit Judge Sessions and he was released.
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Reynolds
Muskegon, Mich
William N. Reynolds
Chicago Avenue
Chicago
Augusa Buener
Sessions
Sheep Euthanized Over Rabies Outbreak in Ohio
Upper Sandusky Ohio May 2 by order of the state board of health eighteen sheep owned by Robert Layton were killed and burned after suffering rabies following bites from a mad dog three weeks earlier.
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Upper
Sandusky, O
State Board of Health
Robert Layton
Balloonist Captain Chandler lands near Golconda Illinois
Captain De F. Chandler, who started from St. Louis in a balloon for Washington, lands five miles north of Golconda on the Ohio River. The Minnesota 2 cent passenger fare law, a freight rate reduction law, is to be tested in the courts.
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de F. Chandler
St. Louis
Washington
Golconda
Ohio River
Minnesota
Paris May Day Violent Clashes Mark May Day
Paris reports show May Day began calm but ended in major disturbances near the trades unions, with over a thousand arrests and many injured as a Russian-born U.S. citizen fired five shots wounding two cuirassiers. A woman wounded a patrolman in later clashes. Meanwhile in New York more than 6,000 socialists and laborists marched in support of indicted leaders, amid linked strikes nationwide and abroad.
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Paris
Trades Unions
Jacob Law
United States
Place de la Republique
Law
New York
Brownsville
Brokelyn
Moyer
Haywood and Pettibone
Steunenberg
Idaho
Manhattan
Union Square
Paterson
N. J
Newark
Fair Haven
San Francisco
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Youngstown
Little
Brest
Toulon
Lorient
Lens
Bordeaux
France
Lille
Halle
Germany
Rome
Gorky
Botanical Gardens
Warsaw
Poland
Baku
Russia
Montreal
Toronto
Ottawa
Amilet performance brings lodger into rent dispute
A London Pick-Me-Up excerpt shows a woman denying plaque praise while admitting a young man named Amilet, her first floor lodger, could raise her rent if he succeeds.
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London
Police disperse crowds with sabres in violent arrest
Police fired in the air as sabres were used by officers to clear a large crowd. A second detachment arrived quickly, charged with drawn sabres, and dispersed the crowd. Many persons were injured and many were taken into custody.
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Double Quick
Maloney Released After Vicious Outburst
A prisoner named Maloney caused a violent scene insisting he was an officer. An Omaha police captain arrived and freed him. no arrest was made and the man referred to as a lunatic remains at large.
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Loney
Omaha
Maloney
Navy bids open for Great Lakes training station buildings
At Washington May 2 bids opened for Great Lakes naval training station construction near North Chicago Illinois. Noel Construction Company Baltimore lowest on twenty four general service buildings at 2 137 008. McArthur Diggs Chicago lowest for eight officers houses at 109 011. Water mains extension bid low Henry C Patterson Waukegan IL at 6300.
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Washington
Navy Department
Naval Training Station
Chicago
Noel Construction Company
Baltimore
General Service
Elimate
McArthur Digos
Henry C. Pattterson
Waukegan, Lil
Tug L. B. Johnson Crew Rescued After Leaking Offshore
The lake tug L. B. Johnson with four men aboard reached shore on a life raft near Fairport after the vessel sprang a leak five miles offshore. Pumps failed to stop the sinking as torches failed to summon life savers and the crew abandoned ship onto the raft.
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Painesville, O
L. B. Johnson
Fairport
Camels Named After Roosevelt During World Tour
W. W. Newell and M. S. Truesdale of Broome County New York, visiting the president, said in Egypt they found at least ten thousand camels named for him, reflecting Roosevelt's global renown discovered during their travels in Europe Africa and elsewhere.
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Roosevelt
Washington
W. W. Newell
Chicago Markets May 2 1907 cattle and hog receipts
Market shows mixed and heavy packing grades steady to firm with cattle and sheep receipts around 21 000 and 12 000 respectively. Prices span cattle heavy shipping 6 15 to 6 50 cattle beeves 4 25 to 6 40 sheep natives 4 40 to 6 80 lambs 6 50 to 8 60 hogs light 6 35 to 6 65 and stockers 2 90 to 5 15.
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Chicago
Texas
Duped by a Madman at St Bernard's Asylum
Officer Steven Maloney of the Omaha police spent an hour at St Bernard's insane asylum after an insane man Maloney had escorted to the facility escaped. The man convinced officials that Maloney was the patient and walked away free while Maloney was locked in a private room before the man vanished.
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Council Bluffs
Steven Maloney
Omaha
St Bernard’s Insane Asylum
Maloney
Mine Disaster in Scarboro Endangers Forty-One Entombed
Hinton West Virginia May 2 reports say an explosion at the Whipple mine Scarboro Payette county entombed at least forty-one miners with fifty-one escaped to the air shaft. Mine boss Isaac Pelter remained inside attempting to clear air passages. Names identified include Edward Smith Erastus Willey Arnold Kelly Charley Burgess Hud Burgess Raliegh Tucker Ed Melton G W Temper and Will Hump with others including Italians among the missing. Cause of blast not yet known likely heavy shot at the face.
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Edward Smith
Erastus Willey
Arnold Kelly
Charley Burgess
Hud Burgess
Raliegh Tucker
Ed Melton
G. W. Temper
Will Hump
Fire injures over twenty at Chicago five story building
A blaze at 235 Wabash avenue housed Story & Clark Piano on the first floor and Lotus Lunch club above. Women panicked and rushed to exits. many fell on stairs while escaping. Dozens injured including Mrs. Sullivan, Jennie Malone, William Larson, C W O'Hair, Catherine Sullivan, and Violet Ronski.
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Chicago
Wabash Avenue
Story & Clark Piano Company
Lotus
Catherine Sullivan
John A. Babcock Promises Square Deal
A brief note declares John A. Babcock will provide timely writings and assures readers they will receive a square deal, ending with the statement THAT'S ALL.
Fast Flyer in the Ditch Wreck Injures Twenty
A Baltimore and Ohio fast flyer between Kenova and Pittsburg derailed at Pleasant View forty five miles below Parkersburg due to track condition. One coach left the track. two rear cars rolled over. Twenty injured, two fatally. notable victims include Judge William A Obley and Captain T R Cowell with serious injuries.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Baltimore and Ohio
Kenova
Pittsburg
Pleasantview
William A. Obley
Charleston
T. R. Cowell
William Stanley
F. B Gettler
J. P. McNelly
Elbert Hager
Math Stiles
Lincoln
R. L. Stowers
EB. Hager
Hager
Authele Hag Hager
Rh Stowers
Gritfersville
It Is Disgraceful to Stumble at the Same Stone
A concise proverb notes the folly of repeating mistakes by trampling the same obstacle repeatedly. The Greek saying warns against pride and inertia in facing the same challenge.
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Royal Baking Powder CO
Lebbeus R. Wilfley
China
United States Court
Wilfley
Yale
Philippine Islands
Labor Exchange
Labor Federation
Buckle
Quai Jemmapes
St. Martin's Canal
Place de la Republicique
Gotham Socialists Parade
Naval
Grain Market
John A. Babcock
The
North American Commission ‘Company
Chicago, Ill
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