Bryan Memo Sparks Fight at Democratic Convention
Augustus Thomas vows to push the Bryan issue on the floor as factions clash over Brooklyn Senator McCarren securing a court order to place his delegates on the temporary roll. NY April 1 reports Nebraskan supporters ready statements while Tammany leadership maneuvers amid internal contests for credentials and at large delegates.
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McCarren
Brooklyn
Friends of Nebraskan
Tammany Organization
Supreme Court
State Committee
P. H. Quinn
Rm Nixon
Murphy
Nixon
Bryan Progressive League
Jan Lun
Bryan
Atv
Tammany
Augustus Thomas
League
Thomas
Ther
Virginia family member jumps to death from ship
C Adrian Grant of Charlottesville and Washington Baltimore ties, aged fifty, died by his own actions when he leaped from the Old Bay Line steamer en route from Baltimore to Norfolk. A deaf mute, he was a noted horseman and frequent horse show attendee. Grants includes two Charlottesville nieces. Body unrecovered. Norfolk police search ongoing. He left a note citing financial reverses as the motive.
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Virginia
Metropolitan Club
Washington
Maryland Club
Washington Post
Norfolk
Old Bay Line
Florida
Old Point Comfort
Baltimore
C. Adrian Grant
Charlottesville
Grant
University of Virginia
Baltimore Athletic Club
New York
Etta Langford
Burnley Langford
Isabelle Grant
Harry Grant
Inlaw
Grants
Middleburg
Loudoun County
Old Dominion
Maryland
Aid For Homeless City Chelsea Fire Rebuilds Plan
Chelsea fire leaves 10 000 homeless. Losses reach 6 000 000 with 3 500 000 insured. Massachusetts legislature weighs 100 000 gift. Over fifty babies found unclaimed. seven infants born amid evacuations. Militia guard burned district while relief groups mobilize. President Roosevelt expresses sympathy and offers aid.
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Massachusetts
Sherry Sued for Divorce in New York Suit
Louis Sherry the Fifth Avenue restaurateur faced a divorce suit filed by his wife. The calendar listed $160000 temporary alimony and $400 monthly alimony plus counsel fees. Attorneys requested postponement as the case was called in Part 1 of the Supreme Court. Sherry, born in St Albans Vermont, rose from waiter to prominent New York caterer with society patrons.
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New York
Louis Sherry
Fifth Avenue
Supreme Court
Sherry
Brunswick
St. Albans
Hie
Juong
Sixth Avenue
Delmonino’s
Hendrick
CHICKENS' FRIEND A Doorman's Fatal Act At Police Station
New York April 13 Special to The Washington Post Doorman Timothy J Thelan killed himself in Brooklyn police headquarters by shooting himself after arraignment for keeping chickens in the Parkville station. He claimed he kept them to feed a mother hen and her brood during a funeral, though Deputy Commissioner Baker planned to dismiss the charge.
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Washington
New York
Baker
Brooklyn
Parkville
Timothy J. Thelan
Thelan
Explosion Wrecks Mill in Indiana Shaking Ten Miles
Explosion at the Actna Powder Company separator mill in Miller Indiana destroyed the building and scattered debris over a quarter mile. No one was at the site and the cause is unknown. The blast was felt ten miles away in Hammond.
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Chicago
Actna Powder Company
Miller
Ind
Hammond
Grant Wants Note Back From Wells and Others
Ulysses S. Grant Jr. of Los Angeles filed a suit in St. Louis Circuit Court to replevy a $7,950 note from Dr. H. P. Wells broker W. F. Little and C. H. Lawrence of Chicago. Grant’s attorney says the heir never received anything in return for the note. Wells and Little, who had the note as loan security, attempted to sell it at the courthouse door before a deputy sheriff took custody and delivered it to the court.
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St. Louis
Ulysses
Grant, Jr
Los Angeles
Cal
President Grant
H. P. Wells
W. F. Little
C. H. Lawrence
Chicago
Tippling Sentence Appeals to Supreme Court in Nashville
Cohn and William Hartman saloon keepers in Nashville have appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court after being convicted and each receiving sixty days for tippling. Their petitions allege violations of the fourth fifth and fourteenth amendments based on evidence obtained by deputy sheriffs in Nashville.
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Nashville
Tenn
Cohn
William Hartman
United States Supreme Court
Oranges in a Volley Battle Ships Arrive Today
Thousands of Californians headed by Governor Gillett will welcome the Atlantic battleship fleet off Coronado Beach near San Diego. A parade, immense decorations, and a reception in New York on return from Manila are planned. The fleet anchors tomorrow, with pay and a banquet for officers, and a grand parade of bluejackets and marines is expected to exceed the Dewey welcome. The Los Angeles celebration pays tribute to Admiral Evans as the fleet sails to Los Angeles and then to Manila. Rear Admiral Evans shows improvement while Asiatic Squadron prepares for a four month cruise to China, Japan, and Southeast Asia with operations around Hankow and Vladivostok.
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Dewey
New York
Manila
San Diego
Cal
Pacific
California
J. N. Gillett
Gov. Gillett
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Coronado
Thomas
Admiral Dewey
New York City
Bay
Admiral Evans
Paso Rebies Hot Springs
Evans
McDonnald
Subig Bay
Joseph M. Hemphill
China
Japan
Hankow
Vladivostok
Galveston
Chattanooga
Ito Saigon
Bangkok
Singapore
Atlantic
Atlantic Ocean
Horn
United States
France
Germany
Oregon
United States Navy
Peacemaker Kills Two in Domestic Quarrel
Campbell Missouri April 13 W R Bell is under arrest for shooting and killing Ephraim Bridgeman and Marion Bridges while defending Mrs Clara Johnson from her husband during a domestic quarrel He was taken to Kennett Missouri for ante keeping The notice also mentions Union Trust Co change department and interest on accounts with capital and surplus of 2 2 million
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Campbell, Mo
W. R. Bell
Art
Ephraim Bridgeman
Marion Bridges
Clara Johnson
Kennett
Change Dept. of Union Trust Co
15Th and
H St
Strike Mob Clash in Chester and Pensacola Riots
Report covers Chester Pa disturbances sparked by a strike at the Chester Traction Company with state police clashing with thousands of strikers and sympathizers. Injuries reported, martial law cited, and plans to arbitrate the dispute amid wage cut tensions and strikebreaker presence. Additional notes describe Pensacola infantry and Gatling guns ready to operate street cars, with deployments and calm contrast to Chester turmoil. News also notes New York applicants for nonunion streetcar jobs, some believed headed to Chester or Pensacola.
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Washington Post
Chester
Chester Traction Company
Traction Company
Philadelphia
Edgemont Avenue
Pensacola
Fla
New York
Nonnion
Sankey's Son Declared Insane by New York Court
John H. Sankey, eldest son of Ira D. Sankey, was ruled insane by a jury in the New York Supreme Court. Mrs. Sankey testified her husband hallucinates that he is the greatest man living and the creator of the world and commands a ship in search of imaginary ships. Hospitalized at Rivercrest Asylum, the case centers on appointing a committee for his care. Nearby ads note Easter lilies for sale at Kramer Florist.
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Washington Post
New York
John HE. Sankey
Ira D. Sankey
Supreme Court
Platzek
Indiana Bribery Charge Involving Atlas Engine Works Executives
Marion County grand jury indicted Thomas R. Kackley and James M. Broucher for Conspiracy to bribe County Commissioners John McGregor John McGaughey and John M. Mendenhall in 1907 with 3300 to secure a 21351 county power plant contract. Also named are County Commissioner McGregor and city salesman Arthur W. Willcuts.
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Indianapolis
Marion County Grand Jury
Thomas R. Kackley
Atlas Engine Works
James M. Broucher
John McGregor
John McGaughey
John M. Mendenhall
McGregor
Arthur W. Willcuts
French Steamer Breiz hull in distress near Sable Island
A wireless dispatch reports the French steamer Breiz hull, ex Dunkirk bound for New York, at West Sable Island with a damaged rudder after a March 15 departure. Captain Etrand requests urgent assistance. aid will be sent from Sidney or nearest point as soon as possible.
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Washington Post
Halifax
Breizhull
Etrand
Dunkirk
New York
West Sable Island
Sidney
Five Rescued As Firemen Save In Burning Ninthteen Street Flats
Fire at corner of Nineteenth and L streets prompts second alarm as four residents are carried down ladders by Truck 2 crew Private Tom Pursell Pinkey Cross Bran and Fader. Charley Lee, owner of the laundry where the flames started, risks his life to recover valuables. Michael Ferri and family escape after jumping from a second story window with his fall broken by a blanket held by firemen. Damage put at about HOW with most loss from water. nine families evacuated with all accounted for.
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Nineteenth
Hie
TL Street
Charley Lee
Charley
Tom Pursell
Pinkey Cross
Bran and
Fader
Truck No. 2
Lena Johnson
John Johnson
Lott
Q. Stock
Michael Ferri
Towers
Kammerow
Landsberry
Donoghue
Woman recluse murdered in St Louis home
Mrs Bridget Mullaly a seventy year old widow living alone on South Fourteenth street was found murdered with throat cut. A purse with money missing was discovered in a fire. Neighbors say Charles Hinchepp a twenty four year old Black man who lived next door and worked for her until Saturday afternoon was arrested as a suspect. She resisted moving from her old home despite her children's wishes.
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St. T.guis
Bridgett Mullaly
South Fourteenth Street
Charles Ti. Hinchepp
Negra
Head Washed Ashore In Cleveland Murder Case
The severed head of a man believed to be Michael Sobeda of Bedford was found washed ashore in Cleveland on April 13. Police suspect murder and robbery after a man named Schods fled Bedford for Cleveland with $900, a ticket, and no defense of the ticket. The body was thought to have been disposed of in the river.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Michael Sobeda
Bedford
Schods
Burglars Attack Family Injuring Parents and Infant
Fort Worth Texas April 13 two unknown men broke into a Walker home and wounded construction foreman F. Geril of the Missouri Kansas and Texas Railroad and his wife believed fatally. Their infant was seriously hurt as two older children were awoken by the baby's cries and the intruders fled. Police suggest black burglars. A Lyric Theater Baltimore notice mentions Grand Opera and train times from Mt Royal Station for return after performances.
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Fort Worth
Tex
F. Gerril
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad
Walker
Roosevelt Explains Need for Fourth Fleet of Ships
President Roosevelt to outline necessity of expanding the naval force with four ships. The executive branch argues Congress’ attitude leaves no choice but to place responsibility with lawmakers, urging Congressmen to back the administration program personally.
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Congress
President Roosevelt weighs four battleships to boost navy
President Roosevelt continues to push for four additional battleships and plans to urge Congress to authorize the increase. He opposes the House’s suggested two ships and argues for strengthening the navy to defend two oceans and deter foreign powers, warning that war readiness depends on peacetime build-up.
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