Baltic Fleet Adheres to Czar Order to Leave Kamranh Bay
Amid tensions over Formosa and French neutrality, Russian Admiral Rozhestvensky faces orders from Saint Petersburg to observe French neutrality off Cocain and Kamranh Bay. Reports say British and Russian fleets stir readiness at Hongkong and Vladivostok, with Moscow stressing adherence to three mile territorial limits while preparing for potential sea deployment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rojestvensky
Admiralty
Madagascar
Czar
Cocain
China
Four men killed by gas in tunnel at Edgar Thomson
Four workers died and two were seriously overcome at the Edgar Thomson blast furnaces in Braddock Pittsburgh asphyxiation occurred in a brick tunnel fifteen to twenty feet square and twenty feet underground. The victims were Henry Meredith Isaac Woomer Fred Knox Frank Kilgour and injured Joseph Barlock Harry Goldsmith. Barlock and Goldsmith aided by others escaped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Edgar Thomson
Braddock
Henry Meredith
Isaac Woower
Fred Knox
Joseph Barlock
Harry Galdsraith
Meredith
Woomer
Kilgour
Knox
Barlock
Goldsmith
Ines
Circus Parade Panic Injures Dozens in Columbus
An accident at a circus parade in Columbus Ohio caused by a runaway horse wagon wounded Mass Nellie Bennett of Grave City and her nephew Raymond Bennett while P R Shrum’s leg broke. Horses dashed into buildings near the Statehouse, glass shattered, crowds panicked, police restrained the scene. Bennettts taken to St Francis Hospital in critical condition. others injured but non fatal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohis
Nellie Bennett
Grave City
Ohio
Raymond Bennett
P R Shrum
Sia
Howard Forture
Andrew Morden Jewele
Bennett
St Francis Hospital
Cuban Duel Follows Seizure of Papers in Havana
Havana dispatch reports a second duel over a mass misconduct probe of Havana city officials. Almareo Andre and congressmen Mendieta Guerra engaged with sabers after papers were seized, Gur a delivering a deep arm wound. Governor Nunez papers and editors participated as seconds in the duel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Crty
Almareo Andre
Calos Mendieta
Faustino Guerra
Pinar Ad Fig
Mendieta
Gov Nune
Govin
Newspapr Bl Mundo
Congressiman
Castro insuring future gold shipment from Willemstad
Gold estimated at Rs 400900 remains in Willemstad Curacao as President Castro of Venezuela arranges shipment to New York. A Red D Line steamer Caracas sailed from Willemstad for New York on April 16 with consignments including Italian steamer cargo and ian schooners.
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Walemstad Island
Curacao
Castro
Venezuela
New York
Red D
Caracas
Willemstad
New ‘York
Knife in His Heart Near Big Ugly Murder Scene
A well dressed man was found bound hand and foot to a tree near Big Ugly with a knife through the heart and throat cut from ear to ear. The body, not identified, bore a note reading You WHI bother us or more. The crime is suspected to be murder before his ties.
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Huntington . Var
Tragic Love Triangle Ends in Double Suicide Downton Affair?
Johnstown April 22 Charles Hollenbeck aged forty eight a glove cutter killed himself with carbolic acid after discussing the death of Sadie McCartin the New York stenographer who married Lichtenstein while still married to McCartin Her affair with George M Lichtenstein and her later remarriage set off a chain of heartbreak and tragedy as both husbands confront the untimely end and the Lichtenstein firm ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sadie McCartin
Washington Post
Johnstown
Charles Hollenbeck
Sadie Mcfartin
New York
Hollenbeck
Wertheimer Company
McCartin
George M Lichtenstein
Wertheimer & Cos
Michael McCartin
Sadie
Michael
Werthemer & Co
Lichtenstein
Brooklyn
MeCartin
McCartins
Columbus Avenue
Riedel
Ingram
Fourteenth Street
Sadie Michael
William H Kephart
Cayadutta Hotel
George
Arrest of Federal Officer in North Carolina
The United States collector of customs at Beaufort North Carolina was arrested by state officers for being an unlicensed immigrant agent. A habeas corpus writ was issued in federal court for a hearing in New Bern Tuesday. The secretary of the treasury instructed the U.S. district attorney to take all legal steps to protect the collector. The charges relate to signing a contract as shipping commissioner to hire local sailors for a vessel at Beaufort, an act argued to be his duty under the statute. State law imposes a $100 tax on immigration agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Raleigh
CB Davis
United States Collector of Customs
Beaufort
Carteret County
Thomas R. Purnell
Newbern
Secretary of the
United States Treasury
United States District Attorney
Teaufort
Electrocution on Stage at Grand Opera House
Ottawa report of Thomas Bradt an electrician for the Grand Opera House who died after stepping on an iron floor register while adjusting calcium lights during a Wizard of Oz performance. Wires carried 250 volts. he was rendered unconscious and died before doctors arrived. An inquest will be held.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Ottawa
Grand Opera House
Hamilton
Thomas Bradt
Bradt
Councilman Brown Fined for Assault in Baltimore
Baltimore April 22 councilman George Brown fined 910 and costs for assaulting Henry Foenge supervisor of election. Brown pleaded guilty to technical assault after a warrant issued at hearing. He is an avowed Democratic mayoral candidate. Municipal matters also note George B Wight named commissioner of charities and corrections in New Jersey, salary 8000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Baltimore
George & Brown
Henry Foenge
Brown
Fenge
Grannon
Trenton
N. J
Stokes
George B Wight
Lambertville
Bank Officers Summoned in Aetna Trading Probe
Federal grand jury subpoenas served on four Chicago bankers to produce cash books and records tied to the Aetna Trading Company and Oppenheimer & Co. The actions aim to connect leading packers with the sausage casing business. Names include vice presidents Reynolds, Moulton, Fenton, Talbott. cashiers Bowen, Smith, McKinney, Lisch. Proceedings follow discovery of numerous checks in government trunks. The Connors indictment demurrer hearing was postponed to next Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aetna Trading Company
Washington Post
Chicago
Federal Grand Jury
United States
8 Q Oppenheimer & Co
George M. Reynolds
Ira P Bowen
Continental National Bank
Daniel A Moulton
Frank W Smith
Corn Exchange National Bank
W T Fenton
Robert J M McKinney
National Bank the Republic
Josep Talbott
Nathaniel R. Lisch
Commercial National Bank
National Bank
Starek
Actna
Omelne
Oppenheimer
Sone
Judge Foster Nominee for First District Seat
Evansville Indiana April 22 Republicans of Indiana’s First District nominated Judge John H W Foster to fill the Hemenway vacancy in Congress. The nomination followed a four day factional deadlock between George W Cunningham of Evansville and John W Brady of Princeton. Foster, 45, had served twelve years on the local bench and is a nephew of former Secretary of State John Wester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evansville
Ind
John H W Foster
Congress
James A Hemenway
United States Senate
Foster
George W Cunningham
John W Brady
Princeton
Hemenway
John Wester
Strengthening the radicals in Democratic ranks
William J Bryan addressed the Liberal Club in Buffalo and argued that Chicago’s Dunne victory sharpened the Democratic line toward tariff reform and internal policy questions. He contrasted socialist and democratic views on ownership and monopoly, urging a line where competition ends but benefits continue for all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Buffalo
William J Bryan
Norman Mack
Bryan
Liberal Club
Dunne
Chicago
Bomb Plot Fails. Chicago Strike Proposals debated
A bomb at Montgomery Ward & Co warehouse was thwarted by rain as a fuse connected to a cartridge lay in water. The Employers Association rejected arbitration with the Teamsters over the entire strike but agreed to arbitrate Teamsters disputes only, while garment workers’ actions were off the table. Grand jury investigations into the strike began with mixed views on closing. Ward & Co warned striking Teamsters of permanent replacement if they do not return Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teamsters
Grand
Chicago
Montgomery Ward & Co
Employers’ Association of Chicago
Judge Tuley
Mayo
Dunne
Garment
Ward & Co
Employers Association
Employers’ Association
Tuley
Jefferson Resting, Condition Not So Favorable
West Palm Beach bulletin reports Mr Jefferson's condition not as favorable as this morning, though similar to last night. He is resting quietly and eating. The notice is dated April 22 and issued at 10 p.m. by Frank Jefferson, son of Joseph Jefferson.
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West Palm Beach
Fla
Frank Jefferson
Joseph Jefferson
Jefferson
Paces and Headlines From Today’s Issue
Index presents items from various sections including politics science and society. Notable entries mention the Russian fleet leaving a French port a woman’s death by her own action and a street car wreck injuring twenty five.
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DAR Congress
Moros
Jola Platt
Delcasse
Ramsey Martin
Willard
Portland
Negros
Senator Depew
Wilder
Mikados
Uncle Sam
Washington
Corning
Congress
Logmis
Savoyard
Sherman
Richmond
Louise
Washington Real Estates
Columbia Heights
Gust Waggaman
Supreme Court
Colorado
Hyde
Equitable
Washington Asylum
Washington S
Jolly Elks
Chinas Court
Nast
Helen Oldfield
J A Howland
Robert Hichens
Russia
J P OG Connor
Carmen Sylva
Holland
Acquitted of Bribery in Kirby Lumber Case
The Austin jury found Joseph H Kirby of Houston and A Vandervoort of Austin not guilty after a multi day trial for conspiracy to bribe a public official. Co defendants included Joseph H Eagle and W B Wartham with Frank Glover turning States evidence.
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Austin
Tex
Joseph H Kirby
Houston
Vandervoort
Kirby
Joseph H Eagle
Kirby Lumber Comany
W B Wartham
Frank Glover
Warren W Moore
Certin
Kirby Lumber Company
Moore
Killed Mother and Son in Alabama Quarrel
In Bridgeport Alabama on April 22 Mrs Eliza Stewart and her twelve year old son were killed after a quarrel with Mrs Lingo who claims self defense. The shooter says she was pursued by Mrs Stewart and used a shotgun. Conflicting reports describe the boy’s death. Gift from Mrs Carnegie. Baltimore Maryland April 2 Mrs Andrew Carnegie donates 5000 dollars to the House of the Good Shepherd for Colored Children to aid construction of an additional building. California report notes C and C Ry offers low rates for colonist paints March 1 to May 14.
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Bridgeport
Ala
Eliza Stewart
Lingo
Stewart
Carnegie
Baltimore
Andrew Carnegie
House of the Good Shepherd
California
West
Car Jumps Track Wreck Buries Victims In Debris
A Chicago and Milwaukee Electric Railroad wreck at Greenleaf Street and Fourth Avenue Wilmette injures twenty five, many Northwestern professors and students among the rescued. Charles Franklin of Evanston is said to be near death. Motorman says brakes failed. car sped about twenty miles per hour before overturning and splintering. Rescue lasted nearly an hour, with victims pulled from under beams and debris.
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Chicago
Chicago and Milwaukee Electric Railroad
Greenleaf Street
Fourth Avenue
Wilmafte
Chicag
Charles Franklin
Evanston
Leeeawake
T BP Frost
Provinent
Evaraton
Northwestern University
Nothwestern University
University of Chicag
Ravina Park
George W Parker
Charles Franken
Franken
St Francis
Evanston Hospital
Franklin
DOES NOT WANT MOTHER
New York April 72 Nan Patterson, jailed at the Tombs, told her father she would not have her mother travel from Washington to witness her murder trial. She said, I hope you will induce her to stay in Washington. The trial will be continued next Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Nan Patterson
Caesar Young
Washington
Territorial Dispute Tensions Prompt Minister Choice
State Department reports rising danger of a Tacna Arica dispute between Chile and Peru. Urges immediate appointment of an American Minister to Santiago to manage the case. Also notes the second preliminary trial of Nelse Conger for the Hol F Smith killing in Crossland. Witnesses testified. Conger jailed without bond. he is well heeled with family influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department
Chile
Peru
Tacna-Arica
Mir Wilson
Santiago
Ma Wilson
Belgium
Moultrie Ga
Nelse Conger
Hol F Smith
Crossland
Smith
Smiths
Conger
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Carnegie Contentment
Jan Eyard
Baltic Fleet
oAlLa
Kamranh Bay
Togo
Formosa
Hongkong
Berni
Dis
Hum
Ims
St Petersburg
Caer
Admiral Rojestyensky
Uw Mart Wis
Doron
Japan
Actia
Formos
Imiriu Ikamin Ordis
Petrshng
Styenski
Kimrana Bay
Rissan
Steensky
France
Rokotyensky
Rus
Gromobot
Admiral Rogestven
Opport
Tmaden Ralt
Viediostok
Rojestsenski
St Peters
Vladlyst Roos
Greiterth
Paris
Royal Limited
West Virginia
Gid
Point Comfort
Norfolk
Newport News
Norfolk &Washington Steamboat Co
Boston
EEH Snyder & Co
Jamestown
Yorktown
Old Point
Potomac River
Chesapeake Bay
Hampton Roads
James
York Rivers
North Carolina
F. T. Hawlings
Ps.ay
Peu
Texas
Senator Hemenway
Indiana
Brady
Cunningham
Judge Dunne
Quartermaster’s Department
Philadelphia
Neafla & Levy
Quartermaster’s Department of the Army
Protector
Rain
Ward
Tefferson
Southern Hy
Pacific Berth
J Poston
Sli Pa
Ave
Part
Kirby and
Austin, Tex
Woman
Alabama
Harper's Ferry
Charlestown
Winchester
Baltimore & Ohio RR
Newspapre Halhive
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