Ex-Wife Defends Estes Amid Tragedy in Virginia
In a letter to a friend from Charlottesville Virginia dated April 2 Disa Elizabeth Loving exonerates Theodore Estes of the Lovington case and says he was treated with courtesy by her father Judge Loving, whose opposition to social ties with the Estes family is noted. The letter arrives as Nelson County towns tremble with high feeling and possible case moves toward Charlotte Court House. Judge Loving seeks bond adjustment remains unsettled ahead of May term and grand jury deliberations.
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Novemya Vremya
Warsaw
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St Petersburg
Nicholas Nicolaievitch
Anastas
Montenegro
George of
Leuchtenberg
Forgeries Probed in New York Life Insurance Ballots
Assistant District Attorney Smyth and Deputy Howe examined about 500 alleged forged ballots at the New York Life Insurance Company offices. Jacob Frank, an agent named as a witness on many ballots, has been summoned to appear at the district attorney’s office tomorrow.
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Leaves servant estate as beneficiary of New York Sun former manager
Nehimiah Gorham longtime New York Sun business manager left his estate to Ann G Wright a Black servant who joined the Gorham family at the time of his marriage and served as housekeeper after Mrs Gorham's death. The will places about $6,000 cash and real estate valued between $15,000 and $20,000 in her name. He died two weeks ago.
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Dynamiters Kill 700 Sheep at Trapper Creek Camp
A Cheyenne report says an explosion at John Lynns camp in Big Horn County killed 700 sheep and destroyed wagons. A herder testified masked men raided the camp, bound him, and carried out the destruction.
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GIVES LIFE FOR HER Fatal chase ends in tragic dog rescue
Special to The Washington Post reports Athole B Reader seeks dismissal of perjury complaint as Lord Brassey’s motion, while Miss Brassey dies near Malpag after rushing to save her dog. A chauffeur brakes but hits her. the dog is unharmed. London report notes separate banking advertisement.
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Pope Leo body to be moved at night to Lateran
The Washington Post Rome reports the body of Pope Leo will be transferred privately to the Church of St John Lateran at night. The plan omits government aid and avoids a public procession to prevent hostile demonstrations and to avoid suggesting Vatican Italy policy changes.
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Congo Move Hinted as Leopold Plans Feint to France
King Leopold hosts talks in Paris amid Belgian crisis and rumors he will offer the Congo Free State to France to press Parliament. President Feliers and Foreign Minister Pichon met Clemenceau as gala lunch plans unfold at the Elysee Palace.
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Delayed State GOP meeting on Taft Foraker choice in Ohio
Walter Brown, head of the Republican State Central Committee, declares no call for a state primary election will be made unless requested. He says the committee would not be bound to Taft or Foraker and prefers municipal matters stay the focus until after November. The Toledo statement reflects resistance to intra party contests and seeks broad GOP unity.
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Lucas County
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Foraker
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Murphy
Court upholds dachshund barking ban in quiet neighborhood
In a special session Justices Olmstead Mayo and Wyatt ruled a dachshund kept by Mrs Fannie Henning near Miss Marion H Carter’s home could not bark. The dog’s quiet behavior led the court to find no disturbance, as Henning left with the dog cradled in her arms amid neighborhood relief.
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Miss Carter
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Elevator Fall Kills Operator as Car Drops Twelve Stories
Mouradian Oscar F Shew Jr. faces criminal negligence charges after an elevator in the Park Building on East Nineteenth Street plummeted twelve stories during a descent. The operator failed to stop at the fourth floor, the cables broke, and the car crashed to the basement, injuring four men and others aboard while Mouradian died from a fractured skull at Bellevue Hospital.
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Sitrag Mouradian
Bellevue Hospital
Park Building
East Nineteenth Street
Mouradian
Oscar F Shew, Jr
Peace pact recount sparks political realignment in New York
New York politics discuss how the McClellan Tammany accord shifts power. Mayor McClellan resists a police recount while Sullivan faction pushes leadership changes and appointments. Ellison and Big Tim Sullivan negotiate terms, Bingham’s fate debated, with statements from McClellan about preserving a high class administration.
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Albany
Tammany
Gov Hughes
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Senate
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Filison
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Bil
Big Tim
Bingham
Ellison
Ten Belgian Miners Entombed and Nine Bodies Recovered
Rescue efforts unfold after a Langue Angleur flood traps eighteen miners near Liege and nine bodies are recovered while two hundred others escape. In Foastwell Berwind-White mine a water rush entombs seven men as pumps push to reach them. officials hope for survivors as the flow slows and entombed workers await rescue.
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Foastwell
Maine
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Angleur
French Peace Delegates Named for Hague Conference
Bourgeois Dé Constant and Renault will represent France at the second peace conference in The Hague and St Petersburg. April 2 reports circulated a delay to the June 16 assembly, but inquiries denied the postponement.
Rhodes Dream in Will Spells British Global Rise
The Standard reports Cecil Rhodes's will inspired by Earl Grey in New York on April 17 at the arbitration congress banquet. It lists aims including Britain regaining the United States, occupying all Africa and South America, and controlling the seaboard of China and Japan.
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Yankee Officers Win Roxbury in Third Place
Norfolk Va April 29 The Jamestown Cup for fastest crew of officers in the fleets of America England Germany and Austria was won today by the officers of the American battleship Alabama The Virginias officers were ten yards behind for second and the English Roxburgh officers were badly distanced for third The race covered a mile and was hotly contested with twenty four 12 oared boats starting and Alabama edging ahead by a final ten yard margin.
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Up rising in Montenegro reports and riots in capital
Dispatches from Vienna report a revolt in Montenegro with a military government proclaimed and Premier Temenovics resigning. Gov Podgoritza and Chief of Police Masiwoda were shot by an ensign. Armed bands march on Cettinje. fighting near Podgoritza leaves casualties. The cabinet accuses radicals of destroying printing offices at Niksiec and Podgoritza, fueling nationwide anger.
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Mexican forces advance toward Guatemala frontier
A force of 10,000 men under Gen Bernardo Reyes departs from Mexico City toward the Guatemalan frontier. A second corps heads to Coatzacoalcos, also bound for the same frontier. Amid Guatemalan exile strongholds, a movement supports Dr Anrulo Jaz Arridiga, former Guatemalan minister in Washington, for the presidency succeeding Cabrero.
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Turmoil in Douma as Stolypin Reacts to Riot in Session
In St Petersburg April 29 a savage assault on the army and government disrupted the Douma during a budget debate on recruit numbers. M Zuraboff, a radical, labeled the army worthless except when facing the people, provoking a ministerial ultimatum and a formal rebuke. The incident strained relations with the cabinet while Stolypin seeks a way to avert a dissolution.
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Police Chief Captures Escapee From Moving Train
Danville Pa April 29 Police Chief Mincemeyer of Danville seized and hauled prisoner Charles Sutton aboard a speeding locomotive near Milton along the Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad. Sutton had escaped MonTour County jail hours earlier and was pursued with Sheriff Williams and a locomotive crew. He leaned against a box car and did not realize the danger until the officer grabbed him.
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Oklahoma Town Flooded After River Rises Rapidly
Oklahoma City reports Capitol Hill lowlands turned swampy as Lightning Creek and the Canadian River flood. Residents evacuated from bottoms after homes floated on the rising water. several people were stranded in trees overnight. A family was rescued from a house drifting with the current. Initially seven were missing, then accounted for.
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Trust Company Robbery Outcome and Suspects Named
Trustees of the Trust Company of America report a $80 000 robbery, with $500 worth later found, tied to W Douglas and broker O Dennett. A Boston man is suspected of long association with Dennett and Douglass, as prosecutions move forward.
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Stromboli Volcano Eruption Hits Calabria Panic Spreads
In Messina families endure anxiety as Stromboli erupts. Smoke and fog block signals between the peninsula and Stromboli while a torpedo boat heads to Stromboli with men and supplies to aid the injured. Reported fires ignite distress and many residents flee coastal villages in Calabria.
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Missouri Pleads for Presidential Pardon for Western Jean Valjean
Missouri appeals to President Roosevelt for clemency for John William January Thirteen, a reformed ex convict who escaped from Leavenworth and lived nine years as a model citizen in Kansas City. He married, ran a restaurant, and supported a family before a former inmate betrayed him for a reward, leading to his arrest.
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