Trouble in Turkey and the Macedonian revolt
A Vienna dispatch notes pressure from Austria and Russia leads to reform talk in Macedonia while Boris Sarafoff sustains a ruthless pro Macedonia stance. Mme Bakhmeteff, the American wife of the Russian envoy, coordinates relief efforts in Sofia and reports to the czar helping spur reforms.
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Vienna
J Sphoqugh
Russia
Macedonia
Boris Sarafosf
Balkans
Sarafoff
Constantinople
Sofia
Belgrade
Salonica
Bulgaria
San Stefano
Ened
M. Bakhmeteff
Turkey
Ferdinand
Red Cross
Mme. Bakhmeteff
Czar
Nicholas Ignatieff
St. Petersburg Slavonic Society
Roosevelt Enjoys Yellowstone Trip With Elks, Burroughs
President Roosevelt completed an eight day horseback journey in the Yellowstone north with Maj Pitcher John Burroughs and an escort. He avoided firearms and shared fishing at close range with elk deer and mountain sheep. The party plans geyser and falls visits with sleighs or skis depending on snow.
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Cinnabar
Mont
Roosevelt
Fort Yellowstone
Loeb
Maj. Pitcher
Park
Yellowstone
John Burroughs
Burroughs
William Loeb, JR
Norris
Black Hills
Edgemont
Riot Follows Lynching in Joplin Mob Burns Negro Section
An angry mob seized Tom Gilyard from the Joplin city jail and hanged him from a telegraph pole after he was charged with murdering Police Officer C Leslie in the Kansas City Southern yards. The night riot drove blacks from the city as houses burned and violence spread through the negro district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joplin
Tom Gilyard
C. Leslie
Kansas City- Southern
Fire wipes out Spindle Top oil fields in Beaumont
A dawn fire at Spindle Top in Beaumont Texas destroyed 265 oil derricks and 200 producing rigs after a lantern sparked the blaze. Origin traced to Caldwell Oil, flames swept three blocks by 3 a.m. with damages estimated at 800000 to 1000000 dollars. no one could approach within 100 feet to fight it.
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Beaumont
Tex
Caldwell Oil Company
Four Drowned in Wabash Bottom Crossing
In Clinton Indiana on Friday morning Ed dington his wife and three children along with two neighbors boys attempted a crossing despite warnings. Three Eddington children and William Dudley drowned while Ed dington escaped on horseback and his wife was saved by a 12 year old. Three bodies recovered as high water from recent rains.
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Clinton
Ind
Eddington
Wabash Bottoms
William Dudley
William Jacks
Crop Report Highlights Spring Planting Progress and Wheat Outlook
The weather bureau reports corn planting underway from Kansas to North Carolina with southern regions ahead. Winter wheat is generally excellent though freezes in early April caused some damage in the Ohio valley. California looks bright while Oregon and Washington face less favorable conditions and resowing in parts. Spring wheat seeding near completion in Iowa and Nebraska, progressing in the Dakotas and Minnesota, with oats promising in the south and central valleys.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Kansas
Missouri
Tennessee
North Carolina
Ohio Valley
Rocky Mountains
California
Oregon
Iowa
Nebraska
South Dakota
North Dakota
Minnesota
Gale Ravages Atlantic Coast With Severe Storm Flooding
A northeaster battered the Jersey shore and Atlantic coast for 24 hours. Waves surged to high levels, flooding boardwalks and washing away structures at Coney Island and Brighton. Seabright reports damage to houses and railway tracks as traffic halted.
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New York
Atlantic
Jersey Shore
Brooklyn
Coney Island
Brighton
Ocean Parkway
Seabright
N. J
New Jersey Southern Railway
Fiery Fates Reported In Wisconsin Deaths
A fire at Bear Creek near Milwaukee destroyed the home of Misses Phoebe and Libbie Heeley. The sisters aged 75 and 86 perished as the blaze, fanned by a strong wind, consumed their farm. Robbery and murder theories arose amid an inquest planned for the next Saturday. In Minnesota, Mrs. Rose Poissant died accidentally by fire at her daughter’s Ripley County home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Wis
Sentinel
Tomaha
Phoebe
Libbie Heeley
Bear Creek
St. Paul
Minn
Little Falls
Rose Poissant
Ludger Plant
Ripley Town
May End Long War Irish Land Bill Backed
Dublin reports an unanimous national convention vote in favor in principle of the Wyndham land bill. John Redmond and his party are tasked with securing key amendments in the Commons. Redmond says amendments from the nationalist convention will be accepted by landlords and tenants, easing passage of the bill.
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Dublin
Irish National Convention
House of Commons
Wyndham
Ireland
John Redmond
Landlords’ and Tenants’ Conference
Arkansas Monitor Visits Evansville Draws Crowds
The USS Arkansas monitor visited Evansville Indiana drawing thousands of excursionists from a wide radius. Schools closed for tours and officers were welcomed aboard with a public reception. A theft of a pendant from the ship’s staff occurred that night. The vessel left Friday for Henderson then continued down the Ohio to St Louis.
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Evansville
Ind
Monitor Arkansas
Monitor
Ohio
St. Louis
Henderson
Vandals Destroy Tombstones At Austin Cemetery
Vandals in Mishawaka Indiana destroyed every tombstone and marker at Austin cemetery two miles from the city. They piled debris in a central heap and rolled a massive stone into a nearby creek. The secluded site has many county pioneers buried there making identification hard. A search for perpetrators is underway.
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Mishawaka
Ind
Austin
Black Smallpox Reported in Troy Family Cases in Indiana
In Cannelton Indiana on April 17 three well developed cases of smallpox appeared in the Cox and Underhill families. The county health board quarantined the house Thursday. The body of the late Senator Gibson buried at Branchville was exhumed Wednesday and the assistant state secretary called his disease black smallpox.
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Cannelton
Ind
Troy
Cox
Evansville Flood Prompts Warnings as Ohio River Falls
The Ohio River at Evansville Indiana began falling on Friday but another rise is expected to push levels over the danger line by early next week. Wabash Pond and Rough rivers also rise threatening thousands of acres of wheat under water. A 35 foot stage would flood large areas both above and below the city.
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Peru
Ind
Indiana
Roanoke
Wabash
Cincinnati, Richmond
Evansville
Lynch Victim's Administratrix Sues Sheriff and Bondsmen
Fannie Bush administratrix of James Dillard's estate files a $5,000 damages suit in U S court against Sullivan county Indiana Sheriff John S Dudley and his bondsmen. The action cites Dillard a colored man seized by a mob and lynched in Sullivan last November.
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Indianapolis
Ind
John S. Dudley
Sullivan County
Indiana
United States
Fannie Bush
Tennessee
James Dillard
Dudley
Sullivan, Ind
Inter urban labor congress formed in Indiana
The inter urban labor congress was formed in Elkhart on April 17. It brings together local unions from Elkhart South Bend Goshen Mishawaka Kendallville Nappanee and Syracuse to ally labor organizations and strengthen organized labor.
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Labor Congress
Elkhart
Ind
Interurban Labor Congress
South Bend
Goshen
Mishawaka
Kendallville
Nappanee
Third Death From Smallpox in Branchville Area
Tell City Indiana April 16 Jas Gibson brother of the late Senator T J Gibson died at his Branchville home of smallpox. This is the third death from the disease at that place. The four children of the late Senator Gibson are slowly recovering.
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Tell City
Ind
Jas. Gibson
T. J. Gibson
Branchville
Senator Gibson
Mayor Veto to Kill Chicago and Indiana Railway Franchise
South Bend Mayor Fogarty plans to veto the council granted franchise to Judge C. M. Stone and J. B. Hanna of Cleveland for the Chicago and Indiana Air Line Railway Co. He has not disclosed his reasons.
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South Bend
Ind
Fogarty
C. M. Stone
J. B. Hanna
Cleveland
Chicago & Indiana Air Line Railway Co
Martin found guilty in grave robbing case in Indianapolis
The jury convicted Sam Martin of robbing the grave of Johanna Stilz after a sensational trial ending Friday. Sentencing by Acting Judge Thornton is expected Saturday with a penalty of three to eight years in the reformatory or state prison. Martin, under 30, likely faces the reformatory. Prosecution and defense exchanged sharp exchanges. both Ruckelshaus and McCray were fined $5 for contempt of court.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Sam Martin
Martin
Johanna Stilz
Thornton
Reformatory
Ruckelshaus
Groninger and McCray
McCray
Independent American Mechanics to form national union
The Independent American Mechanics of Anderson Indiana voted to organize into a national body. President R G Babcock said the move responds to inquiries from across the country and would centralize non union power with headquarters to be in Anderson.
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Anderson
Ind
Independent American Mechanics
R. G. Babcock
Ohio Educator Named to Indiana Normal School Visit
Terre Haute Ind April 18 Lewis D Bonebrake commissioner of education in Ohio has been appointed to inspect the Indiana state normal school next week Superintendent Douglass Logansport schools and County Superintendent Scott Floyd county are the other visitors.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Lewis D. Bonebrake
Ohio
Indiana State Normal School
Douglass
Logansport
Scott
Floyd County
Toads for Prisoners in Nashville Log Jail
Nashville Indiana reports the state’s only log jail housed six prisoners in the past year, with none staying over 24 hours. The door is open most of the time and lizards and toads inhabit the rustic cell.
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Nashville
Ind
Section Men Strike Across Michigan Division
Goshen Indiana April 18 section men on the Michigan division of the Big Four strike for a ten cent daily raise from 1.25 dollars. Strikers predict all section men from Benton Harbor to Indianapolis will join within a week.
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Goshen
Ind
Michigan
Big Four
Elkhart
Benton Harbor
Indianapolis
Wanted For Forgeries Shakes Indianapolis Texas Cities
Indianapolis on April 17 Amil Schinzel is under arrest and wanted in several Texas cities for extensive forgeries. Dallas officers travel to obtain requisition papers.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Amil Schinzel
Texas
Dallas
Tex
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Boris Sarayfoff
Macedonian Revolutionary Movement
President Roosevelt
Crop Report
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Union OF Non-Union Men
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