Scores at base ball with varied results across leagues
Baseball scores from May 8 show Cincinnati beating Pittsburgh 4 to 1. St Louis defeating Chicago 1 to 0. New York beating Boston 4 to 3 in ten innings. American league results include Cleveland 4 over St Louis 2, Detroit 6 over Chicago 2, Boston 3 over Washington 2. New York rain, plus minor Westerns and other regional matchups. A separate note from Springfield Ohio reports a will leaving about $10,000 to the saints after a wife’s death, lacking clarity on which saint will receive guidance.
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Chicago
Cincinnati
Pittsburg
St. Louis
T. Louis
Boston
New York
Cleveland
Detroit
Washington
Association
Columbus
Minneapella
Tadianapolis
Hansas
Saiita
Springfield
John Snyder
Illonois Central Excursion Rates Revealed for 1906
Excursion tickets will be sold by the Illinois Central at varied rates to destinations including Des Moines Iowa and western states. Fares listed include one and one third fare to Des Moines and special homeseekers rates west to Iowa Minnesota and the Dakotas with weekly sale days through December 1906. Additional one way and southbound rates apply to Ohio River regions and Canada, with sale dates through 1908 and April excursions to Minnesota North and South Dakota Manitoba and Western Canada. Contact Illinois Central agents or A J Pryors in Dubuque Iowa for details.
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Illnois Central
Dea Moines Ja
General Assembly Presbyterian Church
U.S. A
Mointain
Iowa
Minnesota
Dakotas
Hoomeseekers
Illinois Central
A.J. Pryors
Divislon
Dubuque
Lows
Garfield report on oil industry spurs urge for rail regulation
Washington May 8 Senator Aldrich aims to push amendments to the railroad bill as President Roosevelt plans to send to Congress Garfield’s oil industry report and a sharp presidential message. The bureau reports rebates to Standard Oil and other corporate practices, signaling a potential impact on railroad rate legislation. The White House discussed the impending message and the report, while officials consider possible prosecutions with a special DOJ fund of over $30,000.
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Washington
Aldrich
Senate
Congress
Garfield
Railrewdy
Okl
Bureau of Corporations
Sve
Roosevelt
Moody
White House
President’s forthcoming report targets Standard Oil tactics
The president’s message will condemn the oil trust in strong terms and propose direct, positive recommendations. Officials say the investigation will expose Standard Oil through dummy independent firms and its rail transportation links, with testimony from independents and railroads. Immunity is said to be offered to some informants, but not to Standard Oil. Garfield and the president anticipate dramatic outcomes and possible subsequent actions after the report’s publication.
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Oil Trust
Standard Oil Company
Dumary
Standard 601 Company
Garfield
New York
Sixty Three Years Married Pettus Anniversary
Washington May 3 An affectionate interest centers on Senator and Mrs Edmund Winston Pettus as they near the sixty third wedding anniversary in Washington Senator Pettus is the oldest member of the United States Senate His term runs to 1909 and colleagues expect him to return at age 85 Mrs Pettus, though elderly, is described as youthful in appearance and strength They were married in 1843 in Sumter County Alabama where Mrs Pettus was born Her maiden name was Mary L Chapman She personally prepared the materials for her trousseau linen and gown fabrics Only her wedding dress of silk is noted as a purchased item
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Washington
Edmund Winston Pettus
Senator Pettus
United States Senate
Congress
Pettus
Universal 2 Cent Postage Plan Rejected in Paris
RomeMay 3 The international postal convention committee rejects New Zealand 2-cent rate proposal. Egypt and the United States supported it. Japan's 4-cent cut is defeated. Walkley proposed keeping the current rate with a 2-cent every 15 grams after the first 15, narrowly adopted. SenateandHousebrief Washington May 3 California seeks overdue $5,000,000 from federal government. Porter's service recognized. San Francisco rebuilding considered. Bonaparte health stable but unable to return soon. ptomaine poisoning suspected. Cedar Rapids May 3 T D Vance named head of Vinton State College succeeding F McCune.
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Rome
International Postal Convenion
New Zealand
Egypt
United States
Arthur Bingham Walkley
Great Britain
Senate
House
Washington
Thea
Senate & Yietition
Pardee
California
Horace Porter
John Patl Jones
Newlands
Finance Committee
San Francisco
Tihnaayr
Miller Morris
Dettels
Military Academy
Bonaparte
Baltimore
Cedar Rapids
T. D. Vance
Ionon County Public Schools
Vinton State College
Tltud
F. McCune
Eight Murders Confessed by Suspect in Dresden
In Dresden on May 8 Max Dittrich, a leather worker recently arrested on murder suspicions, confessed to killing eight persons during seven FRAT events, revealing a spree tied to various crimes across the region.
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Dresden
Saxony
Max Dittrich
Remains of John Paul Jones Laid in Bancroft Hall Crypt
Annapolis April 25 crowds attended a solemn service for John Paul Jones with President, Ambassador Jusserand, state officials, and naval representatives from the United States and France. His remains were interred beneath Bancroft hall’s marble stair, awaiting the chapel’s completion. The ceremony featured military honors as the naval academy and surrounding troops arrived.
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Annapolis
United States
France
John Paul Jones
Bancroft Hall
Imbal Sands
Academy
Naval Academy
Colun
Werles AL PY Ente
al- Montshs Trois
Admiral Jones Funeral Echoes in Baltimore Armory
A large gathering of about 150 guests attended opening exercises at the new army academy in Baltimore. President Roosevelt spoke on Franco American friendship and naval heroes, followed by the Oratorio Society’s performances of The Star Spangled Banner and The Marseillaise. Secretary of the Navy Bonaparte and General Porter also addressed the crowd amid ceremonial tributes to John Paul Jones and naval history. In Washington, the Senate spent the day on Indian appropriations with coastwise law timing for the Philippines extended to 1900. an executive session was held.
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Admiral Sands
Academy
Bama
Tadiana
Ilinois
Iowa
Cleveland
Minneapolis
Des Moines
Denver
Colorado
Oratorio Society of
Baltimore
Roosevelt
Ising
John Paul Jones
United States
United States Navy
Oratorio Society
Secretary of the Navy
Porter
Horace Porterpoke
Govenor Warfield
Maryland
Agar
Washington
Senate
Philippines
House
Roosevelt at Naval Academy with Salute and Fleet
President Roosevelt arrived with Admiral Sands and party, entered an automobile, and proceeded to the Naval Academy led by cavalrymen. A 21 gun salute fired from Hartford greeted him while Marines and the academy band stood guard. A royal sword and elaborate luncheon were displayed as a vigil kept beside the casket by General Porter. Nearby, three French warships rode at anchor in the bay under Admiral Campion.
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Roosevelt
Admiral Sands
Naval Academy
Farragut
U. S. S. Hartford
Admiral Tarragut
Marine Battalion
France
Horace Porter
United States
Admiral Aube
Conde
Margeilles
Admiral Campion
Win Thittod
Nat Hochins
Japanese Ambassador Arrives in Washington
Viscount Bulzo Aoki the first Japanese ambassador to the United States arrived in Washington with Viscountess Aoki and T Myin ka, the new embassy counselor. Eugene V Debs Mother Dead. Marguerite Debs, aged 79, mother of Eugene Debs, died after a long illness in Terre Haute. She married Daniel Debs in 1849 in New York City. he was born in Alsace, France.
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Washington
Bulzo Aoki
United States
Japan
Aoki
T. Myinka
Eugene V. Debs
Terre Haute, Inn
Marguerite Debs
Eugene ¥. Debs
New York City
Daniel Debs
Alsace
Fairbanks Arrives as Fraternal Delegate for Conference
Delegates gather in Birmingham Alabama for the general conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. Vice President Fairbanks attends as a fraternal delegate, with the session to convene for several weeks.
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Fairbanks
Birmingham
Ala
South
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