Weston Ends 3600 Mile Hike in New York City
Edward Payson Weston, age seventy two, completed a 3611 mile route from Santa Monica to New York City in seventy seven days. He delivered a letter from Los Angeles mayor to New York Mayor Gaynor amid cheering crowds and police escorts. Weston praised open air living and thanked the mayor for recognizing his walk as a historic feat.
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City Hall park
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Morgan
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Man Sells Wife and Children in Rome NY for 25 Dollars
John Wotski 23 of Rome NY sold his wife and their two children to neighbor John Wingrowski 51 for 25 dollars. Wotski kept the money and told Wingrowski to claim his property. A dispute arose when Wingrowski pursued the wife and children, and both men were arrested on a disorderly conduct charge.
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Rome
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John Wingrowski
Wotski
Wingrowski
Boy Awarded 13750 for Loss of Leg in NY Court
Harold Schaffler fifteen year old son of a police officer won a large verdict against the New York New Haven Hartford Railroad in the appellate division of the supreme court New York affirming a lower court ruling. The amount thirteen thousand seven hundred fifty dollars is the largest verdict upheld here for such an injury.
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New York
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad company
Oxford Degree for Roosevelt Honored at Oxford May 18
Oxford University in England will confer an honorary Doctor of Civil Law on Colonel Roosevelt on May 18. Chancellor Curzon will preside, and the ex-president expects to deliver the Romance Lecture in his capacity as the youngest degree holder.
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Roosevelt Talks of World Peace and Arbitration
In Birmingham Alabama a mine explosion at Palos Coal and Coke No 3 leaves 135 dead with black damp hampering rescue. A mail clerk J Goasby 100 yards from the mouth was killed. Meanwhile in Christiana Theodore Roosevelt urges international peace through arbitration treaties and a League of Peace as he speaks before Norwegian officials.
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Palos Coal and Coke company
J. Goasby
Mulga
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Hague tribunal
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United States supreme court
U S Experts On Scene To Enter Palos Mine
Washington May 6 United States geological survey officials rushed two Birmingham experts with rescue gear to Palos mine after the disaster. They can enter despite dangerous black damp, having previously dealt with the Mulga accident.
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Palos
United States geological survey
Birmingham
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Mulga
Boy shoots father after quarrel at Lancaster dinner table
An eighteen year old son of Landis Longnecker of Warwick Lancaster county fired four shots at his father during a family quarrel at dinner, wounding him fatally or near fatally. The youth fled and is sought by authorities. In Woodbury Georgia a thirteen year old Abner Brown shot and killed his father W H Brown after drunken violence and assault on the mother.
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Landis Longnecker
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Woodbury
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Perisco
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Owen Moran Exonerated in Ring Death Case
San Francisco report says English lightweight Owen Moran was exonerated by a coroner's jury of all responsibility for the death of Tommy McCarthy, a nineteen year old local fighter, who died after a fall following Moran's knockout blow. McCarthy fractured skull in the ring last Friday night.
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Wage dispute arbiters grant B&O rates on NYC lines east of Buffalo
Arbitrators EB Clark and P Morrissey rule in the New York Central wage dispute that Baltimore and Ohio rates apply on NYC lines east of Buffalo including the Boston and Albany. Through passenger runs for conductors between New York and Albany will receive a lower par rate.
Sled Beaumont Presented to Geographical Society in London
May 6 report notes Peary presented the Royal Geographical Society with a sled from his Arctic north pole voyage. He named the craft Beau mont after Admiral Sir Lewis A. Beaumont, a member of the 1875 6 British Arctic expedition.
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Sir Lewis A. Beaumont
The Weather Forecast For This Section
Fair and cool today. Tomorrow expected to be fair and warmer.
Despondent carpenter kills himself and two sons in Chicago
Saturday reports state Harry Debs, ill and despondent, turned on gas and died with his two boys. Other items include a Chatsworth bank robbery arrest in Chicago and a Virginia murder case unfolding across trials and jail escapes.
Latest Produce And Live Stock Prices Report
The Philadelphia market shows flour prices dull with No 2 red wheat around 1.10 to 1.12 and No 2 yellow corn quiet. Poultry and eggs hold firm with dressed fowls near 19 percent. Butter and eggs steady with butter at 32 cents per pound and eggs around 24 to 25 cents. Potatoes quiet at 28 to 30 cents per bushel. In Pittsburgh Union Stock Yards cattle steady at 7.50 to 8.15, prime hogs around 9.80, light hogs 9.75, veal calves 6.50 to 7.75, and lambs 5 to 8.75 with sheep firm at 7 to 10.
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King Edward Ill in Severe Illness at Buckingham Palace
Bulletin from Buckingham Palace says King Edward has bronchitis and his majesty's condition causes anxiety among physicians and officials. Queen Alexandra rushed to his bedside in London as the Prince of Wales remained nearby. reports recall a prior serious illness in 1909 and note ongoing political tensions affecting the king's nerves.
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Minister Loses Libel Case Over Molasses Theft Claim
In Nashville Indiana on May 6 Rev David Graham 79 sued wealthy farmer John Henson for 5000 damages after being accused of stealing molasses. The jury sided with Henson as witnesses testified Graham stole the molasses and he admitted taking a gallon and three quarts intended to return it. The grand jury began an investigation. Troops were ordered to quell a mine riot in Westville Illinois as miners protested pumps operation with 500 to 700 men parading at dusk.
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Ind
John Henson
David Graham
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Springfield
Dineen
Fifth Infantry
Danville
Fourth infantry
Champaign
Westville
Federal Poison Law Urged By National Association
Richmond Va May 6 Chairman Charles H La Wail of Philadelphia opened the American Pharmaceutical association session with an annual report urging higher educational standards and stricter ethics. L F Weebler of Washington pressed for a federal poison law during the gathering.
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Charles H. La Wail
Philadelphia
American Pharmaceutical association
L. F. Weebler
Washington
Waltham Watch Factory Idle This Summer
The 3490 workers at the Waltham Watch Company plant will be idle from June 30 to July 26 as notices posted at the works indicate. The factory has closed five times since last December because production exceeds demand.
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