Bryan's Easy Win: Bryan Nears Denver Nomination
The Herald in Washington reports William J Bryan solidifying control of the Denver Democratic convention. He leads in delegates, with New York still leaning for him, while Louisiana Idaho Nevada and Puerto Rico show support. The analysis notes Bryan likely secures the nomination with a two thirds majority or more.
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New York
the Herald
Washington
Democracy
Denver
Bryan
Herald
Johnson
Minnesota
Brian
Porto Rico
Louisiana
Rocky Mountain
Idaho
Nevada
Cure for Rabies Reported by Pasteur Institute Chief
Dr. Auguste Marie of the Pasteur Institute reports encouraging results from a modified Pasteur rabies treatment. The method blends fresh rabies virus with serum to render it innocuous and speed immunity, with cases like Mr. Marsh in Brooklyn cited as improving.
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Paris
Cable
Auguste Marie
Pasteur Institute
Marsh
Brooklyn
Man
Pasteur
Thousands Urged to Work Wheat Fields Across Five States
The Missouri Pacific and Iron Mountain systems announce thousands of men will be needed in the coming three weeks to harvest wheat in Missouri Kansas Nebraska Oklahoma and Arkansas. Railway reps report crop prospects along these lines are better than in years.
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St. Louis
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Missouri Pacific
Iron Mountain System
Shah's Flight From Teheran Deepens Persian Crisis
The shah has moved to his hill residence outside Teheran while Persia's turmoil worsens. Observers say foreign intervention looms as responsibility for the crisis falls largely on the shah, who is said to be "going to the dogs" as events unfold.
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Shah
St. Petersburg
Teheran
Persia
Morgan Outbids Italy for Greek Bas Relief Antinous
J Pierpont Morgan bought the Greek bas relief of Antinous discovered in Campagna for 830000 surpassing Italy state offer of 20000. The piece depicts a youth of extraordinary beauty. Chicago mayor model Benedict: Busse wed April 29 in secrecy.
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Morgan
Italy
Rome
Cable
J. Pierpont Morgan
Antinous
Campagna
Chicago
A Benedict
Busse
Roosevelt to Scout Africa Hunt Planned for 1909
Washington reports at the White House that President Roosevelt plans to leave the United States in April 1909 with his son Kermit to Africa for a year of big game hunting. He will sail from New York for Cairo as soon as arrangements are made after March 4. The aim is to bring back specimens of every large African species after the expedition.
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Washington, Special
White House
United States
Africa
Roosevelt
Kermit
New York
Cairo
Court Holds Photo Sacred in New York
State Supreme Court rules a person may stop use of his or her image in ads or trade. Helen Wyatt sues two stores for 5000 dollars each for displaying her photographs for sale without consent, some labeled Miss Wyatt.
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New York
State Supreme Court
Helen Wyatt
Tennessee Battleship Tennessee Explosion Kills Four
Four sailors died and ten injured on the battleship Tennessee near Point Puenene during a nine teen knot speed trial after a steam pipe burst under 235 pounds pressure. Admiral Sebree had just left the engine room fifty seconds earlier during an inspection.
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San Pedro
Cal
Tennessee
Sebree
Pacific Coast Fleet
Point Puenene
F. B. Howard
Admiral Sebree
Howard
Robertson
Lamp here move seeks body examination in Gunness case
Ray Lamphere through attorneys Darrow and Worden asks Coroner Mack to have the body found in the Gunness house ruins examined by a physician commission. They demand measurement weighing and photographing with a formal report for the defense to argue the cadaver may not be Mrs Gunness.
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Gunness Home
Canonization Day Shooting Shocks Paris Crowd
A writer identified as Louis Autherine Gregor fired on Major Alfred Dreyfus during Emile Zola’s Pantheon ceremony. Dreyfus saved himself by shielding his heart. a second bullet struck near his left wrist. Gregoris and 229 others were arrested as crowds cheered, opposing Dreyfus and supporting the army.
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Paris
Emile Zola
Louis Autherine Gregoris
Alfred Dreyfus
Dreyfus
Gregoris
Catafalque
Pantheon
Fal- Hieres
Army
Felix Faure
France
Zola
Chamber
Senate
Berthelot
Carnot
Victor Hugo
Voltaire
Rousseau
Prince George in plot shocks Montenegro trial
sensational testimony at a Cettinje court case alleges Crown Prince George of Servia ordered bombs to topple Montenegro. Witnesses claim bombs were made by Servian artillery officers and intended for use against Montenegro. Diplomatic rupture between Montenegro and Servia feared. Servian minister may have to leave Centinje.
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Cettinje
Montenegro
George of
Servia
George
Centinje
Europe
Old age pensions cost a fortune, says Alfred Butteworth
Alfred Butteworth argues a UK national pension would cost about 104 million pounds yearly using 44 million population and 4 thousand rich deaths a year. He notes 1 billion pounds in wealth among the rich die annually and questions raising 100 million for pensions. He cites growing sympathy with Christian Socialism.
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London
Alfred Butteworth
Oldham and
Chatterton
United Kingdom
Woman Terrorist Hanged in Voronezh Province
Mme Feodorov na, the 25 year old former schoolteacher who failed to assassinate Governor Gen Bibikoff on May 6, has been executed in Voronezh. The hanging was carried out in this province as authorities confirmed the sentence.
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Voronezh
Mme
Feodorovna
Gen
Bibikoff
Duty On Pearl Necklace Ordered For Mrs Leeds
A federal judge in New York requires customs duties of 60 percent on a $340,000 pearl necklace imported from France for Mrs. William B. Leeds. The decision was handed down by Judge Lacombe in the United States Court.
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New York
France
William B. Leeds
Lacombe
United States
Pickerel Yarn From St Paul Man on Lake Bemidji
Nathan Rosenstein of St Paul borrowed a bamboo pole and a rowboat to fish on Lake Bemidji in August. A big pickerel struck his bait, but a pocket snag prevented retrieval and a $10 gold piece rolled overboard. Days later he landed another enormous pickerel and found the missing coin along with 53 cents in coins inside the fish.
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St. Paul, Minn
Nathan Rosenstein
St. Paul
Rosenstein
Lake
Bemidji
Goldseekers Lead by Woman Plan FiveYear Peru Expedition
Mr and Mrs Bradford Earl prepare to sail from Frisco on a five year cruise to locate a Peruvian gold mine with placer riches. Mrs Earl, heiress Miss Bessie Goddard, funds the venture aboard a San Francisco built schooner. Captain J M Davis will command as they first prospect Kamschatka before Peru.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Bradford Earl
Peru
Earl
Bessie Goddard
Providence
R. L
C. Oliver Iselin
Newport
New York
Goddard
San Francisco
Kamschatka
Washington
E. J. Louis
Brown University
Miss Goddard
J. M. Davis
Callao
New England
California
Wives of Opponent Seized in Moroccan Conflict
Mulai Hafid, the usurping sultan of Morocco, has confiscated the wives of Gen. Bagdani and his brother and warned they will be sold unless submission is sent immediately. Gen. Bagdani has presented the case to the Moroccan foreign board which urged appeal to the diplomatic corps.
Wear Gay Hats Expelled Brethren Split Over Fashion
Dayton Ohio special report notes one hundred members of the German Baptist Brethren church expelled for refusing to dress in old fashioned styles. Some women who bought Merry Widow hats faced strong condemnation and a judgment that their actions were wicked and worldly.
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Dayton, O
German Baptist Brethren Church
Alaska gold output forecast at 26 million dollars
Seattle based The Post-Intelligencer reports from across the North an Alaska season gold output is estimated at 26 million dollars. The figure reflects widespread projections for mining activity and revenue in the forthcoming period.
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Seattle
Wash
the Post-Intelligencer
Alaska
Famous British Campaigner Dead in London
London reports the death of Genera l Sir Redvers Henry Buller aged about 80 after weeks of illness. Born 1839, he joined the army in 1858 and rose to lieutenant general by 1891. His career spanned China 1860, Ashanti 1874, Kaffir and Zulu wars 1878 79, South Africa 1881, Egypt 1882, Tel El Kebir, and Sudan 1884, with service as under secretary for Ireland in 1887.
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London
Sir Redvers Henry Buller
China
South Africa
Egypt
Tel-El- Kebir
Ireland
Roosevelt Policies to Get Unconditional Republican Endorsement
Washington dispatch notes a Chicago convention platform will endorse President Roosevelt's policies with emphasis on tariff reform and a square deal. It highlights the Aldrich Vreeland finance measures, forest and public land conservation, and Panama Canal progress while urging national rather than corporate control and labor protections.
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Chicago
Committee On
Wade Ellis
Ohio
Hopkins
Long
Kansas
Taft
Roosevelt
Republican Party
Congress
Aldrich-Vreeland
Mississippi River
Panama Canal
Carnegie and Lovejoy End Ten Year Feud Over Aid
In Pittsburg a reconciliation between Andrew Carnegie and Francis T. F. Lovejoy ends a decade of conflict. Lovejoy's Idaho mining fortune valued at 2.225 million was pledged through unknown sources to prevent foreclosure on his home and rescue his stalled project. Carnegie arranged about 400 thousand dollars to support Lovejoy until markets recover.
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Pittsburg
Andrew Carnegie
Francis T. F. Lovejoy
Carnegie Steel Company
Mr. Lovejoy
Lovejoy
Idaho
Carnegie
New York
Walsh Sisters Reject Society to Pursue Nursing
In Chicago the Misses Adelaide Vivien and Dorothy Walsh daughters of James Walsh ex president of the Southern Indiana Railroad abandon social honors to care for the sick and injured. Adelaide nears graduation from Mercy Hospital Training School for Nurses and Dorothy plans to join the nursing path, facing social opposition.
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Chicago
Adelaide
Vivien Walsh
James Walsh
Southern Indiana Railroad
Adelaide Walsh
Mercy Hospital Training School For
Dorothy Walsh
Rare Cranmer Bible to be sold by Philadelphia auction
A 1541 Cranmer Bible from London, funded by Thomas Cromwell and printed for Henry VIII, will be auctioned in Philadelphia this week. Luther R. Kelker of Harrisburg holds a copy with defects. engravings attributed to Hans Holbein include portraits of Henry VIII Cromwell and Archbishop Cranmer.
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New York
Cranmer
London
Thomas Cromwell
Henry VIII
Luther R. Kelker
Harrisburg
Philadelphia
Hans Holbein
Henry Vhl
Cromwell
Archbishop Cranmer
Brave Deed of Youngster in Georgetown Sea Rescue
Selby M Harrington a 14 year old Georgetown Delaware youth braved deadly waves in Chinco Teague bay swimming two miles to shore for aid after a gust overturned a small boat. He saved sisters Florence 18 Ruth 16 and cousin Clarice Harrington from the sea.
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Georgetown
Del
Selby M. Harrington
Chincoteague Bay
Young Harrington
Florence
Ruth
Trolley Crash Kills Eight in Annapolis Collision
Two cars of the Washington Baltimore and Annapolis Electric Railway roared together at Camp Parole, wrecked, and eight people died including six men, a woman, and a three year old child, daughter of William E. Slaughter, the road's general manager.
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Annapolis
Washington, Baltimore and Annapolis Electric Railway Company
Camp Parole
William E. Slaughter
Anna Gould Pending Marriage to Prince Helie de Sagan
Paris reports attorneys for Mme Anna Gould say the wedding to Prince Helie de Sagan is delayed but will occur within a month. Mme Gould may be joined by her brother George Gould, whose business interests require his presence in the United States.
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Paris
Mme
Anna Gould
Prince Helie de Sagan
George Gould
Mme. Gould
United States
Bride and crowd greet newlywed couple at church
In Pittsburgh a wedding of Miss Alice Welsh to Fréderic Hoffman was followed by a festive surprise as about 26 babies lined the church steps. Friends arranged the baby procession, filling the scene with noise and cheer as the couple exited.
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Pittsburg
Alice
Fréderic . Hoffman
Éofipfé
Ex-Senator J. K. Jones Dies in Washington at 69
Washington special reports former United States Senator James K. Jones of Arkansas died at his residence after a brief illness. He served as a leading Democrat in the Senate from 1885 to 1903 and chaired the Democratic National Committee during Bryan's campaigns of 1896 and 1900. He left the Senate to practice law.
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Washington
United States
James K. Jones
Arkansas
Senate
William Jennings Bryan
Democratic National Committee
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