Mrs Gunness dead autopsy links woman victim at Laporte farm
The Laporte autopsy confirms a female victim among seven unidentified bodies disinterred from Mrs Belle Gunness farm. Investigators note dismembered remains, two potential new victims, and a threatening campaign as grand jury probes fourteen deaths. Coroner Mack plans findings tying burned body to Gunness amid public debate over whether she perished in the 1908 fire.
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Gunness Farm
Grand Jury Ge Gine
Laporte
Ind
Wnh
Jennie Olson
Ole Budsberg
Iola
Wis
Jonnie Oleon
Mr. Budsberg
Budsberg
Laporte Grand Jury
Belle Gunness
Smith
Brooklyn
N. Y
Gunness
Washington, D. C
Cochrane
New York
Pottersfield
Delafield
Bis
John Heintselman
Hiedinger
Riedinger Dever
Jennie Graham
Waukesha
Indiana
Henry Gurholdt
Scandinavia
Sherif Smutzer
Gurholdt
Debs and Hanford Nominated by Socialist Party Abroad
Eugene V Debs of Indianapolis and Benjamin Hanford of New York were named for president and vice president by the Socialist Party national convention in Chicago A draft platform calls for public ownership of utilities and major industries, expansion of the public domain, scientific reforestation and swamp land reclamation It also urges labor reforms including shorter workdays rest periods for workers limits on child labor and convict labor bans on state transport of such products and a constitutional overhaul to weaken executive power and make judges elected by the people
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene V. Debs
Indianapolis
Benjamin Hanford
New York
Socialist Party National Convention
Chicago
Senate
Taft Leads Delegates with Taft Boost Ahead at Convention
Arthur A. Vorge of Columbus reports that 563 of 920 delegates are instructed or pledged to Taft, 225 for other candidates, 192 uninstructed with many Taft supporters, giving Taft near 700 delegate strength. Julius C. Burrows of Michigan named temporary chairman of the convention.
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Arthur A. Vorge
Columbus
Taft
Ohio
Julius C. Burrows
Michigan
Harriman Case Advanced in Supreme Court
The cases of E. H. Harriman and O. H. Kahn against the Interstate Commerce Commission were advanced on the docket of the U S Supreme Court. Their hearing is fixed for the first Tuesday in the court's next term.
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Harriman
E. H. Harriman
O. H. Kahn
Interstate Commerce Commission
Kahn
Supreme Court of the United States
Chicago grains and provisions mixed gains on May corn
Chicago wheat and corn futures closed higher with May delivery at 79c for corn and May wheat around 1.02 1/2 dollars. Oats rose slightly as provisions climbed 12 1/4 to 25 cents. Cash prices show No 2 hard wheat at 99 1/4 to 100 3/4 cents and No 3 corn at 77 to 77 1/4 cents.
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Chicago
South Omaha Livestock Prices Report May 13
South Omaha livestock market reports show cattle receipts at 3100 with best prices 10 cents higher and limits on heavy sales. Hoge receipts 7700 indicate higher shade and weight categories. sheep receipts 4100 with prices mainly lower for yearlings, wethers, ewes, and lambs across multiple weight groups.
Chicago Live Stock Prices and Receipts May 19
Cattle receipts 2 000 steady with steers 5 005.25 cows 3.75 6 26 heifers 3.60 6.75 bulls 4.40 5.75 calves 2.50 6.00 stockers 3.26 5.40 Hoge receipts 10 000 strong to a shade higher choice heavy shipping 5.45 24 butchers 5.45 5.52 light mixed 5.35 5.40 choice light 6.40 5 52 pigs 4 156.20 packers 5.00 5.40 bulk 5.40 5.50 Sheep receipts 10 000 dull sheep 4.50 5.175 lambs 5.50 700 yearlings 5.25 6.75.
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South Omaha
Texas
Chicago
Conference closes with plea for permanent governors cooperation
The Washington conference of U S governors ends after a three day session. President Roosevelt and governors affirm a permanent organization and a declaration of cooperation to unite state and national action for the nation's resources. Roosevelt addresses the twilight zone between federal and state powers and urges clear authority to regulate big corporations with conditions on grants. William J. Bryan is honored and a governors' discussion emphasizes harmony and action over theory.
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Wacbington
White House
Roosevelt
William J. Bryan
Folk
Missouri
Replice
War on Gypsy Moth Aide Sought In Massachusetts
Archie H. Kirkland state superintendent seeks a 300000 appropriation for moth warfare in Massachusetts. He reports over eighty thousand parasites released from the Melrose experiment station to suppress gypsy and brown tail moths this year.
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Massachusetts
Archie H. Kirkland
Melrose
Washington officials linked to Platt letters scandal
In New York a divorce suit reveals alleged conspirators including Loeb Wynne and Miller sought to obtain Senator Thomas C. Platt's love letters to Miss Mae C. Wood. The statement claims high officials arranged to seize papers for blackmail, while Wynne and Miller deny direct involvement and Wood testifies she signed a 1903 release of Platt amid payments.
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Washington
United States
Thomas C. Platt
Mae C. Wood
Miss Wood
New York
Senator Platt
J. Martin Miller
Miller
Mr. Loeb
Loeb
Platt
Robert Wynpie
London
Rheims
France
Platts
A. H. Hummel
Loeb Denies Involvement in Wood Platt Allegations
Secretary Loeb says he knows nothing about the statements signed by J. Martin Miller in the New York Wood Platt suit. He declares the claims about him are wholly untrue and that he never called on Senator Platt.
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Loeb
Washington
J. Martin Miller
Wood-Platt
New York
Senator Platt
No Action on Church Merger by Methodist Protestants
In Pittsburgh the general conference debates whether to amalgamate with other denominations. A Baltimore overture inviting reunion with the parent church prompts strong consideration among Methodist Protestants. A church dignitary notes seventeen U S Methodist denominations exist and a union could consolidate many.
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General Conference
Pittsburg
Methodist Episcopal
Baltimore
Iowa
Seceders
Methodist Episcopal Church
United States
Methodist Episcopals
Taelf
Oklahoma Governor Vetoes Anti-Trust Bill
Governor Haskell vetoes an anti-trust measure after hundreds of telegrams from across the country. The Senate sustains the veto, with the reason that the bill is so stringent it would drive bonafide concerns out of business.
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Oklahoma
Haskell
Senate
Boneft
Ruef on Trial Again for Bribery in San Francisco Case
Testimony in the second Ruef bribery trial is finished and the summing up by counsel begins. Assistant District Attorney Francis J. Heney prosecutes with Henry Act defending.
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Agheg
Grand Jury
Des and
Hanford
Secialists
Seesien
Anewere
Feik
Loeb and Wynne
Methodist Protestant Conference
M.D. New
James Keeler
Western Nebraska
Jmbert
Alliance, Nebr
Newberry’s Hardware Co
Dierks Lumber & Coal Co
D. Waters
Mgr
Wier
Stes
Wundr
Gadsby
John Hague
Oscar Braman
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