Davis HiaKes Warm Speech in Senate
Senator Jefferson Davis of Arkansas delivers a two hour Senate address denouncing trusts and the subsidized press while urging indictments for Rockefeller Morgan and the StandardOil trust. He condemns the press and defends Roosevelt measures as leaders in Congress seek to appease the president.
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Davis Hiakes
Senate
Congress
Roosevelt
Washington
America
Jefferson Davis
Arkansas
Milton
Dante
Whitman
Committee On Judiciary
Davis
John D. Rockefeller
Standard Oil Company
J. Pierpont Morgan
Baal
House
House Committee On Ways and Means
Payne
Dalzell
Pennsylvania
District of Columbia
Netherlands appoints new ambassador to Washington
The Hague May 2 J Loulou minister of The Netherlands at Tokyo has been named the diplomatic representative of his government in Washington. He will succeed R de Marces Van Swinderen who has become foreign minister in The Netherlands cabinet.
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the Hague
J. Loulou
Netherlands
Tokyo
Washington
R. de Marces van Swinderen
Roosevelt Sends Sympathy Over Japanese Cruiser Disaster
President Roosevelt sent condolences to the Emperor of Japan after the Matsushima exploded in Makang harbor. Navy attache reports 207 casualties. Japanese officials say divers found a large split on the port side, with wreckage hindering body retrieval and the captain and commander’s bodies recovered.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Tokyo
Theodore Roosevelt
Dougherty
Naval Department
Matsushima
Makang
Pescadores Islands
Girl Admits $8,000 Theft In Governess Case
Georgia Edna Bible, 22, a southern university graduate and governess, confessed to stealing $8,000 in diamonds from Herbert B. Loeb of Philadelphia. Arrest followed a nationwide manhunt after detectives traced pawned jewels to a Chicago boarding house where she lived under an assumed name Regina E.B. Clark.
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Chicago
Georgia
Edna Bible
Herbert B. Loeb
Popham Street
Philadelphia
Evelyn Romadka
Joliet Penitentiary
Loeb
Southern University
North Carolina
Buggie and
Munningham
O’brien
Regina EB. Clark
West Jackson
West Jackson Boulevardé
Miss Bible
May Day Peaceful In New England Labor Market
May Day in New England passed quietly as business slowdown kept labor sparse. Granite industry strikes affecting about 10,000 workers were settled. 40 percent of textile machinery idle and about 100,000 operatives idle or on short time. The American Woolen Company runs about half its plants. cotton goods still weak with no expected broad curtailment this summer.
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Boston
New England
American Woolen Company
Robbery at Hart Jewelry Store Stolen Diamonds in Tacoma
Three unknown men robbed Frank C. Hart's jewelry shop in Tacoma on May 2. While staff hid in a back room, they took a wallet containing diamonds valued at about $5,000 and other precious stones before escaping.
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Tacoma
Wash
Frank C. Hart
Snow Depth Increases Across New York State
Snow piled up across western New York with seven inches at Jamestown and ten inches in Buffalo on Thursday night. By Friday morning Jamestown measured ten inches while the day began sunny and the snow melted quickly.
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New York
Buffalo
N. Y
Jamestown
Fleet to visit Hongkong on World Cruise
May 2 Hongkong. The American government has accepted an invitation for the battleship fleet to stop at Hongkong on its way around the world. The visit signals continued goodwill and shows naval demonstra tion during the world cruise.
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Hongkong
Battleship Fleet Arrives at Monterey Bay
The Atlantic battleship fleet reached Monterey Bay anchoring at six a.m. Friday. A large crowd gathered as Major Jacks welcomed Rear Admiral Thomas. The fleet will split for Santa Cruz with Evans boarding Connecticut for the final leg to San Francisco.
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del Monte
Cal
Monterey
Point Pinos
Jacks
Thomas
Santa Cruz
Evans
Connecticut
San Francisco
Neck Saved by Colorado Law
Anton Bavaria alias Bernino was found guilty of the quadruple murder of Mrs. Frank Primetto Ercola Buffett Domi nic and Joe Minichello. The jury recommended life imprisonment in the penitentiary at hard labor the maximum sentence under Colorado law given circumstantial evidence.
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Canyon City
Cal
Anton Bavaria
Bernino
Frank Primetto
Ercola Buffett
Dominic
Joe Minichello
Colorado
Old Indian Fighter Dies in Nebraska at 60
A. B. Riichards, an aged plainsman and Indian fighter known as Ochilla the Kid, died in Nebraska City on May 2 at age 60. He arrived from Canada in 1855, ran a ranch store for freighters at O Fallon s Bluff near present North Platte, and fought Indians in the early days.
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Nebraska
City
Neb
A. B. Riichards
Flo
Canada
O’fallon’s Bluff
North Platte
Ochilla
Kid
Nebraska Post Office Robbed in Steinaer
Robbers blew open the Steinaer Nebraska post office safe Thursday night using dynamite. A small amount of money was taken while stamps remained untouched. The explosion caused considerable damage and bloodhounds have been placed on the trail.
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Nebraska
Steinaer
Neb
Former Astor actor Wallick dies by own action in hotel
Middletown New York May 2 James H Wallick formerly an actor and owner of the play The Bandit King in which he toured the country committed death by own action in the Commercial hotel here Friday Dread of an operation on an injured arm is believed to have been the reason for his death by own action
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Astor
Middletown
N. Y
James H. Wallick
Cleveland cancer rumor about former president debunked
The Evening World reports a circulating rumor that Grover Cleveland suffers from stomach cancer, a claim denied by Dr. Joseph D. Bryant. Cleveland remains at Lakewood New Jersey with family and medical staff, with no change in his illness disclosed and officials declining further comment.
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New York
Evening World
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Grover Cleveland
Joseph D. Bryant
Cleveland
Lakewood
N. J
Bryant
Mr. Cleveland
Clevéland
Lakewood Hotel
Bishop Potter Improves After Illness
Rt Rev Henry C Potter Protestant Episcopal bishop of New York aged 74 was reported improving after a general breakdown from overwork. He had a restful night at his home and his condition was described as better though still serious due to age.
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Potter
New York
Henry C. Potter
Ohio considers martial law in burley district
May 2 Columbus authorities weigh declaring martial law in the burley tobacco district to shield residents from night riders from Kentucky. The move would occur if the legislature does not authorize the adjutant general to deploy a secret service guard into the area.
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Columbus
Burley Tobacco
Ohio
Kentucky
Adjutant General
Oil Ship Peter Rickmers Driven Ashore Near Long Island
The four masted German vessel Peter Rickmers carrying 117 000 cases of Standard Oil case oil valued at 80 000 dollars was driven ashore on the south coast of Long Island during a terrible gale. The ship valued at 60 000 dollars carried a crew of 30 to 35 men.
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New York
Peter Rickmers
Rangoon
Long Island
Rickmers
Standard Oil Company
Two Bold Robbers Loot Express Car In Pennsylvania
Pittsburg May 2 Two train robbers boarded the New York and St. Louis express at union station and overpowered the express messenger. They bound and gagged him and escaped in dense woods near Walkers station with four bags of currency. Reports vary the total value from 600 to possibly over 10 000.
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Pittsburg
Union Station
Walkers Station
Bind
Here
Steubenville
William Lafferty
Carnegie
N. Roshon
Adams Express
Rennersburg
Secret Service
Pan-Handle
Pennsylvania Railroad
Lafferty
Roshon
Railroad and Express
C. H. Heiner
Adams Express Company
Columbus
St. Louis Express
Walkers Mill
Adams ‘Express Company
A. D. Brosius
The
Express Company
Messenger Roshon
Anna Gould and Prince Helie de Sagan Sightseeing in Rome
In Rome on May 2 Mme Anna Gould and Prince Helie de Sagan arrived from Naples and are spending time visiting the city. They refuse interviews, continuing to deny requests for comment.
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Anna
Prince
Rome
Mme
Anna Gould
Prince Helie de Sagan
Naples
Federal Judge Resigns in Oklahoma
Muskogee Oklahoma May 2 United States Judge Ralph E Campbell of the eastern district of Oklahoma resigns and forwards his resignation to Attorney General Bonaparte.
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Muskogee, Okla
United States
Ralph E. Campbell
Eastern District of
Oklahoma
Attorneyeneral Bonaparte
Notable Figures and Mixed Headlines From U S and Europe
A blend of brief items covers Sir Robert Hart’s years in China and Hetty Green’s reticence on telephones. New York’s barber shop scene reverts to gratuity, while a Brooklyn subway line and Merrimac Manufacturing’s Charles Lu Lovering die at 76, a MIT trustee. Rufus B. Cowing proposes defendant testimony by insane slayers. Los Angeles arrests target murder of W M Belt over property deeds. An affidavit by Fred Whitney links to Washington submarine inquiry.
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Robert Hart
Customs Service of
China
Shanghai
Europe
Hetty Green
Uip
New York
New York Subway
Boroughhall
Broonlyn
Flatbush Avenue
Long Island Railroad
Charles Lu. Lovering
Merrimac Manufacturing Company
Taunton
Mass
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Rufus B. Cowing
Court of General Sessions
O. A. Widaman
A. P. Sanger
Los Angeles
Cal
Hollenbeck Hotel
W. M. Belt
Washington
Fred Whitney
Whitney
The
Lake Boat Company
Taft Starts On Panama Trip From Charlestown
Secretary of War William H. Taft and party sailed for Panama on the naval transport Prairie. Delayed by a freight wreck north of Charleston, Taft met local officials on arrival and planned to reach Panama by May 6, with a Nashville speaking engagement on May 21 and no other stops en route.
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Charlestown
S. C
William H. Taft
Panama
Prairie
R. R. Rogers
Isthmian Canal Commission
W. W. Mischler
Secretary’s Office
Taft
Atlantic Coast Line
Charleston
Union Station
R. G. Rhottay
Shapley
Ensign Dexter
William D. Crum
Bennett
Customs House
Ackerman
Nashville
Tennessee Bar Association
New Orleans
Pensacola
Demented Woman Placed in Lincoln County Jail
Mrs C Barry of Louisville Kentucky was removed from a Burlington train in Lincoln on Thursday and confined in the county jail after appearing to have become demented. She was en route to Denver.
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Lincoln, Neb
C. Barry
Louisville
Burlington
Denver
Flour and grain markets mixed in Chicago and New York
In Chicago May 1 markets show flour firm and wheat steady to strong with May at 99.5 to 101.5 cents and July around 88.4 to 89.14 cents. Corn and oats hold firm. butter and potatoes quoted steady to firm. New York reports flour steady, wheat opening easier before late rally, rye firm with No. 2 western at about 6 cents.
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Chicago
Minnesota
New York
Western
Live Stock Price Report Chicago and South Omaha May 1
Live stock prices from Chicago and South Omaha on May 1 show cattle and hog markets with varied ranges. Chicago lists steers cow and heifer prices, feeders and calves, hogs with heavy packing sows and barrows, and pigs, while South Omaha notes market strength for natives, western and Texas cattle, range cows, stockers, calves, and hogs with price brackets.
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Chicago
South Omaha
Neb
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Morgan
Senator Jefferson Davis
Japan
Woike Baltcure Amer
Monterey Bay
Gov. Gillette
Mayor Jacks
Ladies’ Civic Society
Gleveland
Lonely Spot
Atlantic
Ired Auterburn
George M. Howard
la Rue
Auterburn
Tuscola
Ill
Secretary
Isthmus
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