Monument honor Longfellow crowds in Washington
Washington witnessed the unveiling of a bronze Longfellow monument at Connecticut and Rhode Island avenues with Chief Justice Fuller presiding Finance for the statue came from eager contributions by rich and poor alike. Taft and other officials attended as speaker honors highlighted by addresses from Gen. Greely and professors Perry and Mabie.
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Longfellow
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Rhode Island
Ufe
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United States Supreme Court
Longfellow National Memorial Association
McKinley
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Alexander Mackey-Smith
Pennsylvania
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Congress
A. W. Greely
United States Army
Association
Bliss Perry
Harvard University
The
Atlantic Monthly
New England
A. G. B. Pierce
Unitarian Church of All Souls
Marine Band
America
Longfellow Memorial Association
Memorial Association
England
Westminster Abbey
Explosion wrecks two wheel mills at King Powder plant
Workers narrowly escaped death as two wheel mills at the King Powder Company plant in King's Mills, Lebanon County were completely wrecked by an explosion yesterday. The blast, heard up to ten miles away, occurred just after the men had left the mills two minutes earlier.
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Lebanon
King Powder Company
King's Mills
Georgia Treasurer Robert Parks dies after operation
Robert B. Parks, longtime Georgia treasurer, died in Atlanta yesterday following surgery for an abdominal abscess. He was 66 years old.
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Georgia
Atlanta
Robert B. Parks
Jury Convicts Six Of Bucket Shop Frauds In Cincinnati
In Cincinnati on May 7 a federal jury found Louis W. Foster and five others guilty of using the mails to defraud in running a bucket shop scheme. Defendants include John Gorman W J Campbell A C Baldwin John M Scott and Edwin F Heil. They face fines up to 5000 and up to 18 months in prison. O Dell estate figures as background. several co defendants once worked for O Dell brokerage. Foster denies guilt.
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Louis W. Foster
United
Miller
William J. O'Dell
O'Dell
Gorman
Baldwin, Scott and Hell
William Dudley
Thomas Shay
Dudley
Shay
Foster
Brown
Botaninger
Louis C. Widrog
Newport
Widrig
Widing
Prairie fires claim multiple lives near Swift Current
Reports from southern Saskatchewan detail devastating prairie fires. A farmer named Klein was burned out 40 miles north of Swift Current, one child died and four family members are dying. A 64 year old Dutchman Johannes Hadick perished while fighting flames. Fires were started by careless new settlers and local police are overwhelmed with fire cases.
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Saskatchewan
Kiein
Swift Current
Johannes Hadick
Mounted
Balcony Collapse Hurts Sixty at Washington Armory Meet
In Seattle on May 8 a balcony at the new National Guard armory gave way during an athletic meet. Sixty spectators were injured but none died. Captain Maurice W. Thompson and his wife were reported in critical condition as the railing failed and crashed onto the crowd below causing a chaotic fall.
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Seattle
Wash
New National Guard Armory
Maurice W. Thompson
State of Washington
Babcock Estate Valued At 307500 In Wisconsin Will Case
May 8 Washington reports the estate of late Representative Joseph W. Babcock of Wisconsin valued at 307500, as executors file a petition to admit the will to probate. St Louis news notes Michael J McNamara, ex policeman, found guilty of fourth degree murder and sentenced to two years in prison for killing his wife in a hotel in August 1906.
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Babcock
Washington
Joseph W. Babcock
Wisconsin
St. Louis
Michael J. McNamara
Riot deaths spill across Texas and Veracruz plantations
A report from El Paso notes a second riot follows the Sanborn plantation clash near Vera Cruz while another confrontation erupts on the Santa Fe plantation near Tlacotalpam, leaving many dead from knife and gunfire among Mexicano workers.
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Neva
Sanborn Plantation
Vera Cruz
Santa Fe
Tlacotalpam
Four Negroes Drown in Canoe Accident at Woodland
Seaford Del May 8 four colored persons three men and a woman were drowned when a canoe upset opposite Woodland in the Nanti coke river.
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Seaford
Del
Woodland
Nanticoke River
Americans in Peril as Moslems Loot Kessab
Janesville dispatches report Moslem raiders destroying American property at Kessab including a girls high school led by Miss Effie N Chambers. Most native houses looted. Armenian church and Protestant school spared. food and clothing scarce. Turkish reserves return amid distrust. Constantinople reports brigandage near the capital as government turmoil grows. US warships North Carolina and Montana sail for Alexandretta to protect American interests. Abdul Hamid is said to have about $10 million deposited in New York banks via a confidential agent.
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Kessab
Effie N. Chambers
American Board of Commissioners For Foreign Missions
Deurtyul
Constantinople
May
Pera
Scens
Gibraltar
North Carolina
Alexandretta
Montana
Abdul
Imperial Palace
Yildiz
Abdul Hamid
New York
Three Hurt in Battle Over Arrest in Pittsburgh
In Pittsburg yesterday, Tony Trappoli a street cleaner clashed with a squad of policemen attempting to arrest him on a stabbing charge against W. H. Vaught. Three persons were injured in the melee during the struggle.
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Pittsburg
Tony Trappoli
W. H. Vaught
Donlin to Play Ball in Spokane Return to Giants Planned
Mike Donlin former Giants captain said yesterday he would rejoin New York at the end of his current theatrical engagement if the fans support the move. The announcement came from Spokane Washington where he spoke on May 8.
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Spokane
Wash
Mike Donlin
New York Giants
New York
Morse says fortune of 30 million is gone
New York May 8 Charles W Morse former banker now in the Tombs prison under sentence for violating national banking laws has no stock bond or real estate left from an estimated 30 million fortune. He testified in supplementary proceedings that he gave all property to creditors to secure debts and would receive no proceeds from any sales, with debts including 1 140 000 to H J B Berwind and 1 900 000 of Consolidated Steamship stock and his Fifth Avenue residence transferred to Moseley & Company.
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New York
Charles W J' Morse
Tombs
Morse
Consolidated Steamship Company
Moseley & Company
Indicted in Sugar Case at New York Docks
Federal grand jury indicted Oliver Spitzer and six other American Sugar Refining Company dock workers in Brooklyn on conspiracy to underweigh imported sugar. All pleaded not guilty before Judge Holt. Spitzer posted 5000 dollars bail and others 2500 dollars.
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New York
Oliver Spitzer
American Sugar Refining Company
Brooklyn
United States
Spitzer
Thomas Kehoe
Checker
Jean M. Woslker
Edward A. Boyle
J. R. Coyle
J. N. Halligan
Paul J. Hennessy
Holt
United States Circuit Court
Fight Over a Dog Fatal in Venice Ill
Alfred F P Johnson was shot dead by Henry Price two minutes after Johnson’s dog was killed by Price who had objected to the dog’s tricks. Price surrendered to authorities following the fatal confrontation.
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Venice
Alfred FP
Johnson
Henry Price
Price
American Guilty of Swindle in Paris Trial
Charles Woods Gammon, an American claiming Sacramento roots, was yesterday found guilty of swindling the French public in a Paris court. The verdict follows allegations of defrauding dozens of victims through a fake investment scheme and deceitful solicitation.
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Paris
Charles Woods Gammon
Ofacramento, Cal
Calls Tariff Joke No Sugglation From Indus tries- Clapp Presses Revision
Washington speech by Senator Clapp of Minnesota argued for a downward tariff revision and against broad shifts. He urged taking schedules separately to avoid broad public agitation and warned that failing to lower rates would hand the issue to Democrats in two years. Senator Stone then challenged Warner on House bill protections for lead industry and wage considerations.
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Senate
Clapp
Minnesota
Congress
Republican Party
Friends of Protection
Enemies of Protection
Stone
Warner
Senate Committee On Finance
House Committee
Charles M. Webster Dead at 51 in Great Falls
Charles M. Webster, collector of the port, died suddenly in Great Falls Montana yesterday at age 51. A longtime figure in Montana politics, Webster’s death ends a prominent career in public service.
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C. M. Webster
Great Falls
Mont
Charles M. Webster
Montana
Two Killed by Lightning in Wisconsin Hog Barn
Oshkosh May 8 two hospital trusties Bred Pes selgen of Manitowoc and Frank Shelpeter of Sheboygan were instantly killed yesterday when struck by lightning as they entered a hog barn at the Northern State Hospital for the Insane.
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Oshkosh
Wis
Manitowoc
Frank
Shelpeter
Sheboygan
Northern State ‘Hospital For the
Fulton county votes dry in local option election
Rochester Ind May 8 Fulton county voters approved dry status by a majority of 1627 unofficially in the local option ballot. The county had been dry previously by remonstrance.
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Indiana
Rochester
Ind
Fulton County
Dollar Wheat Has Come To Stay In Canada
A Canadian wheat boom described as "dollar wheat" anchors Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta as breadbasket provinces for the United States. The piece argues grain regions will power U.S. bread supply, cites James J. Hill, notes rising living costs in the U.S., and highlights prosperity, immigration, and new rail lines across the prairie provinces. It suggests Canada will become the United States breadbasket within a decade and stresses ongoing homesteading and land sales at low prices.
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Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
United States
Central
James J. Hill
Mr. Hill
Hill
John Bull
Aemricans
Winnipeg
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