Gunness murderess case sheds doubt on body found
Laporte Indiana May 11 report from Dr H Y W Long autopsy on the Gunness farm victim questions whether the dead woman is Mrs Gunness. He notes differing body proportions and a lighter weight than the alleged killer, while the skull and burned remains prompt ongoing digging and suspect tracing including a missing youth Canary and a Syracuse arrest of a woman matched only by description.
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Laporte
Ind
H. YW. Long
Gunness
Canary
Henry Birge
Gunness Farm
Charles P. Rockefeller
West Fortieth Street
Rockefeller
Bender
Louisville
Mrs. Gunness
Kate Bender
Kansas
Kate
Amusement Park Burns in Memphis Fire Destroyed Fairy Land Park
A summer amusement zone called Fairy land park near Poplay and Mc Lean avenues in Memphis was wiped out by a fire along with several small adjoining buildings. The blaze caused extensive damage to the park facilities and surrounding structures on May 11.
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Memphis
Tenn
Fairyland Park
Poplay and
McLean Avenues
Methodist bishops push Littlefield liquor bill to favorable House action
Washington reporters describe a committee from the Methodist Episcopal board of bishops presenting resolutions to Speaker Cannon urging the Littlefield interstate liquor shipment bill be reported with a favorable recommendation and passed by the House for Senate consideration. The talk cites constitutional questions and Knox’s bill as a preferred path, with governors Hanly of Indiana and Hoch of Kansas present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Board of Bishops of
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
General Conference
Cannon
Littlefield
Judiciary Committee
House
Senate
Congress
Gov
Hanly
Indiana
Gov. Hoch
Kansas
Charles A. Pollock
Fargo
N. D
A. B. Leonard
New York City
L. C. Murdock
Hinston
House Judiciary Committee
Supreme Court of the United States
Senate Committee On the Judiciary
Knox
Woman Escapes Lynch Mob in France in Gruesome Child Murder Case
Nancy France May 11 A woman named Jeanne Weber narrowly escaped lynching by a furious mob after it was learned she strangled a seven year old boy. Earlier Paris police had charged her with killings of numerous children but no conviction followed. She arrived under an assumed name, lodged with a worker, and was found asleep beside the dead child whose tongue had been cut out.
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Nancy
France
Jeanne Weber
Weber
Paris
Justice Refuses Order Over Thaw Property Transfer
Poughkeepsie May 11 Justice Morschauser declined to sign an order directing Dr Amos T Baker acting Matteawan superintendent to turn over to A Russell Peabody next friend and attorney of Harry K Thaw all personal property taken from Thaw upon admission February 1 and held by Baker.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Morschauser
Amos T. Baker
Matteawan Asylum
A. Russell Peabody
Harry K. Thaw
Thaw
Matteawan
Baker
Receiver named for Inman estate in Atlanta
Forrest Adair of Atlanta was appointed receiver for the estate of the late Walker P. Inman by Judge Pengleton of Fulton county supreme court on application of John L. Hopkins & Sons and King Spalding & Little. The estate valued around 4 million dollars.
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Atlanta
Ex-Premier's Brother James Campbell Dead in London
London May 11 announces the death of the Right Honorable James Alexander Campbell brother of the late premier Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman born 1825. He served as member of parliament for Glasgow and Aberdeen universities from 1880 to 1906.
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London
James Alexander Campbell
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Glasgow
Aberdeen
Jealous husband kills wife then ends his life
Nelson Smith, a railway engineer from Allendale, visited Huntsville and killed his wife at a visiting house before shooting himself. Jealousy is cited as the cause.
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Huntsville
Ont
Nelson Smith
Allendale
Girl Assaulted in Augusta Leaves Child in Critical Condition
Augusta Georgia May 11 Lula May Leopard nine years old daughter of Mr Dollivar Leopard Langley South Carolina was assaulted by an unknown white man and is in a critical condition.
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Augusta
Lula May Leopard
Dollivar Leopard
Langley
Pleasure Seekers Drown Near East Liverpool and Hartford
On May 11 a gasolene launch with nine youths near East Liverpool Ohio was disabled and swept under a fleet of idle coal barges. Five men died and four young women perished in Hartford Kansas when a boating party capsized near the dam and the current carried them over.
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East Liverpool
Ohio River
Here
Chester Tin Mill
Babb’s Island
Emporia
Kan
Neosho River
Hartford
Hartford Mill
Emil Steinhouse
Howard Lyons
Lyons
Mary Griffith
Carroll Lytle
Kate Griffith
Edith Webster
Chinese Rebels Victors In Yun Nan Province Battles
News from Peking reports three recent engagements between rebels and provincial troops in Yun Nan on the Tonking border. Rebels now hold Laohu pass and threaten Meng Tsze seaport. French minister C V E Bapst has been asked to aid suppression. Meng Tsze is a treaty port with about 12 000 residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peking
Yun-Nan
Tonking
Laohu Pass
Meng-Tsze
C. V. E. Bapst
China
Gotham Police Parade Reflects Valor Medals in New York
May 11 report from New York notes Saturday’s police day with almost all city police marching led by Medal of Valor recipients since 1898. Bands patrol wagons motor cycles and other police equipment filled the parade though harbor police vessels were absent.
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Gotham
New York
Hamiter Sworn In as Governor of Arkansas
Allen D. Hamiter, speaker of the Arkansas House, took the oath of office as governor in Little Rock on Saturday May 11. The ceremony marks his ascension to the state's highest office.
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Little Rock
Ark
Allen D. Hamiter
House of Representatives
Arkansas Legislature
Kldls Wife and Self
Youngstown Ohio May 11 Willis A Moore aged 49 shot and instantly killed his wife Martha aged 46 and then killed himself in a domestic tragedy reported from the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kldls
Youngstown
Willis A. Moore
Martha
Cotton Broker Isaac Williams Shoots Self at Home
New York May 11 Isaac Williams a cotton broker fatally shot himself at his residence on West Seventy third street on Saturday.
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New York
Isaac Williams
West Seventy Third Street
Jews Attacked in Duma During Debates on 1908 Recruits
In St. Petersburg a antisemitic demonstration erupted in the duma during an executive session on recruitment for 1908. Ministers Rudiger and Iswolsky were present as M. Zamislovsky urged immediate exclusion of Jews from the army and proposed a head tax for Jewish conscripts. Roditcheff defended Jews, condemning centuries of oppression and calling for lifting disabilities.
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St. Petersburg
Duma
Rudiger
Iswolsky
M. Zamislovsky
America
M. Krupensky
M. Roditcheff
Russia
Miners Favor Old Contract in Illinois Vote
Springfield May 11 President Walker of the United Mine Workers of Illinois reports a vote majority by local unions in favor of continuing the 1906 agreement and paying the shot firers. Operators and miners sign a joint agreement after backing off a closed shop. Miners will return to work when mines reopen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ill
Walker
United Mine Workers of Illinois
Prominent Guatemalans Executed in Antigua
News from City of Mexico reports the May execution at Antigua of Col. Solozano commander of the Guatemalan Military Academy and Vincente Cerona a leading Guatemalan magnate. The sentences were carried out under orders from Estrada Cabrera president of Guatemala.
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City of
Mexico
Antigua
Col. Solozano
Vincente Cerona
Guatemala
Estrada Cabrera
Dilemma for Illinois Minister over Booth Will
New Haven May 11. If Rev Henry S Dawson of Canton Ill changes his faith to Roman Catholic he will receive a large portion of the 7000 estate of his cousin Miss Alice T Booth as provided in her will filed here Friday.
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Illinois
New Haven
Conn
Henry S. Dawson
Canton
Alice T. Booth
Break for Liberty Is Fatal in Burlington Shooting
Break for liberty from the guard line ends fatally as Patrick Rynne, a Fort Ethan Allen convict, is shot by Private Thomas Mallory of the Fifteenth Cavalry Friday night. Rynne listed New York City as his residence at enlistment.
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Burlington
Patrick Rynne
Ethan Allen
Thomas Mallory
Fifteenth Cavalry
Rynne
New York City
Arrested as Murderous Bandit in Denver Train Killing
Denver May 11 Roy Hisle known as Red was arrested on the charge of murdering Charles Huntington Wright Globe express messenger shot in the express car of a Denver and Rio Grande train. Police say Hisle, 27, has a criminal record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Col
Red
Roy) Hisle
Charles Huntington Wright
Globe Express
Denver & Rio Grande
Hisle
Admiral Evans Leaves Atlantic Fleet for Pacific Transfer
In San Francisco on May 11 Rear Admiral Robley D Evans relinquished command of the Atlantic fleet to Rear Admiral Charles M Thomas who will hold the office briefly before Rear Admiral Charles G Sperry takes over. Evans health improves and ceremonies are simple with a 13 gun salute as the flag is lowered.
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San Francisco
Robley D. Ievans
Charles M. Thomas
Charles G. Sperry
Twang
St Francis Hotel
Connecticut
Santa Cruz
Evans
Thomas
Admiral Evans
Admiral Thomas
Washington
Metcalf
Congress
Banker’s will set aside after sensational trial in Bloomington
A jury verdict in Bloomington on Saturday nullified banker Thomas Crumbaugh’s will which left $500,000 to a Spiritualist church. The trial revealed letters alleging he was unduly influenced by alleged mediums claiming communion with the banker’s infant son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomington
Ill
Thomas Crumbaugh
Crumbaugh
Four Perish in a Fire in St Johnsburg Tenement
Explosion of a kitchen gas stove in the John Wilson tenement Friday started a blaze that killed four people. Mrs. John Wilson aged 40, Miss Mary Lee 16, Sarah Wilson three, and John Wilson two perished from burns or suffocation in St Johnsburg Virginia.
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St. Johnsburg
John Wilson
Mary Lee
Sarah Wilson
Explosion and Fire Kill Infirmary Superintendent in Marietta
In Marietta Ohio on May 11 a blast and ensuing blaze at the county infirmary injured Superintendent Joseph Young. He died that evening from burns and a shattered right leg after leaping from a window to escape the flames.
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Marietta
Joseph Young
The
County Infirmary
Mob Kills Black Teen in Pulaski After Arrest
In Tennessee Pulaski on May 11 Elmo Har vard an 18 year old Black man arrested Wednesday for attempted criminal incident was fatally harmed Friday afternoon by a mob of about 300 unmasked men.
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Tennessee
Nashville
Tenn
Elmo Harvard
Pulaski
Independence Party Plans National Convention in Chicago
News from New York states the Independence Party will hold its national convention in Chicago on July 27 and 28. Reports from Lakewood New Jersey discuss ex President Cleveland and health. Other items note a plague prevention ban in the Panama Canal Zone, a fatal night riders encounter in Madison County Kentucky, Swarthmore banning football and baseball, a New Slaven Connecticut bequest conditioning church membership, the oil tank steamer Washtenaw at Monmouth Beach, and the ice breaker Montcalm beached after a collision in the St Lawrence River.
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Independence Party
New York
Chicago
Lakewood
N. J
Cleveland
Panama Canal Zone
Madison County
Kentucky
Swarthmore College
Philadelphia
Alice A. Booth
New Slaven
Washtenaw
Monmouth Beach
New Jersey
Montcalm
Flackett's Harbor
Quebec
Canadian Pacific Railway
Milwaukee
St. Lawrence River
Floods Ravage Indiana Roads and Crops Across Rivers
Heavy week of rains floods southern and central Indiana with Wabash at 23 feet in 1875 era record, Ohio at Evansville at 35.9 feet and rising. Vast corn and wheat lands ruined as levees broke in two places and stock moved from flooded districts. Damaged districts include Vincennes and Hazleton White River levels climb.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
Finois
Vincennes
Hazleton
Ohio River
Evansville
Prominent Journalist Charles Matthias Dead by Own Action
Charles Matthias, a prominent journalist and former editorial writer for the Chicago Chronicle and recent Chicago American staffer, died by his own hand at a Hot Springs hotel on a Saturday in May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hot Springs
Ark
Charles, Matthias
Chicago Chronicle
The
Chicago American
Soldiers Charged with Assault in Waukegan
Four soldiers from Battery F Fourth United States artillery stationed at Fort Sheridan are under arrest in Waukegan on the charge of assaulting Policeman Benjamin Neeley in a murderous attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukegan
Ill
Fourth United States Artillery
For Sheridan
Benjamin Neeley
Markets News Mixed with Flour and Wheat Activities
Chicago May 9 Flour market firm with prices for spring wheat at 6.20 and various grades from Minnesota and export bags around 3.80 to 4.60. Wheat strong for May and July futures, corn weak with May at 72 4 and July around 74 2, oats mixed, butter eggs and potatoes at varied Chicago area quotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Minnesota
New York
Western
Nal
West
Live Stock Markets Across Chicago and Omaha Prices
Market reports show cattle ranges in Chicago with steers from 4.85 to 6.85 and cows down to 2.50, plus hogs firm around 5.40 to 5.56 and sheep steady near 5.50 to 7.50. Omaha prices list similar cattle trends with western steers 3.50 to 6.00 and pigs near 4.40 to 5.10, reflecting broad regional activity.
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Chicago
Omaha
Neb
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Admiral Sperry
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