Cornerstone of Pan American Temple of Peace Laid
President Roosevelt laid the cornerstone for the first International Temple of Peace, Friendship and Commerce, a symbol of unity among 21 American republics. The ceremony featured the heads of the republics, messages from Carnegie, and Pan American music, with remarks on solidarity and shared prosperity.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Rooosevelt
Root
Nabuco
Brazil
Andrew Carnegie
Cardinal Gibbons
Cyanston
United States Marine Band
Western Hemisphere
New World
Carnegie
Tropics
All America
Rio Grande
Colorado
Plaza
North Atlantic
Fleet
South America
Mexico
Elihu Root
Central America
Probe Causes Suspension in Brokerage Firm Case
Cincinnati May 12 George H Stapeley Co brokers assigned Monday to William Bodener after a recent legal investigation of the brokerage business and general business losses led to the firm’s suspension and failure.
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Cincinnati
George H.stapeley & Co
William Bodener
Traveling man shoots self in Columbus hotel room
F C Moore of Xenia, a traveling representative for Schroth Potter window shade makers of Columbus, shot himself Monday in his Chittenden hotel room and died instantly.
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Self
Columbus
F. C. Moore
Xenia
Schroth & Potter
Chittenden
Second Fleet Fete Opens in San Francisco Sailors Gain Tours
In San Francisco on May 12 the second Fleet Week events began with observation cars touring the city and Marin County rides. Secretary Metcalf plus 400 fleet officers toured by auto as Army Navy baseball preliminaries drew a crowd amid band concerts. A Pacific coast boxing contest capped the night with the second reception at the Fairmount hotel.
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San Francisco
United Railroads
Bay
Marin County
Mount Tamalpais
Metcalf
Army
Pacific Coast
Fairmount Hotel
Thomas
Connecticut
Ogden
Utah
Robley D. Evans
Union Depot
Salt Lake City
Tingey
Annapolis
California
Camp Crook Destroyed by Fire in South Dakota
Camp Crook with 400 residents on the Little Missouri river was wiped out by a blaze on May 12, leaving $200,000 in losses. A Belle Fourche courier brought the news. fire origin is unknown. Merchants stored cash in a vault away from the burning bank, saving the building.
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Deadwood
Camp Crook
Little Missouri River
Here
Belle Fourche
Little Missouri Bank
Illinois Miners Resume Work After Six Weeks Idle
Miners in Illinois resumed work in all operable coal mines after six weeks of idleness. At miners headquarters a vote on accepting operators' scale 1906 proposal favoring acceptance failed by 12,107 to 19,146.
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Springfield
Japanese Finance Baron Sees China Boycott Hit Mood
Baron Yoshiro Sakatani, former Japanese minister of finance, arrived in New York with a party of Japanese financiers en route to Washington. He cited the Chinese boycott of Japanese goods as a factor in Japan’s depressed mood amid persistent financial strain.
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New York
Baron Yoshiro Sakatani
Miister
Finance of
Japan
Washington
Baron Sakatani
Visits End in Tragedy as Man Kills Self in Brooklyn
Rudolph Witte a Brooklyn bookkeeper shot himself in a hotel room after his visits with his ten year old daughter Helen were stopped by his divorced wife. The couple divorced five years ago and the wife retained custody of their daughter.
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Self
New York
Rudolph Witte
Brooklyn
Helen
Mission's Head Dies, Mrs. Helen E. Moses
Indianapolis May 12. Mrs. Helen E. Moses national president of the Christian Woman's Board of Missions died Monday after 20 years active in the board's work.
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Mission
Indianapolis
Helen E. Moses
Christian Woman’s Board of Missions
Sir Stephen Is Dead in London Eminent Official Passes
London May 12 Sir Alexander Condie Stephen K C M G once a groom in waiting to the king has died He was born in 1850 His death closes a long career in royal service and public life with ties to the British court.
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Sir Stephen
London
Sir Alexander Condie Stephen
Oklahoma Tornadoes Wipe Out Nine Towns In NW Corner
A sequence of tornadoes swept 75 miles across four counties near Woodward Oklahoma on May 12 damaging nine towns Grand Arnett Vici Mutual Estelle Cooley Richmond Little Robe and Cestos. Casualties reported including several fatally injured others seriously hurt along with widespread property loss and downed wires. Tulsa and Enid areas reported high winds unroofed houses and extensive farm damage with no confirmed fatalities.
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Woodward
Okla
Grand
Arnett
Vici
Mutual
Estelle
Cooley
Richmond
Little Robe
Cestos
Hauser
Arthur Sibel
J. E. Hale
Dewey County
Ellis County
Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Tulsa
Roosevelt meets National Prosperity association on recovery plan
A St. Louis committee of the National Prosperity association urged President Roosevelt to back their program to restore nationwide prosperity. Roosevelt praised reforms, warned against agitators, and stressed honest business conduct, civic righteousness, and cooperative policy for overall national welfare.
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Washington
National Prosperity Association of
F. B. Wiberg
J. E. Smith
W. K. Bixby
Murray Carleton
George A. Meyer
Jackson Johnson
Mr. Simmons
National Prosperity Association
Soldier Slays His Comrades in U S Cavalry Tragedy
Manila May 12 A telegram to the adjutant general says Private Mike Beacham of the First United States Cavalry ran amuck killing three and wounding three comrades One mortally The dead are First Sergt William Hoey Private G Wilson and Private Thomas Woodward Fatally wounded is Private Edward Woodward All victims belonged to Troop F First Cavalry Details are scarce but officials say Beacham was likely insane at the time of the act
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Manila
Adjutant General
Mike Beacham
First United States Cavalry
William Hoey
G. Wilson
Thomas Woodward
Edward Woodward
First Cavalry
Beacham
H. W. Worden
Lamphere
William Brogiski
Shoemaker
Brogiski
Gunness Place
Gunness
Gunness Farm
Oklahoma City
Okla
Mil C. Greening
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw Marriage Case Postponed in New York
A hearing on Evelyn Nesbit Thaw and Harry K. Thaw to annul their marriage, set for Monday in New York, was postponed by agreement of counsel, delaying the court action.
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Evelyn
New York
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Harry KK
Thaw
Woman Arrested At Tenth Street Depot Aims at Roosevelt
A well dressed woman, presenting as Miss Carrie Ade, was arrested at Louisville's Tenth Street depot on Monday after declaring she planned to board a train to Washington to kill President Roosevelt. She was charged with lunacy.
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Roosevelt
Louisville
Tenth Street
Carrie Ade
Washington
Death by Own Action Reported in Kansas City
George P. Cuse aged 26 storekeeper for the Pullman Company recently from Cincinnati where his father is well to do committed death by own action by drinking corrosive sublimate in Kansas City Missouri on May 12.
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Kansas City
George P. Cuse
Pullman Company
Cincinnati
Guilt sought in Lamphere case slows Gunness murder probe
Grand jury delayed as investigators pick through evidence tying Ray Lamphere to the Gunness killings. A trunk and letters strengthen the case while a rain by in La Porte halts digging. Defense asserts Mrs Gunness ignited the house. expert El episodic epilepsy opinion cited.
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Lamphere
Gunness
Telegraphic Brevities From Various States and Cities
Cardinal Logue preached at St Patrick's in New York and Jane Addams urged school reform at Richmond conference. A Kenosha man confessed to sheriff after a wife attack claim, while Yale ’98 students plan a flagstaff honoring a fallen Philippines casualty. A New Jersey church introduced cigars for men, and a tank steamer grounded near Barnegat Bay was refloated.
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Jane Addams
National Conference of Charities and Corrections
Richmond
Martin Schleyer
Kenosha
Wis
Herman Koehler
Sydney Goodman
Atlantic City
Washtenaw
Sabine Pass
Tex
New York
Barnegat Bay
Sandy Hook
Yale University
Woodbridge Hall
New Haven
Conn
Augustus C. Ledyard
Yale
Philippines
D. E. Sullivan
Abolish Track Gambling and Benning Road Expansion Likely
Congress closes on a measure to end betting on races at Benning track and ban gambling in DC as a rider on a broader bill. Senate advances agricultural appropriation and raises forestry service miscellaneous funds to one million dollars for roads fire lanes and telephone lines. Senator Foraker signals action on his bill to reinstate discharged negro soldiers after Brownsville affair.
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Washington
Congress
Benning Track
District of Columbia
Monay
House
Senate
Benning Road
Foraker
Brownsville
Forestry Service
Woman killed as Chicago street car crashes injure ten
One woman died instantly when struck by a south bound State Street car at Hubbard Place while crossing. A second crash between two Evanston cars at Newport Avenue and North Halsted Street injured additional passengers as they were carried away by friends before police arrival.
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Chicago
Hubbard Place
Evanston
Newport Avenue
North Halsted Street
Markets Report Sees Flour and Wheat Movement Mixed
The Chicago market shows firm flour with varied wheat prices across grades and brands including hard patent and export bags. May wheat slips to about $1.02, while July around $0.93 to $0.94. corn and oats show weakness and dullness. butter eggs and potatoes quote moderate to high ranges. New York reports steady to quiet flour, wheat easing on cheaper English cables and Kentucky notes, rye dull with No 2 western at nominal prices.
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Chicago
Minnesota
New York
Kentucky
Live Stock Prices Across Chicago and Omaha Markets
On May 1 Chicago reports cattle prices from prime steers to feted cows and calves with steady to higher trends. hogs show mixed to higher values across several classes. Omaha lists cattle and hogs with market steady to higher and varied ranges. figures cover native and western steers, cows, heifers, stockers, calves, and different hog categories including pigs and barrows.
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Chicago
Omaha
Neb
Texas
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UNION
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Illinois
Johan
Oxcahoma
Enid
Oklo
Nashville
Clapps General Merchandise
Russell & Givens
James Webber
Farmers
Pioneer Telephone Company
News
Chief TO Aid Association
Ray Lamphere
Laporte
Ind
Warsaw
Jacob Pouch
Cardinal Logue
Ireland
St. Patrick's Cathedral
C. BE. Calhoun
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