Cleveland Street Cars Wrecked Amid Dinamite Attack
Explosions tore into Superior Avenue trucks and damaged a trolley car in Cleveland on May 20, injuring none, though Mrs. Benjamin and Mrs. Meiser suffered serious hurts from missiles as protests over street railway franchise and strike actions continued. Officials and labor leaders discussed arbitration and return-to-work terms as violence persisted and service gradually resumed.
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Cleveland
Superior Avenue
Vere Avenue
One Hundredth Street
Woodland Ave
David Benjamin
Municipal Traction Company
Bryan Leads In Alabama Democratic Primary
Montgomery reports slow returns from 11 of 22 precincts with indications that William J. Bryan carries Alabama. Gov. Johnson leads in southern Alabama counties but not enough to deny Bryan, as Jefferson County and Birmingham area favor Bryan. weather delays full results for 24 hours. Fresno convention backs Bryan for president and endorses Theodore Ball for national chair.
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Montgomery
Ala
William J. Bryan
Johnson
Alabama
Minnesota
Bryan
Birmingham
South
Jefferson
Jefferson County
John W. Tomlinson
Bryan Club
Fresno
Cal
California
W. J. Bryan
Theodore A. Ball
Denver
Wealthy Refugee Dies From Suspected Poison in New York Hotel
Eduardo de Eraso a coffer planter and reputed multi millionaire fleeing plague in Venezuela died in a fashionable New York hotel after taking what he believed was a harmless medicine. His wife is seriously ill at their hotel apartments and the rest of the refugee party lacks leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Venezuela
Eduardo de Eraso
Law Held Unconstitutional in Missouri Reports
Jefferson City May 20 The supreme court held unconstitutional the law prohibiting the publication of reports of Civil league associations concerning candidates for office. Muscatine dies Judge J Scott Richman veteran Iowa lawyer dead at his country home north of Muscatine admitted to the bar in 1839 May 20
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Jefferson City
Supreme Court
Civil League
Iowa
Muscatine
J. Scott Richman
BeSet By Scandal Aide Shoots Self In Irvington
John E. McGaughey a former county commissioner aged 585 shot and killed himself at his Irvington home amid scandal surrounding the county commissioners office. His son Ned found him with a revolver in his right hand and blood at the temple. Despondency grew from allegations linked to the Atlas Engine Works bribe of 3000 dollars.
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Indianapolis
Ind
John E. McGaughey
Board of County Commissioners
Irvington
Ned McCaughey
Ned McGaughey
Commissioners Court
McGaughey
Commissioners’ Office
Atlas Engine Works
Prayers Amid Night Riders Burn Tobacco Barn
In Lancaster Kentucky on May 20 a masked group of night riders destroyed the tobacco barn of H G Haddox. Flint Randall and Miss Maggie Tate, returning from a party, were forced to join a prayer meeting and witness the blaze as the hymn Nearer My God to Thee drifted on the night air.
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Lancaster
H. G. Haddox
Flint Randall
Maggie Tate
Postmaster Bury Found Dead In Two Harbors
Two Harbors Minnesota May 20 Postmaster Bury aged 54 was found dead Monday by his wife He had been cleaning a revolver intended for a fishing trip and it is believed the weapon fired accidentally His government accounts are stated as straight.
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Two Harbors
Minn
Bury
Runaway Injures Four Near Marshalltown Iowa
Four people including Lottie Ford age 14 and Stella Drury age 18 were badly injured in a runaway accident near Marshalltown Iowa on May 20. Lottie Ford and Lee Dawson age 21 are reported seriously and perhaps fatally injured.
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Marshalltown
Lottie Ford
Lee Dawson
Stella Drury
Laura Specht
Miss Ford
Miss Dawson
Three Boys Drowned in Sandusky Bay
In Sandusky Ohio on May 20 investigators conclude three youths Arnold Wiedemann William Schaefer and Fred Lambrecht were drowned when a sailboat overturned during a sudden squall an hour after setting out on Sandusky Bay.
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Sandusky, O
Arnold Wiedemann
William Schaefer
Fred Lambrecht
Sandusky Bay
Five Hurt in Wreck Near Caledonia New York
Five persons were injured when a Lehigh Valley passenger train collided at the junction with the Buffalo Rochester & Pittsburg line a few miles from Caledonia New York on May 20.
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Caledonia
N. Y
Lehigh Valley
Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg
Evidence Confirms Jennie Olsen Murderess Death
Laporte Indiana May 20 sheriff Smutzer and Miner Schultz recovered Mrs Gunness false teeth upper and lower plates from the fire debris and dentist Dr I P Norton identified them proving Jennie Olsen died in the Guinness fire. Mayor Darrow recalled Mrs Gunness seeking to send Jennie away to school before her disappearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smutzer
McEnry Again Elected Senator in Louisiana Legislature
Baton Rouge May 20 United States Senator Samuel Douglas McEnry was elected to succeed himself by both the senate and house of representatives of the Louisiana legislature Tuesday. His present term will expire March 38 1909.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McEnry
Baton Rouge
United States
Samuel Douglas McEnry
Senate
House of Representatives
Louisiana
U. S. Collier Vestal Launched at New York Yard
In front of more than 30,000 spectators at the New York navy yard the large collier Vestal was launched on Tuesday. The vessel was christened by Miss Goodrich, daughter of Rear Admiral Goodrich.
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U. S
New York
New York Navy Yard
United States
Miss Goodrich
Goodrich
Ohio Politician Falls Dead in Point Pleasant
William R. Gunn, lawyer and politician and Confederate veteran, died at his home in Point Pleasant on Tuesday. He was a prominent figure in West Virginia state affairs and lived in Yallipolis Ohio.
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Ohio
Yallipolis
William R. Gunn
Point Pleasant
West Virginia
Unearth Grim Tragedy in La Crosse Residence
Police broke into a southern La Crosse residence on May 20 and found the partly decomposed body of Frank Retzloff hanging from the ceiling in a room, marking a grisly discovery in the city.
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la Crosse
Wis
Frank Retzloff
Fire sweeps Main street area causing heavy loss
Wray Col May 20 A fire believed incendiary damaged nearly an entire block on the west side of Main street with a loss around 60 000. The blaze left only one block untouched as firefighters battled the flames.
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Wray
Col
Main Street
Burial of Rt. Rev. Ignatius I Horstmann in Cleveland
In Cleveland on May 20 the body of Rt. Rev. Ignatius I Horstmann was placed in a tomb with Roman Catholic rites. Two archbishops and 12 bishops attended, over 300 priests sang the office of the dead, and a pontifical requiem mass was led by Archbishop Moeller with Archbishop Ryan delivering the funeral sermon. The procession carried the casket to the crypt beside Bishops Gilmour and Rappe.
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Cleveland
Ignatius I
Horstmann
Moeller
Cincinnati
Ryan
Philadelphia
Foley
Detroit
Richter
Grand Rapids
Maese
Covington
Byrne
Nashville
Alerding
Fort Wayne
McQuaid
Rochester
Hartley
Columbus
Donahue
Wheeling
Canevin
Pittsburg
Fitzmaurice
Erie
Koudelka
O’connell
Catholic University At
Washington
Gilmour
Rappe
Receiver Lyons Takes Charge of Allegheny National Bank
Pittsburg May 20 Robert Lyons appointed receiver by the Comptroller of the Currency arrived from Washington to assume control of the Allegheny National Bank. He met National Bank Examiner William L Folds who had managed the bank since its closure as Lyons began a full examination of the bank's affairs and considered staff assistance.
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Pittsburg
Robert Lyons
Allegheny National Bank
Washington
National Bank
William L. Folds
Lyons
Father and Son Die in Shooting at Engagement Collapse
George Sterry Sr. 72, a partner in Weaver & Sterry, wholesale drug firm at 166 Pearl Street, New York, was shot dead Tuesday by his son George Sterry Jr. The younger man then killed himself. The elder was to marry a Brooklyn schoolteacher, an engagement that sparked family quarrels.
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New York
George Sterry
Weaver & Sterry
Pearl Street
Brooklyn
Flood Threatens Village at Odanah Wisconsin
Ashland Wis May 20 The Bad river at Odanah rose three feet Tuesday flooding nearby residences. A number of families were rescued by rowboats while others near the danger line evacuated. The White and Bad rivers join at Odanah and the flood threatened the village.
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Ashland
Wis
Odanah
Bartender is Slain in Wisconsin Tragedy
In Marinette Wisconsin on Tuesday Louis Tiboltz a bartender at Amberg was shot and killed by Dell Overn a saloon keeper of Marinette Overn was arrested the motive said to be jealousy over Overns wife.
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Marinette
Wis
Louis Tiboltz
Amberg
Dell Overn
Overn
Mayor Fatally Shoots Burglary Suspect in Terre Haute
Terre Haute Ind May 20 Mayor Edwin J Bidaman shot and killed a negro alleged to be attempting to enter his home for robbery. The burglar has not been identified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
Ind
Edwin J. Bidaman
Bidaman
No currency bill in Congress expected this session
Washington May 20 reports say no currency legislation will pass this session as conferees on the Aldrich Vreeland bills falter. Bankers and merchants protest the asset currency idea through clearing house notes, fearing bond value loss and bank failures. Aldrich Hale and Allison warn against enacting the plan as opposition from the House persists.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Aldrich-Vreeland
Senate Committee On Finance
Aldrich, Hale
Allison
Criminal charges filed against McIntyre firm stock brokers
New York on May 20 charges were laid before District Attorney Jerome by C. C. Burlingham the receiver of the failed firm T A McIntyre and Co whose liabilities exceed 1 000 000 and were presented to the grand jury in a secret proceeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
T. A. McIntyre & Co
Jerome
C. C. Burlingham
Grand Jury
Girl Tries Death By Own Action In Jail
New York May 20 Jennie Blunt the young woman sentenced to four years in the Brooklyn penitentiary for shooting lawyer Charles M Sanford nearly committed suicide in her cell. She was found unconscious from in haling illuminating gas and revived by a physician's prompt actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Jennie Blunt
Roosevelt Extends Felicitations to Czar on Birthday
Washington May 20 President Roosevelt sent a cablegram to the czar of Russia offering cordial felicitations and good wishes on his forty eighth birthday, noting the czar is forty years old that Tuesday.
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Czar
Washington
Roosevelt
Russia
Illinois millionaire dead in Belleville on Bright's disease
Philip M. Gundlach a Belleville resident and prominent South Illinois financier and industrialist died of Brights disease. He was reputed a millionaire, president of the Gun Jach Drill Company and a director of several banks.
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Illinois
Belleville
Ill
Philip M. Gundlach
Bright
Gun Jach Drill Company
Fleet Sails North From San Francisco at 14 Knots
The United States wireless office in Los Angeles reported the Atlantic fleet flagship Connecticut 156 miles north of San Francisco. The squadron steamed at 14 knots amid heavy seas.
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Los Angeles
United States
Connecticut
San Francisco
Striking cotton mill workers depose president
In Montreal on May 20 the mill strike led workers to depose President Gignac who opposed the strike. Emil Ouellette of St. Hugues was elected in his place to lead the strikers.
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Montreal
Can
Gignac
Sirike
Emil Ouellette
St. Huginthens
Paris Sweatshop and Police Pupils in Public Schools
A model sweatshop apartment in Paris highlights working and sanitary concerns. Frank J. Ferguson of Hagerstown Maryland named assistant director of the bureau of engraving and printing by Secretary Cortelyou. Inspector Miles O Reilly of New York orders all pupils of public school No 72 East New York to report when a policeman enters or leaves a saloon. Jules Lefebvre offers a prize for American art students with tuition at the Julian academy and a silver medal. A US appeals court deems Japanese liquor a wine for tax purposes in a $500000 dispute. Mrs C J Calhoun of New York, claiming discovery of the secret of sex, says she conducts experiments in four prominent families.
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Paris
Frank J. Ferguson
Hagerstown
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Cortelyou
Miles O'Reilly
New York
Julian Academy
Sunder
Robert Pleurin
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
San Francisco
C. J. Calhoun
America
Cotton inquiry in New York grand jury subpoenas
Former board members of the New York cotton exchange and members of its revision committee were subpoenaed to appear before a federal grand jury to be questioned about methods of fixing cotton grades deliverable on the exchange. The exchange fixes grade differences by schedule, while New Orleans follows market-based differences. Roosevelt Taft and Bryan are noted in a separate New Jersey report on a Prohibition convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York Cotton Exchange
Exchange
Federal Grand Jury
Grand Jury
New Orleans Exchange
Spokane Drafts Liquor Amendment for Voter Submission
After a long stormy session, the Democratic state convention in Spokane Washington adopted a resolution calling for submitting to voters a constitutional amendment banning the sale and manufacture of spirituous liquor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane
Wash
Democratic State Convention
Market round up shows steady prices across grains dairy and poultry
Chicago May 15 Flour ranges show spring wheat at 6.00 and Minnesota ent ent jute at 4.90 to 5.20. Corn and oats fluctuate with May activity and butter quotes at 19 to 24 cents per pound. Eggs at 14 cents per case, potatoes from 60 to 70 cents, and live poultry listed with turkeys at 14 cents per lb and roosters at 7 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Minnesota
Market report for New York grain futures May 19
New York on May 19 reports a dull flour market with unsettled tone and a quiet wheat session. July at 97 98 1 16 cents, September 93 ¾ cents, rye steady around 90 cents, corn featureless with May shorts active and some local market activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Live Stock Prices in Chicago and Omaha Markets May 19
May 19 report shows cattle prices across grades from prime steers at 6.50 to 1.25, cows and helfers down to 1.75, calves up to 6.25. Hogs range from 5.28 to 5.50 for heavy packers and 3.50 to 5.98 across lighter lots. Sheep prices largely down with lambs 5.25 to 3.65 and ewes 4.50 to 5.15. Cattle and hogs mixed with regional shifts and higher at times.
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Chicago
Omaha
Nah
Texas
Weary
Yoarje
Wethers
Ewok
Lymbs
Also Mentioned on This Page
Kentucky
Frost
Jennie Olsen
Rev. Horstmann
Allegheny National
Deplorer Idea
Alfrich
Vreetnd
Solons
New York Exchange
Taft
Trenton
N. J
Y. M. C. A. Hall
Dr. Day
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