Thaw Insane and Confined. Supreme Court Denies Writ
In Poughkeepsie May 26 Harry K Thaw is deemed insane by Supreme Justice Morschauser and ordered committed to a state hospital. Attorneys seek transfer to Matteawan or another facility and an appeal is unlikely before fall. The writ of habeas corpus is dismissed and Thaw remains in custody under observation as the public safety concern is considered. Separately a unidentified woman�s body was found in a barrel near Little Hell Gate with signs of a violent death.
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State Hospital
Poughkeepsie
Harry K. Thaw
Supreme Justice
Morschauser
Thaw
Chanler
Jerome
Mattewwan
Justice Morschanser
Stanford White
Supreme Court
Amos T. Baker
Matteawan State Hospital
Harry K
New York
Little Hell Gate
Ward's
Randall's Islands
Thomas Jefferson Park
French Chief in Britain Welcomed at Victoria Station
King Edward the prince of Wales and royal family greet M Falieres on arrival from Dover. The station was turned into a conservatory as the French president arrives to begin his London visit with a procession to York House. Crowds cheer and troops salute in an impressive display of pageantry.
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London
King Edward
Prince of Wales
Prince Arthur of
M. Fallieres
Dover
King
Guard of Honor
York House
St James’ Palace
Edward
Duke of Connaught
France
Church Session Adopts Pro-Local Option and Anti-Saloon Endorsements
Baltimore May 26 The Methodist Episcopal Church at a stormy session endorsed the Anti-Saloon League and favored local option, a shift from its prior stance of absolute prohibition. Opponents argued against endorsing any organization and against local option, but the majority prevailed.
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Baltimore
General Conference
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Anti-Saloon League
Car Dynamiters Confess In Cleveland Street Outrages
Four striking conductors and motormen confessed to taking part in dynamiting street cars in Cleveland. They are in custody and more arrests are expected. Most lines ran normally Monday as the city watches the non union vote at work to gauge peace in the street railway strike. A deep waterway convention was called for Chicago October 6 and 7 with Lakes to the Gulf leaders predicting 2,506 delegates.
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Cleveland
Kohler
St. Louis
W. F Saunders
The
Brig. Gen Miles Dies in San Francisco in 1828 Birth
Brig Gen Javan Miles retired U S A has died in San Francisco at age 98. A Civil and Indian wars veteran who also served in Cuba he was born in Pennsylvania in 1828 and will be buried with full military honors by the local army post.
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Miles
San Francisco
Javan Miles
Cuba
Pennsylvania
Trolley Wreck Kills Two Near Chestnut Hill Park
Philadelphia on May 26 reports a street car wreck near Chestnut Hill park about 12 miles from the city center killing two and injuring more than forty. It was among the worst trolley crashes in years.
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Philadelphia
Chestnut Hill Park
Theory of Gunness Escape Augmented by Attorneys Claims
Lamphere’s lawyers present new theory that Mrs May Orilley’s Rochester disappearance victim may be swapped with Mrs Gunness’s body in the fire. Mayor Darrow and H X Worden say a letter from an Arkansas man backs the claim and will provide more letters and information after interviews in Laporte or Arkansas.
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Laporte
Ind
May Orilley
Rochester
N. Y
Gunness
Darraw
Worden
Lamphere
Darrow
H. X. Worden
Ray Lamphere
Belle Guotess
Arkansas
Marshall County
Mack
Omaha Railroad Fined in Grain Rebates Case Upheld
The U S circuit court of appeals affirmed the conviction and fines against the Omaha railroad and its general freight agent H H Pearce in grain rebate cases. Fines totaled 20000 for the railroad and 2000 for Pearce. appeal dismissed, government contentions sustained.
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St. Paul, Minn
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
United States Circuit
Omaha Railroad
H. H. Pearce
Minneapolis
Gould marriage denied amid plans for Helle de Sagan union
Paris reports attorney to Mme Anna Gould denies secret Hoboken marriage. Banns to be published, civil and Protestant religious ceremonies planned under separation of property. Afterward the couple will reside in France. Castellane custody suit anticipated but not yet updated.
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Paris
M. Cachard
Mme
Anna Gould
Gould
Prince Helle de Sagan
Hoboken
N. J
America
France
Mme. Gould
Avenue Malako
Chateau Marais
Count Boni de Castellana
Castellane
Prince de Sagan
Woman from Omaha freed on perjury charge in Platt divorce case
Mae C Wood known as Mae C Wood Platt was released on five thousand dollar bail in New York after suing Senator Thomas C Platt for divorce claiming a secret 1901 marriage. She signed the bail bond Mae C Wood Platt.
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New York
Mae C. Wood
Omaha
Thomas C. Platt
Miss Wood
Mae C. _ Wood-Platt
None Killed by Airship Fall in Berkeley
May 26 seven men seriously injured in a sensational airship accident are recovering at Roosevelt hospital. No fatalities expected. Engineer L V Rodgers, once deemed fatally injured, is recovering. Inventor J A Morrell and Captain Penfold, who had both legs broken after being ordered off, are much improved.
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Berkeley
Cal
Roosevelt Hospital
L. V. Rodgers
J. A. Morrell
Penfold
Miner Execution a Lesson at Coal Region Rally
Scheriff Clay Evans plans a public execution of Felix Radzius in Pottsville Pennsylvania on May 26 to teach the foreign coal region population a lesson. Leading representatives of the Poles Hungarians Slavs Lithuanians Russians and Italians are involved.
Penna asks congress to sanction treaty on naturalized citizens
Rio Janeiro May 26 President Penna has sent to congress a message demanding the sanction of the treaty recently adjusted with the United States. The pact protects the fights of naturalized citizens who return to the country of their birth.
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Rio Janeiro
Penna
Congress
United States
Texas Flood Kills and Cities in Desperate Straits
The disaster drains Texas and Oklahoma as Trinity and Brazos rivers rise. Dallas reports 15 men swept into the river, six drowned as bridges fail and city goes dark. Widespread damage, homeless families, and halted rail traffic prompt city-wide rescue efforts.
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Dallas
Tex
Texas
Oklahoma
Tallas
Trinity
Texas & Pacific
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Trafic
Texas & Pacific Railway
Trinity River
Continental Gin Company
Waco
Brazos
West Dallas
Commerce Street
Fort Worth
Nellie Maurine
Drowning of Three in Sugar Creek Crossing
Brimson Missouri May 26 Mrs B B King Mrs Anna Coakley and the coakleys brother a five year old were drowned while crossing Sugar creek in a buggy Two others in the party clung to the overturned vehicle until rescued.
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Brimson, Mo
B. B. King
Anna Coakley
Sugar Creek
News Bits From Around The World
A mix of short notices reports a variety of events including a church stabbing in Salisbury Missouri, a fatal lightning strike on a St Louis golfer, a British admiral meeting the Japanese emperor, Brooklyn bridge tower flings for an anniversary, White Star Lines cadet ship plans, a second trial in a St Louis bribery case, the death of a New York Hippodrome clown, large fines for post office clerks being remitted, a New York police chief’s retirement to a butcher’s role, and April canal post office business records showing a record month in Washington.
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Toledo
Joseph F. Lubatey
Salsbury
W. H. Howard
St. Louis
Sir Hedworth Lambton
Brooklyn Bridge
White Star Line
Fred W. Pries
Archibald Taggart
New York
Isthmian Canal Commission Division
Washington
Canal
Steamer Seminole Runs Aground Off Pleasant Point
The Clyde line steamer Seminole bound from San Domingo to New York went aground near Pleasant Point in a dense fog. Two life saving crews and the wrecking tug Rescue assisted. no danger to the ship reported. Separately, US Navy tests planned for the Florida and Tatsumi Iwami died in Tokyo at his home.
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Long Branch
Clyde Line
New York
San Domingo
West Indian
Pleasant Point
Markets Report Chicago May 25 Flours and Wheat Mixed
Flows show steady flour prices across grades with mid range export bags and patent Jute and Minnesota blends listed. Wheat is strong for July and September while corn and oats hold firm amid mixed quotations. Butter and eggs vary by grade with creamery and dairy products across standard and fancy ranges. Poultry prices include turkeys chickens and roosters with modest per pound figures.
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Chicago
Minnesota
Live Stock Markets in Chicago and Omaha May Report
CATTLE Good to prime steers 7.90, 1 to 7.50. plain to good feeders 6.50. cows 4.00 to 5.76. heifers 4.25 to 6.10. stockers 2.50 to 6.50. HOGS Heavy packers 5.20 to 5.35. butchers 5.35 to 5.45. sows 5.50 to 5.50. throws 4.00 to 5.00. In Omaha cattle market steady to 10 cents up. steers 4.75 to 7.00. cows 3.00 to 5.75. bacons 2.75 to 4.75. feeders 2.00 to 5.25. Hogs steady, heavy 6.02 to 6.50, light 5.10 to 5.00. Sheep market steady. wethers 5.00 to 5.16. ewes 5.08 to 6.00.
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Chicago
May
Primo
Merit
Omaha
Neb
Texas
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Erity
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Tokyo
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Self Mae “Wood-Platt
Oklahoma City
Okla
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Meeker
Life of
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Willam Busge
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Waukesha
Wis
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Norfolk, Va
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