Visit Gunness Farm to Identify His Brother
Laporte Indiana May 18 crowds descend on the Gunness farm as 10 000 visitors view skeletons of seven unidentified victims. J G Ramden of Manford ND seeks to identify a skeleton as his half brother John Moe of Elbow Lake MN but cannot be sure. The grand jury will convene with 41 witness summons. Ray Lamphere will not testify. Coroner Mack lists Ole Budsberg’s death as unknown and his body to be buried in Iola Wisconsin.
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Laporte
Ind
Gunness Farm
J. G. Ramden
Manford
N. D
John Moe
Elbow Lake
Minn
Mr. Ramden
Chicago
Moe
First National Bank of Laporte
Bank of
Laporte Bank
Mrs. Gunness
Wesley Fogle
Bella Gunness
Prince
Laporte County Grand Jury
Gunness
Ray Lamphere
Budsberg
Iola
Mack
Moore Lake principal drowned in Kettle river rapids
A. E. Anderson principal of Moose Lake school drowned in the Kettle river near Sandstone after a small boat capsized. Professor Anderson and Walford Westholm set out from Moose Lake to Sandstone. Westholm swam to shore while Anderson disappeared in the rapids.
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Moose Lake
Minn
A. E. Anderson
Kettle River
Sandstone
Professor Anderson
Walford Westholm
Moose Horn
Kettle Rivers
Mr. Westholm
Chicago Drivers Authorize Strike Over Weekly Raise
In Chicago on May 18 a union vote cleared 5,900 truck drivers to strike after owners refused a $1.50 weekly raise. A committee will try again to secure the increase before the strike takes effect.
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Chicago
Archbishop Peter Bourgade Dies in Chicago at 63
The Most Rev. Peter Bourgade archbishop of Santa Fe died in a Chicago hospital. Cause listed as heart failure he was sixty three years old.
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Chicago
Peter Bourgade
Santa Fe
Street Car Strike Quiet in Cleveland Amid Improving Service
Cleveland, May 18. The street car strike showed no violence besides a single incident on Miles avenue where stones and sticks were thrown at a car. a conductor drew a pistol but no injuries occurred. Vice President Behner toured car barns reporting calm. International President Mahon arrived from Chicago to confer but steps back from active management. Arbitration talks are under way with state officials, though Dupont’s exact stance remained unstated.
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Cleveland
Municipal Traction Company
Miles Avenue
Behner
Railway Men’s Union
W. D. Mahen
Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway
Chicago
Mahon
Joseph Bishop
Owen
State Board of Arbitration
Negotiations to Protect American Commercial Interests Concluded
In Tokyo May 18 negotiations between the United States and Japan to secure protection for American commercial interests in Japan and Korea have reached a satisfactory conclusion. Papers are now in Washington for final signatures after three years of discussion. Ambassador Thomas J. O'Brien led talks, resulting in a mutually viewed agreement on patents copyrights and trademarks.
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Tokio
United States
Japan
Korea
Washington
Thomas J. O'Brien
Alabama voters face first presidential primary selection
Montgomery report notes the Alabama Democratic primary will directly choose a presidential candidate for the first time in state history. John A Johnson and William J Bryan appear on the ballot with the winner to receive the state's Denver delegation. Supporters of both candidates express optimism ahead of today’s vote.
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Montgomery
Ala
John A. Johnson
William J. Bryan
Alabama
Denver
Johnson
Bryan
Misappropriation Suspected in Allegheny National Bank
Pittsburg May 18. The Allegheny National Bank to close after former cashier William Montgomery is jailed on charges of misappropriating $594,000. Comptroller of the Currency assumes control as officers seek reorganization and a new cashier. City depository funds amount to about $1.5 million tied up, with protections by surety bonds. The bank, organized 1857 and chartered 1865, shows $500,000 capital, $3,049,488 loans, $829,461 profits, and $2,444,863 deposits at the last call.
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Pittsburg
Allegheny National Bank
William Montgomery
Bank
Treasury Department
William L. Folds
Montgomery
Midshipman Drowned in Annapolis Rescue Attempt
Arthur Linford Lucas of Cleveland drowned while attempting to rescue his friend Midshipman Carl D. Hibbard of Northfield Minnesota who nearly lost his life during the incident in Annapolis on May 18.
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Annapolis
Arthur Linford Lucas
Cleveland
Carl D. Hibbard
Northfield
Minn
Morse Securities aims to take over North America Bank assets
Friends of Charles W. Morse say the Bath Maine formation of Morse Securities, capital 10.9 million, seeks to transfer North America Bank assets to Morse interests. Morse, once bank vice president, plans to fund local sub treasury to repay depositors in full after Hanna receiver’s payouts.
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New York
Bath
Morse Securities Company
Morse
National Bank of North America
Charles W. Morse
Charles A. Hanna
Maine
Mr. Morse
Hanna
Three Die in Flora Crossing Collision
At a Flora Indiana crossing one mile north a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train struck a family carriage. Township Trustee James L Cripes, his wife, and two year old Ruth Cripes were killed. A second child was fatally hurt and later died. The family had been returning from a country visit when the horse bolted and the conductor could not avert the crash.
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Flora
Ind
Here
Pennsylvania Railroad
James L. Cripes
Cripes
Ruth
Mr. Cripes
Rescue Effort Fails to Save Student and Friend at Sea
After dinner at the academy two cadets launched a 16 foot canoe from the boathouse. The canoe capsized in river wash, Lucas lost grip and began drowning. Midshipman Hibbard risked his life diving to save him, nearly drowning himself. The body was recovered within an hour.
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The
Academy
Santee
Lucas
Hibbard
Manic Patient Subdued After Cliffside Struggle
Patrolman Omohundro fought a rav ing patient named George Gall on a three foot square platform eighty five feet high using a piece of iron. Gall escaped his room at the city hospital and seized the lofty cupola. He beat attendants, delaying capture until Omohundro and others subdued him and lowered him to the ground by rope.
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St. Louis
Omohundro
George Gall
City Hospital
Gall
Son of Pewamo Farmer Dies After Knife Wound
Ben Cook aged twenty one died at his Pewamo area home from a three inch knife wound in the abdomen sustained during a fight Saturday night. He did not name his assailant before dying after returning home and telling his parents he felt stomach pain.
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Sonia, Mich
Ben Cook
Pewamo
Infant found strangled in Calvary cemetery private lot
Police report an infant body discovered in Calvary cemetery in St. Paul after months in a private family plot. The infant was swaddled and had a silk necktie tied around the neck, suggesting strangulation and an attempt to hide the crime. James Schwartz, owner of the plot, found the body.
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St. Paul
James Schwartz
Capitol Avenue
Calvary Cemetery
Deaf and Dumb Inmate Struck by Train in Fergus Falls
Henry Olsen a deaf and dumb inmate at the Fergus Falls insane hospital was killed when he wandered onto eastbound Great Northern tracks and was struck by a train. Olsen's home is McIntosh Minnesota.
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Fergus Falls
Minn
Henry Olsen
Great Northern
Olsen
McIntosh
Thaw Fatigued After Long Witness Stand Trial Day
Poughkeepsie May 198- Harry Thaw slept through the night in the courthouse sheriff’s room after a three day hearing on insanity. He said he was not as nervous as reporters claimed and blamed fatigue and stenographer changes for his on stand confusion. Thaw noted a possible prejudice to his case from experts and faced discouragement as his trial neared their end. His mother Mrs Thaw visited briefly while Justice Morschauser prepared to leave White Plains and return for a May 26 decision after receiving briefs from Meiers Jerome and Graham.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
William Thaw
Thaw
Dr. Pilgrim
Meiers
Jerome
Graham
Thaw Divorce Case Seeks Further Postponement
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw’s lawyer Daniel O’Reilly plans another adjournment in the divorce case against Harry K. Thaw. He cites evidence used in the Thaw habeas corpus as a basis for delay while Mrs. Thaw contends Thaw was insane at their 1905 marriage. Colonel Franklin Bartell signals a possible motion to dismiss and opposition to further delays.
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New York
Daniel O'Reilly
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Thaw
Harry K. Thaw
Deyo
O'Reilly
Thaw Habeas Corpus Proceedings. Mrs. Thaw
Franklin Bartell
No Trace Found in Hired Man Case at Matawan
Freehold New Jersey May 18 Frank Zas tera farmhand who saved the alarm after William Shepherd his wife Josephine and their servant Jenny Bendy were shot at their Matawan home was examined for hours by police. The authorities gave no details. The manhunt for John Heren the recently discharged butler continued with aid of binahonday Bek am trace of
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Freehold
N. J
Frank Zastera
William
Sheperd
Josephine
Jenny Bendy
Matawan
John Heren
Wee
Bina Honnday
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