Long challenges Roosevelt over wolf killing claims in letter
Dr William J Long publicizes a letter to President Roosevelt disputing charges in a magazine article about his book Northern Trails. He asserts wolf behavior and vows to retract false statements if proven, calling Roosevelt to apologize publicly. He cites wolf killings of caribou and Indian testimonies supporting his view. He asks for a square deal and an admission of error.
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Stamford
Conn
William J. Long
Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
The
United States
Dr. Long
Packers Lose First Skirmish Over Post-Mortem Rules
Chicago May 20. The first day of post-mortem inspection for cattle purchases saw only high grade beef sold in Chicago stock yards as packers failed to buy any cows or heifers. All 3000 cow stock were sold to other cities at 10 to 20 percent lower prices. independent shippers and country buyers helped the sellers keep cows and heifers out of the Chicago market.
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Chicago
Commission
Knife attack on worker on crowded Denver streetcar
An unknown African American man stabbed Fred Thomson, a Western Packing company employee, in the breast on a crowded Denver streetcar after reportedly overhearing insulting remarks about his race. Thomson died from the injuries.
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Denver
Colo
Fred Thomson
Western Packing Company
Lake Sailor Drowned Near Lake Huron Storm
Sault Ste. Marie Mich May 30 The steamer Mahanna reported a sailor named Bert Cable washed overboard and drowned during a Lake Huron storm while passing the locks yesterday.
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Sault Ste. Marie, Mich
Lake Huron
Bert Cable
Woman Hangs Self in Barn Near Plymouth
Mason City Iowa May 30 Mrs Joe Navrital hanged herself at her Plymouth home. She left a letter saying she wanted to get away from trouble.
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Mason City
Iowa
Joe Navrital
Plymouth
Insurance Man Is Indicted In Equitable Probe
New York May 30 grand jury in the Equitable Life Assurance inquiry returns eighteen indictments against Thomas D. Jordan former controller. Charges include perjury and forgery in the third degree for year end entries designed to mislead the state insurance superintendent. No indictments against top officials. The case mirrors actions against Metropolitan Life president John R. Hegeman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Thomas D. Jordan
The
Equitable
John R. Hegeman
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Jordan
State Department of Insurance
Insurance Department
Attempted murder plot targets doctor with Black Hand device
New York reports detectives probe a dangerous infernal machine sent to Dr. Marker G. Dadirrian, Armenian physician. A box containing three shotgun shells exploded when opened, bearing skull and crossbones and a threat from the Black Hand. Police note prior threats demanding ten thousand dollars.
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New York
M. D. Dadirrian
Marker G. Dadirrian
Voliva Ordered to Vacate Zion City Leases
Receiver John C. Hately orders General Overseer Voliva to relinquish control of Zion City buildings. Leases on the tabernacle administration buildings and public schools to expire June 1 after Voliva, who ousted Dowie, seeks payment from Zion City bank.
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Zion
Chicago
Voliva
John Alexander Dowie
Zion City
John C. Hately
Hately
Zion City Bank
Corporation Counsel Moves to Oust Gas Firms
In New York City on May 29 the Corporation Counsel filed a suit in the supreme court to compel the Consolidated Gas company and eight other firms to relinquish their franchises and to cancel permits to use city streets. The city alleges all original gas company franchises expired by limitation.
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New York
Consolidated Gas Company
Supreme Court
Ellison
Golden Wedding Celebrated at Rock Dell Minnesota
Prominent public figures marked their golden wedding at Rock Dell in Olmsted county Minnesota. The couple aged seventy six and seventy four were born in Norway and came to America as children. They married in Liberty Prairie Wisconsin in 1857 and settled on a quarter section farm where they have lived since. They have two sons a daughter and eight grandchildren.
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Rock Dell
Olmsted County
Minnesota
Norway
Mr. Syverson
Christiania
America
Wisconsin
Liberty Prairie
Wis
Thirza Smith Dudley
Ortonville
Minn
C. A. Chamberlain
Phillips
John G. Dudley
Lights
Dietz and son return to Winter after two-year absence
John Dietz and his son Clarence surprise residents of Winter Chippewa Falls Wisconsin after two years away claiming they came unarmed to shop and learn how the world is faring. They challenge Sheriff Clark’s posse and a 100-man capture plan as a farce. Dietz says he will visit again and will enforce trespass rights with force if needed.
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Chippewa Falls
Wis
John Dietz
Clarence
Clark
Dietz
Mystery in Death at Lake Superior Beach
Duluth detectives investigate a bruised body found near Seventieth Avenue East on Lake Superior. A handbag contains a letter to Gertrude Pierce, suggesting a sister link but no known home or identity for the woman believed to be Mary Pierce. Authorities weigh suicide against foul play as the key question.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duluth
Minn
Mary Pierce
Gertrude Pierce
Lake Superior
Seventieth Avenue
Fire Ravages Decorah Dry Goods Firms
A major blaze in Decorah Iowa last night devastated A Neish & Sons dry goods stock and damaged Larsen Bros clothiers. Neish stock valued around 40000 with 28000 insured. Larsen stock about 15000 insured for 9000. Local insurers estimate losses near 75 percent of stock value and salvage expected to be higher for Neish.
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Neish & Sons
Decorah
Iowa
A. Neish & Sons
Larsen Bros
Neish
Panic at picture show in Williston theater
A fire from a moving picture projector caused a panic among women and children at a Williston North Carolina theater on May 28. The crowd surged toward the exits but a few calm men helped quell the fear and no serious injuries occurred.
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Williston
N. C
Massive crowd tragedy at Soo Chow creek bridge collapse
News from Shanghai reports during the Ta Wang Miamo festival a huge crowd gathered on a bridge over Soo Chow creek. Police pushing back spectators caused a crowd crush against a flimsy railing, which broke under the pressure and more than a hundred people were pitched into the water and drowned.
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Victoria
B. C
Shanghai
Soo Chow Creek
Kaiser Wilhelm der Große Runs Aground Near Channel
The North German Lloyd steamship Kaiser Wilhelm der Große ran aground on the west edge of the main ship channel at 11 15 last night. She rests easy and in no danger. It is believed she can be floated at the next high tide without assistance.
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New York
Doctor W. T. Lynn Celebrates 102nd Birthday in Pana
Celebrates 102d birthday in Pana Illinois as Dr W T Lynn a longtime local physician dines with about 500 guests yesterday he remains in good health and spirits after years of service to the community
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Pana
Ill
W. T. Lynn
Lightning strikes Clyde residence during birthday party
In Winona Minnesota on May 28 lightning hit Davie Ball's Clyde home during a 20th birthday celebration. Everyone present was shocked but no one suffered serious injuries.
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Winona
Minn
Davie Ball
Clyde
Child Dies After Falling Into Bonfire Near Hopkinton
Three year old Lloyd Huggins son of a local farmer near Hopkinton Iowa died after falling into a bonfire on May 28. The tragedy occurred on farmland nearby with authorities reporting the accidental death.
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Hopkinton
Iowa
Lloyd Huggins
Here
Grand Forks Woman Breaks Quarantine and Raves
Mrs. Herman Lee, wife of a laborer, fled quarantine in Grand Forks breaking the smallpox isolation. She sobbed cried and cursed while dragging a child through the business section, driven by fear that quarantine was not released and she has become temporarily unbalanced.
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Herman Lee
Grand Forks
Demented Woman Fatally Slays Mother Then Burns The Garments
In Chicago on May 30 Miss Philaner Swinnen thirty, believed demented, shot and killed her mother, attempted to kill her father, and then set fire to her garments, dying in the blaze.
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Chicago
Philaner Swinnen
Fergus Falls Youth Dies After Carbolic Acid Ingestion
Fergus Falls Minnesota May 28 Ches ter Blood a young man of the city took a large dose of carbolic acid and died within minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fergus Falls
Minn
Chester Blood
Bradley Trial Set in October in Raleigh Case
Mrs. Anna M. Bradley faces trial in Criminal Court No. 1 on October 7 for the slaying of Senator Arthur M. Brown of Utah during a Raleigh hotel incident last fall.
Runaway Accident Claims Ranch Hand in Montana
May 28 report from Miles City Mont states Samuel Miller an employee of a local ranchman near Shirley was killed in a runaway accident on the ranch.
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Miles City
Mont
Samuel Miller
Shirley
Foley Installed as New State Railroad Commissioner
C. Hammond, secretary of the state board of railroad commissioners, turned over the place to James W. Foley who succeeds him. The board has ordered construction of sidings along railroads and expects them to be built soon.
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C. Hammond
State Board of Railroad Commissioners
James W. Foley
Board of Commissioners
Free Rides for School Children in Victoria Australia
Victoria authorities provide free electric bus transport for school children. The program covers both trips to and from school, offering no charge to families.
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Victoria
Australia
Baby Dies After Eating Poison Strychnine Candy
In Keota Iowa on May 28 Della Snyder three years old mistook strychnine tablets for candy and died two hours later.
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Baby
Keota
Iowa
Della Snyder
Prominent Iowa Merchants Suicide After Breakfast
J E Brown of Charleton Iowa, a noted business man, died after shooting himself in his room following a hearty breakfast. Rumors say a sudden financial worry triggered the act.
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Dines
Self
Charleton
Iowa
J. E. Brown
Vergas Miss Wins Gold Medal in Frazee Contest
Miss May Rossmiller of Vergas won the Frazee gold medal contest and will represent Frazee in the grand gold medal contest at Fergus Falls next month.
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Frazee, Minn
May Rossmiller
Vergas
Frazee
Fergus Falls
Earling Announces Milwaukee Extension Progress
President A J Earling and officials of the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway tour the Pacific coast extension route. He denies any cessation of construction and says trains will run from the Missouri River to Butte by January 1 1908.
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Earling
Milwaukee
A. J. Earling
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company
Pacific Coast
Missouri River
Butte
Mr. Earling
Hero at Three Years: Boy Saves Girl From Flood
Maitland South Carolina May 30. Martin Berg Jr aged three years five months is hailed as the state’s youngest hero. While Gladys Swallow aged three fell into a creek swollen by recent rains Martin plunged in seized her dress and pulled her to shore.
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Maitland
S.C
Martin Berg, Jr
Gladys Swallow
Martin
Engine fumes kill two men near Stanford Montana
Arthur Woods and Everett Hall died and were overcome by gasoline engine fumes while sleeping in a small house over the engine near the mouth of the tunnel on the Billings & Northern road. Woods supervised the engine. Hall helped.
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Lewistown
Mont
Arthur Woods
Everett Hall
Billings & Northern Road
Stanford
Wood
Hill
Sheep Camp Raided by Masked Bandits West of Casper
News from Billings Montana reports fourteen masked raiders on horseback attacked a sheep camp west of Casper Wyoming. The sheep and camp equipment suffered minor damage while the herders were tied and assaulted.
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Billings
Mont
Casper
Wyo
Woman Found Dead in Hotel Cistern in Linwood
The body of Mrs. Wallin, missing since November 1906, was recovered yesterday from a cistern at the Merchants hotel by Miss Ada Keeley who had arrived from Minneapolis earlier that year. Mrs. Wallin resided twelve miles southwest of Lidgerwood.
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Hotel Reservoir
Linwood
N. C
Wallin
Merchants Hotel
Ada Keeley
Keeley
Minneapolis
Lidgerwood
Bull Attacks Girl Injuring Child in South Dakota
In Huron South Dakota on May 30 a thirteen year old girl, daughter of Herman Koplin, was attacked by a vicious bull while her father was away tending cattle. She suffered three broken ribs and a broken leg above the knee.
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Huron
S. D
Herman Koplin
Fall May Prove Fatal for Workman at Dock
Matt Charron was knocked from a fuel company dock boom and fell about thirty feet to a boat below. He suffered a severe head injury and doctors said there was little chance of recovery. The accident occurred in Washburn, Wisconsin, on May 30.
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Washburn
Wis
Matt Charron
Foul Play Suspected In River Death
Fargo North Dakota May 80 The floater found in the river Sunday is Gust M Thorne a machinist of the Northern Pacific who had been missing three weeks The coroner s jury found many injuries on the body but did not determine the cause of death Foul play is suspected
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Fargo
N. D
Gust M. Thorne
Northern Pacific
Prying Costs Finger in Dynamite Cap Accident
Manchester Iowa May 30 traveling salesman Charles Furman pried at a dynamite cap thinking it a rifle shell. An explosion cost him one finger and badly shattered his hand.
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Manchester
Iowa
Jury Awards $7,750 in Railway Injury Case
In Winona Minnesota on May 30 a United States court jury awarded John Moore seven thousand seven hundred fifty dollars against the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway for broken limbs after a derrick on his car broke during work.
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Winona
Minn
United States
John Moore
Chicago, Milwaukee
Special jury drawn for Kaufmann case in Flandreau
A special venue of 120 jurymen has been drawn by Judge Smith for the Em ma Kaufmann case to be tried here on June 4. The county is expected to provide an unbiased jury with relative ease.
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Flandreau
S. D
Smith
Emma Kaufmann
Residence Burned in Glenwood Wis Losses Cited
The residence of B. Brickley in Glenwood Wisconsin burned to the ground causing about 1800 dollars in damage with roughly 1100 dollars covered by insurance.
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Glenwood
Wis
B. Brickley
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John Burke
North Dakota
Viscount Aoki
Washington
Uncle Sam
San Francisco
J. J. Astor
Howard Warren
London
Yankton College
Mitchell
S. C
Susject
New Orient
News of the Northwest
Cameron Dam
George W. Norwell
Wesleyan University
South Dakota
Oxford
Bolt Shocks Party
Foley
Hero
Bull
Girl
Kaufmann
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