Roosevelts Involvement In Tuberculosis Congress In DC
President Roosevelt accepted presidency of the International Congress on Tuberculosis to be held in Washington this autumn. A House bill seeks 50000 for a Washington memorial to George Washingtons mother. Admiral Rae died in Washington leaving a naval career legacy. Legislature aims for final adjournment by May 25 barring complications.
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Roosevelt
International Congress On
Washington
George Washington
Charles Whiteside Rae
Navy
Bureau of Steam Navigation
Navy Department
House Committee On Library
Oregon Trail
Veteran Army of the Phili
United Spanish War Veterans
Spanish Veterans’ Organization
Foreign Notes: Sweden Denmark Eye Arbitration Treaty
Reports say Sweden and Denmark negotiate a treaty for arbitration of all disputes between the nations. A Cuban dynamite blast on the Vinales Highway in Pinar del Rio province killed eight and injured many. Churchill, once defeated, is elected to Parliament again from Dundee. Prisoners escape Simferopol jail after killing officials. warden wounded. Afghan ameer orders sharp penalties for holy war preaching and border tribal defections. Kaiser rumored to have studied Greek before Corfu visit, island once under Venice.
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Sweden
Denmark
Great Vinales
Pinar del Rio
Cuba
Winston Spencer Churchill
Board of Trade
West Manchester
Dundee
Simperopol
Russia
Notable Obituaries and Deaths Across North America
A roundup of prominent deaths and notable figures: Bishop Ignatius FP of Cleveland. George F. Melennan of the Canadian Northern rail road in Winnipeg. Carnegie library gift bringing Winnipeg total to 156000. Brig Gen C A Whittier aboard Mauretania. Ludovic Halevy in Paris. cricket authority Jerome Flannery in Brooklyn. Pablo Macedo in New York for Mexican rail merger talks. Governor Rollin S. Woodruff elected president of the Founders and Patriots of America. Rev Pelham Williams in Massachusetts. Dr Arthur J. Kilbourne elected president of the National Medico-psychological association. Dr Charles W. Pilgrim elected secretary. Allen Gard of Lanao killed by Moros. John H. Conklin of Orange County dead from self-inflicted lead poisoning.
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Ignatius FP. Horstman
Cleveland
George F. Melennan
Canadian Northern Railroad
Winnipeg
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie Library
C. A. Whittier
Mauretania
New York
Europe
Ludovic Halevy
Pelham Wiliams
Colorado
Greenbush
Scituate
Mass
Arthur J. Kilbourne
Rochester
Minn
National Medico-psychological Association
Cincinnati
Charles W. Pilgrim
Allen Gard
Lanao
Philippine Islands
John H. Conklin
Orange County
Conklin
Roscoe Conklin
Multiple Local Accidents and Incidents Reported
A derailed passenger train near Dean Missouri shook passengers though no serious injuries occurred. Sioux City student Charles H. Rouse found dead in his room due to an accidentally opened gas jet. Four Lehigh Valley Coal workers died in Midvale Pennsylvania from a rock and coal fall. three others hurt. Eleven year old Hoy Maile of Waterloo Iowa may lose sight in one eye from a gunshot by a younger brother. Eighteen year old Henry Frawley shot and killed in Chicago by an accidental discharge during a mock hold up by John Hefell and Steve Korsore. E A Edgington of Waterloo Iowa developed blood poisoning after trimming a corn with a pocketknife and wearing new red socks. now in serious condition at Presbyterian hospital.
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Chicago Great Western Railway
Dean
Charles H. Rouse
Morningside College
Sioux City
Prospect
Lehigh Valley Coal Company
Midvale
Little Hoy Maile
Waterloo
Iowa
Henry Frawley
Chicago
John Hefell
Steve Korsore
E. A. Edgington
Presbyterian Hospital
Notable arrests and suicides across several states
A New York lawyer promoter Charles Barry facing grand larceny arrest. Peppers Ohio tragedy as John St Clair shot his wife and then himself. Denver grand jury nets 60 indictments including public lands fencing and perjury. Detroit officials Smith and Newberry indicted on police protection claims. West Point alumnus Charles E Bainford commits suicide in Washington. Walter C Slater, 20, commits suicide after Sunday school banquet setup. Rockford indictments against ex aldermen Dunn Nash Woolsey for bribe deal with Central Heating and Power Co. pleas entered and fines of 2000 each.
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Charles Barry
West Virginia
New York
Peppers
Ohio
John St. Clair
Denver
Smith
Newberry
Detroit
Annie Smith
Charles E. Bainford
West Point
Washington
Adjt
Ainsworth
Army
Rockford, Il
E. C. Dunn
John Nash
C. H. Woolsey
Central Heating and Power Company
Dunn
Nash
Woolsey
Propositions Pass In San Francisco Special Election
Propositions totalling 1.8 million dollars secure the two thirds needed in San Francisco. A large convention of hosiery manufacturers meets in Philadelphia and adopts tariff critique resolutions. An interstate rail accident bulletin notes declines in casualties. Gopher bounty funds paid in Ida county Iowa with reward for tailor-made misdeeds. Robbery arrests in Menominee Michigan uncover partly re-enameled bicycles. A land deal in Pittsburg transfers 1150 acres to Kanawas Company with 63 wells. Big Horn canal irrigation advances. 54 miles of canal carry water, costing 400000 dollars and stage three years.
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Pittsburg
Eagle of
Kanawha of
Lawrence
Crawford Counties
Hnois
Big Horn County
Wyoming
Big Horn River
Laporte Death Farm Case Draws In Grand Jury
In Laporte Indiana authorities pursue Bella Gunness case as grand jury prepares to hear evidence. Nine victims including a woman and child are linked to the so called Port of Missing Men. Prosecutor Smith plans to call about thirty witnesses as three more bodies are identified.
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Laporte
Ind
Guinness
Meyer
Helgelein
Miss Olsen
Ray Lamphere
Smith
Bella Gunness
Gunness Home
Indiana
C. S. Mack
Ole O. Buisberg
Iowa
Wis
Farmers’ State Bank
Mack
Gunness
Minneapolis
Gust Gunness
Peter Gunness
Peter
Tragic Gunness Farm Draws Thousands of Sightseers
Up to 15000 visitors crowded the Gunness farm at Larotte Indiana yesterday before sunset. Many sought info about missing relatives while others joked about the infamous estate as families picnicked on the lawn and orchard.
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Guinness
Larotte
Ind
J. H. William Meyer
Andrew Helgelein
Mansfield
S. D
Jennie Olsen
Belle Guinness
Meyer
Helgelein
Clean-up Day Activates Crookston and McIntosh Schools
In Crookston on May 13 the town observes a large clean-up day. McIntosh, east of Crookston, raises a garden with help from public school pupils. The village closed stores and businesses as residents joined the effort, overhauling highways and private properties.
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Crookston
McIntosh
Here
Nurse Weds Patient in Ishpeming romance
Leonard Johnson head chemist for United States Steel Marquette mines married Mrs Mattle Crozier a trained nurse at Ishpeming hospital. They met when Johnson was hospitalized for appendicitis and Crozier attended him during his operation and recovery.
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Munsing, Mich
Leonard Johnson
Mattle Crozier
Ishpeming
Marquette Range
United States Steel Corporation
Ishpeming Hospital
Governors Unite On Declaration At The National Conference
The first governors conference ends with President Roosevelt praising its ample results. A permanent organization for executive cooperation is formed. The declaration calls for united action to protect natural resources and urges future meetings, with Bryan delivering a unifying speech.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Ceference
Bryan
William J. Bryan
Congress
Plan Big Memorial Day Parade in St. Cloud
A Citizens' staff organized to oversee Memorial Day observances in St. Cloud Minnesota plans a May 30 mass meeting in the Davidson opera house with Minneapolis attorney Hall as speaker. A 2000-strong parade of school children unions fraternal groups and the Criite City band will march in the morning followed by a gathering at Empire Park.
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St. Cloud
Minn
Citizens’ Staff
Attorney Hall of
Minneapolis
Davidson Opera House
Criite City Band
Empire Park
Mail Robberies Drain $12,000 At Winnipeg Post Office
Detectives fail to halt a string of registered mail robberies at the Winnipeg post office with total losses about $12,000. Several clerks were dismissed or suspended as investigations continue.
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Winnipeg
Fatal accident ends young playmate’s life in Wisconsin
In Eau Claire on May 17 a 13 year old girl, Gertrude Kepp of Brunswick, was accidentally shot and killed by Henry Droege, a playmate, while he tended her father Gramel Kepp’s cows.
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Eau Claire
Wis
Gertrude
Gramel Kepp
Brunswick
Henry Droege
Car Robbery Report From Wisconsin Track
Henry Zirbel of near Nekoosa says a hold up on the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul track between Grand Rapids and Nekoosa last night robbed him of 28 dollars in cash.
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Grand Rapids
Wis
Henry Zirbel
Nekoosa
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Senate passes Aldrich modified currency bill in conference risk
Washington May 16 The Vreeland currency bill moved from the house to the senate where Senator Aldrich reported the amended Aldrich bill and the senate passed it by a strict party vote. The measure was sent to conference as efforts to reach agreement continue amid a swift house adjournment pace. The military appropriation and omnibus public buildings bills also cleared the house leaving only the general deficiency bill for debate.
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Washington
House
Senate
Committee On Finance
Aldrich
Vreeland
Mrs Rakness Found Dead in Lake At Avoca Minn
Avoca Minnesota May 17 the body of Mrs Ole Rakness who vanished from her home two weeks earlier was found floating in the lake near town. Neighbors had spent the evening at the Rakness home before she disappeared and later it is thought she waded into water beyond her depth and died by her own action caused by poor health and possible temporary insanity.
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Avoca
Minn
Ole Rakness
Rakness
Cedar Rapids teacher elopes to Minnesota for romance
Miss Emily Mittvalsky, a Cedar Rapids schoolteacher, came to Iowa City for a visit and departed unexpectedly for Deer Lake Minnesota. A telegram from Deer Lake says she wed Fred Vobojda a local telegraph operator and will not return to Cedar Rapids.
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Cedar Rapids
Minnesota
Iowa City
Iowa
Emily Mittvalsky
Deer Lake
Minn
Fred Vobojda
Raymond Bound Over In Stephen Bank Robbery Case
Warren Minn May 17 James E Raymond alias Joseph Zatinski one of the alleged Stephen bank robbers bound over to await the next Marshall county grand jury meeting June 22. A Jones another suspect released for lack of evidence. George Givens held as an alleged North Dakota fugitive linked to the Mannville robberies.
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Raymond
Jones
Warren
Minn
James E. Raymond
Joseph Zatinski
Stephen
Marshall County
George Givens
North Dakota
Manville
Pearl Found in Pig Pen Near La Cresse Wisconsin
In La Cresse Wisconsin May 17 B F Roberts near History ten miles south unearthed a near perfect pearl valued at about $200 while digging a garden patch in a pig pen fed with mussel scraps. The pearl likely entered the pen years ago with mussel meal and lay hidden in mud for three or four years.
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Frias
la Cresse
Wis
B. FP. Roberts
Here
Son Rescues Parents From Blaze Near Belle Plaine
A home near Belle Plaine Minnesota burned last night. Jacob Afholter and his wife were asleep when the fire started and were unaware until their son, returning from town, rescued them from the upper story. Property valued about $3,500 with $600 insurance.
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Belle Plaine
Minn
Jacob Afholter
IOWAN WINS AT CARLETON HOME ORATORICAL CONTEST
Edwin P. Dickinson of Osage Iowa won first place in Carleton college home oratorical contest in Northfield Minnesota on May 17. His oration titled Cavalier La Salle earned him $40 and advances him to the next year's state contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tory
Northfield
Minn
Edwin P. Dickinson
Osage
Iowa
Carleton
Cavalier la Salle
Carleton College
Man Dies in Minnesota Hemorrhage at Wood Camp
Anton Halvorcon, about sixty, drifted into Bagley last fall and worked in county wood camps. He collapsed and died last evening from a lung hemorrhage in Minnesota.
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Bagley
Minn
Anton Halvorcon
Woman Adjudged Insane After Fire Attempt in Gonvick Area
Olivia Gottland of Gonvick Minnesota was declared insane and committed to Fergus Falls hospital after trying to burn her own house in Bagley May 17 authorities reported.
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Bagley
Minn
Olivia Gottland
Gonvick
Fergus Falls
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Ameer
Afghanistan
Berlin
Corfu
Venice
Walter C. Slater
Boyne Falls, Mich
Mr. Slater
San Francisco
United States
Chicago Volee
National Association of Hosiery Manufacturers
Philadelphia
Germany
Ida County
Verner
Frank Bird
Ernest Daner
Menominee, Mich
Man IS
Laporte Death Farm
Lamphere
Gunness Syndicate
Thomas Way
Peter S. Guinness
William Rogiski
Aldrich Bil
Cupid Kidonaps
Pearl
Ora
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