Autograph Letter To King Edward Signals War Peace Talks
London May 9 dispatch reports President Roosevelt sent autograph letter to King Edward urging possible peace in the Far East. Durand carries the letter. Edward may reply to Choate as news from St. Petersburg notes rising hostilities in Manchuria.
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Manchester
England
Mortimer Durand
United States
Edward
Roosevelt
Far East
Choate
St. Petersburg
Chunebaling
Manchuria
Italian Miner Slain in Suspected Mistaken Identity Case
Pittston May 9 Gioseppe Castel lina an Italian, 42, was shot four times by an unknown assailant as he neared his boardinghouse. Police doubt a personal motive, believing he was mistaken for a hostile boarder. He carried a revolver and bullet, but had no chance to defend himself.
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Pittston
Gnriseppi Castellina
Galseppi
Galeeppi
Eulette
Richmond Man Kills Wife Then Ends His Own Life
Mentally unbalanced Frederick W. Hill, a machinist in Richmond Virginia, shot and killed his wife early this morning and then killed himself. Eight children are left orphaned by the tragedy after Hill attempted to shoot a twelve year old boy who witnessed the crime.
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Richmond
Frederick W. Hill
Hill
San Francisco Board Rejects Mixed School Attendance
San Francisco's board of education pledges to exclude Chinese and Japanese pupils from schools with white students. The board votes unanimously against mingling white and Mongolian pupils and favors separate schools for Chinese and Japanese students.
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San Francisco
San Franciseco
Board of Education
Five Dollars in Gold for Best Decorated Building
Mr Starin of the Enterprise Decorating Company announced a five dollar gold prize for the best decorated building during Red Men's week. Judges will be local businessmen. Starin is at the Patton House to take orders.
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Starin
Enterprise Decorating Company
Ila
Patton House
Virginia Grand Lodge Opens Annual Meeting in Lynchburg
The Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows of Virginia convened in Lynchburg on May 9 with a public session. Rev T H Athey led a prayer followed by welcomes from Hon Don P Halsey and remarks by Grand Master C W Morrie and other leaders. Rebekahs held a morning session and after a trolley ride hosted by Lynchburg Traction Company this afternoon.
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Lynchburg
Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows of Virginia
Hill City Lodge
T. H. Athey
Don. P. Halsey
C. W. Morrie
Halsey
Hill City
C. Butt
Odd Fellows
Norman Rebby
Rebekahs
Lynchburg Traction Company
Treasury deficit continues to grow in May reporting
Washington reported a deficit of about 35 million dollars with seven weeks left to cut it to 20 million. Officials warn the May first deficit piled up by one million, doubting a rapid reduction and predicting a year end shortfall of 25 million or more despite hopes for a June surplus of seven to eight million.
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Washington
Treasury
Jane
Treasury Department
Shaw
Full pardon for Mrs Maybrick refused
Washington cable from Ambassador Choate reports the British government will not extend clemency to Florence E. Maybrick. The complete pardon sought would clear her record for testifying in Baroness von Roques versus Armstrong over land in Virginia and Kentucky. The baroness arrived in Washington, disappointed at the decision.
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Washington
State Department
Choate
Florence E. Maybrick
Maybrick
Mrs. Maybrick
Hayden
Jeffries Bequeaths Title to Fitzsimmons
Chicago May 9. James J. Jeffries champion heavyweight pugilist announced his retirement from boxing and bequeathed the title of champion to Bob Fitzsimmons while he is away with a Davy Crockett engagement at a nearby theatre.
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Chicago
Ill
James J. Jeffries
Davy Crockett
Bob Fitzsimmons
Tornado Clears Western Town Amid Boxing Farewell
The article notes a terrible tornado in a western town and details boxing veteran retirement after a hard fight with Bob. It quotes a boxer claiming he never was defeated by Fitzsimmons and announces J. Foies’s muscular rheumatism affecting his hands and upcoming retirement from the stage and ring after this Saturday’s engagement.
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Fitzsimmons
Bob
J. Ffoies
Voting for Queen Becoming Interesting Event Brief
The article notes rising interest in the Queen vote with 8020 total votes and a May 11 runoff to be announced by The Daily Telegraph. Tickets are on sale at Carnival Headquarters Flat Top Installment Co and drugstores Altamont Hotel West End Metropolitan Crockett Goodykoontz White's Wilson's J. Baker clarifies Miss Lizzie Baker is not a candidate and asks no more votes be cast.
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Daily Telegraph
Carnival
Frank Mastin
Altamont Hotel
West End
Crockett & Goodykoontz
White's Pharmacy
Wilson's Drug Store
J. Baker
Lizzie Baker
Norfolk and Western Dividend Increase Consideration
A Pennsylvania Railroad director said the Norfolk and Western is earning more than double its dividend and the board intended to raise the rate from three to four percent. President Johnson asked to defer the increase until improvements from surplus earnings could be completed, debunking reports that poor business or outlook caused the dividend issue.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Norfolk and Western
Johnson
Washington
Red Men's Special Day Set Apart
Friday May 19 is proclaimed Red Men's Day during the Carnival with all Red Men invited to join the parade and queen’s crowning. Robinson's Italian Band of 20 will lead the procession. Tribes from coal fields and elsewhere are asked to bring their own make-up for entry. The parade start time and starting point to be announced.
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Robinson
Excelsior Tailoring Lets Go Two Workers
To the public the Excelsior Tailoring Co announces that Robert Jamison and A Newt Kaypere are no longer in its employ. The notice is dated from 561 W.
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Robert Jamison
A. Newt. Kaypere
Excelsior Tailoring CO
Tornado Rips Marquette Kansas Killing and Wounding Many
Reports from Marquette Kansas describe a severe tornado that struck at midnight. The Swedish Lutheran church opera house and several blocks were wrecked while the business district escaped major damage. Officials say twenty dead and many injured with telegraph down delaying full casualty figures. The storm swept a hundred yards wide through the town and into nearby farming country before fading.
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Kansas City
Marquette
Kan
Selina
Swedish Lutheran Church
Tragic Public Suicide At Tamb Ling Ran Lake
Hundreds witnessed the death of 22 year old Mrs. Harry Phillips of Mt. Carbon as she drowned herself at Tamb Ling Ran lake after a dispute with her husband over home keys. She surfaced twice, raised a crucifix, then disappeared. Her body was recovered after hours of search.
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Potteville
Harry Phillips
Mt. Carbon
Tambling Ran Lake
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