Suffragist Death In Acid Bath Shock New York
Henry Sheib identifies the murdered woman as his wife Lillian Glover Sheib of Holyoke Massachusetts after her body is found in a locked apartment bath at 511 East Seventy eighth street. Detectives inspect the scene as the case is investigated by local and central office authorities.
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New York
Henry Sheib
East Seventy-eighth Street
Sheib
Lillian Glover
Holyoke
Mass
Missing Suffragette Writer Lillian Sheib Case Moves to Yorkville Court
Superficial viewing suggested a small woman's corpse leading neighbors to recall Lillian Sheib, a suffragette writer not seen since February. Her husband Sheib faced arraignment on a technical charge and was detained after an adjournment by Magistrate Barlow at Yorkville Court.
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Lillian
Yorkville Court
Barlow
Unsettled Boston Forecast Prompted by New England Weather
Forecast for New England indicates unsettled conditions in Boston and vicinity on Wednesday with a threat from the south, followed by likely showers Thursday. Light variable winds, mostly east, accompany the brief unsettled spell as the region tracks a developing weather pattern.
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Vicinity
Washington
New England
Yesterday's Temperature Report From Thompson's Spa
Average yesterday temperature 66 degrees with a high 70 and low 53. Data shows hourly readings ending at 7 p m with evening low around 52 and a rain note for the midweek. Yesterday compared to last year shows 66 versus 55.12 with a rainfall mention a year ago.
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Thompson
Yesterday's Scores Highlight Busy Baseball Day Across Leagues
Morning and afternoon games feature Phillies and Giants, Red Sox and Yankees, plus Brooklyn and Pittssburg wins. Also reports of crowd unrest at a Brockton game, and college results Harvard over Andover by one run and Yale over Brown.
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Harvard
Andover
Yale
Brown
de Mar
Exeter
World’s first no-tips hotel offers private baths units
European plan over one mile frontage outside rooms markets the only hotel of its size with private baths in every room and long distance telephone in each room. Dining room proclaims no tipping. Rates list 60 single suites at 1.50 per day, 100 double suites at 2.00, 350 alcove double suites at 2.50 to 8.00 per day. Baggage transferred free.
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United States
Roosevelt Attacks Tafts Peace Plan at Grant's Tomb
Ex-President Theodore Roosevelt accuses Tafts peace approach of deceit and urges strength through a first class Navy and capable crews. He insists nations honor peace only if the United States remains formidable and dismisses flattery as a path to conflict resolution.
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Roosevelt
Grant
President Taft as the Enemy of War at Arlington
On Memorial Day in New York Theodore Roosevelt joined General Daniel E. Sickles at Grant's Tomb to denounce “false apostles of peace” as the crowds cheered. Taft’s remarks on war and peace were cited, arguing for refusal to go to war over insults and arbitration over armed conflict.
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Arlington
New York
Theodore Roosevelt
Daniel E. Sickles
Grant
Vitriol Attack Targets Woman in Harrison Street
Bernard Kaufman, a Philadelphia printing house agent, threw vitriol at Mrs Emma J McCord in her Harrison street home after she spurned him. She suffers severe facial burns and possible loss of sight and was taken to Memorial Hospital. Kaufman surrendered at the police station. Mrs McCord, a dress maker with five children, is separated from her Providence-based husband.
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Pawtucket
Emma J. McCord
Bernard Kaufman
Philadelphia
Harrison Street
Memorial Hospital
Trolley Crash Kills One In New Haven Derby Run
One man is dead and ten injured after a rear end collision between two trolley cars on a level stretch near Race Brook station Orange. James Malone of Orange died in the crash as the forward car was stopped to discharge a passenger and was struck by the following Derby crew car trapping passengers.
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Race Brook
Orange
James Malone
Mrs Hibbard to Debut on Stage in The Chorus Lady
Mrs George A Hibbard widow of Boston’s ex mayor will debut at the Majestic Theatre next Monday evening in The Chorus Lady as the show girl. She has long been active in Boston private theatricals and has earned praise for Peg Woffington and Lady Teazle.
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George A. Hibbard
Boston
Majestic Theatre
Mrs. Hibbard
Peg Woffington
Park Theatre
Hibbard
Lady Teazle
BE. Chickering
Cemeteries Flower Strewn to Honor Nation's Dead
A vast remembrance across Massachusetts cemeteries marks Memorial Day with drums and bugles. Notable graves in Mount Auburn and Cedar Grove are adorned by Post 134, the Sons of Veterans, and city groups, honoring figures from Julia Ward Howe to ex Mayor Hibbard. Over 10,000 attended Cedar Grove ceremonies as wreaths and bunting brightened the grounds.
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Boston
Julia Ward Howe
Henry W. Longfellow
Robert Gould Shaw
George A. Hibbard
Joseph Warren
William M. Olin
Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Theodore Thomas
Rufus Choate
Artemus Ward
Mount Auburn Cemetery
George T. Angell
Massachusetts S. P. C. A
Edwin Booth
Charlotte Cushman
Thomas Batley Aldrich
James Russell Lowell
Dorothea Dix
Fanny Fern
Oliver Wendell Holmes
William E. Russell
Roger Wolcott
Fanny Parnell
Robert Bell
Colored
John A. Andrew
Mt. Auburn
Cedar Grove Cemetery
Dorchester
Benjamin Stone Post
Sons of Veterans
Soldiers’ Monument
Hibbard
Letter Carriers’ Association
John F. Fitzgerald
Auto race tragedy leaves crew injured in fiery crash
Arthur Greiner suffers a fractured arm while driver Harry Knight and several crew members sustain injuries. Mechanicians Dave Lewis, John T. Glover, Bob Evans, and John Wood are bruised or run over in the incident as they leaped from the car.
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Arthur Greiner
Dave Lewis
Harry Knight
John T. Glover
Bob Evans
Harroun Wins First 500-Mile Speedway Race in Marmon
At Indianapolis May 30 the first 500 mile speedway race ends with Ray Harroun in a Marmon finishing in 6 hours 41 minutes 8 seconds. Ralph Mulford places second in a Lozier and David Bruce-Brown third in a Fiat. One mechanic S P Dickson of Chicago dies in a back stretch crash while Arthur Greiner survives with fractures and a skull injury. Several other crashes mar the event as cars collide or lose tires.
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Marmon
Mulford
Bruce Brown
Motor Speedway
Indianapolis
Harroun
Ralph Mulford
Lozier
David Bruce- Brown
Fiat
S. P. Dickson
Chicago
Arthur Greiner
Greiner
Dickson
Boston
Amplex Company
Teddy Towrlall
Louis Disbrow
Pope-Hartford
Disbrow
Cambridge Robbers Nabbed After Highwaymen Attack
Fernandino Ferdinando, a Maine lumberjack, was beaten and robbed on Aberdeen avenue after meeting three men at a hotel in the North End. Police arrested Charles Parnilli, Salvatore Melisse, and Angelo Lenziani at 139 Rushing Street Cambridge.
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Cambridge
Aberdeen Avenue
Cambridge Hospital
Fernelli Ferdinando
Maine
Ferdinando
North End
Charles Parnilli
Salvatore Melisse
Angelo Lenziani
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