Niagara Falls Preservation Leader Denounces Waterways Report
J Horace McFarland of Harrisburg president of the American Civic Society criticizes the international waterways commission report sent to Congress by President Roosevelt. He calls for preservation, urges protest to Roosevelt, and supports the Burton Lodge Niagara preservation bill blocking Canadian power imports and a 40 percent water diversion. McFarland says broad congressional backing exists for the Burton Lodge measure.
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Preservation Society
Harrisburg
J. Horace McFarland
American Civic Society
Niagara Falls
International Waterways Committee
Congress
Roosevelt
American Section
the Waterways Commission
Power Companies and Waterways Commission
Burton
Rivers and Harbors Committee
House
Niagara
Canada
International Waterways Commission
America
McFarland
Schooner Algeria Sinks Off Cleveland Harbor
The schooner Algeria sank about two miles from Cleveland harbor after a storm. The Iron Queen sits in a sinking condition outside the breakwater. eight crew members were rescued by Captain Motley and the life saving crew amid rough seas.
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Cleveland
Army balloons photograph San Francisco ruins for war files
The signal corps is taking panoramic pictures from balloons to document San Francisco's ruins. Hundreds of photos of buildings have been captured and three balloons ordered to complete the city panorama for the War Department in Washington.
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San Francisco
Signal Corps
United States Army
War Department
Washington
Indemnity Paid for Missionary Property in Lien Chow Riot
The viceroy of Canton paid the American consul Julius G. Lay $60,000 as indemnity for missionary buildings personal property and converts claims following the October riot at Lien Chow. Funds to be transferred to the Presbyterian settlement at Lien Chow.
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Hongkong
Canton
Julius G. Lay
Lien Chow
Murder Suicide in Denver Tenderloin Home
A man shot and killed Leona Flammer, 35, in a Denver tenderloin district house early Wednesday and then shot himself. Reports say she had lived in fear of him after a period of friendship.
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Denver
Tenderloin
Leona Flammer
Pittsburg Bank Fails After Commissioner Action
Pittsburg on May 9 saw the Columbia Savings and Trust company closed by banking commissioner order. President William J. Diehl, formerly Pittsburg mayor, and secretary treasurer J. M. Wotan lead the institution with capital stock 145000 dollars deposits 200000 dollars loans 290000 dollars and a 60000 dollar surplus.
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Pittsburg
Columbia Savings and Trust Company
William J. Diehl
J. M. Wotan
Thornton Missing. Confederate Hotel Proprietor Sought
Paris Texas May 9. J. J. Thornton a leading hotel proprietor has been missing since Tuesday friends and relatives search for him He was a gallant Confederate.
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Thornton
Paris
Tex
J. Thornton
Vesuvius Eruption Sends Dense Smoke Over Naples
Dense columns of smoke rose from Vesuvius crater and spread over Naples with loud detonations and electrical discharges. The main crater discharged sand and cinders as Vesuvian activity continued, observed May 9 by residents.
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Crater of Vesuvius
Naples
Vesuvia
Resinau
Rose Re-Elected Mayor in Kansas City Special Election
W M Rose was re elected mayor by 1600 votes after a special election centered on enforcing prohibition and anti gambling laws. His Republican opponent E E Venard led temperance supporters and many women voters backed him. Rose’s eligibility to hold the office will be tested by state ouster proceedings.
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Kansas City
W. M. Rose
Supreme Court
Rose
E. E. Venard
Venard
Sam Sims Lynched After Killing Horse of Constable
In Jackson Mississippi on May 9 Sam Sims a Black man killed the horse ridden by Constable Lamar Hendricks during an arrest attempt. A mob seized Sims Monday night and hanged him from a roadside limb six miles west of Jackson after quietly removing him from custody. Hendricks had been transporting Sims to Jackson when the lynching occurred and authorities learned of the event the next morning.
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Jackson
Miss
Sam Sims
Lamar Hendricks
Sims
Hendricks
Movement to form union labor life insurance company
The Commercial Telegraphers' Union of America discussed creating a life insurance company for union labor. The convention left the matter to telegraphers to study and report to AFL President Gompers.
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Cincinnati
the Commercial Telegraphers’ Union of America
Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Plot to kill President Caceres uncovered in Santo Domingo
Authorities on Sunday uncovered a plot to assassinate President Caceres as he departed a theater in San Domingo. Several arrests were made amid clashes Monday night near the city between rural guards and alleged revolutionists.
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Santo Domingo
San Domingo
Presient
Caceres
Wounded by Bomb in Paris Archist Plot Probe
Paris May 9 a striking carpenter named Habert and another man were wounded Tuesday by the explosion of a bomb they were loading in a garret of a working class district house. Police prefect Lepine later searched the garret and found more bombs. It is believed the bombs were for use in an anarchistic plot.
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Paris
Habert
Lepine
Collision at Cleveland Ends in Fatality on Street
In Cleveland at Scoville and Woodland avenues a late Tuesday collision between an automobile and a street car left B. B. Robertson dead and two others fatally injured. All victims were occupants of the auto. Also note from St. Petersburg that Ignatieff was not assassinated in Kiev and is alive.
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Cleveland
Scoville and
Woodland Avenues
B. B. Robertson
St. Petersburg
Ignatieoff
Kieff
All But One Mexican War Veterans Elect Officials
Dallas May 9 In mock and formal meeting Texas Mexican War Veterans association chose Dallas as next year’s gathering site. Abe Harris was re elected president and Moore Murdock secretary. B F Draper was elected vice president while Buck asked not to be re elected due to poor health. Senator Smoot of Utah declined to attend and thanked the group for backing the $20 monthly pension bill now before the house.
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Dallas
Dalas
Texas
Mexican War Veterans’ Association
Abe Harris
Moore Murdock
B. F. Draper Wa
Buck
Smoot
Utah
Senate
House
Maryland Senator Gorman In Critical Medical Condition
Washington May 9 Senator Gorman of Maryland is critically ill at his home in this city. He has not attended the senate for weeks and recently suffered a severe sinking spell. His illness began with grippe and a risk of pneumonia, but a complication of ailments now gives no indication of recovery.
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Maryland
Washington
Senator Gorman
Senate
Whitecappers Convicted in Franklin County Case
Over 300 Franklin county residents pleaded guilty before Federal Judge Niles to charges of intimidating government homesteaders as members of a whitecappers organization. Each received the minimum $25 fine and three months in jail with good behavior. The case drew notable attention due to prominent defendants, including the county sheriff.
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Jackson, Miss
Franklin County
Whitecappers
Niles
Secretary Taft Recommends Additional San Francisco Relief Funds
President transmitted to Congress a letter from Secretary Taft recommending a further $500,000 for San Francisco relief. The $2,500,000 appropriation thus far has $2,245,333 spent or contracted, leaving limited funds for ongoing needs.
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Taft
Washington
Congress
San Francisco
Navy to build 20,000 battleships within four years
Washington on May 9 the construction bureau of the navy agreed to undertake building the vast battleship fleet outlined in the pending naval appropriation bill. Relying on lessons from the Connecticut at New York navy yard they estimate forty eight months and ten million dollars as the cost. The New York yard is deemed the only suitable site for the project.
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Washington
Construction Bureau of the Navy
Connecticut
New York Navy Yard
Court of Criminal Appeals Reverses Barrel Oates Case
Dallas May 9 The court of criminal appeals again reverses the Barrel Oates case Oates a Negro was sentenced to death for alleged complicity in Aronoff killing Holley Vann was hanged after conviction in this case alleged errors in Judge Muse charge cited as reversal reasons.
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Dallas
Court of Criminal Appeals
Barrel Oates
Oates
Aronoff
Holley Vann
Muse
Dawes Says Sherman Law A Dead Letter
In Cincinnati May, Charles G. Dawes comptroller of the currency told the Bankers' club that the Sherman anti trust law is a dead letter and a discouraging influence to business.
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Cincinnati
May Y
Charles G. Dawes
Bankers’ Club
Sea Level Canal Bill Faces Senate Table
Washington May 9 Senator Morgan's sea level canal bill for the isthmus with locks at Culebra was ordered laid on the table by the senate committee on interoceanic canals. Also reports Solsky named president of the council of the empire and Adolfo Altamirano assassination in Nicaragua.
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Washington
Morgan
Isthmus
Culebra
Senate Committee On Interoceanic Canals
Jay Gould Wins First Set In Court Tennis Championship
London reports Jay Gould of Lakewood New Jersey won the first set against Eustace H Miles holder of the championship in the court tennis final held Wednesday. Two Postmasters Named in separate notices Washington nominates W G Nagle for post master at Denison and G W Hill at Baratoga Tex on May 9.
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Jay Gould
London
Lakewood
N. J
Eustace H. Miles
Washington
W. G. Nagle
Denison
G. W. Hill
Baratoga
Tex
Snow and Ice Report in Lexington Area
Light snow fell in Lexington Kentucky on Wednesday and melted quickly. Ice formed on pools but caused no widespread damage. A fifteen year old child of Mr. Mitchell, living miles from McKinney, fell into a pot of boiling soap and died.
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Lexington
Mr. Mitchell
McKinney
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