Negro lawyer taken to jail as mob rumors spread
Lima Ohio May 25 Rumors of a mob to lynch John W Beam the negro attorney under arrest for Mrs Maude Diltzs murder caused Sheriff Van Gunt en to move him to the county jail guarded closely Beam was escorted past the crime scene amid threats and a strong guard now protects him A letter to his wife reveals two year love for Mrs Diltz and a wish they be buried together, Estella included despite unclear motive
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Lima
John W. Beam
Maude Diltz
van Gunten
Beam
Waynesfield
Diltz
Dr. Beam
Vernon Diltz
Self-Operated Nose Surgery Fatal for Cal Coach
Dr. Oscar M. Taylor of Berkeley, coach for the California football team, died at Lane Hospital after attempting to remove a nose growth with a chisel. He had operated on himself twice before with partial success. the third attempt pierced the brain base. Suspect arrested in Cheyenne for alleged involvement in the Overland Limited robbery near Omaha.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Oscar M. Taylor
Berkeley
University of California
Lane Hospital
Cheyenne
Wyo
L. A. Steinhoff
Overland Limited
Union Pacific
Omaha
Newborn Babe Found On City Street Corner
In Philadelphia on May 25 a newborn white male infant, with blue eyes and black hair, was found on a sidewalk near Ninth and Chestnut streets. A policeman found the child, wrapped him in a newspaper, and rushed him to Jefferson Hospital where doctors confirmed birth and no injuries. No mother could be located.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Ninth and Chestnut Streets
Jefferson Hospital
Little Child Eats Match Heads Inspires Recovery Hope
Margaret Leeper, two and a half, of East Steuben ville avenue, had eaten about twenty blue painted match heads over several days. She fell into a coma briefly, then improved after her parents and doctors discovered the cause. Medical staff say recovery remains possible unless an unseen complication arises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret
Samuel M. Leeper
East Steubenville Avenue
Great Ore Mines Opened in Awoy China
In Awoy China on May 25 activity resumed at the Anton iron mines fifty miles northwest of Tsuan tsin after ten months of suspension due to government royalties. An English expert’s report says the magnetic iron ore is 90 percent pure and could supply the world for four centuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Awoy
China
Anton Iron Mines
Tsuantsin
Miners Escape Fire at Penn Gas Coal Mine No 3
A serious blaze broke out at Mine No 3 of the Penn Gas Coal Co near Irwin Pittsburg today. Over four hundred miners were at work but all escaped unharmed as the fire advanced rapidly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Penn. Gas Coal Co
Irwin
Lumber Tariff Battle Splits Senate Over Free Lumber
Washington May 25 The senate clashed as Root Heyburn Borah and Dolliver urged protection for the lumber industry while Clapp Burkett and McCumber pressed against it A two thirds vote defeated McCumbers free lumber amendment 26 for 56 against Dolliver diverged from prior progressives by opposing free lumber though not opposing a rate cut The house meanwhile passed the Philippine tariff bill and sent Porto Rico law amendments to Ways and Means for committee consideration.
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Washington
United States
Senate
Root
Heyburn
Borah
Dolliver
Clapp
Burkett
McCumber
Beveridge
Bristow
Brown
Burton
Crawford
Cummins
Curtis
Supreme Court to Punish Lynchers in Johnson Case
Washington May 25 The US Supreme Court will next Tuesday sentence nine Hamilton county Tennessee residents and officials for contempt tied to the 1905 lynching of Johnson after Sheriff Shipp and deputies and about twenty citizens were charged for aiding the mob. Six remain to be sentenced with possible fines or imprisonment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
Shipp
Gibson
Hamilton County
Tenn
Johnson
Supreme Court
Governor appoints bipartisan state armory board
Columbus May 25 Governor Harmon today named a new state armory board with Col Byron L Bargar of Columbus Col Joseph M Rieger of Napoleon Lieut Col H B Ramey of Springfield and Capt C H Bell of New Lexington to comprise the panel.
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Columbus
Harmon
State Armory Board
Byron L. Bargar
Joseph M. Rieger
Napoleon
H. B. Ramey
Springfield
C. H. Bell
New Lexington
Six Die As Train Collides Near Salisbury Md
A northbound Norfolk express collided with a freight on the siding near Salisbury Maryland on the New York Philadelphia and Norfolk line. Six men were killed and several injured in the wreck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Del
Norfolk Express
Salisbury
New York, Philadelphia and Norfolk
Dr Sheppard Called to Sixth Pastoral Year at M P Church
The third quarterly conference of the Methodist Protestant church in Cambridge approved Rev. C K Sheppard for another year as pastor. Members increased by 44 in three months as auxiliaries report strong finances and active work. If accepted the appointment marks the sixth year of pastoral service in Cambridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C.£. Sheppard
M. P. Church
Methodist Protestant Church
C. Kk. Sheppard
Sheppard
Cambridge
Mill Owners Standing Pat on Wages in Fall River Mills
In Fall River Massachusetts on May 25 the present wage rate in the print cloth mills will stay the same for six months as mill owners waive their right under the sliding scale agreement to cut about 5 percent. About 25 000 workers are affected and react with elation.
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Fall River
Mass
Masked Tease in a June Smart Set Poem
In a poem attributed to Stokley and Fisher in June in Smart Set, the speaker describes a coy, flirtatious maiden whose shy allure mocks the speaker. The verses reveal romantic longing and a declaration of intimate feeling beneath a moonlit scene.
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Stokley
Fisher
Woman Drops Dead While Working in Byesville
Mrs. William Reid of Race street collapsed and died at her mother Mrs. Thomas Simpson’s Seventh street home in Byesville on Monday morning between 9 and 1 o’clock. The cause was heart trouble. She had been helping with housework, finishing her own chores last week and starting to assist her mother when she suddenly fell after wringing a washed blanket.
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Byesville
William Reid
Race Street
Thomas Simpson
Reid
Excited Centerville crowd gathers for Junken murder trial
Centerville Iowa residents flock to the courtroom for the James Junken case, a Black man charged with slaying Clara Rosen in Ottumwa. Tensions rise over possible death penalty and lynching threats as Ottumwa scouts prep. Sheriff stations six officers to guard the jail amid regional fear.
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Centerville
John Junken
Clara Rosen
Junken
Ottumwa
Iowa
Clark
Presbyterians Debate Why Young Men Avoid the Ministry
At the Denver assembly Dr. Joseph W. Cochran of Philadelphia urged reforms in training and recruiting for the ministry. He blamed weak home Christianity and secular state universities, arguing the board of education needs men more than money and calls for shepherding youth into the church.
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Presbyterian General Assembly
Denver
Philadelphia
Newberg
Joseph W. Cochran
Presbyterian Board of Education
Cochran
Board of Education
Dr. Cochran
Six Thousand Miners Quit in Kanawha Field Strike
In Charleston West Virginia May 25 more than 6000 miners walked out after mine operators posted May 20 as the start of the long ton. The 1908 wage agreement is largely ignored with Paint Creek modifications. The strike follows district 17 United Mineworkers action led by President Ben Davis.
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Charleston
W. Va
Kanawha
Paint Creek
Ben Davis
United Mineworkers
Taft Orders Major Cut in Military Estimates
President Taft directs a reduction of about 36 million dollars in the 1911 military establishment estimates. The War Department sent back the figures after Pan ama discussions, trimming totals from 1910 levels to 171,650,000. Army officers warn the cut would halt construction work for the army in 1911.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Rresidenc
Taft
War Department
Dickinson
Panama
Oliver
Four cremated in Iowa house fire near Ottumwa
Ottumwa Iowa May 25 John Carter 75 and three of his granddaughter Lela Shaw's children were cremated when the Shaw home at Hidon twelve miles east of Ottumwa burned.
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Ottumwa
Iowa
John Carter
Lela Shaw
Shaw
Hidon
Here
Taft Plans Pittsburg Visit and Gettysburg Address
President Taft will spend Saturday and Sunday in Pittsburg invited by Mrs Laughlin, attending Arsenal park fountain dedication, luncheon with Yale alumni, and a Yale clubs banquet before leaving for Gettysburg to deliver the Memorial Day address. Mrs Taft's condition improves and she may not accompany the trip.
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Washington
Taft
Pittsburg
Laughlin
Arsenal Park
Yale
Allegheny Country Club
Associated Western Yale Clubs
Gettysburg
White House
Body Starts For Native Land
The body of Mme Helena Modjeska was removed from Calvary cemetery in Los Angeles and began its journey to Poland for burial. She died a month ago and will be accompanied by Count Charles Bozanta Chlapowski, her husband, who will settle in Cracow, Poland.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Mme
Helena Modjeska
Calvary Cemetery
Poland
Charles Bozanta Chlapowski
Cracow
Weather Outlook Across States Today and Wednesday
Weather forecast notes showers in West Virginia today and Wednesday. Western Pennsylvania expects showers today and Wednesday with moderate east winds. Ohio also reports showers today and Wednesday with moderate east winds.
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West Virginia
Western
Pennsylvania
Ohio
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Mrs. Diltz
Estella
S. M. Leeper
Fhee Lumber Vets
Aldrich
NW Armory
Mrs. M'Millan
Colonel Roosevelt
Africa
William Northrup McMillan
Theodore Roosevelt
Juja
British East Africa
St. Louis
Mrs. McMillan
Abyssinia
Menelik
McMillans
England
Wm. Reid
Mrs. Taft
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