Monument to McKinley Unveiling Draws Nation to Canton
Canton Ohio October ceremony honors William McKinley with the unveiling of a grand mausoleum funded by contributions from about 600000 Americans. President Roosevelt attends, reviews a school parade, and delivers remarks praising McKinley’s public service and broad human sympathy.
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Canton
William McKinley
United States
Pennsylvania Railroad
Monument Hill
Justice Day
Roosevelt
Morris
Harris
Bristol
James Whitcomb Riley
Mae Wood Sues Senator Platt for Absolute Divorce
Mae Catherine Wood, a former government clerk, sues Senator Thomas Platt in New York Supreme Court for absolute divorce claiming marriage at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. The case titled Platt against Platt seeks to set an issue for public consideration while the senator’s counsel pushes for a private referee hearing. Justice Seabury reserved decision.
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New York
Mae Catherine Wood
Thomas Platt
Supreme Court
Fifth Avenue
J. D. Lee
Senator Platt
Platt
Miss Wood
Justice Seabury
Borah Trial Receives Records Of Timber Deeds In Idaho Case
Federal Judge Whitson allows prosecution to present county records showing numerous timber deeds admitted to record at Senator Borah’s request. Barber Lumber official Chapman testified but refused to turn over company accounts. Garret, Boise land office receiver, testified Borah warned him hearings on contested claims were bad and should be avoided.
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Boise
Idaho
Whitson
United States
William E. Borah
Borah
Hawley
Rush
L. G. Chapman
Barber Lumber Company
Chapman
EE. E. Garret
Boise Land Office
Garret
Death in Lovers Quarrel Ends in Double Tragedy
John Miller age 24 shot and killed his sweetheart Mrs Rose Pier of Pittsburg then killed himself at his mother's Walnut Grove home near Johnstown Pennsylvania. The couple, not cohabiting, quarreled prompting the shooting. Pier had just come from Pittsburg. The incident concludes with Miller's self-inflicted fatal wound.
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Johnstown
John Miller
Rose Pier
Pittsburg
Walnut Grove
Pier
Miller
A Machine for Milking Cows Displayed in Madison Square Garden
New York exhibition at the electrical show in Madison Square Garden features a machine for milking cows by electricity. The device is described as one of the rare contrivances, capable of milking seven cows at once. it is demonstrated in operation with cows present.
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New York
Oct
Madison Square Garden
Burglar posing as physician shocks New Rochelle society
Samuel Bolin, a man who claimed to be a wealthy physician and Harlem drugstore owner, was arrested for burglary in New Rochelle. Bail of 3000 dollars was forfeited after he failed to appear in court, while his wife reported his erratic acts and possible prior arrests.
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New Rochelle
N. Y
Samuel Bolin
Bolin
Bronx
New Jersey
New York
Main Street
Harlem
Abraham Levinson
John A. van Selm
True Bills Returned in Capitol Prosecutions
Harrisburg reports true bills against seven of fourteen capitol defendants in Dauphin county grand jury indictments. Cases involve John H. Sanderson Jovenh M Huston James M Shumaker William P Snyder and William L Mathues with conspiring to defraud the state over furniture invoices and related charges. Trials will be scheduled by President Judge Kunkle.
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Harrisburg
Capitol
Dauphin County
John H. Sanderson
Jovenh M. Huston
James M. Shumaker
William P. Snyder
William L. Mathues
George F. Payne
Charlee G. Wetter
Commonwealth
Senate
House
Payne & Company
Sanderson
Ivdrge Kunkle
Victim of Cowardly Crime in Sharon Fireman Shot
Sharon Ohio area report states engineer Robert Dahringer aged 60 at American Steel foundry was murdered by rifle fire through an open window as he sat in a chair. Suspects George Sabrino and John Bold were arrested awaiting investigation. witnesses heard the shot and two firefighters in the engine room saw a man peering through the window.
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Sharon
Wriedener Bobringer
Sharon Works
American Steel Foundry Company
Dahringer
George Sabrino
Qa Hunarian
John Bold
Paul Janos
John Pinta
Enine
Passenger and Freight Trains Crash in Missouri
A passenger train collided with a freight train on the Frisco road near St. Louis. Two locomotives were demolished and two station clerks were injured. Several cattle fed in the wreck as the freight moved to a siding on short notice while the passenger entered the curve at full speed.
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St. Louis
Frisco Road
Raleigh murder trial opens over plot to wed widow
In Raleigh North Carolina Dr Thomas L Rowland and his second wife widow of locomotive engineer Charles R Strange face trial for murder alleged to have been planned so the couple could wed Green contentions portray Rowland as a Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde figure who secretly studied poisons with a prior arrest for poisoning his own child for life insurance money but tests found no poison.
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Raleigh
N. C
Thomas L. Rowland
Charles R. Strange
Strange
Rowland
Dr. Jekyll
Mr. Hyde
Lost for 18 Years Charles Gomer Believed Dead Reappears
Insurance companies poised to pay on life policies learn Charles Gomer a former New Jersey assemblyman is alive in Salisbury North Carolina. He is blind and penniless, cared for by two women at a boarding house. He disappeared in 1889. Mrs. Gomer, 70, lives in Newark and works daily as a hat trimmer.
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New York
Charles Gomer
New Jersey
Salisbury
N. C
Deaths of Mrs. Julia A. Davis Ivis
Mrs. Julia A. Ivis Davis, in poor health for some time, died at her Hast 8th Street home Tuesday around 2 PM. She was about ninety years old. No funeral arrangements have been announced.
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Julia A. Ivis
Hast 8Th Street
Wm Zimmer Dies After Bellaire Wreck Rescue
A Cambridge mouldmaker William Zimmer died after injuries from a wreck near Bellaire Saturday. Henry Heil and others described the chaotic rescue scenes with Zimmer surviving until 4 am. Mrs Heil aided dying men and Zimmer’s wife and family awaited in Wheeling as doctors operated.
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Bellaire
Cambridge
William Zimmer
Zimmer
Dr. Boone’s Hospital
Chris Lottes
Mouldmakers’ Union
William Stoke
Mary Zimmer
Wheeling
Hearne mulls governor bid as wife seeks first lady role
Ohio Wilm Hearne a 60 year old attorney announces candidacy for Republican governor nomination. His wife Miss Campbell aged 18 from St Louis aims to be first lady. In Pittsburgh a glass crash and gunfire frighten clerks, later blamed on burglars but police said it was a misunderstanding as stones were used to break windows.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Cnue
W. H. Hearne
Hearne
Miss Campbell
St.outs
Pittsburg
Prpsburg
Nicholas Ma
Owever
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Herose
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McKinley
Thomas
Mae Wood
General DE Lacroix
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Lewis
Chanler
Grand Jury Acts
Julia A. Davis
Otirit
WM. Zimmer
Seong
Ater
Henry Heil
Henry Heil Stells
Mrs. Hei
Shaw
Curtis Laverty
Henry
Chris
Mr. Heil
Laverty
Wen
Boone’s Hospital
Red Addison
Red
Opera
Jeffersonian
Engineer Lipscomb
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