Senator Clapp Presses Tariff Revision in Lead Duty Vote
Washington May 1 The senate kept the Dingley era lead and wear duty at 112 cents a pound with the bill passed by the house. Fifty three senators including all Republicans and Hughes of Colorado and McEnerny of Louisiana backed the duty while nineteen Democrats opposed. Clapp of Minnesota argued for lowering tariffs and warned the party’s pledge to revise downward.
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Washington
Senate
House
Hughes
Colorado
McEvery
Louis
Fama
Clapp
Minesota
Owen
Oklahoma
Republican Party
Congress
Friends of Protection
Tsence
Fred Seward Executed in Idaho for 1908 Moscow Murder
Bolwe Idaho May 7 Fred Seward was hanged today at the Idaho penitentiary for the murder of Clara O Neal of Moscow in October 1908. He died bravely after telling the executioners to do a job. Seward shot O Neal in her apartments after she refused his advice to reform, then attempted suicide and was twice reprieved before his execution.
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Seward
Evelyn Thaw to Pay and Avoid Jail
Evelyn Thaw will pay the $210 claim to milliner Miss Hartwig tomorrow avoiding jail for contempt after the appellate division refused to stay the contempt proceedings. The city court planned incarceration in Ludlow Street today.
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Evelyn Thaw
New York
Four Victims of Broken Balcony at Armory Disaster
In Seattle on May 7 an armory balcony collapsed during a rail line event. No deaths reported yet but four of about sixty injured are feared not to recover. The incident follows a stampede of spectators onto the track below.
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Seattle
Police Powerless as Bakers Riot Across New York
Rioting by striking east side bakers injures master bakers and workers, with many rioters treated at police stations. Shooting and vandalism spread to Harlem where bakery wagons are attacked and bread destroyed. Four hundred police on strike duty struggle to contain dispersed incidents across the city.
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New York Way
East Side
Ue Viet
Harlem
Lhirikors
Will of Wisconsin congressman bequeaths funds to family
Mrs. Anna Vander Las the former chef in the James W. Babcock household receives 10000 under the will probated in Washington. An adopted daughter Amelis B Reeves gets 1 while a Cedar Rapids niece receives 5000 and Mary F Barney 5000. The remainder goes to widow and children.
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Cook
Dollar
Washington
Anna Vander Las
James W. Babcock
Wisconsin
Babcock
Amelis, B. Reeves
Sparata
Cedar Rapids
Lows
Mary F. Barney
Nacedah
Wis
Despondent Soldier Ends Life on Santa Fe Train
William Cook aged 40 on leave from San Diego shot himself in the toilet room of eastbound Santa Fe train No 2 five miles west of Lamar May 7 He was brought to Lamar and placed in the sanitarium where he died at o'clock this morning He suffered from consumption and was despondent over his prospects of recovery.
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Self
Lamar
William Cook
United States
San Diego
Cal
Santa Fe
Cook
Dynamite Explosion Kills Two In Canadian Tunnel Work
May 7 Winnipeg reports a dynamite blast during tunnel work on the Canadian railway in the Rocky mountains near Field. Two workmen died and several were seriously injured among the crew. The dead are Thomas Dull and G. Ineh.
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Winnipeg
Rocky Mountains
Field
Latrell
Tro Jophers
Thomas Dull
Explosion during May Day protest injures eighteen
In Buenos Aires a blast during May Day demonstrations injures eighteen people, including a police officer whose legs are torn off, and a girl with a fractured leg. The strike and police action are cited as triggering the attack.
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Joeman
Buenos Aires
Fring
Steamer Shores Reported Lost With 71 Aboard
SEVENTY ONE DROWN Duleth Minn May 7 Advices received tonight say the steamer Shores which is six days overdue went down off White Fish point In Lake Superior with all aboard The crew and passengers numbered 71 The loss prompted frantic inquiries at the local line office and fears for friends and relatives. And YOUNG COLORADO CHRISTIAN WILL SPEAK IN CHEYENNEE Karl Lehmann Colorado will speak in this city Monday at the Congregational church to Junior Endeavorers At 4 p m At the Methodist church he will address Christian Young Workers at 7 p m and at 8 p m speak to the young people all are invited. AS JEROME SEES IT New York May 5 Reviewing his official acts as district attorney William Travers Jerome tonight addressed Tammany leaders and republicans at Delmonicos He spoke bitterly of ethical features in traction and insurance matters and said the public wanted a victim.
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Duleth
Minn
White Fish Point
Lake Superior
Colorado Christian
Jerome
New York
William Travers Jerome
Tammany
Delmonicos
Tracing 200000 Hire From Mint In SF Case
The San Francisco prosecution continues its bid to trace two hundred thousand dollars paid from the mint on Calhoun order to Abraham Ruef and possibly to city supervisors. Evidence aims to rule out ordinary explanations for the withdrawal as A M cabler testifies the sum was not handled in ordinary business.
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San ‘Francisco
Patrick Calhoun
Tirey L. Ford
Calhoun
Abraham Ruef
Ruef
A.M. Cabler
United Railroads
Kas
Peonage Conviction Upheld For Pensacola Lumbermen
Pensacola May 7 Manager W H Harlan of Jackson Lumber Co Robert Gallagher and three foremen must serve terms in Atlanta Federal Prison for conspiracy to commit peonage. The US Supreme Court refused a writ of certiorari. Harlan is nephew of Justice Harlan and a leading south lumberman.
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Pensacola, Fla
Harlan
Jackson Lumber Co
Robert Gallagher
Atlanta
Federal Supreme Court
Justice Harlan
The
Supreme Court
South
Battleship Captain Dismisses Airship Threat
Capt. John C. Fremont of the USS Mississippi visiting New Orleans declares aerial navigation will not soon threaten battleships. He compares dropping shells from airships to dropping marbles from a window and argues current propulsion cannot reliably guide airborne projectiles. He predicts naval aviation risk will grow only with far better propelling power.
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New Orleans
John C. Fremont
United States
Mississipp
Lacas
Prospecting Pioneer Found Dead In Lime Creek Cabin
Silverton Colorado May reports that Louis Fietus a San Juan county pioneer prospector was found dead in his Lime Creek cabin. His diary records detail a December snow slide that trapped him leaving no chance of outside contact and indicate he died January 4 from starvation and exposure after being crippled and enfeebled.
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Ries
Silverton
Colo
Louis Fietus
San Juan County
Lime Creek
Funeral Creek
Iness
Powder keg explosion burns two Colorado boys
In Montrose Colorado Willie Hoffman four and Don Downing seven were burned when a keg of powder exploded in an outhouse. Willie’s clothes caught fire and his mother quickly extinguished the flames though he is badly burned. Don Downing escaped unharmed.
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Montrose
Colo
Willie Hoffman
Don Downing
Hoffman
Hegan
Cripple Creek Man Arrested on Daughter's Paternity Claim
Cripple Creek resident Fred Gelglein was arrested by Under Sheriff Krowtger after his daughter Mary, 19, alleged he fathered a girl born last night with her. Mary described Dr. Driscoll as the attending physician and claimed the woman was his wife, noting their mother's death twelve years ago left three daughters.
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Cripple Creek
Colo
Fred Gelglein
Krowtger
Mary Gelglein
Dr. Driscoll
Alates Gargiajo Clalne
Death by own action before I go to the penitentiary
Mercer Pa May 7 The state rests in the Mix Jones Boyle kidnapping case after defense declined to testify The principal witness Willie Whith reiterated his account as police linked the defendant to the crime Mrs Boyle claimed she and Jimmy tried to tell the full story but were barred and vowed death before prison
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Mercer
State Today
Mix
Jones Boyle
Willie Whith
Boyle
Whitle
Nore
Wood
Cleveland
Veiled Woman Case Leads to Mixed Identification
In St Louis on May 7 George Schutze arrested a veiled woman, claiming she was his wife after seeing her bare foot and a vaccination mark. She refused to lift her veil. he asserted the wife’s toes were crooked, then convinced herself later by other tests. He apologized after realizing the woman was not his spouse.
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St. Louis
George
Schutze
Dying Man Rescues Life With Final Act of Strength
Herman Powers, frail from exhausting chemical investigations, saved himself from death today by firing his revolver from a window after overdosing on strychnine prescribed by his physician. Consciousness faded but his willpower endured until aid arrived.
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New York
Gay
Herman Powers
Tragic Shooting Stuns Venice After Dog Kills Owner
In Venice Illinois on May 7 Alfred F Johnson was killed by a revolver fired by Harry Price two minutes after Price shot Johnsons dog during a trick. Price surrendered to the town marshal after the fatal volley.
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Patixkki
Venice
Alfred F. Johnson
Harry Price
Price
Johnson
WANTS CARRIAGE FOR 35TH BABY
San Francie May 7 The associated charities of this city advertise for a baby carriage for the thirty fifth child of Juan Manuel Grijalva 704 years old whose family owned thousands of acres in this state before the scandals come. Juan Vi aloten wep lidlege yn hiv day but he is now reclaimed. Nothing except children one then lan ag ron Yo ea him nearly every your slobe bin fire matri and pee, dimond half a century ago. OF tie the thirty-five children Juan his completely low track of tem and dome of these left no lomg ino that he would probably not recognize them should they meet on the sbrvel.
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Grillgoes
Juan Vi
Dilmond
Juan
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