Identity of Gunness victims refined as court move nears
La Porte Indiana May 12 evidence to identify three more possible victims of Belle Gunness emerged as the coroner and grand jury process advance. Post mortems did not fix death causes. investigators including Ray Lamphere and Pinkerton operatives push toward a grand jury action, while new facts about the Mrs Gunness body and rings surface.
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Laporte
Ind
Belle Gunness
Gunness
Indiana
Mack
Ray Lamphere
Gay Today
J. L. Gray
H. H. Ng
J. H. William Meyer
F. T. Wilcox
Gray
Sigwald Olsen
Lonely Toledo Telegraph Operator Dies by Own Hand
Special Dispatch from San Bernardino California reports Miss Caroline Tibbetts aged 23 of Toledo Ohio, a railroad telegraph operator at the Danby desert station, died last night from a self inflicted gunshot wound. She had spoken of preferring death to burial alive.
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San Bernardino
Cal
Caroline Tibbette
Toledo
Danby
Tibbetts
Michigan Taft Delegates Named At State GOP Convention
Michigan's Republican State convention in Grand Rapids instructed the delegation for Taft and Roosevelt. Delegates at large were E. D. Stair, John W. Blodgett, Frank W. Gilchrist, and James Naughton. George W. Cook elected State Chairman over Diekman. Ninth District chose Jerry Sullivan and Gard Sands as uninstructed delegates.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Michigan
Taft
E. D. Stair
Detroit
John W. Blodgett
Frank W. Gilchrist
Alpena
James Naughton
Calumet
George W. Cook
Flint
G. J. Diekman
Roy
Barnhart
William Heath
Ionia
Jerry Sullivan
Cedar
Gard Sands
Pentwater
Prisoners killed in break in at Russian jail
In Yekaterinoslav a prison breakout attempt ended in heavy loss of life with ten escapees shot after breaching the guardroom wall. Several mutineers were killed or wounded inside the prison. In Simferopol prisoners escaped after killing the deputy governor, the prison doctor and two wardens. the jail governor was wounded.
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Yekaterinoslav
Russia
Simferopol
Paine bill becomes law without Harris signature
Columbus May 12 The Paine bill restoring the federal city government plan becomes law without Governor Harris signature after the ten day period expires It takes effect January 1 1910 and leaves current city boards in place until their terms end Governor Harris has not acted on the Espy small School Board bill and is expected to veto or let it pass by May 21
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Paine
Ohio
Harris
Thompson
Senate backs Post Office bill amid clash over Stewart case
In Washington the Senate passed a 229 million dollar Post Office appropriation bill with extra provisions for weighing mails and ocean service to Asia. Senator Rayner urged a court of inquiry into Colonel William F. Stewart at Ft Grant, arguing the President overstepped authority and that Congress, not the President, controls military punishment. He cited precedents and condemned the President as acting beyond law. Rayner pledged to refile his resolution for Senate action.
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Washington
Senate
Post Office
Gallinger
Philippines
China
Japan
Australia
South American
Rayner
William F. Stewart
Ft. Grant
Arizona
Mr. Rayner
Colonel Stewart
Congress
Howard
Admiral Schley
Europe
Foraker
Senator Rayner
Stewart
War Department
Warren
Committee On Military Affairs
Express Train Robbery Loot On Seattle Line
In Seattle on May 12 two men boarded the Great Northern express bound for Vancouver. They beat the messenger J E Perrine, bound his hands and feet, and escaped after looting the strong box of about 1000 to 10000 dollars.
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Seattle
Wash
J. E. Perrine
Great Northern Express
Vancouver
B. C
Guilbert to Probe Drake Probers In State Audit
State Auditor W. D. Guilbert plans two expert audits into the Drake Commission expenditures. The probe targets vouchers signed by Senators Schmidt Espy and Drake totaling 3,174 with added 10,900 unpaid claims from the last session. Guilbert vows to pursue legal responsibility for public funds spent on an illegal committee.
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Commission
Cincinnati
Commercial Tribune
Columbus
W. D. Guilbert
State Bureau of Uniform Accounting
Schmidt
Espy
Drake
Democrats of Fifteenth District Nominate White for President
In Caldwell Ohio May 12 the Democrats met in convention and nominated Hon George White of Marietta by acclamation. They endorsed William J Bryan for the Presidency and named William H Davis and Elmer A Evans as National state s and James E Torbert and A D Follett as alternates. Dr J H Williams was chosen Presidential Elector.
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Commercial Tribune
Caldwell
Fifteenth
Ohio
George White
Marietta
William J. Bryan
William H. Davis
Guernsey
Elmer A. Evans
Musgingum
James E. Torbert
Morgan
A. D. Follett
Washington
J. H. Williams
Noble
Governors of Many States Attend White House Dinner
President Roosevelt hosts a dinner at the White House for governors and top officials ahead of a national conservation conference. The guest list includes Chief Justice Fuller and other Supreme Court justices, cabinet members, lawmakers, and many state governors from Delaware to Hawaii. The President will meet cabinet officers before the governors conference in the East Room.
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White House
Wangton
Roosevelt
United States
Fuller
Harlan
Brewer
White
McKenna
Holmes
Day
Moody
Supreme Court
Interior
Garfield
Wilson
Fairbanks
Cannon
Newlands and
Bankhead
Burton
MacKenzie
F. H. Newell
Herbert Knox Smith
Gifford Pinchot
W. J. McGee
The
Waterways Commission
William Jennings Bryan
Andrew Carnegie
James J. Hill
Pardee
John F. Hill
John Mitchell
Preston Lee
Delaware
Edwaid
Stuart
Pennsylvania
John F. Fort
New Jersey
Rollin’s. Woodruff
Connecticut
Austin L. Crothers
Maryland
Martin F. Ansell
South Carolina
Charles M. Floyd
New Hampire
Claude A. Swanson
Virginia
Charles Hughes
New York
James M. Higgins
Rhode Island
Fletcher Proctor
Vermont
Augustus BH. Willson
Kentucky
Andrew L. Harris
Ohio
Newton Blanchard
Louisiana
J. Frank Hanly
Indiana
Edward F. Noel
Mississippi
Charles Deneen
Illinois
B. B. Comer
Alabama
Joseph W. Folk
Missouri
Fred M. Warner
Michigan
James O. Davidson
Wisconsin
John A. Johnson
Minnesota
Edward W. Hoch
Kansas
W. M. O. Dawson
West Virginia
Henry A. Buchtel
Colorado
John Burke
North Dakota
C. I. Crawford
South Dakota
Joseph K. Toole
Montana
A.E. Mead
Washington
Frank R. Gooding
Idaho
Bryant B. Brooks
Wyoming
John C. Cutler
Utah
George Curry
New Mexico
Joseph H. Kibbey
Arizona
Wilford B. Hoggatt
Alaska
Walter F. Frear
Hawaii
Regis H. Post
Porto Rico
Villagers Kill Burglar in Belgian Chapel Robbery
In Belleghan Belgium a mob of villagers armed with clubs and knives killed a burglar caught in the act of robbing the chapel of the Virgin. Seven suspects were arrested after the attack. Doctors reported twenty seven knife wounds on the deceased man.
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Courrai
Belgium
Belleghan
Black Hand convict jailed for ten years in Baltimore
Antonio Lanasa a wealthy fruit dealer was sentenced to ten years in jail after conviction on conspiracy in the alleged Black Hand plot to blow up Joseph Di Giorgio's residence in the Walbrook section last December He was admitted to bail of 10000 on a motion for a new trial
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Baltimore
Antonio Lanasa
Joseph di Giorgio
Walbrook
Louisiana Governor urges strict liquor regulation
Governor Blanchard asks Louisiana lawmakers to tighten liquor regulation and consider prohibition if evils persist. He also backs an employers liability law and an anti lobby bill, and calls for abolition of race track gambling. The message is noted as the longest ever submitted to the General Assembly.
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Baton Rouge
Blanchard
General Assembly of Louisiana
General Assembly
River Draws Man From Wreckage
Engineer Joseph Hoye of Columbus was thrown into the Hocking River after two freight trains collided at Rock Bridge on the Hocking Valley line south of Lancaster. He was pulled from the water by the river current and Conductor Frank Bans saved him as he sank. The wreck caused by failure to receive orders ruined the train and many cars.
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Columbus, O
Joseph Hoye
Columbus
Rock Bridge
Hocking Valley
Lancaster
Hocking
Frank Bans
Nebraska Tornado Kills Twelve Injures Many in Eastern State
A tornado sweeping Sarpy Cass and Nemeho Counties from Omaha to Louisville Richfield and Meadow killed twelve and injured scores. Bellevue Presbyterian College buildings suffered heavy damage while farms near Papillion and Martin and Leader families faced total losses. Army post at Ft Crook reported $100,000 in damage as troops sheltered in cellars.
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Sarpy
Cass
Nemeho
Omaha
Bellevue
Presbyterian College
Louisville
Richfield
Springfield
Marks
Frank Hester
Charles Leader
Martin Tieth
Papillion
James Tieth
Charles Martin
Meadow
Trucelle
Bellvue
Pappillion
Gus Leader
Edward Martin
Martin
Mr.Martin
Martin Teith
James
Pappilio
Ft. Crook
Sixth Regiment
Ft. Cook
Tornado Rips Bellevue College and Town Cause Heavy Damage
A tornado struck Bellevue Nebraska on May 12 at 5 35 PM injuring several and destroying or severely damaging Park Hall Lowery Hall Rankin Hall and the A Wright store. Several residents like Harry Peters A Wright N Purcell and others lost homes while Ft Cook area buildings suffered damage as well.
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Bellevue
Neb
A. Wright
Harry Peters
A. Wright N. Purcell
N. Glenn
A. B. Dillion
Wesley Huff
L. N. Purcell May
Canyon
Sloan
College
Park Hall
Lowery Hall
Three Towns Damaged
Lincoln Neb May 12 A State Journal Springfield Neb report notes damage to three towns from recent events. Details remain unclear but the dispatch records affected areas and ongoing assessments by local authorities.
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Lincoln, Neb
State Journal
Springfield
Neby
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Ishment
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Army
of Congress
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