Delagrange with aeroplane makes successful trip
Leon De Lagrange, the French aeronaut, flew fifteen minutes and thirty seconds covering about sixteen kilometers at five o clock in calm conditions. He completed nine and three fourths laps on a military field course with an average speed around 37 miles per hour. Experts hailed the trial as a major achievement amid favorable wind and light crowd.
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Rome
Leon de Lagrange
M. de Lagrange
M. DeLagrange
de Lagrange
France
Wrights not worried as Delagrange breaks record
Wilbur Wright, in Paris, stated belief in American leadership after learning Leon Delagrange flew 12 750 metres at Rome. He said they were not worried and that Wrights had already tripled Delagrange’s distance this morning, underscoring confidence in their control and progress.
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Wilbur Wright
Paris
Wright Brothers
Leon Delagrange
Rome
Delagrange
CanDe capsizes and drownings reported on riverfront
A frail canoe carrying Oliver Bitter and Walter Majcewski capsized in the Ohio River opposite the Water Works. Bitter, 19, disappeared after losing his grip. Majcewski, 128 Saunders street, was rescued. Bitter was a clerk at William Todd’s Walnut street office. A separate drowning occurred in the Miami River near Union Bridge as Peter Fasbinder, 21, was swept under by an undertow and drowned.
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Cande
Oliver Bitter
Superior Street
Walter Majcewski
Saunders Street
Ohio River
Water Works
Pennsylvania Depot
Bitter
Majdewski
William Todd
Walnut Street
Miami River
Union Bridge
Peter Fasbinder
Division Street
Taft Speaks at Grant's Tomb in Memorial Day Rain
Memorial Day observances in New York were hampered by persistent rain. Secretary Taft spoke indoors at Grant's Tomb, praising Ulysses S. Grant for his leadership and memory, noting Grant's role in Appomattox Mt. Gregor and his memoirs. The Eighth Regiment unveiled a tablet marking Civil War headquarters, and Governor Hughes attended the Riverside Drive parade despite showers.
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Grant
Taft
Washington
Lincoln
Geneva
Appomattox
Mt. Gregor
Mt. McGregor
Eighth Regiment
Brooklyn
Frederick D. Grant
Governor Clinton Buried in Kingston Under Rain
In a heavy rainstorm on May 30 thousands gathered as George Clinton former Governor and Vice President was buried with military honors in the First Dutch Church yard Kingston New York. The solemn ceremony proceeded despite the downpour.
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Kingston
N. Y
State of
New York
George Clinton
United States
Taft Career Outlined in Local Annals
The local annals recount William Howard Taft born Cincinnati September 15 1857 son of Alphonso Taft and Louise Torrey Taft. It traces his law career in Cincinnati 1880s solicitor roles judge and law professorships, and his national service as United States Secretary of War in 1904 and Philippine Commission president.
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William Howard Taft
United States
Cincinnati
Alphonso
Louise M. (Torrey) Taft
Hamilton County
Internal Revenue
Ohio
Hamilton
Roosevelt
Rome
Leo XXIII
Philippines
War Department
Washington
Taft
Alphonso Taft
Louise M.’Taft
Stone and Blind Oklahoman Debates to Close
Roosevelt signs acts after hearing news with pleasure. Measures passed include emergency currency, two battleships per year program, pay raises for armed forces, consular reorganization, tariff study, and currency law investigations. The president’s position on liability and labor reforms is noted.
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Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Revenue Cutter
District of Co
Lumbia and Territorigg
Fiatches Election of Secretaries and Assistants
Baltimore May 30 Elections for the remaining Secretaries and Assistant Secretaries of Methodist Episcopal Church boards continued at General Conference. Rev Dr A B Leonard retained as Secretary Foreign Missions. Rev Dr Thomas Nicholson elected Secretary Board of Education in New York City. Dr P I Maveety named additional Secretary Freedmen s Aid. Dr Homer C Stuntz elected Assistant Secretary Foreign Mission Board. Dr Ward Platt named Assistant Secretary Home Missions and Church Extension. Temperance report urges anti drink laws for army life and Manila, while Indiana Governor Hanly seeks Littlefield bill support on interstate shipment.
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Baltimore
Methodist Episcopal Church
A. B. Leonard
Board of Foreign Missions
Thomas Nicholson
Dakota Wesleyan University
Mitchell, S. D
New Board of Education
New York City
Stuntz
P.‘I. Maveety
Board of Education
Freedmen’s Aid and Sunday Schools
Freedmen’s Aid Society
Homer C. Stuntz
Foreign Mission Board
Ward Platt
Board of Home Missions and Church Extension
Temperance Committee
Congress
Manila
Hanly
Indiana
Cannon
House of Representatives
Littlefield
Madea Teport
Confess Rio Wil
Audhgislatic
Taft and church merger highlight 120th General Assembly
The 120th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States selected its Executive Commission and upheld a merger ruling between Cincinnati topics. It also traces William Howard Taft’s early career, birth in Cincinnati, education at Woodward High, Yale Law, and 1886 marriage to Helen Herron Taft.
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Yale Law School
Cincinnati Law School
Taft and Herron Wedding Ends Social Week In City
The wedding of William Howard Taft and Miss Helen L. Herron took place this afternoon at the Herron home on Pike Street. Rev. Dr. M. A. Hoge officiated. best man Horace Taft and bridesmaids Miss Maria Herron and Miss Fannie Herron attended. The ceremony followed a week noted in local society with a Loyal Legion excursion to the Soldiers' Home and other gatherings.
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Kiam H. Taft
Helen Herron
M. A. Hoge
Zanesville
Times
Cincinnati Daily Times
William Howard Taft
Helen L. Herron
John W. Herron
Pike ‘Street
Second Presbyterian Church
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Capitol
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Berlin
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Methodist Conference
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Foreign Missions Board
Presbyterians
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Kansas City
General Assembly
Presbyterian Church
United States of America
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
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St. Louis
Joseph Weaver
Denver
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Minneapolis
Elders
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Ashington
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H. B. McCormick
Arrisburg
Cincinnatian
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Texas
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John H. Severance
Cleveland
Edward Bulkeley
New Jersey
Thomas L. Hall
Chicago
J. D. Moffat
W. H. Black
Missouri
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J. Willis Baer
Los Angeles
J. M. Gaul
Nashville
William H. Roberts
Philadelphia
Llegal
Assembly
Aarty
Republican Party
White House
Commercial Gazette
Mr. W. H. Taft
Miss Herron
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Loyal Legion
Sixtieth Congress
William J. Bryan
Senate
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la Follette
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Jeff Davis
Mr. Stone
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