Wife's Arms About Duke De Chaulnes Death
Theodore P. Shonts denies rumors that the Duke de Chaulnes died from drug use. He says the death was caused by heart disease while the couple prayed at home after a day of riding and dining. The duke collapsed, dying before aid could arrive, and his wife’s condition improved two weeks earlier.
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New York City
Paris
Theodore P. Shonts
Interborough Metropolitan Company
Duke de Chaulnes
d'Uzes
France
Editor Baggarly Dies After Long Service in Atlanta
Olin R. Baggarly of Atlanta aged 51 died Sunday night after a long struggle with spinal trouble. For 28 years he edited for the Atlanta Newspaper Union, missing only one week. He carried on nine columns of news even days before his death. He leaves a wife five children three brothers two sisters and is mourned by many.
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Olin R. Baggarly
Atlanta
Olin R .Baggarly
Mr. Baggarly
Atlanta Newspaper
Union
Tate
W. Baggarly
Senoia
Acreage Decreases Reported for Cotton Planting
Memphis Tenn At a meeting of the Farmers Educational and Cooperative union presidents the government estimate puts total cotton acreage planted May 80 at 28 882 000 acres compared with 1 811 000 acres in 1907 This estimate is based on reports from all cotton growing states.
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Memphis
Tenn
Ate
Farmers’ Educational and Co-operative Union
Water Habit Bad Says Chicago Physician
Dr. L. D. Mason, vice president of the American Society for the Study of Inebriety Alcohol and Drug Niterosis, told Washingtonian home inmates water intoxication results from excessive use of water and patent medicines. he warned such drinking is nearly as common as known forms.
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Chicago
L. D. Mason
American Society For the Study
Washingtonian
Anonymous bloodletter Threatens Chicago Clergy and Church
An anonymous note written in blood warns Father Peter J. O’Callaghan and Attorney Francis E. Hinckley that they face death from hidden enemies. It also declares St Mary’s Church at Wa bash avenue and Hubbard court doomed to be blown up by dynamite. The note cites efforts to obtain a pardon for Herman Billek, awaiting execution for poisoning six Vara family members on June 12.
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Foretelig
Chicago
Peter J. O’callaghan
Francis E. Hinckley
St. Mary’s Church
Wabash Avenue
Hubbard Court
Herman Billek
Vara
Noted artist is murdered in Paris apartment
Distinguish painter Adolphe Steinheil and his mother in law were found strangled in Steinheil's Rue de Vaugirard home near Seymour Thomas's studio. The house was looted, Mme Steinheil gagged, and she identified a woman as a model. Mme Japin also strangled in another bedroom. Stolen valuables total about $5,100.
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Paris
France
Adolphe Steinheil
Rue de Vaugirard
Seymour Thomas
Steinheil
Mme. Steinheil
Madame Japin
May Run for Governor Foreseen by Chicago Conference
John Mitchell former head of the United Mine Workers of America emerges as a leading figure in Chicago at a Democratic conference with Roger Sullivan and other leaders. He declined to confirm but indicated a June Springfield Labor Federation decision will reveal his gubernatorial nomination plans.
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Chicago
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers of America
Roger Sullivan
Mitchell
State Federation of Labor
Springfield
auto hits tree on Ocean Parkway in Brooklyn
A touring car carrying four men who had spent the night at Coney Island crashed into a tree on Ocean Parkway Brooklyn at fifty miles per hour. Two men were killed instantly, two others were seriously injured with possible fatalities. The dead are William P. Gobeaud and Thomas Nolan. Injured are Victor Brandes with multiple injuries and James McKenna with a broken shoulder. All four occupants were Brooklyn residents.
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New York City
Ocean Parkway
Brooklyn
Coney Island
William P. Gobeaud
Thomas Nolan
Victor Brandes
James McKenna
Veterans Welcome Planned for Confederate Reunion in Birmingham
The United Confederate Veterans announce their annual reunion in Birmingham on June 9 to 11. The city expects thousands and has preparedExcel lent hotel accommodations with private homes opened if hotels fill. Birmingham aims to honor the southern defenders and outdo sister cities in hospitality.
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Birmingham
Ala
United Confederate Veterans
South
Old South
Yaqui Nation Faces Dissolution After Prolonged Conflict
Hermosillo Sonora Mexico after a war that has continued intermittently for over 120 years the Yaqui nation is poised to dissolve its tribal ties and settle as peaceful Mexican citizens. Once numbering 20000 or more they have never accepted Mexican authority but that end is near.
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Hermorsillo
Sonora
Mexico
Royal couple hosts American diplomats at The Hague
Queen Wilhelmina entertained Dr and Mrs David Jayne Hill at the imperial palace in The Hague at the close of their farewell visit. The couple dined there and slept Sunday before departing for Berlin, with the queen expressing regret at their leaving the country.
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The
Hague
Wilhelmina
David Jayne Hill
Imperial Palace
Berlin
Hill
Snell Will Case Verdict Awards Heir $2 Million
The jury in the Snell will case breaks the will and grants Richard Snell two million dollars, upending an annuity of fifty dollars. The Vaderland steamer scare turns out to be minor with only machinery disarrangement. Archibald Blount's will is probated granting Yale University four hundred fifty thousand dollars.
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Snell
Richard Snell
William Snell
Red Star Line
Vaderland
Archibald Blount
Yale University
Receiver Appointed for Gulf Cotton Press Company in Memphis
Memphis hearing places Gulf Cotton Press Co in receivership with C C Hanson appointed by Judge John B E McCall. Abnormal crop conditions car shortage and high litigation blamed for finances. creditors’ bill filed by Henry P Talmadge William T Minor Jacob Hass D J McIntyre A F Churchill H F Smith and C Bierce. Bond set at 100000. company owes substantial rents and notes due next August and September.
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Memphis, Tenn
Gulf Compress Company
C. C. Hanson
John BE. McCall
United States Court
McCall
Henry P. Talmadge
New Jersey
William T. Minor
New York
Jacob Hass
D. J. McIntyre
Georgia
A. F. Churchill
H. F. Smith
C. Bierce
Talmadge & Co
Haas & McIntyre
Churchill
Bierce
La Follette’s 18 Hour Senate Filibuster Sets Record
Senator LaFollette spoke for eighteen hours and forty three minutes in a lone filibuster against the conference report on the currency bill. He held the floor with a minimal faction supporting him, denying assistance from other senators. The record surpasses former Senator Allen’s lengthy speech on the silver purchasing clause, who had allies reading from documents to ease the burden.
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Senator LaFollette
Senator la Follette
Senate
LaFollette
Allen
Nebraska
LafFollette
Gould Road in Trouble In Pittsburg Wabash Terminal
The Wabash Terminal railroad entered receivership with Frank H. Skelling a director and S W. Mitchell named receivers. They were placed under $100,000 bond as the Gould entry to Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.
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Pittsburg
Wabash Terminal Railroad
Gould
Frank H. Skelling
S. W. Mitchell
Smuggling Ring Linked to Chinese Immigrants Dying in Transit
Immigration agents investigated a report that twelve Chinese men smuggled in boxes from El Paso Texas to New York died upon arrival. The probe follows orders from Immigration Commissioner Sargent and targets the Mexico border smuggling operation in this case.
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New York City
Sargent
Immigration Bureau
Paso
Tex
New York
Must Return to Texas Oil Magnate Ordered Out of Missouri
U S Supreme Court orders oil magnate H Clay Pierce to be taken from Missouri to Texas. Pierce, president of Waters-Pierce Oil, faces indictment for false swearing in efforts to oust the company from Texas. He is jailed in St Louis and challenged the indictment via habeas corpus. The court rules against him.
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Missouri
U. S. Supreme Court
Washington
D. C
H. Clay Pierce
Texas
Waters-Pierce Oil Company
Pierce
Supreme Court of the United States
St. Louis
Senate and House Adjourn in Farewell Addresses
The senate and house adjourn without day after President Fairbanks relief remarks and cordial farewells. Senator Fairbanks commends lawmakers for duty and fidelity as the session closes, while Speaker Cannon thanks members for courtesy and anticipates the second session of the sixtieth congress.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Fairbanks
Congress
Cannon
House
House of Representatives
Republic
Eye Photograph Aids Murder Probe
Coroner Streeper orders a photograph of the deceased eye from a woman found in the Mississippi River. The film reveals a faint outline of a man with a hooked nose and bearded cheeks. Post mortem confirms no water in the lungs and a neck fracture.
Woman Leaps to Death in West Thirtieth Street Fire
Twenty tenants in Mrs. Mary Mooney’s boarding house on West Thirtieth Street were trapped by the blaze. A young woman leaped from the roof to the pavement and died. another, Miss Marie Beletraine, is named among the dead. Mrs. Mary Haggerty suffered severe burns and remains in critical condition.
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New York
New York City
Mary Mooney
West Thirtieth Street
Closing of the Sixtieth Congress Ends in Quiet, Mixed Debates
The sixtieth Congress adjourned as the Senate wrestled with bills amid a filibuster on the Aldrich-Vreeland currency measure. President Roosevelt witnessed the final passage of the currency bill, while other measures including the government employes liability and public building bills moved forward. The session reported major appropriations across agriculture, arms, diplomacy, fortifications, and pensions with total annual allocations highlighted.
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Washington
D. C
Senate
Messrs. la Follette
Stone and Gore
Aldrich-Vreeland
Roosevelt
Capitol
Depew
McLaurin
House
Cannon
Bartholdt
Missouri
Barholdt
Yeas
Alexander
Crumpacker
Indiana
Fitzgerald
New York
Longworth
Ohio
Congress
Messrs. Tawney
Minnesota
Sitzgerald
Committee On Appropriations
Secretary of the Treasury
District of Columbia
Military Academy
NAVY
Battleship Division Sails from Tacoma to San Francisco
Grand total BACK TG SAN FRANCISCO portion of battleship fleet leaves Tacoma Saturday. Anchors were lowered by the first division and the hospital ship Relief. ships Connecticut Kansas Vermont and Louisiana sail for San Francisco. Georgia New Jersey Rhode Island Virginia remain in Tacoma harbor until Sunday then head to Bremerton. Rear-Admiral Sperry and Emory depart. Captain Richard Wainwright assumes command.
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Tacoma
Wash
First Division
San Francisco
Georgia
New Jersey
Rhode Island
Virginia
Bremerton
Connecticut
Kansas
Vermont
Louisiana
Sperry
Emory
Richard Wainwright
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Duke
Shonts
May
City of
Wabash Terminal Company
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