Chelsea Fire Devastates Suburb Killing Hope and Home
A great fire in Chelsea Massachusetts last Sunday left ten thousand homeless and more than 900 buildings reduced to ashes. The blaze started near 10 o'clock from a locomotive spark, spreading in a fan shape and drawing aid from Boston Cambridge Arlington and nearly every state town. Utilities failed disrupted by dynamiting and looting as hospitals churches schools and banks burned, with insurance losses around 3 million dollars.
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Boston
Mass
Chelsea
Cambridge
Arlington
Coast Artillery
E&y
State Board of Charities
Draper
Salvation Army
Associated Charities
Massachusetts Soldiers’ Home
United States Naval Hospital
Mystic River
Chang Held For Murder In Ferry Building Shooting
In San Francisco special report, Whan Chang the Korean who shot D. W. Stevens the American attaché to the Japanese diplomatic service at the Ferry Building has been held to answer a murder charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Whan Chang
D. W. Stevens
Army Maneuvers to Begin at Fort Harrison
The War Department confirms army maneuvers at Fort Benjamin Harrison next September will be extensive. Congress is expected to appropriate about 1 million dollars for camps of instruction.
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Washington, Special
War Department
Ft. Benjamin Harrison
Congress
Parson Wins Polk City Mayoral Office by Pen Toss
In Polk City Iowa the mayoral race between Rev R W Meer and John Sprague ended in a tied vote and a pen toss chose the winner. The Rev R W Meer won the coin flip and was installed as mayor.
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Parson
Polk City
R. W. Meer
John Sprague
Anarchist List Astounds Nation
Government officials reveal a nationwide spread of anarchist groups in the United States. Detailed locations and numbers are withheld, but steps are planned to identify and monitor members under strict surveillance. A recently captured list reportedly names several thousand anarchists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Anna Gould Driven From U S by Anonymous Letters
Edward A. Jones stated Mme. Anna Gould left the United States for France after a flood of threats and hostile family attitude. He denied a hasty marriage to Prince Helie de Sagan and said the couple may marry later. she departed for Europe with the prince sailing separately.
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New York
Mme
Anna Gould
United States
Edward A. Jones
Nadal, Carree & Jones
Europe
Prince Helie de Sagan
Mme. Gould
Mr. Jones
Prince
Tyler Morse
France
Prince Helie
Roosevelt Pushes for Four New Battleships
Washington reports the President may urge Congress to authorize four battleships during the current session. White House officials say no message is in preparation yet, and a final decision on sending one has not been reached.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
White House
Woman Kills Man Believed to Entice Husband
In Cassopolis Michigan Carlton Morgan of South Bend Indiana was shot and killed by Mrs Christiana Metsker wife of George Metsker of South Bend She believed Morgan had been enticing her husband away from home and to larks with other women
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Cassopolis
Mich
Carlton Morgan
South Bend
Ind
Indiana
Christiana M. Metsker
George Metsker
Morgan
Actress Pauline Metzger Weds Dr J Munyon in Waldorf Astoria
New York report states Altoona actress Pauline Metzger married Dr J Munyon Philadelphia millionaire patent medicine man in the Waldorf Astoria parlors. The ceremony unites two notable figures amid New York society circles.
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New York
Pauline Metzger
Altoona
Waldorf-Astoria
J. Munyon
Philadelphia Milionaire
One Pupil School Closes in Wisconsin
The Sampson school in Chippewa Falls Wisconsin closes after two years with only one pupil in attendance. The sole student will transfer to New Auburn school with tuition paid by the school board.
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Chippewa Falls
Wis
Sampson
Auburn
Chinks Plan Fine Clubhouse in New York
Special Chinese residents of the city plan to build a $160,000 Confucian Association clubhouse to preserve their native traditions in New York. The effort marks a cultural hub for a growing community and its activities.
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Chinks Plan Fine
New York
Confucian Association
Mark of Gain Erased in West Prominent Citizen Cleared
A Kingston special reports that John Taylor, long suspected in the 1882 Port Ewen killing of Thomas Murray, has had his manslaughter indictment dismissed by the New York Supreme Court. Taylor, who fled after the riot tied to politics and love, settled in the West, built a successful mercantile career, and raised a family under a different name. The dismissal follows renewed efforts to clear his name, with officials saying prosecutions could not be proven now and noting his reformed life.
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Kingston
N. Y
Supreme Court of New York
John Taylor
Thomas Murray
Taylor
Justice Howard
Clearwater
Cunningham
Murray
West
Pennsylvania
Mollie Maguires
Ireland
America
Jonesboro Affair Echoes Enoch Arden Tale in Tennessee
John T. Strong, missing five years, returns to his home near Jonesboro and finds his wife, now 32, married to William Curtis with two children. After discussion, the woman chooses Strong. Curtis vows to nullify the marriage, while Strong served in the Philippines. Curtis plans legal steps to end the union. Strong has been in the army in the Philippines since leaving home. No reason given for his long silence.
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Bristol, Tenn
Enoch Arden
Jonesboro
Tenn
John T. Strong
William Curtis
Strong
Curtis
Philippines
Plucky Jailer's Daughter Stalls Jail Break During Storm
Miss Zera Hanson, 17, daughter of Sheriff Sylvester Hanson, woke to a prison escape as prisoners slipped down from a window during a storm. She grabbed a thief by the legs while her mother aided, and the sheriff ran to the cell room to block seven inmates from escaping. Six had escaped through a window with a pried bar, preventing a wider breakout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro
Inl
Zera Hanson
Sylvester Hanson
Hanson
Heir to 700000 Estate Claim Narrowly Reaches Marquette
Marquette. Edgar Dunham twenty and his sister Irene seventeen learn they are heirs to a 700000 estate under their grandfather’s will. Dunham had been earning four dollars weekly as an errand boy to support his widowed mother and sister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marquette
Mich
Edgar Dunham
Jjrene
Piracy in South Seas Tells of Ship Neuve Tigre
Victoria special report details a boarding on the Callao schooner Neuve Tigre by Joseph Mortimer, J Taylor, and G Jackson. They forced the captain and mate overboard with a tomahawk, stole the vessel, and set course for Australia. the wreck occurred near the Gilbert Islands.
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Victoria
L. C
South Seas
Callao
Joseph Mortimer
J. Taylor
Manchester
G. Jackson
London
Neuvre Tigre
Australia
Gilbert Islands
Roosevelt calls for stronger laws to curb anarchy
The President asked Congress to tighten legislation on anarchist activity, calling the movement the enemy of humanity and urging suppression of any publication propagating anarchist opinions, with Attorney General Bona parte outlining the legal aspects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Bonaparte
Henry County Man Nominated for Congress After Long GOP Ballot
In Shelbyville Indiana a lengthy Republican convention produced William O Barnard of Newcastle as the district nominee to succeed James E Watson for Congress after 384 ballots. Barnard defeated Thomas Davidson with county support from Wayne and Shelby counties and apparent unity on the final roll. The convention backed Roosevelt Fairbanks Hanly and Watson, with Sparks elected chair and Hancock secretary.
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Shelbyville
Ind
William O. Barnard
Newcastle
Indiana
Barnard
James E. Watson
Thomas Davidson
Greensburg
Charles Stivers
E. E. Moore
J. O. Campbell
William Hough
Davidson
Wayne County
Campbell
Wayne
Shelby
Hancock
Rush
Henry
Fayette
Franklin
Decoigg
William M. Sparks
Rushville
Ed Hancock
Brookville
Roosevelt
Fairbanks
Boom
Hanly
Washington
Watson
Standard in $45,000,000 California deal reshapes utilities
A major agreement, tied to San Francisco and California, consolidates central and northern California gas, electric light and power firms under Standard Oil influence. The $45,000,000 deal will bring more than $6,000,000 in new funding to the state's lighting and power ventures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
California
Standard Oil
Lawmaker Not Guilty in Manslaughter Case
Detroit special judge in Recorder's Court acquits Charles E. Ward former Bancroft representative charged with manslaughter over the death of Edith Presley a Lansing State Senate proofreader from an illegal operation on April 29 1907.
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Detroit
Mich
Connelly
Recorder’s Court
Charles E. Ward
Bancroft
Edith Presley
State Senate
Lansing
Burlesque actress wins $4700 in Harlem theater suit
In New York a jury required fifteen minutes to decide that Henrietta Lee, a burlesque actress, was owed $4700 by Harlem theater owners. Lee refused to wear tights and was discharged. She sued for breach of contract and received all she demanded.
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New York
Henrietta Lee
Harlem
Miss Lee
Pastor Joins Elks Forces Resignation Sought
In Poughkeepsie New York Pine Plains Baptists request the resignation of Rev Mervin V Jacobs after he joined the Poughkeepsie lodge of Elks despite parishioners warnings to stay out of the order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poughkeepsie, N. Y
Pine Plains Baptists
Mervin V. Jacobs
Poughkeepsie
Bill Will Pass Promised by Harmon Ridder in Congress
Herman Ridder of New York proclaims assurances that his measure to remove tariff on paper and wood pulp will pass Congress. He voices the evangel of the cause and asserts a positive outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Herman Ridder
New York
Evangel
Congress
Millionaire Patterson Bores to Gotham Amid Gossip
Joseph Patterson head of the National Cash Register Co arrives in New York with secretary Charles Palmer to escape Dayton gossip. He plans to move company offices to New York and punish Dayton for losing the 2700 employee plant with weekly payroll of 72000. Patterson earns 144000 yearly and presides with armed guards and a powerful retinue including a body servant.
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New York
Dayton
Ohio
Joseph Patterson
National Cash Register Company
Patterson
St. Regis
Charles Palmer
Palmer
John H. Patterson
Five Greatest Men Named by Roosevelt as Distinguished Americans
President Roosevelt named five prominent Democrats as the nation’s greatest citizens. William Jennings Bryan James J Hill Andrew Carnegie Grover Cleveland and John Mitchell received White House invitations for a May 10 conference with governors cabinet officials Supreme Court justices Congress leaders and Inland Waterways Commission members.
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Washington
Roosevelt
O. K
United States
William Jennings Bryan
James J. Hill
Andrew Carnegie
Grover Cleveland
John Mitchell
Supreme Court
Congress
Inland Waterways Commission
White House
Indiana
What Bigamists May Expect
Michael Briefer of Decatur Illinois, convicted of bigamy, will avoid prison if he adheres to a pact with Judge Foster in the Court of General Sessions. He must support three children from his first marriage and one from the second as the agreement’s condition.
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New York
Michael Briefer
Decatur
Foster
Court of General Sessions
Briefer
Jewelry Heist Strikes San Francisco District Store
In the night in the citys best patrolled district thieves robbed P Lundy jewelry store of diamonds watches and other valuables valued at 50000 dollars.
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San Francisco
Cal
P. Lundy
Roosevelt Way aims for Atlantic to Pacific road
A Bee line road project in Denver aims to unite connecting roads into one straight route from the mountains of Colorado to St. Joseph Missouri under the Roosevelt Way name. It has endorsements from three state governors five city chambers of commerce and major automobile manufacturers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Colo
Atlantic
Pacific
Colorado
St. Joseph
Would Wed Evelyn Again Thaw hopes for release after annulment suit
In Matteawan, alienists report Harry Kendall Thaw is not greatly perturbed by Evelyn Thaw's annulment suit. Authorities expected a potential mental breakdown during the trial, but Thaw’s vanity is said to keep him hopeful that release would enable him to win Evelyn’s love.
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New York
Harry Kendall Thaw
Evelyn
Matteawan
From Chicago to New York by trolley in seven days
Elliott Flower of Chicago set a record by traveling 1,300 miles by trolley from Chicago to New York in seven and a half days. He aimed to gauge the growth and value of trolley systems nationwide. The trip had only three brief breaks, and he plans to return home by a fast train.
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New York
Chicago
Elliott Flower
Flower
Easter Lily Ship Arrives in Port New York
Bermuda steamship Bermudian arrives in New York for Lent imports as the Easter lily ship. Bermuda flies in abundance with an expected 60 000 stems. Prices range from 3 50 per box of six dozen to 7 for longer stems with two to four blossoms.
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Port
New York
Bermuda
Bermudian
Rumor of Roosevelt Assassination Widespread in Marion
A rumor that President Roosevelt was killed in Washington Sunday morning caused excitement in Marion Ohio as residents headed to church. Telegraph offices saw crowds seeking confirmation after a railroader started the false report to test how fast news travels.
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Marion
Ohio
Roosevelt
Washington
Four Massachusetts Delegates Head to Chicago Unpledged
Boston report says the four men chosen to lead Massachusetts at the Republican National Convention will go to Chicago unpledged. The delegates are U S Senators Henry Cabot Lodge and W Murray Crane ex Secretary of the Navy John D Long and Sidney C Bigney a businessman.
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Massachusetts
Boston
Chicago
United States
Henry Cabot Lodge
W. Murray Crane
Navy
John D. Long
Sidney CO. Bigney
Man Dies After Forty Day Fast Demonstration
St. Paul report: Knute Olstead dies of starvation just before completing a forty day fast. He undertook the fast to prove to himself that the mind governs the body and is superior to matter. The death occurred within twenty four hours of finishing the ordeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul, Special
Knute Olstead
Olstead
Suicide of Lieutenant Lindsay Over Salary Need
Lieutenant David Q. Lindsay of the U S signal corps, earning $1500 a year, believed the pay insufficient to support his dependent mother and sister and to marry the woman he loved. He shot and killed himself in San Francisco.
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San Francisco
David Q. Lindsay
United States Signal Corps
Nine Bandits Slain in Bayombong Clash
Manila cable reports police killed nine Lingay gang members in the Bayombong district to clear the area of the outlaw band. Several others were probably fatally injured in the firefight.
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Manila
Cable
Bayombong
Boy Gets Thirty Years for Murder in New Jersey
Camden NJ special edition reports Joseph Wood an eighteen year old convict for second degree murder in the death of nine year old Ethel Nevin last fall. He received a thirty year prison sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camden
N. J
Joseph Wood
Ethel Nevin
Wheat Crop Short in Great Britain for 1907
Official crop reports show a remarkable fall in wheat production in Great Britain during 1907, with yield substantially below previous years and prompting concern for supply.
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London
Great Britain
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U. S
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Harry
Indianapolis
Oak
Sioux City
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