Bryan Strength Grows as Delegates Align for Denver Nomination
Washington dispatch notes Bryan tightening control of the Denver convention with a two thirds threshold and possible 712 delegates. New York remains in play while Louisiana Nevada Idaho and Utah lean toward Bryan amid Mormon anti Mormon tensions and a largely Bryan loyal slate.
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New York
the Herald
Washington
Pike’s Peak
Democracy
Denver
Bryan
Herald
Johnson
Minnesota
Porto Rico
Louisiana
Rocky Mountain
Nevada
Idaho
Cure for Rabies Reported by Pasteur Institute Chief
Dr. Auguste Marie of the Pasteur Institute laboratory says modified Pasteur treatment shows encouraging results for advanced rabies cases like Mr. Marsh in Brooklyn. The method mixes fresh rabies virus with serum to render the virus innocuous and speed immunity in animals and humans.
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Paris
Cable
Auguste Marie
Pasteur Institute
Marsh
Brooklyn
Man
Pasteur
Thousands Needed in Wheat Fields Across Five States
Missouri Pacific and Iron Mountain announce thousands of men will be required in the next three weeks to harvest wheat in Missouri Kansas Nebraska Oklahoma and Arkansas. They report crop prospects along their lines are better than in years.
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St. Louis
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Missouri Pacific
Iron Mountain System
Persian shah flees Teheran for hill residence
The shah has relocated to his hill residence outside Teheran as Persia's crisis deepens. Observers blame him for the deteriorating situation and foresee an early end to his reign with possible foreign intervention.
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St. Petersburg
Teheran
Persia
Morgan buys Greek bas relief for 30000 in Rome auction
J Pierpont Morgan won a Rome auction paying 30000 dollars for a Greek bas relief of Antinous, surpassing the state which offered 20000. The sculpture depicts a youth of extraordinary beauty. In Chicago, Mayor a Benedict reports Magusse wed April 29 in a secret marriage surprise.
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Morgan
Italy
Rome
Cable
J. Pierpont Morgan
Antinous
Campagna
Chicago
A Benedict
Magusse
Roosevelt to Tour Africa for Big Game Hunt in 1909
Washington reports at the White House that President Roosevelt plans to leave the United States in April 1909 with his son Kermit. They will sail from New York for Cairo to spend a year in Africa hunting big game and return with specimens of every species.
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Washington, Special
White House
United States
Africa
Roosevelt
Kermit
New York
Cairo
Court Holds Photo Sacred in New York Decision
State Supreme Court rules a person may prevent use of their photograph for advertising or trade. Helen Wratt sues two stores for 5000 dollars each over displaying her photos for sale without consent, some labeled Miss Wyatt.
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New York
State Supreme Court
Helen Wratt
Steam Pipe Burst Kills Four on Tennessee in Speed Trial
Four sailors died and ten were injured when a steam pipe in the Tennessee’s starboard engine room exploded under high pressure during a speed trial off Point Pudenne San Pedro. Admiral Sebree narrowly escaped, having left the engine room fifty seconds earlier. Captain Howard commanded the Tennessee with Capt. Thomas E. Howard at the helm. The blast spread scalding steam and debris. Reinhold, Meek, Boges, and Wood died at the scene or soon after. Survivors aided wounded comrades with notable bravery. The Tennessee, launched in 1904 at Cramp Shipyard, was then in the Pacific fleet after a prior voyage from Hampton Roads as Sebree’s flagship.
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San Pedro
Cal
Tennessee
Sebree
Pacific Coast Fleet
Point Puenene
F. B. Howard
Admiral Sebree
Howard
Robertson
Reinhold
Meek
Thomas E. Howard
Cramp Shipbuilding Company
Frazier
Annie Keith Frazier
Washington
Admiral Evans
Pacific
Hampton Roads
Lamphere Attorneys Demand Independent Post Mortem
Laporte Indiana special: Ray Lamphere's lawyers Darrow and Worden seek a physician commission to examine the body found in the Gunness house. They request measurement weighing photography and a report for the defense, signaling a challenge to identify the cadaver as Mrs Gunness rather than the supposed victim.
Typhoon sinks pearl fleet off Australia. hundreds feared dead
Victoria B C Special reports that a typhoon struck the pearl fishing fleet near Thursday Island off Australia’s west coast. Twelve luggers sank, 270 men died, including twenty white sailors, as the storm hit just as the fleet departed. The Manuka liner first carried the news.
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Victoria
B. C
Thursday Island
Australia
Manuka
Editorial Shot Sparks Dreyfus Canonization Controversy
In Paris during Emile Zola’s canonization ceremonies Maj. Alfred Dreyfus was shielded by his own arm as an attacker fired at him. Louis Autherine Gregor and 229 others were arrested after the incident at the Pantheon. The shooting followed a pro Zola demonstration as crowds cheered President Falières.
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Paris
Emile Zola
Louis Autherine Gregoris
Alfred Dreyfus
Dreyfus
Gregoris
Catafalque
Pantheon
Fallieres
Felix Faure
France
Taecuse
Maj. Dreyfus
Zola
Chamber
Senate
Berthelot
Carnot
Victor Hugo
Voltaire
Rousseau
Prince George in Plot Casts Shadow on Montenegro Trial
In Cettinje Montenegro sensational testimony links Crown Prince George of Servia to a conspiracy against Montenegro. Witnesses say bombs were made by Servian officers on his orders to overthrow the Montenegrin government. Diplomatic rupture with Servia looms as the Servian minister contemplates leaving Centinje.
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Cettinje
Montenegro
George of
Servia
George
Centinje
Europe
Old Age Pensions Cost in UK Exposed by Cotton Man
Alfred Butteworth argues a national pension would cost about 164 million pounds yearly based on a 44 million population. He notes 4,000 rich deaths yearly with fortunes around 1 billion pounds and questions the fairness of raising 100 million to fund pensions. He cites growing sympathy with Christian Socialism as he ages.
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London
Alfred Butteworth
Oldham and
Chatterton
United Kingdom
Woman Terrorist Hanged in Voronezh
Mme. Feodorov na, who failed to kill Governor Bibikoff, was executed in Voronezh. The 25 year old former schoolteacher was hanged after the May 66 attempt.
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Voronezh
Mme. Feodorovna
Bibikoff
Must Pay Necklace Duty On French Pearl Necklace
New York special: custom duties of sixty percent must be paid on the three hundred forty thousand dollar pearl necklace imported from France by Mrs. William B. Leeds, under a decision by Judge Lacombe in the United States Court.
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New York
France
William B. Leeds
Lacombe
United States
Pickerel Yarn From St Paul Fisherman Ends With Missing Coin
Nathan Rosenstein of St Paul recalls a Lake Bemidji fishing trip where a huge pickerel struck his bait. In the struggle a $10 gold piece slipped from his pocket and disappeared below the surface. Days later a large pickerel was landed and the fisherman found the $10 coin along with 53 cents remaining in his pockets.
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St. Paul, Minn
Nathan Rosenstein
St. Paul
Hunt for Gold Mine Plans A Five Year Frisco Departure
Goldseekers led by Mrs. Bradford Earl prepare to sail from Frisco on a five year expedition to locate a supposedly gold laden mine in Penn mountains. Captain J M Davis will command. funds come from Mrs. Earl. crew holds Russian and Peruvian endorsements for mining rights and guard. The party aims to explore Kamschatka and Peru as part of their long voyage.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Bradford Earl
Penn
Earl
Bessie Goddard
Providence
R. L
C. Oliver Iselin
Newport
New York
Goddard
San Francisco
Kamschatka
Washington
E. J. Louis
Peru
Brown University
Miss Goddard
J. M. Davis
Callao
New England
State Wives of Opponent In Moroccan Crisis
Mequinez, the usurping sultan of Morocco, has confiscated the wives of Gen. Bagdani and his brother and threatened sale unless submission is sent at once. Gen. Bagdani has appealed to the Moroccan foreign board which urged seeking the diplomatic corps intervention.
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Mequinez
Mulai Hafid
Morocco
Gen. Bagdani
Gen
Bagdani
Moroccan Foreign Board
Wear Gay Hats Expelled From German Baptist Brethren Church
In Dayton Ohio one hundred members of the German Baptist Brethren church were expelled for not dressing in old fashioned styles. Some women who wore Merry Widow hats were condemned as wicked and worldly after the vote.
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Dayton, O
German Baptist Brethren Church
Alaska gold output forecast at 26 million dollars
The Post-Intelligencer reports that after collecting data from across the North the projected gold output for the coming season in Alaska is 26 million dollars located in Seattle Washington special.
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Seattle
Wash
the Post-Intelligencer
Alaska
Famous British Campaigner Dead
London reports General Sir Redvers Henry Buller has died after weeks of illness. Born 18239, he joined the army in 1858 and rose to lieutenant general in 1891. His career included China 1860, Ashanti 1874, Kaffir and Zulu wars 1878–79, South Africa 1881, Egypt 1882, Tel El Kebir, Sudan 1884, and Ireland under secretary in 1887.
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London
Sir Redvers Henry Buller
China
South Africa
Egypt
Tel-El- Kebir
Ireland
Roosevelt Policies to Receive Unequivocal GOP Endorsement
Washington reports that the Chicago platform will broadly back President Roosevelt’s policies with emphasis on tariff reform and financial reform. The draft, by Wade Ellis and Senators Hopkins and Long, includes details left to resolutions and highlights duties aligned with American labor.
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Chicago
Committee On
Wade Ellis
Ohio
Hopkins
Long
Kansas
Taft
Roosevelt
Republican Party
Congress
Jnr
Aldrich-Vreeland
Political vision of Republicans guiding policy after crisis
The piece argues the Republican party acted promptly to save the economy during the fall crisis, earning praise for the railroad rate law and forest and public domain policies. It lauds the Panama Canal push, calls for moderate antitrust reform, and stresses national control over trusts, labor protections, and a strict enforce- ment of law with equal protection for all.
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de Hiater
Republican Party
Carnegie Reconciles With Old Partner Lovejoy
In Pittsburgh a decade long feud ends as Andrew Carnegie and Francis T F Lovejoy mend ties. Lovejoy faces financial peril with Idaho mining assets and a nearly finished mansion valued at millions. Carnegie’s intervention frees funds to support Lovejoy amid market strain.
Walsh Sisters Leave Society to Nurse Patients
In Chicago the Walsh sisters Adelaide Vivien and Dorothy daughters of James Walsh ex president of the Southern Indiana Railroad renounce society honors to pursue nursing. Adelaide nears graduation at Mercy Hospital Training School for Nurses and Dorothy considers joining the same path amid social opposition.
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Chicago
Adelaide
Vivien Walsh
James Walsh
Southern Indiana Railroad
Adelaide Walsh
Mercy Hospital Training School For
Dorothy Walsh
Rare Cranmer Bible to be auctioned in Philadelphia
A copy of the Cranmer Bible, printed in London in 1541 at Thomas Cromwell’s expense, housed in Luther R. Welker’s library in Plarksburg Pennsylvania, is to be sold at Philadelphia auction this week. Engraved titles are linked to Hans Holbein. portraits include Henry VIII, Cromwell and Archbishop Cranmer.
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New York
Cranmer
London
Thomas Cromwell
Henry VIII
Luther R. Welker
Plarksburg
Philadelphia
Llans Holbein
Tenry VIII
Cromwell
Archbishop Cranmer
Brave Deed of Youngster in Delaware Sea Rescue
Selby M. Harrington, 11, braved a raging sea to swim two miles through stormy Chesapeake Bay and save two sisters and a cousin. The rescue acted as a remarkable act of courage amid peril at Georgetown Delaware coast.
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Georgetown
Del
Selby M. Harrington
Chncoteague Bay
Harrington
Plorence
Asda
Sailors Rescued After Boat Overturns In Gust
In a small boat incident at sea, a gust capsized the craft. Occupants were thrown into the water. Starrington swam two miles to shore seeking assistance. Lip Ts Ce was among the party.
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Angton
Young Starrington
Lip Ts Ce
Trolley Crash Kills Eight at Camp Parole
Eight people dead after two cars of the Washington Baltimore and Annapolis Electric Railway collide at Camp Parole in Annapolis Maryland. Six men, one woman, and a child perish. the child is the three year old daughter of WM E Slaughter the road's general manager.
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Annapolis
Washington, Baltimore and Annapolis Electric Railway Company
Camp Parole
William E. Slaughter
Anna Gould to Wed Prince Helie de Sagan Soon
Paris firm for Mme Anna Gould says marriage to Prince Helie de Sagan is delayed but set within a month. George Gould, her brother, may be required in the United States for business interests, complicating his attendance.
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Paris
Mme
Anna Gould
Prince Helie de Sagan
George Gould
Mme. Gould
United States
Miss Alice Welsh Weds Frederick Hoffman in Baby-Lined Exit
In Pittsburg at the German Evangelical Protestant Church, Miss Alice Welsh and Frederick Hoffman married. As they left for their carriage, 26 babies lined each side, crying loudly, arranged by friends of the couple to greet them.
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Pittsburg
Alice Welsh
Frederick Hoffman
Ex-Senator James K. Jones Dies in Washington
Former United States Senator James K. Jones of Arkansas died at his Washington residence Monday after a brief illness. He was a leading Democrat in the Senate from 1885 to 1903 and chaired the Democratic National Committee for the Bryan campaigns of 1896 and 1900. Since 1903 he practiced law and remained out of active politics.
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United States
James K. Jones
Arkansas
Senate
William Jennings Bryan
Democratic National Committee
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