Nine Die in Confederate Veterans Train Wreck
NINE killed and fifty injured in a wreck of the Vansandt Confederate Veterans special en route from Texas to the Macon Georgia reunion. Eleven cars derailed on a trestle near Eastabuchie Mississippi, tumbling down a high embankment. Three women and two children among the dead. several veterans injured but none fatally. The train carried several hundred veterans but no fatalities among them.
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Hattiesburg
Miss
Vansandt Confederate Veterans
Texas
Macon
Eastabuchie
New Orleans
Roosevelt Carries Maryland as Roosevelt Clark Win Gop Support
Maryland's sixteen national convention votes go to Theodore Roosevelt and Champ Clark in a tight state result. Latest counts show Roosevelt holding just enough to control the Maryland convention despite a close race. Also note updates on missing William H. Pritchett and military mobilization at Fort Sill with 1,000 troops poised for border deployment.
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Roosevelt
Maryland
Baltimore
Theodore Roosevelt
Champ Clark
Lawton
Okla
Granger B. Adams
Fort Bill
War Department
Texas
Fort Sill
Adams
Century-Old Jeffersonville Resident Iverson Kiphart Dies
Iverson Kiphart a former slave born in Kentucky and longtime Jeffersonville resident dies at 101. A Civil War pensioner he weighed 350 pounds and owned a farm. He lived in this city for fifty years and remained noted for strength in his later years.
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Jeffersonville
Ind
Iverson Kiphart
Kentucky
Deliberate Killing of Soldier On Border Probed
El Paso May 6 Colonel E Z Steever reports the shooting of Private Baker of the Twenty second Infantry on border patrol was deliberate and conducted from the Mexican side of the river after a thorough investigation.
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el Paso
Texas
Baker
E. Z. Steever
Wealthy Indiana farmer Alexander Kelly commits suicide
Greensburg Indiana May 6. Alexander Kelly 55 a leading Decatur county farmer hanged himself in a barn a note said he was worried about his health.
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Greensburg
Ind
Alexander Kelly
Decatur County
Passenger Train Wreck at Fort Smith Injures Dozens
A Frisco passenger train derailed in the Alleghany mountains fifty miles from Fort Smith Arkansas. Twenty persons are reported injured and several fatally. Survivors were brought to Fort Smith for treatment.
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Fort Smith
Ark
Aiamich Mountains
Republican primary totals incomplete in Gosneld area
In Boston Mississippi the total preferential vote for the three Republican candidates shows Roosevelt leading with 71 163 ballots Taft has 6 408 and LaFollette 1 705 while Gosneld town returns are still missing leaving the final tally pending.
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Boston
Miss
Gosneld
T LaFollette
Roosevelt
Taft
Thaw Case Is Set For Sanity Hearing
In White Plains on May 3 Justice Keogh set June 3 for Harry Thaw's sanity hearing in supreme court. Officials expect the hearing to extend over several weeks as the court weighs his mental competency.
McCarty Beats Morris in Springfield Bout
Luther McCarty of Springfield defeats Carl Morris of Tulsa Ohio in the sixth round of a ten round bout at the Springfield Athletic Club on May 4.
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McCarty
Morris
Springfield
Luther McCarty
Carl Morris
Tulsa
Ohio
Springfield Athletic Club
Steamer Captain Shot by Mate in Indiana Incident
May 4 in Bvanarile Indiana Captain W T Howell of the Kenols was shot by Mate William Carroll of the Lydia and died at a hospital. Carroll was arrested and claims self defense.
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Bvanarile
Ind
W. T. Howell
Kenols
William Carroll
Lydia
Garroll
Check the High Cost of Living
President Taft forwards the second consular report on living costs in France Belgium the Netherlands and Denmark with a Wilson letter. It notes rising living costs boosting cooperative societies in France and Belgium and outlines how co ops in these countries manage prices relief funds insurance and member benefits.
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Washington
Wilson
Taft
Congress
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Denmark
State Department
United Kingdom
Joint Association of Danish Co-Operative Societies
Underwood Wins Georgia Support for Baltimore Convention
Oscar W Underwood of Alabama, Democratic floor leader, carries Georgia over Woodrow Wilson by a substantial margin and will be backed by a solid Georgia delegation at the Baltimore convention. Returns show Underwood leading Wilson by at least 5,000 with Champ Clark and Judson Harmon on the ticket but not significant in the contest.
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Baltimore
Georgia
Atlanta
Oscar W. Underwood
Alabama
House of Representatives
Woodrow Willison
New Jersey
Underwood
Wilson
Champ Clark
Judson Harmon
Blow for commerce court abolition attempt in federal budget
Washington May 3 The House Appropriations Committee failed to report an appropriation for the newly created commerce court. The move signals an attempt to abolish the tribunal as part of sweeping cuts to government expenses in the general supply bill for legislative judicial and executive branches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House Committee
Washington
Commerce Court
House Committee On Appropriations
New Haven Line Buys Dominion Atlantic Steamship Route
Announcement reports the New York New Haven and Hartford railroad acquiring the Dominion Atlantic Line of steamers operating between Boston and Yarmouth Nova Scotia. The deal was disclosed on Friday in Road.
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Road
Ship Line
Boston
Dominion Atlantic
Yarmouth
N. S
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Czarina in Poor Health Triggers Anxiety in St Petersburg
May 6 report from St Petersburg states the czarina is seriously ill with acute melancholia. She is said to be under constant surveillance as doctors monitor her condition.
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Czarina
St. Petersburg
Russias
Miners Split Over Operators Concessions in Pa Meetings
In Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania May 7 sentiment among anthracite miners is evenly divided on accepting or rejecting concessions offered by operators. Workers discuss the May 14 delegates convention with pro peace factions led by National President White and anti concession groups urging rejection and a strike if recognition is denied.
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Wilkesbarre
White
Noted Diplomat 8 Dead in Washington
Thomas Cleveland Dawson 46, a State Department diplomatic officer and Hudson Wisconsin native, died here Wednesday. Survived by wife Mrs Dawson and several children. Known for Latin American problem solving, he was famed as the great pacificator and served to ease tensions among South American republics and the United States.
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Thomas Cleveland Dawson
Washington
State Department
Hudson
Wis
Dawgton
Brazil
Latin- America
Tom” Dawson
United States
Equal Righters in Parade Suffrage March in NYC
Twenty thousand suffrage marchers, led by Miss Annie Tinker, rode as cavalry-women in a New York parade from Washington Square to Carnegie Hall. The event drew over two million male spectators and included diverse groups such as a black squad led by Mia Albert Plimpton and a contingent from China.
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New York City
New York
Annie Tinker
Washington Square
Eleventh Street
Fifty-seventh Street
Carnegie Hall
Mia
Albert Plimpton
China
Myrtle Jim
Tinker
Texans killed in cyclone near North Laredo
Ten people are known dead with about twenty injured as a cyclone and cloudburst sweep the Rio Grande country near North Laredo Texas. Wires between Laredo and Green were leveled and farm buildings destroyed. Grover Nye a North Laredo planter is among the dead. Three women and children died in a house near Nye's property. The ranch of J J Davis the Texas onion king was swept away with workers killed or injured.
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San Antonio
Tex
Rio Grande River
North Laredo
Laredo
Green
Grover Nye
Nye
J. J. Davis
Texas
Seventy five thousand ducks burned at Cumberland farm
Harrisburg May 7 report that 75 thousand young ducks perished in a Sunday fire at C. M. Stauffer’s duck farm in Cumberland County. Losses include additional poultry and several duck houses.
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Harrisburg
C. M. Stauffer
Cumberland County
Stauffer
Duel Ended in Two Deaths at Benton
William T. Smith was killed by police officer William Odom after fatally wounding the officer during a Sunday confrontation. Smith, a teamster, left a wife. Police report the fatal shootout occurred in Benton on the previous day.
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Benton, I
William T. Smith
Polieceman
William Odom
Odom
Smith
Mexican rebel leader Gomez proclaimed provisional president
Emilio Vasquez Gomez is proclaimed provisional president of Mexico by General Pascual Orozco as Juarez becomes provisional capital. The move aims to influence U S recognition of belligerency while Madero protests Washington. Manuel Calero becomes Mexican ambassador to the United States.
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el Paso
Tex
Emilio Vasquez Gomez
Mexico
Pascual Orozco
Torreon
Juarez
Chihuahua
Gomez
Madero
Gomes
General Orozco
Gonzalez Enrile
United States
Emanuel Vasquez Gomez
Washington
Orozco
Manuel Calero
Post Office Bill Passed With New Parcel Post Provisions
The House approved a 1912 13 postal service bill of about 26 million dollars after weeks of debate by a vote of 227 to 5. It includes experimental rural parcels post, temporary general parcels post, and rates of 5 cents first pound and 1 cent for each added pound on rural routes, 12 cents on general routes, plus amendments on good roads tolls, owner and stockholder disclosures, ending the gag rule, and steel cars for railway mail by 1917.
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House
Washington
Post Office
House of Representatives
Shackelford Good Roads
Earnhardt
Post Office Department
Texas Sunk By Shell Fire At Dardanelles
It is alleged the steamer Texas sank after a shell from Turkish forts struck it, not a submerged mine as first reported. The ship had ignored warning shots and deviated from the channel. In Peru Indiana a body of an unknown man was found in the Wabash River near where a one day old boy had earlier been found on the bank.
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Smyrna
Texas
Lfe
Dardanelles
Peru
Ind
Roye
Wabash
Priscillian Beaten at Pimlico in Maryland
Priscillian the Belmont starter and winner of fifteen straight races was defeated at Pimlico on Friday. The horse had not lost since returning from England three years ago, making this setback notable for August Belmont's stable.
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Priscillian
Pimlico
England
Hillsville Shootout Trial Brutally Detailed By Witness
Floyd Allen and kin opened fire at the Hillsville county courthouse killing a judge and four others. 57 bullets fired in under a minute. clerk Dexter Goad wounded by twelve bullets and showing eleven holes in his clothes. Cyrus Phibbs testified that Sidna and Victor Allen drew pistols as the verdict was read. Allen faced further agitation in court, requesting a guard’s weapon or self harm.
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Watheville
Floyd Allen
Hillsville
Dexter Goad
Cyrus Phibbs
Commonwealth
Fisher
Phibbs
Layd Allen
Sidna
Victor Allen
Allen
Miners' President John P. White in Critical Condition
Oskaloosa Iowa May 3 John P White president of the United Mine Workers of America fell ill at his home with severe hemorrhages from ruptured blood vessels. Doctors stopped the bleeding and he remains in serious condition at Oakatoosa.
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John P. White
Oakatoosa
Oskaloosa
United Mine Workers of America
Taft and Wilson Criticized by Methodist Delegates
Delegates from Missouri at the Methodist general conference in Minneapolis on May 6 condemn President Taft and Secretary Wilson for endorsing the Brewers congress in Chicago. A motion to refer the issue to judiciary committees to test constitutionality was defeated 394 to 273 amid debate over keeping the matter off the floor.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Taft
Wilson
Missouri
Methodist General Conference
Brewers’ Congress
Chicago
J. L Bartholomew
New England Conference
Judiciary
Final Effort Aims to Save Richeson From Electric Chair
Boston May 7 Lawyers for Rev. Clarence T Richeson seek clemency by appealing to Governor Foss. They dispatch Richeson’s father Thomas V Richeson and his brothers to Virginia to plead insanity since boyhood as justification for commuting the sentence for the killing of Miss Avis Linnell.
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Preacher
Boston
Clarence T. Richeson
Avis Linnell
Virginia
Richeson
Thomas V. Richeson
Richesons
Foss
Barge Blast Kills Five in Cleveland
Five men burned to death after explosions tore through barge No. 86 on the Cuyahoga River. Albert Marquise Felix Boucher Nelson Levere Louisa Gale and her son Frank Gale, all Great Lakes Towing employees, perished and ore damage topped 450000 dollars.
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Cleveland
Cuyahoga River
Albert Marquise
Felix Boucher
Nelson Levere
Louisa Gale
Frank Gale
Great Lakes Towing Company
Fire Destroys Ladoga Veneering Mills Causing $40,000 Loss
Crawfordsville Ind May 7 A fire destroyed the Ladoga veneer mills eighteen miles from here Sunday causing property loss of 40000 and leaving workmen unemployed.
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Crawfordsville
Ind
Ladoga
Back Aches Signal Hidden Kidney Trouble
An old advertisement urges readers to use Dean's Kidney Pills with testimonials from A. W. Priest of Marysville Ohio. It recounts severe back and loins pain and weight loss from 220 to 150 pounds, claiming the pills cured kidney trouble after doctors failed. The ad ends with the familiar Doan's slogan and mentions 60 stores.
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Dean
A. W. Priest
St. Maryseville
Ohio
Doan’s
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Cole’s Carboni salve advertised for burns and cuts
An old classified style item promotes Cole’s Carboni salve claiming rapid healing and scar prevention. It lists prices 2c and 6c from I W Cole Co Black River Falls Wisconsin and offers a free sample by writing to the company. The surrounding text includes a humorous Harper’s Bazaar quote and unrelated marketing patter.
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Cole
Ruggists
I. W. Cole & Co
Black River Falls
Wia
Backache Relief Advertises Mrs Woodall’s Experience
A Kentucky woman from Morton's Gap credits Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with curing years of backache and female disorders. The testimonial urges readers to seek advice from the Lydia E. Pinkham company and notes confidential, woman-to-woman responses.
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Ydin E. Pinkham
Clurg Woodall
Morton’s Gap
Kentucky
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia E.pinkham
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Baton Rouge
Lai
Louisiana Railway & Navigation Company
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Bocker
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London
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