Notable Obituaries And Incidents Across United States
Personal. C Arthur Williams associate editor of the Washington Herald died in El Paso Texas of tuberculosis. Charles Reich of the New York Times received the Crown of Prussia order. Pauline Leroy French married at Newport. Martin L Smeyer former congressman died after apoplexy at Wooster Ohio. Dewitt C Gallup Civil War veteran died in Hutchinson Kansas. Dr David Coulter Gamble noted ear specialist in St Louis died. Major Pino Guarra arriving in New York planning US army visit. George W Gale former Frisco traffic chief died in St Louis. Augustus Birrell Ireland official resignations slated for July. Dennis John F Connell consecrated bishop in Washington DC with bishops present. Trinity church elects W T Mannig rector. Hetty Green moved to Plaza from Hoboken paying higher rent. Wheeler named Roosevelt professor in Berlin 1909 10. Charles Bottineau Turtle Mountain Indian leader died in Washington. Siegfrid Wagner arranging US tour with Berlin Philharmonic. Ed Callihan fatally wounded in Kentucky. Spicer killed by Callihan’s son. Unidentified man commits suicide by jumping in Mississippi River St Louis. Morgan Delancey Magee head of Manasquan bank committed suicide. bank closes. Gypsies rob Jeanp Town area. local robberies reported. Polander William Sekansky shoots and kills Aunie Keckoow then shoots Michael Kirsani who dies in hospital.
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C. Arthur Williams
Washington
D. C
Herald
el Paso
Tex
Emperor William
Prussia
Charles Reich
New York Times
Pauline Leroy French
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
St. John’s Church
Newport
Samuel G. Wagstaff
Martin L. Smeyer
Wooster
Ohio
Dewitt C. Gallup
Cuba
Nicaragua
Hutchinson
Kan
David Coulter Gamble
Washington University
St. Louis
Maj
Pino Guarra
New York
United States Army
George W. Gale
Southwestern Traffic Bureau
Gale
Frisco
Augustus Birrell
Ireland
Anthony McDonnell
Lord Leutenant
Mer
Washington Street
Hoboken
Plaza
Benjamin Ide Wheeler
University of California
Columbia University
Ministry of Education
Theodore Roosevelt
Berlin
Charles Bottineau
Turtle Mountain Band of Indians
North Dakota
Inian
Congress
Siegfrid Wagner
Richard Wagner
United States
Herr Wagner
Philharmonic Orchestra of
Ed Callihan
John Spicer
Spicer
Callihan
Jackson
Tyler Street
Morgan Delancey Magee
First National Bank
Manasqua
William Sekansky
Aunie Keckoow
Michael Kirsani
Kirsani
Nine More Victims in Laporte Farm Murders Case
A sprawling murder saga unfolds in Laporte Indiana as remains of ten victims are found at the Guinness farm. Ray Lamphere is jailed on murder charges tied to Mrs Belle Guinness and her three children, with evidence suggesting fake matrimonial traps and bodies shipped from Chicago.
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Holmes
Chicago
Bender
Kansas
Laporte
Ind
A. K. Helgelein
Aberdeen
Andrew Helgelein
Belle Guinness
Andrew
A. G. Helgelein
Guinness
Andrew Hegelein
Lamphere
Ray Lamphere
H. F. Worden
John Wheatbrook
Peter Colson
R. N. Smith
Leo Grening
Emil
Jennie Olsen
Emil Grening
Oklahoma City
Sheriff's Office
Mrs. Guinness
Smutzer
Schuettler
Hoffman
Austin
Mass Sightseers Pack Guinness Farm Murder Site
At the Guinness farm near Laporte Indiana crowds throng the scene seeking clues to the Port of Missing Men murders while Sheriff Smutzer extends inquiries and coroner reports on autopsies. police in Chicago and Syracuse pursue possible leads on the famous Wisconsin era case.
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Laporte
Guinness
Canada Builds Grain Highway From Great Lakes to Sea
Ottawa May 12 government plans a Canadian Pacific railway led grain corridor to divert Western traffic from U.S. outlets to the seaboard. Victoria harbor will host a chief grain port with a 10,000,000 bushel elevator in five 2,000,000 bushel units and a 50,000 bushels per hour capacity. Line from Montreal via Smith's Falls Peterboro to Victoria spans 359 miles.
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Great Lakes
Seaboard
Ottawa
Canadian Pacific Railway
Victoria Harbor
Georgian Bay
Railway Company
Montreal
Smith's Falls
Peterboro
Pulpit Joke Dr Aked Says Ministers Have Become Laughing Stock
New York May 12 Dr Charles F Aked pastor of the Fifth Avenue Baptist Church declares in a sermon that the pulpit is out of touch with the times and ministers have become a laughing stock He notes declining church attendance and that commercialism hinders funds for Christianity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aked
New York
Charles F. Aked
Fifth Avenue Bapist Church
Death of Joseph Leicht on Lutizow voyage
Joseph Leicht of Winona Minnesota died aboard the North German Lloyd steamship Lutizow in Cherbourg on May 12. The body was taken ashore and will be shipped to New York on Wednesday.
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Joseph Leicht
Winona
Cherbourg
Minn
Lutzow
New York
Minnesota Democratic convention to direct Johnson Johnson for presidency
The Minnesota Democratic state convention will meet in St Paul on May 14 to instruct the Minnesota delegation to cast 22 votes for Gov. John A. Johnson for the presidency at Denver. Bryan forces threaten a bolting convention to form a solid Bryan delegation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Minnesota
Denver
John A. Johnson
Bryan
Johnson
A. Stockwell
Minneapolis
Hennepin County
Ramsey County
Duluth
St. Louis County
Van Sant Named Urged as Candidate for G A R Commander
Minnesota department at the national encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic will present Former Governor Samuel R. Van Sant as a candidate for commander in chief in Toledo Ohio next August. A general letter from department headquarters urges delegates to vote in his favor.
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St. Paul
Department of Minnesota
Grand Army of the Republic
Toledo
Ohio
Samuel R. van Sant
Fire Destroys Part of People's Store in Belle Plaine
Fire erupted Saturday night in the basement of the People's store in the Bailey block Belle Plaine Minnesota. The blaze began among matches and spread, damaging goods as flames and water threatened the entire building.
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Belle Plaine
Minn
People’s Store
Bailey Block
Fire destroys Brooks Elevator mill in Minneapolis
A fire swept through the Brooks Elevator mill in Minneapolis early yesterday, nearly leveling the screen ing mill. The loss is estimated at eight thousand dollars with up to six thousand dollars in damages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Brooks Elevator Company
Baron Rosen Withdraws From Social Life in Mourning
Baron Rosen the Russian ambassador withdraws from society due to his brother’s death. He will sail for Russia in May instead of this month, altering his previously planned timetable.
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Baron Rosen
Ruselao
Senate debated Browns ville affair and tornado relief
In Washington on May 5 and 6 senators discussed the Browns ville incident. Senator Bulkeley defended the Twenty-fifth regiment and called for justice for negro soldiers. Congress approved 250 000 to aid tornado victims across Alabama Georgia Mississippi and Louisiana. House overrode committee cuts in sundry civil items. Debates on mining safety funding and forestry service opposition continued alongside agricultural appropriations.
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Washington
Senator Bulkeley
Connecticut
Military Committee
Senate
Brownsville
Bulkeley
Twenty-fifth Regiment
House
Alabama
Georgia
Mississippi
Louisiana
Committee On Appropriations
Messrs. Daines
Tenesseee and Chaney
Indiana
Tawney
Henderson
Forestry Service
Senator Heyburn
Idaho
House Denies Canteen Return at National Soldiers Home
In a 167 to 46 vote the House rejected reestablishing the canteen at the National Soldiers Home after a two hour debate. George F. Gridley of Providence briefly disrupted proceedings with an American flag address from the gallery on temperance. Senate also acts on child labor, barring workers under 14 in DC factories and many venues with set hours.
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Washington
House of Representatives
National Soldiers' Home
George F. Gridley
Providence
R. I
Senate
District of Columbia
Forest reserves and army pay debates highlight May senate actions
Senate discussions focused on the forestry provision of the agricultural appropriation bill with Senator Teller opposing a lump sum forest reserve expansion while Senator Depew urged extending reserve work. The house advanced the sundry civil bill and approved the army appropriation boosting pay by seven million dollars with five million for enlisted men. Senate progress on the agricultural bill remained slow amid forest reserve dialogue.
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Washington
Senate
Teller
Colorado
Depew
New York
House
House of Representatives
Nelson
Minnesota
Dolliver
Iowa
Winter Wheat All Right And Good Crop Chance
Government May crop report puts winter wheat area at 29 751 000 acres down 4.2 percent from last fall but up 6.8 percent from last year s harvest The May 1 condition is 89 percent of normal up from 71.3 percent on April 1 and 82.9 percent on May 1 1907.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
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Guinness Farm
Mack
Scena
Syracuse
N. Y
Cora Belle Herron
Frederick B. Herron
Sethness Chemical Company of
Canada
Gov. Johnson
Friends of Governor
van Sant
Ongress
Paene
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