Death of Standard Oil executive Henry H. Rogers
New York May 19 Henry H. Rogers vice president of Standard Oil and financier informally called master of Standard Oil died at his family home of apoplexy after a 6 30 am attack. Funeral services to be held at Unitarian Messiah Church with Rev Robert Collier officiating. Burial at Fair Haven Rogers left a fortune near 100 million and influenced the Tidewater railroad project. Mark Twain Samuel Clemens arrived to mourn a close friend.
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New York
Henry H. Rogers
Standard Oil Company
Thomas Lawson
Rogers
Fuller
Tidewater
West Virginia
Atlantic
Henry H., Jr
Standard Oil
John D. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Mr. Rogers
New Bedford
Mass
Fair Haven
Young Rogers
Pennsylvania
Thomas W. Lawson
Unitarian Messiah Church
Robert Collier
Fairhaven
Samuel Clemens
Mark Twain
Pennsylvania Railroad Plans Major Tree Planting Drive
The Pennsylvania Railroad will plant over 1 million trees this spring, bringing total recent plantings to 3.4 million across private forests. Locations include New Jersey near Metuchen and New Brunswick and Pennsylvania sites at Conewago Lewistown Junction Deneholm and Van Dyke with species such as red oak Scotch pine locust pin oak and black walnut.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Philadelphia
Altoona
Metuchen
New Brunswick
N. J
Conewago
van Dyke
Lewistown Junction
Pomeroy
Deneholm
Hail Kills Seven Mexicans Near Uvalde Texas Tent
From Uvalde Texas a correspondent reports seven Mexicans in a tent were killed yesterday by large hailstones during a forty minute storm regarded as among the worst. Authorities fear others may also be dead as reports spread from the area.
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Uvalde
Texas
Czar Grants Pardon to Nebogatoff and Stoessel
In St. Petersbug on May 18 the czar pardons Admiral Nebogatoff and General Stoessel after popular demand for liberty of officers. Both are in serious physical condition and not expected to survive long.
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St. Petersbug
Nebogatoff
Stoessel
Income Tax Plan Cited to Raise 15 Million
Washington May 18 insurgent senators Borah Cummins and Bailey met to draft an income tax bill likely to raise about 15 million if enacted. They agreed to recast language on zinc ore and pig zinc to tax ore by zinc content. Senator Gore urged an investigation into retailer profits as possibly excessive.
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Washington
Borak
Idaho
Cummins
Iowa
Bailey
Texas
Gore
Oklahoma
Denver man perfects safe process for giant powder
Thomas Scanlon of Denver has devised an apparatus and method to handle giant powder with greatly reduced risk. The device aims to minimize accidents during preparation and use, addressing a long standing safety concern in the industry.
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Denver
Thomas Scanlon
The Thawer for Giant Powder in Use at Quartz Works
A description of Scanlon's improved powder thawer explains a dual cylinder design to safely warm giant powder. It uses candles to heat water, with a water layer preventing grease ignition and a revolving inside cylinder to ensure powder is thawed only once per operation. The device exhausts steam through bottom tubes to extinguish the flames.
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Scanlon
Hains in Prison for Manslaughter Sentence Kept
Captain Peter Hains, convicted of manslaughter in the murder of William E. Annis, was sent to Sing Sing Prison to begin an eight to eighteen year term. The judge cited the unwritten law to justify punishment and said courts can punish wrongs against individuals. Hains arrived quietly, with prison number 2002, and will be examined for fitness before work assignment.
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New York
Peter C. Hains
William E. Annis
Sing Sing
Hains
Ossining
N. Y
Peter Hains
Russian Officially to Represent at Irrigation Congress
Delegates to the National Irrigation congress will include Eugene Skorniakoff, Russian agricultural engineer, who will study reclamation work in the northwest and visit government irrigation projects across Washington and western states during the August session in Spokane.
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Russia
Japan
China
Irrigation Congress
Spokane
Wash
Nicholas
R. Insinger
Board of Control
National Irrigation Congress
Baron Roesen
Eugene Skorniakoff
Northwest
Washington
Oregon
Idaho
Montana
California
Nevada
Utah
Wyoming
The
Dakotas
Kansas
Kill Petrosini's Friend Campaigns in New York Smoke
The Black Hind is credited with the death of Giorgio Puccio who was assassinated last night. Niccio was the closest associate of Joseph Petrosini a New York detective slain in Palermo while pursuing bandit leaders.
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Petrosini
New York
Black Hind
Piorgio Puccio
Niccio
Joseph Petrosini
Palermo
Italy
Mother slays three children then dies in Connecticut
In Middleton Chatham a mother killed her ten year old son and ten month old baby with a razor and attacked a seven year old. She then fatally harmed herself. Father Lewis Craston heard the scream and found the scene. the seven year old may recover. Police note no clear motive beyond a sudden brain storm.
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Middleton
Conn
Lewis Craston
Chatham
Craston
Funeral Follows Death of E. W. Taylor Aberdeen Leader
The funeral of E W Taylor lawyer legislator and Aberdeen alderman was held with state leaders in attendance. Born in Minnesota at 41 he moved to Webster S D in 1883 and later to Aberdeen where he formed a law partnership. Surviving are a widow five daughters mother and siblings. The death came as Mrs Taylor senior traveled from California to Grand Island Neb to be with him but he died before she reached him.
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Aberdeen
E. W. Taylor
Taylor
Ways and Means
Minnesota
Webster S. D
Minnesota University
Campbell
Commandery
the Elks and Knights of Pythias
Slayer Defies Posse In Jackson Escape To Woods
Thomas Atkinson, convicted of murder twenty five years ago, fled to the woods near Jackson Mississippi and barricaded himself in an impregnable position after learning authorities had uncovered his identity. He had lived as a prosperous farmer for a quarter century and vowed to die before surrendering.
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Woods
Jackson
Miss
Thomas Atkinson
Atkinson
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen approves funeral policy
In Columbus Ohio on May 21 the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen in session here adopted a resolution creating a compulsory funeral policy for members who do not carry other insurance.
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Columbus
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Woodmen of the World to Initiate Hundreds August
Spokane officers plan to initiate at least three candidates from every state and territory on Woodmen day August 18 as head camp officers preside. The event targets a large statewide and continental turnout and marks a major initiation drive for the organization.
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Spokane
Wash
Woodmen of the World
City Men Plan $10,000 Budget for Open Air Celebration
Five thousand dollars has been appropriated, with business leaders pledging matching funds to cover expenses. Initiations will occur in closed electric street cars traveling through the city and suburbs. Tichenor heads the committee and has secured cars on four systems. Cars will be decorated with order colors and symbols. A barbecue in a public park will follow with Congressman Shepard and eight western governors delivering addresses.
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B&b
Congressman Shepard
Taft backs home after receptions in Virginia and North Carolina
President Taft arrived in Washington at 4 45 p m from Petersburg Virginia and expressed pleasure at the receptions he received in both Virginia and North Carolina.
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Washington
Taft
Petersburg
Virginia
North Carolina
Senator Culbertson Denounces GOP on Costs
Culbertson of Texas declares republican protection raises living costs out of proportion. He accuses the dominant party of pitting rich against poor and praises Democrats as potential saviors of the country.
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Culbertson Spouts
Washington
Culbertson
Texas
Lay Cornerstone Ceremony At Philippine Capitol
The cornerstone of the Philippine Capitol was laid in Manila on May 21 with an elaborate ceremony. Governor W Cameron Forbes spoke stressing Filipinos must prove capability for self government before independence.
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Capitol of
Philippine Islands
Manila
P. I
Philippine Capitol
W. Cameron Forbes
Presbytery Routine in Denver Marks Youth Birth Anniversary
The Denver Presbytery morning session was devoted to routine work, with the afternoon set aside to celebrate the youth anniversary of John Calvin's birth.
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Denver
John Calvin
Financier Henry H Rogers Funeral in New York and Fairhaven
All Standard Oil employees halt work as Henry H Rogers is laid to rest. Services held at Unitarian Church of the Messiah in New York with Rev. Robert Collyer praising his philanthropy. Casket escorted by sixteen pallbearers to a special train for Fairhaven where interment will occur in a grand mausoleum.
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New York
Standard Oil Company
Henry H. Rogers
Unitarian Church
Dr. Collyer
Rogers
Fairview
Rogersn
Fairhaven
Belle Fourche to Build New $35,000 Hotel Project
Belle Fourche plans a modern $35,000 hotel structure on the east side of Butte County Bank with stone or brick construction. The Commercial club backs the effort to form a stock company, already $14,000 subscribed, promising rental value and improved accommodations the town has lacked.
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Belle Fourche
Los
Butte County Bank
Romance of an Old Will Upsets Family Plans
Denver couple Horace Crow Hosford and Helen Youngerman travel to Rule Nebraska to claim a $100,000 estate they learned of after finding an old will in a discarded suitcase. The tale traces Hosford’s nomadic youth, elopement, and a later document that supersedes an earlier Nebraska will, altering inheritance.
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Denver
Colo
Horace Crow Hosford
Neb
Hosfords
Horace
Hosford
Hosford I
Rule
Young Hosford
Des Moines
Helen Youngerman
Hopford
Los Angeles
Hasfords
California
Turkish Commission Likely to Blame Armenians for Massacres
A parliamentary commission report from Istanbul Asia Minor states Armenians will be blamed for the uprising. It fixes the death toll at 35,000 and warns that entire provinces face starvation.
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Constantinople
Asiai Minor
Mrs Taft Suffers Nervous Break Down After Operation
Mrs Taft fainted during a pleasure trip on the Potomac and was taken to the White House. The breakdown is linked to anxiety over Charles Taft's recent minor tonsil procedure, with Mrs Taft under physician care and her social engagements canceled. Her condition today is reported much improved.
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Washington
Potomac River
Taft
White House
Charles Taft
Taft Heads to Petersburg for Fort Mahone Monument Unveiling
President Taft departs Washington for Petersburg Virginia to attend the Fort Mahone monument unveiling on Thursday and will join the Mecklenburg celebration in Charlottesville North Carolina marking the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
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Taft
Washington
Petersburg
Fort Mahone
Mecklenburg
Charlottesville
N. C
Motorman Killed in Elevated Rail Crash
A motorman was killed and fifteen passengers injured when a crash involving three trains occurred on the elevated railroad this morning. A collision forced a third train into the end of a stalled train, with fears of further deaths.
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Chicago
Arbitration boards to meet Detroit seamen unions
State boards from Wisconsin Minnesota Ohio and other Great Lakes states meet in Detroit to try to settle the long running strike since navigation began. Lake winders are not represented but are expected to accept the conference's finding.
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Detroit
Mich
Wisconsin
Minis
Ohio
Great Lakes
Lake Seamen's Unions
Lake Vartiers
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