Roosevelt to lead tuberculosis congress in Washington fall
From Washington news that President Roosevelt will accept presidency of the International Congress on Tuberculosis to be held in Washington in autumn. Also reported are a $50,000 bill for a Washington George Washington mother memorial, and naval officer Rae's death.
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International Congress On
Washington
George Washington
Charles Whiteside Rae
Navy
Bureau of Steam Navigation
Navy Department
House Committee On Library
Veteran Army of the Philippines
United Spanish War Veterans
Spanish Veterans’ Organization
Congress
Root
Far East
Prominent Figures Die Across Americas and Europe
Obituaries report Bishop Ignatius Horstman of Cleveland and master mechanic George McLennan of the Canadian Northern. Carnegie funds Winnipeg library with 150000 total, Brig. Gen. Whittier dies aboard Mauretania, Ludovic Halevy and cricket expert Jerome Flannery also pass away. Other deaths include Gov. Woodruff’s leadership role, Rev. Pelham Williams, Dr. Kilbourne and Dr. Pilgrim elections, Allen Gard of Lanao, and John H. Conklin linked to a lead-poisoning incident.
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Ignatius F. Horstman
Cleveland
George F. McLennan
Canadian Northern Railroad
Winnipeg
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie
C. A. Whittier
Mauretania
New York
Europe
Ludovic Halevy
Pelham Williams
Diocese of
Coorado
Greenbush
Scituate
Mass
Arthur L. Kilbourne
Rochester
Minn
National Medico-psychological Association
Cincinnati
Charles W. Pilgrim
Train Derailment, Deaths, and Accidents Reported
A Chicago Great Western passenger train derailed at Dean Missouri with passengers shaken but no serious injuries. A Morningside College student, Charles H. Rouse of Sioux City, found dead in his room due to an open gas jet. Four foreigners killed and three injured by a rock and coal fall at Lehigh Valley Coal’s Prospect mine in Midvale Pennsylvania. A boy in Waterloo Iowa faces possible loss of sight from a gunshot wound to the left eye inflicted by a younger brother. An accidental revolver discharge in Chicago killed a man and wounded another while a staged incident with a pistol occurred at another location. Minor injuries noted in various local accidents and incidents.
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Chicago Great Western Railway
Dean
Charles H. Rouse
Morningside College
Sioux City
Prospect
Lehigh Valley Coal Company
Midvale
Little Roy Maile
Waterloo
Iowa
Conservation conference ends with call for united action
Washington May 15 16. At the White House three days of talks among President Roosevelt governors cabinet officers and experts produced two main ideas. a permanent national and state organization and that there is no constitutional limit to interstate agreements subject to congressional approval. The day closed with speeches by Andrew Carnegie J J Hill James J Hill and others and a warning on soil waste and forest depletion.
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America
White House
Rooseevelt
Supreme Court
United States
Congress
Marine Band
Edward Everett Hale
Senate
Israel
Roosevelt
Inland Waterways Commission
William J. Bryan
Andrew Carnegie
J. J. Hill
Gustav Schwab
Gov. Johnson VII
Gov. Noel
Mississippi
Gov. Johnson
Minnesota
Johnson
Carnegie
Lake Superior
Hill
John Mitchell
C. R. van Hise
John Hayes Hammond
Root
John A. Johnson
Deneen
Illinois
James J. Hill
Hin
T. C. Chamberlain
Chicago
R. A. Long
Kansas City
Pardee
California
West
Carey
Wyoming
Wilson
Wisconsin
Davidson
Bryan
Son Saves Parents In Home Blaze Near Belle Plaine
Belle Plaine Minn May 17 A fire swept Jacob Afholter’s house with Mr and Mrs Afholter asleep upstairs. Their son returning from town woke them and rescued them from the upper story. The property valued around 3500 with about 600 in insurance.
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Belle Plaine
Minn
Jacob Afholter
Youth Beating Near Preston Leaves Man Critical
William Pooter aged twenty four was beaten by John Drefer a Preston tavern bartender after he ejected him earlier. Drefer says Pooter attacked with lineman pliers and that he acted in self defense. Pooter's condition is critical with severe head injuries from the pliers.
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Preston
Minn
William Pooter
John Drefer
Drefer
Pooter
Dreier
Patrol Stricken Towns In Omaha Storm Coverage
Omaha reports police patrols in Bellevue and Fort Crook after a Sunday storm destroyed many homes. Three college students have been assigned to patrol duties on eight hour shifts. Local damage estimates exceed 600000 dollars across five stricken towns.
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Omaha
Bellevue
Fort Crook
Death Farm Murders Linked to Bell Gunness Case
Laporte Indiana May reveals ongoing claims that Mrs Bell Gunness received help to lure victims. New witness Bertha Schultz says Gunness feared Lamphere would burn the farmhouse. A jawbone found at the ruin matches Gunness skull as authorities tally twenty two confirmed deaths with more possible.
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Laporte
Ind
R. A. Schell
Lamphere
Bella Gunness
Gunness
Louis Schultz
Schultz
Autopsy Reveals Female Among Seven Unidentified Bodies
May 20 Laporte Ind autopsy on the seven unidentified dead from Mrs. Gunness’s private burial ground ends revealing a woman among the remains. The case links to Emil Greening of Oklahoma City and the Gunness sorounded murder mystery.
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Laporte
Ind
Bank Collapse Leaves City Facing Large Losses In Pittsburg
The Allegheny National Bank shut by the currency controller triggers Carothers & Co. failure. City funds of about 1.55 million are tied up with a potential multimillion dollar bank loss, while state deposits remain secure, and officials explain why cash withdrawals were avoided to prevent wider bank failure.
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Pittsburg
Allegheny National Bank
Carothers & Co
Montgomery
J. J. Steel
William L. Folds
Steel
Fall Fatal to Woman Found Four Stories Below Hotel Window
Police investigated the death of Miss Emmins Crosby of Boston after her body was found on the concrete pavement below a hotel window in Don Square hotel. The incident is treated as a possible suicide or a fall from the fourth story, with the person having registered at the hotel Sunday night.
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Patton’s
Laporte
Andrew K. Helgelein
Mansfield
S. D
Mack
Minnesota
Stillwater
New York
Don Square Shotel
Boston
Crosby
Rd Rom
Peclaenttayeol
Photograph Inscribed I Am an Old Fool Senator Writes
Mae wood testified in her absolute divorce suit against United States Senator Thomas C. Platt in New York Supreme Court. She presented a marriage certificate and letters she says prove a secret 1901 ceremony at the Fifth Avenue hotel. Platt denies the certificate as a forgery and the witness described letters of endearment and a coerced $10,000 settlement.
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New York
Mae Catherine Wood
United States
Thomas C. Platt
O’gorman
Supreme Court
Senator Platt
Fifth Avenue
Platt
Miss Wood
Odell
John B. Stanchfield
Purdy Nomination Dropped Without Senate Confirmation
Milton D. Purdy of Minneapolis was not confirmed to be judge of the U S district court to succeed Lochren. The judiciary committee did not report the nomination and Senator Nelson indicated it would fail for want of confirmation, leaving the decision to President Roosevelt.
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Senate
Washington
Milton D. Purdy
Minneapolis
United States District Court
Lochren
Judiciary Committee
Nelson
Purdy
Roosevelt
Rebellion Grows Serious in Yun Nan Province
News from Hong Kong on May 20 reports increasing rebellion in Yun Nan with revolutionists capturing a railway and defeating government troops. They claim ongoing advances and have sent urgent requests to Pekin for reinforcements.
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Hongkong
Yun Nan
Pekin
Notable Minister Kills Wife in Fairmont Incident
Rev S A Coffman a fifty year old Methodist Episcopal minister killed his wife early yesterday in Fairmont according to his statement he was temporarily insane. The act described as a severe throat cut shocked the community and authorities began inquiries.
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Fairmont
Vaz
Fight Night Confused Clip Reports A Boxing Bout
A garbled OCR fragment notes a boxing event at an athletic club. Names like Grover Mayes and Harry Baker Francisco appear amid scattered phrases about rounds and a fast start. The text references Philadelphia, May, and a west-end setting but remains unclear.
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von Put
Philadelphia
Grover Mayes
Harry
Baker Francisco
Aix
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