Blues edge Senators in Columbus 9 to 4 in windy day
In Columbus Ohio on April 27 the Blues were defeated by the Senators 9 to 4 as Jack Taylor pitched well for Columbus. Case struggled in the fifth allowing four runs, while Goodwin was hit for three in the seventh. Cross and Fohl provided the lineup as Monte Cross again used Case on the mound and Crisp catching.
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Jack Taylor
Columbus
Case
Goodwin
Blues
Senatorial
Senators
Kansas City
Tre
Lee Foh
Monte Cross
Hallman
Kruger
Murphy
Beckley
Wrigley
Kihm
Odwell Kruger
Krueger
Brashear
Odwell
Friel
Congalton
Cross
Kru Gi Kerwin
Rigley
Raidy
Foht
Crisp
Taylor
Bunt
Fohl
Kerwin
Kilem
Deckley
Triple Friel
Clymer
Kohl
Mass for the Dead Duke de Chaulnes in Paris
A high mass at St. Philippe for the late Duke de Chaulnes who died suddenly of heart failure. Ambassadors, aristocrats, and American residents attended. The body to be moved to Dampierre for burial this afternoon.
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Paris
St. Philippe
Duke de Chaulnes
de Chaulnes
Theodore P. Shonts
New York
D'Uzes
de Luynes
Inquest to Open Into Barber Smithson Death Near Swope Park
An inquest will be held at 10 oclock tomorrow morning over the body of Charles E. Smithson a barber who was killed yesterday afternoon near Swope park by a St. Louis and San Francisco passenger train The burial will be in Adel Iowa Smithson lived at 702 Wabash avenue.
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Charles E. Smithson
Swope Park
St. Louis
San Francisco
Adel Ia
Smithson
Wabash Avenue
First Boat Here Next Week From St Louis
Captain William Thompson of the steamer Tennessee has gone to Claryville Missouri to retrieve the Tennessee and the Chester from winter quarters. The Tennessee will receive light repairs in St Louis and depart for Kansas City Sunday. The Chester will also be repaired and later placed in service. John Kennish assistant attorney general left for Washington to argue the Delmar Jockey Club case before the U S Supreme Court. The Delmar Club was closed in St Louis County last summer by Governor Folk and the attorney general. The Missouri supreme court ruled for ouster against the club and it appealed.
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William Thompson
Tennessee
Claryville
Chester
St. Louis
Kansas City
Jockey Club
Jefferson City
John Kennish
Washington
Delmar Jockey Club
United States Supreme Court
St. Louis County
Folk
Kennish
Missonr Supreme Court
Irwin Stuck Unconscious After Street Car Crash
Frank Irwin a Missouri Pacific clerk was struck by a street car at Eighth and Charlotte streets and remains unconscious at the emergency hospital. Doctors report a severe brain concussion and his home is listed at 614 East Fourteenth Street.
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Frank Irwin
Missouri Pacific
Eighth
Charlotte = s
East Fourteenth Street
Frost Expected Tonight Damaging Unprotected Gardens
The weather bureau predicts a heavy frost tonight likely to severely damage fruit and unprotected plants. Temperatures will drop to freezing with a breeze possibly preventing frost in some hills. Tender outdoor plants like cannas geraniums and annuals should be covered or brought indoors, while beans tomatoes may be killed unless protected. Sweet peas resist the cold better than tender crops. Lettuce radishes onions will endure frost.
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Weather Bureau
Snow flurries sweep Missouri and nearby states
Light snow fell across Northeast Missouri with rain lasting twenty four hours but fruit prospects remain strong. Snow also touched Sedalia and nearby areas with a brief five minute fall and a rainbow later appeared. Temperatures dipped to mid thirties while other towns reported freezing or near freezing conditions and heavy snowstorms in Wisconsin and Iowa.
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Montgomery
Missouri
Sroauia
Sedalia
QO. E. Parson
Walter Reynolds
Mexico
Saline Township
Here
Omaha
Nebraska
Das Mornis
Des Moines
St. Pact
Minx
Surraion
Wis
Federal court opens with grand jury impaneled
The April term of the federal court opened with Judge John C. Pollock presiding and a grand jury of eighteen named. The panel includes W. Perkins as foreman and Kansas City, Drexel, Blue Springs, Lee's Summit, Montrose, Marshall, Holden, and other towns represented. The grand jury will consider interstate commerce and pure food law violations, counterfeiting and forgery.
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Federal
John C. Pollock
Pollock
W. Perkins
Foreman
Kansas City
Sidney P.allen
K. L. Harte
W. F. Ellis
Drexel
W. W. Henry
Threxel
George FE. Hughes
Biue Springs
Stephen H. Hooper
Lee's Summit
John F. Beeing
Montrose
Richard J. Lowe
Marshall
Mitler
Kokien
T. Mulford
J. W. Merrill
A. Porter Ag
Barber's Keen Memory Recalls Scar in Shave
A barber tells a man he shaved him in Galveston a year ago and recalls a small chin scar. The man wonders how the barber knew, and the barber adds he nicked him in Chicago two years earlier, noting the memory is sharp.
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Galveston
Tex
Chicago
Jail for His Dog Ten Days in Kansas City
A man Roy Fuque was jailed overnight for disturbing the peace in Kansas City. His little Scotch terrier followed to police headquarters and was placed in a cell after the dog’s howling. Fuque paid a $10 fine in police court and the dog remained with him as he was taken to jail.
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Kansas City
Kas
Roy Fuque
Fuque
Treasury imposes 45 million dollar bank calls
Washington announces further calls on national banks for about 45 million dollars. Twenty million due by May 9 and the remaining 25 million by May 23, 1908. Also, advertise seating for The Soldiers of Fortune at the Shubert theater this week, noting it as the best show.
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Treasury
Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Shubert Theater
White and Bailey spark controversy over Hoch endorsement
Emporia Kansas April 27 W A White accuses ex Governor Bailey of hypocrisy in supporting Hoch while denying mention of Hoch or his administration in speeches. The piece notes Bailey did campaign for the Republican ticket, avoiding Hoch, while Stubbs resisted bolting movements. It argues party loyalty and patriotism amid campaign tensions.
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Emrorra
Kas
W. A. White
Hoch
Bailey
White
Willis J. Bailey
Stubbs
Kansas
Emporia
Gazette
The
Ed Hoch
Flambeaux
Leland
Doniphan County
Curtis
Society Girl Minnie Cox Dies From Spider Bite
In Martins Ferry Ohio Miss Minnie Cox, a society girl, died today after suffering a spider bite three days earlier. The injury caused extreme swelling and intense pain before her death.
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Ohio
Dave
Martins Ferry
Minnie Cox
Death Toll From Storms May Reach 450 Across Deep South
Reports from Georgia Alabama Mississippi and Louisiana indicate a steep death toll may reach 450 with 1277 injured. Hattiesburg Mississippi hosts a large hospital camp of about 200 injured. Frost expected tonight spurs relief efforts as flood damage looms and multi state losses climb into the millions.
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Atlanta
Mississippi
Louisiana
Montgomery
Mobile
New Orleans
Weather Bureau
Georgia
Alabama
Hattiesburg
Miss
Richton
Cleveland Streetcar Referendum Sets Three-Cent Fares Move
Cleveland votes to approve the peace plan for the Electric Railway system and establish three-cent fares. The council is expected to enact the measure tonight. Mayor Tom L Johnson notes stock reactions near par, signaling public confidence in the settlement and its financial structure.
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Johnson
Creverann
Cleveland
Cleveland Electric Railway
Forest City
Cleveland Electric
Storms Damage Vessels and Spoils Along Gulf Coast
Reports from Mosit e Alabama and Seneca Alabama describe a fierce morning storm. Ships at anchor were dragged. a quarantine barge was damaged. The schooner Henri etta J Powell ran ashore near Petit Bois Island. In Senaca four Black residents died, extensive property losses reported, and rapid Alabama River rise prompted flood warnings.
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Mosite
Ala
Henrietta J. Powell
Pascagoula
Miss
Petit Bois
Senaca
Ava
Alabama
Missing woman and child sought by Missouri father
S. F. Mitchell of Wheeling Missouri appeals to Kansas City police to locate his daughter Elizabeth Roberts and her son Charles Roberts. Elizabeth left her husband James Roberts in Breckenridge Missouri last December and moved to Kansas City to seek work. A letter dated April 24 from 609 North Ferree Street Armourdale said she had died by her own hand in Kansas City. Mitchell arrived to search boarding houses. He describes Elizabeth as a 27 year old brunette, about five five and 120 pounds, hoping she will return to give her child a good home.
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S. F. Mitchell
Wheeling
Kansas City
Kas
Elizabeth Roberts
Charles
Honeymoon on switch engine to Liberty
The wedding journey of David W. Rider Jr and Mrs Rider traveled in stages from Liberty to Chicago. After a noon ceremony, about seventy five friends planned a farewell at the depot. D W Rider Sr, head of the Belt Line, redirected the couple onto switch engine No 13 to Shefield then the St Paul local to Liberty.
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David W. Rider
Kansas City
Twenty Second Street
Grand Avenue
Sheffield
St. Paul
Liberty
Chicago
Is it Lee's or Lea's Summit A reader letter
A Watson Clark Lea of Holbrook Mass responds to a Star clipping about Lee's Summit Missouri. He clarifies his grandfather was Dr Pleasant John Graves Lea and explains the town’s name derives from his ancestor. He notes a possible clerical error in spelling and cites the headstone inscription 1807 1862. Date April 24 1908.
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The
Star
Lee
Lea
Homer Lea
McClure
John Graves Pleasant Lea
Pleasant John Graves Lea
Commission form plan to be explained to league
E K Campbell, recently returned from Des Moines, will speak to the Business Men's League about the commission form of government there. The April meeting is Wednesday night at 813 Walnut Street. C N Boley, the president, will appoint committees for the coming year. A report on street lighting will be presented.
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Business Men's League
Walnut Street
E. K. Campbell
League
Des Moines
Commission
C. N. Boley
Woman attempts to hold baby for board bill at police station
At Armourdale police station a woman asks sergeant Newton Adams to hold a baby over a $4.50 board bill. She reveals the child’s face and says the mother owes the debt, but the sergeant refuses and orders the baby returned home. The woman leaves without giving names.
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Newton Adams
Armourdale
Cosby Hotel Owner Arraigned On Assault Charge
Joseph D. Cosby owner of the Cosby hotel at 103 West Ninth street was arraigned in Judge Wallace division of the criminal court this morning and released on bond. He faces charges of assault with intent to kill after a February 17 incident in which Cosby shot John F. O'Donnell and James P. Hayes following a quarrel with the clerk.
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Joseph D. Cosby
Cosby
West Ninth Street
County road established along old Santa Fe trail
The county court established a county road from Raytown to J. M. Lowe's farm along the old Santa Fe trail. The road will be eighty feet wide and extend from the Loewe farm to Swope Park this morning.
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Raytown
J. M. Lowe
Pine for Arthur Mallette in Police Court Morning
Arthur Mallette of 402 Main Street was fined 500 dollars in police court for annoying Vada Grant, 12, of 2020 East Front Street. The incident occurred this morning as details emerged from the local docket.
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Arthur Mallette
Main Street
Vada Grant
East Front Street
David McClanahan Improves After Injury
David McClanahan chief clerk in the circuit clerk’s office was struck Friday afternoon and transported by ambulance. He is reported improving today at St. Joseph’s Hospital Coliseum Exhibition 2 Fancying The Rink Of Quality & Pesca.
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David McClneahan
David McClanahan
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Rink of Quality, & Pesca
Mis Konrad Delirious As Stewart Remains Unconscious
Mrs Stewart injured last Monday in a motor car accident in which H N Konrad was killed has not regained consciousness. Mrs Konrad is conscious but delirious. Both women are at the University hospital.
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F. $. Stewart
H. N. Konrad
Tthe University Hospital
Cyclone Nsum CE Ferguson and Tabb Dwight Tel 161
Readable fragments indicate a cyclone related item mentioning Ferguson and Tabb and a Dwight Tel 161. Unable to verify full context from OCR.
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Nsum CE
Furguson
Tabb
Dwight Tel
Railway Company Vacates Cleveland Electric Offices
Curvecano Ohio April 27 Offices of the Cleveland Electric railway in the electric building show moving day signs as possession is to pass to the three cent fare company at midnight. Horace E. Andrews to become president and join Vanderbilt system railways in Northern New York. Edward Cook leaves to manage Rochester city lines. J J Stanley to retain VP GM role. Andrews dispatches train to New York, Stanley to assist during transition.
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Curvecano
Cleveland Electric Railway
Johnson
Horace E. Andrews
Andrews
Vanderbilt
New York
Rochester
Edward Cook
Cleveland Electric
J. J. Stanley
Mr. Andrews
Mr. Stanley
Filibuster to Continue as Williams Delivers Ultimatum
In Washington on April 27 the minority leader Mr. Williams told the House the Democratic filibuster would persist until the chamber agrees to take up the campaign publicity bill and related measures including the print paper on the free list and the anti injunction bill.
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Washtorton
House Today
Williams
House
Frisco Banker to Prison in Bond Embezzlement
San Francisco April 27 J Dalzell Brown formerly manager of the California Safe Deposit and Trust company pleaded guilty this morning to embezzling sixty five mortgage bonds of the Sacramento Gas and Electric company and was sentenced to eighteen months in San Quentin. Brown was arrested months ago for involvement in an alleged bank wreck and pleaded not guilty at first arraignment before Judge Conian. He is said to become state's evidence.
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San Francisco
J. Dalzell Brown
California Safe Deposit and Trust Company
Sacramento Gas and Electric Company
San Quentin
Brown
Conian
Raisuli the Bandit Dead Rumors Circulate in Tangier
Reports in Tangier claim Raisuli the bandit has been assassinated. Raisuli, a prominent figure in Morocco, led raids from the interior to coastal ports, hostage-taking foreigners for ransom, and gained fame as a picturesque outlaw. He was born a farmer in Zinat before veering into brigandage.
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Tangier
Ciaition
Raisuli
Moreco
Zinat
Local option group seeks Sedalia prohibition election
Pettis county local option league met and approved presenting a petition to Sedalia city council for an early vote on prohibition. The petition will carry signatures above 40 percent of the normal city vote with state anti saloon league support. Pettis county outside Sedalia voted dry in March and Sedalia election is expected in June.
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Sepalia
Pettis County
Sedalia
Seidalia
Two Injured In Passing Wagon On Independence Road
F W Ferguson a real estate salesman and Gail Reed a motor car demonstrator were thrown from a car while attempting to pass a wagon on Independence road east of Sheffield. Reed drove the car skidding as he passed. Both men suffered severe bruises and were treated at the Sheffield police station ambulance. Ferguson boards at Brunswick hotel Reed resides at 4201 Drexel Boulevard Chicago.
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Independence Road
Sheffield
F. W. Ferguson
Gail Reed
E. P. Mori & Co
Reed
Ferguson
Brunswick Hotel
Mr. Reed
Drexel Bolevard
Chicago
Zeppelin Builds Larger Airship With Wireless Tech
Berlin April 27 Count Zeppelin begins a new airship project modeled on his earlier balloons but larger and more powerful. The vessel will run 445 feet long with a 49.14 foot diameter, three 145 horsepower motors, and a speed of 47 mph. Its radius of action is 1500 miles and it will be equipped with wireless telegraphy and strong searchlights at an estimated cost of 100000 dollars.
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Berlin
Count Zeppelin
Banker's Wife Despondent Woman Ends Her Life
In St Louis Mrs Ora Longmoor wife of Jacob E Longmoor a Third National Bank teller shot herself at home after excusing herself from a chat with her mother and sister. The death stems from ill health and leaves a two month old baby.
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St. Louis
Ora Longmoor
Jacob’ E. Longmoor
Third National Bank
Kansas Editors Will Meet in Hutchinson Next Month
Gerald Volk secretary of the Southwest Kansas Republican Editorial association issued the call for the eighteenth annual meeting to be held in Hutchinson on May 18 and 19. President Parcell of Greensburg and Secretary Volk are preparing a program with addresses by United States senators congressmen and others.
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Wicutra
Kans
Gerald Volk
Southwest Kansas Republican Editorial Association
Hutchinson
Parcell
Greensburg
Secretar Wolk
United States
Helie and Mme Gould’s party visit Pompeii in motor car
Prince Helie de Sagan and Mme Anna Gould’s children with their tutor traveled by motor car to Pompeii. The group enjoyed sunny weather and visited the ruins of the ancient city.
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Navies
Prince Helie de Sagan
Mme
Anna Gould
Pompeii
County Judges Hear Complaints As Board of Appeals
The county judges sit as a board of appeals for two weeks to hear property owner complaints about the board of equalization. The first session occurred this afternoon with Judge Evans's petitions filed. Jefferson City, April 27, reports say forty-three nomination petitions for Judge W. N. Evans for governor were filed with the secretary of state, representing forty-two counties and St. Louis city. Fifteen Croker districts are covered by petitions. Hotel Kupper, a European hotel in the shopping district, is among six city hotels listed at $1.
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Board of Equalization
Kupper
Art Critics Warned of Counterfeit Masterworks Impostor
New York readers report a staged inquiry by prominent collectors into a forged art network. A dealer and a painter allegedly imitate famed masters including Homer Martin, Wyant, Innes the elder, and Whistler, selling counterfeit canvases at high prices. Estimated losses reach 130000 dollars. The impostor reportedly can replicate a painting after minimal study, fooling critics and even original artists. Authorities consider possible legal action as inquiries continue.
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New York
America
Europe
Homer Martin
A. Wyant
George Innes the Elder
Whistler
Mrs Hawkins Remains in Trance at Los Ancres Hospital
In Los Ancres on April 27 Mrs Buelah Hawkins shows no change after eighty days in a trance like sleep at a pouty hospital doctors warn she may not regain consciousness for a year or more Officials note her condition since the onset remains unexplained as she enters the eighty first day of confinement and doctors face an uncertain prognosis.
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Los Ancres
Buelah Hawkins
Storm capsizes carnival boat on Arkansas river
In Herena Arkansas twelve carnival company members drowned when the Marion capsized eight miles above the St Francis river after a late day storm. Captain W A Joyce of Newport led the crew returning to Helena with details.
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Herena
Ark
Marion
St. Francis River
W. A. Joyce
Newport
Helena
Uncle Sam Off company touted as vast stockholder base
In Topeka on April 27 J H Ritchie vice president testified that the Uncle Sam Off company, though capitalized at 10 million dollars, had more than 90 thousand stockholders across the United States. The remark came during H H Tucker Jr’s trial for mail fraud, as defense sought to show Tucker believed the firm would be profitable.
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Topeka
Uncle Sam Off
Middle West
J. H. Ritchie
United States
H. H. Tucker, Jr
Frisco Train Derailment Injures Nineteen Near Stanley
A Frisco passenger train from St Louis derailed near Stanley Oklahoma today injuring nineteen passengers. The St Louis and San Francisco line was en route to Paris Texas, with no fatalities reported, per a company report received locally.
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Stanley
Paris
Tex
Frisco
St Louis
Ars Rive
Oxyranoma
Attempt to avert death sentence for Kansas City man
In a fragmentary report dated April 27 and involving A. L. Biles, father of A. C. Biles also known as Frank Daly, awaiting execution after a Missouri Supreme Court sentence. Governor Folk and state officials reportedly consider clemency as a burial list notes death sentence.
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Folk
A. C. Bilea
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Adel, Ia
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Dada
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