Blues Defeat Toledo 6 0 as Beckley Stole Home
The Blues overwhelmed Toledo 6 to 0 in a fast fielding performance. Jake Beckley slid home in the seventh after Brashear’s runner and a Texas leaguer, with Hill on deck. Swan Mestad pitched well as Mudhens misfired on double plays. The game featured swift plays throughout and strong defense by the Blues.
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Blues
Toledo
Swan Mestad
Jake Beckley
Brashear
Eagle Eye
Asher
Swan
Barbeau
Hill
Hinchman A
Smoot
Armbruster
Beckley
McCarthy
Hallman
Cross
Lister
Hopkins
Land
Kerwin
Armbuster
Krueger
Hinchman
Crisp
Texas
Kirwin
Reckle
Snoer
Cris
Wakefield
RUE A Rey
de Corsé
Auher
Kerwin and Bierhatter
Coroner's Jury Reports No Recommendations in Street Car Death
In the Irwin inquest the coroner's jury found death due to injuries from a street car accident and made no recommendations. The verdict on Frank Vane's death attributed it to a stab wound and urged that Harry Thomias be held for trial.
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Frank I. Irwin
Frank Vane
Harry Thomias
Weather outlook for Missouri and Midwest cold snap
The weather bureau predicts a small shower tomorrow afternoon with fair skies and warmer temperatures tonight and tomorrow. Frost is forecast for parts of Missouri, with frost in Kansas and Northwest Missouri last night and light frost in Kansas City. Freezing temps were recorded in Iowa, Nebraska, Minnesota, and the Dakotas. Kansas City reached 36 degrees.
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Weather Bureau
Missouri
Kansas
Kansas City
Iowa
Nebraska
Minnesota
Dakotas
Campaigning for Commission Plan in Kansas City
Leaders from Galveston Des Moines and Leavenworth plan speaking tours in Kansas City Kansas to promote adoption of the commission form of government. A campaign headquarters suite is set in the Bankers Trust Building with daily meetings and extended registration hours from May 12 as the June 2 election nears.
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Galveston
Tex
Des Moines
Leavenworth
Kas
Kansas City
M. J. Manning
Williard Merriam
J. A. Cable
Commission Plan
Bankers’ Trust
Seventh Street
Minnesota Avenue
J. P. Angle
Commission
Angle
Robert McFarland
Mayor Crittenden Splits City Offices by Ward
Mayor Crittenden outlined a plan to distribute 290 city posts among the 14 wards based on Democratic votes, with over 1,000 applications for positions and several filled. Remaining nominees include S. A. Mitchell, John Donnelly, Daniel O Flaherty, R. W. Waddell, D. W. Pike, and T. J. Fletcher, all endorsed by the party and broader citizens.
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Crittenden
Noe Works
S. A. Mitchell
John Donnelly
Daniel O'Flaherty
R. W. Waddell
D. W. Pike
T. J. Fletcher
Field Salary Battle Persists in Theater Cases
R H Field the special prosecuting attorney in theater cases may receive 750 dollars for five months of work after the county court refused payment. Charles E Small won a preliminary skirmish before the eight circuit judges en banc, who reversed a ruling requiring county judges' approval for Field to be a duly qualified employee. The court held that appointment by Isaac B Kimbrell and an action by Judge Wallace suffice and will hear Field again, with potential orders for salary payment if employment was necessary.
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R. H. Field
Charles E. Small
McCune
Isaac B. Kimbrell
Wallace
Mr. Field
Mr. Fields
Explosion at Dye Shop Burns Paul Noah at 12th Street
Paul Noah of 301 West Ninth Street suffered severe burns when a gasoline can exploded in a cleaning and dyeing establishment owned by Albert Abrahams at 615 East Twelfth Street. Noah’s head and arms burned, Williams felt minor facial burns, windows blasted, about $500 in clothes destroyed, no insurance noted.
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Paul Noah
West Ninth Street
Albert Abrahams
East Twelfth Street
Noah
von Williams
Williams
International School seeks injunction over street handbills denied
In Kansas City federal court Judge Pollock refused a restraining order against the Beardsley era ordinance barring street handbill distribution. International Correspondence School reps were arrested twice for handing out circulars. A separate Missouri case on a stock shippers free pass law was continued in Jefferson City with the state railroad board pressing Chicago Burlington to issue free livestock transport.
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International Correspondence School
Scranton
Kansas City
Pollock
Beardsley
Jerverson City
Missouri
Supreme Court
State Board of Railroad Commissioners
Chicago, Burlington & Winey Railroad
Yoga Devotee: Purdue President's Wife Withdraws From World
Lafayette May 2 Purdue University President Winthrop Ellsworth Stone confirmed his wife has withdrawn from the world to pursue Hindu Yoga philosophy. Stone and two sons are heartbroken and cannot reach her. A Yoga class had grown in Lafayette, teaching withdrawal from kindred and society. The article details Yoga eightfold path and aims to unite the soul with the Supreme Being, with descriptions of each stage from restraint to profound contemplation.
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Lafayette, Inn
Winthrop Ellsworth Stone
Purdue University
Stone
Lafayette
College Town
Germany
New Hampshire
Massachusetts Agricultural College
Gottingen
Massachusetts State Agricultural Experiment Station
Purdue
Patanjali
Back to Money Lending Again
Miss Campbell a Tolman loan office clerk was arrested and released on 200 dollar bond. She refused to discuss Tolman or the business. Reports indicate men visited the office and received funds after a brief talk. A preliminary hearing is set for May 7 in Justice Remley s court.
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M. Campbell
D. H. Tolman
Hall Building
Justice Remley
Plans for the Mastin Farm near Kansas City
Len E. Mahan resigns as general livestock agent of the Chicago and Alton railway. He is son in law of Sedalia financier Thomas B. Clement who bought the Reuben F Mastin farm of 1440 acres seventeen miles south of Kansas City. Mahan and his two sons will occupy the farm in October. The deal was arranged by B S Truitt Co Kansas City. plans include oil and gas wells on the property.
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Len E. Mahan
Chicago & Alton Railway
Mr. Mahan
Thomas B. Clement
Sedalia
Reuben F. Mastin
Kansas City
Mahan
B. S. Truitt & Co
Real estate fund launched by Crutcher & Sons
Crutcher & Sons announces a new City real estate fund with a capital target of 100000 dollars. The firm lists 1008 Ranase City cea dv as the contact address for inquiries and investment details.
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City Real Emtate
Crutcher & Sons
Ranase City
Mystery of the Cistern and Missing Chatelaine
Dr N L De Lerselle 1302 Tracy Avenue found a chatelaine with $18 missing after a cistern fishing attempt. A Black man tried to snag the item with a hook and line while a cistern cleaner improvised a grappling tool. The purse was recovered empty. police were notified and the worker detained.
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N. L. de Lerselle
Tracy Avenue
de Lerselle
Walnut Street
Cistern Company
President commends Victor Murdock for railroad enforcement aid
Washington May 2 The President at the White House praised Representative Victor Murdock of Kansas for supporting an amendment to fund a large appropriation for enforcement of railroad laws. Murdock and Mr and Mrs Frank H McLennan called on him. the President said Murdock deserved credit for helping Townsend raise funds for Interstate Commerce Commission railway account inspections and urged a bigger allocation.
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Washington
White House
Victor Murdock
Kansas
Murdock
Frank H. McLennan
Townsend
Interstate Commerce Commission of Railway
Continental Casualty settles policy on toothpick death in Arkansas City
Mrs Ida Meyers wins a claim after her husband H M Meyers died from blood poisoning after swallowing a toothpick. Continental Casualty paid 2000 of a 3000 dollar policy following state order to pay or quit. Insurance department may push for full payment.
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Torexa
Continental Casualty Company
Ida Meyers
H. M. Meyers
Arkansas City
Continental
Insurance Department
Jail Break Stopped as Fugitives Shot in Foot
Belleville Kansas May 2 One man was shot at 8 30 am during a jail escape attempt. Two prisoners sawed through bars with a saw passed to them. Deputy Bell fired three times, hitting the fleeing man in the foot. The other surrendered. The pair were jailed on grand larceny charges and identified as Smith and Welch.
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Bellevitty
Kas
Bell
Smith and Welch
Peru Rebellion Report Reaches Rito Janeiro
Telegraph news from the west coast describes a revolutionary outbreak in Peru starting near Lima at Chosica. Augusto Duran’s followers cut Lima’s electric wires and seized a railroad train while government troops moved against them amid heightened Lima excitement.
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Rito Janeiro
Peru
Chosica
Lima
Augusto Duran
Boy dies after bottle strike at Grand Rapids game
A 13 year old Grand Rapids boy, William Haverkamp, died from a head injury after a pop bottle was thrown from the bleachers during a local Central league baseball game. Edward Parks is under arrest charged with throwing the bottle intended for players in front of the stands.
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Grand Rapids
Mica
William Haverkamp
Edward Parks
Mrs Morasch Trial Opens After Earlier Jury Deadlock
The second trial of Mrs. Sarah Morasch for allegedly sending poisoned candy causing the death of Ruth Miller, four, at 637 Cheyenne Avenue Armourdale, starts Monday in Wyandotte county district court. A panel of seventy jurors is summoned after the first trial ended in a hung jury following three weeks of testimony.
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Sarah Morasch
Ruth Miller
Cheyenne Avenue
Armourdale
Wyandotte County
Morasch
Mrs Grover Cleveland Denies Deterioration Reports
Mrs Grover Cleveland issued a statement from New York on May 2 denying rumors of worsening health for ex President Grover Cleveland. She said he is slowly but surely recovering from digestive troubles and that reports of his decline have no basis in fact. Friends and family are puzzled by the rumors.
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New York
Grover Cleveland
Cleveland
Tel Mithdut Foundation
Politicians With Hadley Confer On State Ticket
Walter Dickey of Kansas City chairs a Republican state committee delegation in Jefferson City with J. H. Rothwell Sedalia Jacob Babbler St Louis Dr Parrish Vandalia and Ralph Statther St Joseph meeting Herbert S Hadley and other state officials this afternoon to discuss the state ticket in Jefferson City on May 2.
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Jefferson City
Walter §. Dickey
Kansas City
Republican State Committee
J. H. Rothwell
Sedalia
Jacob Babbler
St. Louis
Dr. Parrish
Vandalia
Ralph Statther
St. Joseph
Herbert S. Hadley
Warkentin family denounces ambassador over aid to Turkish prince
Carl B. Warkentin and relatives charge Ambassador Leishman acted as a Turkish claim agent after the accidental Damascus to Beirut shooting that killed Bernhard Warkentin. They cite a coerced Turkish release and lack of consular help for Mrs Warkentin as they await the Newton funeral. The matter has been referred to representatives in Washington and will be pursued after the Newton service.
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United States
Leishman
C. S. Crowninshield
Naples
G. B. Rovendal
New York
Ambassador Leishman
Warkentin
State Department
Washington
Berger
Murdock
Newton
Carl B. Warkentin
Damascus
Beirut
Turkey
American envoy successor to Strauss named
The United States ambassador is chosen to succeed Minister Oscar S. Strauss. The person previously joined Carnegie Steel as a young man earning $90 a month. He retired eleven years ago with a fortune of several millions.
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United States
Oscar S. Strauss
Carnegie Steel Company
Waterways Bill Advances With $10 Million Cap
Washington May 2 The Senate commerce committee adopted the sub committee report revising the Newlands waterways bill. It fixes the appropriation at 10 million dollars and authorizes bond issuance when the waterways fund drops below five million to restore the balance. The committee plans frequent meetings to report the measure promptly.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Commerce
Newlands Waterways
Waterways Fund
Cleveland vote closes on strike by Municipal Traction workers
In Cleverano Ohio on May 2 voting ended at 3 am on whether to strike. Workers favor quitting to press for a two cent hourly wage raise and other concessions from the Cleveland Electric railway. A strike window may open between midnight tonight and 5 am Sunday. the union executive board will set the exact time after ballot counts. The old Cleveland Electric promised a raise for a new franchise. the Municipal company has already matched the Forest City line by raising pay one cent.
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Cleverano
Municipal Traction Company
Cleveland Electric Railway
Cook
Municipal Company
Cleveland Electric Company
Forest City
Meservey, Others Argue Before Missouri Supreme Court Today
Jefferson City May 2 The park maintenance cases of Field and Corrigan from Kansas City were argued before the Missouri Supreme Court en banc on a rehearing from division No 1. City counselor FE C Meservey and others supported the ordinance while Judge R H Field represented the appellants. The court may decide next month. The three mill park tax, declared valid Feb 27, drew protest from property owners who have refused to pay, with about 25000 dollars overdue.
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Jefferson City
Field and Corrigan
Kansas City
Supreme Court
Division No. 1
FE. C. Meservey
D. J. Haff
R. J. Ingraham
R. H. Field
Missouri Supreme Court
Bernard Corrigan
Swedish King Visits Saint Petersburg for Royal Alliance
King Gustav of Sweden arrived in Saint Petersburg from Tsarskoe-Selo to attend the royal wedding of his son Prince Wilhelm to Grand Duchess Marie Pavlovna. The city was brilliantly festooned as preparations continued for the nuptials.
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St. Peterssurg
Gustav of Sweden
Stockholm
Prince Wilhelm
Marie Pavlovna
Paul Alexandrovitch
St. Petersburg
Tsarskoe-Selo
Prince Wilhelm OF
Sweden
Grand Duchess
Translation Hopes Motive in Warkentin Case Under Review
The text notes Mrs. Warkentin seeking punishment for the caag's role in her father's death and mentions a signed document in Mr. Berger's possession to be translated. Warkentin states they do not know its contents but plan to have it translated, indicating ongoing efforts to uncover truth and seek justice.
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Ca Ag
The Father of a Countess and the Paris Connection
John G A Leishman the American ambassador is criticized for his treatment of Mrs Warkentin and for seeking favor with the prince who shot Mr Warkentin. His daughter Martha became the Countess de Contaut Biron of Paris after a June 1904 marriage. The count is portrayed as multimillionaire and French nobility member and motor car manufacturer.
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John G. A. Leishman
Leishman
Paris
Ed Vs
Ogden
Swedish Royal Visit Reaches Historic Sites and Ambassadors
The page describes a royal visit to Sweden highlighting tours of historic sites such as the fortress of St. Peter and St. Paul. The entourage laid wreaths on the tombs of Alexander II and Alexander III. After luncheon the royal party met imperial family members in the capital and greeted foreign ambassadors including John W. Riddle the American representative.
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Sweden
St. Peter and St. Paul
Alexander II
Alexander III
John W. Riddle
Texas Democrats vote for four delegates at large
Dallas May 2 Democrats of Texas elect four delegates at large and four alternates for the Denver convention. The race centers on Senator J W Bailey seeking a delegate berth, heading his ticket against Cone Johnson. A heavy vote is expected as Bailey supporters clash with the opposition. In another note, Dr John Emerson Roberts speaks on The Religion of Tomorrow at Shubert Theatre tomorrow morning under Church of This World auspices with no admission charge.
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Dallas
Tex
Democrats
Texas
Denver
J. W. Bailey
Bailey
Cone Johnson
Ator Bailey
Ohn Femerson Roberts
Church of This World
Shubert Theater
Railroad Rates Going Up in Southeastern Territory
The Interstate Commerce Commission will approve higher freight rates on fresh meats effective June 1 for the Southeastern territory, including Memphis and areas east of Asheville and south of Danville. Increases of three to ten cents per hundred pounds could raise consumer meat prices by about one to two cents per pound, signaling possible broader rate hikes on all commodities. This first significant food-rate rise in years prompts careful ICC review to assess fairness and scope.
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WasmiNgton
Expeed
Interstate Commerce Commission Ariffs
Ohio River
Mississippi River
Memphis
Tenn
Carolina Territory
Asheville
N.C
Danville
Interstate Commerce Commission
A Playground on a Roop Roop? Roop. May 2
The board of education approved a plan for a forty two room school building with an aerial rooftop playground to relieve congestion on the West side. Architect Perkins proposed the idea, which trustees quickly endorsed and sent to the school management committee. The plan includes surrounding district considerations and a nearby Roberts street site. An additional 170 feet south of the site is suggested, with a $350,000 building to serve as a community center for the neighborhood.
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Crroaco
Board of Education
Perkins
State Senators Under Arrest in Arkansas Indictments
A Arkansas grand jury has indicted state senators for perjury and bribery. George E. Floyd, a former senator in 1905 and 1907, was arrested at his Danville home and released on bond. Warrants were issued for other private and non resident senators on bribery charges.
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Little Rock
Arn
George E. Floyd
Senate
Danville
Ivate
When Least Expected Mrs Hawkins Awakens After Long Sleep
Mrs Beulah Hawkins, a patient at the county hospite, awakened after an eighty two day sleep. She asked for milk and showed full faculties though weak. Doctors and County Medical society observers had moved her from the clinic room before she regained consciousness.
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Los Ancetes
Cay
Beulah Hawkins
County Hospite
County Medical Society
Baroness Shoots Husband Then Wounds Self in Germany
In Buddenberg chateau near Dortmund Baroness Udo von Ruexleben killed her husband as he prepared to retire and then wounded herself in a failed suicide attempt. The couple, old Thuringian lineage, wed in Berlin last November. he was 35, she 26. Police offer no explanation for the act.
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Buren Vonuexleben
Beatin
Udo von Ruexleben
Buddenberg
Dortmund
Baron von Ruexlebén
van von Strombeck
Berlin
Accused Briber Nop Guilty As A Jury Frees Tirey Ford
In San Francisco on April 3, Tirey Ford, chief counsel for the United Railroads, faced bribery charges over a franchise vote involving ex-Supervisor Daniel G. Coleman. The jury deliberated briefly, returning a verdict of not guilty for Ford as the case concluded early.
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San Francisco
Tirey
Ford
United Railroads
Daniel G
Coleman
Aranchise
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