Sleuth Bares Counterfeit Ring At City Drug Store
Drug clerk T H Murphy exposed a counterfeit operation after a woman handed him a spurious dollar. He tracked her to Locust Street and alerted police, who seized four plaster molds a silver plating kit two melting pots and several counterfeit dollars in a shared apartment. Tillie and George Bullene were arrested.
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Murphy
Fifth Street
Broadway
Locust Street
Peter McCosgrove
Joseph Enright
Tillie Bullene
George Bullene
James Cummings
Counerfeiters
Scrappy Lobby Brawl at Tote Hotel in Baltimore
In a Baltimore Tote Hotel lobby yesterday around 4:30 PM a tall woman in black and white attacked a man reading a newspaper. Witnesses say the dispute over a beard bill escalated, with hairpins and a chatelaine bag used as weapons as bystanders watched.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Hellboys
Biff
Crutcher Sells Armour and Troost Residence
E R Crutcher president of the Real Estate exchange sold his residence at the northwest corner of Armour boulevard and Troost avenue. Purchaser R W Coats paid 30000 for the tract with 210 feet on Armour and 86 on Troost. Crutcher will occupy until completion of a new home at Thirty sixth street and Robert Gillham road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. R. Crutcher
Real Estate Exchange
Armour Boulevard
Troost Avenue
R. W. Coats
Republican Peace Meeting At Missouri Club
The Tiger Republican club accepts an invitation to a smoker hosted by the Missouri Republican club at 1111 Grand Avenue. Charles W. German and George A. Neal will speak on the new primary law while Nathaniel Dick discusses Ireland folklore and Mine Conference adjourns for a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tiger, Republican Club
Missouri Republican Club
Missouri Republica Club
Grand Avenue
Charles W. German
George A. Neal
Nathaniel Dick
Ireland
F i. Parker
Tiger
Warmer Weather Predicted for Missouri and Kansas
The Almanac for Today forecasts generally fair and warmer conditions in Missouri and Kansas with a small chance of a shower near Kansas City this afternoon. Showers are expected Monday with cooler weather following the rain. sunrise at 5 27 a.m. and moonrise at 7 12 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Kansas
Kansas City
Near-Bomb Joke Uncovered at Walnut Street Door
James Pedden of 406 Walnut street found a device in his doorway that looked like an infernal machine. Police and bystanders determined the fuse and cylinder were real but the device contained no explosive, a staged joke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Pedden
Walnut Street
Pedden
E. G. Peterson
el Paso
Tex
Peterson
Grand Avenue
Fifteenth Street
M. E. Ryan
Ryan
Still No Building Inspector in City Council Deadlock
The council rejected two mayoral nominees for superintendent of buildings George W. Goodslander and John T. 1, by vote counts 11 to 2 and 8 to 5 respectively. Deadlock signs emerged as Aldermen pressed adjournment moves while Mayor Neil prepared further nominations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Goodslander
John T
Neil
Resteas
John P.tillhoff
Gregory
Baylis Steele
Tillhof
George H. Edwards
George W. Nelson
Nelson
Golfers Build A Private Rail Line In Chicago
Millionaire Glenview Country Club members are constructing a private forty mile rail line from Evanston to Elgin to speed trips to the golf links. Nearly four miles completed with a 1200 foot viaduct over the Chicago and Milwaukee tracks and another 700 foot viaduct en route. The club includes many wealthy Chicago businessmen and professionals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Glenview Country Club
Evanston
Elgin
Chicago & Milwaukee
Glenview Golf Club
Independence Clean Up Proclaimed by Mayor Llewellyn Jones
Mayor Llewellyn Jones of Independence declares Friday May 15 as a citywide clean up day. He urges residents and business owners to clean premises and streets, inviting business to close part of the day and join school children in a crusade against tin cans and trash. The aim is to boost civic pride and make Independence the cleanest city in Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Llewellyn Jones
Independence
Jones
Missour
Reed Injured in Baseball Collision Near Waldo
Attorney Kersey C. Reed of Seventy sixth and Main streets improved after a week in bed from a pasture baseball accident. He was running to catch a ball with a companion when they collided, fracturing several small bones in his nose and face. He expects to be up in a week or so.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kersey C. Reed
Seventy-sixth and
Main Streets
Waldo
Boarding House Evicted By Court Order
Boarders at Mrs. Ella H. Tullar’s boarding house on Independence Boulevard faced eviction after two judgments. Constable Roy Casey enforced possession of the premises for unpaid rent and sold furniture to satisfy a debt, forcing residents to relocate to friends’ homes or store belongings until tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fursitere
Ella H. Tullar
Ella B. Tullar
Independence Boulevard
Old Marsh
Roy Casey
Justice Shepard
Josephine Adsit
Justice Remley
Marsh
Remley
Casey
Mrs. Tullar
William Caulfield
Hearst Leads Independence Party Against Fusion at New York Convention
About 450 delegates gathered at Carnegie Hall for the New York state Independence party convention. William Hearst was elected permanent chairman and urged no further fusion with Democrats or Republicans. Delegates named four delegates at large and alternates for the Chicago national convention. Henry A. Powell was chosen temporary chairman. The meeting ran smoothly with enthusiastic crowds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Independence Party
Carnegie Hall
Chicago
William Hearst
Hearst
State Committee
Henry A. Powell
Kings County
Powell
Read Arrested in Hotel Baltimore After Threats to Wife
John C Read Omaha manager for Herendeen Manufacturing was arrested at Hotel Baltimore on a complaint by father in law M R Huntington Read claimed marriage separation from his wife Hester and said he sought reconciliation after visits to Omaha and was armed with a revolver He told police he did not intend to harm his wife and might have killed himself rather than harm her
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John C. Read
Omaha
Herendeen Manufacturing Company
Baltimore
M. R. Huntington
Read
Hester
Washington Street
Huntington
Hub Orchestra Loses Leader Karl Muck Recalled to Germany
Boston May 2 Dr Karl Muck conductor of the Royal Opera Berlin and leader of the Boston Symphony Orchestra for two years conducted his last Boston concert tonight He has been recalled to Germany by the emperor and will sail from New York May 12 Max Feidler succeeds him Clifton B Sloan an attics mover relocates to the spoman flver of the Fa building southwest corner Missouri ave and Walnut Bye Ady
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Karl Muck
Royal Opera House
Berlin
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Muck
Germany
New York
Max Feidler
Clifton B. Sloan
Missouri Ave
DeArmond Seeks Stop on Liquor Licenses in Dry States
Missouri Representative DeArmond proposes a bill to bar federal licenses for selling intoxicating liquor in prohibition states. The measure aims to limit liquor availability and curb enforcement conflicts between federal and state laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeArmond
Missouri
Prohibition
May Close 3 000 Saloons In Indiana Lawsuits
In Indianapolis a federal petition seeks to halt actions by Attorney General Bingham to appoint receivers for five brewery firms over alleged violations. If denied and suits succeed in state courts, over 3 000 saloons may shut down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Indianapolis Brewing Company
Terre Haute Brewing Company
Capital City Brewing Company
Home Brewing Company
American Brewing Company
Bingham
Artist Albert Herter Arrested on Disorderly Conduct Charge
New York May 2 Albert Herter the artist and illustrator was jailed at police headquarters on disorderly conduct and another charge. Architect W Welles Bosworth posted bail. Herter was seized in the Thirty third Street subway station by Detective Cane. He defended his arrest as groundless. Herter known for ideal female heads, magazine illustrations and studies at the Art Students League and Paris schools. He has won multiple prizes and belongs to several art societies. his wife Adele McGinnis is also an artist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Albert Herter
W. Welles Bosworth
Herter
Thirty-third Street
Cane
Art Students’ League
Carroll Beckwith
J. P. Laurens
Cormon
Paris
Lippincott
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts
American Water Color Society
Society of American Artists
New York Water Color Club
Salagundi Club
Adele McGinnis
Fire at St Agnes Academy drives forty girls into nightwear
A fire at the St Agnes academy on Scarritt and Hardesty avenues forced about forty boarders to flee in their night clothes just after midnight. The blaze started in a wooden veranda and, deemed incendiary by the sisters in charge, was quickly extinguished with minimal damage and no injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Agnes Academy
Scarritt
Hardesty Avenues
Academy
Express rate cut blocked by Indiana suits
Six express companies led by United States Express Thomas C. Platt and National Express Johnston Livingston filed in U S district court to stop the Indiana railroad commission from cutting express rates by about 10 to 12 percent. The commission had ordered a rate reduction scheduled to take effect, with the new schedule due yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Indiana
United States District Court
Railroad Commission of Indiana
Thomas C. Platt
United States Express Company
Johnston Livingston
National Express Company
Levi C. Weir
Adams Express Company
Wells- Fargo Express Company
Pacific Express Company
James C. Fargo
American Express Company
Railroad Commission
Engineer Drugged. Victim Identified as Matthew Gaffney
A man believed to be Matthew Gaffney, an engineer for the Missouri Pacific Railroad, was found unconscious after a suspected drugging and robbery. A hackman said he was paid $4 to take him to 739 Parallel Avenue but was taken to police headquarters instead. Officers arrested two women at 507 Bluff Street as part of the probe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matthew Gaffney
Parallel Avenue
Kansas City
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Hackman
Bluff Street
Park Policeman Accused After Youth Shot by Revolver
Ernest Hiatt, 19, was ordered to stop while playing near Fourteenth and Jefferson streets. He was struck on the head twice with a policeman's revolver, cutting his scalp. Alderman Pendergast witnessed and will report the incident to the park board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Hiatt
Fourteenth and
Jefferson Streets
Hey
Hiatt
James Pendergast
Park Board
Proved A Critic Can Sing In Michaela In Carmen
Washington May 2 Mrs Bernice Thompson a local critic attempted to sing Michaela in Carmen at the National theater under a $100 wager. Miss Sabery d Orsell replaced her after the first act as the crowd watched the controversy with manager Milton Aborn over critics taking the stage. Thompson's voice proved too weak to carry the role though her performance and interpretation were praised given the difficulty of Michaela.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bernice Thompson
Michaela
National Theater
Sabery d’Orsell
Thompson
Kansan at Harvard a Girl
George Ralph Bunter of Sabetha Kas a Harvard sophomore has donned skirts to star in a comic opera He plays Kicka in the architecture department production Mummy and the Lulu Bird set for May 12 at Brattlehall The 2 act musical comedy features catchy music original costumes and star dances with humorous situations as the amateurs outrival the Hasty Pudding club and Pieta performances
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
George Ralph Bunter
Sabetha, Kas
Harvard
Bunter
Brattlehall
Colonel Stewart again ordered to command Fort Grant
Washington May 2 Colonel William F Stewart Coast artillery holder of a special post command has been ordered by the President to continue indefinitely in charge of Fort Grant Arizona He had previously refused retirement and a prior reversal sent him to St Augustine Florida The Florida protest through its senators led to the reversal but the latest directive returns him to Arizona with no further explanation Given his age he may serve the remainder of his active career at the fort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washineton
William F. Stewart
Coast Artillery
Stewart
Fort Grant
Ariz
Friends
St. Augustine
Fla
Arizona
Florida
New By Law Promotes Peace from First Church of Christ
Boston reports officers of the First Church of Christ announce a peace by law requiring both mother and branch churches to promote peace and goodwill among men though the text shows garbled adjacent content. Meanwhile thirty boys from the Boys' hotel will visit the McCane home near Independence with a ball game at the farm, led by Edgar Warden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
First Church of Christ
Scientist
McCane
Boys
Hows
Independence
Edgar Warden
Boys’ Hotel
Bullets for a Mother-in-Law in Macon Missouri
Julia Guy fired a double-barrel shotgun at her mother-in-law and husband’s parents home in Macon on May 2. Slugs blasted through a window striking the room where Mr and Mrs Joseph Gay sat. no injuries reported. Guy was arrested and jailed.
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Macon
Julia Guy
Joseph Gay
Gray Says He Won't Run for President
Pirrspure, Pa May 2 Judge Gray of Delaware and Dr Woodrow Wilson president of Princeton university arrived as guests of the Princeton Club of Western Pennsylvania for its thirty fourth annual dinner at the Hotel Schenley tonight When asked if his decision not to be a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination was irrevocable Gray said emphatically it is I am out of politics and I am going to stay out
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Pirrspure
Judge Gray
Delaware
Woodrow Wilson
Princeton University
Princeton Club
Western Pennsylvania
Hotel Schenley
Tucker Wept On The Stand At Fraud Trial
H H Tucker Jr testified in his defense before Judge Amidon in a case accusing him of using the mails to defraud. He cried several times recounting his company’s failure and references to Standard Oil. He discussed jail at Leavenworth for contempt of court and noted post office fraud order claims tied to Uncle Sam Oil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Torexa
H. H. Tucker, Jr
Amidon
Tucker
Sandard Oil Company
Leavenworth
Uncle Sam Company
Uncle Sam Oil Company
Oil City
Standard
P.W. Goebel
Skinner Estate Sues Over Burt Mine Title
Mary A. Skinner as administratrix files in Dututs district court a suit against Wellington Burt and Lake Superior Consolidated Iron Mines over the Burt mines valued at about 8 million dollars. The case hinges on soldier s land grant scrip and a forged power of attorney with James P. Baker involved. The defense cites fifteen years of possession under a lease at Hibbing Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Skinner
Land Department
Conesey
James P. Baker
Faribault
Minn
Geveral
Baker
Burt
Hibbing
Consolidated Company
No Car Strike in Cleveland Ends Inconclusive Talks
Culverano May 2 After a vote in favor of a strike the Municipal Traction motormen and conductors nearly settle with the mayor and officials in two sessions with a third planned. Concessions on both sides noted though a pay raise was not secured. An increased wage may follow once a surplus is shown. The union leadership and mayor expect to smooth remaining points soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Culverano
Municipal Traction Company
Bebmer
Republicans Name State Ticket In Hint Of Petitions
Jefferson City May 2 The Republican conference in Hadley’s private office discussed a full county ticket and the impact of the new primary law. Rumors say the slate includes Hadley for governor and Swanger Wilder and Marin for state offices, with petitions due by June 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
Herbert S. Hadley
Phose
Walter S. Dickey
Rush Lake
Bothwell
Sedalia
Ralph
Sg St
Preten Hoe Ragsdale
St of Springfield
Edie Ewe
Secretary of State
J. H. Bothwell
Sedaux
Ae E. Swanger
W . Wilder
W. F. Maring
John Kennish
Supreme Court
Judge Higbee
A. A. Speer
Hadley
Swanger
Wilder
Marin
Tragic 6 year old shoots sleeping girl near Tulsa
In Oklahoma, a 6 year old boy fired a shotgun at 4 year old Mary Gerboth as she slept in a tent near the city, following a quarrel earlier that day. The shot killed Mary almost instantly, the boy reportedly had vowed vengeance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Jimmie
Mary Gerboth
Feas
Gerboth
Mary
Jones
Bailey Wins Texas Victory in Statewide Election
Bailey extends lead in Texas with returns from 468 precincts showing 79 2600 for Bailey and 68 866 for Johnson. Bailey claims large majority statewide and in several counties. He campaigned nationwide to secure Texas delegation to the Democratic national convention amid opposition led by Cone Johnson and Senter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Fox
Bailey
Galveston
Harris
Bexar
Dewitt
Tarrant
Hill
Elis
Rockwell
Grayson
McLennan
Johnson
Cone Johnson
Texas
Senter
Senate
State
Grover Cleveland Seems Less Ill, Sits Up in N J
Ex president Grover Cleveland has risen from bed and sits up daily, signaling improvement. Close friends have not visited and he will remain secluded for a restorative period after a reported illness.
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Younes Wowrn
Haltimore
Crutcher
Armour and Troost
BR. W. Coats
Tigers
JT. L. Lewis
New York Life
Chesaee
Ady
Fusion
The
New York Independente
HUB Orchestra
Germanoay
Indiana Brewers
Railroad Board of Indiana
Pound
Pendergast
Will
Kiermethe
Platinden Historis
Curtiss
Bop
Troost Ave
Kansan
Eddy
Gray
T'no
Wipooww
Cleveland
Agpomumann
2Th Street
Passo
J. WH. Rothwell
MR. Cleveland
Associated Press
Laxewood
N. J
Grover Cleveland
Alan I
Kansas Penitentiary
Oklahoma
Karashoma
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