Milwaukee power breaks KC in game two 9 to 1
Milwaukee won the second game of the series against Kansas City 9 to 1. Hard hitting and timely hits, plus defensive miscues by Kansas City, produced six runs in the seventh inning. Curtis pitched well for Milwaukee while Swan struggled for Kansas City.
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Milwaukee
Kanesas City
Swan
Curtis
Beckley
Robinson
Wood
Green
Hallman
McChesney
Kansas City
Brown
Brashear
Neighbors
Wisser
Krueger
Kerwin
Roth
Crisp
McCormack
Clark
Robininson
Norri
Bateman
Meeern Clark
Kitson
Drummond Brown
Postponed Games in National League and Belmont race results
In the National League Philadelphia at Pittsburgh was postponed. Belmont results list multiple races with times and winners: First race 8-year-olds and up selling five and one-half furlongs Queen Marguerite 96 McCarthy won. Ida D. 88 Sumter 7 to 1 second. Fleming 107 G. Burns third. Second race 2-year-olds four and a half furlongs Preceptor 112 Musgrave 4 to 1 won. Sea Cliff 109 E. Dugan 14 to 5 second. Select. Man 112 Notter 0 to 5 third. Third race Crotona handicap six furlongs Jack Atkin 197 Shilling 4 to 1 won. King James 105 G. Burns 6 to 1 second. King Robert 106 McCarthy 12 to 1 third. Fourth race steeplechase two miles King Castle 187 Dupee 6 to 1 won. Mark Gumberts 127 Palmer 8 to 1 second. Jim McGill M8 C. Smith 10 to 1 third. Fifth race Blue Hook 122 Garner 8 to 1 won. Good Luck 120 McDaniel 12 to 1 second. Master of Craft 113 G. Burns 8 to 1 third. Sixth race seven furlongs Troublemaker 103 Callahan 8 to 5 won. Rockstone 1 Nayer 5 to 1 second. Tom Bolan 198 HH. Smith 7 to 1 third. Other runners: Lane Allen Old Honesty DArkle Sailor Girl.
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Belmont
Queen Marguerite
McCarthy
Ida D
Sumter
Fleming
G. Burns
Tom McGrath
Big Ben
Pat Bulger
Glenham
Right and True
Rident
Man
Pontoon
Musgrave
Sea Cliff
E. Dugan
Select
Notter
High Range
Fayette
Amnesty
Copper Princess
Warden
Garland
Jack Atkin
King James
King Robert
Berry Maid
Explosion
Rialto
Bat Masterson
Restigouche
Blue Hook
Garner
Good Luck
McDaniel
Master of Craft
Lane Allen
Old Honesty
D'Arkle
Sailor Girl
Troublemaker
Callahan
Rockstone
Nayer
Tom Bolan
HH. Smith
Tloldfast
Martha Jane
Hyperion B
Palette
Royal Lady
Corneoh
Punch
Lena Barrett
Braggart
Tony Lass
Bell Granted New Trial for Forgery Conviction
The Missouri Supreme Court in Jefferson City orders a new trial for William H. Bell also known as J W Clark. He was convicted in the criminal court of forging a 50 dollar Pacific Express order on Jones Dry Goods Co.
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William H. Bell
Supreme Court
Jefferson City
J. W. Clark
Jones Dry Goods Company
Warm Weather Forecast With Possible Afternoon Showers
A weather observer reports heat building in Kansas City. Today is warm with tomorrow forecast to be hotter and partly cloudy with a chance of a local shower in the afternoon.
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Kansas City
Innocent amusements a focus of grand jury in city parks
Criminal court grand jurors study what amusements in Fairmount Forest and Electric parks are innocent and should not be molested on Sunday. Judge Wallace advised restraint while Herman Weisslog lists operators of theaters skat ing rinks dancing pavilions card wheels five cent shows and other concessions. Jurors will confer with the judge and warn managers which amusements face Sunday taboo. The usual theater indictments are expected this afternoon.
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Criminal Court
Fairmount
Forest
Wallace
Herman Weisslog
Chanute to Near Beardsley municipal holiday
Chanute Kansas will suspend business tomorrow during public school commencement exercises to host ex mayor Henry M Beardsley of Kansas City as guest of honor and principal speaker He will discuss city government aims and the community spirit without dictating Chanute's course.
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Chanute
Kas
Henry M. Beardsley
Kansas City
Mr. Beardsley
Speedway to Be Ready Soon on Robert Gillham Road
A temporary dirt speedway on Robert Gillham road from Thirty-ninth to Forty-second streets will start next week. Workers will level and smooth a 2,500 foot straight course on the east side of the park driveway. The track will require daily drag use and horses must return by the park driveway. Officials estimate completion in two to three days and cost under $100.
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Robert Gillham Road
Thirty-ninth Street
Forty-second Street
Park Department
Kansas City ministers harvest labor inquiry sparks supply promise
A Carman Oklahoma request asks for 100 workers for harvest work starting in about two weeks. Coates Kansas questions labor supply from Kansas City. Karl F Schweizer, superintendent, says farmers can be supplied but railroads must confirm usual rates, expected by June 1.
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State Free Employment Bureau
Carman
Kansas City
Coates
Kas
Karl F. Schweizer
Bureau
Train Hits Street Car at Second and Walnut
A westbound Kansas City Southern passenger train collided with a southbound Holmes street car at Second and Walnut around 5 PM. The motorman and one passenger were injured and transported to the emergency hospital. Injuries are not considered dangerous. The crash likely resulted from the motorman misreading a start signal.
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Kansas City Southern
Holmes Street
Second and
Walnut Streets
Detective testifies of robbing drunkard at railroad yards
Railroad detective James Rickey testified in police court that Charles Ines and an unnamed accomplice robbed a drunken man in the Missouri Pacific yards. The victim was left with a bed of newspapers as the men searched his pockets. Ines pleaded innocence. Judge Kyle imposed a $50 fine.
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Missouri Pacific Railroad
James Rickey
Charles Ines
Imes
Kyle
Metropolitan Losses Two Suits Upheld by Supreme Court
The Missouri Supreme Court in Jefferson City affirmed two verdicts totaling 15,000 against the Metropolitan Street Railway Co. Antoinette Hinzle of Kansas City, then six, was injured in a streetcar crash. her attorney was J. N. Watson. Louisa Waddell of Kansas City received a 5,000 verdict. The court affirmed on condition that Hinzle remit 1,500.
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Supreme Court
Jefferson City
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
Antoinette Hinzle
Kansas City
J. N. Watson
Louisa Waddell
Circuit Court
Sa Ie Tea
Another Car Blown Up Amid Streetcar Attacks
In Cleveland on May 19 a street car on Superior avenue was blown up by dynamite or powder placed by strikers. Two women among the injured include Mrs. Benjamin who had a broken jaw and her husband cut head while another passenger, Mrs. Elizabeth Meiser, was severely injured on Woodland Touraine. A box thought to hold an explosive was found near Broadway and East Fifty fifth street and police secured the device. A conference between Traction president A B Dupont and the state arbitration board with Harry Thomas of the local union council opened at noon as cars run on all lines today amid a partial easing of the night’s disorder.
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Clevelano
Superior Avenue
David Benjamin
Woodland Avenue
Fourteenth Street
Benjamin
Broadway
East Fifty-fifth Street
A. B. Dupont
The
Traction Company
State Board of Arbitration
Harry Thomas
Trades Union Council
Grand Jury Calls E. E. Morris to Testify in Smith Case
Grand jurors hear E. E. Morris Alderman attended but not called. Wilford B. Smith sidewall inspector and editor faced two indictments for publishing Pitchfork and Plaintalk issues tied to Humes alienation and Hamner divorce cases. Prosecutor argues indictments may quash prior information if returned.
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E. E. Morris
Tower House
Wilford B. Smith
Smith
Isaac B. Kimbrell
Justice Miller
Richard Humes
Harry Hamner
Justice Court
Commission Debates Tonight Over City Government Plan
Five debates are set in Kansas City Kansas on the commission plan. Meetings occur at Perry square Armstrong Plymouth Congregational Twelfth and Osage Grandview Park Presbyterian Seventeenth Reynolds Westminster chapel Third and Franklin and Grandview Congregational Twenty six South Sixteenth. McCamish and Halbert spoke for the plan at Procter and Gamble at noon.
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Commission
Kansas City
Kas
Perry Square
Armstrong
Plymouth Congregational Church
Twelfth Street
Osage Avenue
Grandview Park Presbyterian Church
Seventeenth Street
Reynolds Avenue
Westminster Chapel
Third Street
Franklin Avenue
Grandview Congregational Church
South Sixteenth Street
William H. McCamish
L. A. Halbert
Procter & Gamble Soap Works
Cortelyou or Fairbanks for Vice President on Chicago Ticket
Washington reports New York friends of Secretary Cortelyou probe reactions to a possible Vice Presidential bid at the Chicago convention. Cortelyou favors no active candidacy but may welcome his name. Capitol chatter says the second spot likely goes to Cortelyou or Fairbanks.
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Washington
New York
Cortelyou
Chicago
Hughes
Miners to Hear Negotiations Progress in Turner Hall
Thomas L. Lewis national head of the mine workers will address the Turner hall convention this afternoon to report on progress toward settling differences with operators in the Southwestern district. Operators outlined their stance this morning to enable a clear statement before delegates whom will decide concessions. Kansas City’s Drs. Thornton Minor promote pile and pistol treatment at 1004 Oak Ady.
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Thomas L. Lewis
Turner Hall
Mr. Lewis
Kansas City
Drs. Thornton & Minor
Long fall injuries heal as patient improves at Wesley
L E Trout, a tuck pointer, fell eleven stories from a scaffold at the Commerce building Saturday afternoon. He is at Wesley Hospital with internal injuries and several fractures but improving. doctors expect a full recovery.
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L. E. Trout
Commerce Building
Wesley Hospital
Corn Corner Tight as May Prices Hit New Peak
Curcaco May corn rose 3 cents to 79 cents the highest May price in a generation plus one exception. Trading was modest with scattered buying by Armour Rosenbaum and Peavey brokers. Receipts reached 380 cars but failed to ease shorts as J A Patten ships largely East. corn stocks fell 244 million bushels in two weeks with about 3 million left in elevators.
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J. A. Patten
Armour, Rosenbaum
Peavey
Patten
Main Street Viaduct Plan Advances For Grand Avenue Link
Commercial Improvement company directors vote to grade from Twenty third to Twenty seventh streets and award the contract for a Main street viaduct. The 1320 foot long sixty foot wide structure, costing about 133200 dollars, will carry a double street car system and traffic with two eight foot sidewalks. It crosses Terminal company tracks and the new Union station site, opening a new heavy and light traffic thoroughfare to the South Side.
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Main Street
Grand Avenue
Union Station
South Side
Commercial Improvement Company
Terminal Company
Chicago
H. L. Harmon
John V. Hanna
Warring hearts end in double tragedy at drug firm
George Sterry, 72, a Weaver and Sterry executive, was shot by his son George Sterry Jr while preparing to wed a young school teacher. Both father and son died from self-inflicted gunshot wounds after the fatal encounter at the firm’s New York office.
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New York
George Sterry
Weaver & Sterry
Sterry
James W. Sterry
Pe Terry
George Sterry, Jr
Wheat as High as a Man Signals Rich Oklahoma Crop
D Higginbotham of Ames Oklahoma testifies at the Kansas City market that wheat stalks reach head height and yield about forty bushels per acre from a 35 acre field. A carload of cattle fattened on this wheat brought $5.50 at KC market. Harvesting is set to begin in two weeks.
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Oklahoma
D. Higginbotham
Ames
Kansas City
Change of Venue in Nerling and Rambo Cases
Changes of venue were moved from Judge Wallace’s first division to Judge Porterfield’s second division this morning in the criminal cases against Albert Nerling and William or Toots Rambo. Nerling, a saloonkeeper at Fifteenth and Main, is charged with first degree murder in the McCormick killing. Rambo faces a charge of holding up a drug store at Thirty-ninth and Southwest Boulevard. he now operates a saloon in St Joseph, Missouri.
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Wallace
Criminal Court
Porterfield
Albert Nerling
William
Liquor License Petition Heads to Grand Jury in Fairmont Park
The criminal court grand jury will review a petition for a liquor license in Fairmont park filed by W. F. Smith. The county clerk sent the petition to the jury room this morning, with remonstrators seeking clarification from county counselor Charles W.oe on eligible signers.
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Criminal Court Grand Jury
Fairmont Park
W. F. Smith
Neo
Charles W
No ban on the Civic League unconstitutional says court
The Missouri Supreme Court division two at Jefferson City declared a law regulating civic leagues unconstitutional ruling it violates freedom of speech. The decision, written by Chief Justice Gantt, held the act transcends legislative power and blocks publications not obscene blasphemous or seditious. Harrison had challenged the law after arrest over publishing league reports. Fox and Burgess concurred.
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Civic League
Civic Leagues
Supreme Court
Jefferson City
A. O. Harrison
League
Harrison
Fox
Burgess
Kansas Democrats Gather in Salina for State Meeting
Delegates arrive in Salina Kansas as the state Democratic gathering opens with Grant Harrington and J D Botkin among early arrivals. Officials expect about 200 attendees with plans to back Johnson over Bryan and consider a state indorsement at the meeting.
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Salina
Kas
Grant Harrington
Hiawatha
W. P. Feder
Great Bend
J. D. Botkin
Haskell
Oklahoma
Harris
Senate
Hugh Farrily
Chanute
Bryan
Johnson
Minnesota
Kansas
Johnson's Vote a Surprise in Alabama Primary
The extraordinary long ticket in Alabama's primary left no reliable result estimates. Governor Johnson reportedly carried Montgomery Mobile and Birmingham, the state’s three largest cities, and had strong showings in Conecuh Baldwin and Monroe counties.
Railroads Cut Block Signals Amid Cost Cutting
In Cuiiaco May 19 a number of railroads cut back block signal usage to trim expenses. Abandonments affect branch lines and night mainline service, alarming many railway men. Western and Eastern roads, including some large systems, are described as skating on thin ice. An explosion is feared if the move becomes public knowledge.
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Cuiiaco
Bone
Independence School Board Names Appointments for Year
The Independence board appointed Samuel L. Stryker of St Louis as principal of Benton School for the coming year. Offa Sehrt named teacher in the high school. Cora Thomas reelected supervisor of music. Earl Montgomery appointed teacher in the Young School.
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Independence
Board of Education
Samuel L. Stryker
St. Louisa
Orang
Benton
Offa Sehrt
Cora Thomas
Suee
Earl Montgomery
Young
Indictment Sought After Firm Failure in New York
Criminal charges were filed against members of T. A. McIntyre & Co. stock brokers after their firm failed with liabilities over 1 million dollars. C. C. partesham, the receiver, presented the case to District Attorney Terome who sent it to a grand jury.
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New York
T. A. McIntyre & Co
Terome
C. C. Partesham
R Jerome
Kansas congressman leads revolt over injunction bill
E H Madison the new Kansas representative leads a revolt with Townsend of Michigan as ally. They push an anti injunction bill to curb restraining orders and fast hearing requirements. President Roosevelt favored reform but House leadership blocked the measure, sparking a conference demand with momentum to compel action.
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Washineton
E. H. Madison
Kansas
Madison
Townsend
Michigan
Judge Madison
Roosevelt
House
White House
Congress
Methodist Episcopal Church Elects Eight Bishops at Conference
At Balthmore on May 19 the general conference voted to name eight bishops, despite the bishops board recommending six. James M. Thoburn’s retirement was granted with thanks for his many years of service. An amendment to split future conferences into two bodies was referred to the committee.
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Balthmore
General Conference
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Board of Bishops
James M. Thoburn
Thoburn
General Conference of the Church
Congress of the United States
Committee
John A Ford sells ten acres and a Benton boulevard home
John A Ford transferred ten acres at Seventy third street and Agnes avenue for 12000 dollars and a residence at 2604 Benton boulevard for 9000 dollars. Thomas M Firms and Co. acted as brokers.
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Agnes
Benton
John A. Ford
Seventy-third Street
Agnes Avenue
Independence Realty Lepeth
Ordd, Coane
Aola
Benton Boulevard
Thomas M. Firms& Co
Central High Art Exhibit Opens At School
Central High's art department displays works in oil water colors charcoal and ink plus mechanical drawings at the high school building for one week starting Thursday. Five injured in Lehigh Valley wreck near Caneponta axle break causes incident with non serious injuries.
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Central High School
Embezzlers to be sentenced in Pennsylvanian bank case
Announcement from Pennsylvania indicates Henry Reiber paying teller and John Young auditor of Farmers' Deposit National Bank will be sentenced tomorrow by Judge James S. Young for embezzlement totaling 1,105,000 dollars.
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Senatevee Penneyivania Embersteins
Prrrseurc
Henry Reiber
John Young
Farmers’ Deposit National Bank
James S. Young
Missouri School Sees Home Made Wireless Instrument Catch Messages
Prof Elliott of Richmond High School found a basement wireless receiver he built to teach telegraphy was mysteriously picking up distant messages. Oklahoma City and Colorado Springs stations confirmed a new station on the circuit, with damp weather aiding reception. Elliott calls the event remarkable for wireless experimentation.
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Archmont, Mo
D. C. Elfiott
Richmond High School
Elliott
R. G. Powers
Powers
W. M. Bowen
Colorado
San Jorent
Carson
Oklahoma City
Colorado Springs
Gulf of Mexico
John R. Markes
Mallory
Teves
Delshoma City
Galveston
Wood Testifies in Platt Divorce Case Over Letters
Mae C Wood continued her absolute divorce suit against Senator Thomas C Platt in New York arguing a 1903 release for 30000 was signed under duress while she received 7500 for letters. She claimed she could have obtained 50000 and denied retaining lawyer Abraham H Hummel as her counsel.
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New York
Mae C. Wood
Thomas C. Platt
Mr. Stanchfield
Platt
Miss Wood
Abraham H. Hummel
Eee
Hummel
New York Cotton Exchange Subpoenas Face Grand Jury
Subpoenas issued to former New York cotton exchange managers and revision committee members prompt inquiry into how cotton grades are fixed for delivery. Authorities note potential conflicts of interest as committee members may profit from futures contracts, with past revisions cited as having shifted values for months.
John Bieler Arrested in Belvidere for Murder
Feared Kansas mob violence leads to arrest of John Bieler in Belvidere on murder and assault charges. He has been moved to Hutchinson to prevent further violence after an attack on Mrs. Rosenberger, wife of a ranchman, with shooting reported.
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Belvidere
Mutchinson
Vicmits
Kaspo
Be ‘Kas
OF. Rozenberger
Hutchinson
Rosenberger
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