Civic Parade Ends Fair Dedication at Louisiana Purchase Exposition
St Louis witnessed a sunlit civic parade on Lindell boulevard as 20 000 marched past governors Dockery of Missouri and Odell of New York and dignitaries. The procession included veterans divisions civic mercantile groups and diverse marching bodies with special attention to the Indian Territory Oklahoma Frisco Cowboys and 3500 Catholic Knights of America participants. Iowa and Oklahoma territory sites were dedicated with Governor Cummins driving a stake and declaring Iowa’s claim secure.
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St. Louis
Lindell Boulevard
Grand Avenue
Fair Grounds
Eugene J. Spencer
Edwin Baldorff
Henry T. Mott
United States Marine Band
Veterans’ Division
John W. Noble
Ensign Gray
United States Service
St. Loui
W. H. Glancy
W. H. Sommera
Maccabees
Knights of Pythias
Royal League
Traveling Men's Protective Association
Woodmen of the World
J. L. Hartman
Catholic Knights of America
Edward Pretorius
Uncle Sam
N. L. Travers
Western Amateur Bowling Association
Indian Territory
Oklahoma
Francis
Taylor
Victoria
Building and Trades Council
United States
Iowa
Oklahoma Territory
Cummins
W. W. Whitman
Des Moines
Planter Murder Ignites Threat of Lynchings in Mississippi
William Long, a prominent planter near Redwood in Warren County, Mississippi, was attacked and killed by Black assailants. State authorities seek three Black suspects, and reports indicate a wholesale lynching is likely to follow. Local mobs intensify the search as scattered rumors of further violence spread.
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Mississippi
Vicksburg
Miss
William Long
Redwood
Illinois committee finds no boodle in Springfield bribery case
A legislative committee reports no real bribery attempt against Speaker John H. Miller over the traction bill. It condemns Chicago Inter Ocean editor Hinman for boodle charges and notes the April 21 1903 editorial lacked truth. The house adopts the report and plans 100000 copies of the findings. The Mueller streetcar bill then moves to immediate debate with a twenty year grant limit.
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Legislative Committee
Springfield
Illinois
House
John H. Miller
Chicago Inter Ocean
George W. Hinman
Inter Ocean
Messrs. Anderson
George B. Albert
G. W. Hinman
Herbert Vanderhoof
Frank Armstrong
John G. Lane
D. A. Campbell
Busse
Lindley
Nolte
Mitchell
John A. Barnes
BE. R. Bliss
L. Minatesheimer
William F. Feltmann
Metropolitan Trust and Savings Bank of Chicago
Mr. E. Burritt Smith
Walter L. Fisher
Hinman
Mueller
Miller
Friends of the
American Firms Consider German Mills Amid Tariff Barriers
Berlin May 5. High German tariffs push American manufacturers to build plants in Germany. Carborundum of Niagara Falls plans Prussia works, and Westinghouse weighs similar moves. European competition prompts shift to local production as American methods spread.
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Berlin
Germany
Carborundum Company
Niagara Falls
Prussia
Westinghouse Electric Company
Europe
Walter Damrosch
St. Petersburg
Moscow
Warsaw
Paris
Cologne
Berlin Philharmonic
Great Britain
England
Canada
Reichstag
Bundenrath
Cording
Vienna
M. de Saell
Liberal Party
Count Apponyi
Count Banfy
Hartmann
Koenigshutte
Silosila
Lauterburg
Residenz Theatre
United States
German Consul Survives Salonica Bomb Blast
Acting German consul at Salonica narrowly escaped death when a dynamite attack destroyed the Ottoman bank adjacent club. He was slightly injured but freed himself from debris. Turkish officials consider Bulgarians responsible and seek a firm response, while German and Italian casualties include three Germans, four Italians wounded and one Swiss killed.
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Salonica
Constantinople
Porte
Fraud and hush money shadow Washington city post office
Washington reports a three year old post office fraud uncovered and hushed up. An expert from the comptroller’s office investigated, was transferred and salary reduced after exposing irregularities. The Postmaster General and Bristow face inquiries over the affair and potential connections to inspectors.
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Washington
Payne
Charles Hmary Smith
Bristow
Mearritt
Tracewell
The
Treasury
5. W. Tulloch
Washington Post Office
Mers
Washington Postoffice
Comptroller’s Office
Postoffice
Post Office
Smith
City Post Office
Tracewell Waa
Heath
Attorney General's Office
Wynne faces ouster as Postmaster General probe heats up
Washington sources say President Roosevelt will be asked to remove First Assistant Postmaster General Wynne after his June return. Accusations center on excessive talk and nepotism, with claims the scandals involve widespread irregularity in misassigned staff and inflated payrolls across many employees.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Roosevelt
Wynne
Root to Issue Detailed Philippines Cruelty Statement
Secretary Root plans an official, detailed release within two to three months addressing cruelty charges in the Philippines. The War Department will publish investigations, court martial outcomes, and sentences to rebut anti imperialist claims and show few convictions among 6000 officers.
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Philippines
Washington
Root
Roosevelt
War Department
Miles
Head on Collision Near Maryville Kills Two and Injures Seven
A Pere Marquette two train crash near Maryville Michigan leaves two dead and seven seriously hurt including engineer Robert Campbell and Terrence Kelly. Fireman Albert Osmond and baggage man Gas Placer are among the dead. Railroad officials cite possible telegraphic order error as cause.
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Saginiaw
Mich
Pere Marquette
Maryville
Albert J. H. Osmond
Saginaw
Port
Robert Campbell
Port Huiron
Recked Great Northern Express Injures Many Near Troy
A Montana wreck on the east bound Great Northern near Troy injures about a dozen passengers with two feared dead. Conductor Hurley head wounds and a list of the injured includes Mrs Helen A Chorchowski Duluth H W Johnsen Spokane H Kilree Grand Forks George S Roglund Roseland Mrs Thomas Kain Wines City Mrs Wray Toronto Gus Cochrane Corvallis Mont Mrs Wilson Sioux Falls with various serious injuries.
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Kalispell
Mont
Troy
Hurley
Helen A. Chorchowski
Duluth
H.W. Johnsen
Spokane
H. Kilree
Grand Forks
N. D
George S. Roglund
Roseland
B. C
Thomas Kain
Wines City
Mich
Wray
Toronto
Ont
Supreme Court affirms buying of negro votes in 1900 case
The U S Supreme Court, in a Brewer opinion, upholds the Kentucky ruling that Section 807 of the revised statutes making bribery of voters unconstitutional applies to negro voters. Bowman had been indicted for bribery in the Fifth Kentucky district during the 1900 congressional election and sought habeas corpus. The district court discharged Bowman. the Supreme Court affirmed.
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Supreme Court
Washington
United States Supreme Court
Brewer
United States
Marshal James
Kentucky
Henry Bowman
United States District Court For
Western District of
Bowman
Fifth
District Court
Change of venue for Richards case in Iowa
Ex Deputy U S Marshal Richards gains venue to Warren county for the September term. Judge Gamble, cited as biased by Richards, presided over the Baird case with a ruling linking Richards to a Hamilton New Year’s Eve robbery. Richards plans to seek a different judge due to alleged bias.
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Des Moines
United States
Richards
Warren County
Gamble
Baird
Sullivan Home
Hamilton
Fireman Dies In Fast Mail Wreck At Creston
Des Moines reports a Burlington line wreck near Creston on May 6. Fireman Walter Noble was trapped under his engine and roasted to death as the speeding fast mail crashed into a freight train. No other serious injuries.
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Des Moines
Burlington
Creston
Walter Noble
Gage
Fast Mail
Pennsylvania Supreme Court Refuses Christian Science Charter
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court affirmed Judge Arnold's ruling denying a charter to the Christian Science association in Philadelphia. The proposed group aimed to create a place for public worship and to preach Jesus Christ as in the Bible and Eddy's Science and Health.
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Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Christian Science Association
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Supreme Court Today
Arnold
Mary Baker G. Eddy
Sailors Rescued From Helpless Wreck of French Brig Sans Souci
New York May 6. Aboard the St Andrew from Antwerp sixty five of seventy two crew members from St Malo France reached New York after a gale loss left six washed overboard and drowned and one dead. Rescued by the St Andrew the Sans Souci crew had despaired of staying afloat.
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New York
St Malo
France
St. Andrew
Antwerp
A Girl's Freak Ends in Country School Romance
Berta Richards, a rich yet independent city girl, becomes schoolma'am in Squeedunk hollow. She inspires pupils with music and art, faces Horace Gray’s mischief, and after a staged punishment they confess love. Horace asks to marry. their June wedding binds two unlikely souls.
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Berta Richards
Marie
Bert
Berta
Squeedunk Hollow
Tryphene
Tryphosa Spencer
Tryphena
Tryphosa
Horace Gray
Horace
Herell
Erta
Ty Ledger
Two Mysteries on One Bike at a Westchester Home
A New York family in Westchester reports two dignified sisters, while their brother sermons on bicycle fitness. Nightly, the pair steal to the barn and scooter out in improvised costumes to ride the bicycle for a moonlit show. The stunt ends with wrecked tennis net, broken poles, turf damage, crushed shrubbery, injuries to two arms and a knee, and multiple black and blue spots. The brother claims a brick fell on his locked bicycle, as the sisters, unhurt, claim no comment while in their presence.
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New York
Westchester County
N. Y
Meandering Mike Seeks Work for Cold Vittles
A frontier dialogue from the Washington Star features Meandering Mike asking for paid work in exchange for food. The prompt reply shows a humorous exchange about kindness and giving shelter to the hungry, amid a broader scene with Pocahontas and Powhatan characters.
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Mike
Washington Star
Delrok
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Dockery
Missouri
Odell
Lafe Young
Planter
Ispeaker
MILLS
Washington City
Michigan
Terrence Kelly
A. O. Smith
Saginaw Mall
Frank P. Peck
Harold James
Jank OQ
A. Hazeltine
W. C. Valentine
Gus Cochrane
Corvallis
Mrs. Wilson
Sioux Falls
Marshal Richards
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