Revelations of Mrs. Belle Gunness Higher Bodies Found
Laporte Indiana May 6 Five bodies uncovered near the Gunness farm fuel suspicions she ran a clearing house for murders. Andrew Heldgren and Jennie Olson identified. three others unrecoverable. Lamphere hints at past deaths while authorities probe more victims and insured killings.
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Laporte
Ind
Smutzer
Mack
Belle Gunness
Andrew Heldgren
Aberdeen
S. D
Jennie Olson
Joseph Maxson
Gunness
Maxson
Heldgren
Jenniedison
Gunness Farm
Chicago
Los Angeles
Max Sorenson
Austin
Mar
Bie
Train wreck on Louisville and Nashville near Belleville kills two
A bridge washout on the Louisville and Nashville line near Belleville caused a freight train wreck. Engineer Carl Ward of Evansville Indiana and Fireman Chasm of Howell Indiana died. A third rail crewman is feared drowned. Two dredgeboat workers from Edgemont Illinois are missing. The wreck occurred as a swollen creek carried the piled mass downstream.
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St. Louis
Louisville & Nashville Road
Belleville
Carl Ward
Evansville
Ind
Chasm
Howell
Edgemont
Ill
Fur merchant reported missing after hotel collapse
Hyman Seligman of New York City, a fur merchant, was reported missing in the ruins of the New Aveline hotel at Fort Wayne. He had planned to be in Fort Wayne Sunday but changed plans and left Friday for Logansport, and he telegraphed his brother Phil Seligman in New York after learning of the disappearance.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Hyman Seligman
New York City
New Aveline
Fort Wayne
Logansport
Phil Seligman
New York
Shocking Ohio murder claims Degraff resident
Charles Keating of Degraff died in Bellefontaine after being assaulted in Celina and locked in a box car loaded with hay that was set on fire. He awoke unable to escape and was fatally burned before rescue.
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Ohio
Bellefontaine, O
Charles Keating
Degraff
Celina
Fery
Folk the Foe of Boodlers and Missouri’s Governor
Missouri's Governor Folk emerges as a national anti graft crusader and potential presidential candidate. His hard line against crime includes enforcing Sunday closing laws and cracking lobby influence, inspiring similar anti corruption waves in Minneapolis, San Francisco, and beyond. Folk's steadfast honesty and bold actions shape a rising national conscience and political reform movement.
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Missouri
St. Louis
Minneapolis
San Francisco
Ciites
America
Folk the governor who fought the boodlers
A profile of Joseph W. Folk, Missouri attorney and later governor, famed for prosecuting a major boodle ring in St. Louis. The piece portrays his courage, religious devotion, and integrity as he faced powerful machines, threats, and legal obstacles, leading to political reform and his gubernatorial victory amid a Republican surge.
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James A. Edgokton
Joseph W. Folk
Missouri
Folk
Will
Bryan
Polk
Poli
Yellow Dog
St. Louis
Supreme Court
More
Woodlers
Luttle
Falk
Kansas City
Ryan Belmont
Theodore Roosevelt
J. W. Folk
Governor Folk a rising force for civic right and honesty
The piece extols Governor Folk as a sincere, fearless figure who exposes graft and speaks to the hearts of listeners. It notes his clean home life, youth under forty, and potential future leadership, highlighting his partnership with Mrs. Folk and their shared public stance.
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Governor Falk
Folk
Governor Folk
Gertrude Glass
Memorial for Pelatiah Webster Presented in Congress
Washington May 5 Mr Carter of Montana and Mr Clayton of Alabama introduced a memorial for Pelatiah Webster of Philadelphia The memorial signed by Hannis Taylor quotes Webster first printing his epoch making paper in 1788 announcing the entire plan of the U S Constitution four years before the 1787 convention It was referred to judiciary committees with a request for many copies
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Washington
Carter
Montana
Senate
Clayton
Alabama
Pelatiah Webster
Philadelphia
Hannis Taylor
Spain
United States
Judiciary
Cuban Miners Struck Down in Juragua
In Santiago on May 5, rural guards suppressed a Juragua Iron min ers strike. Three hundred miners marched with red flags and distributed memorial handbills for Chicago anarchists. Leaders were charged and a 150 strong force under Major Machruda protected workers as the strike ended.
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Santiago
Cuba
Juragua Iron Company
Chicago
League
Dig
Machruda
Call on City for Help
Several hundred unemployed men marched to the city hall and demanded work. Mayor Whitlock promised that a number of idle men will be given work on the boulevard in a few days. The march was peaceful as families faced need.
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Toledo
Whitlock
Wheeler Named Theodore Roosevelt Professor in Berlin
New York May 5 President Benjamin Ide Wheeler of the University of California has been nominated by Columbia University trustees and appointed by the Prussian ministry of education as Theodore Roosevelt professor in Berlin for 1909 and 1910.
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New York
Benjamin Ide Wheeler
University of California
Beeen
Columbia University
Ministry of Education
Theodore Roose
Velt
Berlin
Missing Boy Feared Lost After Fort Wayne Fire
Relatives in Youngstown fear Morris L. Kleinzahter perished in the New Aveline fire at Fort Wayne. He stopped in Fort Wayne for a Sunday visit and no word has been received from him since.
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Youngstown
Morris L. Kleinzahter
Costly Philippine Blaze
Fire destroys much of Polo town in More province on May 6 leaving about four hundred houses gutted and substantial damage reported. Fire crews battled the blaze amid dense smoke and strong winds as residents faced extensive loss.
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Manila
Polo
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