Great Fire Destroys Chelsea Suburb of Boston
A sweeping blaze last Sunday devastates Chelsea Massachusetts near Boston. Hundreds of buildings burn, thousands homeless, two blocks destroyed by a massive explosion. Firefighters from many towns respond. dynamite used to halt flames. insurance estimated at five million dollars.
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Boston
Mass
Chelsea
Cambridge
Arlington
Coast Artillery
State Board of Charities
Draper
Salvation Army
Associated Charities
Massachusetts Soldiers’ Home
United States Naval Hospital
Mystic River
Chang Held For Murder In Ferry Building Shooting
In San Francisco Special report, Whan Chang the Korean who shot D. W. Stevens American attache to the Japanese diplomatic service at the Ferry Building has been held to answer a murder charge.
Army Maneuvers Set for Fort Benjamin Harrison Next Fall
The War Department confirms extensive army maneuvers at Fort Benjamin Harrison next September. Congress is likely to appropriate about $1,000,000 for camps of instruction.
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Washington
Special
War Department
Ft. Benjamin Harrison
Congress
Parson Wins Polk City Mayoral Seat By Toss Of Penny
In Polk City Iowa a tie between Rev Meeker and John Sprague for mayor was settled by a penny toss. The preacher won the bet and has been installed in office.
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Parson
Polk City
Rew. Meeker
John Sprague
Washington Fearful Growth of Anarchy In U S
Government officials disclose a widespread growth of anarchists in nearly every state and in unlikely places. Details on locations and numbers are withheld, but steps are planned to monitor and surveil groups and members closely after a list of several thousand anarchists fell into government hands.
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Washington
United States
Madame Anna Gould Leaves U S Amid Threats and Family Strife
Edward A. Jones, counsel for heiress Madame Anna Gould, says threatening letters and hostile relatives forced her to sail for France. He denies a hasty marriage plan with Prince Helie de Sagan and notes no engagement exists. the couple may marry later if at all. Gould and the prince left for Europe together, after public tensions over a Parisian courtship.
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New York
Mme
Anna Gould
United States
Edward A. Jones
Nadal, Carree & Jones
Europe
Prince Helie de Sagan
Mme. Gould
Mr. Jones
Prince
Tyler Morse
France
Prince Helie
Roosevelt eyes four battleships in new Congress push
Washington reports President Roosevelt favors authorizing four battleships in the current session. A special message to Congress may be sent if action is pursued, though no final decision on drafting such a message has been reached at the White House.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
White House
Woman shoots man in Cassopolis over suspected infidelity
In Cassopolis Michigan Carlton Morgan a South Bend Indiana man was shot and killed by Mrs Christiana Metsker wife of George Metsker also of South Bend She believed Morgan had been enticing her husband away for larks with other women The incident is reported as a special from Cassopolis
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Cassopolis
Mich
Carlton Morgan
South Bend
Ind
Indiana
Christiana M. Metsker
George Metsker
Morgan
Actress Pauline Metzger Weds Dr J Munyon at Waldorf
New York report states Pauline Metzger of Altoona Pennsylvania wed Dr J Munyon Philadelphia patent medicine millionaire. Ceremony held in the Waldorf Astoria parlors with prominent guests and implied social prominence.
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New York
Pauline Metzger
Altoona
Waldorf-Astoria
J. Munyon
Philadelphia
Roosevelt Way aims to link Atlantic to Pacific road
Denver project unites a chain of roads into one straight national route called Roosevelt Way. Spanning at least 550 miles from Colorado mountains to St. Joseph, Missouri, it has already earned endorsements from three state governors, five city chambers of commerce, and leading U.S. auto manufacturers.
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U. S
Denver
Colo
Atlantic
Pacific
Colorado
St. Joseph
President Urges Naval Build Four Battleships Congress Quiet
President Roosevelt transmitted a special message to Congress urging four first class battleships and a set of other reforms. The Senate largely ignored the plea while the House applauded. He hints at possible early adjournment and outlines tariff, child labor, currency, inland waterways, and government suit against itself as potential measures. A Carnegie petition against four battleships drew applause from Republicans and Democrats alike.
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Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Congress
Senate
House
White House
Ways and Means
District of Columbia
Territories
Aldrich
Vreeland
Inland Waterways Commission
Representative Tawney
Appropriations Committee
Andrew Carnegie
Great Sport for the Farmers on Abandoned Wabash Track
In Mattoon Illinois farmers repurpose eight month abandoned Wabash railroad between Shumway and Effingham. They built a gondola hand car with a pole propeller called the Day light Limited and run trips on market days carrying up to twenty riders along the line.
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Mattoon
Ill
Shumway
Effingham
Wabash Railroad
Farmers’ Railroad
Fight over restoring canteens to National Soldiers Homes
Washington reports an imminent fight as the House Appropriations Committee plans to include in the sundry civil bill a provision to re establish canteens at National Soldiers Homes. Temperance forces oppose while supporters mobilize heavily.
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Washington, Special
House Committee On Appropriations
Congress
Taunts Lover Two Deaths Follow
In New York Julia Schilagi a 19 year old woman taunted her lover Billa Wasch with a supposed visitor who would ask for her hand. Wasch shot her three times then killed himself, ending in a double tragedy.
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New York
Julia Schilagi
Billa Wasch
Wasch
Floods in Hu Peh drown 2000 in Hankow province
Reports from Shanghai say a disastrous flood in Han kow Hu Peh province sweeps 2000 people to death and sinks or wrecks 700 junks. The flood is blamed on an unexpected freshet that struck during the night.
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China
Shanghai
Hankow
Hu Peh
Gave Hubby the Laugh in Detroit Special
Mrs. George Holman and James Kennedy were seen on the Cleveland boat deck as Holman shouted his disapproval and the wife retorted with sharp remarks about her late husband. The scene drew attention from onlookers aboard the vessel and along the dock.
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Detroit
Cleveland
George Holman
James Kennedy
Holman
Fleet Reaches San Diego Harbor in Four Columns
The 16 ships of the American battle fleet enter the cove behind Point Loma and halt for four days. Governor James N. Gillett welcomes the fleet as California committees travel to Boston to relay thanks to Admiral Thomas and the sailors.
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San Diego
Cal
Western Hemisphere
Point Loma
James N. Gillett
Connecticut
Thomas
California
Anarchists to be Executed for Bomb Attacks
Barcelont Cable Jean Rull and two associates were found guilty of bomb outrages and condemned to death. Rul and his group were named as authors of the attempt to assassinate King Alfonso in Paris and Madrid.
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Barcelont, Cable
Jean Rull
Herminegildo Rull
Maria Quieraite
Rul
Alfonso
Paris
Madrid
Rockefeller Wins Long Battle Over Anchor Inn at Pocantico Hills
In North Tarrytown New York Rockefeller clinched a protracted dispute with Jake Melin owner of the Anchor Inn near Pocantico Hills. After years of offers and legal pressure the oil magnate finally prevailed as Melin agreed to sell his tiny 50 by 100 foot lot near Rockefeller’s forthcoming 3 million mansion.
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Tarrytown
N. Y
John D. Rockefeller
Jake” Melin
North Tarrytown
Rockefeller
Jake
Pocantico Hills
Sleepy Hollow
Ichabod Crane
Anchor Inn
Melin
Sweden
Heirship News for Marquette Youths in Grandfather’s Will
Edgar Dunham twenty and his sister Irene seventeen of Marquette receive notice that they are heirs to $700000 under their grandfather’s will. He recently worked as an errand boy at four dollars a week to help support their widowed mother.
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Marquette
Mich
Edgar Dunham
Irene
Man Dies After Forty Day Fast Demonstrating Mind Over Matter
Knute Olstead of St. Paul died of starvation within a day of completing a forty day fast. He undertook the fast to prove that the mind controls the body and that mind is superior to matter.
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St. Paul, Special
Knute Olstead
Olstead
Government franchise bill passes in Folkething
In Copenhagen the Folkething approves by 64 to 35 a government franchise bill adopted earlier by the Landsthing. The act grants voting rights in all communal elections to all taxpayers over 25 and to married women whose husbands are taxpayers.
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Copenhagen
Folkething
Landsthing
Kiss Verdict Over Rent Call Sparks Hibbing Court Room
Mrs. Olga Bergerman of Hibbing won a $4,750 verdict after a rent collection kiss alleged by force. The first trial had $5,000 before a $250 reduction. defendant Jacob Kitz faced a blackmail defense in the Duluth issued case.
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Duluth
Minn
Olga Bergerman
Hibbing
Jacob Kitz
Kitz
Pension Plan to Pension Fire Horses in Louisville
Plans in Louisville call for pensioning aged fire horses by placing them in a blue grass pasture to spend their final days. The program seeks humane retirement for the aging team, offering pasture life and care.
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Louisville
Wealthy NCR founder fakes residence in New York
Joseph Patterson, millionaire controller of the National Cash Register Company, flees Dayton amid gossip and petty grievances. He plans to move company offices to New York and wage punitive measures against Dayton, aided by secretary Charles Palmer and a guard-protected Dayton estate. Patterson earns $144,000 annually as NCR president.
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New York
Dayton
Ohio
Joseph Patterson
National Cash Register Company
Patterson
St. Regis
Charles Palmer
Palmer
John H. Patterson
Anarchist Threat Highlighted by Roosevelt Message
President Roosevelt urged Congress to broaden laws on anarchy in a brief message. He accompanied it with Attorney General Bona parti's report on legal aspects and declared the anarchist the worst enemy of humanity and all mankind, demanding suppression of any propagating anarchist opinions.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Bonaparte
Plucky jailer's daughter foils jail escape in storm
Miss Zera Hanson, 17, daughter of Sheriff Sylvester Hanson of Murphysboro Illinois, woke to a storm and saw prisoners climbing down from a window. She grabbed a man’s feet while her mother and the sheriff helped restrain inmates. Six escaped through a pried window, seven were stopped.
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Murphysboro
Ill
Zera Hanson
Sylvester Hanson
Hanson
$1 500 a Year Too Little Ends Life of Lieutenant Lindsay
Lieut David Q Lindsay of the United States signal corps killed himself amid fear his $1 500 yearly salary could not support his dependent mother and sister and leave him funds to marry the woman he loved. He took his life in San Francisco.
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San Francisco
David Q. Lindsay
United States Signal Corps
Rin der confident on tariff bill passage in Congress
Herman Rinder of New York, advocate for removing tariff on paper and wood pulp, declared he has assurances the measure will pass Congress.
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Washington
Herman Rinder
New York
Evangel
Congress
Five Greatest Men Roosevelt Names as Distinguished Democrats
President Roosevelt selected five prominent Democrats as the United States’ greatest citizens. The men William Jennings Bryan James J Hill Andrew Carnegie Grover Cleveland and John Mitchell received personal invitations to a White House conference on May 10 with governors cabinet officials Supreme Court justices Congress leaders and Inland Waterways Commission members. The piece notes none are seen as the strenuous type and mentions varied reputations and regional ties.
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Washington
Roosevelt
O. K
United States
William Jennings Bryan
James J. Hill
Andrew Carnegie
Grover Cleveland
John Mitchell
Supreme Court
Congress
Inland Waterways Commission
White House
Indiana
Strong Returns From Five Years Absence In Love Triangle
John T. Strong, presumed dead after five years, appears at his Bristol Tennessee home and finds his wife of Curtis with two children. He, Curtis, and Mrs. Curtis discuss the choice. the woman chooses Strong. Curtis plans to seek annulment while Strong resumes Army service in the Philippines. No reason given for the long absence.
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Bristol, Tenn
Enoch Arden
Jonesboro
Tenn
John T. Strong
William Curtis
Strong
Curtis
Philippines
Rumor Of Roosevelt Assassination Spreads In Marion
In Marion Ohio residents rushed to churches after a Sunday morning rumor claimed President Roosevelt had been killed in Washington. Telegraph offices were overloaded with inquiries as the false story spread quickly, started by a railroad worker to test rumor speed.
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Marion
Ohio
Roosevelt
Washington
What Bigamists May Expect
Michael Briefer, a Decatur Illinois businessman, has been convicted of bigamy but will avoid prison if he fulfills a judge’s agreement. He must contribute to the support of four children from his two marriages as stipulated by Judge Foster in the Court of General Sessions.
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New York
Michael Briefer
Decatur
Foster
Court of General Sessions
Briefer
Four Massachusetts Delegates Headed Unpledged for RNC
Four Massachusetts delegates to the Republican National Convention will go to Chicago unpledged. The slate includes U S Senators Henry Cabot Lodge and W Murray Crane, former Navy Secretary John D Long, and businessman Sidney O Bigney, chosen at the state convention in Boston.
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Massachusetts
Boston
Chicago
United States
Henry Cabot Lodge
W. Murray Crane
Navy
John D. Long
Sidney 0. Bigney
Jewelry Robbery Hits San Francisco District Store
Thieves entered the P. Lundy jewelry store during the night in San Francisco's best patrolled district and stole diamonds watches and other jewelry valued at 50000 dollars.
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San Francisco
Cal
P. Lundy
Nine Bandits Slain in Lingay Outlaw Sweep
Manila reports police in the Bayombong district killed nine Lingay gang members during a crackdown. Several other gang members were likely fatally wounded in the operation.
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Manila
Cable
Bayombong
One Pupil School Closes in Wisconsin
In Chippewa Falls a tiny school in Sampson with two years of operation and a single pupil has closed. The sole student will transfer to New Auburn School with tuition covered by the school board.
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Chippewa Falls
Wis
Sampson
Auburn
Chinks Plan Fine Clubhouse in New York
Special Chinese residents in New York plan to build a $100,000 clubhouse as the home of the Confucian Association to preserve traditions of their native land.
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Chinks Plan Fine
New York
Confucian Association
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Cern
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Sioux City
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