Filibuster Ends as La Follette Yields to Fairbanks
Senate action ends after nineteen hour protest as Vice President Fairbanks finally halts the filibuster to allow passage of a currency bill. Stone Gore Aldrich Heyburn Borah oppose the conference report while Roosevelt signs the measure later Saturday night.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
Roosevelt
Gore
Oklahoma
Senator Stone
Missouri
la Follette
Jefferson Davis
Little Rock
Stone
Aldrich
Rhode Island
Fairbanks
Heyburn
Idaho
Gallinger
Foraker
Banker a horse thief Indianapolis man identified as Greene
An arrestee once calling himself Frank Ross from Chicago is identified as Robert H. Greene of Waynetown Indiana vice president of the Farmers and Merchants bank. Greene a church worker and prominent farmer is alleged to have stolen horses at different times and shipped several to Chicago.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Frank Ross
Chicago
Robert H. Greene
Waynetown
Farmers and Merchants’ Bank
Greene
Hetty Green to Make Newport Her Summer Home
It is said Mrs. Hetty Green plans to live in Newport this summer and is negotiating for a villa. If she comes it would be her first time as a householder in Newport though not her first appearance in the resort.
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Newport
Hetty Green
R. L
Drowns in Folds of Flag Parachute Drop Tragedy
Frederick L. Wood an eighteen year old aeronaut from New Haven Conn was entangled in a large American flag during a parachute drop from a balloon at Hillside Park near Passaic N J and drowned in the Passaic River.
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New York
Hillside Park
Passaic
N. J
Frederick L. Wood
New Haven
Conn
Passaic River
Autoists Face Peril on Transsiberian Route
A Paris Matin dispatch from Nikolsk reports the New York to Paris auto race car narrowly escaped an express train and rolled 200 feet down a precipice due to poor ballast. Brigand bands captured recently claim the travelers are rich and in danger of attack.
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Paris
Cable
Matin
Nikolsk
New York
Transsiberian
Photograph Fraud in Senate Race Claims Cummins Plot
In Des Moines Indiana the campaign erupts as fake photographs of Senator Allison circulate to sway voters. The retouched image, created about a year and a half ago to resemble a dying man, is mailed to doubtful voters. Cummins managers are accused of distributing the fakes to portray Allison as too old for Washington. The Allison camp denounces the plot across the state with contrasting originals and fakes.
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Des Moines
Allison
Cummins
Washington
Yaqui Nation Near Peace After Prolonged Conflict
After over 120 years of intermittent warfare the Yaqui Nation in Sonora is set to accept Mexican sovereignty. A May 7 conference led by Luis Bule and Col. Jose Gonzales Salas produced terms including government authority, protection of lives and property, evacuation of arms, and government aid until work is found. June 15 is the ratification date as bands surrender, with immense losses already recorded in lives and at least 50 million dollars in property.
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Spain
Luis Bule
Bacatete
Jose Gonzales Salas
Dare-Devil Autoist Killed in Baltimore
Jimmanuel Cedrino, famed Italian dare-devil autoist, died in an Baltimore accident when his Fiat Cyclone somersaulted after a wheel hub failure. He was alone in the vehicle and thrown 40 feet. Cedrino had set world track records from 1 to 25 miles.
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Baltimore
Jimmanuel Cedrino
Cedrino
Revenge at church kills mother of sweetheart in Fond du Lac
Grant Poole son of Moses Poole a farmer near Oakland shot Mrs E H Orvis during Sunday morning church services. Three shots were fired two missed and one struck the victim who died in the arms of her husband minutes later. Poole attacked after parents refused to allow him to court the girl.
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Fond du Lac
Wis
Grant Poole
Moses Poole
Oakland
E. H. Orvis
German Fleet Mobilizes with Crown Prince on flagship
The crown prince Frederick William joins the flagship Deutschland as seventy German warships mobilize for North Sea maneuvers. Coast defenses will participate and the exercises run through June 6.
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Heligoland
Germany
Frederick William
Deutschland
North Sea
Jury Invalidates Col Snell Will In Illinois Case
In Clinton Illinois a jury voided the will of Col Thomas Snell the eccentric millionaire. They ruled Snell insane when he made the will. Richard Snell becomes heir to half the $1,500,000 estate while the other half goes to Thornton Snell’s children. The verdict deprives Mabelle Snell McNamara of a $1,200 annual annuity.
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Col. Snell
Clinton
Ill
Snell
Col
Thomas Snell
Richard
Richard Snell
Thornton Snell
Business man mining engineer runs as Republican VP candidate
John Hays Hammond, famed mining engineer, announces formal bid for the Republican nomination for Vice President. He says he is a candidate and a plain business man not a politician, left Washington for New York then Chicago to await the convention, and denies rumors of a $500000 annual Guggenheim salary.
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Washington
John Hays Hammond
Hammond
New York
Chicago
John C. Montgomery
Denver
Ventura Mining Corporations
Guggenheim Exploration and Mining Company
Guggenheims
Carnegie Ends Long Feud With Lovejoy Healing Rift in Steel Age
In Pittsburgh a reconciliation between Andrew Carnegie and Francis T. F. Lovejoy ends a decade of conflict. Lovejoy faced financial ruin as $2,225,000 tied to Idaho mining sat idle. Carnegie provided about $400,000 aiding Lovejoy until markets eased, preserving his home project and clearing embarrassments.
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Pittsburg
Andrew Carnegie
Francis T. F. Lovejoy
Carnegie Steel Company
Mr. Lovejoy
Lovejoy
Idaho
Carnegie
New York
Third Daughter of James Walsh Joins Sisters in Nursing Profession
Chicago special reports that Adelaide and Vivien Walsh daughters of James Walsh ex president of the Southern Indiana Railroad have devoted themselves to nursing. Now Dorothy Walsh the third sister plans to leave home to pursue the same career on the eve of Adelaide s graduation from Mercy Hospital Training School for Nurses. The sisters are noted for beauty and have faced societal opposition to their chosen field.
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Chicago
Adelaide
Vivien Walsh
James Walsh
Southern Indiana Railroad
Adelaide Walsh
Mercy Hospital Training School For
Dorothy Walsh
Famous British Campaigner Dead
London reports the death of Gen. Sir Redvers Henry Buller aged 80 after weeks of illness. Born 1839, he joined the army in 1858 and rose to lieutenant general in 1891. His career included China 1860, Ashanti 1874, Kaffir and Zulu wars 1878 79, South Africa 1881, Egypt 1882 at Tel El Kebir, the Sudan 1884, and service as under secretary for Ireland in 1887.
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London
Sir Redvers Henry Buller
China
South Africa
Egypt
Tel-El- Kebir
Ireland
Ex Senator James K. Jones Dies After Illness
Washington special ex United States Senator James K. Jones of Arkansas died at his residence Monday after a brief illness. He was 69 and an influential Democrat in the Senate from 1885 to 1903, a strong Bryan ally who chaired the Democratic National Committee during the 1896 and 1900 campaigns. Since leaving the Senate he practiced law in Washington and stayed out of active politics.
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Washington
United States
James K. Jones
Arkansas
Senate
William Ennings Bryan
Democratic National Committee
Balloon sets new world speed record crossing Iowa
The Chicago balloon, owned by Charles A. Coey and piloted by Capt. C. L. Bumbaugh and Charlies Leichteller, left Quincy Illinois Monday at 6 pm and landed near Clear Lake South Dakota Tuesday at 5 am. It completed about 800 miles in eleven hours averaging seventy five miles per hour despite rain forcing an early descent.
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Clear Lake
S. D
Chicago
Charles A. Coey
C. L. Bumbaugh
Charlies Leichteller
Quincy
Ill
Record Run to Save Life Ends in Tragedy
Dr. John Murphy of Chicago rushed to Pittsburg by special train to consult and aid a patient operated on for appendicitis. He arrived after seven hours and fifty seven minutes, a Pennsylvanian record. En route at Salem Ohio a grade crossing collision fatally injured a woman.
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Pittsburg
Chicago
John Murphy
Pennsylvania Railroad
Salem
Ohio
Affinity marriage plot surfaces at Boston immigration office
In Boston a Bavarian widow Julie Wackerman, her daughter Louise, and Mrs. Vandervoort arrive with $85,000 cash and a life annuity arrangement to wed the pianist's wife. Immigration officials note the plan challenges existing law and consider deportation options while awaiting federal guidance.
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Boston
Mass
Julie Wackerman
Louise
Anthony Vandervoort
Berlin
Billings
Washington
New York Fancy Society to Trim the Four Hundred
New York society set to reduce Ward McAllister’s Four Hundred to about 300. Mr and Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt reportedly to lead the list. Names will be printed on vellum with a brief family record.
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New York
Special Society
Ward McAllister
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Prosperity Association Says St Louis Business Improves
One hundred merchants and manufacturers representing nearly every industry in St Louis and surroundings sign statements published by the National Prosperity Association declaring that the just ended month brought business improvement beyond expectations.
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St. Louis
New National Prosperity Association
Pirates of Penzance Benefit Chorus Draws Wealthy Support
In Pittsburg a special performance of Pirates of Penzance on June 15 will raise funds for the Home for Crippled Children. The chorus features young women from families worth over a half billion dollars, marking a rare gala for a charitable cause.
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Pittsburg
Home For
Girls Sentenced to Death in Poland Slayings
In Warsaw three girls and eleven men were condemned by a court for attacking a post car at Sokolow on the Vistula railroad last January. A bomb caused the wreck, killed two soldiers, wounded ten, and the raiders looted the safes.
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Warsaw
Sokolow
Vistula
Captain Slocum Brings Largest Coral Piece to Museum
Captain Joshua Slocum, famed for his solo circumnavigation in a 10 ton yacht, today delivered a coral specimen weighing nearly two tons to the American Museum of Natural History. Authorities say it is the largest piece ever gathered and adds a notable exhibit to the collection.
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New York
Joshua Slocum
American Museum of Natural History
Isthmian Canal Excavation Dips in May
Major Goethals reports May excavation at the Isthmian Canal fell by over 500000 cubic yards from April due to heavy rainfall. May totals reached 2708923 cubic yards.
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Washington
Isthmian Canal
Goethals
Alaska gold output estimated at 26 million dollars
The Post-Intelligencer reports from all points in the North that Alaska's gold output for the coming season is estimated at 26 million dollars. The note places Seattle, Washington as the special bureau source for the estimate.
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Seattle
Wash
the Post-Intelligencer
North
Alaska
Wreck Rumor Hits Red Star Vaderland in North Sea Fog
Petit Journal in Brussels cites an unconfirmed report that the Red Star Vaderland passenger liner with 1600 aboard was wrecked in dense fog off the North Sea. Lloyds has not confirmed the claim. other ships report collisions and vessels adrift near Goodwin Sands and in the Dover Ostend corridor.
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Paris
Petit Journal
Brussels
Red Star
Vaderland
North Sea
Lloyd’s
Dover-Ostend
Goodwin Sands
Channel
Queenswood
Bermero
Loanda
Hamburg
West Africa
Vaderland Sails Antwerp for New York Amid Fog and Collisions
The Red Star steamer Vaderland was scheduled to sail from Antwerp to New York on May 30 and reach Dover on Sunday for arrival reporting. Heavy fog in the English Channel caused several collisions.
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Red Star
Vaderland
Antwerp
New York
Dover
English Channel
Mystery of Smuggled Chinese Immigrants in Boxes
A report to Commissioner Sergent notes twelve Chinese nationals allegedly smuggled from Mexico to New York in nailed boxes that arrived dead. The tale cites a May telegram from El Paso and remarks on smuggling methods and prior freezing in a refrigerator car, with officials cautious about the claim.
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Washington
Mexico
el Paso
New York
Frank P. Sergent
F. W. Berkshire
San Antonio
Chinatown
Sergent
Detroit
Canada
Elinor Glyn Visits Rawhide Camp in Nevada
Elinor Glyn arrives in Rawhide with Sam Newhouse and Count Leon Delaborde, touring the town’s Tenderloin area. She bets on fare at the Northern, loses and wins a net 1,000, witnessed a drunken shooting between a proprietor and a gambler guarded by state police. Thousands follow as she tours multiple dance halls with 600 women in the streets.
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Reno, Nev
Budapest
Bombay
Boston
Bakersfield
Elinor Glyn
Sam Newhouse
Leon Delaborde
Paris
Martyr for Humanity Volunteer Inoculated for TB Study
In New York two weeks after volunteering to surrender his body for science Frank Merritt allowed Dr Carroll to inoculate him with tuberculosis germs to find a preventive and cure. The infection has already progressed notably.
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New York
Frank Merritt
Cr. CG. Carroll
Typhoon Disaster Hits Hankow Cann River Traffic
The Shinomo Maru reports a sudden typhoon at Hankow wrecking hundreds of Kan River boats and leaving shores littered with river victims. Shanghai recovery efforts followed as news also spoke of a coal mining disaster in Kwang Sa with about 1000 lives lost.
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Victoria
B. C
Shinomo Maru
Hankow
Kan River
Shanghai
Kwang Sa
Eyeball Photograph Aims To ID Murders Victim
In St Louis Special notes a corpse plucked from the Mississippi near Hartford Illinois bears a bearded crooked nosed man image on its eye. Authorities use retinal photography hoping the dying gaze will fix the culprit’s image and reveal the murderer's identity.
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St. Louis
Mississippi River
Hartford
Ill
Visions of Death Come True in Alaska Accident
Mrs. Helen Wingate of Valentine Nebraska, wife of a Cherry county rancher, had a vision while writing a letter that her son Abner Wingate would die in Alaska. News confirms the prophecy as Abner was killed by an accidental shotgun discharge in Alaska.
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Valentine
Neb
Helen Wingate
Cherry County
Abner Wingate
Alaska
Artist and Mother Strangled in Paris Mystery
In Paris, renowned painter Adolphe Steinheil and his mother-in-law were found strangled at his Rue de Vaugirard residence. Steinheil's wife, bound and gagged, reports the crime was committed by two men and a woman, whom she believes includes a model once employed by her husband.
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Paris
Cable
Adolphe Steinheil
Rue de Vaugirard
Steinheil
New Aeroplane Record In Rome piazza
De La Grange won an $8000 prize in Rome's aeroplane contests flying the same machine used in a trial for King Emmanuel. He covered nearly eight miles in fifteen minutes twenty six seconds and completed nine circuits of the Piazza diarmi in the winning flight. It is noted as the best officially recorded aeroplane flight.
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Rome
de la Grange
Victor Emmanuel
Piazza Darmi
Statesmen Travel in Autos to Landis Indiana
Clad in linen dusters and automobile goggles, Speaker Cannon, Senator Warren, Senator Hemenway, Representative Landis, L. W. Busby and a photographer rode in two cars Sunday morning for Landis home in Indiana. They will then return to their own homes or proceed to Chicago by train.
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Washington, D. C
Cannon
Warren
Hemenway
Landis
L. W. Busby
Indiana
Chicago
Prehistoric Pyramids Found in Mexico Forest
Manuel Torres reports discoveries of special pyramids and other ancient structures hidden in the tropical forest of San Ignacio Huatesco District Vera Cruz. Mexico's National Museum notes the find and the government plans further explorations.
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Mexico City
San Ignacio
Huatesco
State of Vera Cruz
Manuel Torres
Mexico
National Museum
Richest Gold Mines Found in French Guiana
Paris cables report vast gold quantities discovered in French Guiana by Capt. Villiaume. The French Government debates whether to mine the treasure itself or sell the territory to miners, as hundreds of millions of dollars are said to be at stake.
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Paris
Cable
French Republic
French Guiana
Villiaume
Divine question prompts vodka label reform in Russia
The Douma commission has recommended replacing the imperial eagle on vodka labels with a sky and cross bones design plus warnings against overindulgence. The move reflects pressures on state symbols amid a broader moral commission agenda in St. Petersburg.
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St. Petersburg
Cable
Douma Commission
Duty on 340000 Pearl Necklace Brought From France
United States Court Judge Lacombe orders Mrs. William B. Leeds to pay 60 percent customs duty on the $340000 pearl necklace imported from France. The ruling specifies the duty amount due to federal authorities.
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New York
France
William B. Leeds
Lacombe
United States
Death From Finger Nail Scratch In Atlantic City
Miss Etta Conover of Atlantic City dies from blood poisoning after a scratch from a thumbnail left a small arm abrasion. The incident is reported as a special item from the city.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Etta Conover
Confederate Choir Redoes Dixie Lyrics In Support Of Cause
Better Left Alone in St. Louis announces new words to the tune of Dixie by the Special Women of the Confederate Choir of America. The group says old words do not suit the grand Eur of the song or its cause. Confederate veterans condemn the change.
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St. Louis
Confederate Choir of America
Armed Afghans seize Regan in Persian border incursion
Reports say 700 well armed Afghans crossed into Persian territory and occupied Regan, a town about 1180 miles southeast of Kerman. The event signals a significant border disturbance with regional implications.
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Regan
Teheran
Kerman
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