Bryan’s Easy Win Prospects in Colorado Delegation Century
A Washington dispatch reports William Jennings Bryan gaining strong, near unanimous support for the Denver Democratic convention. Delegates from Louisiana appear solid for Bryan with 712 projected, while New York stays in play and Idaho Nevada swing to Bryan amid Mormon and anti‑Mormon factions backing him.
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the Herald
Washington
Democracy
Denver
Bryan
Herald
Johnson
Minnesota
Porto Rico
Louisiana
Rocky Mountain
Idaho
Nevada
Cure for Rabies Reported From Paris Pasteur Institute
Dr Auguste Marie head of the Pasteur Institute laboratory says a modified Pasteur treatment shows promise for advanced rabies cases. The approach blends fresh rabies virus with serum to render the virus innocuous, enabling earlier immunity in animals and humans.
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Paris
Cable
Auguste Marie
Pasteur Institute
Marsh
Brooklyn
Man
Pasteur
Thousands Needed in Wheat Fields Across Five States
Missouri Pacific and Iron Mountain announce thousands of men will be required in the wheat fields of Missouri Kansas Nebraska Oklahoma and Arkansas over the next three weeks. The railways report crop prospects along their lines are better than in years.
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St. Louis
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Missouri Pacific
Iron Mountain System
Shah Goes To The Dogs As Persian Crisis Deepens
The shah has left Teheran for his hillside retreat as Persia faces a worsening crisis. Observers blame the shah for the deteriorating situation and warn of possible foreign intervention as his rule deteriorates.
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Shah
St. Petersburg
Teheran
Persia
Antinous relief bought by Pierpont at $30,000
Pierpont purchased a celebrated ogee relief depicting Antinous found during Campagna excavations. He paid 30000 dollars, higher than the state’s 20000 dollar bid, after outbidding rivals. The piece shows a remarkably beautiful youth.
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Italy
Ome
Cable
Pierpont
Antinous
Campagna
Chicago Mayor Busse Secret Marriage Revealed
Chicago learned last week that Mayor Busse married on April 29 in a secret ceremony. The disclosure surprised residents and officials as the union had been kept private.
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Chicago
A Benedict
Busse
Roosevelt Plans Africa Hunt After White House Term
Washington report states President Roosevelt will leave the United States in April 1909 for Africa with his son Kermit to hunt big game for a year. The White House confirms no final departure date previously but now says sailing from New York for Cairo is expected after March 4 1909. The aim is to return with specimens of every big game species from Africa.
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Washington
White House
United States
Africa
Roosevelt
Kermit
New York
Cairo
Tennessee Battleship explosion kills four on voyage
Four men die and ten are injured aboard the battleship Tennessee after a steam pipe bursts under 235 pounds pressure during a nine teen knot speed trial off Point Puenene. Admiral Sebree narrowly escapes, having left the engine room fifty seconds before the blast. The ship, launched in 1904, is part of the Pacific fleet's second division.
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San Pedro
Cal
Tennessee
Sebree
Pacific Coast Fleet
Point Puenene
F. B. Howard
Admiral Sebree
Howard
Robertson
Reinhold
Meek
Thomas E. Howard
Cramp Shipbuilding Company
Governor Frazier
Annie Keith Frazier
Washington
Evans
Pacific
Hampton Roads
Lamphere Attorneys Demand Independent Body Examination
Laporte Indiana special: Darrow and Worden for Ray Lamphere seek a physician commission to examine the Gunness murder victim’s body found in the ruins. They want measurement weighing photographs and a report for the defense, signaling a challenge that the cadaver may not be Mrs Gunness.
Court Holds Photo Sacred in New York
State Supreme Court rules a person has constitutional right to stop use of their image for advertising or trade. Helen Wyatt sues two stores for 5000 dollars each for displaying her photos without consent, some labeled Miss Wyatt.
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New York
State Supreme Court
Helen Wyatt
Rare Cranmer Bible to be auctioned in Philadelphia
In Harrisburg Pa the Luther R Kelker library contains a 1541 Cranmer Bible printed in London funded by Thomas Cromwell. The book with Holbein engravings and portraits of Henry VIII Cromwell and Cranmer will be sold this week in Philadelphia.
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New York
Cranmer
London
Thomas Cromwell
Henry VIII
Luther R. Kelker
Harrisburg
Philadelphia
Hans Holbein
Cromwell
Archbishop Cranmer
Royal Visit in Baltic Waters Edward and Nicholas Meet Aboard Yachts
King Edward and Emperor Nicholas meet in Reval in Russian waters aboard royal yachts. The British fleet enters the bay with guards of honor as the rulers exchange salutes and greetings on Victoria and Albert Standart and Polar Star. The Dowager Empress, Queen Alexandra, and others join the visit amid launches and cannon salutes.
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Reval
Edward
Nicholas
King Edward
Bay of Reval
Czarevich
Victoria and Albert
Alexandria
Standard
Emperor
Emperor Nicholas
Standart
Directoire Draws Mob at Oceanic Departure
In New York a stylish young woman in a pearl gray directoire sheath causes a mob at the Oceanic sailing. Crowds gaze as a side slit reveals gray stockings. An escort struggles to disperse onlookers while she boards, leaves, and again prompts stares on the gangway and pier.
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New York
Responsibility Shifted In Damage Suit Over Powder Explosion
Terre Haute reports that in a $25,000 damage suit brought by J. O. Sawyer for the Big Four the defense will be released of responsibility if Henry McDonald can prove he set a dynamite mine under the train to stop a saloon dispute in Sandford. McDonald faces murder trial for Detective Dwyer on June 29.
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Terre Haute
J. O. Sawyer
John F. Lamb
Big Four
Henry McDonald
Sandford
McDonald
Dwyer
Naming of New U S Battleships
Special Secretary Metcalf announced that the two battleships authorized at the last Congress session will be named Florida and Utah. He added that the next battleship authorized will bear the name Wyoming.
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Washington
Metcalf
Florida
Utah
Wyoming
Fez Seized by Mulai Hafid Amid 12000 Man Escort
In Possession of Fez the insurgent Sultan Mulai Hafid arrives with his entire suite and an army of 12000 men. About 20000 Berber tribesmen advance to join him in Fez.
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Fez
Tangier
Morocco
Cable
Mulai Hafid
Rockefeller Firm Buys Old Wall Street Custom House
New York reports Standard Oil, controlled by John D. Rockefeller, bought the old custom-house on Wall Street from the Government through Lyman Gage for 3,265,000 in 1899. The sum was never paid and remained on the bank books for eight years, while rent to the government totaled 130,000 annually. The building was valued at 5,500,000 last year with no taxes paid. Now tax assessment is lifted due to alterations, and land assessment may be reduced.
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New York
John D. Rockefeller
Standard Oil Company
National City Bank
Custom-House
Wall Street
Lyman §. Gage
United States
Vast crop-destroying floods and tornadoes assault four states
Severe weather devastates Louisiana Arkansas Iowa Illinois and Missouri as tornadoes flood plains and cloudbursts destroy buildings in Guthrie Oklahoma Shreveport Louisiana and Harlem Missouri. Arkansas River rises flooding Van Buren and surrounding areas while levee breaches threaten Shreveport river bottoms.
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Guthrie
Okla
State Capitol
Masonic Temple
Central City
van Buren
Ark
Arkansas
Shreveport
Haughton
Fire Incendiary Try at St. Paulus Church in Berlin
In Moabit Berlin an attempt to burn St. Paulus Catholic Church during a crowded sermon by Bonaventura Domincan monk failed to injure worshippers. About a dozen firebrands were spread on the roof and flames caused major damage before firefighters stopped the blaze. Police suspect incendiary gang tied to a prior church arson.
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Berlin
St. Paulus Catholic
Moabit
Bonaventura
Father Bonaventuri
Japs Kill 113 Korean Insurgents
A Seoul dispatch reports June 3 to 7 government troops fought twenty six engagements with insurgents. One hundred thirteen insurgents were killed and twenty six captured. A separate Lisbon report says the Black Cross plotted to bomb the royal family at a June 18 religious feast.
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Tokio
Seoul
Lisbon
Society of the Black Cross
Roosevelt Policies to Receive Unambiguous G.O.P. Endorsement
Washington reports that the Chicago platform will back President Roosevelt's policies with an unequivocal endorsement. The tariff and financial planks dominate, praising Aldrich-Vreeland, Panama Canal work, forest conservation, and a broader "square deal" while stressing labor protections and antitrust reform. The aim is to present the party as wise, protective of workers, and ready to lead through new economic measures.
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Chicago
Committee On
Wade Ellis
Ohio
Hopkins
Long
Kansas
Taft
Roosevelt
Republican Party
Congress
Aldrich-Vreeland
Mississippi River
Panama Canal
Desertions Run High Among Navy Crews in Southern California
Naval officers in Los Angeles report about 1000 sailors have deserted from the Atlantic and Pacific fleets during their stay in Southern California waters. Recruit stations are opened on ships and a Navy recruitment campaign is under way. Desertions are blamed on generous treatment and the prospect of a long voyage around the world.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Pacific
California
Paris Season in Full Swing With Big Prizes Awarded
Paris hosts a season crowded with American visitors as the Bois de Boulogne flower fete honors John A. Thayer and wife of Boston for best decorated vehicle. The Grand Steeplechase purse of 25000 dollars draws high society eyes with President Fallieres and Eugene Fischhof's Dandola among highlights.
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Bois de Boulogne
John A. Thayer
Boston
Fallieres
Eugene Fischhof
Dandola
Brave Deed by 14 Year Old Seaman in Chinco Teague Bay
In Georgetown Delaware Selby M Harrington, aged 14, swam two miles through storm seas to shore for aid after a gust capsized a small boat. He saved his sisters Florence 18 Ruth 16 and cousin Clarice Harrington from drowning in Chinco Teague bay.
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Georgetown
Del
Selby M. Harrington
Chincoteague Bay
Young Harrington
Florence
Ruth
Big Fine for Mail Order Man in Portland Case
George F. Terry, Waterville mail order house proprietor, paid a $10,000 fine in U S District Court. Judge Hale imposed the maximum penalty for conspiracy to defraud the Government of postage on second class mail matter. It marks the first conviction in the Post Office Department crackdown on mail order houses.
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Portland
United States District Court
George F. Terry
Waterville
Hale
Post Office Department
Anna Gould Marriage to Prince Heliene Delayed
Attorneys say the wedding will occur within a month but a delay affects Anna Gould and Prince Heliene Sagan. George Gould, her brother, may not attend due to business demands in the United States.
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Anna
Paris
Mme
Anna Gould
Prince Heliene Sagan
George Gould
Mme. Gould
United States
Trolley Crash Kills Eight at Camp Parole
A collision between two cars of the Washington Baltimore and Annapolis Electric Railway at Camp Parole, Annapolis, Md., at high speed caused eight deaths including six men a woman and a three year old child daughter of WM E Slaughter general manager of the line.
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Annapolis
Washington, Baltimore and Annapolis Electric Railway Company
Camp Parole
William BE. Slaughter
Miss Alice Welsh and Frederick Hoffman Bride and Groom
Miss Alice Welsh wed Frederick Hoffman at the German Evangelical Protestant church and exited to a car with 26 babies lining the steps on both sides, cheering loudly as friends arranged the infant procession.
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Roosevelt
Pittsburg
Alice Welsh
Frederick Hoffman
Wreck of Pow An Near Lantao Island Claims Many Lives
British steamer Pow An struck a submerged rock off Lantau island and foundered. Of 170 aboard, all European passengers and officers were saved by rescue steamers. about eighty native passengers are believed drowned.
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Hong Kong
Lantao Island
Typhoon Sinks Pearl Fleet Off Australia
The typhoon near Thursday Island wrecked twelve luggers of the pearl fishing fleet with 270 sailors lost. Among the dead are twenty white men, and the report reaches Victoria from the liner Manuka.
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Victoria
B. C
Thursday Island
Australia
Manuka
Wear Gay Hats Expelled in Dayton Brethren Church
One hundred members of the German Baptist Brethren church in Dayton O were expelled for refusing to dress in old fashioned styles. Some women who wore Merry Widow hats were condemned and their conduct declared wicked and worldly.
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Dayton, O
German Baptist Brethren Church
Eight Inches of Snow Isolates Butte Montana
Eight inches of snow on the level, turned to slush by rain, cut Butte off from the outside world for a day last week. Local data notes harsh winter conditions and transport disruption affecting residents and travel.
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Butte
Mont
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