Detention of Chicago widow amid Gunness case
Syracuse detectives arrest Mrs. Cora Belle Herron widow of Fredrick B. Herron former vice president of Sethness Chemical Co Chicago. She proves identity as Mrs Belle Gunn ess of Laporte Ind and heads to New York. Inquiry aims to release Syracuse from liability for the arrest.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Cora Belle Herron
Fredrick B. Herron
Sethness Chemical Company
Chicago
Belle Gunness
Laporte
Ind
New York
Franklin
Lucy Burton
Utica
Niess and Donovan
New York Central
Bella Gunness
Herron
Evans Retires Quietly as Fleet Passes to Thomas
Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans relinquished command of the Atlantic fleet to Rear Admiral Charles M. Thomas in a simple ceremonial handover. Evans departs for Washington tonight as more than 8,000 men march in Oakland and San Francisco to honor the battle ship fleet.
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San Francisco
Cal
Robley D. Evans
Charles M. Thomas
Evans
Washington
Oakland
Bank cashier arrested for embezzlement in Wisconsin
White Hill Wisconsin May 9 Joseph Ruth cashier at Arcadia bank was arrested on embezzlement charges. Bail set at 48000 dollars.
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White Hill
Wis
Joseph Ruth
Arcadia Bank
Guatemala Executions Reported for Two Prominent Men
News from Antigua confirms the execution of Colonel Solozano, commandant of the Guatemalan Military academy, and Vincente Cerona, a leading Guatemalan magnate, by order of President Cebrera. They were held after the recent assassination attempt and were confined in prison.
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City of
Mexico
Antigua
Solozano
Vincente Cerona
Guatemala
Cebrera
Iowan elected historian of Colonial Dames at Washington
The biennial council re elected officers and chose Miss Alice French of Iowa as historian replacing Miss Wharton who declined to continue. The appointment was announced in Washington on May 9 at the Society of Colonial Dames meeting.
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the Society of Colonial Dames At
Washington
Washington, D. C
The
Society of Colonial Dames
Miss Wharton
Alice French
Iowa
Wharton
Mothers Day Proposed for U S Senators
Washington May 9 Senator Burkett's resolution would declare May 10 Mothers Day and require the Senate to recognize the day by wearing white flowers. The measure was referred to the judiciary committee after an animated discussion.
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Washington, D. C
Burkett
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Illinois mine workers approve 1906 agreement in renewed peage
In Springfield Illinois President Walker of the United Mine Workers of Illinois says a referendum among local unions shows miners favor continuing the 1906 agreement and paying shot firers. Operators and miners sign the joint agreement as both sides concede on a closed shop and vow to reopen mines once ready.
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Springfield
Walker
United Mine Workers of Illinois
Sterling Local Option Ruling Favors Wets
County Judge Ward in Sterling Illinois ruled the local option contest for saloons after sifting ballots with marking errors. Official tally showed 1008 against local option and 995 for, later updated to 1009 against and 106008 for. The decision gives the wets a thirteen vote margin.
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Ward
Sterling, Ill
Sterling
Fowler Springs a New Money Measure
Washington May 9. Chairman Fowler of the banking and currency committee and leader of the republican insurgents announced a new bill to provide for emergency currency and its redemption by banks of issue instead of by the United States government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Fowler
Banking and Currency Committee
House
United States
Morrison Plant Sold to Illinois Investor at Merrion City
Morrison Manufacturing Co plant in Ft Madison Iowa has been sold to J H Samuels of Moline Illinois. He is in town seeking local capital to form a large manufacturing concern. Rumor puts price near $20000 for buildings and machinery and a new company with about $200000 capital.
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Ft. Madison
Morrison Manufacturing Co
J. H. Samuels
Moline
Ill
Fortune 3 Cause of His Death
John Dedde aged fifty was found dead on his farm in Oskaloosa Iowa. He had recently inherited five thousand dollars and had been drinking heavily since. Buxton Man Guilty in Manslaughter. William Masse was convicted of manslaughter for killing John Tolliver in Buxton on March 19.
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Oskaloosa
John Dedde
Buxton
William Masse
John Tolliver
Davenporter Ange Owned Bloody Farm
From papers and letters received here today it is established that the Gunness farm near Laporte once part of the Biebing estate was held by Otto and Henry Biebing in Davenport. They deny any prior burial ground on the property before 1888 and note the land has changed hands many times while stating they never heard of Belle Gunness before the current publicity.
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Gunness Farm
Canary
Gunness
Henry Birge
Gunness Place
Jennie Olson
Fergus Falls
Minn
Jennie
H. B. Worden
Ray Lamphere
Worden
Lamphere
Mack
Davenport
Belle Gunness
Laporte
Biebing
Otto D. Biebing
Henry F. Biebing
Otto Bieb
Indiana
Eleven Die Drowning in Multiple U.S. Waterways
Reports from Hart ford Kansas Spirit Lake Iowa and East Liverpool Ohio say crews recovered four young women who drowned when a Hartford boat capsized on the Neosha river while five of nine men in a gasoline launch near East Liverpool were drowned after the craft was pulled under by empty coal barges.
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Spirit Lake
Emporia
Kan
Neosha
Hartford
L. E. Droscoll
Art Reeves
Lake Okoboji
Ohio
East Liverpool
Ohio River
Here
Dodge Strike Ends at Zinc Animal Mills Fort Dodge
The two week lockout of miners and gypsum mill workers in Fort Dodge ends as 700 former employees return to work. The strike was peaceful and a settlement is reached, drawing cheers from the town.
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Fort Dodge
Brother of Campbell-Bannerman dies in London
London reports the death of Right Honorable James Alexander Campbell, brother of the late Premier Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, following his noted sibling into the grave.
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London
James Alexander Campbell
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Court Hits New Haven Road Merger Ruling
Boston May 9 The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court sustains Attorney General Malone action against the New York New Haven and Hartford railroad for securing control of six street railway firms. Five roads affirmed. Springfield Street Railway not affected.
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Boston
Mass
Malone
New York
Letters From The President Stir Senators In Brownsville Case
Washington May 9 three U S senators received letters from President Roosevelt asserting his commander in chief rights over army and navy matters The letters defend discharging soldiers in Brownsville Texas and banishing Colonel William F Stewart to a desert post Senators Rayner and Smith also received letters reinforcing the Brownsville decision and the president’s view of his actions.
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Washington, D. C
United States Senate
Roosevelt
Senate
Brownville
Tex
William F. Stewart
Arizona
Senator Stewart
Vermont
Brownsville
Stewart
Colonel Stewart
Rayner
William Alden Smith
Capture of Peru Rebel Leader and Followers
Juan Durand and ten followers, key figures in Peru's recent revolution, have been arrested in Lima. The government states banks will withhold funds tied to individuals suspected of involvement in the uprising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juan Durand
Peru
Lima
Indiana Floods From Heavy Rains Spread Across State
Heavy rains over a week flood rivers in Southern and Central Indiana and Eastern Illinois. Roads and low-lying areas affected as river levels rise. conditions worsen through Indianapolis and surrounding regions. Communities brace for rising water and possible evacuations as rainfall continues.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
Illinois
Cotton broker commits suicide in New York home
Isaac Williams a cotton broker shot and killed himself at his New York City residence today May 9. He was reported as a broker in the cotton trade and the incident occurred at his home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
N. Y
Isaac Williams
Cleveland Gains Says Wife Hopes to Bring Sufferer Home
Mrs Cleveland announced that former President Cleveland is doing splendidly at a Lakewood New Jersey hotel. Plans may be made to move him to Princeton home when normal May weather returns.
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Lakewood
N. J
Cleveland
Mr. Cleveland
Princeton
Mrs H Gould's Father Seldon P Clemmons Dies
Seldon P Clemmons age 70 died at Central Hospital for the Insane Jacksonville Illinois after being brought in March 6 in a pitiable condition stone blind He was formerly of Milton Pike county and is father to Mrs Howard Gould of New York His other daughter married a Chinese man in San Francisco.
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Ss. P. Clemmons
Jacksonville Insane Hospital
Jacksonville
Ill
Seldon P. Clemmons
Howard Gould
New York
Central Hospital For
Milton
Pike County
Clemmons
San Francisco
Illinois Mothers Elect New Officers At Meeting
The Illinois Congress of Mothers yesterday selected Macomb as the next meeting place and elected officers. Mrs. Orville T. Bright of Englewood was named president with Mrs. W. K. Brown of Englewood as corresponding secretary and Mrs. W. A. Blodgett of Chicago as recording secretary.
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Illinois
Bloomington
Hll
Illinois Congress of Mothers
Macomb
Orville T. Bright
Englewood
W. K. Brown
W. A. Blodgett
Chicago
Journalist Matthias Ends Life in Hot Springs
Charles Matthias, long time Chicago editorial writer, shot himself in Hot Springs Arkansas on May 9 after weeks of nervous trouble and despondency.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Charles Matthias
Chicago
Matthias
Methodist Bishop Attacks Greek and Roman Churches
Baltimore May 9. At the general conference Bishop Wm T Burt criticized the Greek and Roman churches declaring the Greek church degenerate and devoid of evangelical spirit and that Romanism multiplies evils but is aggressively Jesuitical. Delegates debated Speaker Cannon’s handling of the Littlefield temperance bill as Methodist leaders pressed for a vote.
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Baltimore
General Conference of the Methodist Church
Wm. T. Burt
Europe
Burt
Cannon
Washington, D. C
Methodist Episcopal Church
Littlefield
Joe
William H. Anderson
Methodist Episcopal
Committee at Denver Inspects Plans for July National Convention
National Democratic sub committee members arrived in Denver on May 9 to review convention preparations. Citizens of Denver laid out a varied program to entertain the visiting committee ahead of the national gathering in July.
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Denver
Colo
Weather Outlook For Iowa and Illinois
Iowa sees increasing cloudiness and possible showers Sunday and in the west tonight. Temperatures slowly rise. Illinois forecasts fair tonight with light frost possible in the north. Sunday brings increasing clouds and warmer conditions followed by showers Sunday night. Sunrise 4 36 sunset 6 57 moon set 1 52.
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Iowa
Ilinois
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