Statesman Presence Doubles as Funeral Goes Civic
Canton May 25 The McKinley funeral will resemble a state event with President and cabinet, vice president, Ohio governor and other notables in attendance. Viewing 3 to 5 this afternoon. thousands of schoolchildren expected to pass by the casket in tears. City officials plan floral tributes and suspend business Wednesday afternoon. Security provided by U S regulars at West Lawn vault. flag at half mast on Starke County courthouse in memory of Mrs McKinley.
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Canton
McKinley
Ohio
Schdal
Bser
City Board of Education
United States Regular Infantry
West Lawn Cemetery
Starke County Court House
President McKinley
A Question of Veracity at Senate Probe
Major A. P. Blocksom of the inspector general’s department testified before the Senate investigating committee on the Brownsville Tex incident, giving a description of the affray. The Army officer described findings from the first inquiry conducted for the War Department.
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Washington
A. P. Blocksom
Inspector General's Department of the Army
Brownsville
Tex
War Department
Senate
Veracity clash over bullet trace and barracks testimony
The trial featured a dispute between Major Blocksom and Lieutenant Leckie over a bullet groove at the Yturria house, raising questions of truthfulness. In Bloomington Michigan, May 28, Helen Dixon may dodge prison for embezzling church funds as local pressure seeks mercy and a possible sentence modification.
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Sion
Brownsville
Foraker
H. G. Leckie
Twenty-sixth Infantry
Yturria
Blocksom
Leckie
Bloomington
Helen Dixon
Christian Church Organ Fund
Sherif Moore
Painter Held as Alleged Accomplice in New York Murder
John Ermoyan a 26 year old painter at International Harvester works West Pullman was arrested in Chicago as a supposed accomplice in the murder of Father Kaspar whose body was found in a trunk in a New York tenement. He was released after authorities were satisfied he could not be connected to the crime.
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Chicago
John Ermoyan
International Harvester Company
West Pullman
Father Kaspar
New York City
Ermoyan
Wheat futures rise to new high on frost effects
Severe frosts in the West and Southwest pushed Chicago wheat prices to record highs for July, September, and December deliveries on Monday. Realizing sales later trimmed gains, with July up a fraction, September and December also advancing before closing mixed.
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Chicago
An Himole Double Tragedy in Denville
Henry Mermir shot and killed Rosa Vurez of Westville in their Denville home then killed himself. Mermir had boarded at the Vurez residence and was told to seek another rooming place.
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Denville
Henry Mermir
Rosa Vurez
Westville
Mermir
Vures
Governor approves two cent fare bill in Illinois
Springfield May 28 reports Governor Deneen has approved a two cent passenger fare bill setting a two cent per mile limit on all railroad travel in Illinois. The action establishes a uniform rate across the state for rail service.
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Springfield
Ill
Deneen
Illinois
Gratitude for Lifesaving Dr King’s New Discovery
Westfield resident G. B. Clark praises Dr King’s New Discovery after a near fatal illness. He says the medicine stopped a dry hacking cough and cured his throat and lung ailments after two bottles, with a free trial bottle offered by O. D Knoe fel druggists.
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Clark
Westfield
O. D Knoefel
Bossle
Steunenberg Murder Trial Adjourned for Additional Venire
Boise Idaho May 28 The Steunenberg murder trial is adjourned until Friday morning to allow the sheriff to summon a new special venire of sixty one talesmen as the second venire has been exhausted. Judge Wood queried counsel on the number needed.
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Boise
Idaho
Steunenberg
Wood
Judge Wood Orders Special Panel for Jury
Judge Fremont Wood notes three peremptory challenges remain and a vacant chair. he orders a special panel of sixty veniremen. With Wednesday and Thursday holidays, he adjourns court until Friday morning after voir dire. The jurors are cautioned before retiring.
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Talesmen
Hawley
Kentucky Judge Refuses to Preside in Cox Murder Trials
Special Judge Redwine declines to oversee the murder trials of Judge Hargis and co conspirators for Dr Cox. He says cases were moved here without notice and press statements prevent fair proceedings. Governor Beckham must appoint a new special judge, likely delaying the trial until October.
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Sandy Hook
Redwine
Hargis
Dr. Cox
Beckham
Kalamazoo Druggist Murders Mother Then Kills Self
Word arrives from Kalamazoo Michigan that William McKie a local druggist who disappeared last Thursday murdered his mother in Bright Ontario and then killed himself. Financial difficulties tied to a nonpaying mining venture are cited as factors.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
William McKie
Bright
Ontario
McKie
Guatemala Halted From Summary Executions In Cabrera Crisis
Guatemala will not summarily execute nineteen prisoners linked to the failed assassination attempt on President Cabrera. The United States State Department reports that the case has been sent to a second court for revision and hopes for acquittal. American Chargé Philip Brown seeks permission to intervene to avert executions and avoid foreign intervention amid a volatile political crisis in Guatemala City.
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Mexico City
Guatemala
Ofn
Gwen
Cabrera
State Department
Court of Second Instance
Cabrara
Washington
Cruatemala
Benor Canto
Guatemala City
London
Root
Philip Brown
Legation
Conde Med
Brown
Department
Mexico Prepared for War Footing Over Guatemala Crisis
Mexico City reports 8000 troops fully equipped and ready south of the capital with another 8000 at strategic points for border transport within 24 hours. Officials warn Cabrera may execute nineteen accused in the alleged assassination plot, risking Mexican intervention. American A P Hawley suggests the Guatemalan affair was a Cabrera ploy to gain sympathy abroad.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Estrada Cabrera
Cabrera
President Cabrera
Guatemala
A. P. Hawley
Central American
Republica
Hawley
Central America
Guatemala City
Half the Jury In Hand In Mayor Schmitz Trial
San Francisco May 28 six jurors have been secured in the extortion trial of Mayor Schmitz.
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San Francisco
Schmitz
Indictments Grow Against San Francisco Officials and Millionaires
San Francisco four May indictments add fourteen new millionaires on bribery counts. Mayor Schmitz Abe Kue face expanded charges alongside gas company officials Frank G. Drom Eugene De Sabla and John Marin for bribing fourteen supervisors to set gas rates at 85 cents. Others named include G H E Gimbson Jo Green W L Krobeck accused of bribing supervisors to grant Parkside Transit trolley franchise. Grand jury adjourns to June 19 to hear Hume Telephone Company charges.
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San Francisco
Schmitz
Abe Kue
Ggainst Frank G. Drom
Eugene de Sabla
John Marin
G. HE. Uimbsen
Jo. Green
W. L Krobeck
Parkside Transit Company
Hume Telephone Company
Mother and son murder husband in Hitchie County
In Hitchie County near McFarlan a mother Mary Yoho and her son John Yoho killed Harvey Yoho as he slept. They fired two revolver shots one in the head and one in the abdomen after a quarrel. Both surrendered and await punishment claiming long abuse.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Hitchie
McFarlan
Harvey Yoho
Mary Yoho
John
Yoho
Ita
Harrisville
Yoko
Chicago man Grover Beamer held over murder charge
Grover Beamer was arrested in Hampshire Illinois on a charge of conspiracy in the murder of Miss Anna Hall during an attack by Blue Ridge mountaineers on Peter Hall’s farm in Patrick County Virginia. He was turned over to the U.S. marshal for transport to Virginia.
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Illinoia
Chicago
Grover Beamer
Hampshire
Anna Hall
Patrick County
Beamer
Virginia
Peter Hall
Ullicit
Miss Hall
Baseball scores from National and American leagues
National League results show St Louis defeating Pittsburgh 2 to 0 and Cincinnati 3 to 0. Chicago beat Indianapolis 1 to 0 in American Association action. St Paul won 6 to 2 against Milwaukee, Minneapolis defeated Kansas City 7 to 1, and Louisville topped Toledo 2 to 1.
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St. Louis
Pittsburg
Cincinnati
Chicago
Columbus
Indianapolis
St. Paul
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Louisville
Teoledo
Multiple global and national events across 1907 era
A terse chronicle notes Governor John R. Little of Arkansas is dying. a prisoner at Fort Sheridan was shot during escape. Calls to capture the next Republican convention for Chicago, and Ecuador troops move to crush a revolution. Michigan Senate backs Roosevelt second term. United Spanish War Veterans plan Cedar Point meeting. The U S Supreme Court term ends with no reconvening until October. Interment of Rev Dr John Watson in Liverpool draws 40 000. Wong Kong rebellion officials killed. Norwegian royalty head to Paris then England. Nebraska farmer Henry Knees kills brother then himself over old feud. Wheat and cotton rise while stocks decline. Medals from Lieutenant Mori of Chitose stolen in New York. Postmasters granted leave to attend Washington meeting in October.
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Jeroy
Fort Sheridan
Chicago
Ecuador
Republic
Michigan State Senate
Roosevelt
National Convention of
United Spanish War Veterans
Cedar Point
Sunmer
Sandusky
Supreme Court of the
United States
John Watson
Tan MacLaren
Smith Down Road
Liverpool
Wongkong
China
King Haakon
Queen Maud
Norway
Paris
England
Edward
Alexandria
Henry Knees
Norfolk
Neb
George
New York Stock Exchange
Mori
Chitose
New York
National Association of Postmasters
Washington
Joaquin Miller to Attend Liberty Reunion in Indiana
Liberty Indiana May 28 Thousands of Allied Pioneer families are expected to gather for a Snyder centennial marking the settlement of Michael Snider in Union County. Joaquin Miller the Poet of the Sierras is planned to attend the notable family reunion at Liberty on August 22, with organizers forecasting large attendance and interest from across the country.
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The
Sierras
Liberty Iy
Liberty
Ind
Snyder
Union County
Michael Snider
Itade Meteworths
Joaquin Miller
Liberty Avacat
Organi Zots
Joaquin Miller to Attend Liberty Reunion Noted California Poet
The article notes Joaquin Miller known as the poet of the Sierras plans to attend a reunion at Liberty. It details his family links to the Insyder and Miller lines, and mentions Daniel Boone and Michael Snyder as related progenitors with ties to Union County and Lauder County Pennsylvania.
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Insyder
Miller
Eli
Boome
Joaquin Miller
Sierras
California
Liberty
Ble
Union County
Snyders
Daniel Boone
Boone Fame
Michael Snyder
Indiana
Lauder County
Pennssylvania
Psable
New Canal Plan to Link Indiana Harbor and Gary Area
Engineers push an extended canal system from Indiana Harbor toward Gary and Michigan City to boost steel and iron industry. The 200 foot wide main channel with ten foot wide stera canals, twenty four foot depth, and two mile turning basins would use Indiana Harbor ship channel and US Steel Gary canals, deepening the Calumet river and lining it with wharves. The project spans about fifty miles, with ten years expected for completion and routes through East Chicago Hammond and Gary awaiting official approval.
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Michigan City
Ind
New York
Pittsburg
Chiesco
Indianapoli
Indiana Harbor
Gary
Tien
East
Chicago
Hammond
United States Steel Corporation
Calumet River
Negro Murderer Smiled as Jury Returned Guilty Verdict
In Greencastle Indiana on May 2 Roy We Corkle a Black man smiled when the jury found him guilty of manslaughter with life imprisonment for the killing of Joseph Mastrianni at the Happy Hollow construction camp of Simms and Co two weeks earlier.
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Greencastle
Ind
Roy We. Corkle
Joseph Mastrianni
Happy Hollow
Simms & Co
Anxiety Over Continued Absence From Seelyville Disappearance
Terre Haute Indiana May 7 Nothing has been heard from Dr J S Byers since he went to Mississippi on a promising clue in the two year search for Rich Byers who disappeared from Seelyville The town of Leeville grows anxious for news Caught by a Train Washington Indiana May 28 Abner Brown aged 56 was struck by a train on the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern and narrowly escaped death
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Terre Haute
Ind
J. S. Byers
Mississippi
Rich
Seelyville
Leeviville
Washington
Abner Brown
Baltimore & Obito Southwestern
Frost slows strawberry harvest and local events added
A light frost will delay the strawberry harvest by a day or two. Trinity aid society to hold a senior close piglet event at Charles Hammersmith's home. St Paul's Episcopal church missionary society meets at Mrs Harry Pierce's Silver Hills home next Friday. Ayer's Pectoral guidance urged for colds.
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Trinity Aid Society
Cou
Charles Hammersmith
Porthevet
Dissionary Society of
St Paul's Episcopal Church
Harry Pierce
Sulver Hills
Personal notices from the city and beyond
A long stream of brief items lists residents and visitors: Miss Treuna Pierer of Andereon, Mr AO Piecie of Inlisaapolt, and many others visiting or leaving town. Mrs. George Bolir of Iodisnepolis, Mr and Mrs John Jackson, and Miss Lulu Scholer are noted among travelers and locals. Also mentioned are social events, marriages, and a Panama president vacation schedule, plus regional foreign news and a consumer note on Elec tric Bitters.
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George Bolir
Iodisnepolis
Roger Balin
John Jackson
Stage Fright in Henry Miller's Toronto Debut
A fragmentary recollection describes Henry Miller's early stage nerves in a Toronto production of Amy Red Burt. The speaker recalls a single line and misgivings over delivery, timing, and intonation, noting the audience's indifferent reaction and the lack of rehearsal support.
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Toronto
Alice
Earl of Shreusinng
Amy Red Burt
Queer
Eligabeth
Dury
Henry Miller
Babeian
Maxwell Cleared In Vote Buying Case In Crawfordsville
A twelve member Republican jury in Crawfordsville indicts Frank Maxwell deputy county auditor and political leader not guilty of buying votes at the last city election. George Kejler, said to have worked with Maxwell, is convicted fined one dollar and costs and receives a ten year disenfranchisement. The case arose from alleged violations of a pure election agreement between major parties. Maxwell is a leader in local politics.
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Crawfordsville
Ind
Frank Maxwell
George Kejler
Maxwell
Not Keeping an Eye on Him in Rome May 28
Reports that J Pierpont Morgan of New York is under police watch in Italy over art purchases are denied. Morgan is described as a welcome guest in Italy and treated with high consideration. King Victor Emmanuel reportedly regrets not greeting Morgan during his last Rome visit.
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Rome
J. Pierpont Mourgan
New York
Italy
Mr. Morgan
Victor Emmanuel
Fragments Describe Civil Unrest and a Shooting Victim
The readable text notes turmoil around a Boanda fortifications being reduced and mentions an electors’ power shift. It also reports a non-graphic shooting at a home, injuring a sixteen year old girl named without clear identity, with hope for recovery.
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Berlin
Boanda
San Jose Suspect Not Fugitive Jesse Coe Found
San Jose May 28 report says a Black man arrested Friday night on suspicion of being Jesse Coe, the Hoetanapolis murderer, is not the fugitive.
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San Jose Cal
Jesse Coe
Hoetanapolis
Markets Report for Indianapolis Cincinnati and Chicago Livestock
The Indianapolis market shows wheat at 97 cents for No 2 red and corn at 54 to 64 cents, with hay values around 16 to 19 dollars per ton and cattle hogs and lambs listed with varying bids. Cincinnati and Chicago follow with mixed grain prices and cattle hogs and sheep bids, while New York and East Buffalo markets present regional price ranges for cattle hogs sheep and lambs. Wheat at Talede shows December futures around 1.06 and July near 3.01 with misc prices for other grains.
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Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Chicago
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