Newspaper report on Wood Platt love letters intrigue
Washington May 20. Secretary Loeb denies the Miller statement in Mae C Wood versus Senator Platt. The Miller document, dated Oct 16 1903, alleges high officials sought Platts letters and engineered a scandal to force a settlement. Miller claims Loeb and Wynne were involved and that Platt was kept informed.
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Washington
United States
Thomas ©. Platt
Mae C. Wood
Miss Wood
Platt
J. Martin Muller
Ator Pratt
Loeb
Robert Wynne
London
J. Martin Miller
Rheims
France
Miller
Platts
Senator Platt
Jane
Tribune
T. C. Platt
Tuy
Platt Fro
A. H Hummel
Wood divorce case: Wynne denies knowledge of statements
In London Mae Wood accuses Senator Platt in a divorce suit. Cross-examination follows a motion to dismiss. LeRarhler for Wood presents a Miller signed statement. Wynne, the American counsel general, refuses to discuss the subject saying he has nothing to say.
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LeRarhler
Miss Wood
Miller
Wynne
London
Robert J. Wynne
Mae Wood
Senator Platt
Congress Gets Busy In Washington Work Volume
The House adjourns this week while pushing cleanup bills and approving a Tokio exposition appropriation of 1.5 million dollars. Senate agrees to agricultural funding of 11.47 million, and a large omnibus lands and territories bill advances. Debate includes tariff and currency themes and a plan to shrink the House chamber for order.
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Washington
United States
Tokio Exposition
Senate
Taylor
Tennessee
House of Representatives
House
Committee On Library
Buffalo Bill Cody Celebrates 25th Anniversary Show
In Washington on May 20 Colonel William F. Cody known as Buffalo Bill marked his twenty fifth anniversary as an exhibitor of American wildlife. Government officials army officers and longtime friends attended. The president's family General Eugene A. Carr General Wesley Merritt and twenty other generals were present. Quentin Roosevelt rode in the Deadwood coach and met the show’s Indian chiefs.
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Washington
William F. Cody
Buffalo Bill
Cody
Eugene A. Carr
Wesley Merritt
Army
Western Plains
Quentin Roosevelt
Deadwood
Unusual withdrawal of U.S. consular exequateur
The Gazette published an unusual notice withdrawing a consular exequatur. The American John H. Bhkely, U.S. consular representative at Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, is named. The notice is dated May 16 from the foreign office.
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London
John H. Bhkely
United States
Charlottetown
Prince Edward Island
Foreign Office
Smith College Senior Killed In Carriage Runaway
Miss Ethel Burroughs of Summerville, senior at Smith College, was thrown from a carriage during a runaway accident in Northampton Massachusetts and killed instantly.
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Smith College
Northampton
Mass
Ethel Burroughs
Summerville
Cleveland shows steady improvement in TERSE TELEGRAM6
Former President Grover Cleveland shows steady improvement as reports note health progression. Senor Obaldia stands among Panama presidential candidates, while Alabama primary returns hint Bryan leads Johnson by about three to one.
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Senor Obaldia
Panama
Chicago
Alabama
Bryan
Johnson
M. Guchkoff
Panl Milakoff
Grand Army of Indiana Encampment Arrives in Kokomo
Kokomo hosts the twenty ninth annual state encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic Depart ment of Indiana. The city dresses in gala attire as factories close and residents join visitors in celebrations. Delegations arrive by train welcomed at encampment headquarters with music and a reception for department officers of the G A R W R C and Ladies of the G A R at the Frances hotel.
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Frances
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McGaughey Suicide Linked to County Scandal
Indianapolis reports former county commissioner John E. McGaughey killed himself at his Irvington home. Family and Dr. Samuel McGaughey said six weeks of worry over being tied to county frauds shattered his mind and he spoke of suicide nightly before his death.
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John E. McGaughey
Irvington
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Commissioners’ Office
Grand
Mrs Belle Gunness Confirmed Dead by Teeth Evidence
In Laporte Indiana on May 20 investigators found Mrs Belle Gunness false teeth in the ashes of her house. A dentist who made the bridge identified the teeth exactly matching Mrs Gunness, reinforcing the claim she is dead.
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Laporte
Ind
Belle Gunness
Gunnese
Woman Killed by Lightning in Elwood Storm
May 20 in Elwood Indiana a storm ends a mother named Mrs Samuel Beck who was alone with her ten month old child. She moved the baby to a buggy and walked to a neighbor 100 yards away when lightning struck and killed her instantly. The infant remained unharmed.
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Elwood
Ind
Samuel Beck
Prohibitionists Nominate Slate at Indianapolis Convention
The Prohibitionists closed their Indiana state convention with Sumner W. Haynes of Portland as governor candidate and a full ticket. Haynes led Kirkpatrick in early balloting 451 to 325 while some delegates favored local option but the platform remained unchanged. News touched on Blakely’s fire safety actions, the Republican handbook by Carl Riddick, and efforts of the Indiana Funeral Directors to oppose burial associations.
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Indianapolis
Sumner W. Haynes
Portland
T. J. Strode
New Albany
Edward W. Clark
Lentenant
Abraham Huntainger
Mishawaka
W.H. Hill
Vincennes
W. H. Crowder
Sullivan
Henry Coons
Lebanon
Tilman EF
Ballard
Brook
Supreme Court
F. Watson
Monroe J. Wayhinger
Upland
Bureau of Statistics
Jesse B. Davis
Scottsburg
Haynes
A. B. Kirkpatrick
Kokomo
Kirkpatrick
Indiana
Carl W. Riddick
Republican State Committee
Nation
Indiana Funeral Directors’ Association
Claypool
Caucus Called for Tonight to Shape Anti-Injunction Stand
Washington May 20 Republican members of the house convene this evening to decide the party line on anti-injunction legislation in this session. Reports suggest no anti injunction bill will pass and any approval, if any, will follow the conservative Payne Bill.
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Washington
House
Congress
Negotiations progress on Virginia duchess marriage
Rome reports an aide of the Duke of the Abruzzi has returned from America with an agreement with Senator Stephen B. Hawkins of Virginia regarding the marriage of his daughter Katherine to the duke. Negotiations continue over whether the wedding will be in Rome or the United States.
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America
Stephen B. Hikins
Virginia
Katherine
United States
Plans to curb racetrack gambling in Louisiana
Final plans outline a bill likely to be introduced in the Louisiana legislature within ten days to eliminate all gambling linked to horse racing. The proposal would end the winter racing season long observed in New Orleans. President Roosevelt has signed a separate law restoring In God We Trust on gold coins, effective 30 days from May 18.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Washington
Roosevelt
Market Quotations From Indianapolis and Other Centers
Grain and livestock prices across Indianapolis Cincinnati Chicago New York East Buffalo and Toledo. Wheat oats corn and barley listed with various No 2 quality prices. Cattle hogs sheep and lambs show wide ranges by region with receipts in thousands.
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Cincinnati
Chicago
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