Nine Bodies Found in Guinness Farm Barnyard Mystery
In Laporte Indiana, investigators uncovered four more bodies bringing the total to nine, with two identified as Jennie Olson and another as Antone Olson's son. Evidence links trunks and boxes sent from Chicago to Mrs Bella Guinness, while Chicago police aid is sought to solve the case. Authorities suspect the woman’s death may not have occurred in the April fire and consider possible involvement in her children’s murders.
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Laporte
Ind
Guinness
Chicago
Belle Guinness
Antone Olson
Jennie Olson
Leo Olander
Ask Helgelein
Andrew
Ss. Meyer
Andrew Helgelein
Rey Lamphere
Bella Guinness
Ralph W. Smith
Lamphere
Guinness Farm
Mr. Smith
Smutzer
John A. Welker
Taft Visits Culebra to Review Canal Affairs
Secretary Taft arrived at Culebra Panama and met with Colonel Goethals to discuss canal matters. He plans annual visits, will meet Panama’s US minister Arango and Cromwell, and discuss Panamanian relations, boundary issues with Colombia, and the Jurado seizure before leaving for the United States.
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Panama
Taft
Culebra
Charleston
Goethals
Isthmus
United States
Colombia
Sefior Arango
William Nelson Cromwell
Sefior Arias
Amador
Fatal Tenement Fire Kills Three in East Side
A blaze at 191 Orchard Street in a crowded East Side tenement trapped residents and burned three people to death. Hattie Kappelman, a 3 year old, perished beside her mother who escaped with burns. a second floor window rescue failed as the mother leapt to the ground. A third floor man’s body was found later. Firefighters battled smoke, heat, and multiple resuscitation attempts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orchard Street
Hattie Kappelman
Sadie Kappelman
New Way to Get Money Defrauds Railroads
Roscoe Clare Stebbins twenty seven of 156 West 78th street was arrested on a federal indictment for taking several thousand dollars from railroads including the Atlantic Coast Line by posing as attorney for claimants against the firms for damages and goods non delivery. Inspector Boyle arrested Rupert V. Wilson in Washington, an Atlantic Coast Line employee who supplied Stebbins with claim data. Stebbins listed interpreter as occupation and was said to work at Union Dime Savings Bank on West 3rd street.
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Roscoe Clare Stebbins
West 78Th Street
Stebbins
Atlantic Coast Line
Inspector Boyle
Post Office Department
Washington
Rupert V. Wilson
Wilson
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company
Union Dime Savings Bank Institution
No. 54
West 3Rd Street
Hughes' Father Joins Fire Brigade at Brookylyn Fire
The Rev Dr David C Hughes father of Governor Hughes acted as a volunteer firefighter at a top floor blaze in No 202 Lincoln Place Brooklyn. Mrs Pierson and Mrs Tyson family members helped form a bucket brigade until fire brigades arrived. About 50 dollars of clothing burned and furnishings suffered 200 dollars in damage.
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David C. Hughes
Governor Hughes
Lincoln Place
Brooklyn
Hughes
Mary Pierson
M. E. Tyson
Congo Annexation Expected as Debates Move On
Brussels reports the Chamber of Deputies will close the current session on Friday and open an extra session on June 2 to continue the Congo annexation debate. Political circles believe annexation is now assured.
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Brussels
Chamber of Deputies
Congo
Rare Coins Sold At Auction At Elder Rooms
A sale of rare coins at Thomas L. Elder in New York showcased notable pieces. A Rutherfordton mint gold coin from Christopher Bechter’s private issue brought 175 dollars, a Jewish shekel dated Year 1 sold for 26, a Wass Molitor & Co. 1855 San Francisco private mint gold coin brought 30, and an 1838 silver dollar fetched 31 dollars, matching the previous high.
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Thomas L. Elder
East 23d Street
Rutherfordton
Christopher Bechter
North Carolina
Wass, Molitor & Co
San Francisco
Big Crops In Light Rains Over Wheat Belt
Kansas wheat conditions reach peak for the season as four days of rains sweep the state. Although acreage dips slightly, experts predict higher yields amid minimal pest issues. Kansas Board of Agriculture secretary F D Coburn quips that the crop killer may go bankrupt amid favorable weather and wonders what new threat could arise.
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Kansas
F. D. Coburn
Kansas Board of Agriculture
Good Prospects in Southwest Wheat Crop Outlook
Telegraph reports from St. Louis dated May 6 indicate winter wheat is practically made and Southwest yields look good. Missouri Kansas and Oklahoma may yield 20 to 40 bushels per acre, with Texas rains and rust causing some damage but expected to produce a fair crop. favorable sunshine in the next two weeks could yield a record harvest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
St. Louis
Southwest
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Weather Bureau
Nebraska Wheat Crop In Excellent Condition Amid Rains
Omaha May 6 The growing wheat crop of Nebraska is in excellent condition after soaking rains ended a months long drought. Earlier fears of damage gave way to optimism as rains spread across the state and green bugs in southern counties have not been seen recently. Conditions in Minnesota and the Dakotas are also reported excellent with a large wheat acreage and a light frost causing no harm.
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the Tribune
Omaha
Nebraska
Minnesota
Dakotas
New Liquor Law Upheld By Supreme Court
Justice Dowling upheld the latest amendment to the liquor tax law requiring a one year wait before renewing a revoked license and allowing renewal only to a new owner. George Bernard sought a writ to force renewal for the Cairo on West 29th street, arguing retroactivity. Dowling’s ruling suggests the law stands, with Commissioner McKee cautious about an appellate appeal.
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Justice Dowling
Supreme Court
George Bernard
Cairo
West 29Th Street
Attempt to Kill a Governor in Voronezh Escort
In Voronezh on May 6 a bomb was thrown under the governor General Bibikoff's carriage as he and his wife rode to church. A passing woman was killed and the governor and his wife were slightly injured by splinters. Several others suffered minor injuries.
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Voronezh
Russia
Bibikoff
Overtime Work For 1 000 Hands At New England Mills
Providence May 6 The woollen mills at Alltown and Mapleville R 1 and at Plainfield Conn controlled by Joseph E Fletcher for this city will work overtime every night until 8 o clock until further notice About one thousand hands are affected.
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Providence
Alltown
Mapleville
R- 1
Plainfield
Steel plants restart. 1500 workers return to jobs
Pittsburg May 6. The Allegheny Steel Company and the International Steel Company at Tarentum resumed operations today, bringing fifteen hundred men back to work.
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Pittsburg
Allegheny Steel Company
International Steel Company
Tarentum
Here
Adopts Vreeland Plan to Draft Emergency Currency Bill
Washington May 6 Republicans endorse commercial paper through clearing house associations as a safe asset for emergency currency with a committee to draft a bill. Vreeland Burton Weeks McKinney Knowland named. Conference backs a currency commission and aims to align with Senate Finance views and the Aldrich bill with clearing house certificates added.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Republican Financial Conference
Vreeland
New York
Burton
Ohio
Weeks
Massachusetts
McKinney
Illinois
Knowland
California
Senate Committee On Finance
Aldrich
Prince
McMorran
McCall
Kustermann
Payne
Fowlerites
Fowler
Count von Helden Arrested for Bigamy in New Rochelle
Aul Ritter von Helden, claiming the title of German count, was arrested in New Rochelle on a bigamy charge after leaving a yacht at Echo Bay. Mrs. Ira D. Bramback of Mount Vernon accuses him of marrying her daughter Emily Einstein S. Bramback in Manhattan on March 6, 1906 while another wife existed. Bramback vows to prosecute, asserting multiple marriages and children. Von Helden had used aliases and told stories of noble lineage to obtain money, and was once a janitor and a swimming instructor in New Rochelle. He denied knowledge of more than one wife.
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Aul Ritter von Helden
New Rochelle
Echo Bay
Ira D. Bramback
North Terrace Avenue
Mount Vernon
Emily Einstein S. Bramback
Manhattan
Bramback
von Helden
Gordon Raoul Ritter von Helden
Gertrude Caroline Lewis
California
Mrs. Bramback
Johann Heindrich
van Helden
Hudson Bay
St. Louis Isolated by Flood Waters on Island
Heavy rains and floods have turned St. Louis into an island with rail lines centered there submerged. The Chicago & Alton and Big Four are underwater at Benbow City near Alton. Lansdowne and East St. Louis are flooded, schools closed, streets impassable, and water reaches building doors. Streetcars halted, crops ruined, levee test underway.
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St. Louis
Chicago & Alton
Big Four
Benbow City
Alton
Ill
Lansdowne
East St. Louis
Fire in City College lab causes $700 in damage
Students and professors at the College of the City of New York extinguished a laboratory blaze yesterday before firefighters arrived. A overheated rheostat ignited a cabinet with papers and chemical apparatus. About fifty students and several professors helped move chemicals as power was cut to halt the spread.
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College of the City of New York
Family feud leaves three dead near Philpot
A Martinsville report states James Nellie Samuel Shelton and Charles Dodson were shot and killed near Philpot in Henry County yesterday. The fatalities resulted from a family feud acknowledged in Richmond.
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Richmond
Martinsville
James Nellie
Samuel Shelton
Charles Dodson
Philpot
Henry County
Morgan Says American Financial Crisis Easing
J P Morgan arrived in Paris from Italy and stated that the acute stage of the American financial crisis had passed. He believed the situation had ameliorated and that it was now a question of time. Morgan added that his health was excellent.
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Italy
Morgan
Traffic officials near agreement on freight rate rise
A meeting of railroads east of the Mississippi at 43 Liberty Street left a definite plan unsettled. The Trunk Line Association signaled a general rate increase is likely, possibly 10 percent, while the New York Board of Trade and Transportation plans to oppose the move. If nationwide, the rise could add about 200 million dollars yearly in railroad earnings.
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Mississippi
Trunk Line Association
Liberty Street
C. C. McCaim
Mlinois Manufacturers’ Association
Committee On Railway Transportation
New York Board of Trade and Transportation
Carnegie Gives $200000 to Mechanics and Tradesmen
Andrew Carnegie announced a gift of 200000 to the General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen of New York at its Mechanics Institute meeting. The donation, increasing his total to 527000, will fund technical night classes. a bronze bust of Carnegie by J Massey Rhinds was unveiled.
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Andrew Carnegie
General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen of
City of New York
Society In Mechanics’ Institute
West 44Th Street
Carnegie
Mr. Carnegie
J. Massey Rhinds
Institute
University of St. Andrew's
Evacuation Ordered as Khyber Pass Closed
Simla May 6 Major General Sir James Willocka will depart Landi Kotal tomorrow for Peshawar returning to base after orders from home to evacuate the Khyber Pass. The move draws criticism though Afghan trouble appears ended for now.
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Simla
Sir James Willocka
Landi-Khotal
Peshawar
Khyber Pass
Major Cope Smith Mortally Wounded in Camel Corps Mission
London dispatch reports Major Cope Smith of the Fiftieth Camel Corps was mortally wounded by snipers while leading an escort to recover stolen animals and died before reaching camp. The incident occurred as the force pursued the theft near Landi Khotal. Several officers and camels accompanied him in the expedition.
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London
Landi- Khotal
Cope Smith
Fiftieth Camel Corps
President Going to Pine Knot for Spring Visit
Telegraph report from Scottsville Virginia says President may visit Pine Knot in Albemarle County tomorrow for a spring outing. Mrs Fannie Brown Thomas hosts two visitors. servants worked all day to prepare. Duration unclear but likely until week’s end.
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Tribune
Scottsville
Fannie Brown Thomas
Roosevelt may attend Revere barbecue on July 16
President Roosevelt tentatively plans to attend a barbecue at Point of Pines, Revere Mass, July 16, hosted by four Republican clubs. The event aims to ratify the Chicago convention and feature the convention nominee for President. Expected guests include Senator Dolliver of Iowa and New England’s U.S. Senators and Governors.
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Boston
Roosevelt
Point of Pines
Revere
Mass
Essex
Middlesex
Norfolk
Plymouth
Chicago
Dolliver
Iowa
United States
New England
Countess on the stump in Ohio campaign
The Countess of Warwick speaking for socialist candidate E. G. Wharton will oppose Alice Roosevelt Longworth and her husband aiding Congressman Ralph D. Cole in the 8th Ohio District campaign this fall. Campaign managers announced the English agitator will speak in Ohio today.
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Ohio
Tribune Bellefontaine
Countess of Warwick
E. G. Wharton
Alice Roosevelt-Longworth
Ralph D. Cole
Sister of Lord Roberts's Wife Found Dead in Hawaii
Honolulu May 6 Mrs L Snow Miller reported sister of Lord Roberts's wife was found dead on a Kona forest trail. Authorities believe she became lost while walking and died from exposure. Advertisement for Dewey's Clarets and Old Burgundy promotes blood enrichment.
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Honolulu
L. Snow Miller
Lord Roberts
Kona
Hawaii
Fleet of Atlantic battleships enters San Francisco Bay
On May 6 the Atlantic fleet plus two ships recruited locally entered San Francisco Bay in a grand review. Admiral Evans aboard the Connecticut led the procession as crowds thronged Telegraph Hill and the Embarcadero, celebrating a cruise of over fourteen thousand miles and a major display of naval power.
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Bor
San Francisco
Secretary of the Navy
Yorktown
Navy
California
Oakland
Hunter’s Point
Golden Gate
Anchorage
Nebraska
Admiral Evans
Connecticut
Robley D. Evans
Ilness
Evans
Farralion Islands
Tamalpais
Fort Baker
Marin
Lime Point
Napa
Redwood Lands
Presidio
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Mrs. Guinness
Welker
Sturgi
Guinness Place
Roy Lamphere
Fred Brickman
MR. Taft
Isthmian Canals Commission
Republic of Panama
Jurado
East Side
Ligit
The
Kansas City, Mo
Bigamist
City College
Aamerica
J. P. Morgan
Paris
General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen
Pine Knot
Virginia Estate
Lady Roberts
DEWEY
H. T. Dewey & Sons Co
Fulton St
Har
Hamp
Telegraph Hill
Fairmount Hotel
Fort Beker
Bay
America
Dayton
Pacific
Metcalf
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