Funeral of Rear Admiral Sampson Ends Washington Tribute
The May 9 funeral in Washington honored Rear Admiral William Thomas Sampson, commander in chief on the North Atlantic during the Spanish War. President, cabinet, Supreme Court, and foreign officials attended with Navy and Army honor guards. The service at The Covenant Church was simple yet solemn, followed by burial at Arlington amid naval salutes.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
William Thomas Sampson
United States Navy
United States Naval Forces
North Atlantic
Spain
Civil Service
United States Supreme Court
Admiral Terry
Washington Navy Yard
Henry George
United States Artiltery
Foote
Fort. Meers
Naval Cadets
Annapolis
Stronk
Washington
Sampson Tormerly
Terry
Naval Academy
New Hampshire Avenue
Admiral Dewey
United States
Dolphin
United States Cabinet
Department
Sampton
Supreme Court
Senate
House of Representatives
Miles
Corbin
War Department
Longstreet
Cortelyou
Cowles
Marine
Hamlin
Church of the Covenant
George Dewey
Sampson
Admiral Remey
Admiral Watson
Admiral Walker
Sasopaon
Presbyterian Church
Arlington Cemetery
Syiph
Military Station Site Sighted Near Sparta by Guard Officers
A military station site five miles north of Sparta was examined by General O H Ernst of the United States Army with Adjutant General Boardman and other Wisconsin National Guard officers. The site is noted for elevation light soil and good water facilities. The probe follows a recommendation by Congressman Esch.
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United States and
Wisconsin Guard
Northwestern
Milwaukee
Win
Wisconsin
Sparta
O. H. Ernst
United States Army
Adjutant General Boardman
National Guard
United States
Esch
Wright Jumping from Cleveland to Brooklyn Joins Club
Pitcher Clarence F. Wright of the Cleveland team is reported to have jumped the club and left for Pittsburgh to join the Brooklyn National League club. Wright reportedly signed contracts with both Cleveland and Brooklyn for the current season.
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Associated Prensa
Cleveland, O
Clarence FE. Wright
Cleveland
Taylor
Cleveland Baseball Club
Wright
Pittsburg
Brooklyn
Alleged Turin Attack on King Victor Emmanuel Denied
Rome May 9 reports of an alleged attack on King Victor Emmanuel at Turin originated in an obscure local sheet and have not been officially confirmed or denied by authorities.
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Associated Press
Rome
Victor Emmanuel
Turin
United States
Wisconsin postmasters salaries announced for July 1
The Post Office Department announces changes in Wisconsin postmasters salaries to take effect July 1. Appleton increases from 2600 to 2700 dollars and 9 others from 2000 to 2100. Arcadian rises from 1200 to 1300. Beloit grows from 2000 to 2600. Fox Lake remains at 1200. H C Breyens.
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Northwestern
Weahington
D. C
Wisconsin
Appleton
Arcadian
Beloit
Fox Lake
H. C. Breyens
Arizona delegate Marcus Smith suffers health scare on House floor
Washington May 9 Associated Press Marcus Smith of Arizona collapsed on the House floor during a brief speech urging statehood for Arizona New Mexico and Oklahoma. Three physicians attended and after examination he showed signs of an apoplectic attack but remained conscious. A second milder attack followed about half an hour later.
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Ng Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Marcus Smith
Arizona
Messrs. Wilson
Showalter
Bull
Mr. Smith
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Neenah High school musical and debate entertain
Neenah Wisconsin May 9 The Neenah High school presented a musical and literary program at city hall to financial and artistic success The event featured a debate a taree and magical numbers The debate topic opposed by students drew audience votes without judges. Elizabeth Herziger and Eugene Garret performed vocal and violin solos. The farce An Economical Boomerang closed the program with cast members Lindsay Ruth Moore Blanche Cramer William Halsey and Clarence McCawiey also noted SUPERINTENDENT OF SEWERS At a public works meeting John Christoph was elected superintendent of sewer construction Work on a new extensive sewer system will begin May 16 with J Eastmans on Son Oshkosh winning the contract for about 2000
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Northwestern
Neenah, Wis
Neenah High School
City Hall
Republican Party
Henry Rabbe
Paul Hooper
Fred Peterson
Percey Freeman
Aliss Elizabeth Herziger
Eugene Garret
Miss Lindsay
Ruth Moore
Blanche Cramer
William Halsey
Clarence McCawiey
Board of Public Works
John Christoph
J. Eastmanson and Son
Oshkosh
List of Those Entering Annapolis Academy This Fall
Annapolis May 9 Associated Press names 38 cadets to join the class of 1906 at Annapolis after civil service exams. Included are C F Keene Jr Rhode Island and Jowan C Grady Massachusetts with details of other states and two earlier failures H K Aiken Louisiana and Gordon H McCoy Annapolis. Forty two examined April 11, 75 candidates 42 principals 33 alternates 34 principals passed plus 4 alternates making 38 appointments.
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Annapolis Academy
Uly Associated Press
Annapolis
C. F. Keene Jr
Rhode Island
George E. Lake
Ilinois
Jowan C. Grady
Massachusetts
A. B. Kelly
Kentucky
W. B. Howe
South Dakota
R. G. Merritt
Maryland
C. McK. Lynch
Pennsylvania
Missouri
D. W. Fuller
Maine
Hugh Allen
Texas
L. D. Causey
Mississippi
W. F. Amsden
Kansas
Medical Examining Board
H. K. Aiken
Louisiana
Gordon H. McCoy
Eivil Service
Only One Funeral Planned for Ford Family Tragedy
Relatives of Paul Leicester Ford and Malcolm W. Ford met with E H Kidder Mia and Worthington Ford. Worthington announced a single funeral conducted by Bishop Burgess of Long Island with Rev Sayres assisting. Interment set for Irvington on the Hudson. Mrs Ford recovering from shock. Mrs Malcolm Ford, previously divorced, visited the deceased’s home and saw her seven year old son.
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Associated Pres
New York
Paul Leicester Ford
Malcom W. Ford
E. H. Kidder
Mia
Paul Ford
Rosewell Steele
Worthington Ford
Bishop Burgess
Long Island
Grace Church
Brooklyn
Sayres
St Thomas Church
Irvington-on-the-Hadson
Munroe
Ford
Baruch
Malcolm Ford
AIDED BOOTH TO ESCAPE AND DIES IN NEW YORK
Mortimer Batheridge Ruggles of Virginia, once aid to General Daniel F. Ruggiea, helped John Wilkes Booth escape to Virginia. He died in New York City at fifty eight after a long residence there. He had been sentenced to death for aiding Booth but released under a general amnesty and pledged allegiance to the United States. Also reports J S Brady, millionaire carpet man of St Joseph Missouri, died of paralysis.
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Associated Press
New York
Mortimer Batheridge Ruggles
Virginia
Daniel F. Ruggiea
John Wilkes Booth
Abraham Lincoln
Dropay
Angeles
Booth
United States
St. Joseph
Brady
Burial of a New York Archbishop in St Patrick’s Cathedral
Cardinal Gibbons leads solemn requiem for Archbishop Michael Corrigan at St Patrick’s Cathedral New York with five archbishops and sixteen bishops in attendance. Archdiocese officials and clergy processed to the crypt after a multi mass service. Archbishop Ryan of Philadelphia delivered a sermon praising Corrigan’s life and devotion, noting his humility and strength of faith.
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Associated Press
New York
Michael Augustine Corrigan
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Cardinal Gibbons
Baltimore
Carinal Gibbons
Lialtimore
Joseph Mooney
John Edwards
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Father Colton
St. Stephen's
Mana
Father McGean
St. Peters
Father Lavelle
James Connelly
Church of Our Lady of Good Counsel
Thomas F. Myhan
St. Anns
Archbishop Ryan
Philadelphia
3icQuaid
Rochester
Ryan
Serranti
de Oca
San Juan
Mexico
Laster Mies
Roosevelt
John Mackey
F. M. Clendenin
St. Peter's Protestant Episcopal
Church West Chester
Brann
St. Agnes
Clendenin
Chris
John Hughes
Cardinal McCloskey
Corrigan
Hughes
Moses
Cardinal McClosky
Rome
Mont
God
Burke
Gabriels
Ludden
McQuaid
Catafalque
Cardinal McCroakey
Clara Taylor Held in Rome Kidnap Case
A Rome cable reported Clara Taylor and the child she kidnapped are being detained provisionally by the Italian authorities. The message, filed by Ambarnndo Meyer, notes the Tinian for clan office ordered detention pending further proceedings.
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Associated Preas
Washington, D. C
Ambarnndo
Meyer
Rome
Tintian For Clan
Clara Taylor
Ridgeville Fire destroys Ridgeville business district
Napoleon Ohio May 9 Ridgeville near here suffered a major blaze that wiped out much of the town’s business section. The loss is projected over 60000 and all wire communication with the area was cut as the fire raged this morning.
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Associatea Press
Napoleon
Ohio
Ridgeville
Here
River Valley Knit Co to Locate in Menasha
Fox River Valley Knitting company will move from Appleton to Menasha and occupy the former Tuchscherer Mining site on the waterpower. Initial staff will be 75 to 100 workers with expansion as business warrants.
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Menasha
Wis
Fox River Valley Knitting Company
Appleton
Tuchscherer Mining Company
Banda
Deaths in Mexico and Oshkosh Endings
Harry W. Hollister twenty one died in Mexico after a health decline and move to Stino. His parents Mr. and Mrs. B Hollister and brother Leigh survive. body to be brought to Oshkosh. Also Addie Brownell 43 died at St Marys hospital after illness. daughter Mrs. Rudolph Schroeder notes the family ties and funeral plans in Oshkosh.
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Harry W. Holliater
B. Hollister
Elm Street
Mexico
Mr. Hollister
Stino
Paso
Tex
P. W. Hollister
Col
S. W. Hollister
Chicago
Harry W. Hollater
Steel Trust Plans 60 Million in Pittsburg Improvements
The United States Steel corporation will spend about 60 million dollars on improvements around Pittsburg. Three new tube mills may be built near the city rather than one large plant. The National Tube company at McKeesport will be repaired and operated at full capacity. A senior official said the exact number of new mills is undecided, possibly up to twenty.
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Associated Press
Pittsburg
the Gazette
United States Steel Corporation
Pittsborg
National Tube Company
Spinney Re-elected Supreme President of Bankers Union of the World
Dr E C Spinney of Omaha was re-elected supreme president for two more years at a May 9 meeting. New officers include Edward H Holmes Lincoln Neb vice president Mrs E C Spinney Omaha secretary E H Packard Omaha banker M D Swartz Lincoln chaplain Rev John McBrain Leavenworth Kan sentinel J P Maley St Paul guard W F Thompson Newton Kan overseer J J Ofte Council Bluffs supreme physician S H Anglin Omaha and supreme correspondent Miss M Murdock Omaha. Retiring VP A Potter heads to Chicago to manage eastern jurisdiction.
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Associated Press
Omaha
Ned
E. C. Spin~ney
Bankers’ Union of the World
Edward H. Holmes
Lincoln
Neb
E. C. Spinney
E. H. Packard
M. D. Swartz
John MccBrain
Leavenworth
Kan
Sentinel
J. P. Maley
St. Paul
W. F. Thompson
Newton
J. .J. Ofte
Counc
Bluffs
S. H. Anglin
M. Murdock
A. Potter
Chicago
Queen Wilhelmina Reported Quiet Night At The Hague
At Cantle Loo this morning a bulletin said Queen Wilhelmina had a quiet night with no rise in temperature and is taking sufficient nourishment. Her condition is satisfactory and yesterday’s revival is viewed as encouraging by doctors and palace staff.
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the Hague
Cantle Loo
Wilhelmina
Rochambeau Party to Sail on La Touraine
The French steamer La Touraine will sail from Havre to New York tomorrow with passengers including the Count and Countess Rochambeau and M. Grave, a commissioner to the 8. Louis exposition, along with other civilians linked to the Rochambeau mission.
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Associated Press
Three New States Debate Senate Statehood Plan
The Omnibus statehood bill for Arizona New Mexico and Oklahoma passes the house without division. Debate centers on a proposed merge of New Mexico and Arizona into a single state named Montezuma or another approved title. Opponents warn of killed bills while supporters praise regional benefits and possible future statehood.
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Washington, D. C
Arizona
New Mexico
Oklahoma
House
Journal Today
Overstreet
Ball
Texas
Lacey
Iowa
Delaware
Nevada
Consolidated
Rodey
Mexico
Smith
Knox
Massachusetts
Committee On Territories
Senate
District of Columbia
Culberson
Secretary of War
Philippines
Berry
Arkansas
Burrows
Messrs. Pettur and
Morgan
Alabama
Woman Made Bachelor at Chicago Theological Seminary
Florence A. Fensham of Constantinople became the first woman to receive the bachelor of divinity degree at the Chicago Theological Seminary in Chicago. Rev. G Campbell Morgan of London spoke, and Dr. J H George, the seminary president, conferred the degree.
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Chicago Theological Seminary
Usy Associated Press
Chicago
Congregational Church
Florence A. Fensham
Constantinople
Turkey
First Congregational Church
G. Campbell Morgan
London
J. H. George
Smallpox Patient Collapses. Quarantine Lightens
Mrs E F Birkholz of School Street, after ten days with a tight attack of smallpox, collapsed Thursday afternoon. Stimulants revived her condition. Health Officer Wilkie says quarantines at the Lincoln house and at Koehn home will be lifted tomorrow as danger passes.
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E. F. Birkholz
School Street
Wilkie
Willam
Lincoln House
Koehn
Woman Lost on Prairie Near Cheyenne Found Twenty Miles North
Near sighted Mesa Andrew T. Clark wife of a Cheyenne contractor became lost while walking on the prairie Wednesday. She spent the night outdoors and arrived 30 hours later exhausted near a ranch twenty miles north of Cheyenne after a cavalry search.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Mesa
Andrew T. Clark
Ely
Prattie
United States Cavalry
Tragedy at Appleton claims Indian victims and shooter
In Appleton Wisconsin Tom Skeyler allegedly shot Isaac Smith at Smiths house. Smith was fatally wounded by a ball in the abdomen. Smith’s wife Mira wrestled the gun away but Skeyler fled. Smith and the others are Oneida Indians.
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Associated Preas
Appleton
Wis
May
Tom Skey
Ler
Isaac Smith
Smith
Mira. Smith
Bkeyler
Sotith
Missouri Attorney General to file for ouster of beef trust
Jefferson City May 3 Attorney General E C Crow will file a petition before the state supreme court seeking ouster of the beef packing companies he alleges control meat prices in Missouri. He cites hearings Tuesday and Wednesday as showing clear violations of the anti trust law and says he believes destruction of the combine is possible.
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Associated Pese
Jefferson City
E. C. Crow
Supreme Court
Beef Trust
Beever
Missouri
Bound Over for Trial in Neenah Doctor Shooting Case
Neenah Attorney Charlies A. Gaffney bound over to appear May 22 after an officer fired four shots at Dr. O C Hanson in his Neenah office on Wisconsin Avenue. Dr Hanson testified detailing the confrontation and a broken finger after grappling with Gaffney as police seized the revolver.
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Charlies H. Garney
O. Cc. Hanson
H. Fitzgibbon
Neenah
Mina Mamie Groth
Hanson
Willam Gaffney
Jackson
John Kluwin
Henry Fitzgibbon
Menasha
Jerry Mulloy
J. W. Dunham
Dunham Gun Company
Dunham
Ivor Johnson
Charlies A. Gaffney
DR. Hanson
O. C. Hanson
Gaffney
Strobel & Baumgartner
Wisconsin Avenue
Goffney
Geffney
James Brown
Hanron
Normal School Track Team Heads to Stevens Point
The Normal school track squad departs tomorrow morning via Wisconsin Central to compete in an interscholastic meet in Stevens Point. Manager Reuther and Prof William Blair will accompany as timers. Team captain Young leads Merrill Stmnicht Isbaenthal Jones Joyce Jackson Schute Stover Hewitt.
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Stevens Point
Wisconsin Central
Reuther
William Biair
Young
Merrill
Stmnicht
Isbaenthal
Jones
Joyce
Jackson
Schute
Stover
Hewitt
Disfranchised for Drinking In La Port Indiana
Judge Tuthi in the Superior Court sentences William Henke to thirty days in the county jail a $100 fine and disfranchisement for three years due to drinking habits. This marks the first time in the state a citizen has been disenfranchised for this cause.
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la Port
Ind
Tuthi
Wiliam Henke
St Pierre martiniqua destruction reports scorch ash
French cruiser Buchet reached Pointe a Pitre with refugees and confirmed St Pierre Martinique was destroyed at about 8 am Thursday by a volcanic eruption. Most inhabitants perished or fled, with survivors in nearby parishes lacking food or shelter. Communications show widespread ash and fires, while other ships report ash covered shores and searching for survivors.
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Aveacciated
St. Thomas
D. W
Buchet
Pointe-A-Pitre
Guadeloupe
French West Indies
Fort de France
Martinique
St. Pierre
IsSi Waate
St. Pierre la
Exk
St. Lucia
Quebec
Ohare Roarima
Suchet
Hila
Paris
Uchet
M. de Lanessan
Island of Martin
T Ma. J. Momtaes
Kingston
London
Colonial Office
Robert Llewellyn
Windward Islands
Caribbean Sea
St. Vincent
Island
Chateau Belalie
P Lapatch
Roddam
Martiniqua
St Pierra
Kled
St. Pierra
Granads
New York
Quebec Steamship Company
Roralma
F. Ince
H. J. Ince
Stokes
Alfred
West Indies
Maine
Portland
J. H. Hamlen & Company
New England
Spain
Madrid
Alicante
Murcia
Elche
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River Valley Maiting Co
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Cains
Elisha J. Smith
Henry S. Smith
J. F. Boynton
W. J. Bulls
Weeping Water
Order of Foresters
Harry W. Hollister
Mrs. Addie Brownett
Steel Trust
Bankers’ Union OF World
Washington, D.D. C
Eugene F. Ware
Kansav
Montromery Schuyler Jr
St. Peters Are
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State of
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Hanscom
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