Cornerstone laid for St Paul cathedral in grand ceremony
The cornerstone of the new St Paul cathedral was laid in a Sunday ceremony attended by Archbishops Ireland Treland Keane and others, with 30,000 laymen present. The white stone church on Summit avenue will rise above the hill, cost over 3 million dollars, and be completed in about four years. A Roosevelt message congratulated the event.
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Minn
Paul
Archbishopa
Treland
St. Paul
Keane
Dubuque
Glen‘gow
St. Louis
Christie
Oregon City
Bissons
Winona
St. Cloud
Duluth
Summit Avenue
St. Anthony Hill
Ireland
White House
Washington
Theodore Roosevelt
Supreme court rules grain in elevators not taxable property
The Minnesota Supreme Court decides Northwestern Elevator Co. of Minneapolis owes no personal property tax on 29,000 bushels of grain stored in its elevators at the Minnesota Transfer. The Ramsey County court had taxed the grain as the elevator’s property, while the court held the tax applies only to the company’s office furniture around $250. The ruling may affect elevator taxation statewide.
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Minneapolis, Minn
Supreme Court
Northwestern Elevator Company
Minneapolis
Minnesota Transfer
Ramsey County
Northwestern
Minnesota
Greene and Gaynor Beaten in Government Contract Case
In Savannah fraud case over half a million dollars in harbor government contracts, the U S circuit court of appeals affirmed four year imprisonments and a total $576,000 fine for Greene and Gaynor. Judges Shelby and McCormick authored the opinion. Pardee dissented. Indictment dated December 1899 in Savannah.
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Savannah ‘Court
Green and Gaynor
Savannah Harbor
United States Circuit Court: of Appeals
Shelby and Mccormick
Pardee
Savannah
Greene
Immorality charges tap at Flora Goble murder trial
In Des Moines Mrs. Fred West and Nurse Anna Beattie denied most details of Flora Goble’s story accusing them in the murder of Baby Jim at West’s maternity home. The trial featured Gretchen West’s emotional testimony and defense attempts to challenge key witness Flora Goble’s reliability through Mrs. Van Meter.
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Mias Goble
Des Moines
Fred West
Anna Beattie
Flora Goble
Baby Jim
Mrs. West
Gretchen
F. M. van Meter
Miss Goble
Jim
West
Gretchen West
Miss Beattie
Humane
Actress Marries For Coin In Davenport Brews Case
Davenport wealthy brewer George Mengel age 60 seeks to dissolve or set aside prior divorce involving Blanch Meir Menger, a noted actress, alleging conspiracy with her ex husband Hans Reuted to obtain the divorce and marriage for money. Judge Bollinger adjourned proceedings for twenty days to pursue jurisdiction and further inquiry.
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George Mengel
Davenport
Whaether
Blanch Meir
Menger
James W. Bollinger
District Court
Mengel
Aledo
Hans Reuted
Bol Iinger
Carnegie Medal Won by Des Moines Hero Nourse
A. Nourse, railway mall clerk, receives a bronze Carnegie hero medal for saving Frank Leonard from the Des Moines river on July 19, 1905. The medal bears Carnegie’s likeness and a verse urging selfless risk for friends, marking the city’s first Carnegie hero award.
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A. Nourse
Des Moines
Morris A. Nourse
Frank Leonard
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie Hero Fund
Nourse
Locust Street
Frank . Leonard
da Moines
Shotgun Attack Ends in Tragedy Near Bloomfield
In Davis County a man identified as Sample attacked the Richardson home after a quarrel with his rival. A struggle over a loaded shotgun resulted in a discharge that wounded Mrs. Richardson fatally. Sample fled and has not been seen. The couple’s defense failed as Richardson tried to aid his wife before a physician arrived.
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Joseph Iowin
Richardson
Bloomfield
Sample
Ottumwa
Davis County
Richardson Farm
Ames Securse Man Appointed Director of Indian Agriculture
A E Parr of Ames Securse earns major post in British India as director of agriculture and animal husbandry with 39 experiment stations under Calcutta HQ. Salary 10,000 annually for ten years plus a 5,000 pension for life. Parr, master of scientific agriculture from Iowa College, earlier earned a PhD at Leipzig after Edinburgh degree. He visits Ashley, England, to bid farewell before Sept. 1 assignment.
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Ames
H. Parr
Town Agricultural College
British India
Parr
Agriculture and Animal Husbandry
Calcutta
Iowa Agricultural College
Iowa College
Edinburgh University
Scotland
Liepsic
Germany
Ashley
England
Indi
Bedford man struck by bolt in street assault
William McCoun of Bedford was struck in the face by an eighteen inch iron bolt wielded by traveling cigar maker Joe Russell. Russell was charged with assault to kill and jailed on bail. a hearing was scheduled the following morning but postponed.
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William McCoun
Bedford
Joe Russell
William
McCoun
Fridaay
Ania McCaun
Fragmented Note on Atlantic Trade Mention
A damaged fragment mentions Atlantic and Beans with stray terms like Acren and whitch. The readable text lacks clear names or events. The item appears to be an isolated OCR snippet rather than a full, coherent report.
Memorial unveiling marks Richmond Confederate president tribute
The Jefferson Davis Monument ceremony in Richmond featured a grand tribute to Davis with William J. Bryan as guest, while women and Confederate veterans leaders urged restraint. Descendants unveiled the statue as garlands were placed and a presidential salute echoed, marking a restrained, ceremonial celebration.
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Fes
Richmond
Jefferson Davis
Confederate ‘States’ of América
United’Confederate Veterans
Dixieland
South
William J. Bryan
The
Jefferson Davis Monument Association
Stephen D. Lee
Bryan
Mr. Davis
J. al Hayes
Colorado Springs
Colo
Norman’ V. Randolph
Central Committee
Monument Association
William J. Behan
Misalestopi
Confederated Southern Memorial Association
Buffalo magnate Hamlin killed in auto crash
Buffalo's Harry Hamlin, renowned and wealthy, died instantly when his car collided with a Hecht wagon on Villainaville road, one mile north of the city limits. Retired butcher Jacob Schaller was badly hurt but is expected to recover. A 12 year old boy in Schaller’s wagon died from severe injuries.
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Buffalo
Schaller
Denver gathering vows no politics injected
A Denver convention program aims to keep politics out of the gathering held in mid month. A committee including Senator Teller is noted for liberal policy guidance, seeking congressional action to promote western state development and population growth.
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Col
Goy
Buchtel
Ithe
Uni
Dalted
Teller
Mberal
Jawa
Typhoon Leaves Caroline Islands Devastated
Cable reports from Sydney describe a catastrophic typhoon hitting the Caroline islands on March 28. About 270 people killed and many more missing as waves wiped out islands, with survivors clinging to coconut trees for days. The storm affected Yap, Ulithi, and Guam area, with Manila observatory tracking the progressing danger.
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Nfe
Caroline Islands
Cable
Sydney
Australia
Orient
Caroline Group
Guam
Manila Observatory
Yap
Carolinas
Philippines
Thesland
Usis
Wilson
Lynch Mob Lynches Black Man in Echo Louisiana
In Alexandria Louisiana Henry Johnson a middle aged Black man was killed by a mob of about 150 men who seized him from jail at Echo and hanged him from a nearby tree after he was arrested on an alleged incident involving his employer's wife. Deputy Richardson failed to stop the mob and reported the fatal harm.
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Alexandria
Henry Johnson
Echo
Johnson
Ephraim Pearce
Pearce
Richardson
vAlexandria
New Treaty With Germany Proclaimed By U S
Washington reports the president issued a proclamation announcing a commercial agreement with Germany under the Dingley act. The package includes reduced duties for Germany and German concessions. Secretary Cortelyou, in a letter dated April 9, says the talks would foster friendly relations and benefit the country. The State Department notes about 40 American products would face minimum tariffs in Germany, but full rates require a reciprocity treaty approved by Congress.
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Washington
Saturdy
United States
Germany
Dingley
Cortelyou
State Department
Congress
Haywood Jury Chosen to Try Governor's Murder Case
Boise jury of twelve men selected to try William D Haywood for the death murder charge of Gov Frank Steunenberg. Indictment read, jurors sworn to fair verdict after prosecution and Haywood counsel express hope and acknowledge lack of kinship to labor groups.
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Boise
Idaho
William D. Haywood
Frank Steunenberg
Haywood
Caldwell
National workers convention to discuss industrial education
Representatives of major employers associations plan a three day Indianapolis convention starting June 10 to discuss training schools for workers and to form a national board of industrial education. Louis H. Levy of Indianapolis called the meeting, the first of its kind in the country, representing the National Labor Graphers association. The Ohio Socialist Convention endorsed sympathy for Moyer Haywood Pettibone and denounced President in the same closing session.
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Indianapolis
Ind
National Board of’ Industrial Education
Louis H. Levy
Graphers’ Association
Ohio
Columbus
Socialist Party
Ite
Moyer
Haywood
Pettibone
Western
Mingis
Steunenberg
Idaho
Pealdent
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