Remains not Mrs Gunness lighter by fifty pounds five inches shorter
La Porte Indiana May 9 coroner Dr Harry H Long announced the morgue body weighed about 50 pounds less and stood five inches shorter than Mrs Belle Gunness. He says Gunness is alive and the identity was not confirmed. Police continued farm diggings and traces of a young man Canary and a rumored NY man linked to Gunness surfaced.
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la Porte
Ind
Harry H. Long
Syracuse
N. Y
Cora Thelle Herron
Frederick B. Herron
Sethness Chemical Company
Chicago
Belle Gunness
New York
Guiness
Canary
Gunness
Young Callary
Henry Ridge
Gunness Farm
Gunness Place
Jennie Olsen
Fergus Falls
Minn
Jennie
H. B. Worden
Ray Lamphere
Worden
Lamphere
Mack
Sible Gustaf Thun
Conference to Hold Memorial Services in Rockford
Swedish Lutheran pastors in session in Rockford May 9 plan to prolong meetings as Old People's Home and Orphans' Home consolidation dominates. Memorial services for Dr. S. P. A. Lindahl of Augustana College set for tomorrow morning. Women’s Foreign Missionary Society elected officers: President Mrs. Uma Bersell Rock Island Vice president Mrs. A. W. Stark albrect secretary Mrs. V. N. Hegstrom Chicago Corresponding secretary Miss Jennie Engdahl Chicago Treasurer Miss Inga Swenson Chicago. Officers served last year.
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Rockford
Old People’s Home
Orphans
S. P. A. Lindahl
Augustana College
Women's Foreign Missionary Society of the Conference
Uma Bersell
Rock Island
A. W. Stark
Alb
Cretary
V. N. Hegstrom
Chicago
Jennie Engdahl
Truver
Inga Swenson
Mothers' Congress elects Chicago woman president
Illinois mothers in the closing session endorsed a resolution favoring manual or industrial training in public schools. An invitation from Macomb to meet next year was accepted. Officers named include President Mrs Orville T Bright Chicago and vice presidents Mrs Samuel Bradt DeKalb and Mrs S J Scott Chicago.
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Chicago
Bloomington
Illinois
Alfred Hastings
Macom
Macomb
Congress
Orville T. Bright
Samuel Bradt
DeKalb
S. J. Scott
L. K. Gilson
Wilmette
W. 8. Blodgett
W. K. Browne
Englewood
L. D. Doty
Samuel Sailor
Chicag
Bill for Ireland advanced repealing coercion act of 1887
London May 9 the bill repealing the Irish coercion act of 1887 passed its second reading in the house of commons by 201 to 7 Chief Secretary for Ireland Birreil backed the measure calling coercion unconstitutional and intolerable He urged that Ireland overall was law abiding though some areas showed lawlessness and warned that governing by coercion would be political insanity
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London
House of Commons
Ireland
Birreil
More Pay for the Army Appropriation Bill Passes
The House of Representatives adopted the conference report on the army appropriation bill after a two hour debate. An appropriation of 7,000,000 dollars was approved to raise pay for enlisted men by 5,000,000 dollars and benefit 942 officers on the retired list.
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House
Washington
House of Representatives
Seeans Hang Black Man After Jail Break in Tennessee
Elmo Harvard, 18, arrested in Pulaski for an attempted attack on a woman was lynched by about 300 men after the jail was breached. The mob carried him to a bridge and hanged him. Also reported is the death of Ludovic Halevy, Paris based author and former member of the French Academy.
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Nashville
Tenn
Elmo Harvard
Pulaski
M. Halevy
Paris
Ludovic Halevy
French Academy
Evans Relinquishes Atlantic Fleet Command in San Francisco
Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans today relinquished command of the Atlantic fleet to Rear Admiral Charles M. Thomas in a brief ceremony. Evans leaves for Washington tonight after a farewell banquet where he urged more battleships and fewer statesmen. He added armor plate discussion hinged on shooters, not material, saying ships’ fate rests with those who can shoot straight and endure punishment. The fleet parade drew over 4,000 in Oakland.
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San Francisco
Robley D. Evans
Charles M. Thomas
Evans
Washington
Oakland
Muldoon Chosen for Rockford Bishopric in Chicago Report
Chicago May 9. Reports from Washington said Bishop Peter J Muldoon auxiliary bishop of Chicago and vicar general is named to head the new Rockford diocese. No official confirmation has arrived but church authorities accept the report. Muldoon has not received formal appointment.
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Chicago
Rockford
Peter J. MuLdoon
Washington, D. C
Legation
Kington
Muldoon
Democrats Inspect Plans for National Convention
Denver subcommittee members of the national committee arrived to inspect plans for the July convention. Citizens in Denver prepared an entertainment program for the committee.
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Denver
Colo
National Democrat Committee
Wright brothers test flight sparks renewed aeroplane push
Mantec North Carolina May 9 the Wright brothers soared over Kill Devil Hill in 10 ascents with their new steering gear under perfect control. They estimated speeds 40 to 60 mph and a light 350 pound craft powered by a 30 horsepower engine. long flights to Oregon inlet were planned for today pending fuel capacity.
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Mantec
N. C
Norfolk
Wright Brothers
Kill Devil Hill
Oregon Inlet
Wrights
Roosevelt Letters Stir Senate Over Brownsville Exile
Washington May 9 three letters from President Roosevelt to senators discuss the Brownsville affair and Colonel William F Stewart s exile to an ungarrisoned Arizona post The president threatens to veto the Foraker Bill to restore discharged negro soldiers and may ignore Congress if reenacted Public reading in the Senate is rumored, prompting concerns from Republican leaders over a formal rebuke to the executive.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Brownsville
William F. Stewart
Congress
Arizona Desert
Stewart
Florida
Arizona
Capitol
Senate
Mine Peace In Illinois Questioned After Referendum
Cavenaugh was directed to mail circulars to 46 000 association members seeking a hotel condition report nationwide. The move follows the Fort Wayne hotel fire in which three members perished: Maurice Hirsch Jerome E Ellis and R J Johnson.
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Cavenaugh
Fort Wayne
Maurice Hirsch
Jerome E. Ellis
Chicago
R. 8. Johnson
Pana
Miners vote to resume work after 1907 agreement
Springfield May 9 President Walton of the United Mine Workers reports a referendum shows a majority of local miners favor continuing the 1907 agreement and paying shot firers. Operators and miners sign a joint agreement and recede from the closed shop. Miners will return to work when mines reopen. In Kansas City settlement ends weeks of talks between UMWA and operators in the Southwest. About 35,000 miners in Missouri Kansas Oklahoma and Arkansas have been on strike since April 1 awaiting a new two year contract.
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Springfield
Walton
United Mine Workers of
Mlinors
Southwest
Kansas City
United Mine Workers of America
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Woodmen Proclaim Mothers Day Nationwide Observe Day
A. R. Talbot head consul of the Modern Woodmen of America issued a proclamation listing Sunday May 10 as Mothers Day and urging members to wear a white flower and visit or write to their living mothers. Acting Governor Saunders and W J Bryan praised the idea in supporting statements.
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Lincoln
Neb
A. R. Talbot
Modern
Woodmen of America
Saunders
W. J. Bryan
Rock River Traction Company Getting Busy
Officers of the Rock River Traction company plan a Geneseo to this city line via Geneseo and Sterling. William Harbaugh was chosen to canvass stock sales aiming to raise 200000 dollars. Right of way is largely secured and Congress approved bridging the Hennepin canal and Rock River. The Tri-City Railway Company will provide the terminal here.
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Rock River Traction Company
Sterling
Geneseo
William Harbaugh
Congress
Hennepin Canal
Rock River
Tri-City Railway Company
Traveling men start inquiry into hotels
Chicago May 9 An investigation of hotels nationwide to uncover fire traps and prevent disasters like the New Avalon hotel fire in Fort Wayne Indiana was begun by the Illinois Commercial Men's association a drummers insurance order headquartered in Chicago by order of the board of directors secretary Richard A
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Chicago
United States
Aveline
Fort Wayne
Ind
Ilinois Commercial Men's Association
Richard A
Deneen's Message to Be Campaign Document
Springfield May 9 Governor Deneen's reply to the asylum investigating committee report will not be ready for a day or two possibly until May 27. He aims to fuse the message as a full campaign document and defend against all charges. London May 9 Rt Hon James Alexander Campbell brother of Sir Henry Campbell Bannerman is dead.
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Springfield
Deneen
Asylum Investigating Committee
General Assembly
London
James Alexander Campbell
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Yesterday in Congress May Day notes and army pay gains
In the Senate debate over the agricultural appropriation bill progress was slow as pension fund disbursement remained tied to local agents. Senator Burkett proposed May 10 as Mothers Day with white flowers for senators and staff. The Senate adjourned at 5 40. In the House the army pay raise won approval to fund listed men with 7 million dollars. Bills also passed placing the Porto Rican infantry on a permanent basis and authorizing lighthouse aid projects before a 5 19 p m recess.
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Washington
Houses
Congress
Senate
McCumber
Burkett
Nebraska
Jon
Prin
Admi
3ET Funds To Build The Range
Captain Ed Dunavin of Company A seeks state approval for a rifle range project. An appropriation is promised to cover pit and target abutment costs, with the company funding range sound rentals. Though not as large as hoped, officials favor immediate action as new rifles of the latest type arrive this month for the unit.
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Ed Dunavin
Elfer
Wets victorious in Sterling fight
Sterling Illinois May 9 Judge H Co Ward in the recount of Sterling votes from April 7 ruled drys 95 wets 1008 with wets gaining 12 votes The judges counted 1 dry and 1009 wets The recount was demanded by the Anti Saloon league Seventeen saloon licenses were granted last night.
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Sterling
H. Co. Ward
Anti-Saloon Eagle
Kansas Women Drowned In Neosha River Tragedy
Four young women aged 16 to 20 drowned when a boat capsized on the Neosha River near Hartford in Emporia Kansas last night. The victims were in a party riding together when the craft overturned. In Rockford Illinois Otto Paulson a former alderman pleaded guilty to bribery and was fined 500. Previously Edward Carty and Patrick Reynolds were fined 300 and 500 respectively for similar offenses.
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Neosha River
Emporia
Kan
Hartford
Here
Rockford
Ill
Otto Paulson
Paulson
Edward Carty
Patrick H. Reynolds
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Franklin, Pa
Lacey Burton
Peter C. Olson
R. N. Smith
Dr. Lindahl
Mrs. Bersell
W. F. M. Society
Mothers’ Congress
Tessler
St. Louis
J. B. Madigan
Cleveland Falls
Cleveland
Ohio
Euclid Avenue Trust Company
Cleveland Trust Company
Muldoon Rockford
W. F. Stewart
UNION
Geneseo First
3ET
Company A
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