Florida and Arkansas duel in turret test off Hampton Roads
A Florida monitor is fired upon by the Arkansas in a turret test near Old Point Comfort Virginia. The 12 inch shot and four inch shells reveal strength of armor and the new battle mast withstands multiple hits. A whitehead torpedo is planned to test bulkhead effectiveness within ten days.
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Old Point Comfort
Monitor
Merrimac
Hampton Roads
United States Navy
Arkansas
Florida
United States
Worida
Virginia Capes
Khimble Shoal Light
Rainy Days Made Jim O’Leary Rich from a May Bet
Jim O’Leary the hand book maker and former gambling king woke to rain on May 28 and found he had netted $10 000 from a bet on rain for May. He had wagered in mid April with a downtown man that May would see 18 rainy days against the average 12, counting on Chicago weather.
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Chicago
Jim” O'Leary
Stock Yards
Wets Win In North Carolina Dry Victory Across State
After last week's election North Carolina swung dry by a 60 000 majority. Wets won in only five of ninety eight counties as crowds prayed and sang hymns from sunrise. Liquor manufacturing will end by January 1 1909.
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Raleigh
N. C
North Carolina
Rockefeller Sees Woman’s Role as Home Keeper
John D. Rockefeller says in Pocantico hills that a woman’s place is the home. He notes women have qualifications for business but believes most should be homekeepers, though he praises their conscientiousness and suitability for office work. He stresses happiness as mothers over bread earning.
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New York
John D. Rockefeller
Pocantico Hills
Wright Placed as Secretary of War by Democratic Adherent
The Post reports General Luke E Wright of Tennessee, a gold Democrat, will succeed Taft as Secretary of War with July 1 as start date. His Philippine service and Tokyo ambassadorship, plus Southern lineage and ties to Admiral Semmes, are cited as qualifications and trusted background for the cabinet post.
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Washington, D. C
the Post
Luke E. Wright
Tennessee
William Howard Taft
Wright
Taft
Root
General Wright
United States Philippine Commission
Islands
Japan
Tokyo
Memphis
Raphael Semmes
Wie
Philippines
Philippine Commission
Far
Judge Parker
Edwards
Bureau of Inswar Affairs
Ilis
Lemoine Hopes to Produce Artificial Diamond This Week
Paris detectives seal the laboratory of Henri Lemoine as Sir Julius Wernher of De Beers presses for a real gem within days. Wernher suspects a ruse to cheat him of funds for the diamond making formula and orders security to prevent any escape.
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Paris
Henri Lemoine
Julius Wernher
de Beers Diamond Company
Julius
Lemoine
Fishing With Electricity on the Ohio Canal
Special report from Lancaster Ohio notes boys use a third rail electric road wire in the canal to kill fish by electrical discharge. The method attracts fish to the surface and the wire is dragged into the water to stun them. No authorities are cited but the practice is described as new and dangerous.
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Lancaster
Ohio
Ohio Canal
Progress of Christian Science in Europe and America
Berlin telegram reports Edward A. Kimball of Chicago touring for the church declares Christian Science is progressing so fast that a new church must open every four days to house converts, many healed by the movement. He notes substantial growth across Europe notably in England.
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Berlin
Edward A. Kimball
Chicago
Kimball
Europe
England
Senate Ends Filibuster As Fairbanks Powers Through Vote
The Senate passed the currency bill 43 to 22 after a record filibuster ending when Vice President Fairbanks called for the roll. La Follette and Aldrich sought reconsideration but were blocked while Gore Stone and others spoke through the long night. Senators slept on couches as Doorkeepers and staff kept pace with the historic session.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
Roosevelt
Gore
Oklahoma
Senator Stone
Missouri
la Follette
Jefferson Davis
Little Rock
Stone
Aldrich
Rhode Island
Fairbanks
Heyburn
Idaho
Gallinger
Heybburn
Foraker
Borah
Bourne
Senate Chamber
Senator Hale
Senator Foraker
Banker A Horse Thief Identified in Indianapolis Case
A man who gave the name Frank Ross of Chicago has been identified as Robert M. Greene of Waynetown Indiana vice president of Farmers and Merchants Bank. Greene a church worker and prominent farmer is accused of stealing horses and shipping them to Chicago. Several stolen horses were found in his possession.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Frank Ross
Chicago
Robert MH. Greene
Waynetown
Farmers and Merchants’ Bank
Greene
Hetty Green to Make Newport her Summer Home
Report says Mrs Hetty Green plans to reside in Newport Rhode Island this summer and is negotiating for a villa. If she comes it will be her first time living there as a householder though not her first Newport appearance.
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Newport
Hetty Green
R. I
Drowns in Folds of Flag Parachute Drop Tragedy
Frederick L. Wood an eighteen year old aeronaut of New Haven Conn fell into the Passaic River after a parachute drop from a balloon at Hillside Park near Passaic N J and was drowned entangled in the folds of a large American flag he had waved.
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New York
Hillside Park
Passaic
N. J
Frederick L. Wood
New Haven
Conn
Passaic River
Autoists Face Dangers in Paris to New York Race
A Nikolsk dispatch reports the American car in the New York to Paris race staying on Transsiberian tracks and narrowly escaping an express train, then plunging 200 feet on a ballast collapse. Brigands say the autoists are rich and risk ambush, with bands captured recently alleging danger to the racers.
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Paris
Matin
Nikolsk
New York
Transsiberian
Fake photographs used to sway Iowa voters in Allison race
In Des Moines Iowa a plot to flood the state with retouched images of Senator Allison was uncovered. A photo from eighteen months ago shows a man near death and has been mailed to doubtful voters to argue Allison is too old for another term. Cummins managers are accused of circulating the fakes.
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Des Moines
Allison
Cummins
Washington
Yaqui Nation Near End of Prolonged Struggle in Sonora
After more than a century of intermittent conflict, the Yaqui Nation faces dissolution and seeks peaceful Mexican citizenship. A May 7 conference led by Luis Bule and Col. Jose Gonzales Salas produced terms submitting the Yaquis to government authority and ensuring protection of life and property. June 18 set as ratification date with bands surrendering to authorities. The war’s cost and property losses are immense, with at least 50 million dollars in damages.
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Hermosillo
Sonora
Mexico
Spain
Luis Bule
Bacatete Mountains
Jose Gonzales Salas
Dare Dev il Autoist Killed in Baltimore Crash
Emanuel Cedrino, renowned Italian daredevil driver, died in Baltimore after his Fiat Cyclone somersaulted when a wheel hub broke. He was alone. the car hurled him 40 feet. Cedrino had set world records across 1 to 25 miles.
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Baltimore
Emanuel Cedrino
Revenge on Sweetheart's Mother in Fond du Lac
Grant Poole, son of Moses Poole, killed Mrs. E. H. Orvis during Sunday church services near Oakland Wisconsin. Three shots were fired. one struck the victim who died in her husband’s arms within minutes. The motive cited is the parents’ refusal to permit attentions to Poole’s sweetheart.
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Fond du Lac
Wis
Grant Poole
Moses Poole
Oakland
E. H. Orvis
German Fleet Mobilizes as Crown Prince Joins Maneuvers
The Crown Prince Frederick William arrives aboard the flagship Deutschland to participate in North Sea fleet maneuvers. Seventy warships of all classes are mobilized and coast defenses will join in the exercises through June 6.
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Heligoland
Germany
Frederick William
Deutschland
North Sea
Snell Will Law Verdict Splits Millionaire Estate
In Clinton Illinois the jury in the Snell will case set aside Col Thomas Snell s will finding he was insane when made Richard Snell becomes heir to half the estate valued at 1 500 000 the other half goes to Thornton Snell s children the verdict ends an annuity of 1 200 a year left to Mabelle Snell McNamara
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Col. Snell
Clinton
Ill
Snell
Col
Thomas Snell
Richard
Richard Snell
Thornton Snell
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Columbus
Emblem Bicycles
Emblem Mfc. Company
Angola
Suceleur
Otaks
Dare-Devil
Concord
Nahoth
Naboth
Naboth Vineyards
Diner's Digester Company
U. S
F. McArdle
Transportation and Mechanical
Clover Leaf
National Correspondence School of Railroading
Michigan Ave
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Harkins & Willis, Manufacturers
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