Pardons End Long Ken tuck y Goebel Case for Powers and Howard
Ex governor Willson pardons Caleb Powers and James Howard after eight years in prison for roles in the Goebel assassination plot. Powers returns to Knox County. Howard heads to Louisville to rejoin family. Crowds react strongly as the pardons are announced. Taylor, now a fugitive, calls the act righteous.
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Lexington
Caleb Powers
James Howard
Wiliam Goebel
Willson
Powers
Georgetown
Howard
Frankfort
Knox County
Louisville
Washington
Barbourville
America
William Goebel
Kentucky
State House
Taylor
Indiana
Goebel
William 8
Indianapolis
Sage Plantation Gift Beautifies Central Park
Mrs. Russell Sage donates a mile long rhododendron flower bed in Central Park named the Sage Plantation. The project is estimated to cost about 50000 dollars and will be a lasting public amenity for New York City residents.
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New York City
Central Park
New York
Russell Sage
Sage Plantation
Irishman Reports Wife Stolen After Mountain Assault
An Irishman, claiming Macon County North Carolina as home, told officers that six men attacked him on Painter Mountain while crossing it near Greenville district and abducted his wife. He was beaten severely and left unconscious in the woods before the robbers disappeared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mountain
Greenville
D. C
W. F. Burns
Macon County
North Carolina
Painter Mountain
Thirty Year Term In Black Hand Case In New Orleans
In New Orleans first city criminal court Alberta Pumelia an Italian was sentenced to thirty years hard labor in the state penitentiary. Pumelia sent Black Hand letters to Italian merchant A Griffignadi whose demands for money were ignored. a dynamite bomb at Griffignadi's house partially wrecked the dwelling. Judge Baker said he regretted not being able to impose a harsher punishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Alberta Pumelia
Pumelia
A. Griffignadi
Griffignadi
Baker
Pamelia
Millionaire Averill Aims to Make Thousands Happy
C W Averill of Los Angeles who recently inherited 10 000 000 from an Massachusetts aunt plans to spread happiness to 20 000 or more people. After a Maine visit he will set headquarters in a large city possibly Chicago to aid those in need and deserving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Cal
C. W. Averill
Massachusetts
Farmington
Maine
Spokane liquor license plan proposed by E B Hall
Spokane report outlines former candidate E B Hall’s plan to abolish all saloon licenses and require individual licenses for drinkers. Licenses would be issued by county and city with fees of 5 dollars yearly county and 1 to 3 dollars city, plus a photo and possible six to twelve month revocation for drunkenness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane
Wash
EB. Hall
Hall
Big Whitehead Torpedo Fails to Sink the Florida
In Hampton Roads a torpedo fired by Lt. John V. Babcock from the Morris struck the Florida off Sewall's Point causing a large water plume and hull damage. The ship steadied, was towed to Norfolk Navy Yard, and will be dry docked for inspection and pumping.
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Florida
Norfolk
Sewall's Point
Hampton Roads
John Vv. Babcock
Morris
Norfolk Havy Yard
Canaries T. Baldwin
Florida Militia Captain Charged in Railway Forgery Case
John C Dalton a Florida state militia captain and Jacksonville terminal clerk was arrested in Washington on forgery charges after officials say he forged a Southern Railway pass. Police detain Dalton and his wife while railway officials accuse interstate commerce law violations.
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Florida
Southern Railway
Washington, D. C
John C. Dalton
Walton
Dalton
Jacksonville
J. B. Smith
Wite
Editor Aybar Sentenced to Two Years in Puerto Rico
Julian Aybar editor of a labor paper in San Juan Puerto Rico was sentenced to two years penal servitude on two counts of life for an attack on a judge. The judge identified himself as the target and his claim was upheld by the supreme court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Juan
P. R
Julian Aybar
Supreme Court
Joe Leiter Angrily Assaults Photographer at Wedding
In Washington D C Joseph Leiter famed as wheat corner figure married Miss Juliette Williams at Waghton The couple and the bride’s mother moved to a restaurant where a local studio employee attempted to take a wedding party photo Lester sprang from his car and rough handled the photographer seizing the camera and smashing it on the pavement
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Joseph Z. Leiter
Wheat Corner
Juliette Williams
Wagnington
Lester
Author Jack London Returns from Snark Voyage in New Guinea
Reports indicate Jack London completed a seven year voyage aboard the Snark and arrived in New Guinea. Passengers aboard the Aeon say London reached Samoa on May 12 and was en route to San Francisco when the Aeon departed nineteen days ago.
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San Francisco
Jack London
New Guinea
Aeon
Apia
London
Samoa
Flood Destruction in Louisiana Deluges Homes and Crops
Flooding along the Black River in northeastern Louisiana drives 2,300 people from homes or into shelters. Thousands live on second stories or roof camps as 6 to 10 feet of water covers fields near Jonesville. Improvised rafts and stock kept with brush feed a fragile survival amid disease and destitution. Red River levees break near Marksville, with two breaches 800 feet wide and 16 to 20 feet deep on the left descending bank within 30 miles of the Mississippi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Black River
Louisiana
Jonesville
Marksville
Red River
Monda
Mississippi River
Missing registered mail pouch valued up to $100000
Los Angeles to New York registered pouch vanishes within Kansas City jurisdiction. City postal officers confirm a large loss with suspected currency, letters, and valuables. $50,000 in cash suspected as a bank shipment. Officials refuse details while investigations continue.
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Los Angeles
New York
Cal
Kansas City
Postoffice Department
Washington
M. H. Flint
W. J. Vickery
Million Dollar Swain County Land Dispute In Court
In Asheville North Carolina Harris Woodbury Lumber challenges an injunction over a 78000 acre Swain County tract claimed for only 100 dollars. Coffin of Bryson City and White of Kentucky resist, tied to a 1906 forced sale where Harris Woodbury paid 449 thousand dollars. The bill asserts current value exceeds a million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asheville
N. C
Swain County
United States
Ramsey
Tryson City
B. C
Harris-Woodbury Lumber Company
Cadets Reinstated at Clemson After Foul Pranks
The Clemson College discipline committee has been reviewing readmission applications from about one hundred of the roughly three hundred cadets expelled for April pranks. Some readmissions are granted under conditions as officials continue deliberations.
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Clemson College
S. C
Aiding Revolutionists Guns for Cubans Seized in New York
Special agents of the treasury department search New York for individuals who aided the Cuban revolutionary party and shipped 10 000 rounds of ammunition to Santiago aboard the Ward liner Seguranca as it prepared to sail.
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United States
New York City
Treasury Department
New York
Santiago
Secret Service
Evans and Memphis Chosen for Next UCV Reunion
Birmingham Alabama hosts the United Confederate Veterans annual convention where Memphis was chosen as the next reunion site and General Clement A. Evans of Georgia was elected commander-in-chief to succeed the late General Stephen D. Lee, with the gathering adjourned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Memphis
Clement A. Evans
Georgia
Stephen D. Lee
United Confederate Veterans
Rivalry over meeting site sparks convention clash
Memphis and Atlanta vie for the union gathering as Virginia shifts to Memphis. General Evans, a Georgia native with Civil War service, is elected commander in chief amid a fierce, speech filled contest.
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Memphis
Atlanta
Virginia
Clement A. Evans
Georgia
North Carolina
Georgia Law School
Thirty-First Georgia
Lawton
Gordon
Evans
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Monocacy
Gettysburg
Appomattox
Irving Walker
Bennett H. Young
Withers
Cabell
George W. Gordon
Department of Tennessee
Irvine Walker
Northern Virginia
trans-Mississippi Department
Birmingham
Jefferson Davis
Albany approves Agnes Hart track bills by one vote
Governor Hughes signs the Agnes Hart race track gambling bills after a tight fight in the New York Legislature. Senator Otto Foelker and Senator William Wallace cast pivotal votes, sending the measure to law as crowds gather at Gravesend race track despite arrests and a tense, orderly atmosphere.
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Albany
N. Y
Agnes-Hart
New York
Hughes
Otto Q. Foelker
Brooklyn
William C. Wallace
Niagara Falls
Gravesend
Richard Weldon
Carr
Weldon
Allan Pinkerton
John Cavanaugh
Cavanaugh
Texans Disarm Spectators Before Kenley Murder Trial
Nearly one hundred Texans attending the R. O. Kenley murder trial surrendered guns at the courthouse in Houston before entry. Kenley had killed ex County Attorney H. H. Robb at Groveton with a single shot and wounded Ranger J. D. Dunaway six times at the same location on April 26.
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Houston
Texas
R. O. Kenley
Kenley
H. 8. Robb
Groveton
J. D. Duna Way
A Fatal Joke: Worker Dies After Practical Joke
Morris Caseberg, 22, of Pittsburg employed at Duquesne Steel Works died in hospital after colleagues allegedly inflated his body with compressed air, causing peritonitis. An investigation is underway.
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Pittsburg
Morris Caseberg
Duquesne Steel Works
Marines Readied for Panama Cruise Drawn From Major Ports
Secretary Metcalf orders three battalions of marines on one minute alert for a Panama cruise. Each battalion has 411 men, with 1,713 total marines in the force. Battalions will be sourced from Boston New York Philadelphia Norfolk and Washington as transports stand by.
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Washington
D. C
Metcalf
Panama
Canal Zone
Philadelphia
Tacoma
Boston
New York
Norfolk
Crawford Chosen Senator as Kittredge Defeated in SD
Returns from the Republican primary show Governor Coe J. Crawford elected to the U S Senate over incumbent A B Kittredge by at least eight thousand votes. State Senator W G Vassey of Watertown is also likely to win the governorship.
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Crawford
South Dakota
Senate
Sioux Falls
Coe J. Crawford
United States
A. B. Kittredge
W. G. Vassey
Watertown
Late News Notes From A Busy Era
A wide range of items from finance to crime and politics. Notes include possible stay of execution appeals to the Supreme Court, quarterly dividends at New York Central and Western Union Telegraph, a San Francisco grand jury considering charges against Southern Pacific, and a massive grain elevator fire in Indiana. Also mentions banking scandals, crop values, Woolworths crash damages, aviation prize, a jewel robbery scare, U.S. Steel mill reopening in July, a buried silver cache, Minnesota governor’s renomination stance, a fatal shooting in Virginia, Standard Oil case, and political figures including Admiral Evans and Quentin Roosevelt.
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Herman Bilick
Bohemia Yattah
Chicago
Uzral
Nak
Supreme Court of the Good States
New York Central
Neem Talk
Wester Uni Telgraph Company
Grand
San Francisco
Interstate Commerce Comp
Sion
Ind
Walker
California Safe and Trust Company of
Los Angeles
Walker J. Bartnett
Bartnett
Department of Verteniture
North Carolina Cotton Manufacturers
Wrightsville
N. C
Audaea
F. W. Woolworth & Co
Helen
Crosby
Miss Crosoy
Etrance
M. Armengaud
Paris
Dan Sully
United States Steel Corporation
Pittsburg
Minnesota
Harry Harmen
Norfolk
Joe Rose
Harmon
Standard Oil Company
Standard Oil
Stroyat Ham
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Powers and
William Gobel
Consumers’ License
State of Washington
Labor
Joe Leiter
Markaville
Uncle Sam
Roosevelt
Loeb
Hyman, Berg & Co
State
Washington Streets
Ill
Morris & Co
Riverside
Kas
Binghampton
Louis Barnes
Ponca City
Okla
Mamie Davis
Perry
Joseph Sperro
Sperro
Clement A, Evans
Gravesend Track
Kittredge
A. A. Wiley
Alabama
Hot Springs
Robly D. Evans
Lake Mohonk
Philippine Islands
Charles E . Dunas
Quentin Roosevelt
White House
Children's Play Grown! Association
A Foreign
James J. Hill
Great Northern Railroad
Oete
Cruel
P Dent
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