Tyner Acquitted in Post Office Conspiracy Case
Washington May 26. After a 22 minute jury retirement, James N Tyner and Warrigan J Barrett were found not guilty on all counts in a conspiracy case tied to post office department duties. Judge Pritchard cautioned the jury against prejudice or sympathy and explained reasonable doubt.
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Washington
James N. Tyner
Warrigan J. Barrett
Post Office Department
Gen. Tyner
Tyner-Barrett
Bond Investment Companies
Harrison J. Barrett
A. 3. Worthington
Maj
Wolmes Conrad
Gen
Tyner
Pritchard
Refuses To Be Sensational Knapp Resigns Brooklyn Pastorate
New York May 26 Rev Edward Everett Knapp has resigned as pastor of the Central Baptist church of Brooklyn. He cites empty benches and a lack of audience drawn by sensational sermons, saying he would rather leave than resort to sensational methods. Friends urged him to stay, but he grew discouraged by listlessness in the church and stepped down.
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New York
Edward Everett Knapp
Central Baptist Church of
Brooklyn
Knapp
McChesney Set to Start Despite Lame Hoof
New York May 26 McChesney will be a sure starter in the Brooklyn handicap. Despite reports that the street horse pulled up lame after his trial, Big Mac will start. The injury was a slight spreading of a hoof.
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McChesney
New York
Brooklyn
Big Mac
Dysentery Bacillus Discovered by Castel lan in Colombo
In Colombo Ceylon on May 26 Castel lan the bacteriologist reports discovering the bacillus of dysentery. He is conducting final experiments and will soon read a paper on the discovery before a medical association.
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Dlacovers
Colombo
Ceylon
Castellan
Schoolboy Disappears In Asheville Missing 15 year old Mars Wagar Jr
Asheville North Carolina May 26 efforts to locate Mars F E Wagar Jr fifteen missing twelve days from Cleveland Ohio school have proved futile.
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Asheville
N. C
Mars FE. Wagar, Jr
Cleveland
Ohio
Four Men Drown in Payette River Near Garden Valley
Four men are drowned after their boat capsized while attempting to shoot rapids on the Payette River near Garden Valley Idaho. The incident occurred May 26 as the group paddled a small craft through rough waters. Local authorities are investigating and identifying the victims.
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Boise
Idaho
Lour
Payette River
Garden Valley
Widow of banker’s son jumps to death in Louisville
Louisville reporter Julian W. Coutts, son of a Russellville banker, leaped from the tenth floor of a downtown building on a May 26 incident, causing an instant death.
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Louisville, Ky
Julian W. Coutts
Russellville
Yazoo City Faces Major Fire Losses
Yazoo City Mississippi suffered a catastrophic blaze on Wednesday destroying 200 houses and the town’s key structures including hotels and the passenger depot. Losses are estimated between 1.6 and 2 million dollars as waterworks failures hampered firefighting efforts.
Ohio prison breakout ends in deaths and injuries
Frank Green a convict at the Ohio penitentiary died after an escape attempt during which he shot guards Henry Gearhart of Lawrence county and Albert Hubler of Summit county. Gearhart was fatally wounded, Hubler injured but expected to recover, Green died by his own hand after the gunfire. The motive or source of Green’s revolver remains unknown.
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Columbus, O
Frank Green
Ohio Penitentiary
Henry Gearhart
Lawrence County
Albert Hubler
Summit County
Green
Somerset
Gearhart
Hubler
Bank President Indicted in Bank Failure and Embezzlement
Sioux City Iowa May 26 W E Brown president of the First National bank of Storm Lake recently failed was indicted by the federal grand jury on two counts one for embezzlement and conversion of seventy four thousand dollars of the bank funds and the other for making false reports to the comptroller of the treasury regarding the bank's condition Brown had also been indicted in Buena Vista county state court three weeks earlier for the failure of two branch state banks at Linn Grove and Royal
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W. E. Brown
Sioux City
W. EE. Brown
First National Bank of
Storm Wake
Federal Grand Jury
Comptroller of the Treasury
Brown
State Court
Buena Vista County
Girl Cashier Kills Self in St. Louis
Miss Beat rice May Clifton, former cashier of the defunct turf investment firm E. J. Arnold Co., shot herself in the breast in St. Louis. Ill health cited as the cause of death in the tragic incident reported May 26.
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Self
St. Louis
Beatrice May Clifton
E. J. Arnold Co
Turf Investment Company
Il-health
Receiver named for Camden savings loan association
Chancellor Magic appoints ex-Speaker John Horner as receiver of Commonwealth Savings and Loan Association of Camden. Application for the receiver was filed by the banking and insurance department in Trenton New Jersey on May 26.
Tweeddale Ships 1055 Coolies to South Africa Mines
The British steamer Tweeddale departed for Durban with 1,055 coolies aboard the first batch heading to South Africa to work in the Transvaal mines.
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Africa
Hong Kong
Tweeddale
Durban
Natal
South Africa
Transvaal
Death of Philanthropist in Broadway Cafe
New York on May 26 reports Myer and Isaacs president of the Baron de Hirsch fund and active in many local and national groups dropped dead in a Broadway cafe.
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New York
Myer
Leg Broken and Skull Fractured In Train Tragedy
Mishawaka Indiana May 26 The four year old son of Phillip Goodall was struck by a fast passenger train and fatally injured. He had both legs broken and a skull fracture.
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Mishawaka
Ind
Phillip Goodall
Lightning Claims Two Farmers Near Sioux City
Sioux City May 26. Thomas W Brennan and Daniel Tantis farmers were killed by a single bolt of lightning twenty five miles east of Sioux City. The two men died at the scene and the incident was reported today.
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Sioux City
Thomas W. Brennan
Daniel Tantis
Here
W. C. T. U. Founder Is Hurt in Fall
Mrs. Andrew J. Brown, a founder of the W. C. T. U., was seriously injured in a fall in Chicago on May 20.
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Chicago
Andrew J. Brown
Hanna’s Portrait to Be On Panama Canal Bonds
Washington May 26 The portrait of the late Senator Hanna will be printed on the Panama canal bonds.
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Hanna
Washington
Senator Hanna
Japanese Capture Kin Chow Amid Reports Of Russian Defeat
Tokyo and Shanghai dispatches report Japanese forces advancing on Port Arthur and reportedly capturing Kin Chou after eight days of stubborn fighting. Claims include 4000 Russian dead and 1000 surrendering with ongoing attacks on Dalny and surrounding fortifications. Official confirmation varied across sources.
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Port Arthur
Kin Chou
London
Daily Chronicle
Niuchwang
Feng Wang Cheng
Hai Cheng
Liao Yang
Tatung Pass
Paris
St. Petersburg
Petit Parisien
Uroki
Liao Yang Road
Tokio
Daily Mail
Che Foo
Central News
Toki
Cossacks Ambushed North of Takushan
A wounded Cossack arriving in Snyolentsi reports a May 20 clash north of Takushan where three Japanese cavalry squadrons engaged Cossacks patrolling eighteen miles north of Takushan. An ambush by Japanese infantry followed. Commander Beckromesheff fell after ordering a retreat, two officers died, and about thirty Cossacks were lost as the unit scattered.
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Liao Yang
Snyolentsi
Takushan
Beckromesheff
Movements Reported in Russo-Japanese War Front
St Petersburg reports indicate General Kuropatkin plans a major move against the army as war censorship tightens. Telegraph links to New Chwang and messages to south of Liao Yang are blocked for military reasons. In Mindanao a May 12 massacre near Malabang kills 33 Moros and Filipino workers’ families.
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St. Petersburg
Kuropatkin
Kanraki
Liao Yang
Locomotive smoke in tunnel kills ten in Pa
Tele gram from Wilkesbarre reports ten death toll after gas and sulfur fumes from a small locomotive in Williamstown Summit Branch Coal Co mine workings Dauphin county. Victims include Michael Golden general inside foreman and nine miners and laborers. Tunnel length one mile with 40 years of operation and no prior accidents. Miners ride to work on cars moved by the locomotive, air ventilated and pure.
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Wilkesbarre
Susquehanna Coal Company
Summit Branch Coal Company
Williamstown
Dauphin County
Michael Golden
Bear Valley
Congressman Henry Cooper narrowly escapes a train shooting
Kenosha Wisconsin May 26 congressman Henry A Cooper and Mrs George A Yule were riding a Northwestern train when a pistol bullet shattered a car window and passed inches from the congressman’s head. The glass cut him slightly as it fell on his head.
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Kenosha, Wis
Henry A. Cooper
George A. Yule
Clybourn Junction
Cooper
Man risked life saving dog under train in Mishawaka
In Mishawaka Indiana on May 26 I M Long a Lake Shore railway agent ran onto tracks to save his dog from an oncoming engine but both were struck. The dog died and Long was seriously injured. Earlier a four year old boy, son of Phillip Goodall, was fatally struck on the same track by a passenger train during the same incident.
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Mishawaka
Ind
I. M. Long
Lake Shore
Long
Phillip Goodall
Miners Oppose AFL Affiliation in Denver Meeting
In Denver on May 26 the Western Federation of Miners heard committee reasons from the AFL executive board on affiliating with the AFL. Miner sentiment leans against joining the American Federation of Labor.
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Denver
Colo
Western Federation of Miners
American Federation of Labor
President Van Hise Announces Tests During Jubilee Week
University of Wisconsin students hissed the decision to hold examinations during jubilee week. Posters on campus denounced the action and reflected strong disapproval of the president's ruling at Madison.
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Madison
Wis
van Hise
University of Wisconsin
Indians Mourn Dead Chief at Ukiah Ranch Feast
Ukiah California May 26 Charles Penlo oldest chief of the Ukiah tribe died at Cox ranch and Indians hold a death feast. Penlo was 67 and ruled before settlers waived he was deposed about twenty five years ago for killing Sam Warden.
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Ukiah
Cal
Charles Penlo
Cox Ranch
Penio
Sam Warden
Kentuckians Slay Each Other
Middlesboro Kentucky May 26 James Mibert aged 17 shot and killed Walter Mills aged 18 at Mulberry Way twenty miles away on Greasy creek James Carver shot and killed his father James Carver for correcting his child
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Middlesboro
James Mibert
Walter Mills
Mulberry Way
Greasy Creek
James Carver
Death of Baseball Fan in Youngstown Showcases Workplace Tragedy
May 26 report from Youngstown Ohio states W R Edwards superintendent of the Republic Iron and Steel Company plant died from the effects of excitement during a baseball game. The incident underscores the intense emotional stakes of local sports events and the impact on industrial workers.
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Youngstown
Ohio
W. R. Edwards
Republic Iron & Steel Company
Russians Hang by Hundreds as War Turmoil Grows
A Moscow war crisis report claims mass executions in Warsaw Cronstadt and Moscow with eighty coffins buried at Moscow. The dispatch notes wholesale killings, paralyzed trade, and rising disaffection as Russian forces face Japan near Port Arthur with heavy bombardments and troop landings.
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London
The
Standard
Russia
Warsaw
Cronstadt
Moscow
Plans of Badger Democrats to hold nominating convention
Oshkosh Wis May 26 The Democratic state convention for nominating state officers will be held in Oshkosh early in September The committee in charge consists of George Hilton A F Warden and T S Ryan They will meet after the national convention to set the exact date Citizens plan unique entertainments for the delegates.
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Oshkosh
Wis
George Hilton
A. F. Warden
T. 5. Ryan
Waukesha
Outfielder Rabbitt Lawler Sold to Sioux City
May 26 report says St Paul manager Kelly sold outfielder John Rabbitt Lawler to the Sioux City club in the Western League for baseball enthusiasts.
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Sioux City
St. Paul
Kelly
John Lawler
Rabbitt
Lawler
Riis to Revisit Old Home in Denmark Voyage
On the steamship United States bound for Copenhagen in May 26 voyage, Jacob A. Riis his wife and two youngest children traveled as passengers. They plan to spend the summer in Denmark.
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Riis
Old Home
New York
United States
Copenhagen
Jacob A. Riis
Denmark
Twenty Injured In Ohio Train Wreck Near Here
Fast Liverpool Ohio May 26 Twenty persons were injured when a Cleveland and Pittsburg train crashed into loose freight cars on the track near here. Injured include Engineer Headly of East Liverpool Fireman Williams of Cleveland Conductor H McKee of Bellaire and Express Messenger Johnson of Cleveland. Additional victims municipal officials and travelers from North Carolina Pennsylvania and Ohio suffered bruises cuts and more serious injuries. The engineer had recently returned to work after two years of illness from a prior wreck.
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Liverpool
Cleveland and
Pittsburg
Headly
East Liverpool
Williams
Cleveland
H. Mckee
Bellaire
Johnson
J. A. Cotton
North Carolina
Minnie Wright
Harrisburg
James Costello
John Dutach
Isabella Townsend
Tarentum
John Newman
Frank Miller
W. W. Harker
Accomplice in Jim the Penman case testifies in Port an hour
John Schoonover, on trial with Robert J. Knox known as Jim the Penman, confessed he received from Knox a raised check from 15 to 1500 cashed at Greenbrier bank. He planned to take half the money. Cashier Hunter identified Knox as buyer of two certified checks. Schoonover, alias H. B. Gordon, says he has a wife and five children in New York City.
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Jim the Penman
Portland
Ind
John Schoonover
Robert J. Knox
Knox
Muncie
Greenbrier
Lewisburg
W. Va
Poolrooms Victimized by Wiretapping Scam in May
Hot Springs Ark May 26 poolrooms suffered a clever wiretapping scheme tied to the Western Union service stoppage. Four races were misreported causing large potential losses. Races at St Louis Chicago and Chicago again saw winner errors involving Sylvan Belle dingless Wat ermedlon Aunt Katherine and La Londe. It was described as the most disastrous day in local poolrooms history.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Western Union Service
St. Louis
Sylvan Belle
Dingless
P. J. Somers
Chicago
Watermedlon
Katherine
la Londe
Baseball scores from major leagues and minor circuits
National League results include Chicago win over St. Louis 6 to 4 and New York 5 over Brooklyn 2. American League tallies show Boston 2 over Chicago 1 and Cleveland 7 over Washington 3. Numerous other leagues list scores with Manchester-like city pairings and totals across divisions.
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Chicago
St. Louis
Brittsburg
Boston
New York
Brooklyn
Cleveland
Washington
Philadelphia
Detroit
Toledo
Tadhinapolis
Columbus
Louisville
Des Moines
St. Joseph
Rockfara
Davenport
Cedar Rapids
Dubuque
Springfield
Rock Islind
Decatur
Bloomington
Fort Wayne
Evansville
Marion
Dayton
South Bend
Terre Haute
Wheeling
Grand Rapids
Atlanta
Memphis
Nashville
Shreveport
Atte Rock
Montgomery
Birmingham
New Orleans
Indianapolis Men Risk Life to Save Child
In Indianapolis on May 26 Louis Howard of Chicago and George Johns and Joe Smith of New York swerved their automobile to shield a child in the street. Howard sustained a broken right arm in three places and a fractured collar bone.
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Indianapolis
Ind
tLouls Howard
Chicago
George Johns
Joe Smith
New York
Howard
Eight Pupils Carry Pistols Reported in Hoopeston Picnic
Eight school children who attended a picnic near Hoopeston Illinois are found by the grand jury to have carried revolvers and the state attorney says some or all of the youngsters will be indicted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoopeston
Ill
Old Engineer Passes Away in Bloomington
Amos Titman, 85, longtime railroad pioneer, died in Bloomington Til May 26. He ran the first engine on the Chicago and Alton Railroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomington
Til
Amos &Titman
Chicago & Alton Railroad
End Seat Hog Law Proposed in New York Aldermanic Notice
May 26 report from New York states Alderman Stapleton introduced an ordinance prescribing a fine or imprisonment for the end seat hog. The measure targets disruptive seating etiquette in city venues.
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New York
Stapleton
Quotations on the Chicago Board of Trade May 25
Chicago trade quotations for May 25 show price levels and changes across grains and commodities. Market activity centers on futures for corn wheat and oats with notable shifts tied to supply expectations and demand signals from traders and brokers.
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Chicago Board of Trade
Chicago
Board of Trade
Board of Trade Today
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