Postoffice scandal actions named by official
Washington May 12 an administration official outlines the remaining results of the postal scandal and its investigation permanent removal of A W Machen final resignation of George A C Christiancy a clean slate for M W Louis there will be a department reorganization and no criminal actions contemplated the Beavers ring has resigned with no return for Beavers or Machen
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Washington
Postoffice Department
A. W. Machen
Free Delivery
George A. C. Christianey
M. W. Louis
Division of Post Office Supplies
Rings
Machen
Beavers
Ring
Post Office Department
Department of Salaries and Allowance
Louis
Spoils Ring
President Roosevelt proposes Holls as umpire in Venezuela dispute
Washington May 12 President Roosevelt offered Frederick W Holls of New York the post of umpire to settle Germany and Italy damages against Venezuela. Under Bowens settlement damages for Germany would be decided by two representatives and an umpire chosen by the president. Holls has the offer under consideration and has not decided to accept.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Frederick W. Holls
New York
Germany
Italy
Venezuela
Bowen
United States
Holls
Great Britain
Hague
Cattle Plague Strikes New England and Argentina
Washington reports Argentina sustains a fresh foot and mouth outbreak and bans animal exports. Massachusetts herd in Framington is infected, undermining hopes the New England epidemic had ended. Secretary Wilson postpones lifting quarantine indefinitely.
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Washington
State Department
Department of Agriculture
Argentine Republic
Wilson
Framington
Mass
Department
New England
Secretary Brigham Ill in Ohio After St Louis Trip
Assistant Secretary of Agriculture J. H. Brigham is critically ill at his Ohio home, with dispatches from the state indicating a poor prognosis. He traveled from Washington to St Louis with the official party and collapsed from grip upon arrival, forcing his return home.
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Brigham
Washington
J. H. Brigham
Ohio
St. Louis
Arkansas Is Stuck In Mississippi River Straitline
Washington May 12 Lieutenant Chester, a watch officer of the monitor Arkansas, reported to the navy department that the vessel cannot descend the Mississippi from St Genevieve before next spring unless an unexpected flood occurs.
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Washington
Chester
Arkansas
Navy Department
St. Genevieve
Mississippi
Political arrests rise in St. Petersburg reports
Political arrests in St. Petersburg are increasing as police continually visit the homes of students schoolmasters and authors.
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St. Petersburg
Jealousy Over Girls Said to Fuel Oakford Wemlock Killings
Kokomo Indiana May 12 Bad blood between Oakford and Wemlock boys driven by jealousy over girls is blamed for two suspected cold blooded murders. The latest victim Louis Yager 23 of Oakford was found shot in his buggy after being last seen with his sweetheart Myrtle Iinley a Hemlock girl. Coroner reports two earlier attempts to waylay Yager and threats to kill him. Yager a church and Sunday school leader was prominent in town.
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Kokomo
Ind
Oakford
Wemlock
Louis Yager
Myrtle Iinley
Yager
Harrison
Alfred Knapp Trial Date Set in Bluebeard Case
Hamilton Ohio May 12 The trial of Alfred A Knapp the Indianapolis Bluebeard has been set for Tuesday June 16 Knapp who confessed to strangling five women and children will be tried for choking his third wife Hannah Goddard Knapp and throwing her body into the river recovered over two months later He repudiates the confession saying he wrote it to thwart police and reporters and that the police have no positive evidence against him and he expects acquittal
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Hamilton
Ohio
Alfred A. Knapp
Indianapolis
Bluebeard
Knapp
Hannah Goddard Knapp
Baseball scores from major leagues and associations
Results show American League games with Philadelphia beating Chicago 4 to 6 and Cleveland 6 to 5 in nine innings, Boston 5, New York 8, Detroit 9, St Louis 2, Washington 0. National League NY 9, Brooklyn 1. Cincinnati 3, Pittsburg 1. American Association Indiana 6, Columbus 3, Louisville 12, Toledo 11. Ki led steel Joliet 7, Bloomington 3. Rockford 6, Cedar Rapids 1. Rock Island 4, Decatur 1. Central League Dayton 8, Wheeling 0. South Bend 3, Terre Haute 1. Marion 6, Anderson 3, Evansville 6, Fort Wayne 1.
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Philadelphia
Cleveland
Boston
New York
Detroit
St. Louis
Washington
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Pittsburg
Indianapoli
Columbus
Louisville
Toledo
Joliet
Bloomington
Rockford
Cedar Rapids
Rock Island
Decatur
Dayton
Wheeling
South Bend
Terre Haute
Marion
Anderson
Evansville
Fort Wayne
Smuggling Increases Reported by Treasury Agent
William H. Theobald, formerly a Treasury department special agent, states that smuggling has risen to unprecedented levels, with a particular surge in precious stones entering the country. The assertion highlights growing illicit movement and enforcement concerns.
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New York
William H. Theobald
Treasury Department
Oil Tank Blaze Keeps East River Front Aflame
A tank of crude oil exploded at a Long Island City refinery on May 12 spreading about 10,000 gallons of fire along the East River front and igniting a lighter. Fire crews fought the blaze as the oil spread toward the river and nearby structures.
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River
New York
Long Island City
East River
Panama Canal Offer to Colombian Government
Panama reports that the Panama Canal Company has offered the Colombian government 12 million dollars of the 40 million dollars the company is to receive.
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Panama
Colombia
Panama Canal Company
Co operative Factory Organized by Locked-Out Knitting Mills
In Dover New Jersey on May 12 a group of knitting mill girls locked out by their employers formed a cooperative knitting mill company and appealed to union men to subscribe for shares.
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Dover
N. J
Vatican Prefers an Envoy for Jubilee Gift
Rome May 12 dissatisfaction at the Vatican over President Roosevelt not sending a special envoy for the jubilee present to the Pope, choosing instead to hand it to Cardinal Gibbons.
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Vatican
Rome
Roosevelt
Cardinal Gibbons
Oil Tank Explosion Causes $10,000 Fire Loss
In New York on May 12 a tank exploded in the Standard Oil yards at the foot of Tenth street triggering a wild panic and causing about $10,000 in property damage.
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New York
Standard Oil Company
Tenth Street
Premier Silvela Heart Condition Noted by Expert
Premier Silvela of Madrid is reported as very weak in heart and nervous system after examination by Prof. Leyden, the Austrian nerve specialist. The May 12 dispatch notes the assessment.
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Silvela
Madrid
Prof
Leyden
Woman Leaves Ministry in Des Moines Marriage
Des Moines, May 12. The Rev. Marie H. Jenny has left the Unitarian ministry to marry Alderman F. C Howe of Cleveland, a political protege of Mayor Tom L. Johnson.
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Des Moines
Marie H. Jenny
F. C Howe
Cleveland
Tom L. Johnson
Accused of Forging Names in Washington Case
Frank M Barnett chief clerk of the bureau of ethnology was arrested on May 12 charged with forging the names of government officials to checks in a dispute that unsettles the agency's administration.
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Washington
Frank M Barnett
Bureau of Ethnology
Supreme Court fronts Northern Securities merger appeal
Washington May 12 The Northern Securities case has reached the Supreme Court of the United States. The transcript of the record in its appeal has been filed.
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Washington
Northern Securities
Supreme Court of the United States
Explosion Link Tied to Salonica Outbreaks
Police report a quantity of dynamite from Greece has reached Salonica, the site of dynamite outrages two weeks earlier, as of May 12 in Constantinople. The development ties authorities to the broader Greece to Salonica supply chain and unrest.
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Greece
Constantinople
Salonica
Roosevelt in California Urges Navy Strength and Tree Preservation
President Roosevelt travels through California praising a strong navy and the Pacific’s future American influence. He appeals to keep redwoods free of signs and cards, while receiving ovations in Watsonville Campbell and Santa Cruz. Authorities remove cards from trees amid applause.
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San Jose
Cal
Pacific
Roosevelt
California
Watsonville
Pacific Coast
Santa Clara Valley
Campbell
McKinley Monument
Fifteenth Infantry
del Monte
Santa Crus
Butler
Loeb
Wheeler
Pioneers’ Society
Nine Aldermen Indicted In Saginaw Michigan
Nine aldermen and ex-aldermen were indicted by a grand jury in Saginaw Michigan over bribery rumors tied to city electric lighting contracts and the Genesee avenue bridge. Indicted officials include James A Lester George Phoenix Frank Starkweather and others with bonds set at $1 000 each for May 25 before Judge Beach.
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Saginaw
Mich
Grand Jury
Genesee Avenue
James A. Lester
George Phoenix
Frank Starkweather
Lavernstine
James Willsite
Charles YU. Bird
Lobbyist Arrested in Phoenix Visit
Col. William A. Phelps, a prominent Missouri railway lobbyist, was arrested in Phoenix Arizona on May 12 while visiting his ill daughter. The case involves an ongoing investigation and details remain limited.
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Phoenix, Ariz
Col
Willam A. Phelps
Missouri Railway
Quagmire Swallows Train of Twenty Cars
Ogden Utah May 12 Another train wrecked by the quagmire on the Lucien cut off Twenty cars sank into the morass while a trestle gave way Five hundred feet of the trestle sunk and the twenty cars were swallowed up Two locomotives and several cars vanished with the quagmire since construction began The site shows no bottom and engineers suspect a subterranean outlet to the lake
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Ogden
Utah
Lucien
Great Salt Lake
Cedarville Center Fielder Charles Glenn Fatally Injured
In a Cedarville college versus Wilberforce university baseball game at Wilberforce grounds near Springfield Ohio Charles Glenn Cedarville center fielder died from a fractured skull after colliding with Claude Phillips Wilberforce shortstop during a fly ball play. Both players were knocked unconscious briefly.
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Springfield
Cedarville College
Wilberforce University
Wilberforce Grounds
Charles Glenn
Cedarville
Glenn
Claude Phillips
Girls Leap From Flames In Pittsburg Fire
In the Pittsburg Bedstead and Bedspring Co building at 183 Water Street three female workers on the fourth floor leaped from a window into a net held by firemen. They were seriously injured and admitted to Homeopathic hospital. Names given as Alice Pron Clara Smith and Annie White. Initial reports said others missing but all accounted for. Fire damaged the building and stock about 50000 dollars.
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Pittsburg
thePittsburg Bedstead and
Water Street
Homeopathic Hospital
Alice Pron
Clara Smith
Annie White
Bride abandoned by husband seeks Rockford aid
Mrs. William Templin, two months married, arrived penniless among strangers in Rockford. She, formerly Amanda Bornis of Peotone Illinois, inherited 4000 dollars. Her husband disappeared with a 2000 dollar certificate of deposit and 800 and 400 dollar notes.
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Rockford
William ©. Templin
Amanda Bornis
Peotone
Portland chosen as base for joint summer maneuvers
Pick Maneuver Grounds Washington May 12 reports Portland Maine will be the operations hub for the joint summer maneuvers. The arrangement aims to deter a European attack that could target Portland as a primary strategic objective.
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Pick Maneuver Grounds
Washington
Portland
United States
Woman Lynde body found after river jump at yacht club
The body of Mrs. Anne Harper Lynde, who leaped from an ferryboat into the North River on April 28, was recovered at the New York Yacht Club anchorage near West Thirty-fifth Street. The discovery closes the inquiry into her death.
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New York
Anne Harper Lynde
North River
New York Yacht Club
West Thirty-fifth Street
Jilted Francee Wins $3,000 Breach of Promise Award
Ralston New York May 12 Frances Pettit sued James P Villemore Calway village blacksmith after fourteen years of courting for breach of promise and was awarded 3000 in damages.
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Francee
Ralston
N. Y
James P. Villemore
Calway
Frances Pettit
Two Men Drown Crossing Allegheny River
In Pittsburg on May 32, Thomas Black and John Staub with Charles Nunweller were crossing the Allegheny River in a flatboat when it capsized. Staub and Nunweller were drowned, while Black survived.
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Pittsburg
Thomas Black
John Staub
Charles Nunweller
Allegheny River
Staub
Nunweller
Beggar Claims Royal Blood in Swiss Arrest
Geneva May 12 The Friedland police report the arrest of a beggar who produced papers proving he is Chevalier Rudolph de Hapsburg, though their authenticity cannot be doubted.
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Geneva
Friedland
Switzerland
Chevalier Rudolph de Hapsburg
Strikers Annoy Victorian State Railways
Melbourne May 12. The engine men on the Victorian state railways remain on strike and are exerting efforts to annoy the company as the dispute continues.
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Melbourne
German Farmers Pleased by Ames College Visit
A German agriculturist delegation comprising 44 members toured Iowa State College Ames, praising the institution and sending telegrams of congratulation to Secretary James Wilson. The group, from the German Agricultural Society, is affluent landowners with diverse backgrounds, visiting to learn American agricultural advances, on personal expense, in a first cross border study trip.
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United States
Ames College
Ames
Iowa State College
James Wilson
United States Department of Agriculture
J. I. Schulte
Washington, D. C
Town State College
German Agricultural Society
Cermuny
England
Hungary
Sweden
Europe
Germany
Ehurope
Mutual Telephone in Des Moines to be sold for taxes
In Des Moines on May 12 county treasurer AL W Layman levied on the Mutual Telephone company for 5000 dollars in delinquent taxes and took control of the exchange switch board and business. A sale is set for 10 a m May 29 in front of the courthouse to satisfy the county claim.
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Des Moines
Nes Moines
AL W. Layman
Mutual Telephone Company
Ao, Deering
Boone
Big Fees in Secretary of State Office Biennial Total
Des Moines reports the Secretary of State office facing the heaviest biennial fee total, near 350000 dollars, driven by high corporation fees after a law change. Rock Island railroad alone pays over 160000, with 92000+ other receipts and 55000 in notarial fees upcoming.
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Des Moines
Martin
Iowa
General Assembly
Rock Island Railroad
Rocrk Island
City statue removal after Glasgow exhibition downfall
A feature of the Glasgow exhibition the colossal King Edward VII statue stood under the central dome. At week’s end workers tore down the statue with a noose around its neck and several knot helpers. the event was described as a practical step to prevent the king viewing Glasgow during May visits.
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Glasgow
Edward VII
Hayti empire plan targets Pickens as emperor
William Pickens, formerly of Little Rock now in Chicago, is urged to become Hayti emperor. He would raise funds to equip an army and buy a warship, transports, and provisions to strike Port au Prince and place the island under U.S. protection. The plan envisions a corporate-style government with land titles owned by the state and criminals sent to sea. Pickens is noted as the Yale oratorical prize winner.
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William Pickens
Little, Rock, Ark
Chicago
Hayti
Port Au Prince
United States
Mr. Pickens
Yale
N. L. Musgrove
Sturgis
Painter Schreyvogel Uses Soldier as Cold Weather Model
Charles Schreyvogel, famed as a painter on the Western frontier, worked on a rooftop in New York despite freezing temperatures. A soldier posed as a recumbent wounded figure, remained still until completion, then had to be carried to the studio and revived with alcohol.
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Charles Schreyvogel
New York
Illinois G A R chief Benson Wood of Effingham
Benson Wood of Effingham elected commander in chief of the Illinois G A R. He served in the Thirty fourth Illinois during the Civil War, rising to captain, was born in Pennsylvania in 1839, studied law at the University of Chicago, led the State Bar Association, and held roles as Effingham mayor, state legislator, and congressman.
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Benson Wood
Effingham
Illinois
Illnois
Pennsylvania
Old University of Chicago
State Bar Association
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Ilinois
Chicago Board of Trade
Board of Triade
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Mutual Telephone
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Iowa Central
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Creston
Phillip Kuhns
Orient
Burlington
George West
Dubuque
Edward
Williavt Pickens
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