Roosevelt Testimony Debates His Drinking Habits
Theodore Roosevelt testifies in a $10,000 libel suit against Ishpeming editor George Newett. He denies ever being drunk, admits occasional public champagne, mint juleps, and light wine with meals, and recalls doctors guiding his intake during campaigns and the African expedition. Witnesses include Jacob Riis, Dr. Alexander Lambert, Dr. P. M. Rikey, and H. Gilson Gardner, all asserting Roosevelt drank only in formal settings.
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Marquette
Mich
Theodore Roosevelt
George Newett
Ishpeming
Newett
Roosevelt
James Pound
Detroit
Cross
Horace Andrews
Andrews
Progressive Party
White House
Deutscher Club
Milwaukee
Jacob Riis
New York
Alexander Lambert
P. M. Rikey
United States Army
H. Gilson Gardner
Washington
Colonel Roosevelt
Harsh Words For Former Postmaster General
Washington reports accuse the Hitchcock era of failing to reach self support and using false bookkeeping to show a surplus. A Burleson released survey says no legitimate postal revenue surplus since 1883 and cites a real shortfall far exceeding three quarters of a million dollars in 1911.
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Washington
Postoffice Department
Hitchcock
Post Office
Burleson
Post Office Department
National Maine Monument Unveiled in New York
National Maine Monument unveiled at Central Park Southwest on Memorial Day in a ceremony honoring naval heroes of the Spanish American War and all soldiers and sailors who died for the nation. Attendees included Rear Admirals Winslow and Sigsbee, Secretary Daniels, Mayor Gaynor, Cuban envoys, and U S Navy bands. Battleships in the Hudson fired salutes as wreaths were laid and taps sounded.
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New York
Central Park
Havana Harbor
Hudson River
Cuba
Forty-fifth Street
Fifth Avenue
Cameron McRea Winslow
Fletcher
Plaza Hotel
James Grant Wilson
John W. Keller
W. R. Hearst
National Maine Monument Committee
Plaza
Navy
Daniels
Badger
Sigsbee
Father Chidwick
Bishop Greer
Gaynor
Columbus Circle
David H. Greer
Wilson
United States
Chidwick
Maine
Frederick Loude
New York City
City of
Duchess of Orleans seeks separation and alimony
The Duchess of Orleans filed for separation and restitution of large sums advanced to her husband Prince Louis Philippe, Duke of Orleans. She, formerly Archduchess Marie Dorothea of Austria, wed the duke in 1896.
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Brussels
Belgium
Duchess of Orleans
Louis Phillippe
Duke of
Orleans
Marie Dorothea
Austria
Young Re elected Chief In Confederate Veterans Ranks
Chattanooga Tenn May 29 Ben nett H Young of Louieville was re elected commander in chief of the Confederate Veterans.
Bandits Slay Money Guard on Illinois River Run
Four masked bandits crossed the Illinois River near La Salle to ambush a pay train bound for Peru. One guard died and another is near death. Elmer West was shot while defending the money but escaped with $6000 in gold. The attackers vanished into La Salle as a posse combs the area.
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la Salle, Lr
Illinois River
LaSalle
Peru
Illinois Zinc Company
la Salle
Elmer West
Ben Dierke
St. Mary's Hospital
Henry Oesterle
F. D. Richmond
Ex Senator Stillwell Sentenced to Sing Sing
Former New York Senator Stephen J. Stillwell of the Bronx receives a prison term of four to eight years for bribery. Judge Seabury imposed the sentence after finding him guilty of soliciting a $2500 bribe from George H. Kendall, president of the New York Bank Note Company, related to Albany legislation.
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Stephen J. Stillwell
New York
The
Bronx
Sing Sing
Justice Seabury
Stillwell
George H. Kendall
New York Bank Note Company
Albany
Pankhurst Released Under Cat and Mouse Law
Militant suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst leaves Holloway under the cat and mouse provision after five days of her renewed three year conspiracy sentence. She fell ill, requiring an ambulance to her home, and will be re arrested once she recovers.
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London
Emmeline Pankhurst
Holloway
Scottish home rule passes in Commons bill
London May 31 The house of commons passed the Scottish home rule bill with provisions similar to the Irish bill A single chamber parliament would be established in Scotland under imperial parliament The crown retains executive power and the new parliament would levy all taxes except excise and customs
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London
House of Commons
Scotland
Boston Brokerage Firm Fails Suspension Announced
Boston on May 29 reports the suspension of the exchange firm of Charles Legg & Co. The announcement notes the firm's liabilities were small and the issue centers on a financial setback facing the brokerage house.
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Boston
Charles BE
Leng &Fo
Legg
Receivers Named for Frisco System in Two Cities
In St Louis and Chicago, receivers were appointed for the St Louis and San Francisco Railroad and the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad, both parts of the Frisco system. The St Louis court named B L Winchell and Thomas H West. Chicago appointed William J Jackson and Edwin W Winter. The Chicago case is ancillary to the St Louis action to prevent complications.
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St. Louis
St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad Company
Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad Company
Frisco
United States
Chicago
St. Louis & San Francisco Company
Sanborn
B. L. Winchell
Thomas H. West
Carpenter
Chicago & Eastern Illinois Company
William J. Jackson
Edwin W. Winter
New York Railroad
Tobacco barred to pastors by Reformed Presbyterian synod
Winona Lake Indiana May 29 church officers Sunday school teachers evangelists and mission workers of the Reformed Presbyterian church are forbidden to use tobacco in any form under a synod resolution. A second resolution calls for a 1914 revision of church discipline to require all members to abstain from tobacco. Bloomington Indiana was chosen for the 1914 meeting.
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Winona Lake
Ind
Reformed Presbyterian Church
W. W. Carthers
Cache Creek
Oklo
Bloomington
Probe Against Tariff Lobby Causes Senate Resolution
Senator Cummins urged the Senate to direct Vice President Marshall to appoint five senators to investigate President Wilsons charge of a tariff lobby in Washington and report in ten days. A House resolution by Representative Taverner calls for a five member committee to probe tariff lobby activities and report to Congress.
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Washington
Cummins
Senate
Marshall
Wilson
House
Representative Taverner
Illinois
Congress
Interstate Commerce Board Puts Questions to Railroads
Washington May 29 The Interstate Commerce Commission prepared a list of questions for railroad presidents. It will demand data on valuations of properties linked to their systems and full financial histories since incorporation. Officials from the railroads will be asked to present company audits.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Clinton Prison Commissioner Notes Poor Conditions at Clinton Dannemora
A Western Newspaper Union report to Gov. Sulzer details underperforming industrial departments at Clinton prison Dannemora New York. It cites mismanagement losses and inadequate labor returns with 600 to 700 inmates employed, drawing parallels to Auburn and Sing Sing reforms.
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Union News Service
Albany
N. Y
Gov. Sulzer
George W. Blake
Clinton Prison
Dannemora
Auburn Prison
Sing Sing
Blake
Industrial Department
Wabash Politician James Stitt Dies at 68 in Home
James Stitt, 68, a longtime Wabash resident and prominent figure in Eleventh District Republican politics, died at his home from heart trouble. He leaves a widow, two sons, and two daughters.
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Wabash, Ind
James Stitt
Wabash
Eleventh
Stitt
Four Men Die in Gas Well Near Chicago Heights
Four men were killed by gas in a new well at Chicago Heights suburb 25 miles from Chicago. Three men died while attempting to rescue the first victim, a father of five. All were workers for the National Brick Co. and their bodies were recovered.
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Chicago
Ill
Chicago Heights
National Brick Co
Five Die in Cleveland Train and Trolley Accidents
In Cleveland five people were killed and one injured by trains and trolley cars in the last 24 hours. One woman and one man remain unidentified.
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Cleveland
Cincinnati Market Prices Across Commodities and Livestock
A dense list of agricultural price quotes for corn, hay, oats, wheat, eggs, poultry, cattle, hogs, sheep, spring lambs and related stock items. Includes No 2 through No 4 grades, weights, and sample price ranges for corn, timothy, clover, oats, and wheat. plus cattle shippers, calves, hogs, sows, and lambs with bid prices and standard ranges.
Three Die As Lake Geneva Rowboat Sinks
Three persons perish when a rowboat overturns on Lake Geneva near Geneva lake. Eric Olson and his sister Miss Emma Olson and Charles Strand drown while Miss Helen Rohrs survives clinging to an oar until helper R D Patton rescues her. Miss Olson hails from Stambaugh Michigan and Miss Rohrs from Muncie Indiana.
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Lake Geneva
Wis
Geneva Lake
Eric Olson
Emma Olson
Charles Strand
Helen Rohrs
R. D. Patton
Miss Olson
Stambaugh
Michigan
Robra
Muncie
Indiana
School Examiners Notice for Batavia Teachers
Examinations for teachers will be held on the first Saturday each month unless a holiday shifts to the following Saturday. Pupils face examinations on the third Saturday of April and May. Teachers must complete the full exam in one day and those seeking a four year provisional certificate should notify the clerk before applying. Examinations are in Batavia Ohio. 8 8. Bagby president B T Davin vice president John Morris clerk.
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Batavia
Ohio
Bagby
B T. Davin
John Morris
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Lambert and Rixey
Jacob Rils
Gilson Gardner
Rear Admiral
Griffin
R. 8. Griffin
Bureau of Steam Engineering
Navy Department
Cone
Committee of Postoffice
SHAFT
U. S
Notables
Duchess OF
Prince Louis Phillippe
Olga Sheppard
Morris Sheppard
Texas
Cullen Thomas
Texarkana
Frisco System
Taverner
Interstate Commerce Body
Clinton
Cincinnati
Attorneys AT Law
Roudebush
Courier Block
A. Frazier
Louis Hicks
Court House
Jjowin C. Ely
Clermont House
Mainst
P. Griffith
Clayton B. Nicholn
Riffith & Nichols
Attorneys-At-Law
Courier Ballding
Belland Citizens’ Telephone
A.B. Nichols
H. L. Nichols
Atchols & Nichols, Attorneys-At-Law
Senate Building
Main Street
Swanson Rheumatic Cure CO
Lake Street
Drugg!sts
Cyeo
Foleys
Mekes
W. N. Uy
W. N. UD
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