Bitter fight mounts over Harmon Ohio governor bid
In Columbus May 6 a Cleveland mayoroathaddress rumor swirls that Judson Harmon’s Ohio governor candidacy is a Bryan trap. Critics accuse Harmon backers of liquor interests and labor injunction links, while Harmon leads the field though he is absent from the campaign.
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Columbus
Johnson
Cleveland
Ohio
Judson Harmon
William J. Bryan
Bryan
Harmon
Democratic
Eveland
William H. Taft
Wage dispute unsettled in Indiana miners meeting
Terre Haute Indiana May 6 the delegate convention of Indiana coal miners heard the joint scale committee report from March 30 with no agreement yet reached. Differences with operators were discussed behind closed doors as committee members seek authority to concede or strike while operators defer to the miners.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Indiana
Joint Scale Committee
Roosevelt backs postal savings bill for early passage
President Roosevelt told Senator Carter of the senate committee on post offices and postreads he desires the postal savings bank bill to become law this session. Carter said the bill had been favorably reported and would be taken up soon and pass both houses without serious opposition.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Carter
Senate Committee On Post Offices and Postreads
Senate
Distinguished Norwegian Visitor Arrives in New York
Bishop Anton C. Bang arrives from Christiania on the Helligolav to unveil the Norwegian poet Henri Wergeland statue on May 17, presented by Norway to the Normanne society of Minneapolis. He will also visit President Roosevelt.
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New York
Anton C. Bang
Oscar II
Sweden
Norway
Christiania
Helligolav
Henri Wergeland
Normanne Society of
Minneapolis
Bang
Roosevelt
Priest author of play sparks Catholic church scene
Chicago May 6 Gasps of astonishment greeted Rev L J Vaughan's play A Woman of the West as the mass and altar were shown on stage at Bush Temple theater in a scene that drew applause from some and protest from Catholic clergy and parishioners. Vaughan said he did not consult church authorities about the depiction.
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Chicago
L. J. Vaughan
Bush Temple
Annie Mack Berrien
Vaughan
Fire wipes out Walkerton business section in blaze
Fire destroyed Walkerton Indiana’s business section causing about 100000 dollars in losses. Other items report Union Pacific stockholders authorizing 100 million dollars in bonds and the death of Giles Gilbert on a Northern Pacific train near Miles City Montana. A Peru Cusco uprising is cited with insurgents in possession of the city. Albert Auguste Cochon de Lapparent the French geologist dies. Illinois Indiana marriage recognition dispute heads to court. Oklahoma Democrat W T Brady injured after a fall from a moving car. The Hope diamond sold in Paris for 400000 dollars, once owned by Joseph Frankel’s Sons of New York.
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Walkerton
Ind
Union Pacific Railroad
Giles Gilbert
Duluth
Northern Pacific
Miles City
Mont
Cuzco
Peru
Albert Auguste Cochon de Lapparent
Academy of Sciences
Ball
Superior Court
Chicago
Indiana
Illinois
W. T. Brady
Oklahoma
Tulsa
Okla
Hope
Joseph Frankel’s Sons Company of
New York
Paris
Turkey
Market Quotations Wheat Prices
Minneapolis Wheat quotes show May at 1.08 and 1/2 cents, July 1.07, Sept 0.914 or 91 1/2 cents. On track grain values list No. 1 hard 1.11 1/2, No. 1 Northern 1.09, No. 2 Northern 1.07, No. 3 Northern 99 1/2 cents to 1.04 1/4.
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Minneapolis
Northern
Cattle and hog prices steady at St Paul market
St Paul on May 5 reports cattle Good to choice steers 6.00 to 6.75 dollars, fair to good 5.00 to 5.75, cows and heifers 5.00, veals 3.75 to 5.26. Hogs range 5.40 to 5.50. Sheep wethers 5.25, good to choice lambs 6.25 to 6.60.
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St. Paul
Chicago
Grain futures report from Duluth markets
Wheat to arrive and on track with prices for No 1 hard at 1.11, No 1 Northern 1.09, No 2 Northern 1.05, May 1.06, July 1.06, Sept 1.91. Flax to arrive and on track with May 1.19, July 1.21, Sept 1.22, Oct 1.21.
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Duluth
Northern
Chicago Market Prices May 5 Cattle Hogs Sheep Report
Chicago markets list cattle and hog prices with ranges for various grades and classes. Cattle and hogs show mixed values across categories including stockers feeders cows and calves and pork and lambs with prices per hundredweight.
Commodity futures quotes across wheat corn oats and pork
Chicago markets report May 5 shows Wheat May at 1.02 1/2 percent, July 1.09 9/16, Sept 0.85 3/4. Corn May 0.70, July 0.64 1/4, Sept 0.62. Oats mixed with old May at 0.53, July 0.46 1/2. Pork May 13.37 to 13.40, July 13.57, Sept 13.85. Butter prices listed for creameries and dairies around 18 2/3.
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Chicago
Ieee
Laporte Dig Uncovers Heldgren Relative Bodies Connected to Gunness Case
In Laporte Indiana sheriff and officials dig near Belle Gunness wreckage and uncover the dismembered body of Andrew Heldgren brother of John Heldgren of Aberdeen South Dakota. Three more bodies, including Jennie Olson Gunness, are found as searches continue for further remains.
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Laporte
John Heldgren
Aberdeen
Heldgren
Butler
Smith
Ray Lamphere
Lamphere
Gunness
Miss Olson
Kuppe kills daughter then hangs himself in Ohio town
Cleveland reports Charles Kuppe a 60 year old music teacher killed his 27 year old invalid daughter Mollie with chloroform and then hanged himself. He left letters to the county coroner and others stating he was compelled by circumstances to end both their lives.
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Cleveland
Charles Kuppe
Mollie
Kuppe
Posthumous Child Expected in Paris
The widowed Duchess de Chaulnes widow of Miss Theodora Shonts of New York will stay in France with her sister and the Duchess d Uzes after learning of her son-in-law's death on April 23. A posthumous child is expected and she will not travel to New York with Theodore P. Shonts.
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Paris
Duchess de Chaulnes
Theodora Shonts
New York
America
Theodore P. Shonts
France
d’Uzes
Ridder Calls It a Farce in Paper Trust Case
Washington May 6 telegram from Ridder president of the American Newspaper Publishers association to John Sharp Williams says Judge Lacombe in New York discharged the Manila and Fiber Paper company after a grand jury action and book seizure. The note calls the outcome a farce and cites the Stevens bill as the only hope. Norris says the development is a serious embarrassment, not a failure of justice.
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Washington
House
Herman ‘Ridder
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
John Sharp Williams
Europe
Paper Company
Stevens
Stafford
Wisconsin
John Norris
New York
Manila and Fiber Paper Trust
Mr. Norris
Cutter Captures Pirate Sloop Off Porto Rico
Revenue cutter Algonquin pursued along Porto Ricos west coast and fired three shots to force a stolen sloop to surrender. Pirates, after more planned robberies, planned to flee to Santo Domingo.
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San Juan
Porto Rico
Algonquin
Santo Domingo
Arbitration treaty between United States and Japan signed
Washington May 6 A general arbitration treaty was signed by Secretary Root and Ambassador Takahira. It follows the lines of earlier arbitration agreements with European nations and will permit The Hague arbitration of nearly every class of dispute between the signatory powers.
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Washington
United States
Japan
Root
Takahira
Hague
Muskegon Millionaire Charles Hackley Blinded in Accident
Muskegon May 6 Charles Moore Hackley a twenty five year old Muskegon millionaire who enjoyed common labor will be blind for life after an accident at his lumber camp. He struck a crowbar into dynamite causing his face to be blown with sand stump bits and powder.
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Muskegon, Mich
Charles Moore Hackley
Muskegon
Here
Mrs Grover Cleveland Updates On Former President’s Health
Lakewood May 6 Mrs Grover Cleveland issues a statement on the former president’s condition noting little change from recent reports. She says no definite plan exists for moving him to Princeton but he continues to gain steadily.
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Lakewood
N. J
Grover Cleveland
Cleveland
Princeton
Admiral Evans Returns Aboard Connecticut At Sea
Rear Admiral Evans arrives by special train from Paso Robles hot springs to Monterey. After a brief delay he boards the flagship Connecticut which then sails to rejoin the fleet.
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Delmonte
Cal
Evans
Paso Robles
Missouri Senator Reports Brownsville Affray Remarks
Washington May 6 A Missouri senator resumes his speech on the Brownsville affair due to ill health. This marks the fourth installment of his remarks on the subject.
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Washington
Missouri
Brownsville
Vreeland Bill Dead in House Banking Panel
The house committee on banking and currency voted 13 to 3 to lay the Vreeland financial bill on the table. Republicans seek a currency measure acceptable to the caucus, potentially Payne's proposal allowing national banks to obtain extra circulation against bonds or similar certificates. The plan is to append this as an amendment to the Fowler commission bill.
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Washington
House Committee On Banking and Currency
Vreeland Financial
Messrs
Burton
Weeks
McKinney
House
Fowler
Cannon
Payne
United States
Secretary of the Treasury
Supreme Court Rules for Railroad in Flood Loss Case
The Empire State Cattle Co and Minnesota and Dakota Cattle Co lost cattle during the 1903 Kansas floods. The Supreme Court upheld the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Co, affirming lower court rulings that the railroad was not negligent and thus not liable for losses of 778 Texas cattle and 1,635 New Mexico cattle shipped to South Dakota.
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Washington
Empire State Cattle Company
Minnesota and Dakota Cattle Company
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company
Kansas
Supreme Court of the United States
Empire Company
Texas
Minnesota Company
New Mexico
South Dakota
Kaw River
United States District Court
Tragic Suicide in South Park Home
James Fanta shot himself at his South Park residence after kissing his wife goodbye. He died at her feet from a self inflicted gunshot, with business troubles believed to have driven the act. Fanta had resided in South Park for two years after moving from Oelwein Iowa.
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St. Paul
James Fanta
South Park
Fanta
Oelwein
No Additional Bodies Found In Fort Wayne Hotel
In Fort Wayne Indiana on May 6 officials report no additional bodies found in the New Aveline hotel ruins. Two bodies remain unidentified as the coroner's inquest begins and hints point to strong expressions in the forthcoming verdict.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Aveline
Severe windstorm sweeps St. Louis area causing floods and damage
A high wind of near tornado strength hit the St. Louis region on May 6. A bridge on the Nashville road near Belleville was washed out and a train wrecked, drowning sentiment and trapping railway workers. Edgemont and French Village endured extensive flooding and destruction with loss of life feared and widespread communication cut.
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St. Louis
East St. Louis
Lll
Illinois
Steamer Minnie E Kellon Hit by Offshore Storm
A May 6 report from Newport Oregon details the steamer Minnie E Kellon struck by a coastal storm. A large wave washed crew from the deck, leaving the vessel waterlogged and afloat. Eleven crew members suffered a broken leg. The ship was beached and the crew taken ashore.
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Newport
Ore
Kellen
Minnie E. Kellon
Hammond Nominates Washington for Democratic Ticket
Post Governor John A. Johnson of Iota will be nominated before the convention to head the Democratic ticket by Representative S Hammond of Minnesota. He defeated former Representative James T. Meone in congressional service in the House.
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Hammond
Washington
John A. Johnson
Iota
Field S. Hammond
Istrict
Minnman
James T. Me
Ois Service
Tragedy Follows Quarrel in Denver Fire Dept
May 6 reports Burton a member of the city fire department shot and killed his wife Matilda Motley and then killed himself. Matilda Motley’s mother, trying to shield her, was wounded in the left leg. The incident follows a troubled separation and a recent divorce filing in April.
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Denver
Burton
City Fire
Matilda Motley
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