Caesar A Rodney Dies Local Vandalia Freight Agent
Caesar A Rodney longtime Vandalia Railroad freight agent and vice chairman of the county Republican committee died at his Irvington home after years of ill health. He had been bedfast since February 17 and was about years of age. Born in Lewes he moved west as a young man and succeeded Wessell as freight agent. He served as secretary and treasurer of the Railroad Transfer Co. He leaves a widow and six daughters.
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Caesar A. Rodney
Vandalia Railroad
Republican County Committee
Irvington
Rodney
Mr. Rodney
Lewes
Mr. Wessell
Vandalia
Railroad Transfer Comp
Mrs Lizzie Hainen Bitten by Bull Dog in Yard Incident
Mrs Lizzie Hainen suffered a severe arm bite last night when her own dog fought a stray small dog in the yard. She was seated in the dining room when she heard a loud growl and interference ensued as the animals clashed.
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Lizzie Hainen
Dog attack ends with bite on owner and rescue
A woman witnessed her bulldog biting another dog and, while separating them, was bitten by her own dog. A large gash appeared on both sides of her arm. Dr. Goodwin from City Dispensary treated Mrs. Hainen’s injuries.
Mischievous Prank Sparks Close Call on Street Car
A boy placed several cart ridges on the South Illinois street car track at Illinois and Maryland streets. A northbound street car ran over one cartridge, which exploded and sent a bullet through the lunch wagon glass, narrowly missing Jacob Foltz.
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Illinois Street
Illneis
Maryland
Indianapolis
Jacob Foltz
Foltz
Stones batter Haughville hall as crowd harasses women
Stone throwing in Haughville near Michigan Street and Bismarck Avenue disturbed a Ladies of the G. A. R. meeting at the town hall. After the women left, a crowd of boys attacked them again. No injuries reported.
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Haughville
Michigan Street
Bismarck Avenue
Neighborhood shaken by alleged assault on Florence Holmes
A neighborhood near 306 Tacoma Avenue reported an alleged attempted assault on Florence Holmes, who says two men grabbed her as she fetched water at about 9 PM. She screamed, and the assailants fled. Holmes is about fifteen years old.
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Tacoma Avenue
Florence Holmes
Miss Holmes
New Naval Cadets Full-Fledged in Class of 1906
AnnpolisMd May 9 Following is a list of those who have passed all examinations and are full fledged naval cadets class of 1906 C F Keene Jr Rhode Island George E Lake Mlinois Rowan Co Grady Massachusetts H B Kelley Kentucky W B Howe South Dakota R G Merritt Maryland C M Lynch Pennsylvania A S Hickey New York C S Keeler Pennsylvania R P Lemley North Carolina C C Hartigan New York J B Goldman Louisiana C P Meyer Louisiana C M Cade Jr Oklahoma G K Davis Kentucky T H Drake North Carolina Lennox Grant Missouri D W Fuller Maine Hugh Allen Texas W F Amsden Kansas
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Annapolis
C. F. Keene, Jr
Rhode Island
George E. Lake
Mlinois
Rowan Co. Grady
Massachusetts
H. B. Kelley
Kentucky
W. B. Howe
South Dakota
R. G. Merritt
Maryland
C. McK. Lynch
Pennsylvania
Obsequies of Admiral Sampson in Washington and Arlington
The late Rear Admiral William Thomas Sampson was honored in a grand Washington funeral with President and Cabinet attendance, a naval escort, and a procession to Arlington. Cardinal Gibbons led Mass at St Patrick's Cathedral New York with a large clerical and diplomatic assembly.
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Washington
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
New York
Cardinal Gibbons
Interred in the Cathedral Body of Archbishop Corrigan
The body of Most Rev Michael Augustine Corrigan archbishop of New York was interred today in the crypt of St Patrick's Cathedral. The funeral drew a vast clergy and laity gathering at dawn and featured six candles incense and solemn rites with banners and mournful decor around the bier and thrones.
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New York
Michael Augustine Corrigan
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Aid to Booth’s Escape Ruled By Amnesty Death
reports from New York and Colorado detail several deaths. Mortimer Bain Ruggles, once aid to General Daniel F. Ruggles, aided Lincoln assassin John Wilkes Booth and was freed by amnesty then swore allegiance and moved north. he dies in New York of dropsy at fifty eight. James H. McMillan, Detroit-born son of Senator McMillan, dies in Colorado Springs after serving as a navigator executive and Spanish-American War veteran. Henry Morton, president of Stevens Institute, dies in New York. he was born in 1836 and served on the lighthouse board and the National Academy of Science. John Moller, sugar industry pioneer, dies at eighty seven in New York. J B Brady, Chicago carpet magnate, dies in St Joseph Missouri at end of a long career and vast estate.
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Jesuits
National Guard
Willams
Boston
Feehan
Chicago
Elder
Cincinnati
Ireland
St. Paul
Keane
Dubuque
Chappelle
New Orleans
Christie
Oregon
Kai
Harrisburg
Hoban
Scranton
Monaghan
Wilmington
Del
Donahue
Wheeling
W. Va
Cardinal Gibbons
Baltimore
J. F. Mooney
John Edwards
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Father Colton
St. Stephen
Burke
Gabriels
Ludden
McQuaid
Catafalque
Hughes
Cardinal McCloskey
Rochester
New York
Mortimer Bainbridge Ruggles
Virginia
Daniel F. Ruggles
John Wilkes Booth
Abraham Lincoln
Ruggles
Booth
United States
Colorado Springs
Col
James H. McMillan
Detroit
James McMillan
Michigan
McMillan
Detroit and Cleveland Navigation Company
Santiago
Henry Morton
Stevens Institute of Technology
United States Lighthouse Board
National Academy of Science
John Moller
Johann Moller
Germany
Moller, Odell, Doscher & Co
ST. Joseph
J. B. Brady
J. B. Brady & Co
Brady
Oust Beef Trust under Missouri anti trust laws
Missouri Attorney General Crow filed in the Supreme Court ouster proceedings against Armour Packing Hammond Packing Cudahy Armour Co and Krug Packing for alleged price fixing and supply control of dressed meats and lard in Missouri. An alternative writ was issued returnable May. Former President Cleveland commented that packers may have overshot the mark and markets appear full with farmers’ produce less used, suggesting a move toward normal conditions.
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Jefferson City
Crow
Supreme Court
Armour Packing Company
Hammond Packing Company
Cudahy Packing Company
Armour & Co
Krug Packing Company
Missouri
Nelson Morris & Co
Kansas City
Schwartzchild & Salzburger
Princeton
N. J
Cleveland
Rebels bombard Nang-Ning-Fu amid fresh combat
Advices from Wu-Chou report Nang-Ning-Fu shelled for three hours on April 27 with modern field guns. From 3 to 40 inhabitants were killed. Three American missionaries feared in Chi Li province are en route to Pao-Ting-Fu under military escort. Dowager Empress and Emperor receive Admiral Skrydloff and his staff of the Russian Pacific squadron.
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Hong-Kong
Wu-Chou
Nang-Ning-Fu
Peking
Chi- Li
Pao-Ting-Fu
Skrydloft
Pacific
Pardons with Tickets for Boston Draws Demand
Governor Davis refused to pardon Lucien Armstrong a Black man sent from Pine Bluff for forgery. He told Armstrong’s attorney that if a ticket to Boston could be shown he would issue the pardon, referencing Barclay Walker’s latest two step "Swagger" at Wulschner's music store.
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Little Rock
Ark
Davis
Lucien Armstrong
Pine Bluff
Armstrong
Boston
Barclay Walker
Wulschner
Humbert Crawford case ends in empty safe scandal
Paris report on the Humbert Crawford suit claims 100 million francs, with a safe said to hold securities found empty. Madame Humbert and relatives fled, creditors seek relief as a receiver is appointed. losses estimated around 60 million francs.
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Paris
Humbert-Crawford
Madame Humbert
R. H. Crawford
Therese D'Aurignac
Madme Humbert
Crawford
Humberts
France
London papers attack shipping combine with broad distrust
Distrust and resentment dominate afternoon papers over the shipping combine agreements. They deny earlier denials by Ismay and Pierre and warn of American control and British piracy. The Pall Mall Gazette calls the combine grossly overcapitalized while King Edward voices patriotic disapproval. Government to study agreements and schedule parliamentary debate.
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London
Ismay
Pierre
White Star Line
Harland & Wolffe
Westminster Gazette
America
St. James Gazette
Riga
Board of Trade
United States
Steel Trust
Atlantic
Pall Mall Gazette
Combine
Morgan
Associated Press
Edward
Roosevelts Receive Presents on Paris Voyage
Paris dispatch notes the Roosevelts' party aboard La Touraine bound for New York includes Count and Countess de Rochambeau and M Billy among others. They bring a Sevres porcelain centerpiece and a tea service as gifts from President Loubet for Mrs Roosevelt and Miss Roosevelt.
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la Touraine
Havre
New York
Count
Countess de Rochambeau
M. Robert de Billy
Bureau of Foreign Ministry
Rochambeau
M. la Grave
Loubet
Miss Roosevelt
London
American Line
St. Louis
Southampton
Cherbourg
Horace Porter
United States
Unseasonable May Snowstorms Hit U S and Italy
May storms sweep through Red River valley parts of North Dakota and Minnesota. Winnipeg reports heavy snow reaching Farm, Larimore, and Minnesota timber belt. New York sees unusually cold winds with 38 degree temps, fruit tree damage in Wayne County. Italy endures severe winds rain and snow with two steamers ashore at Civita Vecchia and Genoa vineyards ruined.
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Grand Forks
N. D
Red River Valley
Winnipeg
Farm
Larimore
Minnesota
New York
Wayne County
Vermont
Rome
Italy
Adriatic Sea
Civita Vecchia
Genoa
Tallyho Party InjurEd In California Wreck
A tallyho full of sightseers from Galveston Texas overturned on England Heights Redlands California. Nine women among the occupants were injured with two seriously hurt possibly fatally. Mrs Koppen, Galveston, thigh broken and ankle crushed, limbs may require amputation. Mrs Hibbert of Redlands skull crushed, may die. Mrs Ballinger Galveston bruised, Miss Jones Galveston cut above eye. Mrs Schrimp Miss Crawford Mrs Jewell of Philadelphia delegates to Los Angeles convention. Other injured with names withheld. Vehicle brake beam broke after horses bolted and it struck streetcar tracks.
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Red Lands
Cal
Galveston
Tex
England Heights
Louisa Linda
Redlands
Schrimp
Canyon Street
Germans protest boracic acid meat ban in Germany
A Berlin conference of chemists and meat packers argued against the Bunderrath ban on boracic acid in meat preservation and imports. Dr Kayser and Prof Liebrech led critiques, claiming small borax amounts are harmless and warning the decree would reduce meat supply and hurt Germany’s meat export power. The meeting adopted a resolution calling the prohibition indefensible scientifically.
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Berlin
Kayser
Nuremburg
Germany
Privy
Prof
Liebrech
Imperial Health Office
Gerlach
Wiestaden
Lebbin
Lohmann
Bertin
Cleveland Surgeon Dr C E Weber Struck By Apoplexy
Dr C E Weber a noted Cleveland surgeon who collapsed from apoplexy at a banquet hosted by the Cleveland Medical Library Association regained consciousness today but remains in critical condition. Weber formerly served as United States consul to Nuremberg appointed by President McKinley.
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Cleveland, O
C. E. Weber
Cleveland Medical Library Association
Weber
United States
Nuremburg
McKinley
McKinley Memorial Chimes Shipped to Lincoln Neb
Ten bells named the McKinley memorial chimes were sent to Lincoln Nebraska for St Pauls Methodist Church tower. The largest bell bears the inscription Presented by the citizens of Lincoln and vicinity In memory of our beloved President William McKinley March 12. The set cost 6000 dollars raised by public subscription.
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New York
Lincoln
Neb
Troy
Times
St. Paul's Methodist Church
William McKinley
Dynamite Fishing Vessels Seized Near St Andrews
The Dominion fisheries protection cruiser Curlew arrived in port with three captured vessels, two from the United States, in Canadian waters under a modus vivendi license. The schooners Satellite and Nellie Gaskill carried dynamite aboard for fishing. The seizures mark the first fruits of the new prohibition law.
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ST. Andrews
Dominion Fisheries Protection
Curlew
United States
Satellite
Nellie Gaskill
Boston Manuscript and Holland Constitution Mention
The note references the constitution of Holland and hints at a strong royal constitution. It directs readers to stop at Wulediners today to obtain a copy of Walker’s latest success, the Swageer two step.
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Boston
Holland
Wulediners
Walker
War Claim Case Questioned At Methodist Conference
Judge Strother of Los Angeles presented a paper alleging deception and misrepresentation by the publishing house in the war claim case. The paper prompted acrimonious debate and the conference decided not to publish the papers in the journal.
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Dallas
Tex
General Conference
the Methodist Church South
Strother
Los Angeles
Cal
Congress
Book Committee
Two Turners Kill One at The Narrows Near Jellico
Middlesboro Kentucky May report says John Turner ex police chief shot dead by cousin Lee Turner known for Quarter House. The Narrows near Jellico Tennessee where Turner was guarding the Southern Railroad last week. Lee Turner a saloon keeper at Lafollette Tennessee mortally wounded. details scarce.
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Middlesboro
John Tarener
Lee Turner
the Narrows
Jellico
Tenn
Johan Turner
Southern Railroad
Lafollette
John Turner
Post mortem finds death from peritonitis linked to appendicitis
In Omaha, May, a forcible post mortem examination of Donald Eller, son of ex judge J W Eller, was conducted at the Eller home under Coroner Brailey. The examination, led by Dr Lavender, concluded death resulted from peritonitis due to appendicitis. The coroner plans an inquest tomorrow, alleging the boy could have been saved with proper medical attention.
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Omaha, Neb
Donald Eller
J. W. Eller
Eller
Brailey
Lavender
Bratley
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