Farmer Ames Wilson Carves Family in Religious Frenzy
In Barber county Kansas farmer Ames Wilson killed his wife and three children and kept them indoors while fasting for sixty days after claiming divine orders. Neighbors describe him as insane over religion and a doctor tended the mother’s body. Wilson has not been arrested.
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Wichita
Kan
Ames Wilson
Barber County
Medicine Lodge
Wilson
South Free Methodists
Ordr
Medina Lodge
Death of Bret Harte in London Suburb
Francis Bret Harte American author died suddenly at Red House Camberley near Aldershot from throat related hemorrhage. He had suffered swollen tonsils since December and fell ill while visiting friends. Harte rose in California during the 1849 era and edited Overland Monthly. He later served as consul to Glasgow and lived abroad in London. He was a New York native and Union veteran.
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Ondon
F. Bret Harte
Red House
Camberly
Francis Bret Harte
California
Overland Monthly
Glasgow
Hayes
London
New York State
Supreme Court Justices See Corset Samples in Session
WASHINGTON May 6 Each member of the supreme court except Justice ill received samples of straight front corsets and garter holders as the case Para ve vs Taylor was presented for patent infringement review. The justices examined the wares with the briefs, and some jurists noted the colorful displays while their messengers guarded the items.
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Taylor
Justice Fuller
Justice Harlan
Justice MecKenna
Man shoots wife after midnight reunion in St. Louis
Harry Fargo of 5159 Fairmount Ave confronted his wife as she returned home with a man. He says the pistol discharge was accidental and he saved her children by staying, but she died. Fargo claimed illness kept him in town and he was held prisoner.
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ST. Louis
Harry
Fargo
Fairmount Avenue
Sheep losses mount across New Mexico drought area
Santa Fe reports show thousands of sheep in distress across the territory as the drought continues since March. Lambs saved are expected to be only about 15 percent, far below last year’s 90 percent, with damage extending along the upper Rio Grande and its tributaries.
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Santa FE
N. M
Drouth
Rio Grande
Rainsford Fires Up Harvard On Corruption Menace
Dr. W S Rainsford of New York warned Harvard students that corruption endangers the nation and future bribery will be despised in twenty five years. He cited New York City bribery cases and the Carnegie Frick scandal, criticized Senator Clark, urged church involvement and politics as remedies.
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Cambridge
Mars
W. S. Rainsford
New York
Harvard
The
Union
United States
Rainsford
Clark
Montana
Benedict Arnold
England’s Casualties Week Reported in Pretoria
Lord Kitchener’s weekly report dated Pretoria shows the peace movement not allowed to interfere with military actions beyond permitting unrestrained Boer leader meetings with commandoes. Boer casualties for the week total ten killed and 122 taken prisoner.
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London
Lord
Governor Alexander O. Brodie Named Governor of Arizona
President Roosevelt appoints Colonel Alexander O. Brodie as Arizona governor, sent to the Senate for confirmation. Murphy resignation likely accepted. Brodie expected to be confirmed promptly and assume office soon. Brodie, West Point grad and former Rough Riders lieutenant colonel, has recent mining interests.
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Washington, D. C
Alexander O. Brodie
Ari
Murphy
Brodie
White House
Roosevelt
Rough Rivers
Military Academy
West Point
Women Glub Convention Votes On Club Representation
The May 6 session of the biennial Women’s Clubs convention in Los Angeles filled Simpson Auditorium as delegates debated two measures. The compromise amendment favored by the South reaffirms individual clubs over state federation reorganization and supports club passage through the membership committee, marking a Southern victory.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Convention of
Women’s Clubs
Simpson Auditorium
Massachusetts
Vanderbilt heir vows to avoid gambling after family conference
New York May 6 Reginald Vanderbilt youngest son of Cornelius Vanderbilt faces family pressure over gambling losses totaling 227000. A conference yielded a promise to shun gambling houses while his Yale stay and extravagant lifestyle draw scrutiny from his mother and brother Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt.
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New York
Reginald Vanderbilt
Canfield
Vanderbilt
Cornelius Vanderbilt
New
Reginald
Longshoreman Endures Beer Cure Bet in Providence
Theo dore Winters a Providence longshoreman wagered he could endure a beer punishment rather than water. Forty schooners were offered as the test. after twenty four the judge halted the stunt as Winters collapsed. He recovered and refused the water cure while inviting more beer punishments.
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Providence
R. I
Theodore BE. Winters
Winters
Great Bargains in Gheap Booze in Pittsburgh
In Pittsburgh on May 1 the liquor trade faced license lapses with one third of Allegheny County dealers failing to renew. With midnight closing, bargain sales flooded streets as whisky sold for 25 cents a quart and wine for 15 cents, while improvised containers and noisy barkers drew crowds and drunkenness through the night.
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Pittsburg
Allegheny
Government To Pay For M Kinley s Funeral
Congress will provide a 50000 appropriation to cover the late President McKinley s funeral and physicians bills. The plan allocates 31000 to physicians and the remaining 19000 for burial expenses, with consultations held to satisfy all interested parties.
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M’kinley
Washington
Congress
McKinley
House Committee On Appropriations
Allowanc
Booming Parker For The Presidency
Indianapolis May 6 Jon W Kern Indiana Democratic leader says New York sentiment favors Judge Alton B Parker for President He was chief justice of New York Court of Appeals and won a large statewide majority in 1896 The nomination he predicts seems probable with united elements behind him
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Indianapolis
Ind
Jon W. Kern
New York City
New York
Alton B. Parker
Court of Appeals of
McKinley
New Milford Fire Warrants Massive Losses
Fire swept the New Milford business district, destroying nearly fifty buildings including most stores two banks and three hotels. The estimated damage stands between 500000 and 600000 with control achieved by early morning after the blaze began last night.
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Danbury
Conn
New Milford
Here
Chicago Women With A Horse Whip
Chicago May 6. After a grand jury declined to redress alleged mistreatment of her 6 year old daughter Mrs Nellie Buck reportedly beat D P Hicks of Berwyn with a horsewhip on a Chicago and Northwestern train Monday until exhausted. She was arrested alleging he testified falsely in a divorce suit. Edith Bowersock attacked William H Cade at his home last night striking him with a horsewhip. Cade knocked her down and Brokaw Howard her nephew broke his cane over Cade s head. Both Bowersock and Howard were arrested.
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Chicago
Nellie Buck
Beateen D. P. Hicks
Berwyn
Chicago & Northwestern
Edith Bowersock
William H. Cade
Cade
Brokaw Howard
Dutch Queen in Critical Condition
The Hague May 6 Queen Wilhelmina remains under careful medical supervision after a slight temperature rise. Doctors report a quiet night and normal morning temperature while noting she still requires great care and attention.
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the Hague
Wilhelmina
Castle Loo
Tale of Store Near White House
Mrs. Roosevelt fashions dainty baby garments while chatter swirls about a nearby shop. The feature notes a fashionable locale near the White House and the social buzz surrounding its offerings.
Roosevelts’ New York notes on Mrs Roosevelt’s baby garments
A Washington dispatch reports Mrs Roosevelt sews exquisite baby garments resembling those worn by the five Roosevelts in infancy. Cabinet ladies discuss the handiwork at afternoon teas and speculate the garments may head to Oyster Bay for summer. Miss Alice Roosevelt carries a bamboo cane with a silver handle at a White House lawn party.
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New York
Washington Dispatch
Cabinet Circle
White House
Roosevelt
Roosevelts
Oyster Bay
Shirt Waists Abused By School Teacher
SYRACUSE N Y May 6 The warm weather brought out high school boys in shirt waists Principal W K Wickes ordered no boy to appear in shirt sleeves this season calling it un gentlemanly He warned that shirt waist boys would be sent home to their parents The move sparked indignation among students who vow to test the rule on a warm day
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Syracuse
N. Y
W. K. Wickes
Great Water Tower Demonstrates New Fire Dept Unit
The San Francisco fire department tested a new water tower capacity 3000 gallons per minute. Inventor Henry Gorter supervised construction in the corporation yard. The device raises lowers and adjusts height by motive power and delivered a 275 foot stream at 76 feet and 1200 gallons per minute, with higher reach at 300 feet and 1800 GPM from another nozzle.
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San Francisco
Cal
Molten metal tragedy at Steelton steelworks kills four
In Harrisburg area last night two men were killed and two others badly burned when a torrent of molten iron poured from an open hearth at the Pennsylvania Steel Works in Steelton. Fire and heat engulfed the pit where workers stood in the chokers position as the furnace burned out.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania, Steel Works
Steelton
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