Man Killed by Train Near Buffalo on May Morning
An unknown man about 35, with a three weeks beard and tailor tools, was struck and killed by No. 12 east of Buffalo at about four o'clock this morning. Engineer Frank Norton signaled but he did not hear. The body was brought to Davenport and several letters addressed to different people were found in his pockets. Authorities suspect intoxication.
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Evening Journal
Davenport
Buffalo
Frank Norton
Prehistoric tusk found near Spring Green in Bear Creek
Baraboo Wisconsin May 15 A large tusk from a prehistoric animal was hauled from Bear Creek near Joseph Carbury's home in Spring Green. The tusk measures thirty seven inches long twenty inches in diameter weighs forty pounds. Carbury plans to dig for more remains.
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Baraboo
Wis
Joseph Carbary
Spring Green
Bear Creek
Cattle Queen Rosalie Farley Dies in Bancroft Neb
Rosalie Farley wife of Edward Farley dies at home in Bancroft Nebraska after a life marked by business leadership and cattle enterprise. She was daughter of Joseph Laflasche the Omaha chief known as Iron Eye and part of the pure blood Omaha line. Farley leased vast grazing lands from the Omaha tribe and was long known as the Cattle Queen.
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Omaha, Neb
Rosalie Farley
Edward Farley
Bancroft
Neb
Joseph Laflasche
Iron Eye
Laflasche
Prisoner Dies Not Before He Is Hanged
A Williamsport prison guard kept murderer Wilson Hummel from collapsing before his June 5 execution by supervising strenuous exercise including jumping and handstands. Hummel, who killed his wife and two children, had lost his appetite but remained in good spirits as cholera raged in India famine camps. Also noted were John Redmond's warning to England and Chicago police sought missing girl Ruby Becking, eight, feared kidnapped. banker James Sloan died in Baltimore at 67.
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Philadelphia
Williamsport
Miller
Wilson Hummel
Hummel
India
John Redmond
England
Edna Becking
Chicago
Ruby
Markets report from Chicago and Midwest grain towns May 14
Chicago Board of Trade quotes show Wheat May 64 to 66% cents, corn around 36% cents, and oats near 21% cents. Lard and short ribs steady. butter prices listed. East Buffalo live stock receipts mix with cattle at 5.50 to 6.10 for steers, hogs around 5.50, and lambs up to 7.00. St Louis and Milwaukee grain markets report mixed but firm corn and wheat prices. Detroit blends show cash and future values for wheat corn and oats.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Ressee
Illinois
Texas
East Buffalo
N. Y
Dunning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
N. Es
St. Louis
Milwaukee Grain
Milwaukee
Detroit
New York
Pittsburg
Boston
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
Buffalo
Cleveland
Minneapolis
Indianapolis
Kansas City
Woman Leaves Husband and Children for Footlights
In Kokomo Indiana on May 15 a note found on a dinnerless table announced Mrs. Bloomfield had left to join a theatrical company in St. Louis. A capable singer and dancer she had lived in Hoopeston and Danville Illinois and left behind a husband with two young children who will not pursue her return.
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Kokomo
Ind
I. O. Bloomfield
Bloomfield
St. Louis
Street contest leads to fatal stabbing in Danville
In Danville Illinois on May 15 Mrs Mary E Smith white and a Black woman known as Black person Lucy were arrested after a street contest. In a police station holding cell Lucy attacked Smith who drew a knife and fatally wounded Lucy with a sharp object.
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Danville, Lill
Mary E. Smith
Lucy
Tte
Mont
Charleste
Alexander Tate
Pauustein
Paustein
Tate
Cigar factory strike widens as 1000 workers walk out
In Tampa on May 15 a general strike hits all Havana American company cigar factories, leaving about 1,000 workers out. The dispute pits labor unions against each other over supremacy in ceasefires and negotiation.
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Tampa
Fla
Labo
Vernon county ex-superintendent Hartwell Allen commits suicide
Hartwell Allen former Vernon county superintendent of schools hanged himself yesterday in Viroqua Wisconsin He was 67 and a Vermont native once a leading figure in the county life early in his career
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Viroqua, Wis
Judge Horace Biddie Dies at 90 in Logansport
Logansport Indiana reports the death of Judge Horace Biddie aged 90 Sunday night. An eminent lawyer and litterateur he served on the circuit and Indiana supreme courts bench.
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Logansport
Ind
Horace Biddie
Circuit
Supreme Courts of
Indiana
Yukon River Opens Dawson to Regular Steamship Service
The Amur arriving from Skagway reports the Yukon river opened at Dawson on the 15th of May and steamers are now operating regularly from Lebarge through to Dawson.
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Victoria
B. C
Amur
Skagway
Yukon
Dawson
Lebarge
No Michigan State Encampment Cancelled Over Troop Pay
A state encampment planned for May in Ansing Michigan is cancelled due to troops refusing to waive per diem pay. officials cite the hold as the reason for the no event decision.
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Michigan State
Ansing
Mich
Notable Deaths and Distant Dispatches Across n 1913
James N. Constable of Arnold Constable & Co dies in New York at 88. Omaha wires comment on July weather harming corn. Chicago records one murder and five self-inflicted deaths over two days. parish unrest in Wilkesbarre leads to priest assassination attempt. Cambridge awards King Oscar of Sweden a Doctor of Laws. Charles H. Cole jailed eight years for bank law violation. Captain Dreyfus in Paris amid government concern. Arbuckle vows suit against the sugar trust. H L Wellogg loses two fingers in a Plainfield saw mill accident. Fire in Camden, New Jersey destroys the market and surrounding properties.
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James N. Constable
Arnold, Constable & Co
New York
Omaha
Chicago
St. Mary’s
Wilkesbarre
Cambridge
Oscar
Sweden
Charles H. Cole
Globe National Bank
Boston
Captain Dreyfus
Paris
Nch
Arbuckle
Sugar Trust
H. L. Wellogg
Tomahawk
Wis
Plaineld
Camden
N. J
Ton Steren
Betty Dwelk
Suburban Rail Strike Ends With Settlement and Guard Clash
In St Louis on May 15 two groups clashed near Brentwood as wire cutters moved along Suburban tracks. A peace agreement followed at a suburban railway conference with the union gaining full recognition while Transit Company talks stalled, police dispersed crowds, and no serious injuries were reported.
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St Louis
St. Louis
Brentwood
Suburban Railway
Henry Ziegenheln
St. Louis Transit Company
Labor unions clash as Denver speech denounces monarchy
President Boyce at the Western Federation of Miners convention in Denver warns that the U S is sliding toward monarchy like regimes he cites. He calls for labor to reject political relief and prepare to vote united. In Kansas City a builders lockout locks out 800 craft workers, challenging the Building Trades Council and unions in bargaining.
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Denver
Colo
Boyce
States Supreme Court
Kansas City
Boss Builders
Aliohs
Master Builders
Building Trades Council
Kansas City Street Rail Strike Parade Without Permit
About 200 striking street railway workers paraded the streets of Kansas City in the afternoon with a brass band after police refused a parade permit and an appeal to Mayor Reed was rejected. The event followed the strike action and did not lead to further incidents.
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Kansas City
Reed
Supreme Court Upholds Inheritance Tax Across Laws
The U S Supreme Court ruled on inheritance tax provisions under the war revenue act and New York state law as applied to estates of government bonds. It held the federal law valid but limited to legacies and distributive shares, with taxes assessed on each legacy or share separately.
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National Supreme Court
Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
New York
Governor Tanner improves no operation planned now
Chicago May 1 reports that Governor Tanner will not undergo surgery in the near future unless symptoms recur. After a Sunday consultation with Dr. Senn and Dr. Taylor he was examined and found to have benefited from treatment, gaining weight and leaving for Springfield.
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Chicago
Tanner
Great Northern Hotel
Nicholas Senn
L. ©.Taylor
Springfield
Kalamazoo Students Break In To Raid Ice Cream
In Kalamazoo Michigan on May 15 members of the sophomore and junior classes disrupted a Thursday night gathering at Rev G D Adams home. The group attempted to seize ice cream and cake but failed to complete the theft.
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Kalamazoo, Mich
Kalamazoo
G. D. Adams
Girl dies from fish barb wound in Marion Kansas
A Marion Kansas girl died from a wound in the hand caused by a barb on the back of a catfish. Police seek Lean Sorensen, 16, who is believed to have left her home in the Onis mamentec yards damnen.
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Marion
Kas
Lean Sorensen
Onis Mamentec
Damnen
Buller's British Advances In South Africa Reported
London May 15 dispatches state General Buller has driven the Boers from the Biggarsberg and occupied Dundee where hostilities began. Reports from Natal describe heavy artillery near Helpmakaar and flanking moves, with British forces pushing on. Boers attack Mafeking and Afrikander women call for arms while British prisoners face embargo effects on meat and clothing.
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London
Buller
Biggarsberg
Tundee
Symonds
Stone LI Farm
Natal
Helpmakaar
Bethune
Biggaraberg
Dundee
Mafeking
Pretoria
Kelp Nuakaar
Tonders
Muteking
Malopo
Arma
The
Volkstern
Transvaal
Delagoa Bay
Interchange of Telegrams Between Roberts and Kruger
London dispatch details correspondence on alleged ill treatment of colonial prisoners. Transvaal denies differential treatment, notes some jailed for security and mentions enteric fever common among prisoners and civilians. Roberts cites exceptions risking abuse and reports a May 10 attack on British soldiers at a kraal with casualties.
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London
War Office
Lord Roberts
Kroonstad
Kruger
Transvaal
Lou Roberts
Krugers
Roberts
Elsworth
Indian famine relief appeal seeks $1000,600 for India districts
New York May 15 The Indian famine relief committee urges citizens to donate at least 1 000 600 dollars for famine districts in India. Philander Lancher of Klnood Indiana traveled to Chicago April 6 with a car load of livestock, delivered the charge and has since disappeared. It is said Roosevelt desires to be the first civil governor of this southern region.
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Port Huron
Mich
John Gustke
Eighth Ward
Gustke
New York
Indian Famine Relief Committee
America
India
Philander Lancher
Klnood
Ind
Chicago
Roosevelt
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No. 12
Consin Creek
Nebraska
Sheriff
Chicago Grain and Produce
Sui
Yukon River
Citizens Comittee
Citizens’ Committee
Noyor
Uncle Sam
Sant
GOV. Tanner
Welland
Ont
Dallman
Nolip
Walsh
Gorman
Trolland
Henry D. Brink
Hamilton
Hope College
Ilenry J. Luidens
John Alden
Waukegan
Liss
Dorothy Bradford Alden
Arthur Alden
John
Priscilla Alden
Hugo Miller
Social Democrats
Social Labor Party
Job Harriman
Social Democratic
Liberty
Alex. Beard
Leroy Martin
Lansing
Fred A. Maynard
Grand Rapids
O'Brien and Taggart
Ostrander
Biggarsburg
Georgie Wyndham
House of Commons
Montgomery
Ala
Warren $8
Reese
Middle District of
Alabama
Julian HL. Lingham
Internal Revenue
Frank Morague
State Capitol
War Department
General MacArthur
Manila
Robert B. Cramer
Leutennant
Thirty-fourth
United States Volunteer Infantry
Citizens’ Savings Bank
Washington, Iowa
Organsand
Chanuk
Jon. G. Farmer
Gp& TA Bors&n Ry
Jedar Rapids
Hotel Allen
P.W. McElwain
Wastinaron Lowa
J. R. Burroughs
Ofrlor
Southeast Corner Square
Columbia Corner
Waantanton, TA
W. E. Anderson, M. D
Klein's Clothing
Washington, Towa
J. F. Poage
Osteopath
American School of Osteopathy
First National
Marsh W. Bailey
Oreier
Olivy Hall Aeington
Iowa
C. J. Wilson
Attorney At Law
Fator
Bear Alberson's Grocery
Temple Building
W. H. Butterfield
Orat!'s
P. J. Hanley
Washington County Savings Bank
Atu
O. Solbric
Hei
Opera House
Wartfel
East Side Restaurant
T. J. Dempsey
Sid
W. RK. Imferey
A. Anderson
Onahter J.T. Anderson
Washington County
Capital
NGS Bank
Jon Kron
A. Wrrrs
Onabter
First National Bank
Wm. Rink
A. H. Wallace
Joseph Keck
MH. Keck
L.D. Robinson
Krank Stewart
Henderson
Clark Sitlar
Iowa St
Washington House
Moothart
Kemble
Kembie Flower Co
Oskaloosa
R. F. Riley
Smouse
J. Knecht
Rocky Mountain
Burlington
Fox
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