Senate Rejects Hughes Bid to Remove Otto Kelsey
Albany May 2 One year to the day since his appointment Otto Kelsey was reconfirmed as state superintendent of insurance by the senate with twenty eight votes against removal. Debates crossed party lines as Senator McCarren defended Kelsey while Republicans argued the governor’s stance. The proceedings featured heated exchanges on policy and political loyalty.
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McCarren
Albany
Higgins
Senate
Otto Kelsey
Kelsey
Cassidy
Schaefer
Emerson
Warren
Gilchrist
Brooklyn
Lafayette B. Gleason
Herman
Binghamton
Hughes
Hooker
Genesee
Roosevelt
Gov
Sue
Armstrong
Insurance Investigating Committee
Grady
Tully
Corning
Gov. Hughes
Raines
William M. Ivins
Public Works
Stevens
Tenor Rossi Attempts Suicide After Voice Loss
Arcangelo Rossi of the Conried Opera Company in San Francisco and later New York broke down under nervous strain after losing his voice. He attempted to cut out his tongue with scissors today in Milan and was hospitalized in critical condition. Previous incidents include a breakdown during Don Pasquale at the Metropolitan Opera House.
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New York
Rosai
Dur
Don Pasquale
Metropolitan Opera House
Bryan Urges Democrats to Embrace Hearst Allies
In an editorial due in his paper, Mr. Bryan asks Democrats to accept Mr. Hearst and the Independence League as allies. He argues parties may educate without control and notes harmony is rare, urging Democratic papers to treat Hearst allies as partners in seeking results and casting out devils under democracy’s banner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Lincoln
Nebr
Bryan
Democrats
Hearst
Independence League
Democracy
Loot Trial on Monday in Million-Dollar Securities Case
Will iam O Douglass and Oliver M Dennett face grand jury Monday over alleged theft of about $1,000,000 in securities from the Trust Company of America. Douglass, an assistant loan clerk, is expected to plead guilty. Dennett, a broker, may fight. Evidence ties Dennett to the scheme via collusion.
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Douglass
Dennett
Washington Post
New York
William O. Douglass
Oliver M. Dennett
Trust Company of America
Robertson Honey
Miurphy
Murphy
Honey
Josiah Quincy
Boston
Quincy
Widow challenges life insurance claim after missing husband
In Cincinnati on May 2 Judge Hunt hears Carrie Tite suing the Grand Lodge of Ancient Order of United Workmen for $1000 on her husband Richard Hellmann’s life. After his 1904 disappearance an unidentified man died and was identified by the wife, but lodge members swore the remains were not Hellmann, delaying payment.
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Washington Post
Cincinnati
Ohio
Elmwood Place
Balloon trip over St Louis ends with land near eight miles NW
Alan R. Hawley and Leo Stevens of New York completed nearly three hours aloft in the Orterit, rising to about 2,000 feet before steering into a field eight miles northwest of St Louis. Hawley reported passing through clouds and sun-warmed gas lifting the balloon to roughly a mile and three quarters before the descent. Stevens plans to proceed to Washington to ascend in a government balloon next week.
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St. Louis
Alan R. Hawley
Leo Stevens
New York
Orterit
Mr. Hawley
Stevens
Washington
Missing Dempsey Girl Found in Winchester Tale of Kidnapping Alleged
Madeline Dempsey, 15, daughter of Fredericksburg Journal editor W. S. Dempsey, was located in a Winchester boarding house twelve days after disappearing from Washington. Robert S. Dickson, a former business partner of the editor, is arrested on kidnapping charges. the girl says she loves him and left Washington at his request but police plan to prosecute. Dickson’s family sent away. Dempsey files suit for damages and a bond is posted for Dickson’s appearance.
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Girl
Dempsey
Dickson
Winchester
Washington
Fredericksburg
Robert 5. Dickson
Miss Dempsey
M. A. Richie
Pennsylvania
East Liverpool
Ohio
Richmond
Roanoke
R. & Dickson
Dickson Hardware Company
Madeline Dempsey
W. L. Dempsey
W. D. Carter
Wallace
Corporation Court
R.G. Dickson
Ington
Soe
Boise in suspense as governor faces threats and trial nears
Boise, Idaho May 3. The Western Federation of Miners case hangs over the city as threats to Governor Frank R. Gooding pour in from across the country. Detectives and police stay alert while prosecutors prepare to try Haywood, Moyer, and Pettibone. Fearing possible assassinations and crank violence, locals debate the justice process amid a nervy, safety‑minded mood and a contested motion for a bill of particulars before Judge Wood.
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Boise
Idaho
Western Federation of Minera
Coeur d’Alenes
Boisa
Haywood
Moyer
Gnoting
Harry Orchard
Steunenberg
Wood
California
Vanished Gems Hidden in Waste Basket Fire Cries
Mrs J He French of 5719 Delmar Avenue removed jewels worth $8,000 from a safe deposit two weeks earlier for the grand opera. She later hid them in the bottom of a waste basket covered by waste paper. Nelson allegedly burned the basket contents in the alley, and the gems have not been found.
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Worhan
St. Louis
J. He French
Delmar Avenue
Nelson
Lost fishing tug Searchlight wreck tale surfaces
Harbor Beach Michigan May 2 Captain J G Kiah reports a bottle note found on Lexington Beach detailing the Searchlight disaster. The message says the tug turned turtle off Harbor Beach with all hands going down except a man named Jack who wore a cork jacket. Fireman Perkins believed to be aboard.
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Harbor Beach
Mich
J. G. Kiah
Lexington
Searchlight
Michael Meyer
Harbor Feach
Perkins
Itis
Jack
Hotein
Mass Meeting Aims to Aid Search for Kidnapped Boy
Cleveland police form mass meeting plan to raise funds to pursue the disappearing boy believed abducted Monday night. crews combed the Hoenig area but found no clues. motive remains unknown as organizers seek public support tonight.
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Cleveland
Baroness De Massy Convicted of First Degree Manslaughter
New York May 2 The jury found Baroness Anista Louise De Massy guilty of manslaughter in the first degree in the shooting of Gustav Simon a wealthy shirt waist manufacturer. The maximum sentence is twenty years. Sentence postponed to May 9 at the baroness's request.
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Onk
Washington Post
New York
Anista Louise de Massy
Gustav Simon
Charles le Barbier
Ely
le Barbier
Blanchard
Baroness de Massy
Simon
Crant
Mayor Strikes Prisoner in Camden Attack Case
Edward Gibson, a Wenonah resident and Woodbury cook, held without bail for attacking Dorothy Paris of Wertonah. Angered by the incident, onlookers roughened him, then Mayor Lawrence struck the prisoner in the face. Paris suffered shock but no serious injuries.
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Camden
N. J
Edward Gibson
Wenonah
Woodbury
Misa Dorothy Paris
Wertonah
Gibson
Lawrence
Miss Paris
Youth Tied to Track. Boy Survives Freight Escape
Defiance Ohio May 2 Charles E Kimple a nineteen year old student at Defiance Telegraphic School says a Toledo man shadowed him for months then dragged him into a dark grove bound him hand and foot and tied him to the main track of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad He escaped death by wriggling free and rolling off the track just before a freight roared by Kimple says the assailant warned him to keep silent or face death The youth has never spoken publicly but believes the man feared him for once preventing an assault on a girl and a threat was issued to keep the secret.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Defiance
Ohio
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Charles E Kimple
Defiance Telegraphic School
Kimple
Toledo
Magoon Sends Investigator to Probe Havana Seamen Attack
Gov. Magoon dispatches special investigator to Santiago to report on clashes between police and seamen from the cruiser Tacoma in Havana on May 2. An injured crewman, Henry L. Lee, reportedly has a fractured skull and a gunshot wound to the left lung. his survival is in doubt. Navy officials and the consul have forwarded preliminary reports to Washington and the State Department.
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Joe Santiago
Washington Post
Havana
Magoon
Santiago
Tacoma
Dixie
Henry L. Lee
Tappan
Navy Department
Washington
Department of State
Kendall Green Class Day Observed in Chapel Hall
Kendall Green held class day exercises with Frank Horton presiding and delivering an address of welcome. Miss Tade read the prophecy while Warren Haverstock recited the class history. John McFarlane wrote the class poem read by Miss May Thornton. President Gallaludet spoke on the class work and the four year curriculum change. The week closes with a hop for graduates tonight.
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Kendall Green
Chapel Hall
Frank Horton
Tade
Warren Haverstock
John McFarlane
May Thornton
Gallaludet
Gen Kuroki Welcomed in Seattle Jamestown Exposition
Gen Kuroki and staff arrived in Seattle for the Jamestown Exposition amid a royal and pictorial welcome by Japanese and American crowds. Government escorts include Gen Arthur McArthur Col John N Chamberlain Col Frank Winn and Maj W W Hart. Kuroki’s party numbers fourteen with officers and an escort.
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Seattle
Wash
Kuroki
Japan
Arthur McArthur
John N. Chamberlain
Frank Winn
W. W. Hart
Washington, D. C
Y. Mioshi
Umezawa
M. Osta
Yashida
Nagayama
Marquis L. Saigo
Tanaka
Kohbeyshi
Samara
Lady Henry Somerset Bids Farewell to Public Life
London May 2 Lady Henry Somerset retires from public life to focus on private charities. She delivered her final public lecture this afternoon on Joan of Arc before a fashionable audience at Bridgewater House with the duchesses of St Albans and Bedford and many notable attendees including Mesdames Asquith Adair and several Americans.
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London
Henry Somerset
Earl of Elismere
Bridgewater House
Joan of Arc
Duchesses
St. Albans
Bedford
Mesdames Asquith and
Adair
Hundreds Pray at Shrine During Annual Pilgrimage
Hundreds of afflicted people from across the country gathered at Carey Ohio on May 2 for the annual pilgrimage to the Church of Our Lady of the Consolation. The prayer service focused on healing as thousands sought relief from paralysis blindness and crippling conditions.
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Carey
Ohio
Our Lady of the Consolation
Sign of Boxer Uprising
London May 3 The Tientsin correspondent says doors of houses in the native quarter have been smeared with blood as in the eve of the last Boxer rising. The people are greatly alarmed and native newspapers warn authorities there is danger of a revival if the smearing continues.
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Washington Post
London
Tientsin
The
Standard
Major Rathbone Dead After Brief Illness in San Francisco
Major Gerald Rathbone died in San Francisco after a brief illness. He served as consul at Paris under the first Cleveland administration and was an aide on the staff of General Schofield during the war.
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Schofield
San Francisco
Gerald’ Rathbone
Paris
Cleveland
Scofield
Grant Cabin Association Formed to Raise 50000
The Grant Cabin Association was incorporated in St Louis on May 2 by Girgutt Judge Withrow to raise a fund of 50000 to preserve a log cabin once linked to Gen. Grant. The society aims to safeguard a historical structure and its memorabilia.
Unveiling of McClellan Statue in Washington Parade
President Roosevelt attended a large unveiling of Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan’s bronze statue on Connecticut Avenue. The ceremony featured military parades from District of Columbia militia New Jersey units and local regiments with gun salutes and Marine Band performances amid flags and cannon fire.
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District National Guard
New Jersey
George B. McClellan
Army of the Potomac
United States
Society of the Army of the Potomac
Tennessee
Cumberland
Ohio
Roosevelt
Henry C. Dwight
H. Y. Satterlee
Washington
iGen
Dwight
Horatio G. ‘Hing
Monument Commission
Gates
Gen. McClellan
Congress
George McClellan
Broncast
Nica
United States Field Artillery
Marine Band
Virginia Hills
City
Connecticut Avenue
Columbia Road
Maryland
Potomac
Army and Navy
Frederick Dent Grant
Gov. Stokes
J. Franklin Bell
United States Army
Charles A. P. Hatfield
Thirteenth Cavalry
Fourth Infantry
Coast, Artillery
Marine
Hospital Corps
George H. Harries
District of Columbia
Signal Corps
McClellan
Dennis F. Collins
Wean
Paya Tribete
Heisan
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Tīpe Vei Asbeil
GOV. Gooding
Pourtaidgho
Colrado
Owners’ Association
Orchard
Athens
Bintel
William Haywood
Wreck
Hottle
ATD Searce
Foreman Chaffee
Sloan's
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Doore
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Grant
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