Brave death at the navy yard Mayflower blaze on wharf
A fire at the United States navy yard near the Mayflower magazine threatened two tons of black powder and signal rockets. Sailors under Lieut Reed rushed into the burning coaling store to extinguish flames, removing powder and explosives as firemen battled the blaze. Rear Admiral Leutze lauded the sailors for their disciplined, risky action while authorities investigated the powder origin.
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Reed
United States Navy Yard
Aisagi
VF Ia
Sie
Pwopa
Jostre
Seine
Leutze
Catef Bett
Henry
Bice
Cater Belt
Bell
Baltimore and Ohio
Harpers Ferry
Martinsburg
Barkeley Springs
Cumberland
Union Station
Harpers
Berkeley Springs
Fire caused by defective wiring in magazine blaze
Fire started by defective electric wiring. Investigators found the building lit by electric lights and insulation near the roof burned from a short circuit near the ceiling of the magazine. Damage estimated at about 25.
Hurricane Sweeps Coast Threatens Coastal Towns
A seventy mile hurricane moved along North Carolina coast from 9 a m to night, causing grave fear for Portsmouth and other low coastal areas near Morehead City. Telegraph lines are down, and news from the coast is unavailable. Life-savers went to rescue a fishing boat late in the day, with no word on its return and fears of great damage along the shore.
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Raleigh
N. C
Morehead City
North Carolina
Portsmouth
Morehead
CLEVELANDS GO TO RESORT FOR SUMMER
Special to The Washington Post. Mrs Grover Cleveland, her children and her mother, Mrs Perrine, travel from Princeton to West Ossipee New Hampshire for a summer stay through September. Mr Cleveland expected to join them soon as reports from Lakewood on his health are encouraging. She may return to Lakewood with him for the New Hampshire trip.
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Washington Post
New York
Grover Cleveland
Perrine
Princeton
West Ossipee
N. H
Woman Fights Dogs to Save Boy From Attack
Eleven year old John Parell of 70 West Third Street plays with two bulldogs when they maul him. Mrs Catherine Groterell rushes to help, fights the dogs for about thirty minutes, sustaining injuries to her hand. The boy is taken to St Vincent's Hospital and the dogs are captured awaiting health official ruling on rabies.
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Washington Post
New York
John Parell
West Third Street
Catherine. Groterell
SS Vincent's Hospital
Tim
Lesan
Lioness Attacks Trainer at Lui Park Zoo
Buffalo news reports two lions killed after a trainer, Captain Deforest, was injured during a cage incident at Lui Park Zoo. Dr Crandall, Buffalo Zoo curator, declared the sick lioness unfit and the pair were shot following the attack.
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Sporlat
Washington
Buffalo
Lui
Crandall
Buffalo Zoo
Deforest
Abe
Gould denied permission to appeal divorce case to high court
In New York on May 26 the Appellate Division denied Howard Gould’s motion to take questions of law to the Court of Appeals in his separation and support suit with Katherine Clemmons Gould. The lower court had allowed Gould to examine Helen Mat, a former friend of his wife, but the order was vacated on appeal. Gould’s request to reargue or certify the question for review was denied. The notice ends with an unrelated banking promo and a travel fare offer.
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High Court
Washington Post
New York
Supreme Court
Howard Gould
Court of Appeals
Katherine Clemmons Gould
Ieuld
Price Under Bond Three Others Accused In New Conspiracy Indictments
Federal grand juries in Washington and New York returned multiple indictments charging Theodore H. Price once known as the cotton king with conspiracy to obtain advance government crop reports and bribery of Howard S. Holmes Jr. Also indicted were Moses Haas Frederick A. Peckham and Edwin S. Hofnen Jr. The cases hinge on alleged attempts to influence crop data and undermine government reporting. Price surrendered, pleaded not guilty, and called the charges a persecution while detailing past cot ton market campaigns and ongoing legal fights.
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Washington Post
New York
Washington
Theodore H. Price
Cotton King
Fagle Fire Insurance Company
Mr. Price
Howard S. Holmes
Department of Agriculture
Moses Haas
Frederick A. Perkham
Holmes
Haas
Peckham
Solmes
Prien
Price
Federal
Hough
Ball
Jimea
van Riper
Messrs
Hibbard Brothers & Co
Cotton Exchange
New York Cotton Exchange
Wall Street
Colion
Mr. Sully
John Inman
Price, McCormack & Co
Frederick A. Heckham
Edwin S. Hofnen
Frederick A. Peckham
Theodore I. Price
Cofp Formaton
United States
Big Corn Corner Ends Exciting Day in Grain Pits
Chicago May 20 The Patten led corner in May corn and allied grains ended today with sharp, nervous trading across wheat corn and oats. Reports say shorts delivered close to 5,000,000 bushels of corn and about 880,000 bushels of oats to Patten and associates as the market swung with rapid price changes.
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Mt. Patten
Chicago
Cern
James A. Patten
Shorts
Patten
Fallieres Seeks New Triple Alliance With Britain and Russia
London May 23 President Fallieres returned to Paris after a warmly received stay. King Edward bade him farewell at the station and sent a telegram of thanks for the Paris visit. Officials in Paris hailed the English reception as fostering closer ties among France Britain and Russia and a possible triple alliance to preserve European peace. A movement to form such a bloc is reportedly active on both sides of the Channel.
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London
Fallieres
Paris
Edward
France
England
Great Britain
Russia
Fatheres
Nicholas
St. Petersburg
Europe
Beng
Germany
Auto racer Cedrino killed at Pimlico in 1906 speed trial
Emanuuel Cedrino, famed Italian racer, died at Pimlico while attempting a one mile test in under 50 seconds. His car skidded turning a corner, struck the fence, and crushed his skull as the machine broke apart. Cedrino, 29, lived on Long Island with his wife and child, and was known as an engineer and record holder with ties to Italian and American racing circuits.
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Pimlico
Cedrino
Washington Post
Baltimore
Emanuuel Cedrino
Aity
Mse Nine
Cedrine
Straighening
Cedrinv
Elernife
Emanuel Cedrino
Italy
Nfar
Turin
Long Island
Carlo Capra
Westchester County
Codring
G H. Tangeman
Morris Park
Ormond Beach
Automobile Club of America
Ormond
La Follette's filibuster ties Senate in midnight roll calls
Wisconsin senator William La Follette waged a prolonged talk against a compromise currency bill, delaying a quorum and forcing forty-eight to fifty roll calls overnight. He claimed the effort could extend for weeks, with Gore and Stone offering limited support amid Democratic and Republican absence. The session saw repeated quorum demands and a shift in counting, while Culberson criticized financial legislation and the Rooseveltw era expenditures as the chamber remained sparsely populated. The long stamina test continued past 2:50 a.m., with La Follette promising to press on if needed.
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Wisconsin
la Follette
Senate
la Fulletts
Gore
Oklahoma
Stone
Missouri
Aldrich
House
Ta Kolletta
la Folletta
Laj Follette
Culberson
Tle
Roosevelt
Mr. Culberson
Texas
Secretary of the Treasury
Afr
Nurse to Lose Legacy in Lamport Will Contest
New York May 2 The will of Hiram H Lamport founder of Continental Fire Insurance and first president of the Insurance Clerks Mutual Benefit Association was upset by Surrogate Beckett after a long contest The estate valued about 100000 He left 15000 to Mary Clementine Smedley his nurse of many years and appointed her residuary legatee The will was challenged by a grand niece nephew Clarence Lamport and fifteen other heirs alleging undue influence by Miss Smedley.
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Continental Fire Insurance Company
Washington Post
New York
Hiram H. Lamport
Insurance Clerks Mutual Benefit Association
Beckett
Tamport
Paris
Mary Clementine Smedley
Althea
Jen
Ell
Clarence C. Lamport
Trapped In Car Of Silks In New York Chase
Special report from The Washington Port New York details a robbery on the New York Central Railroad near Chatham N Y in which Donato Daddonio and Frank B Bendetto forced into a freight car packed with silks. Conductor Richardson saw the entry and locked the car trapping the men until the train reached New York where the exhausted pair were removed fifteen hours later.
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Washington Port
New York
New York Central Railroad Age
Hoku
Donato Daddonio
Frank B. Bendetto
Chatham
N. Y
Richardson
Train wreck injures sixteen near McSparlenac station
An early morning Baltimore and Ohio express from Chicago to New York derailed a rear car near McSparlenac, Pa, at 1:18. Sixteen passengers were hurt, including Frank Sweeney and several Baltimore and other city residents. The car tipped, dragged for about 100 feet, and plunged into a river after striking a telegraph pole. about thirty aboard were in that car, with three children among them. Sixteen injuries reported. no deaths.
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Baltimore
Alan
Baltimore and
Ohio
Chicago
New York
McSparlenac
Pittsburg
Frank Sweeney
Fort Yen
Charles Hagendorp
Alex. V. Owens
A. V. Owes
SM. Johnston
Connellsville
F. L. Brendel
Hagerstown
Lloyd Brendel
Ildren
Jen
Scorpions Death Toll Among Children Surges in Jalisco
In San Cristobal de Barranca district, Jalisco, scorpion bites have caused the deaths of fourteen children in recent days as thousands of scorpions infested the town. Local authorities offer a bounty for each insect killed.
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Washington Post
Mexico City
San Cristobal de Labarranca
Jalisco
Cristobal de Barranca
Unconscious From Snuff At Christening Party
Peter Frantchek, at a Dunkirk christening party, tried snuff and after a seizure fell unconscious from a brain vessel rupture. Doctors fight to save him. outlook grim. Also reports Philippine jury bill vetoed by the Philippine Commission, and a Baltimore and Ohio trip to the American Medical Association convention with restricted return validity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Dunkirk
Peter Frantchek
Chicago
Baltimore & Ohio
A. A
American Medical Association
Philip's Peril Self Defense Pleaded in Court
Attorney Davis opens dramatic defense in the murder trial of Gaston P. Philip, charged with killing cabman Frank Macaboy at the Arlington Hotel. Davis reenacts the night’s events, claiming Macaboy threatened Philip with robbery using crooked dice and the defendant acted in self defense as Macaboy forced himself on him.
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Gaston P. Philip
Frank Macaboy
Arington
Tavia and
Hockling
Philip
Davis
Macaboy
PaJip
Phillip
Pruip
Macahoy
Wnt
Mr. Davis
Arlington Flates
Emphasia
Justice Barnard
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Wagner
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Spa
New Hampshire
Pareti
Mre Groteret
Sue
Anilly
Lioness
Union Trust Co
Ith and
Hsts
Bluemont
Prige
Holmes, Haas
Leespurg
Manaseas
Tieeovets
Busin Nepe
Nets
Thaw
Albany
A. We Ris
State Commission
Tunney
Harry K. Thaw
Matteawan State Hospital
Commission
Heltimore and Ohie Railroad
Royal. Limited
Pimlico Sace
Trick
WEW
Triple: Alliance
Car
Jeff Davis
Washingtonian
Manila
Philippine Commission
Cadman
Philly
Merabus
Wis
John Minitree
Chine
Minitree
Miss Davis
Mr. Minttree
Martha
Mecabey
Nellie Henderson
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