Trail of bribery inquiry expands as grand jury to hear witnesses
Grand Jury will not sit today but prosecutors will hear witnesses in Sangamon County as state and federal officials pursue connections to U S Senator Lorimer and state lawmakers. Indicted Chicago figures including Broderick and others face questions about paid favors and furniture contracts. Additional witnesses from Illinois and Chicago are expected to be examined this week.
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Sangamon County
Chicago
Broderick
Cook County
Lorimer
Revingfelt
Wo Holaiaw
Tuka
Sangamon County Grand Jury
Acnl
Dain Broderick
Willam Lorimer Cor
Senater
Mroderink Ag Nie Hare Elena
Cansig Aml Turer
Sena- Johe Hrorerick
Chihago
Blanton C. Pemberton
Oo Galland
D. W. Holetlaw
Mark Demoof Varta
Charles Ts
Josep Clarke
Bond
Inv
Chirk
Oro Breier
Holstlaw
Yeats al Ag
Jowatness
Johnston & Hatcherld
Ford & Somnson
Oru Freier
Johnston
Srindies Dee
Tetonwene
Sore Posada
Attorne Ao
Ional
Clark
Podubnston Eise
Cheanand
Burke
Toarary
Soro
Pune
Lilet
Red Lang
Af Springslels
Hrvaerter
Amu Fs
Terealinas
Suganen
Ward
Liewt Sullivan
China
Senathietlaw
Iavl
TLC
Smeyer Mach
Heckemeyer
McMagkin
McCullum
Oye
Joseph ‘Ork
St Louis
White and
Kemeyer
Patert Wisen
Letmunton
United States
Sam Lorimer
Dr Cook Seeks North Pole Records From Scotland
The Washington Post reports Dr Frederick A Cook is in Scotland preparing to travel to Utah to recover his records and instruments from the pole expedition. He plans to bring back two Eskimos and an interpreter, Mene, and will head to Copenhagen to present his findings before a scientific body.
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Washington Post
New York
New York American
Frederick A. Cook
Scotland
Utah
North Pole
Pole
Mene
Cook
Copenhagen
Boycott by Chinese Movement Starts in Frisco
A League of Justice formed at the Chinese Chamber of Commerce in San Francisco plans a boycott of American goods to spread to China. The group cites unfair treatment at Angel Island detention sheds and seeks equality and justice, signaling coordinated action with merchant societies abroad.
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Washington Post
San Francisco
China
Chinese Chanter of Commerce
Empire
League of Jus Yce
Chnese Chamber of Commerce
League
Uninnmen
Chinatown
Heason
Angel Island
Washington
United States
Chinese famine riot at Changchow over rice price rise
Demonstration in Amoy Changchow follows a 5 percent rise in rice cost, leaving the poor unable to buy food. An antigovernment protest occurred today in Changchow as prices surged amid famine conditions.
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Changchow
Tne
Shoots wife and priest near St Paul
P. H. Gibbons a South St. Paul livestock man shot and killed his wife at their home. Minutes later he fired on Father E. J. Walsh of Augstine's Church, killing him at the doorway. Gibbons was arrested and held at Ramsey county jail amid talk of lynching. He claimed his wife’s confession named the priest. He had been in a drink care sanitarium at Minneapolis prior to the events.
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St. Paul
Minn
Gibbons
Live Stock Commission
South St. Paul
E. J. Walsh
Augustine
Remney
St Pat
Mms
Father Walsh
Mineneapolis
Tariff Battle Dives Into Congressional Campaign
A nation wide tariff issue dominates the 1910 campaign with Republicans, Insurgents, and Democrats rallying around tariff law arguments. Taft and Roosevelt are slated for speeches while campaign literature is distributed nationwide. Funds remain tight on all sides as leaders plan the stump in key states.
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Roosevelt
Ohio
United States
Taft
Loudensinger
New Jersey
New York
Henry Casson
House
Chicago
McKinley
Republican Campaign Committee
Casson
John ©. Lversman
Congressional Committee
Theodore Roosevelt
William Jennings Bryan
Harmon
Ohia
Marshall
Indiana
Alton B. Parker
Champ Crack
Dng
Campelza
Congress
BUI
Progressive Republican Party
Congreig
Washington
Five Killed In Autos Third In The Party
Pittsburg Pa May 2 a party of three in a car wrecked near Marianna as they tried a quick return trip to attend a banquet. Two were killed instantly and one fatally hurt. all victims from Pittsburgh. The dead were John Datin and Barry Wheatley. Charles Babbett was injured. A separate crash at Lebanon left Mrs Mary Kyle dead and Dr Christian Kyle injured after steering gear failed and the car struck a tree.
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Pittsburg
Marianna
Washington
John Datig
Barry Wheatley
Charles Babbett
Memorial Hospital
Nongahela
Daug
Daliz
Datin
Monongahela and Washington
Marianoa
Lebanon
Mary Kyle
Christian B. Kyle
Philadelphia
Annville
Kyle
Kye
Neshow
Estrada Trap At Bluefields Forces to Retake Key Post
Insurgent General Absut plans to retake the Bluefields custom house with Estrada allied forces pressing Madrid troops. U S Marines to bolster Bluefields defense. Prairie sails with ammunition as marines and guards prepared to reinforce, Knox fears possible anarchy after a decisive battle.
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United States
Buefields
Knox
New Orleans
Zeledon
Nicaragua
Bluefields
Custom House
Tonigh
A.J. Olivier
Tstrade
Durrada
Blair
Madrid
Zetedon
Estrada
Tte Ale
Gabe” Conrad
Louisiana
Bluefelds
Prairie
Philadelphia
Central America
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Dela Ware
Culog
Senor Castrilig
Bluefelts
Itald Ann
Bluefields “Bluff
Madriz
West Fanama Canal Zone
Dubudue
Colon
Paducah
Hine
Extrada
Provisional Government
Blusfields
W. W. Glimer
Gilmer
Tolsa
Plana
1200 Aboard Lituania Struck Rocks Off Pentland Firth
The Russian steamer Lituania carrying 1200 emigrants from Copenhagen to New York struck rocks near Old Head Point between Scotland and the Orkneys. Fog hindered steering. after wireless contact with Bellona and Copenhagen, engines were reversed and passengers kept to the main hold. The ship proceeded to Tynemouth for repairs amid anxious passengers.
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Lituania
New York
London
iAtuania
Copenhagen
Old Head Point
Pentland Firth
Scotland
Orkney Islands
Bellona
Invergordon
Jmain
Tynemouth
Aged Sunday School Official Faints Then Dies
In Randleman North Carolina on May 29 Wilson Davis, elderly superintendent of St. John's Sunday School, collapsed mid address at the township convention and died soon after. He had just offered the benediction May God Be With You Till We Meet Again.
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Foy
Randleman
N. C
Randleman Township
Wilson Davis
St. John’s
Davis
Two Local Baseball Deaths Shock Cleveland Crowd
In Cleveland on May day two youths died during a baseball game. Frank Kostohrys aged 15 was struck on the temple by a pitched ball and died instantly. Walter J. Garson aged 41, the second victim, collapsed while sunning bases.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Frank Kostohrys
Walter J.garson
Taft Praises Curtiss Greatest Flight Remembered
President Taft sent a message to the New York World praising Glenn Curtiss for his aviation achievement. He called the flight the greatest and said future feats may surpass it, noting the progress shown since the Fort Myer tests and predicting aviation memories will endure.
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New York
Taf
Tami
Curtisa
Curtiss
St. Louis
Wright
Fort Myerweg
Sanrtae
William H. Taft
100 Girls Come to Wed on Caledonia from Glasgow
The Caledonia brings 100 prospective brides from Glasgow to marry sweethearts already in the country. The steamer arrived from Glasgow and the brides seek marriages with men who secured positions earlier in the season.
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Caledonia
Glasgow
New York
Taft in New York and Memorial Day Programs Highlight Issue
The issue lists events and items including President Taft visiting New York, Memorial Day observances, business and social notes from Alexandria, and various local notices. Other items reference political campaigns, tax/tariff topics, anti bribery mentions, and cultural notices across pages.
Mrs Taft’s Father Nearing Death Reports in Cincinnati
Special dispatches from Cincinnati and Savannah outline Mrs. William Howard Taft heading to Cincinnati to be with her ill father John W Herron, 82, as his condition worsens. In Georgia, James W McIntire, sheriff and former Georgetown baseball player, was fatally shot. a mystery surrounds the shooter with a note of a negro suspect seen fleeing. Herron’s illness has kept him bedbound for weeks while Taft plans a ten day stay in Cincinnati to be at his side.
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Washington Post
Willam Howsard Taft
Cincinnati
Pittsburg
Washington
John W. Herron
Herron
White House
Taft
Bavannah
James W. McIntire
Georgetown University
St. Joseph's Hospital
Aly
Avtar
Opon
MeIntire
Georgetown
James W. MeIntire
Mise McIntire
Georgetown Visitation Court
Vallege
Race Back From Havana Contest Inspires Yacht Race Plans
President Gomez and Havana officials announced next year’s race with cups worth 1000 and cash prizes totaling 4000. Commodore Whitaker said Havana would sponsor the event and Pere de la Rive of the Havana Yacht Club pledged cups and cash. Bernero owner S W Granberg plans to enter the return race to Philadelphia aboard the Havana Yacht Club entry.
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Havana
Gomez
Araft
Julio de Cardenas
Havana Yacht Club
J. G. N. Whitaker
Tigs
Peres de la ‘Rive
Aluo
8. W. Granbery
Bernero
Philadelphia
Granberg
Gomes Andsnis
Nya
Gifford Pinchot Arrives in New York on Arabda
Former forester Gifford Pinchot lands aboard the White Star liner Arábic expected to dock tomorrow morning. Secretary Thomas B. Shipp, head of the conservation council, awaits Pinchot at Hotel Astor and plans to discuss Theodore Roosevelt’s invitation to attend the conservation conference.
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Speria
Washington
New York
Gifford Pinchot
Thomas BR. Shipp
Pinchot
Hotel Astor
Shipp
Roosevelt
DROWN BEFORE BIG CROWD IN CANOE CAPSIZE
A canoe capsized on Vermillon River near Cleveland as holiday crowds watched. Lena Berlewa aged 3 years and Henry Meineke 2 years died in the accident during a family picnic on May 3. The tragedy occurred while the craft capsized while changing seats. Nearby, two farmers Lewis Ratt ler and Carl Hrab drowned while fishing near Ann Arbor in Pleasant Lake as their boat overturned during anchor lifting.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Lena Berlewa
Henry Meineke
Vermillon River
Ann Arbor
Mich
Lewis Rattler
Carl Hrab
Pleasant Lake
Theiy Bost
Fall s dead at sea on Mary A. Fisher
Special to The Weeningtom Post reports the schooner Mary A. Fisher, sailing off the Delaware coast toward port, with Capt M. T. Wilson dead in the cabin. The mate commands the vessel as the steamer sent wireless confirmation. Capt Wilson had lived here and suffered heart weakness. his wife fainted on receiving the dispatch.
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Weeningtom Post
Baltimore
Tor
Delaware
Mary A. Fisher
M. T. Wilson
Collapse at Memorial Mass Overheat Hits Navy Yard Crowd
Nearly 100 attendees, mostly women, fainted from heat at the annual memorial mass on the parade ground of the Marine Barracks in the Brooklyn Navy Yard in Brooklyn New York. No serious injuries were reported as about 26 000 people were present.
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Brooklyn
New York
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Soldier A Living Target at Rifle Practice Dies in Hospital
Claude Hetherton of Company K, Thirteenth Infantry, stationed at the Presidio, was mortally wounded during a rifle range firing drill near Monterey California. He lingered two days in a reservation hospital before dying. The incident occurred last week and details emerged after an investigation delayed the funeral.
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Monterey
Cal
Claude Aetherton
Thirteenth Infantry
Presidio
Reservation
Hetherton
Curting Sets Record Air Trip Across Hudson Corridor
Curting flies from Van Rensselaer Island to Poughkeepsie and back to Manhattan covering 137 miles in about 152 minutes with one fuel stop. Weather and gusty conditions cause a sharp forty foot drop near Storm King before a final landing on Manhattan Island near Spuyten Duyvil Creek.
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van Rensselaer Island
Poughkeepsie
Manhattan Island
Spuyten Duyvil Creek
Governors Island
Figures Of Curtiss Flight From Albany To New York
Data recount a Curtiss flight route from Albany noting segments from 7 03 to 12 00 local times, Manhattan landings and Governors Island stop, total time 4 hours 37 minutes and distance 150 miles. It compares with the Twentieth Century Limited timing and average speeds, highlighting 64.06 mph overall and 49.6 mph for the train leg.
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Albany
Camelot
244Th Street
Broadway
Manhattan
Thin Pant
Lott 214Th Street
Governors Island
First Atap
New York City
New York
Curtiss soars from Albany in record long flight
New York aviator Curtiss launched from Van Rensselaer Island near Albany and as he crossed the Hudson set a distance record in a heavier-than-air craft. The flight ran from Albany to Manhattan, covering miles in about 2 hours with remarkable speed and composure amid near perfect weather.
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Jenn Hl
Curtiss
Albany
New York City
Spusten Duyet
Maninttan Island
Mmaumland
Fahd
Paulhan
London
Manchester
Loday
Curtis
Poughkespere
Augustus Port
Aero Club of America
New York Central Railway
Storm King
West Point
van Rensselaer Island
Hudson
Specia New York Central
Theta
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McIntire
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George Ellery Hale
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Imperial Academy of Sciences
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