Testimony Upholds Roosevelt Habits in Libel Suit
Five witnesses including a cousin, a former Rough Rider, a journalist, a fireman and a judge testified Col Roosevelt drank only coffee or water during Cuba campaign and occasionally champagne, denying intoxication. Mail to George A Newett and Roosevelt’s supporters grows amid libel case coverage.
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Charles Willis Thompson
New-York
Andrew A. Abela
Edwin Emateon
Rough Rider
A. Z. Blair
Common Pleas
Ohio
Cuba
Rough Riders
Col. Roosevelt
Philip Roosevelt
United States
Mall
Marquette
Mich
Roosevelt
New York
Washington
White House
Circle
Mercy Hospital
Chicago
Oyster] Bay
Milwaukee
New Mullan Avenue Bridge to Use 15000 Tons of Material
Des Moines superintendent H E K Fiefield says 15000 tons of material will be used for the Mullan avenue bridge over the Cedar River requiring ten freight trains of sixty cars each. A giant 80 foot high crossing tower and a cable haul system were tested yesterday as 14 gangs work under N M Stark Contracting to ensure complete safety and prevent collapse.
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Mullan Avenue
Cedar River
H. EK. Fiefield
Des Moines
Fiefield
Supt. Fiefield
Uan
N. M. Stark Contracting Company
Iowa
Piefield
Wateniao
Balkan Treaty Near After Serb Bulgarian Conflict
Peace talks move toward an imminent signing between Balkan allies and Turkey in London. Bulgaria and Turkey ready to sign at the British Foreign Office, with Serbia Greece and Montenegro expected to join. Sofia holds firm against adding a post treaty amnesty protocol amid territorial talks and a Serb Bulgarian dispute.
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London
Balkan
Turkey
Bulgaria
Edward Grey
Servia
Greece
Montenegro
Wkely
Sofia
Belgrade
Roosevelt and colonel confrontation described in Jackson testimony
A trial transcript recounts witness questions about Col Roosevelt appearances in Jackson and Lookout Mountain. The witness says Roosevelt spoke from a public building steps, claims attendance and drink absence, and disputes dates, with further notes on the source of the testimony and location specifics.
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Ironton
Portsmouth
Col. Roosevelt
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Hampden
Jackson
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Lookout Mountain
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Senators and poodle owners clash over child care
Washington May 29 Senator George W Norris faced protests from poodle owners after criticizing mothers who pay more attention to their dogs than to their children. Indignant women sent sweet scented notes defending their pets while denying neglect of children.
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Washington
George W. ‘Norris
Norris
Cuban Cruiser Visits New York to Pay Tribute to Lost Sailors
A Cuban government delegation including army and navy reps arrives in New York to honor sailors who died when the battleship Maine was destroyed. The visit includes a naval parade with U.S. warships and an official reception for Mayor Gaynor as Cuba’s cruiser arrives under escort.
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New' York
Cuba
United States
Havana
Atlantic
Hudgom River
Yankton
Gaynor
Haverford Ashore Off Darkhead Near Queenstown
The American liner Haverford ran aground in dense fog on rocks at Darkhead near Queenstown. About 1,000 passengers aboard including 160 in second class, most steerage, were being evacuated by government and other tugs as fog and rocky coast hinder rescue. Most Irish passengers who had boarded in Liverpool for Philadelphia did not sail.
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Queenstown
Haverford
Darkhead
Tuze
Liverpool
Philadelphia
Corkhead
T Aehed Boon
Daunt Rock
CATO SELLS AMONG TODAY'S APPOINTEES
President Wilson sends to the Senate a batch of nominations. Appointments include Consul at Manchester William H Robertson of Virginia and Consul general at Halifax Evan B Young of South Dakota. Other posts cover antisector of labor John B Denambere of Montana United States attorney Fred Robertson Kansas and several postmasters.
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Washington
Wilson
Senate
Manchester
England
Wmm
District of Philadelphia
W. M. Cross
Pennsylvania
Gate Sells
Cleburne
Tex
Edward .A. Fitzhenry
Port Angeles
Wash
Land Office
Buffalo
Wyo
Ralph R. Reed
Earle Hughes
Freano
Qal
Chas
W. McCarty
Ottumwa
Juror Deadlock Ends in Mistrial for Gibson Case
Newburgh New York May 29 after sixteen hours deliberation the jury in the Burton W Gibson murder trial reached no verdict and the judge declared a mistrial as a crowd awaited a verdict at the courthouse.
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Newburgh
N. Y
Burton W. Gibson
New York
Rosa Szabo
Post Office to Keep Holiday Hours in Waterloo
The Waterloo post office will observe holiday hours tomorrow. General delivery at Station A will be open in the forenoon from 10 to 11, with only one delivery throughout the city.
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Waterloo
Hixs to Return from Muscatine Visit and Church Roles
Rev. J. B. Hix and Mrs. Hix plan to return from a ten day visit with their daughter Mrs. A L Wilhelm in Muscatine. Last Sunday he preached at his former church to a large parishioner turnout and will not resume duties next week at the Plymouth Congregational church. Mrs N Ray residing at 810 Tenth Street was taken to Presbyterian hospital for an operation scheduled Saturday.
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A. ‘L. Wilhelm
Muscatine
N. Ray Realding
Rock Island School Reports Record Attendance
In Rock Island a record is claimed as over 400 pupils were neither absent nor tardy during the school year, about 31 percent of the total enrollment, marking a notable attendance achievement for the year.
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Rock Island
Two Dissolution Plans Approved for Southern Pacific Stock
New York May 29 Two alternate plans for the disposition of 126,650,000 Southern Pacific stock owned by the Union Pacific were approved by the Union Pacific board today. One plan sells the stock to highest bidders like municipal bonds with a minimum bid to be set later. The other places the stock with a trustee without voting power to be distributed later upon affidavit that the owners hold no Union Pacific stock.
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New York
Southern Pacific
Union Pacific
Union Pacific Board
Caught Pickerel of 25 Pounds With Bare Hands
George Rogers near Cedar Falls captured a stranded twenty five pound pickerel from shallow water while driving cattle. The fish bit his hand sharply and he found a twelve inch carp swallowed inside the pickerel when dressed for dinner.
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Cedar Falls
George Rogers
Thincky
Mammoth
New York Plans Grand Memorial Day Observances
Memorial day in New York will feature three large parades including a naval and military procession with sailors from Cuba and twelve battleships plus a Maine monument dedication at Central Park. Former President Taft, Secretary Daniels, and Governors Haines and Sulzer will speak, with a work horse parade by the New York Women's League of Animals also on the agenda.
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New York
Cuba
Republic
Maine Monument
Columbus Circle
Central Park
Taft
Josephus Daniels
Navy
Lindley M. Garrison
Wm. T. Haines
Maine
Wm. Sulzer
New York Women's League of Animals
Drowned Boy in Iowa Irrigation Ditch
Davenport Iowa May 29 a five year old boy Herbert Brahmn fell into an irrigation ditch on his father Henry Brahma s farm near Davenport and drowned while playing nearby.
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Davenport
Herbert Brahmn
Henry Brahma
Strike Shuts Hyde Park Plants of Foss Controlled Firms
About 1200 workers at the B. F. Sturtevant company and Becker Milling, Hyde Park, struck today after a vote last night. The plants are controlled by Governor Eugene N. Foss. The action seeks a 20 percent wage increase and better working conditions.
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Boston
B. F. Sturtevant Company
Becker Milling Company
Hyde Park
Mrs Pankhurst Again On Hunger Strike
London May 29 Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst militant suffrage leader has taken no food since her rearrest to Hollo way jail She is said to be very weak from prior hunger strike which reduced her vitality Suffragist leaders say release may come at any time.
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London
Emmeline Pankhurst
Holloway
Temperature May 29 And Poison Deaths Increases
Yesterday's low 65 and high 91 degrees compare with 57 and 71 a year ago. A second death from bichloride of mercury mistaken for tablets occurred in Philadelphia. In Long Beach the coroner opened an inquest into a disaster that killed multiple women and children at a public festival.
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Buchanan Optical Co
Mam
Philadelphia
Louise Zimmerman
Long Beach
Cal
Alexander
Los Angeles
Hatch
Hartwell
Senators Weigh Tariff Shifts On Cotton Schedule
Senate finance panel signals possible increases to cotton tariffs while opposing foreign nation protests. House chief Underwood backs keeping the 5 percent ship differential as Marine policy. Proposals also target dyes in cotton production and revisions to wool and steel schedules.
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Washington
Simmons
Wilson
Senate
State Department
Finance Committee
Underwood
House
Ways and Means Committee
New England
Senator Stone
Confederates in Big Annual March in Chattanooga
Gray Barbed veterans of the southern confederacy held their 23rd reunion parade in Chattanooga Tennessee on May 29. Thousands marched in long lines while feeble veterans rode in carriages. The event closes tonight with a ball honoring the Confederate veterans.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
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