Week's World News Review Highlights Graft Probes and Strikes
A sweeping digest notes Mayor Schmitz accusing Rudolph Spreckels of courting profits from the graft inquiry, streetcar strikes in Evansville, Haywood trial chatter in Boise, and corporate moves by Standard Oil. Reports span from Irish home rule to Edison on sleep and volcanic eruptions, with World events shaping controversy and policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayor Schmitz
San Francisco
Rudolph Spreckels
Evansville
Ind
Haywood
Herbert Knox Smith
Standard Oil Company
Howard Gould
New York
Kuroki
Gen. Grant
Sherman M. Bell
Boise
London
Whitman
Chicago
Charles Hansen
Junius B. Darby
Helga Ander
Ben Waskow
New County
Foraker
Ohio
Brown
W. D. Haywood
Buise
Harry Orchard
Abraham Hummel
Ireland
United League
Dublin
Georgian Bay
Montreal
Great Lakes
Madison C. Peters
W. EB. Corey
Mabelle Gilman
Thomas A. Edison
Austria
Oak Park
St. Joe
Mich
Orchard
Gov. Gooding
John Stapp
Williams
St. Louis
Missouri Supreme Court
George Ryan
Harry Vaughan
Edward Raymond
John Clay
Iowa Burn Victim and Many Tragic Incidents Across Counties
Des Moines mourns two year old Anna Gilbride who died after severe burns from a bonfire. Across Shelby, Perry, and Dubuque areas, reports detail suicides and accidental deaths, missing persons, a skeleton find near Irwin, a saloon closure near Manson, and a water works embezzlement confession by Pason Berg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Gilbride
Charles Gilbride
Des Moines
Irwin
Shelby County
J. H. Esher
August Alborn
Alborn
Perry
Supreme Court
Waterloo
Dunshee & Dorn
Temperance
J. H. Campbell
Prohibition Party State Central Committee
Temperances
Commonwealth
Marion Thompson
James Burgess
Buxton
Ira Miller
Eckies
Dave Young
Thompson
Kate Kessler
Solon
Dr. Potter
Bert Wilson
Frank Rockwell
Hopehall
Olson
Nichols
Fort Dodge
Coffin
Bis
the Brotherhood of Railway
Rockwell
Coffin Farm
Vincent
Herb Sanders
Sanders
Fair Grounds
Denns
Rudd
Ralph Baird
Bonaparte School
Baird
Welock
O. L. Baker
Meek’s Mill
Bonaparte
van Norris
George Maeredith
Clinton
Death of Erwin H. Conger Former U S Minister to Brazil
Pasadena May 18 Erwin Hurd Conger longtime U S minister to Brazil China and Mexico died after a dysentery illness. Survived by wife and daughter Laura wife of Lieut Fred Buchan. Services may move to Iowa for burial. Conger rose from Illinois farmer to Dallas County treasurer congressman and diplomat. He served in Pekin during the Boxer crisis and led the legation with calm leadership.
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Busse
Chicago Board of Education
William McClintock
Prairie Avenue
Twenty-Third Street
Chicago
Morgan Park
Ill
John D. Rockefeller
James Carter
Brookyn
Orrin W. Potter
Lake Shore Drive
Mary Yerkes-Mizner
Charles T. Yerkes
California
Abraham Ruef
San Francisco
Grand Jury
Presbyterian General Assembly
Columbus
Ohio
Brown
Taft
Foraker
Frisco
Abe Ruef
Eddy
Equity
J. Edward Addicks
Pine Knot
All Reformed Presbyterian Churches
United States
General Assembly
O. Gay. Hughes
New York
New Baptist Central Organization
Wisconsin
Madison
Wis
Isaac Stephenson
Marinette
Frank A. Bretherton
Edgar Packing Company
Des Moines
Pennsylvania Railroad
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
C. J. Bronson
Lexington
Morehead & Co
Bronson
Willam F. Riley
Chicago & North-Western Road
Railroad Association of Special Agents and Police
Canada
Federal Grand Jury
Denver
R. E. Lewis
Sims M. Gillmore
Jonesville
S. C
James W. Gallaman
John Lewis Clark
Bushwick Avenue Congregational Church
William Ellis Corey
Mabelle Gilman
Corey
Independence
Kan
Cranesville
Amsterdam
N. Y
Schenectady
Mohawk River
Clay City
Ind
Charleston
Ossabaw Island
Savannah
Albert
J. W. Bass
Chattanooga
Tenn
Irving Talley
Atlanta
Talley
Grossmere
Warfield
William Warfield
Foster Helm
Saxon
Pittsburg Steamship Company
Caribousland
Lake Superior
Wayne McCoy
Davis
Fullerton
Mamie Ruff
Ruby Garner
Shoal Creek
Joplin
Montgomery
Lola Nance
John Nance
Taylor Phipps
Byron D. Davis
William Sharp
Oran K. Allen
Cullen Allen
City of
Mexico
la Acacia
Refugio Street
Guatemala
Marine Hospital Service
New Orleans
Puerto Barrios
E. H. Harriman
Haywood
Boise
Northwest
Illinois Senate
Joliet
Wilson
Carnegie Hero Fund Commission
Pittsburg
Bad River
Ashland
Odanah
Finch
Ont
McCann
N. D
St. Anthony
President
Pine Grove
Venango County
Senate
Brownsville
Washington
Reichstag
Germany
Western Association of Bottle Manufacturers A
Glass Bottle Blowers’ Association of America
Pasadena
Cal
Erwin Hurd Congr
Brazil
China
Conger
Laura
Fred Buchan
Regular Army
Manila
Willard Pierce
Iowa
Ilinois
101St Illinois Infantry
Albany Law School
Illinois
Galesburg
Madison County
Dexter
Dallas County
Adel
Congress
Major Conger
Harrison
McKinley
Rio
Orient
Pekin
Pexia
Legation
Army
Navy
Roosevelt
Peking
Sesling
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Humeston
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Ottumwa
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John Swanson
Follenberg
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Council Bluffs
Trans-Mississippi Elevator Company
Jurge Matthews
Dubuque
Thorne
Law and
Orde
J. H. Kelly
Barnum
Webster County
Manson
John Ruth
Stuart
George
Yorth
Nat M. Hubbard
Miss Coover
Cedar Rapius
Hubbard
Pason Berg
Berg
Young Berg
Myer
Chris Berg
Water Works
Bert Taonant
Milwaukee
Macon City
Tench
Milwaipe
Gongea
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Edwin Conger