Trial of Thomas Barker Opens as Murder Plot Unfolds
In Jersey City on June 17 Rev. John Keller faces an attempted murder charge arising from a February shooting. The accused husband Thos Barker claims motive linked to a wife’s alleged morbid hallucination while Rev. Keller, defended by Rev. Keller, denies any criminal intimacy as Mrs Barker testifies about the assault.
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Tersey City
Thos. Barker
John Keller
Arlington Church
Barker
Keller List Ferrary
Rev. Keller
Quaystown Name Change Shakes Pittsburg Bill Support
W. S. Gully of Quaystown formerly Pittsburg registered at the Fifth Avenue Hotel in New York yesterday. A prominent Democrat, he asserts that Quay’s famed Ripper bill which denies home rule to Pittsburg has also changed the name of the Smoky City to Quaystown.
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New York
Quaystown
Pittsburg
Fifth Avenue
Quay
Pitsburg
Quiyatown
Oldest Howe inventor helper dies in Fridgeport
Wm. H. Young, the mechanic who worked out and adapted Elias Howe’s sewing machine ideas, died in the poothouse at Fridgeport Conn on June 17. The report notes his long association with Howe’s invention and his role in early machine development.
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Fridgeport
Conn
Wm. H. Young
Elias Howe
Poothouse
Saturday of consumption and alcohol by Tren Young way 7
A fragment notes a 25 year old rich man whose love of strong drink led to ruin. The garbled text mentions Saturday and a youth linked to consumption and alcohol, implying decline through excess.
Prohibition Candidate Woolley Heads Global Tour
Prohibition presidential candidate John G. Woolley and Mrs. Woolley launched a world journey visiting Australia Africa Europe and the British Isles. In Honolulu he will speak on prohibition and may organize a party there. The trip aims to collect data on liquor traffic and conditions in the countries visited.
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Woolley
Australia
Africa
England
Ireland
Scotland
Honolulu
Jon Prohibition
Scothind
Pan-American two color stamps prove a great success
Washington on June 17 reports the Pan American two color stamps issued by the Postoffice department for the Buffalo exposition have been a great success. The first issue occurred April 27 and for the past month the average demand across 76,000 post offices has been 5,000,000 per day. Printing has met only half the demand due to the need for mind presses and high engraving quality.
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Washington
Postoffice Department
Buffalo
Iurea
Stear
Blank sheet mars Illinois music teachers convention program
Springfield June 17 a flaming red brewery advertisement on the cover of the Illinois state music teachers convention program opened in the city on Tuesday. The program was to be held at First Methodist Episcopal church but church officials objected and the printed program was recalled with each page defaced by a pasted blank sheet over the brewery ad.
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Springfield
Spl
Illnois
Frst Methodist Episcopal
Mexican desperadoes executed after sheriff murder
A posse of about a thousand men hanged one Mexican and shot another to death on Saturday after they murdered Sheriff Mortis of Barnes County. The gang was barricaded in a house stormed by the posse. one more man was disciplined as part of the siege.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Mortis
Barnes County
Empress Dowager Plot Aims to Crown Pu Chun Heir
London dispatch reports pro foreign Chinese uncover a scheme by the Empress Dowager to place Pu Chun, son of Prince Tuan, on the throne of China with the Dowager as regent. The plan includes moving the capital to Kai-Fong-Fu and linking it by rail to Nao-King, with John C. Ferguson selling the concession to Russia.
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London
Globe
Shanghai
Hin
Prince Tuan
Pu Chun
China
Peking
Kuang Heo
Kai-Fong-Fu
Ho-Han
Kai-Fong Fu
Nao-King
Nghan-Kwei
University of Shanghai
John C. Ferguson
Russia
Kendall Letter Seeks Action Over Dyer Transfer
Vance Joe Kendall writes to Gadix authorities asking that arrangements be made soon to move Dyer to that place. The note requests swift handling of the transfer with official involvement.
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Vance Joe Kendall
Gadix
Dyer
Postage dispute shifts magazines from Britain to Canada
The Canadian government urged the British postmaster general to cut postage on English magazines to Canada. Canadian officials note American magazines ship to Canada at one cent per pound, while British magazines cost eight cents per pound. Result: American periodicals gain in the Canadian market at Britain's expense.
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London
Canada
Heir to Australia Estate Notifies Louisville Motorman
George Whitman a motorman on Fourth Street Railway has been notified he is among heirs to John Tyson who died in Australia leaving 40 000 000 Miss Ollie Tyson of Todd County is another heir
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Louisville
George Whitman
John Tyson
Australia
Ollie Tyson
Todd County
July Disbursements Of Dividends And Interest On Debt
New York June 17. It is estimated that July disbursements on private pensioner dividends and interest on government bonds will be about 104 million dollars. The highest previous July payout was 125 million dollars last year. The question whether the Steel trust
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New York
Interese
Steel Trust
Treasurers Overdrawn Account Exposes Akron Venture
The Akron Varnish Co. president G. Kubler reveals treasurer J H McCrum overdrawn by about four thousand to four and a half thousand dollars. He notes McCrum earned three thousand yearly and says the overdraft could be larger but won’t harm the firm due to strong finances.
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G. Kubler
Akron Varnish Co
J. HL McCrum
McCrum
Europe
McGrum
Woman leaps from moving car to shield daughter in peril
In East Liverpool on June 17 Mrs Betross leaped from a fast moving street car to shield her 12 year old daughter amid fears of a collision. She was only slightly harmed while the child likely escaped unharmed. The moment recalled the Albany wreck where a relative perished.
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East Liverpool
Splj
Albany
Wireless expert Fessenden visits Norfolk for storm news plan
Prof Fessenden, wireless telegraphy pioneer, arrived in Norfolk en route to Washington to report on experiments at Roanoke Island and Cape Hatteras. The Weather Bureau backed tests on the Carolina coast showing success and potential for disseminating storm alerts from Milne to Florida.
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Norfolk
Fessenden
United States Weather Bureau
Roanoke Islan
Cape Hatteras
North Carolina
Milne Tolorida
Storma
Washngton
Carolina Coast
Knockout Drops Used in Train Signal Tower Crime
Shamokin Pa June 17 Two well dressed men lured signalman Lawrence Hanson and associate Thomas Horan with laced tobacco. Hanson escaped long enough to trigger red danger signs, halting a Reading express before blackmailers fled with Hanson’s watch and money.
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Shamokin
Philadelphia & Readl
Big Mountain
Here
Lawrence Hanson
Thomas Horan
Hanson
Horan
Wilett
Philadelphia
Reading Express
Steel Trust Dividends Spark Profit Debate
Report notes the Standard Oil Go paid 50 million dollars in one year while the steel trust offers 7 percent on preferred stock totaling 550.7 million. Common stock dividends of 4 percent amount to 550 million, prompting speculation that total profits will rise significantly.
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Steel Trust
New York Senator Platt Announces Retirement Rumor
In New York on June 17 the report says Senator Platt will retire at the end of his term due to ill health. Democrats doubt the plan, noting the term does not expire until 1903, giving Platt time to reconsider.
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New York
Senate
Platt
Canadian Pacific Trackmen Strike For Higher Wages
Four thousand five hundred track workers of the Canadian Pacific walked out this morning seeking higher wages. Engineers say they will refuse to run trains if the road is patrolled by incompetent men, signaling potential disruption of service.
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Montreal
Canadian Pacific
Murder at Newport barbecue ends in killing
A barbecue for colored workers at Kessen's grove near Newport Kentucky ended in murder. Dave Mitchell 30 died from bullet wounds to chest and abdomen. Riley Gleat 80 is jailed for murder after Lyle Talbot knocked Mitchell down with brass knuckles and Glenn fired four shots into him as he lay.
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Queen City
Kessen’s Grove
Newport
Dave Mitchell
Riley Gleat
Lyle Talbot
Michel
Glenn
New York Boxing Club Planned for Port Chester
Bridgeport Connecticut reports Governor McLean approved a bill creating The Royal Golf and Athletic Club. Ton O Rourke will run Tita Club at Port Chester with a 10 000 seat house. A 25 round Denver Ed Martin versus Joe Walcott title bout is slated for late August under charter powers for athletic events.
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Bridgeport
Conn
New York
McLean
Connecticut
Royal Golf and Athletic Club
Joe Walcott
English Lord Arrested for Bigamy at Waterloo
Detectives arrested Lord Russell at Waterloo station this morning on a bigamy charge alleged to have occurred in America in April 1900. He faced Bow Street court this afternoon, remanded, with bail set at 5,000 dollars. He appeared untroubled as he was escorted into the court.
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Lord Russell
Waterloo Station
America
Bowst
Bold black bears terrorize Altoona area stock
Black bears grow bold in the Altoona region. On Saturday they chased a country mail carrier, who narrowly escaped with his life as stock were threatened by the marauders.
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Altoona
Customs Bank in Germany Proposes New Chinese Bank Plan
Customs Bank in Germany supported by America proposes a new Chinese customs bank to collect revenues for indemnity payments to the powers. Reports say England and Japan oppose the idea as Berlin notes discussions on June 17.
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Germany
America
England
Japan
Berlin
Cadis man delirious after sun stroke hospitalized
Charles A. Dyer, known as Chas. A. Dyer of Cadis Ohio, was taken to the County Hospital Sunday in delirium from sunstroke. He showed signs of recovery and may be moved to his home after partial improvement.
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Chas. A. Dyer
Tuirmary
Bie
Convict Recaptured After Missing Two Weeks in Johnson Murder Case
Alexander Philip, a penitentiary convict once missing for two weeks, has been recaptured in Upper Sandusky. He was seized by his father and taken to jail this morning. Flo claims he ran away at an attorney’s instigation to avoid further testimony against Locke Foster.
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Upper Sandusky
Alexander Philip
Johnson Muder
Jali
Flo
Locke Foater
Teaching Indians After Glory and the Potatoes
The U S commission seeks 22 farmers to instruct Lodians in the goat art of peace and potato planting. Applications for dog catcher pay $600 a year, at a rate of one dollar per dog. Positions to be filled across Western Business.
Spurned Buffalo Man Shoots Sweetheart in Bar
Henry Kiblin shot Agnes Sloan after she spurned him in a Buffalo hotel bar. Sloan lies in Sisters Hospital with a shattered spine and paralyzed lower body. Kiblin, captured by officers, expresses no remorse and says he would face the death chair if Sloan dies. Local officials witnessed the incident.
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Buffalo
Henry H. Kibiity
Kiblin
Agnes Sloan
Carlino
No. 112
Mainst
Sloan
Sisters Hospital
Trinity Lutheran Church Picnic at Cottage Grove June 26
The annual church picnic for Trinity Lutheran is scheduled for June 26 at Cottage Grove. Members and families are invited to attend this community event with games, food, and fellowship.
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Trinity Lutheran Church
Cottige Grove
Food For Memory Boosts Brain Power In Diet Testimony
A Chicago reader rebate extols Grape-Nuts as essential for brain and nerve health. She recounts gastritis relief after using the cereal, weight gain from 118 to 160 pounds, and improved memory enabling memorization of songs and accompaniments.
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Culcaga
G. H. Buber
South Pauling St
Rome
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