Global News Digest: Accidents Robberies and Obituaries
A montage reports a fatal auto crash in New York injuring several passengers after a trolley obstacle, a post office robbery in Lealand with $0 in money and stamps, and a series of other items including industrial plans for Hartford City Ind and a priest’s deposition. Also noted are a youth’s death from disease exposure, a fear induced death of a child in Onarga, a New York World editor’s death, and an embezzlement case in Ridge Farm Illinois.
Faith Woodill Murder Mystery Shocks Baltimore Scene
The case centers on Edith May Thompson Woodill’s death in St Michaels Maryland with reports of a brawl and a suspected killer. Emmet E Roberts or Eastman died in a posse shootout or by his own hand. a bloodied bungalow and crushed skull tied to the woman’s body amid a web of ties to Lyman J Gage and a dramatic Wall Street scandal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith May Thompson Woodill
Lyman J. Gage
St. Michaels
Emmet E. Roberts
Robert E. Eastman
Back Creek
Roberts
Vinnie Braxcome
Care Klaw & Erlanger
New York
Maryland
Missing Man Found Slain on Minnesota Farm
The body of H. J. Leadbeater, a Mankato area farmer who disappeared two months ago, was found buried in a potato patch. Frank Smith, a hired man, has confessed that Mrs Leadbeater killed her husband with an ax likely to wed another. Mrs Leadbeater, her sister Mrs Charles Swandt, and Smith are under arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. J. Leadbeater
Mankato
Minn
Frank Smith
Leadbeater
Charles Swandt
Smith
Philadelphia 2 Cent Fare Law Declared Unconstitutional
Judge Willson in Philadelphia Common Pleas court ruled the 2 cent fare act of 1907 unconstitutional in a case by the Philadelphia and Reading Railway Company restraining Philadelphia County from enforcement. A prior similar ruling had been issued against the county in a Pennsylvania Railroad suit. The judge held the law contravenes the U S Constitution and enjoined the county perpetually from enforcing the act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Mrs Gould Wins Divorce Case in New York Alimony Awarded
Mrs. Howard Gould won a sweeping separation suit against her millionaire husband in New York. Justice Victor J. Dowling granted alimony of 36000 dollars a year while finding no proof of excessive drinking. The judge noted indiscretion in meetings with actor Farnum and that Howard Gould’s abandonment lacked justification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Caswell
Baltimore
Harry Adams
Mount Vernon
N. Y
New York
California
Gilbert Woodill
Los Angeles
Gage
Howard Gould
Victor J. Dowling
Justice Dowling
Gould
Labor leaders speak on global rights and square deal
President Gompers, before departing for Europe, pledges a world wide workers movement and a reconstruction based on common humanity and liberty. The Single Tax League meeting at Philadelphia City Hall is allowed to proceed amid safety concerns. Governor Johnson plans lectures in the East, Marshall hints at a Senate bid, and transit workers push anti-pass reform affecting state legislators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Single Tax League
Philadelphia
Department of Public Safety
Europe
Gompers
van Cleave
Gov. Johnson
Minnesota
Tom Marshall
North Dakota
P. J. McCumber
United States Senate
William J Bryan Jr Weds Miss Berger at Grand Lake
William J Bryan Jr and Helen Virginia Berger of Milwaukee married at 8:30 am Thursday at Kinnikink Lodge Grand Lake Colorado. Outdoors ceremony officiated by Rev H S Huntington. Edna Baker Lincoln Neb maid of honor Samuel Berger best man. They plan honeymoon at Grand Lake and then Tucson Arizona for two years.
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Berger
Grand Lake
Colo
William J. Bryan, Jr
Helen Virginia Berger
Milwaukee
Kinnikink Lodge
F. D. Levering
H. S. Huntington
Crete
Neb
Edna Baker
Lincoln
Samuel Berger
Standings snapshot from major leagues and associations
National League leaders shown with wins and losses for Pittsburg Chicago New York Cincinnati Philadelphia St Louis Brooklyn Boston. American League listing Detroit New York Philadelphia Chicago Boston St Louis Cleveland Washington. American Association standings include Milwaukee Louisville Indianapolis St Paul Minnesota Kansas City Columbus Toledo with win totals and losses.
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Pittsburg
Chicago
New York
Cincinnati
Philadela
St. Louis
Brooklyn
Boston
American League
Detroit
Cleveland
Wash'gton
American Association
Kee
Louisville
Ind’n’polis
St. Paul
Minn’polis
Kan. City
Columbus
Toledo
Reno Widow Reunites With Son in New York Hotel
Mrs. Robert H. Burnham of Reno Nevada, a wealthy widow, recognized a hotel waiter as her son Robert who had left Reno years earlier to seek his fortune in New York. She plans to take him back to Nevada.
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Robert H. Burnham
Reno
Nev
New York
Robert
Nevada
Masked Mob Lynches Slayer in Wilburton
A mob of about fifty masked men abducted Sylvester Stennem a Black man known as Alabama Red from the Wilburton jail and fatally harmed him. Earlier the same day he struck and fatally harmed Albert Turner deputy constable who tried to arrest him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sylvester, Stennem
Alabama Red
Wilburton
Okla
Albert Turner
Tonopah Fire Destroys Rail Shops and Roundhouse
Tonopah Nevada suffered a major blaze that destroyed the Tonopah and Goldfield Railroad repair shops and roundhouse. Officials estimate property loss at about $500,000. Firefighters battled the flames but could not save the structures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tonopah
Tonopah and Goldfield
Nev
Death of Sarah Orne Jewett Ends An Illustrious Career
Renowned novelist Sarah Orne Jewett died in South Berwick Maine after a long illness. She was 59 and passed away in the house where she was born a colonial mansion long owned by the Jewett family since 1740. Her first novel Deep Haven appeared in 1877 followed by about a dozen popular stories, the last The Tory Lovers in 1901.
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Maine
Sarah Orne Jewett
South Berwick
Jewett
Europe
Miss Jewett
Cavalry men kill five of Jikiri's Moro band
Death list rises to thirty one as Capts Bryalt Rhodes and Anderson of the Sixth Cavalry pursue Jikiri's fighters. In a running engagement on Pata Island Philippines five bandits die, several wounded and captured by friendly Moros. Jikiri remains at large after thirty days of pursuit.
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Jikiri
Bryalt
Rhodes
Anderson
Sixth Cavalry
Signor
Pata Island
Philippines
Surgeons Operate to Save Life Before Execution
Joseph West of Dayton Ohio, condemned to be electrocuted July 9 for murder, will have his execution postponed after the penitentiary physician operated to save his life. West suffers septic poisoning in a knee and requires amputation to halt spread. Physicians say recovery by July 9 is unlikely, forcing Governor Harmon to consider a reprieve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph West
Dayton
Ohio
West
Harmon
Bomb Explodes in Barcelona Theaters Causes Panic
A bomb exploded at midnight in two Barcelona playhouses. One theater was empty but the other was crowded causing mass panic. One man was fatally wounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barcelona
Spain
Drys Win Local Option Vote in New London Ohio
The drys secured a 132 vote majority in the New London local option election. Only the village of New London was affected by the vote.
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Drys
New London
Ohio
Senate Advances Tariff Bill Increases Across The Board
The Senate adopted amendments raising duties on shoes from 15 to 20 percent ad valorem and on sole leather from 5 to 10 percent while debating various schedules. House approved emergency Census funding of 10.6 million dollars as the year ends, and debate touched on wood pulp free list and other items. Senate votes also discussed corporate tax in opposition to the income tax, with Tillman failing to push tea duties and Cummins speaking on income tax as adjournment neared.
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Senate
Beveridge
Tobacco Trust
Bailey
Newlands
House
Tawney
Committee On Appropriations
Census Bureau
Finance Committee
McLaurin
Culverson
Aldrich
Tillman
Cummins
Chicago bomb explodes in Loop heightening gambling outrages
A massive explosion at 11 20 p m damaged the Chicago Title and Trust Building and surrounding block from Washington to Dearborn injuring seven and causing about 150000 dollars in losses. The blast disrupted telegraph cables and phones across the loop as police traced the dynamite to an alley at 111 Madison street.
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Chicago
Madison Street
Mont Tennes
Title and Trust Building
Central
Randolph
Chicago Telephone Company
Loop District
Title and Trust
Thompson’s
Boston
Dearborn Street
Schuettler
Lynching at Arcadia prompts arrest in Florida
A Black man was lynched in Arcadia Florida after attempting an attack on Mrs Read of that town. Floods from melting snow and heavy rains wrecked parts of Colorado. The Carnegie Foundation grants an $865 annual pension to Prof Charles Edwin Loss who retires at 85 from Transylvania University. Frank Wiley and relatives convicted of shoplifting in Jersey City. their 6 year old daughter to appear in children's court. Stanford president Jordan's Bryn Mawr speech prompts a walkout by French instructor Foulet who denounced the remark.
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Leland
Arcadia
Fla
P.sr. Read
Colorado
Carnegie Foundation
Charles Edwin Loss
Transylvan University
Frank Wiley
Jersey City
Wiley
David Starr Jordan
Leland Stanford University
Bryn Mawr
France
Foulet
Jury Convicts A P Heinze of Impeding Justice
Arthur P Heinze brother of copper magnate F Augustus Heinze is found guilty in New York of hindering a grand jury by inducing a clerk at United Copper Company to dodge a subpoena. He faces a $500 fine or three months or both with sentence suspended until October. He pledges to aid by locating and restoring company books removed from 74 Broadway. He testified before the grand jury and identified the books and their whereabouts.
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Copper King
Arthur P. Heinze
New York
F. Augustus Heinze
United Copper Company
United States Grand Jury
Mercantile National Bank of New York
Grand Jury
United Coaper Company
No. 74
Broadway
Gold Laden Dray Moves Through San Francisco Streets
A wagon carrying 10 million dollars in gold coin rolled from the California Safe Deposit and Trust Company Building to the old city hall vaults. Fourteen top horse teams pulled the load under twenty-five mounted policemen protection. City treasurer John E B McDougall rode beside the driver as the east wing of the ruined city hall housed the vaults.
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Frisco
Market Street
San Francisco
City Treasury
California Safe Deposit and Trust Company
Old City Hall
John EB. McDougall
Three Held as Black Handers in Toledo Hearing
At a Toledo preliminary hearing Salvatore Lima Sebastian Lima and Salvatore Rizzo all of Marion were bound over to the federal grand jury. Bonds were set at 6000 for Salvatore Lima and 5000 for each of the others. They may remain in county jail if unable to post. Sebastian Lima denounced the action.
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Limas
Rizzo
Toledo
Ohio
Salvatore
Sebastian Lima
Salvatore Rizzo
Marion
Salvatore Lima
Balloon at Coney Island Struck by Lightning
A large gas balloon being inflated at Steeplechase Park Coney Island was torn from its moorings during a cloudburst and swept seaward. Lightning struck the balloon as four women in the basket leaped to safety, narrowly escaping with their lives as the bag rose away.
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Steeplechase Park
Coney Island
New York
Kidnaper Fatally Wounds Woman After Abduction
In Opelousas Louisiana Gil bert Wilson abducted a one year old girl and after a public safety incident involving Henry Brown who attempted rescue, Wilson returned and fatally harmed Sophia Jackson before taking his own life. All involved are Black.
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Henry Brown
Gilbert Wilson
Opelousas
Sophia Jackson
Nine Year Old Boy Kills Woman in Trivial Dispute
George Cohen aged 9 used a target rifle after a minor quarrel to murder Maggie Farrell eight years older in Edgefield a suburb of Waca Tex authorities report a fatal shooting investigation in progress and the case draws attention to juvenile violence and local law enforcement response
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George Cohen
Maggie Farrell
Edgefield
Waca Tex
Chicago Business Recovery Shows Broad Gains in 1909 Half Year
Dun's Weekly Review of Trade reports that Chicago bank resources approach the million mark, with 1909 first half virtually complete. Gains over 1908 in payments deposits loans and building values. commercial failures down. bank discounts up 12.2 percent. wholesale bookings and retail activity rise.
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Chicago
Dun's Weekly Review of Trade
Improvement seen in weather boosts trade and industry
New York reports show better weather lifting crop reports and boosting industrial output with wage gains and stronger leather trades. Retail remains uneven as heat delays distribution though summer goods gain on milder temperatures. wholesale lines cite crop data driving next fall and spring orders.
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United States
Canada
Bradstreet’s
Market price snapshot by city for cattle hogs and more
The list compiles live market quotes across multiple cities including Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Toledo Cincinnati New York Detroit Milwaukee and Buffalo. It covers cattle hogs sheep wheat corn oats rye butter eggs potatoes and pork with prices in various grades and split by state and market.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Toledo
Cincinnati
New York
Detroit
Milwaukee
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la Breaux
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jWam
F. ‘Hunt
Presbyterian’ Church
Elizabethtown
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Second Presbyterian Church
J. D. Thorne
Onarga, IL
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New York World
John J. Jennings
New York Evening World
Asa Hathaway
Ridge Farm
Danville
American Jaming Company
Peniten
Roy Crowns
William Ty
Mississi
Faith Woodill
Posse
Eastman
Woodill
Minneapolis
Mrs. Ames
Charles H. Thompson
McDaniel, Md
Thompson
Washington
Paris
Mrs. Woodill
Bob” Eastman
Wall Street
Consolidated Exchange
Eer
Mrs. Gould
Sarah Orne Jewitt
Work of Congress
A. P. Heinze
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