Prosperity Nears as Rail and Steel Boom Expected
A Pittsburg Morning Journal report notes a wave of prosperity shaping up in steel and iron. The National Tube Company in Wheeling will reopen plants tomorrow, employing 4,500 idle workers, with contracts for 145000 tons of steel rails 2060 freight cars 500 passenger cars and 190 locomotives. Industry leaders predict boom times by October.
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Wy Morning Journal
Pittsburg
Wna
Steel and Plate Department
National Tube Compaay
Wheelin
W. Va
End of Roosevelt Era Sketched by Stock Exchange Report
New York June 7 The Consolidated Stock Exchange issue foresees a coming era of prosperity based on the end of the Roosevelt administration tariff settlement and assurances of good crops. The report highlights favorable conditions as a basis for optimism in the financial outlook.
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Roosevelt
Consolidated Stock Exchange
Two Drowned Crossing Swollen Grand River Ferry
In Sulphur Springs and June, Robert Williams a ranchman and his eight year old son Thomas Williams with Jack Tyndall attempted to cross the Grand River on a cable ferry. The cable broke and the boat overturned throwing all into the river. Williams swam ashore after vainly trying to save his son. The bodies of Thomas Williams and Tyndall have been found. The river is unusually high and may hinder railroad traffic.
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Cole
Robert Williama
Thomas Willame
Jack Tyndall
Grand River
Willams
Thomas Willams
Tyndall
Rand
Murdered Danish Girl Found in Missouri River near Florence
The body of 22 year old Aunte Nelson, a Danish girl who disappeared from Florence Nebraska on May 25, was found in the Missouri River near Omaha. Authorities believe she was murdered and her body dumped to conceal a double crime. No arrest reported.
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Missouri
Coevian
Nelson
Florence
Neb
Missouri River
Rowth
Omaha
DuPont Protests Canal bid favoring rival explosive maker
The DuPont Powder Company filed a formal protest with the Isthmian Canal Commission alleging discrimination in favor of a rival explosive manufacturer as bids opened for supplying explosives for canal work. The article notes the protest cites bias during bid evaluation for the coming year.
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NuPonts
Morning Journal
Washington
Isthmian Canal
Trojan Powder bids tied to brand rights in dynamite contract
The bid scene centers on guaranteed effectiveness claims for Tro Jan powder. DuPont protests the Trojan trade name rights. Major bidders include E. I. DuPont De Nemours $1 051 850 Keystone Powder Mfg $1 017 232 Trojan Powder Co with sites Allentown Oakland Pueblo $375 037 W R Grace $204 600 and Texas Dynamite Co Beaumont Texas filed an informal bid.
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DuPont Company
E. J. DuPont DeNemours
Keystone Powder Manufacturing Company
Emporia
Trojan Powder Company
Allentown
Oakland
Cal
Pueblo
Colo
W. R. Grace
San Francisco
Texas Dynamite Company
Beaumont
Tex
Jealous Husband Shoots Rival in Department Store
Springfield Illinois June 7 A jealous husband Walter Addington followed his wife to a department store and shot Robert Sellers in the head after finding them together. Sellers likely to die. Addington surrendered as panic spread through the store.
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Springfield
Robert Sellers
Walter Addington
Seller
Sellers
Mddington
Shriners Invade Louisville in Imperial Session Features
Excursion up the Ohio to the Masonic Orphans Home and other entertainments marked the first day of the thirty-fifth annual Nobles of the Mystic Shrine session in Louisville. Thousands attended as New Orleans and Toledo vie for the 1916 convention. Eliis Lewis Garrettson is a leading candidate for imperial outer guard at the Tacoma temple gathering in Washington.
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Ohio
Masonic Orphans’ Home
Imperial Council
Morning Journal
Louisville
Ohio River
Masonic Widows and Orphauns
New Orleans
Toledo
Afi i
Tacoma
Wash
Eilis Lewis Garrettson
Imperial Outer Guard
University Professor Denounced as Heretic
Chicago June 7 Prof George D Feester a theology professor at the University of Chicago was denounced as an undesirable member of the Baptist denomination and his withdrawal from the Baptist church and the university was urged by speakers at the Chicago Baptist ministers conference. The criticism centers on his views of religion especially the divinity of Jesus in his new book The Function of Religion.
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Chicago
Geo. Darmond Feester
University of Chicago
Baptist Church
Chicago Baptist Ministers’ Conference
Foster
Nomincan Insurrectos Expelled From Hayti
Cape Haltien June 7 Dorminican revolutions driven over the frontier into Haytian territory have been expelled by the Haitian government and will arrive here June 14 for St Thomas. General Camacho leader said they gathered 249 men in two days and had early successes against government forces before the Vasquez movement shifted the balance.
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Cape Haltien
Haithy
Bepn
Thomas
Vasquez
Jimines
Woman Sentenced to Prison for Theft in Denver
Electra A. Bird was sentenced in Denver to from eighteen months to three years in the penitentiary for stealing about $20,000 from the Childrens Hospital association while treasurer. The court granted a forty five day stay pending an appeal. Attempts to declare her insane were made before the trial.
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Denver
Electra A. Bird
Childrens’ Hospital Association
Bicycle Rider Shot Down By Foe In Palo Alto
Frank McCleave a plumbing contractor and T J Reidle a labor union figure rode past each other in Palo Alto when Reidle drew a revolver and fatally wounded McCleave. Reidle was arrested amid reports the shooting stemmed from a latest altercation between the men.
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Palo Alto
Frank McCleave
T. J. Reidle
McCleave
Reider Wee
Beveridge and Aldrich clash over cotton schedule in Senate
In Washington on June 7, Senators Beveridge and Aldrich spar over tariff plans centered on cotton fabrics. The session sees sharp exchanges on duties for mercerized fabrics and hosiery, with amendments defining ad valorem rates and rubber goods removal.
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Morning Journal
Washington
Senate
Aldriches
Beveridge
Aliana
Aldrich
Bacon
Peveridge
Cummins
Smith
Michigan
MacVeagh
Finance Committee
Dolliver
Jacquard
Penrose
Change of Venue for Lasater to This County
Special Dispatch to the Morning Journal reports a motion for change of venue granted for Lasater in a murder case involving a man named Barracon. Lasater’s indictment alleges murder from a fight with natives after a quarrel with the mayordomo, with trial set in Bernalillo County and defense by W. Dodson for the territory. Evidence was being presented when court adjourned in the Hale Padille case, with Lela Chaves as a noted witness and others failing to appear or bond procedures ongoing.
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Morning Journal
Lowtana
N. M
Judevira A. Abbott
B. W. Dodson
John FP. Laval
Barracon
Helen
Lasater
Bernalillo
W. Clancy
Hale Padille
Lela Chaves
San Jose
Prohibition Loses In Santa Fe Election
The anti-prohibition campaign in Santa Fe New Mexico ended with a small turnout and a narrow 40 vote victory for the anti-saloon faction. Supporters express disappointment at the result and note the campaign ran for several weeks.
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Prohibition
Santa FE
Morning Journal
N. M
District Court in Session at Socorro Opens Busy Term
Socorro district court convened with Judge Frank W. Parker presiding as a large number of minor cases fill the docket. The session is expected to last about a month or more with a full grand jury seated and ready for workload.
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Morning Journal
Socorro
District Court
Socorro County
Jude Frank W. Parker
Rocorre
Judee Parker
W. H. Byerts
Foreman
Willicm Hamby
Jose de la Cruz Holquin
Ramaldo Gonzales
Samuel Diaz
Eulatio Martamente
Rilvario Berna
Fernandes Chaldewon
Luciano Gongalee
Frux Olguin
Victor Lapes
Santa Crus Warrerat
Matias M. Torres
Jos Pinoy Gallegos
Catarine Chases
Jone Giron
Jon ® M. Montoya
Jone Giutierrez
Maetal
Portuguese Held as Fugitive Murderer in Azores Case
Oakland police inform Lisbon authorities that Maurice G Amaral, a young Portuguese, has been arrested in San Luis Obispo on murder charges tied to Antoine DeLeon at St Mikaela Azores Islands three years ago. DeLeon, a wealthy merchant, allegedly accused Amaral of an affair with his wife Aquarel prompting the killing. DeLeon died from the shock.
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San Francisco
Oakland
Maurice G. Amaral
San Lule
DeLean
Feud Murder Shocks Breathitt County Residents
Edward Callahan, known for long running regional feuds, was shot near his home in Jackson County Kentucky. He died from a stomach wound as bloodhounds tracked a suspect believed to have waited behind a coal pile near the store. Callahan had recently appeared in court on a family dispute charge.
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Edward Callahan
Breathitt County
Fatbush
Hell
Creek
Ally
Callahan Shot in Long's Creek Feud Tangle
Ex-Sheriff Callahan is shot at his Long's Creek home amid a Crockettaville church dispute tie to the Hargis feud. A rider telegraphs for surgeons as Captain Millikan pursues the likely assassin with hounds. Callahan, once Hargis lieutenant, had been jailed in past feuds and tensions linger in Breathitt County.
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Lexington
Callahan
Jackson
V. G. Millikan
James Hargis
Peech Hargis
Hargis
Mining Engineer Lucy Dies in Goldfield Shaft Accident
Frank A Lucy a prominent mining engineer and new superintendent of the Florence Goldfield company fell down a shaft today and was instantly killed He leaves a widow.
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Goldfield
Frank A Lucy
Florence Goldfield Company
Receivers Named for Socorro Company
Judge F W Parker appointed J J Wofford of Kansas City and Hof Bee of the Federal Trust Co Kaneay Chey as receivers for the Moorre company led by C H E Bilmendor. The firm runs a major reclamation project near Elindorf by San Antonio New Mexico, with water ditches covering thousands of acres of valley land.
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Socorro
NS. M
F. W. Parker
District Court
J. J .Wofford
Kansas City
Hof. Bee
Federal Trust Com Cov
Kaneay Chey
Moorre Company
V C. H. E Bilmendor
Elindorf
San Antonio
New Mexico
Tragedy in Salem: Mrs Sharp Kills Son Then Herself
Salem Ohio June 7 Mrs Elizabeth Sharp wife of G W Sharpe prominent society woman and manufacturer shot and killed her twelve year old son and then herself with a revolver after an evening of piano and singing. Authorities believe the motive was the woman's sorrow over her son's incurable malady.
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Salem
Ohio
Elizabeth Sharp
G. W. Sharpe
Strike violence erupts as Pittsburg workers attacked
In New Castle Pa two non union machinists were assaulted by strike sympathizers during the Baltimore & Ohio strike action. Both men were rushed to a hospital for treatment.
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Pittsburg
Baltimore & Ohio Machinists
New Castle
Man on Trial for Murder Assassinated in Court
Fred Mohrie, on trial for murder, was assassinated in the corridor of the Court by ex-constable William Kane as Mohrie was to answer for Constable Sam Young’s death in North St. Louis. The shooting ended a bitter political feud, with Kane a former deputy under Young. Mohrie had claimed threats after Young’s death but did not name the source.
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St. Louis
Fred Mohrie
William Kane
Mohrie
Sam Young
North St. Louis
Kane
Young
Mohriie
Clemenson Case Deepens in Police Inquiry
Morning Journal reports another theory in the death of Nora Jane Clemenson was dismissed as the affinity knew Dr. Haldane Clemenson only professionally. The wealthy nurse Nora Jane Clemenson could not illuminate the mystery as police questions continued.
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Morning Journal
Chicago
Nora Jane Clemenson
Haldane Clemenson
Kane Ia
Masked mob abducts Mollie Ridge in Pittsburg suburb
Fifteen masked men seized Mollie Ridge and H. O. Wright from a suburb home early today. They stripped, beat, tarred and feathered them before placing them in a stream. Five men were arrested including Wright’s brother in law. warrants for others are expected. The victims had been warned to migrate.
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Morning Journal
Pittsburg
Mollie Ridge
H. O. Wright
McLean
Wright
Noted American Churchmen Arrive in Rome for Jubilee Festivities
Nome June 7 An apostolic delegate Monsignor Falconi and American prelates led by Monsignor Farley archbishop of New York and Bishop McDonnell of Rock Island arrive in Rome to attend the golden jubilee of the American college along with more than 50 alumnae and other prominent clergy.
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Nome
Falconi
Washington
Farley
New York
McDonnell
Rock
Ion
American College
Bolt from Heaven Triggers Powder Magazine Disaster
London dispatch says a bolt of lightning wrecked a powder magazine in Cracrow Austria Poland injuring 500 people, killing three and wrecking forty houses as 1500 projectiles were hurled toward a crowd awaiting a train. Hospitals are overwhelmed with wounded and dying.
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London
Cracrow
Austrian
Poland
Portland Rose Carnival Inaugurated by Taft
Portland Oregon June 1 President Taft inaugurated the third annual rose festival at noon sending a telegraph message from the White House in Washington to the festival commission in Portland. He expressed pleasure in wishing the event success and greeted all participants.
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Portland
Ore
Taft
White House
Washington
Mose Festival Commission
Stulph Boyt
Festival Commission
Paris approves naval program for decade long cost
Paris reports cabinet approves a 606 million dollar naval program over ten years. The plan includes six Danton type battleships ix Republic type ships and four Gambetta armored cruisers. In New York Brandenburg trial set for June 15 in the grand larceny case involving a letter alleged to be by Grover Cleveland.
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Paris
Brandenburg
New York
Broughton Brandenburg
Grover Cleveland
Warming Up at El Paso
El Paso Texas reports a three day heat surge with today’s official high reaching 98 degrees. Residents cope with rising temperatures as June weather effects idle outdoor activity and early summer routines.
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el Paso
Tex
Fires Rage Across Gillies Limit and Gowganda Areas
Cobalt Ontario reports intense fires on Saturday and Sunday in the Gillies limit. Additional large blazes spread up the Montreal river and surrounding Gowganda region as firefighters battle to contain them.
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Cobalt
Ont
Gillies Limit
Montreal River
Gowganda
Funston Fends Off Burglar in Leavenworth Quarters
Brigadier General Frederick Funston commander of the army service school at Fort Leavenworth engaged in a revolver fight with a burglar at his quarters early today. The intruder escaped and Funston was unharmed after firing three shots. The attacker found no valuables.
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City Morning Journal Special
Leavenworth
Kans
Frederick Funston
Army Service School
Fort Leavenworth
General Funston
Mrs. Funston
California
Grand Jury to Probe Graft in Pittsburg
The June term of the grand jury convened today and will use evidence gathered by the May grand jury. More than one hundred councilmen were examined in the municipal graft scandal, and further developments are expected.
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Pittsburg
Eleven Die as Pontchartrain Pier Collapses
Eleven bodies were recovered from Lake Pontchartrain after yesterday’s collapse of a small pier used by excursionists boarding the steamer Margaret. No other missing persons are known, while search parties continue dragging the lake as investigators initiate a rigid inquiry into the catastrophe.
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Bs Moercing Journal
Mandevillia
Lake Pontchartrain
Margaret
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TAFI
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Naval
Fred Funston
Aguinaldo
Pontchartrain
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