Murdered Socialite’s Murderer Ends Life in Maryland
In St Michaels Maryland Emmett Eastman alias Robert Eastman Eastman, wanted for the murder of May Edith Woodill, ends his life by self-inflicted gunshot as a posse corners him in Harrow Creek. A letter on his body offers a drunken jealous motive explanation. fate of others remains unresolved.
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St. Michaels
Pretty
Edith Thompson Woodill
Washington
Baltmore
Los Angeles
Lyman J. Gage
Frank Brown
Emmett B. Roberts
Robert E. Emmett Eastman
Consolidated Stock Exchange of New York
Eastman
Vinnie Bradcome
Kian & Erlanger
New York
Mrs. Woodill
Perriad
Eastmin
Bradcome
Maryland
Woodill
Charles H. Thompson
McDane
Bnuotman
Mra. Wond
Rastman
Wobbby
Grand Army to Unveil Founder Statue July 3
Washington readers will witness a major Grand Army of the Republic event with the unveiling of Dr. Benjamin Franklin Stephenson's statue on July 3. A grand parade of U S military naval forces and District militia is planned with President Taft delivering the address. The statue rises about forty feet of granite triangular shaft.
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Grand Army
Washington
Grand Army of the Republic
Benjamin Franklin Stephenson
United States
Taft
Funeral of Sarah Orne Jewett in South Berwick
The funeral of Miss Sarah Orne Jewett author of note was conducted with extreme simplicity. Rev Dr George Lewis, her pastor for thirty five years at the Congregational church, led the services in South Berwick on June 28.
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Funers
Sarah Oree Jewett
South Berwich
Sarah Orne Jewett
George Lewis
Miss Jewett
Congregational Church
Mrs Gould Wins Suit In Legal Separation Case
New York report states Katherine Clemmons Gould obtained a legal separation from Howard Gould after a nearly three week trial. The court awarded $36 000 a year alimony, far below her $250 000 request, and found her intoxication claims possibly due to excitement. The Dustin Farnum association was deemed to occur after the separation.
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Deree
New York
Katherine Clemmons Gould
Howard Gould
By Gould
Allmmony
Katherine Glemmons Gould
Verdun Kwith Baratup Wins Grand Prix de Paris
Baron Rothschild's colt Verdun Kwith Baratup won the grand prix de Paris at Long Champs in a driving finish. Raille placed second and Union third. The stake totaled $74,155 with 300,000 spectators. Mutuals reportedly wagered $380,500, and American bettors supported Vanderbilt heavily.
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Baron Rothschild
Baratup
Paris
Verdun Kwith Baratup
Longchamps
Mme. Cheremeteff
Raille
Edmond Blanch
Union
Mutuals
Chinese Kill Surveyor and Rescue of Expendition Members
A Chinese native attack near Landow kills Harrah Ali a surveyor with the India service and injures Interpreter Sowerby. The party is pursued, Sowerby is rescued on June 22 by Lt. Clark and companions. The incident occurs twenty miles south of Landow, the provincial capital.
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Peking
Harrah Ali
India Service
Sowerby
Clark
Landow
Doug Ina
Indian Service
Perishes in Pack Ice and Airship Shed Wrecked
Tromson Norway June 28 The steamer Arctic of Walter Wellman's North Pole expedition returns with news Kond Johnsen one of the winter crew perished in the pack ice and the airship shed was destroyed by a heavy storm Work of rebuilding the shed has begun.
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Wellman
Tromson
Norway
Arctic
Walter Wellman
Spitzbergen
Kond Johnsen
Christening of Spanish Princess Beatrice
June 24 in LaGrange Spain marked the christening of Princess Beatrice, infant daughter of the king and queen, with the usual ceremony. Archduke Pu fchinand and Archduchess Maria Teresa stood in as godparents, represented by Infanta taabella.
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LaGrange
Spain
Beatrice
Archduke Pu Fchinand
Archduchess
Maria Teresa
Infanta Taabella
Pittsburg Street Car Strike Marks First Day Violence
On June 28 in Pittsburg two black men applying for jobs at the Homewood barns were rough handled by alleged union sympathizers as the city faced the first day of the greater street railway strike.
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Pittsburg
Homewood
Gompers Arrives in London for Labor Talks
Samuel Gompers president of the American Federation of Labor arrives in London. He is met by Pavis J. Shackleton and James A. Seddon both members of the house of commons and other labor leaders.
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Samuel Gompers
London
American Federation of Labor
Pavis J. Shackleton
James A. Seddon
House of Commons
Columbus Wins International Pressmen Union Convention
Columbus Ohio secured the next convention site for the International Pressmen and Assistants Union of North America after a successful bid in Omaha on June 25. The decision sets the gathering for columbus with anticipated participation from pressroom members nationwide.
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Columbus
Omaha
International Pressmen and Assistants’ Union of North America
Eight-Story Fritz Hotel Burns in Knox Indiana
Fire destroyed the eight story Fritz hotel in Knox Indiana on June 2 causing an estimated loss of 100000 dollars. The blaze gutted the structure with authorities investigating the cause and surveying remaining ruins. Local fire crews battled the flames overnight amid smoke and embers.
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Knox
Ind
Knox, Ind
Fritz
Deaths From Heat in Philadelphia Reported
Philadelphia reports heat related fatalities with details unclear in the fragment dated June 26. The notice states multiple deaths from high temperatures in the city.
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Philadelphia
End Tariff Debate Opens as Senate Takes Up Corporation Tax
After days of debate the Senate shifts from tariff schedules to corporation and income tax questions. Senator Flint to lead the bill in absence of Rhode Island amendment. Meaturin moves free list inclusion for cotton bagging, while cotton ties remain under duty. Structural iron and steel duty rises. pig iron rate increases. Efforts to add school books, salt, and Egyptian cotton to the duty list fail. Senator Bacon presses for cotton duty.
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Flint
Washington
Senate
Root
Wickersham
Taft
Meinurin
Culberson
Bacon
Pittsburg Strike Ends As Street Cars Resume Service
The Pittsburg street railway strike ended after officials signed an agreement with the Amalgamated Association. Discharged workers will receive hearings, swing runs will be shortened by 50 percent, and cars resumed service starting 6 PM with all 500 cars back on regular schedules by 7 PM.
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Pittsburg
William A. Magee
Greater Pittsburgh
Frst Street Railway
Union
Magee
Greater Pittsburg
Reward Offered for Chicago Dynamiter Suspects
Chicago Mayor Busse authorized a $3,000 reward through the city council finance committee for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for the Sunday night bombing by her sons.
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Chicago
Busse
Two Boys Die in Train Accident Near Derrfield
The bodies of Charles Brown of Wichita and Allen Wilson of Chicago, both ten years old, were found beside the railroad tracks near Derrfield Missouri. It is believed they were struck by a train while playing near the rails.
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Derrfield
Charles Brown
Wichita
Allen Wilson
Chicago
Young Ten
Rall Road
Here
Galoen
Swede Assassin of Major General Becktan Is Dead
Stockholm June 28 The Swede who killed Major General Becktan chief of the coast artillery and then fatally shot himself is dead in a suicide.
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Ceveral Geckman
Stockholm
Becktan
Coast Artillery
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