Fresh Scandals Loom After San Francisco Ousting
James L. Gallagher installed as acting chief executive after the San Francisco board of supervisors ousted Mayor Schmitz who is jailed. Prosecutor Heney plans a grand jury probe into a supposed bribery plot involving the Schmitz jury.
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James H. Gallagher
San Francisco
Heney
Schmitz
James L. Gallagher
Cnt
Grand Jury
Board of Supervisors
Rudolph Spreckels
William H. Langon
Gallagher
Lenroot Reports $307 Campaign Spend in Wisconsin
Irvine L. Lenroot of Superior filed a sworn statement with the secretary of state showing campaign expenses of 307 dollars for the US Senate race to succeed Spooner. He noted other parties spent about 250 dollars on his behalf. Congressman H A Cooper of Racine has not yet filed his expenses.
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Lenroot
Madison
Wis
Irvine L. Lenroot
Superior
United States
John C. Spooner
Secretary of State
H. A. Cooper
Racine
Five Die in Sinnemahoning Gelatine Plant Explosion
Five men were killed when a gelatine department explosion at Sinnemahoning Powder Manufacturing Company in Sinnemahoning Pennsylvania occurred on June 19. The dead are Billmire Summerson Edward Cole J B Nelson Harry Cole and Samuel Shadman. Only fragments of bodies were recovered. Two nearby workers were injured.
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Iamsport
Sinnemahoning Powder Manufacturing Colny
Sinnemahoning
Billmire Summerson
Edward Cole
J. B. Nelson
Harry Cole
Samuel Shadman
Mayor Busse Considers Suit Against Railroad Over Injury
Chicago mayor James Busse announces preparation to sue the Pennsylvania Railroad for damages after a wreck in Altoona Pennsylvania last winter. He says the railroad offered 1500 dollars, not nearly enough, and implies action will start unless a higher settlement around 5000 dollars is reached.
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Busse
Railroad
Chicago
Mayor Busse
Pennsylvania Railroad
Altoona
Mr. Busse
Two Drowned in the Ohio River Disaster
John Miller and William Coon drowned in the Ohio while attempting to save logs broken loose by a rise. Thirty five rafts of logs and a score of shanty boats were swept away.
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Ohio
Louisville
John Miller
William Coon
Striker Yonkers Ends Life After Mental Collapse
John Yonkers, a striking mill employee in Dubuque Iowa, became violently insane and killed himself. He brooded over failing to provide for his family and feared returning to work to avoid displeasing his union associates.
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Dubuque
John Yonkers
Yonkers
Earl of Munster Engaged to Mrs Potter Palmer
Chicago reports London advices that Mrs. Potter Palmer is engaged to Aubrey FitzClarence Earl of Munster and Baron Tewkesbury. The Tribune cites a near-confirmation though the couple deny it. The earl, a 45 year old bachelor with a London residence and a Brighton house, has served as a king Edward gentleman usher.
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Chicago
the Tribune
London
Potter Palmer
Aubrey FitzClarence
Earl of
Munster
Edward
Elizabeth Street
Eton Square
Brighton
Earl of Munster
Prohibition Eases in Eastern Kansas Court Ruling
Federal Judge John C. Pollock invalidates state interference with Missouri brewery wagon deliveries into Kansas deeming them interstate commerce. The ruling halts state seizures and enjoins local authorities, marking a shift in enforcement after six months of heightened prohibition actions.
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Leavenworth
Kan
John C. Pollock
Kansas
Missouri
Pollock
Venezuela’s Castro says Venezuela ready for peaceful development
New York report quotes President Castro of Venezuela calling the country "rebellion roof" and predicting an era of peace and resource development in the coming years. Separately in Washington, Cortelyou asks San Diego customs to report Winslow duty dispute details. no arrest order issued. Commander Winslow slated to head the Bureau of Navigation per Roosevelt’s view.
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Venezuela
New York
Herbert B. Kates
Castro
Winslow
Washington
Cortelyou
Collector of Customs
San Diego
C. M.R. Winslow
Bureau of Navigation
Roosevelt
China to enter world wine market for first time
London reports China plans to market its wine beginning in autumn 1908 after ten years of experimental grape cultivation on Chi Li gulf shores. Foreign office notes cellars and thousands of casks stored for export.
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London
China
Foreign Office
Gulf of Chi-Li
Barnsdall Oil Becomes $10 Million Rival to Standard
Pittsburg June 19 The Barnsdall Oil Company incorporated in Delaware as a $10,000,000 concern and organized by Theodore N. Barnsdall to compete with Standard Oil in the West. Barnsdall is a major independent oil figure with interests in Kansas Indian Territory and Texas.
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Standard Oil
Pittsburg
Barnsdall Oil Company
Delaware
Theodore N. Barnsdall
Standard
Kansas
Indian Territory
Texas
Dowager Duchess Loses Jewels On Train Ride
The dowager duchess of Roxburgh misplaced a jewel case at King's Cross before traveling to Scotland. The case was stolen from the car seat while she bought a newspaper. She did not learn of the loss until reaching Doncaster, with contents valued at thousands of pounds.
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London
Duchess of
Wreck on Big Four Road Near Columbus
Big Four through express No. 19 derailed a mile beyond North Columbus. The fireman is killed and several passengers are injured. No fatalities among the 890 passengers known. The train operated from New York.
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Big Four Road
Columbus
North
New York
Low fares from Chicago to West Coast and Northwest lines
Through Chicago Union Pacific North Western Line announces very low round trip rates to San Francisco and Los Angeles daily June 5 to 15 and June 22 to July 5 with a 2.00 NEA membership fee. Also to Portland Tacoma Seattle and North Pacific Coast June 20 to July 12 and Spokane June 20 to July 12. Liberal return limits and favorable stopovers. Tickets via Horta era Line agents.
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San Francisco
Los Angeles
Portland
Tacoma
Seattle
North Pacific Coast
Spokane
Horta
Era Line
Five Chamberlain Remedies Sold For 1 25 Dollar Pack
The ad urges self care with five Chamberlain products for bowel cramps coughs pains skin conditions and digestive issues. Each bottle set costs 1 25 and is sold by Loughran and Bauer and Joel C Cagin.
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Chamberlain
Loughran
Bauer
Joel C. Cagwin
Lippincott Residence Plundered in Philadelphia
Thieves entered Craig Lippincott’s Philadelphia residence and took jewelry, bric a brac valued over $5,000 along with antiques the owner deemed priceless, police notified by the victim.
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Philadelphia
Craig Lippincott
President Announces Diplomatic Appointments to Greece Montenegro and Persia
The president named envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary to Greece and Montenegro Rich mond Pearson of North Carolina. to Honduras and Salvador Percival Dodge of Massachusetts. and to Persia John B. Jackson of New Jersey.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Richmond Pearson
North Carolina
Greece
Montenegro
Percival Dodge
Massachusetts
Honduras
Salvador
John B. Jackson
New Jersey
Persia
Typhoid Epidemic Reported in Pittsburg
Typhoid fever is epidemic in Pittsburg Pennsylvania with 41 new cases in the last 24 hours. Since June 1 there have been 228 cases and the illness is described as more virulent than last year with higher mortality.
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Pittsburg
Bureau of Health
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Sherwin-Williams
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Honey
Schmitz Jury
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M. A. Packard CO
Brockton, Mass
G. E. Burton & CO
Bower & McCartney
Munn & Co
Scientific American
All
PMNR
Broadway
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Song
Ayer
J.C. , Wy. Ayer Co
Li, Mass
Story County Abstract Books
Nevada
Joan R. Keating
Pacific Coast
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Lippincott
Briley & Latham
Latham
Briley Res
291
Latham Res
Lanne Street
Lincoln St
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