Defense Opens Today in Kennedy Murder Trial
Kansas City scenes as Lulu Prince Kennedy stands trial for murder. The state contends Kennedy was forced into marriage at gunpoint and conspired in the killing, while the defense later argues inherited insanity and Kennedy’s ruin by her husband. Relatives feature prominently in testimony and the case heads to a jury.
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Lulu Prince Kennedy
Kenenedy
Lulu Prince
Prince
Kennedy
Jack Caldwell
Will Prince
Will
Bert Prince
Kennelly
Miss Jackman
Mrs. Kennedy
Crawford Still Missing After Ranch Sale
Special Dispatch reports Edward Crawford remains missing with wife alleging foul play. Park City area ranch sold for 2000 dollars to buyer James Hackett days before his disappearance. status of Crawford's funds at that time is unknown.
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Standard
Livingston
Edward Crawford
School Teacher in Trouble in Memphis
Memphis Tennessee June 10 W W idd former superintendent of schools is mentioned in a report about a school teacher facing trouble. The note references his prior role as superintendent and marks the incident as a developing case.
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Memphis, Tenn
W. W.idd
Embezzler Shot While Escaping to Crime Scene
A Gufttersville Alabama man charged with embezzling about 1500 dollars of school funds five years ago was moved through Memphis en route from Newport Arkansas where captured on Wednesday to the crime scene. The prisoner was shot during the arrest and may not survive to reach the destination.
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Gufttersville
Ala
Memphis
Newport
Ark
Montana legislates for farmers institutes board
Special Dispatch from Helena June 10 The last legislature passed a law recognizing farmers institutes and providing state funding. The governor and the director of the state agricultural college come ex officio to the board with leaders from the State Horticultural Society Stockgrowers Association and Woolgrowers Association. A. L. Stone was elected president KE Fortier secretary. A follow up meeting will set institute dates and details.
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State Agricultural College
Farmers’ Institutes
State Horticultural Society
Stockgrowers’ Association
Rioters in Belfast Attack Corpus Christi Procession
Rioting resumed in Belfast as crowds pelted police during a Corpus Christi procession. Authorities called in military aid and dispersed the rioters with lancers.
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Belfast
Lancere
Entombed in Burning Mine Seems Certain
A mining disaster leaves workers missing as flames engulf a shaft. Rescue teams continue efforts amid uncertainty with officials confirming at least one fatality and possible entombment of additional laborers.
Fire Rages in Port Royal Coal Shaft No 2
Rescue teams battle a spreading blaze at Shaft No 2 of the Pittsburg Coal and Coke yard in Port Royal Pennsylvania. More than 30 miners are inside, with six known to be in the burning zone and fears that many may be entombed. Names include Jack Peoples Tony Sickles Frank Davenport Daly and William McCune among others. Local families gather anxiously seeking news as smoke pours from the shaft. The fire likely began with an explosion near the line of the Pittsburg Lake Erie railroad.
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Port Royal
Pittsburg Coal and Coke Company
Jack Peoples
Tony Sickles
Frank Davenport
Daly
William McCune
Dennis Wortley
Michael Roy
Euclid
Pittsburg
Lake Erie
Lawrence Zeller
John Stakes
Stakes
Zetler
Patrick pleads not guilty in Rice murder case arraignment
Albert T. Patrick of New York and co defendants David T. Short and Morris Meyer pleaded not guilty at their arraignment before Judge Cowing in general sessions. Bail for Short and Meyer was set at 25 000 each, with Assistant DA Garvin requesting 40 000.
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Patrick
New York
Albert T. Patrick
William Marsh Rice
Cowing
Court of General Sessions
David T. Short
Morris Meye
Foster
Short
Meyer
Garvin
Free Trade Question Dominates Porto Rico Debates
Governor Allen ponders timing for extraordinary session after July 1 as Hollander’s revenue report backs free trade. Legislation set for July 25 marks third anniversary of U.S. troops’ landing and Saint James day holiday. Supreme court upholds tariff as Porto Ricans press for free trade and citizenship remains a top goal.
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San Juan de Porto Rico
Allen
Hollander
Porto Rico
United States
St. Jago
Spain
Supreme Court
Port Royal coal mine disaster a race to rescue entombed workers
Rescue parties led by Superintendent McCune and pit bosses descended into shafts at Port Royal on the Youghiogheny river after a mine explosion. Four men were later believed entombed, with more explosions and heavy smoke hampering efforts. Dozens of relatives gathered as volunteers tried to reach the men. water flooding and gas impeded progress in the dangerous, gaseous coal mine.
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West Newton
Dennis Wortley
Michael Roy
Euclid
Baltimore & Ohio
Daly
Port Royal
Youghiogheny River
Pittsburg
Mrs McKinley Shows Steady Improvement
Washington June 10 reports say Mrs McKinley continues to improve though not out of danger. The president is cheered by the news and met callers as doctors describe her condition as favorable with gradual gains. Surgeon General Sternberg and Dr Rixey note continued improvement and Mrs McKinley has sat up briefly. The Buffalo exposition visit is postponed but Flag Day events will proceed with officials attending in his absence.
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Sternberg
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Miles
General Miles
Swindler Captured After Long Chase
Chicago reports a young man named Melville Chester Findlay alias Melville Chester Jr and other names was arrested after a rapid street chase by two detectives and a crowd. He allegedly shot a policeman during escape, showing a deep head wound from a revolver butt. Kansas City police had warned banks and jewelers two weeks earlier about a man matching his description.
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Chicago
Melville Chester Findlay
Kansas City
Yale
Melville ‘Chester, Jr
Jordan Hanna
John Reid
W. ©. Brown
Guthrie
Oklo
Findlay
Colleran
Detective Bureau
Chief of Police
Chester
Man Shot and Killed in Tennessee Confrontation
Huntsville Alabama June 10 John David was killed by O B Byrd at a Pioneer Tenn store conflict arose when Byrd objected to David running a blind tiger near the store. David reportedly confined Byrd in a house for days and was shot when he returned. David allegedly had killed four men.
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Huntsville
Ala
John David
O. B. Byrd
Pioneer
Tenn
David
Byrd
Tragedy at Great Northern Hotel Ends in Double Death
Chicago reports two bodies found in a New York couple's hotel room. Rose Le Zebrebe, known as Rose Ziebede, a variety actress, and Hartman, son of a wealthy New Yorker, are identified. Authorities suspect a deadly couple’s run from an unforgiving father, with the husband possibly killing his wife in her sleep before taking his own life. Both were registered June 6 as Hartman and wife.
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Great Northern Hotel
Chicago
Hartman
Great Northern
Rose le Zebrebe
Rose Ziebede
New York
Rose Violette: Actress at NY Theatre Said Shot by Jealous Lover
Stage manager reports Rose Violette a 22 year old actress who performed in multiple productions at a New York theater last winter. She left for Chicago with Louis Hartman, son of Max Hartman, a cigar maker, whose prior marriage to Mae Belle Davis was annulled. Friends say Hartman, 21, was intensely jealous and is accused of shooting Violette after a recent trip West.
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Lawrence
New York Theater
Rose Violette
George W. Lederer
West
Chicago
Louis Hartman
Hartman
Max Hartman
Columbia Law School
Mae Belle Davis
Michigan Woman Charged With Murder Near Detroit
Mrs. Charles Yates of a farmer near Detroit is arrested for murder after the death of Jasper Wright. Wright was found dead in a thicket near the Yates home. Yates testified about finding the body and admitted prior meetings with Wright during the coroner’s inquiry. The inquest is adjourned to June 12.
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Mich
Free Press
St. Louis
Charles Yates
Kirly
Jasper Wright
Yates
Wright
Railroad Collision Near Colesburg Injures Five Trainmen
A Nashville railroad collision two miles south of Colesburg Kentucky today between a freight engine and a southbound passenger train injured five crew members. Engineers T B Gibson and J F Fitzpatrick Fireman Fitzpatrick Postal Clerk Hargrove Postal Clerk Shipley porter J W Jonn Xpress Messenger Id Cow herd all will recover.
Right of Way Granted to Great Falls & Canada Line
The Montana state board of land commissioners granted a right of way across school land for the Great Falls and Canada railroad from Great Falls to the Canadian line. The board also canceled a lease to J H Freager for 640 acres citing the state’s lease cap. It approved a Choteau county coach line right of way contingent on surveying along section lines with indemnification for condemned land.
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Helena
State Board of Land Commissioners
Great Falls
W.S. Rainholt
Chinook
Choteau County
Pray
Young Girl Murder Shocks Georgia Community
Miss Bessie Jackson adopted daughter of dairyman Mr Flower was found murdered near her Poplar Springs home after missing since Thursday. A Black farmhand on Flower's property was arrested on suspicion. Coroner's inquest heard she had been criminally assaulted though no direct evidence named the suspect Gathro English.
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Atlanta
Bessie Jackson
Flower
Poplar Springs
Women Must Work But 60 Hours Per Week
Judge Baker of the district court ruled the Nebraska female labor law banning overwork by female employees is constitutional. The case involved laundryman William Welman charged with overworking women. The court said limiting female labor hours protects public health.
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Omaha
Baker
District Court
Nebraska
William Welman
Priest Murdered in His Church in Mexico
Mexico City June 10. A clerical sensation at San Geronimo near Otúibo. Senora Villavencio, jealous of Spanish priest Marcio, entered during confession and shot him dead on the floor inside the church. The murder inside a church is described as unparalleled in the country’s history.
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Mexico City
San Geronimo
Otuibo
Senora Villavencio
Marcio
Manley Declares Candidacy for Governor Nomination
A Augusta dispatch reports Joseph Manley announces his candidacy for governor at the end of Hill's term. Manley favors a one year governor term and the suppression of whiskey traffic.
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Lewiston
Lewiston Journal
Augusta
Joseph Manley
Hill
Head End Collision injures trainmen in Kentucky
A head end collision occurred near Elizabethtown Kentucky on the Louisville line injuring several trainmen. Details on number and condition pending official reports. Local authorities and railroad police investigated the scene.
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Elizabethtown
Louisville
Prisoner Bassendale Captured Near Malta After Grand Forks Escape
Bassendale, the alleged Grand Forks killer, was found at John Cowan’s ranch 65 miles northwest of Malta after escaping with four others. He admits riding with a horse thief and alleges innocence while recounting a box car robbery in which a pistol discharge occurred during a struggle with a tramp.
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Standard
Great Falls
Joe Bassendale
Grand Forke
Glasgow
John Cowan
Malta
Frank Hobbs
Bassendale
Montana
Mr. Cowan
Walsh
Grand Forks
Griffith
Valley County
Hobbs
Hobbes
Hassendale
Minot
Jake
Joe
Jade
Take
Walter Besant Dies Victorian Novelist Succumbs to Influenza
Sir Walter Besant the novelist died at Hampstead after a fortnight of influenza illness. Born in 1838 in Portsmouth he educated at King's College London and Christ Church Cambridge. His writings span social reform themes and collaborations with James Rice. he was made a baronet in 1895.
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William Walter Besant
Hampstead
Besant
Atlantic Union
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Rochester
Hotel Cecil
McKinley
Lady Besant
Sir Walter
Walter Besant
Portsmouth
England
King’s College
Christ's College
Cambridge
Royal College
Mauritius
James Rice
America
East End
Mr. Besant
Insular relations to dominate 1904 Democratic agenda
Lexington June 10 Col W O P Breckenridge ex congressman replies to a inquiry on party reorganization and issues. He argues currency and expansion policies will shape elections and that territorial policy may win back disaffected Democrats while preserving regular party principles. He asserts no retractions or apologies are needed for past positions.
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Col
W. O. P Breckenridge
Bryan
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Beckenridge
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