Feud Feud Sparks Fatal Shootings on Poydras Street
In New Orleans on June 12 a feud between rival Sicilian factions on Poydras Street left two men dead and two wounded. Salvadore Luciano and Vincenzo Ventra died. Joseph Geracchi and Joseph Calamia wounded and in custody. Antonio Luciana, later bonded, fatally shot Marcello Ferri after learning of his brother Salvador’s death.
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New Orleans
Poydras Street
Salvadore Luciano
Vincenzo Ventra
A. Cusimano
Joseph Geracchi
Joseph Calamia
Calamia
Geracchi
Antonio Luciana
Hls
Salvador
Luciana
Marcello Ferri
Ferri
Kidnaping Ring Feared In Butte Wealth Family Circle
Police in Butte unveil a plot to kidnap children of wealthy locals. Sam Consentino, an Italian, is jailed as four more suspects are sought. Targeted names include Senator W A Clark's son and Mrs Lula F Largey. Chicago links suspected. Consentino allegedly planned ransom with merchants and bankers among mining elite. Also reported: Ambassador Choate hosted Reid for coronation events with a later musicale.
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Key
Butte
Mont
Jeader
Sam Con Bentino
Hazel Gindrup
Harry Symons
William Symons
Consentino
W. A. Clark
Lula F. Largey
New York
Chicago
Fishing Tragedy At Rosston Claims Three In One Stroke
In Kittaning Pennsylvania on June 12 a fishing trip near Rosston ended in disaster. Andrew Hileman Kirk Bailey Jr and Dwight Bailey all entered Crooked Run to free a snagged minnow net. Hileman and Kirk Bailey died in the effort Dwight Bailey later succumbed to his injuries. The incident left families and the Armstrong county community mourning a fatal accident.
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Kittaning
Rosston
Andrew Higeman
Kirk Bailey, JR
Dwight Bailey
Bailey
Hileman
Crooked Run
Kirk Bailey
Andrew Hileman
Gle
Hilleman
Mr. Hileman
A. B. Bailey
Dwight
Armstrong County
Tornado sinks steamer Ravenna at Maquoketa chute
A tornado overturned and sank the steamer Ravenna four miles up Maquoketa river in Dubuque Iowa. The captain and three others drowned while the Teal rescued fifteen men clinging to the Ravenna.
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Dubuque
Iowa
Ravenna
Maquoketa Chute
Teal
Philadelphia
Nantucket Shoals
Stabell
Nora
Chester
Hillsboro
Boston
John C. Cottingham
Cape Cod
New Bedford
Newport
New York
Conference Aims To Unite Anti-Imperialists On Philippines Policy
New York June 12 Edward M Shephard hosted a luncheon at the University Club with Senator Edward W Carmack Senator Frederick T Dubois Carl Schurz Horace White Priorfield Storery Congressman James Griggs and Congressman John S Williams. The gathering sought to extinguish future dissension among anti imperialist leaders over Philippine policy and showcased cross party unity around a substitute bill for Philippine independence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Edward M. Sheppard
University Club
Edward W. Carmack
Tennessee
Frederick T. Dubois
Idaho
Senate Philippine Committee
Carl Schurz
Horace White
The
Evening Post
Priorfield Storrey
Boston
James Griggs
Georgia
John S. Williams
Mississippi
Culberson
Charles Francis Adams
Washington
Shepard
Senate
Tule
House Committee
Congress
Indictment of Four Birmingham Citizens for Embezzlement
Captain Reuben F. Kolb Henry B. Gray George A Blinn Jr and W L Dodd prominent Birmingham figures face indictments and bonds on embezzlement charges after grand jury inquiry into Continental Securities Redemption Company and Birmingham Debenture Company funds allegedly diverted. Amounts range from two thousand to thirty thousand dollars with Gray and Kolb at two thousand each Dodd at five thousand and Blinn at thirty thousand. Each denies wrongdoing and vows vindication at trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Reuben F. Kolb
Henry B. Gray
George A. Blinn, Jr
W. L. Dodd
Continental Securities Redemption Company
Birmingham Debenture Company
Gray
Kolb
Dodd
Blinn
Alabama
Jefferson County
Southern Mutual Aid Association
Freight agents choose Savannah for next convention
At the freight agents convention in Forest City Cleveland Ohio the decision was made to hold next year's meeting in Savannah Georgia. Today's session finished all business and the remainder of the schedule tomorrow and Saturday will be sightseeing. Delegates will depart Saturday night.
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Freight Agents ‘Wit
Forest City
Cleveland
Ohio
Freight Agents
Savannah
Violent attempt on supervisor’s life at Lehigh Valley colliery
In Old Forge near Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania an ambush gunfire struck the locomotive carrying Superintendent Thomas of the William A colliery. Ten shots shattered cab windows and perforated the engine and tender but all aboard escaped unharmed by diving to the floor. Authorities report no fatalities.
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Wilkesbarre
Lehigh Valley Coal Company
Lfe
Thomas Thomas
William A
Lehigh Valley Company
Old Forge
Thomas
British Cotton Growers Association to Promote Empire Cotton
The Lancashire chamber of commerce and cotton operatives’ groups met in London to back a British Cotton Growers Association. They launched a £5,000 guarantee fund, formed a committee with powers to deploy experts globally, acquire land, establish plantations, train locals, and maintain cotton exchanges for trade and transport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancanshire
London
Lancashire Chamber of Commerce
Associations of
Cotton Operatives
British Cotton Growers’ Association
Redcoats Held at Bay by Boys in Boers War Tale
Pretoria dispatch reports 10 25 Boers have surrendered to date with many youths and young men among them. Boers express increasing friendliness toward British forces while blaming France and Germany for the protracted war. Some hope to fight for Britain against those powers. De Wet praises young fighters. Orange River Colony Boers say ammunition use was for hunting. King Edward and Lord Kitchener praised a hearty reception at Kroonstad.
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Roanoke
Norfolk and Western Railroad Company
Pocahontas
Clinch Valley
Thacker Fields
Tugiver Field
Pretoria
National Scouts
DeWet
Orange River Colony
Kroonstadt
Eliott
Edward
Lord Kitchener
Pushing Irrigation Bill Goes To Amendment In House
Washington June 12 The house adopted a special rule for the irrigation bill and devoted the day to general debate. Tomorrow the bill will be read for amendment under the five minute rule. Speakers favored the measure citing land reclamation and funding from public land sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Washington
Thay
Senate
Messrs. Mondell
Wyoming
Tongue
Oregon
Tirrell
Massachusetts
Shalienberger
Nebraska
Ray
Judiciary Committee
Mr. Olmsted
Pennsylvania
Ines
Cushman
Committee On Rules
Mandel
Underwood
Alabama
Olmsted
Trade figures show exports rise while sugar and tobacco fall
Washington reports ten months ending April 20 1902 show imports at 55.25 million versus 54.41 million a year earlier. Exports reach 339.13 million up from 349.69 million, with U S origin shipments totaling 32.83 million up about 2 percent. Exports total 98.72 million, down about 7 million, with the decline driven entirely by sugar and tobacco shipments as sugar drops about 6 million.
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Washington
United States
Premier Combes Promises Continuation of Reform Policy
Paris June 12. The chamber of deputies opened the first debate under the new ministry. M Bussiere urged separation of church and state and a progressive income tax. M Jaures praised enforcing the law of association and urged shorter military service for a militia. Combes said elections showed approval of the last cabinet and the house passed a confidence vote 329 to 124.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Chamber of Deputies
M. Bussiere
M. Jaures
France
Alsace-Loraine
M. Combes
Mystic Shriners Drill Winners in Dhill
In San Francisco on June 12 El Jebel Denver captured first place in the annual Arab patrol drill of the Mystic Shriners. Aladdin Columbus Ohio took second. Patrols included Moolah St Louis El Jebel Denver Aladdin Columbus Ararat Kansas City and Zanneh Minneapolis. Imperial council finished business and visitors plan sightseeing.
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el Jebel
Denver
San Francisco
Mystic Shriners
Aladdin
Columbus
Ohio
Moolah
St. Louis
Ararat
Kansas City
Zanah
Minneapois
Imperial Council
Tts
Germany Explains Mission of Two Cruisers to Venezuela
Berlin reports German warships Gazelle and Falke were sent to La Guayra to safeguard German interests amid Venezuelan unrest. The foreign office states their presence is not tied to Germany’s claims against Venezuela. No request for an American warship’s presence was received during the crisis.
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Germany
Berlin
la Guayra
Venezuela
Foreign Office
Gazelle
Falke
Venezuelan
Washington
Rate of Tammany Meeting Sets Dates for Conventions
The Tammany triumvirate including the executive and general committees met in New York on June 12. They agreed on dates for local conventions and read a resolution by the executive committee abolishing the chairmanship once held by Richard Croker and predecessors, including Lewis Nixon, and transferring leadership of Tammany Hall. The motion was unanimously approved by the general committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Tammany Hall
Smith
Richard Croker
Lewis Nixon
Crain
Kilmer’s Swamp Root Promises Kidney Relief in Ad
An Atlanta Daily Constitution advertisement touts Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as a remedy for kidney and bladder issues and related pains. It claims to cleanse the urinary tract, reduce frequent urination, and cure rheumatism and back pain, offering samples by mail from Binghamton New York with fifty cent and one dollar bottle sizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N
Atlanta Daily Constitution
Bare Knuckles Fight Stuns Butte During Three Rounds
In Butte Montana Roy Campbell son of ex Congressman A J Campbell fought William G Mangan champion believed to be W A Clark Jr s prot g in a highly political bare knuckle bout It began after an insult at a ball game and ended with Campbell knocked out in the third round by Mangan in a ring pitched outside the city Read like a local political-fire incident with public figures and a brutal fight tied to state politics through the Clark Campbell feud
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Mont
Montana
Roy Campbell
A. J. Campbell
William G. Mangan
W. A. Clark
Washington
Campbell
Clark
Mangan
Ear Boxing in Reichstag Scene of Danube Debate
In Vienna on June 12 during a Reichsrat debate on the Danube navigation agreement Herr Schoener and Dr Wolffe, leaders of the Pan German party, exchanged insults and boxed each other’s ears. Friends of both leaders dragged them apart as cheers and jeers echoed from the galleries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reichsrath
Vienna
Herr Schoener
Dr. Wolffe
Funeral Notices From Summerville and Brunswick
Atlanta woman Mrs. Maude is laid to rest in Summerville cemetery with family present and church choir hymns. Brunswick records the burials of Mrs. Sarah E. Cargyle and Mrs Lula B. Lucas, noting long local ties and survivors.
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Atlanta
Summerville
Augusta
James L. Maude
J. T. Plunket
First Presbyterian Church
First Christian Church
Walter Maude
Thomas Clarke
Drake
Ravenel
Johnson
Addie Maude
Mabel Drake
E. Cargyle
Brunswick
Sarah E. Cargyle
Benjamin Cargyle
C. L. Eliott
Mia. Monroe Fleming
Clifford Cargyle
City
BR. L
Branham
Macon
L. B. Lucas
Lula B. Lucas
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Boyden
Philippines
Judge Griggs
Lement
Anshrade
West Virginia
Bluefield
W. Va
Thermond
Texas
Louisiana
Traubineur
Rhine
Mull
Mull’s
America
the Lightning Medicine CO
Rock Island
Jacobs’ Pharmacy
Redcoats
Britain
Rally Round N Cabinet
Combes
Mystic
Dhill
Tammany
Sucha Bia Ress
Bundy
Tolp
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