Girl Killed After Deserting Family For Chinese Lover Unsolved Mystery
A New York murder case centers on Elsie Sigel granddaughter of General Franz Sigel. Police suspect Chinese restaurant owner Leon and roommate Chung Sin after Elsie fled home to be with him. Her battered body was found in a trunk. Motive puzzling. telegrams and notes imply love mania and family sacrifice.
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Chung Sin
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Hindaon
Steel
Bronx
Coney Island
Paterson
Norfolk
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Chinatown
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Elsie
Balloon Honeymoon Lifts Burnham Couple in Pittsfield
Roger Noble Burnham a Brookline sculptor and his bride Eleanor Howard Waring of Brookline and Georgia marry in Woods Hole and rise in a balloon in Pittsfield to begin a aerial honeymoon amid a 5000 strong crowd. Pilot William Van Sleet ensured balloon ascent. the craft drifted northward after midnight as Lenox visitors joined the celebration.
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Miss Waring
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Firward
Brookline
Eleanor Howard Waring
Aldo
Brookling
John Harvey
Woods Hale
Fittsfield
William van Sleet
Era Park
Pittafield
Lenox
Charles Daniels
Daniela
Wreck on Southshore Line Leaves 15 Dead and 25 Injured
In Cheaterton Ind at 3 PM a Southshore electric railway wreck west of town killed 15 and injured 25. Nine bodies recovered, more may be found in toppled cars. Only identified victim is Charles Johnson of Porter Ind, hurt and not expected to survive. Authorities believe misinterpreted telephone orders caused the crash.
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Charles Johnson
Porter
Harrington slashed by unknown man near Marietta Waiton
Charles Harrington bricklayer and mechanic, working on the new post office, was severely cut in the face last night near a near beer saloon at the Marietta and Waiton streets corner. He said the assailant, who fled, appeared crazed and offered no provocation. Harrington, an Englishman who claimed to have traveled from Birmingham and Denver, bore a tattooed chest reading Lord Harrington. Authorities know little about the attacker.
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Charles Harrington
Marietta
Waiton
Harrington
Birmingham
Denver
Lord Harrington
Calhoun Trial Deliberations Continue Amid Vast Crowds
In San Francisco the Patrick Calhoun case dominated the day as jurors, after six hours of deliberation, had not reached a verdict by 5 pm. Judge Lawlor extended the session to three hours more while the crowd packed Carpenter's Hall watched the proceedings. The jury asked for testimony to be read, including a witness linked to direct mention of the defendant, as prosecutors and defense argued. The scene drew a massive, politically charged crowd with mounted police in attendance.
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William P Lawlor
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Carpenter's Hall
Reyes Fled Colombia as President Abandons Office
Advices from Cartagena report General Reyes, president of Colombia, has abandoned office and sailed for Europe aboard a small fruit steamer. The move follows controversy over the United States Panama Colombia treaty, with Reyes planning to resign July 20 and transfer power to President-designate Ramon Gonzales Valencia amid rising unrest and censorship.
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Panama
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Mas
Colombian Congress
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Holguin
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Rayes
Bogota
Death Notice of Professor Turner Tabb in Japan
A dispatch from Nashville Tennessee reports the death by drowning of Professor Turner Tabb formerly of this city. He was a Vanderbilt graduate and volunteered for work in Ere foretan minden feild ét the Student unpest con.
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Turner Tabb
Vanderbilt University
Minden Feild
Central Shops To Be Improved At Macon
Major J F Hanson president of the Central of Georgia Railway announces plans to build new machine shops at Macon costing 1 000 000 and to renew rails with 5 000 tons purchased in New York. The sale to the Illinois Central proceeds, with management unchanged, once the survey clears finances and bonds are issued. The transfer will occur in Atlanta, not Chicago, as previously mis-stated.
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Central of Georgia Railway Company
Tninola Central
Hanson
New York
Central
Mundés Central
Prealden Harahan
Chicago
Pirvet
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Harahan
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Thesroad
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Confederate Monument Contract Awarded in Cordele
Confederate monument assignment in Cordele Georgia. United Daughters of the Confederacy awarded the erection contract to a Montgomery Alabama firm. Estimated cost about $2000. Railroad policy details relate to Harriman and Illinois Central. Further improvement plans pending survey completion.
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United Daughters of the Confederacy
Montgomery, Ann
Six Counties Hold Meeting for Good Roads Springs
Six counties convened to discuss cooperative road improvements and funding strategies. Local officials emphasized shared burden, potential state grants, and coordinated maintenance plans across jurisdictions. Community leaders urged swift action to reduce wear, enhance safety, and spur economic activity.
Resolutions Endorse Constitution Good Roads Drive
Meriwether White Sulphur Springs Ga June 15 Special At a sixcounty good roads meeting former Governor Joseph M Terrell presided The Constitution party was honored with a pathfinding role to the Atlanta Columbus route Delegates from Muscogee Harris Meriwether Coweta Campbell and Fulton counties attended The convention adopted a resolution endorsing The Constitution as the force behind the good roads movement and praising its work for Georgia roads.
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Greenville
White Sulphur Springs
Columbus
Atlanta Constitution
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Fred Lewis
Constitutions Party
Pathfinder
Fairburn
Meriwether
Constitution
O S Barnes
Harris County Commissioners
Weather Prophecy Foresees Rain This Weekend
Washington forecasts indicate rain on Sunday and Monday with warmer conditions, temperatures ranging from the mid 60s to mid 70s locally. Mean temperatures around 46 to 76, rainfall expected but totals unclear, with deviations from normal since month start.
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