Commons to Forge Opts Charge into Open Debate
London dispatch reports a plan to force a general House debate on the Graves release and to threaten withholding the pay of Secretary for Scotland McKinnon Wood until explanations are provided. Liberal MP Joseph King presses questions on royal prerogative and government explanations amid ongoing Graves revelations.
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London
Armgaard Karl Graves
House of Commons
McKinnon Wood
Scotland
Graves
Joseph King
North Somerset
Mr. King
Karl Graves
Wood
King
Secretary of Scotland
One Town Is Hotter Than Sweltering Atlanta
Atlanta logged a noon temperature near 90 as heat rose across the country. Phoenix, Ariz., stood as a rival at 104 with Forecaster Von Herrmann noting cloud cover kept Atlanta cooler. He warned no rain was in sight and predicted continued hot and dry conditions through Sunday.
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Atlanta
Phoenix
Ariz
von Herrmann
Woman in Tub Foils Thief in Patchogue Store
Mrs. Samuel Gordon, bathing behind a screen in her husband’s Patchogue fruit store, shouted Stop thief as a man robbed the cash register. The thief laughed and fled with eight dollars, while she stayed put, noting she would have acted for a larger sum.
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New York
Main Street
Patchogue
L. I
Samuel Cordon
Gordon
Gen Wood Predicts War Is Coming At Tech Commencement
Gen Leonard Wood warned at Carnegie Institute of Technology commencement that war is inevitable and soon. He said 600000 men would be needed immediately with 16000 trained officers, yet only 4000 officers exist to command, risking disease and chaos if war occurs.
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Pittsburg
Leonard Wood
Carnegie Institute of Technology
Andrew Carnegie
Wood
Miss Jessie Wilson Travels Through Sunbury
Miss Jessie Woodrow Wilson daughter of the President traveled through Sunbury Pennsylvania en route to Washington from Eaglesmere. She shared a luncheon from a pasteboard shoe box in a park advised a boy not to smoke and smiled when a boy yelled chicken at her. The party included Harrisburg Lancaster and Philadelphia young women. They lunched on olives pickles and cookies with soda water.
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Sunbury
Jessie Woodrow Wilson
Eaglesmere
Washington
1207 Suicide Attempts Reported In St Peters burg
In St Peters burg last year official records show 1207 attempts at self destruction with 264 deaths. The figures reflect the city’s mental health and crisis response landscape during the period.
Bryan Snubbed Them Over Mexico Policy
Washington June 21. A delegation with vast Mexican property interests valued at over 200 million dollars accused Secretary Bryan of insulting them during a Washington visit. Bryan reiterated Taft era non intervention, questioned their motives, and offered to arrange the extraction of American women and children. Delegation members included Joseph Quailey and Brice McKinley among others.
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Washington
Mexico
Bryan
Taft
Texas
Mr. Bryan
United States
Wilson
Joseph Quailey
New York
Brice McKinley
Cleveland
C. K. Warren
Three Oaks
Mich
H. 8. Stevenson
California
W. N. Pence
Midland
Nelson Morris Meat Packing
Charles Newman
W. W. Turney
el Paso
Farmer to Pose for Lincoln Statue in Kentucky
Louisville June 21. George Grey Barnard, the New York sculptor, seeking a living model for a Lincoln statue, may choose Ben A. Lee of Lebanon Kentucky. Bernard Thompson, who saw Barnard’s ads, reports Lee a 50 year old farmer known as Abe Lincoln for his likeness, described as Anglo-Saxon with features of centuries past.
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Louisville
George Grey Barnard
New York
Kentucky
Abraham Lincoln
Ben A. Lee
Lebanon
Bernard Thompson
Abe Lincoln
Lee
Thompson
Poodle Dies of Grief After Haircut in Denver
A toy French poodle named Toodles, owned by Miss Mildred Lewin, died in Denver after being clipped for the first time a week earlier. The dog reportedly never held up its head again, dying of a broken heart.
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Denver
Militants Burn London Church in Ballot War
Militants set fire to St John s Church in south London causing about 30000 dollars in damage. Firemen contained the blaze as militancy also struck Gatty Marine Laboratory in Scotland with 40000 dollars of losses. Laura Lennox, freed from Holloway after four days of a six month sentence for property destruction, is ill after hunger strike. Harold Hewitt, hurt at Ascot while competing for 17500 dollar race cup, is reported sinking.
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London
St. John's Church
South End
Scotland
Gatty Marine Laboratory
Laura Lennox
Holloway
Miss Lennox
EF. A. Clayton
Harold Hewitt
Ascot Heath
Ascot Cottage Hospital
Russian Prince Lost on N Y Elevated
Prince Peter Lieven of St Petersburg and his mentor Professor von Riesman left the Astor Hotel to visit Coney Island. The prince slept on an elevated train and, waking, asked where he was. A rough guard replied that he should know the city. After three hours lost, he located his way back to the Astor.
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New York
Prince Peter Lieven
St. Petersburg
Professor von Riesman
Astor Hotel
Coney Island
Astor
Mark Twain Story Wins Suit for Boy
In St Louis on June 21 a jury awarded Clyde D. Richey fourteen years old ten dollars actual damages and twelve hundred dollars exemplary damages against the United Railways Company for a conductor beating. The trial used Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn tale to illustrate sympathy for mistreated boys. The boy sought fifteen hundred actual and three thousand punitive damages.
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ST. Louis
Mark Twain
Henning
Clyde D. Richey
United Railways Company
Richey
School Ousts Son Father Asks 50000 Damages
In Denver on June 21 C A Roberts filed suit in district court seeking 50000 dollars in damages as next friend to his son expelled from high school for being a member of a Greek letter fraternity. Forty six other pupils were also expelled.
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Denver
C. A. Roberts
Georgia Legislature Race Key Figures Named for 2010 Meet
The General Assembly of Georgia features J. Randolph Anderson as Senate President candidate and John T. Allen as challenger. William H. Burwell is listed as Speaker of the House candidate, with party and reform platform noted for June 2010 session planning.
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General Assembly
Georgia
J. Randolph Anderson
Senate
John T. Allen
William H. Burwell
House
Hancock County
Robert N. Hardeman
Jefferson
Popular
Kimball House
J. E. Sheppard
Sumter
Charless. Northen
John T. Boifeuillet
Famous Blockade Runner of Civil War Sold for a Dollar
NEW YORK June 21 The final chapter in the history of the full rigged ship Southern Light once famed as a Civil War blockade runner began Saturday when Bayonne New Jersey wrecker Captain Wilson bought her for the nominal price of one dollar from East Boston. The ship, built in Bath Maine in 1859, ran ashore at Cowboy Louisiana two years ago and has since lay there. Wilson expects to salvage about $3,000 from her material after a noted encounter with the USS Nashville in the English Channel forced her into a French port after disabling her rudder.
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New York
Southern Light
Wilson
Bayonne
N. J
Cowboy
L. L
Bath
United States
Nashville
Englsh
J. Kelly
Boston
Hugging in Buggy Prohibited by Law
In Riverside California on June 21 W T Thompson a noted real estate dealer urged the city council to pass an ordinance requiring buggies to carry lights at night after he narrowly avoided colliding with a buggy carrying a young man with both arms around a girl. The council debated prohibiting embrace in a buggy or mandating lights on all rigs.
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Riverside
Cal
W. T. Thompson
Skeletons priced steady at old mark in Boston
In Boston on June 21, dealer C H Goldthwaite of 42 Cornhill notes human skeletons cost the same as a decade ago, selling for 35 dollars. He says skeletons are not often bought, drawn by physicians, lawyers, and students for exhibits and study, with specimens sourced from Paris and Austria.
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Boston
C. H. Goldthwaite
Cornhill
New England
Goldthwaite’s
Paris
Austria
$100000 Garden for Millionaire's Home
San Francisco June 21. Mirrored sylvan pools and statues of nymphs fauns and satyrs will decorate the Louis XVI gardens planned for the Templeton Crocker estate at Hillsborough. The main terrace 400 by 100 feet will face the house with a circular pool and fountain. Stairs will connect to less formal gardens running about 1500 feet. Garden cost alone is expected to exceed $100000.
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San Francisco
Templeton Crocker
Hillsborough
Indictments Quashed Over Missing Grand Juror
Denver authorities report Judge Butler quashed all indictments from the County Grand Jury at the DA’s request due to the absence of Grand Juror J. H. Gardner, a fugitive charged with contributing to juvenile delinquency. Gardner’s flight prompted the action.
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Denver
Colo
Bush
Butler
J. H. Gardner
Switzer Sentenced Twenty-Nine Years After Threat
Fort Madison Iowa June 21 Within forty hours after slashing the threat against Chief of Police J B Watkins George Switzer began a thirty year sentence for the crime in the penitentiary here.
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Iowa
Fort Madison
J. B. Watkins
George Switzer
One Spoken Word Costs Masher Twenty-Five Dollars
Milwaukee on June 21 Max Schuster was fined twenty five dollars in district court for yelling hello to Miss Tenna Safer after two years of following her. The incident began when Safer reported the man to police but authorities said no action could be taken until he spoke. He approached on a crowded street and shouted, startling her.
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Milwaukee
Max Schuster
Schuster
Tenna Safer
Georgia Legislature to convene June 25 for inaugural session
The Georgia Legislature will convene in both chambers on Wednesday June 25 at noon for the first meeting of the General Assembly elected under Governor Slaton. Gov elect Slaton will be inaugurated Saturday at noon after organizing in both Houses and receiving the retiring Governor Brown and the great seal.
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General Assembly
Slaton
Joseph M. Brown
Brown
Marietta
Cherokee County
Kimball House
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