Slavonia wreck after collision saves 410 aboard
Wireless distress calls save 410 aboard the Cunarder Slavonia in a collision two miles southwest of Flores island. Prinzess Irene rushes to the scene with Batavia assisting. all aboard are landed safely as details reach New York and Liverpool.
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Punta Delgada
Azores
Cunarder Slavonia
Flores Island
Republic
Prinzess Irene
Slavonia
New York
Dunning
Cunard Line
Liverpool
Batavia
Cunard
Submarine Kambala Sinks in Black Sea During Trials
Russian submarine Kambala sank in a Black Sea storm during night maneuvers against battleships Rostislav and others. Captain Bielikoff, Lieut Adquilonoff, and 17 crew members perished. 2 survived after collision and sinking in 28 fathoms.
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St. Petersbuug
Kambala
Black Sea
Leutenant
Bielikoff
Rostislav
Lieut
Adquilonoff
Tuchkoff
Steamship Shearwater Sinks After Cargo Shift
In Philadelphia on June 14 the steamer Shearwater sank after its cargo shifted as she backed from Arch street wharf for a Jersey trip. Nearly 50 high school alumnae and others aboard were rescued by the fire boat Ashbrig e without injuries. Carboys of acid leaked, the engine room flooded, and the engineer abandoned his post.
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Philadelphia
Shearwater
Delaware River
Ashbridge
Arch Street
Jersey
Ashtabula
Arundell
Fort Stanley
Canada
Ashtabula Harbor
Amboy
Two Iowa Men Found Dead in Well Near Kadoka
The bodies of John Gooder of Rock Valley and W D Toney of Sioux City were found in a well on the Mc Nally ranch two miles north of Kadoka. Michael Malone, employed by them, is under arrest as a suspect in their murder.
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Iowa
Kadoka
John Gooder
Rock Valley
W. D. Toney
Sioux City
McNally
Here
Michael Malone
Spain Presses Cuba for Share of Big Debt
Havana reports from June 14 indicate Spain seeks Cuba’s payment of its portion of the Spanish national debt. Madrid renewed claims to bondholders’ interests, using renewed vitality via Senor de Ayala’s negotiations, while Cuba debates a $300,000 cannon purchase agreed with Gov Magoon.
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Havana
Spain
Cuba
Paris
United States
Gayton de Ayala
Senor de Ayala
Congress
Five men arrested for alleged train robbery near Rochester
Rochester, June 14 five men captured after boarding the New York Central fast mail at Albany were named Benjamin Marsh Albany Harry Brundage James Maroney Pleasantville Harvey Ferris Brooklyn and Harry Edwards New York They admitted riding the train but denied looting express packages None over 30 years old one carried 35 dollars another 8 others penniless Several had bunches of keys no one carried a weapon
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Rochester
N. Y
New York Central
Benjamin Marsh
Albany
Harry Brundage
James Maroney
Pleasantville
Harvey Ferris
Brooklyn
Harry Edwards
New York
Bombs In Liquor Fight Rattle Leetonia Church
Unknown attackers dynamited a large north window of the First Presbyterian Church in Leetonia Ohio. Pastor Rev Joseph M Grimm active in local liquor trials. This marks the fifth attempted bombing in two days. Sheriff Davidson deploys many deputies and arrests are expected.
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Leetonia
First Presbyterian
Joseph M. Grimm
Davidson
Life of Mary O’Brien Ruiz Traced by St Louis Friends
St Louis friends identify Mme Mary Agnes O’Brien Ruiz as the daughter of late Charles O’Brien a local boiler maker born near Ninth and Cass. She once attended Everett School and ran away from home at 13 to New Orleans, beating a box car back home. A sister and a brother Charlie, formerly with the St Louis Fire Department, are noted in the reminiscence.
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St. Louis
Mme
Mary Agnes O'Brien Ruiz
London
Charles O’brien
Ninth Street
Cass Avenue
Charlie
New Orleans
Two 1877 $50 gold coins fetch record price
New York June 14 two gold $50 pieces minted in Philadelphia in 1877 sold at the Numismatic club to William H Woodin for 10000 each, the highest price ever paid for an American coin.
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New York
United States Mint
Philadelphia
The
Numismatic Club
Willfare H. Woodin
Free List Debate Shapes Potash and Radium Status
The Senate resumed free list consideration of the Payne Aldrich tariff with Senator Overman denouncing the bill as iniquitous and proposing amendments on head taxes and immigrant duties. Potash paragraph approved and radium placed on the free list. Nelson, a progressive Republican, pushed for duty on sage flour to protect potato industries, while Aldrich warned against upward revision. An amendment by Frye and Burrows added tapioca and sago flour to the free list when used for food, with a duty for starch competition. Sheep dip definition amended to exclude other uses.
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Washington
Senate
Senator Overman
Congress
Overman
Bailey
United States
Clark
Wyoming
Aldrich
Nelson
Aladrich
Minnesota
Committee On Finance
Cummins
Robbery at New Ulm Station by Three Masked Men
In Winona Minnesota on June 14 three masked robbers assaulted conductor A B Hutchinson and night operator W H Miller at the Chicago and Northwestern station in New Ulm. They demanded money, beat the men with revolvers, looted the safe for hundreds of dollars, and rifled pockets before escaping.
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Winona
Minn
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad
New Ulm
A. BE. Hutchinson
W. H. Miller
Broker Charged With Fraud In Los Angeles Case
Lionel R. Hare mining broker and former Kangaroo Alaska Mining manager is jailed in Los Angeles on charges by eight New York investors of defrauding them of $50,000. Bail set at $50,000. Also reported: R. M. Smith & Co. lumber dealers in Parkersburg West Virginia adjudged bankrupt with liabilities $470 588 and assets $384 418. Sovereign Camp Woodmen of the World approves $750 000 for a headquarters building in Omaha Nebraska.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Lionel R. Hare
Kangarooh- Alaska Mining Company
New York
Hare
Parkersburg
W. Va
R. M. Smith & Co
West Virginia
Indiana
Louisiana
Dayton
Detroit
Mich
Sovereign Camp Woodmen of the World
Omaha
Neb
Earthquake Ravages Southern France Towns
Reports from southern France say St Cannat and Rognes were ruined by a quake. At least 175 dead, with Lambesc St Cannat and Rognes among hardest hit. rescue teams, troops, and supplies dispatched as villages remain isolated and communications fail.
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Paris
France
St. Cannat
Rognes
Marseilles
Herault
Bouches du Rhone
Lambesc
Puy Ste. Raparade
Denelies
Avignon
Wealthy mine owner missing after steamer voyage
Muskegon Michigan June 14 A wealthy mine owner of Patton Pennsylvania Blais Durbin is reported to have jumped or fallen overboard from the Goodrich line steamer Indiana while en route from Chicago to Grand Haven. His coat hat and purse were found on deck and a search found no trace of him.
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Muskegon
Mich
Blais Durbin
Patton
Goodrich Line
Indiana
Chicago
Grand Haven
Dr. Durbin
Lake Michigan
Scent Filibuster Plans Spark Edenton Steamship Probe
Edenton North Carolina June 14 government activity rises over the steamer Nanticoke after its recent mysterious transfer near Elizabeth City. Authorities suspect a filibustering expedition forming and a revenue cutter is tracking the activity to monitor the suspected venture.
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Edenton
N. C
Elizabeth City
Central Texas Storm Kills Eleven Persons
Eleven people died and several were injured in a central Texas storm that also toppled a Kansas City Mexico & Orient railway passenger train from a Brazos river bridge near Sweetwater. Haskell Lueders Merkel reported deaths and extensive property damage including crops, orchards, and buildings. A traveling salesman J B Stamford Cromwell perished in the train wreck, with 11 others badly hurt.
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Dallas
Tex
Texas
Kansas City, Mexico & Orient Railway
Brazos River Bridge
Sweetwater
Haskell
Lueders
Tom
Minnesota Bankers Meet at Lake Minnetonka
Minnesota Bankers Association opens its twentieth annual convention at Tonka Bay hotel with President Joseph Chapman Jr addressing members from across the state. Speakers include William Olcott, William Joyce, Congressman Nye, L O Thorpe. George E Roberts and Col Fred Farnsworth speak on topics this afternoon. plans include tours to Big Island Park and tomorrow’s address by Fred I Kent.
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Lake Minnetonka
Minn
Tonka Bay
Minnesota Bankers’ Association
Do. J. Swain
Excelsior
Joseph Chapman, Jr
Northwestern National Bank of Minneapolis
Willam J. Olcott
Duluth
Lake Superior
William B. Joyce
New York
Frank N. Nye
L. O. Thorpe
Willmar
George E. Roberts
Commercial National Bank of Chicago
Postal Savings Banks
Fred F. Farnsworth
American Bankers’ Association
Big Island Park
Fred I. Kent
Bankers’ Trust Company of New York
Morrow
Association
Missing Boston lawyer aboard Berlin after Genoa voyage
Naples reports Holland Bennett a Boston lawyer traveling with his bride of one month vanished from the North German Lloyd steamer Berlin on the Genoa to Naples leg. Passengers fear he fell overboard. Bennett disappeared Thursday night as his wife joined friends in the saloon. Alleged bandits indictments also from Omaha vault. Federal grand jury charged D. W. Woods Fred Torgenten James Gordon Jack Shelton and John Doe for the Union Pacific mail robbery of May 22.
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Naples
Genoa
Berlin
Holland Bennett
Boston
Indiet
Omaha
Neb
Federal Grand Jury
D. W. Woods
Fred Torgenten
James Gordon
Jack Shelton
John Doe
Union Pacific Mail
Des Moines Fort Troop B officers shot by corporal
Captain John C. Raymond of Troop B is fatally wounded in his Fort Des Moines office by Corporal Lisle Crabtree who then shot himself. First Sergeant James H. Washburn and Corporal Elijah Such were wounded. Crabtree’s act followed an official reprimand over extended leave. Raymond’s paralysis is likely. surgeons will probe for the bullet in his spine. Three men drown near Creve Coeur lake at St. Louis area. identities not available.
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Des Moines
John C. Raymond
Second
United States Cavalry
Fort Des Moinés
Lisle Crabtree
James H. Washburn
Elijah Such
Raymond
Crabtree
Captain Raymond
Mercy Hospital
Unitarian leaders honored in Boston tribute to Dr Hale
A large gathering at South Congregational church paid tribute to Unitarian leader Dr Edward Everett Hale with eulogies at Park Street Trinitarian church. City flags flew at half mast, and he was laid to rest at Forest Hill cemetery in private services.
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Boston
Mass
South Congregational Church
Edward Everett Hale
Hale
Park Street
Trinitarian Church
Forest Hill Cemetery
Stop Collection of Tax Injunctions Granted in Oklahoma City
In the United States court of the Eastern district of Oklahoma at McAlester Judge Ralph E. B. Campbell granted temporary injunctions restraining county treasurers from collecting the last half of the 1908 taxes assessed against the Missouri Kansas & Texas Gulf Colorado & Santa Fe Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Fort Smith & Western and the Midland Valley Railway companies.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
United States Court of the Eastern District of Oklahoma
McAlester
Ralph EB. Campbell
Missouri, Kansas & Texas
Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Fort Smith & Western
Midland Valley Railway
Trustees Named for Swedish Bible Institute Move
Rockford Iowa June 14 The Swedish Free church conference elected trustees from several states including J A Hanson and J C Olson of Holroge Nebraska W C Handell Omaha Ernest Carlson Boone IA P J Princell and K Newquist Chicago I Nyholm Minneapolis A A Anderson Et ton Colorado and Irving Haleen Holcomb Nebraska to relocate the Swedish Biblical institute from Chicago to Omaha.
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Iowa
Rockford
Swedish Free’ Church Conference
J. A. Hanson
J. C. Olson
Holrredge
Neb
W. C. Handell
Omaha
Ernest Carlson
Boone
P. J. Princell
K. Newquist
Chicago
I. Nyholm
Minneapolis
A. A. Anderson
Eton, Colo
Irving Haleen
Holcomb
Swedish Biblical Institute
Subway Planned for Albia Viaduct Project
Albia plans a $40,000 viaduct subway project to improve transit. Miss Rebekah McLean of New York marries Lieut. J de B Gardner of the Eleventh Cavalry in a New York ceremony. A hurricane alert reports a severe storm sweeping Cortez Honduras and damaging Atlantic coast towns.
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Albia
Miss McLean
New York
J. de B. W. Gardner
Eleventh Cavalry
United States Army
Rebekah McLean
Donald McLean
The
Daughters of the American Revolution
Honduras
Mobile
Ala
Cortez
Republic
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Leetonia, O
Presbyterian Church
Mme. Ruiz
Michigan
Provincetown
Maass
Bea
Minneapolis Journal
Auto Club
Radium
Progressives
Chicago and Northwestern
Lionel. R. Hare
Rich
Haskell and
Leeders
Sergeant Washburn
Corporal Such
Las Bullet
St.Louis
Creve Coeur Lake
All Boston
Leaver
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