Taft Takes Shape as Census Bill Advances in House
Washington June 25 The House passed a census bill appropriating 10 million dollars for the next count and adjourned until Monday. Debate featured Gillett charging patronage motives while Clark pressed the president’s veto question amid laughter.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Finance
Senator Root
Root
Wickersham
House
Gillett
Massachusetts
Mr. Clark
Missouri
Mr. Gillett
Roosevelt
American Tobacco Company
Beveridge
Bailey
Senate
Texas
Bose
Taft
Newlands
Nevada
Spreckels
Mine Disaster at Lackawanna Mine No 4 Kills Seventeen
Webrum Pa June 25 A gas explosion in Lackawanna Coal and Coke Company mine No 4 kills seventeen and injures sixteen. Only one American dead. Inspector Williams searches for any unaccounted entombed workers as officials note the mine was non gaseous and open lamps caused ignition. Italians near the entrance suffer severe burns amid frantic cries for aid.
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W. N. Johnson
Maze of Ling clues links two rivals in Sigel case
New York crime notes focus on Leon Ling and rival Chu Gain in the Elsie Sigel mystery. Two letters from Ling threaten Chu Gain and Miss Sigel, with motives and exact methods undetermined. Possible Cuba escape discussed by Chinatown witness. two suspects to be questioned.
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New York
Leon Ling
Elsie Sige
United States
Quan Yick Nam
Leon
Chung Sing
Chu Gain
Sigel
Chu
Gain
Miss Sigel
Sing
Cuba
Elsie Sigel
Ward
Chinatown
Five Americans Drown in Irish Lake Disaster
In Killarney on Lower Loch Leane a gale swamped a boat carrying nine tourists, killing five aboard. Police recovered the bodies of three American women near Muck Ness shore two miles from the sinking site, while volunteers continue the search for the remaining victims as bad weather hinders dragging efforts. Names of the American dead include Mrs A A Hilton and son of Tacoma Washington, Mr and Mrs Robert C Loughead of Boston, and Mrs H W Coburn of Lowell Mass.
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Killarney
Ireland
Killarney Lake
Muckness Shore
A. A. Hilton and Son
Tacoma
Wash
Robert C. Loughead
Poston
H. W. Coburn
Lowell
Mags
Heat Kills Six in Pittsburg and New York
Torrid heat across Pittsburg raises toll to six deaths with hourly prostrations. Mills keep substitutes on hand as workers collapse. Aid depots overflow in tenement districts. New York records eight heat deaths with a 91 degree high and forecasts possible showers for relief.
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Pittsburg
New York
Ward Heads Homeopaths At AIA Convention
Detroit reports the American Institute of Homeopathy elected officers including President Dr James W Ward of San Francisco and First Vice President Dr Herbert Dana Schenck of Brooklyn. The ballot failed to produce a decision, another election is needed, and resolutions condemned benzoate of soda as a food preservative while praising Dr Harvey W Wiley. Shawmut Car Takes Second In Race At Seattle Exposition with a $1500 prize.
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Detroit
American Institute of Homeopathy
James W. Ward
San Francisco
Herbert Dana Schenck
Brooklyn
N. Y
Sarah M. Hobson
Chicago
T. Franklin Smith
J. Richey Horner
Cleveland
5. B. Garrison
Harvey W. Wiley
Government Food Department
Mrs Matthews Killed in Auto Crash near Amonia
Mrs John Matthews wife of the Du Pont Powder works superintendent at Wilmington Delaware was instantly killed in an automobile accident near Amonia New York on June 25.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
John Matthews
du Pont Powder Works
Wilmington
Del
Amonia
Fort William Henry Hotel Destroyed By Fire
Fire at the Fort William Henry hotel near Lake George totally destroyed the Delaware and Hudson property. Loss estimated at 400000 dollars. The blaze, starting in the rear near the kitchen, spread quickly before any organized fire response could help. The wooden hotel housed about 800 guests near the historic fort site.
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Albany
Fort William Henry
Delaware & Hudson Company
Lake George
Judge Near Death in Quarrel at Lexington Lumber Yard
Word reached Lexington Kentucky that County Judge Tanlbee narrowly escaped a shooting during a quarrel with John and Norman McCoy near his lumber yard. The incident occurred close to June 25 with authorities investigating the near-fatal confrontation.
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Quarrel
Lexington
Jackson
Tanlbee
John
Norman McCoy
Farnum Denies Links With Mrs Gould In Divorce Case
Dustin Farnum testifies in the Gould divorce deposition that he met Mrs. Katherine Clemmons Gould years ago at a charitable benefit and at Castle Gould. He describes dinners and lunches with her and Miss Robson, asserting no improper nocturnal disturbances or private encounters. The testimony covers 1906 locations from New York to St. Regis and Atlantic City venues.
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New York
Dustin Farnum
Castle Gould
Farnum
Mrs. Gould
Brooklyn
Mr. Farnum
St. Regis
Misa Robson
Atlantic City
Miss Robson
Miss Sells
Washington
Black Hand Slayer Guilty 20 Years Punishment
Joseph Bertucci, linked to a Black Hand band, was found guilty of murder in Judge Windes court. The jury set a 20 year penitentiary sentence for the Vido Umbrello killing at Twenty third and La Salle streets on January 19. The trial featured an encor as a mysterious Italian signaling a key witness, and Bertucci’s ally Nardi refused to testify.
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Chicago
Joseph Bertucci
Windes
Bertucci
Vido Umbrello
Twentythird
la Salle
Bruno Nardi
Nardi
John T. Fleming
Will T.” Davies
Anton Papo
Twelve miners injured in Klondike No 4 mine cage accident
Terre Haute June 25 Twelve foreign miners were hurt when a cage at Klondike coal mine No 4 three miles west of Canton fell 315 feet to the bottom of the shaft. Several may die as the cage ascent halted by cable entanglement and a delayed rescue.
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Terre. Haute
Indiana
Terre Haute
Klondike
Canton
Governor suspends McLendon from Georgia railroad panel
Atlanta June 25 Gov Hoke Smith announced the suspension from office of D G McLendon chairman of the Georgia railroad commission, over his refusal to order state railroads to cut Savannah to Atlanta port rates. Also Mexico Railroad Inc formed in Trenton with 75 million capital to build a Mexican line under concessions to J A Naugle for the Southern Pacific.
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Hoke Smith
Georgia
Railroad Commission
Atlanta
D. G. McLendon
State Railroad Commission
McLendon
Savannah
Mexico Railroad Incorporated
Trenton
N. J
Southern Pacific Railroad Company of Mexico
Mexico
Republic of Mexico
J. A. Naugle
Southern Pacffc Railroad Company
Woman 15 Slain Sighting Weighted Body Found In Pot
Maryland eastern shore aroused over the murder of Edith May Woodhill wife of Gilbert Woodhill of Los Angeles. John T. Roberts a newspaper man is accused of the crime. He was captured after being surrounded in Coxman near St Michaels.
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St. Michaels
Maryland
Edith May Woodhill
Gilbert Woodhill
Los Angeles
Cal
Back Creek
Choptank River
Roberts
J. T. Roberts
McQuay
Cornell Heads Attorneys in Iowa County Lineup
In Marshalltown on June 26 the Iowa County Attorneys Association elected Seneca Cornell of Ottumwa as president, Bradford Knapp of Clarion as vice president, and W. Edson of Storm Lake as secretary-treasurer. The convention rejected the nominating committee report and urged the legislature to supply county attorneys with copies of all new laws within 30 days after adjournment. Judge J. M. Parker welcomed the state bar association and Hazen Sawyer delivered the response.
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Marshalltown
Iowa
County Attorneys’ Association of Iowa
Seneca Cornell
Ottumwa
Bradford Knapp
Clarion
W. ©. Edson
Storm Lake
Pepper
Muscatine
L. J. Dickinson
Algona
General Assembly
State Bar Association
J. M. Parker
Seventh District
Hazen I, Sawyer
Keokuk
New Medical Officers Elected by Iowa Union Medical Society
Iowa City June 25 new officers of the Iowa Union Medical Society were elected with Dr A Crawford of Mount Vernon as president Dr J B Kessler of Iowa City as vice president Dr C H Murray of Cedar Rapids as secretary and Dr George P Carpenter of Cedar Rapids as treasurer
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Iowa City
Iowa
Iowa Union Medical Society
A. Crawford
Mount Vernon
J. B. Kessler
C. HE. Murray
Cedar Rapids
George P. Carpenter
Mine Cage Drops 60 Feet at Clinton Mine No 4
Terre Haute Ind June 25 The cage in the Klondike mine No 4 at Clinton dropped sixty feet injuring twelve men. One man's back was broken five men's legs were broken and all the others were seriously hurt. W J Bevan Jr Weds In Colorado
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Terre Haute
Ind
Klondike
Clinton
Train Dispatching by Phone Convention Discussion
Detroit Mich June 25 Train dispatching by telephone was the main subject under discussion at the convention of the Association of Railway Telegraph Superintendents. The meeting focused on standardizing procedures and improving rapid communication between yards and trains to enhance efficiency and safety.
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Detroit
Mich
The
Association of Railway Telegraph Superintend
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