Tragic Saturday Night Murder Mystery at Eastman Shack
Coroners inquest resumes at the Eastman bungalow where Edith Woodill was killed. Witnesses place the murder on Sunday night after a day with two women, while Eastman sought secrecy and fled potential arrest for embezzlement. Motive centered on a jealous, fatal attachment.
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St. Michael’s Md
Edith May Woodill
Robert B. Eastman
McDaniel
William Sutton
Eastman
Sutton
Powell
St. Michael’s
Robert Seth
Seth
Fire Sweeps Knox Indiana Destroys Business District
Knox Indiana June 29 Fire devastated the city business section with losses over 100000. The local fire department could not halt the blaze and nearby northern Indiana towns were asked to assist. Several people were injured by falling walls including H F Schriver editor of the Knox Democrat. High state buildings and the Pitt hotel were consumed. Lightning Strikes Oil Tanks Lexington Kentucky June 29 four tanks holding 35000 barrels of oil in Torront Wolfe county ignited creating flames hundreds of feet high and oil running into a creek for half a mile. Loss about 50000.
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Knox
Ind
Indiana
H. F. Schriver
Knox Democrat
Pitt Hotel
Lexington
Torrent
Wolfe County
Officials face graft charge in Odessa city funds case
The Odessa municipality now controlled by reactionaries has filed suit against the 1905 municipal officers accusing them of misuse of city funds. The action seeks accountability for alleged financial irregularities during their administration.
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Odessa
China Mission Thanks Czar Sent to Nicholas
A brief dispatch from St. Petersburg on June 25 reports a special Chinese mission to thank Emperor Nicholas for sending an official representative to Peking for the funeral of the late emperor.
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China
Czar
St. Petersburg
Ching
Nicholas
Peking
Arved Pure
Prince von Buelow quits German chancellorship
Berlin June 29 Prince von Buelow says he will retire from the empire’s chancellorship as soon as the pending finance reform bill is settled He remains temporarily in office to push the bill Emperor William has not chosen a successor The likely choice is Dr von Bethmann Hollweg with strong ties to the emperor The Norddeutsche Allgemine Zeitung notes the emperor favors remaining until finance proposals pass the Reichstag.
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Berlin
Prince von Buelow
Empire
William
von Buelow
von Bethmann-Hollweg
Interior
Brandenburg
Norddeutsche Allegemeine Zeitung
Reichstag
Kills Relative Fleeing After Quarrel in Chicago Home
In Chicago on June 29 Harry K. Giles, 38, was shot and killed by his brother in law Charles Graves at 231 West Congress Street where both men lived. The confrontation, witnessed by many roomers at a Mrs. Alice Stewart run house, ended with Graves fleeing with his wife Lillian Graves and a three month old baby. Detectives Reed and Morgan arrested Graves and the couple an hour later at Eighteenth Street and Wabash Avenue. Graves is in detective headquarters, the wife and child at Harrison Street annex.
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Chicago
Harry K. Giles
Charles Graves
West Congress Street
Alice Stewart
Lillian Graves
Eighteenth Street
Wabash Avenue
Reed
Morgan
Central Station
Graves
Detective Headquarers
Harrison Street
Woman kills for revenge in New York
In revenge for her husband’s alleged murder two years earlier, Mrs Louise La Bartia fired four bullets at Dominico Versagia on a sidewalk near Spring and Sullivan streets as he walked to work. Versagia was fatally wounded. a bystander apprehended La Bartia and handed her to police.
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New York
Louise la Bartis
Dominico Versagia
Spring and
Sullivar
Versagia
la Bartia
Devlin Nomination Delayed as DOJ Fraud Case Data Refused
Washington June 29 Attorney General Wickersham refuses to send to the senate the DOJ file on the Dr EB Perrin conspiracy trial in California timber land cases. The data was demanded relating to Robert T Devlin’s nomination as United States attorney for the northern district of California. The senate judiciary committee postponed the nomination to the next regular session.
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Washington
Wickersham
Senate
Department of Justice
EB. B. Perrin
California
Robert T. Devlin
United States
Senate Committee On Judiciary
Devlin
Congress
Americans' Deaths Accidental in Ireland Inquiry
An inquest at Killarney, Ireland, examined the deaths of Mrs. H. W. Coburn of Lowell Massachusetts and two other American women after a boating disaster on Lower Killarney Lake last week. The jury ruled the deaths accidental and found no one to blame.
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Killarney
Ireland
H. W. Coburn
Lowell Mass
Killarney Lake
Taft Tax Talk on Solons Spend a Hot Day
Washington, June 29. Senate continued discussion on Taft's two percent corporation tax. Senator Clapp proposed removing authority for corporate stock ownership in amended text, while Culberson sought access to IRS data by House or Senate committees. Cotton ties duty vote and free-list moves dominated, with hot weather prompting senators to wear light clothing and use fans as sessions began.
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Washington
Taft
Senate
Clapp
Culberson
House
Finance Committee
Aldrich
Senator Stone
Senator Cumming
Sherman
Scott
Money
Cummins
Hughes
Bacon
Nixon
Morse Bail Request Aide by State Indictment
New York on June 29 the District Attorney offered no objection to Charles W. Morse bail reduction from 15000 to 5000 as his counsel sought easing on a state indictment.
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New York
Jerome
Charles W. Morse
Morse
Train rider shoots engineer in theft gone wrong
Solomon Shepard, a Black man, confessed to stealing a ride on a Seaboard Airline train when he shot and killed Engineer Halt. The incident occurred as the engineer was off the train, leading to ongoing police and investigative actions in Durham, North Carolina, on June 29.
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Durham
Solomon Shepard
Engineer
Two Die in Moscow Auto Race Crash
Moscow report states M. Vachinin a prominent St Petersburg figure and his chauffeur were killed when their car left the track and rolled down an embankment. The crash crushed both men at the scene.
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Moscow
M. Vachinin
St. Petersburg
Heat Wave Kills Nine in Chicago and Sets Off Accidents
Chicago reports nine heat related deaths on a day of extreme heat and humidity. Across Denver a derailment left eight injured when rails buckled, with more heat related disruptions cited in Pittsburg and other locations.
Powerful Politician Dead in Atlantic City
Philadelphia June 29 State senator Israel W Durham a powerful and popular Philadelphia political leader died suddenly of heart disease at his Atlantic City summer home after an illness stretch. He collapsed after luncheon while with his sister Mrs Philip H Johnson who cared for him since five years ago. He died promptly in her arms as he rose.
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J. W. Durham
Pennsylvania
Atlantic City
Philadelphia
Israel W. Durham
Mr. Durham
Cmip
Harrisburg
Philip H. Johnson
Riot in Pittsburg Car Strike Parley Fails
Pittsburg Pa June 29 Greater Pittsburg enters third day of street car strike with paralysis of business limited train service and angry residents. Union grievances include discrimination against union employes hearings for discharged men longer lunch and bulletin boards. First violence as 14 strike breakers chased from Rankin barns. Detective John Englert beaten. Mayor and strike committee hold lengthy talks but fail to settle. 500 people gather at Herron Hill car barn before police disperse. Police hold entire force in reserve. saloons stay open. transport firms adjust to avoid strike prices.
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Pittsburg
Rankin
John Englert
Magee
Herron Hill
Department of Public Safety
John Morin
Hunt Clues of Leon Ling In New York Murder Case
New York reports show Leon King known as Leon Ling attempted multiple methods to hide Elsie Sigel’s body after jamming it in a trunk. Witnesses say he used a touring car to move the trunk on June 9 and transported it to a Harlem laundry run by a Gee Gong Tong member, with three suit cases believed to contain the victim’s clothes. Bishop Joseph B. Cotter of Winona dies at 65 after a diocese crisis.
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New York
Leon King
Elsie Sigel
Eighth Avenue
Chung Sing
Leon Ling
Newark
Harlem
The
Gee
Gong Tong
Leon
Bigel
Raid Alleged Bucket Shops In Cincinnati News
County Prosecutor Hunt continues a raid against bucket shops as ten deputies overpower two armed guards and raid the offices of the Consolidated Stock and Grain Company. Eleven killed in mutiny in Vilna prison as warders and convicts clash in the courtyard.
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Cincinnati
Hunt
Consolidated Stock and Grain Company
Vilna
Russia
Wardera
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R. A. Gamble
Osteopathic and Medical Physician
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Willatrawn
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Aecurell
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Wood& Savery, Ib
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