Senate clashes over German influence and impertinence
Washington June 4 Senate clashes marked the day as Senator Stone of Missouri charged that Ambassadorial actions and a German wage report influenced tariff talks. Senator Aldrich disputed the accusation, calling Stone’s charge a gross impertinence and noting German manufacturers sought tariff leverage. The episode consumed almost three hours and ended with Stone criticising the administration’s handling as sugar-coated.
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Aldrich
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la Follette
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Wisconsin
French Professor challenges Jordan on decadence claim
Bryn Mawr June 4. French instructor Lucien Foulet rose from his seat during President David Starr Jordan's Bryn Mawr commencement to shout that France is not decadent. Jordan had said Spain Italy and France show the bloodstained past and France is a decadent nation. Foulet bowed and exited the stage as the scene unsettled the ceremony.
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NO QUORUM IN THE HOUSE
Washington reports the House failed after 45 minutes to reach a constitutional quorum and adjourned until Monday. Rep Macon Arkansas challenged for a majority on the Porto Rico amending bill while Rep Payne New York warned he would seek a sergeant at arms call if the body remains short of a quorum.
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Grand Jury Indicts Louise Arbogast in Father Murder
St Paul June 4. Louise Arbogast daughter of Louis Arbogast West Seventh street butcher is formally charged with murder of her father at 4 am on May 13. Grand jury also returns a secret indictment against the mother now at home under nurse care. Louise has been jailed awaiting possible sanity defense amid a history of nervous ailment and prior sanitarium treatment.
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Louis Arbogast
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Floods in Fernie B C Threaten Homes and Children Missing
A Fernie British Columbia flood report says heavy rains and sun have swollen creeks and rivers flooding several houses. Fir River overflow damaged Elk Lumber Co booms and Coal Creek washed away houses. The Welsh camp bridge is gone. Several children are missing.
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B. C
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Elk Lumber Company
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Welsh Camp
Man Kills Self at Camden Place Park in Minneapolis
Minneapolis reports A. Lanveen aged 53 fired three shots into his brain after choosing Camden Place park as the setting to end his life. Authorities cite no known motive for the suicide.
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Camden Place Park
A. Lanveen
Michigan Student Drowned During Swim Lesson
Johno J Overly a 21 year old junior at the University of Michigan drowned in the Huron River near Ann Arbor while learning to swim. He hailed from Kansas City Missouri and was a member of the university community at the time of the accident.
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Ann Arbor, Mich
Johno J Overly
Kansas City
University of Michigan
Huron River
Philadelphia Strike Talks Push Settlement Amid City Turmoil
The Philadelphia Rapid Transit strike walks toward resolution as officials and leaders push for arbitration. Citywide riots near the Eighth and Nanphin yard left cars damaged and workers assaulted, with 2 000 demonstrators dispersed after promises of a speedy end.
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Eighth
Nanphin
Tragic Injuries from Street Car Collision in Cincinnati
A young boy William White was instantly killed and his sister Agnes Ridge fatally injured when an express wagon they rode on swerved into a Highland avenue street car. Both children around one year old. The boy was cut in two and the girl lost both feet along with other injuries.
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Highland Avenue
Woman Seriously Injured in New York Runaway
Trempstead New York June 4 Mrs W A Pease daughter of Rear Admiral Frederick Rogers U S N retired and cousin of August Belmont was severely injured in a runaway accident near her home. A pony she was driving to a cart bolted and overturned the cart throwing her out. Internally injured but likely to recover.
Teen Freyer Ends Life After Saloon Spending
Chicago June 4 The 17 year old John Freyer drank arbelic acid in a poolroom after wasting his week’s earnings on drinking and gambling. He was afraid to face his parents without salary. The incident highlights a youth’s desperate act and the pressures of surplus funds on a teenager.
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Jeune
John Freyer
Eight Injured as Train Derails Into Black Creek
Eight persons were injured when a freight and passenger train on the Stort Creek division of the Southern Railway toppled into Black Creek near Iaxtine, Birmingham, Alabama, on June 4.
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Southern Railway
Black Creek
Iaxntie
Ata
Corroborative Testimony In Calhoun Bribery Trial
In San Francisco on June 4 the Calhoun bribery trial heard corroborative evidence from Raymond Burns and George Willcutt about corporate expense practices. Attorneys debated authority for large payments while Judge Lawlor ordered reading of bylaws detailing president and counsel duties.
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Patrick Calhoun
United Railroads
Raymond Burns
W. J. Burns
District Attorney's Office
Rudolph Spreckels
Burns
W. P. Metzon
George B. Willcutt
Alex Kine
Georgia
Calhoun
King
Heney
Luther G. Brown
Brown
Lawlor
Omaha prison suspects identified by Spokane detective
Detective Alex ander MacDonald arrived in Omaha and identified three federal prisoners tied to the Overland Limited robbery. He said Woods is Dan Downer, a Northwest criminal. Torgensen and Downer are wanted in Waterville for safe blowing and bond jumping. Golden is Gordon M. Golden with ties to Downer. a fourth suspect Shelton may be Bob Splain.
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W. D. Woods
Fred Torgensen
James Gordon
Alexander MacDonald
Spokane Police Department
MacDonald
Woods
Dan Downer
Northwest
Downer
Torgensen
Waterville
Wash
Stevens County
Washington
Claude Wells
Golden
Gordon M. Golden
Joe
Charles Hk Shelton
Denver
Bob Splain
James J. Hill Subpoenaed in Embezzlement Case
James J. Hill chairman of the Great Northern board was served with a subpoena in Spokane summoning him to appear in the case of M. J. Gordon former Great Northern counsel facing seven indictments for embezzlement.
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Great Northern Board of Directors
M. J. Gordon
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Great Northern
Dozen Injured as Terrado Sweeps Regions Across Several Areas
A terrorando event injured about twelve people in Screven county Georgia with farmer Stephen Thomson and his family buried under a collapsed house. Thomson freed himself and saved others while his wife was seriously hurt. The Ruby Lake Lumber plant was wiped out and a bridge east of Er ood Sask was destroyed amid a wildfire blaze. Passengers endured furnace like heat from train windows unable to touch them as a twenty mile gale fanned flames. Timber burns like matchwood in the dry spring and forest fires spread near Gunfiiat on the Port Arthur Duluth railway extension with bridges burned and crews fighting to save settlements.
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Ruby Lake Lumber Company
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Sask
Gunfiiat
Duluth
Port Arthur
Japanese Guests Dine With U S Officials in Washington
Vice Admiral Baron Uriu and Baroness Uriu were hosted at luncheon by Assistant Secretary of State Wilson after visiting the Capitol. They attended a smoker at the New Willard hotel for the United States Naval Academy Class of 1908 and were guests of honor at a dinner by Baron Takahira, the Japanese ambassador.
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New Willard Hotel
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Annapolis
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Timber Fires Ravage Western Canada Across Multiple Districts
Wildfires burn across Western Canada with hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage. Along the Prince Albert branch of the Canadian Northern railway and in the Saskatchewan river district fires span hundreds of miles. Lives may be lost in farming settlements as authorities monitor the situation.
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Canada
Prince Albert
Canadian Northern Railway
Saskatchewan River
All the Evidence He Needs in Cleminson Death Case
Chicago police Captain Kane says he has all necessary evidence in the Mrs Norah Jane Cleminson death inquiry. Dr Cleminson’s name links to two more women as scrutiny widens. Nurse Matilda Trawmy is questioned, initially denies, then admits to lying.
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Cleminson
Norah Jane Cleminson
Matilda Trawmy
Dawson
Captain Kane
Scalding attack during confrontation ends in arrest
In Hershey two women clashed while Mrs Michael Bratta allegedly threw a boiling kettle at Mrs Petak. The boiling water scorched Mrs Petak and severely burned her two year old child who was on the floor. Doctors say the child likely will not recover. Mrs Bratta is in custody.
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Pittsburg
Herminie
Michael Bratta
Tobacco millionaire McAlpin injured by fall from car
New York on June 4 William W McAlpin, tobacco magnate, was seriously injured when he fell from a moving Madison avenue streetcar at Thirty fourth Street. He was taken to Bellevue Hospital with head and body contusions and possible skull fracture.
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New York
Wiliam W McAlpin
Madison Avenue
Thirty Fourth Street
Bert Taylor Found Guilty of Murder in First Degree
Bert Taylor was convicted of first degree murder in Minden Nebraska. District Judge Damien sentenced him to be hanged on Friday September 17. He killed Pearl Taylor the young sister of his dead wife by luring her to his home with two sisters.
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Bert Taylor
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Pearl Taylor
Results on the Diamond Across Leagues
National League scores include Pittsburg 9 Boston and Cincinnati 6 Brooklyn 2. Chicago 4 Philadelphia 8 in twelve innings. American League games show Boston 3 Detroit 5. New York 7 St Louis and Philadelphia 6 Chicago 9. Others include Columbus 2 St Paul 6. Louisville 0 Minneapolis 2. Indianapolis 3 Kansas City 9. Toledo 2 Milwaukee 1 ten innings. Western League Pueblo 1 Wichita 4. Denver 18 Topeka 5. Sioux City 3 Lincoln 18. Des Moines 12 Omaha 2. Three 4 League Decatur 2 Davenport and Bloomington 8 Dubuque.
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Pandemonium in Ponderous quote exchange
A Cleveland Leader quote exchange imagines nature silencing fish and asks how a fish would giggle at each egg. The remark contrasts animal voice with human voice in a whimsical, philosophical debate.
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