Ten Killed in Rail Car Wreck in Porter County
Ten people died and about forty were injured in a head on crash of electric cars on the Chicago Lake Shore and South Bend line in Porter County. Motorman George A Reed was killed after disobeying instructions to wait for the westbound car to pass.
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South Bend
Ind
Chicago, Lake Shore and South Bend
Porter County
H. A. Wallace
George A. Reed
Reed
Gary
Wilson
Baileytown
Motorman
Michigan City
Ray F. Merriman
Charlee Johnson
Porter
Edward Gilbertzon
A. Barber
Mishawaka
F. T. Moore
William Leon
Dowagiac
Mich
F. A. Lake
H. H. Hutson
Niles
Charles Swantgon
Nan Larson
Chesterton
Paul Wilson
E. R. Borg
W. H. Parry
Titus E. Kinzle
Cordius Kline
lIlves
Gg. A. Schimmell
Noted Russian International Law Professor Frederick de Martens Dies
Frederick de Martens, late professor of international law at the University of St. Petersburg, died at a railway station in Yalk while en route to his Livonia estate. A privy counsellor and longtime foreign affairs official, he contributed as Russia's delegate to major conferences from Brussels to Vienna and served as president of arbitration courts in Paris and The Hague. Born 1845, he held LL D and other distinctions from Cambridge Edinburgh Yale and Oxford.
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Oxford
de Martens
Brussels
Paris
Hague
Rome
Geneva
Vienna
The
Court of Arbitration
Great Britain
Venezuela
France
England
Holland
United States
Mexico
Permanent Court of Arbitration
Russia
Japan
Portsmouth
Jealousy Motive in Sigel Murder Revealed
New York police tie the slaying of Miss Sigel to jealousy between two Chinese suitors. Leon Ling, the killer, fled after Miss Sigel’s body was found in a trunk at 782 Eighth Avenue. Chu Gain, restaurant proprietor and witness, aided the fugitive as detectives uncover letters and motive details.
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New York
Misse Sigel
Franz Sigel
Leon Ling
Eighth Avenue
Chinatown
Leong Ling
Chu Gain
Port Arthur
Mott Street
Leon
the Retaurant
Miss Sigel
Carey
Sigel
Drowning in Rocklake During Calvin Party Fishing Trip
A group of young men from Calvin North Dakota were upset from a canoe on Rocklake near Pilot Mound while fishing. All but one reached shore after a desperate struggle. Walter Duggan son of Dr Duggan of Grand Forks drowned in the incident.
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Winnipeg
Man
Calvin
N. D
Rocklake
Pilot Mound
Walter Duggan
Duggan
Grand Forks
Traction Car Collision Near Anderson Kills Man
A collision between an Anderson Traction interurban car and a car at Hreazeales crossing near Anderson South Carolina results in one death and two serious injuries. James H. Cobb supervisor of Belton cotton mills dies. Rev D D Richardson and Mrs Richardson among the injured. Auto defect and high speed on a grade blamed. coroner's inquest finds accident unavoidable.
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D. D Richardson
Brothers Drown While Fishing Near Pecatonica River
In Rockford Illinois on June 21 Frank and Fred Russ two brothers aged sixteen and eighteen drowned when their canoe capsized during a fishing trip on the Pecatonica river.
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Rockford, al
Frank
Fred Russ
Pecatonica River
Taft Conference Shapes Corporate Tax Plan in Senate
President Taft hosted Republican Senate finance members and Senator Root for a dinner discussion on a proposed corporate tax as an amendment to the tariff bill. Wickersham to draft the amendment applying to all corporations with earnings over 5000 dollars, and bond exemptions debated to avoid double taxation.
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Washington
Taft
Senate Finance Committee
Root
Knox
Wickersham
Catter
New York
Hite
Senate
Aldrich
White House
Finance Committee
Quarrels End in Murder in Benton Harbor
In Benton Harbor Michigan on June 21 Emil Tilly shot and killed his father John Tilly of Chicago after a series of quarrels. Emil claimed he killed to save himself and his wife from death as his father struck him at breakfast with a club.
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Benton Harbor
Mich
Emil Tilly
John Tilly
Chicago
Young Tilly
Riot in Iowa City Strikes Turn Violent
June 21 in Mason City IA a riot between police and bricklayers left Deputy Sheriff Buchanan wounded William Meighn in the arm. Chief of Police Locke was knocked down by a rioter.
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Mason City
Buchanan
William Meighn
Locke
Butterfly Debutante Mary Paul Weds Charles Munn in Simple Ceremony
In Radnor at St Martin's church, Mary Astor Paul daughter of banker James W. Pauli Sr. married Charles A. Munn of Washington. The couple, witnessed by close family, will live near Harvard while he finishes his studies and later reside near Philadelphia.
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Philadelphia
James W. Pauli
Mary Astor Paul
Charles A. Munner
Washington
Urazil
Peru
Miss Paul
Currie Munn
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
St Martin's Church
Radnor
Negro kills two Iowa brakemen on train at Vail
Des Moines reports a unknown black assailant shot and killed Brake man Lee C. Warner and fatally wounded Brakeman Alva Bechtel during a train altercation at Vail. Conductor McCartney found the men on an oil car. A posse searched for the attacker. ten negroes were detained for identification.
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Des Moines
Lee C. Warner
Alva
Bechtel
Boone
Vail
McCartney
Westside
Henry Clark
Che
Honor Confederate Dead Monument Bid Approved
The War Department opened bids to erect a national cemetery monument at Finns Point Salem New Jersey. The $8500 project honors 2460 Confederate officers and men who died as POWs at Fort Delaware 1862 to 1865. General Edwin M Coates is the graves marker commissioner.
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Washington
War Department
Finns Point National Cemetery
Salem
N. J
United States
Fort Delaware
Congress
Edwin M. Coates
Grand American target shooting begins in Chicago
The tenth grand American target shooting competition opened with today's preliminary practice at the Chicago Gun club grounds. The twelve acre site with five trap sets faces north and can shelter over 400 contestants. The Interstate association schedules a Wednesday preliminary handicap and the Grand American handicap on Thursday.
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Chicago
United States
Interstate Association
Heat Prostration Deaths Claim Two In Kansas City
Two men died from heat prostration in Kansas City Kansas on June 21. Jacob B Crayne, 62, a street car conductor, collapsed while returning from work. Abraham Johnson, a musician, suffered heat collapse while performing at an amusement park.
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Kansas City
Kan
Jacob B. Crayne
Abraham Johnson
Missouri Farmer Murdered Near Platte City
Bruce Moore, a Missouri farmer near Platte City, was shot and killed by George Johnson who had been living on the Moore farm for months. The murder occurred in the presence of Moore's wife and was without apparent cause.
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Leavenworth, Kan
Bruce Moore
Platte City
George Johnson
Moore
Calhoun Trial Ends in Jury Disagreement in San Francisco
The echoing case of Patrick Calhoun, president of United Railroads, ends without a verdict after a five ballots deadlock with ten jurors for acquittal and two for conviction. Judge Lawlor discharges the panel and calls for legal reform to curb costly trials. Calhoun vows to pursue charges of bribery against Assistant District Attorney Heney and others who financed the prosecution.
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San Francisco
Patrick Calhoun
United Railroads
Patrick. Henry
Lawier
Lawlor
Calhoun
Francis J Heney
Rudolph Spreckels
James D. Phelan
Kills His Wife's Lover in Steubenville Murder Scene
Melor Osman shot and killed Michael Demick, a boarder who was caressing Osman's wife, then wounded his wife and himself in Steubenville Ohio. A neighbor dispute over a cat preceded the gunplay and a passing officer stopped the self harm attempt.
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Osman
Fred
Chevrolet Wins Coke Trophy Auto Race at Crown Point
Louis Chevrolet driving a Buick won the Coke trophy race on the Crown Point Lowell course with a 1:06 margin over Will iam Bourque in a Knox. About 50,000 spectators endured heat as 700 Illinois National Guard on duty also suffered. Locomobile finished third and Fiat fourth with Englebeck fifth. Chevrolet averaged 49.4 miles per hour over 95.65 miles.
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Crown Point
Ind
United States
Louis Chevrolet
Crown Point Lowell
Pau
William Bourque
Knox
First Infantry Illinois National Guard
Speedway
Locomobile
Robertson
Eddie Hearne
Fiat
Englebeck
Chevrolet
Death of Paul Gotzian prominent St. Paul business figure
Paul H Gotzian aged 43 died at St Luke's hospital after an appendicitis operation following a three week illness. He was son of C Gotzian founder of a large shoe factory and served as lieutenant colonel of the Fifteenth Minnesota Volunteers in the Spanish American War.
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St Paul
Paul H. Gotzian
St. Paul
St. Luke's Hospital
C. Gotzian
Paul Gotgian
Minnesota Volunteers
Sioux Chief Killed by Train in Boston
Sioux leader Chief Plenty Horse aged about thirty connected with a wild west show was struck and killed by a train at Boston South Station. He hailed from the Pine Ridge agency and was married.
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Boston
Chief Plenty Horse
South Station
Pine Ridge Agency
Baseball scores from major leagues and minor leagues
Results on the diamond across the Major Leagues, American League and leagues below. St Louis and Boston tied 2 to 2 in the National League, Chicago beat Brooklyn 6 to 1, Cincinnati edged Philadelphia in fifteen innings, and Detroit topped St Louis in the American League. Scores from the American Association, Western League and Three-I League follow with various wins and extra innings noted.
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St. Louis
Boston
Chicago
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
Grain and Provision Prices Reported in Minneapolis
Wheat prices for July at 1.28, September 1.08, December 1.05. On track grades: No. 1 hard 1.83, No. 1 Northern 1.32, No. 2 Northern 1.29 to 1.30, No. 3 Northern 1.28 to 1.20. Local market figures reflect futures activity and grade listings.
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Minneapolis
Northern
Wheat and flax futures prices in Duluth market
On track and to arrive quotes for wheat show No 1 hard at 1.305, No 1 Northern at 1.295, No 2 Northern at 1.27, with July 1.265 and Sept 1.085. Flax futures on track and arriving quote at 1.79 for July, 1.78 for Sept, 1.45 for Oct 1.40.
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Duluth
Northern
Livestock Prices From St Paul Market Report
St Paul market notes show cattle prices for good to choice steers at 5.50 to 6.75, cows and heifers 4.50 to 6.60, hogs at 7.60, sheep with wethers 5.00 to 6.85, yearlings 6.00 to 6.50, lambs 7.26 to 7.75, and spring lambs 7.50 to 68.50.
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St. Paul
Market Quotes Wide Edge on Wheat and Corn
Chicago reports show Wheat July 1.13 and Sept 1.06, Dec 1.05, May 1.08. Corn July 11% Ti%e, Sept 68%ec, Dec 58% May 68%. Butter at creameries 22 21c, dairies 20 23c. Poultry prices list turkeys dice, chicks 13 4c, springs 20 25c.
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Chicago
Chicago Market Prices for Cattle and Sheep June 19
Chicago notes cattle prices by category from Cattlhe Reeves and Texas steers to Western steers stockers and feeders cows and heifers calves and mixed heavy and rough grades. Pigs and sheep values listed with native sheep yearlings and lambs including spring lambs and ranges.
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Chicago
Cattlhe
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