Senate backs lock canal across Isthmus of Panama
Washington June 22 The senate aligned with the president and house by endorsing a lock canal across the Isthmus of Panama. The vote 31 to 86 against a sea level substitute settled the canal type amid long debate.
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Washington
Senate
Aggard
House of Representatives
Panama
Committee On
House
Canal Committee
Board of Consulting Engineers
MccLaurin
McCumber
Roosevelt orders rapid canal digging to satisfy public demand
President Roosevelt to issue orders within forty eight hours after canal legislation passage to Shonts and Stevens. He hails Senate approval of the lock canal and vows swift work. Taft and Shonts glad, canal commission to travel to the Isthmus with Stevens next Thursday.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Shonts
Stevens
United States Senate
House
Senate
Taft
Canal Commission
Isthmus
Stev
Tragic double suicide and boy's death in Brooklyn
In Brooklyn on De Kalb avenue Mrs Mary Behrens and Edward Ganzer died by gas as part of a joint suicide pact. Peter Behrens, Mary Behrens' twelve year old son, also died in the same apartment. Detectives found all three dead with gas burners burning.
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New York
Mary Behrens
Edward Ganzer
Peter Behrens
Paducah oil mill in Yazoo City destroyed by fire
A Yazoo City fire gutted the Paducah cotton oil mill causing an estimated loss of 150000 dollars. The blaze originated in Yazoo County and caused extensive damage to the mill facility and contents.
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Jackson
Miss
Yazoo City
Paducah
Montreal Fire Destroys Cathedral and Religious Buildings
A blaze at Nicholoet Quebec destroyed a new cathedral a home for priests a convent and a parish church. The losses totaled about 400000 dollars with extensive damage across multiple structures.
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Montreal
Nicholet
Que
Mann of Illinois Delivers Insightful Pure Food Speech
In Washington a late afternoon speech by James R. Mann of Illinois championed pure ingredients and honest food preparation. The House debated the naval appropriation conference report, disapproved some amendments, and reappointed the conference trio Foss Loudenslager and Meyer before adjourning as Mann spoke as a self described professor of chemistry.
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Washington
James R. Mann
Illinois
Foss
House
Senate
Congress
Loudenslager
Meyer
Mann
Richard Ivens Must Die in Chicago Hang
Richard Ivens, who confessed to killing Mrs Bes sie Hollister of Chicago, faces execution in Chicago this week after the Supreme Court denied a new record appeal. The pardon board refused to recommend clemency. Hollister, wife of a wealthy Chicago citizen, was murdered January 12 near her home. her body was found at Ivens' stable with a cord around the neck. Ivens confessed to police and the coroner, detailing the assault.
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Springfield
Richard Ivens
Bessie Hollister
Chicago
Supreme Court
Board of Pardons
Ivens
Man's heart taken out and sand cleaned from heart
In Los Angeles on June 22 Pasadena contractor C A McCartney collided with a hay wagon on a motorcycle. A wooden rake prong pierced his chest and sand particles were driven into the wound to the heart. Surgeons removed the heart, washed it, replaced it, and he is expected to recover after treating other internal injuries.
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Los Angeles
C. A. McCartney
Pasadena
McCartney
Two Oklahoma Men Die in Ambush Near La Mesa Texas
John Puryear and Earl Seeds were killed in an ambush near La Mesa Texas while with horses at a water tank. Three men were arrested as a mob demanded the prisoners be lynched.
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Grimes
Okla
John Puryear
Earl Seeds
la Mesa
Tex
Puryear
Seeds
Premature Powder Explosion Hits Anatone Fatalities
In Asotin Washington on June 22 Moses Goss road supervisor for District No. 2 Frank Taplen Jr and a cook were killed and Henry Thormahin fatally injured when a charge of giant powder exploded prematurely near Anatone Goss and Taplen were employed under his supervision.
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Asotin
Wash
Moses Goss
Frank Taplen
Henry Thormahiin
Anatone
Goss
Nolan Sentenced to Two Years at Waupun for Embezzlement
James P. Nolan, former Democratic candidate for secretary of State in 1904, was sentenced by Judge John Goodland to two years at hard labor in the state penitentiary at Waupun after being found guilty of embezzling $300 in Manitowoc.
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Manitowoc
Wis
Waupun
James P. Nolan
John Goodland
Appleton
Nolan
US Drydock Dewey Adrift Near Singapore Colony
United States drydock Dewey broke adrift from convoys Glacier and Caesar near Singapore on Wednesday night but anchored safely by 11 am. Glacier sustained bow loss in the collision while Caesar remained with the group.
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Singapore
United States
Dewey
Glacier
Caesar
Fire Sweeps Gladstone Illinois. Burlington Sends Aid
Burlington Iowa reports Gladstone Illinois was swept by fire. Burlington was asked to help but no details have been learned locally.
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Burlington
Gladstone
Ill
Crime Noir: Passenger Robbed of 4000 in Checks Near Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids reports that George A. Wharton, a west bound train passenger, was robbed by night near the city of 4000 in checks and drafts carried aboard.
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Cedar Rapids
George A. Wharton
Secretary Root weighs action on Russian Jewish massacres
Secretary Root considers the issue of Jewish massacres in Russia after a talk with the president. No action yet. The United States would face great difficulty in intervening in Russia’s internal affairs and must proceed with caution.
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Washington
Root
Russia
Jacob Schiff
New York
United States
Mutinies and unrest ripple across Russian front
From St Petersburg dispatches comes word of renewed military disaffection in Siberia at Kransnoyarsk where mutiny and officer killings followed an intoxicated colonel's saber strike. Panic grips the city as troops protest. other towns report anti Jewish tensions and limited religious reopening in Moscow.
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St. Petersburg
Sevastopol
Ryazan
Kransnoyarsk
Yenisei
Siberia
Shurin
Kozmin
Kraznoyarsk
Marine Biriloff
Cronstadt
Kielce
Bialystok
Gomel
Court martial in Warsaw sentences four for police murder
In Warsaw on June 22 a court martial tried four men for the killing of a policeman. Three were sentenced to hang and the fourth received ten years in prison.
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Warsaw
Fishermen Drown in James River Near Dam
Three men fishing in the James river were drowned when their boat drifted toward a mill dam. The back current pulled the vessel under the dam and capsized it. One victim was named Bell. the others’ names were not known. They reportedly lived near Spencer.
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Mitchell
S. D
James River
Bell
Spencer
State Supreme Court Bail Application in Emma Kaufmann Case
State's Attorney Orr Judge Frank R. Alkens and Joe Kirby travel to Pierre to argue for bail on Emma Kaufmann charged with the murder of his sixteen year old Miss Agnes Poireis and held in the county jail in Sioux Falls South Dakota.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
Orr
Frank R. Alkens
Joe Kirby
Pierre
State Supreme Court
Emma Kauf
Mann
Agnes Poireis
Jall
South Dakota G A R encampment ends with Hot Springs chosen
The South Dakota G A R encampment concluded in Yankton with Hot Springs winning the next event. Officers elected include Department commander G M I Lowthian of Parker and senior vice commander James Fessett of Hot Springs. Junior vice commander A B Stolt of Brookings and chaplain A S Boyles of Yankton were named along with medical director J P Smith of Huron.
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Yankton
S. D
South Dakota
Hot Springs
G M. I. Lowthian
Parker
James Fessett
A. B. Stolt
Brookings
Supreme court sets aside railroads' $10,000 judgments in earnings case
The Wisconsin Supreme Court voided lower court rulings that fined four railroads 10,000 dollars each for alleged incorrect reporting of gross earnings. The decision affects Chicago and Northwestern, Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul, Chicago St Paul Minneapolis and Omaha, and Minneapolis St Paul and Sault Ste Marie railways. Ad valorem tax upheld under 1903 law shifting from license to value-based taxation with refunds or deficits handled by railroads.
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Madison, Wis
Supreme Court
Thomas
Chicago and Northwestern
Chicago
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Chicago, St. Paul
Minneapolis
Omaha
Sault Ste. Martie
State Tax Commission
State Board of Assessment
Tax Commission
Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company
Wisconsin
Haakon VII and Maud to be crowned in modified Norwegian rite
In Trondhjem on June 22 King Haakon VII and Queen Maud will be anointed in a simplified ceremony at the old cathedral. The coronation will proceed with a foreheads and wrists anointing, 3000 attendees, and rehearsed officials bishops and lords ensuring a smooth service despite rain ruining city preparations.
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Trondhjem
Haakon VII
Queen Maud
Norway
Oscar
Sweden
Haakon
King Haakon
Dominican Finance Officials Confer With Secretary Root
Frederico Velasquez Dominican minister of finance and commerce with Joubert and Dr Hollander met Secretary Root for several hours. They discussed Santo Domingo finances amid treaty ratification issues and creditor dissatisfaction under the modus vivendi. No decision was reached.
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Washington
Frederico Velasquez
Joubert
Hollander
United States
Santo Domingo
Root
Little Republic
Massachusetts House Expels Rep Gethro Over Bribery Probe
The Massachusetts House voted 142 to 64 to expel Boston Democrat Representative Frank G. Gethro after a rules committee report found he sought improper influence in legislation related to the defeat of the anti-bucket shop bill.
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Boston
Massachusetts House of Representatives
Frank G. Gethro
Dem
Committee On Rules
Gethro
Universalist Convention Ends in Minnesota
The Universalist state convention in Owatonna Minnesota concluded with officers elected. W. P. Roberts of Minneapolis was named president, A. Z. Squier of Albert Lea vice president, Rev. H. L. Canfield of Owatonna secretary, and F. D. Willis of St. Paul treasurer. Minneapolis will host the next meeting.
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Minn
W. P. Roberts
Minneapolis
A. Z. Squier
Albert Lea
H. L. Canfield
F. D. Willis
St. Paul
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