Relic Hunters Probe Scene of White Lynching
Thousands of visitors, from nearby towns and from Chester and Philadelphia, flocked to the Wilmington site where George F. White perished last week. Relics, including cobblestones with inscriptions, were gathered as bushes behind the crime were removed. Clergy sharply criticized mob violence while condemning the act, and sermons urged self defense and race solidarity amid the era’s turbulent lynching climate.
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Wilmington
Del
George F. White
Helen Gishop
Chester
Philadelphia
Rev
K. L. Wood
Presbyterian Minster
Keeley Threat to Police Ties to Wounding Officer
New York on June 29 Harry Keeley of Clifton S L faces potential electric chair after vowing to kill a policeman to settle scores from prior arrests. Patrolman McGrath lies in an infirmary at New Brighton severely wounded. Keeley shot him three times at Stapleton 8 I Keeley had just been released from a five year manslaughter term and, during an arrest attempt, opened fire and was captured after a tough struggle.
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New York
Harry Keeley
Clifton
S. L
McGrath
New Brighton
Keeley
Stapleton
Railroad stock sale nears final price as subscriptions end
Philadelphia report says the 75 million dollar new stock issue for Pennsylvania railroad has subscription closed at noon. The Speyer Kuhn Loeb syndicate will mainly collect about 2 million dollars in commissions as the bulk of stock is subscribed.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Speyer-Kuhn-Loeb
Insane Man Kills His Wife in Ontario
Napanee Ontario date June 29 Gideon Burts of Anglesia township near Clay battered his wife to death with a stove lifter. After the crime he fled and was hunted by a constable who invited him to confront what he had done.
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Napanee
Ont
Gideon Burts
Anglesia Township
Clay
Work of Whitecaps Indo Indiana Man Beaten in Nashville Area
William Harden of Nashville area was abducted from his home by five men and severely beaten. Harden’s wife intervened, suffering facial injuries in the scuffle. Harden, who says he recognizes three assailants, was accused of refusing to work. He has a wife and four children.
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Columbus
Ind
William Harden
Nashville
Harden
Recognition of King Peter by European monarchs
Belgrade on June 29 reports that the kings of Italy and Roumania, President Loubet of France, and Prince Nicholas of Montenegro joined other state leaders in officially recognizing the new ruler of Servia, signaling broad diplomatic acknowledgement. In San Diego, a tallyho overturn injured Lt Mason of the French cruiser Protest and bankers A Blochman and son Al Blochman.
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Belgrade
Italy
Roumania
Loubet
France
Nicholas
Montenegro
Peter
Servia
San Diego
Cal
Mason
A. Blochman
al Blochman
Not Used to It and Stray Story Laugh Line
A brief comic exchange features a hostess questioning a restless boy and Little Ethel attributing his discomfort to clean hands. The quip captures a humorous moment from Stray Stories with period voice and light domestic humor.
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Ethel
Jealous clerk shoots two in Boston suburb tragedy
Georgianna Goddu and Dr Adelaide Payette were shot by Joseph Lamont, a New Haven and Hartford clerk, outside Dr Payette's residence in Boston Lowell Mass. Lamont pursued Georgianna Goddu over his love for her sister Alexenne. Miss Goddu is in critical condition, unable to recover. Dr Payette is expected to recover.
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Lowell
Mass
Joseph Lamont
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
Boston
Georgianna Goddu
Winchester
Adelaide Payette
Lamont
Alexenne Goddu
Georgianna
Payette
Goddu
Dr. Payette
Miss Goddu
Treasury chief probes customs men named on mining board
Washington June 29 Assistant Secretary Armstrong asked for written reports from Samuel Thompson and Walter Eaton customs house staff listed as mining company directors amid investigations by the post office department He warned they must resign if connected with the company or face removal He says customs workers should not run other businesses to avoid hindering government service and wants to end the practice for the public good.
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Washington
Armstrong
Treasury Department
New York
Samuel W. Thompson
Walter R. Eaton
Customs House
Post Office Department
Ndt
Stranahan
Messrs. Thompson
Eaton
Customs Service
Treasury
Customs Department
Mad Mullah Destroys Five Posts in Somaliland
Paris report from Jibatil Abyssinia says the Mad Mullah destroyed five British posts between Burao and Bohode in Somaliland. Sixty-one British officers and soldiers were killed and two thousand native troops captured. Reinforcements from Aden and Abyssinian cooperation strengthen British lines as general officers shift command amid ongoing, costly operations.
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Mad Mullah
Somaliland
Paris
Jibatil
Abyssinia
Burao
Bohode
Aden
Berbera
Bohodle
Mullah
Hampshire Regiment
W. H. Manning
Swayne
C. C. Egerton
Punjab Frontier
Manning
Cobbe
Damot
Citizens of Jackson Venture Out at Night After Years
Jackson Ky June 29 For the first time in years evening church was held as citizens ventured out after dark. Tom Tharp led a Saturday night shooting carnival and was pursued by provost guards for two miles over the mountains. Joe Crawford and Ed Tharp, accused of burning Ewen's hotel, were released on $1000 bail each and will return to work for Judge James Hargis. their cases are set for a special jury July 20.
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Jackson
Tom Tharp
Joe Crawford
Ed Tharp
Ewen's
James Hargis
Salvation Army Citadel Dedicated in Cleveland
In Cleveland Ohio a new Salvation Army citadel worth about 100000 dollars was dedicated with Senator Hanna as chair. Hanna praised the army and spoke at length about its work while Commander Booth-Tucker said the city citadel would inspire similar structures elsewhere.
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Cleveland
Salvation Army
Senator Hanna
Army
Booth-Tucker
Lawyer Hull says trades council decision on appeal unclear
Minneapolis June 29 Albert H Hull attorney for the Trades and Labor Council says no definite decision has been reached by the council regarding appealing Judge Crays permanent injunction restraining participation in sympathetic strikes to the supreme court.
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Minneapolis
Albert H. Hull
The
Trades and Labor Council
Cray
Supreme Court
Agitation in Russia spreads through empire revolutionaries
June 29 St. Petersburg report says revolutionary leaflets were circulated in thirty four cities during May and disturbances occurred in Baku Rostov Berdichev Tiflis Batum Balakhna and Tomsk. Jewish settlement areas show anti Semitic agitation Eastertide widespread and a Rostov officer urged killing socialists. Detentions arrests and searches by detectives mark expanding movement across St. Petersburg Kiev Odessa Virballen Kostrom and other towns.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
Baku
Warsaw
Berdichev
Tiflis
Batoum
Balakhbna
Tomsk
Pinsk
Rostov
Don
Kevno
Kiev
Odessa
Virballen
Empire
Kostrom
Volga
Bound for Boston as National Education Association convenes
Boston on June 29 faces a rush of special trains bringing thousands of teachers to the 42nd annual National Education Association meeting. An advance guard of 25 000 teachers has arrived, with Dr Irwin Shepard coordinating registration. Delegations arrive from Madison Milwaukee Minneapolis St Paul Chicago New York and more as Portland eyes next year.
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Boston
National Educational Association
Irwin Shepard
Winona
Portland
Ore
Madison, Wis
Milwaukee
Minneapolis and
St. Paul
Chicago
New York
Meteor the Victor in Kiel Sailing Race
The German imperial yacht Meteor won the 30 mile cruising schooners Class A race from Kiel on Sunday, beating Hamburg by 144 minutes while empress yacht Iduna lagged 20 minutes behind. Guests on Meteor included United States Ambassador Tower and several princes. American cars drew German attention as drivers used carriages and cabs at Kiel.
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Kiel
Prussia
Hamburg
Iduna
United States
Tower
Prince Tienry
Prince Adelbert
Count Tiele-Wenckler
Count Redern
T. M. Potts
Driven to the Hills by Rio Grande Floods
The Rio Grande's high water north of El Paso has displaced hundreds of families from Mesquite Earnham and south to White Spur in New Mexico. Refugees camp in sand hills with no shelter and extreme heat. Many alfalfa fields ruined and some Mexican families face shortage rations as the river slowly falls in El Paso.
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el Paso
Tex
Rio Grande
New Mexico
William McDonald
Berino
N M
Mesquite
Earnham
White Spur
Fl Paso
Paris Raid Targets Anarchist Parmeggiani Art Treasure Heist
Police raided the apartments of Parmeggiani, a known anarchist just back in Paris after expulsion. He escaped by the roof, but agents seized art treasures and pictures valued over $200,000, believed to be proceeds of robberies by international thieves.
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Paris
Parmeggiani
France
Peasant Uprising Firefight in Lugberg Croatia
The Neue Freie Presse reports armed peasants attacked gendarmes at Lugberg on Friday. Gendarmes fired a volley, killing four men and wounding others. Rioting prompts martial law in Lugberg as uprisings spread in Croatia.
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Vienna
Neue Freie Presse
Lugberg
Croatia
Pittsburg Machinists Strike Averted By Compromise
Pittsburg on June 29 reports a threatened July 1 machinists strike was probably averted as workers agreed to a compromise.
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Pittsburg
Tragic Bilbao Train Wreck Kills Many in Spain
Madrid reports fourteen bodies and fifty injured extricated after a Bilbao bound train derailed at Ne ferilla river and plunged fifty feet into the water. Officials warn the death toll may rise beyond one hundred as relief teams work amid mass wreckage and delayed medical aid.
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Madrid
Bilbao
Neferilla
Saragossa
Twenty Four Miners Dead In Mexican Coal Mine Disaster
In Las Esperanza coal mines Baratorean Coahuila Mexico June 29 a gas explosion caused by a defective lamp killed twenty four miners and left about fifty injured. Roughly 100 miners were inside when the blast occurred as workers fled the exits earth and debris trapped many.
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Baratorean
Coahuila
Mexico
Las Esperanza
Mexican Coal and Coke Company
Fatal head on crash in Des Moines yards
In Des Moines on June 29 two men died and five were seriously injured in a head on collision in the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul yards between an accommodation train and a freight train drawn by two engines. The dead are John Erickson and James Howard, both of Des Moines. The wreck resulted from the outbound train pulling out without orders under the impression the freight had pulled in, with both trains moving at high speed.
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Des Moines
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway
John Erickson
James Howard
Fatal collision at Belt Line cross claims two lives
In Chicago on June 29 two people died and several were injured when an Archer avenue electric car collided with a freight train at the Forty-seventh Street crossing on the Belt line railway at 1 am. The deceased are Miss Minnie Malstrom and an unidentified man.
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Chicago
Archer Avenue
Belt Line
Forty-seventh Street
Minnie Malstrom
Boat Capsize on Sioux River Ends in Two Drownings
Sioux City reports a boat accident on the Sioux river Sunday afternoon when John Sueve and his sister Dora along with Michael Lee and Miss Thena Waldum found themselves in the Lorain steamers wake. Steve and his sister were rescued, but Lee and Miss Waldum drowned.
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Michael Lee
Thena Waldum
Sioux River
Sioux City
John Sueve
Dora
Lorain
Steve
Lee
Miss Wildum
Ferry Skiff Capsizing Drowns Two Men in Kansas River
Kansas City June 29 George Mitchell a tinsmith and L J Simmons a carpenter were drowned Sunday night when a ferry skiff capsized in the Kansas river. The tragedy occurred as the craft went under near the riverbank, leaving rescuers to recover the bodies. Authorities said no others were aboard at the time and weather conditions were calm.
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Kansas City
George Mitchell
L. J. Simmons
Kansas River
Toledo man shot dead in poker quarrel at saloon
Toled o, June 29 Max Sschleisstein was shot and killed in his saloon last night by William Jones a colored man Jones and bartender Al Wilford argued over a poker game Jones drew a revolver Schleisstein sprang between them and took the bullet Jones escaped
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Toledo
Max Sschleisstein
William Jones
al Wilford
Jones
Schleisstein
Quiet strike scene in Richmond as cars run under guard
Richmond Virginia June 29 The strike situation last night was entirely quiet. Cars were run on all lines under military protection as usual.
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Richmond
No Cause For Quarrel United States Jewish Petition
Washington reports the state department asserts the US may present the Jewish petition to Russia and that no government may object to the presentation or to its decline. The effort aims for broad Christian and Jewish signatories as framers plan to sign with cautious wording under presidential and Hay scrutiny.
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United States
Washington
State Department
Russia
B'nai ‘Rith
Hay
Roosevelt influence on Russia lauded by Vienna paper
The Vienna desk notes close watching of a U.S. government petition to the czar over the massacre. The Neue Freie Presse says Roosevelt's influence with Russia will gain lasting fame, arguing autocracy cannot ignore his push for humanity and justice.
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Vienna
Neue Freie Presse
Roosevelt
Russia
Christian Scientists Hold Communion in Boston
The annual communion of the mother church of the Christian Science denomination was held at Mechanics' Hall, drawing over 15,000 attendees from three congregations in Boston on June 29.
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Boston
Christian Science
First Church of Christ
Mechanics’ Rally
Telegraphic Brevities Highlight Weekend Trages and Troubles
News briefs report ongoing labor strife in New York with both sides distant. A 19 year old, Percy R. Lorimer, drowned at Pickerel lake in St Paul on Sunday. A southern West Virginia storm causes heavy damage. Spring Lake Michigan post office robbed Sunday. safe cracked, cash and stamps taken. A New York buyer died by suicide after family loss and bankruptcy. Malkopf left a note and shot himself. L M Fay, head of Democratic Printing and Wisconsin Life, died suddenly in Madison from heart trouble. Theodore Davis Boal, Denver architect, was injured in Salt Lake City after a runaway carriage incident. Romania’s king withdrew decorations from officers of the Sixth Serbian infantry, whom he had recently resign.
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New York
Percy R. Lorimer
Pickerel Lake
St. Paul
West Virgina
Spring Lake
Mich
Malkopf
L. M. Fay
Democratic Printing Company
Wisconsin Life Insurance
Madison
Wis
Theodore Davis Boal
Denver
Salt Lake City
Roumania
Sixth
Servian Infantry
Baseball Scores Across Leagues Today
American League results include Boston a 1 over St Louis 0 and 8 to 0 in the second game. Chicago 2 New York 12, with the nightcap 2 to 1 in eleven innings. Detroit 3 Philadelphia 7 in Toledo. American Association contests: St Paul 1 at Milwaukee eleven innings, Milwaukee 5 over St Paul 3, Kansas City 8 Minneapolis 7, Muncie 2 Indianapolis 0 at Muncie.
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St. Louis
Boston
Toledo
Detroit
Philadelphia
Chicago
New York
American Association
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Kansas City
Minneapolis
Muncie
Indianapolis
Market Quotations Wheat Prices Dip Slightly Across Regions
Minneapolis and Duluth quote wheat prices for cash and futures. On track and immediate delivery show No. 1 hard around 86 cents, No. 1 Northern about 85 to 84 cents, with No. 2 and 3 Northern near 84 to 85 cents. Flax prices range from $1.03 to $1.05 for various months.
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Minneapolis
Duluth
Northern
Cattle and hog prices in St Paul auction notes
June 27 St Paul market reports cattle good to choice steers 4.25 to 5.00 common to fair 3.00 to 4.00 good to choice cows and heifers 3.25 to 4.00 veals 2.50 to 5.00 hogs 5.45 to 5.80 sheep good to choice 4.50 to 5.00 lambs 5.75 to 6.50
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St. Paul
Chicago Market Prices for Cattle Hogs and Sheep
Chicago Union Stock Yards June 27 report shows cattle ranges from 4.25 to 6.50 for various classes, hog prices from 5.70 to 6.00 across grades, and sheep prices from 2.50 to 6.50 with several quality categories listed. Prime steers bring 5.10 to 6.50, cows 1.60 to 4.50, calves 2.35 to 6.25, and mixed hogs 5.75 to 5.90.
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Chicago Union Stock Yards
Chicago
Chicago Grain and Provisions Market Summary
Chicago June 27 Wheat quotes for July at 80 81% old Sep 8 8% KC old 78 78c Dec 7 7%e May Tc Corn June 49% July 49% Sept 86c Dec 49e May 48% Date June 6c July 40c Sept 38c Dec 38 8ic May 85c Hog Pork July 18 17% Sept 15 40 Flax Cash North western 1 05 Southwestern 1 02 July 1 02 Sept 1 05 Butter Creameries 16 21c dairies 15 18c Eggs 12% 13% Poultry Turkeys 10c chickens 11c
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Chicago
Northwestern
Southwestern
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Montrose
W. Thornton
A. M. FB
Tracey
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Indiana
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Labor Council
Meteor the
Emperor William
Rio Grande River
Milwaukee Road
St. Paul Union Stock Yards
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