Murder case of Elsie Sigel grips nation and police
New York police claim Leon Ling, an Americanized Chinese man, killed Elsie Sigel between June 4 and 4 in the morning. Ling reportedly sent a telegram from Washington, then moved the body to Newark, returning to New York before June 10. Chung Sing suspected as accomplice. An arrest in California is reported, and investigators vow to pursue Ling aboard a ship to Yokohama, with wide intercity police cooperation.
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New York
McCafferty
Leon Ling
Chung
Eighth Avenue
Washington
Elsie
Sigel
Newark
Jon
Chung Sing
Harlem
Leon
Yokohama
W. H. Lee
Northeastern North Dakota Hit By Destructive Storm
A June 29 report from Grand Forks notes a fierce storm between Leeds and Brinsmade in Benson County that developed into a tornado. All telegraph wires are down and damage details remain unavailable from the affected area.
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Grand Forks
N. D
North Dakota
Leeds
Brinsmade
Benson County
Oshkosh Merchant Killed in Wisconsin Street Accident
Erastus Hall, a T. A. Plummer Dry Goods employee from Oshkosh, Wis., was struck and killed by an automobile in Berlin, Wis. He was about fifty years old.
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Oshkosh, Wis
Erastus Hall
T. A. Plummer Dry Goods Company
Berlin
Wis
Trial Nears End in Brandenberg Letter Case
The Brandenburg grand larceny trial over an alleged Grover Cleveland letter to the New York Times heads to a jury after defense and prosecution summations. Oswald N. Jacoby argued that Hastings was not called as a witness and accused powerful interests of attacking the article’s authenticity, noting Times editors did not rely on Brandenburg’s statements.
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New York
Broughton Brandenburg
Grover Cleveland
New York Times
Oswald N. Jacoby
Brandenburg
F. 8
Hastings
Cleveland
John G. Carlisle
Finley
City College
Times
Brandenbure
Humane officer shot dead in Memphis murder charge filed
George F. Guernsey humane officer of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is dead and Charles W Siler foreman at a nearby construction camp is held on murder charges after a dispute over seized mules. An assistant to the camp and others were involved.
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Memphis
Tenn
George F. Guernsey
The
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Charles W Siler
Guernsey
Siler
Costly Pittsburg street railway strike ends
The Pittsburg street railway strike costing the city over 200000 in two days is ended. Mayor William A. Magee mediated as officials of Pittsburg Railways and Amalgamated Association executives signed an agreement. Discharged workers gain hearings before superintendents and swing runs are shortened by fifty percent.
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Pittsburg
William A. Magee
Pittsburg Railways Company
Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway
Allegheny County
Motorshen
Magee
Car Company
Canada Abandons Pablo Buffalo Roundup
Canadian officials failed to load the Pablo herd at Ravalli Montana for shipment to Canada. Only 170 of the herd were corralled, about half the intended number and one third of the Pablo range. The roundup ended with the remaining buffalo to be given to Washington as a free gift to preserve the herd in the American interest.
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Spokane
Wash
Ravelli
Mont
Canada
America
Pablo Range
Farmere Killed by Lightning in Midwest Storm
Bloomington HL June 29 William Mortimer and Edward Morris farmers from Middleton sheltered behind a hedge during a storm and were killed by lightning.
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Bloomington
William Mortimer
Edward Morris
Middleton
Compromise verdict closes Maryland murder case at Eastman trial
In St Michaels Maryland jurors accept a verdict that Robert F Eastman killed or was an accessory to Edith Woodills murder amid claims of blackmail and petty local politics The case ended with Eastmans motive a money driven blackmail scheme and the missing details about the motive for Woodills visit to the bungalow remain unresolved
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St. Michaels
Robert F. Eastman
Edith May Woodill
Taylor
Maryland
Eastman
Streets Turned to Rivers in New York City Storm
A heavy thunderstorm drenched New York City turning streets into rivers and flooding cellars. A man died and several were injured. at Polo Grounds a lightning strike toppled the center-field flagstaff delaying New York versus Brooklyn after fans sought shelter. In Brooklyn a man died putting out a fire struck by lightning. a woman was seriously injured.
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New York
New
Giants
Brooklyn
John Freeman
Severe Storm in Delaware Kills Woman and Wrecks Homes
A severe electrical storm hit Delaware on June 29 killing Katie Lowther of Viola, burning three houses and destroying livestock including horses and cattle, with extensive other damage reported.
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Dover
Del
Delaware
Katie Lowther
Viola
Ten Deaths From Heat in Chicago
Ten deaths linked to extreme heat were reported to police in Chicago. Police Sergeant Bernard Bockholz died at home. Carl Sommers, briefly insane, jumped into Lake Michigan and died after rescue. Hospitals treated numerous heat prostrations. A cooling breeze offered temporary relief. weather officials warned no lasting relief. An emergency order lets men and boys sleep in city parks.
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Chicago
Bernard Bockholz
Carl Sommers
Lake Michigan
Cox
Weather Bureau
Reward of 3000 Offered for Explosion Suspects in Chicago
Mayor Busse authorized a 3000 reward for information leading to arrest and conviction of those responsible for the Sunday night explosion. Assistant Chief Schuettler spoke to the finance committee, while Inspector Lavin takes charge of the case. Chief Shippy rests for health. Schuettler becomes acting chief. Thomas Courtney to be questioned about prior Coliseum explosion.
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Chicago
Busse
Schuettler
Patrick J. Lavin
Schuedler
Chief Shippy
Thomas Courtney
Colseum
Great gold discovery near Lac La Rouge North of Prince Albert
Winnipeg reports a major gold strike 200 miles north of Prince Albert at Lac La Rouge. Dominion geologists confirm the find as genuine. Bankers and professionals shake offices while merchants abandon stores amid a panic in northern Saskatchewan towns. The free milling, white quartz gold spans forty miles in a rocky wooded Laurentian region between Alaska and Cobalt.
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Winnipeg
Man
Prince Albert
Lac la Rouge
Dominion of Canada
Saskatchewan
Laurentian Range
Trains Suspected in Deaths of Two Men Near Deerfield
The bodies of Charles Brown of Wichita and Allen Wilson of Chicago were found beside railroad tracks near Deerfield Mo. It is believed they were struck by a train while asleep.
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Deerfield
Charles Brown
Wichita
Kan
Allen Wilson
Chicago
Man Ends Life Before Wedding in Knoxville
Dennis Minton aged twenty three secured a license to wed in Knoxville Tennessee and then died by suicide. Authorities say he faced pressure from friends of the woman involved to force the marriage.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Dennis
Minton
House Holds Brief Session
Washington June 29. After adopting the conference report on the census bill the house adjourned until Thursday. No other business, except the introduction of bills and resolutions, was attempted.
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Washington
House
Nine More Deaths From Heat in Philadelphia
Nine additional deaths are added to the Philadelphia heat toll, bringing the total for the current hot spell to over forty. The day reached a maximum temperature of 90 degrees.
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Philadelphia
Senate Finishes Tariff Schedules As Cotton Bagging Gains Free List
After seven days of debate the Senate adjourned to prepare for tax votes. Cotton bagging and binding twine gained free entry, while cotton ties fell short by seven votes. steel and zinc duty adjustments also passed. Senator Aldrich and others watched Fort Myer tests as aides prep for internal tax battles.
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Washington
Senate
Fort Myer
American League Park
Senator Aldrich
Wright Brothers
Wrights
Aldrich
Flint
Root
Wickersham
Taft
Tillman
Internal Revenue
Cummins
Iowa
Finance Committee
McLaurin
Culberson
Akron man injured as Erie train crashes at Sterling
A. H. Cook of Akron and about a dozen passengers were injured when Erie passenger train No 9 from New York to Chicago struck an open switch at Sterling. Cook was hospitalized. the train, one of the line’s fastest, resumed its trip after a two hour delay.
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Mansfield
A. H. Cook
Akron
Erie
New York
Chicago
Sterling
Cook
Suffragette Gertrude von Petzold In Car Wreck
An automobile carrying Miss Gertrude von Petzold the noted English suffragette and three others was wrecked when a dynamite cracker was hurled into the car by an unknown assailant in Des Moines Iowa. None were seriously hurt.
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Des Moines
Gertrude von Petzold
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