Trend of Events at Washington Reveals Startling Acts of Favoritism
The report outlines alleged favoritism within federal offices, naming a clerk tied to his chief and noting heavy bonds on a rural free delivery supervisor. It covers investigations into routes, suspected deficits, and political spillover affecting officials such as Justice John M. Harlan and Assistant Postmaster General Bristow, with further cabinet actions and inquiries reported.
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Machen
McGregor
Nebraska
Speich
John M. Harlan
United States Supreme Court
Justice Harlan
Boyle County
Chevy Chase Club
Bristow
Sims
Tennessee
Famine Relief Funds and Political Dispatches Reported
The Christian Herald sent a $10 000 famine relief check to Assistant Secretary Louis Loomis who deposited it and notified Consul General McWade that it may be drawn. Reports to the state department describe extreme hardship in Kwang Si and suspected cannibalism. Roosevelt backs thorough investigations, Hanna’s Ohio influence wanes as Foraker gains in Columbus. The papal delegation confirms Rev T T Harley as Manila bishop. Roosevelt plans travels, Cannon faces post office committee reorganization for postal scandal probes. Brazil requests 600 000 for St Louis expo. Japan’s Diet earmarks yen 800 000 for the same event.
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The
Christian Herald
Louis Loomis
Kwang Si
Royal Reception in Washington for President Roosevelt
President Roosevelt arrived in Washington after a long Western trip to a cordial welcome. District commissioners greeted him at Penn Station, cadets escorted him to the White House, and a Marine Band concert followed on the White House grounds. Citizens were urged to join the Pennsylvania Avenue welcome along the route.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Washingtono
Pennsylvania Station
White House
Marine Land
Pennsylvania Avenue
Policy of Peace Opens Cape Parliament in Peace Drive
Cape Town reports Sir Walter Hutchinson opened parliament promising to ease remaining liberty restrictions as peace progress leads to ordinary life for all races. The session will ratify Bloemfontein customs convention and approve several new railways.
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Cape Town
Cape Colony
Walter Hutchinson
Bloemfontein
Moody to resign as Navy Secretary to resume law practice
Washington report says Secretary Moody will not stay in the Roosevelt administration beyond his current term and will resign to return to private law practice.
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Moody
Washington
Navy
Roosevelt
McKane Estate Sold After Foreclosure in Gravesend
The former home of the late John Y. McKane in Sheepshead Bay, Gravesend, was sold under foreclosure after disputes over the estate arose when his widow died. A McKane family member had previously hid the house in.
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New York
John Y. McKane
Gravesend
Sheepshead Bay
McKane
Rising Waters Sweep Missouri River City and Farmland
Floods along the Mississippi surge toward St. Louis with levee breaks at Madison and a widening breach at the Say levee. West Grante is submerged, riverfront buildings inundated, and about 500,000 acres of bottom land under water. Cedar City is abandoned and submerged up to twelve feet in places.
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St. Louis
Mississippi
Missouri
Illinois
Hannibal
Madison
Ill
West Grante
South St. Louis
River Des Pres
Quincy
Keokuk
Cedar City
Calloway
Plague of Locusts Threaten Trans-Caspian Region
Locust swarms devastate grain and fruit crops across trans-Caspian territory. Famine already reported in Turkestan as pests overwhelm protections and risk widespread food shortages.
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St. Petersburg
trans-Caspian
Turkestan
Baker Sentenced in Oxford for bribery at post office
A dispatch from Washington reports Jenner B. Baker of Oxford Mississippi was fined 50 dollars and costs and sentenced to six months in jail after offering 300 dollars to Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Bristow for a postmaster appointment.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Oxford
Miss
Jenner B. Baker
Bristow
Frisco in Control of Eastern Illinois Railroad
Rock Island interests gained full control of the Eastern Illinois railroad through a cantrol purchase, a fact proven at the Eastern Illinois annual meeting. In Wilkesbarre a joint United Mine Workers convention was set for Pottsville on June 15 to decide if a general work suspension should be declared.
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Rock Island
Eastern Illinois Railroad
The
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Wilkesbarre
United Mine Workers’ Union
Pottsville
Tar and Feathers in Wynne Over Elopement Attempt
Memphis report says John Ward and W. D. Thomas were tarred and feathered at Wynne Arkansas for attempting to elope with another man's wife.
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Memphis
John Ward
W. D. Thomas
Wynne, Ark
Troops Sought to Guard Dewey Family Prisoners
Cheyenne county sheriff asks for troops to protect three Dewey family members held on murder charges in Wichita Kansas as they face potential lynching threats.
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Wichita
Kan
Cheyenne County
Dewey
Cheated the Gallows in Selma Suicide in Jail
Noah Bates, sentenced to hang in Selma Alabama, ended his life by suicide in jail after innocence claims. Local authorities report the attempted execution avoided by Bates' death prior to the hanging.
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Selma
Ala
Noah Bates
Three Tallahatchie Senators Sign Peculiar Campaign Pact
Three senatorial candidates from Tallahatchie county publish a contract outlining campaign terms. They promise advance notice before speeches, equal time for all, and no speaking appointments in June except by invitation. The final clause notes the arrangement aims not to disrupt crops.
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Tallahatchie County
New Road Route Surveyed From Natchez to Gulfport
Chief Engineer Hungerford of the Natchez and Gulf Railway reports a 125 mile survey from Natch ez to Gulfport. Construction will start once right of way is secured. Route passes through Washington Hamburg Meadville Magrolia and Poplarville, entirely in Mississippi except ten miles in a corner of Washington parish, Louisiana.
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Hungerford
Natchez
Lumbermen Seek Injunction Over Lumber Tariff Advance
Mississippi lumbermen sue to block a 2 percent rate advance by railroads. Attorneys expect approval of an amended bill and Judge Niles will hear the petition in Kosciusko on June 26. The suit targets only the 2 percent increase. future rates remain untouched.
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Mississippi
Judge Niles
Kosciusko
Trains to Run to Ellisville and Laurel by December First
From Ellisville comes the report that contractors have begun work on the grade of the Mobile, Jackson and Kansas City. Trains on this line will probably be running to both Ellisville and Laurel by December 1.
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Ellisville
Mobile
Jackson
Kansas City
Laurel
Reunion Committee Announces All Bills Paid
The general reunion committee reports every bill contracted by the committee has been paid. Jackson worked hard to entertain the many visitors. Leflore County adopts the new road law to use contracts for road work. Prospects for a cotton factory at Tupelo are bright with a potential mill of 10,000 spindles, positioning it as a large state facility.
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Jackson
Leflore County
Hanceforth
Counties Compete Over Number of Candidates
Calhoun and Leake counties contest the title of having the most county candidates. Calhoun reports 87 candidates while Leake reports 96.
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Calhoun
Leake
Mississippi Firemen Association Meeting in Natchez
The Mississippi Firemen's Association will meet in Natchez from June 17 to 18. Organized firefighters from the state gather for the annual event, with plans for sessions, demonstrations, and discussions of safety standards.
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Mississippi Firemens’ Association
Natchez
Electrocution of Arthur Flanigan in Sing Sing
Ossining N Y reports Arthur Flanigan Negro was executed in Sing Sing electric chair after two governor reprieves. He killed Keeper Hugh McGovern at West Fifty fifth Street prison in NYC with an iron bar during an escape on October 20 1900. Emerson died during rope descent when window rope broke. Fragments mention US Venezuela ports decree and State Department guidance on commerce.
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Ossining
N. Y
Arthur Flanigan
Sing Sing
Flannigan
Arthur Plannigan
Hugh McGovern
West Fifty-fifth Stress
New York City
Rank Emerson
McGovern
Emerson
New Discovery in Turpentine Extracting
Washington notes a new method by Dr Charles Herty of the forestry bureau that increases turpentine yield by 23 percent using the cup and gutter tapping system. The approach also yields consistently higher resin grades, promising large profits for turpentine operators.
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Washington
Charles H. Herty
Bureau of Forestry
Herty
Fatal Auto Mishap In Greenlawn Claims Miss Tanges
Frightened by a large car, a horse driven by John D. Tanges swerved off the road in Greenlawn. The cart overturned, throwing Miss Tanges into a ditch where she suffered a skull fracture and died twenty minutes later.
Relics of Arkansas Sought by Historical Society Leader
Prof. J. H. Reynolds of Fayetteville heads a statewide canvass for historical material. The Arkansas Historical Society seeks help locating documents books newspaper files prehistoric relics and related items across Arkansas to preserve the state’s heritage.
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Little Hock
Ark
J. H. Reynolds
Fayetteville
Arkansas Historical Society
Greenhut to Probe Russian Jewish Outrages
Peoria Illinois Joseph B Greenhut former president of the whiskey trust has departed for Europe to make an official investigation into recent outrages of the Russians on the Jews. He acts through the national and civic rights committees of the Union of Jewish Congregations of America of which he is Illinois member.
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Peoria
Ill
Joseph B. Greenhut
Whiskey Trust
Europe
Union of Jewish Congregations of America
Illinois
Casualties Estimated in Spartanburg Flood District
Spartanburg estimates about forty known dead with many more missing. The Journal projects total fatalities between fifty and sixty after accounting for uncounted victims. Pacific squadron under Admiral Glass to cruise South and Central American coast this month from the flagship.
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Spartanburg
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Cal
Pacific Squadron
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South
Central America
Manila’s New Archbishop Named for St Louis Pastor
The Vatican officially announces Rev. J. J. Warty, pastor of St. Leo’s Church in St. Louis, has been appointed archbishop of Manila, Rome, Italy.
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Italy
Vatican
J. J. Warty
St. Leo's Church
St. Louis
Manila
Striking Paper Makers Hit Helyhoke Mills
About 400 workers in finishing rooms across coarse paper mills in Helyhoke mass struck over dissatisfaction with a work schedule proposed by the American Writing Paper Company. The strike began with cutter girls of the Nototuck division and affects roughly one tenth of the mill workforce.
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Helyhoke
Mass
American Writing Paper Company
Nototuck
Groff Brothers Indicted for Bribery Plot at Post Office
Washington report says a federal grand jury returned true bills against the Groff Brothers in a case alleging they offered bribes to A W Machen former superintendent of free delivery in the post office department The indictments were issued the same day Machen was charged under the same probe and the brothers face trial under a statute barring bribe offers to government officers to influence official action.
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Federal
Groff Brothers
A. W. Machen
Post Office Department
Machen
German Mainstay of Turk in Europe in Berlin Sermon
The Rev Jessup D D long served Beyrut Syria on furlough spoke on Turkish customs and social conditions. He said the German emperor is placing a steel band from Constantinople to Bagdad and believes Turkey will be kept intact to seize commercial and industrial chances.
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New York
Jessup
D. D
Beyrut
Syria
Turkey
Constantinople
Bagdad
Zionist Return to Palestine Urged at Pittsburg Meeting
At the Federation of Zionists convention in Pittsburg a message from Israel Zangwill urged returning Jews to Palestine as a central, legally safeguarded home. The note invoked the Kishineff massacre and praised a future bridge to Israel. the tone urged action and unity.
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Pittsburg
Federation of Zionists
Israel Zangwi
Kishneff
Palestine
Israel
Congers Protest Handled Gingerly in Washington
Washington officials report Mr Congers protest against Count Cassivis interview on Russian occupation of Manchuria has reached the state department. They fear a closely abbreviated version may misstate the ambassador remarks and will move cautiously before forwarding the protest.
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Washington
Conger
Count Cassivi
Manchuria
State Department
Department
British Trade Figures in May Statement
London reports the May board of trade figures showing imports at 7,193,000 dollars and exports reduced by 7,475,500 dollars. The balance reflects a notable trade gap as the figures are released in the official decree.
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London
Board of Trade
Prisoner Shot to Kill in Scotland Glas mont era chase
Deputy sheriff Jack Wills was shot by G Pierce, an escaped man, on Saturday night as a posse hunted four fleeing suspects. The search continued across the river into the Bad Lands with two men thought to be in the brush nearby.
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Mont
Jack Wills
G Pierce
Rive
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