Wilhelmina Arrives to Welcome Peace Delegates in The Hague
Queen Wilhelmina arrived at The Hague from Castle Loo and will host delegates at the House in the Wood. The third committee met behind closed doors with President Count Tornielli stating Italy’s role in international law. Subcommittees will tackle bombardment, mines, red cross issues, and neutral harbor questions.
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Knights
Horace Porter
George B. Davis
Charles Sperry
W. S. Buchanan
James Brown Scott
Count Tornielli
Italy
Hagerup
Norway
Pasha
Turkey
Sequel Trial of Former Judge in Estes Murder case
The trial of former Nelson county judge W. G. Loving for the murder of Theodore Estes began in a Virginia circuit court with Judge William R. Barksdale presiding. Prosecution and defense declared ready as Loving faces emotional insanity and unwritten law defenses amid powerful backers and Estes family influence.
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Houston
W. G. Loving
Nelson County
Theodore Estes
M. K. Estes
William R. Barksdale
McCue and Strothers- Bywaters
Culpepper
Judge Loving
Estes
Oakridge
Elizabeth Loving
Thomas F. Ryan
Virginia
Eight Die in Hartford Rail Crash Near Work Train
A Hartford crash on the New York New Haven and Hartford line killed eight workmen and injured thirty five as a passenger train struck a rear work train. Engineer Wilson escaped unharmed as priests gave last rites to the injured and one man rescued from under debris spoke of needing a drink after twelve years. Thirty one victims were treated at St Francis hospital with two not expected to survive.
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Hartford
Highland Division
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
Wilson
St. Francis Hospital
Heroic Fred Adler Drowns Trying to Save Brother
In St Louis on June 24 Fred Adler age twenty toed into the Mississippi by his brother Augustus Adler aged twenty three. Both were athletes and good swimmers. Their cries for help were laughed at by a companion in a skiff. A rescue attempt failed as the undertow pulled them under.
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St. Louis
Fred Adler
Mississippi River
Augustus Adler
General Duffield Dies in Washington June 24
Brigadier General W. Duffield, oldest graduate son of a prominent Oklahoma figure, is reported dead in Washington. Details are sparse, with the dispatch noting his ties to Lawton and New York business interests amid limited clarity on the exact circumstances or location of death.
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Washington
W. Duffield
Big K
Lawton
Okla
College, New York
Work of Lightning Hits Oil Tanks in Tulsa Field
A violent storm swept across Indian Territory causing about 500000 dollars in damage. Lightning struck oil tanks in Glenn Pool and across the mid continent field setting tanks ablaze. Multiple tanks at Cooley Bluff and Standard Oil tanks farm were destroyed or heavily damaged. No fatalities reported though Romona Ochelata Novata and other places reported wind damage.
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Tulsa
Indian Territory
Mid-Continent
Glenn Pool
Quaker Oil and Gas Company
Victor Oiland Gas Cmpany
William 8. Mowry
Cooley Bluff
Standard Ou Company
Romona
Ochelata
Novata
Lucky Texas Boy at Hampton Roads Ball
Louis M. Dougherty of Smithfield Texas was aboard the launch returning to the battleship Minnesota when it sank. He was left ashore by accident and escaped drowning along with his companions after the tragic incident at Hampton Roads.
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Smithfield
Tex
Louis M. Dougherty
Hampton Roads
Minnesota
Dougherty
Bryan Opens Chautauqua in Fort Worth
Hon. W. J. Bryan arrived in Fort Worth after meeting a committee in Dallas and opened the Chautauqua with a lecture titled The Prince of Peace to a large audience Sunday night.
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Fort Worth
Dallas
W. J. Bryan
the Prince of Peace
Numerous 1900s incidents in brief from Dallas to Mexico
Dallas post office hires boost clerks. accidental shootings, robberies and drownings reported across Texas Oklahoma and beyond. Incidents include a Hereford death by accidental gunshot, a Black Springs bank theft, El Reno fatality by a switch engine, a Sulphur gun blaze loss, a balloon crash in Hungary, Brooklyn fire deaths, saloon ban in East Liverpool, and multiple suicides and accidents involving trains and cars.
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Claude Moreman
Hereford
Tex
Caddo Valley Bank
Black Springs
Ark
Oliver Karr
el Reno
Okla
Senator Foraker
C. Miller
Comanche
Sweetwater
Farmers’ Union
Sulphur
Hungary
Brooklyn
East Liverpool
Bill Jackson
Flatonia
Walter Andrews
Dallas
Little Rock
Ashley Cockrill
Memphis
Ollie Smith
Cleveland
Shitani
Claude Hager
I. T
Pittsburg
S. B. Nolan
Fort Townsend
Trion
Ella Reynolds
H. S. Hutchinson
Philadelphia
J. N. Caldwell
San Antonio
Vasquez
Spencer Lewis
Monroe Fields
New Boston
Lewis Carson
Vanuzzi
Rome
Italy
Webb County
Texas
New Britain
Conn
H. P. McCallum
United States
Treacher
Chihuahua
Ambassa
Britain
Wilmington
Pau
Ambassador Aoki
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Mr. Bryan
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Will S. Higgs
Ed Hall
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J. H. Mawhinney
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John Wittman
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