Knox as Favorite Son Indorsed at Harrisburg Convention
The Harrisburg Republican convention endorsed Senator Knox for president and John O. Sheatz for state treasurer. The platform praised President Roosevelt’s administration, supported protection for labor and industry, and backed Gov. Stuart. Knox stayed away. Penrose to lead PA delegation. Sheatz named after a Penrose conference. Knox later signaled willingness to run in 1908 if Republicans nominate him.
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Harrisburg
Knox
John O. Sheatz
Philadelphia
Roosevelt
Penrose
Pennsylvania
Stuart
Senator Penrose
Gov
Wesley R. Andrews
Republican State Committee
New York
United States
Philander C. Knox
Mrs Barber Offers McKinley Homestead Donation
Justice Day of the National McKinley Association reports Mrs H G Barber of Canton Ohio sister to Mrs McKinley intends to donate the late president and his wife homestead to the memorial association. He notes a possible purchase from the president’s heirs and that Canton will decide at a June meeting to preserve the property in its original condition.
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Canton
Justice Day
National McKinley Association
H. G. Barber
McKinley
Memorial Association
Brothers and Sisters
Me.Kinley
Cyclone Ravages Kurrachi City in British India
A severe cyclone swept Kurrachi, wrecking steamers and leaving destruction in a port city that houses carpet and silverware industries. Casualties are not yet reported. Kurrachi, also spelled Kurrachee or Karachi, sits on the Arabian Sea as a major seaport and capital of Sindh.
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Bombay
Kurrachi
Kurrachee
Karachi
British India
Sindh
Bombay Presidency
Indus
Resigning Lieutenant Found Unconscious in San Antonio Room
Lieut Mack Richardson, whose resignation was accepted by President Roosevelt on Thursday, was found unconscious in his Sam Houston room Friday. An examination showed morphine and prussic acid in his system. A note on a nearby table claimed the act had been inevitable since last November. The physician reported despair over his recovery.
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San Antonio
Tex
Mack Richardson
Roosevelt
Art Sam Houston
Richardson
No Stripes for Pythians in Uniform Change Vote
Norfolk Virginia report says the supreme assembly of the Uniformed Bank Knights of Pythias rejected a proposal to add a stripe down the side of trousers. The vote on the uniform change was decisive, with no stripe approved for members.
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Pythians
Norfolk
Supreme Assembly of the Uniformed Bank
Knights of Pythias of the World
Destructive cyclone devastates Pleasantville area causing homelessness
A cyclone struck Pleasantville Sunday afternoon, leaving about a dozen families homeless and estimated damages near 25000. Homes of Elmer Baker, William Harvey, Marion and Ira Howsair, and Albert Hickman were destroyed or heavily damaged. Telegraph lines were down, delaying damage estimates as crops in Marion county suffered. No deaths reported.
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Pleasantville
Woodlawd
Elmer Baker
William Harvey
Harvey
Marion Howsair
Ira Howsair
Albert Hickman
Marion
dAPO SEEK A WAR Make Much of This to Stir Up Fears
Tokyo reports a June 3 speech by Viscount Tani threatening arms if diplomacy fails. The piece links Japanese unrest in San Francisco to an alleged alliance between Padifa coast progressives and a bid to overthrow Japan’s current ministry. It details plans to recall Ambassador Aoki, seek apology or indemnity, and a campaign to provoke anti American demonstrations in Japan.
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Tokio
San Francisco
America
Viscount Tani
House of Peers
Kitamoto
Satsuma
Washington, D. C
Padifia Coast
Japan
United States
Viscount Aoki
Hostle
Salonj
Washington
State Department
California
Hayashi
West jury deadlock ends in retrial for Baby Jim case
Des Moines Mrs. Fred West must stand trial again for the murder of Baby Jim after a 9 to 3 deadlock persisted across 30 hours of deliberations. Judge Brennan discharged the jurors and indicated a retrial this term, while Nurse Anna Beattie’s case awaits the fall term.
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Des Moines
Fred West
Jim
Brennan
DeGraff
West
Anna Beattie
Gretchen
el Kaffoury
Mr. Seaman
Prosecution Opens in Pratt Prelim for Willian Connell Killing
Elmer Pratt, a farmer, faces a preliminary hearing for the shooting death of neighbor William Connell. Witnesses describe Pratt’s threats two years earlier and statements he would kill Connell. Coroner notes show two fatal wounds. shots hit Connell from the side and from a buggy rear. Hearing expected to last two to three days.
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Elmer Pratt
Towa City
Willian Connell
James Beecher
Pratt
Connell
Mayors Purifies Rockwell Tightens Town Control
Rockwell City appoints Mayor to fill unexpired Cahalan term as he cracks down on lawlessness. Two young men defy police after drinking, resist arrest, and are fined $28 and costs. Public lauds swift action and backing for officers who will uphold duty.
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Rockwell City
Mayor Road
Cahalan
Decoration Day wedding in Iowa City between aged groom and housekeeper
On Decoration Day George W. Brown aged 72 secretly wed Amy L. Ustick 49 in Iowa City. Brown a pioneer contractor who tends his garden celebrated his birthday with a large dinner prepared by his bride using vegetables grown on his farm. The couple kept the marriage secret until today preferring orange blossoms to memorial roses.
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Iowa City
George W. Brown
Amy 4
Ustick
Brown
School Mates Outshine Her Ebbe Jacobson Death by Own Action
Ebbe Jacobson, a popular 15-year-old girl at Woodward school, committed suicide by eating rat poison after feeling unable to dress like peers. She lingered for hours, endured agony, confessed to her mother, then died despite medical efforts. Her mother is reportedly prostrated and sent away to recover.
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Woodward
Ebbe Jacobson
Miss Jacobson
Arm broken but child plays at Des Moines fair
In Des Moines 7 year old Lois Lolzeaux daughter of Louis Lolzeaux of the Co operative Creamery played eight hours at the Galahoma on Fourteenth and Des Moines Streets with a broken left arm. She fell before noon and returned home to 1400 Grand Avenue late afternoon. The doctor set the bones and she refused chloroform, saying she feared her mother would stop the fun.
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Des Moines
Ols Lolzeaux
Louis Lolzeaux
Co-operative Creamery Company
Fourteenth
Lois
Grand Avenue
Interurban Gift Moves Creston Station Plan
The Des Moines Winterset and Creston interurban will receive terminal rights and a passenger station site in Creston. A committee of the local Business Men's club is raising $10,000, with a mass meeting planned. Property holders will be assessed proportionally for voluntary contributions.
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Creston
Des Moines
Winterset
Electric Wire Fatality in Boone Suburbs
Orville Briggs, 14, son of Dan Briggs, touched a fallen arc light wire and died in agony. His father, a carpenter, was thrown twenty feet while trying to free him and suffered terrible burns. Both were exposed to 2,000 volts in wet grass, with the father may not recover.
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Boone
Orville Briggs
Dan Briggs
Briggs
Defense grows around Orchard trial in Idaho
The Oregon Idaho trial of Harry Orchard continues with long cross examinations. Defense attorney BE Richardson questions Orchard about murders through 1904, while state counsel links his testimony to murders since 1899. Court progress suggests more days of testimony before redirect and recross. Orchard remains calm, eating well and speaking calmly.
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Boise
Idaho
Cvara
Harry Orchard
Iis
Orchard
Dirst
Jow Waga
BE. F. Richardson
W. TD. Haywood
Moyer
Pettibone
Conger Leaves But Little in Widow's Petition
Los Angeles widow Sarah J. Conger filed for letters of administration for the estate of H. H. Conger, former United States ambassador to China. He died intestate, valued at about $1,100, with $1,000 in Washington credit and $100 in personal property. Haste is urged as government appropriation funds lapse June 30.
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Los Angeles
Cal
H. Conger
United States
China
Sarah J. Conger
Washington
Nun Kidnapped From Minnesota Convent in Sensational Attack
Sister Bar Romea, a teacher at Clemens Catholic School in Duluth, was abducted from her desk by two men who forced her into a waiting carriage. The attempt drew hundreds of students, but the nun was carried away and later escaped.
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Duluth
Minn
Barromea
Clemens Catholic School
Carromea
Woman fires on husband then barricades in Springfield house
Murdaress Dfies officers in Springfield after firing three bullets into her husband Ritta Fillinger, who she claims to be unfaithful. She barricades in her home, fires five shots, two missives, and holds police at bay with a double barreled shotgun until officers storm the residence and capture her.
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Murdaress D Fies
Springfield
Ritta Fillinger
Three Killed by Gasoline Explosion in Town
A gasoline car explosion near the Chicago, Indiana & Southern and Wabash junction destroyed windows and chimneys, killing Fred Hatting of Reddick and John Frazee with Aug Hin Stockton of Danville. Ten injured, Hal Dowell among the worst. victims watched burning freight cars when a hot box caused the derailment and conflagration.
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Reddick
Fred Hatting
John Frazee
Aug Hin Stockton
Danville
Hal. Dowell
Chicago, Indiana & Southern
Witness claims identifying one former soldier in Brownsville shooting
Mrs Emma Leahy of the Leahy hotel Brownsville Texas told the senate military affairs committee she could identify a former Negro soldier among the attackers. She described seeing 16 men in uniform firing from Khaled alley toward the Cowan house while she watched from a window about 40 feet away. She recalled two men looking up one very dark and the other a mulatto with a facial scar matching a Company C soldier.
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Washington
Emma Leahy
Brownsville
Tex
Senate Committee On Military Affairs
Cowan Alley
Cowan House
Very Diack
Company C
Rhodius Declared Insane in Indiana Guardian Named
Judge Arimand Friday ruled George Rhodius of Indianapolis insane and appointed James M. Berryhill guardian. Rhodius owns Indianapolis real estate valued at $800000. He wed Bima Dare in Louisville on January 21. Dare accused of kidnapping Rhodius in Indianapolis.
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Rhodius
Lebanon
Ind
Arimand
George Rhodius
Indianapoli
James M. Berryhill
Indianapolis
Louisville
Bima Dare
Dare
New Bull Terrier for Roosevelt Gift to President
A Bull Terrier arrived at the White House as a gift to President Roosevelt to uphold the canine championship after Pete failed. The gift comes from S. M. Smith of Celina.
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Roosevelt
Washington
White Horns
Pete
5. M. Smith
Celina
Wealthy cattleman slain near Osage Nation farm
William Curtis, a wealthy cattleman, was killed early Wednesday on a large Osage Nation farm near Coffeyville Oklahoma, eight miles from town, in a dispute with a young farm hand named Shatier.
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Coffeyville
Kan
William Curtis
Osage Nation
Okla
Shatier
Ruef quoted fee to defend Pup restaurant owner in trial
Jean Loupy, eight years proprietor of the Pup, testified in the Schmitz case about Ruef offering legal help for 7000 a year for two years paid in currency. Other proprietors of Delmonico's Naw Poodle Dog Marchand's Bay State joined, agreeing to 9000 a year, with Priet delivering funds to Ruef.
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San Francisco
Jean Loupy
Pup
Schmitz
Flra
Abe Ruef
Delmonico
Loupy
Ruef
Pierre Priet
Mr. Ruef
Marchand’s
Delmonico's
Bay State
Priet
Cleveland Consolidated Railways Triumph Over Low Fares
The Supreme Court affirmed the circuit court ruling in favor of Cleveland Consolidated Railways, striking down the low fare streetcar franchises on Erie and Central avenues. The decision upholds the validity of the railroad’s franchises in the city of Cleveland.
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Columbus, O
Supreme Court
City of
Cleveland
William Reynolds
Cleveland Consolidated Railways Company
Circuit Court
Cuyahoga County
Erie
Central Avenues
Consolidated Railways Company
Reign of Terror in Lodz Polish City
A reign of terror has swept Lodz since June 2 with eleven killed including two mill owners and 37 wounded. Workmen form a vigilant committee that executes suspected bandits nightly, leaving corpses with notes describing the executions.
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Lodz
Russian Poland
Tiis City
Soret Vigilance
Fatal Wreck in Albany Involves Standard Brake Chief
Clarence McKenzie of New York, president of the Standard Brake company, was killed instantly when his car collided with an electric car. W H Mosher, a bicycle policeman of New York City, and W H Swan of New Britain Conn, a chauffeur, were injured Thursday night in the Albany crash.
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Albany
N. Y
Clarence McKenzie
New York
Standard Brake Company
W. H. Mosher
New York City
W. H. Swan
New Britain
Railway Blamed for Deaths in Reddick Explosion
The coroner's jury found the Chicago & Southern railway responsible for the deaths of Pred Hatting of Reddick and Austin Stockdow and John Trases of Danville, caused by a Baseline car explosion at Reddick Thursday afternoon.
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Kankakee
Corons
Pred Hatting
Reddick
Austin Stockdow
John Trases
Danville
Chicago & Southern Railway
Made Collector at Toledo Washington Appointment
The president announced the appointment of Gen William V McMackin as collector of internal revenue at Toledo Washington. The move places a senior federal official in charge of tax collection duties for the region, reflecting the administration’s staffing choices in fiscal enforcement.
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Toledo
Washington
William V. McMackin
Interaal Revenue
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Lieut
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Harvard
Dapo
Tani
West Jury
Rockwell
Reddick, III
Frisco Restaurant
Cleveland Car Company
Victor
Ohio Supreme Court
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