Prison for Schmitz Ban Francisco Mayor
San Francisco mayor Eugene E. Schmitz, in office since 1901, was found guilty by a jury of extorting money from French restaurant proprietors to influence liquor license issuance. He asked for bail until sentencing, but the judge ordered confinement. The case details include payments from Antonio Blanco of the Poodle Dog and others, with counts of extortion and implications for San Francisco city governance.
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Eugene E. Schmitz
Duane Friday
Schmits
Lke
Heney
Schmitz
California
Gallagher
Eigil
Antonio B. Blanco
Sddy
Mason Streets
Blanco
Joseph Malfanti
Delmonico
Union Labor Party
Economist Gay Engine Company
Krondika
Schusitz
Yukon
Musicians’ Union
Boodlers Pardon Granted to Ex-Councilmen in Missouri
Julius Lebnon and Emil Hartman former St. Louis councilmen convicted of boodling were pardoned by Gov. Fork Fridgy in Jefferson City Missouri and released after serving about half their sentences.
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Julius Lebnon
Emil Hartman
St. Louis
Fork Fridgy
Eddie Guerin Freed by Divisional Court
Eddie Guerin known as Eddie Guerin alias escaped Devil's Island and fled to the United States before moving to England where he was seized for extradition to France. The divisional court ruled the extradition act did not apply to his case, granting him release.
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London
Eddie” Guerin
United States
Devil's Island
England
Irance
Bank clerk admits misplacing forty thousand in wheat pit
Coghill of Logee Bank confesses to losing 40000 of the bank's funds in the wheat pit over six months while in charge of the national Yuk examder, a disclosure tied to Seymour and Wic-Thomas events.
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Logee Bank
Seymour
Jealousy Ends in Fort Des Moines Murder
Jealous quarrel at Fort Des Moines ends in the stabbing death of Private James A. Keeley by Private W. N. Johnson after a dispute over a woman named Miss Mabel Karl of Carlisle. Johnson surrendered to officers and was confined.
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Des Moines
Eleventh Cavalry
James A. Keeley
W. N. Johnson
Fort Des Moines
Mabel Karl
Carlisle
Johnson
Kail
East Fifteenth Street
East
Ingersoll Park
Karl
Keeley
Razor Attack Shocks Oskaloosa Couple
Elworth Rains, drunk and enraged over custody, slashed his former wife's throat from ear to ear amid a tense confrontation in her yard. Neighbors alerted police as he fought officers, drawing another razor. The wounded woman was hospitalized in critical condition with doubtful prospects for recovery.
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Rainy
Offcer Ruggenberg
Rains
Abbott Hospital
Monroe County Saloon Closures Stand After Court ruling
Eleven saloons in Monroe county are closed after Judge M A Roberts ruled the petition insufficient by 144 names. The case moves to the Iowa Supreme Court as parties argue voter numbers and changes since the last election. Saloons in Albia Melrose and Foster remain shut during the appeal.
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Albia
Melrose
Foster
M. A. Roberts
Iowa Supreme Court
Roberts
Supreme Court
Urick Re-Elected President of Iowa State Federation of Labor
A. L. Urick of Des Moines was re-elected president of the Iowa State Federation of Labor at Keokuk in a unanimous vote. A. I. Cronkhite of Cedar Rapids became vice president and J. H. Stref of Sioux City was chosen secretary. Clinton will host the next convention, with 48 to 38 over Oskaloosa, as the Federation adopted anti Roosevelt resolutions over the Moyer Haywood Idaho case.
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Moyer and Haywood
Idaho
Moyer and
Haywood
Duma Abolished as Russia Faces Anarchy Crisis
June 16 Emperor Nicholas signed an ukase abolishing the present duma and ordering elections under a new law to meet Nov 1. The move, deemed a coup d etat, overrides the constitution to form a parliament capable of rescuing Russia from chaos. June 17 reports say authorities fear riots in Odessa and Kiel, arrests of socialists, and expanded secret police activity.
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Nicholas
Russia
Council of the Empire
Odessa
Kiley
Associated Press
Prince Tzertzeretelei
Mdszhaparidge
Secret Service
M. Ozel
M. Alexiastry
Polk County Bayday Seeks 4000 More School Enrollees
More Than 13,000 Attend In Polk County as the thirty-ninth Bayday convention urges a plan to raise county school enrollment by 4000 next year. Current enrollment is 13,210 led by University Place Church of Christ with 1000. Largest home departments are at Highland Park Presbyterian and Central Christian churches with sixty each. Ankeny Congregational reports the largest non city home department with fifty. Central Christian cradle roll has 110, the county’s largest. Union Congregational School posts the highest average attendance. Grace Methodist Episcopal reports the highest average attendance among teachers at 713 percent.
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Polk County
Des Moines
University Place Church of Christ of
Ankeny Congregational Church
Central Christian Church
Union Congregational School
Grace Methodist Episcopal Church Holies
Dubuque Declares Sunday Dry Under Injuction
Dubuque will be dry for the first time in its history as an injunction by Judge Bouzon closes saloons all day Sunday and on election days and Christmas. The ruling bars gambling, dancing, music, and other entertainment. requires removal of wineroom facilities. limits patrons to one door and prohibits free lunches. The crusade was led by Archbishop Keane and Dr. Cady of the First Congregational church.
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Dubuque
Lenox Endowment Grows After Fiftieth Anniversary
At Lenox college Hopkinton waning celebration trustees and alumni united to boost the endowment by 88000 bringing the total near 60000 toward a 100000 goal. The surge of support and enthusiasm among friends promises completion of the memorial fund.
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Lenox
Hopkinton
Lenox College
Broncho Buster Becomes Crippled After Burlington Accident
Dubuque Dutch Meyers a famed broncho buster with the Pawnee Bill show fell under a Burlington train at the depot this morning losing both feet. He was 28 and reputed the best horseman with the company. a warm friend of Pawnee Bill.
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Meyers
Burlington
Burlington Depot
Fatal Kick From Horse Injures Davenport Boy
George Branthaver nine years old son of Mr and Mrs Banthaver of Harrison street was fatally injured by a horse kick. He was taken to the hospital and died a few hours later.
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Davenport
George Branthaver
Draft 29 Years Old Cashes After Widow Finds Papers
A draft for 3.60 dated twenty nine years ago drawn on Leavitt and Johnson bank in favor of John McNulty has just been cashed by his widow. McNulty died years earlier and his wife discovered the graft among old papers.
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Waterloo
Leavitt
Johnson Bank
John McNulty
McNulty
Tragic Fire Fatality After Painted Can Explosion
Mrs Magei Frazier died from severe burns after a can of floor paint sitting on a hot stove turned and spilled burning paint mixed with gasoline over her body. She crawled to a cot and remained an hour before help arrived as her husband worked in the fields.
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Eldora
Dubuque Educator Named Marshalltown High Principal
James Nelson, assistant principal of Dubuque High School, was chosen by the school board as principal of Marshalltown High School, succeeding D Brumbaugh. The decision was announced today.
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Marshalltown
James
Nelson
Dubuque High School
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Marshalltown High School
D. ¥. Brumbaugh
Grand Jury Indicts Dexter in Fraud Case
A federal grand jury returned an indictment against Dexter of Algona charging fraudulent use of the malls. Prosecutors say the case involves one of the term’s most interesting and largest frauds in the state. Dexter was arrested last winter and held in the county jail, using Algona as his headquarters for a land salve operation.
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Dexter
Fort Dodge
Tra. Dexter
Algona
Y Land
Farmers to Set Wheat Price at One Dollar a Bushel
Four hundred delegates at Omaha vote to nationalize the American Society of Equity with a minimum grain price of one dollar per bushel. Leaders promise money to place agents to curb sales and prop up prices, aiming to control the 1867 wheat crop and extend tactics to dairy and other products.
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J. A. Everett
Indianapolis
American Society of Equity
Nebraska
Everett
Atlantia
James A. Kemper
Virginia
Kemper
Mr. Everett
Teamsters Will Arbitrate In Chicago Drive Dispute
Chicago June 17. Peace was reached as the teamsters joint council and the packing house drivers union voted to accept arbitration from the packers employers. After six hours of tense talks the radicals yielded to more conservative voices, and a large majority backed mediation over outright demands.
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Chicago
Teamsters’ Joint Council
Packing House Teamsters’ Union
Russians Debate Dissolution Of Duma After Ultimatum
The lower house near dissolution after 130 votes opposed Stolypin’s demand to suspend 65 deputies tied to the social democratic party. A committee was instructed to report, with expectations the main decision will be against the government. A secret meeting considered a general strike in St. Petersburg as charges against deputies were read.
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Stolypin
Social Democratic Party
Ad- Vance
Council of Ministers
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Social Democrats
Social Democrates
M. Alexinsky
Prince ‘Tyzoretell
M. Dzhapardize
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Ozel
Annikin
Byolousoff
Annisimoff
Kirilenko
Lomatschidze
Lopatkin
Miltroff
Komar
Seyeroff
Salmikoff
Vinogradoff
Tragedy in Symes Creek Ohio Shoots Family
In Ironton Ohio at Symes Creek around noon Thursday Charles Shafer shot his wife her mother and his eight year old son. The boy died instantly and the wife died about an hour later. The mother in law Mrs Thacker will recover. Family trouble and alleged cruel treatment are cited as causes.
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Ironton, O
Symes Creek
Charles Shafer
Wall Heir To Fortune For 9 Year Old In Howard
Harry Posner, nine, of Howard Kansas, learns he has inherited half a million dollars from a father who died in Cape Town. The boy, educated at the Normal Institute, had not heard from his father since disappearing years ago. The mother died when he was a child. The message reached him Friday from New York.
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Howard
Kan
Harry Posner
New York
Normal Institute
Cape Town
Africa
Supreme Court Affirms Birdsong Case in Monticello
The supreme court on Tuesday upheld the five year penitentiary sentence for Mrs Angie Birdsong in the Dr Thomas Butler murder case near Monticello dated December 33 1906. Governor Vardyman granted a 80 day respite pending a pardon petition process.
Senator Morgan Dies After Prolonged Illness
Washington reports the death of Senator John Tyler Morgan of Alabama at his home on Tuesday night. A longtime upper house member and former Confederate brigadier general, he suffered angina pectoris and died at 11:15 p.m. in the company of daughters Mary Morgan and Cornela Morgan and secretary J. O. Jones. Born June 20, 1824 in Athens, Tennessee, he resided in Selma, Alabama, and will be buried there after a Thursday departure. His career included Hawaiian laws commission work and Bering Sea fisheries arbitration, with recent focus on the Isthmian canal and preference for the Nicaragua route.
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United States
John Tyler Morgan
Alabama
Congress
Senate
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Argina Pectoris
Hia
Mary Morgan
Cornela Morgan
Athena
Yenn
Alibamr
Selma
Hawaiian Laws Commission
Bering Sea
President at Sagamore Hill Oyster Bay visit
President Roosevelt and family return to Sagamore Hill after a Washington trip marked by light rain and clear welcome crowds in Jersey City and Long Island City. Crowds cheered as the car reached Oyster Bay station. handshakes and a return to Sagamore Hill followed.
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Bagamore
Washington
Jersey City
Long Island City
Oyster Bay
Sagamore Hill
Gentleman burglar confesses serias theft in Peoria
The suspect known as Tate, dubbed the gentleman burglar, confessed Thursday night to aiding a school board robbery and stealing 8000 forged notes. He sought immunity from further prosecution and a gubernatorial pardon from the governor. Evidence ties him to the former school superintendent Newton Dougherty.
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Seria
Peoria
Praciine
Joyiet
Guv
Denoen
Tate
Serry
Newton
Dougherty
Alton Agreement Abrogated in Rail Shuffle
An announcement says the 1904 agreement between Harriman interests and the Rock Island for Chicago & Alton control has been abrogated by mutual consent. Going forward Chicago & Alton stock holders will manage the property, per Chicago & Alton officials.
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