Woman dives after husband and both drown on river barge
In New York a grain barge Edgewood moored at East Twenty-ninth Street saw Otto Aubert drown after tripping over a rope. His bride Hannah dived to save him and perished as well. Bystanders, including Dennis Sheehan and William Dunne, attempted rescues but waves and tide overwhelmed them. Police and ambulance crews recovered the bodies as a spaniel waited ashore.
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New York
Otto Aubert
Edgewood
East Twenty-ninth Street
Hannah
Tech
New York Central Railroad
Aubert
Dennis Sheehan
William Dunn
First Avenue
Sheehan
Robert
Dunne
Bellevue Hospital
Devine
Ahearn
Charles Devine
Gould Suit Aims at Yacht Scandal With Opera Star
New York June 29 Mrs Gould seeks absolute divorce naming a young woman with operatic aims as a co respondent The action centers on a yachting episode aboard Helenita off Sydney Nova Scotia where the woman allegedly engaged with Gould His crew testimony and private detectives figures in the case as spies were found in Mrs Goulds home and then expelled.
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New York
Frank J. Gould
Nova Scotian
Helenita
Gould
Sydney
Nova Scotia
Thaw May Have a Sanity Trial in Poughkeepsie Case
White Plains N Y June 29 Harry K Thaws chances for a jury trial as to his sanity appear very bright Justice Mills said it should be a matter of time when this man ought to have a jury trial but was not prepared to say when The judge ordered Thaw detained in the Poughkeepsie jail and adjourned the case to July 15
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Plains
N. Y
Harry K. Thaw
Mills
Thaw
Poughkeepale Pail
Explosion Kills Four Near San Francisco Buildings Burn
A mysterious blast at dawn in San Francisco killed four people and injured four, destroying two buildings and causing about 30000 in damage. The deceased include John Sweeney and Mrs John Bien.
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San Francisco
Cal
Fiee
John Sweeney
John Bien
Sweeeny
Antone
Mexican Revolution Probably Squelched At Mexican Border
El Paso reports 2400 federal troops deployed to surround suspected insurrectionists after attacks on Wiesen and Hacienda Matamoros. General Villar leads in the third military zone as Juarez officials declare the uprising halted by rapid Mexico City troop dispatch. Townsfolk show calmer mood.
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el Paso
Tex
Tte
Wiesen
Hacinda
Brother killer hanged in jail yard after Roosevelt refusal
Albert Brown a 29 year old Black man was hanged in the Washington jail yard for killing his younger brother Harvey in a family quarrel over a girl. President Roosevelt refused to stay the execution.
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Washington, D. C
Albert Brown
Harvey
Roosevelt
Troops to Guard Mexican Border Over Neutrality Rules
The War Department ordered troops to the Mexican border at Del Rio and other points to maintain order and prevent neutrality law violations. Officials say steps are being taken to enforce neutrality, including possible arrests of Mexican revolutionists crossing into U.S. territory, though no official orders on arrests have been disclosed.
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Washington, D. C
War Department
del Rio
United States
Taft Seeks Arthur Vorys For National Chairman
Secretary Taft met with a Republican delegation led by Walter Brown Harry Williams and N A Gilbert urging support for Arthur Vorys as national chairman. Frank Hitchcock arrived to help close Taft headquarters and plan a July 8 Hot Springs subcommittee meeting to decide the nomination.
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Washington, D. C
Taft
War Department
Walter Brown
Sheen
A Publican State Central Committee
Harry Williams
Republican State Executive Committee
N. A. Gilbert
Arthur Vorys
Frank Hitchcock
Chicago
Hot Springs
Big strike found at Ferris Haggarty copper mine
Special to The Leader reports a fourteen foot vein of high grade copper ore discovered in the Ferris Haggarty mine by accident. The copper runs over 60 percent and the body extends 75 feet, growing larger as development proceeds. Separately, Sherman gains strength as he rests at Lake Side hospital in Cleveland recovering from illness.
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Wyo
Ferris-Haggarty
Monster bear weighing 1100 pounds slain near Rawlins
Rawlins Wyoming June 29 a hunter named J Hurt killed the largest cinnamon bear on record at the Osborne Livestock Co ranch. The animal weighed 1100 pounds and was reported as the biggest bear ever killed in the district.
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Hurt
Rawlins
Wyo
J. Hurt
Osborne Live Stock Company
Wyoming Weather Outlook for Tuesday and Wednesday
Forecast for Wyoming calls for generally fair weather on Tuesday and Wednesday. Local data show the 24 hour period ending 6 p m June 29 1908 with a maximum of 74 degrees and a minimum of 40 degrees and no precipitation reported.
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Washington
D. C
Wyoming
Palmer
Reception to Senator Warren honors Fort Russell troops
Enlisted men of the Second Field Artillery and Eleventh Infantry attend a formal reception for Senator Francis E Warren at Fort Russell. The hall featured ample flags and flower baskets with lighting. Warren received about 400 artillery and 250 infantry soldiers, followed by a receiving line with Colonel Taylor and spouses. Dancing began at 9:30 and continued late, with a buffet luncheon at 11.
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Vivia
A. B. Henderson
Francis E. Warren
Fort Russell
Senator Warren
Second Field Artillery
Taylor
Mesdames Taylor
Foster
Blatchford
Appel
Cotchett
Tanner
Walsh
Warren
Root to Train with Muldoon for Campaign Fitness
Secretary of State Elihu Root is expected at Muldoon’s sanitarium for another course of training before the presidential campaign. Taft may join the regimen, Muldoon hints, with plans dependent on Democratic nominees and potential challengers Bryan or Johnson.
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White Plains
N. Y
Elihu Root
Muldoon
Johnson
Bryan Has a Cinch as He Heads Toward Nomination
Denver committees expand to manage 100000 visitors for the Democratic convention. The Denver convention league staffs 175 workers, with a railroad bureau at 919 Seventeenth street and a hotel bureau at Union depot. Bryan expects 861 votes on first ballot with 668 needed, counting pledged, unpledged, and undecided delegates.
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Denver
Colo
Convention League
Chamber of Commerce
League
Seventeenth Street
Union Depot
Denver Chamber of Commerce
Fourteenth
Lawrence Street
Bryan
Montank
North Carolina
Gray
Johnson
Young Wife Held for Horse Stealing in New York
Mrs Daisy West 20, wife of William West, is charged with horse stealing after hiring a carriage and horse May 14 to go to the Orange mountains. Complainant William Wichter, liveryman of Essex Falls New Jersey, says the couple disappeared with no word. They boarded with Albert Rathbun Livingston New Jersey, who learned they left unpaid board. Rathbun sent Wichter to arrest them after Mrs West sent for a forgotten belt.
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New York
Thirty-fourth Street
Sixth Avenue
Tombs
Daisy West
William West
William Wichter
Essex Falls, N. J
Orange Mountains
Wests
Allbert H. Rathbun
Livingston
N. J
Wichter
Arrest Man Who Carries Stolen Mail
Micke Eagan was arrested at Hanna with over $700 in stolen money orders checks and drafts. He was arraigned before the U S commissioner and pleaded not guilty to robbing the mail, bound over to Cheyenne district court. The robbery source location is left unreported to the post office.
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Rawlins
Wyo
Micke Eagan
Hanna
United States
Cheyenne
Eagan
Walcott
Post Ofice
Receiver Appointed for International Telephone Plant in Chicago
Judge Landis appoints Edward O D Bull as receiver of the International Telephone Manufacturing Co with liabilities listed at 110000. In Beatrice Nebraska a destructive cloudburst causes floods on the Blue River forcing thirty families from homes and destroying crops.
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Telephone Company
Chicago
Edward 0D
Bull
K. M. Landis
International Telephone Manufacturing Company
Beatrice
Neb
Blue River
Cropa
Prince Eulenberg Charged With Perjury
Prince Philip Za Hulenberg appeared before a judge to stand trial on charges of perjury and subordination of perjury in connection with recent scandals. Proceedings are expected to be lengthy due to many witnesses and the prince’s health. The public and press are excluded due to evidence endangering public morals.
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Berlin
Prince Philip Za Hulenberg
Train Wreck Near Winslow Kills Three and Injures Many
A Santa Fe train derailed twelve miles east of Winslow Arizona killing two trainmen and a passenger and injuring many others. The dead were C. L. Partridge of Redlands California engineer Currin of Winslow Arizona and fireman Thomas of Winslow. The crash followed a burned bridge believed set alight by sparks from a passing freight engine.
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Winslow
Ariz
Santa Fe
Here
C. L. Partridge
Redlands
Cal
Currin
Arie
Thomas Winslow
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Ferris-Haggerty
Sherman
Cleveland
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James 8. Sherman
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Louis
Jehu
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Philadelphia
Prince Eulenberg
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