Murderer of Elsie Sigel Sought. New Suspects Detained
In New York with Elsie Sigel murdered, Chun Chun Sing is an unoffending Celestial and held as a material witness due to resemblance to Leon Ling. Sun Leong, restaurant keeper, surrendered as material witness. Jette Suey, wife of a Chinese man, arrested in opium raid. The Chinese community and legation push for arrests and aid to authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Chun Chun Sing
Leon Ling
Sun Leong
Washington
United
Jette Suey
Elsie Sigel
Wilson Seen As Possible New Jersey Governor Nominee
In New York on June 21 reports say President Woodrow Wilson of Princeton University is likely to be the next Democratic nominee for New Jersey governor. Democratic leaders in several areas have named him to unite the party and avoid factional splits. His popularity is noted as a strong factor in the deliberations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Presi +dent Woodrow Wilson
Prince +ton university
govern + or
New Jersey
Johnson Faces Civil Suits in Boston
Jack Johnson arrived in Boston and was served with a civil suit for 115 by Peter Walker alleging training fees. A hearing is set for June 26. Earlier papers were served in a suit for 6000 by Al McLean alleging a three year partnership in 1906 and Johnson’s breach of contract, with a hearing expected early next month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Jack Johnson
Peter Walker
Johnson
Aew
al McLean
Salem farmer injured by train in Dur ham incident
W I M Johnson of Salem was struck by a train near Dur ham station last Saturday noon and is reported dying at St. John's hospital. He has been unconscious since Sunday night with a serious brain concussion. His father James Johnson of Pagosa Springs, Colorado, has been notified and is expected to arrive soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wim Johnson
Salem
Durham Station
St. John's Hospital
James Johison
Pagosa Springs
Colo
Cheyenne
Board to Raise $2,000,000 for Foreign Missions
The American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions will begin in July to raise a fund of $2,000,000 to enlarge educational institutions on foreign lands under its supervision. About one third of the amount will be used in Turkey.
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Foreign Missions
New York
American Board of Commissioners For Foreign Missions
Turkey
Dauntless Peary May Not Have Planted Flag at North Pole
Washington reports friends of Commander Robert E Peary say they believe he planted the Star and Stripes at the North Pole may be true though no word has reached him since his August 1908 departure. If successful the news may not reach telegraphs until August or September. Peary previously reached within 174 miles of the pole.
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Dauntless Peary
North Pole
Washington
Robert Edwin Peary
Morth
Peary
Eteh
Greenland
Roosevelt
Pole
Harriman Death Rumors Stir Markets Denied
Reports in Vienna and New York claiming E. H. Harriman was critically ill or dead were denied by Union Pacific officers and Harriman associates. The rumor caused a sharp stock market dip with Union Pacific falling four points briefly and recovering, while officials dismissed any serious illness.
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New York
E. H. Harriman
Vienna
Union Pacific
Harriman
EB. H. Harriman
Henry
Calhoun Dodging Henney and the Judge in Frisco
In San Francisco on June 21 Patrick Calhoun faces a new trial for allegedly offering a four thousand dollar bribe to Supervisor John J. Furey in the UWoliey franchise case. Defense moves to set aside the indictment and demurrers argue Judge Lawler is unfit and Henry Heney cannot act as special counsel due to his then current United States assistant attorney general post. The prior jury failed to reach a verdict and was discharged yesterday.
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San Francisco
Patrick Calhoun
John J. Furey
Uwoliey
Lawler
Heney
United State
Fatal rake injury leads to blood poisoning death
Dogeland Colorado June 21. James Gano, a prominent young farmer, died last night from blood poisoning after seeping on a rake a week earlier. He initially treated the slight wound, it festered, doctors amputated the pot, but the poison spread beyond control.
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Parmer Dogeland
Colo
James Gano
Gano
Train Derailed Near Ural Causes Injuries in Montana
A Great Northern Oriental Limited passenger train derailed near Ural on the Kootenai river in Whitefish County, Montana. Thirty passengers were injured, with no fatalities reported. The express and baggage cars burned after a landslide triggered the wreck.
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White Fish
Mont
Ural
Kootenal River
Day length notes mark summer’s start with long sunlight
Yesterday marked the first day of summer with the longest daylight of the year. The sun rose at 4 31 p m and set at 7 32 p m totaling fifteen hours and one minute of daylight.
Rebuttal of Accusations in Gould Divorce Case
The trial's rebuttal phase began as Clarence J. Shearn for the plaintiff sought to prove Mrs. Katherine Clemmons Gould was never habitually intoxicated from 1902 to today. Witnesses and depositions testified she was never known to drink to excess, affable, reserved, and modest in speech. Shearn pledged fifty witnesses to counter the husband's charges, including Mrs. Gould’s Farnum associations.
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Katherine Clemmons Gould
Howard Gould
Mse
Gould
Clarence J. Shearn
Nicoll
Shearn
Desert ordeal ends for man after three days without water
Israel Bwutte of Boston was brought to San Bernardino after wandering three days without water in the desert. He nearly perished from thirst and opened veins in his arm to drink from a wound before being rescued and expected to recover.
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San Bernardino
Cal
Israel
Bwutte
Boston
Swarts
Waterworks Debts Stir Cheyenne Over Union Pacific
City of Cheyenne and Union Pacific Railroad face a dispute over water supplied from the municipal system. The railroad has drawn about 1 million dollars worth of water with no equivalent payment, while offering limited freight haulage services in return. Projections warn the city could owe substantial sums over 10, 20, and 100 year horizons if trends continue. The issue, unresolved, invites further action from Cheyenne authorities.
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Union Pacific Railroad Company
Cheyenne
Cheyennne
Cheyeume
Heel Pacific Railroad Company
Ioam
Yale Pacific Nailroad Company
Die Luleu
Union Pacific Nuilroad
Pay & Aingle
Union Pacific Railroad
Cheyne
Amd
Perjury verdict in Senate involves Spokane Newsboy message
In Washington on June 21 a postal card signed by Arthur Prague, manager of the Spokane Newsboy's Association, expressing regrets over Rev. Edward Everett Hale's death was read in open session. Senator Piles of Washington requested its printing in the congressional record, and senators listened attentively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Arthur Prague
Spokane Newsboy's + Association
Edward Everett Hale
Piles
Taft Prods Plan For Corporation Tax Lights Debate
Washington report says President Taft is optimistic about a corporation tax while senators press to keep the Senate in session past August first. Wickersham and Root draft the law as Taft argues a 2 percent levy on net earnings may deter evasive schemes and bonds limits may stop shifting securities. The constitutional issue is not seen as a hurdle.
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Washington
Taft
White House
Senate
Wickersham
Root
Supreme Court
United States
Internal Revenue Bureau
Wrights Proceed With Caution At New Flight Trials
Washington June 21 The Wright brothers will take every precaution to prevent a recurrence of the Fort Myer accident. The machine to resume trials this week is largely new except for the motor. Several preliminary flights will precede official trials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wright Brothers
Orville Wright
Fort Myer
Orville Ee
Industrial Club Seeks Funds for Fine Piano Purchase
The Industrial club plans a day of fundraising and subscriptions to buy a mahogany Ellington piano for the club rooms. Agent Mr. Av L Voice of Baldwin Co offers the instrument at a reasonable price, and he will canvass club members with the secretary's authority to collect donations.
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Ellington
Av L, Volce
Baldwin Company
Voice
Mauretania Breaks Eastward Record From New York
The Cunard liner Mauretania again shaved fifty minutes off the eastward record, still holding the mark. She completed the New York to Queenstown run in four days, seventeen hours, and twenty-one minutes, beating the previous time of four days, eighteen hours, and eleven minutes.
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Queenstown
Mauretania
New York
Unclear OCR Text Notes Two Cases Dismissed
A corrupted report mentions two cases dismissed due to lack of evidence and notes a defendant must appear in court. The text is illegible with several garbled names and terms.
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Rigdon
Jamwoy
Foster Dropped From Baptist Ministers Conference
In Chicago on June 21 Professor George B Foster of the University of Chicago was dropped from the Baptist Ministers conference after his book denying the divinity of Christ sparked a riotous meeting. Hisses loud confusions followed four hours of disorder before a resolution to drop Foster was adopted.
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Chicago
George B. Foster
University of Chicago
Baptist Minsters
Foster
Ten Die As Trolley Collision Rocks Porter County
Ten persons were killed and forty injured in a head on crash of two electric cars on the Chicago Lake Shore and South Bend railway in Porter county Indiana Saturday night. Motorman George A Reed, who was killed, disobeyed orders to wait for the westbound car near Watson Abort distance east of Baileytown. General Manager H A Wallace cited the disobedience as the cause.
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South Bend
Ind
Chicago, Lake Shore
Porter County
Indiana
H. A. Wallace
George A. Reed
Reed
Watson
Baileytown
Sunday Report of Dickerson Perjury Verdict in Cheyenne
Reter Dickerson was found guilty of perjury by a jury at noon Sunday after a fourteen hour deliberation. The case drew intense local interest with credit claimed for Prosecuting Attorney Rigdon Sheriff Hughes and Judge Matson among others. Dickerson, an Arizona cowboy, faced charges of assault on Mrs. Dora M. Conness near Cheyenne in 1908 and was previously acquitted in a sensational 1907-08 trial.
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Reter Dickerson
Laramie County
Charles L. Rigdon
L. Hughes
George Carroll and
Shoals
Matson
W. B. Ross
Peter Dickerson
Arizona
Cheyanne
Dora M. Conness
Conness
Dickerson
W. M. Watts
Gibson Clark
Hugo Danselman
H. C. Kelly
Kelly
Clouser Returns to Attend Ryan Murder Trial
W L Clouser, early Laramie County resident, returns to Cheyenne after fifteen years to witness the trial of John Posy Ryan for the murder of his wife Nellie Clouser Behan and her stepdaughter. Clouser’s family, including Frank and Eugene Clouser, travels to the city for the proceedings. He notes mining changes near the mountains at Suarine and amid local social circles.
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W. L. Clouser
Laramie
County
Cheyenne
John Posy Ryan
Néliie Clousnald
Clouser
Fanltion Mrhood
Ryan
Marriad
Suarine
Colorado
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Calhoun
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Amanta Carlson
R. Carlson
Mrs. Howard Gould
Wrights
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