Bigamy charge rocks Cincinnati woman and two husbands
Anna Laura Moran Connors and restaurant man Thomas Connors face bigamy warrants sworn by Thomas Connors. Moran, the first husband Joseph Moran, and a man posing as her brother Edward Lavender are arrested after investigators trace multiple marriages and a mortgage on a Sixth street flat. Moran denies being dead. their 15 year old son learns of the scandal as detectives collect evidence and receipts.
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Anna Laura Moran
Crim and
Ruhfers
Edward Lavender
Thomas Connors
Linn Street
Joseph Moran
Anna Laura Pfeister
Walnut Hills
Jane
Lavender
Connors
West Sixth Street
Moran
Cincinnati
Sixth Street
Wich Connors
Ohio Loan Company
Salisbury Wreck Caused by Excessive Train Speed
Coroner's inquest reports the Plymouth express derailed near Salisbury on July 1 after speeds of 50 to 70 mph exceeded company orders. Jury blames high speed plus lax enforcement, noting signaling failures and late timetable adherence. Critchell not improved.
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Calisbury
Balisbury
Eng
Plymouth
Saisbury
Harrison
Salisbury
Major Pringle
Board of Trade
Wilton
Critchell
London & Southwestern Railway
Holmes
Railroad Company
Robert S. Critchell
Widow Opposes Indemnity Blood Money in Persian Murder Case
A Persian murder case linked to missionary Rev. Benjamin W. La Baree prompts a protest from his widow Mrs Mary S La Baree. She declines an indemnity of 50 000 arguing it could harm the mission cause though Persia already paid 30 000, a record amount for a private murder, while Tehran fears tax and local pressures.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
State Department
Mary 8
S. la Baree
Uramia
Persia
Richmond Pearson
Teheran
United States
Benjamin W. la Baree
Mount
Ararat
Ae Era
Peace on U S Warship Proposed in Central American Crisis
Marblehead arrives at La Libertad to host peace commissioners meeting Salvador and Guatemala. Honduras and Salvador form alliance as Cabrera pledges ceasefire. Merry and Brown coordinate with La Libertad and San Jose to set terms beyond the three mile limit.
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Mulligan
Navy Department
Mr. Combs
la Libertad
San Salvador
Salvador
Combs
Champerico
Mr. Brown
Legation
Brown
Washington
Guatemala
Atlee
Merry
Meégers
Marblehead
United States
Marietta
Costa Rica
Philadelphia
Panama
Dillingham
Monti Christi
Detroit
San Jose
State Department
Cabrera
Honduras
Roosevelt Presses Central American Peace Talks Ahead
President Roosevelt and Acting Secretary Bacon discussed Guatemala and Salvador peace negotiations at Sagamore Hill. Bacon returned to Washington with full information on the President’s desires, aiming to speed conclusions before the Pan American conference in Rio Janeiro. Honduras seeks participation, to be allowed primarily in results rather than in shaping conclusions.
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Commercial Tribune
Oyster Bay
Guatemala
Salvador
Roosevelt
Bacon
Sagamore
Hill
Washington
Rio Janeiro
Honduras
Fighting at Four Points in Central American clash
SAN SALVADOR July 16 Guate mala engages Honduras along four points on disputed Guatemalan and Honduran soil. Both sides fight bravely with uncertain results.
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San Salvador
Guatemala
Honduras
U. S. Cruiser Columbia Sails with Malaria Sickness
The United States cruiser Columbia sailed for Boston today with 300 marines aboard. Of these 165 are suffering from malaria contracted at Panama where they were stationed during the recent elections. Nineteen marines are seriously ill.
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San Juan
P. R
United States
Columbia
Boston
Panama
Earthquakes Drive People From Buildings in New Mexico and Texas
A strong quake shook Socorro and nearby Santa Fe area causing property damage from earth slides in the Magdalena Mountains. In El Paso Texas the tremor caused buildings to rock and residents to flee outdoors. weather instruments recorded the movement but no damage was reported.
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Socorro
San Michael
New Mexico
Magdalena Mountains
Commercial Tribune
EL Paso
Tex
Weather Bureau
Federal
Albuquerque Shaken by noon earthquake shocks city
A midday quake rattled New Mexico as objects moved and residents felt a sickening sensation. No serious damage reported though crowds fled the Armitage Building thinking it would collapse. Shocks were felt in towns to the south.
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Commercial Tribune
Albuquerque
N. M
New Mexico
Armitage
Jefferson Bequests Best Kentucky Reel to Cleveland
Chicago dated July 16 reports Joseph Jefferson left a Kentucky fishing reel to Grover Cleveland in his will dated October 27, 1899. A five year later codicil notes the friendship of the two fishing companions, cementing the memory of their trips in legal terms.
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Commercial Tribune
Chicago
Joseph Jefferson
Grover Cleveland
United States
Jefferson
Recorder’s Office
Kentucky
Mr. Cavaland
Rockefeller Offers Aid for San Francisco YMCA
H J McCoy secretary of the San Francisco YMCA announced John D Rockefeller would donate 259 000 toward rebuilding the YMCA buildings if equal funds are raised from others He said 105 000 had already been obtained in addition to the Rockefeller gift for the project
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Commercial Tribune
New York
H. J. McCoy
San Francisco
Old counsel kept and insanity plea to defend Thaw case
Special Dispatch reports Mrs. William Thaw taking charge of Harry Thaw's defense after meeting him at the Tombs. She arranged to retain Black Olcott Gruber Bonynge as counsel, distancing from Thaw’s preferred approach. A lunacy committee appointment may be sought at a conference with her tomorrow.
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New York
Harry K. Thaw
William Thaw
Black, Olcott, Gruber & Bonynge
Young Thaw
Harry Thaw
Olcott
British Support From U S Wife In Turko Egyptian Rift
London dispatches reveal the May 14 note from Ambassador O Connor shows American backing for Britain in the Turko Egyptian frontier dispute. O Connor states he "experienced the most cordial goodwill" from the United States Minister in Constantinople.
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London
Great Britain
Turkey
O’connor
Constantinople
Grey
Nicholas R. O’connor
United States
Jury mulls fate of Ed Callahan and James Hargis
In Beattyville Kentucky the murder trial of ex Sheriff Ed Callahan and James Hargis closed after fifteen hours of arguments. Prosecutor A Floyd Byrd delivered a severe arraignment while witnesses and accusers described plots of murder and assassination. Jurors report intense excitement as a windstorm cuts off communication and a verdict remains possible but uncertain.
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Commercial Tribune
Lexington
Beattyville
Ed Callahan
James Hargis
Dorsey
Spicer
James B. Marcum
Commonwealth
A. Floyd Byrd
Kentucky
Byrd
Jackson
Queen Maud Narrowly Escapes Avalanche Driven Road
In Aalesund Norway on Sunday Queen Maud escaped serious harm when horses drawing her carriage backed to guard a ten foot ditch after being startled by an avalanche. King Haakon, in another carriage, ran forward and seized the horses by their bridles to avert the danger.
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Aalesund
Norway
Queen Maud
King Haakon
Faction fights loom at Ohio party committee meetings
Columbus reporters note factional warfare in both Democratic and Republican State Committee meetings this week. Mayors Johnson and Whitlock head divergent camps while Welty holds balance of power, with fights over temporary chair, election boards, and county contest lines across Clermont Hocking Lawrence and Sandusky counties.
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Commercial Tribune Burnada
Oortstookk Building
CoLumbus
Oro
Commercial Tribune
Democratic
Republican State Committee
Election Board
Tom L. Johnson
Cleveland
J. P. Madigan
Johnson
Garber
Bernard
Price
John C. Welty
Canton
Garber-Bernard
Johnson Organization
Welty
Judson Harmon
Cincinnati
Brand Whitlock
Toledo
Dempsey
Hamilton County
Republican Committee
Clermont
Hocking
Lawrence
Sandusky
Hilderbrant
Hocking County
Grosvenor
John F. White
Lawrence County
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Johnnie Moran
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Guatemala City
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Slayer OF White
Santa FE
N. Mi
Consid
Rockefeller
Commercial Tribe
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Maud
Judson Harmon and
Brand Whit
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