Pinkola Wins Latonia Derby as 10000 Pack Derby Day
Pinkola J Al Woodford's Chestnut Gelding defeats a stout field by a scant half length with Czar close behind and Ordono third at Latonia. Ten thousand racegoers witnessed a grand day of sport and a crowd full of society in gala attire.
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Latonia
Pinkola
Pink Coat
Wyola
Pink Star
J. al. Woodford
W. H. Fizer
Czar
Uncommon
Sir Cleges
Sir Huon
Falsetto
Keep Moving
Ordono
Fair Latonia
Minder
Kentucky Hills
Hartje's Lawyers Seek Further Particulars in Divorce Case
Pittsburg June 2 Attorneys J Scott Ferguson and W B Rodgers for Augustus Hartje seek additional particulars in the sensational divorce suit against Mary Scott Hartje The filing asks for precise times and places of alleged indignities and infidelity and for sources of information Mrs Hartje's counsel will likely object to disclosing informants to protect witness safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
J. Scott Ferguson
W. B. Rodgers
Augustus Hartje
Mary Scott Hartje
City of
London
Presbyterians Tackle Race Question at General Assembly
The United Presbyterian Church General Assembly debated the racial issue. A resolution placing colored Northern members under local presbyteries and transferring their churches to the Board of Home Missions was adopted. Negroes reportedly favor the plan. Also announced were Carnegie funding for a Knoxville library and a $5 per member quota. Knoxville was chosen as next meeting site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
General Assembly of the
United Presbyterian Church
Board of Freedmen’s Missions
J. W.« Witherspoon
Littell
Church of Jesus Christ
God's House
United Presbyterian Church In the
North
Board of Home Missions
Carson
Andrew Carnégie
Knoxville, Tenn
Committee On Appropriations
New Cunard Ships Earn 750000 Dollar Subsidy
The Lusitania and Mauretania have earned Cunard an annual subsidy of 750000 dollars after fulfilling the subsidy terms. A Liverpool cable to New York confirms the British Government’s Parliament announcement that the ships met the required 24% knot speed for transatlantic service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Lusitania
Mauretania
Cunard Steamship Company
Liverpool
Cunard Line
Doctors at AMA convention debate vivisection in Chicago
Delegates at the American Medical Association convention in Chicago debated vivisection and backed a resolution to commission a board to monitor and oppose laws aiming to abolish vivisection. The action passed unanimously, signaling strong support among physicians for continuing the practice and opposing restrictions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Medical Association
Chicago
House of Delegates
Board of Trustees
Balloon speed record attempt fails to lift Lahm Cup
A Chicago balloon owned by Charles A. Coey and piloted by Captain C. L. Bumbaugh and Charles Leichtleiter landed near Clear Lake eight miles south of Watertown after a 11 hour flight covering about 800 miles. Rain and cold air prevented breaking the long distance record. the crew planned another attempt from Quincy, Illinois.
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Watertown
S. D
Chicago
Charles A. Coey
L. Bumbaugh
Charles, Leichteiler
Quincy
I L
Lariden
Clear Lake
Bumbaugh
Aeronauts
Kirksville
Leichteller
Colonel Coey
William H.’ Pickens
Mr. Coey
Bank mob storms Cleveland house of Gaetano Liotta
Five hundred enraged Italians surround the closed private bank on Orange Street in Cleveland as doors fail to open. Police intervene and disperse the mob while Gaetano Liotta is reportedly missing. Deposits total about $30,000.
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Cleveland, O
Gaetano Liotta
Orange Street
Ands
Liotta
Accouchement Expected for Queen Victoria at End of June
Madrid reports the official gazette states the birth of Victoria of Spain is anticipated by the end of June. The royal birth is awaited with broad public interest as doctors prepare for delivery at the royal residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
Spain
Madrid
More Marines to Isthmus of Panama
About 200 additional Marines will join the 3800 already on the Isthmus of Panama. The Prairie and Tacoma will take the men to June 12, drawn from Philadelphia and New York Navy Yards. The Prairie also boards 560 seamen from Newport destined for ships on the Pacific coast.
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Prairie
Tacoma
United States
Philadelphia
New York
Prairié
Newport
R. I
Pacific Coast
Isthmus
Platt Sued Over Wife Debts in New York Supreme Court
In New York on June 2 a suit was filed in Supreme Court against Senator Thomas C. Platt by a law firm seeking 4217 dollars claimed to have paid for debts of Mrs Lillian Janeway Platt before their separation in 1906. Mrs Platt testified about bills and a 78000 settlement in lieu of income.
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New York
Supreme Court
Thomas C. Platt
Lillian Janeway Platt
Senator Platt
Frank H. Platt
Sheriff Discusses Truelson Confession Details
LaPorte Indiana June 2 sheriff Smutzer said only public is the nineteen page confession by Julius G Truelson now jailed in Vernon Texas it covers his career from 1903 to present and describes the Gunness house in detail, raising questions of accuracy if genuine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laporte
Ind
Enit
Truleson
Gunness House
Suit filed against United Oil Company for damages and receiver
Florence Colo June 2 Suit asking damages of 1 000 000 and requesting a receiver for United Oil Company a major oil drilling and refining concern in the West was filed in the district court today J Wallace vice president and director filed on behalf of himself and other stockholders
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence
Col
United Oil Company
West
J. Wallace
Night riders ruin tobaco beds near Ripley Ohio
Night riders destroyed Henry Downing's tobacco beds five miles from Ripley. Sheriff Miller arrested Louis Shumaker and Nicholas Schwalbe on tobacco bed destruction charges. Hearings not yet set. In Manchester Brown County growers report about thirty beds destroyed since troop deployment. Sheriff Paul opposes troop withdrawal until all plants are set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Ripley
Henry Downing
William Germann
Downing
Daniel Miller
Louis Shumaker
Nicholas Schwalbe
Shumaker
Schwalbe
Williams
Manchester
Brown County
Adams County
Paul
Night riders strike four farms in Sulphur Kentucky
Night riders visited four farms near Sulphur on June 2 posting warnings on stores. Masked and armed, they urged dumpers to quit tobacco and warned of burning barns if beds were grown, stating they will not look for more beds and will wait for crops to burn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Sulphur
Kentucky Burley Pool Totals Update 4,000,000 Lbs Sold
Secretary G A Brooks reports 4,000,000 pounds of pooled tobacco sold at fifteen cents a pound, up from 3,000,000 as previously claimed. The 1907 pool remains untouched at about 40,000,000 pounds. Bracken County farmers plan to sell farms and move as soldiers guard the area amid informant fears. In Mason County, C C Degman plants six acres with tobacco after night rider losses, placing a cannon to defend the field. guards patrol day and night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
G. A. Brooks
Kentucky Burley Society
Society of Equity
Bracken County
Sons of Equity Society
C. .C. Degman
Mason County
Oman Forged 10 Vust Courtiers Expelled
Teheran reports that on Friday last state dignitaries petitioned the Shah through Azed El Molk to purge his entourage. The Shah refused, princes and officials pressed, the Assembly intervened to preserve peace, and six courtiers including Mir Bahadurjenk Shapshal were expelled from the court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Teheran
Azed el Molk
Kadfars
Mir Bahadurjenk Shapshal
Washington Court Sustains Employers Liability Act
Washington June 2 The Employers Liability Act of 1906, once ruled unconstitutional for states, is upheld as constitutional in the District of Columbia by the Court of Appeals. Chief Justice Shepard writes that Congress possesses plenary power over the District and may regulate all commerce carried on within its boundaries.
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Washington
United States Supreme Court
States
District of Columbia
Court of Appeals
Shepard
Congress
District
Fire destroys Cincinnati Oil tank station on Eggleston Avenue
Firefighters battled a fierce blaze at the Cincinnati Oil Company tank station on Eggleston Avenue, risking exposure to adjacent candle works. Loss estimated at 65 000 to 75 000 dollars with partial insurance, as firemen storefronts and nearby buildings were safeguarded and residents aided.
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Cincinnati Oil Company
Egglestone Avernue
George Walterman
Joseph Strehley
Harkness & Cowing
Eggleston Avenue
Marshal Campbell
Martha Plummer
Bertha Peters
American Tool Works
Calvert Street
Crellins
R. H. Moore
Archibald
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J. R. Schmitt
Queen City
Hartje
AK Particulars
Liberant
Cunard
Cleveland Bank
QUEEN
Panama
Platt
S Lon
Truelson
WED Oil Company
Qhioans
Legislature
Kentucky
Oman
VUST
Fighting Blaze
Harkness & Cowing Concern
Edward Harkness
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