City Party Declares Principles for Clean City Government
The executive committee of the Committee of Seventy outlines aims for reform politics in Philadelphia. It emphasizes honest officials, election law enforcement, personal registration, charter reinstatement, repeal of the Bullitt amendments, and nonpartisan policing and public works administration.
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Commercial Tribune
Philadelphia
Committee of Seventy
City Party
Bullitt
Weaver
Public Safety and Public Works
Fire destroys Arnstein & Co. dry goods in Knoxville
A large blaze emptied the retail block on Gay street Knoxville destroying M. B. Arnstein & Co. dry goods millinery and nations. The fire caused about 175000 in losses with Arnstein bearing 100000 and the rest charged to neighboring stores M M Newcomer Co. Cul len Company and Queensware House.
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Commercial Tribune
Knoxville
Tenn
M. B. Arnstein & Co
Gay Street
Arnstein & Co
M. M. Newcomer & Co. Department Store
Queensware House
Chas. C. Cullen Company
German Baptists annual meeting draws near twenty thousand
In Bristol Tennessee on June 4 a German Baptist gathering at Fairmount Grove drew about twenty thousand attendees. Sermons were delivered in the tabernatic by Rev. I B Trout of Lanark Illinois Rev G B Boyer of Elgin Illinois and Rev I N H Beahm of Elizabethtown Pennsylvania with pulpits filled across the district.
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Commercial Tribune
Bristol
Tenn
Fairmount Grove
Naval meet suggested for united American British fleets
Vice Admiral Lord Charles Beresford commander of the Mediterranean Squadron urges a combined Blue Water maneuver between American and British fleets. He writes to The Standard that foremost naval officers and principal statesmen of both nations see clear benefit in the venture.
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London
Lord Charles Beresford
Mediterranean
The Road to Wellville Inspires Postum Praise
An Oakland woman recounts finding relief from nervousness and stomach trouble after switching from coffee to Postum Food Coffee. She credits two days for early improvement and a year of stable health, noting energy during a San Francisco Conclave and parade.
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Wellville
San Francisco
Roosevelt's Peace Move Popular, Czar Undaunted
The article outlines debates on Russia's reform moves with a focus on assembling popular representation from medieval roots to modern suffrage. It lists six questions guiding the proposed assembly, including suffrage scope, minister interpellation, budget control, and provincial shifts of power.
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Russia
Bouligin
Russian Warships' Repair Board Formed in Manila
Rear Admiral Train named Commander Calkins Lieutenant Commander McElroy and Harding to inspect the damaged Russian warships in Manila. The board starts work as Enquist reports losses rise to forty one with five more in hospital. Repairs set for 7 to 60 days across Oleg Almirra and Jemtcing amid talks on coal and sailings.
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Manila
Train
Calkins
McElroy
Ohio
Harding
Enquist
Navy
Aurora
Naval Board
Towed Russian Torpedo Boat Reaches Shanghai
Report from Shanghai dated June 4 states a Russian torpedo boat towed in today had drifted six days with 180 men aboard and water for one day and scant food. The forward section was damaged and the crew were moved to the Russian transport interned at Woosung.
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Shanghat
Woosung
German Ambassador Speck von Sternburg Meets Roosevelt
Baron Speck von Sternburg, German Ambassador, spent two hours with President Roosevelt at the White House. He declined to discuss the confidential subject but indicated the talk covered Russia and Japan and the potential peace prospects. He said there had been no progress toward peace in the last twenty four hours.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Linevitch and main force located near Kung chulian
Tokyo June 4 General Linevitch is believed to be with his main force at Kung chulian eight miles west of Fakoman. Imperial HQ reports cavalry actions on June 2 near Siashahotgu Changtu Nanchengtzu Whyuanpaomen and Changtu Railway Station with one enemy casualty and one saddle horse captured. no other changes reported.
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Tokyo
Linevitch
Kungchulian
Fakoman
Fengswa
Itsungchu Line
Siashahotgu
Changtu
Nanchengtzu
Whyuanpaomen
Changtu Railway Station
Noncombatants Ordered to Leave Vladivostok
A dispatch from St. Petersburg dated June 4 reports all noncombatants ordered to depart Vladivostok amid anticipation of a Japanese attack on the fortress. The population shows calm resolve as defenses, long under construction since the war began, are deemed complete.
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ST. Petersburg
Vladivostok
Wathen Named Supervisor for Kentucky Distillers and Warehouse
J A Wathen of Louisville is appointed Supervisor of the Kentucky Distillers and Warehouse Company. The headquarters will move from Lexington to Louisville. He succeeds W J Wilmoré who died of a hemorrhage on a train at St Louis a few weeks ago.
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Lexington
J. A. Wathen
Louisville
Kentucky Distillers’ and Warehouse Company
W. J. Wilmoré
St. Louis
Navy and Army Open Joint Exercises Against Washington and Baltimore
Sixteen warships will attack defenses along Chesapeake Bay, Potomac and Bay fortifications from June 11 for six days. Fort Monroe and surrounding forts will endure tests while fleets, mines, searchlights and range finders are used to gauge defense and navigation under careful observation.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Baltimore
Chesapeake Bay
Potomac River
Chesapeake
Army
Congress
Joint Board of Army and Navy
Monroe
Hunt
Potomac Artillery District
Baltimore Artillery District
Howard, Smallwood, Carroll
Armistead
James F. Wade
Department of the Atlantic
Untermeyer Praises Harmony Amid Equitable Developments
Samuel Untermeyer, Hyde counsel, says the Equitable Life trouble may be near a peaceful solution. He notes potential developments in days ahead and asserts Hyde will pursue public inquiry into Frick report profits, defended as morally and legally justified.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Samuel Untermyer
Hyde
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Frick
Lincoln declines offer for Equitable chairmanship
Chicago June 4. Robert T Lincoln said he would not accept the office of Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Equitable Life Assurance Society if offered. He stated clearly that under no circumstances would he take the position.
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Chicago
Robert T. Lincoln
The
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Two Steel Plant Fatalities Amid Furnace Explosion in Braddock
In Pittsburg on June 4 Michael Haidel and John Yatsko died in the Edgar Thomson steel plant explosion while attempting a rescue in the furnace bell. Vincent Nehart and Andrew Nemitz were seriously burned. Paul Watusko was killed falling from a street car returning from a wedding. Several workers were overcome by gas. only Pyer Abidek and others saved Nehart and Nemitz.
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Commercial Tribune
Pittsburg
Michael Haidel
John Yatsko
Vincent Nehart
Andrew Nemitz
Paul Watusko
Haidel
Edgar Thomson Steel
Braddock
Yatsko
Pyer
Nehart
Nemitz
Lost Man Found In Buffalo Identified Suspect Trails
Chief Millikin of Cincinnati Police received a telegraph from William Bull of Buffalo Police seeking aid to identify a man found unconscious in Buffalo in September. The patient, sometimes conscious, claimed to be John Holsten a draftsman who once stayed with Mrs. Senger at 316 Chapel Street Cincinnati, but no such person or address could be located.
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Millikin
Cincinnati Police Department
William 8. Bull
Buffalo
Buffalo Hospital
John Holsten
Senger
Chapel Street
Cincinnati
Hebrew Union College Graduation at Plum Street Temple
Graduates will receive rabbinic degrees during exercises at Plum Street Temple on Saturday June 17 at 2 30 p m. The ceremony marks the conferring of rabbinic degrees upon the graduates.
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Hebrew Union College
Plum Street Temple
Rev C Stanley Hughes Leads Norwood Church Service
The Church of the Good Shepherd Norwood held yesterday services under Rev C Stanley Hughes of Altoona Pennsylvania who has been recently called to the Good Shepherd rectorate.
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Church of the Good Shepherd
Norwood
C. Stanley Hughes
Altoona
Hughes
Good Shepherd
Memorial services of Ivanhoe Council No 28 Royal Arcanum
Memorial services for Ivanhoe Council No 28 Royal Arcanum were held at Pearl Street Methodist Church yesterday afternoon. Members from other city councils attended and joined in the ceremonies. Rev. H. G. Pollard of Ivanhoe Council delivered the address.
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Ivanhoe
Man Dies in Scuffle at Grand Central Station
William Bunnfield, 30, of Indianapolis, refused to vacate the women’s waiting room at Grand Central Station last night and slept on a bench. He fought Traincaller Charles Wade and sustained a scalp wound. Wade employed a club to subdue him and Bunnfield was taken to City Hospital.
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Grand Central Station
William Bunnfield
Indianapolis
Charles Wade
Driver Albert Hayes Injured After Wagon Fall
Albert Hayes a 32 year old driver of 1403 Harrison avenue fell from his wagon at Eastern avenue and McCullough street yesterday and sustained back injuries He was admitted to City Hospital.
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Albert Hayes
Harrison Avenue
Eastern Avenue
McCullough Street
City Hospital
Newcastle Brewing Agent Shot Dead at Luncheon
Special Dispatch to Commercial Tribune Newcastle Pa June 4 John Pete Hillsville agent for the Newcastle Brewing Company was shot and killed at an early hour today while dining with his wife and four children a shot fired through a window killed him no motive or suspect yet identified
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Newcastle
John Pete
Hillsville
Newcastle Brewing Company
Pete
Anti-thief Meet Opens Sixth Annual Convention
The Special Agents of the United States and Canada, a railroad detective group, begin their sixth annual convention at the Grand Hotel. With 230 members, officers include G W Baldwin president and C H Dawson secretary. Elections, discussions on seals and doors, and photo identifications are on the agenda. Delegates from major rail lines arrive. others travel to High Bridge and Indianapolis for events.
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United States
Canada
Grand Hotel
G. W. Baldwin
Roanoke
Norfolk & Western
C. H. Dawson
Aurora
Ill
T. R. Griffin
Somerset, Ky
Russians to Recognize American Passports for Hebrews
Acting Secretary Loomis announced from Washington that Ambassador Meyer reported Russia will recognize all American passports including those held by Hebrew citizens. Simon Wolf of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations welcomed the development, noting twenty five years of effort for full recognition.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Loomis
State Department
Meyer
St. Petersburg
Russia
Council of the Empire
Passport Commission
Simon Wolf
Union of American Hebrew Congregations
Wolf
United States
Two Killed by Indiana Train Near Bellaire
Frank Coverdell of Indianapolis and Earl Tonget of McClainsville Ohio were instantly killed Sunday noon when they stepped from an eastbound train onto a westbound yard engine on B and O tracks near Bellaire Ohio. Both bodies were badly mangled.
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Bellaire, O
Frank Coverdell
Indianapolis
Earl Tonget
McClainsville
Bellaire
Tonget
Coverdell
Powers to share finance in an international agriculture institute
Rome June 4 The Agricultural Conference commission proposed financial participation by the powers in an international institute of agriculture. It will operate like the Universal Postal Union at Berne with votes by category and peer contributions tied to vote allotment.
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Rome
Commission of the Agricultural Conference
International Institute of Agriculture
Universal Postal Union
Berne
Remains of Michigan’s First Governor Interred in NYC
Steven Thompson Mason, first Governor of Michigan, after years in a New York cemetery vault, was interred today in a stone-lined grave in Capitol Square Park in Detroit. The ceremony recalled the period when the Michigan State Capitol stood in that city.
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Commercial Tribune
Detroit
Mich
New York City
Steven Thompson Mason
State of
Michigan
Capitol Square Park
State Capitol
Mason
Mining magnate P. L. Kimberly dies in Chicago
Peter L Kimberly a national mining authority died of apoplexy in Chicago aged fifty nine. Wealth valued around 10 600 000 he pioneered copper mining in Lake Superior and held interests in Western mines born Sharon Pennsylvania. William L Ewing former mayor of St Louis died at his Vincennes Indiana home after a stroke leaving a large estate to his widow and son.
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Peter L. Kimberly
United States
Canada
Chicago
Kimberly
Lake Superior
Sharon
William L. Ewing
St. Louis
Vincennes
Ind
Envoy Reports Poison Plot In Kongo State
Dr. Micuccci reports to the Foreign Office that Kongo authorities attempted to poison several dissenting figures including Micageci and Dr. Baccari an Italian envoy who studied potential emigration to the region.
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Rome
Micuccci
Kongo Independent States
Foreign Office
Micageci
Baccari
Ohio veterans plan fife and drum corps parade
The Ohio Department of the G A R encampment at Washington Court House on June 9 will form a veteran fife and drum corps for the June 8 parade. William Davenport leads preparations to field about 20 musicians from Civil War bands. Sleeping quarters are free for those answering roll call. A flower parade and a 300-voice chorus will entertain. Delegates may back an Ohio candidate for National Commander, with names of possible contenders including Captain Monfort, General A M Warner, and General Brown. Senator Dick, Senator Foraker, and Governor Herrick are among expected attendees.
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Texas
Newark
Atlanta
Terror
Puritan
Hornet
Wren
Sylvia
Florida
Arkansas
Nevada
Hartford
Ohio Department
Washington Court House
William Davenport
Ohio Association of Civil War Musicians
Garry Owen
Dixie
Washington D. H
Sons of Veterans
Cherry Hotel
Gustav R. Werner
Sanford Bundy
Lgcal S. of V
Ohio
National Grand Army
Monfort
Cincinnati
A. M. Warner
Brown
Xenia
Senator Dick
Foraker
Herrick
Lightning strikes three churches in Chicago area
A thunderstorm in Chicago on June 4 set three churches alight and caused extensive damage. Unity Church in Oak Park and the Sacramento avenue Methodist Episcopal church were destroyed, totaling about 200000 dollars in losses. North Englewood Congregational Church was struck but fire was checked early.
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Commercial Tribune
Chicago
Unity Church
Oak Park
Sacramento Avenue
Methodist Episcopal
Adams Street
North Englewood
Train Wreck Injures Carnival Company Team
A special twenty seven car carnival train was wrecked in Santa Fe yards As it moved from St Joseph Missouri to Topeka Kansas a car jumped the track and toppled three others Injured were Henry Witt back hurt Harry Treeter hip and ear injuries Jack Osborn broken nose and back Chester Westes of Louisiana Missouri badly cut and hurt aboard the train
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Commercial Tribune
Atchison, Kan
Carnival
Santa Fe
St. Joseph
Topeka
Henry Witt
Harry Treeter
Jack Osborn
Chester Westes
Louisiana
Mysterious shooting leaves hat factory foreman near death
Orville Davis, foreman at a Wabash hat factory, lies in the city hospital likely dying after a mysterious pistol attack last night. Sam Snyder, brewery wagon driver, surrendered today and turned over his revolver to police, admitting guilt but claiming justification and promising a defense. He is held without bail as Davis’s condition is assessed.
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Commercial Tribune
Wabash
Ind
Orville Davis
Sam Snyder
Davis
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