Old Fashioned Welcome for President Roosevelts Return
President Roosevelt returns to Washington to an old fashioned welcome with a brass band High School Cadets and the fire department greet the President. Mrs Roosevelt hosts a home dinner at the White House and the youngsters recount stories of the Western trip and new toys.
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Otto Carmichael
Commercial Tribune
Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Alice
Mrs. Roosevelt
Groton
Mass
Zoological Gardens
Loeb
Dot
Rainmaker to Halt Mohawk Valley Forest Fires
Prof. Carl Myers of Frankfort is summoned to Nehasane Park to deploy rain-making gear and explosives from balloons to end forest fires. Ilion residents raise 500 to fund tests as drought-stricken Mohawk Valley seeks rain with a planned Tuesday attempt at the Ilion baseball grounds.
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Commercial Tribune
Utica
Carl Myers
Frankfort
Major Burns
W. Seward Webb
Nehasane Park
Myers
Nehasane
Ilion
Danger of Water Famine in City of New York
New York reports a looming water famine unless rains restore reservoir levels. Since May storage is drawn at 280 million gallons daily. 45 billion gallons remained when drought began. Colonel R C Monroe warns residents to conserve water while investigations find 32 million gallons daily wasted inside buildings in thirteen Manhattan districts.
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New York
New York City
R. C. Monroe
Manhattan
Adirondack Fires Obscure Sun as Smoke Covers Adirondack Lakes
Dense smoke from fires in the Catlin Lake region blankets a 15 by 20 mile area and spreads further despite hundreds of firefighters. Heat and thick smoke prevent approach within two miles. Adirondack lake navigation is nearly halted and a Long Lake steamer with Tirp-fighters has been missing for three days.
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Saratoga
N. Y
Catlin Lake
Adirondack Lakes
Firefighters fight Hudson River blaze in Glens Falls region
Reports from the North Creek area say firefighters hold flames in check as around 3,000 men work to protect the Hudson River watershed and nearby Pruyn preserve near New Combe.
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Glens Falls
N. Y
North Creek
New Combe
Pruyn
Hudson River
Long Island Fire Toll Rising With Medford and Farmingville Losses
The Medford and Farmingville area on Long Island has suffered the worst fires with individual losses reaching into the thousands. Firefighters were injured or burned while battling the blazes.
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Sayville
L. L
Long Island
Medford
Farmingville
Smoky pall over Baltimore from New England fires
A heavy smoke and strong odor hung over Baltimore on June 5 from forest fires in New England and New York. Navigation on the bay and upper river became difficult as the haze thickened, with captains reporting worsening conditions farther down the bay.
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Baltimore
New England
New York
Deutschland Steamboat Frees Itself From Mud After Grounding
The steamship Deutschland, grounded in Gedneys Channel, was floated and sailed for sea without damage. Blame for the accident was placed on first class passengers and their friends who crowded the vessel delaying departure. Captain Barends aimed to cross the bar at 3 15 but heavy crowds caused delay as smoke blanketed the harbor. Communication with Marconi at Fire Island relayed news to the New York agent.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Deutschland
Gedney
Atlantic
Barends
Marconi
Fire Island
Man Arrested in New York on Ohio Extradition Request
Thomas McDonald a butter merchant from Zanesville Ohio was arrested in Brooklyn on a Delaware Ohio warrant. Governor Nash ordered delaying papers for extradition while McDonald claimed he will return to Ohio to face the charges and settle debts.
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Commercial Tribune
Brooklyn
M. Y
Thomas ‘MacDonald
Zanesville
Delaware
O. Carrington Marshall
Formosa
McDonald
West
Marshall
Sunberry Creamery Company
Ohio
Columbus
N. Y
Geo. K. Nash
Negro sentenced to 198 years at hard labor in New Orleans
Edward Williams, a Hunt County Tex. man, pleaded guilty to two counts of attempted criminal assault on a white woman. He received 99 years in the penitentiary for each offense, totaling 198 years, with immediate sentence after waiving rights.
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Commercial Tribune
New Orleans
Edward Williams
Hunt County
Tex
Williams
Murphy Sues Col Mead for 2000 Damages
Michael J. Murphy a hotel house officer in Columbus sues Colonel Harry E. Mead of Dayton for 2000 in damages. The suit follows a quarrel between Murphy and Mead at an Illinois state convention.
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Murphy
Col. Mead
Commercial Tribune
Columbus, CO
Michael J. Murphy
Chittenden
Harry E. Mead
Dayton
Sult
Suaddate Coun
Breathitt County Gears to Elect a Coroner in Jackson
Special Despatch from Jackson Kentucky notes Breathitt County will appoint a coroner after two years without one. Berry May to receive the appointment amid feud trial tensions. Jett and White ordered kept apart. heavy guards around the jail and courthouse with a Hotchkiss gun ready. Elisor Jones recruiting sixty jurors for Magoffin County, trial slated to begin Monday. Tom White seeks a separate trial with Hargis-backed defense.
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Commercial Tribune
Jackson
Breathitt County
Robert Rose
Berry May
D. B. Redwine
Curtis Jett
Tom White
J. B. Marcum
Jall
Marcum
Hargis
Redwine
D. D. Hurst
Longmire
B. J. Ewen
South Frankfort
Elisor Jones
Magoffin County
Salyersville
Hargises
B. F. French
Winchester
John. D
Covington
Mrs Blaine Returns to Bar Harbor in Frail Health
Mrs James G Blaine boards the Colonial Express for New England as President arrives in Washington She will spend the summer in Bar Harbor Me at the home where her husband rested from public life La Belle Dame Blaine is in very feeble health and has limited social activity in Washington last winter.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Union Station
James G. Blaine
Colonial Express
New England
Bar Harbor
Blaine
Treaty Signed for Light Dues at Zanzibar
Secretary Hay and British Ambassador Sir Michael Herbert signed a treaty instituting light dues at Zanzibar. The convention raises annual shipping dues by three cents per ton, with proceeds used to establish coastal lights.
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Washington
Hay
Michael Herbert
Zanzibar
Machen Indicted By Grand Jury In Washington Case
Washington June 5 grand jury reports indictment against August W Machen former superintendent of the Free Delivery Service Post Office Department charged with sharing profits on government contracts for letter box fasteners. Indictment cites $18 987.79 illegally received. Bond set at 20000 with sureties. Trial to be held in October.
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Washington
Grand Jury Today
August W. Machen
Post Office Department
Machen
O. G. Staples
David Moore
F. M. Criswell
Emanuel Speich
Taylor
Geo. E. Lorenz
Toledo
United States
Grand Jury
Groff Brothers
Great Flood Devastates Illinois and Lays Cities Under Water
Floodwaters from the Mississippi surge past levees near St. Louis alarming residents. Say levee breaks flood Madison area and Venice Illinois waters, with West Granite submerged. Towns evacuated as rail lines and roads are disrupted and trains reroute via Missouri Pacific.
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ST. Louis
Mississippi River
Bowie
Mississippi
Missouri
Illinois
Hannibal
Madison, Tik
West Granite
Venice
Ill
Burlington
Merchants’ Bridge
Missouri Pacific
Kansas, & Texas
Chicago & Alton
Santa Fe
San Francisco
Iron Mountain & Southern
Three Other Government Employees Are Arrested
Washington June 5. As part of the Post Office Department probe, Thomas W. McGregor clerk in charge of rural delivery supplies and C. Ellsworth Upton of Baltimore were arrested for conspiracy with Charles E. Smith to defraud the Government in leather pouches for rural carriers. The arrests bring the total to seven with others expected later. Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Bristow issued the statement detailing the cases.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Thomas W. McGregor
C. Ellsworth Upton
Baltimore
McGregor
Charles E. Smith
Bristow
Kansas City Flood Recedes as Relief Donations Pour In
Water receded to ten percent of flood area in Kansas City and Kansas City Kan. Debris removal and repairs boost demand for unskilled labor. Ten dead confirmed. A temporary bridge aids aqueduct access. Recovered drift carried bodies from Armour and Fowler packing houses. Donations from George Gould and Union Pacific top the relief totals.
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Kansas City
Union Station
Kansas
Kansas River
City
Kaw
Armour and
Fowler Packing Houses
George Gould
Kan
Burt
Union Pacific
Topeka Flood Toll Climbs as Deaths Reach Seventy Eight
Topeka Kan June 5 The flood toll rises with seventy eight dead and thirty nine identified as rescue efforts continue city scenes show desolation and the death list may reach a hundred. Continued on Eleventh Page.
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Topeka
Kan
Police Director Reports Kishineff Massacre Disturbances
The Christian Herald received a cable reply from Lopoukhin Director of the Police Department detailing riots at Kishineff on Easter. He cites frenzied peasants blaming Jews for Christian deaths, police inefficiency, and martial law actions including Siberian sentences for rioters.
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New York
The
Christian Herald
Kishineff
Full Kishineff Massacre Report Sent to State Department
Washington June 5 The State Department received the fullest report yet from Thomas E Heenan United States Consul at Odessa on the Kishineff massacre The account relies mainly on statements from Jewish refugees and notes the daytime start and night time continuation due to murderers busy with ravishing women The text is confidential and not to be made public Count Cassini had a key interview with Secretary Hay and rejects US charges against Russia as a party to the massacre
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
State Department
Kishineff
Thomas E. Heenan
United States
Odessa
Heenan
Count Cassini
Hay
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