Tragedy on Suspension Bridge Claims 17 Year Old Nellie Stewart
Nellie Stewart, 17, leaped from the Ohio Suspension Bridge amid despair. A passerby shouted stop as she mounted the rail. her body was later recovered near a coal barge. A note listed Mrs Davies and the YWCA contact. she had recently left the Leiding residence and talked of death by own action. A search was planned for the body.
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Nellie Stewart
Ohio
Suspension Bridge
John Williams
Covington
Scott Street
Williams
J. H. Leiding
Laurel Street
Young Women's Clan Association
M. F. Merrell
Leiding Famiy
Is Morgan Earnest in His Canal Schemes
Washington dispatch discusses the Isthmian Canal debates and Morgan's reported control of the Panama project. It analyzes whether Morgan aims to build the canal or stall for railroad interests and notes England's readiness to fund an Atlantic-Pacific link if a viable plan exists.
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Panama Canal
Nicaragua Canal
Washington
United States
J. Pierpont Morgan
Congress
England
Europe
Australia
Atlantic
Illinois Breaks Battle Ship Speed Records
The Illinois, fastest battle ship in the world, set a 17.31 knot average over four hours on a Cape Ann to Cape Porpoise course. Officials praised its steady engines and quick turning, with a 300-yard circle completed in just over three minutes.
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America
Illinois
President’s Roads
Cape Ann
Cape Porpoise
United States Naval
Brother of Governor's Wife Fatally Hit on Tennessee Governor’s Kin
John Gray Foster, brother of Governor McMillan’s wife, was struck and killed on his Shreveport plantation by a Black assailant who fled. Posses hunt the suspect as mobs invoke swift punishment amid high state tension. Foster family ranks among Tennessee's leading clans.
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Shreveport
John Gray Foster
McMillan
Tennessee
Foster
Steel Trust Is a Menace to France
Francois Laur a former Deputy filed a petition in the Chamber of Deputies alleging the American Steel Trust threatens France's steel industry. He seeks higher duties on American steel and machine tools and plans a U S visit to study trusts. He aims to run again in 1902 on an antitrust platform after a past Standard Oil suit.
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Paris
Francois Laur
Chamber of Deputies
Laur
United States
M. Laur
Standard Oil Company
France
Attorney sues to recover fee in Hanson versus Ketcham case
In Chicago on June 12 Judge Tuthill heard Dethief S. Hanson sue Mrs Minnie Wallace Ketcham for $20,000 claiming due for legal work including securing a jury and will drafting for the Ketcham estate. Mrs Ketcham, formerly of Chicago and now in New York, attended.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Franz von Berger
Emil Blum
United States
Alexander
Deutschers Bank of
Berlin
Percy Sanderson
Washington
von Berger
England
Miss Worth
Ludlow Street
Chicago
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Dethief S. Hanson
Minnie Wallace Ketcham
Tuthill
Ketcham
John B. Ketcham
Ranson
Etcham
How Illinois Broke the World’s Speed Record
The report details a naval ship trial with outward and return runs clocked at 1 hour 54 minutes 4 seconds and 1 hour 52 minutes 42 seconds respectively. Secretary Long hailed the success saying the ship will be among the best in the American navy and that American shipbuilders lead.
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Long
Washington
Wealthy Indianapolis Heiress Marries in Chicago
Ida M. Osgood, heiress to a $500000 estate, wed Clarence Stanley in a private Chicago ceremony. The bride’s father opposed the match. after the ceremony the couple plan a three week North and West tour before settling at 1147 North Meridian Indianapolis. Attendants and guests included relatives from Indianapolis and Marquette Michigan.
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B. F. Tilden
Kimbark Avenue
Indianapolis
Michigan
Tilden
Spencer
Funds Illegally Drawn Allegations Hit County Officials
Special despatch reports notices served on Clark County Prosecuting Attorney John B. McGrew alleging Horace W. Stafford and Jacob Hinckle illegally drew county funds. Stafford allegedly took 1150 dollars and Hinckle 3342.52. Both dismiss the claims as campaign thunder. Stafford expresses willingness to pursue suit.
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Commercial Tribune
Springfield
John B. McGrew
Clark County
Horace W. Stafford
Jacob Hinckle
Samuel Snyder
D. B. Rinoehl
Stafford
Hinckle
Mrs Botha Arrives in Brussels to Meet Official Delegation
Mrs. Botha wife of Commandant General Louis Botha arrives in Brussels and is received at the railway station by Dr. Leyds marking the start of a formal visit with Dutch and South African officials.
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Brussels
Botha
Louis Botha
Leyds
Pope Receives O Connell in Audience in Rome
The Pope today received in audience Mgr. O Connell the Bishop of Portland in Rome on June 12. The meeting highlighted church affairs and the Pope’s warm reception for the American bishop in the Vatican environment.
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Rome
Mgr. O'Connell
Portland
Government fraud probe in San Francisco expands
The Federal Grand Jury and General Shafter investigate Army commissary fraud in San Francisco after arrests of Lewis Abrams & Sons. Captain Seymour says losses may reach hundreds of thousands, with raids turning up Army shoes blankets and other stores plus 200 000 pounds of grain stolen from the Government.
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General Shafter
Maus
Department of California
Federal Grand Jury
Army Service
Lewis Abrams & Sons
Seymour
Det
Federal and
United States
Shafter
Quartermaster’s Department
Abrams
George
Jacob Steveler
Hall of Justice
Miss Ollie Tyson Inherits $2 Million In Australia Tale
Miss Ollie Tyson of Todd County Kentucky is named heir to an Australian fortune estimated at $2,000,000 from her late uncle John Tyson. The aged uncle died recently leaving about $49,000,000 in estate. Tyson, educated at South Kentucky College, was living with relatives in Hopkinsville before returning to Todd County.
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Ollie Tyson
Todd County
Australia
Tyson
John Tyson
America
Miss Tyson
South Kentucky College
Toda County
Hopkinsville
Texas
Cubans Accept Platt Amendment as Predicted
Havana June 12 The Cuban Constitutional Convention approved the Platt amendment by 16 to 11. The panel substitute urged acceptance and its appendix to the constitution. Senior Ferrer joined conservatives, saying acceptance may solve the problem. A commission will be appointed to draft the electoral law.
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Havana
Enors Tamayo
Villuendas
Quesada
Committee On Relations
Congress
Ferrer
Platt Amendment Adopted by Cuban Constitutional Convention
Washington officials express gratification at Cuba’s ratification of the Platt amendment. They expect rapid U S evacuation contingent on a stable Cuban government and effective order, police, and sanitation. A cabinet officer forecasts possible withdrawal this summer and Cuban independence by autumn. Wood informs War Department of the adoption. A separate brief notes a 2 year old, Russell Bement, killed by a streetcar in Terre Haute Indiana.
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Washington
United States
Ee ‘Wood
Ne War Department
Mrs Longley Denied Divorce in Supreme Court
Special Despatch to Commercial Tribune reports that Judge Glegerich dismissed the abso lute divorce suit by Lottie E. Longley against Mace E. Longley. The judge questioned her testimony and noted the missing hotel register as a sign to investigate.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Lottie E. Longley
Mace E. Longley
Supreme Court
Glegerich
Longley
Monument Hotel
Ashley
Mary Steele
Canterbury
England
John Ruskell
Louisville
Booth in Good Health After Illness Report
London June 12. General William Booth of the Salvation Army was thought seriously ill but an investigation found he only had a slight chill and fatigue from recent work on the Continent. He was in his usual health today.
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London
William Booth
Salvation Army
Attorney Delphey seeks to enjoin speaking to lover in suit
Toledo judge hears amended answer from attorney John P. Delphey who consents to being enjoined from pursuing his lover Marie Aletta Lent but asks the court to bar her from hanging around his office stairway and from speaking to him in society. He admits affectionate conversations but denies improper acts.
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Commercial Tribune
Toledo
John P. Delphey
Marie Aletta Lent
Mrs McKinley Continues Steady Improvement Says Doctor
Dr. Rixey reports Mrs. McKinley is getting along very well after a late White House visit. He says her improvement continues steadily and the heat is not materially affecting her condition. Washington news desk June 12.
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Washington
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