Pearson to study American journalism in U S visits
C Arthur Pearson owner and editor of the London Daily Express arrives in New York aboard the Oceanic to study American methods. He has managed the Daily Mail for thirteen months, boosting its circulation, and plans a global newspaper empire with World-Wide leased wires and fast automobiles.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
C. Arthur Pearson
London Daily Express
United States
Pearson
Daily Mail
Harmsworth
Son
Royal Magazine
Empire
The
Express
London
Newcastle
Crewe
Australia
South Africa
Feuding planter shot as pursuit for killer unfolds
In Shreveport Louisiana, June 18, John Gray Foster a prominent planter was fatally shot by Prince Edwards a black work on the Foster plantation. Armed white posses scour the area for Edwards while dozens of black suspects are in Kennebrew store under guard. Rumors of lynching run wild as authorities vow to punish the accused. Foster was well known and related by marriage to Governor McMillin of Tennessee.
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Shreveport
John Gray Foster
Prince Edwards
Edawards
Kennebrew
Foster
McMillin
Tennessee
Smith
Edward Wastin
Hanna boom gains GOP support in Cleveland bets on 1904
Prominent Republicans in Cleveland endorse Senator Hanna for President as support for his nomination grows. General George A. Garretson calls Hanna the strongest possible nominee ahead of the 1904 convention. U S District Attorney John J. Sullivan predicts a rapid boom and says Hanna cannot stop it. John H. Blood lauds Hanna as uniquely capable for honest, effective leadership next to McKinley. Judge Frank E. Dellenbaugh supports Hanna citing city development and past Republican leadership.
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Commercial Tribune
Cleveland
Hanna
George A. Garretson
Senator Hanna
John J. Sullivan
United States District Attorney
John H. Blood
McKinley
Frank E. Dellenbaugh
Repubiican National Committee
Fightin Brown Right on Eve of the Convention
Columbus dispatch reports on the eve of the Republican senatorial convention Frank I Brown faces internal insults over past opposition to Emmett Tompkins and support for John J Lentz. Buckeye Club may move against him while Daugherty faction backs Clark in Franklin primaries and Kilbourne’s Democratic bid faces Salen speaks on municipal ownership and platform tensions.
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Columbus
Commercial Tribune
Frank I. Brown
Emmett Tompkins
John J. Lentz
Tompkins
Brown
Buckeye Republican Club
Daugherty
Clark
Franklin
Kurtz
Thomas H. Clark
Seventh Ward
Kurtz Republicans
Cyrus Huling
David A. Walker
Walker
Harry
Huling
Fayette County
Governor Benton and Mrs McMillin Reach Memphis En Route to Shreveport
Governor and Mrs Benton McMillin arrived in Memphis from Nashville this morning en route to Shreveport. Mrs McMillin has been prostrated since arrival after the tragic death of her only brother, while the Governor stays by her bedside and avoids meetings with close political friends.
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Memphis
Benton, McMillin
Nashville
Shreveport
Prisoners Moved to Benton Under Guard After Foster Murder
A special dispatch reports that the prisoners linked to John Gray Foster's murder were taken from Kinnebrew's store to Benton tonight under strong guard commanded by Deputy Sheriff Port Edwards. The move reduces the immediate risk of lynching.
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New Orleans
Picayune
Shreveport
John Gray Foster
Kinnebrew
Benton
Port Edwards
Heat Kills Seven in Chicago Heat Wave
Heat and humidity caused seven deaths in Chicago on June 13. The deceased include Patrick Buckley John Carlson Carla Otto Hecker Fritz Stabler White and Mrs Josephine Wolocofsky.
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Chicago
Patrick Buckley
John Carlson
Carla
Otto
Hecker
Fritz Stabler
White
Josephine Wolocofsky
Odell And Roosevelt Are My Men Depew
New York June 18 Senator Chauncey Depew in his Grand Central Office praised Hanna for 1904 while stressing New York will elect the next President. He added Odell and Roosevelt are his men this trip and one of them will go to Washington.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Chauncey Depew
Grand Central Station
Cleveland
Hanna
Ohio
Odell
Roosevelt
Washington
Doctor Arrested After Alleged Assault and Kidnapping
In Rock Springs Wyoming on June 13 Dr Jacob Giacomo is jailed on charges of assault with intent to kill Miss Lizzie Brown and unlawful detention of the patient in his apartments. The woman’s mother and sister with a policeman demanded her release. a struggle ended with the doctor beaten and arrested after he threatened with a revolver.
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Rock Springs
Wyo
Jacob Giacomo
Lizzie Brown
Clark County May Put Up Stewart or Rawlins
In Springfield Colorado on June 13 the local report says that if friction arises at the Eleventh District Senatorial Convention on June 26 Clark County will present a candidate, likely Chase Stewart or George Rawlins. Rotation would normally assign Madison County, but precedents may be broken this year, giving Clark County a chance at the nomination.
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Springfield
Clark County
Chase Stewart
George Rawlins
Madison County
Balfour Denies Peace Talks With Boers
In the House of Commons A. J. Balfour declared no basis for rumors of peace negotiations with the Boers. He cited Boer strength in the field at about 17,000 men.
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London
A. J. Balfour
House of Commons
Resolutions Against Divorce At Meese Matrimonial Reunion
Waterloo Indiana June 13 The Meese Matrimonial Association reunion drew several hundred members despite rain in the school park. Rev Williard Meese presided as marriage advocate and a slate of resolutions deploring rising divorces and urging support for marriage as a divine institution was adopted unanimously. A wagon train of Auburn women age 35 to 40 promoted marriage on stage, while Meese, known as the marrying parson, noted he had married about 3,000 people since 1896 and has rarely seen a divorce among his members.
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Commercial Tribune
Waterloo
Ind
Meese Matrimonial Association
Williard Meese
R. M. Lockhart
D. I. Hower
Methodist Episcopal Church
Greece
J. E. Pomeroy
Auburn
Republic
Here
W. L. Penfield
Washington
Meese
Indiana
Mr. Meese
Sandusky
Clara Newberry
Spencer B. Newberry
Guerin
Satie
Uncle i
Desertion Charged in Suit by Mrs Pullman in Chicago
Mrs Lynn H Pullman sues for divorce from George M Pullman alleging desertion and infidelity. She cites his absence, elopement with Mrs Louie Bowers connected to Horwitz and Bowers songs, and his refusal to support family margins in a Circuit Court filing.
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Commercial Tribune
Chicago
Lynn H. Pullman
Circuit Court Today
George M. Pullman
Hethas
George Pullman
George
New York
Louie Bowers
Gartinen
Nat Oraner
Girard
American offers £5000 to gain daughter entry into British society
A London Times advertisement from an American father seeks an English titled lady to act as chaperone for his daughter arriving in England. He offers £5000 for the introduction into British society, signaling strong expectations for a suitable match and social acceptance.
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London
London Times
England
Bride deserts groom at altar in Zanesville
Hartley Jackson of Guild Guernsey County and Mrs. Margaret Dunlop arrived with a license for a noon wedding in Zanesville Ohio. Dunlop left the hotel before the ceremony slipping to a train to Pittsburgh. Jackson and the clergyman waited as the bride disappeared and he later celebrated what he called a narrow escape from a likely marriage.
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Commercial Tribune
Zanesville
Guernsey County
Hartley Jackson
Margaret. Dunlop
Guild
Dunlop
Pittsburg
Levi Fike Murdered In Water After Saloon Brawl
In Goshen Indiana on June 13 the decomposed body of Levi Fike a local paper hanger was found in a mill race. The body showed evidence of violence including a fatal gash. Fike had been drinking and was involved in a saloon fight the night before he told friends he would go to the races to confront a man who insulted him. One of the two would die.
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Kilbourne
James Kilbourne
Hot Springs
Daniel
McLean
Tom L. Johnson
R. M Dittey
Zanesville
Commercial Tribune
Goshen
Ind
Levi Fike
Fike
Mrs Potter Palmer sails to France from New York
Mr and Mrs Potter Palmer of Chicago depart New York aboard La Lorraine for France on June 13. The journey follows their arrival from Chicago and marks the Palmer family’s travel across the Atlantic.
Woodward Sues Cincinnati Gas and Electric for 560000
J H Woodward publisher and promoter files in Superior Court a suit against Cincinnati Gas and Electric seeking 560000 as 3 percent of 23000000 from a 1901 consolidation deal. He alleges he procured the sale of Cincinnati Edison Electric Light assets and promoted the merger, claiming due payment of a promoter's commission. General Hickenlooper and Senator Foraker react to the filing.
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Cincinnati Gas and Electric Company
J. H
Jayhawker) Woodward
T. C. Campbell
Cincinnati Gasee and Coke Company
Cincinnati Gas Light and Coke Company
Rioting in French Mines Over Italian Workers
Serious rioting reported at the La Mo and D'Aveillans mines in Grenoble France as companies refuse to discharge Italian workers. Houses were sacked and several people injured. Infantry and horse artillery sent to support the gendarmerie.
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France
Grenoble
la Mo
D’aveillans
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U. S
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Pullman
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Woodward
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Foraker
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