Grain brokers form Kansas City wire service to rival Chicago
Kansas City brokers create the National Board of Trade wire service with W. J. O'Dell as vice president. The new bureau provides grain quotations tied to actual Kansas City sales, distributed to brokers in multiple cities, claiming better, broader data than Chicago quotations. The move challenges the Chicago Board of Trade ruling that exclusive dissemination rights belong to Chicago.
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Ghicagaqans Auto Leads Chicago Man to Wife
Joseph H. McDuffee of Chicago, connected with an automobile, met Miss Della Scott at Pine Grove in Lexington County while his car broke down. He remained working on the auto several days, liked the girl who joked about farm work, and, like Ben Franklin, married her. They depart for a wedding trip. she is the daughter of Dan Scott, a Pine Grove merchant.
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Lexington
Joseph H. McDuffee
Chicago
Della Scott
Pine Grove
Blue Grass
McDuffee
Ben Franklin
Dan Scott
Ne Grove
Belle Cally
Taft and Herrick Tour Oxford in Private Car
Eugene Zimmerman offered his private car for Secretary Taft and Governor Herrick on the Cincinnati to Oxford trip. Herrick will meet Taft at Millcreek Junction at 7:45 AM to board the car. They plan to address Oxford Seminary pupils and return from Oxford at 5:30 PM.
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William H. Taft
Myron T. Herrick
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Zimmerman
Oxford Seminary
Thomas J. Walsh
Great Central Line
Ford
Tragic Poison Drinking Ends in Death of Lillian Fortwagner
Louis Fortwagner, floorwalker, wed Lillian Brockman a year earlier in a troubled romance. Lillian drank carbolic acid on Thirteenth Street, collapsed in her father's arms, and died at the hospital. The father warned the man responsible would die. Police transported the unconscious woman to hospital where she did not survive. Fortwagner had married Brockman after moving to Covington.
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Covington
Lillian Brockman
Thirteenth
Clay Streets
Thirteenth Street
Frank Brockman
Why Germany Wants Tangier
The Hamburg American Steamship Company backs Germanys plan to modernize Tangier Morocco with port facilities for large ships and coaling for the navy. Paris reports Premier Rouvier and German Ambassador Von Radolin renewed talks aiming for a direct France Germany accord before an international conference.
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Prince von Radolin
France
Germany
Roosevelt Meets French Ambassador in Morocco Reform Talks
President Roosevelt and French Ambassador Jusserand held a brief morning talk and a longer last night discussion focused largely on reforms in Morocco. The exchanges covered diplomatic approaches and potential steps by the United States and France.
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M. Jusserand
Morocco
Great Britain Rejects Moroccan Conference Invitation
FEI Morocco June 14 Great Britain responds to the Sultan invitation to join an international Moroccan conference with a categorical refusal. This first reply to the Foreign Office signals strong loyalty to the Anglo French agreement on Morocco and clarifies Britain’s stance.
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Norway Thinks Youar Yielding Yields to Union Crisis
King Oscar's long letter to M Berner president of the Storthing was read and referred to a special committee without comment. The Storthing adjourned awaiting the committee report as government and members welcomed the message. The last paragraph suggests the king and Riksdag may confirm dissolution of the union after reasserting consent of Sweden.
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M. Berner
Riksdag
Sweden
Labor unions oppose coercion in Norway Sweden union dissolution
Stockholm reports that Swedish laboring classes may sway the Riksdag against coercive action toward Norway. Daily telegraphs from Swedish unions to Norwegian ones declare they will refuse to take up arms if dissolution of the union proceeds.
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Sweden
Riksdag
Norway
Tippo Tib Arab Chief Dies in Zanzibar Dispatch
A Zanzibar dispatch reports the death of Tippo Tib the noted Arab chief and slave dealer whom Henry M. Stanley met in 1876. Tib was later made Governor of the Stanley Falls Station on the Upper Congo by Stanley.
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New York
Zanzibar
Tippo Tib
Henry M. Stanley
Tib
Stanley Falls
Upper Congo
Death of Jacob Marqua Baffles Police Near Alexandria Pike
Jacob Marqua pioneer baby carriage maker of Cincinnati was found badly injured on the Alexandria pike and died after uttering a fragment about leaving one road for another. Police suspect a traffic accident as his money was missing and a suspect was questioned but cleared. His son and daughter-in-law stood by as his condition worsened before he died and his body was moved to Cincinnati.
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Cincinnati
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Frank Dejaco
Four Mile House
Newport
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Smith
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Marqua Carriage Company
Navy orders remove guns from Alabam a tops replace with range finders
Washington orders at New York yard to remove fighting top guns on the battleship Alabama and not restore them on Indiana while repaired. Guns to be replaced by range finders across ships, cited Japan’s Togo victory and gunners using range finders to pick out Russian ships at long range, boosting accuracy and reach.
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New York
New York Navy Yard
Navy Department
Washington
Alabama
Indiana
Togo
Sea of Japan
Plant Rock Spring Distillery Destroyed by Fire
The Plant Rock Spring Distillery in Owensboro Kentucky burned today valued at 100000 dollars. Insurance covers the loss. Wind shifts saved warehouses with 500000 dollars worth of whisky. Principal owners are A Hirsch of Cincinnati and A Roserfield of Owensboro. Origin of the fire unknown.
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Owensboro
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A. Hirsch
Cincinnati
A. Roserfeld
Morton Elected to Equitable Committee Pending Hendricks Report
New York June 14 The Executive Committee of the Equitable Life Assurance Society met with Vice President Hyde presiding and elected Chairman Paul Morton as a committee member. Morton said he will wait for Superintendent Hendricks report before actions or policy outlines.
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New York
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Paul Morton
Morton
Hendricks
Confederate Veterans hold Louisville reunion in blazing sun
United Confederate Veterans and auxiliary groups gather in Louisville for their annual reunion amid lavish decorations and a crowd briefed by General Stephen D. Lee. General Lee's address celebrates heritage and duty while figures like Buckner and Wheeler receive rousing ovations. a Sumter wood gavel marks proceedings.
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Joe Wheeler
Lee
Fort Sumter
Ladies’ Memorial Association
Hoch May Get Another Trial In Chicago
Chicago June 14 Blue Beard Johann Hoch who was sentenced to be hanged June 23 for the murder of a wife may gain one more chance to escape the gallows The case could go to the Illinois Supreme Court If the State s Office shows by June 21 that 700 is available for the record a reprieve may be granted until the October term Governor Deneen told Hoch s counsel he did not wish to interfere with the verdict but would preserve the accused rights
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West Point Marks 100th Anniversary of General Anderson
West Point N Y June 14 services were held in Memorial Hall to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of General Robert Anderson famed for Fort Sumter.
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Ft. Sumter
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Reverend Wm Henry Locke Stricken With Apoplexy
The Rev William Henry Locke former Canton Ohio pastor attended by late President McKinley was struck with apoplexy in Brooklyn tonight at his son Charles Edward Locke’s home. He is 78 with no hope of recovery. Born in Baltimore he served as Civil War chaplain and led prominent Methodist congregations in Ohio and Pennsylvania before retiring three years ago.
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New York
Wm. Henry Locke
Canton
President McKinley
Brooklyn
Charles Edward Locke
Hanson Place Methodist Episcopal Church
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Panama Fumigation Divides City to Fight Yellow Fever
Panama on June 14 reports Colonel William C. Gorgas has split the city into eight districts, each led by a local physician to report suspected yellow fever. All houses are being fumigated as part of sanitation efforts in the canal zone.
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Driscol Testifies On Bribery Probe In Chicago
Chicago June 14 Jommi Driscol the witness in the bribery probe before the State's Attorney and grand jury appeared for three hours of questioning. He detailed strikes causes settlements and sums paid to labor leaders. Albert Young ex President of the Teamsters Union testified but refused most questions citing self incrimination.
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Chicago
Albert Young
Teamsters’ Union
Chinese Post Warns of Fumigation Policy Against Americans
A Chinese poster in Honolulu claims the Chinese government will retaliate against the US exclusion policy by ordering a death penalty for violations and charging $5 per head for fumigation of Americans at entry ports. In Peking, officials say Chinese Merchants misunderstand US aims and reassurances from Mr. Rockhill are seen as satisfactory.
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Chinese Board of Foreign Affairs
Whisky Bottle Fractures Skull On Train Incident
An empty whisky bottle tossed from a fast moving train struck Frank Gooden a section foreman beside the tracks fracturing his skull. He is at home 2342 Southside Avenue in critical condition as the Fleischmann Club train passes Stony Point en route to its annual picnic.
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Peace conference site in focus for Far East talks
The Far East peace talks move toward a decision on where to hold the plenipotentiaries conference. Washington The Hague and Geneva are under consideration with Washington seen as most likely. Russia wants a European capital and Japan favors a near theater of war. Paris and London are ruled out.
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