Cannon Opposes Next Congress Financial Legislation
Representative Joseph G. Cannon rejects proposed currency reform and any Senate driven plan, saying financial legislation is unnecessary now. He asserts House independence, opposing Aldrich’s Senate control and signaling a modified Republican program ahead of the next session.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Joseph G.cannon
United States
Cannon
United States Senate
Aldrich
Finance Committee
Hot Springs
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Congress
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House
Roosevelt
Couness
White House
Delawares Lynching of George F White Sparks Outrage
A 4000 strong mob from Wilmington and surrounding towns burned George F White a Negro at Price's Corners after he was charged with assaulting and killing Helen Bishop 17 of Wilmington. Guards and jail doors fell before a torrent of bullets as four mob members were shot, while White confessed and was executed by fire. The victim’s parents and the Rev E A Bishop faced the tragedy.
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George F. White
Price's Corners
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Price’s Corners
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Ferris Industrial School
Wilmington High School
Industrial School
Price's Corner
Miss Bishop Hed
George G. White
Edward Woodward
Strangler Knapp Trial Opens in Hamilton Court
Alfred Andrew Knapp known as the Strangler faces trial in Hamilton Ohio in Judge Belden’s court. State’s case hinges on his signed confessions and expert opinions on his sanity while prosecutors anticipate a three day proceeding.
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Commercial Tribune
Hamilton
Alfred Andrew Knapp
the Strangler
Edgar A. Belden
Criminal Court
Knapp
Thomas Darby
John M. Thomas, Jr
Cincinnati
Darby
The
Johnson and Ingalls join forces for Ohio big offices
Special dispatch from Columbus reports a Johnson and Ingalls alliance as Democrats plot revival in Ohio politics. Melville Ezra plays a minor role while Vanderbilt interests back a bold bid to topple the regulars. The plan leverages Cincinnati power and Hamilton County strength to push a Johnson governorship and Ingalls Senate ambitions, with broader aims of elevating prominent Democratic figures into state leadership.
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Columbus
Cincinnati
Johnson and Ingalls
Johnson
Ingalls
Melville Ezra
Tom Johnson
Zimmerman
Cleveland
Tom
Garber
Red Devil
Johnsonites
Herbert 8. Bigelow
United States
Vanderbilt
Ohio
Big Four Railroad
White House
Illustrated
Finance
Johnson-Ingalls
State Department Glad Cassini Stayed in Washington
June 22 report says Count Cassini did not depart for Russia as planned due to lack of steamship accommodations. He will go July 2. State Department sees progress on the Chinese American commercial treaty and predicts a six week conclusion barring unforeseen events. Officials will consult the Ambassador on open ports in Manchuria and the number of ports to be opened.
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Washington
Cassini
Russia
State Department
Depont
China
Manchuria
Peking
Habeas corpus sought for youthful naval deserter Swartz
Columbus Ohio June 22 Following orders from Attorney General Knox Assistant District Attorney Sherman T McPherson arrived from Cincinnati to represent the government in habeas corpus proceedings to release George W Swartz held as a navy deserter He enlisted August 1902 as a landsman and deserted May 11 1903 His father petitions claiming he was under age at enlistment with parents filing after the desertion and seeking release from custody.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Knox
Shery
T. McPherson
Cincinnati
Zimmerman declines Dem nomination talk two months from convention
Springfield reporter quotes John L. Zimmerman noting a Cincinnati paper claim he and Haskell will not seek the Democratic governor nomination. He says he is not ready to talk and will issue a plain statement when the time comes, urging attention to reports.
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Commercial Tribune
Springfield
John L. Zimmerman
Ottawa
Cincinnati
Haskell
Zimmerman
Ezekiel Statue to Cadets He Fought At Newmarket
Sir Moses Ezekiel unveiled a bronze monument at Virginia Military Institute in Lexington honoring the cadets who fell at the Newmarket battle on May 15, 1864. The ceremony gathers VMI alumni from 1839 to 1903 with Gen Joseph R. Anderson presiding. The Year Book will feature Ezekiel with his biography and reproductions of his works.
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Pirginia Miliary Institute
South
Virginia
Ezekiel
Thomas Jefferson
V. M. I. Alumni Association
Joseph R. Anderson
John 8S. Wise
Richmond
New York
Newmarket
Sous ‘Wise
Eget
Moses Ezekiel
R. S. Marr
Judge orders public whipping of husband by wife
Lexington June 22 City Judge John Riley backed a novel punishment after hearing a Civil War veteran beat his wife over drinking and neglect. The judge ordered the wife to whip him with a city whip in the police station lobby, a scene that drew a large crowd before authorities stopped it.
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Commercial Tribune
Lexington
John ‘Riley
Anderson Cass
Reagan
Riley
Desperado Miles Willineford Dies in Denison Jail
Columbus dispatch reports Chief Kelly announced Miles Willineford, wanted for the murder of farmer George Geyer, died by suicide in the Denison Texas jail. Detectives Dundon and O’Neill had pursued him with a requisition notice, but jail officials said he killed himself.
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Columbus
Kelly
Miles Willineford
George Geyer
Denison
Tex
Dundon
O'Neill
Hingfort
Mountaineers clash with McCoys in West Virginia gun battle
In Keystone West Virginia a Mountaineer party led by Floyd McCoy attacked locals after entering the mining town. A firefight with police followed, one McCoy man killed another fatally wounded, several officers injured, pursuers chased the attackers into the mountains. Names not released. Tensions rise as Hatfields live nearby.
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Roanoke
Floyd
McCoy
Keystone
McDowell’ County
W. Va
Nahas
John Reynolds
Reynolds
Virginia Judge Dissolves the Cruiser Injunction
In Richmond on June 22 Judge Grinnan dissolved the injunction restraining the United States Government from taking possession of the cruiser Galveston. The federal government will keep the ship as property of the Trigg creditors until final court decision. The Galveston is to be launched this week.
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Richmond
Navy to launch Galveston. sureties may cover excess
The Navy Department will launch the Galveston at the earliest possible moment. Creditors of the Trigg Company say that completing the Galveston at Norfolk would cost more, and if Congress sets further expense, the government will call on the Trigg Company sureties to pay any excess.
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Navy Department
Galveston
Trigg Company
Norfolk
Congress
the Post
Bristow
California
Postal Device and Improvement Company
San Francisco
Post
Loud
House Post Office Committee
Destructive Cloudburst Destroys Zeenom Village Homes
A cloudburst yesterday near Zeénom village close to Knajevas demolished fifty four houses and left thirty people injured or missing. Local authorities coordinate relief as investigators assess damage and secure the area.
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Ear -Knajsevas
Indictment Ties Lorenz Machen to Postal Device Scheme
A Toledo, Ohio couple, August W. Lorenz and Martha J. Loring, face a broader federal probe into postal device purchases. Indictments also name Machen and Groff brothers, accusing them of conspiring to defraud the U S government via Groff fasteners bought for mail boxes and paid with kickbacks. The grand jury action covers twelve counts filed in Washington.
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Post Office Department
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August W.hen
Diller B. Groff
George EB. Lorenz
Martha J., Loring
Toledo
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Groff Brothers
United States
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Martha J. Lorenz
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Mayer
Paul E. Williams
Joseph N. Farrell
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Wm. R. Lewis
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Tmaster van Cott
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