Dynamite in Trunk Sparks Jail and Fine
Nick Taflan a new citizen from Roumania faced a U S Court sentence after carry ing ten sticks of dynamite in his trunk on a train The baggage handler dumped the trunk open but the dynamite rolled out instead of exploding Taflan was fined 1000 and sentenced to thirty days in jail and may discharge the debt as insolvent.
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Nick Taflan
Sam
Roumania
Thompson
United States
Taflan
Martins Ferry
Indianapolis
Grain firm Knight Donnelly & Co in involuntary bankruptcy
Knight Donnelly and Co a leading grain and stock brokerage in the West faced involuntary bankruptcy in U S District Court with three creditors claiming 16000. Receiver Edward C Potter appointed. Petition cites 250000 in grain stock and bond transactions outstanding. Attorney Whitney says the news will cause little stir on the Chicago Board of Trade orNYSE as balanced trades offset.
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Commercial Tribune
Chicago
Whitney
Chicago Board of Trade
New York Stock Exchange
Open Shop and Nine Hour Day Approved in Philadelphia
Nine hour workday and open shop instituted in forty five leading Philadelphia printing houses employing about two thirds of local compositors. Decision followed a United Typothetae meeting with master printers from across the country. Anticipated push for an eight hour day next January met no immediate opposition.
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Commercial Tribune
Philadelphia
United Typothetae
Mother of ten welcomes quadruplets in North Dakota
La Moure North Dakota June 26 Mrs Evigne BE Reilly presented her husband with four babies three girls and a boy a day The little ones are perfectly formed and normal in every particular Mrs Reilly is 34 years old and is now the mother of ten children.
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Commercial Tribune
LA Moure
N. D
Evigne BE. Reilly
Two Brick Layers Die After Fall Downtown Scaffold Collapse
Hundreds watched as Lawrence McGowen and Frank Wahoff plunged fifty feet from a scaffold at the Big Store, 419 West Fifth Street. McGowen, 44, died of a broken back and internal injuries. Wahoff, unknown condition, remained critically injured and was not expected to recover.
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West Fifth Street
Lawrence McGowen
Frank Wahoff
McGowen
Winchell Avenue
Wahoff
Armory Avenue
Secretary Hay Prostrated by Uraemia At Newbury Home
June 28 Newbury New Hampshire Secretary of State John Hay was stricken with uraemia after a severe cold on a Lake Sunapee trip. Doctors from Boston treated him by midnight and reported improvement with no operation needed. Family fears eased as bulletin said he rests comfortably and should be up in a few days.
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Newbury
N. H
John Hay
Boston
Hay
Cain
Newport
Washington
Lake Sunapee
Murphy
Dr. Scudder
Dr. Cain
Bad Nauheim
Commercial Tribune
OutLook
Europine
Columbus
Ohio
Lewis G. Bernard
John M. Pattison
Pattison
Bernard
Peck
Welty
Clermont County
Joe Goldsoll
Cleveland
Goldsoll
Tom Johnson
Honeymoon tale stirs bigamy concern in Harrison
In Harrison Ohio a wedding to Finley S. Brooke now of Washington Indiana sparks bigamy fears. Brooke, previously married to M K Brooke, faced a divorce case begun two years ago and a pending alimony claim. Attorney Probasco sought service as Brooke hid on the Indiana side until learning of the marriage.
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Finley Brooke
Miss Pearl Calloway
Harrison
Commercial Tribune
Harrison, O
Finley S. Brooke
Washington, Ind
Cinati
Harry Probasco
Brooke
Frank Garrison
Probasco
Indiana
August 1 Target Date Set for Roosevelts Peace Talks
Washington June 26 The President urged plenipotentiaries from Russia and Japan to meet in the United States during the first ten days of August with a preference for August 1 if possible. Russia’s M Nelidoff and Baron Rosen were named as plenipotentiaries. Japan's Takahira is understood to be chosen. Komura or Yamagata may lead Japan's delegation. Jusserand praised Roosevelt as preparations advance favorably.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
United States
White House
M. Nelidoff
Paris
Baron Rosen
Russia
Takahira
Japan
Komura
Marquis Ito
Yamagata
Baron Komura
Jusserand
Roosevelt
Bloody Flag of Revolt Waves in Russian Poland
Gloomy days for the Russian government as wire reports show unrest spreading from Lodz to Caucasus with strikes demonstrations and agrarian disorders. Georgia faces further tension after priests were dispersed by Cossacks and clerical protests threaten church rites.
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Russian
Poland
Georgia
Cincinnati Boys Win Yale Law Honors Taft Speaks
Yale University exercises featured class day activities with special uniforms, prizes in law and science honors, and a Taft address. Cincinnati boys Jerome Albert Goldman and Albert Henry Yost led law scholarship awards while Sheffield School honors highlighted students across English, mathematics, and sciences. Taft delivered the law school commencement address.
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Cincinnati
Taft
Commercial Tribune
New Haven
Conn
Yale
College
Sheffield Scientific
University
Yale Law School
Yale Medical School
Law School
Yale Incorporation
Jerome Albert Goldman
Albert Henry Yost
Goldman
Yost
Bainbridge Cowell
Cleveland
Wm. A. Crushel
Lebanon
Sheffield Scientific School
Clifford W. Bates
Dariah Corbett
Brooksville
Sheffield
Charles Talbot Porter
Montclair
N. J
William H. Taft
Pattison Leads as Welty Emerges in Ohio Governor Fight
Columbus dispatch outlines Democratic nominating struggle for governor with Pattison facing uncertain support as Welty gains ground. Key figures include Bernard Nichols Garber and a Adams County tactic. intraparty moves, seating battles, and a $500 betting ploy highlight the tense convention atmosphere.
Death by gas and self to join husband in Paterson
Henry Eichenrodt bandmaster of the U S battleship Alabama and his wife Clara Totzold committed suicide together in Paterson New Jersey amid plans for long separation from foreign service. They were married less than a year and were found in their bedroom after a party with carbonic acid gas. He was 28 and she 26.
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Commercial Tribune
Paterson
N. J
Foreign Service
Henry Eichenrodt
United States
Alabama
Eichenrodt
Clara Totzold
Henry Totzold
Testifies Against the Paper Trust Milwaukee Hearing
Milwaukee publishers are cited to appear in the federal case against the General Paper Company in Milwaukee. L T Boyd testifies for The Milwaukee Journal about price changes from $1.70 per 100 pounds in 1899 to $2.25 today and notes only one bid since 1900 after the company formed.
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Commercial Tribune
Milwaukee
General Paper Company
L. T. Boyd
Milwaukee Journal
Violent clashes at Kentucky negro festival leave one dead
In a tense festival near Peedee Oscar White was killed by Ed Greenwade and Marshall Averitt and John Chambers were wounded after a two hundred shot confrontation. Earlier at a Longview festival Tom Tutt and Jim Garrett were wounded in a separate duel.
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Commercial Tribune
Hopkinsville
Peedee
Oscar White
Ed Greenwade
Marshall Averitt
John Chambers
Longview
Tom Tutt
Jim Garrett
American Girl Divorces Peer in London Court
The Divorce Court granted Lady Grey-Egerton a divorce from Sir Philip Grey-Egerton for desertion. The case follows a prior suit for restitution of conjugal rights, which Sir Philip refused to honor.
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Lady Grey-Egerton
Sir Philip
London
May Cuyler
Wayne Cuyler
United States Army
Sir Philip Grey-Egerton
Philip
Cyclonic Storm Strikes Harlem and Bronx
A cyclonic storm swept through Harlem and the Bronx causing widespread havoc. A building under construction at 136th Street near Riverside Drive collapsed, killing foreman John Lawlor and injuring two laborers. Plate glass shattered as trees and chimneys toppled.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Harlem
Bronx
136Th Street
Riverside Drive
John Lawlor
Two Cincinnati Men Seen as Ohio Democratic Leaders
Hon. Hiram D. Peck and Hon. John M. Pattison emerge as favored sons of Cincinnati aiming to steer the Democratic Party in Ohio. The article outlines their regional support and political credentials as potential state leaders.
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Cincinnati
Democrats OF
Ohio
Rebel Merengo Beats Germans in Karas Mountains
Cape Town reports rebel leader Merengo defeated a German force commanded by Captain Siebert at Amoas in the Karas Mountains, German Southwest Africa. Rebels seized all German ammunition and supplies. losses are described as heavy.
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Cape Town
Cape Colony
Merengo
Siebert
Amoas
Karas Mountains
Africa
Youth Dead and Gil Fatally Injured in Rockbridge County Shooting
James Ford shot and killed George Cash and fatally wounded 14 year old Lydia Inchminger on Waterloo road near Rockbridge County. Ford, 21, fled. Cash, 18, and Inchminger were returning from church when asked a question and then fired upon. Jealousy is cited as the alleged motive.
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Commercial Tribune
Richmond
James Ford
George Cash
Lydia Inchminger
Waterloo Road
Rockbridge County
Cash
Ford
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Moscow
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Robert Lawton
Savannah
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Rensselaer
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Wessington, Tenn
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Judge McCann
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Hunter
Newark
W. S. Thomas
Springfield
Charles L. Swain
Lawrence T. Neal
Chillicothe
F. S. Monnett
Adams County
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James S. Thomas
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Cuyahoga
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