Burgess McElroy Dies in Mt Vernon After Illness
Burgess McElroy chief clerk of the House of Representatives died in Mt Vernon Ohio at 2:30 this morning after a two week illness from an intestinal obstruction. He was born August 25 1858 in Knox County a Kenyon and Butler University graduate and a prominent business investor in lighting gas and telephone companies in Ohio. Funeral is set for 2:30 Tuesday afternoon.
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Commercial Tribune
MT. Vernon
Burgess McElroy
Gerk
House of Representatives
Knox County
Kenyon College
Butler University
Wapakoneta
Hillsboro Light and Fuel Company
Mt. Vernon Telephone Company
Millersburg Electric Light Company
Aladdin Temple Shriners
Columbus
Fourteenth
Ohio
Charles A Goddard Dies Near Portsmouth
Charles A Goddard veteran Civil War officer and Republican leader dies at 62 from Brights disease at home near Franklin Furnace Ohio He previously supervised Ohio and Erie Canal and served on the State Board of Public Works His term ends next February and Captain Watkins is expected to be named to succeed him by Governor Nash and the Republican State Committee.
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Commercial Tribune
Portsmouth
Charles A. Goddard
State Board of Public Works
Bright
Franklin Furnace
Goddard
Mt. Clemens
Mich
Ohio and Erie Canal
Ohio
Nash
Watkins
Republican State Committee
Ohio reports deaths of three state officers
Ex official Burgess McElroy dies in Columbus after long illness. Dr. A B Richardson, former superintendent of Columbus State Hospital and first supervisor of Massillon State Hospital, dies in Washington from apoplexy. Captain Chas A Goddard also dies, prompting official actions by the Legislature and executive branches in memory of the officers.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Burgess L. McElroy
A. B. Richardson
Chas A. Goddard
Richardson
Washington
McKinley
New
National Hospital For the Insane
United States
Columbus State Hospital
Massillon State Hospital
Fon
Massillon
National Institution
Emperor's Yacht Meteor Wins Kiel Race
The Emperor's yacht Meteor crossed the line first in a thirty mile cruising schooner race Class A at Kiel, beating the Hamburg inva ten-knot breeze by one and a half minutes. Empress Iduna finished twenty minutes behind. The Emperor was joined by dignitaries including United States Ambassador Tower and Prince Adelbert aboard, dining with the crew. Swan finished ahead in class but second under handicap. Betty VII third. Navahoe won cutter yawl. Therese beat Commodore. Cicely won schooner but Clara protested. Kearsarge officers plan a reception aboard the ship for the crews and Kiel notables. Americans are welcomed along the waterfront.
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Iduna
Emperor William
United States
Tower
Princ of Prussia
Prince E Adelbert
Tiele-Wenckler
Count Redern
Potts
Prince Adelbert
Hamburg
R. W. Goelet
Swan
Gustav Stinne
Navahoe
Therese
Cicely
Herr Guilleaume
Clara
Kearsarge
Henry
Posse Fails to Find Harvey Logan After Jail Break
Logan's posse of local officers pursued the escaped train robber Harvey Logan seven miles from Knoxville but found no trace. The Sheriff's horse returned lame to the jail gate. Judge C D Clark orders an intensive federal investigation to begin tomorrow led by U S Attorney Wright and Marshal Austin.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Harvey Logan
C. D. Clark
United States District Court
United States
Wright
Marshal Austin
Roosevelt's Stance May Shape Eastern Affairs
Vienna reports keen interest in U S government action on the Kishineff petition to the Czar. The Neue Freie Presse says President Roosevelt’s influence with Russia could enhance his fame as an advocate of humanity and duties, affecting autocratic response abroad.
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Neue Freie Presse
Roosevelt
Russia
Train wreck in Madrid floods river with blood
Fourteen bodies and fifty injured were rescued after a Bilbao train derailed on a bridge over a river near Madrid. Officials say about thirty killed and sixty injured, with some accounts listing up to one hundred. Soldiers, nurses, and doctors aided survivors. a railway guard was arrested for attempted corpse robbery.
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Madrid
Bilbao
Nejerilla
Treasury official probes customs staff tied to mining firm
Assistant Secretary Armstrong returned from New York after reviewing cases of Samuel W. Thompson and Walter R. Eaton customs employees linked to a mining company under Post Office Department scrutiny. He orders reports and says employees must drop the other business to stay in the service.
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Washington
Armstrong
Treasury Department
New York
Samuel W. Thompson
Walter R. Eaton
Custom House
Post Office Department
Stranahan
Messrs. Thompson and
Eaton
Customs Service
Treasury
Express
Customs
Customs Department
Leaders in Jewish Faith to Hold Annual Meeting
Leaders in the Jewish faith from across the United States and several from Canada attend the central conference of American rabbis fourteenth annual meeting at Temple Beth El Detroit. About 100 delegates meet through Friday, with a Sabbath service led by Rabbi Samuel Hberg of Boston and a sermon.
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Detroit
Mich
Jane
United States
Canada
Central Conference of ‘American Rabbis
Temple of Beth el
Samuel Hberg
Boston
Is Oo
Feudists clash leaves one dead two fatally hurt in Kentucky
Desperate battle near Daisy Bell in Breathitt County pits Barnetts against Hackers over the Fitzpatrick Jett trial fallout. Hiram Barnett is killed while John Henry Hacker and Joe Hacker are fatally wounded. Miss Lella Burns witnesses the shooting. no arrests reported.
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Jackson
Breathitt County
Daisy Bell
Barnetts
Hackers
Hiram Barnett
Johnn Henry Hacker
Joe Hacker
Hargis
Burns Fitzpatrick
Magoffin County
Hacker
John Henry Hacker
Joseph Hacker
Sam
Silas Barnett
Jett
White
Fitzpatrick
Feeling of Security Returns at Jackson
Lexington Kentucky June 28 For the first time in months evening church services were held again after dark Citizens feel safer following a recent arrest Provost Guards pursued Tom Tharp for two miles over the mountains The Tharps and Crawfords were released on bonds and will face a special grand jury July 20 Their sureties include Jack Howard Leland Howard and Jeff Tharp Their cases await action by Judge James Hargis and the grand jury
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Lexington
Tom Tharp
Joe Crawford
Ed Tharp
Ewen
James Hargis
Jack
Leland Howard
Jeff Tharp
Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill on quiet Sunday
President Roosevelt spent a calm Sunday at Sagamore Hill Oyster Bay with his family. He attended church at Christ Church and will limit calls this summer to advance appointments through Secretary Loeb while handling affairs from his library.
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N. Y
Roosevelt
Sagamore Hill
Loeb
Flooded Kansas Cities Connected by Restored Transit
Kansas City Mo June 28 street cars crossed the Kansas River at noon reconnecting the two Kansas Cities after a four week flood interruption. Armourdale remains hard to reach while Argentine will stay cut off for weeks. Floods raised the river four feet, crews cleared driftwood, and damage cleanup costs loom around stockyards. Relief fund reaches 76000 with new large donations.
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Kansas City
Kansas River
Kansas Cities
Armourdale
Kan
Pan Kansas City Relief Fund
Land Ledge of Kiks
Boston
Woman editor who has only one male employee
Kathryne E. Lamb of Bloomingdale Indiana rose from apprentice to owner of the Bloomingdale World by 1901 She became editor publisher and proprietor and replaced all male staff except the press operator Her weekly paper doubled subscriptions and expanded printing capacity highlighting a remarkable rise from hardship to leadership
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Laporte
Ind
Kathryne E. Lamb
Bloomingdale
Indiana
Kathryne
Hume
Nl) Record
Illinois
Mattoon Star
Daily
Lightning strikes church killing one in Ohio
A lightning bolt struck the Presbyterian Church in New Concord as Christian Endeavor services opened. A. H. Alexander died, his daughter collapsed, and organist Rose Paden was also killed. Nearby, Clovis Allison lost a trouser leg and a shoe as panic followed. several children were injured. West Virginia storm caused extensive damage.
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Zanesville
New Concord
Presbyterian Church
Christian Endeavor Services
A. H. Alexander
Rose Paden
Clovis Allison
Alexander
Fultonham
Hanna the Idol of Salvation Army Dedication
At the Salvation Army Citadel dedication in Cleveland Ohio on June 28 Senator M A Hanna Colonel Myron T Herrick and General S B M Young attended. Hanna led the meeting and received an enthusiastic ovation as he praised the army and its work pledging support. Herrick and Young were honored guests with each giving sums toward the building debt and more contributions promised. The citadel is valued at about 100000 with local donors James Stevenson Burke and C A Graselli contributing 250 each toward the indebtedness.
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Tribune
Cleveland
Salvation Army
M. A. Hanna
Myron T. Herrick
B. M. Young
United States Army
Hanna
Salvationists
Booth-Tucker
Senate
Army
Herrick
General Young
James Stevenson Burke
C. A. Graselli
Senator Hanna
Colonel Herrick
Whitecapped by Five Invades Nashville Man’s Home
William Harden of Brown County Indiana was abducted from his home at 3 AM by five men and badly beaten. Two attackers struck him with revolvers, his wife was injured during a scuffle as she tried to help. Harden names three suspects and sought a confrontation with a relative who allegedly aided the attack, while authorities investigate a whitecapping motive tied to work status.
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Columbus
Ind
Wiiliam Harden
Nashville
Brown County
Harden
Indianapolis Star
Ane
Stork is to visit the 28-pound Chiquita in Springfield
Chiquita the 28 pound, 24 inch high star of a street carnival faces a likely baby arrival after suffering a fall that prompted her doctor to bar public appearances. Born in Cuba, she is 28 years old, speaks five languages, and is married to a husband just under four feet tall.
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Commercial Tribune
Springfield
Chiquita
Cuba
Minnetonka Arrives After Eighty Day Atlantic Voyage
The overdue steamer Minnetonka, quoted with insurance at 18 percent, reached San Francisco this evening from New York. The voyage from New York took eighty days and was uneventful.
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San Francisco
Minnetonka
New York
Barrington Faces Inquest In McCann Slaying Case
In St Louis Barrington known as the Bogus Lord admits strong evidence against him as post mortem reveals two bullets in the skull. Mrs McCann weeps as identification of her husband is made and coroner rules two bullets match a public safety item found in Barrington’s trunk.
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Barrington
Desmond
Bonfils
Clayton
McCann
Family of Murdered Man Is Well Known
Lexington Ky June 2 B T Hume a Fayette County land owner and James P McCann relative went to St Louis to claim the drowned man’s body and effects The McCann estate and racing interests centered near Lexington and Chicago after moving away two years ago Jessie Calloway was his wife before an unknown first husband the family knew him as a social favorite
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Lexington
B. T. Hume
Fayette County
James P. McCann
St. Louis
McCann
Hume
Chicago
Jessie Calloway
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