Yale Memorial to Yale Men Who Fought at Civil War
Yale alumni launch fund for a memorial to men who fell in the Civil War with Cornelius Vanderbilt’s $10,000 gift as nucleus. Taft, class of ’78, and other prominent alumni support the effort. Tablets unveiling at Memorial Hall honor Hiram Bingham and Arthur Sitgreaves Mann. President Taft heads to Yale for commencement ceremonies in New Haven.
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Shaft
New Haven
Conn
Yale
Taft
Chester Dutton
Concordia
Kaw
Dean Rogers
Law School
Elkins
Kitchell
Bureau of Self-Help
Smith
Medical School
Woodbridge Hall
Yale Corporation
Alfred L. Ripley
Boston
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Henry P. Wright
Memorial Hall
Hiram Bingham
Micronesia
Charles Barding
India
Arthur Sitgreaves Mann
St. John’s University
Shanghai
New York City
Kuling
China
Washington
Yale University
Thatcher Goes to Highest Tribunal
Charles A. Thatcher Toledo attorney disbarred by Ohio Supreme Court will seek a writ of error to the U S Supreme Court. A supersedeas suspends the disbarment pending final decision pending bond. Friends urge candidacy for the high bench while Thatcher declines comment.
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Ohio Supreme Court
Toledo
Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Charles A. Thatcher
Supreme Court of Ohio
Supreme Court of the United States
United States Supreme Court
State Supreme Court
Thatcher
Supreme Bench
Rose Polytechnic receives $500,000 bequest and homestead
Terre Haute Ind June 29 The Rose Polytechnic Institute was named a beneficiary of about 500000 in the will of Susan Francis Heminway one of the chief heirs of Mr Rose the school's founder She also leaves the Rose homestead an entire city block for the use of the school
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Susan Francis Heminway
Rose
Chigre Bites Fatal to Hoosier State Man
Burleigh Hill of Greenfield Indiana died from chigre bites and drugs given for his suffering after a Sunday in a grove with his wife. He endured severe pain all day and convulsions followed the administration of medicine until death earlier today.
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Hoosier State
Burleigh Hill
Greenfield
Ind
Hill
Divorce Granted in Tucker Scandal Case
Mary Elizabeth Tucker was granted a divorce from Colonel William F. Tucker retired U S A on grounds of desertion in Chicago on June 29. Alimony was settled privately. Mrs Tucker may resume her maiden name. Only two witnesses testified Mrs Tucker and her mother the widow of General John A Logan. The couple wed in 1877 and Colonel Tucker deserted in 1906.
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Chicago
Mary Elizabeth
Dollie Logan) Tucker
William F. Tucker
Tucker
Sugar Trust Prosecution Not Abandoned
Washington reports the government will continue pursuing the American Sugar Refining company. Counsel had argued the statute of limitations might bar actions, but officials say this will not delay the case beyond a few days. The departure of U S Attorney Wise for Paris is not expected to affect government action.
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Washington
American Sugar Refining Company
United States
Wise
New York
Paris
Remington Works Shut Down in Utica Ilion
The Remington Typewriter Works in Ilion will close from July 1 until further notice. The plant employs about 2,100 workers with a weekly payroll near $30,000. After a failed attempt to automate part of the letter alignment, workers struck and assemblers quit. Despite talks between company and union, no agreement was reached and the factory will not reopen until a company plan is in place.
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Utica
N. Y
Remington Typewriter Works
Ilion
Deficit For Fiscal Year Cut Down to $92,000,000
The June 29 report shows a deficit of 93.178 million, likely reduced to about 92.5 million by tomorrow, with customs receipts near 300 million and internal revenue around 245 million. A Treasury call to banks for 25 million will reduce bank deposits to about 37 million on checkable funds, leaving 1 million in small banks, with a working balance near 43 million rising to 65 million after the call. The Treasury anticipates Panama bond issues or further treasury receipts before December to cover indebtedness.
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Washington
Treasury
McVeagh
Treasury Department
Panama
Gold Brick Game Nets Uptown Jeweler in New York
New York City police report details a revived gold brick consignment scheme once popular in the Midwest. Jeweler Joseph Satlow on Seventh Street, known for his savvy, paid $100 for brass filings falsely claimed as gold from a large brick in the hands of two strangers, then the trap widened as a Russian peddler supplied glittering metal and the setup involved bringing the brick owner to a meeting.
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New York
Middle West
Straight Whisky Controversy Plays in Taft Cabinet
Washington, June 29. President Taft weighs the definition of whisky amid cabinet hearing on exceptions to solicitor general Bowers opinions. Carlisle and Taylor argue neutral spirits mixed with whisky are imitation whisky and must not be sold as whisky. Briefs allowed through July 10 with ten days for replies.
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Washington
Taft
Roosevelt
Bowers
John G. Carlisle
the Treasury
Edmund W. Taylor
Frankfort
Congress
Carlisle
William Frear
Pennsylvania
Holds Posse At Bay In Swamp Shootout
Adrian Ga June 29 A negro named Robert Jenkins accused of murder fought a sheriff's posse in a swamp using a cheap small caliber pistol. He wounded two officers before crying Lord have mercy on my soul and dying from rifle and pistol fire. Jenkins had killed George Howarth and mortally wounded Mrs Howarth last week before being tracked to the swamp.
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Adrian
Robert Jenkins
Jenkins
George Howarth
Cyclist Resumes Errand After Crashing En Route to Doctor
Samuel H. Carter, 30, of 804 Hopkins Street, collided with an unseen obstacle at Hopkins and Baymiller Streets while rushing to obtain a doctor for his gravely ill child. He suffered head and facial cuts and a broken collar bone but refused to stay at the hospital, and rode on after treatment.
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Samuel H. Carter
Hopkins Street
Hopkins and
Baymiller
Carter
Rock of Gibraltar
Maddox Nominated for Ripley Postmaster by Brown County GOP
W L Maddox postmaster of Ripley Brown County Ohio arrived in Washington with Brown County Republican leaders O F E Bare to urge senators to honor party endorsements. Indications point to Maddox being recommended for reappointment by the senators.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
W. L. Maddox
Ripley
Brown County
O. F E. Bare
Brown County Republican Organization
Maddox
Changensburg Man Acquitted In Grand Larceny Case
Broughton Brandenburg is acquitted of grand larceny connected to a forged Cleveland document sold to The New York Times. He is immediately charged with kidnapping his stepson James Shepard Cahanne in St Louis, with a unanimous verdict on the acquittal after the second ballot. He plans to resist extradition, having earlier been arrested in San Francisco on the larceny charge.
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New York
Broughton Brandenburg
New York Times
Grover Cleveland
James Shepard Cahanne
St Louis
Brandenburg
Julia Cabanne
Str. Louis
San Francisco
Missouri
Brandenberg Indicted in Abduction Case in St Louis
ST LOUIS June 29 Broughton Brandenburg was indicted by the grand jury on abduction charges. The circuit attorney has mailed requisition papers to Governor Hughes of New York for extradition.
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ST. Louis
Tailor Fatally Burned in Gasoline Explosion
Frank G. Dodge, a Jacksonville tailor, died from burns after a gasoline explosion. He was among the small circle who witnessed Abraham Lincoln's assassination.
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Jacksonville
Ill
Frank G. Dodge
Abraham Lincoln
Woman stabbed at Sinton hotel in heated dispute
Fireman Hugh Owens was seriously stabbed by Louis Schulz an hotel oiler in the basement of the Sinton hotel after a dispute over a girl employed there. Schulz fled the scene while Owens was taken to the city hospital in serious condition.
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Hugh Owens
Louis Schulz
Sinton Hotel
Schultz
Owens
Resignation Accepted of Wyoming Minister
The Rev. C. E. Stanton resigned as pastor of the Baptist church of Wyoming, tendered Sunday, and his resignation was accepted at a congregational meeting last night. He leaves to join the First Baptist church of Norwalk, with August treated as vacation and salary paid. Resolutions commending the work of Mr. and Mrs. Stanton were unanimously passed.
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C. E. Stanton
Baptist Church of Wyoming
Stanton
First Baptist Church of
Norwalk
Youth Pitcher Breaks Arm Imitating Mathewson
11 year old John Martin of 526 Sycamore Street fractured the upper bone of his right arm while pitching a ball imitating Christy Mathewson. He doubled up in the act and the bone snapped. the injury was treated and set at the city hospital.
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Christy Mathewson
John Martin
Sycamore Street
Martin
City Hospital
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Thomas Cook
S.kuhn & Sons
E. Fourt
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