Treasury officials deny Russian petroleum duty ruling
Washington reports Treasury officials reject any decision adverse to Russia on import duties. They note the Dingley act applies to production country, not export origin, and say no duties have been collected on petroleum imported directly from Russia.
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Treasury Department
Russia
Washington
Treasury
Department
United States
Board of General Appraisers
New York
England
Government to Seize Nation’s Railroads in Massive Plan
A western financier claims a coordinated effort by Rockefeller Harriman Vanderbilt Gould and Morgan interests to transfer all U S railroads to the government within years. The plan imagines government paying around 10 billion dollars for the system financed by a string of tanks controlled by the same interests.
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Rockefeller
Harriman
Vanderbilt
Gould and Morgan
Denver
United States
Rockefeller, Harriman
Vanderbilt, Gould and Morgan
Counterfeiting Ring Tied to Mexico Mint Scandal
In Mexico City on June 20 authorities estimate 10,000 American dollars were counterfeited and sold at high premiums by a gang linked to Jose Vriasis. Reports say a hidden mint in Chihuahua produced vast quantities of counterfeit dollars circulating in the United States.
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Mexico
Mexico City
Jose Vriasis
Chihuahua
United States
Bean family fruit found in tropical Africa linked to nutrition
Consul Central Guenther reports from Frankfort Germany that a tropical African bean family fruit is an ideal nutrient said to possess all chemical properties of a perfect food. In Melbourne Florida J H Phillips bank president commits suicide at Riverside House, with bank affairs described as in good condition.
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Washington
Central Guenther
Frankfort
Germany
State Department
Africa
Melbourne
Fla
J. H. Phillips
Melbourne State Bank
Riverside House
Rock Island Outscores Evansville in steadily paced win
Rock Island beat Evansville in a two inning spread as Miller and Arthur and Bouldin and Roth contributed to the scoring. The game on June 20 at Rock Island featured a final tally of 10 to 4 with Rock Island taking control early and maintaining the lead throughout.
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Rock Island
Evansville
Miller
Arthur
Bouldin
Roth
Indiana labor group formed as Machine Boiler Makers
The Machine Boiler Makers of America were incorporated in Indianapolis on June 20. Headquarters are in Indianapolis with officers President William S. Love Vice President Jesse Heiser Second Vice President Charles Spahn Third Vice President Marshal Blacker Secretary Edward Stuart. Board members include John Flackamp Charles O. Mann Charles Unneled and William Morris.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Machine Boiler Makers of America
Association
Union
Williams. Love
Jesse Heiser
Charles Spahn
Marshal Blacker
Edward Stuart
John Flackamp
Chas. O. Mann
Chas
William Morris
Improved Order of Knights of Pythias Grand Lodge Organizes
The Improved Order Knights of Pythias Grand Lodge of Indiana met Wednesday with officers listed including Past Grand Commander J L Bieler Indianapolis and Grand Commander Jno Loth Muncie. Other officers named are F M Haggard Indianapolis Grand Prelate Henry Dante Anderson and Ernest F KnoDel Indianapolis Grand Recorder Gottfried Menninger Indianapolis Grand Treasurer John Heinlein Indianapolis and others.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Grand Lodge of
Indiana
Improved Order Knights of Pythias
J. L. Bieler
Jno. Loth
Muncie
F. M. Haggard
Henry Dante
Anderson
Ernest F. Knodel
Gottfried Menninger
John Heinlein
Frank Kollenberk
Evansville
Grand Buter Guard
John B. Snow
F. Siedentoff
Terre Haute
David M. Seider
Henry Rosenthal
The Soldiers Monument Plans Advance For Presidential Visit
A seven member committee on the Soldiers Monument agreed to ask Governor Durbin to notify President McKinley about his possible fall visit. If McKinley can attend, a year dedication could be planned, though no date was set and the group adjourned to June 28 for further scheduling.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Soldiers
Durbin
McKinley
Indiana coal trust moves toward formation in state
A letter from John Slays of Sullivan Ind reports progress on forming a state coal trust. Three fourths of operators have agreed to join, including all large ones. Promoters here say success is now assured, but formation may take six months to complete.
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Indianapolis
Ind
John
Slays
Sullivan
John Mc Queen Dies After Huron Shooting
John Mc Queen died of wounds eight? after being shot during a confrontation with officers at Huron Tuesday night. Police say he terrorized the town and opened fire as officers attempted arrest. Officer Mark Cloud was wounded but not seriously hurt as shots were exchanged and panic spread through Bedford.
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Bedford
Ind
John McQueen
Huron
McQueen
Mark Cloud
Tragedy in Gentryville as Walter sshot wife then killed himself
Evansville report says Geo Walters a Gentryville butcher quarreled with his wife on Wednesday afternoon. A pistol shot followed and the town marshal found Walters dead from a heart wound. The wife claims he shot himself in a fit of anger.
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Evansville
Ind
Geo. Walters
Gentryville
Walters
Indianapolis man charged with assault of 14 year old
Indianapolis, June 20 Russell Sims a Negro employed by the water company was arrested Wednesday charged with criminally assaulting Mamie Davis 14 years old He confessed.
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Indiianapolis
Ind
Russell Sims
The
Water Company
Mamie Davis
Kosciusko County Holds Indiana's Largest Diploma Class
Warsaw Indiana June 20 At Winans Lake Auditorium 250 graduates from Kosciusko county common schools will receive diplomas. It will be the largest single class ever graduated in Indiana.
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Warsaw
Ind
Winans Lake Auditorium
Kosciusko County
Indiana
Free men jailed for store robbery in Washington Indiana
In Washington Indiana on June 20 three men Ollie Gibner Elmus Carter and Jennings were sentenced to one to three years in the penitentiary for robbing Fred Bryant's store.
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Washington
Ind
Freeman Jennings
Ollie Gibner
Elmus Carter
Fred Bryant
Double Lynching Near Benton Ends in Mob Action
Two Black men Frank Smith known as Prophet and F D McLand were hanged from a tree near Benton Louisiana for alleged complicity in the murder of John Gray Foster. The pair denied involvement before death as about 200 armed men overpowered the sheriff and jailer to remove the prisoners. Smith cried aloud during removal while McLand remained silent. The mob said the killings were necessary to protect white lives in the area.
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Shreveport
Frank
Smith
F. D. McLand
Benton
John Gray Foster
Arkansas Road
Church of God
Foster
McLand
Distribution of Seeds Expands Under Plant Industry Plan
Washington reports a broader seed and plant distribution program by the agriculture department. Focus areas include rice, macaroni wheat, date palm, cotton, tobacco, pistachio nuts, Dutch bulbs, and foreign plants. Transplanted young palm trees near Phoenix are thriving, signaling a potential new southwest industry. Forty thousand pounds of cotton seed will be distributed next year with Egyptian imports of special varieties. Congressmen will receive double the normal vegetable seed allotment in 182.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Phoenix
Ariz
Egypt
Cailles Surrenders Forces After Telegram to Taft
Manila reports Cailles will be friendly to American administration. Col Guivara and 80 men at Pagsanjan, cailles' entire force to surrender next Monday. The 3d artillery sailed to the United States aboard the transport Indiana.
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Manila
Cailles
Taft
Guivara
Pagsanjan
3D Artillery
United States
Indiana
Carnegie to Erect Blaine Monument in Pittsburgh
Andrew Carnegie plans a monument to James G. Blaine in Pittsburgh with a site likely in Sebenly Park near the Carnegie Institute. Plans are not yet finalized and the project has been contemplated for some time.
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Pittsburgh
Andrew Carnegie
James G. Blaine
Sebenley Park
Carnegie Institute
Carnegie
Conant Appointed English Teacher in the Philippines
Chicago June 20 C Everett Conant formerly of Washburn college Topeka now resident in Chicago has been named a teacher of English at the University of Manila Nut and Bolt Works Shut Down Muncie Ind June 20 The Republic Iron Co shut down its nut and bolt works after a strike by half the workforce following a supervisor’s decision to assign a colored man to finishing work Death of Henry Xavier New York June 20 Henry Xavier aged 75 horticulturist noted for grapes died Wednesday in New York City
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Chicago
C. Everett Conant
Washburn College
Topeka
Kan
Philippines
Conant
University of Manila
Muncie
Ind
Republic Iron Co
Adams
New York
Henry Xavier
Wedfernon, N.Y
Education and intellect to stop future wars says Jules Cambon
Chicago June 20 Ambassador Jules Cambon told guests at a Chicago club luncheon that trade cannot prevent wars, only education and intellect can. He praised arbitration boards and urged stronger Franco American cultural ties, stating he will report to his government on alliance with American universities after a vacation.
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Chicago
Jules Cambon
Amercia
France
Alliance Francaise
Memorial asks six month delay on Kiowa allotment proclamation
Former Congressman Springer acting for Kiowa Comanche and Apache Indians asks President to withhold issuance of the proclamation for six months after final allotments to allow Congress to repeal the law. He notes Lone Wolf and other chiefs are Christians and urges protection from a Christian country defrauding their lands. If injunction fails the case may go to the U S Supreme Court.
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Washington
Springer
Secretary of the Interior
Oklahoma
Congress
Lone Wolf
Supreme Court of the United States
Striking Canadian Pacific workers flare at Revelstoke
Vancouver reports a mid June flare as Revelstoke section men attacked non union substitutes with sticks and stones. Strikers then fought off the counterattack with no serious injuries. Company officials expect an early settlement while many strikers have already returned to work, though others pledge to stay out for higher pay.
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Vancouver
B. C
Canadian Pacific
Revelstoke
Oil Flow Found On Michigan Farm Sparks Frenzy
A copious flow of crude oil was discovered during artesian well drilling on W. W. Stevens farm six miles northwest of Niles Michigan. Prospector Dudley Shirley of South Bend secured leases on 600 acres including the Stevens fort and plans to drill. The steady flow suggests a vast, possibly inexhaustible supply, sending local farmers into a rush of rising property values.
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Niles
Mich
W. W. Stevens
Dudley Shirley
South Bend
Ind
Stevens Fort
Stevens
Negro lynched after alleged assault near Lagrange
D B Jones a Black preacher alleged to have attacked Mrs Noah Davis near LaGrange New Jersey was taken from the guard house Tuesday night and lynched. Cries and pistol shots were heard during the night and the lockup was broken into before his disappearance was confirmed.
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Lagrange
N. J
D. B. Jones
Noah Davis
Banker Frederick Neilson Found Guilty of Embezzlement
Frederick Neilson a Pet Water banker was found guilty of embezzlement for allegedly misappropriating twelve thousand dollars entrusted by J. E. Patterson. Neilson failed in his business and did not render an account.
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Muskegon, Mich
Frederick Neilson
Pet Water
J. E. Patterson
Neilson
Terre Haute Defeats Rockford In Regional Game
Terre Haute defeats Rockford in Illinois on June 20 as key scorers and guards lead a decisive win. Easton and Thieren contribute, while Brown and Starnagle share duties for Terre Haute.
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Terre Haute
Rockford
Rae Haute
Starnagle
Easton
Thieen
Mexican bandits: large posses hunt across West Texas
Belmont Texas June 20 Western Texas is aroused by the murder of Sheriff Morris and Sheriff Glover and Constable Schnabel by Mexican outlaws. Large posses pursue the killers as guards sweep the region from the Rio Grande to the Colorado River amid dense undergrowth. The three escapees are armed and likely to resist capture with their lives. The gang has wide accomplices across the district and summary vengeance is expected if caught.
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Belmont
Tex
Texas
Morris and
Glover
Schnabel
West Texas
Rio Grande River
Rio Grande
Colorado Rivers
Slayers of Sheriff Glover Sought as Pursuit Narrows
A U S marshal reports one slayer captured and one killed in the hunt for Gregorio Cortes. Rangers and officers scour the Alice San Diego Benavides area for Mexicans tied to Sheriff Glover murder as border movements draw eager local interest. John W. Glover offers 300 dollars for arrest and conviction.
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Gonzales
Tex
United States
William Hansen
Glover
Gregorio Cortes
Alice
San Diego
Benavides
Niland
John W. Glover
Colorado City
Ecker Pursued After Shootings in Kemmerer
In Kemmerer Wyoming on June 20 a returned Philippine soldier George Ecker shot Deputy Sheriff Holden and mortally wounded Fred Reardon then fled to the mountains. A posse led by Sheriff James is pursuing him amid threats of lynching if captured. The shooting followed an arrest attempt over an alleged forged check from about a year prior.
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Kemmerer
Wyo
George Ecker
Holden
Fred Reardon
James
Ecker
Paper companies buy Manitain Island timber lands
Hartford City Indiana June 20 The Hartford City Paper Co and the Diamond Paper Co of Anderson have purchased the wood limits of 70000 acres on Manitain Island Canada Crown property. The price reportedly runs into millions. Pulpwood shipments have begun to Indiana with hundreds of carloads received locally and in Anderson.
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Hartford City
Ind
Hartford City Paper Co
Diamond Paper Co
Anderson
Manatauin Island
Canada
Indiana
Miner and horseman Bucky Baldwin in serious condition
In San Francisco on June 20, Bucky Baldwin a noted miner and horseman, is gravely ill in a private hospital after collapsing in Seattle while preparing to sail for Nome. His condition has worsened since arrival. In Washington on June 20, Mrs. McKinley shows gradual improvement though remains weak. Dr. Rixey notes a fairly comfortable day and steady gains in strength.
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San Francisco
Bucky” Baldwin
Seattle
Nome
Washington
Adjt Gen Corbin Heads to Philippines for Military Review
Adjt Gen Corbin departed Washington on Thursday bound for the Philippines to conduct a special inspection of military conditions and the needs required for the president and the secretary of war to be informed.
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Washington
Adjt
Corbin
Philippines
Wednesday's National League Baseball Scores
In New York and St Louis games the Giants, Pirates, Phillies, and other clubs posted various scores with pitchers Matthewson Bowerman Leever Tannehill OConnor and Umpires O Day and Emslie. Other matchups included Boston Chicago Cleveland Washington Detroit Boston Chicago Baltimore Milwaukee with multiple pitchers noted.
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New York
Pittsburg
Matthewson
Bowerman
Leever
Tannehill
O’connor
O'Day
St. Louis
Phila
Jones and Nichols
Donahue
McFarland
Emslie
R.H.E
Boston
Chicago
Lawson
Kittredge
Easton
Kling
Nash
R. HE
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
McJames
McGuire
Phillips
Bergen
Dwyer
Per
Eeneenerad
Philadelphia
Racing tragedy at Sheepshead Bay leaves jockeys injured
New York June 20 bad accident marred racing at Sheepshead Bay in the second race. Fifteen starters were running when Zeus was crowded into the rail and fell. Golden Bay also fell with Lyne and Wilson lying on the track. Lyne sustained serious injuries. Wilson severely hurt and taken to hospital. Zeus was killed.
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New York
Sheepshead
Zeus
Golden Bay
Lyne
Wilson
McKibben Secures McFadden From Cincinnati
St Joseph reports manager McKibben has signed pitcher McFadden, who has been with Cincinnati since the season opener.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joseph, Mo
McKibben
McFadden
Cincinnati
Grain and livestock prices across Cincinnati Chicago and Indianapolis
Markets report Chicago wheat and corn quotes for July and September, Cincinnati flour and oats values, hogs and cattle ranges in Cincinnati and Indianapolis, with bids from select shippers and packers and lamb and veal price ranges. East Buffalo notations end the market listing.
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Cincinnati
Chicago
Indianapolis
East Buffalo
Herbert Spencer Acknowledged Life Of Struggle And Thought
The Detroit Free Press recalls Herbert Spencer turning eighty one and finishing ten volumes of A System of Synthetic Philosophy after decades of self sacrifice and poverty. Despite early failure and modest sales for Social Statics and Principles of Psychology, he pursued science and ethics becoming a leading popular philosopher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Spencer
Mr. Spencer
Bath
England
London Economist
Spencer
Detroit Free Press
Black Cat Brings Fire To Walract Home Near Columbus Neb
A stray black cat, adopted for luck, toppled a kerosene lamp after leaping onto the supper table, burning the George Walract residence near Columbus, Nebraska. Firefighters saved some goods, but the house was destroyed for about 5,000 dollars. The animal has not been found since the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leck
George Walract
Columbus
Neb
Morse
Death after eating four eggs at lunch in Delta
William G. Dowling of Louisa died after consuming four hard boiled eggs at a Delta lunch counter. The incident was reported as a fatal attack of indigestion with no other injuries noted.
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William G. Dowling
Louisa
Delta
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