Resignation of WWAB Accepted and Prosecutions Ordered
President accepts resignation of WWAB and orders immediate trial of Caminetti Diggs cases and Western Fuel company indictments. McNab seeks delays, proposes continued prosecutions with special prosecutors to lead high profile graft and white slave cases, including Caminetti Diggs and Western Fuel charges.
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Honey
Western Fuel Company
United
McNab
Genet Meares
Attorne’ Generalolds
Genere
McReynolds
Caminetti-Diggs
Bogg Fuel Company
House
Princis J. Heney
San Francisco
Matt J. Sullivan
Heney
Ruef
Thomas Hayden
Caminetti
Jorney
Department of Jus Wend Ues Bene Bey
Camiinetti
I. Diesy
A Wild West Wreck Delays Show With Van Overturns
The 101 Ranch Wild West show suffered an 11 hour delay when two flat cars carrying six steel framed vans filled with seating and canvas overturned on a cross-over. The Boston and Maine road was tied up for half an hour, forcing thousands of commuters to walk to a trolley line.
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Boston
Boston and
Maine Road
Prisoner Escapes in Dedham Courtroom Getaway
Eugene H Worster escaped from the prisoners pen in a Dedham courtroom while awaiting transport to jail. He opened an unlocked cage door, leapt through a window with sash and curtain, and fled from sight. He faced two complaints for breaking and entering with $500 bail in each case set by Judge Grover.
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Worster
Grover
Washington society leader touts women wearing trousers
Mrs Christian Dominic Hemmick a Washington society figure declares that fashion forward women will soon walk the streets in modified trousers. She argues trousers are practical and stylish while noting public shock is expected as it was with riding astride and wearing socks.
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Washington
Christian Dominic Hemmick
Capital
Clhg
Chained daughter case in Augusta butcher shop
In Augusta on June 25 J. J. Johnson faced recorder's court with charges he chained his 16 year old daughter by the neck and suspended her from a meat hook, then beat her with a whip. Neighbors reported screams and police found the girl bloodied and exhausted. Johnson says he whipped her to discipline. The case included a charge of assault with intent to murder and was continued.
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Augusta
J. J. Johnson
Recorder’s Court
Moore
Johnson
Poincare Receives a Hearty Welcome in London
President Poincare arrived in London to warm public and press reception. He was greeted by the Prince of Wales at Portsmouth and escorted to York House. King George met him at Victoria station as lavish processions lined the streets.
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London
Great Britain
France
Poincare
King George
Republic
Portsmouth
Prince of Wales
Victoria Station
York House
Brigade of Guards
Villages in Danger by Fire in Maine Forest
A raging fire threatens villages in Maine as Harmon and nearby timberlands burn. Rescue efforts mobilize with Maine Central and local officials rushing to protect women and children while homes and standing timber fall to the flames.
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Maine Forest
Harmon
Timantrol
Chilires
Maine Central
Receiver Petition Denied in Southern New England Road Case
Judge Braley refused John Marsh's request to appoint a receiver for the Southern New England, the Massachusetts Grand Trunk branch. Attorney Haight agreed not to encumber property and was given until Thursday to decide on transferring the case to federal court. Marsh alleges losses of 1.5 million dollars from the road's alleged abandonment.
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Boston
Braley
Supreme Court
John Marsh
Chicago
New England
Yailred
Massachusetts
Grand Trunk
Haight
Marsh
Newsteen
Mass Meeting Denounces Conditions Aboard Imperator
One thousand crew members of the Ocean liner Imperator, in Hoboken, gathered to condemn working conditions. They sought better food and sleeping quarters, a nine hour day, and protested being treated like pigs. Reported overcrowding and sixteen hour shifts, with inadequate sanitary facilities, fueled the protest.
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Imperator
Hoboken
N. J
Walsh to Run for Governor Despite Foss Taher Fight
Fitzgerald says Walsh will run for Democratic nomination for governor and oppose Governor Foss in the fall campaign. The mayor calls things moving along satisfactorily and predicts Walsh as standard bearer. Also notes eleven thousand garment workers strike for forty eight hour week. sugar prices rise. Congress declines extra money for Gettysburg celebration.
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Fitzgerald
Foss
Walsh
Cincinnati
Roosevelt to Lecture in Argentina and South America
Theodore Roosevelt will leave New York in the first week of October to deliver addresses in the Argentine Republic on subjects of international social interests. He may also visit Brazil and Chile and possibly explore tropical interior regions, as announced by his representatives.
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New York
Theodore Roosevelt
Argentine
Brazil
Chile
Roosevelt
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Mr. Wet
Chelmsford
Grogory
Crockery
Leeds
L, Anderson .& Sons
Main Street
Concord, Mass
A. Vanderhoopf
Concord
WWAB
Caorgia
England
Southern New England Road
Expesss Walsh
Gettysburg
South
America
Harrisonville, Mo
Jesse O'Bannon
Duke of Sutherland
The
P. P. Adams
Walton
Big Dept
Moody
Waltham
Feeend Concord
Cae
Elgin
W. W. Oliver
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