San Francisco Mayor in courtroom clash with Abe Ruef
A dramatic hearing in San Francisco pits Mayor Schmitz against Abe Ruef as Ruef denounces the mayor as a perjurer to the jury. Ruef testifies about sharing fees from restaurant operators before the fire, while Schmitz’s attorney Barrett speaks as Ruef’s confrontation with the mayor unfolds before the jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schmits
San Francisco
Bush Street
Abe Ruef
Hiram Johnson
Parrett
Barrett
Cattle Raisers Protest Packers Ban on Cattle Purchases
Fort Worth Texas delegates of the Cattle Raisers Association condemn the packers order restricting cattle buys to post mortem examined animals. They call for unity with commission men and stock producers to oppose the rule as unjust and extend it to all livestock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Fort Worth
Tex
Cattle Halsera Ass Nation
Commission
Electric Swing Falls at Kansas City Park Injures Eight
A large electric swing at Electric park in Kansas City Missouri collapsed Tuesday when the center shaft snapped at the base. Eight people were injured including Nellie Stiles who sustained internal injuries and broken ankles. She was taken to a hospital. Other injuries were sprains and bruises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Electric Park
Kansas City
Forty-sixth Street
Lydia Avenue
Nellie Stiles
Killing of Masher Justified by Court Ruling
Leesville La resident B F Cain aged 29, known as a masher, was killed by Thomas E Gant a druggist. Gant was with three girls when Cain insulted them by hugging and kissing young women on the streets. The slayer was released from custody as the act deemed justifiable homicide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. F. Cain
Leesville
Thomas E. Gant
Calin
Roosevelt Party Leaves Washington for Oyster Bay
President and Mrs. Roosevelt Admiral and Mrs. Cowles secretary and Mrs Loeb and M C Lutta depart Washington in the private car Magnet attached to a regular Pennsylvania Railroad train for Oyster Bay where the president will spend the summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Cowles
Loeb
M. C. Lutta
Washington
Pennsylvania Railroad
Oyster Bay
Youth baseball injury near fatal in Racine league game
William Borrensen, 18, of the West End club Racine, was struck by a baseball during an amateur game at Kenosha and is believed dying. Roy Struck by ball reported in incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy
Kenosha
Wie
William Borrensen
West End
Racine
Sioux City Live Stock Market Quotation Update
Wednesday’s quotations from Broux City show top steers at 6.00 and top hogs at 5.97.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Broux City
Lodging House Keeper Kills Wife Then Ends His Life
Frank T. Edaon, a lodging house keeper in Los Angeles, shot his wife on Tuesday and then killed himself. The couple had frequent quarrels over money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank T. Edaon
Los Angeles
Cal
Fire destroys Sacred Heart church in Ottawa
The Roman Catholic church of the Sacred Heart in Ottawa Ontario was destroyed by fire Monday night. Damages were estimated at 4200,000 with insurance of 50,000.
Railroads Plan to Contest 2-Cent Fare Across States
At a Chicago railroad meeting officials agreed to challenge the 2-cent fare in Illinois and six surrounding states including Missouri Iowa Minnesota Nebraska and Arkansas. Wisconsin and Kansas laws are accepted. Missouri starts June 14 Illinois July 1 Iowa July 4. Railroad officials argue population cannot support a 2-cent rate and Chicago suburbs already pay under 2 cents. Most lines attended except New York Central and Pennsylvania. President Winchell of Rock Island said law work will begin immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Illinois
Mitsouri
Iowa
Minnesota
Nebraska
Arkansas
Kanene
Wisconsin
Missouri
Ilinois
Iowan
New York Central
Pennsylvania
Winchell
Rock Island
Law
New York Governor Vetoes Two Cent Fare Bill
Gov. Hughes vetoes the two cent per mile passenger rate bill for railroads over 150 miles, saying it lacked prior investigation and that the new public service commission will study freight and passenger fares to set just and reasonable rates. If 2 cents proves just, it can be fixed. if not, it should be altered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gov. Hughes
New York
DICE MILITIA ACT ADDRESSES GOVERNORS
Acting Secretary of War Oliver warns governors that by January 21 next year militia groups must conform to the regular and volunteer armies. He says failure to meet the requirement will bar states from an annual $2,000,000 militia allotment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver
United States
Sinking of La Jalouse Drowns 28 Passengers
Twenty eight aboard the French schooner La Jalouse traveling from Cayenne to St Louis were drowned when it sank on Friday night. The captain and twenty one crew members reached Barbados on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ewalve
Cayenne
St. Louis
Federal judge appoints temporary receivers for Miltken Bros
New York federal Judge Bolt on Tuesday named Congressman J V Olcott former Congressman W L Ward and financier Angus Hecksher as temporary receivers for Miltken Bros a large steel manufacturing concern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bolt
New York
J V. Olcott
WL. Ward
Angus Hecksher
Miltken Bros
Kaiser to Meet Cain in Scandinavian Summer Talks
Court circles report German Emperor Kaiser will meet Russian Emperor in Scandinavia this summer. The talks are described as secret and aimed at disclosing matters of great importance. Locations and exact timing remain undisclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kaiser
Cain
Scandinavia
Yale Awards Hooker Fellowship for Leavitt
Darwin A. Leavitt of Beloit Wisconsin has been awarded the Hooker fellowship by Yale Divinity School. The prize amounts to 1200 dollars and will be awarded biennially to support further study of theology in America Europe and Palestine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yale
Darwin A. Leavitt
Beloit, Wik
Hooker
Yale Divinity School
America
Europe
Palestine
Notorious Kenoesha figure sentenced in child attack case
Arthur Caddock, a member of a prominent Kenoesha family, pleaded guilty to attacking the 9-year-old daughter of former Sheriff Henry Timme. He received a ten year sentence in the state prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Girly
Arthur Caddock
Kenoesha
Wis
Henry Timme
Guatemala President in Good Health, Cable Dispatch Reported
Consul General Dr Ramon Bengoechoa relayed a cable from President Cabrera of Guatemala stating that the president is all right. The message came as official confirmation amid ongoing concerns about his condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ramon Bengoechoa
Guatemala
Presdent Cabrera
French stay wheat duty in place amid brew price rise
A French assembly on Tuesday rejected a proposal to suspend wheat duties temporarily as beer prices climb. The decision maintains current tariffs despite rising costs.
Bank of Ouray Closes Doors In Colorado
The Bank of Ouray Colorado a state bank closed its doors Tuesday. The Mabilities are about 100000 dollars. Assets are not stated but said not to be equal to the liabilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bank of Ouray
Colo
Tts
Threat to Packers as Chicago Teamsters Plan Strike
The Chicago packers face a possible strike next Saturday as the King House Drivers Union votes to seek a 15 percent wage increase. They argue meat prices and living costs have risen, citing mutton chops at 22 cents a pound, about 6 cents higher than two years ago. Union official George F. Golden reports conversations with Armour & Co officials expressing the demand. The packing houses may seek a compromise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Teamsters
Chicago Packers
P@king House Drivers’ union
Teamsters
George F. Golden
Union
Stephen Conway
Armour & Co
Golden
Conway
Roosevelt Opens Georgia Day Exposition Visit
President Roosevelt revisits the Jamestown ex position site at Roswell and Georgia State Building as Georgia day celebrations unfold. He arrives with Mrs Roosevelt on the Mayflower at 8 20 a m and is greeted by Georgian officials before a naval and military review at Hampton Road and landing at the exposition grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bulloch Hall
Roswell
Georgia State Building
Roosevelt
Mrs. Roosevelt
Hampton Rade
Exposition Grounds
Rich Countess as Gypsy Lady Grosvenor Tours England
Lady Grosvenor, sister in law to the Duke of Westminster, travels incognito as a gypsy with a movable caravan selling baskets. She has been in gypsy life since May 27 and is currently in Oxfordshire cooking and striking out on the road. It is hinted she may write a book about the experience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grosvenor
London
Arthur Grosvenor
Duke of Westminster
England
Lady Grosvenor
Oxfordshire
Mount Vernon Man Attempts Suicide By Morphine And Gas
Paul Riew of Mount Vernon Indiana tried to kill himself by taking morphine and turning on a gas jet. He expressed belief he would die and had spoken to the father of the woman he planned to marry about her thoughts of him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swain
Paul Riew
Mount Vernon
Ind
Fire Hits Princess Anne Hotel and Depot in Virginia Beach
A blaze severely damages the Princess Anne hotel near Norfolk Virginia Beach on Monday. More than fifty guests escape danger, two Black chambermaids are reported missing, and the Norfolk and Southern railroad depot is destroyed. Loss estimated at 100000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princess Anne
Virginia Beach
Norfolk
Norfolk and Southern Railroad
Spain to pay loan from United States in 1834
The Spanish budget committee reports favorably on a bill presented by the minister of finance to the chamber of deputies to authorize payment of the 1834 loan raised in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Deputies
Minister of Finance
Spain
United States
Old School Man Dies in Augusta Georgia
Germania Goodrich Alvord died at Augusta Georgia Saturday evening aged 84 years. He served 43 years as state superintendent of public schools in Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germania Goodrich Alvord
Augusta
Tilinois
Western League Baseball Schedule at Sioux City
Schedule lists Western League games to be played in Sioux City. Des Moines dates June 17 18 19 20 Omar Denver and Pueblo appear with scattered dates through July 12 28 14, indicating a sequence of upcoming fixtures for teams in Des Moines Denver Pueblo and Omaha.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Sionx City
Des Moines
OMANA
Cseeeeneess
Denver
Eesseeevenese Sly
Pueblo
Government Fights Bubonie Plague in Trinidad
The government of Trinidad acts to stamp out bubonie plague and cables to New York for large supplies of prophylactic serum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinidad
New York
Fire destroys carriage and paint stores in San Francisco
A blaze on the corner of Tenth and Market streets in San Francisco destroyed Studebaker Bros. carriage store and Quadt & Co. paint store. The fire caused extensive damage to both buildings and promptedEmergency response.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Tenth and
Market Streets
Studebaker Bros
Quadt & Co
Omaha art collector Georges W. Lininger dies at history of his Masonic service and gallery
Georges W. Lininger, noted Omaha art collector and prominent Mason, died and was buried Monday. He spent fifty years in Masonry, traveled the world for data, founded the Lininger Art Gallery housing paintings, antiques, and royal autographs, containing nearly $100,000 in artworks. The gallery remains open for the public under Mrs. Lininger care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georges W. Lininger
Omaha
Mrentent
Lininger
Masona
Nebraska
Illinoia
Peru
Egypt
Prefers death to trial Nebraskan in Stanton Jail
Henry Oltmans aged 64 charged with incest hanged himself with a leather belt fed through a cell door in Stanton jail. He was found at 7 am by the sheriff. the daughter, 18, had given birth on April 4. The case had been set for trial after a Monday jury impaneled, with Oltmans in custody three months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanton
Henry Oltmans
Olimeans
Two Nebraska Professors Won Over by Minnesota and Northwestern
The University of Minnesota seeks Dr Frederic BE Clemente to chair botany while Donn Roscoe Pound of the Nebraska college of law has been invited to a similar post at Northwestern. Pound has visited Northwestern to discuss the offer and is likely to accept. Both men, in their early thirties, coauthored the work Phytogeography of Nebraska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
Nebraska University
University of Nebraska
Frederic BE. Clemente
University of Minnesota
Donn Roscoe Pound
College of Law
Northwestern
Nebraska
Fight Between Farmers Leaves Kehlbeck Wounded Near Syracuse
In Syracuse area two German farmers John Slefkin and F Kehlbeck clashed Saturday afternoon. A free for all fight ended with Kehlbeck sustaining a severe knife wound to the back of the neck and extending to the ear lobe. He nearly bled to death before aid arrived. Both men are described as well to do.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parmers Bugaee
Syracuse
Centrality
John Slefkin
F. Kehlbeck
Kehlbeck
Elm Creek Man Drowns Near Kearney Canal Headwaters
The Elm Creek resident J. H. W. Vollmer, 62, drowned Monday afternoon while fishing in the headwaters of the Kearney canal south of Elm Creek. He and a companion William were present. Vollmer fell headfirst into about ten feet of water after moving the boat to a different part of the canal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elm Creek
J. H W. Vollmer
Kearney Canal
William Wos
Cpal
Demented Man Found Near Grand Island Lagoon
A mentally ill man left a train and wandered about twelve miles to a lagoon near Grand Island where two farmers found him. He had several hundred dollars on his person and had been traveling from Omaha to Grand Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Schweiser
Grand Island
San Mranelpou
Omaha
Lightning Burns Farm House Near Table Rock
The fine house of Mra Le BH. Wows six miles west of Table Rock on Tur key creek was struck by lightning and burned to the ground. The house, occupied by a tenant, burned completely with none of the contents saved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mra le BH. Wows
Table Rock
Turkey Creek
View Gets Fifteen Years for Incest
After an eighteen hour deliberation the jury found M. P. Brothers guilty of incest at Hutte. Judge Weetover sentenced him to fifteen years in the penitentiary at hard labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
View
M. P. Brothers
Hutte
Weetover
Mother slays mother by son in deliberate murder
In Rock county a 10 year old boy confessed to shooting his mother Mrs Thomas McCoy as she tended seed in a field. The inquest found the act deliberate with motive due to severe punishments. the boy, who used a five shot .38 revolver, fled but was detained. She left five children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoy Munters
Alta
Mra
Thomas McCoy
Rock County
Hoy
Douglas
Inter
General Persons
McCoy
Kinkaid
Reprieve Granted in Barker Case Delays Executions
Judge Holmes granted Frank Barker a stay of execution and set an infantry hearing for June 25 as delays continued. Barker, condemned for murder, joins two other inmates in awaiting death while O'Hearn and Clark face pending Supreme Court review and self defense claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monderer
Holmes
District Court
Frank Barker
Parker
Ogister
Mickey
Lo Jay O'Hearn
Booth Omaha
Supreme Court
Harrison Clark
South Omaha
Kumng & Man
Harry & Man
Estate Sold Of Young Man Missing Three Years
A 160 acre tract belonging to William T. Nolan the young man who vanished from Fremont about three years ago was sold at guardian sale for 5600 under a 2500 life estate, mortgaged and other debts total about 19000. The sale yields sufficient funds to cover all indebtedness with roughly 2000 surplus if Nolan returns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William T. Nolan
Fremont
Guardian
Nfe
Nolan
Waldo Winterstein
Labor Shortage Slows Work in Hernan Area
In Denand and Hernan labor scarcity shocks farmers who need hands. Dozens of farmers seek workers but struggle to find willing labor. A Crow company coal car lingered on the Hidetrack for several days, delaying routine deliveries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denand
Hernan
Une Lom
Large Confirmation at St Marys West Point Diocese
About 150 people, many youths, received confirmation at St Marys Catholic church in West Point. The bishop Rt Rev Dr Richard Scannell of Omaha administered the rites, marking the largest class confirmed by the diocese in years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Mary's Catholic Church of
West Point
Rt Tew
Richard Scannell
Omaha
Nebraska Funeral Directors Meeting at Creighton Institute
Nebraska Funeral Directors Association held its annual session at Creighton Medical Institute in Omaha. President Swanson of Omaha presided and introduced Mayor Dahinian who delivered an address of welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Amsnciation
Crelakton Medical Institute
Omahe
Swanson
Moha
Dahinnian
Chancellor Huntington Announces Retirement at Wesleyan Exercises
Dr FLW Anderson of New York served as commencement day curator at University Place for Wesleyan University exercises. Chancellor Huntington tendered his resignation to the board of trustees to take effect in one year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
Flw. Anderson
New York
Wesleyan University
University Place
Board of Trustees
Klein Extradited Back to Nebraska for Bank Burglary Trial
Cummins of Iowa denied Nebraska authorities request for requisitions for George Meyers and LBK Ree alias Hand and a Half Kelly. Fritz Klein to travel to Nebraska to stand trial for alleged burglary of the Winnebago bank.
Water Works Bonds Defeated in Woeston Vote
A vote on issuing bonds for water works at Woeston failed by two votes in a second trial. The outcome underscores local resistance to the project and potential funding challenges for municipal infrastructure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woeston
Railways in crisis as freight surge taxes systems
A critical examination denounces railway managers for prioritizing profits over safe transport. It cites Pacific to Atlantic traffic spikes, excessive mergers by finance masters, neglected roadbeds and equipment, and widespread wrecks and casualties showing systemic stress and danger to public and workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James J. Hill
Great Northern
Atlantic
Pacific
Gulf
Great Lakes
Tears Kill Disease Says Dr Lindahl Discovery
Copenhagen physician Dr C Lindahl reports to The London Lancet that tears can kill disease causing bacteria. He claims the lacrimal fluid’s bactericidal effect is not from its leukocytes and that heating and cooling reduce its ability to inhibit bacterial growth compared with its normal state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Lindahl
Copenhagen
London
Telegraphic Telemeter Aims to Measure Distance
M Gerard officer of the French navy has invented the telemeter an instrument to find the distance of any visible object of known height without complex calculations The device uses two prismatic rings adjusted to give a variable refractive angle and a graduated scale to read distance directly without mathematics
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spyeless
Velle
M. Gerard
Tornado Wrecks Churches and School House at Rome Tex
Four churches and a school house were wrecked by a tornado at Rome Texas. The text notes a large number of idle workers near San Francisco due to labor trouble, and reports a fire department incident in Wyoming Ohio when the town hall was destroyed. It mentions Jamestown em position and James, former president of the Boulevard Ale Line, in unspecified context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Tex
San Francisco
Fire Department
Wyoming
Ohio
Jamestown
James
Boulvard Ale
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