Presidents to speak before Interstate Commerce Commission
Philadelphia June 12 The presidents of major coal carrying railroads will be allowed to explain in detail before the Interstate Commerce Commission their positions. Official notification to appear may go out tomorrow, but hearings likely won’t begin before June 21. The inquiry into railroad relations with coal and oil interests continued, with Robert L. Franklin of the Pennsylvania Railroad detailing coal loss claims in transit.
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THE
Interstate Commerce Commission
Philadelphia
Cockrell
Robert L. Franklin
Pennsylvania Railroad
Swiftwater Bill Gates Dominates Tanana Gold Output
Swiftwater Bill Gates led Tanana district gold production in 1906 and plans to ship about $1,000,000 in gold dust with a half million more blocked near Clear Creek. He owns forty claims on Gold Street as Fairbanks Banking Co estimates total Tanana yield at roughly $12,000,000 across Clear Creek, Fairbanks Creek, Dome, Esther, Gold Stream and Peters.
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Seattle
Gates
Tanana
Alaska
Clear Creek
Fairbanks Banking Co
Fairbank's Creek
Dome
Esther
Gold Strem
Peters
Dentist Shoots Wife in Muskogee Homelet Incident
Dr J A Kope a Toledo transplant shot and killed his wife at their Muskogee Oklahoma home while cleaning a revolver today. The grim event occurred June 12 within the couple’s residence. Police reported no immediate motive.
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Muskogee
I. T
J. A. Kope
Toledo
Unions Quarrel Halts Bricklayers and Stone Masons Work
In St. Louis on June 12 more than 5,000 union men from the Building Trades council are on strike. Only frame houses and structures with completed brick or stone work proceed. The stoppage stems from internal strife between bricklayers and stone masons unions. wage disputes are not part of the issue.
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St. Louis
Building Trades Council
Statehood bill conference report advances
Washington June 12 Senate vote approves the conference report on the statehood bill but sets another conference to be held. The action signals ongoing negotiations and potential progress toward statehood, with further discussions scheduled to finalize terms.
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Washington
Senate
Burnham Brothers Plead Not Guilty In Forgery Case
New York on June 13 Frederick A Burnham former president of the Mutual Reserve Life Insurance Co, along with George D Burnham and George Eldridge former vice president, pleaded not guilty to indictments charging forgery and grand larceny. Trial date not set.
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New York
Frederick A. Burnham
The
Mutual Reserve Life Insurance Co
George D. Burnham
George Eldridge
Doctors at Cornell Find Case Of Color Changes In Ithaca Man
Rochester reports physicians at Cornell medical school study Warren B Harris of Ithaca who changes skin color with weather shifts. They diagnose a congenital heart defect as the underlying cause, noting his complexion shifts among gray blue violet and pink tones as atmospheric conditions vary.
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Rochester
N. Y
Cornell Medical School
War
Ren B. Harris
Ithaca
Harris
Alarm on Alcoholic Stimulus Links in School Children
New York physician Dr A S McNicoll reports from 63 000 examined school children that 10 000 show defects and maladies linked to alcoholic stimulants. Among the 10 000, five percent show head or sense traces, twenty percent spinal defects, twenty seven percent fevers from tuberculosis, sixty percent are anemic, and eighty percent suffer neurosis.
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New York
A.S. McNicoll
Torpedo Fleet to Undergo Trials Before Philippine Voyage
The Navy Department reports the torpedo boat fleet gathered at Norfolk is ready in construction and engineering terms and will undergo a four month trial course to identify weaknesses. Corrections will be made at the home station, delaying departure until late fall for the long voyage to the Philippines.
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Washington
Navy Department
Norfolk
Philippines
Half Million Blaze Ravages Bronx Block
Fire swept a block bounded by Bergen and Brook Avenues and 147th and 148th Streets in the Bronx early today destroying property valued over 500000. Nearly twenty people were injured as Stuyvesant and Wheelock Piano Cos and Charles Riegers & Sons, makers of bank and store fixtures, suffered the principal losses.
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New York
Bergen and
Brook Avenues
147Th
148Th
Bronx
Stuyvesant
Wheelock Piano Cos
Charles Riegers & Sons
Divorce Suit Filed by Mrs. Wm. Ellis Corey in Nevada
Reno Nevada June 12 Mrs Wm Ellis Corey wife of the United States Steel Corp president filed in the second district court of Nevada at Reno a petition for an absolute decree of divorce.
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Reno
Nev
Wm. Ellis Corey
United States Steel Corporation
Second District Court of
Nevada
Drove Last Spike Connects Sioux City to Ashland
The Sioux City Ashland extension of the Great Northern railway was completed this morning with the last spike driven by E Bignell, superintendent of the Lincoln division of the Burlington. The new link creates direct communication between the southwest and the northwest for the Burlington and the Great Northern.
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Sioux City
Ashland
Great Northern
Burlington
Lincoln, Neb
Sioux City-Ashland
Great Northern Railway
E. Bignell
Lincoln Division
Northwest
Packers Found Guilty in United States Case
Kansas City June 12 Armour Swift Cudahy and Nelson Morris Packing Co were found guilty in U S district court of accepting concessions from the Chicago Burlington and Quincy railway on export shipments. The Burlington trial begins this afternoon with sentencing to wait until that case concludes.
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Kansas City
Armour & Co
Swift & Co
Cudahy & Co
Nelson Morris Packing Co
United States District Court
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway
Smith McPherson
Red Oak
Burlington Road
Burlington
Burlington Railway
New York
Congressional Committee Hopes to Solve the Inspection Problem
Washington June 12 The plan seeks federal control over meat sanitation by requiring government labels on every meat product after secretarial regulations and inspector approval. These labels would certify compliance and become passports for interstate and foreign trade, with carriers barred from shipping unlabelled consignments.
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Congressional Committee
Locusts Sweep Wilkes-Barre Area Uprooting Work
Swarms of locusts sweep woods and fields in Wilkes-Barre region forcing timbermen and farmers from work. Insects cling to people and horses, making travel impossible along country roads. Locusts display a “W” on their wings, which some superstitiously interpret as war.
Rout for Rebels as Natives Flee and Fall from Trees
Durban June 12. Colonel MacKenzie's column attacked rebel natives who hid in the bush. The Natives climbed trees and hurled assagais at troops but were shot from perches. over forty killed and about 160 slain in total. Darkness halted operations as rout was deemed practically complete.
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Durban
Natal
MacKenzie
Assagais
Bishop Potter Says Britain and America Do Not Love Each Other
New York reports Bishop Potter after a tour abroad commented that Britain shows little love for the United States. He said British protestations are gush and noted Americans publicize their faults while the British handle theirs privately. He contrasted national reputations and suggested perception of Americans as easily tempted by gain.
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New York
Great Britain
America
Bishop Potter
Mrs. Potter
Requisition Granted for Man Arrested in St Paul
Governor Johnson issued requisition papers for Ray Wilsey of Wahpeton North Dakota after his arrest in St Paul on a charge of attempting to shoot Miss Myrtle Springer a local schoolteacher who rejected his advances. Also noted is the start of the first championship tournament of the Women's Eastern Golf Association at Nassau Country Club near Glen Cove Long Island with four days of preliminaries and championships and several special prizes.
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St. Paul, Minn
Johnson
Ray Wilsey
Wahpeton
N. D
St. Paul
North Dakota
Myrtle Springer
Nassau Country Club
Glen Cove
L. L
Clash at Jones and Laughlin connects leaves one dead
Pittsburg reports a deadly clash at the Jones and Laughlin connecting railroad in Hazelwood involving police non-union men and striking workers. One man is killed and several injured in the confrontation.
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Pittsburg
Jones & Laughlin
Hazelwood
Stutsman Gang Hot Shot For Secretary McElroy
A June 5 1906 letter from Pingree North Dakota accuses the Good Government League secretary McElroy Jamestown of denouncing Republicans who vote for Democrats. It questions the delegates listed for the state convention and labels the group as renegades from all parties. The note notes county voters will nominate this year and forecasts the organization will stand.
Rate Bill Sent to Conference by House Conferees
Washington June 12 The railroad rate bill was sent to conference by the House on a 184 to 99 vote. Conferees named are Hepburn Iowa Sherman New York and Richardson Alabama.
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Washington
Messrs Hepburn
Iowa
Sherman
New York
Richardson
Alabama
Moyer Re-Elected By Western Federation Of Miners
Denver June 12 The Western Federation of Miners re elected Charles Moyer as president and William Haywood as secretary treasurer with no nominations. Under the constitution these officers, now jailed in Idaho, will hold over until successors are elected.
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Denver
Western Federation of Miners
Charles Moyer
William Haywood
Idaho
Bridge Fire Isolates Galveston From Mainland
About 1,000 feet of the great bridge linking Galveston Island to the mainland burned early this morning. The blaze left Galveston cut off from all outside connection except by boat, isolating the island city as a long shoal water stretch separates it from the mainland.
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Houston, Tex
Galveston Island
Galveston
Gulf of Mexico
Poison in the Food Exposed by Kansas City Food Expert
Kansas City reports quote Harry B. Walmsley asserting the average meal exposes the public to multiple toxic additives. He cites coal-tar dyes in butter and ketchup, embalming fluids in meat, alum in bread, cocoanut shells in pepper, and alum-treated potatoes, claiming half of U S deaths stem from impure foods and blaming packers and others.
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Kansas City
Harry B. Walmsley
Forty Year Old Crime Arrest Ends Forty Year Fugitive
Newton Bohannon was arrested last night at Okmulgee Oklahoma on a charge of murdering Moses E Echolds near Bonham Texas in 1867 and placed in the federal jail here today. Bohannon had been a fugitive from justice for forty years. He was located on information given by his wife.
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Okmulgee
I. T
Moses E. Echolds
Bonham
Tex
Bohannon
Home Coming Week Begins in Kentucky State
Louisville scene as Kentuckians from across the nation converge for Home Coming Week with trains running full, extra coaches, and multiple Pullman cars. Former Bourbon residents return for the Great Reunion to be formally inaugurated tomorrow in Louisville.
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Blue Graces
Louisville
United States
Longest Married Couple in Frankfort County Passes 63 Years
Frankfort Indiana reports Thomas Amos and his wife born May 22 1822 sharing a 63 year marriage in the county’s eastern part. They have six living children aged 62 to 45, making them the oldest married couple in the county.
Tillman bill bans corporate campaign contributions
Washington June 12 The Tillman bill prohibiting corporations from making campaign contributions under penalty of a fine has passed the senate and is referred to the house committee on election of president vice president and members of congress.
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Washington
Tillman
Senate
House
Committee On
Congress
Lynching of Wood Ambrose Near Prentice, Miss
In Prentice, Mississippi, a mob stormed the county jail and fatally shot Wood Ambrose, a young Black man accused of shooting a white man. The incident occurred June 12 as Ambrose waited under arrest.
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Hattiesburg
Miss
Wood Ambrose
Prentice
Here
Ambrose
Nobles Endorse Government Agrarian Plan in Russia
The St. Petersburg nobles congress backs the agrarian program, opposing forced expropriation and favoring land purchases through peasants banks and Siberian relocation with tax exemptions. It supports dissolving commune systems and notes a minority led by Count Uvaroff protests, urging some expropriation of surplus estates to prevent ruin.
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St. Petersburg
Nobles Congress
Siberia
Count Uvaroff of
Saratoff
Mutual Lifers Indicted for Forgery and Perjury
New York June 12 Indictments for forgery and perjury against Dr Walter G Gillette and for forgery and filing false statements against Robert A Granniss both former vice presidents of Mutual Life Insurance Co were returned today by the special grand jury investigating insurance affairs. Six indictments were found against Gillette five for forgery in the third degree one for perjury. Grannis was indicted for forgery and for making false statements to the insurance department the latter a misdemeanor.
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New York
Walter G. Gillette
Robert A. Granniss
The
Mutual Life Insurance Co
Justice Scott
Supreme Court
Dr. Gillette
Grannis
Insurance Department
Murderess Paroled in Custody of Counsel
New York June 12 Josephine Terranova the young woman recently acquitted of her aunt's murder was paroled in the custody of her counsel by Justice Scott. The action was at the request of Assistant District Attorney Ely.
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New York
Josephine Terranova
Scott
Ely
West Pointers Diploma Ceremony Closes First Cadet Class
West Point, June 12. Secretary Taft presented diplomas to the first class that graduated this afternoon. Cadet Harold S. Hetrick of Connecticut led the class at the ceremony and reception marking the milestone for the military academy.
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West Point
Taft
Military Academy
Harold 8S. Hetrick
Connecticut
Trains Repair Over Northern Pacific Line Expected Tonight
The first coast train from the west over the Northern Pacific since Friday morning is due to pass here late tonight or tomorrow morning after washouts were repaired. No. 1 traveled east on its regular route this morning while Great Northern trains run late due to soft track. The Oriental Limited eastbound was reported ten hours late this afternoon.
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Northern Pacific
No. 1
Great Northern
Oriental Limited
Jeweler Contemplates Suit Over Martin Block Reflections
North Adams Massachusetts June 12 L M Barnes a jeweler plans a suit against the owners of the Martin block across the street. He says the yellow building reflects on his window distorting diamonds making them appear off color hampering sales.
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Martin
Barnes
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