Diaz Gets to Spain Aims for Indefinite Stay
Porfirio Diaz former Mexican president arrived at Vigo aboard the Ypiranga from Vera Cruz on May 31. Plans had Diaz travel to Havre then Spain for an indefinite stay. Rumors of a demonstration by a Spanish progressive party failed to materialize as the ship stopped two hours and Diaz did not land.
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Mexico
Progressive Party OF Spain
Vigo
Spain
Porfirio Dias
Vera Cruz
Mex
Ypiranga
Corunna
Diaz
Deep mystery about explosions rocks Chicago area
For the third time in a month an explosion damaged a cable conduit under the subway of the railroad track. The blast shattered windows within a block and displaced several families. Police suspect a bomb by labor agitators, while Commonwealth Edison officials deny company fault and say the cause remains unsolved.
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Chicago
Jim
Commonwealth Edison Co
Edison Company
Fargo Bonds in Demand
Fargo bonds were highly sought as the park commission sold 20 000 worth of bonds to Wells Dickey Co of Minneapolis. The sale yields 4 4 percent with accrued interest, a very advantageous deal for the city, as previous issues required 5 to 7 percent.
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Fargo
Park Commission
Wells Dickey Co
Minneapolis
Myth Castro story debunked by Ecuador official in Berlin
Berlin report quotes ecquadorian consul George Grostuck denying claims that Capriano Castro exiled president of Veneseucla was aboard the dismantled Italian cruiser Umbria now tied to Haiti. Grostuck says the tale is a myth and notes the vessel’s arrival at Fort au Prince and Haiti delivery plans.
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Berlin
George Grostuck
Ecquadorian
Umbria
Capriano Castro
Veneseucla
Conqui
Groatuck
Fort Au Prince
Ile Anid
Haiti
Heagned
Castro
Uns
Vengsuelan
Shea Arrests Man in Jamestown Case
U S Garnbal returned this morning from Jamestown with arrest of Burt Kennison of that city. Kennison is charged with selling liquor without a federal license in contravention to U S law. He will be arraigned later today at the court.
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James Shea
U. S
Jamestown
Brrt Kenison
Kennison Ix
U.S
Sugar deal probe targets Pennsylvania Refining Co.
Washington reports that the House committee investigating the sugar trust directs a thorough inquiry into American Sugar Refining Co attempts to acquire the Pennsylvania Sugar Refining Co of Philadelphia. President Edwin F. Atkins and former Charles Hetke testified about negotiations under Henry Havemeyer, with no direct knowledge of the Pennsylvania transaction.
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Washington, D. C
James, M. Beck
American Sugar Refinng Co
House
Sugar Trust
Pennsylvania Sugar Refining, Co
Philadelphia
Edwin F. Atkins
Charles 24. Hetke
Henry ©. Havemeyer
Pennsylvania Transacion
Fargo Aerie Wins Honors At Grand Forks Parade
Fargo led visiting delegations at a Grand Forks parade for the North Dakota aerie convention. Officers elected include Worthy President Lieth Henning Fargo and Worthy Vice President W Knole Jamestown. awards praised Fargo for largest attendance and best marching aerie with cash prizes. Dick Ferrin of Los Angeles was arrested in San Diego for violating neutrality laws.
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Grand Forks
Fargo
N. D
Order
North Dakota
Otcers
Worthy
Lieth Henning
Pargo
Knole
Jamestown
A. M. Knight
O. A. Hazen
Larimore
Mortimer
Lahey
Aerie
Valley City
Bagie
Wermayer
Dick Ferrin
San Diego
Cal
Los Angeles
Missouri Governor 18 Shown All Right At Home
Jefferson City June 16 Governor Hadley postponed all engagements due to a severe case of poison ivy breaking out on his farm. He had been investigating a peculiar rambling plant when symptoms appeared and he then confirmed the rash hours later.
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Jefferson City
Hadley
Price jumps in yellow pine lumber spark Kansas suit
In Kansas City on June 16 the ouster suit against the lumber trust heard that yellow pine lumber prices rose from 10 to 204 thousand dollars in fifteen years. Witness Albert Bushnell testified the Yellow Pine Manufacturers Association issued price lists several times yearly and that local market prices rose to match those quotes.
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Kansas City
Kan Sas City
Yellow Pine Manufacturers’ Association
Ita
Albert Bushnell
Deslerg
Cell proves death trap at Philadelphia penitent
Fire in a cell at the Eastern Penitentiary in Philadelphia kills James Dougherty and leaves inmate James Crowley critically ill in the prison hospital. Guards were alerted by cries Wednesday night as flames and smoke enveloped the small cell, with bed clothing believed to have ignited from a cigarette.
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Philadelphia
James Dougherty
James Crowley
No Hope 10 Float Maine Warship Below Waterline
Havana reports the Maine wreck showing parts above water after the explosion event. Water level lowered to ten feet below normal reveals the corroded superstructure and spar deck aft of the port turret. No bodies found on decks or superstructures as repair plans fade due to extensive structural degradation.
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Havana
Yeship Maine
Stranger Dies in Double Mobridge Fire After Coffee Urn Blast
Aberdeen South Dakota reports a blaze that destroyed three saloons, a livery stable, a restaurant, a tool shop, and five ice houses on Mobridge. A stranger named Zebright lost his life in the flames and a restaurant employee was badly burned. The first fire damaged the tailor shop and an icehouse, while a second blaze killed eight horses in the ivory barn. The restaurant fire began with a coffee urn explosion Thursday afternoon.
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Aberdeen
Mobridge
Zebright Lout
Zebright
Main Street
Parcel Post Advocated By Fayetteville Man In Hearing
Nathan B. Williams of Fayetteville Arkansas urged before the house committee on post offices and post roads that Britain would contract with the American Express Co to deliver an eleven pound package from Britain to the United States for 24 cents. He argued the U S post office could run a similar branch and that about half the business of express companies consists of sub eleven pound shipments that could move by parcels post if profitable.
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Washington
Nathan B. Willams
Fayetteville
Ark
House Committee On Post Offices and Post Roads
American Exprem Co
Great Britain
United States
Post Office Department
Express Companion
Faithful wife shot. man sought after double tragedy
In New York on June 16 a man named JoWnh Omega shot Carmella DeCracola in a restaurant where she worked after she refused to elope. Omega fled and has not been arrested, with the infant witness remaining unhurt.
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New York, N.Y
Ber Cave
Carmella DeCracola
JoWnh Omega
Wodax
Abe
Omega
Millionaire Fatally Shot by Maid in San Francisco
Frederick Kohl, San Francisco millionaire clubman, was fatally wounded by Adele Verge a French maid at the Grant building entrance Market and Seventh. Kohl identified Verge before dying saying he felt he was dying. Verge, who carried a pistol, claimed she did not know why she fired and had been threatened by Kohl and Miller over damages in Riverside.
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San Francisco
Cal
Frederick Kohl
Adele Verge
Grant Buiding
Market
Seventh Streets
Kohl
Central Emergency Hospital
Frank A. Miller
Riverside
Miss Verge
Crowley
Mian Verge
Sensational Testimony in the Big Four Case
Edger B Cooke testified in his own defense over a $24 000 Big Four railway theft claim amid new accusations from Mrs Jeannette Ford and Mim Mattie McDermott now highlighting past ties to Frank Cod en and past killings. The trial’s second stage features claims of informants and self defense while a separate Minn public slander suit ends with a Whittier victory in district court.
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Cincinnati
Edger
Cooke
Big Four Railway
Charles L. Warriner
Treaasurer
Mra
Jeannette Stewart Ford
Mim Mattie MéDermott
Morrow
Frank M. Couden
Warren County
Lont
Federal Customs
Cincinnat
Couden
Warriner
Mra. Ford
Mra. McDermott
Kane
Whittier
Red Wing
Minn
Catherine Guiley
Minneapolis
FA. Whittier
Boy Hangs in Tree Near Rochester Michigan
The body of Bydney Bigelow, son of Mr. and Mrs. V. Bigelow, was found in a tree on the Bigelow farm two miles east of Rochester. He had a whip around his neck and the lash in the tree, the death likely accidental though details remain puzzling. Neighbors found the team unattended after he failed to return for dinner, having been plowing corn earlier.
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Rochester
Mich
Bydney Bigelow
V. Bigelow
Bigelow
State Hospital
Bigelow Farm
Norwegian Free church elects leaders on second ballot
In a Fargo area report, Rev. Paul Winther of Minneapolis was re elected president with a decisive second ballot victory over rivals. Rev. E E Gynild of Fargo and Rev L B Kjelnas also received votes amid a wide field. Rev. H Hagen and Rev. O L Sletten vied for vice president and secretary, with Sletten re elected by acclamation.
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Willmar
Mino
Winther
Norwegian Free Church
Hagen
Brea
Paul Winther
Minneapolis
E.E. Gynild
Fargo
Savas
L. BE. Kjelnas
la Mon N. di
Larson
Wagié Lake
Wilam Ne Hagen
Hatton
N. D
Wife’s cruel attack on widow shocks Chicago crowd
Chicago reports Mrs. Wleanor Morebolix lured widow Mrs. Brunislaw Dujek to a door and threw a bottle of vitro in her face. Dujek severely burned, likely scarred for life. Morehelig arrested for allegedly alienating the husband’s affections. a spectating son stood with his mother.
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Chicago
Wleanor Morebolix
Brunislaw Dujek
Oxnard Brothers Profited Big From Sugar Trust Deal
Washington D C June 16 Half a million dollar profit was earned by the Oxnard brothers as they moved Brooklyn sugar refinery stock into the sugar trust in 1887. Henry T Oxnard testified that the deal would have yielded 400 000 more in dividends if certificates had remained untapped. He said the Brooklyn plant was valued at 200 000 though capitalization was 100 000. The Oxnards later opposed the trust and returned to beet sugar business.
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Washington, D. C
Oxnard Brothers
Brooklyn
Sugar “Trust
Henry T. Oxnard
American Beet Sugar Co
House “Sugar Trust
Oxnards
It Trust
America
Oxnard
Robert
Benjamin
Jas
Penrose predicts Senate pact on Canadian reciprocity
Washington June 16 Chairman Penrose of the Senate committee in conference with President Taft today confirmed that sixty senators are expected to vote for Canadian reciprocity and predicted a vote date within two weeks. He said the bill would pass without amendment and noted the sole committee amendment from Senator Root would require all Canadian provinces to lift paper and pulp restrictions before the schedule becomes effective.
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Washington
Penrose
Senate Committee
Taft
Senate
Root
Friends of
Forced 10 pay seamen in wage dispute at sea
London June 16 The shipping strike has developed into a quarrel over wages. Despite a $2.50 per month increase by the Canadian Pacific Railway Co yesterday, the Empress of Ireland crew signing required a further $1.25. Original demand for advance was $54 per month.
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London
Canadian Pacific Railway Co
Cox Indictment Again Quashed in Cincinnati Case
Judge Dickinson quashed the revived indictment against B. Cox. The ruling followed affidavits and claimed prejudice found by prosecutors. The court held the prior action invalid and remanded for rehearing.
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Cox
Cincinnati
Willam B. Dickinson
B. Cox
Dickinson
Arms seized in Spain bound for Portuguese monarchists
At Villa Garcia Spain on June 1 Spanish authorities stopped two cars at a railroad station loaded with arms and ammunition destined for Portuguese monarchists. The arms were unloaded from a steamer and forwarded by rail on the ships' affidavit claiming they were machinery.
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Villa Garcia
Spain
Pontevetra
Fim & Steamer
Ral
Davit
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