Set Fire to Husband to Marry Lover in Scranton Case
Mrs Kindra Howes of Dunmore, 18, is jailed on charges she poured kerosene from a lamp on her husband while he slept to kill him and marry her lover Lenate Hutro. Hutro, alleged lover, denies involvement as police probe the Dunmore incident near his home. both suspects held for investigation.
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Scranton
Kindra Howesto
Dunmore
Lenate Hutra
Howento
Howesto
Hutro
Old Country
Dunmere
Mra
Honesto
Mutro
Explosion damages Salt Lake City hardware store powder cars
A brush fire caused the explosion of three cars of giant powder and one of black powder owned by Strewell Patterson Hardware on a siding of the Oregon Short Line at Beck's Hot Springs, four miles north of the city. No serious injuries. windows shattered and buildings up to a mile away damaged. track واحدs torn up on Rio Grande Short Line and Lagoon roads.警 warners alerted nearby residents.
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Salt Lake City
Strewell-Patterson Hardware Company
Oregon Short
Beck
Bute
Janw Hunter
Mra. J. Dison
Will Harria
Moyer and Haywood Reelect Heads of Western Federation of Miners
The Western Federation of Miners reelects Charles H. Moyer as president and William D. Haywood as secretary treasurer while both are jailed in Idaho for the Steunenberg murder case. The convention, bound by its rules, continued incumbents until successors are chosen with no new nominations.
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Denver
Colo
Charles TH. Moyer
William 9. Haywood
Western Federation of Miners
Tuesaday
Athough
Idaho
Steunenberg
Ice strike and garbage wagon protests end in New York
In New York the ice wagon strike and garbage wagon strike crippled east side streets until Tuesday when drivers returned to work after Mayor McClellan promised to consider their grievances. The ice wagon strike was settled as a plumber returned to work, breaking the logjam.
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New York
American Ice Company
East Side
McClellan
Lee
Ork
Richest Man in World Faces Judge in Court
John D Rockefeller, president of Standard Oil of New Jersey, testified in U S district court before Judge Landis. He claimed little knowledge while acknowledging 40 percent net profits on a $100,000,000 capitalization during 1904 1905, as prosecutors probe ownership links and financial strength for a possible proportionate fine.
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Chicago
John TD. Rockefeller
Bintidarnd Ol
New Jomey
Withers
United States District Court
Landis
Rockefeller
Standard of Company of Todiank
Standard of Company of New Jersey
Standard of Comany of
Indiana
Standard Oil Company
New Jersey
Union Tank Line
Rockefeller Urged to Prison by Bryan Banquet
William Jennings Bryan told a Winona Lake gathering that John D. Rockefeller and about a dozen trust magnates should be sent to prison for a long term. The remarks were reported by the Record Herald via Warsaw dispatch.
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Chicago
Herald
Warsaw
Und
John D. Rockefeller
William Jennings Bryan
Sol C. Dickey
Winona Lake
Berlin Fears War Between Japan and United States
Berlin reports indicate a widespread alarm in Germany over a possible Japan US conflict. Roosevelt seeks to satisfy Japanese demands while newspapers note friction over race and California's and Japanese economic tensions. Admiralty strategists view a naval war as the day’s top issue with studies warning US fleet would face Japan at home waters.
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Berlin
Japan
United States
Germany
Roosevelt
San Francisco
Strage Tgists
Admiralty
Pleasure Seekers Injured in Auto Accident in St Paul
Dr J H Nichols and C F L Williams both of Minneapolis were probably fatally injured in an automobile crash in St Paul Sunday afternoon. They were part of a party of five including Mrs Nichols and J H Smith and wife. The car plunged along Summit avenue and rolled over toward the Mississippi River edge after the chauffeur lost control.
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St. Paul, Minn
J. H. Nichols
C. FL Williams
Minneapolis
Cfty
President Roosevelt Family Picnic Near Loyd's Neck
In Oyster Bay L S President Roosevelt abandoned a meral duty on Saturday and with his family enjoyed a picnic along the shores of Long Island near Loyd's Neck. The Sylph yacht carried luncheon gear and a tent while the president, as usual, chose to row a rowboat with some children aboard.
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Oyster Bay
L. S
Roosevelt
Loyd
Mount Royal Wreck Valued at 90000 and Insured in England
Hudson Bay Company manager Vicora Thomson notes Mount Royal loss valued at 90000 with English insurance. He praises Captain Johnson for swift water navigation and orders actions to care for passengers and recover bodies as cause of disaster remains unknown.
Haywood To Take Stand In Mine Leaders Trial
Prediction that William D Haywood will testify ends two month trial progress in Idaho. Defense aims to reveal Haywoods life and federation ties with documentary evidence while discrediting Orchard and denying crimes. Colorado labor dispute rebuttals and other witnesses may extend proceedings beyond three weeks.
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Jin
Home
Idaho
Willian D. Haywood
Haywood
Western Federation of Miners
Charles H. Moyer
Miners’ Organization
George A. Pettibone
Steve Adams
Itia
Marty Orchard
Jeaders
Western Federation
Bolae
Avasible
Ithie Deon
Adams
Jenat
Orchard
Jack Simpkins
Caldwell
Steunenberg
Federation
Bumpkins
Eas Panet
Ogden
Utah
Farry
Bliver City
Colorado
Cripple Creek
Telluride
Peabody
Japanese stance on labor clause in US treaty
Semi official advices claim Japan will not consent to a fresh treaty with the United States if the United States retains a clause excluding Japanese labor from the continental United States. The views are attributed to Foreign Minister Hayashi and were received from Ototaki Yamatoka, Okuma's progressive party representative.
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Washington
United States
Hayashi
Ototaki Yamatoka
Count Okuma
Progressive Party
San Francisco Mayor Kept in Jail Under Court Order
Judge Dunne limited Mayor Schmitz’s jail absence to three hours and barred home visits despite attorney Frank Drew request. The court allowed contact at the attorneys’ office and denied further loosening of the restricted liberty. Abe Ruef’s freer movement was noted but not extended to Schmitz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Dunne
Hth
Schmitz
Frank Drew
Elie
Biggy
Trouble in India grows as natives drift toward revolt
Dispatches report rising disaffection in Bengal and other provinces with revolt being preached and natives trained to fight. National volunteers spread to towns and villages, and reports speak of lawlessness and assaults on Europeans as sedition expands into central provinces.
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London
India
Bengal
Ile
National Volunteers
Simla
Judge Charles Swayne Dies in Philadelphia
Judge Charles Swayne of the U S district court for the northern district of Florida died at the University of Pennsylvania. His impeachment trial in the U S Senate ended in acquittal after six weeks, party line votes.
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Philadelphia
Charles Swayne
United States Court For
Florida
University of Pennsylvania
Belknap
Grant
Swayne
American Boy Day at James Town Exposition
Norfolk crowds witnessed a boy centered event at the James town exposition titled American Boy Day. The program featured orations declarations and music by boy talent gathered by William C Sprague editor of American Boy Detroit with opening address by President Tucker. It included talks by Courtland Venguay Chandler Okla and G T Powell Pettus Texas.
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Norfolk
William CC. Sprague
Detroit
Tucker
Courtland Venguay
Chandler
Okla
G. T. Powell
Pettus
Texas
Diplomatic Tangle Over Arizona Kidnaping Case
The Justice Department orders an Arizona federal probe into the alleged kidnapping of Manuel Savari from Douglas to Mexico. Savari linked to a Mexican agitator and a St Louis newspaper run by the Revolutionary party. Reported Mexican consul arrest may prompt a formal complaint and possible request for repatriation to Arizona.
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Washington
Department of Justice
United States District Attorney
Arizona
Douglas
Ariz
Mexico
Manuel Savavi
St. Louia
Revolutionary Party
Friends
Savari
Two Billions Lost in Stocks on the New York Exchange
Financial experts declare that securities shrinkage on the New York stock exchange over the last six months has erased at least 2 billion dollars. Wealthy investors once deemed multi millionaires are now poor and deeply in debt, with the Hariman roads company alone bearing a $2 billion loss.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Harriman
Taft Mediation Nears Colombia Panama Settlement
Secretary of War Taft meets with Colombia’s Cortes and Panama’s Cromwell in New York to mediate the long running dispute over the Panama canal region. Officials say a formal treaty between Colombia and Panama is likely within months, with Amador of Panama also in town. The talks focus on resolving years of tension among the three nations involved in the canal project.
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New York
Colombia
Republic of Panama
United States
Taft
Manhattan
Senor Enrique Cortes
William Nelson Cromwell
Amador
Panama
Europe
Panama Canal
Cortes
Cromwell
Harvard psychologist backs Orchard confession at Haywood trial
Professor Hugo Muensterberg, the Harvard psychologist observing the Haywood trial in Boise, Idaho, believes Harry Orchard’s confession is thoroughly true after an eight hour psychological examination at the penitentiary. He asserts the trial provides full facilities for inquiry and that justice is being accorded to the defendant.
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Rosten
Hugo Muensterberg
Harvard
Haywood
Boise
Idaho
Harry Orchard
Orchard
Muensterberg
Germans Seeings Things on U S Naval Moves
Berlin papers comment on American naval movements as showing tense U S Japan relations. Some German critics say sending much of the fleet to the Pacific could prompt Japan to attack American ships in the Pacific before a full concentration.
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Pacific Coast
Japan
Berlin
Pacific
Finn Miner Shot to Death in Utah Mine
Henry Eckman a Finn was shot to death in the Phoenix mine tunnel in Bingham Utah Tuesday night just after midnight. An Austrian named Jim Zorob was arrested Wednesday by Deputy Forbes and jailed. Finns threaten action while Zorob is kept in Salt Lake for safekeeping.
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Bingham
Utah
Henry Eckman
Phoenix
Jim Zorob
Bhorif Forbes
Zorob
Salt Lake
Land for the Peasants in St Petersburg Distributes Crown Lands
The government accelerates distribution of 25 million acres of crown state and peasant loan land. It plans to allot about twenty five acres per peasant with easy payments to prepare for the new parliament. Three extra ordinary commissions are appointed to oversee the distribution and hire more surveyors.
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St. Petersburg
Death toll rises on Independence Day across United States
The Record-Herald canvassed accidents and reports 36 killed and 1471 injured nationwide during Fourth of July festivities. In Chicago six died from revolvers believed to be unloaded and from giant firecrackers. New York had seven fatalities, others spread across the country. Many injuries are serious and some may die. Firecracker cannon blasts caused most injuries, many to children who mishandled them.
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Chicago
Record-Herald
United States
New York
Seven Die as Independence Day Celebrations Go Violent
In New York city seven people died and about a dozen more were wounded or dying as Independence Day revelry turned deadly. Arthur Carraro fired a revolver in his yard wounding relatives, Nimpa Griazanti and 4 year old Henry Englehart were struck by bullets, and others suffered burns and gun injuries from stray shots. Bells and fireworks amplified the chaos as families faced hospital care and fear.
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New York
Arthur Carraro
Alfonso Fucarino
Nimpa Griazanti
Henry Englehart
Jesse Gueviter
John Graham
James Benezo
Severe Wisconsin storm devastates Oakdale and surrounding areas
Tornado strikes Oakdale Wisconsin on the morning of the 4th killing Mr and Mrs John Dame and fatally injuring Mrs William Butterfield. In Oakdale population 590 the town was almost swept away with all but one building destroyed. Warren Lipadilstone and Warren's Mills nearby suffered major damage and many people were injured. Crops and farm buildings were ruined along a wide swath from Oakdale north and south.
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la Crosse
Wis
Onnkdale
John Dame
Oakdale
William Butterfield
Warren Lipadilstone
Omaha
St. Paul
Warren's Mills
Mayor Schmitz Barred From Re election Bid
Announcement by B. Schmitz that he would run for a fourth mayoral term unless his new trial appeal is denied has prompted legal review. The District Attorney Robert Harrison examined the law and tentatively concluded the mayor is barred from appearing on the ballot.
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San Francisco
B. Schmitz
Asslulaur
Robert Harrison
Tornado Strikes Kerlin Wis Koro During Anniversary
A tornado hit the Kerlin Wis Koro area near the city during the fiftieth anniversary of incorporation. A woman named Paves and her child were killed, with many buildings destroyed or damaged. The storm caused heavy rain and cyclonic winds, drawing hundreds of people to the celebration despite the disaster.
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Kerlin
Wis
Koro
Paves
Tulne
Government Not After Smelter Trust
Washington dispatch reports Attorney General Bonaparte and Assistant Attorney General Purdy deny any Justice Department probe into the smelter trust. Purdy says much of the circulating story is unfounded and cites no current action against the Guggenheims.
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Washington
Bonaparte
Purdy
Department of Justice
Guggenheim
Simon Guggenheim
Colorado
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Gait Lake
Moyer
Federation of Union
John D
Bryan
Mount Royal
Judge Swayne
Bolse
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