Feudal Warfare Resumes Moonshine Prizes in Kentucky Battle
Edge of Breathitt and Morgan counties Kentucky hosts a feud clash between Hargis and Cockrill factions. Three men Henry Freedman Harlan Dykes Andrew Wilson killed seven wounded including James Wilson Latcher Davis Lee Davis John Alen and three unnamed others. A free dinner and Moonshine whisky prizes were offered by Grant Reed at his blind tiger. Tension rose as Freedman allied with Andrew Wilson faced Cockrill supporters.
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Breathitt
Morgan Counties
Kentucky
Henry Freedman
Harlan Dykes
Andrew Wilson
James Wilson
Latcher Davis
Lee Davis
John Alen
Grant Reed
Hargises
Cockrill
Freyette County Grand Jury
Jinran Dykes
Freedman
Sop
Russians Fail to Hold Daishen in Sea of Japan Battle
Russian prize crew captured the Japanese steamship Daishen off Hokkdai do but misled toward Gensan Korea. Japanese captives retook the vessel, returning it to Gensan. The sea engagement near Vladivostok left the Russian squadron under heavy attack, Admiral Voelkersamm killed, Russian losses about 7,000 with 4,000 prisoners, Japanese torpedo craft and three destroyers among the casualties. Admiral Rozestvensky’s prospects of recovery noted as unsettled.
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Vladivostok
Hokkaido
Gensan
Korea
Sasha
Sea of Japan
Voelkersamm
Rojestoyensky
Togo Praises Rojestvensky After Naval Visit
Vice Admiral Togo visited Vice Admiral Rojestvensky at the Naval hospital in Sasebo on Saturday and expressed sympathy for his wounds. He praised the Russians courage in battle and hoped Rojestvensky would soon return to Russia. Rojestvensky thanked him and commended Japan for its sailors valor.
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Victor
Togo
Rojestvensky
Sasebo
Russia
Roiestvensky
Japan
Nebogateff
Great Natal storm drowns hundreds of plantation workers
A severe storm over Pinetown Natal caused the reservoir to overflow leading to the drowning of 209 Hindoo laborers and many more casualties in surrounding areas. The tragedy highlights the peril facing plantation communities amid extreme weather.
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Pinetown
Natal
Bomb explosion at Barcelona governor general palace
A blast rocked the governor general’s palace in Barcelona causing damage. Police arrested ten suspects in connection with the attack. Confirmation came that Japan used a submarine, as reported by Russian Admiral Enquist’s officers in Manila.
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Barcelona
Spain
Enquist
Manila
Bonaparte Named to Succeed Morton in Navy Post
The White House announced that on July 1 Paul Aforton will retire as secretary of the navy and Charles J. Bonaparte of Navarre, Ohio, grandson of Jerome Bonaparte, will succeed him. The same report notes Charles Bowers, a tavern owner and baseball player from Navarre, Ohio, died by suicide at the Navarre hotel.
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Bonaparte
Morton
Paul Aforton
Navy
Charles J. Bonaparte
Ualamore
Jerome Bonaparte
Alphalla
Mr. Bonaparte
White House
Charles Bowers
Naverre, O
Navarre Hotel
Portland Lewis Clark Centennial Opens Exposition
The Lewis and Clark Centennial exposition in Portland, marking the 100th anniversary of the Pacific Northwest exploration by Merriwether Lewis and William Clark, opened June 1 with a grand parade led by Vice President Fairbanks and other dignitaries. President Roosevelt gave the signal from the White House, while Oregon, Washington and Idaho observed the day as a legal holiday. The ceremony featured a formal welcome by H. W. Goode and brief addresses by notable officials.
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Northwest
Lewis An Clark
Roosevelt
White House
Washington
Portland
Merriwether Lewis
Willan Clark
Oregon Country
Fairbanks
Congressional Party
Visiing
Pacific Northwest
Wiliam Clark
Jefferson
Oregon
Idaho
H. W. Goode
The
Exposition Company
Wairbanks
H. A. Taylor
Jefferson Myers
Joseph T. Canton
H. G. Williams
Chirke
Roosevelt to Tour the South in October
President Roosevelt will depart on the night of October 17 for a two week swing through Southern cities. His itinerary includes Richmond Raleigh Charlotte Atlanta Jacksonville Tampa Birmingham Tuskegee Montgomery Mobile New Orleans and Little Rock where he will end the trip before returning to Washington. The extraordinary Congress session will be delayed until after the November elections.
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Roosevelt
Tolumn
Congress
Richmond
Raleigh
Charlotte
N. C
Atlanta
Telegraphic briefs chronic turmoil and tragedy across nations
Labor leaders in Chicago testified of a 210000 bribe offer to strike. Riots resumed at Lolz with detachments of cossacks firing, killing two and wounding others. Russia urged France to aid in tallying Russian casualties. A Canton five year old girl, Tyunietta Frease, was decapitated by a streetcar after school dismissal. Prof H F Allen resigns to join Princeton. An Italian, John Houck, aged 22, dies after leaping from a moving trolley in Altoona. Robbers loot the Buffalo Rochester & Pittshore station at Sykesville, with $150 loss. The Isamrud cruiser captain reports refueling fire after reef encounter. The Brain destroyer captain burned wood to reach Viadlyostok.
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Chicago
Lolz
Russia
France
Tokyo
McKinley Avenue
Canton
Tyunietta Frease
H. F. Allen
Washington and Jefferson College
Princeton University
John Houck
Altoona
Buffalo, Rochester & Pittshore
Sykesville
Isamrud
Brain
Ohio Socialist ticket names Isaac C Owen for Governor
The Socialists of Ohio met in Columbus and named a complete state ticket headed by Isaac C. Owen of Cleveland for Governor. The lineup includes W C Sundrup of Toledo for Lieutenant Governor, J C Madsen of Continental for Attorney General, J H Sims of Bethel for Treasurer, H J Ziegler of Portsmouth for Supreme Court judge, and George Stack of Lorain for the board of public works. Resolutions say the Anti-Sat on league is a failure, call for stricter factory laws, and demand better hours and pay for workers.
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Isaac, C. Owen
Cleveland
Ohio
Columbus
Isaac C. Owen
W. C. Sundrup
Toledo
J. C. Madsen
Continental
J. H. Sims
Bethel
Supreme Court
H. J. Ziegler
Portsmouth
Board of Public Works
George Stack
Lorain
Japanese plan invasion of Sakhalin and Shanghai fleet threat
Dispatches from Shanghai report Japan preparing an expedition for Sakhalin and threatening to send a fleet to Shanghai to force neutrality on Russian vessels there. The threat prompts the Russian consul to consent to internment of the vessels.
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Sakhalin
Shanghai
United States Steel Plans $10 Million Canadian Plant
United States Steel Corp buys options on land on the Canadian shore of the Detroit river near Sandwich Ontario to build a $10,000,000 steel plant with a Bessemer pig iron furnace on the Detroit side.
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Combine
Canada
United States Steel Corporation
Canadian
Detroit River
Sandwich
Ontario
Bessemer
Detroit
Japanese Torpedo Boats Lost in Naval Battle Report
Admiral Togo cites May 27 fighting losses and selective Russian ship damages. He notes 3 Japanese torpedo boats sunk, 915 Russian sailors rescued, Navarin sunk after four torpedo hits, and limited Japanese casualties under 800. The report stresses fog, poor visibility, and incomplete.
Japanese Navy confirms losses in 1904 port Arthur action
The Japanese navy discloses a list of ships sunk during the Port Arthur blockade in 1904. Baleshin Yashima, Akatsuki, Oshima, Hayatori, Atago, and Takasago are named with causes such as mines and collisions and dates from May to December 1904. Port Arthur remains the focal point of the losses.
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Japanese Navy Department
Yashima
Port Arthur
Baleshin Yashima
Akatsuki
Oshima
Liaotung Peninsula
Hayatori
Atago
Takasago
Port, Arthur
Against Beef Trust Barons Face Grand Jury Indictments
Forty true bills against the beef trust, from multi millionaires to department heads and lawyers, will be presented to the federal grand jury for voting on June 7. Thirty indictments are already drawn on Moody recommendations. Ten more to be added after AAG Pagin returns from Washington.
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Beef Trust
Federal Grand Jury
Moody
United States
Pagin
Washington
Equitable Fight: Directors Clash Over Frick Report
Stormy Equitable Life meet ends with Hyde and Alexander forces blocking the Frick committee report. Mr Hyde attacks directors as Frick Bliss and Harriman resign in dramatic scenes from the board.
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Equitable
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Frick
Hyde
Alexander
Messrs
Bliss
Harriman
American yacht Atlantic wins transatlantic race at The Lizard
The American three masted schooner Atlantic crossed the line at The Lizard England on May 29 to win the German emperor's cup in the international transatlantic race. The Atlantic is owned by Wilson Marshall of Bridgeport Connecticut and was commanded by Captain Charles Barr of New London Connecticut.
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Lizard
England
The
Wilson Marshall
Bridgeport
Connn
Charles Barr
New Loudon
Conn
Battle of Sea of Japan Sees Rojestvensky Captured
Japanese cable reports Admiral Rojestvensky and another admiral were captured after the sinking of the Kniaz Souvaroff near Ureung Island. Tokyo lists 22 Russian ships lost, with several capital vessels sunk or damaged, while Japanese losses were about 200.
State's evidence in post office contract fraud case
George E. Lorenz of Toledo admitted to aiding the government against conspirators in a Post Office supply contracts fraud case. Crawford faces conspiracy charges while Lilian Blauvelt signs a six year opera contract for 504000 dollars.
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State
George E. Lorenz
Toledo
August W. Machen
Samuel
Diller B. Groff
Post Office Department
William G. Crawford
Lilian Blauvelt
Attempt 70 Kill Rulers Bomb Thrown At Paris Opera Carriage
King Alfonso of Spain and President Loubet escaped unharmed when a bomb shattered the Paris Opera carriage near Place de l Opera. Three arrests were made including Arnould, a laboratory employee, as police hunted other suspects. The assault wounded guards and horses while authorities questioned lodgings and reviewed the scene.
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Alfonso
Spain
Paris
Loubet
Place de L’opera
Rue de Ropan
Rue de Rivoli
Seine
Quai
Palais Orsay
Russians Lose More Vessels As War Roars On
Reports indicate four additional Russian warships sunk by the Japanese fleet after earlier losses. A Kamchatka crewman described heavy battles in the straits of Korea with 60 men escaping before the ship’s explosion and sinking. Admiral Rosestvensky allegedly wounded and captured, others listed as prisoners. Orel reached Maizuru. Nikolai I and Seniavin to Sasepo.
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Kamchatka
Moji
Straits of Korea
Kamtchatka
Kniaz Souvaroff
Rosestvensky
Fumi
Nebogatoff
Vostkersam
Orel
Five Killed in Mine Disaster at Gunnison Reclamation
Five men died and two were seriously hurt when the Gunnison reclamation mine tunnel caved in at Montrose California. The dead include Edward Schuler Gettysburg Pennsylvania Floyd Woodruff Montrose A B Stelle Oklahoma Charles Hormhart James Cassidy Q Taylor and Fred Groff were trapped under timbers but saved by entombed workers who built a dam to stop floodwaters. Twenty one rescuers were rescued unharmed but exhausted.
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Gunnison
Montrose
Cal
Edward Schuler
Gettysburg
Floyd Woodruff
A. B. Stelle
Oklahoma
Charles Hormhart
James Cassidy
Q. ‘Taylor
Fred Groff
North Carolina Man Confesses to Fraud Warrants Case
Louis R. Smith, once a general land office employee in North Carolina, was indicted by a Washington DC grand jury for abstracting and selling 30 fraud warrants totaling about $5,000. Smith has confessed to the scheme.
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Louis R. Smith
North Carolina
General Land Office
Grandary
District of Columbia
Smith
Japan Sends Aid to Indian Earthquake Sufferers
The Jiji Shimpo of Tokyo sent 5600 to Lord Curzon for India's earthquake victims with sympathy from the Japanese people. Curzon replied praising Anglo-Indian ties and Japanese chivalry and heroism, noting the events would bring Japan and Britain closer.
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India
Jiji Shimpo
Tokyo
Lord Curzon
Japan
Equitable Officers Arraigned in Frick Report Summary
The Frick investigation report on Equitable Life Assurance details radical findings. It calls for removal of President James W. Alexander First Vice President James H Hyde and Second Vice President Gage Tarbell. It orders restitution from officers profiting at policyholders expense and demands thorough reorganization due to waste extravagance and lax management.
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Frick
Frick Investigaton Committee
Equitable Life Assurance
M. EB. Ingalls
James W. Alexander
James H. Hyde
Gage
Tarbell
The
Equitable Society
James H. Hyde and Associates
Equitable
Alexander
Goulds Face Fraud Charge Over Richmond Power Firm
Helen Gould and her brother Frank are accused of being drawn into securities tied to the Virginia Passenger and Power Company of Richmond by fraudulent practices. They also charge George E. Fisher with taking $2,000,000 to which he was not entitled, in response to his suit seeking receivership for the same company.
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Helen
Frank
Fisher
Merchants Trust Company of
New York
Helen Gould
Virginia Passenger & Power Company
Richmond
George E. Fisher
Supreme Court Upheld New York Franchise Tax Law
The U S Supreme Court affirmed New Yorks franchise tax statute. Other items include accidents in Ohio and Pennsylvania, a suicide in Ohio, a miners death, railroad earnings, a Heinz plant fire in Indiana, a large Illinois charity bequest, and Japanese locomotive orders to a Philadelphia firm.
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Supreme Court of the United States
New York
Frank Martin
Pittsburg
Steubenville
Gill Hospital
John Morgan
West Lebanon
George P. Lord of
Elgin
Mayor Weaver Wins Controversial Gas Franchise Fight
Thomas Dolan, president of United Gas Improvement, withdrew a $25,000,000 offer for a 75 year franchise after Philadelphia leaders admitted they could not muster enough councilmen to pass the lease ordinance following Mayor Weaver's veto.
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Weaver
Philadelphia
United Gas Improvement Company
Thomas Dolan
Dolan
Representative Marsh Dies in Warsaw Ill Home
Representative Benjamin F. Marsh, Republican of Illinois Fourteenth district, died at his Warsaw home. He served eight terms and had been elected to a ninth term in the United States House of Representatives.
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Benjamin F. Marsh
House of Representatives
Ilinola
Warsaw
Ill
Congress
British Vessel Sunk by Russians Misidentified
Tokio reports that a ship sunk off Formosa on May 20 by the Russian fleet, previously thought American, was actually a British vessel. Minister Griscom cabled Washington that the Japanese government identified it as British.
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Tokio
Griscom
State Department
Washington
Formosa
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Su Islands
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Yawata
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Sado
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Olawa
Svietlana
Chappyan Bay
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Oushakoff
Misu
Almaz
Tmier Rojesivensky
Kniaz
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Daily Telegraph
Grozny
Bravi
Terosiahty
Toyko
Voelkersam
Jemtchug
Auvora
Okino Island
Orelung Island
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Oleg
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Loubét
Equitable Officers
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Goulds
Kenana
Ind
H. J. Heinz Pickle
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Fayette Station
Imperial Government Railways of Japan
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