Drunken husband slays wife then slashes own throat
Daniel McNichols of 6 Main street Yonkers killed his wife Mrs. McNichols and slashed his own throat after she swore out a nonsupport warrant. Police report room bloodied. Mrs. McNichols dead, two children left motherless. McNichols near death at St Joseph's hospital.
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Yonkers
WN. Y
Daniel McNichols
No. 6
Main Street
St. Joseph's Hospital
MacNichols
John Ryer
McNichols
Michael Redmond
Alice
Open Shop Strike Ties Up U S Steel Plants
Striking inmates unionists have halted operations at most U S steel plants as the open shop policy takes effect. Only Cambridge Ohio area mills partially operate while Morangeha and Demaniler nonunion works run only in part. About 3,500 workers in Wheeling Martin's Ferry RBridgeport and 3,900 in Newcastle Shavon join the action bringing total out to nearly 8,000 skilled laborers.
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Pittsburg
United States Steel Corporation
Cambridge, C
Amalgamated
Cambridge
McArdle
Amalgamated Ssociation
Steel Corporation
BE. W. Pardeny
Amera0 Sheet and Tinplate Company
Peration
Morongahela
Demainler
Oth
Elwood
Ind
Wheeling
Martin’s Ferry
Rbridgeport
Newcastle
Shavon
Black sues Bartholomew for 1000 damages over alleged libel
Benjamin F. Black files in district court a libel suit against S remon t M Bartholo mew of 2343 Northwestern avenue for 1000 damages. He claims Bartholo mew stated in public that Black stole 5500 Singles and offered to drop the charge for 38 dollars. Black says he has never before been accused of a wrong deed.
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Benjamin F. Black
Druit
S‘remont M. Bartholoew
Northwestern Avenue
Bartholomew
Body in Hudson River Identified as White Boy
Coroner's physician Dr. John H. Curtain announced after an autopsy that the body found near King's Bridge in the Hudson River is a white boy about 16, not a Chinaman as initially thought. The remains likely spent two weeks in the water, and the bones and Caucasian skin confirm the identification, dispelling ties to Leon Ling in the Sigel homicide case.
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New York
John H. Curtain
Hudson River
King’s Bridge
Leon Ling
Hisie Sigel
Leon
Roo
Eighth Avenue
Harms Loses Jug. Meat Inspection Law Enforced Strictly
Washington July 2 Secretary Wilson approved a committee report clearing the meat inspection service of charges by J F Harms regarding the East St Louis Station. The panel found no evidence of collusion with packers and noted large amounts of meat destroyed under the law from July 1906 to December 1908, totaling 383 187 carcasses and 73 369 047 pounds, while dismissing Harms and others involved.
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Washington
Wilson
A. D. Melvin
Bureau of Animal Industry
George P. McCabe
Department of Agriculture
Meat Inspection Service
J. F. Harms
East St. Louis
Harms
Bischof
Michael
Senate panel to report crude oil import duty amendment
Washington July 2 9 The senate finance committee expects to report an amendment early next week authorizing the president to impose a duty of one half cent a gallon on crude petroleum when imports exceed a set threshold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Mayor Bookwalter and a wave of anonymous letters
An anonymous charge calling Mayor Bookwalter a grafter sparks public debate about media, officials, and reform in a city led by Bookwalter and Senator Chauncey. The piece contrasts Bookwalter with Gov. Marshall and Albert Sahm, arguing about public utility regulation and press accountability.
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Mayor Bookwalter
New York
Charlie Mayor
Chauncey
Charlie
Johnnie Holtsman
Albert Sahm
People's Treasury
Bookwalter
Gov. Marshall
Sov
Marshell
Thomas R. Marshall
Hoeltzman
Citizens’ Gas Company
Hamid May Yet Pose as Prisoner at Bar
Constantinople dispatch reports the April 18 revolt inquiry court martial commits ex-sultan Abdul Hamid for trial before the high court of justice in Istanbul.
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Hamid
Bar
Paris
Constantinople
Abdul Hamid
High Court of Justice
Indian student arrested after Imperial Institute murder
Madar Lal Dhingra, an Indian student, was held for murder after shooting Sir Kurzon Wyllie and Dr. Lalaca at the Imperial Institute in London in front of about a thousand spectators. He fired four shots at Wyllie, killing him, while Dr. Lalaca died from an accidental shot. Dhingra attempted suicide but failed. Lady Wyllie swooned at the scene. Previous speculation tied the crime to political grievances in India.
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London
Madar Lal Dhinera
Kurzon Wyllie
Calas Laleaca
Shanghai
Imperial Institute
Wylie
Dr. Lalaca
Dhingra
Weribe
India
Fire destroys town in Canada leaving thousands homeless
Private dispatches from Cobalt, Canada report a massive blaze that wiped out the entire business district of the town. Three people died in the fire and about 3,000 residents have lost their homes with total losses still undetermined.
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Boston
Mass
Cobalt
Canada
Burns Company Seeks New Trial After Damages Award
The Burns company petitions for a new trial after the Wasson bank action yielded a verdict awarding $16,000 for alleged contract violation in soliciting depositors. The motion requests relief from the judgment and a reconsideration of the case in court.
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C. O. Burns Companny
H. P. Wasson Company
Wasson Bank
Death of Shurl Fletcher at Jeffersonville Prison Stirring Investigation
The death of Shurl Fletcher, a prisoner at Jeffersonville, is under renewed scrutiny amid claims of possible murder or suicide. Reports say Fletcher’s skull was fractured and a fatal head wound referenced, with postmortem exams cited and connections drawn to past prison abuse cases involving M. M. Barnard and Dr. Horne.
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Shurl Fletcher
Jeffersonville Reformatory
Fletcher
Jeffersonville
Anderson
Ind
Shuri Fletcher
Indiana
M. M. Barnard
Hroce S. Horne
Barnard
Horne
Morne
Dr. Horne
Mr. Barnard
Durbin
Firecrackers Fire Injures Eight Year Old Boy
Fort Wayne Indiana July 2 Robers Getty eight year old son of Frank Getty severely burned by exploding firecrackers. He bought them and hid them in his waist when a playmate tossed a lit cracker which ignited the concealed charges burning his chest stomach and arms and leaving him unconscious for hours.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Robers
Frank Getty
Weight Master Fournace Sentenced for False Weights
Joseph J. Fournace former weighmaster at the hay market was sentenced by Judge Pritchard to one month in county jail and a $200 fine after being found guilty of giving false weights.
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Joseph J. Fournace
Pritchard
Gu Jury
Receiver Demanded in Suit Against Indiana Inspection Bureaus
Attorney General seeks a superior court receiver for the Indiana Inspection Bureau and the Indianapolis Inspection Bureau operated by 18 fire insurance companies. Ernest M. Sellers Thomas S. McMurray and James McBeth are asked to be punished for contempt. The suit claims a continued violation of a restraining order affecting fire insurance rates and terms, alleging a monopoly and requesting the receiver take charge of books maps and records and restrain removal.
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M Asurray A McBeth
Cotton jumps on D2 per gale after report
New York July 2 government statement on June 2 cotton condition set at 74.6 triggering a rush of buying on the cotton exchange. Prices rose to new highs with 3 to 40 point gains and heavy covering by short traders as the report released at noon spurred rapid activity.
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New York
New York Cotton Exchange
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Whittaker
Jeffer
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