Peril on a steamer and a coroner’s sensational claim
At Fire Island the liner Antonio Lopez with 526 passengers and 100 crew ran aground half a mile from Point O Woods. Mohawk rescued many, lifesavers battled heavy seas, passengers taken ashore. In Gouverneur, Leilah Hamilton case, coroner hints at murder motive but key details withheld. autopsy shows strychnine not arsenic. Suspect location and foster family disputes surround the death of the DeGrasse belle.
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New York
Mohawk
Fire Island
Point O' Woods
Antonio Lopez
Barcelona
Cadiz
Colon
Boston Packet
Point of Woods
Quogue
Fire Island Beach
Mir
World’s Best Draft Horses to Be Shown
J Crouch and Son of Lafayette applies for seven stalls at the state fair to exhibit an extensive draft horse stock. The display includes a six horse team to rival Armour and Swift and features Belgians roans and greys totaling about 12,800 pounds, highlighted as a premier nightly feature.
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J. Crouch & Son
Lafayette
Largest Inland Bathing Beach Opens Saturday
The Riverside bathing beach is completed and will open Saturday. It claims to be the largest inland bathing beach in the United States with fifteen acres of water and a mile of boardwalk. There are 1,500 lockers and concerts by the Indianapolis Military band at 2 and 8 p.m. sponsored events.
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Riverside
United States
Indianapolis
Burglars Ransack Two Homes and Get Cash
Burglars entered Otto Binkley’s home by roof access and opened window, ransacked the house taking 10 dollars and fled unseen. Mrs. Arbaugh woke to find entry through dining room window and loss of her purse containing 9.76.
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Otto Binkley
C. V. Arbaugh
Cannot close a saloon by writ of injunction
Judge Weir of superior court No. 4 refused a temporary injunction in the case of George E. Cassell and others against Patrick Corcoran and the Terre Haute Brewing company to abolish a Mickleville saloon. The court found no emergency shown and that the status is unlikely to change at trial. Damages sought total between 20000 and 30000 dollars, alleging the saloon’s nuisance and law violations harm surrounding property values.
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Weir
Superior Court No. 4
George E. Cassell
Patrick Corcoran
Terre Haute Brewing Company
Mickleyville
Cassell
Corcoran
Nuisanes
Arrests in Ohio tied to Petrosino murder inquiry
Columbus June 10 Italian detective Diamto and Inspector Oldfield say seized letters tie suspects to the Petrosino assassination in Palermo. No new arrests today. Collegero Viccarro to be arraigned on $5,000 bond. Cervera Ventela released on $500 bond. Detective linkage to Italian merchants in central Ohio noted.
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Columbus
Oldfield
F. P. Diamto
Pittsburg
Ferrosino
Palermo
Italy
Collegero Vicearro
Bellefontaine
Cervera Ventela
Collegero Viccarro
Clifield
Petrosino
Ohio
Jacob P Brown Appointed City Smoke Inspector
Jacob P Brown of 432 Virginia Avenue has been appointed city smoke inspector by the Board of Public Safety on Mayor Bookwalter s recommendation. A longtime stationary engineer, he worked for Indianapolis Traction and Terminal, National Starch, American Hominy and other firms, but left the trade due to ill health to pursue outdoor work.
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Jacob P. Brown
Virginia Avenue
Board of Public Safety
Bookwalter
Brown
Indianapolis Traction and Terminal Company
National Starch Company
American Hominy Company
Unwritten Law in Elmer Ginn Murder Trial
The Elmer Ginn murder trial examines the unwritten higher law used to justify lethal home defense. Mrs Ginn admits being in William Walker's arms, compromising her, while Ginn faced trial for shooting Walker. The state seeks jurors' views on bias toward invaders and the defense hopes to use the unwritten law as a factor in Ginn's favor.
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Talesman
William Walker
Ginn
Franklin McCray
McCray
Dad Intervenes in Eloping Teens at Terminal Station
A planned elopement involving May Lewis aged 17 and Harry Blake 23 from Decatur County ends Thursday morning when May’s father arrives at Traction Terminal, pursues Blake, and takes May home. The couple had fled Wednesday afternoon to Indianapolis, with Blake returning to Decatur County. A sheriff accompanied the father and confirmed the meeting at the terminal.
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May Lewis
Harry Blake
Decatur County
Traction Terminal Station
County Council Ordered to Pay Stenographer Fees
Mrs. Mary L. Spencer, a court stenographer, seeks 150 for services in probate court during December 1907 and 1908. Judge Vinson Carter did not grant judgment for her yet indicated he would for the plaintiff and against the county on proper showing. The county council refused to appropriate funds, leading to a test case. Carter’s ruling clarifies the county’s duty to avoid impeding the courts by denying salaries to court employees.
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Mary L. Spencer
Vinson Carter
Carter
County Councell
Aourt
Ballon Gift and Family Reunion End in Police Custody
Hazel Wright deserted her Ohio home to marry carnival showman James Wright. Her father bought a balloon to help them, enabling high altitude performances. After a period of hardship and crime, Hazel was arrested soliciting money, while James Wright faced police court. a reunion with her father followed, with threats of turning her over if she left again.
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Hazel Wright
Greenville
James Wright
Mrs. Wright
Gregoire
Wright
Eho
Divorced Cuban diplomat's wife ends life in London hotel
Agnes O'Brien Ruiz, once linked with Alfred G Vanderbilt, the divorced wife of Cuban diplomat Antonia Ruiz, killed herself in a London hotel on May 16 after an inquest found a bullet wound above the heart as the cause. She arrived from New York and avoided London social scenes. Vanderbilt has been in London since spring, active in public life including a horse show and coaching efforts.
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London
Agnes O'Brien Ruiz
Antonia Ruiz
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt
Tondon
Brighton
Gould Divorce Trial Begins in New York
The separation suit of Mrs Katherine Clemmons Gould against Howard Gould began today before Justice Dowling in Part V Special Term, Supreme Court. Attys argued to dismiss parts alleging improper personal habits and alienation, with deposits across several states and foreign countries. The case, filed in 1907, attracted a crowd to Dowling’s small courtroom as testimony is set to proceed.
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Katherine Clemmons Gould
Howard Gould
Justice Dowing
Supreme Court
Fort Washington
Sugar Trust Faces Government Attack
The federal grand jury in New York opened an inquiry into the sugar trust to examine its control of the Pennsylvania Sugar company and its practice of keeping the plant idle for six years. The compromise in the Pennsylvania suit to recover 830 million dollars is seen as providing evidence to pursue Sherman anti trust action.
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New York
Sugar Trust
Federal Grand Jury
Pennsylvania Sugar Company
Pennsylvania Company
Waterway plan report urged dredging and regulation
In Washington on June 10 the chief engineer’s report on the St. Louis to Mississippi waterway plan was presented to Congress. It argues that a 14 foot navigable channel is best achieved through a combined program of dredging and regulation of works along the river system.
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Washington, D.C
St. Louis
Mississippi River
Congress
Submarine Explosion Injures Four in Portsmouth
Four men were seriously injured when a British submarine exploded this afternoon in Portsmouth England. One wounded man is an officer. Details are incomplete and reports vary, with one account stating the vessel was beached to prevent sinking.
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Portsmouth
Eng
Mayor defers Metzger inquiry amid shooting uproar
The mayor and Board of Public Safety take no action after a police shooting, leaving residents fearful of another round up and shootout. The grand jury will hear evidence Tuesday night as critics demand accountability for Chief Metzger and his officers.
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Board OF Public Safety
Metzger
Dowden
Bookwalter
Poice
Lever man under bond for killing child on track
Daniel Howell, motorman of the interurban car that killed Iris Thompson, 18 months, was jailed on involuntary manslaughter charges. Coroner Blackwell issued the warrant after testimony that Howell slowed and warned but could not stop in time. The accident happened near the Thompson home at Thompson crossing in Lawrence, Indiana. Howell posted a 2500 dollar bond.
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Daniel Howell
Iris Thompson
Albert Thompson
Thompson
Blackwell
Howells
Jacob Thompson
Marion
Hlpwell
Thompson's Crossing
Lawrence
Ind
Howell
Traction Terminal
Death marks end of Rev Edward Everett Hale
Boston June 10 The Rev Edward Everett Hale D D longtime senate chaplain and famed American divine died at home in Roxbury aged 83 84 heart failure after months of failing health His wife daughter Ellen and son Philip L Hale were at his bedside His death ends a career that included the short story Man Without a Country and a prominent literary legacy
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Boston
Edward Everett Hale
D. D
United States Senate
America
Highland Street
Roxbury
Mass
Hale
Congress
Ellen
Philip L. Hale
Philip
Nathan Hale
Nathan Mala
Edward Everett
Statesman
Flag loan demand exceeds supply for Flag Day
Acting Custodian C. J. Wheeler reports a shortage of flags at the statehouse as churches, Grand Army post, and missions request banners for Flag Day observances. Flags will be allocated equitably among groups, with state building decorations planned using the limited stock.
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C. J. Wheeler
Statehouse
Grand Army
High tariff on yarns upheld by the Senate
In Washington on June 10 the Senate resumed consideration of the tariff bill. Senator Dolliver offered an amendment to reduce yarna duties but it failed 4 to 21. He then proposed cutting duties on china dresses coat linings and mixed fabrics. The amendments were defeated 42 to 30.
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Washington
Senate
Dolliver
Bitsha
Taft delays western trip over Mrs Taft’s death
President Taft told Representative Hughes he has no plans for a western journey while Mrs. Taft remains ill. If she improves he may travel west, but otherwise he will stay in the east. The remarks were made in Washington on June 10.
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Washington
Taft
Hughes
Colorado
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