Postmaster General push on department probe and mining ties
The Postmaster General backs a sweeping inquiry into department affairs and says charges must be fully proven. Thomas W. McGregor and C Ellsworth Upton are dismissed while C E Smith’s status remains unclear. Machen confirms George E Lorenz of Toledo tied to the Copper Mining Company with incorporators listed in Alexandria Virginia.
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Washington
D. C
Brocseres
Parse
Paine
White House
General Bristow
Bristow
Thomas W. McGregor
C. Ellsworth Upton
C. E. Smith
Baltimore
McGregor
Upton
Machen
George E.lorenz
Toledo
Ohio
National Capital
Alesandria
August AV. Machen
Henry HB. Rand
Wisconsin
George 7 W. Beavers
Baker
New Hampshire
Lorenz
Toedo
Postoffice Department
Fenton
Eged
Postoffice
Waiters Union Is Enjoined by Omaha Court
Omaha June 3 The district court enjoined the Waiters union of Omaha, replacing a prior order that failed for service reasons. The court based its action on the anthracite coal strike commission report, described as a unanimous compilation from diverse workers and labor leaders.
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Omaha
Corl Strike Commission
Anthracite Commission
District Court
Waiters’ Union of
Anthracite Coal Strike Commission
Inundated Bottoms Revived as River Recedes
Thousands of men and women armed with shovels and brooms are flooding the river bottoms to restore the area after floods. Water levels continue to fall rapidly and work on contracting damaged tracks is being pushed. Few sickness cases are reported.
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Kansas City
Father Harty Named Bishop of Manila
The papal legation in Washington received word of the appointment of Rev. T. E. Harty of St. Leo's Church in St. Louis as bishop of Manila. The appointment has been accepted by Father Harty.
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Washington
Manila
T. TE. Harty
St. Leo's Church
St. Louis
Father Harty
McChesney Triumphs in West Handicap Race
McChesney, ridden by Jockey Gray for owner B. B. Smathers, wins the Harlem national handicap at Chicago in heavy track conditions. He defeats Gregor K. by a length and a half after a steady rally from sixth, with time 2 10 5 and Smathers taking the $5,000 purse. Firing Torpedo was post favorite at 4 to 1.
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Chicago
McChesney
West
Gray
Gregor K
B. B. Smathers
Epicure
Ling
Gregory
Hargis
Smathers
Firing Torpedo
Big firm goes to the wall in San Francisco bankruptcy
Eppinger & company, a major San Francisco grain dealer with broad European port ties and large warehouse operations, files for bankruptcy with liabilities of 1,350,000 and assets of 700,000. In a separate filing, Slater Engine company of Warren petitions bankruptcy in U S circuit court, showing liabilities of 170,286 and assets of 31,908.
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Eppinger & Co
San Francisco
Eppinger & Company
United States
Asseca
Boston
June
Slater Engine Company of
Warren
Lightning Strikes St Pauls Church Damaging Spire
Lightning struck the spire of St Pauls Episcopal Church at Euclid and Cass. The storm toppled stone blocks through the roof causing damage in the thousands. The Hanna McCormick wedding on the church next Wednesday faced potential changes but repairs were found sufficient.
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Cleveland
Dune
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Euclide and
Cass Avenues
Hanna-McCormick
Hanna
President and Mrs Roosevelt Attend Multiple Events
The president and Miss Alice Roosevelt with a small party plan departures in coming days. They will travel to Cleveland for Senator Hanna’s daughter's wedding on Wednesday after attending the Saengerfest in Baltimore Monday evening. Earlier Tuesday they will attend the University of Virginia commencement in Charlottesville.
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Washington
Janet
Alice Roosevelt
Cleveland
Hanna
Baltimore
University of Virginia
Charlottesville
Lewis Institute Wins Big Chicago Track Field Meet
Chicago June 3 The second annual interscholastic track and field meet under University of Chicago auspices was won by Lewis Institute with 22 points. Hyde Park finished third, and Carruthers of Pontiac set a 12 pound shot record. Hogensen of Lewis Institute won the 100 and 220 yards. Competition featured 49 schools and 200 athletes.
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Chicago
University of Chicago
Lewis Institute
Pontiac
Til
Hyde Park High School
Yankton
Virginia
Grinnell
Marengo
Des Moines
Evansville
Wis
Carruthers
Hyde Park
Eckersoll
Hogensen
Comstock
McNeil
French
Lewds Institute
Hammer
Wilson
Milwaukee
Emperor William counsels folk song focus in chorus contest
Berlin reports Emperor William observing the Frankfort preliminary contest of 6,700 chorus voices. He praised workingmen’s vocal quality, criticized high pitched grand style, urged folk songs, and announced plans to publish a collection for study.
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Berlin
William
Frankfort
Church Synod Adopts Compromise On Revised Forms
Asbury Park June 8 The reform committee chair Dr Hutton proposed a compromise to adopt the revised communion form as optional. The clerical council voted to allow both forms with the old for traditionalists and the new for a shortened service. Rev N M Stebbins elected professor of theology at Western seminary to succeed Dr Desker who resigned.
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Asbury Park
N. J
Reformed Church Synod
Hutton
N. M. Stebbins
Dubuque, Iowa
Western Seminary
Rey
Desker
Steamer Martha's Vineyard collides in fog near Vineyard Haven
In dense fog off Vineyard Haven the steamer Martha's Vineyard collided with an unknown fishing schooner, severely damaging the vessel. One man was seriously injured and several passengers were rendered unconscious by the impact.
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Woods Hall
Mass
Martha’s Vineyard
Vineyard Haven
La Crosse Mob Dispersed After Jail Threats
A mob surrounded the Sparta jail in La Crosse Wisconsin threatening to lynch Sam Montgomery the alleged wife murderer. Officials guarding Montgomery expect no further trouble following the dispersal. Ocean steamship arrivals list Genoa Sardegna Napoli Rotterdam Statendam Liverpool Campania Boston Cltonia Plymouth Barbaroosa Cherbourg Bremen.
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Genoa
Sardegna
New York
Naples
Rotterdam
Statendam
Liverpool Campania
Cltonia
Boston
Plymouth
Cherbourg
Bremen
Hanna denies presidential candidacy and backs Roosevelt
Newark interview quotes Senator Hanna denying any run for the presidency and naming Roosevelt as the only candidate before the convention. Hevoices support for the party record on trusts capital and labor Filipino charges and the negro question and says he seeks only to return to the Senate.
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Newark
N. J
Hanna
Roosevelt
Republican Party
Senate
Chief Examiner A R Serven Resigns in Washington
Chief Examiner A R Serven of the civil service commission resigns, accepted by the president. The president plans to promote Frank M M Kiggins, chief of the examining division, to the vacancy.
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Civil Service Commission
Roosevelt
Washington
A. R. Serven
Frank MM. Kiggins
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Mark Hanna
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Kaiser
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