Prosecutions Planned Under Federal Revenue Laws
Irregularities in federal revenue enforcement are slated for prosecutions. The inland waterways commission is renewed by executive action. The Yorktown to patrol Bering Sea seal fisheries. Several military and public notices follow.
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Internal Revenue Department
Inland Waterways Commission
Congress
Yorktown
Puget Sound
Bering Sea
Fitzhugh Lee, Jr
Roosevelt
Notable Early 20th Century Figures Die in U S Obituaries
A string of obituary notices paint the passing of Isaac B. Rich Boston theatrical manager born 1827 W 8 Forman ex congressman from Illinois Hudson D Brassie San Francisco financier dies of heart failure Col John F Finnerty Irish patriot Chicago Rev John D Pickles Lynn Mass William A Morgan former Iowa House speaker dies Yale alum Vernon Howe York track captain elect Hamilton Bermuda announces engagement of Mary Louise Morris St Louis to Henry Cowper Golvin Bermuda chief justice with London Paris wedding planned in August
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East St. Louis
Illinois
Hudson D. Brassie
San Francisco
John F. Finnerty
Chicago
John D. Pickles
St Paul's Church
Lynn
Mass
Massachusetts
William A. Morgan
Burlington Gazette
Iowa House of Representativer
Lake Forest
William Davis Ely
Yale University
Providence
R. I
Mr. Ely
George F. Payne
State Capitol
Harrisburg
Capitol
Philadelphia
Vernon Howe
Minneapolis
Yale
Hamilton
Bermuda
Henry Cowper Golvin
Mary Louise
James Nelson Morris
St. Louis
London
Paris
Nine arrests in Galesburg under local option law
Nine persons were arrested in Galesburg Indiana charged with violating the local option law. Several of the accused are described as prominent.
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Galesburg
Anna Erickson
Tacoma
Russia
Ufa
Lodz
Odessa
Plague Rages in La Guaira and Other World News
Eighteen deaths attributed to plague reported in La Guaira by American consul James P. Moffat. News of Empress Augusta Victoria’s ride returns with no injury. French steamer reports plague cases at Caracas confirmed by steamer Caracas officers. Floods near Pechula Mexico drown many and wipe out the village. Philippine band to Australia for fleet reception. A British steamer wreck near Lantao with eighty natives missing. Europeans saved. Paris murder case deepens with the death of Auguste Remy and missing valuables.
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Venezuela
James P. Moffat
Empress Augusta Victoria
Martinique
Willemstad
Caracas
Pechula
Mexico
Pachula
Philippine Constabulary
Australia
Hongkong
Canton
Macao
Lantao Island
Adolphe Steinheils
Inlaw
Mme. Japy
Paris
Auguste Remy
Rue de la Peppiniere
International Good Templars plan Hamburg meeting in 1911
The Good Templars decide to hold the next triennial meeting in Hamburg Germany in June 1911. Oregon Democratic convention in Portland last week elected four delegates at large and two from each district and endorsed Bryan for the presidential nomination.
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International Convention of Good Templars
Hamburg
Germany
Oregon
Portland
Bryan
George W. McNaily
Marshalltown
Iowa
C. T. Plant
Taft Forces In Control Ahead Of Republican Convention
Chicago June 17 The eve of the Republican national convention sees Taft forces in control of party organization as committees meet. Julius Caesar Burrows to chair opening session at the Coliseum. Nomination of the president likely Thursday with vice presidency unresolved after state caucuses in Ohio New York Indiana Iowa and others fail to settle the ticket.
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Chicago
Julius Caesar Burrows
Taft
Ohio
New York
Indiana
Iowa
Sherman
Low
Gov. Hughes
Dolliver
Senate
Harikari
Fairbanks
Man fatally shoots self after rejected marriage proposal
In Sioux City on June 17 Orville Whitford fired twice at Edith Matthews on a porch at Craig L. Wright’s home, missing her, then died by a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Whitford had proposed at Riverside Park after Edith agreed to hear his answer yesterday.
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Jaws
Edith Matthews
Orville Whitford
Craig L. Wright
Whitford
Fremont
Neb
Riverside Park
Two Burlington Men Drowned in Mississippi River
Joseph J. Conenberg and William D. Johnson, prominent Burlington youths, drowned yesterday afternoon after their boat capsized while rowing on the Mississippi River several miles north of the city.
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Burlington
Iowa
Joseph J. Conenberg
William’d. Johnson
Mississippi
Bookmakers Arrested in Denver Gambling Warrants
Warrants served on all bookmakers at Overland Park charging violations of the gambling law. Bonds were furnished in most cases, yet bookmakers continued to operate in Denver.
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Denver
Colo
Overland Park
Wife Charged in Jasper Farmhouse Killing
In Jasper Missouri a farmer named Charles Ray was shot and killed by his wife. A divorce suit has been pending in the circuit court for months.
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Jasper
Charles Ray
Senator Bailey Improving in New York Report
Senator Joseph W. Bailey of Texas is improving from illness while staying at the Aldorf Astoria in New York. The update was reported last night by local sources.
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Bailey
New York
Joseph W. Bailey
Texas
Aldorf Astoria
Hunter Shoots Himself in Farmington
Caifa Mitchell, while hunting on Sunday near Farmington, Iowa, accidentally discharged his gun and died from the wound on June 17.
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Hunter
Farmington
Iowa
Caifa Mitchell
Treasurer Hangs: Self Found Dead in Michigan Town
The body of Frank Bunting, 35, treasurer of Clean Towns UC, was found in Copemish Michigan on June 17. Officials stated no motive. authorities are treating the death as suicide.
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Copemish,Mich
Frank
Bunting
Minnesota football captain shoots self in public street
Ney Dunne, captain of the University of Minnesota football team, shot himself in Jackson Minnesota after learning a young barber would escort a former sweetheart home. He died the next evening. He had worked as an umpire and attended a dance that evening.
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Univerary
Minnesota
Jackson
Minn
University of Minnesota
Dunne
State Law School
Fugitive Robs His Pursuer In Forest Manhunt
In Floodwood Minnesota a June burglary at Jean New Hardware yielded guns jewelry and cash. The suspect escaped from jail after a breakfast break and an Eastman attorney Louis Foss pursuing him was confronted at Prairie Lake Road with a .48 Smith and Wesson. Foss surrendered his rifle was broken and cash missing as the thief fled back into the woods.
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Tenderfoot
Floodwood
Minn
Jean New
Superior
Louis Foss
Prairie Lake
Smith and Wesson
Foss
Elevator Agent Killed In Langdon Box Car Crush
Malcolm Morrison, elevator agent for the Northwestern Elevator at Langdon, was crushed to death between two Great Northern box cars on Saturday. He was returning from the elevator when the accident occurred. Morrison’s wife was in Canada and a car was sent to notify her.
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Malcolm Morrison
Langdon
N. D
Grand Forks
North- Western Elevator Company
Great Northern
Morcon
Can Steams SCARES HORSES In Prairie View Runaway
Lucian Robbins of Prairie View township drove into town with his daughter when a rattling can spooked the team. The runaway threw the girl into a coulee, breaking her collar bone and causing other injuries. Robbins sustained a badly bruised shoulder.
Opiate Fatal Claims Life of Menomonie Spinster
Fanny Barwise was found dead at her Menomonie home and the coroner's jury ruled death from over indulgence in opiates. She was forty seven, unmarried, and lived alone as a daughter of late George H Barwise, a Menomonie pioneer.
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Menomonie
Wis
Fanny Barwise
George H. Barwise
Letter Carrier Frisbie Dies by Suicide in Alley
La Crosse Wis June 16 Fred B Frisbie a letter carrier at the local post office killed himself Saturday on the way to work. He was found in an alley with a cut throat. Frisbie was a well known federal employee with a good record and no motive is given.
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la Crosse
Wis
Fred B. Frisbie
Tovork
Frisbie
Pioneer Iowa Woman Dies by Own Action
In Marshalltown Iowa on June 16 a 72 year old pioneer woman Mrs William Brown committed death by her own action. She hanged herself with a clothesline fastened to a door transom at her daughter Mrs John Lockharts home.
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Iowa
Marshalltown
William Brown
John Lockhart
Missing Grand Island light keeper deaths suspected foul play
Munising Mich June 16 George Genery keeper of the north light on Grand Island is missing his assistant with an unnamed name has died authorities suspect foul play based on incomplete details from the scene and local reports
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Munising
Mich
George Genery
North Light
Grand ‘Island
Great Northern Opens New Route From Great Falls
Reported opening of a line between Great Falls and Havre with a train scheduled to leave this morning. The milestone marks a transport expansion near Havre and enhances service to the region.
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Great
Northers
Great Falls Mont
Shereys
Havre
Minneapolis Teen Slayer Seeks Freedom From Jail
James Flood sixteen year old half boy girl confined in the county jail after fatally shooting Arthur P. Camber. He expresses desire to return home to Austin Minnesota claiming a summer outing in a cell is no good and pleads for car fare. Observers note few signs of insanity yet he clings to a feminine persona and hopes money will secure release.
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Minneapolis
James Flood
Arthur P. Camber
Nicollet Avenue
Austin
Mina
Lkely
Flood
World Temperance Meeting Opens at Saratoga
A world temperance convention in Saratoga N Y opened to mark the 100th anniversary of the first temperance society. Delegates adopted resolutions urging the International Sunday School convention to keep quarterly temperance lessons in Sunday schools and petitioned the national party platforms to support local option in the District of Columbia and territories.
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Saratoga
N.Y
N. Y
First
Temperance Society
Congress
District of Columbia
Territories
Patrick’s Writ Denied in Habeas Corpus Action
Albert H. Patrick, jailed for the Rice murder, had a writ of habeas corpus denied by Judge Lacombe in U S circuit court. He claimed a conspiracy to plunder the Rice millions led to his conviction and death sentence, later commuted to life imprisonment.
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Rice Estate
New York
Albert H. Patrick
Sing Sing
William Marsh Rice
Millionaire's Son Seeks Workhouse Help for Food
William T. Elwen, who says he is a Vienna University graduate and millionaire's son, went to a St. Louis police station to request admission to the workhouse after failing to secure a restaurant dishwasher job.
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St. Louis
William T. Elwen
University of Vienna
Elwen
Governor Dawson Contracts Tuberculosis
Charleston reports that Governor Dawson of West Virginia has developed tuberculosis. He left for Asheville, North Carolina, to spend at least three or four months seeking treatment.
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Gov. Dawson
Charleston
W.va
West Virginia
Asheville
N. C
Ball Player’s Leg Broken in Wisconsin Game
Marian Heald of Osceola broke his left leg below the knee while playing a ball game between Osceola and Star Prairie at Star Prairie on Sunday June 17.
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Osceola
Wis
Star Prairie
Star Prairie ‘Mines
Marian Heald
Waterloo widow hangs self in shed
Mrs. Fred Tolleston wife of a wealthy bottling works proprietor at Independence hanged herself in a buggy shed while temporarily deranged.
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Waterloo
Iowa
Fred Tolleston
Independence
Manila Approves Funds for Visit Entertainment
The government has appropriated 100 090 pesos for entertainments during the Atlantic fleet visit. The note, dated June 17, mentions Manila as the host city and references arrangements for official ceremonies.
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Manila
Otanthe
Miley
Unclear OCR Item From Kansas City Event
Fragmentary OCR text shows scattered references to a Kansas City area event in June and mentions food, a stage, and Averell. Details are garbled with no coherent facts, entities, dates, or outcomes clear from the readable portions.
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Kansas’ City
Hue Averell
Four drown in plunge from pier after runaway car crashes
New York report details a pleasure party of six and driver John Bauer as the car sped down West Fifty-eighth street and over a pier into the North River. Nolan jumped clear, Bauer saved himself, and four passengers drowned despite late rescue attempts.
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New York
John Nolany
Bauer
Fifty-eighth Street
Nolan
Missing Hilford reported aboard liner from New York
A wireless from Capt Roberts aboard the steamer New York bound for Southampton says Miss Marion R Hilford is aboard without funds or clothing. Officials are unsure if she hid aboard or was accidentally carried. She cannot return home before July 1.
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Marion Hilford
New York
Capt.Roberts
Southampton
Marion R. Hilford
American Line
Bloomington City Treasurer’s Accounts Reported Short
Developments indicate Bloomington Indiana city Treasurer Harry A. Axtell is short about $60,000. Irregularities as secretary of the Real Estate Building association amount to $40,910, city books short $7,200, and securities signed by his mother in law total $11,300.
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Bloomington
Ind
Harry A. Axtell
Real Estate Building Association
Yaqui Indians Break Off Peace Negotiations
A large Yaqui faction gathered at Hermosillo refused to surrender arms and halted peace talks with the Mexican government. No details were provided on the refusal or the status of the negotiations, as of October 17.
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Mogales
Ariz
Yaqui T.jians
Hermosillo
Louisiana remains wet as prohibition bill stalls
Baton Rouge Louisiana lawmakers decided not to move toward a state wide prohibition during the current assembly term. The house voted 58 to 47 to indefinitely postpone the Doussan bill which would have provided a statewide referendum on prohibition.
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Baton Rogue
Louisiana
House of Representatives
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