Supreme hearing denies state appeal on gas pipelines
In Michigan near Grand Rapids on June 13 a surge of smallpox closes schools and churches as seventy five cases spread. The city reports forty four new infections in the past three days and seven on Sunday, signaling a dangerous epidemic. Chicago notes the Teamsters strike nears a stalemate with no progress in two weeks and no signs of resolution.
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Rand Rapids
Mich
Jug 13
Nave “Eet
Mont Pelee Activity Mixes Calm With Renewed Signs
Mont Pelee on Martinique shows renewed volcanic activity over several days, stronger than April but not alarming. In Lawton Oklahoma a large crew on a sanitary sewer project walked off the job after demanding higher wages from 20 to 25 cents per hour, which was refused.
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Cort de France
Island of
Martinsyde
Mont Pelee
Lawton
Okla
Russia Ready to Discuss Meeting Place With Japan
St Petersburg June 13 Russia announces readiness to discuss where and when to meet Japan plenipotentiaries. Tokyo has not informed Moscow of the venue or date, but a communication may arrive at any moment.
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Russia
St. Petersburg
Sd O'Glock
Olllda
Associated Press
Japan
Russia and Japan draw up peace talks notes
Washington June 13 The formal replies of Russia and Japan to Roosevelt's identical note are in American hands but will not be published now The Russian choice for a peace conference venue is Paris and Japan prefers London Officials say a halt in hostilities may come only after the peace conference fixes a date and place The arms faceoff on Manchuria will wait for a definite conference plan
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Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Cassini
Hare
Russia
Japan
Paris
London
Manchuria
Plena powers discuss peace conference site debate
Russian ambassador Count Cassini and Japanese official Takahira discuss the peace conference venue with President. Belligerents favor selecting two plenipotentiaries and consider Newport, Manchester by the Sea, The Hague, and The Hague as options, with Washington seen as a practical base for negotiation.
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Count Cassini
White House
Japan
Haris
Obs
Mr. Takahira
Washington
Marquis Ito
Baron Komura
Yamagata
M. Nelido
Russia
Baron Rosen
Paris
Russig
Mukden
Chesao
van Swinderin
Netherlands
Count Cassin
Announcement on Russian Japanese peace plenipotentiaries meet
An early 2:20 p m notice on the time and place for the meeting of the Russian and Japanese peace plenipotentiaries is expected from Washington. Exchanges proceed through Count Cassin and M Takira with Roosevelt as intermediary. Diplomatic circles say Russia may leave place choice to Roosevelt who might name Manlehuria, but this cannot be confirmed.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
Washington
Count Cassin
M. Taka
Ira
Roosevelt
Russa
Paris
Roosevels
Manlehuria
Demoralization blamed for Russian navy disaster
A series of AP interviews with surviving naval officers reveals severe demoralization after the sinking of the flagship Osta Hya and the wounding of Admiral Rogestvensky. Lack of training, poor leadership, and disorganized formations left ships vulnerable to Japanese fire. Heroism cited among sailors, including Captain Herkh of the Osta Hya, while a government order restricts reporting on congresses to prevent radical addresses.
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Neboxatorl
Rojastvenksy
Madagascar
Ingenberg
Ostahya
Aleaander LI
Raiaz
Vladimir Miuomich
Oushakot
Seniavin
Toga
Ampiral Rojestvensky
Korestvensky
Thord
Tha Jaredino
Nakimoff
Navaria
Russia
Herkh
Osiabya
No Chance of Alliance Between Russia and Japan
A St. Petersburg diplomat told AP that a Russo Japanese alliance is unlikely after the war. He noted Britain's current position makes a British Japanese pact plausible and warned Japan would not risk aiding Russia by joining an offensive alliance.
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Russia
Witte
Marquis Ke
Japan
Great Britain
Far East
India
Principle Sustained in Admiralty Court Conditionally
High admiralty court hands down written decision today sustaining the principle of conditional contraband in a case involving cotton and timber. This dispatch notes the legal precedent and its application to the goods in question, highlighting the court’s stance on trade restrictions and property rights.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
High Admiralty Court
Russians Repelled After June 1 Attacks Near Yang Cheng
It is officially reported that on June 1 mixed Russian columns attacked near Yang Cheng Sehshiblipag and Shu fangtai. All assaults were repulsed with no stated losses.
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Tokic
Yang Cheng
Sehshiblipag
Shufangtai
Dnieper Intercepts Shipoff Malacca Straits Action
The Russian auxiliary cruiser Dnieper stopped the Dutch steamer Flores en route to Batavia in the Malacca straits. It transferred forty one Chinese crew and mails from the British steamer St Kilda, captured at Hong Kong and sunk in the China Sea, with contraband on board.
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Singapore
Amsterdam
Batavia
Straits of Malacca
St. Kilda
Honekun
China Sea
Brewer urges women suffrage at Vassar graduates
New York June 13 Justice David J. Brewer praised the Vassar college seniors for their education and urged them not to waste it. He predicted expanding suffrage to women and men may occur within a decade and imagined a woman president like Queen Victoria inspiring the nation.
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New York
N.Y
David J. Brewer
United States Supreme Court
Vassar College
Futura Lima
Eaid
Republic
Victoria
White House
England
Water rights case on Arkansas River irrigation
Kansas and Colorado dispute over irrigation use of Arkansas River seeks Supreme Court ruling. Kansas portion to be completed in Topeka by January with evidence to be submitted by Special Commissioner Richardson.
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Hutchinson
Kans
Testi Moony
Kansas
Colorado
Arkansas River
Tobeka Janary
United States Supreme Court
Richardson
Appointment of Arthur Fuller as judge in Crawford county
Topeka announces Arthur Fuller of Pitusburg appointed judge of the thirty eighth judicial district including Crawford county. No opposition noted. Fuller is a leading local lawyer. He will serve from appointment until January 1907.
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Topeka
Hoch
Arthur Fuller
Pitusburg
Cew
Crawford County
Fudge Fuller
St. Petersburg
Juba
Giant trust company planned to form in New York
June 13 report says Thomas F. Ryan plans to buy Equitable Life stock from James H Iyde and consolidate Equitable Trust, Merchants Trust, and Morton Trust in New York. The new entity would rival National City Bank in deposits, with about 310 million in deposits, 7 million capital, and 22 million surplus. The plan also aims to remove control of subsidiary firms by Equitable Life.
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New York
United States
Brgest Financial T
Thomas F. Ryan
Equitable Life Ansurance Society
James H. Iyde
Iyan
Equitable Trust Company
Meredothe Trust Company
Morton Trust Company
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Question of Quarters for New State Officials
Topeka June 13 The executive council faces a space problem with the six new officials including the board of control the state accountant and the attorney for the railroad board. Governor Hoch proposes placing the board on the main floor by reallocating rooms used by the military department or the State Horticultural society. Both tenants oppose moving.
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Topeka
Counci
Military Department
State Horticultural Society
Horticultural
Resignation Sparks Shakeup in Philadelphia Offices
Philadelphia June 13 The key changes follow Samuel Salter's resignation as assistant to the chief clerk in the county commissioners office and a citywide purge ordering dismissal of sixty five city property bureau workers and fourteen in the electrical bureau. Salter, once a fugitive from justice over an alleged ballot box incident, says he plans to go into business.
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Philadelphia
Samuel Salter
Wilef
Bureau of
Elcetrical Bureau
Salter
Ior
Satter
Boycotting the Goods in Tientsin Grows Serious
In Tientsin on June 13 Chinese guilds intensify the boycott of American goods. Guilds have decided to carry it through and native newspapers are refusing advertisements for American products, dimming prospects for U.S. manufacturers.
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Tientsin
China
Train Running Again After Subway Water Main Break
New York June 13 trains resumed in the subway this morning. The first train passed the section between Fourteenth Street and Grand Central, stopping since Sunday afternoon when service halted due to the bursting water main.
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New York, SN
Subway
Fourteenth Street
Grand Central
Banks Summoned Before Board of Equalization
Leavenworth and Pittsburg dispatches report county officials ordered all banks in Leavenworth to appear before the board of equalization to explain why they ignored state assessment laws. The Taxpayers' League spurred the move as part of renewed pressure to enforce fair returns amid local scrutiny. Theodore d. Shatler, retiring head of the Amalgamated Association, says Andrew Carnegie’s actions at the 1862 Homestead strike did not harm union members.
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Leavenworth, Kang
Board of Equalization
Taxpayers’ League
Pittsburg
Theodored. Shatler
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steal and Tin Workers
Andrew Carpegle
More Yellow Fever Cases Reported in Isthmian Zone
Washington June 13 Governor Magoon reports seven new yellow fever cases in the Isthmian zone, most among American mechanics and engineers.
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D. C
Zone
American Mechanica and Engineers
Train wrecked carrying Confederate veterans to reunion
A special excursion train for Confederate veterans to a Louisville reunion wrecked near Golden Gate Illinois. The engine left the track after crossing a trestle, burying fireman Johnson and injuring several passengers. Names include Willa Girdely Leander Thompson and A B Hayes among the injured. one killed.
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Louisville
Golden Gate
St. Louis
Revai Uice
The
Southern Railway
Ill
Dd. Johnson
Willa Girdely
Ueary Lancaster
Paragould
Ark
A. B. Kfayes
Avrk
Leander Thompson
MINIC WAR CONTINUES AT FORT WASHINGTON
Information reached Fort Washington Maryland that at least half of the hostile fleet under Admiral Dickins was anchored on Blackstone Island in the lower Potomac River. Artillery officers at Foots Washington and Hunts expect further tests of defenses as operations near Baltimore proceed and plans foresee actions toward the national capital. WEB WORMS AT WORK.
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Fort Washington
Admiral Dickins
Blackstone Island
Lower
Potomac
Washington
Baltimore
Foots Washington
Hunts
National Capitol
Chesapeake
Oklahoma Farmers Complain of Damaged Crops in Storm Zone
Anadarko Oklahoma June 13 A group of farmers from the southeast county area reported severe crop losses after recent rain wind and hail. Web worm destroyed dew crops hours after planting with many large cotton alfalfa and corn losses. Notable casualties include Brady reporting 100 acres of corn destroyed and James Slaley forty acres of cotton. Farmlands in the area are described as alarmed as the pest continues to ravage fields.
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Anadarko
Okla
Brady
James Slaley
Charles Bowers
L. Summers
Guitleter
James Selby
Myers
E. V. Holiingsworth
Telegraph Brevities United States court meets in Japan
The U S court convened in the new Tokyo federal building with Judge Smith McPherson on the bench. Twenty one civil suits are awaiting trial this term and the criminal docket opens tomorrow. Adam Heinbuck of Leavenworth died of sunstroke while working on a building last Friday. He was 54. Thomas W Sanders named civil service board member at Clay Center Kansas. The comptroller of the currency allows First National Bank Lamont Ohio to open with 25000 capital. Taft and Jusserand attended West Point graduation today. Oregon City Light and Water plant powerhouse at Forest City Missouri damaged by fire around 1500 hours. Forestry bureau reports show 91000000 feet of lumber 60000 cords of wood 315000 railroad ties and 46000 posts disposed of on forest reserves. Boone county Missouri school board calls teachers to Columbia June 26 to discuss textbooks. Money ready for Boone county. Johnston Patterson involved in a quarrel’s aftermath in Terre Haute Indiana leaves a man wounded.
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Japan
Federal
Smith McPherson
Adam Heinbuck
Leavenworth
Melabuck
Thomas W. Sanders
Civil Service Board of Postonives
Clay Center
Kansas
First National Bank of
Lamont
O .Y
Taft
Jusserand
West Point
Military Academy
Oregon City
Boone County
Columbia
Jono Patterson
Hen Collins
Fight Declared Off in Salt Lake City Bout
Promoters fail to post the $2,000 forfeit for the July 3 bout between Robert Fitzsimmons and Mike Schreck in Salt Lake City, likely cancelling the match. Earlier in Chicago Fitzsimmons also announced the fight off due to the forfeit issue.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Robert Fitzsimmons
Mike Schreck
Chicagoland
Fitysimrmoua
Mixed local notices and crimes from early territory reports
News briefs report Indian Territory gas supply arrangements and a court appointing a receiver for a traction company. Creditors elect a trustee for Favorite dry goods in Abilene. Jail break by Dobbins and Davis in Enid described. Robbery suspect Roberts tested in Kentucky. Daughters of Liberty to meet in Elwood. Isaac Hamilton killed by lightning near Stroud. Ed Cripaninition’s drowned body found at Pastime park in Kenney Illinois.
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Indian Territory
South
McAlaster
William Busby
Indian Territory Traction Company
Nea
Favorite Dry Goods Company
Aleburee
Tex
Dallas
Jake Dobbins
Charles Davis
Enid
Oklo
George Roberts
Madisonvilla
Paducah
Kentucky
Jodiana
Llifoois
Daughters of Liberty
Elwood
Isaac Hamilton
Stroud
Oxla
Ed Cripaninition
Pastime Park
Kenney
Ill
Prisoner in Philadelphia Cuts Self to Death
In Philadelphia, June, four year old Miche wel Caartlia used a large tablespoon to slash his own throat and sever arteries after attempting self harm in a county prison cell. He washed, failed to stop the bleeding, and was found dead by a keeper.
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Philadelphia
Hig Elf
Ife
Bogus Checks Hit Van Buren payroll fraud
A widespread scam in Van Buren Indiana involved forged Standard Oil payroll checks. Authorities say the counterfeit instruments ranged from 350 to 1000 dollars, using real employee names to appear genuine and trigger fraud detection.
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van Buren
Ind
Theft victim reports second scam call for securities
In Hoston Massachusetts on June 13 Henry W. Comstock said a thief’s agent in New York offered to return stolen securities for 1000 dollars in cash after a late night call. Also dated June 13 Vienna reports the death of Archduke Joseph of Austria aged 72 and notes Laron Nathanial Dea Rothschild's death. Minneapolis reports Colonel William Colville, famed for the First Minnesota charge at Gettysburg, died in a soldier’s home aged about hundred.
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Hoston
Mass
Henry W. Comstock
New York
Vienna
Laron Nathanial Dea Rothschild
Frm
Minneapolis
William Colville
Gettysburg
Vienus
Duke Joseph of Austria
Diej
Pressbourg
Hungary
Policy Shops Raided in New York by Police Allies
June 13 report says police aided raids on alleged policy shops in New York. Affected sites housed many women and children. Governor Folke appointed Frank Callaway school commissioner of Henry County yesterday.
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New York
Allege
Folke
Frank 8
Callaway
Renry County
Cattle and grain prices across Kansas City and Chicago markets
Kansas City reports cattle sales with steers cows and heifers prices, hogs and calves ranges, and grain quotes for wheat corn oats rye and barley. Chicago notes steer and hog pricing, with grain futures, and cash corn and wheat values.
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Kansas City
Cattia
Chicago
Dee Ty
Cash
Lad
Ghoica
Jung
Officials Arrested in Ita City Bribery Case
Police Captain James Wilson of Adle enany was found guilty with sentence deferred on bribe accusations related to illegal houses. Mayor Weaver prompted a warrant for Frank H. Caven, a select councilman, charged with city contract interests. Caven was arrested and held on 316,000 bail.
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Wttsburg
Ita
Pollce
James Wilson
Adle‘enany
Weaver
Frank H. Caven
Ile
Bali
Greek Premier Stabbed in Athens Assault Shocked Nation
Athens Greece June 13 premier Delyannis was stabbed in the stomach and seriously wounded while ascending a chamber of deputies stairway. The assailant named Gherakars was arrested after the attack. The incident sent shock through the Greek government and public. In Illinois a sheriff's posse sought August Margle a Russian miner wanted for the shooting death of Mrs Jossa Heller and wounding Brack Heller, as the girl's parents denied a visit.
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Greece
Delyannis
Gherakars
Chamber of Deputies
Glen Carbon
Ill
August Margle
Jossa Heller
Brack Heller
Seven prisoners escape from jail in Junction City
Escaped from Prison Junction City Kansas June 13 last night seven prisoners fled the airy jail. A soldier dug a hole through the wall and got away, and six other prisoners followed him. None has been captured. Thomas Oaks a farmer to North Macon county Missouri committed suicide early Monday.
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Kans
Thomas Oaks
Macon County
Salcide
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