Public Hearings Delay In Cromwell Panama Graft Probe
The Senate investigating committee delays action as William Nelson Cromwell and J P Morgan associates face subpoenas. Washington officials seek to bring Hitchcock Mack and other figures to testify on alleged graft in the Panama Canal purchase. Prosecution argues for a wider scope while defense contests scope and timing. Court consideration follows amid questions of public interest and political pressure.
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William Nelson Cromwell
Wise
Belore Senate
Hitchcock
Mack
McNamara
Washington
Auormey Miller
Curite
Tineid
Nelson Cromwell
Senate
Muir
Ks Jiobitivon
William Nelson
P Taft
I. P. Morgan
J. P. Morgan
Comev
United States
United Insel
Cromwell
de Tournal
Amer- Oe
Boerne
Pipi
Aldean
German Anarchists Meet At Laipsig June Conference
German anarchists gathered at Laipsig on June 3 in a large congress. They declared membership in any church or religious sect opposes anarchist principles and urged members to quit churches. Dr. Friedeberg of Berlin spoke on using cultural methods to further the cultural goal of anarchy. The congress resolved to attend the 1910 International Anarchist Congress in London. The discussions were academic and the police did not intervene.
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Laipsig
Germany
Friedeberg
Berlin
London
Brewers Association Trustees Denounce Prohibition Wave
Atlantic City New Jersey June 3 the board of trustees of the United States Brewers association opened its forty ninth annual convention at the Shelbourne hotel and went on record declaring that professional advocates of the Anti Saloon league have over shot the mark and that the prohibition wave has reached its height with reaction already setting in the trustees annual report noted the statements alongside committee reports.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Anti-Saloon League
United States Brewers’ Association
Shelbourne
Half Million Flood Loss in Black Hills
Deadwood South Dakota reports a flood toll of about 500000 dollars with rail lines Western North Western and Burlington heavily damaged. No trains into Deadwood since Sunday and teams will move goods for days. Spearfish damage reaches 20000 dollars as 14 inches of rain since Sunday breaks records and mines suspend operations.
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Black Hills
Deadwood
S. D
Black
West Publishing Sues over Law Encyclopedia
The West Publishing company of St Paul loses its copyright suit against Edward Thompson company of Northport L I in U S circuit court Judge Chatfield dismissing the case without costs The judge ruled only minor text usage existed and suppressing the 74 volume encyclopedia was not warranted leading to a ruling for small damages negligible to the main issue.
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New York
The
West Publishing Company
St. Paul
Edward Thompson Company
Northport
L. 1
Chatfield
United States Circuit Court
Thompson Company
Chatfeld
West
Uniform laws on food labelling and bankruptcy debated
Detroit reports the National Wholesale Grocers association session with 400 delegates from 42 states. Leaders push for universal food product labelling uniform bills of lading and bankruptcy law amendments to restrict releases for debts under 200 dollars. Also notes Zeppelin airship damage near Friedrichshafen and repair plans at Lake Constance.
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Detroit
Mich
Friedrichshafen
Gontingen
Lake of Constance
Cxar and Kaiser to Meet In Finnish Gulf
The Norge Vremya reports a meeting between Emperor William and Emperor Nichols on June 17 in the Finnish gulf. William will arrive aboard the imperial yacht Hohenzollern to join the Russian imperial family.
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Cxar
Kaiser
St. Petersburg
Norge Vremya
Emperor William
Emperor Nichols
Finnish Gulf
Hohenzollern
Gore's Memory Reveals Profits of Cotton and Woolen Firms
Senate hears a long list of earnings, capital stock and surplus from cotton and woolen manufacturers to argue for lower tariffs. Senators Nelson Frye and La Follette push tariff revisions, citing profits and real estate gains.
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Nelson and
la Follette
Washington
Senate
Gore
Oklahoma
Citi Rene
United States
Lodge
Troy Cotton and Woolen Company
Massachusetts
A. Nelson
Frye
New England
Ome
Alexander Hamilton
James G. Blaine
Three Promoters Sentenced for Fraud in Two Queena Scheme
In Kansas City on June 3, Frank H. Horn S J Snyder and Raymond P May received one year and one day in Leavenworth, plus 3500 fines each for fraud in promoting the Two Queena mini. John E Horn paid 500. E 8 Horn collapsed at verdict and will be sentenced later. The district attorney sought leniency for 22 year old John K Morn.
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Kansas City
Frank H. Horn
S. J. Snyder
Raymond P. May
United States
Leavenworth
John E. Horn
Arizona
Horn
United States District Attorney
John K. Morn
Ten Hour Day for Senate Aldrich Resolution Adopted
The Senate adopted without resistance Senator Aldrich's plan to hold night sessions. The plan sets ten hours daily sessions from 10 30 am to 12 pm and from 2 pm to 12 pm under the order of business. Strikers Gain Demands for Boston carpenters show 1200 workers, with less than 250 out and most contractors signing wage and holiday agreements.
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Aldrich
Washington
Senate
Boston
Drummer Boy of Shiloh and the Early Army Career
Story of Colonel John L. Clem the drummer boy of Shiloh who rose to assistant quartermaster general. He sought entry to the regular army during General Grant’s first term, securing an audience with the president and a chance to serve after a sequence of misadventures and formal orders.
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John L. Clem
Shiloh
Clem
Wasa
Clow
Alrady
West Nt
Lowiie
Charge at Charleston: Ransom faces duel in August action
At Charleston Illinois in August 1861 Lieutenant Colonel Ransom of the Eleventh Illinois urged his men forward when an officer interrupted with orders to pause. Ransom replied I am for Union, and a duel ensued with pistols drawn. Ransom wounded his opponent, killing him, and narrowly escaped.
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Charleston
Ransom
Eleventh
Ilinois
Sansom
Tsesom
Fred
Runwom
Swearing In the Cook and Darky Contratmuda
An 19th century account describes cooks among Calon lines, noting former servants sworn in with pomp and ceremony. Officers teased unsophisticated Black cooks while detailing duties such as cleaning plates and ensuring milk in coffee daily.
Bridge Builder and a Soldier in Stonewall Jackson’s March
An ancient tale recalls a bridge builder with General Jackson during a Virginia valley pursuit. The engineer’s plan and Miles’ quiet certainty frame a moment of cautious ingenuity amid retreat. The piece blends war memory with literary reflections on fate and memory.
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Tim Feaven
Olver Wendell Holmes
Stonewall Jackson
Virginia
Slouandeah
Jackson
Miles
Geo
Artificial Beauty and the Myth of Male Gullibility
A fragment discusses perceptions of beauty and gender in a Chicago Record-Herald context. It cites a viewpoint that men miss differences in appearance due to gallantry, referencing an actress and questions about age and perception.
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Chicago
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Smith
Will
Columb
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Wilson
Pinechot
Uilore Yetlgom
Gifford Pinfilet
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Leipsi
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ST. Paul Company
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Mooker
General Tooker
Lookout
Kentucky
Hooker
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France
Hin
Louis Napoleon
Ais Mound
Lemm’n
Cedar River Land Company
State Line Land Company
G. E. Lemmon
Albert E. Yager
Notary Public
Lemmon,s, D
H. E. Meyers
Jeweler
C. J. Dousman
U.S
Lemmon
South Dakota
T. O. Sandbo, M. D
Lammon
Dak
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Norwich Union
North Lemmon
J. F. Paul Gross
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