Mad Mullah Triumphs Over British Forces
Paris reports from Jibatil Abyssinia that the Mad Mullah destroyed five British posts between Burao and Bohtle in Somaliland. Forty two British officers were nearly wiped out with 39 killed. 2,000 native soldiers were captured. Reinforcements from Aden and Abyssinians joined Britons as Gen Manning’s force faced setbacks.
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Paris
Jibatil
Abyssinia
Burao
Bohtle
Somaliland
Aden
Berbera
Mullah
Hampshire Regiment
W. H. Manning
Swaine
Co. C. Egerton
Punjab Frontier
Manning
Col. Cobbe
Damot
London
War Office
Burno
Mudug
Gen. Manning
Boliile
Derailed Train After Cow On Track Near Marion
A Norfolk and Western westbound passenger train from Roanoke to Marion derailed after striking a cow at about 10 PM. Engineer Lee Spalding and Fireman J H Hoover were killed instantly, four express messengers were injured, while passengers in the coaches remained unharmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke
Norfolk Find Western
Marion
Lee Spalding
J. H. Hoover
Joint Board Formed To Adjust Complaints In Building Trades
Chicago June 27 Conciliations and arbitration will settle disputes between building contractors and organized employees. A joint board formed by representatives of both sides will take up and adjust all complaints and its decisions will be binding. The past two years saw ongoing factional disputes delaying projects and costing money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Building Trades Council
Larceny charge man arraigned in local court
Fall River on June 27, Joseph H. Clement formerly financial secretary of St. Anne's court of the Order of Foresters was arraigned in district court charged with stealing 664 dollars from the lodge. He pleaded not guilty and was held for trial next Tuesday.
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Fall River
Joseph H. Clement
Pawtucket
St. Anne’s
President Roosevelt Arrives in Philadelphia on Train Run
The train bearing President Roosevelt from Washington to Oyster Bay reached Philadelphia at 11 24 am on June 27. He alighted and shook hands with numerous people at the station before leaving seven minutes later.
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Philadelphia
President Roosevelt
Washington
Oyster Bay
Jeft
Lipton Fleet Sets Sail From Staten Island Tow
New York June 27 Sir Thomas Lipton's fleet leftStapleton Staten Island this morning bound for the Horse Shoe. The Shamrock I. towed by the Cruiser and Shamrock II. accompanied by the steam yacht Erin could not sail out due to light winds.
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New York
Sir Thomas Lipton
Stapleton
Staten Island
Horse Shoe
Shamrock I
Erin
Desperate assault ends in fatal double tragedy at Hermitage
William Dessler shot his wife in Wallington New Jersey then killed himself after a struggle with Lulu Miller his step-daughter at the Hermitage. Dessler had been estranged from his wife for over a year and had earlier run a failed Guttenberg saloon.
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New York
Lulu Miller
Hermitage
Wallington
N. J
William Dessler
Guttenberg
Dessler
Sibley Calls for Full Inquiry Into Conduct
Representative Joseph C. Sibley of Pennsylvania dispatches from Quebec denying improper actions and inviting a full investigation. He defends his official conduct as a congressman and notes possible links to a manifolding company supplying the government, following a cruise through the St. Lawrence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Associated Press
Joseph C. Sibley
Pennsylvania
Quebec
St. Lawrence
Congress
Don oghue admitted to naval academy as midshipman
Annapolis Md June 27 E L Don oghue of Connecticut has passed the mental and physical examinations for admission to the naval academy and is now a midshipman.
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Annapolis
E. L. Donoghue
Connecticut
Naval Academy
Cravenette cape left at Woods Sherwood & Co
Notice asks the person who picked up a cravenette cape on the five o'clock Boston train last Wednesday night to return it to Woods Sherwood & Co Bridge Street to avoid further trouble. The notice is signed by Lizzie H. Moore and dated 12931.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Woods, Sherwood & Co
Bridge Street
Lizzie H. Moore
Public buildings funds questioned as repairs lag behind
A loan request from the lands and buildings committee prompts scrutiny of the 17000 appropriation for public building repairs. Only small work has occurred, with 7000 for labor and 7000 for sundries, leaving 14000 in the queue. The Lowell city hospital demands a permanent carpenter while overseers debate weekly employment versus contracts amid widespread neglect of facilities.
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Committee On Lands and Buildings
Donlan
Lowell City Hospital
Sheehan
Russian revolutionary leaflets spread across empire
News from St. Petersburg on June 2 reports a widening revolutionary wave in Russia with May leaflets in 34 cities and towns. Serious street disturbances occurred in Baku Warsaw Berdichev Tiflis Batcum Balakhna and Tomsk as anti Jewish agitation grows. The Monarchical society at Pinsk circulated calls urging violence against Jews.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
Baku
Warsaw
Berdichev
Tiflis
Batcum
Balakhna
Tomsk
Pinsk
Kings of Italy Roumania and others congratulate new Servian ruler
Belgrade reports cablegrams from Italy Roumania France and Montenegro acknowledging King Peter as Servia’s new ruler. In Vienna the Romanian king withdraws decorations from Sixth Servian infantry over King Charles's anger at the assassinations of King Alexander and Queen Draga.
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Belgrade
Servia
Italy
Roumania
Loubet
France
Nicolas
Montenegro
Peter
Vienna
Toledo-O Regrouping Plans Rail Link to Hamlet and City
Toledo and Springfield Railroad will be organized soon as a subsidiary of Detroit Southern to extend from Hamlet to Toledo. An immense coal and ore dock will be built here, with operations expected by winter.
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Toledo, O
Toledo & Springfield Railroad Company
Detroit Southern
Hamlet
Ohio
New Greek Cabinet Formed With Theo Tokis as Premier
Athens Greece June 27 M Theo Tokis a former premier has formed a new cabinet with himself serving as premier and foreign minister The Greek ministry headed by M Zamis resigned June 26 after a chamber vote of want of confidence passed against it.
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Athens
Greece
M. Theotokis
M. Zamis
Phil Sells Another Horse to Smathers in New Deal Purchase
New York June 27 E E Smathers the horseman has purchased Stevedore from George B P Smith Pittburg Phil and with Grand Opera which he also bought from Smith a few days ago the racer has been shipped to Chicago The price paid for Stevedore was not made public.
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New York
E. E. Smathers
George PB. Smith
Pittsburg Phil
Grand Opera
Smith
Chicago
Present price holds for steel bars in Pittsburg
In Pittsburg on June 27 the Associated Manufacturers of Steel Bars affirmed the current price of 1.60 dollars per 100 pounds for Bessemer steel bars. They reported orders plentiful and trade conditions good in the session at Pittsburg.
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Pittsburg
Associated Manufacturers of Steel Bars
Bessemer Steel Bars
Fight On Broadway Draws Crowd In Sleeping Tenderloin Incident
New York June 27 James Van S Barrett of St Louis punished a man who insulted his wife then defended her at Broadway and Thirty-second Street The assailant Richard Collins architect and waiter Laz Pointe fought Barrett and were knocked down Barratts party waited at a hotel and were later taken to Tenderloin station where Barrett was briefly detained before release after La Pointe recovered consciousness.
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New York
James van. S. Barrett
St. Louis
Tenderloin
Barrett
Collins
Laz Pointe
la Pointe
Bradford 50th wedding anniversary observed at Medford Hillside
Mr and Mrs Charles M Bradford marked their fifty years of marriage at home on Hillsdale road Medford with scattered tokens from guests. Bradford a Boston area real estate figure born in 1833 in Great Falls NH spoke of old Boston days and family attended by three children Fred A Bradford of Boston Mrs C G Pond and Miss Elizabeth Bradford and three grandchildren Helen Pond Albert Pond and Howard Bradford.
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Charles M. Bradford
Hillsdale Road
Medford Hillside
Mr. Bradford
Boston
Great Falls
Sommersworth
N. H
Boston Museum
Boston & Maine
Haymarket Square
Medford
Bradford
Hannah G. Webb
Pittsfield
Nashua
D. D. Pratt
Baptist Church
Fred A. Bradford
C. G. Pond
Elizabeth Bradford
Helen Pond
Albert Pond
Howard Bradford
Treasurer Suspended Over Funds Discrepancy Probe
Lawrence reports a special meeting of the Street Railway Men's Relief association to investigate a funds discrepancy. It is alleged that 900 to 1200 dollars disappeared and the treasurer, a conductor for 16 years, has been suspended pending association action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Street Railway Men’s Relief Association
Bulgarians Seek Reason for Turkish Troop Concentration
Constantinople June 27 Bulgarian agent asks Grand Vizier for explanation of the concentration of Turkish traps at Sultanipe. The Vizier professes ignorance and promises an investigation. Vienna June 27 advices state Sofia plans to protest to the powers over the alarming frontier troop concentration.
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Constantinople
Sultantipe
Vienna
Sofia
Bulgaria
Silver Deal Shifts Mexican Silver to Philippine Coin Worth
The state department, via Judge Penfield, devised a plan to convert a large Mexican silver deposit into Philippine money to fulfill a Pious award. Director Roberts at the Mint agreed, enabling about 70 tons of silver to move to U S mints at a cost under 4200 dollars, avoiding a silver market corner.
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Washington
State Department
Penfield
National Bank of Mexico
United States
Roberts
Mint Bureau
Man in Own Shop Sparks Vermont Granite Strike
In Montpelier on June 27 a 14 worker strike at Peducci and Bonazzi granite shed arose over I O Ceretti a firm member seeking manual work in the plant He tried joining a Northfield and Barre blacksmiths union last year but was told he had not served his time The unionists refused to work while the dispute remains unresolved with manufacturers unable to act while Ceretti remains in the association case hinges on workers right to work in their own shop
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Ceretti
Mob Fatality In Louisiana Hits Black Man At Smithland Plantation
June 27 report from Jonesville La describes a mob killing of Lamb Whitley a Black man who wounded a white man at Smithland plantation near Monterey landing Concord parish. Whitley was taken to the woods and shot dead by a mob.
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Jonesville
Lamb Whitley
Smithland Plantation
Monterey Landing
Concord Parish
Whitley
Rutland Man Rufus Young Sought After Prison Release
In Rutland Vermont on June 27Constables and deputy sheriffs scour the countryside for Rufus Young who was released from prison just days ago after serving ten years for horse theft He is said to be among Vermont s most notorious horse thieves and is wanted for a Wednesday animal theft.
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Rutland
Rufus Young
Young
English lord Barrington released by police
Frederick Seymour Barrington, detained during the McCann disappearance probe, is freed by Chief Desmond who says there was nothing to hold him on. Police continue to search for horseman James P. McCann, suspecting a woman connection rather than harm.
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St. Louis
Frederick Seymour Barrington
James P. McCann
Desmond
Barrington
McCann
Pastor Kenyon to lead noon meetings in Boston church
Beginning Monday the 29th inst Essek W. Kenyon pastor of the First Christian church of Lynn and editor of Reality will conduct a series of noon meetings in the old Bromfield Street M E church Boston. The meetings are open to all and not along de nominational lines. Kenyon and his workers will be assisted by a mixed quartette and soloists. He and his assistants also begin Sunday afternoon meetings at Revere Beach this week.
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Essek W. Kenyon
First Christian Church of
Lynn
Reality
Bromfield Street
M. EB
Boston
Philadelphia bears Kent by 62 runs at Beckenham
At Beckenham during Kent versus Philadelphia, Kent 120 for six in their second innings at lunch. Kent needed 252 to win but Philadelphia won by 62 runs, leaving Kent well short of the target.
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London
Kent
Beckenham
Philadelphia
Philadelphians
Mine Owners Unite for Substantial Demands Next Month
Kansas City officials report that mine workers plan substantial demands next month and the Southwestern Inter-State Operators association formed by Missouri Kansas Oklahoma and Indian Territory operators will attend the miners conference in Pittsburg Kansas on July 13.
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Kansas City
Southwestern Inter-State
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Pittsburg
Nicaraguan Legation Updates in Washington
The Nicarguan legation reports Senor Corea, the Nicaraguan minister to the United States, has left Corinto and will return to the United States. Senor Velez, an attache, is promoted to secretary, signaling continued legation operations.
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Washington
Senor Corea
United States
Corinto
Senor Velez
International revolver contest may be postponed
Paris reports the France versus United States revolver contest scheduled to begin next Tuesday may be postponed due to late arrival of targets. The La Torraine arrived at Havre from New York on June 25 but if targets do not arrive by Monday the match will be postponed until October.
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Paris
France
United States
la Torraine
Havre
New York
Elderly Morse faces charges in volatile police court
In Centralville, Franklin G Morse aged defendant stood accused of threatening Leavitt R J Varnum. Testimony traced decades of disputed debt eviction letters and threats including a promise to kill. Judge Hadley ordered bail not granted and Morse was committed for the next six months. Also in court Leo Evans had probation revoked and Catherine Whelen received a suspended six month workhouse sentence.
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Franklin G. Morse
Leavitt R. J. Varnum
Daniel J. Donahue
Donahue
John J. Harvey
Morse
Tenth and
Bridge Streets
Charles A. Eveleth
Libby
Dan
Ren
Harvey
Daniel H. Varnum
Mr. Morse
Webster Avenue
Tenth Street
Centralville
Mr. Varnum
Hadley
Leavitt Varnum
Haasey
Varnum
Dan Varnum
Hell
Leavitt
Hildreth
Merrimack House
Butler Monument
Unitarian Church
John Street
Great Gate
St. Peter
Varnums
Leo Evans
Uneeda Boat Club
Sprague’s Eddy
North Billerica
Massachusetts Reformatory
Catherine Whelen
Polar ship America sails toward Archangel with dogs and ponies
The Polar ship America arrived at Tromsoe from Trondhjem with the Ziegler expedition aboard. She will sail this afternoon for Archangel carrying 200 dogs and five ponies en route to the Polar regions.
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Tromsoe
Norway
America
Ziegler
Trondhjem
Archangel
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Norfolk & West
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Larceny
Court of Foresters
Tug
Wife
Sibley Wires
Mr. Sibley
Preven
Sos
Hong
Corporation
Eureka, Co
Duane Street
Nesmith Street
Lady's Iver-Johnson
Davis Square
Building Department
NEW Railway Company
Phil
Lowell
Philippines
Union
the Daily
The
Union National Bank
Merrimack St
Nicaraguan Legation
Ayer
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