Ex President Grover Cleveland Dies at Home
Grover Cleveland, twice president of the United States, died at 8 40 this morning at Westland in Princeton New Jersey. The death followed a sudden heart failure with long standing stomach and kidney ailments. Doctors Bryant Lockwood and Carnoschan signed the official statement.
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Princeton
N. J
Grover Cleveland
United States
Westland
College
Cleveland
Joseph D. Bryant
New York
Ogg
Ige R. Lockwood
John M. Carnochan
Lakewood
Steamer La Roche Sinks After Fogbound Rocking
A Spanish steamer La Roche ran aground near Muros in fog while en route from Cadiz to Corunna. Of 97 passengers and 98 crew, 47 survived landed at Muros with reports of 17 women drowned and two later deaths. Lifeboats were lost in heavy seas.
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Paris
Corunna
Spain
la Roche
Muros
Cardinal Cisneros
Cadiz
Uros
Professor Inherits Fortune from Mines in Idaho
South Bend, Ind. June 25 A. B. Reynolds a former Notre Dame Latin professor here inherits an estate estimated between 500000 and 2000000 dollars. The exact value cannot be set yet as most property lies in mines. Much of the property has been developed enough to make Reynolds one of the region’s wealthiest men. Most mines are in Southern Idaho.
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South Bend
Ind
A. B. Reynolds
Notre Dame University
Reynolds
Pacific Northwest
Idaho
Yale Grants Honorary Degree to J P Morgan
Yale University conferred honorary degrees including Doctor of Laws on John Pierpont Morgan for his public service in mitigating the panic. The ceremony in New Haven noted Morgan as a descendant of Yale founder Rev. James Pierpont. William Kent Yale received a Master of Arts for his philanthropy and donations of California redwood trees to the U.S. government.
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J. P. Morgan
New Haven
Conn
Yale University
William Kent
Yale
Chicago
California
United States
John Pierpont Morgan
James Pierpont
Mr. Morgan
Tornado devastates farms near Mountain LakeMinnesota
A tornado struck five miles west of Mountain Lake Minnesota last evening killing a child and injuring several people. Dozens of farms were damaged as residents assessed the wreckage and emergency crews aided survivors.
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Mountain Lake
Minn
Rebels Capture Town as Mexico Turmoil Spreads
Rebels seized Viesca Coahuila Mexico with three killed and several wounded. Wires cut and rail lines torn, a bridge burned as troops mass near the scene. Mexican government denies political significance while reports warn of possible revolution on U S soil. Eleven Mexicans arrested in El Paso linked to anti government activity.
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Laredo
Tex
Viesca
Coahila
Mexico
Saltillo
The
Republic
War
Interior
el Paso
San Antonio
Vacos
Rio Grande
del Rio
Ding
Las Vacas
Del
Seve
Hearst Lawyer Alleges Ballot Box Stuffing in NYC Mayoral Recount
In New York on June 26, Clarence J. Shearn, Hearst's counsel, charged ballot boxes were stuffed as recounting of the mayoral race nears completion. With 46 of 1,985 boxes still unreported, Hearst leads by 863 votes for a 2,971 margin over McClellan. McClellan's camp calls the stuffing claim baseless.
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New York
Clarence J. Shearn
R. Hearst
Hearst
George B. McClellan
McClellan
Shearn
Ambergris Loss on British Bark Antiope Valued at Large Sum
In San Francisco on June 25 the crew of the British bark Antiope misused ambergris worth about 400 dollars a pound to grease masts and gear, wasting nearly 20000 dollars. A small portion saved by chance was identified by an Oakland druggist, revealing the material’s true value.
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San Francisco
John Mathiesen
Oakland
Newcastle
Australia
Capture Jap Spy at Fort Wadsworth Face-Down Details
A Japanese spy was captured by the Forty seventh regiment near Fort Wadsworth and confined in the guardhouse. He carried drawings detailing the land around Batteries Dix Richmond Ayres and Battery Berry, including 12 inch disappearing rifles and 10 inch guns, with symbols of trees huts sentry boxes and signal poles.
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New York
Fort Wadsworth
Forty-seventh Regiment
Dix
Richmond
Ayres
Berry
Signal Corps
Five Die in Chicago Boarding House Fire at Pabst Plant
Five people are dead and more than twenty injured after an explosion and blaze at 179 Huron Street in Chicago. The blast occurred in the Pabst Chemical Company plant on the ground floor of a five story boarding house. Four victims belong to one family including a mother and three children, found by firefighters on the rear of the third floor.
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Chicago
Huron Street
Pabst Chemical Company
Cleveland Praised as Strong Leader in Editorial
The Morning Post lauds Cleveland as a great man with Bismarck like strength and breadth of view. It states he served the United States as president and did not aid the Democratic party, calling him the strongest White House figure since Washington.
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Cleveland
London
Morning Post
Bismarck
Bismark
Democratic Party
United States
White House
Washington
Diamond field discovered at Luderitz Bay
A Windhoek dispatch reports a new diamond field near Luderitz Bay in German Southwest Africa. The area covers nearly ten square miles and was located at New Diamond Field Berlin on June 26.
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Berlin
Windhoek
Damaraland
German Southwest Africa
Luderitz Bay
Oregon State Election Totals Show Largest Congressman Plurality
Official returns tabulated by Secretary of State Benson show Chamberlain leading for U S senator with a 1 522 plurality over Cake as results indicate a statewide total near 115 000 ballots. County corrections continue before the official canvass.
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Salem
Chamberlain
United States
Benson
Crook County
Amos
Cake
Peedebeaune Chamberlain
Cooper
Hawley Wing
Ellis
Roosevelt
Parker
Astoria Seaside Tillamook Rail Way Incorporation Filed
Articles filed by F L Evans E Z Ferguson G Van Dusen and W E Boffum create the Astoria Seaside Tillamook Railway Company with 2,000,000 capital in 200,000 shares of 10 each. Office planned in Astoria and the line would run electric railroad and telegraph and telephone services from Astoria to Tillamook via Warrenton Hammond and Seaside. The firm may erect elevators docks warehouses and operate steamers on regional rivers bays and the Pacific Ocean.
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Astoria
Astoria, Seaside & Tillamook Railway Company
F. L. Evans
E. Z. Ferguson
I. G. van Dusen
W. E. Boffum
Tillamook
Warrenton
Hammond
Seaside
Columbia
Willamette
Tillamook Bay
Pacific Ocean
Josephine County Saloons Ordered Closed on July First
Grants Pass reports Judge Jewell of the Josephine county court orders all saloons closed in the county starting July 1. Liquor dealers have been notified and no objections are expected. Ten city saloons and most outlying camps are preparing to shut, with goods being sold quickly as demand wanes.
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Josephine County
Grants Pass
Jewell
Morrow Wins Circuit Judge Post in Multnomah County
Salem reports Robert G Morrow will become circuit judge in Multnomah county creating a vacancy as supreme court reporter a role he has held for years Four or five candidates seek the position Supreme court judges select the reporter with duties to arrange supreme court decision copies write syllabi and publish them at the head of the decisions The pay is 500 per volume about 750 yearly and the job does not interfere with private practice.
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Salem
Robert G Morrow
Multnomah County
Supreme Court
Morrow
Supreme Judges
St Johns Vote Sparks Dry Law Challenge in Portland
Judge Gantenbein upheld a motion by County free Webster and Commissioners Light ner and Barnes to dissolve a tertiary injunction that barred St Johns and University Park from going dry until a court hearing. The ruling follows a recent election decision and paves the way for a final court review.
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St. Johns
Portland
Gantenbein
County Free Webster
Lightner and Barnes
University Park
Cherry Fair and Horticultural Society Meeting at The Dalles
The Dalles hosts the State Horticultural Society and Cherry Fair midsummer meeting on June 30 July 1 and 8. The event gathers growers and enthusiasts for demonstrations and exhibits in The Dalles.
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Dalles
State’ Horticultural Society
Opening Lake Mines in Lakeview Area Signals Investment Interest
After two years since gold discoveries, most promising claims near New Pine Creek and Phish pass from sheepmen to mining experts. Capitalists visit this spring, securing leases and options on top claims including Pine Creek district. A major deal saw a group of Pine Creek claims leased for years with $4000 cash paid.
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Lakeview
New Pine Creek
Phish
Settlers in Harney County Grow As Rain Brings Crops
Burns notes say heavy rains in Harney County boost grain and wild hay crops after a near failure last winter. More people are farming here this year, turning sagebrush into grain fields and alfalfa meadows. The Carey act 60,000 acre tract led by William Hanley is being contested by Pacific Livestock, arguing the land is not desert land. If reopened for settlement it could swell county population by thousands and cultivate prime Harney valley lands.
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William Hanley
Portland
Pacific Livestock Company
General Land Office
Harney Valley
Prescott Wins Beekman Prize In Oregon Oratorical
Bert W. Prescott of Baker City captured first in the Failing Beekman oratorical contest at Villard hall Eugene earning 150 dollars. Miss Miriam Van Waters of Portland took second and the Beekman prize of 100 dollars. Prescott is president of the Associated Students and won the intercollegiate contest. Van Waters is editor of the Oregon Monthly.
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University of Oregon
Eugene
Canby Gets New W. H. Bair Warehouse
Work starts on the W. H. Bair warehouse in Canby a 50 by 100 foot building with concrete cellar two floors and air sprayed walls to stay fresh. It becomes the fourth warehouse of this kind in Canby boosting the town as a leading market along the Southern Pacific in the area.
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Canby
W. H. Bair
Southern Pacific
Portland Markets Wheat and Produce Prices Listed
A Portland markets list shows wheat prices with clubs at 88c per bushel and red Russian at 86c, barley and oats rates, hay from Willamette Valley at 17 per ton, mixed Oregon hay at 16, alfalfa at 12, and various meat dairy poultry and produce prices including potatoes at 11.10 per hundred and oranges at 4.26 to 3.75 per crate.
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Willamette Valley
Oregon
Americas
Greene
California
Bermudas
Vanes
Mabel
Shah Attacks Parliament as Bombardment Wrecks Tehran
After a bloody fight near the Parliament, Cossacks and troops surrounded the building demanding arrests ordered by the shah. Shots killed several soldiers. bombardment damaged the parliament as troops moved on political clubs and residences. Casualties are unknown but expected to be large. Parliament and surrounding areas suffered extensive destruction.
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Teheran
Parliament
Arliament
Parliament Square
Roosevelt Hayfields at Oyster Bay During Vacation
President Theodore Roosevelt supervises hay cutting at his Oyster Bay home. He plans to help gather the hillside crop tomorrow morning before taking Mrs. Roosevelt, Miss Ethel Quentin, and Archie aboard the Mayflower for New London. The Mayflower will reach Thames Thursday morning and transfer passengers to the Sylph for the river voyage.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Roosevelt
Joeb
Mr. Taft
New London
Mrs. Roosevelt
Ethel Quentin
Archie
Thames
Missionaries Besieged at Urumiah Amid Kurdish Raids
A dispatch from Tabriz to Novoe Vremya reports Urumiah surrounded by Kurds raiding villages toward the town gates. Missionaries, meeting, issue a crisis notice as Turkish regulars pursue the Kurds. Artillery and cavalry units move near Surbulant to mediate Turkey Persia dispute. Russia has pressed the Porte without results and has yet to decide on further steps.
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St. Petersburg
Novoe Vremya Today
Tabriz
Persia
Urumiah
Uramiah
Kuria
Porte
Russia
Duel Leaves Two Miners Dying in Goldfield Nevada
In Goldfield Nevada on land avenue M Taylor and C W Priest miners fought a duel after Priests remark about Taylors wife. Both men were shot multiple times and are in dying condition with Priest taken to hospital. The quarrel stems from longstanding enmity over Priests attentions.
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Goldfield
Nev
M. Taylor
C. W. Priest
Land Avenue
Taylor
Priest
Brighton Beach Races Cancel Stakes Amid Attendance Drop
The Brighton Beach Racing Association cancels all stake events for the year due to a sharp decline in daily attendance following the anti-betting laws. Total stakes amount to 200000 dollars. The two day mid-summer meeting at Brighton Beach proceeds with overnight patches replacing the stakes.
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New York
Brighton Beach Racing Association
Brighton Beach
Eleven Die From Heat In Chicago
Eleven deaths attributed to heat prostration and related causes were reported in Chicago as the city endured a 90 plus degree day. Cooler air began moving in by late afternoon, ending the extreme heat wave for now.
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Chicago
Mexican Rebel Raid Near Las Vacas Sparks Border Clash
Reports from the Texas border describe a dawn raid by Mexican revolutionary forces at Las Vacas across the Rio Grande from Del Rio. The attack left multiple dead or wounded, with communications cut and both sides claiming control.
Negroes to Defeat Taft Confer at Denver in July
Springfield HI June 27 co voters antagonistic to Taft Republican nominee will hold a national conference at Denver on July, the day the Democratic convention opens. The gathering aims to consider political actions and conditions and devise plans to shift states where the Negro is the balance of power.
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Springfield
United States
W. Iaft
Denver
Nomi
Liberty Party
Mother Dies While Trying to Save Child in Canal
Long Beach California June 2 The body of Mrs William P D Watkin was found yesterday floating in West Naples canal. On the bank a seven year old daughter Feva was found and efforts are made to recover the child. The horse and buggy with Mrs Watkins and the girl from home early yesterday stood near tied to a signboard. Theory is the child slipped and fell into the water while the mother attempted to rescue her.
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Long Beach
Cal
William PD. Watkin
Naples Canal
Daugher Feva
Watkins
Grain Elevator Burns in Duluth Farm Loss Totals 1,000,009
Grain elevator D of Consolidated Elevator Company in Duluth Minnesota destroyed by fire. Loss to building and contents estimated at 1,000,009. An adjoining deck and warehouse of Northern Pacific railroad damaged up to 10,000. Elevator held 800,000 bushels unknown grain and 7,000 bushels barley. Buildings fully insured. insurer and office not determined.
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Duluth
Minn
Consolidated Elevator Company
Northern Pacific Railroad
Steel Mills Resume in Homestead Operations
The Homestead steel works of United States Steel resume operations on the first Saturday after June 17, adding about 500 men to the 2000 employed in the parts. A general push is expected to restore activity across the works.
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Steel Mills
Pittsburg
Rie Homestead Steel Works
United States Steel Commotion
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