Black Hills Teachers Re employed Amid Rumors of Marriage
Rapid City reports all Black Hills teachers in Vermillion Deadwood and Keystone re employed for next year. Anna Burgess to teach Deadwood high school, Flavia Jones in Rapid City, Mabel Townsley in Keystone, E M Stevens at the School of Mines. Laura Best to resign for sister’s vocal music vocation. marriage rumors tied to Vermillion native in a Deadwood mine.
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Black Hill
Vermillion
Anna Burgess
State University
Deadwood
Flavia Jones
Mabel Townsley
Keystone
E. M. Stevens
State School of Mines
Laura Best
Cronstadt Priest Blames Jews for Kishinev Disorders
Father John of Cronstadt writes to the Anti Semitic Quanta that Jews caused the Kishinev disorders and Christians suffered, claiming he learned this from private letters from long time residents of Kishinev who are well acquainted with events.
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Cronstadt
St. Petersburg
Father John of
Quanta
Kishinef
Election Judges Guilty of Contempt Allowing Deceased Voters
Chicago judges John J. Kelly Harry Donovan and Harry Sherman were found guilty of contempt for permitting lodging house registrations and deceased voters to cast repeated and impersonated ballots during the recent judicial election. They received three months imprisonment.
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Chicago
John J. Kelly
Harry
Donovan
Harry B. Sherman
Chicago University Receives Large Liberal Donations
The University of Chicago announced gifts totaling 621,155 in new donations and held a record convocation on campus. 349 degrees were conferred, marking the largest ceremony in the university’s history. Royalty attended Ascot on June 16 with prominent races led by Zinfandel in the gold vase, Genius in the Ascot stakes, and Meed winning the Prince of Wales stakes.
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Chicago University
Chicago
Harper
University of Chicago
London
King
Queen
Root rescinds opium monopoly plan in the Philippines
A Washington Special reports Secretary Root canceled a proposed opium trade monopoly to the highest bidder in the Philippines after widespread opposition. No further steps will be taken until a Washington review. protests argued the plan would fund education but public opinion rejected partnership in the traffic.
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Chicago
Washington
Chicago Chronicle
Root
Taft
Insure Against Strikes Aims For Hidden Mutual Company
Indianapolis June 18 David M Parry president of the National Manufacturers association says a proposedorganization to insure employers against strikes will form as a mutual company with secret membership and officers known only. He says organized labor will not know when a strike is ordered whether it is against capital or an individual. The company would protect policy holders from strike losses and also safeguard independent workmen with a legal department to prosecute coercion or legal violations.
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Indianapolis
David M. Parry
National Manufacturers’ Association
Aegal Department
Ex-Congressman Driggs to be prosecuted in post office scandal
Washington reports Ex-Congressman Edward H. Driggs of Brooklyn will be prosecuted under a statute making lawmakers liable to imprisonment for three years for selling their votes. He is accused of voting for a post office appropriation aiding Brandt Automatic Cashier. Prosecutors say others who paid him will also face charges. Driggs denies the payments were bribes, calling them attorney fees.
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Driggs
Washington
Edward H. Driggs
Brooklyn
Post Office
Brandt Automatic Cashier Company
New York
Admiral Adds 60 Tons to Battle Ship Burden
A Washington dispatch reports Navy statisticians assign fifty extra tons to battleships with an admiral aboard plus his gold lace staff. They note an extra boat two bath tubs and numerous flags books and instruments, aiming to trim weight by removing nonessential items, with aboard use of the admiral’s tub the first casualty.
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Washington
Navy Department
Yale Grants Deathbed Degree for Dying Senior
In New Haven on June 18 Yale University awarded Henry Curran his bachelor’s degree with cum laude after President Hadley pledged to break rules to honor the dying student. Curran, a senior in the academy department, died of tuberculosis at his parents’ home in Lake Place shortly after receiving the degree at his bedside.
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New Haven
Conn
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Academy Department
Yale
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
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Lake Place
Corporation of
Hadley
Cas
University
Hero of Disaster Saves Lexington Residents by Riding Canyon
A young man rides ahead of the flood through the canyon near Heppner Oregon to warn and help evacuate as relief and wrecking trains head toward the disaster zone. Initial counts place the dead around 300 with $500000 in property loss as crews extract bodies and bury the deceased in makeshift graves.
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Lexington
Oregon
Jne- 18
Heppner
David McAtee
Palace Hotel
Jones & Ashbaugh
Death List Grows in Heppner Disaster Names Reach Widest Scope
A June 18 report from Ione Oregon details the expanding death list from Heppner with many missing or unaccounted families. Names include James Mattlock Mrs Tom Mattlock J S Hockett and others amid a broader tally nearing 500 across multiple households and communities.
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Ore
Heppner
James Mattlock
Tom Matlock
Hockett
William Ayres
J.W. Allen
Mandy Jones
James Jones
A. C. Creiger
Percy Dawson
Ear WM. Dawson
Alice Boylus
Wilber Beard
Florence French
Seenda M'Donald
Hero of the Flood Warns Lexington by Riding Heroically
In Echo Oregon June 18 N T Tooker of Portland recalls Leslie Matlock who rode ahead of a flood to warn Lexington nine miles below. He crossed rough roads at night to alert residents who fled to hills. The flood left only two houses standing after it passed.
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Echo
Oregon
N. T. Tooker
Portland
Heppner
Lesle Matlock
Disaster Toll and Relief Efforts in Heppner
Direct advices from Heppner report about 200 bodies recovered from Sunday night's disaster. Two hundred more are believed buried in ruins or carried away by floodwaters. The number of injured is comparatively small as relief crews note provisions are still needed while other aid is arriving.
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Spokane
Heppner
Remarkable case of a man turning white in New York
Ru fus Hurburt, a 1831 born tobacconist from 165 West Twenty-third Street, shows a progressive loss of brown skin pigment turning to white. Doctors call it a freak of nature caused by lack of nutrition to the cuticle, with skin whitening advancing from hands and scalp to the nose and face, likely complete within eight to ten years.
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New York
Rufus Hurburt
West Twenty-third Street
Mr. Hurburt
Saco
Trinidad
West Indies
Richard Conwell
Danbury Man Dies After Poisoning in Despair
In Danbury Iowa Robert Weir a destitute man in poor health took poison about noon yesterday and died at 7 PM in the evening. The death follows his continued illness and exposed poverty. The case is noted as a tragic end to a desperate situation.
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Robert Weir
Danbury
Railroads Report Grim Year With 73250 Casualties
The Interstate Commerce Commission released a summary of the 1902 railroad year ending June 30. Total casualties were 73 250 including 8 588 killed and 64 662 injured. Among employees 2 969 killed and 60 524 injured. Passengers suffered 845 deaths and 6 683 injuries.
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Censorship Clash Delays Turkish Bible Distribution
In Constantinople censors object to words in New Testament editions. Rev Marcellus Bowen reports longer delays for permits to publish, with specific objections to Macedonia in Thessalonians and here in Mark, and a marginal note on John. Turkish public instruction chief Djedel Bey linked to the issue. Diplomats may be asked to explain that Turkey does not need revisions to Paul’s epistles.
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Constantinople
Macedonia
Temple
Jerusalem
Turkey
Djedel Bey
Privy Council
England
Paul
Old Officer to Retire in Chicago Police Pension Roll
Chicago officials plan to place fifty or sixty old and disabled policemen on the pension rolls July 1. Alexander S. Beaubien, the first white male child born in Chicago, aged 81, will retire after decades guarding order at Harrison street court. Lieutenant Frank Penzen, 70, with 30 years in the force, may also retire but could be kept on if able to perform full duty.
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Alexander S. Beaubien
Harrison Street
Frank Penzen
No Strike as Coal Miners Reach Agreement in Scranton
President Mitchell's advice ends strike talk as anthracite miners adopt resolutions for district by district election of conciliation board representatives. Grievances go to the board for consideration. District presidents Nicholls Fahey and Dettrey are named miners' representatives. Wages unchanged yet with expected June price rise to 4.62 dollars may yield a 2 percent increase.
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Mitchell
Conciliation Board
Nicholls
Fahey
Dettrey
Board of Conciliation
Crop Bulletin notes mixed conditions across regions
Washington report says cool weather and drought limited crop growth. Frosts hit the upper Missouri valley with some southern states spared. Corn planting continues in central valleys, winter wheat harvest extends southward, and spring wheat remains thrifty but needs rain in parts of the Dakotas. Oats show progress in the Missouri and Mississippi valleys but still require rainfall.
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Missouri Valley
Tennessee
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Middle Atlantic
Uas
Kansas
Missouri
Illinois
Indiana
Virginia
Ohio
Dakotas
Mississippi
No Indictment Found in Jackson Fire Case
The Jackson grand jury told Judge Redwine that no evidence exists against Joseph Crawford and Edward Thorp, charged with burning the Ewens home, and the men were released. It is believed no one will be indicted for the blaze. County Judge James Hargis testified as a witness in related proceedings.
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Jackson
Redwine
Joseph Crawford
Edward Thorp
Ewens
James Hargis
Hargis
Jett-White
Jett
Marcum
Prominent Banker Takes Own Life Over Domestic Troubles
Frank Dean, vice president of Leapoard National Bank and cashier of Fifth Avenue Bank in New York, shot himself at his East Orange New Jersey home. Bank officers said he was despondent over domestic afflictions including an invalid wife and a ill son with pneumonia, with no financial motive suspected.
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Frank Dean
Leapoard National Bank
Fifth Avenue Bank
East Orange
N.J
Dean
Bank
President Roosevelt Attends Virginia Commencement
President Roosevelt visits Charlottesville for the University of Virginia seventy-ninth commencement. He arrives from Washington to a cheering crowd, addresses graduates on citizenship and loyalty to alma mater, then tours Monticello before returning to Washington this evening.
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University of Virginia
Charlottsville
United States
Washington
Judge Morris
Monticello
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