Post Office Probe Ties Loud to California Device Frauds
Washington reports link Eugene F Loud former House postoffices chair to a California device scheme for mail box hours. 7 000 devices ordered 4 to 4 50 dollars each then repossessed 10 000 more ordered after Congress adjourned. 100 percent profit claimed.
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Washington
Eugene F. Loud
California
House Committee On
Loud
J. A. Tawney
Congress
Mr. Loud
San Francisco
Post Office Department
Postal Device and Improvement Company
Postoffice Department
Machen
Postoffice
Post Office
Machen, Rand and
Beavers
General Bristow
John P. Culm
Alaska
Mr. Walters
George W. Beavers
Arizona
Walters
Cochrane
Bristow
Knox
War on Fakes to Target Wall Street Swindles
New York stock exchange members plan a vigorous campaign against get rich quick concerns. The outline includes pushing legislation to limit company incorporations, prosecuting swindlers with solid evidence, exposing bogus mercantile agencies, and stopping Wall Street papers that publish favorable reports for financial consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York Stock Exchange
Consolidated Exchange
Wall Street
Havemeyer Says He Paid Lieut. Gov Lee $1000 for Ads
Sugar magnate H O Havemeyer admits giving Lieutenant Governor Lee of Missouri a thousand dollars. He says the payment covered work in preparing advertisements and was not unusual since Lee managed the newspaper where the sugar ads appeared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havemeyer
Lee
New York
H. O. Havemeyer
Missouri
Army Lost in Somaliland as Mullah's Forces Threaten
London reports say a British army under General Manning and Colonel Cobbe has been silent for three weeks. Aden dispatches indicate surrounding, with 1,400 Abyssinians dispatched for relief. 800 British, 1,200 Indians and 4,000 natives may renew the campaign. The Mullah Haji Mohammed Abdullah leads raids and preaches a jehad against Christians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somaliland
London
Manning
Cobbe
Aden
War Office
House of Commons
Broderick
General Manning
India
Mullah
Haji Muhammed Abdullah
Haji
Mecca
Muhammed
Abdullah
Abyssinia
Demosthenes
Somali
Allah
Lightning Hits Dynamite Magazine Killing Six in Ohio
A thunderstorm in Senecaville causes lightning to strike a dynamite magazine, killing six men and wounding twenty, according to a telegram received in Newark, Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
Senecaville
Woman tied children to altar planned sacrifice in Georgia
In Augusta on June 23 Mrs. Gussie Lott a widow was seized with a frenzied religious fervor she tied four children to an improvised altar and was prepared to kill the eldest son aged 17 when relatives intervened and stopped her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Augusta
Gussie Lott
Cattle Men Clash Over Apache Reservation Grazing Rights
In Holbrook Arizona on June 23 news of a fatal clash among cattlemen Henry Barrett and Prime Coleman spread after a dispute over grazing permits on the Apache Reservation ten miles south of Holbrook. Both men were prominent cattlemen and one is believed fatally wounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holbrook, Ariz
Holbrook
Henry Barrett
Coleman
Sensational Divorce Shocks New York Elite
New York June 28. A sensational split shocks society as ex Judge Henry E Howland, University Club president, prominent lawyer and politician, separates from his wife of Boston’s Lovering family, a figure as well known as her husband.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Henry E. Howland
University Club
Lovering
Boston
England Has No Title To Ireland Declared Spurious
Olive Joseph Thatcher of the University of Chicago argues in a new monograph that Pope Adrian IV did not grant Ireland to Henry II. The Laudabiliter bull is described as a spurious medieval invention and England never obtained Ireland by legal grant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adrian IV
Emerald Isle
Henry II
England
Chicago
Ireland
Olive
Joseph Thatcher
University of Chicago
Thatcher
Sledge Hammer Opens St. Louis Subtreasury Door
In St Louis the vault door of the sub treasury, with a time lock, opened after a clerk struck it with a steel sledge three or four times. The clock regulating the combination had stopped. The vault contained 35000000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Sub-Treasury
Pope Devastated by Weakness Fears Rise of Summer Heat
Rome consistory reports a Pope in low spirits and weak condition. Cardials fear he may not endure the summer heat and discuss potential conclave policy arrangements as death looms possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo
New York
The
Tribune
Rome
Pennsylvania railroad wrecking four blocks of New York area
Pennsylvania railroad workers began demolishing property worth 7.5 million dollars in New York. About 400 structures will be razed, including three churches a hospital and a boys home. The planned tunnel station and uptown post office surround Seventh and Ninth Avenues Thirteenth to Thirty third Streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Pennsylvania Railroad
Cruiser Chattanooga to be sold by sheriff in three months
Legal notice in an Elizabeth New Jersey paper states the cruiser Chattanooga will be sold by the sheriff within three months to settle claims unless liquidated. The deputy sheriff who captured the cruiser remains in command as proceedings continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Elizabeth
N. J
Chattanooga
Zeigler Polar Expedition Sails for Franz Josef Land
Trondhjem Norway June 24 The Zeigler Polar expedition sailed today on the steam whaler America for Franz Josef land where the America will winter and expeditions will be sent out with dog sledges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trondhjehn
Norway
Zeigler Polar
America
Franz Josef Land
Robbery by a Negro in St Louis Stocking Heist
In St Louis on June 24 a girl reports her stocking was used to steal 110 dollars, several rings and a gold watch after a robber threatened her with a razor and escaped in the night. Also reported Port Huron bank embezzlement case and a large gold shipment for Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Misa Rose Niehaus
Tyrant and patriot clash in Gourley speech on railways
Ottawa June 23 Major Gourley of Colchester Nova Scotia attacked US influence describing the United States as tyrannical and urged a strong Canadian rail network to resist Yankee power. He praised the British constitution and warned against American ports while calling for rapid trans Canada links and retaliation over Grand Trunk disputes. The Commons defeated a Confidence motion on tariff revision and transport policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Ont
Major Gourley
Colchester
N. S
Canadian Northern Railway
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Illinois
Alps
Nova Scotia
United States
Gourley
Algiers
United States Senate
House of Representatives
Supreme Court
Old England
Canada
trans-Canada
Quebec
Portland
Grand Trunk
Canadian Pacific
House of Commons
J. Israel Tarte
RUSTLERS SENTENCED FOR CIRCLE SOCIETY GANG
Eight prisoners sentenced by Circuit Judge F B Smith in Sioux Falls to terms from two to three and a half years in the state penitentiary. The men, part of the Circle Society terrorizing ranchmen in Lyman County and Rosebud edge, include Claud Eagle Pipe Harry Pipe William Black Bull Albert Night Pipe Moses Good Voice Andrew Night Pipe Willam Phillips and James Pearse. Sheriff Picket and deputies will transport them from Milwaukee depot. Two convicts are white. Billy Phillips, a ranch owner with a wife and three children, is noted as particularly sorrowful in prison life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Night Pipe
Moses Good
Andrew Night Pipe
Willam Phillips
James Pearse
Circle Society
Lyman County
Rosebud Reservation
Billy” Phillips
Fen
Tunnel Cave-In Kills Worker in Boston Near State Street
A section of the East Bonston tunnel weakened by compressed air caved in at night injuring two men and leaving one Polish laborer dead and another missing near State street.
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Boston
East Bonston
State Street
Serbia's Provisional Rule Sparks Diplomatic Shifts
Belgrade reports Colonel Mischiich named commandant of the Belgrade military district. Washington delays recognition of the new Serbian dynasty citing lack of punishment for the assassinations. Britain cuts diplomatic ties as Holland follows. Belgrade also gazettes the new Serb constitution and repeals the April 6, 1901 charter. Constantinople reports no Sultan trouble and quiet conditions.
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Belgrade
Col. Mischiich
Holland
Hague
Great Britain
Servia
Czar Faces Worry Over Foiled Assassination Plot
A Moscow report reported by the Morning Leader claims an attempt to kill the czar was foiled at Tsarskoe Selo on the eve of the court's departure for New Peterhoff. The would be assassin wore a gendarmerie uniform to gain access. The incident is shrouded in mystery and kept quiet to avoid distressing the czar who had been nervous since the Belgrade massacre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Moscow
Tsarskoeselo
New Paterhoff
Belgrade
Hanna and Herrick refuse VP bids in Ohio interview
Senator M A Hanna reiterated he will not pursue or accept a vice presidential nomination and has no White House ambitions. Colonel Myron T Herrick, aiming to be Ohio governor, called the VP talk ill timed as public life plans are not negotiable under pressure. He added nothing can be forced upon him in politics.
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Cleveland, O
M. A. Hanna
White House
Myron T. Herrick
Ohio
Herrick
Roosevelt
Hanna
Grant Jr Sees Vice Presidency For Roosevelt Ticket
San Diego June 23 U. S. Grant Jr says he has not announced as a candidate for vice president but notes friends think the position should go to the West and that he is as available as any other citizen of the region. He adds Roosevelt may favor an eastern man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Grant, Jr
San Diego
Cal
U. & Grant
Roosevelt
Cannon Plans Self as Postal Committee Chair
Washington June 23 reports quote Congressman Cannon joking he would take the House Postal Committee chair himself if given the position. The remark follows widespread speculation about the future leadership of the committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cannon
Washington
House Postal Committee
Tagger Eneeptiva Cannon
Tank Car Burst In Fire After Wreck Near New Richmond
A Wisconsin Central freight train derailed two miles east of New Richmond Wisconsin and plunged into Willow Creek. A telegraph repairman dropped a lit lantern into the wreck igniting naphtha in one car. Several trainmen were seriously burned and twelve cars were destroyed. Traffic on the division will be tied up for days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Richmond
Wis
Wisconsin Central
Here
Willow Creek
Receiver Sought for United States Cast Iron Pipe Firm
Andrew H. McNeal of Burlington New Jersey filed a petition in the New Jersey court of chancery seeking the appointment of a receiver for the United States Cast Iron Pipe and Foundry company. The firm with fourteen plants nationwide was incorporated about three years ago with a 30 million dollar authorized capital. McNeal accuses management of extravagance and misrule in the pipe maker's affairs.
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Trenton
N. J
Court of Chancer
Andrew H. McNeal
Burlington
United States
Cas Iron Pipe and Foundry Company
McNeal
Train of Hearts and Silent Farewell Aboard a Sleeper
On a moving train John Lansing and Eleanor Raymond navigate unspoken longing amid the clamor of rails and passengers. He longs to confess, she wrestles with restraint, and a last kiss is avoided as they part with mixed ache and resolve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Lansing
Ucket
Lansing
Haney
Edith
Margaret
Eleanor
Mrs. Raymond
Goodby
Eleanor Raymond
Ethical Properties of Word An Incomplete Portland Talk
A fragment from the Portland Oregonian discusses how language evolves around a word and how terms carry moral judgments. It contrasts invidious terms with noninvidious ones, noting how people react to labels like conspired or near meanings and how moral character affects reception.
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Portland Oregonian
The New Saxony King and a Court Appeal
A garbled clipping mentions Saxony and a King figure with quoted lines. Jessie Rison is described as found guilty of slaughter and sentenced to five years, then appealing and granted a new trial, later said to be guilty again in the second degree with potential life imprisonment. The text also includes disjointed chatter about Cassidy and Casey with uncertain details.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Saxony
Jessie +rison
Philadelphia
Cassidy
Casey
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Port Huron
Mich
Knights of the Maccabees
Port Huron Savingsbank
Charles D. Thompson
Order
Maccabee Jfuods
Jackson
Greece
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