Cuban reciprocity fight on tariff plan continues in Senate
Republican allies of beet sugar press to block reciprocity with Cuba and insist on voting for the house passed tariff bill as is or with the Morris amendment. Conference approves continuing opposition and weighing two alternatives: drop the issue or accept a rebate plan. Roosevelt meet and Cuban affairs move forward with minister Gonzales arriving in Washington.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Friends of
Republcan
Cuba
Hay
United States
Secretary of War
House
Senate
Rai Ative
Diplomas Presented at West Point Centennial Ceremony
West Point graduates received their diplomas as President Roosevelt presented each cadet with his diploma during the centennial celebration. The ceremony occurred on Cavalry Plain with a platform tent for speakers and officials including Gen. Miles, Secretary Root, and Wu Ting Fang among others.
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West Point
N. Y
West Point Military Academy
Horace Porter
Miles
Root
Moody
Payne
Wu Ting Fang
Pettus
Alabams
Quarles
Wisconsin
Govt
Odell
Deadly feud in New Orleans leaves three dead
In New Orleans on June 13 a feud between two Sicilian factions resulted in three deaths and two critical injuries. Victims Salvadore Luciana Vincenzo Velura and Marcella Ferri were killed. Wounded include Joseph Calamina and Joseph Geracchi. Authorities report a clash on Poydras Street with later shooting tied to Ferri.
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New Orleans
Salvadore Luciana
Vincenccso Velure
A Cusimano
Marcella Ferri
Joseph Calamina
Joseph Geracchi
Poydras Street
Luciana
Velura
Calamina
Geracchi
Antoni Luciado
Ferri
Trains Collide Near Chattanooga Killing Three
A collision between the Nashville bound fast mail No. 1 and the Jasper accommodation train on the Nashville Chattanooga and St. Louis railway near Hooker and Summit leaves three dead L A Rankin James Bernard and Webb all on the slower train Two engineers George Rollins and George J Gray seriously injured with others less hurt Passengers unharmed aside from shock as both engines are tossed from the track and wreckage litters the line
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Fast Mail
Nashville
Jasper
Chattanooga & St. Louis
Hooker
Summit
L.A Rankin
James Bernard
Webb
George Rollins
George J Gray
Knights of Modern Maccabees Adopt New Name in Michigan
The great camp Knights of Maccabees in Michigan amended its constitution to extend jurisdiction beyond the state. Maj. N S Boynton was elected commander while Thomas Watconu kept the record keeper post. The order will limit deposits to 50 000 in any single bank to prevent defalcations.
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Marquette
Mich
Great Camp Knights of Maccabees
Michigan
Boynton
Maj. N
Thomas Watconu
Knights of Modern Maccabees
Bank of France Employee Steals Collateral Securities
An employee at the Bank of France, responsible for collateral securities, and a friend borrowed money from the bank using the papers. The loss reported totals 450,000 francs.
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Bank of France
Paris
Germany
Witin
Two drownings after river nets entangle near Sink Hole
In a Crooked Run incident in Bos ton area, Andrew Hileman aged 55 and Kirk Bailey aged 19 drowned when their fishing net became entangled in a snare near a deep sink hole. Dwight Bailey aged 43 survived with likely critical injuries as rescuers attempted to free the net and pull others to safety.
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Kittanning
Padur
Juest
Whang
Andrew Hileman
Kirk Bailey
Dwight Bailey
Bailey
Hileman
Boston
Crooked Run
Ambush Aims at Lehigh Valley Superintendent at Old Forge
In Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania on June 13 officials disclosed an attack on Thomas Thomas, superintendent at the William A colliery. About ten shots were fired as the night locomotive carried him from the colliery. six crew members sheltered on the train floor to escape harm.
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Wilkesbarre
Lehigh Valley Coal Company
Thomas Thomas
William A
Lehigh Valley Company
Old Forge
Thomas
sinBush
Miners’ Union
Lackawanna County
Luzerne
Iignmotive
McLean County
MeLean
Saybrook
Lake Erie & Western
Raiway
Elbett
Eleworth
George Stevene
Rankin
Tragic Net Rescue Ends in Drowning as Three Men Struggle
In Armstrong County a dangerous net trapped three men Andrew Hileman Dwight Bailey and his son as a current swept them toward danger. Dwight Bailey’s brother AB Bailey saved his unconscious brother while Hileman perished and the elder Bailey was rescued only after the net loosened. Wives and families watched.
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Terrible
Andrew Hileman
Hilenan
Dwight Bailey
Hileman
B Bailey
Dwight
Alx
Imley
Armstrong County
Paris Court Orders Damages in Reinach Libel Case
Paris voters react to posthumous accusations tied to Mme Henry widow of Trent Col. Henry after the Siecle editor Reinach is condemned to pay 600 francs to the widow and 500 francs to the son. Col. Henry, who died by his own hand, had confessed forgery in the Dreyfus affair. Enomisated, Bangor, Me. June 13. Llewellyn Powers of Houston wins Republican congress nomination in the South district by unanimous rehabilitation.
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Paris
Mme Henry
Trent Col. Henry
Joseph Reinach
The
Siecle
M. Reinach
France
Action Tieut
Col
Henry
Dreyfus
Bangor
Llewellyn Powers
Houston
Anthracite Strike Talks Unclear As WV Event Hums On
The window of a cab was shattered by bullets and buckshot, a sign of violence surrounding the coal dispute. Mitchell declined to discuss the five-district consent needed to call a national convention on uniting soft coal miners with the anthracite strike, saying he could not talk on the matter four weeks after the districts asked for the meeting.
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Mitchell
West Virginia
United States
Bankrupt firm partner released on bail in Guayaquil
Alfred Firmin, partner in Martin Reinberg & Co once an export and banking house now bankrupt with liabilities over 1,000,000, was arrested June 8 in Guayaquil and released on bail. Martin Reinberg, longtime US vice consul, who faced arrest the same day, has not yet been taken into custody.
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Guayaquil
Ecuador
Alfred Firmin
Martin Reinberg & Co
Martin Reinberg
United States
Cleveland Players Served Injunction Notice in Philadelphia Case
Formal notice of an injunction was served on Cleveland baseball players Second Baseman Lajoie and Pitcher Bernard by Judge Martin of Philadelphia. Jurisdiction of the Pennsylvania court is in question and the matter will be decided with this case. Serving notice precedes filing suit in local courts.
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Cleveland O
Lajoie
Bernard
Cleveland
Martin
Philadelphia
Penneylvania Court
Execution of Barnum & Bailey Elephant in Tours Park
A 3000-strong crowd watched an elephant in Tours at midnight die after it went mad in the city park. On the way to the station the animal broke its chains and attacked its keeper, forcing immediate killing. two hundred men struggled to assist in the fatal rope entanglement.
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Tours
France
Barnum & Bailey
Mexican deputy shot by visiting doctor on main street
Hempstead Texas June 18 Dr C W Legrand shot and killed deputy sheriff L C Tomkins on the principal street after an exchange of words. The incident occurred Thursday afternoon and followed a brief altercation.
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Hempstead
Mex
C. W Legrand
L. C. Tompkins
Storms and Disasters Hit Midwest and Iowa Tent
Tornadoes and floods sweep a wide region. The steamer Ravenna sinks after a collision, with several drowned and 15 rescued from survivors clinging to wreckage. A Harris Nickel Plate circus tent collapses injuring 25. Des Moines reports heavy weather with floods near Webster City and disrupted telegraph service. Reports detail wrecked bridges, demolished homes, and military action as the militia intervenes amid rising casualties and continued storms.
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Cihaudburat
Des Moines
Webster City
Militia Called Out To Handle Pawtucket Riots
In Pawtucket Rhode Island on Thursday bayonets appeared in the streets as the governor ordered out the militia to quell riotous disturbances amid a strike by United Traction company workers. The small police force and deputy sheriffs proved unable to halt the unrest.
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Pawtucket, R. I
Pawtucket
United Traction Company
Kimball
Numet
Laborer George Chandler Ends Life in Woodlawn Cemetery
In Terre Haute Indiana on June 13 George Chandler a 50 year old laborer died by his own hand in Woodlawn Cemetery at noon. He drank carbolic acid after what authorities describe as domestic troubles as the likely motive.
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Terre Haute
Ind
George Chandler
Woodlawn
Sloan Jockey Sentenced in Paris Auto Speed Case
Paris on June 13 Tod Sloan the American jockey received two days in jail and a ten franc fine for speeding in an automobile. He was fined five francs on two minor counts and had previously paid eight francs last year for a similar offense.
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Paris
Tod” Sloan
Sloan
Markets报价 Grain and live stock report from Chicago and New York
Chicago and New York market notes show wheat firm July at 78% to 78% and September 76% with corn higher. Barley steady, oats mixed, butter prices steady, potatoes firm, eggs easy. Hog and cattle markets mixed with steady to firm bids. beef, pork and sheep values listed for Omaha and Chicago regions.
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Chicago
Uurbanks
Orestes
New York
Kor Arvance
Bogeom Nee Oats
Nea
New State
State
Penn
Commie
Texas Tis
Texas
South Omaha
Neb
P.O
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