Cul lom Seeks United Three Americas Through Trade
Senator Cullom of Illinois urged closer relations among North Central and South American republics at the American Academy session in Philadelphia. He advocated American ships and goods moving freely between ports, a canal treaty with Colombia, and rail and telegraph links to bind the Americas for mutual benefit.
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Philadelphia
United States
American Academy of Political and Social Science
Cullom
Illinois
Senaor Reem
Senate
Oher
Messares
Americas
Central America
Republic of Colombia
Colombia
South America
Congress
Roosevelt the Nominee
In Los Angeles special, former Speaker David R. Henderson predicts President Roosevelt will be the Republican National Convention nominee with no opposition. Henderson is visiting his son in Long Beach and plans to stay in Southern California until June 20 before heading to New York.
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Los Angeles
Cal
David R. Henderson
House of Representatives
Roosevelt
Henderson
Long Beach
California
New York
Pensacola Gun Crew Wins Navy Target Practice Title
The gun crews of the battleship Alabama are the champion marksmen of the American navy with a weekly average of 59.7 out of 190. They fired guns of all calibers while traveling no slower than ten knots and maintaining ranges no less than 1,400 yards. They dethrone Massachusetts which posted 56 percent.
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Pensacola
Fla
Alabama
Massachusetts
Collision Kills Eight in Erie Train Crash Near Red House
Eight dead and ten injured in a Monday morning collision between a passenger train and a freight train on the Erie railroad near Red House New York. Three of the injured are listed in serious condition as investigators inspect the wreckage. Local and state authorities opened emergency response and commuted to the site from Jamestown and nearby towns. The crash disrupted service on the line as crews worked to clear the tracks and determine the cause.
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Jamestown
N. Y
Erie Railroad
Red House
Havana Sharks and Dogs Scheme Raises Alarm
Havana authorities report a proposed scheme offering a $3 bounty for female sharks and $2 for males. The plan involves explosives and using dogs as bait to lure sharks, with fifty workers capturing dogs and a syndicate tabbed to profit from the harbor killings.
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Havana
Ctba
Knox Will Not Yield on Northern Securities Decree
Washington reports Attorney General Knox will not modify or suspend any part of the Northern Securities decree. He rejects pressures to alter the court decision, stating the decree enjoins violation of law and any mitigation would license ongoing violations.
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Washington
Northern Securities
Knox
St. Paul
Fedt
Iicknex
Supreme Court of the United States
Department of Justice
Northern Securities Company
United States
Hunter to marry Caroline Stokes daughter of a plutocratic heir
Robert Hunter 27 a 96 graduate of Indiana University and manager of the Eldridge Street settlement is to wed Caroline Phelps Stokes heiress. Miss Stokes, famed for beauty, comes from Ansil Stokes with a fortune estimated at 150 million dollars and a large personal inheritance. The couple met at the Settlement building with assistance from J Graham Phelps Stokes and the settlement movement led by Mayor Low.
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New York
Robert Hunter
Indiana University
Eldridge Street University Settlement Society
Caroline Phelps Stokes
Ansil Stokes
Miss Stokes
New North Society
Chicago
J. Graham Phelps Stokes
Settlement Society
Great East Side
Mayor Lows
Shamrock II Dismasted in Squall Off Harbor Trial Spin
Shamrock II, Sir Thomas Tinton's rival for the America s Cup, was dismasted after leaving the harbor for a trial spin with Shamrock I. The mast swept crew and gear overboard. one sailor drowned, a brother-in-law of Captain Wringe, and several others including Sir Thomas were injured. one hand suffered a minor injury.
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Werymouth
Eng
Sir Thomas Tinton
Thomas
Captain Wringe
Sir Thomas
French syndicate to take over Indiana oil fields deal
In Laporte Indiana a transfer of oil properties valued between six and seven million dollars in the Trenton rock fields has been closed. The deal involves thousands of acres hundreds of wells pipelines refineries and all equipment. Negotiations were led by William L Russell of Lima Ohio and Charles E Russell of Laporte. The syndicate will operate with the United States Petroleum Company and the National Consolidated Oil Company and will control most of the crude oil in Ohio and Indiana.
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Laporte
Ind
Trenton Rock
William L. Russell
Lima, O
Charles E. Russell
United States Petroleum Company
National Consolidated Oil Company
Ohio
Indiana
Kaiser Wilhelm II Arrives in New York After Fast Maiden Voyage
The Kaiser Wilhelm II from Bremen and Cherbourg reaches Sandy Hook at 7 p.m. after five days and twenty three hours from Cherbourg, just shy of the transatlantic record. The voyage carried 425 cabin and 437 steerage passengers with 660 crew aboard, the largest express steamer in the world, capable of 23.5 to 24 knots.
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New York
Cherbourg
Lloyd Steamship Company
Bremen
Southampton
Sandy Hook
Abu
North German Lloyd Company
Hogemann
Cause of Cancer Discovered by Buxton Team
New York reports a forthcoming paper by Dr. Bertram H. Buxton claiming cancer is caused by chemical changes in the blood and that cancerous tissues ferment like stomach tissue. The findings refute a parasitic theory and assert cancer tissues can produce fermentation.
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New York
Bertram H. Buxton
Cource
Soubrette Outwits Officers In Towles Opera Show
Dot Ward of Jyman Brothers Merry Chase Company saved the show owners from jail and the company baggage from attachment after rival T E Bell attempted a writ. Constables guarded the stage but Ward’s performance diverted attention, allowing the troupe to flee with receipts and baggage into Illinois, while the audience jeered.
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Miss Ward
Illinois
Man Is Rescued From Well After Four Hours
La Crosse Wisconsin report says R Straitz was buried at the bottom of a well for four hours while repairing a pump. Dirt filled the curveing and sand covered him six feet above his head. Firemen and neighbors worked four hours to free him aided by a garden hose. He emerged smiling and unhurt.
Famine in Kwangsi Drives Slavery Selloffs and Relief Effort
The famine in Kwangsi province causes tens of thousands to starve and many women to sell themselves into slavery to survive. The American consul at Canton has initiated a relief fund to assist victims.
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Hong Kong
Kwang Si
Canton
Bessemer steel claim from Valley Iron works test
St Paul special reports an experiment at Valley Iron works that smelts titaniferous ore into pig iron with a steel-like finish. Frank Johnson of St Paul is the inventor. A chemist said the ore could be smelted as cheaply as hematite, suggesting new Arctic ore beds may be viable with titanium.
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St. Paul
Valley Ironworks
Minnesota
Frank Johnson
Officers Face Court Martial Over Alaska Commissary Profits
Washington directs court martial proceedings for several army officers in Alaska charged with using commissary supplies for personal gain. Offenses date back over a year with an inspector’s report spanning over five hundred pages. Several Skagway officers are implicated though details remain undisclosed.
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Washington
Root
Alaska
Funston
Department of the Cohumbia
Skagway
War Department
Miss McNellis Seeks 156900 From Copper King
New York special reports Miss McNellis again sues Montana copper magnate for damages totaling 156,900 alleging breach of promise. She seeks a jury trial after a prior suit was defeated in New York. Clark denies the charges. She claimed a Chicago 1996 meeting at the Democratic National Convention led to the alleged promise.
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New York
Miss MecNellis
Montana
Senator Clark
Miss McNellis
Chicago
Splinter Worth Ten Thousand In Chicago Case
Adolph Goodman ate a sliver of wood in a restaurant at 159 Fifth Avenue and later required surgical extraction after he feared for his life. The incident prompted a damage suit in the circuit court claiming ten thousand dollars in value for the splinter.
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Chicago
Adolph Goodman
Adolph
Goodman
Fifth Avenue
Postoffice Officials to Go in Washington Scandal
Washington special says postoffice department leaders predict the net result will be the removal of First Assistant Postmaster General Wynne and Free Delivery chief Machen. New developments include an order nullifying a standing postal rule that barred sharing lists of post office patrons.
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Washington
Postoffice Department
Wynne
Free Delivery
Machen
Youtsey testifies on Goebel killing naming Howard as shooter
Frankfort Ky special Henry E Youtsey on the witness stand describes the Goebel assassination. He identifies James Howard as the shooter and recounts the setup in Caleb Powers office and the rifle used. He says Taylor directed actions and notes possible pardons and rewards discussed with Scott Beckham and others.
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Frankfort
Henry E. Youtsey
Goebel
James Howard
Youtsey
Howard
Taylor
Caleb Powers
George Baker
State House
Matthews
Yerkes
Tobin
Powers
Violett
James A. Scott
Scott
Beckham
Lillard
New York Crime Academy Rumor From Brooklyn Court
Solomon Hellerstein of Manhattan testified in Brooklyn court that New York hosts an academy of crime run by the Boston brothers. He said a staff of about thirty boys aged 12 to 19 were trained to steal in assigned districts and risked punishment if they did not join.
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New York
Brooklyn
Solomon Helerstein
Manhattan
Union Street
Academy of Crime
Hellerstein
Car Takes Wild Flight In Pittsburg Railway Crash
A Pittsburg Railway Company streetcar on Western avenue ran away on Sunday after an electric brake failed. It wrecked a carriage, broke through Fort Wayne Railroad safety gates, derailed a fast freight, and broke apart. Forty five passengers were injured and one killed.
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Pittsburg
Western Avenue
Pittsburg Railway Company
Federal Street
Allegheny
Fort Wayne
Farmer Finds Reddish Stone Plow Believed Mound Builder Relic
Eli Williams of Princeton Michigan unearthed a reddish triangular stone plow while digging a well four miles south of town. The thirteen inch wide artifact lay just above a coal stratum and is thought to be a relic of the mound builders.
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Princeton
Eli Willams
Waltz Proved His Finish in Mishawaka Ball
Alvin Starrette, a prominent Mishawaka social leader, excused himself during a waltz at a club ball and collapsed moments later. He died from artery rupture and hemorrhage attributed to overexertion in the chalice.
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Mishawaka
Ind
Alvin Starrette
Bandit Meets Death in Bakersfield Shootout
Outlaw James McKinney shot and killed in Bakersfield after deputies and city officers surrounded a Chinese house where he barricaded. Deputy Tibbetts killed, Constable Packard fatally wounded. Burt Tibbetts mortally wounds McKinney. Hulz captured. Fire set to house. McKinney’s trail of killings noted from Tulare to Porterville and beyond.
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Bakersfield
Cal
James McKinney
Tibbetts
Packard
Kelly
Kern
Collins
Tulare
Leavin
Arizona
Will
Burt Tibbetts
Gus Tower
McKinney
Will Tibbetts
Hal Hulz
Hulz
Hike Hulz
California
Tulare County
Randsburg
Tom Sears
Porterville
Billy Lynn
John Willis
Hermosillo
Mexico
Kingman, Ariz
Charles Blakey
Roy Winchester
Tyre and Caesarea in Pauls Journeys
The lesson outlines Paul’s voyage from Tyre to Caesarea with disciples warning him by the Spirit not to go to Jerusalem. Agabus prophesies binding by the Jews and Gentiles, the group pleads for him to stay, and Philip the evangelist hosts them. Agabus foretells bonds for the man who owns this girdle.
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Cyprus
Syria
Tyre
Paul
Jerusalem
Ptolemais
Annd
Caesarea
Philip the Evangelist
Judea
Agabus
Philip
Uncle Ira and the Snakes A Strange Plowmen Tale
Baltimore Sun recounts Uncle Ira Tompkins telling how a black snake he spared twice returns to save his house from fire. After an injured snake helps him plow, it later attacks the kitchen, then appears at the blaze as if grateful, sparking a wary, moral reflection on paying debts.
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Ira Tompkins
Webb Otis
Sin
Baltimore Sun
When Buck Kilgore’s House Door Knocker
A Texas constituent asked Ig Kunnel Kilgoh at the House doorway. The doorkeeper replied Kilgoh is not on the floor, having just stepped out and not returned. The next day the doorkeeper pursued a job with Capital Traction company.
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Buck Kilgore
Congress
Texas
Not Particular Prisoner Chooses to Drop Case
A prisoner charged with stealing stood in the dock and, after being asked by the court if he had a lawyer, responded that he did not. When asked if he wanted a lawyer to defend him, he replied he was not particular. He then yawningly stated he was willing to drop the case as far as he was concerned.
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Bremen and
China
Bessemer Steel
Titanic
Commis
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