Duel in Village Street Ends in Three Dead
In Bryantsville Indiana eight miles west of Bedford three Rout brothers and Milton Tow are dead with James Tow severely wounded after a public street duel at 11 Tuesday. The clash followed insults and a Friday night altercation among local youths over a young woman. A crowd gathered as revolvers fired about fifty shots. Frank Tow survives with others wounded.
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Bedford
Ind
Bryantsville
Here
James Rout
Charles Rout
Milt Tow
James Tow
Frank Tow
Tow Brothers
Tows
Lawrence County
Indiana
Rowt
Tow
Beasley
Charles Hrent
Charles
James
Milton
Pirvantsville
Rout Brothers
Rockefeller Reaches Out to Seize Mineral Resources
New York Special reports John Rockefeller has taken lead on plans for a vast consolidation of U S mineral properties. It cites William Rockefeller H H Rogers and Standard Oil financiers expanding through mining interests in Colorado California and Arizona with bankers controlling gold silver and lead mines in the Rocky Mountain region and copper holdings via Amalgamated Copper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
Calumet & Hecla
Upyear
Michigan
Johnny Rockefeller
Wiliam
H. H. Rogers
Standards Company
Standard Oil
Mines of America
Colorado
David Moffatt
Dennis Sullivan
First National Bank of Denver
Middle
Rocky Mountain
Senator Clark
United Verde Copper
Arizona
Amalgamated Copper Company
Montana
Rogers
California
Infernal machine in church scare shocks St Louis
A Catholic church in St Louis faced a bomb attempt when a candle lighting on Monday revealed a fuse attached to a dynamite stick under the altar. The offender had already lit all candles except one and removed the candle and holder before the discovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Church of St. Anthony
South St. Louis
Trapped by the Japs in Pu-Lan-Tien area
New Chang Cable reports a Japanese force left at Pu Lan Tien to check the Russians near Port Arthur was attacked southeast of Shungmai. After a brief fight the Japanese feigned retreat, the Russians pursued, and the Japanese then launched a flank move trapping the Russians. Losses estimated near Sunmen as they retreated toward Kai Chou along the Baimatsu Tsal chou road.
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New Chang
Pu-Lan-Tien
Port Arthur
Shungamai
Sunmen
Kai-Chou
Baimatsu-Tsalchou
Tragic Joke Ends in Fatal Knife Attack Near Riverside
Frank Reinecke aged sixteen was killed by his father while attempting to jump out and scare him on a highway near Riverside. The father, thinking he faced highwaymen, drew a knife and stabbed the boy in the heart, causing instant death.
Final assault on Port Arthur under way in heavy fighting
Reports from reliable sources say Japanese and Russian forces clash as Admiral Witsoeft sorties are repelled. Analysts expect General Oku to seize Port Arthur within a day or two, though defenders including Stoessel threaten stubborn resistance with limited manpower and militia brigades.
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Chefu
Port Arthur
Witsocft
Dutct
Oku
Stoessel
Naval Brigade
Indiana Receives National Guard Maintenance Funds
Indiana is allotted 51862.73 dollars as its share of Congress appropriations for National Guard maintenance. The Secretary of War will apportion the funds among states, with Indiana's amount finalized at the start of the new fiscal year on July 1.
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Washington
Indiana
Congress
National Guard
United States
Officer Killed by Lightning at Fort Leavenworth
Special Lieutenant Nathaniel T. Bower of the engineer corps at Fort Leavenworth was killed when a lightning bolt struck the gun he carried. The bolt passed through his arm into the right breast and cut through his shoes. He was to be married in July.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Nathaniel T. Bower
Engineer Corps
Ft. Leavenworth
Woman Receives 21 Day Reprieve From Gallows in New Jersey
Special Acting Governor Wakelee signed a reprieve for Mrs Anna Valentine known as Jodi of Bergen County. The decision delays the gallows at least twenty one days after an appeal by countrymen and others. Secretary of State John Hay reported the Italian government requested commutation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
N. J
Wakelee
Anna Valentine
Jodi
Bergen County
New Jersey
John Hay
Disease threat hits cotton fields in the South
In Galveston Texas a new pest labeled sure shin devastates entire cotton plants, posing a graver danger to production than the boll weevil which only damages bolls. Farmers warn this disease could greatly reduce yields across southern fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
Texas
South
Gillespie Remanded to Jail in Lizzie Gillespie Murder Case
Lawrenceburg Ind special report says Judge Downey denied bail for James Gillespie Monday afternoon. He was remanded to Rising Sun jail after three co defendants were indicted for Lizzie Gillespie murder. Gillespie hoped for release but spirits were low.
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Lawrenceburg
Ind
Downey
James Gillespie
Rising Sun
Lizzie Gillespie
Two Die in Electric Chair at Sing Sing
Sing Sing prison executed Albert Koepping aged 22 for killing John Martins in Port Jervis and Oscar Borgstrom for wife murder. The chair claimed two more victims Monday in Ossining, New York.
Nan Patterson Indicted for First Degree Murder
New York special report says Nan Patterson, the actress, was indicted for murder in the first degree for the shooting of Caesar Young, a horseman, who died while riding in a cab with her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Nan Patterson
Caesar Young
Salvation Army Leaders Sail to London Congress
New York Special Commander Booth Tucker and about 400 Salvation Army members departed Tuesday aboard the steamship Carpathia to attend the International Congress of the Army in London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Booth Tucker
Salvation Army
Carpathia
Congress of the Army
London
Vast Wilderness Barricades Miners From East West
Seventy six deported Victor Colorado miners camped near the Kansas line face militia warning and a cargo of alkali sand. Sheriff Brady and Lt. Cole order no crossing westward as Salvation Army aides provide food and shelter in Holly Colorado before the exiles press on.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse
Kan
Victor
Colo
Peabody
Kansas Line
Cole
Sheriff Brady
Kansas
Brady
Colorado
Salvation Army
Holly
Fears Invasion Of Russia Prompted By Baltic Footholds
The report notes Russia fears foreign invasion as Japan or a European power could press into the Baltic region. Port Arthur, Valdivostok, and Baltic fleets may fall, and harbors are mined and fortresses armed. Authorities aim to deter invasion even if the navy is wiped out.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
Japan
Baltic
Port Arthur
Valdivostok
Licking stamps ends in medical emergency for clerk
Miss Myra Sylvernale, assistant postmaster in Norfolk, suffered tongue swelling after licking stamps. Doctors diagnosed blood poisoning from stamp mucilage. She underwent surgery at Hartford Hospital to remove nearly half her tongue.
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Derby
Conn
Myra Sylvernale
Norfolk
Svlvernale
Sylvernale
Hartford Hospital
Steamer Canada Sinks After Collision Near Sorel
The Richelieu and Ontario Navigation Company steamer Canada bound from Quebec to Montreal collided with the Dominion Commercial Company's Cape Breton six miles below Sorel early Sunday. Of 110 aboard, five were lost and the rest rescued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Richelieu and Ontario Navigation Company
Canada
Quebec
Dominion Commercial Company
Carlier Cape Breton
Sorel
Dunn Receives Life Term in Indiana Murder Trial
In Fort Wayne Indiana special report, Charles Dunn is found guilty of murdering Alice Cothrell. The jury deliberated three hours and fixed life imprisonment, a verdict that surprised local observers who expected acquittal.
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Ft. Wayne
Ind
Charles Dunn
Alice Cothrell
Subterranean Tremors Reported Across Mexican States
Reports from Jalisco Colima Guerrero and Chiapas describe earthquake shocks and subterranean noises. No serious damage has been reported thus far.
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Mexico City
Jalisco
Colima
Guerrero
Chiapas
Ambassador McCormick May Quit Rumor Circles Washington
Washington officials rumor that United States Ambassador McCormick may resign amid strong anti American sentiment in St. Petersburg. The speculation suggests possible diplomatic change in the Eastern European capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCormick
Washington
United States
St. Petersburg
Hopes For Combes Fall In France Vatican Talks
Pope Pius X believes the fall of the Combes cabinet may end Vatican France tensions. Reports from Mgr Lorenzeni, Paris nuncio, say Rome waits to see a new government that may be more friendly to the Holy See before resuming negotiations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Combes
Holy See
France
Mgr
Lorenzelli
Paris
Pius
Vatican
Chicago Gets Virtuous
Chicago Special Mayor Harrison bans bookmaking at Washington Park on Derby day and forbids betting during the meeting. The move aims to ensure orderly conduct and fair play around the event.
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Chicago
Harrison
Washington Park
Abner McKinley Dead Brother of Late President
Abner McKinley brother of William McKinley was found dead in his Canton area home after a night without awakening his servant. A lawyer by training he had practiced in New York and Washington during McKinley’s presidency and held several electrical patents. He was about fifty eight and had lived at the Windsor Hotel and a Somerset country place.
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Somerset
Abner McKinley
Niles
McKinley
Canton
Abner
Baldwin
William
New York
Windsor Hotel
Soterset
MccKinley
Washington
Regicides Commemorated In Belgrade Observances
Belgrade Servia papers marked the anniversary of King Alexander and Queen Draga's murder with colored borders praising the assassins. A requiem mass for the massacre victims was held at St Mark's while police kept careful watch to prevent demonstrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgrade
Servia
Cable
Alexander
Draga
St. Mark’s
Attempt to Blow Up the Czar in St. Petersburg Palace
London Cable reports two infernal machines found in the dining and audience rooms of the Tsarskoye Selo palace where the Czar lives. The devices were concealed in tobacco boxes and were operational when discovered. Had they not been found, the building could have been wrecked and the Czar killed.
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London
Tsarskoye Selo Palace
St. Petersburg
Hearst Cuts Support for Egypt Exploration After Charity Decline
Boston society figure Mrs. Phoebe Hearst has reduced funding for her son's presidential campaign, and with charity gifts stopped she also withdraws financial support from Harvard's Reisner led Egyptian antiquities project.
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Boston
Phoebe Hearst
Harvard
Reisner
Read of His Own Suicide Reveals Innocence for Pueblo Laborer
J H Ross a railroad laborer in Pueblo Colorado learned from a local paper that he was believed among the bandits who robbed a Denver and Rio Grande train near Glenwood Springs. He proved he was in Pueblo on the night of the holdup once his name surfaced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pueblo
Colo
J. H. Ross
Glenwood Springs
International Bank Planned for U S Japan Relations
San Francisco special reports negotiations are under way for an international bank with 10 million dollars capital to govern financial relations between the United States and Japan. It is expected that half the stock will be owned in each country with President Asano of Tokio Kisen Kaisha likely to head the institution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
United States
Japan
Asano
Tokio Kisen Jaisha
Three Killed in Feud at Elk Texas
Feud over a public school teacher selection left R. B. Torrence dead Saturday. Dr. Holton and his son were fatally wounded, while G. W. Perkins and Rivers Torrence were seriously hurt. J. W. McAden escaped injury.
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Elk, Texas
R. B.torrence
Dr. Holton
G. W. Perkins
Rivers Torrence
J. W. McAden
Rumors of Greatest Naval Battle Circulate in St Petersburg
Reports claim two Russian and four Japanese battleships were sunk in a decisive clash to break through Japanese lines near Port Arthur. Censorship keeps war office confirmation. crowds celebrate as news spread from St Petersburg to Hai Cheng and London.
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St. Petersburg
Port Arthur
War Office
Senator Cockrell Hit By Bicycle Boy in Washington
United States Senator F M Cockrell of Missouri was struck by a boy on a bicycle while selling household goods on Saturday in Washington. He suffered a broken collar bone and severe bruises and will be confined to bed for several weeks. The rider fled after the collision.
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Washington
United States
F. M. Cockrell
Missouri
Infant's Body Found in Daleville Yard Mystery
In Muncie Indiana a special grand jury investigated the mysterious death of Miss Artie Monks who died at her grandparents home. Saturday morning investigators unearthed the body of an infant in the yard at the parents’ Daleville residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muncie
Ind
Delaware County Grand Jury
Artie Monks
Daleville
Firefighters Overcome by Smoke in Holt’s Broadway Café Fire
Thirty New York firemen were temporarily overcome by tobacco smoke and alcohol fumes while battling a blaze at Holt's Broadway cafe. An ambulance surgeon treated their burning eyes as they reentered the smoke. The restaurant sustained about $100,000 in damage.
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New York
Holt
Broadway
Miners' Deportation Camp Opens in New Mexico
A new mining camp will be started in New Mexico to accommodate deported union miners from Cripple Creek. The Western Federation of Miners will operate the claims on a cooperative basis and hold full jurisdiction over development.
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Reaver
Colo
New Mexico
Cripple Creek
Western Federation of Miners
Boston Woman Wins 18500 for Lost Eye
Miss Bessie Dressed of Standish Maine won 18500 in the Superior Court for the loss of an eye. While a train near Taunton the tender metal broke a window and blinded her.
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Boston
Bessie
Standish
Taunton
Bishop Deposed by the Pope Over Free Mason Allegations
Monsignor Le Nourdes, bishop of Dijon France, accused by several priests of being a Free Mason, has been deposed by the Pope. His see is deemed untenable and the Vatican will assign him a titular see.
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Rome
Mons
le Nourdes
Dijon
France
Vatican
Dynamiting Laid to Miners Union in Victor Case
Coroner's verdict finds the Western Federation of Miners responsible for the Independence dynamiting near Victor on June 6. Fifteen miners died and many more were maimed in the blast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor, Colo
Western Federation of Miners
Independence
Bank of North Manchester Closed and Assignee Appointed
The Bank of North Manchester failed Saturday in North Manchester Indiana and notices state its affairs are in the hands of assignee Lewis Signs. The private bank had capital of 25000 dollars and deposits totaling 50000.
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North Manchester
Ind
Bank of North Manchester
Lewis Signs
Zion Near Berlin Forty Miles From Berlin
John Alexander Dowie plans a Zion forty miles from Berlin with no liquor tobacco hogs or opera house as described by a Times dispatch from New York stating the intention to establish the community.
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New York
John Alexander Dowie
Zion
Berlin
Times
Vladivostok Division Joins Port Arthur Squadron
A naval note states the Vladivostok Jean one group of three cruisers and four ironclads likely joined Port Arthur vessels, forming a juncture in the fleet.
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St. Petersburg
Vladivostok
Port Arthur
New Governor of Canada Named in Canada Appointment
London Cable reports Earl Grey, governor lieutenant of Northumberland, is appointed to succeed the Earl of Minto as Governor General of Canada. Grey will lead the dominion’s vice regal duties and represent the crown in Ottawa and across the country.
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London
Earl Grey
Northumberland
Earl of Minto
Canada
Polish noblemen seek marriage with American heiress
Berlin Cable reports a Polish aristocracy scramble prompted by an advertisement in Czemnik Poznanski. A twenty year old American girl seeks to marry a Polish nobleman who can prove old aristocratic lineage and will settle 30,000,000 marks on her husband.
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Berlin
Poland
Czemnik Poznanski
Church Fete Canceled Over Deviled Eggs and Angel Cake
Ambler Pennsylvania special report states St Pauls Reformed Church Ft Washington officers vetoed deviled eggs and angel cake for the June fete claiming them profane and sacrilegious. The Woman's Auxiliary Society ends the annual event and the church splits into two camps.
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Ambler
St. Paul's Reformed Church
Ft. Washington
Woman's Auxiliary Society
Hay Cables Instructions on Morocco Brigand Raisuli
Washington Special Secretary Hay directs Consul Gummere in Tangier to refuse any U S guarantee of immunity for the brigands or recognition of brigandage in Morocco. The policy will be followed regardless of consequences to Perdicaris.
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Washington
Hay
Gummere
Tangier
Raisuli
United States
Morocco
Forty Men Said to Be Hanged in Cripple Creek
Adjutant General Bell in Cripple Creek Colo asserts at least forty men will hang for murders of non union workers at the Independence mine. He claims solid evidence and custody of the men in the bullpen, with two or three more to be captured before revealing the proof.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cripple Creek
Colo
Independence Mine
Bell
Gambler Sues a Society Man in St Louis Case
Pat Sheedy sues Vincent Kerens for $20,000 claiming Kerens gave a promissory note to Arthur Pierce in Ostend Belgium. Kerens is son of Richard C. Kernes, a Republican National Committee member, and a prominent St. Louis society figure. The suit seeks recovery of the note’s value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Vincent Kerens
Richard C. Kernes
Pat Sheedy
Kerens
Arthur Pierce
Ostend
Belgium
Moody to Succeed Knox as Attorney General
Washington Special Attorney General Knox plans to resign soon as his U S Senate appointment arrives from Governor Pennypacker. Secretary Moody of the Navy is expected to succeed Knox in the attorney general role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Knox
United States
Pennsylvania
Pennypacker
Moody
Navy
Old whipping post revived in Lexington sentence
Special Police Judge John J. Riley orders Simon Scearce a fifteen year old coloured lad whipped in the public square after he struck a white boy in Lexington Kentucky. The punishment reflects a revived whipping post practice from earlier times.
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Lexington
John J. Riley
Simon Scearce
Scearce
Russian Press Warned Over Disturbing War Coverage
In St Petersburg the Rusky Invalid is cautioned for printing scare stories on the war and warned that a repeat offense will bring suppression of the paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
The
Rusky Invalid
Child Kills Her Father in Norton Home
Norton Kansas special report states eleven year old daughter shot and killed A C Jenkins after he beat his wife on Saturday. Jenkins had been described as insane and had repeatedly threatened to kill his family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norton, Kan
A. C. Jenkins
Norton
Jenkins
New York Special: Philadelphia Brings 714 Steerage Passengers
The American line steamer Philadelphia, Captain Mills, arrived Saturday from Southampton and Cherbourg with 714 steerage passengers paying a low rate of ten dollars per head.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
American Line
Philadelphia
Mills
Southampton
Cherbourg
Miss Lena Morton Dies at 27 After Surgery
Miss Lena Morton daughter of ex Vice President Levi P Morton died here Friday morning from blood poisoning after an appendicitis operation. She was 27 years old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Lena Morton
Levi P. Morton
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Mexico
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Standard
Senator Cockrell
Miss Morton
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