Virginia Judge's Murder Trial Hinges on Unwritten Law
The trial of former Judge W G Loving of Nelson county for the murder of Theodore Estes opened in Houston Virginia with defense to rely on emotional insanity and the unwritten law. Elizabeth Loving testified describing a night of alleged assault after a buggy ride, and the case centers on Loving’s motive and alleged protection of his daughter.
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Houston
W. G. Loving
Nelson County
Theodore Estes
M. K. Estes
William R. Barkedale
Loving
Estes
Oak Ridge
Elizabeth Loving
Judge Loving
Thomas F. Ryan
Virginia
Iecgal
Miss Loving
Virginia Court of Justice
Evelyn Nesbit
Stanford White
E. L. Kidd
Kidd
For His Brother's Sake Inmates Request Commute
Montgomery Alabama special reports John Beeman a negro preacher has petitioned to die on the gallows for his brother David Beeman with execution set for July 26. The preacher says his sacrifice could lead to heaven for both if his brother is converted, spurring widespread sympathy and a petition urging the Governor to commute the sentence.
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Montgomery
Ala
John Beeman
David Beeman
Plot to steal fifty million from Russian Siberian office
A plot to steal fifty million dollars from a Russian government office in Tschita was uncovered in Victoria B C with thirty Russians arrested. The conspirators had dug a 120 yard tunnel from a hotel to the safe and most plotters were captured when the scheme was disclosed.
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Victoria
B. C
Tschita
Siberia
Tenement Collapse Kills Seven in Italian Quarter
Seven people died when a ramshackle tenement collapsed in Manhattan's downtown Italian quarter on Tuesday. Three family members, including the father and mother, remained hospitalized with serious injuries but are expected to recover.
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New York
Thaw Weakens in Prison As Bail Plea Grows
The New York case describes Harry Thaw as physically and mentally worn from confinement. His lawyers plan to ask the Supreme Court for bail to avoid further risk to his life and sanity during the summer, citing the anniversary of the Stanford White killing as a sobering reminder.
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Harry Thaw
New York
Stanford White
Thaw
Supreme Court
Wreck of the Santiago claims most of crew
The Pacific Steam Navigation Company reports the passenger ship Santiago wrecked fifty miles north of Corral in a heavy squall. Only one passenger aboard survived, the fourth officer, while ninety crew including twelve English officers are believed drowned. A single lifeboat survived briefly before breaking on rocks after days at sea.
Bryan's Night Shirt Lost on Rail Train Reported Found
Railroad men in Parsons Kansas say William J Bryan misplaced his night shirt on a Missouri Kansas and Texas train. Conductor Jefferson Davis recovered the garment and station agent William McKinley forwarded it to Bryan.
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Bryan
St. Louis
Parsons, Kan
William J. Bryan
Jefferson Davis
William McKinley
Prodigal Heiress? Ballet Heir Barnes Spends $5000 Daily
Oliver Barnes, 22, grandson of Colonel Barnes, earns headlines in Gotham for spending about $5,000 daily on meals, vaudeville, and lavish ventures. He recently bought the Hotel Rand with partners, and his spending mirrors the famous Brewster saga as upper Broadway figures guide his investments.
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New York
Oliver Barnes
Oliver Wendell Barnes
Mr. Brewster
Broadway
Barnes
Wilson Mizner
Yerkes
Ninety-ninth Street
Brewster
Upper Broadway
Larnes
Count Boni de Castellane
Paris
Rand
Thaw Estate Faces High Costs for Second Trial Defense
The Thaw estate in Pittsburg calls in loans to raise cash for Harry K. Thaw's second trial for the Stanford White murder. The estate mainly comprises coal lands and bonds, notably Pennsylvania Railway Company issues, to fund the defense.
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Pittsburg
Plan Railroad Across Country
Special Articles of incorporation filed for the United States Central Railway Company. Incorporators include Paterson New Jersey and Delhi New York men. Capital stock set at 50 million dollars. Route from Portland Maine to San Francisco with a 7000 mile span via New York and Chicago. Estimated cost 50 million dollars.
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Pierre
S. D
United States Central Railway Company
Paterson
N. J
Delhi
N. Y
Portland
San Francisco
New York
Chicago
Taft Visits Sagamore Hill for War Department Talks
Special Secretary Taft traveled to Oyster Bay New York this week to meet with President Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill. They discussed Cuban Philippine and other war department affairs marking Taft's first summer visit since his western trip.
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Taft
Oyster Bay
N. Y
Roosevelt
Sagamore Hill
War Department
Angry Lover Kills Three in Milwaukee Home
A enraged lover broke into a Milwaukee home after a quarrel with his sweetheart, shooting and killing Elsie Volkman and her father Frank Volkman before fatally shooting himself. The suspects named are Andrew Feine, a lumberman, and Elsie Volkman, Feine’s sweetheart.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Andrew Feine
Elsie Volkman
Feine
Frank Volkman
Missouri library board trims title for school inclusion
Kansas City reports the library board will place the book By the Eternal in the public school library list only if Opie Read changes its title. If not, the book is barred. The decision followed the board's last meeting.
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Kansas City
Opie Read
Missouri Library Board
French Consul General Quits Amid Accusation
Alcide Ebray, French consul general to New York, who was accused last November by Mary Nunziata, a nineteen year old woman, of insulting her, is said to have resigned his post with the French government and left the city.
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New York
Alcide Ebray
Mary Nunziata
Fourth of July tragedy claims Effingham boy
Walter Margareth aged seven died of tetanus after a toy pistol wound from a noisy Fourth celebration in Effingham. Lockjaw followed the hand injury, marking the first fatality among local revelers.
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Effingham, Fill
Walter Margworth
Lawyer Says Conspiracy Aim in Haywood Murder Case
Boise Idaho special report describes William D Haywood pleading not guilty to murder and asserting innocence. Clarence Darrow accuses a mine owners conspiracy to destroy the Western Federation of Miners and frames Haywood. Trial timeline sketches days for defense and rebuttal with a verdict by late July.
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Boise
Idaho
William D. Haywood
Haywood
Western Federation of Miners
Darrow
Steunenberg
Federation
Moyer
Pettibone
Orchard
Adams
Hercules
August Paulson
Wallace
Caldwell
Standard Oil plans transcontinental railroad empire
Washington Special reports Standard Oil aims to own a complete railroad system within two years from Newport News to Seattle and Portland via Chicago. The road would be tightly controlled by Standard Oil to influence grain and coal business and punish rivals, with Newport News developed as a major export port. Henry H. Rogers expanded coal lands and built a coal road to tidewater, investing $20 million without issuing bonds.
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Washington
Standard Oil Company
Atlantic Tidewater
Newport News
Seattle
Portland
Chicago
Standard Oil
Duluth
Chicuzo
Northwest
Standard Oil Group
Henry H. Rogers
West Virginia
Rogers
Tidewater
Chesapeake & Ohio
Baltimore & Ohio
Atlantic Coast
Schmitz Removed from Office in San Francisco
San Francisco officials remove Mayor Schmitz from duty after his county jail conviction, naming Supervisor James Gallagher as acting mayor. The action follows graft prosecution aims to restore good government and cites the mayor’s incarceration as disabling his ability to serve.
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Schmitz
San Francisco
Cal
James Gallagher
Young Ladies' Protective Association Forms in Indiana
In Jasonville Hymera and Columbia three southern Indiana towns form The Young Ladies' Protective Association to gauge financial standing before marriage. Members will require suitors to show goods and chattels worth $2,000 and carry life insurance of at least $2,000.
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Jasonville
Ind
Indiana
Hymera
Columbia
Young Ladies’ Protective Association
Child of wealthy Italian slain by Black Hand gang in Louisiana
Walter Lamana a nine year old son of Peter Lamana the wealthy Italian undertaker was kidnapped by a Black Hand gang near St Rose Louisiana. His body was found strangled and wrapped in a blanket after the gang demanded 6000 dollars. Five Italians are in custody including Ignazzio Campigiano and Nicolina Gebbia who confess knowledge of the plot. The case has stirred New Orleans with threats of violence but officials vow to maintain order.
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New Orleans
Walter Lamana
Peter Lamana
Black Hand
St. Rose
Ignazzio Campigiano
Nicolina Gebbia
Jefferson Parsh
Frank Enduza
Leonard Genvia
Gretna
Lamana
Frank
Campigiano
Stefano Montri
Antonio Contrearra
Walter
Miss Gebbia
Globe-Trotting Turtle Captured Near San Diego
A 1902 pound sea turtle weighing 1 902 pounds was caught by fisherman Julius Solissa in San Diego. The shell measures five feet two inches across and bears a carved message naming the British ship Sea Brine and dated August 12 1881. The note requests notification of Thomas Fletcher in England.
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San Diego
Cal
Julius Solissa
Thomas Fletcher
Brawley Road
Rivington
England
South Pacific
Vandal Ruins Savoyarde Bell of Sacre Coeur
A vandal cracked the Savoyarde bell of Montmartre’s Sacre Coeur and drilled two holes then filled them with lead and painted over the repairs. The bell valued at $400,000 will be broken up and recast.
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Paris
Coast defense in New York needs 35000 men for protection
Army officers say New York harbor and approaches lack adequate coast artillery manpower. Only one fifth of required troops are available, sparking calls for full national guard cooperation. They warn of war risks and urge broader enlistment and reassignments to defend forts from Bath Beach to Queens and Long Beach.
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New York
United States Army
National Guard
Congress
Department of the East
Governor's Island
Bath Beach
Queens
Long Beach
I. O. Sarratt
Southern Artillery District
Coast Artillery
Bearded Bandit Holds Up Wawona Stage. Passengers Robbed
In Wawona California two regular Raymond stages were held up by the Black Kid, a noted lone bandit. He forced driver Archie Turner to stop and faced passengers with a rifle. Francis S. Eaton of Boston was ordered to pass purses and watches and $250 jewelry was tied in a handkerchief for the thief.
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Wawona
Cal
Raymond
Wawaona
Black Kid
Archie Turner
Turner
Francis S. Eaton
Boston
Eaton
Navy Secret Found Aboard Paducah Off Honduras
A mysterious packet of documents believed to be Japanese plans or defenses was found on the U S cruiser Paducah off the north coast of Honduras and forwarded to the Navy Department. It has sparked speculation among strategists over its exact nature and origin.
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Washington
United States Navy
United States
Paducah
Honduras
Navy Department
Taft's Charmed Bride in Deadwood Legend
Sioux Indians present Secretary Taft with a charmed Indian bridle claiming it will guide the horse bearing it to the White House where the rider becomes Big Chief. The gift mirrors the bridle given to Roosevelt through Captain Seth Ullock of Deadwood before his presidency.
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Deadwood
S. D
W. H. Taft
White House
Roosevelt
Seth Ullock
Ex President Grover Cleveland Ill at Princeton Home
Advices from Princeton report Grover Cleveland seriously ill at his home for days. Family and friends were alarmed but say he has now passed the crisis.
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New York
Princeton
Grover Cleveland
Cleveland
Missouri jury convicts Gambler for Sabbath desecration
In St Joseph Missouri a jury in Justice Burke's court finds John Gambler a shoemaker guilty of Sabbath desecration for building a trellis and sodden terrace on Sunday May 26 with his wife’s sweet peas present.
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Missouri
St. Joseph
Burke
John Gambler
Gambler
King entertains Windsor garden party and Mark Twain
King Edward hosts 8000 guests at Windsor Castle garden party on June 22 marking the windup to the Ascot race meeting with guest Mark Twain, also known as Samuel L. Clemens.
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King
Mark Twain
London
Samuel L. Clemens
Windsor Castle
King Edward
Ascot
Pearl Pearl in Brandywine Creek Catch
Shelbyville Indiana reports a fish caught by Peter Cummins with a pearl like eye. The fish’s left eye was missing but the socket remained. a light hammer test made the eye seem solid and stone hard. Fishermen consider it a genuine river mussel pearl from a peculiar mussel type.
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Shelbyville
Ind
Peter Cummins
Brandywine Creek
Miss Lola Jordan Story Finally Published After Thirteen Years
Shelbyville report notes Lola Jordan of Morristown Shelby county sent the manuscript Lillians Trial to Bohemian of Ft Worth Texas thirteen years ago and it appeared in a recent issue. A Detroit man T D Allen sent a manuscript to a London magazine and had his story published after six years.
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Shelbyville
Ind
Lola Jordan
Morristown
Shelby County
Lillian
Bohemian
Ft. Worth
Tex
T. D. Allen
Detroit
Last Confederate Warship Viper Reaches St John New Brunswick
A dismasted bark named Wildwood arrives in St John with 1200 tons of scrap iron in its hold. The cargo is all that remains of the Confederate warship Viper, confiscated by Britain after its use against the U S Navy was revealed. The Viper had been sent to Bermuda after the British government learned of its intended use.
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St. John
N. B
Bermuda
Confederacy
United States Navy
Milwaukee Clerk Pleads Guilty To Embezzling 30000
Frank E. Waller, longtime Milwaukee municipal court clerk, pleaded guilty before Judge Brazee to embezzling thirty thousand dollars. He was arrested and sentenced to three years at hard labor in the Milwaukee County House of Correction.
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Milwaukee
Frank E. Waller
Brazee
Milwaukee County House of Correction
Harriman Flagged as Poor Example in ICC Report
Washington column cites Harriman as a terrible model of railroad consolidation. The Interstate Commerce Commission report, slated for delivery to the attorney general around July 1, details alleged harmful practices and industry criticism.
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Washington
Harriman
Interstate Commerce Commission
Balloon Disaster Near Debreczin Kills 13
A balloon wreck near Debreczin Hungary killed thirteen people including three aeronauts two French officers and one Austrian. Peasants attempting to approach the balloon caused a light to ignite it and the craft exploded killing ten more on site.
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Vienna
Debreczin
Hungary
Prussian Revolt Ended and Persian Rebel Seeks Refuge
The Persian revolt is crushed. Abow Fath Mirza, brother of the Shah, who raised the revolt after his father’s death, has taken refuge at the British consulate in Kermanshah and seeks security for himself and his family.
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Teheran
Persia
Abow Fath Mirza
Kermanshah
Gold in a Grave Sparked Ballarat Prospect Rush
A gravedigger in Sydney strikes a gold bearing stone while digging a grave and uncovers a vein 19 inches thick. Prospectors quickly peg many claims around the cemetery.
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Sydney
Cable
Ballarat
Rockefeller's Rapid Pace in New York Special
John D Rockefeller's automobile, rushing to his country home, was stopped by a constable at Elms Ford. The chauffeur was fined 25 dollars for speeding and Rockefeller paid the fine.
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Rockefeller
New York
John D. Rockefeller
Elms Ford
Mr. Rockefeller
Five Die in Cannanello Car Crash In Italy
A high speed automobile accident near Cann anello, about one hundred miles from Naples, killed five men. Among the deceased is Prince Pescara, a member of Italian nobility related to the Spanish royal family, whose death will mourn the Italian aristocracy.
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Naples
Cannanello
Pescara
Italy
No institution makes itself so by labeling all others as comers
A reflective line noting how a group asserts its own authority by branding others as outsiders, highlighting the tension between insiders and outsiders in social or organizational contexts.
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