State powerless to stop French Lick gambling in Indiana
Orange County residents resist prosecution as Governor Hanly and Indiana officials struggle to halt gambling at French Lick and West Baden. Plans seek witnesses and local prosecutions, with locals saying voters would side with owners Taggart and Sinclair.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
French Lick
Hanly
Louisville
Chicago
West Baden
Orange County
Tom Taggart
Sinclair
Taggart
Congress to Stay in Session Until Work Is Finished
Speaker Cannon and aides press to keep Congress in Washington until major bills including the pure food, meat inspection, immigration, railroad rate, and several appropriation measures are resolved. No adjournment date will be set while conferences continue and final action nears.
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Washington
Congress
Cannon
Senate
House
Exonerated: Capt Hiram I Bearss Cleared of Ragtime Funeral Charge
The Navy Department fully exonerates Capt Hiram I Bearss of Peru Indiana from a charge six weeks old alleging he ordered the band of the Wisconsin to play ragtime at a marine Anderson's funeral in Cavite Philippine Islands.
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Bearss
Washington
Navy Department
Hiram I. Bearss
Peru
Ind
Fireworks Boom Predicted for Fourth of July
New York Special notes experts estimate the nation will spend over twelve million dollars on fireworks this Fourth of July with New York City alone consuming several millions on firecrackers revolver ammunition roman candles skyrockets bombs pin wheels and punk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
America
United States
New York City
King Edward Grants Jewish Court Day Change
London officials announce a concession to Jewish feeling with the third court of the season moved from Friday to Thursday June 28. The move aims to ease anti semitic barriers and may become an annual practice with possible influence abroad.
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London
Edward
Russia
No More Chicago Saloons After July 31
Chicago City Council passes an ordinance restricting saloon licenses. No new licenses may be issued after July 31 until Chicago’s population nearly doubles, with a target rate of one new license per 500 residents. the measure faced little opposition.
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Chicago
Quanah Parker to Open School for Indians in Lawton
Quanah Parker, Comanche leader, plans a school in Lawton Oklahoma to teach Indians how to become good citizens. The project aims to foster education and civic responsibility among the tribe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
I. T
Quanah Parker
Rook Garden Murder Shocks New York
Evelyn Nesbit wife of Harry Thaw and famed actress, linked to the Madison Square Garden shooting of Stanford White. Thaw fired three times, injuring White who died. Thaw was seized by police as fans fled. Nesbit proclaimed support for Thaw, while lawyers expect a lunacy commission to determine his mind.
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New York
Stanford White
McKim, Mead & White
Harry Thaw
Pittsburg
Mariselle
Madison Square Garden
White
Thaw
Madison Square Roof Garden
Harry Short
Evelyn Nesbit
Miss Nesbit
Harry
Japanese Fleet May Come to Exposition
Tokyo dispatch says the Japanese Admiralty rejected sending a fleet abroad unless the next Diet approves the cost. Funds for a fleet would be sought if the Diet votes next year, aligning with U S wishes. Admiral Togo’s attendance at the James Town exposition is noted in the inquiry.
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London
Tokio
Daily Telegraph
Togo
Jamestown
United States
Bryan's Next Stop
Mr and Mrs William J Bryan departed here Sunday for North Cape after making many friends among Norwegians and Norwegian American delegations to the coronation of King Haakon and Queen Maud.
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Bryan
Trondhjem
William J. Bryan
North Cape
Mr. Bryan
Haakon
Queen Maud
Bryan meeting in New York reception for William J Bryan
Mayor Tom L. Johnson of Cleveland will preside at the Madison Square Garden reception for William J. Bryan on his return to the country. Henry Watterson will speak for the South and Alexander Troup for the East. a West speaker is not yet announced.
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New York
Tom L. Johnson
Cleveland
William J. Bryan
Madison Square Garden
Bryan
Henry Watterson
Alexander Troup
New Haven
Pickles Sour as People Stay in a Pickle
A proverb notes that those who remain in constant trouble quickly lose favor or patience, suggesting repeated luckless states lead to sour outcomes.
Roosevelt to visit Panama Canal zone for personal inspection
President Roosevelt plans a late October or early November trip to the Panama Canal zone aboard a naval cruiser to inspect the canal project. Secretary Loeb announced the plan after a White House conference, with Taft and Shonts possible escorts. The visit would last about three weeks, with at least a week on site to study the project firsthand. Roosevelt also canceled a planned trip to San Francisco to attend the cornerstone ceremony for the federal building.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Panama
Panama Canal
White House
Loeb
Tober
Taft
Shonts
Panama Canal Commission
Long
Canal Zone
San Francisco
Federal Building
Government to prosecute Standard Oil under Ilkins and Sherman laws
Washington Special reports Attorney General Moody announces the government will pursue initial proceedings under the Ilkins anti rebates statute to challenge Standard Oil's interstate trade practices. He notes possible future action under the Sherman act and vows steps to curb discriminatory rates not yet prosecutable but covered by the pending rate bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Special
Standard Oil Company
Moody
King Haakon Crowned At Trondheim Cathedral
King Haakon and Queen Maud were crowned king and queen of Norway in Trondheim Cathedral. The royal party traveled from the palace at 11 05 a m and entered the cathedral six minutes later. The king was crowned at 12 15 p m and the queen at 12 35 p m. They departed at 12 55 p m for the palace, receiving widespread loyalty salutes.
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Trondhjem
Haakon
Maud
Norway
Lost Grecian statues sought by sea expedition
Milan Cable reports two specially equipped steamers with divers left Genoa for the Aegean to recover Grecian statues from a wreck off Cerigotto believed sunk a century before Christ. A Greek diver recently recovered a statue valued at $600.
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Aegean
Milan
Genoa
Covernment of
Greece
Genoa Society For
Cerigotto
Tny
Barrington Denied Rehearing in McCann Murder
In Jefferson City Missouri the Supreme Court en banc refused a motion for a rehearing filed by Lord F Seymour Barrington who is sentenced to hang at Clayton on July 26 for the murder of James P McCann.
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Barrington
Jefferson City
Supreme Court
En Banc
F. Seymour Barrington
Clayton
James P. McCann
New Island Rises From Sea In Bering Sea Eruption
Cable advices from Seward Alaska report a submarine eruption has formed an island near Boroslov in the Bering Sea. Fishermen from Unalaska say the water near the site runs hot and rock and earth have created several acres of headland. The sighting follows a similar event about a century ago.
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Seattle
Bering Sea
Seward
Alaska
Boroslov
Unalaska
Prince Manueloff Assassinated in Ufa Street
Prince Manueloff a landed proprietor and former guards officer was killed in the street of Ufa. Officials suggest the crime may have political motives and be tied to unrest in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ufa
Russia
Arenloff
Standard Oil Contemplates Half Billion Capital Increase
Wall Street rumors claim Standard Oil plans to raise capital from 100 million to 600 million with 350 million as a stock dividend to current shareholders and 150 million in treasury for independent oil properties. The move would widen public stock ownership and stabilize the company against legislation. No official statement or criminal proceedings are linked to this discussion.
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New York
Wall Street
Standard Oil Company
Standard Oil
Broadway
Standard
Stock Exchange
Rival Steel Trust Forming to Compete with U S Steel
A Cleveland based consolidation seeks to rival the United States Steel Corporation. Promoters outline plans to form a company absorbing Republic Iron and Steel, Jones and Laughlin interests, much of Southern pig iron producers, and many independents.
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Cleveland, C
United States Steel Corporation
Republic Irion and Steel Company
Jones and Laughlin
Government begins massive bark beetle timber destruction near Custer
The U S government starts removing $3,000,000 worth of timber in the reserve near Custer South Carolina to combat the bark beetle threat. Infected trees are felled by a large force and bark and branches burned to prevent spread.
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Custer, S. C
United States
Prince Henry Named Commander in Chief of German Navy
Berlin announces a decree by the Kaiser appointing Prince Henry of Prussia brother of the Kaiser as commander-in-chief of the German navy succeeding Admiral Edward Von Knorr. The honor underscores a major shift in naval leadership.
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Prince Henry
Berlin
Prussia
Empire
Edward von Knorr
Beckham Seeks Senate Seat in Kentucky Primary
Frankfort Kentucky special governor Beckham formally announces candidacy in the primary to succeed James B McCreary in the United States Senate. McCreary has already started his re election campaign.
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Frankfort
Beckham
James B. McCreary
United States Senate
McCreary
Tragic double murder suicide shocks Indiana town
Civil War veteran William Hardin killed his wife Mrs. Hardin and wounded their son Minor before shooting himself. Neighbors gathered as Hardin guarded the house all night, allegedly driven by jealousy. A long letter left by Hardin is held by Coroner Baughn and not released pending questions about charges against prominent Tennyson residents.
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Boonville
Ind
Wiliam Hardin
Tennyson
Here
Southern Railroad
Hardin
Joseph Baughn
Cudahy closes big Louisville packing plant
Louisville Packing Company, the largest plant owned by Cudahy Packing of Chicago, shuts down indefinitely. Established 1892, it employed about 350 workers and produced 10 000 sheep, 20 000 cattle, and 300 000 hogs annually, with plant value around 800 000 dollars and supplying about 60 percent of local meat. Manager W. W. Mason cites newspaper mudslinging and adverse legislation as reasons.
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Louisville
Louisville Packing Company
Cudahy Packing Company
Chicago
W. W. Mason
Oklahoma Celebrates Statehood in Largest Public Demonstration
A special celebration in Oklahoma City drew enthusiastic crowds with excursion trains bringing many prominent figures. Governor Hoch of Kansas delivered the principal address as Oklahoma marked its new statehood with a record show of public sentiment.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Oklahoma
Hoch
Kansas
City saloon licenses fixed at 650 a year
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors passed an ordinance fixing saloon licenses at 650 per annum. Saloons may resume business July 5, and for the first 30 days their doors will open from 6 a m to 6 p m. After that time, if the police commissioners decide, saloons may stay open all night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Board of Supervisors
Murderer Ivens Hanged for Hollister Murder
Richard Ivens was executed by hanging in Chicago on Friday for the January 12 murder of Mrs. Bessie Hollister at the county jail. He remained largely stoic until the end, when the sheriff placed the black cap over his face and his courage collapsed.
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Ivens
Chicago
Richard Ivens
Bessie Hollister
Village executes two policemen after cow killing
In Krutnyagorki villagers denounce two rural police members for killing a cow and hold a commune meeting to condemn them. The sentence is carried out by execution.
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Voronezh
Russia
Krutnyagorki
Plot to kill President Roosevelt alleged in Portland trial
In Portland Municipal Court six Polish defendants faced assault charges as Walter Sealaszkiwicz testified a month earlier a plot formed to raise funds to send an anarchist to Washington to assassinate President Roosevelt.
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Portland
Ore
Walter Sealaszkiwicz
Sealaszkiwicz
Washington
Roosevelt
Woman and two others burned in Colorado street crash
Mrs James J Cordori 28 wife of a local business man was roasted to death in a car fire after a Pasadena chauffeur John Henderson was severely burned and Eva May Morris an artist from Pueblo was burned and bruised in a Colorado street overturning at about sixty miles an hour.
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Los Angeles
James J. Cordori
John Henderson
Pasadena
Eva May Morris
Pueblo
Colorado Street
Prayer and praise shaping each day
A concise reflection on starting daily life with prayer and ending with gratitude, highlighting spiritual discipline as a guiding habit. The message emphasizes ongoing devotional practice and the transformative power of praise in ordinary days.
Man Ends Life After All Day Fishing Frustration
In St Louis a man named Joseph Buechlein returned home and killed himself with carbolic acid after an all day fishing effort produced only three small fish. The incident is recorded as a suicide.
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St. Louis
Joseph Buechlein
Soudanese Attack Avenged at Talodi
Cairo Cable reports the punitive expedition from El Obeid killed 350 Soudanese and captured 100 after Talodi was attacked by tribesmen in early June. Forty Egyptians died in the same raid, while the expedition suffered no losses.
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Cairo
el Obeid
Talodi
Four Die in Convicts Mutiny at Angola Farm
New Orleans dispatch reports four people killed during a mutiny at the Angola State Convict Farm in Louisiana with details sparse from the telegraph.
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New Orleans
Angola
Need Fear No More Quakes In San Francisco
Prof Omori predicts aftershocks follow a law like gravity and with sufficient data the exact time of smaller shocks could be forecast. He believes San Francisco and surrounding areas may be free from great earthquakes for fifty years or more.
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San Francisco
Omori
Dr. Omori
China Indemnifies France After Nanchang Massacre
Paris reports the Foreign Office says China signs a treaty paying 200000 dollars to the missions and 400000 dollars to the deceased missionaries families. A memorial hospital will be built and rioting ringleaders punished. Posthumous honors for the magistrate are denied.
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Paris
Foreign Office
China
France
Nanchang
Kiang Si
Fourth of July Celebrated by Isthmian Canal Workers in Panama
Isthmian Canal Commission employees in the canal zone plan a regular Fourth of July celebration in Panama with special excursions from canal points. Funds raised by popular subscription cover fireworks and Governor Magoon and other notable figures will give addresses and support the day’s events.
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Washington
Isthmian Canal Commission
Canal Zone
Panama
Canal
Magoon
Red Seeks King of Italy in Ancona Visit
Anarchist Elfero Scaramelli was arrested at Pisa as he traveled toward Ancona where King Victor Emmanuel planned to lay the corner stone of a new hospital. Scaramelli offered no reasons for his trip and authorities found numerous anarchist documents in his lodgings. We will return here Sunday.
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Rome
Elfero Scaramelli
Pisa
Ancona
Victor Emmanuel
Omaha Banker Becomes Pound Master And Dog Catcher
Alfred Millard, cashier at a leading Omaha bank, was confirmed by the city council as pound master and dog catcher. Millard, president of the Nebraska Humane Society, sought the post and pledged to improve treatment of animals and raise the office’s respect.
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Omaha
Alfred Millard
Millard
Nebraska Trumane Society
Cuban Town Sagna La Grande Destroyed by Fire Flooded
Stauffer Eshelman and Co report Cuban town Sagna La Grande in Santa Clara province with about 13000 inhabitants was flooded then entirely destroyed by fire per cablegrams received.
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New Orleans
Sagna la Grande
Santa Clara Province
Cuba
Stauffer, Eshelman & Co
Attack on Buheauen by Manila Cable band
A band of 590 Puila janes under Gensario Pastor attacked Buheauen on Lexte island. Five policemen were killed and five wounded. the force was captured except the lieutenant in command. Pastor was killed.
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Manila Cable
Gensario Pastor
Buheauen
Lexte
Tieutenant
Pastor Haself
The Deadly Headache Powder Mystery
Coroner probes the death of Mrs. Sophia Kraftz after taking headache powders. Stomach analysis reveals acetanilide in lethal amount, enough to kill ten people.
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Pittsburg
Sophia Kraftz
Three Hundred Killed in Bialystok Atrocity Report
Berlin reports groups of Russian Hebrew refugees passing through Berdlin describe atrocities at Bialystok with a death toll around 300. The account emphasizes the scale of killings and refugee movement toward Switzerland.
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Berlin
Berdlin
Switzerland
Bialystok
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