Patrick Must Face Death Penalty for Rice Murder
The New York Court of Appeals denied Albert T. Patrick a new trial. He is to be electrocuted for the 1900 murder of William Marsh Rice in New York City. The court, in a split decision, affirmed his first degree murder conviction and left little chance of gubernatorial intervention.
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New York
Court of Appeals
Albert T. Patrick
William Marsh Rice
Bath House
Sing Sing
Albany
Patrick
Higgins
Patricks
Gray
O'Brien
Rice
Jerome
Farmers Congress officials visit Bryan for county exhibit plan
In Bryan, Professors and executives from Dallas San Antonio College Station and Rockdale gathered at Carnegie Hall to push a county agricultural exhibit for the Farmers Congress. They proposed a special Bryan to College Station train and housing for 100 to 200 visitors. Committees were formed to act immediately.
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Bryan
Texas
J. H. Connell
Dallas
Farmers’ Congress
J. M. Vance
San Antonio
J. W. Carson
College Station
Mr. Hanson
Rockdale
Carnegie Hall
First oil shipment from Humble field via Galveston barge
The Spindler Top carried 108000 gallons of oil from Humble field through Galveston to Morgan City Louisiana. Oil was piped to the barge at Clinton and cleared yesterday afternoon. President Roosevelt left Washington at 11 15 a m for a short trip to Rapidan Virginia staying with Jos Wilmer a longtime friend of the Roosevelts.
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Galveston
Texas
Humble
Morgan City
Clinton
Washington
Roosevelt
Rapidan
Jos. Wilmer
Mrs. Roosevelt
Harvey Balding kills ex wife and another man then vanishes
Memphis reports a man named Harvey Balding shot and killed his divorced wife and Harvey Hill at the wife’s home near Gibson Mississippi. Balding, recently remarried, fled after the double shooting. Cameron Milam County Enterprise debuts with editor J H Ainsworth and proprietor J G Evans.
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Harvey Balding
Harvey Hill
Gibson, Miss
Balding
Hill
Cameron
Texas
The
Milam County Enterprise
J. H. Ainsworth
J. G. Evans
Japanese attacked outposts on our left flank June 5
General Linovitch reports to Emperor Nicholas that Japanese forces were checked by our advance post fire. Troops in Tsin valley repulsed the enemy and occupied Santsiatou. A force in Hun valley moved southwest from Boyhe, while another force drove Japanese from Nanchentchensi to Taouangow.
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St. Petersburg
Linovitch
Nicholas
Tsin Valley
Santsiatou
Hun Valley
Boyhe
Nanchentchensi
Taouangow
Former bank president indicted for embezzlement in Minnesota
Thomas B. Clements, former president of the defunct First National Bank of Faurbault, Minn., was yesterday indicted by a U.S. grand jury on twenty counts of embezzlement and misappropriation. The indictment covers more than $150,000, with the receiver estimating the total involved near $240,000.
St Petersburg backs Zemstvo adhesion to Moscow congress address
The municipality of St. Petersburg agrees to join the address to the Emperor Nicholas adopted by the all Russian congress in Moscow and has named members to join the Moscow congress deputation to present the address.
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St. Petersburg
Nicholas
Moscow
Disease Hits Markham Texas Stock Killing Mysterious
In Markham two Anderson Bros men died and two more sick at the same place and near by cows are afflicted with a similar illness. County Judge Matthews seeks the state veterinarian. In Cheburne N A Reeves injured at Santa Fe repair track from a grain door falling on him.
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Markham
Texas
Charman
Anderson Bros
Cheburne
N. A
Reeves
Santa Fe
Janitor's Excellent Reason for Not Moving a Piano
A piano blocks a landing during a building move and tenants prepare to evacuate. A top flat resident presses for lifting over banisters, blaming movers’ strength. The hall boy refuses, citing past injury, and the woman climbs to the roof then returns.
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William
The Vatican City Versus Time and Turmoil
The Vatican is described as a vast, quiet city within itself with thousands of rooms including libraries galleries chapels monasteries and more. The Four Track News notes that despite a foreboding exterior the interior yields serene peace where portraits of its vast past pass by while pestilence fire and war have penetrated its walls and vandals have looted treasures.
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Vatican
The
Four Winds of Heaven Poem by Frances Dickinson
The poem speaks of four winds of heaven as carriers of ashes and gases, contrasting freedom with money and human laws. It depicts love as a force that cools fever, warms hearts, and spreads sweetness, while human constructs constrain beauty and sweetness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Dickinson
New York Man Claims World Has Four Corners
A New York man asserts the world contains four corners and warns against loud talk that could invite a billion dollar syndicate to corner all corners. The quip hints at a humorous urban legend or speculative boast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Prince Pedro Plans Fresh Tour in Chinese Turkestan
To Tour Chinese Turkestan. Prince Pedro of Orleans and Braganza, son of the Comte d'Eu, who has already visited Central Asia, contemplates making a fresh tour there.
Equitable Trust Plan Recasts NY Financial Firm
In New York a plan led by Thomas F Ryan would consolidate Equitable Trust Company MetLife and Morton Trumpany into a large trust bank. The move aims for deposits near 169 million with 7 million capital and 20 million surplus. Former President Cleveland endorses trusteeship with caution about lax fiduciary duties.
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New York
Trust Company
United
Yeste
Thomas van
Lilable Life Assurance Society
James H. Hyde
Mr. Ryan
Equitable Truat Company
Metile Company
Morton Trumpany
National City Bank of Ity
Consolidated Trust Company
Ryan
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Colmesneil to host summer normal for colored people this month
Colmesneil Texas announces a summer normal for colored people opening this month with a large attendance expected. The event aims to provide community education and cultural activities in a welcoming venue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colmesneil
Texas
Outlaws and Ranchers Battle in Jackson Hole Bloodier
Reports from Blackfoot Idaho say the recent chase in Jackson Hole ended more deadly than first reported with six killed four outlaws and two ranchers. Several horses were slain and the ranchers recovered cattle the outlaws tried to drive away.
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Blackfoot
Idaho
Jackson Hole
Japanese council on peace policy discussed with Russia
A Tokio dispatch reports Emperor Mutuhito convened a great council at eleven this morning. The session focused on Russia policy and potential peace actions. Princess Sadako attended along with Princes Fushima Kanin and Yamashina, elder statesmen, principal ministers, and the chief executive officer.
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Chicago
Tokio
Daily News
Mutuhito
Russia
Sadako Wa
Fushima
Kanin
Yamashina
Acetylene Lighting Promises Gas Independence in Villages
New York June 13 report argues gas and water price debates hinge on utility access. Acetylene is presented as a cheaper independent light source, with small generators and do it yourself production, offering city gas quality at about 85 cents per thousand. It is praised as practical for isolated buildings away from city plants.
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New York
London Auction Sees Chinese Vase Reach 10000 At Sale
A cracked Chinese vase sold in London for 10000 dollars and a Sevres vase brought 20000 in two minutes. Over the past decade collectors have studied dynastic differences, boosting values of Kangxi black ground vases enameled with green foliage and figures. The 17.5 inch vase highlights rising antique prices.
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London
Sheridan and Texas Opinion Exchange
Gen Sheridan and the Texas debate are recalled by author James Barton Adams in a tale where an old cattleman recalls Sheridan praising Texas. The cattleman wagers Sheridan would still prefer Texas to hades, noting the general might have changed his mind by now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
James Barton Adams
Lone Star
Sheridan
Adams
British Aristocrats Turn to Trade in Profitable Ventures
A survey shows several British society leaders engaging in trades such as book selling, laundry services, fashion design, dairy farming, artistic needlework, and violet cultivation. Notable names include Lady Wimborne, Lady Essex, Mrs Hwfa Williams, the duchess of Abercorn, Lady Rachel Byng, and Lady Aileen Wyndham Quinn.
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Lady Wimborne
Lady Essex
Hwfa Williams
Duff Gordon
Duchess of Abercorn
Rachel Byng
Aileen Wyndham Quinn
Immense Game Preserve Owners Named
Herman B. Duryea and Harry Payne Whitney of New York and Hobart Ames of Boston own a 70000 acre game preserve sixty miles from Memphis praised as the finest in America in many respects.
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Herman B. Duryea
Harry Payne Whitney
New York
Hobart Ames
Boston
Memphis
America
Lancashire Exports Surge in First Quarter of 1905
Lancashire shipped 1.53 billion yards of cotton goods in the three months to March 1905, up 753 million yards from early 1904. China took 82 million of the gain. Rome hosts 130 convents, 94 for education and hospital work, as Japan boasts elite gymnasts and high soldiers.
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Lancashire
China
Rome
Man Roughs Bear in Texas Blackberry Thicket
In Saratoga on June 14 George Doty and companions encountered a 500 pound female bear while gathering blackberries. Lacking arms he used vines to fend off the beast, then struck the bear with a fist on the nose, secured a club and delivered the fatal blow. Doty was exhausted and wounded but survived with minor flesh injuries and torn clothing.
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Saratoga
Texas
George Doty
Doty
Mr. Doty
Leavenworth Receives Former Milwaukee Banker
Frank G. Bigelow, ex Milwaukee banker, was brought to Fort Leavenworth penitentiary at 7 40 P M. John Speclaie, a five year term counterfeiter, accompanied him. They were escorted by Deputy Marshals Andrew Johnson and Charles Kelley. Gordon Bigelow and Dr. Bigelow, relatives from Chicago, traveled with them. Bigelow wept during the Moline leg of the trip.
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Moline
Sensational shooting near Palmetto leaves three dead
A Picayune special from Palmetto Louisiana reports three men killed and one mortally wounded in a shooting yesterday. The dead are Tom Carroll Oscar Fredericks and John Magee. Mortally wounded is Constable F A Solleau. The trouble is linked to long standing ill will between Carroll and Solleau.
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Cial
Palmetto
Carroll
Sojleau
Rio Grande Channel Plan Divides Texan Land Boundary
The International Boundary Commission plans a new channel east of El Paso, Texas, potentially shifting land from United States to Mexico. If events do not intervene, the project proceeds tomorrow, altering the border area above and below the city.
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el Paso
Texas
Rio Grande
International Boundary Commission
United States
Pittsburg Man Convicted of Murder Gets Life Sentence
H. J. Carbough was convicted of murder on Saturday and sentenced to life. The Franklin county case drew wide attention with about 150 witnesses. a motion for a new trial was overruled.
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Pittsburg
Texas
H. J. Carbough
Franklin County
Death of Louis Brooks in San Antonio at 128
Louis Brooks a well known local character died yesterday in San Antonio in his 129th year. He possessed documents showing a birth date of January 15 1777 in Maryland.
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San Antonio
Texas
Louis Brooks
Maryland
Dismal Swamp Reemerges as Profitable Virginia Resource
The Dismal Swamp in Virginia, once promoted by George Washington and two thirds of its 900 000 acres, is seeing renewed activity as lumber and truck farming transform the area. The swamp, once avoided as malarial, now hosts settlers and crops, while waterways attract distant ships. A note on American locomotive design mirrors global interests.
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Ginia
George Washington
Virginia
Norfolk
Drowning at Rio Grande Crossing Claims Two Mexican Boys
Two Mexican boys aged 12 and 14 attempting to cross the Rio Grande near coal mines in Laredo were swept away after a boat capsized. Both youths drowned, their bodies carried downstream.
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Laredo
Texas
Rio Grande
Syrians Turned Back by Immigration Officers
In Laredo Texas yesterday immigration officers sent back a group of Syrians to Mexico. One individual was identified as an avowed anarchist and another as a polygamist among those refused entry.
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Laredo
Texas
Mexico
Governor denies foreign control in Danish West Indies
The governor general of St. Thomas told the Associated Press that reports of a foreign power gaining rights there are false. He said coal wharves and ship repairing workshops are private business undertakings.
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St. Thomas, D. W
St. Thomas
Associated Press
Danish West Indies
Dode's Kidney Pills Promoted Amid Various Claims
Frank M. Russell of Cox Wisconsin reports kidney disease relief after two boxes of Dode's Kidney Pills. He claims regained strength and ability to work all day noting prior inability to walk across a room. The clipping also touts Dem Vertreter on Japan and other assorted ad copy claims.
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Cox, Wis
Frank M. Russell
Dode
Bright
Dodd
Man wills wife money due to her own testament
A man transfers funds to his wife claiming the transfer is dictated by her testament and will. The action centers on the expectancy of the wife’s bequest and the legal basis for the life or trust transfer associated with her will.
Two Open Letters Praising Mrs Pinkham Aid
Women readers see letters from Mrs Dimmick of Washington and Mrs Mary Dimmick Bath and East Capitol Streets Washington praising Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. They credit advice with saving a life and easing painful menstrual symptoms amid surgical fears.
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Mary Dimmick
Washington
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Lynn
Mass
Bath
East Capitol Streets
Washington, D.C
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FP. T. Fehrenkamd
Devoe and Masvry
Moulton, Texas
Court of Criminal Appeals
Memphis, Tenn
Aberdeen
Miss
Zemstvo
T. F. Ryan
Equitable
Mortolh
Ty Ainery
Cleveland
Thomas F. Ryan
Equitable Society
GAS and Water
M. F. Tupper
Emerson
Big Bear
Bigelow
New Orleans
A Picayune Spe
Tom Carroll
Oscar Fredericks
John Magee
F. A
Solle
Life For Carbough
Cologne
Berlin
Mr. Russell
Chippewa County
Wisconsin
Japan
Country
Nihon Or
Nippon
McCane’s Detective Agency
Houston
South
David Kennedy
Piso
J. W. O'Gdrres
Third Ave. N
Minneapolis, Minn
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