Memorial Lincoln Tablet Unveiled Aboard Hamburg American Steamer
In Hoboken under Grand Army of the Republic auspices a bronze tablet bearing Lincoln's Gettysburg address was unveiled aboard the President Lincoln. Speakers included Gov. Franklin Fort, Admiral W. Sims, Columbia's Murray Butler, Mrs. Kate E. Jones, and Warren L. Goss. The event praised Lincoln's leadership and patriotic legacy.
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New York
N. Y
Grand Army of the Republic
President Lincoln
Hoboken
Lincoln
J. Franklin Fort
New Jersey
Hebbinghaus
W. S. Sims
U. S. Navy
Murray Butler
Columbia University
Goss
Republic
Abraham Lincoln
Great West
Emerson
Taft Contests Dominate Republican National Committee Hearing
The Republican National Committee met to hear contested Alabama delegates and other disputes as they decide temporary roll call seats. Charles P. Taft and Frank Hitchcock attend to press Taft interests while the Allies voice hope for a first ballot secretary of war nomination.
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Chicago
Reepublican National Committee
Alabama
Foraker
Great Northern
Charles L. Kurtz
Columbus
Ohio
Knox
James F. Burke
Pittsburg
Pensylvania
Allison
Taft
Charles P. Taft
Frank Hitchcock
Washington
Mr. Hitchcock
Business Growing Better in Duns Review Notes
Dispatches to Dun's Review indicate further progress in the industry with gains in employment across mills and factories in New York on June 5.
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Duns
New York
N. Y
Dun’s
Engineers Adjourn After Biennial Locomotive Brotherhood Session
Columbus Ohio June 5 The eighth biennial convention of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers adjourned this afternoon after the exemplification of the ritualistic dowr.
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Columbus
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Allison Claims 12 000 Vote Lead in Des Moines Release
All leads report for Allison in Dubuque Iowa June 5 declare the senator ahead by about 2100 votes after latest returns at Allison headquarters. The 10000 majority from Des Moines is questioned as possibly inaccurate.
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Dubuque
Dubuque, Ja
Allison
Des Moines
Star Must Face New Charges In Serious Allegations
New York June 5 actor Hitchcock was jailed in Tombs Prison after a sudden adjournment of his trial. Raymond Hitchcock the comedian was summoned to the criminal division to answer charges by three young girls. A prior trial on similar charges ended without a verdict.
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New York
N. Y
Hitchcock
Tombs Prison
Justice Goff
Raymond Hitchcock
Supreme Court
Man in feminine disguise shoots elevator man in Minneapolis
Jas Montague, 17, apparently demented, killed A. P. Camden, a Chicago elevator man, on a downtown street. Investigators found a lingerie outfit in Montague’s hotel room and he dressed as a woman for the act, later claiming he hurried the death and that “we all have to die some time.”
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Minneapolis
Jas. Montague
A. P. Camden
Chicago
Montague
Montaguey
Nobleman Falls With Prince Court Secret Revealed
Berlin June 5 Taegliche Rundschau says the inquiry into Prince Philip Zu Eulenburg on perjury charges compromised a great nobleman who until recently was a high court official. The emperor learned of the case details and dismissed the nobleman from all offices and ordered him to leave his official residence.
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Berlin
Taegliche Rundschau
Philip Zu Eulenburg
Italian filly Signorinetta wins The Oaks in London
The Oaks stakes in London were won by Signorinetta the Italian filly. Courtesy finished second and Santere third. Thirteen horses ran with Richard Croker's Rhodora among the starters.
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Pilly
London
Signorinetta
Courtesy
Santere
Richard Croker
Rhodora
Appellate Court Sets Aside Gillette Perjury Verdict
The appellate division of the New York Supreme Court today set aside the six month prison sentence of Walter R. Gillette former vice president of Mutual Life Insurance who had been convicted of perjury in the life insurance investigation.
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New York
N. Y
Walter R. Gillette
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Supreme Court
Gillette
Brent declines Washington bishop post in cable
Washington June 5 Charles Henry Brent bishop of the Philippines refused to accept the See of Washington succeeding the late Bishop Henry Y. Satterlee Brent was elected last month to the Washington post and sent a cable today declining the office.
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Washington, D. C
Charles Henry Brent
Philippines
Washington
Henry Y. Satterlee
Brent
Frankfort Streets Flooded by Vermillion River Overflow
Water fills all streets in Frankfort Kansas after Vermillion river overflow floods business blocks. Residents are rescued from homes by boats as flood conditions persist.
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Frankfort
Kan
Statements recall a scandal Bryan not bought
Omaha dispatch reports Thomas H. Tibbles, 1904 Populist vice presidential nominee and former editor of the Independent in Lincoln, describing a $15,000 campaign fund raised in New York and spent in Nebraska to influence the 1904 race. He says $5,000 funded a 96,000 copy Independent edition supporting Berg for governor and that the rest went unaccounted.
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Omaha
Neb
New York
Nebraska
Thomas H. Tibbles
Tibbles
Lincoln
Bryan
Independent
Tibbies
Berg
Tom Allen
James C. Dahlmann
John G. Maher
Democratic National Committee
Parker
St. Louis
Belmont Near Death After Appendicitis Operation
Oliver H. P. Belmont lay at his Hempstead Long Island home with family by his side after an appendicitis operation. He developed peritonitis and his condition remained precarious with doctors conceding only a bare chance of recovery.
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New York
Oliver H. P. Belmont
Hempstead
Long Island
Belmont
Dr. Lanhart
O. H. P. Belmont
National Wholesale Grocers praise Roosevelt for pure food law
Atlantic City N J June 5 The National Wholesale Grocers association at its final meeting today passed a resolution thanking President Roosevelt for his assistance in securing national pure food legislation and requesting the help of state governors to secure uniform state pure food laws.
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Atlantic City
N. J
National Wholesale Grocers’ Association
Roosevelt
Must Keep the Lid on Says Uncle Sam
The Internal Revenue Service moved to prosecute infractions of international revenue laws with seizures at two drug stores for selling cigars without proper stamps. The seizures focused on removing box tops to expose stamps, claimed as prima facie evidence of tax non payment.
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Washington, D. C
Internal Revenue Department
United States
Roosevelt Plans Africa Trip After 1909 Campaign
Washington reports that President Roosevelt intends to sail with his son Kermit from New York to Cairo in April 1909 for a yearlong big game hunt in Africa. The disclosure marks a clear plan tied to his stance against a third term.
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Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
United States
Africa
Kermit
New York
Cairo
Montana 15 Flooded Roads and Rails Cut Off
Rain floods Montana as Helena and Butte become nearly isolated. Heaviest downpours wash out rails and highways, rivers swell to double or triple their usual width, threatening bridges and delaying railroad traffic for days.
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Salt Lake
Utah
Helena
Butte
Mont
Montana
Big Hole
Clarksford
Missouri
Williamsburgh Father Kills Wife and Self in Tragedy
In New York City, Frederick Rosatt shot his wife in bed and fired at two young sons before killing himself. His 13 year old daughter wrestled the gun away, and Mrs. Rosatt is expected to recover. Police report the incident as driven by presumed insanity.
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New York
N. Y
Frederick Rosaft
Williamsburg
Health licenses tied to marriage permits ethics push
Chicago June 5 prospective grooms may need health certificates before marriage licenses if physicians at the American Medical Association convention prevail. A three member health board could enforce stricter health standards for marriages as part of the new policy. Gorgas elected AMA president celebrating canal zone service and push for federal health bureau. Dr Rotch argues juvenile standards should rely on development rather than age years, citing Roentgen evidence.
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Chicago
Ill
The
American Medical Association
Gorgas
William Crawford Gorgas
Isthmian Canal Commission
Canal Zone
House of Delegates
Panama Canal
Association
Federal Health Bureau
Roys
Thomas Rotch
Boston
Rotch
Naval Academy Holds Graduation For 1908 Class
In Annapolis on June 5 thousands gathered as 200 members of the class of 1908 graduated from the U S Naval Academy. General Horace Porter presented diplomas in place of Secretary Metcalf who could not attend.
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Annapolis
Naval Academy
Horace Porter
Board of Visitors
Navy
Metcalf
Brown defeats Hoke Smith in Georgia Democratic primary
Unofficial returns from Georgia show Joseph M. Brown leading Hoke Smith by about 14,000 votes with ten doubtful counties still to be counted. The June 5 report from Atlanta notes Brown’s lead in yesterday’s governor race as results trickle in from remaining counties.
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Atlanta
Joseph M. Brown
Hoke Smith
Gerald Randall Hurt at Weed Park Picnic
Gerald Randall, pupil at Washington school, was injured yesterday when his leg was caught in a lawn swing at Weed Park. The Van Horne Street resident sprained his leg badly with no bones broken, after another child’s misstep on the swing caused the accident.
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Gerald Randall
Weed Park
Washington School
van Horne Street
Money Kings In Wreck On Millionaires Express
A Lackawanna suburban train known as the Millionaires Express derailed near Hillington New Jersey after rails spread Several people were hurt The injured include Frederick P Olcott president Central Trust Company of New York Fred B Valentine a Newark horseman R V Lindaburg of Newark counsel for Prudential Life Insurance Company and Assemblyman Henry A Young of Newark
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New York
N. Y
Lackawanna Railroad
Millionaires Express
Hillington
N. J
Frederick P. Olcott
Central Trust Company of
Fred B. Valentine
Newark
R. V. Lindaburg
Prudential Life Insurance Company
Henry A. Young
Epworth League Plans Annual Convention in Wellman
The Muscatine district Epworth league will hold its annual convention at Wellman on June 15 16 and 17. A number of Muscatine and Wilton people expect to attend.
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Muscatine District
Epworth League
Wellman
Muscatine and Wilton
Missouri Pacific Directors Do Not Declare Dividends
Directors of Missouri Pacific today did not declare the customary semi annual dividends. The omission follows the company’s routine schedule and affects shareholder expectations for income.
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Missouri Pacific
New York
N. Y
Long Auto Trip From Chicago Reaches Muscatine
J H Wenger and William Clark prominent South English residents traveled in a Oldsmobile 4897 from Chicago to their home in Iowa. They left a week ago for sightseeing and arrived in Muscatine this morning at 11 o'clock with no accidents and expect to reach their home about 3 o'clock this afternoon.
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Chicago
Muscatine
J. H. Wenger
William Clark
South English
Iowa
Weather Outlook For Iowa Illinois
Iowa showers likely tonight and Saturday with possible thunderstorms. Sunrise at 4 15, sunset 7 22. Illinois cloudier with showers Saturday and possible late tonight, warmer in the far north on Saturday.
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Iowa
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