Hague Peace Conference Opens With Cautious Optimism
M Nelidoff opened the Hague peace conference saying universal peace and disarmament are unattainable while a better method for judicial dispute settlement may exist. He praised President Roosevelt and Andrew Carnegie, avoided naming other rulers, and the ceremony lasted about 20 minutes before adjournment to Wednesday.
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Hague
M. Nelidoff
Nelidoff
Roosevelt
Andrew Carnegie
van Tets van Goudrain
Netherlands
Secretary Taft Better on Northwest Trip
Secretary Taft, who fell ill yesterday, is much better today in St. Paul Minnesota. He will depart tonight for Sioux Falls and other northwestern points, continuing his travel itinerary.
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St. Paul, Minn
Taft
Sioux Falls
Francis Murphy Seriously Ill in Los Angeles
Francis Murphy veteran temperance apostle is seriously ill at his Los Angeles home with a complication of ailments and doctors doubt the outcome.
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Los Angeles
Francis Murphy
Faculty Oppose Football at Columbia University
Faculty committee on students organizations declines meeting with athletics panel over permitting football next year. Four of five professors voice strong opposition, arguing the game harms the college's educational policy. Francis S. Bangs had supported restoration.
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New York
Columbia University
Francis S. Bangs
Yankee Girl Wins Kent Lawn Tennis Championship
Beckenham England June 15 May Sutton of California defeated reigning holder Mrs. Lambert Chambers in the championship round to win the Kent lawn tennis title.
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Beckenham
Eng
May Sutton
California
Lambert Chambers
Bail Refused for Former Frisco Mayor Schmitz
San Francisco date June 15 bail for former mayor Schmitz convicted of extortion was denied by Judge Dunne. A formal sentencing hearing set for June 27 with the judge to pronounce the sentence.
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San Francisco
Cal
Schmitz
Dunne
Majore
Body Found At Post Of Duty In Virginia
Old Point Comfort Va June 16 Only the body of George W West phal a first class fireman who was found at his post of duty was in the Minnesota s launch when she was raised to the surface There was no trace of the ten other men aboard the launch and the boat appears badly wrecked with the canopy torn and hull damaged The launch is believed sunk by another vessel not a storm result remains uncertain
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Old Point Comfort
George W. Westphal
Minnesota
About to Die Tells All
Atlanta June 15 Will Johnson a condemned man awaiting execution at noon for assault on Mrs. Georgia Hembree recites a long list of offenses. He implicates three assaults two murders and other outrages linked to the Atlanta riot last September in which 15 blacks and two whites were killed. He says more crimes remain unconfessed.
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Atlanta
Will Johnson
Georgia Hembree
OWA ROADS WILL NOT FIGHT
Lawyers for railroad interests state they have not seriously considered any step yet.
Iowa Rail Lines Face Fight Over Two-Cent Fare Law
Des Moines reports that major railroads have not yet plotted a united attack on Iowa’s two-cent fare law, though resistance is likely. Judge Smith McPherson fights the Missouri two-cent fare case in Kansas City, with eighteen roads joining a restraining order. Railroads eye Nebraska and Illinois contests while intercity freight rates may rise about 6 percent, raising costs for shippers across Iowa.
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Ora Williams
Iowa
Smith McPherson
Kansas City
Minnesota
Rock Island
Law Department
Des Moines
Nebraska
Illinois
Interstate Commerce Commission
Interstate Commission
Russian Parliament Backed Into a Corner
The second Russian parliament is set to be dissolved by imperial edict tonight after the lower house acts on Premier Stolypin's ultimatum. St. Petersburg remains an armed camp with troops patrolling streets and stations to curb escapes of social democratic deputies. The indictments review by the parliamentary committee is pushed to Monday with a possible deferral of the crisis. Count Tolstoi is reported seriously ill in Tula.
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St. Petersburg
Associated Press
Stolypin
Minute delay cost a life in Lima case
Lima Ohio June 15 The coroner today ruled that a one minute delay cost Marie Botkin 18 and Flossie Swigert their planned joint death by carbolic acid. Swigert phoned Botkin at 8 a m and Botkin was found unconscious. the coroner believes Botkin weakened at the last minute and summoned Swigert to back out of the pact.
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Lima
Ohio
Marie Botkin
Miss Botkin
Flossie Swigert
Miss Swigert
Miss Ligert
Three Freight Cars Plunge Into Niagara Rapids
Three freight cars broke away from a Grand Trunk train on the lower steel arch bridge and plunged into the Niagara River rapids. The cars were badly damaged. the incident occurred early today in Niagara Falls New York.
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Niagara Falls
N. Y
Grand Trunk
Niagara River
Black Hills cut off after six hour storm wrecks bridges
Deadwood South Dakota reports the Black Hills cut from outside communication since June 12 after six hour rain and hail storm wrecked railroad bridges and telegraph wires. Three deaths are confirmed including Mrs. Anderson of Piedmont and her two children. In Indiana heavy rains hit Napanee lowlands ruining onion fields with losses around half a million dollars.
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Deadwood
S. D
Black Hills
Anderson
Piedmont
Warsaw
Ind
Middle West
Anglia Strikes Rock Off Holyhead In Fog
The Irish express steamer Anglia carrying over five hundred passengers struck a submerged rock in thick fog at Holyhead, Wales. Passengers were alarmed but orderly, and after about thirty minutes the vessel refloated under its own power and passengers were landed. The bow sections below and above the waterline were damaged.
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Holyhead
Wales
Anglia
Government cruiser seizes American fishing schooner
Halifax June 15. The government cruiser Canada seized the American schooner Fannie E Prescott of Boston for fishing inside the three mile limit. The action followed a naval patrol conducted off Halifax.
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Halifax
N. S
Canada
Fannie E. Prescott
Boston
Great Dam Breaks at Chambers Lake Flood Threat
Fort Collins reports a massive dam at Chambers Lake holding 70,000,000 cubic feet of water has failed. A five foot wall of water is rushing down the Cache LaPoudre river. residents along the banks are said to have escaped, but fishermen may be trapped.
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Fort Collins
Col
Chambers Lake
Cache Lapoudre
Stratford Neighbor Samuel Rankin Found Drowned
Stratford Ont June 15 Samuel Rankin aged 62 left his home Wednesday evening and was found dead in three feet of water on the city outskirts. While dragging Victoria Lake searchers recovered the body of Mrs Patterson a known resident who apparently drowned herself.
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Stratford
Ont
Samuel Rankin
Victoria Lake
Patterson
Heravif
Weather for Iowa Sees Fair Skies With Western Showers
Iowa forecast calls for generally fair conditions with possible showers in the western part tonight or Sunday. Temperature expected to hold steady with minor changes. sunrise at 4 15, sunset at 7 98.5, moon sets at 10 56. Minor miner forecast notes fair conditions tonight and Sunday with little temperature change.
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Iowa
No President Roosevelt Address on Georgia Day
Oyster Bay June 15 President Roosevelt received a telegraphic disclaimer from Georgia Governor Terrell denying any criticism of the President amid Georgia Day at the Jamestown exposition. The dispatch says the claim that Mitchell or the President urged shortening speeches is unwarranted.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Roosevelt
Terrell
Georgia
Mitchell
Waif Heir to Huge Sum in New York Notice
Harry Pos ner aged 19 a waif brought from New York in 1899 to Howard Kansas where he studies at the Normal Institute today received a message from New York City stating he had fallen heir to 560000 left by his father who died in Cape Town Africa The boy lost his mother in childhood and his father disappeared
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Howard, Kan
Harry Posner
New York
Normal Institute
Howard
New York City
Cape Town
Africa
Interstate Commerce Commission Adopts Uniform Railroad Accounts
Washington June 15 the Interstate Commerce Commission issued a uniform system of railroad accounts to apply under the rate law starting July 1. Railroads must file monthly operating revenue and expense reports every month.
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Washington, D. C
Interstate Commerce Commission
Ex-St Louis Officials Pardoned by Governor Folk
Julius Lehmann and Emil Hartman former St Louis councilmen, convicted of boodling and sentenced to the penitentiary over three years ago, were pardoned by Governor Folk yesterday in Jefferson City Mo on June 15.
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Jefferson City
Julius Lehmann
Emil Hartman
St. Louis
Folk
Train wreck near Palermo kills engineer and fireman
A Great Northern Oriental Limited derailed near Palermo forty miles west of Minot, sending cars into a ditch and catching fire. The engineer and fireman were killed and several passengers injured. one woman and two men were badly hurt. The mail was saved amid difficult rescues. The crash was blamed on spreading rails.
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Minot
S. D
Palermo
Cone
N. D
Great Northern “Oriental Limited
Walk Out Tonight Ends Packing House Tie
The final preparations for a packing house teamsters strike were started in Chicago K June 15. Secretary Golden ordered a walkout to begin at midnight unless today’s developments call it off. This is not expected to be canceled.
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Chicago
Packing House Teamsters
Golden
Morgan Funeral Held for Senator John T Morgan in Selma
The body of Senator John T Morgan was laid to rest at Live Oak cemetery after a noon funeral at the Selma Methodist church. Thousands attended, including delegations from across Alabama and the congressional party with Vice President Fairbanks, Governor Comer, and state officials.
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Selma
Ala
John T. Morgan
Methodist Church
Live Oak Cemetery
Congressional Party
Fairbanks
Comer
Grand Stand Collapses Injuring Fifty at Ohio Ball Game
In Wellsville Ohio on June 15 a grand stand collapsed during a game between the Boston Bloomer Girls and the local Wellsville team. About fifty spectators were injured as the stand of about one hundred people collapsed in a mass fall. The worst injured were George Preston Henry Kessel J M Morgae and Harry Har ner.
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Wellsville
Boston Bloomer Girls
George Preston
Henry Kessel
J. M. Morgae
Harry Harner
Haywood Trial Telegram Evidence Ties Adams to Conspiracy
Boise June 15. The Hays wood trial opened with evidence linking Steve Adams to Haywood via a telegram asking for $75. Drafts in favor of L J Simpkins were admitted, and testimony covered the Cripple Creek strike, Peabody bomb, and Vindicator mine incidents as prosecutors build a conspiracy case.
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Boise
Hayswood
Pender
Steve Adams
Ogden
Borah
Orchard
Penter
Adams
Haywood
Wwood
W. D. Haywood
Denver
J. C. Houston
First National Bank of Denver
L. J. Simpkins
Richardson
Steunenberg
Wood
Simpkins
Cripple Creek
Mine Owners’ Association
Peabody
Couer d'Alene
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