Conciliatory Policy Shifts in Philippines War
Washington reports indicate the Taft inquiry and Gen. MacArthur favor conciliation toward Filipino leaders. Leaders like Cailles surrender with assurances of fair trials, while Aguinaldo and other generals avoid harsh penalties. A war department order shows 500 prisoners freed to signal surrender of Mascardo and Lacuna.
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Washington
Philippines
Taft
MacArthur
Aguinaldo
Teodoro Sandico
Manila
Gen. Cailles
Cailles
War Department
Mascardo
Bataan
Zambales
Lacuna
Bulacan
Nueva Ecija
Boy fires shotgun killing prowler in Monroe porch incident
In Monroe Michigan on a June morning Jay Foster aged eighteen fired two blasts from a shotgun at a tree to scare away burglars. The blast killed William Breckenridge who crashed through branches. Breckenridge had a bad reputation.
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Monroe
Mich
J. W. Foster
Jay Foster
William Breckenridge
Breckenridge
Mrs McKinley Goes Downstairs for Luncheon
Mrs McKinley, first time since returning from California, joined President at luncheon today in the White House. She remained at the table for some time as observers noted her improving condition and presence during the meal.
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Mrs. McKinley
Washington
California
Poland Poland Poland Pure Spring Water Ad
Poland Poland Poland The purest natural spring water in the world advertises Johann Hoff's Malt Extract for digestion, claiming no substitutes. Also notes various newspaper pages and department indices such as Stocks, Wheat, Corn, Real Estate, and Arrivals.
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Igen Intelligence
United Service
Johann Hoff
Mrs. Mc Kinley Improves Steadily in Hospital Update
After a month’s break from routine, Mrs. Mc Kinley returns to her room and shows no fatigue. Dr. Rixey reports her general condition remains favorable and her improvement continues steadily tonight.
Constitution Measured and Tested in Newport Trials
John Hyslop, official measurer for the New York Yacht Club, measured the Constitution at 104 765 feet racing trim after a 89.96 water line. On deck were Ralph N Ellis Newberry Thorn John Hyslop and Capt Brownson of the Alabama as Duncan ordered a short trial voyage. The boat used No 1 spinnaker briefly and reached her moorings about 3 30 PM after a light southwest wind and a fog delay during tuning up.
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Newport
R. I
John Hyslop
New York Yacht Club
Constitution
Mr. Hyslop
Ralph N. Ellis
Newberry Thorn
Capt
Brenton’s Cove
Columbia
Independence
Boston
Excommunication of Father Murphy Shocks Seward Parish
Lincoln Neb June 24 Bishop Bona cum of this diocese excommunicated Father Murphy of Seward for long running disputes over Rome’s edicts on Land League dues. Murphy’s supporters may form a new church independent of Rome as tensions rise within the parish.
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Father Murphy
Seward
Neb
Ireland
New York Times
Lincoln, Neb
Bonacum
William Murphy
Rome
Fatherurphy
Hanna men win control at Ohio Republican convention
In Columbus on June 24 the Republican State Convention endorsed Hanna allies for key posts, electing Durr as chairman of the new State Committee and seating the pro-Hanna Marchant delegation. Lieutenant Governor Caldwell announced he would not seek renomination, boosting Senator Nippert as a likely candidate for the ticket alongside Governor Nash.
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Columbus
Ohio
New State Committee
State Anti- Saloon League
Caldwell
Hanna
Gov. Nash
State Executive Committee
Charles Foster
Secretary
the Treasury
State Central Committee
Bushnell
Clark County
Daugherty
Glee Club
Foraker
Ohio Republican
Gov
Nash
José C. Barbosa
José Gomez Brioso
Executive Council
Porto Rico
Senator Foraker
Democratic Party
Supreme Court
Philippines
United States
Europe
America
Tropics
Orient
Mr. Foraker
Washington
Lincoln
McKinley
Republic
Senator Hanna
P. W. Durr
Martin Slater
Committee On
Marchant
Fayette County
Harry M. Daugherty
Committee On Credentials
Gov. Caldwell
George B. Cox
Hamilton County
Carl Nippert
Cincinnati
Nippert
George K. Nash
Carj. L. Nippert
W. B. Crew
A. C. Critchfield
J. H. Sheets
J. B. Cameron
Board of Public Works
W. G. Johnson
Committee On Resolutions
Negroes Shot on Train in Florence Miss
In Florence Mississippi three African Americans were shot on a Gulf and Ship Island Railroad train after a white woman boarded. A farmer demanded a seat, a Black man refused, and gunfire left one dead and two wounded as whites took over an entire coach.
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New Orleans
Florence
Miss
Indiana Trusts Face Shift With Foreign Corporation Law
Indianapolis reports the foreign corporation law allows foreign firms to file incorporation affidavits and obtain licenses to operate in Indiana. The move nullifies parts of the Cooper anti trust act, with the Steel Trust anticipated to file soon. Officials differ on whether licensing ends prosecutions under the anti trust law and grants new rights to out of state firms.
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Indianapolis
General Assembly
Indiana
Cooper
Steel Trust
Secretary of State
A. B. Hunt
Attorney General's Department
Judge Denounces Woman in Bigamy Case Soelky v Soelky
Baltimore June 24 Judge Dennis of the Circuit Court harshly denounced Margaretta E Soelky in the bigamy case with Christian E Soelky. The judge voided the petition seeking a trustee for property and granted relief to Soelky asking for annulment of marriage. He condemned the wife’s conduct as a “combination and a form” that equity rejects.
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Baltimore
Dennis
Circuit Court
Margaretta E. Soelky
Christian E. Soelky
Soelky
Court of Equity
The Best of Everything Cars for Overland Limited Westbound
Advertising copy promotes drawing-room sleeping cars buffet library cars barber and dining cars on the Overland Limited from Chicago to California via Chicago and North Western Union Pacific and Southern Pacific with particulars at North Main Line Office 461 Broadway N Y.
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Overland Limited
Chicago
California
Chicago & North-Western
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
Rys
Northtain Line
Broadway
New Fast Train to Colorado via Missouri Pacific
Missouri Pacific Railway offers double daily service from St. Louis and Kansas City to Colorado Utah and the Pacific Coast. Trains depart St. Louis at 9 00 A M and 10 10 P M and Kansas City at 6 00 P M and 10 00 A M with through sleeping cars between St Louis and San Francisco. Excursion tickets on sale. For information contact Wm E Hoyt G E P Agt 391 Broadway N Y Adv.
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Colorado
Missouri Pacific Railway
St. Louis
Kansas City
Utah
Pacific Coast
San Francisco
Wm. E. Hoyt
G. E. P. Agt
Broadway
Mrs Newberry Renews Suit for Absolute Divorce
In Sandusky Ohio on June 24 Mrs Clara Newberry filed an amended petition seeking an absolute divorce from Spencer S Newberry citing infidelity as the ground. The original petition did not allege such accusations and dismissal of reconciliation beliefs followed.
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Sandusky
Ohio
Spencer S. Newberry
Clara Newberry
Andrew D. White
Germany
Boy's parachute misadventure in Montvale tale
Charles Houston, new Montvale public school principal, recalls Paddy Hayes a pupil who used a cotton umbrella as a parachute from the school roof. Paddy misjudged the parachute and leaped from a garret, landing bruised but unharmed with no broken bones.
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Montvale
N. J
Charles Houston
Columbia College
Houston
Paddy Hayes
Paddy
Mr. Houston
Mexico irrigation firm faced bankruptcy in Sonora
Hermosillo reports the Sonora and Sinaloa Irrigation Company, formed by New York investors, has been sued in bankruptcy in Guaymas First District Court. Nine receivers were appointed to run its Mexican operations for a major Yaqui River Valley project. The New Jersey corporation lists 300000 capital and offices at 27 William Street with Walter Logan as president and Marx Harby as secretary among eight directors.
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Sonora and
Austin
Texas
Hermosillo
Mexico
Sonora and Sinaloa Irrigation Company
New York City
First District
Guaymas
New Jersey
William Street
Trow Corporation
Walter Ss. Logan
Marx E. Harby
Walter S. Logan
Charles H. Nettleton
A. R. Buffington
Charles E. Phelps
Stephen W. Reynolds
William H. Corbin
George S. Robbins
Passing of the Stage Coach in the West
Omaha June 24 The era of the gallant stage coach driver ends as the first automobile stage coach is contracted for by Shetler and Gaston. Built by F W Bacon of Omaha the 1500 pound nine passenger coach with a ten horsepower engine will run between Sheridan and Buffalo Wyoming and cover about a hundred miles daily in six weeks.
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Omaha
Neb
Rockies
F. W. Bacon
Sheridan
Buffalo
Wyoming
Messrs. Shetler & Gaston
New Chicago Bunko Game Ends With Missing Wallet
Fred Austorf, a farmer, came to Chicago with $50 and intended to buy the Auditorium Hotel for $100. Thomas Hughes showed him sights then offered the hotel for $100. Hughes accepted $50 on account, lacked authority, was arrested, and the missing fund was not found.
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Chicago
Fred Austorf
Auditorium Hotel
City
Thomas Hughes
Hughes
Auditorium
Austorf
Car Fire on Broadway Involves Lexington Ave Line
A car on the Broadway One line at Broadway and Bleecker Street suffered an insulation fire from a blown fuse. Passengers evacuated as smoke filled the car. Police and nearby workers formed a bucket brigade to extinguish the blaze before fire engines arrived.
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Lexington Avenue
Broadway
Bleecker Street
Houston Street
Murray
Adirondack Adirondack Rail Change and Block Island Reopen
The evening train to the Adirondack Mountains and Montreal departs Grand Central at 6 25 PM instead of 7 30 PM with a dining car. The Montauk Steamboat Co Block Island service resumes June 27 with departures from New York at 5 30 PM Saturdays and 1 00 PM July 1.
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Adirondack Mountains
Montreal
Grand Central Station
Block Island
Montauk Steamboat Co
N. Y
Striking Miners Fire on Deputy Marshals in WV Coal Field
In West Virginia near Matewan a mob of armed miners attacked and forced Deputy U S Marshals led by A C Hufford to flee while attempting to serve the injunction from Judge Jackson. The clash followed a flood hindering rail travel as strikers cross into Kentucky and threaten government authority.
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West Virginia
Judge Jackson
Huntington
West Va
United States
A. C. Hufford
Bluefield
Matewan
Thacker
Lick Fork
Hatfield
Tug River
Kentucky
Plainfield Strikers Quiet After German Employee Incident
In Plainfield New Jersey the strikers learned a German man seeking work at Ponds Tool Works pretended he could not speak English. After raising fare to send him back to New York, he left town without incident. For the first time since the strike began thirteen workers exited the foundry gate.
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Plainfield
N. J
Ponds
New York
Alabama mine convention faces joint scale talk
In Birmingham on June 24 Alabama coal operators and miners submitted wage scales for the July 1 start. Operators seek 40 to 50 cents with pig iron at 8 to 11 dollars. miners propose 45 cents with iron at 8 dollars and automatic increases. Eight hour day, semi monthly pay, and other concessions are asked. a joint eight member panel will meet tomorrow with decisions to be unanimous.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama Coal Operators
Tugboat Crew Rescues Mangered Man In River
A tugboat on the North River spotted what looked like a log, but found a man swimming against the current. The exhausted swimmer resisted, asking the crew why they hauled him aboard, claiming it was none of their business.
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North River
The Purest Natural Spring Water In The World
A claim highlighting exceptionally pure spring water presented as the world’s cleanest drinking option. No verifiable sources or context provided.
Yale Harvard Boat Race Excursion Tickets Available
Excursion tickets for the Yale Harvard Boat Race in New London on June 27 include parlor car seats on the 11 00 A M train from Grand Central for 7 00. Coaches only 4 75. Observation Train tickets 2 50 for viewing from the East bank and bridge finish. Tickets on sale at Room No By one Central Station New York New Haven and Hartford Railway.
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New London
Grand Central Station
Central Station
N. Y
N. H
Advertisements for Burnett's Extract of Vanilla and Antediluvian Rye
Classified ad items tout Burnett's Extract of Vanilla as a standard product sold by leading grocers. Another notice promotes Antediluvian Rye as an aristocratic whiskey in general advertisements.
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Burnett
Best Grocers
Miss Sartoris Engagement Report Denied by Mrs Sartoris
Cobourg Ontario June 24 Mrs Nellie Grant Sartoris daughter of Gen U S Grant says she knows nothing about the breaking off of her daughter Vivian Sartoris engagement to Archibald Balfour. She received a cablegram postponing the marriage and will await a letter before commenting further. Algernon Sartoris sails for England to give his sister away.
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Coburg
Ontario
Nellie Grant Sartoris
U. S. Grant
Vivian Sartoris
Archibald Balfour
London
Algernon Sartoris
England
New York financier Hewitt denies Florida loan plan
A Jacksonville Board of Trade resolution naming Abram Hewitt as a supporter of a 4 percent loan scheme for rebuilding burned homes prompted Hewitt to send a letter denying any involvement. He stated he could not join with Wilkinson Call in forming a trust company and would cooperate only if others willing joined.
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Jacksonville
Fila
New York
Board of Trade
Abram 8. Hewitt
Hewitt
Smith
Wilkinson
Florida
Call
Forgetful Church Council in Omaha Sets July Meeting
In Omaha on June 24, the Church diocese elected Rev. A. L. Williams of Chicago as Bishop Coadjutor. To formalize the position the canons must be amended to insert Bishop Coadjutor and define duties. A special Nebraska Church Council at Trinity Cathedral in Omaha is scheduled for July to complete the action.
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Omaha
Neb
A. L. Williams
Chicago
Nebraska
Trinity Cathedral
Ant Invasion Grounds City Streets In Nebraska Battle
In Council Bluffs Iowa ants burrowed under brick paving causing sand removal and street damage observed by city officials. A subsequent ant battle saw red ants raid black ants driving them from their home and seizing eggs in a thirty minute clash.
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Council Bluffs
Iowa
Omaha
Neb
Fatal fall during bridge painting at Niagara Gorge
In Niagara Falls New York a bridge painting accident caused one death Edwin Clark 23, another man with a broken leg, and a third uninjured after clinging to a rope. The body of the deceased has not yet been recovered.
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Niagara Falls
N. Y
Niagara Gorge
Edwin Clark
What Are You Going to Take for a Vacation This Summer
A humorous ad note asks Phil about summer packing and mentions Pond’s Extract as daily use gear. It cites a travel line urging the Westcott Express Company route to Pan American Sea as the quickest, most direct path.
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Phil
Jack
Adv
Pan-American Sea
Westcott Express
Flooded Valley Isolated As Rails Rush Repair Work
Roanoke Va June 24 Officials of Norfolk and Western Railway expect to reopen the line in a few days after the storm swept coal regions of West Virginia. Officials estimate 50 to 200 dead and thousands of homes destroyed as miles of track washed away.
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Roanoke
West Virginia
Norfolk and Western Road
Norfolk and Western Railway
Bluefield
Ennis
West Va
Keystone
Elkhorn
J. W. Grotty
Stewart
Jamestown
N. Y
Columbus
Vivian
W. Va
Purest Natural Spring Water Marketing Note
An advertising snippet touts purest natural spring water as unbeatable. It praises the Hudson River Day Line for refinement and comfort in travel and closes with reminders about Old Friends Are the Truest After All and Pond's Extract for summer use.
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Hudson River
Pond
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