Harriman Plans Paris Trip for Health and Rest
Harriman announces a three months stay abroad beginning today, part of a rest from business after a long U.S. tour. He will visit Paris and Vienna for medical advice, may tour Austrian health resorts, and says he is not seeking new business while away. He hints at a rooftop solarium and denies plans to issue European bonds. He stresses crops and farmers as key to improving U.S. prosperity and notes a cautious view on tariffs, panics, and oil market fears. He remains active in railroad interests and hints at possible influence in European markets.
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Harriman
Nue
Come
Odo
Paris
Europe
Landis
United States Steel
Ac- Uiners
Zeppelin Wreck After Tree Collision Near Ulm Stuttgart
Count Zeppelin’s airship in Germany struck a tree during a landing near Ulm and Stuttgart while returning from Bitterfeld to Friedrichshafen. The prow broke and the envelope damaged, requiring six weeks for permanent repairs at Manzell. no injuries reported.
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Gippinger
Zeppelin
Count Zeppelin
Poppingen
Ulu
Friedrichshafen
Manzell
Berlin
Bitterfeld
Million Lost in Fire at Port Costa Docks
Fire at the Nevada docks in Port Costa caused a loss near 1 million dollars. Trains were delayed for hours as piers and lighting failed. Billionaire James C Flood and wheat market schemes figure in the era’s economic upheaval, with large grain losses reported.
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San Francisco
Nevada
Port Costa
Southern Pacific Overland
Hank
James C. Flood
James G. Vale
Tre
Me Doe Meadow Bomb Fatal for Two Boys at Long Island Fireworks
A verbal bomb exploded in a Meadow near North Woodside, Long Island, killing fourteen year old Harry Katver and injuring twelve year old George Jaegg and fourteen year old Louis Jaegg who lost an eye. Louis’s brother Lawrence escaped injury as investigators probe how the device came to be in the meadow and why the nearby factories had been idle.
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Harry Katver
George Jaegg
Louis Jaegse
North Woodside
Long Island
Louis Jaegs
7Th Street
Lawrence Jaegg
Louis Jaege
Kuntser
Jaeger
Frank Jaegg
Louis
Lawrence
Astoria
Davenport Declines Direct Nomination Commission Post
Senator Frederick M Davenport of Oneida County declines a joint legislative commission appointment to investigate direct nominations. He cites priorHinman Green bill opposition, plans to speak statewide in defense of the system, and calls the inquiry a waste of public funds amid calls for retrenchment.
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Albany
Frederick M. Davenport
Oneida County
Goernor White
Jroint Legislative Commission
Divyenpert
Hinman- Green
Hughes
Davenport
White
Iowa
Senate
B. O. Strike Called Over Piece Work System
Baltimore officials report a general strike of Baltimore and Ohio Railroad machinists in repair shops after the union objected to the piece work plan at Mount Clare. Sealed orders await a conference with Vice-President Potter as boilermakers blacksmiths and pipefitters may join the walkout.
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Baltimore
James O Connell
International Machinists’ Union
Baltimore & Ohio
Mount Clare
Potter
Earth shocks rumble in Panama with stronger evening tremor
A slight earthquake struck Panama at 3 PM followed by a much stronger movement at 7 PM. No damage reported as heat hangs over the area. In Colorado two inches of snow fell in Deadville, Cal, marking the latest snowfall on record.
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Panama
Colorado
Deadville
Cal
Baseball tragedy cuts down youth in Detroit suburb
Alfred Vollmer aged seventeen die after a pitched ball struck him in the heart during a Sunday school team game at Ecorse suburb. Umpire ruled it a dead ball but Vollmer collapsed en route to first base and died before help arrived.
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Detroit
Alfred Vollmer
Ecorse
Vollmer
Little Girl's Tribute On Confederate Grandfather's Grave
Nine year old Mary Clipper bought a wreath from a florist to decorate her Confederate grandfather's grave at Jefferson Barracks. She later confessed to shop staff and was arrested, held at the House of Detention.
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the Tribune
St Louis
Becaushe
Mary Clipper
Jefferson Barracks
Americans' Auto Kills Child In Italy Road Incident
A car with two American drivers struck and killed a child on the Venice to Rome highway near Ravenna Italy. The chauffeur Wilfred Dunne of Boston was arrested as the investigation began.
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Ravenna
Italy
Venice
Rome
Wilfred Dunne
Boston
Almeriana Forced Into Bay of Bulls After Ice Berg Collision
A Furness steamer almeriana capt Hanks bound from St John s to Halifax put into Bay of Bulls on the Newfoundland coast due to great ice fields. In fog the ship struck a berg and began leaking in the fore peak though damage is not serious.
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Halifax
Furness
Almeriana
Hanks
St. John's
Bay of Bulls
Newfoundland
Rebels flee to Hayti amid Dominican unrest
Santo Domingo dispatch reports General Camacho and followers crossing into Hayti on Saturday after government troops pressed them. They were reportedly arrested and likely exiled. Government spys say Santo Domingo is now tranquil.
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Santo Domingo
Camacho
Mivices
Jail Fire Kills Inmate In Tia Juana Cell
In San Diego on May 31 a jail at Tia Juana Lower California burned. Leandro Machado a degenerate scion of a wealthy Spanish family died in his cell. He was arrested last night for drunkenness and is believed to have started the blaze with a cigarette.
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San Diego
Cal
Tia Juana
California
Leandro Machado
Six hurt as hill climb race wrecks car in Bridgeport
At Sport Hill on May 31 six spectators were injured when Glenn Ethridge's 50 horsepower Isetta left the course and struck a crowd. One man, Spittler, was badly hurt and many others sustained injuries including broken legs ribs and a fractured skull. Ethridge and the car owner were unharmed.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Sport Hill
Isetta
Glenn Ethridge
New York
Gorman Joseph
Bridgepert
Garind
George
Providence
Loewith
Herbert
Pottar
Hosmer
Fridgeport
Lpital Brieling
William
4Th Company
Coast Artillery
Ing Broke
Spittler
Josph
Mr. Ethridge
John H. Tyson
Stamford
Quarry
Walker
Taft Unveils Gettysburg Regulars Monument
At Gettysburg a granite shaft honoring regularly enlisted soldiers was unveiled by Miss Helen Taft as President Taft, in York and Gettysburg visits, reiterated praise for the regular army and opposed reductions. Crowds swelled. four regiments and veterans accompanied the president amid heat and ceremony.
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Gettysburg
Penn
Congress
Helen H. Taft
Taft
United States Army
Pittsburg
York
Washington
Memorial Day
Old Town
Western Maryland Railway
Battlefield
Dickinson
Oliver
J. Franklin Bell
Leonard Wood
Clarence R. Edwards
Crogier
S. B. N. Young
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Mayor McLellan
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Long Island City
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Fulton St
Hayti
Burns
Sly
Advt
Lord
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