Bold burglars use chloroform on victim at Oswald Farm
The Oswald farmhouse on Jericho Turnpike near Mineola was robbed in a carefully planned break in. Thieves in a red touring car knocked down farmhand Herman Schwerter, forced him to swallow chloral, then escaped with about $1,000 in cash and family jewelry. Schwerter survived after hours of medical care. Sheriff Gildersleeve leads a pursuit of the suspects as Oswalds recover from the shock.
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Nassau Hospital
Jerichy Turnpike
Charles
Oswalds
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Charlie
Nassau
Gildersleeve
Czar dissolves second Douma amid quiet in St Petersburg
The dissolution of the second Douma was announced with calm across St Petersburg and in many regions of Russia. Authorities prepared for potential demonstrations and agrarian unrest while nine Social Democratic leaders were captured though others escaped. The imperial manifesto justified dissolving the Douma citing obstruction, budget issues, and misuse of the right of interpellation, and announced September 24 for the new session with electoral reforms to ensure truly representative institutions.
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Council of the Empire
Nicholas III
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Senate
Duke of the Abruzzi Arrives in Boston Harbor
The Duke of the Abruzzi landed at Charlestown Navy Yard aboard the Varese, with twenty one gun salute. Baron Tosti and Larz Anderson hosted visits, and the duke planned a call on Governor Guild. He will attend Brookline country club races as guests of Anderson and Mrs Meyer. Separately, John McCloy, 17, drowned in the Hudson near Englewood Cliffs after a canoe capsized. two others escaped.
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Englewood Cliffs
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Rutherford student dies after discus accident at games
Roy Hunt seventeen a Rutherford High School student was struck on the head by a discus during annual athletic events at the Clifton racetrack. He lay dying at his Rutherford home on Passpic avenue after being knocked unconscious and rushed there by automobile.
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N. J
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Rutherford High School
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Hunt
Passaic
Clifton Racetrack
Riot at Elm Park Rivalry Sparks Gunfire and Fight
At Elm Park Staten Island yesterday a prizefight between ex pugilist John Judge and detective Brown sparked a larger melee at a baseball game. Revolvers drawn, shots fired in the air, and a broad riot ensued as police intervened and arrested suspects including Henry Riches Samuel Taylor and Charles Philips. Fifty arrests for Sunday violations on the island set a Richmond Borough record while vendors and barkers faced scrutiny on the boardwalk at South Beach.
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Charles Philips
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West New Brighton
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Richmond
South Beach
Happyland
Midland Beach
Smelters In Mexico Idle Tied Up Ore And Fuel
Torreon June 16 Willard S Morse an officer of the American Smelting and Refining Company states mining and smelting interests in Mexico face a fuel and ore transport crisis. The company currently has more than 60000 tons of ore and about 35440 tons of fuel immobilized with no prospect of movement.
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Willard
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American Smelting and Refining Company
Mexico
Morse
Sun spots deemed harmless by observers
Pittsburg June 14. Professor Peters of the U S Naval Observatory and Professor Brashear of Allegheny observe sun spots described as very beautiful and interesting though smaller than earlier ones. They will have no magnetic influence on the earth and should decay within three days.
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United States Naval Observatory
Washington
John A. Brashear
Alleghen
Brashear
Baltimore capitalist dead at 78 in Greensville hotel
German H. Hunt, prominent manufacturer, capitalist, and banker, died after paralysis tonight at the Chattanooga Hotel in the Greens Swing Valley area. He was seventy eight years old.
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Marquis and marquise attend Miss Oliver’s wedding
Telegraphed from New York to Pittsburg reports the Marquis and Marquise arriving in New York and traveling to Pittsburg to attend the marriage of Miss Amelia Oliver, sister of the Marquise, to William J. Crittenden of Kansas City, Missouri, at Mrs. James Brown Oliver’s summer home in Shields the coming Thursday.
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New York
Pittsburg
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Marquise
William J. Crittenden
Sas City
Clovernor Crittenden
Missouri
James Brown Oliver
Shields
Alfred Duoxs
Destra
Thaw Family Plans Deny New York House Claim
Pittsburg reports Mrs. William Thaw will stay at her home through summer with weekly trips to visit son Harry K. Thaw in Tombs prison. No rent for Park avenue house. Eve lyn Nesbit Thaw to remain in New York all summer near her husband. Thaws and Carnegie and Copley Thaws abroad in Switzerland until August then to England before next trial. Countess of Yarmouth undecided on attending New York proceedings.
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Pittsburg
William Thaw
New York
Harry K. Thaw
Tombs Prison
Thaw
George Lauder Carnegie
Josiah Copley Thaw
Switzerland
Countess of Yarmouth
England
Rob Langelot h Home Holders Hit by Sound Pirates
Rob Langeloth's Rye-on-the-Sound residence was broken into late Friday night by sound pirates. Silverware worth thousands was stolen including a $2,500 tea set given to Langeloth. Footprints led to the water and a boat named the Black Sloop is linked to ongoing Rye robberies. Chief Pflug doubts quick capture but warns nationwide alert.
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American Metal Company
Rye-on-the-Sound
Pflug
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Langelotrh
Kirby Avenue
Long Island Sound
Langeloth
Langelroth
Train Hits Wagonload Kills Boy at Philadelphia Outing
Camden June 16 A West Jersey and Seashore Railroad express struck a wagon carrying Sylvanic Social Club members returning from Oaklyn Philadelphia killing Petro Marcello twelve and injuring six including John Ashley John Ashley Jr John Gaunt Miles Burke William Behm and Benjamin Marcello All suffered head and body injuries attributed to no flagman at the crossing.
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N. J
Petro Marcello
City Line
Atlantic City
West Jersey & Seashore Railroad
Sylvanic Social Club
Philadelphia
Oaklyn
Marcello
John Ashley
John Ashley, Jr
John Gaunt
Miles Burke
William Behm
Benjamin Marcello
Failed bombing of Italian home in New Durham Pea
An attempt to blow up Guiseppe Ominsula at 660 South Street failed early yesterday as dynamite exploded only tearing out a window. A gas pipe containing the explosive lay in the street. Police note the perpetrators likely misjudged the device and remain unknown. Ominsula denies receiving any Black Hand letters and says he knows of no motive. Investigators continue inquiry into the attack on the Italian cigar store operator and his family upstairs.
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Sth Street
New Durham
Omasula
Omosula
Czolgosz Objects to Publicity in Cleveland
Michael Czolgosz, brother of assassinated President McKinley suspect Leon Czolgosz, confronted a Cleveland newspaper editor in a June 16 incident. He pounded the desk and vowed legal action and force to stop the paper from using his name, threatening to force the press to cook with it.
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Cleveland
Michael Czolgosz
Leon Czolgosz
McKinley
Minister Falls From Car In Harlem Trolley Accident
The Rev. Hiram H. Hulse rector of St Marys Protestant By opal Church Harlem was thrown to the street while boarding an Eighth avenue trolley and escaped serious injury. He said the accident resulted from his own carelessness as he hurried to preach a sermon in Newbrighton Staten Island.
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St. Mary's Protestant
Opal Church
Harlem
Eighth Avenue
Newbrighton
Staten Island
President declines to intervene in pending telegraphers strike
Oyster Bay June 16 Secretary Loeb under the Presidents authority has forwarded all communications urging action to avert a telegraphers strike to Labor Commissioner Charles P Neill at Washington The matter is referred to the Labor Commissioner who may involve the Interstate Commerce Commission The President will not direct or suggest any action and believes no interference is required.
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NO DELAY SAYS SMALL ON GRIEVANCES IN TELEGRAPH STRIKE
President Small and national officers of the Commercial Telegraphers Union of America denounced rumors that grievances against Western Union and Postal Telegraph had been postponed. He urged locals to stay ready for further information and to refrain from action without authorization. The union noted meetings nationwide this week to gauge member sentiment while aiming to avert a strike.
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Chicago
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San Francisco
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New York
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Rabies Claims Four Year Old After Pasteur Treatment
Wilmington report confirms Méndinhall Mullin, age four, died at West Chester Pennsylvania from hydrophobia after being bitten by a mad dog. He had undergone Pasteur Institute care in New York for a week before returning home.
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West Chester
Penn
Pasteur Institute
New York
Progressive Paper Expects Recall of Japanese Ambassador
Tokio June 17 The Hochi says this morning that Viscount Aoki Japanese Ambassador to America will probably be recalled and that he will probably be succeeded by Kaneko.
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Tokio
Viscount Aoki
America
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Resignation ends long dispute at 1eth Street Baptist Church
The Rev. Dr. Archibald McLaurin has resigned as pastor of 1eth Street Baptist Church after a protracted internal conflict. A younger minister is on trial for the summer and may be called in the fall. Ten expelled members returned to services, and reinstatement for those exiled was hinted. The 1905 misconduct charges were unfounded and exonerated by church bodies.
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Archibald McLaurin
McLaurin
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Permanent Council of the Baptist Church
MacArthur
Two Billion New Trees Movement in Pittsburg Planned
Pittsburg under the chamber of commerce considers a cross government project to plant two billion trees to stave floodwaters from the Monongahela and Allegheny basins. Experts warn it may take 15 years to show benefits, with initial 25 000 dollars already approved for a forestry bureau experiment and a feasibility report ordered by Secretary Wilson.
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Allegheny Rivers
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
New York
Maryland
Congress
Forestry Bureau
Wilson
Department of Agriculture
William L. Hall
Appalachian Mountain Forest Reserve
Auto Crash In Babylons Langdon Schroeder Villa Scene
A red touring car collided with a two seated surrey in front of the Langdon Schroeder villa in Babylon Long Island. H S Orr F W Kellien and driver Lawrence Glynn were tossed from the carriage but escaped with minor bruises. Chauffeur Alex Mowatt cited steering gear trouble and the car was moving at high speed. A miracle no one was killed.
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Babylon
Long Island
Surrey
H. S. Orr
F. W. Kellien
Lawrence Glynn
Langdon Schroeder
Orr
Mr. Kellien
Alex Mowatt
Man Drowns From La Lorraine At North River Dock
Levot Yvel fireman aboard La Lorraine from Havre fell overboard while moving to the south berth of Pier 42. A strong current and silt sucked him down near a compressed air vent, and John J. Ryan retrieved the body after twenty minutes. The body was taken to an undertaker and likely to be sent to France when the ship sails.
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North River
Levot Yvel
McAdoo
Yoel
John J. Ryan
Barrow Street
Ponceiet
France
President and Hughes Like Moses at Cornell Commencement
The Right Rev William Lawrence bishop of Massachusetts delivered Cornell s baccalaureate sermon. He cited Moses as a model of faith and leadership and praised Theodore Roosevelt and Governor Hughes for success by force of character. He urged graduates to take responsibility, seize opportunities, and show patience as Moses did in passing leadership to Joshua.
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William Lawrence
Massachusetts
Cornell
Lawrence
Moses
Theodore Roosevelt
Hughes
Joshua
Family of Four Saved From Fire in Mount Vernon
Patrolman Van Pelt saved Henry Beetel wife and two children ages five and three from a blaze in Mount Vernon yesterday. He spotted flames in the ground floor paint store, raced upstairs and knocked, enabling Beetel to awaken and escape with his children while the officer led Mrs Beetel through smoke. All were unharmed. The location was North Street.
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Henry Beetel
Mount Vernon
van Pelt
Beetel
Strawberries Bring Record $6 A Crate In Delaware
Wilmington June 16. Strawberries fetched a record six dollars a crate in Cheswold for crates of thirty two quarts. Buyers from New York Boston and Philadelphia competed. Most fruit shipped to New York in refrigerator cars.
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