Murder Mystery Ties Bartholmae Kost to Vienna Crime
Chicago police say Bartholmae Kost, a Vienna cabinet maker, is linked to the Marie Veodicka murder. Kost, living with his bride Mario Schirma in Chicago, is to be extradited to Vienna for trial. The case details track from 1893 in New York to 1898 Berlin and Vienna before Kost’s Chicago involvement. Also noted are extradition proceedings for John T. Roach in a Canadian bank robbery case and recent baseball results from National and Atlantic leagues.
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Bartholmae Kost
Austria
Chicago
Vienna
Marie Veodicka
Kort
Mario Bchirma
Kost
Miss Vendicka
Miss Veodica
Marie Schirma
America
Ants ruin currency in Philippine shipments
The St. Louis Republic reports ants in the Philippines attacking paper money, prompting a policy to ship only gold and silver coin. A recent $1,000,000 in small denomination notes was saved from destruction by careful handling, though edges were eaten or holes made in some notes.
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Anta
Philippines
St. Louis Republic
Indians Practiced Dentistry In Early Times Claim
A tooth car penter jokes about ancient Indian dentistry while a man who once sat in a dentist chair reacts with surprise and prejudice. The exchange ends with the dentist adding $15 or $20 to his bill as time remains.
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Chicago Post
Sr An Excellent Combination Cure Advertisement
The pleasant method and beneficial effects of the well known remedy Syrur or Figs from the California Fig Syrup Co illustrate the value of liquid laxative principles from medicinal plants. It strengthens laxative action cleansing the system and dispelling fevers and headaches gently. It acts on kidneys liver and bowels without irritation and is advertised as free of objectionable qualities. It is made with figs but the medicinal effect comes from senna and aromatic plants. Sold by druggists for 50 cents per bottle. company name shown on package.
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California
Fic Syrur Co
Carbonsia Fie Sumnor Co
Coast Battle Reports Manila Fronts as Marines Cross Zapote
Troops of the Fourteenth Infantry swam the Zapote river and carried trenches near Manila amid heavy shelling. About sixty five insurgents lay dead in the trenches while several five inch guns marked U.S. Navy Yard were captured. General Lawton’s patrols move along the coast toward Imus as civilians flee. American losses: ten killed and forty nine wounded. insurgent casualties estimated at one hundred killed and three hundred wounded. Transports Newport and Ohio carried Oregon regiment home from Nagasaki to San Francisco, arriving around July 12.
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Manila
Fourteenth
Zapote
U.S Navy Yard
Imus
Baconi
Lawton
Fourth Cavalry
Bacoer
Cavite
Chicago
Anderson
Department of the Lakes
Los Pinas
Bacoor
Admiral Dewey
Aguinaldo
Newport
Ohio
Oregon Regiment
Volunteer Signal Company
San Francisco
Nagasaki
Japan
Franklin in Bronze Statue Unveiled in Philadelphia
The bronze Benjamin Franklin statue by John J. Boyle was unveiled on the south plaza of the post office in Philadelphia after a ceremony led by Major institutions including the University of Pennsylvania and the American Philosophical Society. Miss Margaret Hartman Bache unveiled the statue and United States District Attorney Beck delivered the oration at the Chestnut Street Opera House.
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Philadelphia
Benjamin Franklin
John J. Boyle
Justus C. Strawbridge
Post Office
University of Pennsylvania
American Philosophical Society
The
Franklin Institute
Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Hospital
Library Company of Pennsylvani
Charles Emory Smith
Samuel H. Asheridge
Pennsylvania Democrats Fail To Nominate Supreme Court Judge
Four hundred thirty five Pennsylvania Democrats met in Harrisburg to nominate a candidate for supreme court judge and state treasurer but adjourned after midnight without completing the task. Eleven candidates were listed with votes from 13 to 72, Kennedy of Allegheny and Yerkes of Bucks emerging as leading contenders amid deadlock. The platform praised Bryan and opposed Republican rule and Quayism, with Guffey guiding platform work. First ballot results showed Kennedy 54 and Yerkes 43, among others. eleventh ballot had Kennedy 72 and Yerkes 70.
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Cleven Ballow la Hout Soleguoga Nombniee
Supreme Jastres
Harrisburg
Democracy of
Pennsylvania
Supreme Court
Superior Court
Jude Wil
Supreme Judge
Kennedy
Allegheny
Yerkes
Bucks
Chicago
Bryan
Munson
Smith
Wolverton
France Crisis Delays Poincare Cabinet Formation
Paris June 15. President Loubet urged M. Poincare to form a cabinet but he remains reluctant. Poincare seeks Bourgeois Krantz and Delcasse, who refuse or limit roles, leaving him to navigate multiple refusals and political tensions.
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M. Poincare
Paris
Loubet
M. Bourgeois
Dominion and Yankee Ross cup race ends in Canadian win
The third race for the Ross cup saw the Canadian boat defeat the Dominion and the Yankee. Nationwide coverage notes flag day celebrations across the country. Edward Gray, charged with burglaries in St John Larish Louisiana, was hanged after acquittal. Alaska Indians face famine as prospectors leave. Iron and Steel wage scale committees meet jointly in Pittsburgh.
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Buffalo
Dominion
Eward Gray
St. John Larish
Association of Iron and Steel Manufacturers
Pittsbare
Havemeyer Attacks Tariff as Mother of All Trusts
Henry C. Havemeyer president of the American Sugar Refining Co testified before the industrial commission on trusts. He argued tariffs shield manufactured articles, so the government should tax sugar production directly and cited discrimination against sugar in tariff laws benefiting Louisiana cane growers Hawaiian growers and beet sugar makers. He said corporations unite capital to benefit small stockholders and urged farmers to form trusts for protection while criticizing government protection as wasteful. He claimed labor unions reduce independence and that trusts reward efficiency though some business practices are harsh. He concluded by reiterating tariff discrimination against sugar and rights of trusts to operate unhampered.
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Warhington
Henry C. Havemeyer
American Sugar Refining Company
Industrial Commission
Havemeyer
Ife
Louisiana
Hawaiian Islands
United States
Congress
Henry
New York
Pelfy
Wade
Ethica
Fife
Carnegie
Labor
Trust
Ways and Means Committee
Kidnappers on Trial in Meriden Case
Corrie Jones is remanded for sentence after pleading guilty in the Meriden kidnapping case. George Beauregard Barrow faces trial for abducting Marion Clark, 20 months, found in New gly Thockland county. The child to testify. jury empaneling delayed testimony.
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Corrie Jones
Meriden
New York
George Beauregard Barrow
Marion Clark
Arthur W. Clark
New Gly
Thockland County
Fursman
Supreme Court
Howe
Barrow
Tle Jones
Abraham Levy
Barrows
Scarcity of Coffins in New Richmond Disaster
June 15 New Richmond Wisconsin reports 60 known dead with over 20 missing after a catastrophe. Four bodies recovered. Henry Larsen 14 among the dead. Williams dry goods cellar yielded no additional victims. relief efforts expanding with funds near 1000 and plans for rebuilding.
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New Richmond
Wis
Lkely
Henry Larsen
Williams Dry Goods
Williams
Kate Hawkins
Willie Hughes
John Prior
John Larsen
Relief Committee
Tornado Toll and Relief in Herman Nebraska
Ten dead and twenty five injured in Herman Nebraska after a Tuesday night tornado. One hundred buildings destroyed, only six structures remain standing including four residences a school and a church. About 500 residents lack resources and rely on public charity. Blair provided shelter and is contributing rifles of aid with county funds. Also reports Omro Wisconsin storm damage and a San Francisco fruit canneries consolidation with two thirds of state cannery papers signed.
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Herman
Neb
Blair
Washington County
Wisconsin
Omro
Wis
Jane
Fox River
Havremoror
San Francisco
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Bole Rope
Boston
Johnson
IONEY
Chery
Brisely Keller
Deinton E. Mains
Felix LE Brun
Albert L. Pestre
Tchison Building
Frederick, Md
B. Ebert & Sons
Sargent & Co
Arden
John N. Clary
Aal
Leora
City
F. G. Thomas & Son
General Insurance
W. Patrick Si
Frederick
MD. Spriddawis
Anna
Baltimore Street
I Baltibore
Patterson Institute of Orteop Stachineton Loan & Trust Building
W. Patrick St
John T. Roach
Dominion Bank
Napanee
Ont
Fiske
Canada
Secretary of State
Cleveland
Pittsburg
Louisvile
St. Louis
Louisville
Cincinnati
Washington
Baltimore
Reading
Scranton
Newark
Allentown
Lancaster
Lancaster, & Wilkesbarre
Paterson
Richmond
Agentnaldo
Adortral Dewey
Franklin
Building Trades Council
Arexying
Breat Brest
France
Alfred Dreyfus
Guinana
Ormsey Slax
Colorado
Denver
Miners’ Bank
Creede, Colo
Hooper and
Monte Vista
D J. Maben
Creede Bank
Democrats
Porto Rico
Insular Commission
Curtis
Major Watkins
War Department
Michigan
Kansas
Kan
Yale
South
Missouri Pacific
North Carolina
Beaufort
N. C
Lewis Patrick
Patrick
E. B. Weeks
Bogue
Wiliam M. Stuart
Detroit
Census Bureau
Madrid
Senate
Caroline Islands
Ladrones
Pelew Islands
Germany
Woodside Park
Eddie McDuffie
Nat
Frank Butler
Charles Church
E. S. Aker
Charles Turville
Kruger
Pretoria
Volksraad
England
Tremsoreud
Duke D'Arcos
Gilmore
Fall River
Mary
Edith Howe
Herbert M. Howe
Bristol
Edward Levy
Knights of the
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Carlsbad
de Wollant
Santiago de Cuba
Independidia 18
Torna
Hoventy-Nve
Merman Namber Ton
Herman's
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