Riots and Raid in Indian Territory End in Arrests
Miss Clara True superintendent at San Bernardino Indian reservation leads raids against illicit liquor sales to Indians. A plot to murder her triggered an ambush by a six man group near Highlands. seven men are in custody. True and deputy Mrs. Glenning maneuvered to safety as revolver fire repelled the attackers and officers captured the ambushers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Clara True
San Bernardino County
Cal
Miss True
San Bernardino
Highlands
Hagel Glenning
Fight for the Pennants. Standings in Principal Leagues
National League standings show Chicago leading with 30 wins and 16 losses. Philadelphia sits 21-22, Pittsburgh 27-20, and Cincinnati 26-20 with New York at 24-23, St Louis 22-30, Brooklyn 16-31, Boston 22-26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National League
W. L. Ww. L. Chicago
Phil'd'Iphia
Pittsburg
Boston
Cincinnati
St. Louis
New York
Brooklyn
Ww. L
Chicago
Cleveland
St. Louis A Oy
Detroit
Washington
India N'Polis
Louisville
Kaw
Surgeons Repair Heart Wound After Dagger Stab
At Roosevelt Hospital New York doctors sewed two stitches into Susan Crane after a dagger stab pierced her heart. The stabbed woman, an African American, suffered three wounds two in the breast and one in the back. The heart injury included a one inch gash, and surgeons surgically closed the opening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt Hospital
New York
Susan Crane
Wizards and Brujos In Cuba Case Sparks Arrests
In Alacranes Cuba Victor Navarro a Black boy is accused of complicity in abducting Luisa Valdes a white girl and confessing that she was taken by brujo wizards for blood magic. The girl died amid plans to use her heart blood to treat a consumptive elderly Black woman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alacranes
Matanzas
Cuba
Victor Navarro
Luisa Valdes
Storm Sweeps Big Army Camp
A severe wind and rain storm ripped through Pine Plains near Watertown New York tearing down seven miles of camp. Three thousand tents were blown down mess shelters leveled and over one hundred horses stampeded yet no injuries were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pine Plains
National Guardsmen
Watertown
N. Y
Blind Tom Wiggins Dies After Stroke at Hoboken Home
Thomas Wiggins known as Blind Tom, famed pianist, died at Hoboken New York in the home of Mrs Elizabeth Bethune Lerche after suffering a stroke of paralysis. In his final years he lived as a charity recipient and penniless beneficiary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Wiggins
Tom
Elizabeth Bethune Lerche
Hoboken
New York
Doorman Buys $12000 in Bonds for Hotel Plaza
Thomas Clifford, doorman at the Hotel Plaza in New York, saved tips from sidewalk door duties and bought $12,000 in hotel bonds after a faithful period on the job. The tale highlights how long, steady tipping yielded a substantial investment in the employer’s securities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Clifford
Plaza
New York
Society vows to fight sheath gown controversy
Anthony Comstock head of the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice says the group will oppose the sheath gown worn by chorus girls or members of the 400, repeating its campaign against perceived moral threats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthony Comstock
New York Society For the Suppression of Vice
Six Injured in Auto Plunge in Tays Borough
Six men were seriously injured but not fatally when an automobile plunged over an embankment in Tays Borough near Pittsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tays Borough
Pittsburg
Prominent Water Town Lawyer Dies in Apparent Suicide
Charles B B McCormick, a well known Watertown lawyer and politician, leaped from a building after his arrest on a charge of conspiring with his brother to defraud the Central. He fell to the pavement and died instantly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles B B. McCormick
Watertown
New York ‘Central
Fire at Nelson Morris Packing Plant Kills Two in Kansas City
A blaze at Nelson Morris & Co. packing plant in Kansas City Kansas destroyed a large portion of the facility. Two laborers were killed and another gravely injured as flames spread rapidly. dynamite was used to halt the fire. The floodbound plant could not be reached by firemen, and the explosion in the chemical department started the disaster. Coolers were full, and meat losses were heavy. Earlier this year the Morris firm suffered a $750,000 fire loss on January 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chemical Department
Morris Concern
Pardon for James D Eggleston Jr Released to Father
President Roosevelt grants a conditional pardon for James D Eggleston Jr son of James D Eggleston a Pacific Express Company leader. The inmate of St Elizabeths Hospital will be sent to a private sanitarium after release from Leavenworth where he was for counterfeiting. A 12 year old skull fracture and loss of a leg are cited as causes of moral irresponsibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
James D. Eggleston, Jr
James D. Eggleston
Pacific Express Company
Young Eggleston
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital For
Washington
Leavenworth
Kan
Eggleston
Disinherited Heirs Challenge 1906 Will Contest
Eight grandchildren contest the will of Carlos Hale of Meriden Connecticut who left $30 000 and his estate to Percival White with a life interest to Mrs Hale The contestants allege undue influence and test of thrift found wanting White banked a 5 Christmas gift per grandchild in 1906 and accepted an old bicycle while others discarded decayed apples in a thrift test.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlos Hale
Meriden
Conn
Percival White
Hale
White
Ninth straight year of rich harvests foreseen for 1908 crops
The 1908 crop value is projected near 8 billion dollars as the Department of Agriculture reports continued prosperity. Chief Statistician Clark notes nine successive years of large yields and high prices with ample funds to move crops to tidewater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Tidewater
Clark
Agricultural Department
United States
Insane Mother's Massacre in Cadillac Family Tragedy
In Cadillac Michigan Mrs Daniel Cooper killed her husband and five children then herself in a deadly spree. The events followed a theater outing with the children. The next morning neighbors found the bodies scattered, all victims by a bullet to the head. Fred Cooper, 17, survived and is hospitalized with severe injuries and accuses his mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cadillac
Mich
Daniel Cooper
Sioux work, Utes loaf bear dance tension
Sioux Indians on the Cheyenne reservation in South Dakota farm and work for self support while a few Utes at Thunder Butte obtain permission to hold bear dances. The Sioux ignore the Utes actions and press on with spring duties. The piece contrasts self-reliance with dependency and government aid across the two tribes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utah
South Dakota
Thunder Butte
Legacy Rewarded Kindness from Duluth Pioneer
Giles Gilbert of Duluth Minnesota left twenty five thousand dollars to Miss Edith Bane of Chicago in gratitude for her kindness to his wife during illness His estate totals two hundred twenty five thousand dollars Miss Bane a piano teacher at Sherwood school in Chicago earned praise for her work with children and had visited from the East. she has not yet decided how to use the legacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Giles Gilbert
Duluth
Minn
Edith Bane
Chicago
Miss Bane
Sherwood School
Gilbert
Secret conscience fund repays part of stolen government sum
A Jersey City postmark envelope arrives with an 8 000 conscience contribution to the U S treasury. An unsigned note says a man and an accomplice once stole government funds and the 8 000 completes a total of 40 000 returned over years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cortelyou
Jersey City
Conscience Fund
The
Treasury
Washington
Nursery business convention in Milwaukee highlights big investment
The American Association of Nursery Men opened its Milwaukee convention at the Plankinton House with about 400 delegates for three days. President J W Hill of Des Moines spoke on the sector’s scale noting more than 60 million dollars invested in the United States and about 95 000 men and 3 000 women employed. He called the recently closed season among the best in years and urged a uniform national inspection law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
American Association of Nurserymen
Plankinton House
J. W. Hill
Des Moines
United States
Heiress Mary Largey Marries Cab Clerk for Love
Mary Montana Largey aged 18, heiress of Butte Montana, who inherited one and a half million dollars, wed Raymond J. McDonald a Broadway cab office clerk earning sixty six dollars a month. She said she has money for both and they left for San Francisco for an automobile wedding trip to New York then Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Montana Largey
Largey
Butte
Mont
Raymond J. McDonald
San Francisco
New York
Denver rooming house tragedy ends in murder and suicide
Charles F. Byers killed landlady May E. Boren in a jealous rage at the Denver rooming house. He then murdered lodger Edward Smith before taking his own life. Byers and Smith were residents. accusations against Boren and Smith preceded the fatal confrontation during an interview with Mrs. Boren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles F. Byers
May E. Boren
Denver
Edward Smith
Byers
Smith
Missing Registered Mail Pouch worth $100000
Reluctant admissions from Kansas City post office officials indicate a registered mail pouch vanished Saturday night within their district. Private sources say at least $50,000 in currency was inside, with many letters and packages to a similar value, the pouch reportedly came from Los Angeles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postoffice
Kansas City
Amalgamated Copper Smelter to Close Two Months
The electrolytic smelter of the Boston and Montana in Great Falls Montana will close for two months. The Boston and Montana mines at Butte will stay closed unless ore can be sent to Anaconda. About five thousand workers are affected by the shutdown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston and Montana
Great Falls
Mont
Amalgamated Copper Company
Butte
Anaconda
Wabash Railroad Ordered to Pay $860,000 to Compton Estate
In Toledo court, the Compton estate was awarded $860,000 against the Wabash Railroad over a long running dispute about the Toledo to Ohio state line segment. The judgment may be appealed to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wabash
United States
Toledo
Compton
Wabash Railroad
Ohio State Line
United States Circuit Court O& Appeals
Riot on Street Car Injures Five in St Louis
A riot on an east bound Market street car in St Louis injures five people. The motorman and an assailant are hospitalized in critical condition. An innocent spectator was run over and lost a leg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
City Hospital
Engineer Falls From Cab as Train Proceeds
Engineer EH Starling of Burlington passenger train No 23 fell from the cab while the engine ran at forty miles per hour several miles south of Henton Iowa. Fireman Jackson missed the engineer when the train passed Henton's without whistling. The train was run back and the engineer was found unconscious by the track.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EH. Starling
Burlington
Henton’s
Iowa
Jackson
Family of six among seven drowned in Montana and Montana river incident
Seven people are reported drowned in the Missouri river and nearby areas. Six victims are tied to Sunny side ranch owned by C. B. Power of Helena Montana including McFadden the foreman his wife and four children. A laborer died at Crain while working on the Great Northern railroad and a shipbuilder named Wilson also drowned in the same vicinity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri River
Sunnyside
C. B. Power
Helena
Mont
McFadden
Crain
Great Northern Railroad
Wilson
Love files second divorce suit in Los Angeles
Grace Snell Love, listing multiple former names, sues Hugh M. Love for divorce in Los Angeles. This marks the second filing in two months and follows previous interactions with the divorce court, with notices sent to all of Mrs. Love’s husbands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Snell Love
Los Angeles
Hugh M. Love
Mrs. Love
Grace Snell-Coffin-Walker
Love
Fire destroys Great Elevator at Calumet Park
Sparks from a hot box in the machinery of the upper part of the Tri State Transfer Company elevator at Calumet Park near Chicago ignited the structure. In thirty minutes the massive elevator burned to the ground, with losses estimated at 700000 dollars. More than 500000 bushels of corn were burned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tri-State Transfer Company
Calumet Park
Chicago
Child Killed by Sofa Spring Fall
A 4-year-old boy named Willie Wilsick in East 160th Street New York died after bouncing on a sofa near an open window and being tossed through the window five stories to the ground. The incident happened when he jumped too hard and was killed instantly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie Wilsick
East 160Th Street
New York
Gov Hughes Wins Battle Over New York Race Tracks
Governor Hughes secures victory as the Senate passes the Hart-Agnew anti-betting bill. Foelker’s vote gives the measure a 26 to 25 margin, ending a long fight on track gambling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gov. Hughes
New York
Senate
Foelker
Belmont scion C H Belmont dies after surgery
Oliver H. P. Belmont former banker and Democratic politician dies at his Hempstead New York home following an appendicitis operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. H. P. Belmont
Oliver H. P. Belmont
Hempstead
N. Y
Dentist Drowns in Salt Creek Near Ashland Nebraska
Charles G. Whistler a dentist and University of Iowa graduate drowned in Salt Creek near Ashland Nebraska after his gasoline launch became unmanageable and went over a mill dam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Creek
Charles G. Whistler
Ashland
Neb
Mr. Whistler
University of Iowa
Nine Die in Chamber Brothers Dynamite Blast Near Winnipeg
A premature explosion of dynamite at the Chamber Brothers camp east of Winnipeg on the Grand Trunk Pacific railroad killed nine members of the station gang and injured several others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber Brothers
Winnipeg
Grand Trunk, Pacific Railroad
Banker Is Horse Thief Sentenced in Indiana
Robert H. Green of Waynetown vice president of the Farmers and Merchants Bank and local trustee was sentenced in Indianapolis to one to fourteen years in the state penitentiary disfranchised for one year and fined $100 after pleading guilty to horse stealing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert H. Green
Waynetown
Farmers and Merchants’ Bank of
That Place
Methodist Church
Indianapolis
State
Billek Wins Reprieve From Judge Landis
Herman Billek receives a habeas corpus appeal from Judge Kenesaw M. Landis of the U S District Court, creating a supersedeas to halt his execution in Chicago. The ruling grants a temporary delay while the appeal is considered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Billek
Chicago
Kenesaw M. Landis
United States District Court
Landis
Powers and Howard Granted Full Pardons in Goebel Murder Case
Caleb Powers and James Howard, once accused in the Goebel murder in Kentucky, were pardoned by Governor Willson and released. The decision ends eight years of controversy, with both men vindicated and freed from further confinement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caleb Powers
James Howard
Goebel
Kentucky
Willger
Must Hold Fair Elections In Panama
Secretary Taft and President Roosevelt warn Panama that elections must be fair or the United States will intervene. The pledge follows diplomatic pressure over recent electoral irregularities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
Roosevelt
Panama
Republic
Uncle Sam
Anna Wins George Over Marriage to Prince de Sagan
George J. Gould backs his sister's union with Prince de Sagan and confirms he will attend the European wedding as he sails for Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna
George
George J. Gould
Europe
Prince de Sagan
Leiter and Miss Williams Wed at Bride’s Parents Home
Miss Juliette Williams daughter of Col and Mrs John R Williams of Washington DC married Joseph Leiter son of the late Levi Z Leiter of Chicago at the home of the bride’s parents on Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Leiter
Juliette Williams
Col
John R. Williams
Washington, D. C
Levi Z. Leiter
Chicago
Washington
Boys in Play Wild West Cause Fatal Ohio Shooting
In Findlay Ohio two youths were playing Wild West when Arthur Schuck aged 16 shot and killed Michael Redman aged 15 The incident occurred during a game and authorities are investigating the sudden death Both boys were local residents with no other details released yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Schuck
Michael Redman
Findlay
Ohio
Heiress Louise Young Weds Ralph Hyde in Providence
Miss Louise Prouty Young daughter of Myron A Young a Spencer Massachusetts shoe manufacturer married Ralph Kingsley Hyde of Providence. The bridegroom formerly worked at Isaac Prouty Co. shoe factory where Mr Young is president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise Prouty Young
Myron A. Young
Spencer, Mass
Ralph Kingsley Hyde
Providence
Isaac Prouty & Co
Mr. Young
Despondent Father Kills Himself After Farewell to Daughters
John Hendrickson, in St. Louis, kissed his two young daughters then sent them away and shot himself. He had been seeking carpenter work for six months without success, his despair cited as motive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hendrickson
St. Louis
Drowns in Lake Near Winnetka Widow Margarethe Raster
Mrs. Margarethe Raster widow of Herman Raster editor of the Illinois Staats Zeitung was found drowned in Lake Michigan near the North Shore Health Resort Winnetka Indiana. She fell into the water during a nurse's temporary absence and could not be aided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake
Margarethe Raster
Herman Raster
Illinois Staats Zeitung
Lake Michigan
North Shore
Winnetka
Fire at Porter mine near Durango causes heavy damage
A fire at the Porter mine six miles from Durango Colorado started at 1 a m. Thousands of dollars in damage occurred with no injuries reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durango
Porter Mine
Colo
Escape attempt at Longview court leaves two injured
In Longview Texas during the trial of Jack Flirty a Black prisoner and his brother Ike Flurry were struck while fleeing the courthouse. The escape attempt was tied to allegations of planning harm against several stockmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Flirty
Ike Flurry
Longview
Texas
Global labor trends spark activity across cities and unions
Nurses in Toronto press for an eight hour day while Oklahoma empowers a state labor commission to fix wages. Porto Rico proposes a labor bureau and English workers see wage gains for casual laborers. Montreal seeks unskilled federation. Boston forms a trial committee for 34 unions. Newfoundland ponders fishermens union and a supreme council. San Francisco designs a home for aged and disabled union members. Minnesota backs ending shoemaking at the penitentiary. New York forms a Picture Machine Operators local under AFL and IATSE authority. Union growth spreads from Newfoundland to the Scottish trades congress considers pensions and dispute intervention. Housework wage gains are noted in Boston. Thirty-nine states increase factory health and safety oversight. fourteen states pass new laws. San Francisco contemplates consolidating municipal labor into a citywide union. firefighters seek union guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Montreal
Can
Knights of Labor
Carpenters’ District Council
Boston
Mass
Operative Plasterers’ International Association
United States
Canada
Newfoundland
Fishermen's Protective Union
Bakers’ Union
San Francisco
Cal
Picture Machine Operators
Greater
New York
Fire Department
Labor Council
Northfield St Olaf and Hamline baseball action in 4 to 0 and 14 to 8 losses
In a fast game at Northfield St Olaf defeated Luther 4 to 0 while Fargo college lost to Hamline 14 to 8 at Norton field, St Paul. Ed Carson pitched a shutout for Macalester 3 to 2 over Fargo. Hazel Atlantic sale closes Cent livre racing stable. Four US experts to Olympic pistol events announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northfield
St. Olaf College
Luther College
Fargo College
Norton Field
St. Paul
Powers Bros
Neneguile
Toronto
Foley
August Belmont
England
Richard Croker
Lord Rosebery
Ed Carson
Macalester
Fargo
Hazel Atlantic
Centlivre Brothers’ Racing Stables
Fort Wayne
Ind
Lloyd Weaver
New Haven
Conn
A. L. A. Himmel Wright
United States Revolver Association
Hag
Trade and industry outlook from Chicago Dun's Review
The Chicago Dun's Review notes the economy shows improvement with government crop forecasts and cheaper steel, while manufacturing demand remains below expected expansion. Business tone improves, but heavy commitments await Republican convention guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Dun’s Review of Trade
Weather and Trade Outlook for New York and Regions
New York reports uneven conditions with wet cool weather hindering Southwest and Northwest crop and retail activity. East of the Mississippi shows better outcomes with cautious wholesale buying and immediate shipments tied to fill-in needs. Failures for the week ending June 11 total 253 in the United States and 30 in Canada Brads treet's Commercial Report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi River
United States
Canada
Bradstreet
Market Price Report for Cattle Hogs Sheep and Grains
Regional price ranges observed for cattle hogs and sheep across Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo New York and Toledo. Includes wheat corn oats rye barley butter eggs potatoes and clover seed with varied grades and dateless quotations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Ste. Milwaukee
New York
Toledo
Wolves slain by hunter pack near Alma Wisconsin
In three weeks J W Ersebern and John Grimes with a pack of wolf hounds killed 41 wolves near Alma Wisconsin. Farmers report favorable crop reports from Minnesota the Dakotas and Wisconsin though some complain of too much rain. Oklahoma tax bills face governor after legislature passed land tax and incomes taxes await action. United States wheat exports last month reached 3 505 601 bushels with Portland contending for a share.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
Dakotas
Wisconsin
Alma
Wis
John Grimes
Clear Lake
J. W. Ersebern
Oklahoma
United States
Portland
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North Judson
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Billek
Powers
Howard
Canada) General Hospital
State Labor Commission
Porto Rico
Scottish Trades Union Congress
Henrietta L. Goodrin
Woman's Educational and Industrial Union of
Domestic Reform League
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