Emperor's Reply Aids Roosevelt Peace Efforts Amid East Asia Talks
Washington dispatch reports Roosevelt seeks private audience with the Russian emperor to push a general settlement for the Far East. Moscow says Russia favors a Russian Japanese peace plenipotentiaries meeting if Tokyo agrees. A Sakhalin sale talks reappear with price cited at 80 million dollars and Admiral Alexeieff's opposition noted.
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Washington
St. Petersburg
Foreign Office
United States
Russia
Roosevelt
Far East
Japan
Tokyo
America
Sakhalin
Alexeieff
Committee of the Far
Hongkong
China Sea
Count Cassini
M. Takahira
Paris
Menelik Honors the Kaiser with Ethiopian Order
King Menelik confers the Order of the Star of Ethiopia on Emperor William. Dr Rosen, former German envoy to Abyssinia, presented the honor and gifts including a robe of state with Abyssinian gold embroidery.
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Menelik
Berlin
Menelis
William
Ethiopia
Mr Rosen
Germany
Dr. Rosen
Louisville Hosts Fifteenth Confederate Veterans Reunion
Louisville opens the fifteenth annual United Confederate Veterans reunion as a stream of veterans arrive for the event. The city dressed in typical summer weather extends warm hospitality to attendees.
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Louisville
Kentucky
United Confederate Veterans
Morvis Jesup Made Knight of Imperial Order St Stanislaus
Morvis Jesup president of the National History museum is notified by Count Cassini Russian ambassador of his appointment as a knight of the Imperial Order of St Stanislaus first class. The honor recognizes Jesup's services to science.
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Caar
Jesup
Washington
Suy Adams Battle Over Police Chief Post
Newark June 14 a fight over appointing Captain Jour W Adams as permanent police chief centers on a claim he deserted his Civil War regiment.
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Suy Adams
Newark
Jour W Adams
Elfrge
Wreck at Golden Gate Claims Three Lives on Cotton Special
Three killed and twenty nine injured when an eastbound Cotton Special carrying Confederate veterans to Louisville derailed on a trestle near Golden Gate, Lil. at fifty mph after a spread rail. Victims include J J Abies, J D Johnson, and Otto Graetz. General Jordan among the injured. The wreck site was twelve miles east and hard to reach.
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Albion
Southern Railway
Golden Gate
Lil
Louisville
J. J. Abies
Greenway
Ark
J. D. Johnson
Princeton
Ind
Otto Graetz
Jordan
Arkansas Brigade
W.C. Peeler
Walked in Sleep Ends Life of Grain Broker at Seventy-Sixth Street
Carl A. Claussen a prosperous grain broker fell from a fourth floor window at 113 West Seventy-sixth street in his sleep. His body struck a rail and stone post then landed on the areaway steps. relatives doubt suicide citing good health and affairs. Claussen had a history of sleep wandering.
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New York
West Seventy-sixth Street
Carl A. Claussen
Mr. Claussen
Man Arrested After Sleeping With Two Sticks of Dynamite
Jersey City New Jersey June 14 A man named John Barden employed on a street sewer project was arrested after insisting on sleeping with two sticks of dynamite under his pillow despite his wife's protests He kept the explosives at home to avoid rain damage and told his wife he would take the "stuff" to bed noting a child might play with it She alert to danger had him arrested in the early morning.
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Jersey City
N. J
John Barden
Barden
Wickes Indicted For Blackmail
Thomas Parmelee Wickes an assistant corporation counsel and prominent New York lawyer was indicted for blackmail. The charge states he wrote to Dr. Edward Weston of Newark New Jersey a letter accusing him of perjury in a suit by Ashbel P. Grinnell for fifty thousand dollars in damages for false arrest.
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Wickes
New York
Thomas Parmelee Wickes
Edward Weston
Newark
N. J
Ashbel P. Grinnell
Jockey Hector Dies in Steeple Chase Accident
In St Louis on June 14 Hector riding Wellesly was killed and Morris on Dr Clark seriously injured when horses fell near the half mile pole at the American Jockey club track. Flector won the fourth race, a handicap at a mile and a sixteenth with Cataline at 5 to 7 racing odds.
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St. Louis
ST. Loules
Hector
Wellesly
Morris
Dr. Clark
American Jockey Club
Flector
Cataline
Young Russian Violinist Charged With Jewel Theft
New York reports Daniel Wishnevsky, seventeen, a violinist said to have arrived from Russia with Mr. Damrosch, has been arraigned in court on charges of stealing jewels from Mrs. Louis Larkin. The case ties to notable St. Petersburg and Moscow connections.
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New York
Daniel Wishnevsky
Russia
Damrosch Anid
St. Petersburg
Moscow
Louis Larkin
Senator Mitchell Trial Date Set After Demurrer Ruling
Federal Judge De Haven overruled Senator John H. Mitchells demurrer to an indictment charging use of public office for private gain. Trial is scheduled for next Tuesday in Portland Oregon.
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Senator Mitchell
Portland
Ore
de Haven
Federal
United States
John H. Mitchell
Engagement for daughter of Mrs Legsitt to marry MP Montagu
London rumor notes Alberta Sturgess, daughter of Mrs Francis H Legsitt of New York, engaged to George Charles Montagu MP. The marriage would make Mrs Legsitt the future countess, as her daughter joins the Montagu line.
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London
Francis H. Legsitt
New York
Alberta Sturgess
George Charles Montagu
M. P
Cherbourg Chosen as Departure for Jones Remains
Washington June 14 The state department says Cherbourg will be the departure point for the remains of Admiral John Paul Jones, to be sent from the United States.
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Cherbourg
Washington
State Department
Jon Paul Jones
State insurer probes Equitable affairs anew
The state superintendent of Insurance has reopened his investigation into the Equitable holdings to determine if the Hyde stock transfer should be included in the report.
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New York
Hyde
State Superintendent of Insurance
Equitable
Thieves and Crooks Arrest and City Hall Turmoil
Philadelphia report details street railway repeal bills amid reform protests. Select Councilman Frank H. Caren is arrested on charges of oath violation with $10,000 bail, denying guilt. Mayor Weaver faces a heated clash over gas lease and council actions as Frank M. Riter becomes civil service secretary.
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Philadelphia
Committee On Finance
Wesger
Reform
Frank H. Caren
Weaver
Frank M. Riter
Public Safety
Husband Said She Didn't in Gould Suit Testimony
In Mineola New York on June 14 the Haydel versus Howard Gould case heard conflicting statements about profanity. Architect Haydel testified she called him a damned architect and told him to leave but Mrs. Gould denied using profanity and said the interview ended.
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Mineola
Howard Gould
Architect Haydel
Carlisle Ousted as Bankers’ Corp President
Carlisle ousted as president of the United States Bankers' corporations at the annual meeting in Iittery Maine. Former Governor J Q A Brackett of Massachusetts and Boston lawyer Walter IL Badger were dismissed as directors, reversing last year's action.
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Iittery
United States
Desperadoes Fail Hold Up of 101 Ranch Prize Car
Between midnight and daybreak, bandits attempted to seize $40,000 in buffalo hunt receipts from the 101 ranch treasure party. The auto carrying the treasure outran the bandits horses, preventing the hold up.
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Annie
Guntiays
Bliss
Okli
Old horse causes derailment near Deer River
An old horse strayed onto New York Central tracks near Deer River in Carthage New York and derailed a train. The animal was rolled under the engine lifting it from the rails and throwing it into a deep ditch. The wreck tied up the entire Black River division.
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Carthage
N. Y
New York Central
Deer River
Black River
Engineer Shoots Self in South Manchester
Fred Weach forty two year old former Springfield resident and sixteen year B and M railroad engineer in South Manchester commits suicide by shooting. Temporary insanity listed as cause.
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South
Manchester
Conn
Fred Weach
Springfield
Mass
Boston and Maine Railroad
Skench
Crawford Defense Rested in Satchel Contract Case
The defense in the William G. Crawford trial rested its case today. He is charged with conspiring with August W. Machen and George E. Lorenz to defraud the government under a contract to furnish letter carriers satchels to the Post Office Department.
New Yorker Shoots Self at Auditorium Hotel Chicago
George C. Squires of New York shot himself in a heat at the Auditorium hotel in Chicago. His recovery is doubtful.
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Chicago
George C. Squires
New York
Auditorium Hotel
Death of Baron Rothschild in Vienna
Paris reports Baron Nathan de Rothschild, brother of the Austrian head, has died in Vienna after a period of serious illness. The news confirms the prominent banking family member’s passing in the Austrian capital.
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Baron Rothschild
Paris
Baron Nathan de Rothschild
Firth
Vienna
War Game Battleships Bombard Fort Monroe in Morning Assault
At Fort Monroe Virginia on June 14 the battleship Texas and two more ships of Admiral Dickins fleet opened fire at 2 30 am engaging the fort in a roughly half hour action. Washington defenses fired back with Fort Hunt and Fort Washington batteries then general combat followed. A wireless report from Commander Badger states Midshipman L L Vertrees drowned aboard the cruiser Newark, which is currently part of the joint army navy exercises off Hacketts Point.
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Fort Monroe
Texas
Admiral Dickins
Washington
Fort Hunt
Dickins
Marshall's Point
Fort Washington
C. ¥. Badger
United States
Newark
L. L. Vertrees
Hacketts Point
Cyclone Kilis Vassif Pasha Damages Constantinople
A cyclone in Constantinople on June 14 devastated property including General Vassif Pasha's house and reportedly killed the pasha and his family. The storm shattered many windows in Pera and toppled a minaret at St Sophia.
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Kilis Vassif Pasha
Constantinople
Vassif Pasha
Pasha
Pera
St. Sophia
Nelsons Pillow For Sale at Stevens Auction Rooms
London report notes Nelsons last pillow a small circular metal box cut from the oak block that supported his head when his body was placed in a cask of spirits aboard the Victory will be sold soon at Stevens auction rooms.
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Nelson
London
Lord Nelson
The
Victory
Stevens
Greek Premier Delyannis Hounded by Assassin at Parliament
The Greek premier Theodore Delyannis was stabbed at the chamber of deputies entrance by Gherakaris, a professional gambler, and died later at a Red Cross station. The attacker was overpowered as crowds rioted. King George planned to return to Athens. Delyannis’ funeral will be national.
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Athens
Theodore P. Delyannis
Greece
Gherakaris
Chamber of Deputies
Delyannis
M. Delyannis
Red Cross
King George
Tatoi
M. Gounarakis
Fatal Shot In Riot at Waveland and Janssen
Chicago report says Frank Hartman was fatally shot by Policeman Bunk Jones while guarding a Chatfield Lumber wagon during a strike sympathizer crowd. Hartman, identified as mob leader, resisted arrest and was shot as Jones fired to quell the disturbance.
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Chicago
Waveland Avenue
Janssen Street
Frank Hartman
Bunk Jones
Jones
Chatfield Lumber Company
Hartman
Buckshot Death of Plant City Citizen Traced to Ambush
The body of Oscar Brannan, a Plant City prominent citizen, was found along a road three miles from town riddled with six buckshot loads. Investigators say at least three men waited in ambush. Sheriff Jackson sent deputies with bloodhounds and posses scour the county for the murderers. No crew has been found.
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Tampa
Fla
Oscar Brannan
Plant City
Jackson
Judge Hooker Refuses Resignation Amid Extra Session
Albany June 14 Judge Hooker declares he will not resign as supreme court justice to end the extra session and regrets needing to confront the legislature. He says he has done nothing to justify removal and will continue serving despite pressure.
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Albany, N
Supreme Court
New York Markets Wheat to Butter and Eggs Prices Reported
Mercantile Exchange quotations show steady wheat for June contract at 98 cents. Corn and oats mixed with firm oats No 2 white and quiet in shipping markets. Potatoes weak in Southern markets with Southern Rose and cents per pound. butter creamery extras at 19 1 8 cents per pound. cheese steady to fair with various classes priced. Eggs state and nearby white fancy at 20 2 1/2 to 19 1/2 cents. live poultry steady with fowls at 15 44 cents. dressed poultry prices for Philadelphia and Western regions. Squabs priced per dozen from 2.50 to 2.73 dollars.
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New York
Southern Rose
Southern
Jer Sey
Mercantile Exchange
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Long Island
Middleton Forged Bonds Case Unveiled in Whits Plains
New York June 14 A vast cache of bond certificates found in Willoughby Middleton’s deserted Whits Plains apartment reveals his scheme to issue hundreds of thousands of dollars in counterfeit bonds as part of altered land title schemes by a missing real estate operator.
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New York
Willoughby Middleton
Whits Plains
Aged Rector John Townsend Dies at 73 in Middletown
Rev. John Townsend, aged seventy three and twenty year rector of Christ church in Middletown, Connecticut, died there on June 14. He was a Union College graduate and among the first class at Berkeley Divinity School after its separation from Trinity College.
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Middletown
Conn
John Townsend
Christchurch
Union College
Berkeley Divinity School
Trinity College
Russian Painter Seeks Help for Lost Works
St Petersburg report that Russian painter M. Stepanoff has appealed to American consul general Ethelbert Watts for aid in recovering Russian paintings stolen or lost after the St Louis exposition, seeking assistance to locate and return the works.
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ST. Petersburg
M. Stepanoff
Ethelbert Watts
St. Louis Exposition
King Oscar Denies Veto Over Consular Bill
King Oscar II of Sweden writes to the Norwegian president asserting no violation of prerogative in vetoing the consular bill. The Swedish monarch defends his action in the June communication from Stockholm.
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Oscar
Stockholm
Sweden
Q Oscar II
Stor Thing
Live Stock Markets Report Cattle Sheep and Hogs
Cattle receipts light and market slow with prime prices around 6.75 to 7.25. Hogs receipts light and markets higher with prime heavies at 5.00 and 5.70 to 5.75 for lighter Yorkers. Sheep and lambs show light supply and steady demand with prime wethers about 5.18 and common lambs near 2.50 to 3.00.
Fairbanks Arrives in Iowa City for University Address
Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks has arrived in Iowa City to deliver the commencement address at the State University. He will speak at the university's commencement exercises.
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Fairbanks
Iowa City
Charles Www
The
State University
Archduke Joseph I of Austria Dies at 72
Vienna reports Archduke Joseph I dead after a long illness. He was seventy two years old.
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Archduke Joseph
Vienna
Archduke Joseph I of Austria
Swedes Island Grows Confidence Under Appointed Peacekeeper
William Ballenger named a tall policeman, described as seven feet in stocking feet, to curb Saturday night race riots in Swedes. his presence is credited with stopping weekly disturbances and bringing order to the town.
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William Ballenger
Ballenger
Atlantic City Tragedy On Boardwalk Fatal Roller Chair Incident
Joseph Feldman a 40 year old Pittsburg tailor died en route to City Hospital after falling unconscious on the Boardwalk in Atlantic City. Two University of Pennsylvania students found him as he appeared weak with heart trouble. Deputy Prison Keeper Moore allegedly struck and knocked a convict guard to the ground, causing a deep facial wound. bystanders carried Moore to the hospital.
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Joseph Feldman
Pittsburg
Ae City Hospital
Atlantic
Uo Pennsylvania
Moore
Megro
Trenton
Nesron
Unpleasant Complication in North Hanover Township Formation
Officials face funding gap for school needs after North Hanover split from New Hanover Burlington County. Only two schoolhouses in Jacobstown and Arney Town exist, and the New Hanover Board of Education will not educate neighbors’ children without payment. A special election may be held to submit the tax question to voters.
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North Hanover
Burlington County
Jacobstown
Arneytown
Board of Education
New Hanover Township
Miss Whitaker Faints as School Records Stolen
In Brinton a public school keeper Miss Ric Whitaker fainted after learning an intruder entered the building during the night and stole all official pupil reports. Doctors revived her as authorities feared the missing records would prevent identifying promoted students. Supposedly, prankish pupils who failed exams caused the theft to hide their status. Efforts to locate culprits continue.
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Ric’ Whitaker
Bricton
Whitaker
Prizefight in State Prison Inmates Involved In Trenton Case
Hoboken burglar Kid Miller released from New Jersey State Prison at Trenton after serving eight years of a ten year sentence. While imprisoned he allegedly killed fellow inmate John Weiss and faced murder charges but was acquitted. Miller later discussed prison prizefights with lawyer John Backes, noting convicts served as spectators and seconds. Weiss allegedly attacked Miller, prompting self defense.
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Kid Miller
Hoboken
New Jersey
Trenton
John ‘Weiss
Milller
John Backes
Weiss
Daly
Searching Woods For Youngman Houser At Sandy Hook
A pursuit is underway at Sandy Hook for Howard Hawley aged twenty, son of Mrs. Maley a wealthy resident. Hawley has been at the center of a search in wooded areas as investigators seek his whereabouts.
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Woods
Younus Harer
Sandy Hook
Howard
Hawley
Mxley
Hope For General S The Confederate Veteran Office
A fragmentary note references General S and the Confederate Veteran office with hopes for improvement and entertained prospects, indicating cautious optimism about status or rank within a wartime or veteran context.
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General S
Office of
Confederate ‘Veteran
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