Germany Wins Bennett Cup Race At Bally Shannon
The James Gordon Bennett race was won by Jenatzy of the German team, covering 370% miles in 6 hours 36 minutes 9 seconds with stops. France, led by De Knyft and Farman, fought for second, with tight finish likely to favor De Koyst. Only five of twelve starters finished as several crashes and mechanical faults plagued the event, including Jarrett and Foxhall Keene.
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Shannon
Ireland
Daly
Jenatzy
Winton
de Knyft
Farman
de Koyst
United States
Bally Shannon
Jarrett
Baron de Caters
Foxhall Keene
Moors
Owen
Edge
de Knyff
Foxball Keene’s Daring Motoring Feat in Germany
Foxball Keene, representing Germany, faced a near-severed axle after tires ripped on a corner. He kept driving about 100 miles at over 60 mph to reach safety, describing it as sitting on a box of dynamite. The escape ended with the axle almost breaking, causing immense regret in the team.
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Foxball Keene
Germany
Keene
Wonderful fossil finds in Fish Creek county Montana
Big Timber Montana July 3 Professor Mar chus Farr and Princeton students report rich remains from a stone age site in Fish Creek county. The team uncovers bones of giant animals and stone implements, a near complete man skeleton about nine feet tall, a slightly smaller woman skeleton, and a large canine-like creature reminiscent of a small horse.
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Big Timber
Mont
Fish Creek
Marchus
Farr
Princeton College
Professor Farr
C. D. Thompson
Laurence Thompson
S. A. Halsey
Gordon Forbes
Walter Kimball
Charles H. Dugre
Adsitt
Vicious young man tries to kill wife in Indiana tale
In South Bend on July 3, Hugh Greeley aged 18 attempted to kill his wife but was foiled when his sister in law Alva Champaigne aged 15 intervened. Greeley fired four and two more shots none hit, one bullet grazing the wife as the sister tackled the assailant. Greeley fled.
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South Bend
Ind
Hugh Greeley
Inlaw
Alva Champaigne
Alva
Greeley
Anti-Trust Suit Filed Against San Antonio Labor Union
In San Antonio on July 3 the first suit under anti-trust law against organized labor was filed by Texas Attorney General C. K. Bell and District Attorney Carlos Bee. The case seeks 6000 dollars in penalties and an injunction to end the boycott against the Herf building. The defendants are the Trades Council and the Electrical Workers Union of San Antonio.
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San Antonio
Tex
C. K. Bell
Carlos Bee
State of Texas
The
Trades Council
Electrical Workers, Union
Herf
Mrs Wilkinsons Alibi in Carbolic Acid Case
In Owosso Michigan on July 3 Mrs Eli Wilkinson faced charge of mutilating Minnie Himburg with carbolic acid. Dr P F Wilson testified acid was used but did not judge if self harm caused the injury. The defendant's husband testified to alibi asserting Mrs Wilkinson was with him all night. Eli Wilkinson claimed Minnie pursued him for love, denying appointments.
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Owosso
Mich
Eli Wilkinson
Minnie Himburg
P. F. Wilson
Minnie
New Trial Granted for Lulu Prince-Kennedy
Kansas City dispatch reports Lulu Prince-Kennedy, serving ten years for her husband Philip Prince's 1901 murder, was granted a new trial today by the state supreme court.
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Lulu Prince-Kennedy
Kansas City
Lulu Prince- Kennedy
Philip
Supreme Court
Booker T. Washington Urges Self-Control as Race Question Goes National
Louisville crowds hear Booker T. Washington warn that recent race incidents prove the issue is national. He urges patience and restraint, commends Judge Jones of Alabama for ending peonage, and calls for equal application of law to Black and white alike while stressing dignity, effort, and avoidance of mob tactics.
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Louisville
Macauley
Booker T. Washington
Tuskegee Normal School
Iynehian
Washington
Judge Jones
Alabama
Aged Woman Dies After Fall From Joliet Window
Martha Hunter an 84 year old resident of Quincy since 1848 came to Joliet to visit her son Joseph Hunter Rockdale police magistrate. At about 5 am she fell from a second story window to her death the neck broken and body found in the yard. Weather heat led her to sit by the window and sleep before the fall.
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Joliet
Til
Martha Hunter
Quincey
Joseph Hunter
Rockdale
Grand Jury Refuses Bucket Shop Indictment
Chicago July 3 The grand jury refused to indict directors and leading board of trade members charged with permit tig bucket shop operations on the board. Trial of Dr Walter Konitz Pittsburg July 3 resumed as crowded court hears Burleigh claim Walsh threatened to kill plaintiff and Kountz acted first.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Walter Konitz
Pittsburg
Walter P. Kountz
Walsh
Clarence Burleigh
Kountz
Moline Fireman Killed In Freight Switch Engine Crash
George Fisher of Moline was killed and engineer Michael Cushing injured when a Rock Island Peoria freight collided with a switch engine this morning near Peoria. Both engines and many cars were wrecked. loss estimated at 350,000. Fisher, a Spanish American War veteran, lived with his father S. S. Fisher at 1538 Fourth Ave, Moline. body to be brought there for burial.
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Peoria
Rock Island
George Fisher
Moline
Michael Cushing
Charles Fisher
S. S. Fisher
Fourth Avenue
Shannon
Porto Nico
Philippines
Jewish Petition Forwarded to Russia Angers U S Clergy
In Detroit on July 3 the central conference of American rabbis sent a telegram to President Roosevelt praising his stance on forwarding the Jewish petition to the czar. The foreign office notes a czar's sole discretion on reception and cites past refusals. The American reaction emphasizes unity and not inviting offense to the Russian regime.
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Iian
Foreign Office
Alexander III
Guildhall
London
Roosevelt
Detroit
Central Conference of American Rabbis
Evar
Russia
Fire Eyewitnesses Save 29 From Four Story Jersey City Blaze
New York July 3. Firemen rescued twenty nine unconscious occupants from a smoking four story frame building in Jersey City at daybreak. Police deem the blaze incendiary.
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New York
Jersey City
Des Moines Fire Destroys Plant and Warehouse
A blaze in Des Moines destroyed the Barber Asphalt Paving plant and the Des Moines Saddlery warehouse. The damage is reported at $60,000 with loss to both businesses. Fire crews fought the flames today to prevent spread to adjacent structures.
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Des Moines
Barber Asphalt Paging Company
Des Moines Saddlery Company
New Scandal Ties Littauer to Army Glove Contracts
Washington July 3. A war department inquiry will probe Representative Lucius N Littauer and glove contracts with Lyon as the possible target of charges. The probe seeks to determine if statutes were violated by officers or contractors, amid claims Littauer secretly benefited through Littauer Bros. and Lyon dealings.
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Washington
New York
Lucius N. Littauuer
Quartermaster’s Department of the Army
Littauer
Root
Humphrey
Patten
Army
E. R. Lyon
Congress
Littauer Bros
Gloversville
N. Y
War Department
Ludington
San Francisco
Edmond H. Lyon
Lyon
Davis
Department
Lucius N. Littauer
Edmond R. Lyon
Philadelphia
Lyons
Lim
United States Army
Quartermaster’s Department
Quartermaster's Department
First Fatal Mishap in Yacht Races
Newport R I July 3 For the first time in United States ninety footers a fatal accident occurred Carl B Olsen a seaman on the old cup defender Columbia was washed from the bowsprit and drowned as the yacht neared the first turn. The Constitution had an accident splitting her gum and mast. Reliance finished the course in 2 59 20. The Newport series was abandoned due to the incidents and wind at twenty mph.
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Newport
United States
Carl B. Olsen
Columbia
Olsen
Sequel of sensational breach suit filed in Pedford
Miss Espire George of Pedford Indiana has filed a second suit against Peugh naming Midland Porthead Cement Hedfford National Bank Stone City Bank Capitol National Bank Indianapolis George W Mc Daniel W V Williams James BE Geruff Frank Owens and W A Brown as accessories. She alleges Peugh won her affections and that the conspirators sold her real estate stocks and more totaling 50000, far above their true value, in a plan to defraud her wealth.
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Pedford
Tnd
Espire George
Spencer
Pengh
Peugh
Senator Hopkins Concerning Negroes in Chicago
United States Senator Hopkins urged retaliation against southern states that disenfranchise negroes at a meeting condemning a Belleville lynching. He denounced the lynchers and praised black members of Congress, lamenting the absence of men of color in Mississippi Alabama and Louisiana delegations and criticizing the nation for it.
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Chicago
United States
Hopkins
Belleville
Congress
Mississippi
Alabama
Louisiana
Cable Connected at Hawaiian Island
Honolulu July 3 The cable ship Angelia arrived with the Honolulu end of the Trans Pacific cable from Manila via Guam and the Midway Islands to this port. The cable will be landed at once and the line will be in operation from Manila to San Francisco tomorrow morning, per Clarence Mackay of the Pacific Commercial Cable Company and Postal Telegraph.
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Honolulu
Angelia
Manila
Guam
Midway Islands
San Francisco
Clarence Mackay
Pacific Commercial Cable Company
Postal Telegraph Company
Street car collision injures fifteen in St. Louis
Fifteen persons were injured this morning when two street cars collided at the Olive street and Jefferson avenue intersection. Motor man A. G. Killy is not expected to recover, while most other passengers are anticipated to recover. Both cars were crowded.
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St. Louis
Olive Street
Jefferson Avenue
A. G. Killy
Cloudburst Hits Gainesville Texas Floods City
A cloudburst in Gainesville Texas flooded the city damaging small stores oathouses and truck gardens while waters recede. The storm damaged farming interests railroads county roads and bridges with heavy losses. A Gulf Colorado Santa Fe passenger train between Gainesville and Valley View reportedly left the track into water. engineer Belice is said killed and several passengers hurt with unknown rescues.
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Dallas
Texas
Gainesville
Valley View
Mer Ried
Belice
Storm Damage in Wisconsin Destroys Crops and Rail Lines
A July storm in Chippewa Falls and surrounding areas wrecks crops buildings and railroad tracks delaying trains between Chippewa Falls and Stevens Point. Barns topple stock dies. Algoma reports a hurricane leveling crops trees and fences. Severe damage cited in Aunuapoe Lincoln and Red River with dozens of buildings demolished.
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Chippewa Falls
Wis
Wisconsin Central
Here
Stevens Point
Tve
Wisconsin
Kaukauana
Algoma
Aunuapoe
Lincoln
Red River
British order blocks US hogs and New England cattle
London July 3 the board of agriculture gazetted an order effective Aug 1 prohibiting the landing in Great Britain of any hogs from the United States or cattle from New England.
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London
Board of Agriculture Today
Great Britain
United States
New England
Big Fishing Party At Bloomington Yesterday
Bloomington NL July 3 The fourth annual all day public fishing event drew about 5000 people to Miller Park 20 acre lake. Fishing began at midnight and continued to evening with catches up to ten pounds. The day doubled as a municipal picnic with residents fishing and enjoying park activities.
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Bloomington
Miller Park
United States Squadron Sails for Portsmouth
The United States European squadron sailed today for Portsmouth, England. The movement occurred as part of routine naval deployments with Kallandborg Denmark noted as the port of origin on July 3.
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Portsmouth Kallandborg
Denmark
Portsmouth
England
Shamrock III Defeats Shamrock I in 30 Mile Race
In New York on July 5 Shamrock III finished seven minutes ahead of Shamrock I in a 30 mile international yachting course. Clark Waggoner, longtime editor of The Blade, died at Toledo Hospital aged 80, after thirty six years editing Ohio newspapers.
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New York
Ohio Blade
Toledo
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Stocks
Lone Star State
Mrs. Wilkinson
Miss Himburg
Easons
Fron
Uncle Sam
Litta
Hope
Johnson
Senator Hopkins
Hawaian Island
Shamrock III
Shamrock I
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