Deneen Wins Long Fight at Springfield as Yates Withdraws
Springfield June 3 Deneen wins the Republican state convention nomination after delegates with Yates withdraws and endorses Deneen on the 79th ballot. Final vote shows Lowden 532, Yates 405, Deneen 365 with Hamlin, Sherman and others. A break attempt stalls as politics clash.
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Deneen
Springfield
Yates
Yates Hamlin
Sher
Theman
Lewden
Warner
Lowden
Deneens
Sp. Om
Hamlin
Sherman Hast
Merce
Eecessats Fr. M
Cannon
Krainerd
Morgin County
SF Lowden
Dreneen
Sherman
Pierce
WA Hamli ST
Pierch
Bator Low
Warner Hamlin
KMAN
Truth About Colonel Fort Lacon Illinois Probate Notice
June 5 report from Lacon Illinois states Colonel Fords estate valued at 500 dollars with 310 acres in Marshall county Illinois to Effie McClary promised wife, 320 acres in Fillmore Nebraska to George Cowan, 1 acre in Fillmore Nebraska to George Wikoff, 500 dollars to Issac Miller Hamilton executor, and other parcel details to Frank Specht and Nor Owens.
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Lacon, AL
Coronel AL PR
Effie Me Clary
Din Marshal County
Tanom
Frank Specht
Clay County
Nor Owens
Chicago
Fillmore County
George Cowan
Lacon
Lord Curzon Freedom Granted by City of London
At a meeting of the lord mayor and corporation it was decided to confer the freedom of the city on Lomi Curzon of Kedleston in recognition of his ability and zeal as viceroy of India.
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London
Lomi Curzon
Kedileston
India
Embezzlement at National Tradesmen's Bank Revealed
New Haven officers confess a trusted teller Douglas M. Smith embezzled about 50 000 dollars, with losses estimated from 30 000 to 60 000, over eight or nine months. A second case reports Jesse B. Baker, bookkeeper at National Howard Bank, accused of 10 000 to 12 000 dollars in shortages, held on 10 000 bond.
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New Haven
Conn
Douglas M. Smith
National Tradesmen’s Bank
Smith
H. W. Thompson
Baltimore
Jesse B. Baker
National Howard Bank
Baker
St. Louis
United States
Rogers
Murder evidences plain tried to burn the body
Delaware county and Philadelphia detectives pursue the mystery of a dec oration day body found in a treacherous brush between the Delaware river and Darby creek ten miles south of Philadelphia. The charred remains suggest an effort to destroy identification near boat houses where Sunday summer revelers gather. A farm near the spot belongs to William Horne. A rope and two chain pieces were stolen May 22, with the chain later found near the scene, tied to fence posts.
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Philadelphia
Delaware County
Darby Creek
Delaware River
Philiphia
William Horne
Nenesra
Investigation in New York Post Office Has a Sequel
Postmaster General Payne has received and accepted the resignation of Richard Vanlent of city delivery to take effect May. The resignation follows the Assistant Attorney General Robl report on the New York post office affair and investigation sequel.
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NEW York Post Office
Washington
Payne
Richard van Lent
City Delivery
Robl
New York Post
Missouri policemen end a fued with pistol duel
Carthage Moe June 3 Gaffney and A Hurst policemen fought with pistols on the street. Gaffney was shot in the stomach and will die. Hurst was shot in the head but may recover. London June 3 War Secretary Arnold Forster said no plan for conscription in Parliament, despite royal commission recommendations.
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Carthage
Moe
Gaffney
A. Hurst
Hurst
England
London
Arnold Forster
House of Commons
Royal Commission On the Volunteer and Militia Forces
Kaw River Flood Threat Grows Amid Heavy Rainfall
Kansas City June 3 reports all Kaw River tributaries rising fast. Flood danger looms as 30 days of heavy rain have doubled stream overflow, destroying property and leaving hundreds homeless. Ongoing rain worsens conditions across Kansas with multiple streams spilling banks. In Indiana lightning kills three children near Tennyson and injures others, as a storm sweeps southern Indiana causing damage and casualties.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Booneville
Ind
Tennyson
Dea Aoung Y
Oval Gentry
Lly
Fiente
Yinj
Gentry
Orta
Indiana
Mob hunts killer in Ada Barger murder case Anderson Ind
In Anderson Indiana on June 3 Mrs Ada Barger a 31 year old widow was attacked by James McCormick a rejected suitor who broke a door barricade and stabbed her with a bowie knife before leaping out a window and fleeing. A mob armed with rifles pursues him intent on return without mercy. McCormick had come from Pennsylvania a year earlier drawn by a photograph of Mrs Barger and lodged at her home as a distant relative.
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McCormick
Pennsylvania
Mrs. Barger
Rich New York man disappears in Salt Lake City
A New York resident Baxter Ningsley is reportedly missing and believed to be in the Salt Lake City area. A man matching Kingston's description stopped at a hotel in Provo on Monday night and claimed to be a business man from New York seeking enemies and money. He said he was 50 but looked 40 to 70. Another similar man asked for a loan at the home of a Chicago and Northwestern official, saying he left his grip in Provo.
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Salt Lake
Baxter Ningsley
New York
Salt Lake City
Kingston
York
Kingsley
Chicago and Northwestern Millroad
Provo
Henry
Locomotive Engineers Deadlock For Top Office
In Los Angeles on June 5 the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers convention narrowed its vote for third assistant grand chief engineer to Peter Kilduff of Blue Island and Herman E. Wills of Clayton. Repeated ballots yielded no winner.
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Los Angeles
Cal
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Peter Kilduff
Blue Island
Herman EK. Wills
Clayton
Secret Russo German pact to spare war during reign
Berlin reports a claimed personal accord between the czar and the kaiser binding both empires to never wage war while either reigns. The deal allegedly guarantees peace with Russia for the czar and crown prince, in return for Russia’s neutrality in a war with Japan, fueling pro Russian sentiment in Germany amid a looming crisis.
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Berlin
Russia
Germany
Kaiser
Wiesbaden
Nicholas
William
Gert
Japan
Wife of Bank President Dies in Folding Bed Accident
June 3 report from volix describes the death of Mrs. A.M. Woodward, wife of the South Side State Bank president, after a folding bed collapsed during moving household goods. The incident occurred at night. multiple cervical vertebrae injuries cited.
Prominent Iowa Man Commits Self Destruction in Asylum
Merr, a once prominent figure in Hardin County business and politics, formerly of Des Moines, Iowa, died in an institution at Independence, Iowa. He reportedly sawed his throat with dull scissors and tore it open with his fingers, an act described as a fatal self harm.
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Tes Moines
Merr
Iowa
Busin
Hardin County
Independence
Merris
Heavy loss of life in fires in Austrian towns
Vienna reports two disasters with widespread death. A fire at Nowywihkow Galicia destroyed nearly the town, leaving twelve dead. A separate blaze at Kiteff Russia killed six in the flames. Also noted is a social luncheon in London honoring ex mayor Seth Low with many officials present.
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Vienna
Nowywihkow
Galacia
Kiteff
Russia
Pilgrims’ Club
Low
London
Tilerin’s Club
Seth Low
New York
Savas Hotel
Janes Yer
Ambassador Choate
Nsus
Evans
Major Feecosn
Lord Justice de Louis
Gener Hutchinson
W. J. Jtowells
Relbert I Porter
W. J. Jerrie
M.T. Wilson
Rudolph Spreckels
James J. Phelan
San Francisco
Anglo Russian trade rapprochement hinted in fishery settlement
Report from St. Petersburg on the Russo Canadian fishery settlement notes Russian press optimism for a growing Anglo Russian alliance. Papers suggest a commercial treaty could open broader rapprochement, with Britain and Russia trading strongly and the United States likely to lose from tariff shifts and shifting trade relations.
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St. Petersburg
Great Britain
France
Russia
Novosti
India
United States
United States Aemcnitum
Minister Takes Roosevelt View at Home Life Talk
In St. Louis on June 3 Rev PF Stimson of Kansas City told ministers at the Miss Association that it is their duty to promote large families. He denounced five room flats as enemies of family life, saying they encourage small families and infanticide. He blamed parents for pressuring suitors with hard conditions and urged ministers to advocate early marriages and large families.
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St. Louis
Miss
Matters Coming to a Head Soon at Hanging Rock
Report describes a looming strike crisis with troops occupying the area, detaining a leader and conducting house to house arms searches. A second crisis centers on an imminent settlement via the state arbitration board, with expected discharge of non union workers and restoration of union employees to prior positions.
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State Board of Arbitration
Wyoming Comes Into the Hearst Column
Cheyenne reports the state Democratic convention instructed for Hearst unanimously and endorsed him in strong resolutions across the party.
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Wyoming
W. R. Hearst
Cheyenne
Dane
Hearst
Assault Near Port Arthur In Progress Two Days
Reports from June describe ongoing fighting on Liao Tung peninsula with heavy cannonading. Japanese reinforcements and 15 000 troops reportedly landed at Takushan while Russian forces withdraw southward toward Port Arthur.
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Port Arthur
Liao Yang
Takushan
Mukden
Liao Tung
Takiv
Jane
Infanteyaml
Lichaton
Poluudien
St. Peters
Kinchow
London
St. Petersburg
Live-Tong Peninsula
Dalny
Chefoo
Kin-Chow
SS. Petersburg
Missouri arbitration law struck down by court
Jefferson City Mo June 3 The Missouri supreme court held that the state board of arbitration cannot punish witnesses who refuse to testify before it The ruling declares the law unconstitutional nullifying the section giving circuit courts power to punish noncompliant witnesses and effectively destroys the statute.
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Missouri
Jefferson City
Missouri Supreme Court
State Board of Arbitration
Wimer
Circuit Court
Supreme Court
Woman on trial for husband’s murder declared insane
Alpena Mich June 3 Miss Mary Heinhold Alcena county woman in county jail here wasting trial on murder charge of her husband with an ax has been pronounced insane by local physicians She refuses to eat and is slowly starving herself to death.
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Alpena, Mich
Mary Heinhold
Alcena
Joll
Armour manager C L Saylor commits suicide in park
C L Saylor, general manager of Armour interests in South Canaria, shot himself in Mhinscoim park after a period of nervous depression. No motive is known for the act.
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Onaha
Neb.dime 3
Ac Inez
South Canaria
Mhinscoim Park
Saylor
Missouri River Alarm Hounds Sioux City as Banks Erode
W B Dewitt assistant United States engineer warns Congress must resume appropriations to protect Missouri River banks or entire Sioux City area may be washed away. The June report highlights erosion threats along the river and the need for funding to defend the waterfront.
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Sioux City
W. B. Dew
United States
Missouri River
Congress
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Travis
Walter J. Travis
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Blackwell
Reeves
Committee On Resolutions
Denen Hamlin
Warner Si Man
Lord Curzon
National Examiner
Kaw River
MOB
June Maude Crenshaw
Smith Coffman
W. Murray
Jacksonville
Byers
Roosevelt
Hanging Trock
C. L. Saylor
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