Riots hit Philadelphia as strike sours transit systems
Philadelphia faces street chaos as a streetcar strike spreads. Police Captains Dunsin and Thompson are suspended amid rioting in Kensington and downtown districts. Armored by strikebreakers, the Philadelphia Rapid Transit lines saw cars attacked, windows broken, and crews beaten.
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Thade
Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company
Kensington
Bers
Mill
Corse
West Philadelphia
Altitere
Jaume S
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Mt. Clare
Samed
Hostenm Electrical
Jeston
Inercaste
Witzes
Wises
Coroner's inquiry into Dr Binkley death continued
The coroner's inquest into Dr John T Binkley Sr of Evansville Ind who was found dead in a Wellington hotel room was adjourned to June 10 after a postmortem examination. The elder physician aged 82 was found with a bullet wound to the left face and a revolver on the bed with the chamber empty. Dr Binkley Jr contends a burglar killed his father while police call it death by his own hand.
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Chicago
John T. Binkley
Evansville
Ind
Reinhard
Binkley
Wellington
John T. Binkley, Jr
Br. Binkley
Shareholders Seek Voice in Affairs at Express Company
New York June 8 Supreme Justice Guy heard arguments on John L Dudleys application as stockholder for a temporary receiver of United States Express Co. Dudley said shareholders have no voice in management and seek means to gain it. Company counsel denied the charges noting alleged diversions of business to rival express firms through agreements.
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New York
Supreme Justice
Guy
John L. Dudley
United States Express Company
Lbudley
Jeff Davis Birthday and Confederate Memorial Day Celebrated
People across the South mark Jefferson Davis birthday and Confederate Memorial Day with ceremonies conducted by schools and patriotic groups. In Fairview Kentucky a Jefferson Day memorial park was dedicated at Davis birthplace.
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Louisville
Jefferson Davis
Fairview
Davis
Uses hatchet on sister in rage over marriage
New Orleans man William B. Blessing, 39, attacked his sister Bessie, 24, with a hatchet when told she would wed. He then threw acid into her eyes and mouth, causing serious injuries that may leave her disfigured for life.
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New Orleans
Bessie
William B. Blessing
Lynch Kentucky mob hangs Black man after jailbreak
John Maxey, a Black man who knocked down B C Bowers, a circus manager, last night in Frankfort Kentucky, was seized from jail by a mob early today and fatally harmed. The shooting preceded the mob action.
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Frankfort
John Maxey
B. C. Bowers
White House Push Speeds Mississippi Deep Waterway Report
The War Department announced the engineering survey of the Mississippi deep waterway will go to Congress within about ten days. The reviewing engineers will approve the report and forward it to General Marshall, then Secretary Dickinson for immediate transmission to Congress. The haste surprised supporters and suggests White House influence, though exact contents remain undisclosed.
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Washington, D.C
Mississippi Deep Waterway
Congress
War Department
Reviewing Board of Engineers
W .L. Marshall
Secretar Dickinson
White House
Gulf Association
Sudden revival in speculation centers on Southern Pacific
In New York on June 1 furious buying in Southern Pacific stock sparked a sudden stock market revival. Investors focused on Harriman Pacific and U S Steel as SP rose nearly six points, shaking the market. In St Paul, President L W Hill of the Great Northern said John F Stevens, who resigned as first vice president of New Haven and Hartford, would join the Great Northern briefly.
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Southern Pacific Railroad
Harriman Pacific
U. S. Steel
Southern Pacific
Stevens
Great Northern
St. Paul, Minn
L. W. Hill
The
John FP. Stevens
New Haven and
Hartford Road
Foreign commerce on American ships declines since 1858
New York June 3 The New York chamber of commerce annual report notes massive growth in population wealth and public debt from 1858 to 1905. It highlights per capita debt wine consumption and government receipts, and records a 59.06 percent decline in foreign commerce carried on American ships.
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New York
Kansas City youth earns top honors at Annapolis
Luther Welch, once short of the midshipman height, undergoes a special procedure to join the United States Naval Academy. Four years of study see him graduate No 4 in a class of 174. He excels in mathematics languages and scholastic work, earns star grades annually, leads as midshipman commander of a company, and captains the lacrosse team to notable victories including a win over Harvard.
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Kensington
Sykes
Elaie
Suga
Cope
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Kansas City
United States Naval Academy
Luther Welch
Welch
Harvard
Yeoman
Alarm Over Cuba Measures Mississippi Guard At Annual Encampment
Washington June Genesa thutridge adjutant general of the Mississippi National Guard states the war department holds gulf troops in readiness for a possible third intervention in Cuba. Troops would be kept at their regular stations for about 90 days amid unsettled Cuban finances.
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Genesa __ thutridge
Mississippi National Guard
War Department
Department of the Gulf
Cuba
Idge
Gulf
Fridge
Jackson
Department
Texas
Bullet Hits Automobile Wounding Not Intended
Chicago June 3 It was learned today that William H Bartlett of Bartlett Patten Co narrowly escaped death or injury from a stray bullet that crashed into his automobile yesterday Bartlett and friends were returning from Glenview Illinois to Evanston It is believed the shot was fired by someone practicing nearby and was not aimed at any occupant of the car
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Chicago
William H. Bartlett
Bartlett, Patten & Co
Bartlett
Glen View
Ill
Evanston
Heinze Auxiliary Bond Issued As Control Shifts
New York dispatch reports Heinze affairs and the United Copper company tied to missing books. The federal grand jury seeks loan records linked to Heinze during his Mercantile National Bank tenure in the 1907 panic, with actions reshaped as executives oust the company.
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F. Augustus Heinze
New York
United Copper Company
United States Circuit Court
Federal Grand Jury
Heinze
Mercantile National Bank
Aldrich Eases Aftershock From Controversial Action
George Baglin, second vice president of United Copper and Henze secretary, was jailed for contempt of court on Tuesday and released yesterday after being ousted from the board of directors, a sequence that appeared unexplained yet followed his deposition.
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Terday
George Baglin
United Copper Company
Heinze
Senate clash over anonymous foreign price statements
In Washington on June 3 Senator Aldrich and Senator Stone clashed in the senate over contentions that a government might circulate anonymous statements about foreign prices to sway U.S. legislation. Stone read a Berlin telegram showing German offense at Aldrich’s remarks. Aldrich defended his criticism as about using German data to influence policy, praising Germany’s people. Depew dismissed the fuss as unfounded. The House held a brief session with no quorum and adjourned until Monday.
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Aldrich
Senate
Stone
State Department
Germany
Berlin
Congress
William
House Committee On Ways and Means
Depew
House
Brewers blamed for evils and liquor laws urged
Atlantic City June 3. A public meeting during the brewers convention featured Rev. John P. Peters, urging wiping out saloons not conducted under law and advocating high licenses to regulate liquor. Peters blamed brewers for political corruption and urged stricter control, while noting high license can be abused. President Liebmann reported beer production declined overall, though 1908 revenue showed a small rise to 201,569 barrels, signaling a looming downward trend in total liquor output.
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Atlantic City
N. J
John P. Peters
New York
Liebmann
Peters
New York City
Juli Lichmann
Detective Identifies Omaha Holdup Trio Names
Omaha June 3 Detective McDonald of Spokane identifies Wood and Gordon as Dan Downer and Gordon M. Golden under arrest for the Union Pacific holdup. Torgensen is said to be using his correct name.
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McDonald
Spokane
Wood
Gordon
Union Pacific
Dan Downer
Gordon M. Golden
Torgensen
Archbishop Spalding Celebrates 69th Birthday
Archbishop John L Spalding celebrated his 69th birthday anniversary at St Marys Cathedral in Peoria Illinois. He received congratulations from numerous church leaders expressing wishes for many more years of honor.
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Peoria
I John L“Spalding
St. Mary's Cathedral
Congress Work and German Radical Leader Die in Baden
Washington reports show the Senate approving a day and night session rule while La Follette, Nelson, I and Elkins pressed for tariff reform and coal prices with Frye defending mill profits. The House did not meet. In Baden Baden, Dr Theodore Barth a Radical leader in the Reichstag died at age 64 after a digestive illness.
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Congress
Senate
la Follette
Nelson
Elkins Pence
Frye
New England
Ouse
Baden Baden
Thedore Barth
Reichstag
Gratoit druggists vote to stay dry countywide
Ithaca Michigan June 3 druggists in Gratoit county meet at Alma and adopt a binding resolution to refuse liquor sales even by prescription after licenses expire June 30.180 pharmacists join in this dry county decision shaping local option policy and public attitude toward alcohol.
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Gratoit
Alma
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