Great Race Grips Lakes as City of Erie Fights Tashmoo
In Cleveland on June 4 the City of Erie and the Tashmoo raced from Cleveland to Erie to decide the speed championship with bets around 100000 dollars. The Erie led early and would reach the stake boat ahead by 1 minute 34 seconds, while the Tashmoo trailed. A separate note reports the cup defender Constitution being dismasted during a trial spin at Newport.
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Cleveland
City of
Erie
Detroit
Nottingham
Deadly switch engine crash near Atlanta shops
A Southern Railway passenger train near the Atlanta shops was struck by a switch engine at 11 am. Three passengers died and 12 were injured. Deceased are Miss Alma Lemon of McDonough Ga and Mia A. Lemon, and H. M. McVickers of Florila. Injured include Bann and A Fouche.
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Atlants
Southern Railway
Mia A. A. Lemon
Alma Lemon
McDonough
H. M. McVickers
Florila
Bann
A. F. A. L. Fouche
Indians on Warpath Cannot Be Put Down
Cheyenne Wyoming June 4 A telegram from Fort Watrhakie reports Arapahoe Indians who recently defied the Indian agent are arming and feared the threatened outbreak cannot be averted without bloodshed and the use of government troops.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Fort Watrhakie
Arapahoe
Eight Men Die in Chapin Mine Explosion Michigan
Eight men were killed at the Chapin mine seventh level in Iron Mountain Michigan as an explosion and fumes from burning powder caused death this morning.
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Michigan Mine
Iron Mountain
Mich
Chapin Mine
No Extra Session of Congress Decided by Cabinet
Washington June 4 The cabinet decided there is no necessity for an extra session of Congress. Secretary Root and Attorney General Knox gave legal opinions that the Spooner Amendment grants ample presidential authority in the Philippines, opinions concurred by all cabinet members.
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Congress
Washington
The
Cabent
Root
Knox
Philippines
Spooner
Fire Sept City Threat Thwarts Mattoon Loss At Fifty Thousand
A fire in Mattoon Illinois destroyed the Jordan poultry plant the Klogsilver Dunks warehouse and several homes threatening major damage to the residence area. Total losses reached about 50000 dollars. Washington reports Mrs McKinley’s condition unchanged with physicians noting slight comfort overnight and no material change since yesterday.
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Mattoon
Ill
Jane
Jordan Poultry Company
Klogsilver & Dunksn
Murderess on Trial for Killing Husband and Spurning Body
Kansas City June 4 Mrs Lulu Prince Kennnedy a 20 year old bride of a month went on trial in the criminal court yesterday She shot and killed her husband Philip H Kennedy then spurned the body with her foot declaring he would seduce no more girls Her father and brothers are to be tried later on conspiracy charges For the first time tears broke through during cross examination as prosecutors questioned capital punishment views and the prisoner showed emotion before regaining composure Also noted is the ongoing probe into saloon activity in Carlyle as Miss Berry presses to enforce Sunday closing law and secure more complaints against saloonkeepers.
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Kansas City
Lulu Prince Kennnedy
Philip H. Kennedy
Ventremen
Hadley
Mrs. Kennedy
W. C. Prince
Bert
Will
Miss Berry
Carlyle
Addie Berry
Jabe
Sunv
Ford
Threat of church destruction shocks Somerville in note
In Merville Massachusetts on June 4 a note at the Third Universalist church in West Somerville threatens dynamite destruction of all West Somerville churches if Saturday is not observed as a holy day. The message, signed I the Lord, echoes a similar note found at North Cambridge churches.
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Merville
Mass
Third Universalist
West Somerville
Young Luetgert Distinguishes Himself
Honolulu reports A C Luetgert son of the Chicago sausage maker who murdered his wife was arrested for brutal assaults on Pearl Andrews and a French woman known as Margaret. The incidents occurred after a dispute over a ball game led to a fight in which a man was injured and likely to die.
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Honolulu
San Francsecn
Janes
A. C. Luetgert
Chicago
Pearl Andrews
Margaret
Luetgert
Iss
John McGinn
Willie McCann
MeGann
McGinn
Four El Paso officials guilty of civil service fraud
Washington reports Moses Dillon collector at El Paso and associates Holmes Bloom Fink and Race found guilty by a National Civil Service Reform League committee of flouting civil service law. Evidence shows passing favors to pass examinants and sharing exam questions.
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Washington
Moses Dillon
el Paso
Tex
Messrs. Holmes, Bloom, Fink
Race
National Civil Service Reform League
McKinley
Customs Service
Civil Service Commission
W. C. Holmes
Customs Board of Civil Service Examiners
KE. M. Fink
H. F. Bloom
McDougal
Billion Dollar Feature At Dahlgren Wedding
Mrs John Vinton Dahlgren wed Harry Lehr in St Patrick s Cathedral New York The ushers included Clarence Mackey W K Vanderbilt Jr George Gonkl O H Belmont Thomas Wanamaker and John Jacob Astor Their combined fortunes are estimated at one billion dollars Lehr hails from a prominent Baltimore family and had been known in the city for less than a year Mrs Dahlgren is the widow of Joseph Drexel of Philadelphia
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Harry Lehr
York Society
St. Patrick's
Clarence Mackey
W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr
George Gonkl
O. H. P. Belmont
Thomas Wanamaker
John Jacob Astor
Lehr
Baltimore
Dahlgren
Secon
Joseph Drexel
Philadelphia
Shipyard Machinists Strike In New York and Illinois
Newport News shipyard workers demand shorter hours with 500 machinists striking in Virginia, while Crocker Wheeler in Newark hires non union workers to replace strikers. Chicago machinists stage a military style picket siege as 1400 join the action. Toronto hosts the annual Machinists convention with reports on strikes and piecework policy.
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Newport News
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
Post
New York
Crocker-Wheeler Electric Company
Antperp
N. J
Wheeler
Columbia College
Chicago
Jone
Toronto
Ont
International Association of Machinists
O'Connell
Nine Hours Fight at Willowmore Ends in Repulse
Willowmore, Cape Colony, July 4 reports Commandant Sheeper with 700 men attacked Willowmore Saturday and after nine hours of fighting was beaten off. London disclosed that information from Lord Kitchener on recent South Africa engagements is being communicated to the public amid statements that news is being withheld. Jamestown, Cape Town, June 4 notes Fouche's command threatens Jamestown.
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Willowmore
Cape Colony
Sheeper
London
War Office
Lord Kitchener
South Africa
Cape Town
Jamestown
Fouche
British critic hails British products in row over American locomotives
Sir Alfred Hickman accuses Lord George Hamilton of unfairness to Britain, citing Burmah Railway reports showing American locomotives burn more fuel and consume more coal per mile. He claims American engineers enjoy export bonuses and protection, urging public inquiry into tender practices and bridge work in Burmah.
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London
Alfred Hickman
British Iron Trade Association
George Hamilton
India
House of Commons
Burmah Hallway Company
Lord George Hamilton
Burmah Railway Company
Engs
Sir Alfred
Assam
Amco
Copital
America
Burmah
Alfred
Irrawaddy
Dead found and deaths in 190? wreck region and rail incident
Reports from East Tawas Saginaw and Hartford City detail losses from the steamer Baltimore wreck near Au Sable, including the burial of W. Sears a young wheelman, and a recovering aunt from Chicago seeking body recovery. Indiana May oil field records show 201 wells with 35 failures or gas wells and 5650 barrels daily from the rest. A Pigeon from Alligator Lake Miss. flew 400 miles in 9 hours 41 minutes. Erie sees two killed and one fatally hurt when struck by a Lake Shore train. Governor Durbin leaves for Will iamstown Mass to visit his son in college.
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St Baltimore
East Tawas
Mich
Marceau
Chicago
Baltimore
Saginaw
W. Sears
Sears
Au Sable
Hartford City
Ind
Indiana
Louisville
Pokahontas
S. J. Schreck
Alligator Lake
Miss
Erie
Lake Shore
North
Hugh Walters
Micheal Findlay
Bruce Hazlett
Stay Married Club Sees All Members Wed In Kokomo
In Kokomo Indiana on June 4 three years after forming a "M. 4, Y. C." club of sixteen working girls the group evolved into a marriage readiness circle. Members trained in housekeeping cooking and thrift and all sixteen have now married with good husbands. The club was renamed Stay Married at a gathering hosted by early member Mrs Julia Jackson.
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Kokomo
Iad
Y. C
and Sud
Julia Jackson
Stamp of Royal Welcome Marks Windsor Castle Reception
London editor lauds King Edward’s Windsor visit with American delegation from the New York Chamber of Commerce. Editorial urges British employers and workers to visit the United States to study American business methods and notes that UK plans for European industrial coalitions against the United States are futile.
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London
Windsor Castle
Daily Telegraph
New York Chamber of Commerce
United States
Telegraph Briefs From A Busy June Across The Nation
A mass of short items notes a stock decline for American Telephon e and Telegraph. Lord Pauncefote sails for nine months in England. an attempted suicide by Alicia Excell in Chicago. Vassar students gain self government. a Quincy hardware house destroyed for $75 000. a Jasper Texas fire destroys much of the town. a Missouri man shot by a rival. Mendelssohn’s wedding march to be played at St Joseph Michigan. Allied generals to evacuate Peking by July 1. Liberal party gains in Spain. Santo Domingo revolution quelled. Dublin Fusileers riot at Shorncliffe. two Ohio men bet on bone weight after death. fatal rail collision near Powhattan West Virginia. Beveridge arrives in St Petersburg. Pan American Exposition power-operations feature. Perry Heath downplays vice presidential chatter. Evangelical Lutheran Synod holds church extension day. leprosy cases in the United States numbered around 275. Terre Haute and Brazil strike accords avert firemen wage strikes.
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The
American Telegraph and Telephone Comp
Lord Pauncefote
England
Alicia Excell
Chicago
Vassar
Tenk
Quincy
Ills
Jasper
Texen Logan
Arkee
Fay
A. E. Walker
Mendelssohn
St. Joseph
Mich
Peking
Spain
Santo Domingo
Dublin
Eng
Ohio
Amelia Chan
John Meting
Tony Wetrine
Barney Metzinski
Powhattan
W. Va
Beveridge
St. Petersburg
United States
Indiana
Charlemagne Tower
Albader
Pierce
Holloway
Ouce
M. A. Kothst
Reinforcements Sent After Fierce Vlakfontein Action
London dispatch from Pretoria reports heavy fighting as 1,450 British troops with seven guns repelled Boer forces at Vlakfontein. Boers briefly captured two guns before British reestablished control. Casualties totaled six officers and 51 men killed, six officers and 115 men wounded, with missing and dying later. Forty one Boers were killed. reinforcements are on the way.
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London
Kitchener
Pretoria
Vlakfontein
Vinkfontein
Cousin Killed Then Commits Suicide in Tenement Tragedy
New York report says Francisco Alaska aged 22 shot and killed his first cousin Mrs Angelina Faia aged 27 at the woman's home in the absence of her husband. Alaska, who was in love with the woman, then died by his own hand. The tragedy occurred in a tenement in the poor heart of the city.
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New York
Francisco Alaska
Angelina Faia
Alaska
Marines Officer Dies After Pond Dive
Lieut. Lt. John Liddell Caffery, U.S. Marines and son of former Senator Caffery of Louisiana, died in Pensacola on Sunday after diving into a pond on Saturday. The impact broke a neck cord and caused paralysis leading to his death.
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Pensacola
Fla
Jane
John Liddell Caffery
U.S
Caffery
Louisiana
Herron Defense Letter Opens Trial At Grinnell
Grinnell Iowa June 4 The trial of Prof George D Herron charged with conduct unbecoming a minister began in the Congregational church with representation from thirteen district churches Herron has sent a letter in his own defense detailing his specific case not the general marriage and divorce issue.
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William T. Kitchens
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James Marr
Marr
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Defenbach
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Marie Defenbach
Darrow
Unger
Leonard
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John Vinton Dahlgren
Newport News Company
Hamilton
Sir Alfred Hickman
Uncle Sam
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Enat. Anderson
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Lieutesant Pletcher M. Durbin
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Ferry
Perry S. Heath
RB. Co
Kerens
Evangelical Lutheran Synod
Des Moines
General Synod
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H. H. Weber
York
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Brazil
Tyro
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Newport
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Nice
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Cooper
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Lindsay
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Treasury
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