Great Lakes steamers race for speed crown with big money at stake
Cleveland June 4 The City of Erie and the Tashmoo raced from Cleveland to Erie for the speed championship. Over $100000 reportedly will change hands on the result with betting even as the Erie led at several points and reached the stake boat ahead by one minute forty four seconds. In a separate note the cup defender Constitution was dismasted during a trial spin at Newport News and appears badly crippled.
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Cleveland
City of
Erie
Detroit
Great Lakes
Nottingham
Here
Merville
Mass
Third Universalist
West Somerville
North Cambridg
Butte
Booth
Sam Reoth-Tucker
Salvation Army
Volunteers of America
Constitution
Newport
R. L
Henley WU
London
University of Pennsylvania
Club Nautique de Ghent
Nice
Henley
Deadly collision near Atlanta shops injures and kills
A passenger train on the Southern Railway was struck by a switch engine while passing the Atlanta shops at 11 this morning three miles from the city. Three passengers were killed and twelve injured. Names given include Mrs A A Lemon Alma Lemon H M McVickers and others. Florida and McDonough are noted among the injured.
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Atlanta
Southern Railway
A. A. Lemon
Alma Lemon
McDonough
H. M. McVickers
Florida
Bann
A. PF
A. L. Fouche
Indians on Warpath Can't Be Put Down
A telegram from Fort Whatahkie reports Arapahoe in Cheyenne Wyoming arming after defying the Indian agent. Officials fear the threatened outbreak cannot be averted without bloodshed and the use of government troops.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Fort Wathakie
Arapahoe
Eight Men Dead in Michigan Mine Explosion
Iron Mountain Mich June 4 Eight men were killed at the Chapin mine seventh level by an explosion and fumes from burning powder. The tragedy occurred this morning as workers faced sudden disaster in the shaft and led to multiple fatalities.
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Michigan
Iron Mountain
Mich
Chapin Mine
Cabinet Rules out Extra Session of Congress
The cabinet decided there is no need for an extra session of Congress. Secretary Root and Attorney General Knox gave legal opinions stating the Spooner amendment grants the president sufficient authority in the Philippines, with full cabinet concurrence.
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Congress
Washington
Jane
Root
Knox
Philippines
Spooner
Fire destroys poultry plant and warehouse in Mattoon Illinois
A major Mattoon blaze has destroyed the Jordan poultry company plant the Kingsilver and Donkan warehouse and several dwellings. Loss is estimated at 50000 dollars. Mrs McKinley’s condition remains unchanged as of the latest medical update from Secretary Cortelyou noting a comfortable night and little change since yesterday.
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Mattoon
Ill
Jordan Poultry Company
Kingsilver & Donkan
Mrs McKinley
Washington
Cortelyou
Murderess on Trial for Slaying Husband in Kansas City
Mrs Lulu Prince Kennedy, 20, is on trial for killing her husband Philip H W Kennedy in Kansas City after a marriage forged under duress. She cried during jury voir dire as prosecutors describe the fatal act and her later contemptuous treatment of the body. Her father W C Prince and brothers Bert and Wil face later charges of conspiring in the murder.
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Kansas City
Lulu
Prince Kennedy
Philip HW. Kennedy
Veniremen
Hadley
Mrs. Kennedy
W. C. Prince
Bert
Wil
Still After the Saloons Miss Berry Continues Crusade
Miss Berry presses her Sunday liquor sale protest in Carisle. She gathered evidence against several saloonkeepers and plans to urge State's Attorney Ford to file more complaints for Sunday closing violations. The prior week’s cases were scheduled for today.
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Miss Berry
Carisle
Addie Berry
Sunar
Ford
Young Luetgert Distinguishes Himself at Honolulu Arrests
A. C. Luetgert, son of a man who murdered his wife, was arrested last night for a brutal assault on Pearl Andrews. He entered the house and beat them both, throwing them against walls. Also reports of a boy murder during a baseball dispute, a skeleton confirmation in Catlin, Iowa, and other brief items from Chicago, Cleveland, and Laporte.
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Maya Ma San Fran
A. C. Luetgert
Anvanger Aker
Pearl Andrews
Marert
Chicago
John McGinn
Wille McCanun
McCann
McGinn
El Paso officials tied to civil service fraud probe
Washington report details how Moses Dillon El Paso collector and associates Holmes Bloom Fink and Race were found guilty of civil service law violations. The 1908 exam manipulation included sharing questions and pressuring passing candidates. The case extended to political contributions and county convention control, with testimony from Creswell, Kitchens, and Marr. No indictments followed due to witness refusals.
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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
E. M. Fink
H. F. Bloom
McDougal
W. A. Race
Board of Civil Service Examiners
Holmes
Bloom
Fink
W. C. Holmegen
David L. Creswell
Ens Tons
E. M. Pink
Customs
Kace
Gibara
Cuba
Federal Building
William T. Kitchens
San
Waco
Kitchens
Witchens
John G. Biards
James Marr
Marr
Collectorment of Justice
Billion Dollar Feature Wedding In New York Society
Mrs John Vinton Dahlgren wed Lehr in St Patrick Cathedral New York The six ushers William Vanderbilt George Gould O H Belmont John Jacob Astor Clarence Mackey and Thomas Wanamaker have combined fortunes near a million The bride is daughter of the late Joseph Drexel of Philadelphia Lehr hails from a prominent Baltimore family
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Harry Lemur
York Society
St. Patrick’s
Clarence Mackey
W. KR. Vanderbilt, Jr
George Gould
O. H. P. Belmont
Thomas Wanamaker
John Jacob Astor
Lehr
Baltimore
Dahlgren
Joseph Drexel
Philadelphia
Shipyard Men Strike New York Firm Fires Strikers
New York July 4 reports Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co machinists strike for shorter hours. Superintendent refuses arbitration. yard operates. Nonunion workers used elsewhere. Chicago reports pickets in military fashion. Toronto convention notes 66 strikes, 9,600 machinists involved, 41 won, 10 compromised, 10 lost.
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Newport News
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
Post
New York
Crocker-Wheeler Electric Company
Ampere
N. J
Yesterda
Wheeler
Columbia College
I T
Chicago
Janes
Toronto
Willowmore Siege Ends After Nine Hour Fight
Willowmore in Cape Colony saw Commandant Sheeper launch an assault with 700 men on Saturday. The engagement lasted nine hours before the attack was driven off.
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Willowmore
Cape Colony
Sheeper
War Office releases on South Africa engagements prompt public notice
London June 4 the war office announced that information from Lord Kitchener on recent South Africa engagements has been communicated to the public in response to press claims that news was withheld. Cape Town June 4 Jamestown faces threats from Fouche's commands.
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London
War Office
Lord Kitchener
South Africa
Cape Town
Jamestown
Fouche
British iron trade chief attacks American locomotives
Sir Alfred Hickman, former president of the British Iron Trade Association, rebuts Lord George Hamilton over American built locomotives and bridges. He cites Burmah Railway reports showing higher fuel use and wear for American engines, argues British makers are undercut by a protected market, and calls for an independent inquiry into protectionism.
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London
Alfred Hickman
British Iron Trade Association
Lord George Hamilton
India
House of Commons
Burmah Railway Company
Alfred
Assam
America
American
Trrawaddy
Sir Alfred
Look for the Dead and Missing Mariners in Baltimore Wreck
Notices from East Tawas and Saginaw report the recovery of bodies from the steamer Baltimore wreck near Au Sable and the burial of C W Sears, a wheelman who chose a sailor’s life over wealth. A Chicago aunt pledges expenses for recovering her nephew’s body while relatives patrol the wreck site.
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East Tawas
Mich
Marceau
Chicago
Baltimore
Saginaw
C. W. Sears
Sears
Au Sable
Girls With Healthy Sense Stay Married Club Formed
Kokomo June 4 Three years ago a club of sixteen working girls aimed to fit themselves for marriage by training in home and kitchen duties. They saved wages and avoided gossip, with church and league attendance. Now the last member has married and the group was renamed Stay Married club at a gathering hosted by Mrs Julia Jackson.
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Kokomo
Julia Jackson
Stamped With Royal Seal Editorial on Windsor Reception
A London editor lauds King Edward’s Windsor Castle reception of the New York Chamber of Commerce delegation. The Daily Telegraph praises Anglo American business ties and urges British employers and workers to visit the United States to study American methods. It argues European plans against U S industry are futile.
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London
Windsor Castle
The
Daily Telegraph
King Edward
New York Chamber of Commerce
Great Britain
United States
Telegraph Brienf Sums of Global and Local Incidents
Telegraph briefs cover a mix of events from across the world and United States. Topics include corporate stock increases, a British ambassador's departure, child suicide attempts, student self government, fires destroying hardware stores and towns, fatal shootings, rail crashes, and various political and social updates with names and places in Chicago Quincy Jasper St Joseph Powhattan and Saint Petersburg. The report notes Beveridge's arrival in Russia and ongoing exhibitions at the Buffalo exposition as well as a joking remark about a potential vice presidential boom.
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Kolybers
Jasper
Tex
Owen Logan
Arkee
A. E. Walker
Mendelssehn
St. Joseph
Mich
Peking
Spain
Santo Domingo
Dublin
Shorneliffe
Eng
Ohio
Amelia Chan
John Meting
Tony Wetrine
Barney Metzinski
Powhattan
W. Va
Beveridge
St. Pe
St. Petersburg
United States
Indiana
Charlemagne Tower
Pierce
Holloway
M. A. Rothstein
Hard Fighting To Hold Reinforcements Sent At Vlakfontein
Kitchener reports from Pretoria that 1450 British soldiers with seven guns engaged Boers at Vlakfontein. Boers briefly captured two guns from the rear guard, but the British recovered them as they attacked. Casualties: six officers and 51 men killed, six officers and 115 men wounded, plus missing and later deaths among officers and men. Forty one Boers were killed. reinforcements are en route.
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London
Kitchener
Pretoria
Vlakfontein
Vinkfontein
Tragedy in Tenement as Cousin Kills Cousin Then Ends Own Life
In New York on June 4 Francisco Alaska, 22, shot and killed his first cousin Angelina Faia, 27, at her home in the absence of her husband. He then committed suicide. The tenement death occurred in the city’s poor heart. Alaska was in love with the victim.
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New York
Francisco Alaska
Angelina Faia
Alaska
Marine Lieutenant Dies From Diving Accident
Pensacola Florida June 4 Lieut Lt John Liddell Caffery U S Marines son of Ex Senator Caffery of Louisiana died here today in a diving accident when he struck a pond and broke a neck cord causing paralysis indicating the fatal injury occurred Saturday based on early reports from the Pensacola newsroom
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Pensacola
Fla
John Liddell Caffery
U. S
Caffery
Louisiana
Herron Sings Letter in His Own Defense at Trial
Grinnell Iowa June 4 The trial of Prof George D Herron for conduct unbecoming a minister began at 11 am with 13 district churches represented He has sent a letter defending his specific case not the general marriage and divorce issue.
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Grinnell
Iowa
George D. Herron
Congregational Church
Dr. Herron
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