Wires Signal Prelude to War End Talks in Progress
Tsarskoe Selo hosts ministers led by the emperor amid word of a potential peace message from Emperor William. Ambassador Meyer reports cordial talks in Washington and a hopeful stance toward peace while Russian and Japanese leaders weigh terms. Washington awaits a public announcement no later than Monday.
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Grand Duke
Michael
Berlin
William
Meyer
Washington
Foreign Office
Lamsdorff
Fast Train Wrecks on Grand Trunk Road near Davison
A fast Grand Trunk train bound for Chicago derailed after rails spread near Davison Flint Michigan yesterday afternoon. Three coaches overturned but no fatalities reported. Passengers and crew uninjured. Local authorities investigated the incident and ensured passenger safety.
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Grand Trunk Road
Flint
Mich
Grand Trunk
Chicago
Davison
Barrick Found Guilty of Murder in Rice Case
Albany June 9 court of appeals upholds lower courts finding New York lawyer Albert T. Barrick guilty of first degree murder in the death of William Marsh Rice the Texas billionaire in September 1900.
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Albany
N. Y
Court of Appeals
Albert T. Barrick
New York
William Marsh Rice
Emperor Nicholas Sends Message of Thanks to Rojestvensky
Emperor Nicholas forwards a cable from St. Petersburg praising Admiral Rojestvensky and all officers for their duty and bravery. He notes that God wills the outcome, wishes a speedy recovery, and says their bravery will always be a source of pride for Russia.
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Nicholas
Rojestvensky
St. Petersburg
Russia
Leaks Hit Secretary Wilson as Cotton Report Scandal Mounts
Washington June 9 Secretary Wilson of the department of agriculture may retire from the cabinet amid a scandal over leakage of cotton statistics. Richard Cheatham of the Southern Cotton Growers association presented concerns as government agents probe irregularities in report preparation. Separate notices report drivers resuming talks for peace with Chicago employers while the Team Owners' association plans a meeting on deliveries to boycott houses. E. S. Holmes Jr. requests suspension amid an inquiry into the last cotton report publication.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Department of Agriculture
New York
Richard Cheatham
Southern Cotton Growers’ Association
Chica
Shea
Teamsters
Employers’ Association
Wheaton
Chicago
Team Owners’ Association
Washington
E. S. Holmes, Jr
Relations between Germany and France strained over Morocco
Paris reports Germany sent a note to the powers proposing an international conference on Morocco. Officials see it as a real push for a conference, despite Berlin saying Morocco invites it. France has received a copy, and a cabinet meeting is set to consider the note. The prime minister seeks to avoid widening the rift.
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Paris
Morocco
France
Germany
Berlin
Russians Interned Under American Guns in Manila Harbor
Secretary Taft reports that Russian warships failed to depart Manila within 24 hours and are now under Admiral Train's custody behind the breakwater, with machinery to be disabled and breech blocks removed. Officers and men paroled on condition they do not rejoin the war. Also notes release of Chicago Daily News correspondent Bannier from naval prison.
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Manchuria
Washington
Taft
Gov. Wright
Manilas
Admiral Train
Ohio
Monadnock
Navy Department
Manila
Correte
Flood Woes Deepen Along Mississippi at La Crosse
La Crosse Wisconsin reports the Mississippi River rising faster than any prior record. The surge threatens extensive flooding tonight especially in the factory district as water approaches the danger line. Chippewa and northern Wisconsin rivers show improvement, while Wisconsin and Black rivers worsen.
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Wisconsin
la Crosse
Wis
Mississippi River
Chippewa
Black Rivers
United States Express Company Writ of Mandamus Granted
The Illinois Supreme Court ordered Secretary Rose to issue final incorporation papers to F. R. Power Patrick L. Touhy F G Crary and F A Andrews of Chicago for the United States Express Company. The writ returnable June 14 follows Rose issuing a license but withholding final papers after a protest and a 1874 federal injunction.
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Springfield
Supreme Court
F. R. Power
Patrick L. Touhy
F. G. Crary
F. A. Andrews
Chicago
Rose
United States Express Company
Illinois
Treat
Federal Court
Indictments Grow Against Bigelow and Goll in Milwaukee
Milwaukee on June 9 reports federal grand jury indictments against Frank G. Bigelow former First National Bank president and Henry G. Goll former assistant cashier. Bigelow faces at least 12 embezzlement charges 12 false entries and one for false statements plus aiding and abetting. Goll faces at least four indictments including false entries and aiding in embezzlement.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Frank G. Bigelow
First National Bank
Henry G. Goll
Federal Grand Jury
Bigelow
Goll
Illinois National Guard and Naval Reserves Association Meeting
The fourth annual Illnois National Guard and Naval Reserves meeting convened in Danville Alabama with 125 attendees. Gen. D. J. Foster presided. Adjt. Gen. Scott and Congressman Dickson spoke. Moline was chosen as the next meeting site. Officers elected: President Col. J. E. Stewart, Vice President Maj. Philip Yeager, Secretary Capt. S. R. Blanchard.
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Danville
Illnois National Guard and Naval Reserves Association
D. J. Foster
Chicago
Adjt
Scott
Dickson
Moline
Col
J. E. Stewart
Maj
Philip Yeager
S. R. Blanchard
Ottawa
Knights of Columbus Adopt Level Rate Plan Proposal
The national council adopted a resolution to have a level rate assessment as premiums rise with age. A proposal to affiliate with the Federation of American Catholics was defeated. The report also notes a separate piece on a man who shot his rival and former sweetheart then died by self-inflicted means near Hebron. The two victims survived. King Alfonso ends stay in London and plans to return to Spain.
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Knights of Columbus
Los Angeles
Cal
National Council of the Knights of Columbus
Board of Directors
Federation of American Catholics
Rockford
Dell Dasso
Charles Peet
Miss Harrison
Hebron
Nippersonk Creek
Peet
Alfonso
London
King Alfonso
Spain
River crest passes as Grand River falls slight
Grand River crest has passed and the river remains near stationary with a faint fall reported by the weather bureau. The flood area may extend today as the river recedes slowly. In Sterling Montana Solomon Eshelman, a farmer, hanged himself at his home ten miles northwest of town. President Roosevelt visited friends in Virginia this forenoon.
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Grand Rapids
Grand River
Weather Bureau
Whiteside
Sterling
Solomon Eshelman
Equitable stock denial amid talks of transfer
New York June 9 A statement from Equitable offices denying plans to dispose of Hyde stock circulated as negotiations for a transfer of Hyde holdings continued. Separately Rockford won the silk banner in a Canton Star drill with Danville slated as the next meeting site for the Odd Fellows department council in Decatur.
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Hyde
Equitable Stock
New York
Equitable
Decatur
Canton Star No. S
J. B. Brown
Deneen
Equitable Board of Directors
Gov. Deneen
Illinois
Depew
the Patriarch Militant
Odd Fellows
Wireless Telegraph System Planned on C A Trains
Chicago and Alton announces a wireless telegraph system to protect and speed its train service between Chicago and St Louis with plans to extend this system across the network. The report notes the Norwegian flag replacing the union emblem in the caption.
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Chicago
The
Chicago and Alton
St. Louis
Indorse Regime as Royal Neighbors Elect Officers
In Topeka this week the Royal Neighbors of America re elected officers at the Omaha Biennial session endorsing the current management. Supreme oracle Mrs BE Watt of Omaha leads a slate that includes supreme vice, record, chancellor, beard of rape, and other posts with officers from Illinois, Missouri, Iowa, West Virginia, Kansas, Ohio and Michigan appointed or re elected.
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Royal Neighbors of America
Supreme Meeting
Topeka
Supreme Oracle
E. D. Watt
Omaha
Kans
D. Watt
Lar
Peoria
Susan Boas
Springfield
Hester Ridenour
Clarkesburg
W. Va
Hawes
Mary Fay Hawes
Rock Island
Irene Benth Oelwein
Iowa
Lina M. Colli
St. Paul
Myra B. Ensight
Kansas City
Eva Child
Row
Winnie Fidus
Franc
B. Snyder
Council Bluffs
FE R Whitmore
Addie
Kirkpatrick
Bellingham
Wash
Supreme Board of Auditors
Jessie Mitchell
Tonia, Mich
Nash
Minneapolis
F Brown
Zanesville
Ohio
Indiana Cigaret Law Receives a Bad Jolt
Indianapolis June 9 Judge Leathers of the Marion superior court rules the anti cigaret law constitutional except where it conflicts with interstate commerce. Smokers may import cigarets from other states and smoke them but it is unlawful to sell or give them away. W. W. Lowry is discharged. The state will appeal to test the law.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Leathers
Marion Superior Court
W. W. Lowry
Lowry
Mrs Mary Rogers Murder Case Denied Writ of Error
Albany June 9 Judge Peckham of the Supreme Court declined to grant a writ of error allowing Mrs Mary Rogers of Vermont, sentenced for the murder of her husband, to appeal to the United States court.
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Albany
N. Y
Peckham
United States Supreme Court
Mary Rogers
Vermont
United States
James Baird Wins Golf Championship in London
James Braid, former British champion, captured the golf title in London with a score of 1318 as reported on June 9.
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James Baird
London
James Braid
Nine Homes with 105 Boys at Eldora Iowa
A Jackson county cross roads town near Maquoketa claims the title of banner anti race suicide locality. In nine small houses in a row live 15 youths aged 1 to 23 years. The site highlights a self contained community of free born healthy Americans in Eldora Iowa.
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Eldora
Iowa
Cross Roads
Jackson County
Maquoketa
Prince in America to Visit Amid Naval Show of Force
The navy department, via the British embassy, announces Prince Louis of Battenberg will visit American waters this autumn with a British squadron of four cruisers. They will not stop at Newport but will go to New York and Annapolis before the prince proceeds to the United States. A modest, formal note of state protocol accompanies the announced itinerary.
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Washington, DC
Navy Department
American
Prince Louis of Battenbers
Newport
New York
Annapolis
Raising of Tri Color Marked by Ceremony in Norway
Stockholm reports King Oscar to summon the riksdag for an extraordinary session on June 30. In Christiania the Norwegian tricolor was hoisted over the Aker fortress and nationwide in place of the union flag amid a massive ceremony with 30,000 gathered.
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Michigan City
Ind
Willam Caldwell
State Penitentiary
Hin
Stockholm
Oscar
Council of State
Riksdag
Christiania
Akershus
Hal Washington
A. Grip
Sone
Norway
Swecer
Tvesd
Ely Rogers Veil May Be Removed
Chicago June reports claim Florence Ely has been found and the Ely Rogers affair nears solution. Circumstantial evidence supports the claim while Miss Clara Ely, mother of the missing woman, travels to Buffalo and Niagara Falls amid rumors of sightings or meetings with relatives or friends.
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Chicago
Evanston
Ely-Rogers
Florence Ely
Clara Ely
Frank Ely Rogers
Buffalo
Miss Ely
Niagara Falls
Board protests Mt Pleasant hospital food standards
Scott county insanity commissioners filed a protest with the state board of control over Mt Pleasant hospital feeding. They argue meals are meagre and lack variety hindering mental health recovery, while praising overall institution management.
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Scott County Board of Insanity
State Board of Control
Mt. Pleasant Hospital
Germany arms Morocco troops dispatch rumor
Paris dispatch from Oran reports the Moroccan transport Turquie commanded by a German officer served there with two cases of arms destined for Moroccan troops.
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Paris
Oran
Algeria
Arma
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Chicago Daily News
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Indorse Regime
Indiana
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MNINE
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America
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I. T
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In ix
Rock Island Southern Railway Company
Galesburg
Monmouth
Hope For Freedom From
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Hupxarians
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Wrayville
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Chicamauga Military Park Association
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