Five Hundred Excursionists Die As Steamer Slocum Burns
New York reports the Gen Slocum burned on the East River near Hell Gate during a Sun day school excursion from St Marks German Lutheran church. About 500 to 2,000 people were aboard. many children perished or were injured. Captain William Van Schaick was arrested as the disaster prompted a large rescue effort and inquiries.
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New York
Gen. Slocum
Hell Gate
East River
Slocum
St. Marks’ German Lutheran Church
Long Island Sound
Brother Island
Opener
Brothers Island
St. Marks German Lutheran Sunday School
William van Schaick
Rock Island plans two new Iowa lines near Des Moines
Des Moines reports Rock Island officials map routes for two new road lines in Iowa. One path from Valley Junction to Gowrie would traverse Grimes, Woodward and Orden, cutting a Des Moines Fort Dodge corridor angle over about 621 miles. The route crosses farming districts with coal deposits and strong farmland potential.
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Neeting
Rock Island
Gowrie
Des Moines
Fort Dodge
Laurens
Emmetsburg
Curlew
Olf B.C. R.& N
Iowa
Junction
Valley Junction
Grimes
Illinois Mine Produces World's Largest Lump of Coal
From Divernon on June 15, the Madison Coal Company reports the largest coal lump ever mined in Illinois and possibly the world. Weighing over seventeen tons, eight feet ten inches high and seven feet two inches thick, it was hoisted 32 feet after an electric chain machine cut it from the earth. The lump, boxed and shipped in its own crate, will go to the world’s fair for exhibition.
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Divernon, Sr
Illinois
Madison Coal Company
Divernon
Miss Martha Lunn Held at Geneva in Embezzlement Case
Elgin district reports Miss Martha Lunn age 61, sister of Elizabeth Lunn, detained at Geneva on charges of embezzling about 3000 from the Elgin Woman's club where she was treasurer. Investigations say victims include widows, with operations totaling around 12000, and forging W W Teal’s signature on a note to secure a loan. Teal, an Elgin resident, calls the signature a forgery and plans to aid prosecution after reviewing additional forged notes.
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Elgin
Martha Lunn
Elizabeth Lunn
Elgin Woman’s Club
Purrest
Geneva
Miss Lunn
W. W. Teal
Almeda Saunders
West
Chicago
Teal
Miss Luan
Verdict awards sum of 1 100 000 at New York
A jury before Justice Spemeer in Brooklyn awarded Morris Menges $1 million with interest for nearly two years in the suit against General Louis Fitzgerald over services connected to selling the Western Maryland railroad to a syndicate. George Gould and other capitalists testified during the trial.
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New York
Justice Spemeer
Supreme Court
Brooklyn
Morris Menges
Lous Fitzgerald
Western Maryland Railroad
George Gould
No reply yet to Tyner appeal to the president
Washinson June 15 A cabinet discussion on James N Tyner's letter to the president has not occurred no action or decision has been indicated by the president as to how he will respond to the appeal
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Tyner
Enterprising Bandits Try to Kidnap Italian Consul
A June 15 attempt to seize the Italian consul at Larache by mounted bandits in ambush near his residence failed as the envoy retreated inside the town. The warning allowed refuge within the fortress and officials investigated the incident.
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Tangier
Larache
Resisting a Wage Cut at Springfield
Washington reports details of a labor dispute at the Springfield armory in Massachusetts. Representative Southard of Ohio submitted a letter from John Mulholland, head of the International Association of Metal Mechanics, alleging Colonel Frank H. Phip cut wages arbitrarily, especially affecting metal workers. Mulholland says the appeal speaks for all arsenal workers and seeks a fair wage scale while not challenging unionism. President Roosevelt ordered a War Department inquiry and paused any wage changes pending investigation.
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Washington
United States Armory
Springfield
Mass
Southard
Ohio
Puttard
John Mulholland
International Association of Metal Mechanics
Frank H. Phip
Sof
Mulholland
Ife
Arsenal
Hhis
Roosevelt
War Department
Club Opens Dance With Prayer By M E Minister
In Bravil Indiana the Pastime club of Knightsville held a W A dance opened with a prayer by the local Methodist pastor. The service followed a clash between older members and younger dancers over church ties. The priest led prayers and kept the event under church guidance to curb any unseemly conduct.
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M. E. Minister
Bravil
Ind
Knightsville
Methodist Church
Clu
Patent Medicine Rapped Before Illinois Druggists
Druggists and physicians are urged to take blame for the rise in patent medicines and consumption in Illinois. Thermas Knoebel, addressing the Illinois Pharmaceutical Association, argues the druggist’s role gives these nostrums credibility and fuels their widespread use and danger.
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Tovkford
Thermas Knoebel
Illinois Pharmaceuticalssociation
Goose Face Sues For Damages After Train Wreck Near Maywood
Goose Face an Indian chief leads a group seeking damages from the Chicago and Northwestern railroad after a Maywood train wreck. Named plaintiffs include Goose Face for 75,400 dollars, Tommy Comes Last for 10,000, Kills First for 25,000, William Blue Cloud for 45,000, and Mrs. High Lear for 75,000.
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Chicago
Dodge Dunne
Maywood
Chicago and Northwestern Railroad
Goose Face
Tommy
William Blue Cloud
Payne Stricken With Aprocoplexy In Chicago Newsflash
Chicago date June 15 Postmaster General Payne was stricken with an apoplexy in a sudden medical incident reported from the capital in terse early dispatches noting his condition and the impact on postal leadership deadlines and duties.
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Chicago
Payne
Hitch Gomes In The Proceedings
Washington June 15 Consul Gummere reports a serious hitch in negotiations for the release of Perdicaris and Varley Raisuli has raised his demands he now seeks absolute control of four Moroccan provinces and demands that three nations including the United States guarantee the sultan’s promise the terms are deemed impossible to meet here
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Washington
Gummere
State Department
Perdicaris
Varley
Raisuli
United States
Sought to Scare Father Ends in Tragedy at Riverside
In Mount Slolly Reinecke a father fatally stabbed his son aged 1 during a failed joke. The child hid along a riverbank when the father, believing danger lurked, drew a knife and stabbed him. The father, driven by fear, is described as nearly insane. The report continues with Frank's death in New Jersey on June 15.
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Mount Slolly
Reinecke
Riverside
N. J
Frank
Dead robber found to be other than supposed
Omaha June 15. George W. Lendricks who was thought to be the train robber killed at Glenwood Springs Colo is in jail in this city under a penitentiary sentence for forging express money orders. He was arrested May 28 and on trial pleaded guilty.
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Omaha
George W. Lendricks
Glenwood Springs
Colo
Chairman Gavels His Program Through the State Convention
In St Louis on June 15 Vincent Kerens son of Republican national committeeman Richard C Kerens is named as defendant in a suit brought by Pat Sheedy to recover 20000 on a promissory note given to Arthur Pierce who is now dead at Ostend Belgium on July 30 1900 Sheedy says the note was in his possession in the usual course Vincent Kerens admits the note is genuine but says it is non negotiable and that under law Sheedy cannot recover Kerens says he fell into the hands of sharpers and the note was the outcome of that sale.
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St. Louis
Vincent Kerens
Richard C. Kerens
Pat Sheedy
Kerens
Arthur Pierce
Ostend
Belgium
Sheedy
Pierce
American Embassy and Consulate Names Adopted
A State Department order requires replacing United States labels with American embassy and American consulate on all record books seals and offices. The change aims to reduce foreign confusion by using the term American for official postings and agents worldwide.
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United States
France probes bribery claim over Carthusian order funds
Paris June 15 the chamber of deputies created a twelve ministerialists and twenty-one opposition members investigative committee to probe charges that 400000 dollars was offered to secure continued authorization for Carthusian monks at Grande Chartreuse Edgar Combes secretary general of the interior and son of Premier Combes defended himself amid the heated debate. Robbers blew open a Laurel Montana post office safe early today and took about 2000 dollars in cash.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Edgar Combes
Ministery of the Interior
Premier Combes
Interior
Grande Chartreuse
Chamber
Combes
Billings
Mont
Laurel
Here
Democratic ticket nominees named for Illinois offices
The article lists the Democratic slate led by Lawrence B. Stringer of Lincoln for state senator with a long public service record including early political campaigns and a legal career. Other candidates include Thomas J. Ferns for lieutenant governor Frank E. Dooling for secretary of state Charles B. Thomas for state treasurer Albert Watson for attorney general and Reuben E. Spangler for auditor with brief bios and career highlights.
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Lawrence N. Stringer Logan
Thomas J
Jersey
Frank E. Dooling
Sangamon
Charles Mas . Hamilton
Albert Watson
Jefferson
Renee. Spangler
Cook
Anna G. Solomon
Cook Theodore
Loena Macoupin
J. B. Merril
Ben T. Cable
Rock Island
Siamachul Aurora
John the Ikins
Chicago
A. M. Awrence
Kramer
Robert B. Burke
J. Ferrell
D. J. Hogan
Hearst
la Sale
C. H-Wool
Hook
H. L. Fordham
Ben T
Cable Rock Island
Adams Pe
F. J. Quinn
Hopkins
B. J. Claggett McLean
Tanner
Dear
Millikin
Hogan -Scott Iain
Russell
Uristian
Charles Joeche Stein Yisen
G. M. Lecrone
Effingham
Arthur Charles White
W. A. Swartz
Jackson
F. B. Bowman
Mast
St. Louis
J. E. Murphy Peoria L
O. Whitwell
Wild clash at Illinois state democratic convention
Springfield June 15 amid disorder Chairman Frank P Quinn steered the Hopkins program through the state convention while Hearst supporters surged in an outburst. The scene included police lines a roll call and constant floor interruptions as resolutions and nominations moved forward with party factions vying for influence. The final tally favored the majority report 936 to 382 as nominees were chosen.
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Springfield
Frank P. Quinn
Hopkins
William Randolph Hearst
Cook County
Credentals Committee
J. J. Kane
East St. Louis
Committee On Credentials
State Central Committee
Harrison and Hearst
Quinn
Resolutions Committee
Committee On Resolutions
Crafts
Hearst
Clarence Darrow
Chicago
Darren
Harrison
Stringer Nominated by Acclamation for Democratic Banner
Candidacy moved quickly as state senator Heffernan nominated Lawrence B. Stringer of Logan county. A Chicago call for Clarence Darrow drew applause but Darrow declined. Roger Sullivan urged Stringer’s acclamation, which was granted as Stringer spoke of carrying the Democratic banner.
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Tringer
Darrow
Heffernan
Bloomington
Lawrence B. Stringer
Logan County
Twenty-first
Clarence Darrow
Chicago
Hearst
Roger Sullivan
Stringer
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