Loot Train Hold Up in Ogden Utah
Three masked men robbed the Oregon Short Line train No 1 north of Second Street Ogden taking valuables from nearly a hundred passengers and rifling the express messenger safe. Women lost diamond earrings. a foreign passenger was beaten. two trainmen were injured. The robbers used torpedoes on the track and fled in a buckboard as Sheriff Wilson organized a posse.
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Ogden
Utah
Second Street
Bucey
Wilson
Train Hits Automobile in Pittsburg Fatal Crash
In Charleroi near Pittsburg two people died instantly when a heavy suburban rail car struck an automobile carrying five adults and two children. The deceased include William H. Milton, 45, and his son Roy, 22, both from Roscoe. Injured were Mr Hamilton’s wife, 40, his daughter Annie, 24, and Blanch Matheny, 12, all in hospital with serious injuries. Several other children and adults were injured but expected to recover.
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Pittsburg
Charleroi
Pittsburg Street Railways Company
William H. Milton
Roscoe
Roy
Mr. Hamilton
Annie
Robert Hamiston
Brides Made Widows After Ceremony Executions At Valladolid
Two brides became widows hours after wedding rites at Valladolid penitentiary Yucatan. Their husbands were executed by firing squad for sedition and murder tied to the uprising, as war department sentences were carried out. Balloonist George Taylor leaped 500 feet when his parachute failed. he survived, hospitalized in Passaic New Jersey.
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Wushands Pace
Mexico City
Valladolid
Yucatan
War Department
Usation
Valladolis
New York
George Taylor
St Mary's Hospital
Passaic
N. J
Taft Auto Injures Italian Laborer in Beverly
In Beverly Massachusetts on June 27 an automobile driven by Robert Taft son of the President struck a street laborer, throwing him into the gutter. The man was unconscious and believed to have a fractured skull. witnesses called it an accident as the car moved slowly and the victim stepped into its path.
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Beverly
Mass
Taft
Robert
White House
Massachusetts North Shore
al Pride
Ty Robert Taft
Weather Forecast and Conditions for Local Area
Thunderstorms likely late this afternoon with fair conditions tonight and Saturday. Temperature steady around mid 70s, high near 94 and low around 69 in recent 12 hours. Light winds, humidity high, .20 inches precipitation. Astronomical events include sunset 7:31, moonrise 11:18 p.m., Jupiter at quadrature after midnight.
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Jupiter
Extradition Bid in Rome Ties Charlton Case to Diplomacy
Rome asks for Charlton extradition under the Italian American treaty as the United States holds him in custody in Jersey City. The case shifts into diplomatic terrain amid Italy’s traditional reluctance to extradite its own citizens. Charlton’s mental collapse in custody accompanies the developments as officials weigh the legal and political implications.
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Rome
Foreign Office
Charlton
Lake Como
Washington
Chariton
United States
Ministry of Justice
Italy
State Department
Glidden Tourists Begin Long Drive Toward Chicago
Glidden travelers left Kansas City for Omaha this morning after a 242 mile leg the longest of the tour. Eleven of the original 24 cars remain in the group as they head toward Chicago, weary yet eager for the end.
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Kansas City
Omaha
Chicago
Congress approves 1.027 billion in appropriations
Washington June 27 official House appropriations committee announces that the just closed session spent 1,027,183,000 dollars in appropriations.
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Congress
Washington
Endurance Record Set in Browne Bribery Case
Chicago June 27 jurors in the Browne bribery trial sat 67 hours without agreement, surpassing a prior 59 hour encirclement in a labor case. Judge McSurely warned reporters the verdict is not assured and the jury may stay through Friday or longer. Two jurors debated Jeffries Johnson, a friendly wrestling match arose but was not serious. State's Attorney Wayman says the jury stands 11 to 1 for conviction since early balloting.
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Chicago
Browne
McSurely
Jeffries Johnson
Jeffries
Johnson
Wayman
Women suffrage tour to lecture Illinois voters
The Anna Blount Illinois State Suffrage association expedition arrives in 21 cities to advocate equal rights and competent honest legislators. Dr Blount and Mrs Catherine Waugh McCulloch lead a nine day northern tour with Miss Helen M Todd Rev Kate Huges and Miss Jennie Johnson. The group plans three daily talks, from Rockford to Byron, with literature and songs, aiming to enlighten voters on laws and government, and to begin a series of tours.
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Chicago
Illinois
Anna Blount
Illinois State Suffrage Association
Jennie Johnson
Dr. Huges
Rockford
Roosevelt
Dr. Blount
Springfield
McCulloch
England
Miss Todd
Miss Johnson
Colorado
Galena
Freeport
Dixon
Byron
Sarage
George W. Trout
Roosevelt Denies Throat Operation Rumor Amid Health Talks
Oyster Bay reports deny a planned throat operation on ex president Roosevelt as rumors spread from Africa to Washington. Roosevelt stays home to work, plans a trip to Boston, while Dr Chappell denies any engagement for surgery. In Madrid the Vatican note is treated as an ultimatum over the Concordat revision, with counter-manifestations and riots in Bilbao and San Sebastian leaving casualties.
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Oyster Bay
New York
Roosevelt
Walter F. Chappell
Chappell
Africa
Madrid
Vatican
Spain
Bilbao
San Sebastian
Roosevelt Accepts Peoria Invitation for Talk on Columbus Day
Ex President Roosevelt plans to address Peoria on October 12 before the Knights of Columbus council. The Tri City Press Club has invited him to visit the three cities in the fall, hoping he will also tour the region around the same date. Lawyers expect the bleached flour case to finish this week in Kansas City as witnesses for the claimants testify. In Chicago the Illinois Bar Association launches a permanent conference to reform legal procedure, electing officers and forming a 15 member drafting committee with appointments split among governor, supreme court, and conference executives.
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Roosevelt
Peoria
Bar Association
Chicago
Hotel la Salle
Illinois Bar Association
Deneen
Supreme Court
Edgar B. Tolman
E. C. Kramer
East St. Louis
W. E. Boys
Streator
John EE. Wall
Quincy
Maclay Hoyne
Cannon Back to Renew Fight at Next Session
Washington reports Speaker Cannon pledged to return next session to determine who shall be speaker. He praised Republican prospects for the fall, noting Democrats typically win in spring but lag behind in ballots. Arrangements to transfer executive offices to Beverly were nearing completion. The House ship subsidy inquiry nearly closed with a New York meeting set for November. no sustained evidence of a Washington lobby.
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Washington
Cannon
White House
Beverly
House
New York
Congress
Fatality in burning of J. S excursion steamer
La Crosse Wis June 27 The latest canvass of homes of the people who were on the excursion steamer J S when it caught fire and burned to the water edge near Victory Saturday night indicates that Mrs Emma Randal of New Albia was the only passenger of the 1500 who lost her life. The body was recovered this morning. The list of injured is constantly increasing and now reaches close to 109. Only six of these are serious.
No Parliament for China Yet Declared by Decree
Pekin June 27 An imperial decree issued today rejects the demand for the immediate convocation of a national parliament. The decree asserts the government will proceed with its existing constitutional framework.
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China
Pekin
Diaz Reelected President of Mexico at 80 in 26-Year Rule
Porfirio Diaz, aged 80, was reelected president of Mexico for six more years as Ramon Corral appears set to succeed him as vice president. Reports indicate Diaz won by a large margin amid a tame opposition and weathered by rain dampening potential unrest in border states. Corral’s stance pro foreign investment drew major support from capitalists while triggering broad opposition among the movement.
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el Paso
Texas
Porfirio Diaz
Mexico
Ramon Corral
Diaz
Sonora
Coahuila
Nuevo Leon
Francisco Madero
Monterey
Corrall
Indictments Grow in Illinois Legislative Bribery Probe
Springfield June 27 Louis D Hirsheimer of Pittsfield and Frank Traut of Beardstown posted 10000 bonds each on conspiracy to bribe charges tied to fish funds. More indictments and broader probe expected as States Attorney Burke recalls witnesses and widens scope including Sen D H Holstlaw and Rep Michael Link.
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Springfield
Louis D. Hirsheimer
Pittsfield
Frank Traut
Beardstown
Sangamon County
Burke
Lee O'Neill Brown
Robert E. Wilson
Frank J. Traut
A. B. Johnston
Stanton C. Pemberton
J. C. Clark
D. H. Holstlaw
Michael Link
Crawford Honor Student at Lake Forest College
Miss Clara Crawford of Rock Island was among five honor students in a class of 27 at Lake Forest College. She just graduated and was one of four speakers on the commencement program delivering a thesis on Wordsworth and Literary Criticism. Rev. Graham Lee of Pyong Yang Korea received the degree of Doctor of Divinity from the college.
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Crawford
Clara
Rock Inland
Lake Forest College
Sixty-First Congress Adjourns Amid Broad Inquiries
Washington June 27 The 61st Congress adjourned after a session marked by intensive investigations. Committees will need sixteen bodies to gather information on bribery scandals in the Lorimer case Indian contracts Ballinger Pinchot and labor and railroad issues among others. Taft left the capitol at 11 PM smiling as the session closed.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
William Lorimer
Ilinois
House
Gore
Regal Services
Reclamation Service
Interstate Commerce Commission
Anl
New York
Philippines
Tate
Taft
Capitol
Band of Hope Conference Opens at Peoria
Peoria June 27 with several hundred delegates from across the state assembling to seek reforms in electing U S senators and to tighten rules against corrupt bill killing. Discussion includes commission form government express rate regulation and municipal electricity powers. Hon Charles L Orpen of Bloomington opened the meeting.
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Peoria
Band of Hope
United States
Charles L. Or
Bloomington
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Robert Taft
Mississippi
Dubuque
Muscatine
J. M. Sherier
Eanity
American State Department
Jersey City
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T.R
J. S
Beckemeier
Beckemeyer
Carlyle
John Broderick
D. W. Holstlaw
Iuka
Lorimer
Broderick
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