Logan Escapes Knox County Jail By Lasso And Ride To Mountains
Harvey Logan a Montana train robber serving twenty years escaped Knox County jail Knoxville Tenn He lassoed the guard with a wire tied him to bars then moved through the jail grabbed two pistols placed in the corridor and coerced the jailer Janet Bell and the sheriff to help him mount the sheriff s horse and ride toward the mountains
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Knoxville
Tenn
Harvey Logan
Montana
Knox County
Logan
Janet Bell
Bell
Scientists Meet in Mother Church in Concord New Hampshire
In Concord New Hampshire today 12000 to 15000 Christian Scientists gathered for the annual communion service of the First Church of Christ Scientist held at Mechanic’s Hall. Professor Herman S Hering officiated as first reader with Mrs Julia E Williams as second reader. A letter from Mrs Eddy was read expressing love for the church and inviting members to visit her home in Concord.
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Concord
N. H
Mrs. Eddy
Employers Seek to Repeal City Labor Laws
Kansas City June 2 The Employers' association with about 8000 members plans a movement to repeal all city laws that discriminate between union and independent labor. They target ordinances that require city printing contracts to go only to union shops and oppose the eight hour law. They also challenge the engineers license board consisting entirely of union men for exam requirements.
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Kansas City
Employers’ Association
Lcense
Lessar Sails After Sudden Moscow Conference In Manchuria Crisis
Pekin dispatch reports Russian minister M. Lessar summoned to a conference with Gen. Kuropatkin and Admiral Alexieff in Pekin. Pekobiloff of the Russo-Chinese bank at Pekin and Port Arthur officers weigh Russia's Manchuria position as Lessar departs July 1.
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Pekin
M. Lessar
Kuropatkin
Alexieff
Pacific
Pekobiloff
Port Arthur
Russia
Manchuria
Lessar
Exciting Race Tales and Missouri Indictments
In Bateman's Point and New York waters, Reliance defeats Columbia by 3 minutes 42 seconds as Shamrock I and II test speed off Sandy Hook. Ex lieutenant governor John A. Lee defends himself against bribery rumors, detailing payments from sugar and tobacco interests and denying links to political graft. Indictments widen as district attorney moves to align second case with first against Machen and Groff Brothers.
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Reliance
Columbia
Constitution
New York
Thomas Lipton
Shamrock Tit
United States
Sandy Hook
Atlantic
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St. Louis
Havemeyer
Sugar Trust
American Tobacco Company
John H. Carroll
Falk
Circuit
Century Building
John A. Lee
Missouri
Republic
Washington
August W. Machen
Reegn
Groff Brothers
Lorenzos
Toledo
Lord Barrington Held For Crime In Missouri Murder Case
The nude body of James P. McCann, missing since June 18, was found in a deserted quarry near Bontil's station in St. Louis county. McCann's wife identified him, and police have detained a man known as Lord Barrington, who had posed as a British nobleman and faced a rocky past. The suspect insists on innocence as authorities pursue the case.
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Bontil's Station
St. Louis County
James P. McCann
Lord Barrington
Kansas City
Cochran
Thirty killed on the Bilbao train wreck in Spain
Madrid reports a Bilbao train overturned on a bridge at Nefertira river. Fourteen bodies and fifty injured had been recovered with official counts showing thirty killed and sixty seriously hurt. Of 300 passengers only six escaped unhurt as couplings broke between engines then the second engine derailed into the riverbed.
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Madrid
Bilbao
Nefertila River
Prominent Iowa Man Dies on Burlington Train
Ottumwa, June 29. J. G. Manchester, brigadier general of the Iowa Uniformed Bank Knights of Pythias, died last night on a Burlington train near Creston.
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Iowa
Ottumwa
J. G. Manchester
Iowa Uniformed Bank
Knights of Pythias
Burlington
Creston
Silas Jones Given Reform School Sentence For Attempted Murder
Marion Ill June 29 Silas Jones of Herrin a 13 year old appeared before Judge Duncan in court and pleaded guilty to attempt to murder his mother. Due to his youth he received a reform school sentence. Jones has faced multiple criminal cases but this act surpassed all others.
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Marion
Ill
Silas Jones
Herrin
Duncan
Jones
Joliet's Municipal Row Sparks Dram Shop Fight
Mayor Crolius sparks controversy by signing an alleged dram shop license in a clash with City Attorney McKeown. He accuses rival breweries Anheuser-Busch and Schlitz of Milwaukee of conspiring to thwart local trade while alleging state attorney general involvement through a relative of a local brewery stockholder. He refuses to back down as impeachment proceedings loom.
Pension Granted to 83-Year-Old Soldier in Houston Texas
Commissioner of Pensions Ware grants an $8 monthly pension to Thomas B. Howard of Houston Texas for Seminole Indian War service in 1835 and 1836. Howard, age 83, claims to be the sole survivor of Captain Augustus Allston's company, Second Regiment Florida Militia.
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Washington
Ware
Thomas B. Howard
Houston
Tex
Howard
Augustus Allston
Fipgida Militia
Northcott Calls Mob Work Murder
Northcott acting governor of Illinois plans to urge Circuit Judge Holder to convene a special grand jury to probe the Belleville lynching of David S Watt the Black schoolteacher. He faults officers for not saving Watt and denounces lynch law while urging justice through lawfulProcedure.
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Northcott
Ilinois
Yates
R. W. Holder
David S. Watt
Belleville
Wyatt
Wratt
Judicial Department
St.County
Illinois
St. Clair County
Four Arrests Seen In Sutton Yeager Murders In Indiana
Coroner Harrison reopens inquests into Sutton and Yeager killings at Kokomo. Witness Miss Minnaton linked with Goldie Garretson, Jt Girard, and Claude Arbuckle of Sharpsville on the May 10 night near Myrtle Kinley’s home. Girard may have fled. Arbuckle missing. Prosecutor McDaniels leads exam, promising resolution soon.
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Kokomo
Ind
Harrison
Sutton
Miss Eaton
Yeager
Girard
Arbuckle
McDaniels
Millions Attend Scene of Lynching and Robbed Bushes
Wilmington crowds visited the burned body of George F. White, the negro lynched a week earlier, carrying away branches and bushes as relic hunters chip away at the crime scene. Clergy condemn the mob while some preach self-help for the oppressed, and Wilmington remains under police watch as debate over the lynching ends.
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Wilmington
Del
George F. White
Robert A. Elwood
Montrose W. Thornton
Two Day Celebration Of Birth Of Wesley Begun
Boston on June 29 reports that a two day celebration of the 200th anniversary of John Wesley’s birth began today. The Methodist movement across North America gathered delegates from the Methodist Episcopal Church South and the Methodist Church in Canada along with other branches, underscoring broad church unity.
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Boston
Johny Wesley
New England
North Amer
Methodist Episcopal Church South
Methodist Church In
Canada
Anderson Wins the Golf Championship
New York on June 29 reports Willis Anderson defeated David Brown at Baltusrol Golf Club in Short Hills New Jersey to win the open golf championship of the United States by a score of 52 to Brown's 4.
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New York
United States
Willis Anderson
David Brown
Baltustel
Short Hills
J. Anderson
Brown
Miller Associate Sentenced for State Money Theft
New York June 29. Robert Ammon attorney for William F Miller of the Franklin syndicate was sentenced to an indeterminate term in the state prison not less than four nor more than four and a half years. Ammon was convicted of receiving stolen money from Miller.
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House
Jewell
Liggett & Myers’ Tobacco Company
Fulton
Chicago
American, Tobacco Company
St. Louis
New York
Robert Ammon
William F. Miller
Franklin Syndicate
Ammon
Miller
King Peter I Attends Belgrade Church Service
Belgrade Serbia June 20 King Peter I attended the cathedral service without escort. An official account, based on a war minister led investigation, will be published soon. It is said conspirators aimed to deport royals, not kill them, but the murder was sparked by Lt Petrovics who fired the first shot.
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Peter I
Belgrade
Servia
Peter
Petrovics
Tary
Wreck Victims Horribly Mutilated After Train Disaster
Madrid reports 100 bodies pulled from the Bilboa train wreck after it plunged from a bridge into the Neferilla river. An estimated 70 bodies remain among the wreckage with horrific mutilation described.
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Madrid
Bilboa
Neferilla River
Relieved Yet Mortified After Boy Is Hit by Wagon
In New Haven on June 29 a five year old boy named George McDermott was struck by a wagon. James J. Doyle carried the injured child into an undertaker shop and pleaded for an ambulance. A chaperone announced the missing foot, but the worker realized he had been holding a wooden leg, not the boy’s severed limb.
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New Haven
Conn
James J. Doyle
George McDermott
Kat
Doyle
Undertaker’s
McDermott
Trolley Car Collision Kills Two In Chicago
A Belt Line freight collided with an Arch er avenue trolley at Forty seventh street in Chicago after brakes failed. Minnie Malstrom and an unidentified man died. nine passengers were seriously injured and several more lightly hurt.
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Chicago
Archer Avenue
Forty-seventh Street
Minnie Malstrom
Donahue to Be Chosen to Succeed Vaughn
Richard Burke from Limerick Ireland has come to assist in guardianship of the Peter J. Donahue estate following Cardinal Vaughn’s death. James P. Donahue of Davenport Iowa is favored for appointment, with heirs likely to assent. Peter Donahue’s estate reportedly totals about a million and a half, largely in San Francisco.
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San Francisco
Richard Burke
Limerick
Ireland
Donahe
Peter J. Donahue
Cardinal Vaughn
London
Col. Donahue
James P. Donahue
Davenport
Iowa
Peter Donahue
Ex Judge Carter to Enter a Case
Springfield June 29 Joseph N Carter formerly supreme court judge will assist Attorney General Hamlin in defending the canal commission at the Sangamon circuit court hearing on R E Burkes petition for an injunction restraining the state treasurer from turning over canal commission funds. Judge Carter returns to active practice affecting prospects for his contest of Judge Guy C Scott's supreme court election.
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Springfield
Joseph N. Carter
Supreme Court
Hamlin
Canal Commission
Sangamon
R. E. Burke
Sta
Carter
Harlin
Chirence K. Snively
Canton
Guy C. Scott
Relations cordial with Count Cassini denied
Washington June 29 The Associated Press states that reports of friction between the administration and Count Cassini the Russian ambassador are without foundation. The relations of the president and the State department with Count Cassini are officially and personally entirely cordial.
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Washington
Associated Press
Count Cassini
State Department
Count Cassi
Severe quake hits Enzelli in Persian province
Elizabethpel June 29. A severe earthquake is reported to have struck Enzelli in the Chilan province of Persia. The tremor alarmed residents and disrupted local life as officials assess damage and casualties.
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Persian
Elizabethpel
Transcanacasia
Enzelli
Chilan
Persia
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