Forty Americans Slain in Mexican Mine Town
Reporter from El Paso, Texas, June 2, describes a race riot at Cananea Consolidated Copper mines after an American was shot by a Mexican policeman. Forty or more Americans killed, with Cananea left in flames as Mexican and American forces clash. consuls plead for troops and border mobilization escalates.
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el Paso
Tex
Cananea Consolidated Copper Company
Mexico
Cananea
W. GC. Greene
Tom” Lawson
Copper Trust
George A. Metcalf
Col
W. C. Greene
Cot. Packard
Naco
Galbraith
War Department
Washington
Fort Huachuca
Ariz
Yzabel
Sonora
Hermosilla
Kosteriitzsky
Magdalena
Col. Greene
Bisbee
Canadea
Leo Bailey
Coshise County
Alvarez
Greene Consolidated
Nine Die As Train Derailed In Louisville Wreck
A Louisville & Nashville passenger train from Knoxville overturned while backing into Louisville Union Station at Seventh and Hill streets. Nine people were killed and 21 injured in the accident.
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Louisville
Knoxville, Tenn
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Seventh and Hill Streets
Louisville Union Station
Revolver-Wielding Man Seizes Freight Train in Indiana
Peter Ryan threatened the CG. and D. freight crew in Rushville Indiana city area. He forced the crew to move the train from Unnnersville to town. Ryan terrorized the business district until 1 30 this morning before he was captured.
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Rushville
Ind
Peter Ryan
Unnnersville
Ryan
Marning
No Payment No Insurance Ruling for Missouri Fraternal Society
The Missouri Supreme Court en banc ruled that Knights of Pythias is a fraternal society not liable as a standard life insurer. The case Westernman v. Supreme Lodge upheld that monthly payments prior to forfeiture do not create a nonforfeitable extended insurance reserve. Judge Fox wrote the opinion.
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Jefferson City
Supreme Court En Banc
Missouri
United States
Mary Westerman
The
Supreme Lodge Knights of Pythias
St. Louis
J. P. Westerman
Regular Life Insurance
Association
Massachusetts
Fox
Copyright Law Hearings Set After Final Draft
Washington May 31 the copyright bill prepared by the copyright commission led by Herbert Putnam librarian of congress has been perfected and will be introduced in both houses Thursday by Senator Kittredge and Representative Currier hearings begin June 6 for the measure representing protected interests across the sector
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Washington
Copyright Commission
Herbert Putnam
Librarian of
Congress
Patent Committees
Senator Kittredge
Representative Currier
Sundry Civil Bill Carries Millions for Panama Canal Work
The sundry civil appropriation bill totals 94.35 million dollars with 25.46 million for Panama Canal needs. Canal funds are to be reimbursed from canal bond proceeds of 130 million. The measure targets printing reform and creates new customs solicitor posts, set for House action soon.
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Washington
Tawney
Appropriations Committee
House
Panama Canal
Treasury
Canal
Isthmus
Panama
Executive Department
Publc
Congress
Secretary of the Treasury
Customs
Senate committee adopts expulsion plan over Reed Smoot
The senate committee on privileges and elections votes 7 to 5 that Reed Smoot is not entitled to his Utah senate seat. The measure will place before the full senate the question of Smoot’s continuation and how the chamber will proceed. A majority could declare the sense of the senate and move to unseat him by resolution.
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Washington
Reed Smoot
United States Senate
Utah
Senate Committee On Privileges and Elections
Senate
Smoot
Rupture Between Venezuelan Leaders Deepens
Caracas on June 2 reports Acting President Gomez refuses Castro’s proposal to keep the former in office. Castro declines to meet Gomez at Los Teques, sealing the rupture. Gomez announces a special session of Congress to discuss his resignation amid feverish excitement.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Gomez
Gen. Castro
Senor Gomez
Los Teques
Congress
Korean Rebels Seize Hongju In Korea Rising
Rebels have seized Hongju, Korea, with several hundred participants holding the town. Japanese forces have been dispatched at Korean request to quell the revolt, described as the most serious uprising yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hongju
Tokio
Korea
Dr J F Force Convicted in Embezzlement Case
Dr J F Force former president of Northwestern National Life Insurance was found guilty of embezzling 135 shares of Metropolitan bank stock from the company while in office. The verdict came Tuesday night in Minneapolis Minnesota.
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J. F. Force
Minneapolis, Minn
Northwestern National Life Insurance Company
Famous Creek Overflows Flooding Edina Mills Area
May 29 Minneapolis reports the Edina Mills mill dam collapsed flooding Minnehaha creek and the Lyn Dale Avenue north residence district. Minnehaha falls reaches record height while the Pennsylvania Avenue bridge valued at $6,000 is washed away.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Edina Mills
Lyndale Avenue
Minnehaha Falls
Longfellow
Pennsylvania Avenue
Disease Attacks Tobacco Beds in Connecticut Valley
A serious blight called black rot or tobacco root rot has struck many tobacco beds in the Connecticut valley. The disease, same as that affecting Cuban tobacco, was first noted last year in isolated cases and is caused by a fungus growing in the soil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wartford
Conn
Connecticut Valley
Railways enjoined on rebates in Elkins law ruling
United States court upholds Elkins act in govern ment suit against Pabst Brewing UNRefrigerator transit company and others. The four circuit judges en banc in eastern Wisconsin dismissed the Pabst claim for lack of proof and banished rebate practices by railroads and intermediaries.
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Milwaukee
Elkins
United States
Pabst Brewing Company
Transit Company
Seventh Judicial Circuit
Circuit Court
Eastern
Wisconsin
Chicago
Pabst Company
New York Central Tax Case Upheld by Supreme Court
Washington May 29 The New York Central Railroad Company versus N L Miller comptroller of New York state regarding the franchise tax on railroad property in New York was decided in favor of the state. Justice Holmes delivered the opinion.
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New York
Washington
New York Central Railroad Company
N. L. Miller
State of
New York State
Supreme Court
Justice Holmes
Iron and Steel Trade Outlook Grows Brighter
The Iron Trade Review notes easing conditions in iron and steel markets after sustained activity. It cites favorable crop conditions and forecasts continued prosperity for many months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iron and Steel Trade
Cleveland
The
Iron Trade Review
Engineer Lieut. Ferdinand Williams Killed at Annapolis Target Practice
Lieutenant Ferdinand Williams of the Army Corps of Engineers was fatally shot at target practice in Annapolis Maryland. A sergeant of his detachment fired the accident causing his death a few hours later.
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Annapolis
Ferdinand Williams
Engineering Corps
Wisconsin grain official Homer Andrew dies of Brights disease
Homer Andrew, chairman of the Wisconsin grain and warehouse commission, died Thursday night in Superior from Bright's disease. He led the commission and was a noted state official.
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Bright
Superior
Wis
Homer Andrew
Wisconsin Grain and Warehouse Commission
Crow Agency Registration Opens at Sheridan and Billings
Omaha Neb May 31 arrangements are complete for the Crow agency opening at Sheridan and Billings from June 11 to 28. Officials expect the largest crowds in the history of government openings.
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Crow Agency
Omaha
Neb
Crow
Sheridan
Billings
Fire Wrecks Jefferson Businesses and Homes
Fire Friday destroyed several business places and dwellings in Jefferson Ohio. total losses estimated at 89 thousand dollars with partial insurance coverage. Continuous flames caused extensive damage across multiple properties, with authorities assessing the scene for remaining hazards and restoration needs.
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Jefferson, O
Railroad Officers in Session Opens Nineteenth Central Association Meet
The nineteenth annual convention of the Central Association of Railroad Officers began in St. Louis on Monday. The gathering brings together railroad officials to discuss operations and standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Railroad Officers
St. Louis
The
Central Association of Railroad Officers
Fatal Shooting Affray Near Stiles in Reagan County
Fort Worth Texas May 29 A deadly shooting affray near Stiles Reagan county leaves J R Warren 28 a wealthy ranchman and his wife dead plus guest Mr Pierce of Hillsboro Texas. A telephone message to Sheriff Japson at Stiles suggests Warren killed his wife and Pierce then took his own life.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Stiles
Reagan County
J. R. Warren
Pierce
Hillsboro
Warren
Japson
Drought Hits Northwest Missouri and Surrounding Areas
In St. Joseph Missouri on June 2 farmers report no meaningful rain for over a month across northwest Missouri and nearby Kansas and Nebraska. Crops suffer with ruined strawberries, failed oats, and corn not sprouting due to moisture shortage. vegetable gardens drying up.
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St. Joseph
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
Nebraska Notes in Favor of Chinese Students
Congressman Pollard discusses University of Nebraska proposal for a China study commission. President and Secretary Root favor liberalizing Chinese exclusion for students but oppose the commission idea. Pollard learns a bill is being prepared to remove many exclusion act provisions for students merchants and travelers while maintaining limits on coolie labor.
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Pollard
Washington
Reot
University of Nebraska
China
United States
Root
Foreign Relations Committee
Wife May Be Allowed to Come In
Fremont Mrs. H Trachtenberg wife of a Fremont shoemaker detained at Ellis Island on eye disease expect to land and join her husband Senator Burkett raised the issue with immigration officials Trachtenberg sent his citizenship papers Truchtenberg came to Nebraska from Russian Poland five years ago.
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Fremont
H. Trachtenberg
Ellis Island
Burkett
Trachtenberg
Truchtenberg
Nebraska
Poland
Nebraska City
Henry Heosch
M. Trotchenberg
New York City
America
Russia
Violin Gift Delights Milford Soldiers' Home
Commander Presson at the Milford Soldiers Home received a $25 violin from his friends. He toasted the gift with a cheerful talk recalling his parents’ protest about the violin as a boy, calling it possessed of the devil. Presson and his wife are skilled musicians and often entertain the old soldiers.
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Milford
Presson
Child Saved From Hog Attack In Plainview Fall
In Plainview a young daughter of John Alexander fell from a stock chute fence near the depot into a hog yard and broke both leg bones. The child, small and unable to escape, was found before hogs could injure her.
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Plainview
John Alexander
Death of Famous Nebraskan in Nebraska City
Thomas Thom as a longtime resident dies at age 76. Born in Champaign County Ohio he married in 1851 and moved to Nebraska in 1858 settling first in Otoe before making Nebraska City home. He served for many years as provost marshal and later chief of police.
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Nebraska City
Thomas Thomas
Champaign County
Ohio
Nebraska
Otoe
Jong
Widow Mrs. M. J. Miller Dies After Grief
Mrs. M. J. Miller aged 63 of St. Louis is reported dead from a complication of diseases attributed to grief for a recently deceased daughter. Her son William Miller resides in Schuyler Nebraska.
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ST. Louis, Mo
M. J. Miller
William Miller
Schuyler, Neb
Dogs Assessed in Utica Town Ship
Utica township assessor valued two thoroughbred bird dogs at $100 each belonging to Dayton Ragan and Earnest Hurlburt. The dogs were deemed surpassing their owners asking price.
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Utica
Dayton Ragan
Earnest Hurlburt
Hayes Center Resident Ends Life at Home
Elis Davis, longtime Hayes County resident in High Ridge precinct, shot himself at his residence last night. He telephoned the coroner before the act, triggering an official notification of a self inflicted death.
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Farmer
Hayes Center
Elis Davis
Hayes County
High Ridge Precinct
Call Special Election in Oxford on June 26
Oxford city council schedules a special municipal election for June 26 to vote on a water works and electric light plant bond issue. Propositions request 315,000 for water and 3,700 for electric light.
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Oxford
Amos Teft Dead at 81 in Avoca Nebraska
Amos Teft, father of Or lando Teft, died aged 81. He arrived in Nebraska in 1856 and homesteaded the land on which the town sits.
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AVOCA
Amos Teft
Orlando Teft
Nebraska
Dog Stops Runaway Near Fremont Depot
A dog owned by Milo Cheney halted a runaway horse and buggy near Fremont depot after the horse bolted from a frightened train. The dog jumped at the horse, barked, then grabbed a buggy line and tangled it in the wheel to stop the team. This act greatly increased the dog's value in Cheney's eyes.
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Fremont
Milo Cheney
Hail in Juniata and local incidents across region
Weather and disaster notes report hail six inches deep near Juniata, a wreckage near Naiman with 33 stock cars and one grain car in the ditch, a Weeping Water blaze destroying the Sparry residence, and a lightning fire at Henry Heosch’s Nebraska City barn. Also covered are business, legal, and civic updates from Fremont, Tecumseh, Tekamah, Columbus, and Shelton.
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Juniata
State Association
Young Men’s Christian Association
Roe
Fremont
Wayne
Nebraska Normal College
Amos Davis
Beaver City
Aingering
T. M. Davis
First State Bank
August Kleine
West Point
Kansas City
Omaha
Naiman
Sand Creek Bridge
Utica
Dayton Ragan
Earnest Hurlburt
Norris Brown
George Bennett
State Board of Equalization
Shelton
William Sparry
P. S. Jones
C. H. Dennis
Tecumseh
A. Staples Cody
Midland
Mich
United States
Munger
Chamberlain Banking House
James Jacobson
Tekamah
Columbus
Searle
Cook
Nebraska
Express
Johnson County
J. A. Saunders
Madison County
John W. Harper
Sidney
Adna Dobson
State Irrigation Board
Harper
Harper Spring Branch
William Byfield
Red Willow County
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Cananea Mines
Senator Smoot
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