Notable Deaths and Elections Across United States
Rear Admiral Greer dies in Washington at 72. Three men named Mudd seek a Maryland congress seat. Indiana Democrat nominating Robinson for a fifth term. Rat Portage Lumby fire destroys planning mill and 13 houses. Bobrikoff relative in Los Angeles tied to Finnish governor general. Eureka bank authorized to begin with 25000 capital. Moroccan sultan lands army in Tangier. Raisuli hostage issue may escalate. Azel Galbraith sentenced to death for wife and son murder. Dorr of Rutland dies in Kansas City at 45. 129th Bunker Hill anniversary marked by protests and business suspensions in Boston. Wheat output forecasts for Pacific Northwest. Ebbig sues for breach of contract. claims forging. Wildcat insurers under scrutiny. Harry Smyth Cummings to second Roosevelt nomination. Body identified near Red Cliff, Colorado. Denver grand jury indicts for election fraud. Battleship Ilinois shows high target scores. Nozu’s forces beat Stakelburg. Russians retreat. Chicago banks report rising deposits. Maude Faely signs with Irving. Bourke Cochran linked to Mrs Ladenburg rumors. China silent on wireless pole at Chefoo. Dr Dunn found dead in St Louis. Mrs Sewall advocates female physical training. Vladivostok squadron loses two Japanese transports. heavy casualties. Moses Johnson electrocuted in Ohio for murder.
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Greer
Washington
Mudd
Maryland
Robinson
Indiana
Rat Portage
Lumby Company
G. A. Bobrik
Los Angeles
Cal
Bobrikoff
Finland
Henry D. Dorr
Rutland
Springfield Republican
Boston Herald
Kansas City
Bunker Hill
Boston
Lynn
New England
Oregon
Idaho
R. M. Hall
Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company
J. A. Ebbig
Milwaukee Company
Wildcat Insurance
Harry Smyth Cummings
Baltimore
Roosevelt
Chicago
Cummings
Anton Savan
Terre Haute
Ind
Rio Grande
Red Cliff
Colo
Denver
Supreme Justice
Maine
Turre
Wisconsin
Navy
Nozu
Stakelburg
Vafangon
Slocum Disaster Toll Climbs with 624 Bodies Recovered
New York reports 624 dead identified 559. 31 unclaimed as search resumes for Slocum wreckage. Sunday funerals held for nearly 1,600 victims. divers find more bodies near North Brother Island and along the river shore as crews bring up rail sections and rings from the wreck.
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New York
Slocum
North Brother Island
Riker’s Island
Metropolitan Rowing Club
THE ANTI I PARKER MEN MOVE IN ST LOUIS
William J. Bryan arrived in New York and said anti Parker forces will control in St Louis. They will nominate candidates and craft the platform, not the New York slate. He refused to discuss details or specific nominees, noting Olney Cleveland and Parker as examples.
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New York
William J. Bryan
Charles F. Murphy
Parker
St. Louis
Olney
Cleveland
Governor Peabody on Cripple Creek Mines Opening
In Denver on Monday Governor Peabody said the Cripple Creek mines are open and running with little disaffection among workers. He related news from General Bell and noted no reports of further trouble or deportations at that time.
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Miners’ Federation
Denver
Colo
Peabody
Bell
Cripple Creek
Desperado shoots Wisconsin sheriff on Omaha train
Sheriff G D Harris of St Croix County Wisconsin was killed on an Omaha train near Fall Creek after arresting a burglary suspect. The gunman fled after three shots, leaping from a moving train, stealing a horse and buggy, and heading toward Augusta where the horse was found. Authorities lost further trace of the fugitive.
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ST. Paul
Minn
G. D. Harris
St. Croix County
Wisconsin
Fall Creek
Wis
Harris
Eau Claire
Hudson
Augusta
Cannon Prefers House Role Over Vice Presidency
Chicago reports that Speaker Cannon rejects a vice presidential bid. He says his usefulness lies in the House after nearly thirty years as a representative. He notes an earlier interview stating he would accept only if the next House were Republican and he could succeed himself.
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Chicago
Cannon
New York
Associated Press
House of Representatives
House
Congress
Labor Federation condemns Peabody over Cripple Creek strike
The State Federation of Labor at New Ulm Minnesota adopted a resolution denouncing Governor Peabody of Colorado for the Cripple Creek mining strike and urging the president to order an investigation of General Bell and Peabody. It also proposed a new fund to help strikers start businesses, with a $200000 capitalization set as $5 shares sold only to affiliated union members.
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New Ulm
Minn
State Federation of Labor
Peabody
Colorado
Cripple Creek
United States
Bell
Knox May Quit Cabinet to Beley Succeeded by Moody
Washington reports Attorney General Knox plans to retire within days or when his U S Senate appointment from Pennsylvania is received. He would be succeeded by Secretary of the Navy Charles Moody. A conference with the president led Knox to decide retirement aligns with constitutional vacancy rules.
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Washington
Moody
United States
Pennsylvania
Pennypacker
Department of Justice
Will ferret out crime in Cripple Creek after dynamite blast
Cripple Creek Colorado county commissioners set aside 10000 dollars for a special prosecutor to identify and prosecute all linked to the Independence dynamite explosion. Samuel D. Crump, attorney for the Mine Owners' association, engaged as special prosecutor. District reports a quiet scene with deportations proceeding on regular trains for those required to leave Teller county.
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Cripple Creek
Colo
Independence
Samuel D. Crump
Mine Owners’ Association
Teier County
Sub-Committee on Arrangements Meets in St Louis
A meeting of the Democratic National Committee sub-committee on arrangements is held in St Louis Missouri likely the final gathering before the national convention opening at the Jefferson hotel on Wednesday.
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ST. Louis
Jefferson Hotel
Excursion Steamer Slocum Disaster Off New York
A Sunday school outing on the General Slocum ends in a catastrophic fire in the East River. With 873 to 2,000 aboard, roughly 536 bodies are recovered by dusk, many of them women and children, as divers comb the sunken wreck for victims.
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New York City
New York
East River
Bellevue Hospital
Harlem
New York Bay
Long Island Sound
St. Mark’s German Lutheran Church
Lower
West Side
Locust Grove
Third Street
Knickerbocker Steamship Company
Ites
Randall's Island
Police and Health Department
General Kuropatkin assumes command toward Port Arthur
A Daily Chronicle dispatch from Yinkow dated June 17 reports General Kuropatkin left Liao Yang on Wednesday to take command of the forces moving toward Port Arthur.
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Port Arthur
London
Daily Chronicle
Yinkow
Kuropatkin
Attendance at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Week Ended June 18
The official figures from the World’s Fair show daily attendance at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St Louis for June 12 to 18 totaling 475 187. Daily tallies ranged from 66 143 to 87 994 with a gain over most days except Wednesday Liberty Bell day when school children attended.
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ST. Louis
Nebraska State Board Raises Railroad Valuation 70 Percent
The Nebraska state board of assessment increased railroad property values by 70 percent under the new revenue law, moving from 27,077,353 to 46,018,635. Final franchise values remain undisclosed, with decisions on per mile valuations for Union Pacific and Burlington lines and adjustments for several branches and companies noted.
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Nebraska State Board of Assessment
State Board of Equalization
Weston
Marsh
Mickey
Mortengen
Follmer
Nebraska
Union Pacific
Kearney & Black Hills
Omaha & Republican Valley
Burlington
Burlington Main
Chicago & Northwestern
Woodward
The
Great Western
Douglas County
Smallpox at Soldiers' Home in Grand Island
Three cases of smallpox developed in a hospital at the soldiers' home in Grand Island. The afflicted are George Warrens Harry Burchard the hospital steward and Mr Lindley. A temporary building was erected on the prairie at a safe distance for treatment of these light cases.
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Soldiers’ Home
Grand Island
George Warrens
Harry Burchard
Mr. Lindley
Splendid Crop Prospect In Wood River Area
In Wood River the grain outlook is excellent with small grain looking fine and corn showing remarkable growth over the last fortnight. Fruit prospects are promising and an unusually large yield is anticipated. Potatoes are expected to be plentiful and high quality.
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Wood River
Assessment In Dakota County
Dakota City reports the Dakota county precinct assessors have finished their work and handed books to County Assessor Dorn. The county’s total real and personal property valuation stands at 1,595,419.72 dollars, up nearly 149,000 from last year.
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Dakota County
Dakota City
Dorn
Franklin County Reunion Date Chosen at Convention
Franklin members of ASR-1a county held a convention to choose the reunion location. Franklin won the bid and fixed the dates for this year from August 22 to 25.
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Franklin
ASR
Women Seek Rosebud Land Drawings After Oklahoma Rush
Norfolk reports 400 daily inquiries about Rosebud lands with over 40 percent from women. Teachers stenographers and businesswomen voice intent to register for drawings at Bonesteel and Fairfax, inspired by Oklahoma rush successes.
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Norfolk
Rosebud
Oklahoma
Bonesteel
Fairfax
Robbers Arrested After Exeter Car Heist
Marshall Berry and Night Watchman Lawsha captured three suspects sought by Fillmore County sheriff for robbery. The men robbed a work crew car at Exeter and fled toward a freight train. police arrested them in Seward. They were sent to Geneva for trial.
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Seward
Marshall Berry
Lawsha
Fillmore County
Exeter
Neb
Geneva
Postmaster adds three letter carriers at Lincoln on Sept
Various Nebraska items report Lincoln postmaster expanding mail staff on September first and other local developments. Included: Farnam bank plans, Sioux camp, hydro stone firm in Cambridge, Rankin Bros. buys county grain right, Omaha May receipts rise to 42090, Des Moines up to 35522, injuries to Wilbur Beatrice man, Humboldt youth assaulted by horse, Foldens celebrate 50th anniversary, Adams Lumber incorporation, Seward 19 mill tax levy, Sarpy Old Settlers picnic at Bellevue, battery incident at Beatrice billiard room, York county assessed values up, pike stocked streams, Brillhart accused of illegal liquor sale, banker Samuelson declares bankruptcy, Lewis shooting case in Harrisburg, Bellevue man charged with statutory assault.
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Lincoln
Farnam
Co. F. Wilbur
Beatrice
North Fifth Street
Chadron
Sam
Cambridge
Rankin Bros
Omaha
Des Moines
Ernest Shurtleff
Humboldt
Sarpy County
Old Settlers’ Association
BelleVue
Nebraska
Edward Hamblin
York County
France
Mississippi River
City of
York
Carter
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Bourke Cochran
Adolf Ladenburg
Ladenburg
China
Che Foo
James H. Dunn
Minneapolis
Southern Hotel
May Wright Sewall
Indianapolis
International Women's Congress
Berlin
Vladivostok
Mogi
Moses Johnson
Portsmouth
Ohio Penitentiary
Edward Test
Mr. Bryan
St. Loui
Desperado Klls
Uncle Joe
Gov. Peabody
Minnesota Federation of Labor
Knox
Teller County
Nebraska State News
W. A. Folden
West Beatrice
Adams Lumber Company
Adams
Gage County
Bird Critchfield
G. W. Pickering
H. A. Reese
Walter Garrison
Libni Garriss
John Brillhart
Tecumseh
Willis.Garriza
Cotypantons
Brillbart
F. W. Samuelson
First National Bank
James W. Eaton
Nebraska City
Falls
City
Samuelson
BE. C. Lewis
Ed Sharp
Harrisburg
Hoke
Lewis
Everett Long
Lucretia Gow
Long
South Omahaa
Papillion
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