Packers Give Up Long Fight in Beef Trust Case
Washington June 19 Attorney General Wickersham was advised the National Packing company would dissolve by August 1. The government will hold in abeyance civil action to compel dissolution. Armour Swift and Morris interests own the firm and plan to wind up its business and assets. A definite plan may be ready by August 1 or the department will be advised if dissension prevents an agreement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wickersham
National Packing Company
Beef Trust
James A. Fowler
Chicago
United States
Wilkerson
Armour, Swift and Morris
Department of Jistice
Winder
Wealthy Chinaman Shot in Chinatown Leader Slain
A Chinatown leader Yee Toy, reputed head of the Four Brothers society linked to ongoing tong wars, was shot outside the Four Brothers headquarters on Pell street. A young Chinaman fired five bullets, dropped the smoking revolver, and was arrested. the shooter identified himself as Yous Hing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Une
Chinatown
Four Brothers Society
Yee Toy
Oy Huy Sing Tong
Pell Street
Yous Hing
Darrow Trial Resumes After Defense Postpone
Clarence Darrow bribery case resumes in Los Angeles after defense illness delays proceedings. Defense declines to outline in advance who will be examined, leaving plan after Anton Johannsen’s testimony unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Clarence Darrow
A. Tveltmoe
Anton Johannsen
Auto Honeymooners Killed at Erie Crossing
Erie Pa June 19 T A Snider of Cincinnati and his wife on a honeymoon trip were killed when their car was hit by a train at Brade crossing. Snider aged 9 retired millionaire, preserve manufacturer. About three months earlier he married Mrs Mary Stanton widow of a Philadelphia woolen manufacturer.
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Erie
T. A. Snider
Cincinnati
Brade Crossing
Snider
Mary Stanton
Philadelphia
West
Missouri
Wrevkas Betgean Metin
Adrian Whlmeeh
Creighton
Uwe
Leston
Leighton W. Haslehurst
Seventeenth Infantry
U.S.A
Masco
Clear Creek Canyon
Zanusv Me. O
St. Thomas Catholic
Highwood
Atlantic
ICC to investigate coal rates on anthracite railways
The Interstate Commerce Commission ordered an investigation into rates practices and relations governing railroad transportation of hard coal. All anthracite roads named as respondents in the proceeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington
Intestate Commerce Commission
Congressional Doings and Senate Actions Summary
The piece reviews congressional moves including a Senate rejection of an amendment to retain coastwise vessel and canal toll provisions, Senate House investigations into Panama Canal and federal spending, and hearings on General Leonard Wood, marine and canal policy. It notes House judiciary probes in Seattle over Judge Hartford and Taft travel expenses, and a three day Senate recess tied to party conventions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presiton Attoy
Abollah
Uni
Han Wii Aetlett
Morgan
New York Stock Exchange
United States
Vic Piijo
House
Panama
Leonard Wood
Wyre
Mareau
Hanna
American
Gary
Walland
Nagel
Judietary
Seattle
Wish
Cornelis Hanford
Olssen Socialist Constin
Taft
Congress
Fitzgerald
House Appropriations Committee
Senate
French land troops on Moorish coast amid clashes
Reported landing by French forces faces heavy Moorish resistance as contingents flock to oppose the advance. Paris vows to deploy more troops while claiming ports remain tranquil. In Dublin, suffragettes begin window-smashing campaign met with strong police response. In Canada, a head on collision near Nipegun Ont kills four trainmen and injures another.
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France
Dublin
Canadian Pacific Railway
Nipegun
Death of Representative Wickliffe in Potomac Park Tragedy
Louisiana congressman Robert C. Wickliffe died after his crushed body was found on railroad tracks at Potomac Park near the bridge entrance over the Potomac river. He had been away fishing and was returning when the incident occurred.
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Robert C. Wickliffe
Louisiana
Washington
Potomac Park
Potomac River
Wickliffe
Tilied
Unfortunate Events Across Regions Reported
A chaotic set of calamities is reported including fatal aircraft crashes at College Park and Springfield, a bridge of disasters across Missouri, Maryland, Ohio, and Wyoming. Lives lost include Lt. Leighton W. Haslehurst and A. T. Welch, with several others injured or missing.
Notable Crime Spree Melds Deaths and Bank Heist
Fragmented report details multiple violent incidents and pursuits. William Mrennan of Cuyahoga Our was killed during an escape attempt at the Onioni penitentiary. John Schultz of Calumb 5 GO was captured after gunfire erupted during an escape bid. A Washington Pa case involved an attempted strangling of Nix’s daughter by Irvine to seize wealth. Frank Ray killed himself in Merced after wounding Brances Kwoeck. Tuntes and Joby Hunter, both in their thirties, fatally wounded each other in a quarrel following a bank robbery at Humtaville Ark, escaping with 12000 dollars.
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William M. Mrennan
Cuyahoga Our
John Schultz
Calumb 5
Onioni
Dan Richard
Washington, Pa
Irvine
Nix Daughter
Brances Kwoeck
SL Pan
Frank Ray
Tuntes
Joby Hunter
Tavour Robles
First National Bank
Humtaville
Ark
A Duel in Balloons Fought by Two Frenchmen in 1808
A dramatic early aerial duel occurred in Paris when M. de Grandpre and M. Le Pique dueled in identical balloons above the Tuileries. After a month’s delay to preserve decorum, both fought with blunderbusses, Le Pique dying when his balloon was punctured, while Grandpre vanished seven leagues from Paris.
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Pranve
M. de Grandpre
M. Jefique
de Grindpre Sud
le Pique
Tuileries
M. le Pique
de Grandpre
Paris
Spoke His Own Doom by Cautious Remark Ends in Execution
The father Gueau de Reverseaux, a former lawyer and official, withdrew from society at the revolution. He sought casual carpentry for sheds near Chartres and suggested workers could send substitutes. The remark spread, was deemed conspiracy, and he was condemned to death and executed.
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Gueay de Leverseans
la Rochelle
Chartres
Gueau de Reverseaux
Guean de Reverseaux
M. Gueau de Reverseaux
Gueau de Teverseaux
Du Pont De Nemours Powder Co Dissolution Decree
A U S circuit court in Wilmington Delaware under Judges Gray Buffington and McPherson dissolves the powder trust and orders two new corporations formed alongside Du Pont de Nemours Powder Co. Six thousand New York butchers halt shops to press for lower wholesale meat prices, affecting over 300000 Jewish residents. The yacht Yacous, owned by Henry Clay Pierce, is seized to satisfy a $171,149.66 judgment won by Alice Ryeroff.
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United States
Cireuit
Wilmington
Del
Gray, Buffington and McPherson
du Pont de Nemours & Co
du Pont de Nemours Powder Company
Dewist
New York City
United Retail Kosher Butchers’ Protective Association
Yacous
Henry Clay Pierce
St. Louis
John Bulek
Alice G. Ryeroff
Nevada Governor appoints Wingfield to Senate seat
Governor Oddie of Nevada appoints George Wingfield as U S senator to fill the late Senator Nixon’s term. Wingfield, famed as the wealthiest Nevadan, once worked as a cow puncher in Tonopah’s early mining days around 1893. Also noted, Rear Admiral Charles B E Vreeland is ill with pneumonia in Washington and hospitalized. Alexander P. Moore and Miss Lillian Russell wed at the Hotel Schenley in Pittsburgh.
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Governor Oddie
Nevada
George Wingfield
Nixon
Wingfield
Tonopah
Charles BE. Vreeland
Navy Bureau of Operations
Washington
Naval Hospital
Alexander P. Moore
Pittsburg
Lillian Russell
Schenley
Strikers Routed at American Smelting Plant Riot
About 1,000 labor protesters surrounded the American Smelting plant at Perth Amboy New Jersey and clashed with a guard detail of forty private detectives. One striker was killed and four others severely injured as rifles fired on the crowd.
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Perth Amboy
N. J
Who He Was. Woman drags man into train car in domestic dispute
A traveler witnesses a woman seize a man by the collar and force him into a railroad car. She stacks a valise and large baskets at his feet and orders him to stay put until she assists Mary Jane aboard. The woman declares the man is her daughter's husband and that her daughter has no voice in her own life.
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Mary Jane
Egyptian pledge law barred borrowing against fathers body
An ancient ordinance prohibited mortgaging a deceased relative's body to creditors, deeming it impure and a disgrace. The text notes the honor due to the dead and describes a defiant response about legal fees when asked to testify.
When Women Vote in Sufragette Quip
A clipped cartoon caption debates female suffrage with snappy lines. Ber Chum defends principle as a woman vows not to wear corset until Mame Smith wins the presidency.
A Mistake Landford You Owe Four Months Rent
A dispute narrates Landford demanding four months rent from a tenant who admits overpaying initially. The tenant acknowledges the error and expresses remorse for paying promptly at first.
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Landford
Roston Deamacclar
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Willissolve
Tong
Darrow
Cordova
Alaska
Katmai
Chignik
Jenne Weiss
Congressional
Vasu
Woop
Foreign News
Criminal News
Labor News
New York Press
de Laval
Eries
Thomas Thompson Sisseton
Sullivan Lumber Co
Sisseton
South Dakota
W. F. Miller
Reece
Monson Bros
Effington
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