Government orders detain Nanticoke steamer abroad
From the capital the revenue cutter Pamlico is to detain the steamer Nanticoke until further orders over suspected filibustering to Venezuela. Taft names Durand census director and Leupp Indian affairs head is restored with Valentine to succeed. Navy orders urge naval vessels to follow standard naval usage at sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pamlico
Venezuela
Abdul Hamid
Salonika
Francia F. Leupp
Indian Affairs
Taft Robert G. Valentine
Mr. Leupp
Notable Obituaries and Departures Across Cities
Mona King publisher of handbooks died in New York after a weeklong illness in Omaha. Albert Lawnon founder of the Cincinnati Tribune and St. Louis editor died in St. Louis. Isaac Hitt land agent died in Washington aged eighty one. John Kountz former G A R commander and “Drummer Boy” died in Toledo. Helen Hale wed William Hodge in New York after a stage career. Congressman Sulzer left Guatemala for home with mining concessions reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mona King
United States
Ju Doud
New York
KK. C. Morehouse
Stanley, Merrill & Phillips Railroad
Wisconsin
Omaha
Helen Coggewell
Helen Hale
William Hodge
Albert Lawnon
St. Louis
Cincinnati Tribune
Isaac KR. Hitt
Washington
Mr. Hitt
John 8. Kountz
Missionary Ridge
Toledo
Kate Brownlee Sherwood
Jimmy Kelly
Chicago
Kelly
John L. Sullivan
Billy Smith
Eddie Connolly
Convictions and raids across several states reported
Eugene Dorsey and three others implicated in a Chicago artist killing were named in a Virginia murder conviction. Charles Chaffee received a life sentence for chicken theft after prior burglary convictions. A Mississippian farmer killed a merchant in Rupora. Inspectors raided Sam Lima’s shop in Marion finding crossmarked shotgun shells matching others. A mail threat targeted Michael Fanciano’s family. John Bardy faced Interstate commerce law charges in Chicago for load manipulations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Dorsey
Walter F. Behultz
Chicago
Alexandria
Munner
Charles Chaffee
Auburn
Theridge
Chaffee
Gen. Worsham
Maben
Miss
Lee Phillips
Rupora
J. F. Oldfield
George Pate
Cincinnati
Sam Lima
Marion
Ohio
Dennison
Bellefontaing
International News Highlights From the Day
Elmer Beattie was arrested in London on a New York warrant for grand larceny after police seized jewelry he carried. In St Petersburg three new cholera hospitals opened to treat rising patient numbers and 41 new cases were reported in three days. The French government plans village reconstruction in the south with grants and loans. Amoy reports 131 bubonic plague deaths in a fortnight and Chung Chow notes 200 deaths daily. The North German Lloyd steamer Pyingessiens brought Cunard Sleader Slavenlé passengers to Gibraltar after the June 1 wreck. Ernest Shackleton’s polar expedition leader arrived in London to a royal welcome with an ovation. Constantinople court-martial jailed four marshals and other officials for involvement in a recent revolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Beattie
New York
Gr Jarceny
London
St. Petersburg
France
Jamoy
Chung Chow
Pyingessiens
Gibraltar
Alent
Moresch
Azores
Ernest H. Shackleton
Kould Pole
Loowdoh
Jant Yreok
Mene Bern
Royal Geographical
Marshala
Marise
Yall
Constantinople
Accidental Happenings Across Multiple Scenes
A string of tragedies reports drownings and injuries from boating mishaps at Creve Coeur Lake and Iowa Falls, a fatal automobile crash in West Alexander Ohio, a traction car collision, a deadly tornado outbreak across Texas, a Mexico rail wreck near Hermosillo with many injured, a boiler explosion near Stratford New Hampshire, and the death of James York from a surveying accident in Sumdam after a 1000 foot plunge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Anderson
Iowa Falls
Iowa
Anderson
Guaymas
Southern Pacific Railroad
Pesquera
Hermosillo
Mexico
A. C. Budge
Taft Work on Corporate Tax Plan Ahead of Thursday Vote
President Taft leads a White House conference with Attorney General Wickersham and Senator Root to finalize a proposed two percent tax on net corporate earnings. Key issues include government control, publicity requirements, and preventing stock and bond manipulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Taft
White House
Wickersham
Root
Knox Qail
Aldrich
Burrows
Penrose
Kyle
Gullo
Sid McCumber
Smoot
Mint
Finance
Messrs
Finance Committee
Senate
Hiking
West Virginia
Red Cross relief sent and defenses to be inspected
The American National Red Cross sent 5000 dollars for relief work in Asia Minor. Secretary of War Dickinson plans a personal inspection of Atlantic coast defenses and key eastern posts in the coming months. A monument in Spring Grove cemetery Hartford Conn honors Henry Clay Work author of Marching Through Georgia. Eight thousand Jones Laughlin workers in Pittsburgh to receive wage increases 10 percent higher than last April. Holmes Cummings received a top probate court fee of 60453 for securing a Supreme Court judgment for the belated Parish estate claims. State officer Knox awarded honorary LLD at St Thomas College Villa Nova. An American syndicate proposes a 315000000 railroad across Uruguay from Santa Rosa to Puerto Cormilla without state guarantees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American National Red Cross Society
Asia Minor
Dickinson
Atlantic
East
Spring Grove Cemetery
Hartford
Washington
Holmes Com Ynd
United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Joseph Parish
Governor Hadley’s Father Dies in Desoto Kansas
James M. Hadley father of Missouri Governor Herbert S. Hadley died at his Desoto home after suffering a stroke while attending a Kansas City baseball game. Governor Hadley was with his father when he passed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hadley
Desoto
Kan
James M. Hadley
Herbert S. Hadley
Missouri
Major Hadley
Kansas City
Rifle Tests End in Fatal Farmyard Shooting
A man opened fire at a wall between two farm hands, fatally striking William Douglas, 30, formerly of Detroit, who died in the yard. The incident occurred June 22 as the assailant attempted to test a rifle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aberteen
Teath Sdeatibre
William Douglas
Detroit
ChineMan Chung Sin Held In Murder Case In New York
Revelstoke dispatch reports a Chinese man matching Leon Ling’s description was detained en route west bound. Chung Sin, once lodging near Ling, denies involvement in the Elsie Sigel murder while offering he knew her only as a friend. He was arrested by New York detectives after employer Marvey Kennedy alerted police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Vancouver
Leon Ling
Elsie Sigel
Revelstoke
N. C
Firet
Amsterdam
N. Y
West Galway
Chusig Sin
Leon Lig
Wisie Bilge
Piste Sigel
John Forbes
Chung Sia
Hope
Wat
Uow Leon Ling
Leon
Kia
Hia
Chung Sin
Jall
Marvey Kennedy
Chung Lin
Elete Sigel
Kennedy
Elevator Crash in Cincinnati Kills One Injures Seven
A seventh floor fall in the Murdock building elevator in Opera Place Cincinnati on June 22 killed George Delutein and seriously injured seven others. Elevator operator William J. Orr and four others are listed among the seriously injured as the eight story shaft collapse crushed the workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Murdock
James Murdock, Jr
Opera Place
George Delutein
William J. Orr
Edward Lorenz
John Bebosnfield
Edward J. Lamping
Wating
Bagan
Demieth
Steel manager fatally shoots self in Ohio amid breakdown
Frank M. Campbell, manager for Jones and Laughlin Steel in Philadelphia, killed himself amid a presumed nervous breakdown in Van Wert Ohio on June 22. He leaves a widow and three children and was visiting with Campbell’s hotel proprietor father before heading west. A separate note from Faulkton Dakota reports William Douglas, about 30, accidentally shot and killed by a ranch comrade near H H ONeil’s ranch three miles west of town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Wert
Ohio
Frank M. Campbell
Philadelphia
Jones and Laughlin Steel Company
Pittsburg
Amd
Campbell
Childem Campbell
M Campbell
Faulkton
Willam Douglas
H. H. O'Neil
Douglas
Detroit
Mich
Wrights Prepare for Army Flight Trials at Fort Myer
Wright brothers from Dayton return to Fort Myer to resume flights after last fall. Orville and Wilbur plan a five mile speed trial and a two hour endurance test with two men aboard. Officials set up a two balloon mark system and an officer board to oversee the trials amid new trolley line dangers and a removed telephone wire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wright Brothers
Dayton
Fort Myer
Orville Wright
Wrights
Fort
Wright Aeroplane
Allen
Alexandria
Mr. Wright
Signal Corps
George O. Squier
C. Me Saltzman
Charles 8. Wallace
C. DesSchandler
Frank Frank P. Lahm
Benjamin D. Foulda
Humphreys
George C. Sweet
Navy
Harriman Not Dead Rumors Spark Market Selloff
Vienna reports deny E. H. Harriman's illness or death but stock trading reacts strongly. Union Pacific falls 4 points, down 3½% for the day. Southern Pacific down 2% to 44 1/2. Amalgamated Copper slides as much as 12 points from recent highs amid bear raid. A Harriman associate calls the death reports false.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
E. H. Harriman
Vienna
Union Pacific
Harriman
Southern Pacific
Reading
Amalgamated Copper
Tariff on hides argued to aid farmers in senate
Senator Warren of Wyoming urged a duty on hides in the Senate, claiming free hides would hurt protection and calling the current system a result of a midnight process. He outlined how a hide duty would benefit farmers as part of a broader protectionist shift. Also, Michigan letter carriers met in Benton Harbor electing a delegate for the national convention in St. Paul and heard talks from national executives F S Trafton and M T Feinan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren
Washington
Senator Warren
Wyoming
Senate
Letter Carriers
Michigan
Benton Harbor
Mich
Michigan State Association of Letter Carriers
National Association
St. Paul
Trafton
Cleveland
M. T. Feinan
Bloomington
Fred T. Reynor
Wattle Creek
Indians Lure Trouble After Settlement Shifts
Report from Prince Rupert notes Kishoux Indians in outlying districts resisting new settlers. Led by Big Frank, they claim lanes belong to Indians and have retreated beyond the Kiskour river. Indians warn whites not to cross the stream. Whites on the Skee Ta river are driven away. In Minnesota, 24 year old Joseph Cihlar drowns while bathing in Suffate Lake after leaving a boat and attempting to swim to shore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince Rupert
B. C
Hazelton
Dominion
Big Frank
Jell
Kiskour
Skee Ta
Fairmont
Minn
Joseph Cihlar
Ceylon
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Standard
C. C. Knappen
South Dakota
Edward Dana Durand
California
T. D. North
Luther Conant, Jr
Department of Commerce and Labor
Meyer Han
Yeasela
Veuuela
William Sulzer
Guatemala
Republic
Michael Fanciano
Fiyaneville
Ind
Fanciano
John B. Sardy
Bardy A
Mousam's Mills
Stratford
N. H
Juneau
Alaska
Noel Omille
James York
Sumdam
York
Philander C. Knox
College of St. Thomas of
Villa Nova
Syndh
Uruguay
Santa Rosa
Puerto Cormilla
N.Y
Eiale Sipel
Reveleteke, & C
Congress
Wall Street
Railroad Seuss
Domina
Nate Buffer Leve
Remneas
BE. H. Harriman
Red Outlaw
Troublesom
Canda
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