Monument to Jefferson Davis Unveiled in Richmond Parade
Richmond Virginia June 4 thousands cheered as a monument to Jefferson Davis was unveiled during the Confederate veterans reunion in a grand military pageant. Gov Claude Swanson and Mayor Carlton McCarthy spoke as Davis daughter Mish A Hayes pulled the unveiling cord, followed by garlands and a presidential salute. Stores closed across Montgomery and Louisiana observes Davis Day as a holiday. Texas and New Orleans mark Confederate Memorial Day. American ships in Shanghai reported to watch China unrest.
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Richmond
Jefferson Davis
Monay
Iccasion
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Menument Association
Franklin Street
Monwent Avenue
Union
J. E
Stuart
Smith Bolling
Petersburg
Lee
Davis Monument
J. William Jones
Claude A. Swanson
Virginia
Carlton McCarthy
Gen. Evans
Central Committee
The
Monument Association
William J. Behan
Mississippi
Confederated Southern Memorial Associaton
George S. Holmes
South Carolina
John Sharp Williams
Lizzie George Henderson
Montgomery
Ala
Texas
Dallas
Tex
United States
Louisiana
New Orleans
Jefferson Davia
Sentence for Greene and Gaynor Affirmed in Fraud Case
The U S circuit court of appeals affirmed four years in prison and a 575000 fine for Benjamin D Green and John F Gaynor in the Savannah harbor fraud case. The ruling rejected claims of illegal extradition from Canada and delays, with Judge Pardee dissenting on trial errors. The case dates to 1899 and seven years of appeals followed. Prominent Wisconsin pension agent Horace Thompson, 49, died in Marinette.
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New Orleans
Savannah Court
Green and Gaynor
Savannah Harbor
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Shelby and
Mccormick
Pardee
Benjamin D. Green
John F. Gaynor
Canada
Privy Council of England
Savannah
Greene
Gaynor
Supreme Court
Schmitz Trial Resumes With Extortion Charge
In San Francisco on June 4 the third week of Mayor Schmitz’s trial began for extortion related to money taken from French restaurant keepers under pressure to influence liquor license permits. The case centers on $1,175 taken from Malfanti of Delmonico's in January 1905 as jury selection continues and related indictments for bribery and trolley and gas rate schemes are noted.
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San Francisco
Schmitz
Earler
Malfanti
Delmonico
United Railroads
Dufine
Lawlor
Superior Court
Louis T. Glass
Theodore V. Halsey
Pacific States Telephone and Telegraph Company
Cloudburst Damage Threatens Lives Across Kentucky
Kentucky counties from central to eastern regions report extensive flood damage after a Saturday cloudburst. Uprooted stock, washed bridges, and damaged outbuildings across Nicholas, Pendleton, Wolfe, Lee, Grant, Harrison, Bourbon, Montgomery, Bath, and others. Trains delayed by landslides. bridges on the Lexington and Eastern near Torrent washed away. A mail carrier, Hiram Blair, is missing and feared drowned or struck by lightning. In Bourbon County John Crow and Henry Towers were injured by lightning. Mountain streams rise rapidly, risking lost logs. In Superior, Wisconsin, William Waite aged 45, killed himself on the Great Northern line by lying on the rail as a train approached.
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Lexington
Nicholas
Pendelton
Wolfe, Lee
Grant
Harrison
Bourbon
Montgomery
Bath
Kentucky
Lve
Chesapeake & Ohio
Lexington & Eastern Railroad
Torrent
Wolfe County
Hiram Blair
Nicholas County
Bourbon County
John Crow
Henry Towers
Crow
Review of a Week's Notable Global Headlines
A dense weekly wrap reports on a $3,000,000 Roman Catholic cathedral cornerstone ceremony in St Paul, a monster parade, and civic ceremonies. It covers Rockefeller sermons in New York, a Lawrence Kansas coroner investigation into a suicide linked to a $500,000 policy, and Roosevelt’s third-term stance. Also notes art protests in Carnegie Institute reproductions, labor union denials, potential US Steel leadership, rail wrecks, births of prominent figures, and various international incidents.
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St. Paul
Willis Smith
Shoal Creek
Tennessee
John D. Rockefeller
Charles F. Aked
Fifth Avenue Baptist Church
New York
Lawrence
Kan
Televes
L. H. Perkins
Roosevelt
Carnegie Institute
Pittsburg
P. H. Morrissey
G. G. Thorp
Chicago
United States Steel Corporation
W. E. Corey
Southern Pacific
Lozier
Tex
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company
Argentine
Richard Croker
Tammany
Arthur Smith
St. Marys
Marvin Kuhns
Rock Island & Pacific
Union
Griscom
Lloyd C. Griscom
Italy
J. Pierpont Morgan
Arezzo
Perugia
Ater
Florence
Rabbi Hirsch
Hebrew Union College
Cincinnati
Berlin
Lawson Lane
Kentucky
Zeigler, Til
McKinley
Pullman Sleeping Car Company
Interstate Commission
George Paul Kramer
Iron Mountain
Tioga
Bertha Rellstein
Rockford
Mil
Various 1909 News Briefs Port in New York to Salina and More
Ex-president of Santo Domingo deported arrives in New York. Nickie Shepard, Minnesota’s last boy, found dead in a swamp. A Salina bank president walked 186 miles to keep faith with his daughter. Roosevelt hints at active Harvard membership in May 1909. He praises rural life at Lansing and urges farmers to stay on the farm. Honard Gould to testify about Mrs Gould’s temper aboard a yacht. Walter Cheesman, Denver Union Water founder, dies after paralysis. John Ball wins British amateur golf title again. Denmark rejects sale of the West Indies. Mrs Croxton, 43, gives birth to four children, two of whom die. Rome dispatch says the pope adopted vegetarianism last January. Mrs Harriet Bain, 79, Dies. apoplexy after daughter’s death. A runaway stage accident near Lopey Oregon kills the driver and two travelers. Bryan notes rebates era aided railroads. Mrs Dalrymple exposes a minister’s alleged relations letter. Flora Ferg arrives in Washington by horse from Chicago. Advertise in The Courant.
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Santo Domingo
New York
Nickie’ Shepard
Minnesota
Salina
Kan
Honard Gould
Denver
Mr. Cheesman
Hempstead Harbor
L. L
John Ball
C. A. Palmer
Palmer
Harriet Matilda Bain
Edward Bain
Wisconsin
Kenosha
Newell
Lopey
Cal
Oregon
George Galbraith
William J. Bryan
Patrick Henry Day
Delia E. Dalrymple
Worcester
Mass
Chicago
Flora Ferg
Weahington
Horeback
A Beautiful Complexion and Free Recipe Offer
An advertising offer promises a faultless complexion with a free beauty recipe tied to the purchase of a rose cut diamond ring. The text touts European beauty secrets, claims of using Oriental and Greek methods, and says the recipe comes free with every ring sold for $2.00 plus a money order or stamps.
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Europe
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Jeff Davis
Sons OF South
Richmond, VA
the Lost Cause
China
London
Daily Mall
Shanghai
Federal Court OF Appeals
Marinette
Wis
Horace Thompson
Superior
William Waite
Sanders
Great Northern Road
White
Majestic
Emil Johnsgaard
Courant
Revea
T. C. Moseley
East 23Rd St
New York City
Towowen
Oly
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