Two Bullet Holes in Head Tied to Revolver in Barrington's Trunk
James P. McCann, a Lexington, Kentucky resident and former racehorse owner, is found murdered near Bonfil's Station, Missouri. The coroner reports two bullet holes in the head and a revolver matching the bullets in F. Seymour Barrington's trunk, who is held on the murder charge.James P. McCann's ties to Kentucky society and his family are noted as the investigation continues.
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St. Louis
Bonfil’s Station
Gratiot Cabanne
McCann
Koch
Barrington
Union Station
Lexington
James P. McCann
Kentucky
B. T. Hume
Miss Callaway
Owensboro
Miss Johnson
Ontario man kills wife in Anglesia Township
Gideon Burts killed his wife in Anglesia township near Cloyne by battering her head with a stove lifter. He surrendered to an officer after the crime and was deemed insane.
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Napanee
Ont
Gideon Burts
Anglesia
Cloyne
Burts
Prospect husband Theodore Walkopf kills himself after loss
New York on June 29 reports Theodore Walkopf, driven by bankruptcy and the deaths of his wife and children, shot himself Sunday with a French duelling pistol.
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New York
Theodore Walkopf
Fay Dies Suddenly Leader Founding Wisconsin Democrat
Madison vigor: L M Fay president of Democrat Printing Co and Wisconsin Life Insurance Co died suddenly Sunday. He helped found the Madison Democrat about 30 years ago.
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Madison
Wis
Two Die In Belt Line Collision In Chicago
Two people were killed and several injured when an Arch Avenue electric car collided with a freight train on the Belt Line railway at about 1 AM Monday in Chicago.
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Chicago
Archer Avenue
Belt Line
Alleged triple murderer arrested near Sterling Oklahoma
Guthrie Oklahoma June 29 John H Roberts charged with the murder of T N Higgin Botham and two sons near Sterling Oklahoma on December 21 1901 has been arrested at Mt Vernon Indiana.
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Guthrie
Okla
John H. Roberts
Sterling
T. N. Higginbotham
Mt. Vernon
Ind
Kentucky Feud Troubles Prompt Governor Statement
Frankfort Ky June 27 Governor Beckham issues a lengthy statement reacting to county feud troubles. He argues the constitution limits executive power and he cannot oust judges. He proposes Judge Redwine transfer the Jett and White cases but refuses to compel. He blames critics in newspapers and notes Republicans who chased Goebel now attack Breathitt county disturbances while defending criminals. Democrats will punish criminals, he says, and he condemns bitter Republicans for shifting responsibility to him amid Breathitt unrest.
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Frankfort
Beckham
Kentucky
Redwine
William Goebel
Breathitt County
Varsity Rowing Meets Close at Poughkeepsie
In Poughkeepsie on June 27 Cornell won the varsity four oared race two miles in 10 34, followed by Pennsylvania 10 35 5, Wisconsin 10 53 5, and Columbia 11 14. Freshman eight two miles saw Cornell 9 18, Syracuse 9 22 5, Wisconsin 9 32, Columbia 9 41, Pennsylvania 9 45, best time formerly Yale 9 12 4. The varsity four miles eight oared concluded with Cornell 18 57, Georgetown 19 27, Wisconsin 19 29 2 5, Pennsylvania 19 33 5, Syracuse 19 36 3 5, Columbia 19 54 1 5. Cornell had the prior best 18 53 1 5.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Cornell
Pennsylvania
Wisconsin
Columbia
Syracuse
Yale
Georgetown
Postmaster General Payne Retains Presidential Support
Senator Hanna said on June 27 that the president has full confidence in Postmaster General Payne and would not accept his resignation. He cited Payne's integrity and executive ability and noted Payne's health prevents him from taking a needed rest, though his presence is required in Washington.
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Washington
Payne
Hanna
White House
Building trades strike spreads to 200000 workers
In New York on June 27 full 200,000 construction laborers are out, with orders to halt work issued by walking delegates. The strike widens and is described as complete and unified across trades, claimed to be the largest tie up of building trades and a fight to the death.
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Greater
New York
New York City
Supreme Council Meeting Opens in Columbus
The annual meeting of the supreme council United Commercial Travelers of America opened in Columbus Ohio on Friday with officers reports showing the order in flourishing condition.
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Columbus
Supreme Council
United Commercial Travelers of America
Keppeler and Ryan Arrested as Suspicious Persons
New York officers arrested Osgood W. Keppeler and John J. Ryan Friday night as suspicious persons amid police inquiries linking them to alleged turf swindling cases in St. Louis.
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New York
John J. Ryan
St. Louis
Roosevelt tariff plank report denied in Iowa convention
Washington on June 27 reports that President Roosevelt was shaping the tariff plank for Iowa Republicans at their upcoming convention, but officials deny the claim.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Iowa
Business Failures For the Week Reported nationwide totals
New York reports that business failures in the United States for the week ending June 25 reached 171, up from 165 the prior week and compared with 153 in the like week of 1902, 196 in 1901, 185 in 1900, and 158 in 1899.
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New York
United States
Lynching Reported Near Momterey Landing Louisiana
News arrives of Lamb Whitley a Black man lynched by a mob on the Smithland plantation near Momterey Landing Concordia parish Whitley allegedly assaulted a white man and was seized by the mob.
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Jonesville
Lamb Whitley
Smithland Plantation
Momterey Landing
Concordia Parish
Whitley
Oregon Arrives From Nome With 75 Passengers and Gold
The steamship Oregon arrived in Seattle from Nome, Alaska, the first vessel since navigation closed last season. It carried 75 passengers and $140,000 in gold.
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Seattle
Oregon
Nome
Alaska
Lynching Scene Draws Crowds and Relic Hunters
Thousands visited the burned field where George F. White died last Monday night for the murder of Miss Helen Bishop. Relic hunters carried away bushes and cobble stones while revisiting the site near Wilmington. Clergymen debated the events as congregations upheld the pastor's sermon on justice.
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Wilmington
Del
George F. White
Helen Bishop
Chester
Philadelphia
Robert A. Elwood
Scathing sermon in Wilmington denounces white race
Rev Montrose W Thornton of Wilmington’s First AME church delivers a fiery sermon attacking whites as demonlike and criminally dangerous to Negroes. He urges self reliance and warns of police and court bias while citing Booker T Washington and urging vigilance.
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Wilmington
Del
Montrose W. Thornton
Tracy
Booker T
Washington
Lumberman A M Cate Shoots Self on Train Near Decatur
Chattanooga Tenn June 29 A M Cate a well known local lumberman killed himself by shooting through the temple on a Southern railway train near Decatur Alabama early Sunday morning.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
A. M. Cate
Southern Railway
Decatur
Ala
Traveling Man Fatally Assaulted in Missouri
L M Wilson a traveling salesman for the Armour Packing Co was assaulted at Second and Cherry streets in St Joseph on Sunday and fatally cut. He sustained many wounds described as life ending.
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St. Joseph
L. M. Wilson
Armour Packing Co
Second
Cherry Streets
Boat Tragedy Drowns Two on Sioux River
Five people were in a boat on the Sioux river when it overturned Sunday afternoon. Lee Waldum and Miss Waldum drowned. John Stieve, his sister Dora, and Mike survived.
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Sioux City
John Stieve
Dora
Mike
Thena Waldum
Sioux River
Lee
Miss Waldum
Fishermen Die After Ferry Skiff Capsizes on Kansas River
Kansas City report says George Mitchell a tinner and L J Simmons a carpenter drowned when a ferry skiff capsized in the Kansas River Sunday night. The two men were aboard the craft when it went under, and no survivors were reported.
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Kansas City
George Mitchell
L. J. Simmons
Kansas River
Train Wreck in Spain Kills Hundreds Near Saragossa
A catastrophic Bilbao train overturn at Neferilla river near Saragossa leaves at least 90 dead and about 100 injured as rescue operations continue. Officials warn figures may rise as debris is cleared and more victims are found.
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Madrid
Bilboa
Neferilla
Saragossa
Explosion Kills 24 Miners in Mexican Coal Mine
In Barratoeran Coahuila twenty four miners died and about fifty were seriously wounded when gas ignited by a defective lamp exploded at Las Esperanzas coal mines owned by Mexican Coal and Coke Co. About 100 men were inside. debris blocked exits and many were buried. Others fled with injuries.
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Barratoeran
Coahuila
Mex
Las Eperanzas
Mexican Coal and Coke Co
Robbers Loot Farm House Near Limestone, Blue Valley
Robbers broke into the Quintons’ hillside farm two miles from Limestone in Little Valley New York on Saturday night taking $4090. The two bachelors, James and Patrick Quin ton, were known to distrust banks and the attackers set rubbish on fire in the yard before striking James and binding both brothers. James was knocked unconscious and both men remained bound until Sunday.
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Little Valley
N. Y
Limestone
James
Patrick Quinton
Quintons
Pilfering Mail Boxes Arrest in Pennsylvania
Jacob Devine was arrested in Columbia after three months of postal probe for breaking open street mail boxes and stealing letters. A decoy letter found on him led to the capture, and he will be taken to Lancaster for a hearing Monday.
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Harrisburg
Jacob Devine
Columbia
Post Office
Malone
Devine
Lancaster
Labor War In New York Deepens Standoff
In New York on June 29 the Civic Federation conciliation plan stalls as employers demand unions sign arbitration terms before work resumes while unions insist on restoring pre strike conditions before considering arbitration.
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New York
Civic Federation
Flood Ends as Kansas River Streetcar Service Reopens
Kansas City Missouri June 29 street cars crossed the Kansas river at noon Sunday linking Kansas City Kansas after a four week interruption caused by the flood. Only one of three lines is in operation.
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Kansas City
Kansas River
Kansas Cities
Ordination of Kiyoshi Satoh in Boston Universalist Church
Kiyoshi Satoh of Tokio Japan was ordained to the Universalist ministry at the Every Day church in Boston on a Sunday service with many prominent Universalist preachers assisting.
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Boston
Kiyoshi Satoh
Tokio
Japan
Annual Missionary Conference at Lookout Mountain Inn
The annual missionary conference of the western and southern states starts next Wednesday at the Inn on Lookout Mountain in Chattanooga Tennessee. At least 300 delegates are expected to attend.
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Chattannooga
Tenn
Lookout Mountain
Threatened strike averted in Pittsburg machinists
Pittsburg Pennsylvanian reports a threatened July strike by local machinists was likely halted as workers agreed to compromise by reducing their wage increase demand.
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Pittsburg
Court hears fresh lawyer defend murder suspect
In court a young attorney dismisses rumors that John Doe indicted for murder attempted suicide, claiming no fact supports the gossip and that he was hired to defend him. The judge allows the case to proceed. Also a humorous note about a vanity fair pitfall and a shoe remedy ad closes the page.
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John Doe
Lippincotts
Stops the Cough and Works Off the Cold
Laxative Brome Quinine Tablets priced at 25 cents promise relief by stopping coughs and helping end colds. The product is advertised as a simple remedy with a modest cost.
Queen and Crescent Tourist Travel Offers Listed
Advertisements note round trip fares from Atlanta to Asheville and other routes with 50 cent deposits and extensions to August. Tickets sold July dates allow returns by mid July or late July with deposit and joint agency payment terms. Also mentions Chicago to California Oregon Washington service and a general travel quip from period publications.
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Nla
Cuticura Remedies Promote Health and Beauty for Women
Antiseptic cleansing of mucous surfaces and blood through Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent is cited as aiding ulcers inflammations and irritations in women. It claims rapid relief permanent care safety and economy benefiting anemia chlorosis hysteria nervous debility and general weakness. Millions use Cuticura for skin scalp hair hands and nursery needs with various sanitary and cosmetic benefits.
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F. Seymour Barrington
Gov. Beckham
United Commercial Travelers
Louisiana
Spain
Annual Missionary Conference
Allen
Olmsted
le Roy
Vanity Fair
Edgar
Arthur
Edmund
Brooklyn
Atlanta
Vis Queen
Crescent
Nhe O
Asheville
Queen & Crescent
Chicago Journal
Californa
Union Pacific
North-Western Line
Plautus
Dean
Doan
Taylorsville
Miss
J.N. le
Percy Price
P.O
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
West Branca
Mica
B. F. Baiaap
Long Island
Howard M. Smith
Long Island Railroad
Fifth Avenue
H. B. Fullerton
Passenger Dept
Samson Carriage Mfg. CO
Pearl Sr
Cincinnati
Ohio
Tuerson
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