White House Conference Sets Chicago Platform Planks
A White House conference approves Chicago convention planks on tariff trusts currency and limiting injunctions. The outline, drafted by Wade Ellis, favors Sherman law amendment and preserves Roosevelt era policies with topics including railroads resources Cuba Porto Rico Philippines and the Panama Canal.
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Cincinnati
Chicago
White House
Washington
Times-Star
Roosevelt
Wade Ellis
Ohio
Taft
Interior
Garfield
Long
Kansas
Hopkins
Illinois
Frank B. Kellogg
Minnesota
Longworth
William Loeb
Cuba
Porto Rico
Philippines
Panama Canal
Resolutions
Eliig
General Buller Dies After Illness and Long Career
London reports the death of General Sir Redvers Henry Buller aged 54 or 55. Born 1839 he served in the China and Ashanti wars and fought in the Zulu and Sudan campaigns. He led relief of Ladysmith in the Boer War and later commanded in Natal before a London illness.
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London
Redvers Henry Buller
Buller
China
South Africa
Egypt
Tel-El-Kebir
Ireland
Ladysmith
Natal
Ex-St Paul Mayor Receives $11,000 Gift
Robert A. Smith, longtime mayor of St. Paul, was handed an $11,000 draft by R. T. O Connor after the formal transfer of city government. Eighty-one local business men contributed to honor the ex mayor for his service to the city in a simple, private presentation with no ceremony.
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St. Paul
Robert A. Smith
R. T. O’connor
Widow sought for Skidoo lynching victim estate
Friends of Joseph Simpson, lynched at Skidoo for shooting a saloonman, search for his widow in Reno. Reported he left over 25 000 dollars, with his wife said to be entitled to the entire estate if she applies.
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Reno
Nev
Joseph Simpson
Skidoo
Firemen Save Many in House Blaze on West Thirtieth Street
A basement fire at Mrs. Mary Mooney’s boarding house in New York’s West Thirtieth Street trapped twenty guests. A young woman leaped from the roof to her death as crews battled the flames with no fire escapes. Firemen crawled through smoke to rescue Mrs. Mickle and Mrs. Haggerty, pulling Captain Sweeney and Lieutenant Reilly to safety from the roof.
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New York
Mary Mooney
West Thirtieth Street
George Mickle
Sweeney
Reilly
Hartje Divorce Case Seeks Additional Bill of Particulars
In Pittsburg on June 3 attorneys for Augustus Hartje asked common pleas court for an extra bill of particulars in the Hartje divorce case. The filing requests detailed times and places of alleged indignities including a fist strike, a London kick, and infidelity claims, plus sources of information.
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Pittsburg
J. Scott Ferguson
W. B. Rogers
Augustus Hartje
Mary Scott Hartje
Common Pleas Court
London
Italians Storm Bank in Cleveland Bank Raid
About 500 Italians gathered outside the private Gaetano Liotta bank in Cleveland after doors remained closed at the usual hour. Police intervened to prevent a breach as crowds sought to recover deposits, which total around $30,000.
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Cleveland
Gaetano Liotta
Porter senior partner ends life in office
New York on June 3 Anthony B. Porter aged seventy two a senior member of Porter Kilvert & Co killed himself in his office by inhaling chloroform. He prepared for death writing a letter to a nephew asking his affairs be managed and his body cremated. A note on his desk asked several people be notified of the death.
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New York
Anthony B. Porter
Porter & Kilvert
Porter
Paper Plant Destroyed by Fire at Shawano
The West River Fiber and Paper Company pulp mill in Shawano Wisconsin was destroyed by fire on June 1. Loss estimated at 75000 dollars. Fire started in the blower room from an unknown cause. The town lacks fire protection and aid was summoned from Clintonville.
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Shawaho
Wis
West River Fiber and Paper, Company
Clintonville
Burrows Sees President Brief Conference at White House
Senator Burrows, chosen as temporary chairman of the Republican National Convention in Chicago, had a short meeting with the president. He would not discuss the call beyond calling it personal.
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Burrows
Washington
Benator Burrows
Chicago
Witness Margaret Hamilton Sentenced for Perjury
London May 29 Mrs Margaret Hamilton a principal witness in the alleged identity case involving the Duke of Portland and T C Cruce was sentenced to eighteen months penal servitude for perjury after her appeal was disallowed.
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London
Margaret Hamilton
Duke of Portland
T. C. Cruce
Lumber Trust In Campaign Aid Against Kittredge
A public plea alleges the Great Lumber Trust sought a ten thousand dollar contribution to back Crawford in South Dakota. It claims the trust works to keep lumber prices high, controls supply, and pressures independent dealers and consumers while opposing Senator Kittredge and backing reform candidates.
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Reform
The
Great Lumber Trust
Kittredge
Crawford
Trust
Refram
South Dakota
Lumber Trust
ASB
Great Lumber Kings
Lilley Defends Submarine Boat Scandal Stance
Waterbury Conn June 3 Congressman George L Lilley issues a statement on the submarine boat case. He cites a letter claiming Dr E W Reisinger sought a compromise two weeks before the Boutell report and says he would rather die than withdraw charges as he believes them honest and square. He argues the case reflects on Electric Boat profits rather than a charge against House members.
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Waterbury
Conn
George L. Lilley
Boutell
Lilley
E. W. Reisinger
House
Electric Boat Company
United States
Crawford Emissary Seeks $10000 to Back Senate Shot
Crawford's management sent an envoy to the lumber trust to solicit a ten thousand dollar contribution backing his bid to unseat Kittredge in the U S Senate.
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Crawford
Lumber Trust
Kittredge
United States Senate
Balloon Chicago Lands Near Clear Lake South Dakota
A balloon flight originating in Quincy Illinois named Chicago landed six miles southwest of Clear Lake South Dakota after eleven hours aloft. Passengers included Charles A. Coey Captain G H Bumbaugh and Charles H Leichtler. The craft traveled about seventy five miles per hour with a one minute drop of fifteen hundred feet.
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Clear Lake
8. D
Chicago
Quincy
Ill
Charles A. Coey
G. H. Bumbaugh
Charles H. Leichtler
St. Louis
C. S. Bumbaugh
Charles Coey
Charles Leichteiler
S. D
Police Chiefs in Session at Detroit Convention
More than one hundred police officials gather in Detroit for the fifteenth annual International Association of Chiefs of Police meeting. Sessions through Saturday will tackle anarchist and Black Hand issues and seek federal control of the national bureau of identification. Delegates include Major Richard Sylvester of Washington and chiefs Shippy Pinkerton Ragan Hager Koehler from Chicago Buffalo Louisville Cleveland.
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Detroit
Mich
International Association of Chiefs of Police
National Bureau of Identification
Washington
Richard Sylvester
Washington, D. C
George M. Shippy
W. A. Pinkerton
Chicago
Michael, Ragan
Buffalo
J. H. Hager
Louisville
Fred Koehler
Cleveland
Mauretania Sets Two Transatlantic Records
The Cunarder Mauretania arrived at her Pier with two new records. She beat the Lusitania’s long course time by seven minutes and achieved the fastest single day run by any steamship at 35 knots in twenty four hours.
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New York
Steel price cut goes into effect in Cleveland
A $4 per ton reduction in bar steel was announced in Cleveland with the basis the Pittsburgh rate of 1.60 per hundred pounds, cutting the new price to 1.40 per hundred. The change reportedly affects manufacturers stock and follows a committee meeting at Carnegie Steel.
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Cleveland
Egie Steel Company
Pittsburg
Delays and clashes over currency bill in Senate
Senate session sees many members back from recess to vote on the Aldrich Vreeland currency proposal. Senator Aldrich faces sustained opposition and interruptions from Senator La Follette and others while Culberson presses for anti injunction and publicity bills before adjournment.
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la Follette
Wisconsin
Aldrich
Culberson
Rhode Island
Compromise Bill Passed Amid Senate Resistance
Washington reports amid high tension as the conference report on the financial bill clears the House after Speaker Cannon’s orders. Senator La Follette of Wisconsin threatens a Senate death blow while Senator Aldrich calls the measure half faith cure. insurgent Republicans align with Democrats in key votes.
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Washington
Cannon
House of Representatives
la Follette
Wisconsin
Congress
John Sharp Williams
Cannon-Aldrich
Aldrich
Northwest
Davis
Minnesota
Kastergian
Repub
Messrs
Cooper
Morse
Nelson
Brumm
Pennsylvania
Fowler
New Jersey
Bil
Henry
Connecticut
Murdock
Calderhad
Campbell
Kansas
Prince
Waldo
New York
Darragh
Michigan
Brokers Placed Under Bankrupt Court In Pittsburg
An involuntary bankruptcy petition was filed in the U S court against George W MacMullen and Sanford B Evans doing business as George W MacMullen and Co stock brokers Judge Young named Guarantee Trust and Trust company as receiver The bond stood at 100 000 The article notes a claim that the liability will reach 1 800 000 while assets are about 350 000 less than that amount.
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Pittsburg
United States
George W. MacMullen
Sanford B. Evans
George W. MacMullen & Co
Young
Tite and Trust Company
Spe
Iia
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