Hanna Holds Ohio Clash Over Civil Service Charges
Senator Hanna had a long White House talk with President Roosevelt and dismissed Mr. Burton of Ohio as unfounded. He said civil service probes found no law violation and that officials keep citizen rights despite holding office. Hanna plans a Ohio wedding visit with James R. Garfield accompanying.
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Washington
Hanna
Burton
Ohio
Congress
Cleveland
Civil Service Commission
Hanna Sai
James R. Garfield
Garfield
Senate probes Rebecca J. Taylor discharge case
In Washington the Senate considered Carmack's resolution directing the civil service committee to investigate Rebecca J. Taylor a war department clerk discharged for alleged criticism of Philippine policy. The measure was laid over. debate on the naval bill followed with discussion on building ships at government yards and using navy docks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Carmack
Tenn
Civil Service
Rebecca J. Taylor
War Department
Perkins
Committee On Naval Affairs
Forest reserves bill seeks transfers and new game preserves
Washington, June 11. The house, with no preliminary business, resumed debate on a bill to transfer certain forest reserves to the agricultural department and authorize the president to establish game and fish preserves within those reserves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Agricultural Department
Washburn College Names New President
Norman D. Plass of Worthington Mass was chosen to succeed George M. Kerrick as president at a special Washburn College trustees meeting in Topeka Kansas on June 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washburn College
Topeka
Kan
Norman D. Plass
Worthington, Mass
George M. Kerrick
Pope Leo Will Reciprocate Gift From Roosevelt
Rome dispatch reports Pope Leo XIII highly praised President Roosevelt's gift of a complete set of works. He ordered mosaics of St Peters transmitted to the president with thanks. The mosaics are praised as magnificent Vatican workshop art.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Pall Mall Gazette
Rome
Roosevelt
St. Peters
Vatican
Cuticura Resolvent Pills Offer Economical Purifier
CUTICURA RESOLV ENT PILLS chocolate coated offer an economical tasteless substitute for the liquid resolvent and other blood purifiers. Each pill equals one teaspoonful of the liquid resolvent. Sold in screw-cap pocket vials of 60 doses for 25c. Pills are alterative antiseptic tonic and digestive and promoted as pure and economical.
Complete Treatment for Skin Humors and Eczema
Complete external and internal treatment for every humour. CuricuRa Soap cleanses crusts and scales, CuricurA OINTMENT soothes itching and inflammation, CuricurA RESOLVENT PILLS cool the blood. A Sivene Set cures torturing skin and scalp conditions. Sold worldwide with depots in London Paris and Boston.
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Charterhouse
London
Rue de le Paix
Paris
Corr
Boston
St Luke hospital fire leads to arrests and inquest delay
Chicago, June 11. Thirty four injured in the St Luke Society hospital fire raise fears of three more deaths, bringing total fatalities to thirteen. Eight men including president O E Miller remain under arrest as coroner Traeger delays the inquest for a full investigation into licensing, neglect, and whether patients were strapped down. Alderman Blind Billy Kent, a noted politician, dies in the blaze.
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Chicago
St. Luke Society
O. E. Miller
Miller
Denver
Health Department
Traeger
Billy” Kent
Kent
Samuel K. Markham
Isthiorkaea
Fire destroys Woodruff hotel hospital in Chicago
Ten people die and about twenty five are injured when a fire consumes the Woodruff hotel at Wabash avenue and Twenty first street. The St Luke society's patients, many bound to beds, perish or suffer severe burns as rescuers pull others from flames. Local alderman William E Kent is among the dead.
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Chicago
Woodruff
Wabash Avenue
Twenty-first Street
St. Luke Society
William E. Kent
Dividing the Ransom in Bulgarian Secret Congress
The Strouma reports a secret congress of delegates from Kostendit and surrounding towns met in Sofia in March to plan disposal of Ellen M. Stone and Mme Tsilka ransom money. Karapeoff was present among delegates who decided to send bands into Macedonia on a secret mission.
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Salonica
Roumelia
The
Strouma
Kostendit
Bulgaria
Dubnitza
Sofia
Ellen M. Stone
Mme. Tsilka
Karapeoff
Tschinerpoff
Four Die As Cyclone Hits Ulen Minnesota Area
A cyclone near Ulen Minnesota on June 11 killed a woman at the Voss post office and three members of Andrew Horim’s family, with a fourth critically injured. The storm wrecked farm buildings, killed hundreds of head of livestock, and left widespread devastation across about twenty miles. In nearby Detroit and Ulen, winds damaged farms and the Swedish church, with one death and multiple injuries reported.
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Ulen
Minn
Voss
Serg
Andrew Horim
Detroit
Atlanta
Walworth
Clay County
Winnipeg
Fire destroys Junction Elevator complex and nearby properties
The German town Junction Elevator and Warehouse Co at 2933 North Broad Street and the grain warehouse of L. J. Miller & Sons at 2931 North Broad Street were burned down along with about six nearby dwellings. Loss estimated at $125,000.
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Philadelphia
Germantown Junction Elevator and Warehouse Company
North Broad Street
L. J. Miller & Sons
Fifth Victim Body Found In Saratoga Fire Ruins
In Saratoga New York on June 11 the body of Miss Mary F Charrington was recovered from the Arcade fire ruins, marking the fifth fatality of the disaster that leveled the building and surrounding structures.
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Saratoga
N. Y
Mary F. Charrington
Riot at Great Western depot leaves one dead in St Paul
Dell Roberg of Concord street dies at city hospital after a Sunday evening riot in front of the abandoned Great Western depot. N Marcotte and Fred Wayman are wounded. eight to ten shots fired as Italians faced robbers party. Seventeen Italians jailed at Central station. Tony Santaro and Louis Vantral admit involvement.
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St. Paul
Dell Roberg
Concord Street
City Hospital
Great Western
Page
Concord Streets
N. Marcotte
Ramsey Street
Minneapolis
Fred Wayman
Joseph St. Dora
Marcotte
Roberg
Waynan
Ducas
Central Station
South St. Paul
Tony Santaro
Louis Vantral
Wayman
Water Famine Strikes Hong Kong as City of Peking Arrives
The Pacific Mail steamship City of Peking arrives from the Orient bringing news of a water famine in Hong Kong. Wells in the city have run dry and tugs shuttle water between the mainland and the city. Officers say the drought affected the Chinese most when the vessel left.
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Hong Kong
San Francisco
Pacific Mail
City of Peking
Orient
Peking
Sunday Piano Shame Cited by Mrs Nexdore
Mrs Nexdore tells her daughter it is a shame to play the piano on Sunday. Mrs Pepprey reacts with surprise asking why Sunday is singled out.
St Ignace ferry sinks. rail link between peninsulas cut
The St Ignace car ferry sank at St Ignace after loading heavy iron ore cars on one side leaving the crew unharmed. With the St Marie in drydock and the Algomah limited, rail traffic across the Mackinaw Straits and Soo route is halted isolating the Upper Peninsula from the East.
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Mackinaw City
Mich
St. Ignace
Michigan Peninsulas
Straits
Upper Peninsula
Strikers Replaced at Great Northern Boiler Shops
In St Paul on June 11 Great Northern officials moved to curb a weekold boiler shop strike by bringing in new workers from Erie rail points. Two carloads arrived and were assigned to replace strikers and helpers. A Jackson street bridge crowd jeered, shouting scabs, while police kept watch at shop entrances.
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St. Paul
Great Northern
Erie
Jackson Street
Town Nearly Destroyed in Canadian Fire
Helena Montana dispatch reports Michel town across the Canadian border devastated by a blaze. Fire began in a residence area around 1 PM with hurricane winds, engulfing 24 houses in four hours. About fifty families homeless. narrow escapes recorded. Property loss estimated over two hundred thousand dollars.
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Helena
Mon
Michel
B. C
Father and Two Sons Drown at Ontonagon River
In Houghton Michigan on June 11 William Wissing aged thirty six and his two sons William thirteen and Charles eleven were drowned in the river at Ontonagon. The boys were naked while the father wore his clothing. It is believed the boys entered deep water while bathing and the father attempted a rescue.
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Houghton, Mich
William Wissing
William
Charles
Ontonagon
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Velt
Taylor
Pope Leo
Chicago's Hospital Catastro
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Miss Stone
Ulen, Minn
Upper
Peninsular
Port of
Michigan
Michel, B. C
J. E. Kelley
Owl Restaurant
Dakota
Huron
J. Eas
South Dakota
Mitchell
S D
Groton
Aberdeen
Wessington
S.d
Doland
Watertown
Scoo
S. D
Standard Savings Bank
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