Delphia Kidnapping Suspect Nabbed After Ransom Plot
Little Fred, seven, abducted from school, was recovered from captor John Joseph Kean in West Philadelphia. Kean, a former stock broker, demanded 5000 dollars and warned he would shoot if not paid. He attempted escape and was shot at by officers before surrendering to Superintendent Taylor. The child remained unharmed aside from distress and exposure.
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Little Fredwich
Ool
Accomy
de Donaghy
North
Cond Street
West Philadeland
John Joseph
Kean
Ttves
Pet
E Taylor
Manager Kelley Suspended Over Umpire Smear Charge
Milwaukee June 19 President J Kelley of the Minneapolis ball team rests under investigation for crookedness accusations against umpires Owens and Kane. Umpires Owens and Kane suspended temporarily. A telegram from Mr O Brien to Kelley at Columbus Ohio announced the suspension pending a board investigation into claims that referees were crooked and that the charges impugn the national game and the American association.
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Milwaukee
J. Kelley
Minneapolis
Owens
Kane
Kelley
O’brien
Columbus, O
National Game
American Association
Board of Directors
Robber Slashed In Attempted Jewelry Hold Up
In York on June 19 a would be robber attacked Mrs. Kupfer during a diamond earring theft. The attacker was badly slashed by a knife and a policeman fighting him near a crowd of hundreds. The thief, Carpacca aged twenty three, was captured after a fierce struggle and jailed.
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York
Disastrous Bohemia Flood Destroys Homes and Bridges
A cloudburst over Selean Smychow and Ischt in the Laza rev valley leaves sixty houses demolished and bridges swept away. Dams destroyed, fields ruined, stock perished. Seven are missing.
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Prague
Bohemia
Mes
Selean
Smychow
Ischt
Lazarev
Labor famine in force slows Duluth labor market
Duluth reports a labor famine as common labor wages rise from 2 to 2.50 dollars a day. Employers struggle to fill railroad work orders and employment bureaus at the Head of the Lakes report difficulty securing workers. Notices have gone to congested districts appealing for laboring men.
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Duluth
Massacre at Bialystok claims hundreds killed
Report from Bialystok dated June 19 describes anti Jewish rioting with estimates of 200 dead and many wounded. Surgeons arrived from Warsaw to aid overwhelmed hospitals as a parliamentary commission tours the town amid pleas for relief.
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Bialystok
Russia
Warsaw
Union Sailors Shot In San Francisco Lockout Incident
In San Francisco a launch carrying about fifteen union sailors was fired on by the schooner National City near Union Iron Works. One sailor was killed and three wounded amid ongoing labor strife between shipowners and sailors. Multiple volleys were fired at close range, according to those aboard the launch.
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San Francisco
National City
Union Iron Works
Indicted by federal grand jury in tobacco trust case
The federal grand jury indicted MacAndrews & Forbes and the John S. Young Co of Baltimore and their presidents Karl Jungbluth and Howard E. Young for violation of the Sherman anti trust law. The case stems from a May 1905 investigation into the tobacco trust.
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New York
Federal Grand Jury
MacAndrews & Forbes Company
Johns. Young Company of
Baltimore
Karl Jungbluth
Howard E. Young
Tobacco Trust
Frank Kramer Wins City of Paris Grand Prize in Vincennes
Frank Kramer the American cyclist won the City of Paris grand prize of 1000 dollars at Vincennes France. The Maharajah Gaekwar of Baroda India climbed Pike's Peak visited Garden of the Gods and Cheyenne canyon Sunday. Two fires in St Louis caused about 215000 dollars damage to a five story office building and a large livery and undertaking establishment. Fifty horses burned. George K Fitch a leading California citizen died suddenly at San Rafael where he lived since fire destroyed.
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Frank Kramer
George K. Fitch
California
San Rafael
Jewish community reports pogroms near Bialystok
Telegram from Grajewo Russia Poland states five Jews were killed and many wounded at Lapy near Bialystok and that all Jewish shops were destroyed at Starwieltze on June 19.
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Berlin
Jewish Society
Grajewo
Russian Poland
Lapy
Bialystok
Starwieltze
Con Democrats Near Break With Government Amid Revolt Mood
St Petersburg June 19 The Constitutional Democrats debate changing tactics to break with the government. Radicals push immediate action, warned by cautions leaders. Strikes spread with bakers and butchers to follow, while robberies rise and unrest grows near Cronstadt Fortress with troops dispatched.
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St. Petersburg
Constitutional Democrats
MM. Roditcheff
Naboukoff
Milukoff
M. Viraver
Novoe Vremya
M. Sturve
Osvobojdenie
Associated Press
Tillman presses Walsh Bank probe amid campaign contribution ties
Senator Tillman urged an investigation into the Walsh Bank and its links to Republican committees and a Chicago bank failure. He argued banks financed campaigns and argued retroactive action may be needed, citing loans to the bank president’s interests. Senator Hopkins dismissed Tillman’s charges as misleading.
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Chicago National Bank
Tillman
Aldrich
Senate
House
Chicago
Fenton
House Committee On Banking
John R. Walsh
Hopkins
South Carolina
Iowa Governorship Fight Convention Report
Des Moines dispatch outlines contested and instructed delegates in the Cummins Perkins race. Cummins claims 852 total delegates including contested votes, Perkins lists 723, Rathbun 90, with Dubuque county half agreeing to back Cummins.
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Des Moines
Cummins
Scott
Delaware
Wappello
Jasper
Jefferson
Perkins
Chickasaw
Rathbun
The
Sioux City Journal
anti-Cummins
Dubuque County
Meat inspection bill may be amended to suit Roosevelt
Washington June 19 The house agriculture committee authorized Chairman Wadsworth and Rep Brooks to amend the meat inspection provision to meet the presidents views before submission to the president by Speaker Cannon Not all presidential suggestions will be adopted The committee favored eliminating the court review provision and having the civil service commission supply inspectors but opposed labeling with date of manufacture and final secretary of agriculture authority The day included talks between Speaker Cannon and Senator Beveridge about proposed meat inspection legislation but details were not released.
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Washington
House Committee On Agriculture
Wadsworth
Brooks
Colorado
Roosevelt
Cannon
Civil Service Commission
Secretary of Agriculture
Beveridge
Textile council to vote on mill profit sharing offer
Fall River cotton mill interests propose a minimum profit sharing dividend of 0.5 percent to mill operatives in response to a wage scale restoration request. The offer ties dividends to the margin between cotton market price and print cloth cost, with arbitration possible if unions reject. The textile council ordered unions to vote on the proposal.
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Fall River
Textile Council
Celebrate Golden Jubilee of Republican Party in Philadelphia
In Philadelphia the fiftieth anniversary celebration opens at the historic Music Fund Hall with delegations from across the nation and nearly 200 aging veterans from Fremont era. The National League of Republican Clubs runs the event alongside its annual convention as Mayor Weaver urges reflection and renewal of party ideals.
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Philadelphia
Historical Music Fund
Republican Party
John C. Fremont
National League of Republican Clubs
Weaver
Angeline Steamer Ashore Off Point Abino
The Angeline of the Cleveland Cliffs company ran aground at Point Abino in Lake Erie. The Buffalo NY dispatch notes the vessel carries ore and rests on the shore after the incident.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Angeline
Cleveland Cliffs Company
Point Abino
Lake Erie
Eas
Chicago meat questions in the House of Commons
In London the Commons debated Chicago canned meat supplies to British troops in the South Africa war. War Secretary Haldane said over half the meat came from the United States but exact Chicago imports were unspecified. Officials found no enteric fever cases linked to ptomaine poisoning. A box marked Armour’s Chickens prompted an inquiry into premises origins.
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London
Chicago
House of Commons
Hicks-Beach
Exchequer
Haldane
South Africa
United States
War Office
Armour’s
St. Louis
Kansas City
Jacoby
Six appropriation bills become laws and six await actions
In Washington on June 19 the government has four teen appropriation bills in process. Four have become laws including urgent deficiency pension diplomatic and consular and army. The Indian appropriation bill is completed pending presidential approval. Six more have passed both houses and are in conference. These cover fortifications legislative executive and judicial post office military academy and the District of Columbia.
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Washington
Congress
Post Office
Military Academy
District of Columbia
House Session Brief Reports Recommitment and Funeral Tribute
The agricultural bill with senate amendments is recommitted to the agriculture committee. Rep Bartlett announces the death of Rufus Lester and resolutions are adopted. Speaker Cannon names a committee to attend the funeral. The house adjourns for the day as a mark of respect.
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Washington
Senate
Committee On Agriculture
House
Bartlett
Rufus Lester
Cannon
Wisconsin Board Demands Grain Inspection Probe
Senator McCumber presented a Superior Wisconsin board of trade petition to the senate seeking an investigation of Minnesota grain inspection practices. The board claims a shortage of about 6 000 000 bushels due to the methods used and the senator urged inquiry in the interest of all parties concerned.
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Washington
McCumber
Senate
Board of Trade of Superior
Wis
Minnesota
Four Killed On Handcar In Tennessee Collision
An empty Louisville and Nashville engine struck a handcar carrying a mixed party of residents from Patty to a nearby town across the Hiawassee river. The crash on a bridge killed four people instantly: S. M. Blankenship, Levy Womack, Mamie Womack and E. H. Brinkley, with others injured.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Polk County
Patty
Hiawassee
S. M. Blankenship
Levy Womack
Mamie Womack
E. H. Brinkley
Devastating St. Paul Fire Destroys Ryan Building
A six story Ryan building at Seventh and Robert streets in St. Paul burned for ten hours. Palace Clothing faced about $250,000 in damage, and the total loss neared $500,000. Thirty seven firemen were overcome by heat and smoke. Lieutenant W A Edwards was critically hurt.
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St. Paul
Ryan
Seventh and
Robert Streets
Twin Cities
W. A. Edwards
Engine Company No. 3
Palace Clothing Company
J. J. Watson
Tillman Says Railroad Rate Conferees Accepting Telegrams
Senator Tillman announced in the Senate that the conference committee on the railroad rate bill has all it wants to do. Senator Foraker cited telegraphic protests about pipelines as common carriers and asked that telegrams be referred to the conferees. Tillman said the conferees are overwhelmed and rejected arguments from nonmembers.
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Washington
Houses of Congress
Senate
Senator Tillman
Foraker
Tillman
Fatally Shoots Sister in Law in Ohio Farm Incident
Cincinnati June 19. William Hisey a farmer near Aurora Indiana probably fatally shot his sister in law Mrs Mary Hisey wife of a Cincinnati manufacturer and severely wounded Herbert Craile of Cincinnati. Long standing family differences are blamed for the shooting.
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Cincinnati
William Hisey
Aurora
Ind
Mary Hisey
Herbert Craile
Editors on Sightseeing Trip in Lafayette
The special train bearing members of the National Editorial association arrived in Lafayette Indiana on June 19 for a sightseeing itinerary.
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