Civil government to raise Taft as Philippine governor
Washington reports civil government to start July 4 in the Philippine Islands with Judge William H Taft named civil Governor and to head the Philippine commission. The move follows War Department orders and sets a future structure for departments as the transport Thomas sails July 2 with teachers from Yale Harvard Cornell and other universities.
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Washington
Philippine Islands
William H. Taft
Philippine Commission
Philippines
Thomas
Manila
Taft
Atkinson
The
Yale
Harvard
Cornell
University of California
University of Michigan
Philippines Sees Insurgent Losses and Admin Actions
In Albay and Sorsogon provinces about forty insurgents were killed or wounded as engagements occurred. Many insurgents are returning home. General Calles was at Pangsanjan yesterday and is now at Cavinti. Commisaary witnesses face theft and revenue sale charges. Provost Davis proposes municipal governance reforms for Manila. The US Philippine Commission seeks a $10,000 appropriation for fifty Filipino teachers to study in American normal schools. Two hundred soldier prisoners to be sent to the United States aboard the transport Indiana.
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Manila
Albay
Sorsogon
Callles
Pangsanjan
Na Province
Cavinti
Davis
United States Philippine Commission
Washington
Normal Schools of
America
United States
Indiana
Secretary Root Sends Transport McClellan to Manila Quest
Secretary Root orders the transport McClellan to sail from New York on July 10 with the congressional party and army officers bound for Manila. The ship Ingalls will depart later after refit. Headquarters officers and men of the Twenty sixth Infantry at Fort McPherson Georgia will sail aboard the McClellan.
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Washington
Root
McClellan
Manila
Congressional Party
Army
Ingalls
New York
Dand
Twenty-sixth Infantry
Fort McPherson
San Francisco
Volunteers From Manila To Reach City By June
It is expected that 7 500 volunteers will arrive from Manila before June 2. The Thomas with parts of the Thirty-Sees Forty-Ninth Regiments and all the Forty-seventh is expected next week. The Ohio with the Forty-second will arrive on Sunday.
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San Francisco
Manila
Thomas
Ohio
Trans port Aztec Arrives From Manila
In San Francisco on June a transport ship from Manila named Aztec docked while Shea led Company H of the Forty-second United States Volunteers including discharged soldiers and civilian employees aboard five cabin passengers.
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San Francisco
Manila
Shea
United States
Three Men Die As Bridge Collapses On Dry Fork Railroad
Hendricks West Virginia June 2 Three men were killed and a dozen injured when a work train wrecked after a railroad bridge collapsed on the Dry Fork line near here The dead are William Booker fifty master me William D Crawl fireman and Morrison others injured details incomplete
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Hendricks
W. Va
Dry Fork
Williiam Booker
W. D. Crawl
Morrison
Erie and Pittsburg fiver wreck near Greenville Pa
An Erie and Pittsburg fiver train derailed near Greenville Pennsylvania as four passengers were knocked from the rear axle of a car. The event, occurring just after leaving the station, sent the tender and vestibuled coaches from the track and rolled them over injuring none seriously. Passengers named include Miss Smith and William J. Howard of Jamestown and Mrs J H Snyder of New Castle.
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Greenville
Erie and
Pittsburg
Miss Smith
William J. Howard
Wille
J. HM. Snyder
New Castle
Kane
Jamestown
Wreck on Clinch Valley line claims two lives near Bluefields
A Norfork and Western Railroad wreck on the Clinch Valley division near Bluefields today killed two men and burned five cars. The ex tra west bound train carried two camp cars and three other cars. The engineer escaped by jumping.
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Bluefields
W. Va
Clinch Valley
Norfolk & Western Railroad
James Brute
Bevery Ki Kinder
Train blast in Kansas City jolts Chicago and Alton line
A Chicago and Alton locomotive pulling a passenger train suffered a boiler explosion near Kansas City on June 3, injuring several aboard. Details narrow. emergency crews responded as investigators assess damage and cause.
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Kansas City, Mo
Chicago & Alton
Through Hell Gate's Jaws Battleship Massachusetts Passes
Washington June 2 the Navy Department notes the Massachusetts sailed through Hell Gate from New York to Newburyport without a pilot under emergency rules. Capt Henry Manny demonstrated a first class battleship could navigate the Narrows. spectators watched from riverbanks.
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Washington
Navy Department
Massachusetts
Hell Gate
New York
Newburyport
Long
Henry Manny
Willet’s Point
Fort Schuyler
Bullet Grazed His Head Attempt to Kill A. R. Shepard
From Chihuahua comes news that A. R. Shepard once helped build Washington after Grant’s era was shot at while near his Batopopia mine. The Mexican assailant fired as Shepard fled toward his settlement door, grazing his head. The would be killer was captured the next day as chaos spread through the town.
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EL Paso
Tex
Chihuahua
A. R. Shepard
Washington
Grant
Shepard
District of Columbia
Republic of Mexico
Batopuiaa
Conspiracy Charged In Fire Insurance Fraud Ring
In Chicago six men Simon Waxel Jacob Waxel Isaac Tukhorn Leon Fensterstock Louis Lampert and Benjamint Eltison were held to the grand jury on bonds totaling 58000 for alleged conspiracy to defraud fire insurance companies. Eight other arrests have been ordered. Ettelson a former city detective is named among those charged. The scheme allegedly overinsured small stores and started fires to collect insurance sums.
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Chicago
Simon and
Jacob Waxel
Isaac Tukhorn
Leon Frank H. Fensterstock
Louis Lampert
Benjamint
Michael Eltison
Benjamin Ettelson
Lynching of Prophet Smith and McLand Shocks Louisiana County
In Benton Louisiana on June 20 two Black men known as Prophet Smith and McLand were lynched by a mob for alleged conspiracies against whites. The pair led a secret church group. evidence tied Smith to the Church of the Living God origin in Houston. A royal council minutes copy shows plans against Shreveport police and John Gray Foster, and an Ark of the Covenant found on Smith’s premises terrified locals. Prince Edwards remains at large amid ongoing jailhouse prosecutions for Foster’s murder.
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Edwards
Foster
Smith
Houston
Tex
Church of the Living God
Supreme Council
Mecland
Prince Edwards
John Gray Foster
Louisiana
Shreveport
Foster Plantation
Royal Archive
The
Kingdom of God
F. K. Smith
Church of God
Prince Webb
Prince Hicks
Prince McLand
Prince Johnson
Thompson
Bossier
Border killings rise as Rangers pursue Mexican outlaws
San Antonio dispatch reports six men killed including Sheriff Morris and Sheriff Glover, three Americans and three Mexicans, nine captured, and ongoing pursuit of Gregoria Cortez. Wounded tally includes a woman. bloodhounds to be tried. rumors of an innocent man among the dead.
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San Antonio
Tex
Texas
W. T. Morris
Karnes County
Morris
Gonzales County
R. M. Glover
Henry Schnable
Ottine
Belane
Lieut. Sanders
Benavides
Cortez Narrowly Evades Capture Near Cotulla Bandit Outlaw on Run
A large posse pursues Gregorio Cortez near Cotulla Texas as authorities chase a fleeing bandit seen heading from Campbellton. Bloodhounds and a trail through a dense thicket follow a damaged horse and tatters clothing, with Mexican border distances noted.
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San Antonio
Tex
The
Express
Cotulla
Gregorio Cortez
Morris
Glover
Campbellton
Sheriff van
Kerr County
Sheriff Hill
Twohig
Cortez
Kinsel
Maltzberger
Millett
W. C. Campbell
Avant
Tilden
Irvin
O'Connor
Lane
Johnson
San Baree
Mexican murder case update near Gonzales
A noon telegram from San Diego states the Mexican captured and the man killed by Rangers are not the sheriff murder suspects in Gonzales County. Cortez may be the escaped man, and the killers of Sheriff Glover could still be in the area. Rumors of multiple Mexican deaths and a hanging are denied as untrue.
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Gonzales
Tex
San Diego
Glover
Cortez
Supreme Lodge Elects Officers At Hot Springs Meeting
The Knights of the Royal Arch Supreme Lodge met in Hot Springs after Cincinnati conference. Amendments to the constitution were adopted unanimously. Officers elected for two years include M. J. Barty, Charles Mangold, Speere Leroy, M. T. Emanuel, John Fravega, H. Norton, Charles Heary, C. A. S. Childreth, L. H. Eaton, Peter Pringle. Board of trustees named L. D. Cooper, Martin Moore, Frank Arnold, with others as members. Next meeting set for Milwaukee on June 15, 1830.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Supreme Lodge of the Knights of the Royal Arch
Cincinnati
Supreme Walrant
L. D. Cooper
Committee On Constitution
Supreme Lodge
Ohio
Texas
Arkansas
Wisconsin
Indiana
Ilinois
Tennessee
M. J. Barty
Columbus
Charles A. Mangold
Dallas
Tex
Speere Leroy
M. T. Emanuel
John F. Fravega
Memhis
Crazy Farmhand's Deed in Brokaw County
Blooming-ton June 2. At Brokaw county yesterday T. J. Reece a farmhand shot John Young a prominent farmer seriously wounding him and then set fire to a strawstack killed himself and another person with a ricocheted shot.
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Bloomington
Brokaw
This County
T. J. Reece
John Young
Tragic family conflagration ends with arson suspect missing
A family incident ended in an arson fire after an earlier shooting. Reece fled the home and vanished until his body, found partly burned in a straw stack, confirmed a fatal outcome. Authorities suspect a sudden mental breakdown triggered the events.
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Reece
Andy
Union Miners Shootout Near Maritime Mines
In Matawan West Virginia on June 2 a march by hundreds of striking union miners against Maritime mines led to a firefight after guards blocked the entrance. Superintendent Lambert ordered fire. two union men, Boyd Martin and Riley Johnson, were killed and Sam Artrip wounded. Deputies and Sheriff Hatfield observed as tensions rose and reinforcements gathered.
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Matawan
W. Va
Lambert
Boyd Martin
Riley Johnson
Sam Artrip
Mingo
Hatfield
Cape Hatfield
Mystery Safe Found Near Toledo River With Way Bills
Fishermen found a large iron safe near the river two miles from Toledo. Inside were way bills and six empty money bags from the Pacific Express Company. The safe, reportedly sent from Toledo to St Louis and Omaha, may have been stolen Wednesday night along with a missing horse and buggy and a robbed grocery. No confirmation of contents.
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Toledo
Pacific Express Company
Express Company
St. Louis
Omaha
Fuller
Associated Press
Santa Fe Railway Aims Vast Italian Colonization Plan
The Santa Fe Railway plans to bring thousands of Italians to the United States to settle along lands in Southern California, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas. Agents go to Italy with Italian language literature to recruit workers, focusing on the San Joaquin valley. Officials say the goal is to select immigrants likely to settle in the West and to expand plans to Europe after Italy program prospers.
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Chicago
Record-Herald
Santa Fe Railway
California
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Texas
Italy
Santa Fe
San Joaquin
Europe
Monument to the Great Elector Dedicated in Kiel
A ceremony in Naval Academy Park Kiel unveiled Frederick William I the Great Elector’s monument with the Emperor and Empress in attendance. The Emperor praised the elector’s naval foundation and urged officers and sailors to follow his precepts to ensure naval strength and success in China and beyond. Outside Berlin, a separate incident saw a drunken man try to strike Crown Prince Frederick William’s carriage at Bochum. he was arrested claiming he merely wanted to see the prince more clearly.
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Berlin
Frederick William
Minden
Bonn
Bochum
Westphalia
Kiel
Frederick William I
Naval Academy Park
China
Vandenburg
Barker case heads to Jersey City jury in shooting trial
New Jersey jury to hear closing arguments tomorrow after a day of testimony in the Thomas G. Barker case charged with shooting Rev. John Keller in Arlington. Keller denied related accusations as experts debated Barker's sanity while witnesses testified about Mrs Barker's reputation and the press publication of a sworn statement.
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New York
Thomas G. Barker
John Keller
Arlington
N. J
Jersey City
Keller
Erwin
van Winkle
Barker
Blair
Louise Germond
Robert Warner
Frank H. Bennett
Cable Company
Winkle
Beach Street
Sands
Police Board
Fisher
J. Leonard Corning
Corning
Trial Testimony Closes with Sanity Question and Photo Question
The defense and prosecution wrapped up testimony in Barker case with issues of sanity raised for Barker and the Reverend Hutchinson testifying Mrs Barker’s honesty. A photo of Keller in bed was withdrawn by the prosecution. Judge limited closing arguments to one hour and fifteen minutes per side. Adjournment to tomorrow.
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Barker
Hutchinson
Presbyterian Church
Arlington
Morrison in Own Defense in Fatal Fight Over Husband
El Dorado Kansas June 2 Jessie Morrison testified in her murder trial describing a confrontation with Mrs Castle. She tearfully recounted how Castle accused her of pursuing her husband and struck with a razor. Morrison said she then cut Castle during the struggle. Family witnesses followed as Judge Morrison described the injuries Morrison sustained.
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Mrs. Castle
Miss Morrison
H. H. Morrison
Jessie Morrison
The Man Woman Trial In Parkersburg Delayed
The Glenn forgery case in Parkersburg West Virginia did not start as scheduled when Ellis B. Glenn failed to appear. Judge Stapleton forfeited the bond and adjourned. Attorneys said a misunderstanding delayed the next court call with a new date planned for July.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Ellis B. Glenn
Glenn
Col. C.T. Caldwell
Stapleton
Harmony at Cleveland Senator Hanna Urges Peace in Party
In Cleveland Ohio Senator Hanna speaks at the Republican county convention urging harmony between party factions. He praises McKinley and the St Louis platform, calls for unity to support the President, and notes upcoming Legislature elections to appoint a successor to Senator Foraker and redraw Ohio districts. Nominations split roughly evenly between factions.
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Cleveland, CO
Hanna
Foraker
Ohio
McKinley
Republican Party
St. Louis
United States
Resolution on suffrage proposed in Virginia convention
In Richmond on June 3 delegates introduced the first suffrage resolution tied to a new Virginia Constitution. T W Harrison of Fredericks County urged repealing or amending the 15th Amendment to let each state control suffrage. Thom of Norfolk submitted a memorial urging Congress and the nation to repeal the 15th Amendment.
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Richmond
T. W. Harrison
Fredericks County
Thom
Norfolk
Congress
United States
Bryan endorses Hanna for Republican nomination in 1912
William J. Bryan told Chicago reporters he supports Mark Hanna for the Republican presidential nomination next time but doubts he can sway the convention. Asked about a Democratic candidate he said it is too early to name any man and that he has twenty years ahead in his current line of work.
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Chicago
William J. Bryan
Men Today
Mark Hanna
Bryan
Deportation Ordered for Devine Family to Russia
In Philadelphia on June today Judge Mc Pherson of the United States Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania ordered the deportation to Russia of the wife and children of Hyman Devine a naturalized American citizen the court ruling cites that the wife is the sister of the citizen's brother violating the law.
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Philadelphia
McPherson
United States Court For
Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Russia
Hyman Devine
Pennsylvania
Wind and hail devastate Indiana oil fields and towns
Severe wind and hail swept Hartford City and surrounding areas, blowing about fifty oil derricks and causing thousands in damage. A steeple and churches were struck in Marion, with injuries and property loss across the region. Delaware and surrounding counties reported widespread crop and livestock harm with estimated dairy and orchard losses reaching tens of thousands of dollars.
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Indianapolis Journal
Hartford City
Ind
Town-Lot
Roachdale Storm Wrecks News Office Building
Wednesday night storm toppled the Roachdale News building after excavation alongside the structure caused foundation failure. No one inside was harmed though stock and fixtures were damaged and the collapse followed heavy rain softening soil.
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Roachdale
Roachdale News
Monticello
Burt Hathaway
Idaville
Knightstown
Greensboro
Edmund White
Raysville
Riley
Harvey Larkins
Ashe
Toledo
Standard
Hall
Recalcitrant Publicans Strained Lebanon Saloon Pact
Special to the Indianapolis Journal from Lebanon Indiana reports the Anti saloon League compact with saloon keepers under strain with nearly one hundred indictments for alleged quorum law violations. An agreed code to adjust screens close entrances and inspect partitions followed trials, but compliance remains uncertain.
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Indianapolis
Lebanon
Ind
Anti-saloon League
Anticalege Lasewe
Ept
Mats Ee Fs
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Morris and
Texas Sheriffs
Knights OF the Royal Arch
Pacific Company
Atchison, Topeka & Santa FE Railway Company
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Kaiser
Vicar Keller
Eldorado
Cleveland
Cuyahoga County
Husband
BAVOC
Ernest Strange
John Sherron
Kokomo
Steele
Vincennes
Lebanos
Epworth
Marion
First Methodist
Wesleyan Methodist Church
Boots and
Streets
John Masiemsheimer
Doggett
Converse
Drake
James Rowan
Tme
Sylvanus Well
Delaware County
Muncie
Delaware
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