Congress in Flight The Capitol Clears Out
Washington reports a deserted capital as lawmakers flee after service departures. Speaker Gannon Senator Hoemenway and Representative Landis lead the exodus toward Pittsburgh and home in Indiana while the record shows many speeches printed after the session.
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Congressional
Bannon
Ohio
Gannon
Hoemenway
Landis
Indiana
Lower
Pennsylvania
Pittsburg
Cleveland Leaves Lakewood for Princeton Home
Former President Grover Cleveland, convalescing in Lakewood, New Jersey, left for his Princeton home after two months of rheumatic gout and indigestion. He traveled in John Hays Hammond’s touring car with Mrs. Cleveland and Dr. G Rove Reskwood, greeted few locals, and walked unaided to the car. The Cleveland family planned no fixed departure date for his New Hampshire summer retreat.
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Mr. Cleveland
Lakewood
N. J
Foriner
Grover Cleveland
Princeton
John Hays Hammond
Realdenta
Cleveland
Trims
God Speed
Goodby
Alto
Mire Cleveland
Tamworth
N. H
Flecker
Paris Painter and Wife Slain in Brutal Double Murder
Paris dispatch reports a brutal double murder at Rue de Vaugirard in the home of painter Adolphe Steinhell and his wife. Three men and a woman entered about 1 am, strangling the couple while the wife was bound and gagged. The assailants reportedly fled with about 1600 in cash and jewels. The case unsettles investigators with few solid leads and no clear motive.
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Staivhell
Palatter
Mme
Mme. Japin
Hamard
Polly
Durcan
Mme. Steinhell
Luxbend
Paris
Adolph Steinhell
Mm. B Steinhell
Artlat
Maris
Adolphe Steinhell
Lele Charles Auguste Steinhell
Melasonler
Mme, Jupin
Anist
Rue de Vaugirand
M. Steinhell
Pere la Chaise
Oil magnate Pierce must return to Texas for indictment
Washington reports that Clay Pierce, head of the Pierce Oil Co, must be brought back from Missouri to Texas to answer a Texas indictment for false swearing connected with efforts to form the Pierce Oil Co. The U S Supreme Court's decision is noted amid war conditions in St Louis.
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Washington
Clay Pierce
Texas
Missouri
Wodin Gnrest
Watris Pierce Oil Company
Pierce
Supreme Court of the United States Co
Therce
St. Louie
Attempted murder case heard in Jackson court
Jackson Ky June 1 Beach Harris faces trial today for the murder of his father Janos Harris. The prisoner attempted suicide in his cell by obtaining morphine but was saved by a physician using a stomach pump after an overhead ordeal.
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Jackson
Beach Harris
Janos Hares
Reemployment Day Boosts Jobs in St Louis Area
June 1 marks resumed work as National Property association propaganda spurs reemployment. About 17,500 more men employed in St Louis and vicinity than May 1, with orders from St Louis industries and firms nationwide totaling 5 million dollars.
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Et Toule
National Properity Association
St. Louis
Bt Louis Bueries
Countiey
Investigation Begins at Massillon Asylum
Canton, Ohio reports the state board of health secretary Shirey arrived for a conference with officials including Bothwell before proceeding to Massillon to investigate the death of John Adana a patient at the Massillon hospital who doctors say died from injuries suffered earlier in the day.
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Canton
C. Dime
Shirey
State Board of Harr
Bothwell
Massilon
John Adana
Janon
Police Commissioner Smith Exonerated in Disorderly House Case
Deurol Michigan June 1 Police commissioner Fred W Smith was charged with conspiring with a police captain and politics friends to permit women in disorderly houses for a bribe of 500 dollars. Prosecutor said there was no evidence against him and Smith was discharged.
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Deurol
Mich
Fred W. Smith
Smith
Cotton operatives resume full-time work in New England
Plainfield Connecticut June 1 after months on part time all cotton operatives in this state and six thousand employed in adjoining Rhode Island counties resumed work today on fall season.
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Plainfield
Conn
Rhode Island
Textile workers gain benefits as schedules take effect
About 10,000 textile workers in Massachusetts, Maine and New Hampshire benefit from new schedules that took effect today due to increased demand for textile goods.
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Boston
Makeachusetts
Maine
New Hampshire
Auto overturns kill two men in Brooklyn crash
New York June 1 William P Goubeaud and Thewaxy Nolan both of Brooklyn were instantly killed when an automobile overturned on County Parkway Monday. Two other occupants were badly injured in the crash.
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New York
William P. Goubeaud
Thewaxy Nolan
Brooklyn
Qcoun Parkway
Iowa Primaries Spotlight Senate Fate for Allison
Des Moines June 1 United States Senator Allison arrived to end his forty two year senate service. Tomorrow Iowa's first under a new primary law will decide his political fate with Governor O Cummings amid questions over succession.
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Des Moines
United States
Allison
Senate
Iowa
O Cummings
Alison
Steamer collision damages British and German vessels
London June 1 The British steamer Queenswood and the German vessel Lownda were badly damaged in a collision in the fox covered channel and were towed into Dover Harbor.
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London
Queenswood
Lownda
Fox Covered Channel
Dover Harbor
Three American Firemen Killed On St Louis
Three American firemen died aboard the liner St Louis when a boiler tube exploded in the engine room as the ship entered Cherbourg. Other crewmen were injured in the blast noted by officials aboard the vessel during its arrival June 1.
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ST. Louis
Cherbourg
Author of The Fall of Atlanta Dies at 64
George M. Connell, aged 64, author and reading player in the G. A. R., who wrote The Wall of Atlanta, died at his Lisbon home today.
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Lisbon
George M.connell
Atlanta
Political Bosses Arrive as Chicago Hosts Convention
Chicago June 1 delegates begin arriving as party bosses step into the national convention scene. By week’s end the Republican convention is near, with candidate headquarters ready including Fairbanks Hughes and Taft camps already in place.
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Chicago
Winay City
Fairbanks
Hughes
Taft
Three Boys Hold Up Great Northern Train
Great Falls Montana June 1 four youths confessed to holding up the northbound Great Northern train near the stockyards. The four are Albert Hatch 16 William Randall 17 Harry Reams 15 and George Criswell 16. Hatch directed the operation and the group forced the conductor to collect fares at gunpoint. One passenger, William Dempsey, was shot and conductor Jack Hayes narrowly escaped. A fifth youth who aided but did not participate is jailed.
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Mont
Great Northern
Thi City
Ells
Albert Hatch
William Randall
Harry Reams
George
Criswell
Randal
Reams
Hatch
Ateo Hatch
William Dempsey
Tharrowly
Jack Hayes
Trivial quarrel ends in double tragedy
In Washington C H on June 1 Cranby Porter a wealthy farmer attacked his wife with a razor after a breakfast quarrel then killed himself. Mrs Porter severely wounded. Porter died later. boy witness Guy Porter aided neighbors. A dying note to his father hints at motive but details remain unclear.
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Cranby Porter
Porterty
Guy
Porter
Marlee Gerstner
Washington
C. H
Crosby Porter
Btu
Port+ ory
Vaderland Steamer Safe After Dover Passage Delayed by Fog
London reports the Vaderland steamer, believed lost, waited in the Scheldt river on Saturday as fog forced a return to anchor. It later cleared Antwerp and aimed for Dover, with officials denying any breakage to the Moers machine and attributing the delay to fog.
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Vaderland
Antwerp
Fmeniagge
Scheldt
Dover
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