Fuller Succumbs to Heart Failure in Sorrento Maine
Melville W. Fuller, longtime Illinois legal figure and former chief justice, died at 6 am in Sorrento Maine at age 77 from heart failure. Born in Augusta, Maine in 1833, he rose from Bowdoin College to practice law, later becoming a Chicago attorney and finally Chief Justice in 1888 after appointment by President Cleveland. Funeral services will be held in Sorrento before burial in Chicago.
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Supreme Court
Ballinger quiets resignation rumors at Beverly meeting
Secretary of the Interior Ballinger arrived in Beverly with Taft for a conference on reclamation service reorganization. He rejected resignation rumors, stating he is not a quitter and did not bring plans to resign. In Jefferson City, a coroner's inquest into Anna Wendler's death suggested murder. the sheriff assists the inquiry.
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Fight pictures barred in England plan announced
Associated Press from London reports Sir Howell Davies will ask the home secretary to ban the exhibition of biograph pictures of a figure named Jeff in the name of public decency. The move aims to suppress materials deemed indecent for general viewing.
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Associated Press
London
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Fire destroys lumber yards in Gilllens Canada
A large blaze at Gilllens lumber yards in Ornprior Ontario destroyed three to five million dollars worth of lumber. The mills were saved after a hard fight. the fire began the previous night and continued into today, reducing large stock in Montreal reporting.
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Canada
Ornprior
Ontario
Gilllens
Hyde given life sentence for poisoning Swope
Kansas City July 5 Dr B C Hyde convicted of poisoning Col Thomas H Swope the millionaire philanthropist was sentenced to life imprisonment at hard labor by Judge Latshaw in the criminal court this morning An appeal to the supreme court was filed by Hyde's attorneys and until taken up the prisoner will remain in the county jail here
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Thomas H. Swope
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Supreme Court
Vinita Celebrates Nations Birthday With Grand Fourth Festivities
Tens of thousands flocked to Vinita for the 134th Independence Day celebration amid fair weather and orderly crowds. The Electric Park spectacle featured a flawless fireworks show and a free Wall game at the ball park between Afton and Vinita, with Vinita winning the prize.
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Democratic Victory Speech From Missouri Leader At Tammany Hall
New York July speech by Champ Clark of Missouri, Democratic leader in the House, attacking Republicans and praising Democratic unity. He denounces tariff graft, calls for relentless fight to win in November, and accuses Republicans of broken tariff promises and corruption.
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Missouri
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Aeroplane Maiden Flight Across countryside
Doebruts July 6 the army aeroplane completed a successful cross country maiden flight. Steered by Dr Brueck it flew about a mile and a half in the air along a line from Mehlenburg to Altdoeberiz, performing evolutions above the parade grounds at an altitude of one hundred feet before returning to the starting point.
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Earthquake Recorded at Georgetown University
Washington D C July 7 A severe earthquake shock lasting from 12 01 to 12 08 this morning was recorded by the Georgetown University Observatory The observers indicate the earthquake was likely no more than fifteen hundred miles distant with the main motion toward the east and west and the heaviest reading since January traffic.
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Soldier Trestle Collapse Injures Three at Reservation
Associated Press report from Leavenworth Kansas describes a trestle built by soldiers on a reservation that collapsed this morning under Company K engineers, injuring three men badly and killing two horses. The incident underscores safety concerns following the collapse.
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Man Escapes Asylum. Slays Father in Kansas Hammer Attack
Buck Plant, recently escaped from Parsons asylum, went to his father George Plant’s home in Hill City Kansas and crushed the sleeping man’s head with a hammer then cut his throat from ear to ear. The family fled. Plant was recaptured and to be returned to the asylum. Ten years earlier he killed his brother.
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Drowning Tragedy Strikes Muskogee Fourth of July
Two Muskogee residents Frederick A. Knowlton and Miss Katherine Jarrett drowned in the Grand River near Rio while picnicking. Car conductor Charles Perryman was injured when a pole struck him during a disrupted streetcar run.
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Contractor's affinity dies from effect of wounds
Kansas City July 7 Associated Press. Miss Ruby Wirsch twenty two died at the general hospital from bullet wounds inflicted Tuesday night by contractor Edward M Baker who shot her after she failed to keep a promised engagement. The prosecuting attorney filed a murder in the first degree charge against Baker now in the county jail.
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Edward M. Baker
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Baker
Noman Shoots Husband Then Ends Own Life Tragedy
In Chicago on July 7 Mrs. Emme Henry Mulwow, wife of a street car conductor, shot her husband and their three year old daughter before killing herself. A letter written beforehand blames her husband for alleged unfaithfulness and cruelty.
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Emme Henry Mulwow
Jeffries Loses to Johnson in Fifteenth Round in Reno
Reno July 5 Johnson defeats James J. Jeffries in fifteen rounds to become the first undisputed black heavyweight champion. Jeffries, aging and exhausted, endures a brutal beating with a swollen face and bleeding from the nose, while Johnson displays speed and defense, finally securing victory as the crowd falls silent.
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India Prohibition Debate Over Jeffries Johahn Fight
Reports from Calcutta dated July 1 say Indian newspapers debate prohibition of the photograph type of the Jeffries Johahn bout. American authorities are urged to destroy the film and restrain the owners.
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