Vacancy in Istamian canal work to be filled by chief engineer
The Istamian canal vacancy created by the early retirement of the Purchasing Agent Duss will not be filled. Ger McKenzie, chief engineer, will likely be assigned to the work. A rural mail delivery report to June 1 notes a route increase of 177 since May 1, totaling 87 741 routes served by 36 566 carriers with daily service on all except 643 routes. The Twenty-Fifth Infantry, whose stations were involved in the Brownsville incident, sails for the Philippines from San Francisco on the Buford July 23, removing nearly all black troops from the U.S. Firearms, accidents, and other incidents follow in a dense list across the nation.
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Istamian Canal
Duss
Ger McKenzhe
Numder
Brownsville
Philippines
San Francisco
Buford
United States
West Point
Fatal boiler accident at Barber Asphalt plant Brooklyn
John Boland died while mixing asphalt at the Barber Asphalt Company plant in Brooklyn. His body was found in a boiling tar vat, suggesting he fell in. A Brooklyn Bridge trolley crash killed a boy and injured many as a trunk fell to the street from the car above. In Los Angeles a trolley car derailed at Colorado and Center streets, killing two and injuring about fifteen as it rolled over on a sharp curve.
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Antonio Liotta
Giovanni Faorano
Northern Pacific
Tacom
Wash
James Hicks
Indianapolis
Calif McCoy
Bassett
Neb
A. J. Wilson
Billings
Mont
Burlington
Cody
Wye
Lee Reynolds
Lee Fox
Indianola
Pearestabscape
Fox
Rev. J. Primrose
Rev
A. F. Berkstresser
Frontenac
Kan
John Boland
Barber Asphalt Company
Brooklyn
Boland
Brooklyn Bridge
New York
Filamanca
Bruno
Los Angeles
Los Angeles Railway
Colorado
Center Streets
Adams Brought Into Court as Western Union Records Sought
The Boise court heard prosecutors seek Western Union records linking Haywood Adams and the Bradley murder plot. Testimony traced Pettibone’s Denver store and San Francisco contacts with Orchard, Haywood, and Adams, including a $100 letter and aliases Wolf and Dempsey. The trial focused on corroborating Orchard’s story and severing ties to Pinkerton agents.
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Adams
Boise
Idaho
Steunenberg
Harry Orchard
George Pettibone
Denver
Orchard
San Francisco
Bradley
Haywood
Steve Adams
Adame
Western Union
Ogden
Pettibone Orchard
Haywood-Adams
Jump Fires Gun Injuring Wisconsin Boy
Sixteen year old Joseph Waldrick was in Millston lumber yard when he jumped over boards. His shotgun discharged accidentally, losing an arm and risking his life. Local authorities continue to monitor his condition as the incident is investigated.
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Black River Falls
Wis
Joseph Waldrick
Millston
Here
Cosgrove Is Elected Secretary of Minnesota Agricultural Society
C N Cosgrove of Le Sueur was elected secretary to succeed E W Randall who resigned to take the dean and director post at the state agricultural college. F E W Randall becomes president, BF Nelson of Minneapolis moves from first vice president to president, CM Griggs of St Paul named first vice president and J J Furlong of Austin named second vice president. Randall resigns effective immediately and Cosgrove begins duties.
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State Fair Board
E. W. Randall
St. Paul
C. N.cosgrove
le Sueur
Minnesota State Agritural Society
FE. Wandall BF. Nelson
Minneapolis
Thas
Cosgrove
CM. Griggs
J. J. Furlong
Austin
Randall
The
State Agricultural College
Woman First In File at Cass Lake Land Opening
Cass Lake Minn June 15 With the formal opening of government lands in Tiasca county about 200 people gathered at the United States land office to file entries. Mrs Ole Ferguson of Cass Lake was the first to enter and offer her fling. The township opened yesterday for fling is fourteen times east of Big Falls and the Little Fork river runs along the western side.
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Cass Lake
Minn
Tiasca County
United States Land Office
Ole Ferguson
Big Falls
Little Fork
Five-Year-Old Saves Baby From Lake Drowning
Star Lake Minnesota June 16 Clifford Vogel five years old saved the life of his two year old brother who fell into the lake while playing on a boat. The water was nearly over the child’s head when he waded out from shore and dragged the half drowned youngster to dry land.
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Star Lake
Minn
Cittard Vogel
Clifford
Forest fires quenched by timely rains at Grand View
New Richmond Wis June 15 rains arrived just in time to prevent heavier losses to the Willow River Lumber company as fires raged near camps at Grand View. Much cordwood poles and posts burned but no logs were lost.
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New Richmond
Wis
Tim
Willow River Lumber Company
Grand View
New Elections Ordered After Duma Dissolution
Emperor Nicholas dissolves the second duma with an imperial ukase shifting to a new electoral law aimed at preventing uneducated masses from dominating the vote. The move, dubbed a virtual coup d etat, is justified by necessity to rescue Russia from anarchy while protests are anticipated in St Petersburg and an imperial ukase prorogues the council of the empire to November 13.
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Bt. Petersburg
Nicholas
Russia
Czar
Duma
St. Petersburg
St. Peterburg
Council of the Empire
Navy resumes harbor search for drowned midshipmen and sailors
Washington reports the Navy Department received a dispatch from Admiral Evans in Hampton Roads stating the search for the bodies of six midshipmen and four sailors, drowned when a launch sank last Monday night, has been continued without success and will resume dragging the harbor today.
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Washington
Navy Department
Admiral Evans
Hampton Roads
Eusuee
Ai Atch
Builders Form Syndicate Organize at San Francisco
Local building interests form a syndicate of outside capitalists planning to advance $10,000,000 within the next month for open shop construction. A second coalition of contractors large construction companies and material men backs the open shop plan and pledges to build or supply materials accordingly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Consul Rogers Sets Shanghai to New York Record
James L. Roger, former American consul at Shanghai, arrived in New York aboard the Philadelphia from Southampton after a 27 day voyage. He departed Shanghai May 19 and calls his crossing a possible record for speed.
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Consul Rogers
New York
James L. Roger
Shanghai
Philadelphia
Southampton
Mr. Rogers
Banker admits $40,000 misappropriation tied to Chicago wheat pit
In Seymour Wisconsin on June 16 a banker pleads guilty to misappropriating 40,000, driven by wheat pit lure. Thomas C. Coghill, cashier of First National Bank, was arrested by a federal officer and shipped to Milwaukee. Coghill admits full details of the theft.
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Hope
Seymour
Wis
Chicago
Thomas C. Coghill
First National Bank
Milwaukee
Coghill
Plague Breaks Out on Trinidad Island Amid Communications Cut
Venezuelan government notifies that bubonic plague has appeared at Trinidad, severing link with mainland. Elsewhere in New York a $50 fire in a four story Lower East Side tenement kills two people, an unknown man and woman found dead.
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Trinidad
Caracas
Venezuela
New York
Lower East Side
Kaufmann Trial: Moses Kaufmann Testifies on Stand
Moses Kaufmann, husband of the accused, testified about amicable relations with Agnes Polrels and events before the girl was taken to hospital. He withstood cross examination without contradicting himself on key points as John Krust testified for the defense and Peter Erickson was discussed as a potential bribe witness. Krust, a former brewery employee, related Erickson’s alleged offer to trade testimony for $500 and Kaufmann’s reply that he would not pay to influence testimony.
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Flandreau
Kaufmann
Moses Kaufmann
John Krust
Sioux Falls
Ofense
Sioux Falls Brewing and Malting Company
Krust
Peter Erickson
Flooded Sturgis and Rapids trains resume service
Water remains eight feet deep on Meade County lowlands after midweek storm. Damage surpasses expectations across eastern Meade. Crops harmed and livestock losses reported as rail service slowly returns and remnants wash downstream. Passengers narrowly escaped drowning while crossing overland. Freight trains halted since the storm. river bends cover with animals and timber.
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Sturgis
S.D
Meade County
Stugla
Rapids
Two Die For Girl's Dare On Railroad Tracks
Madison Indiana June 18 a group of Lovett youths returned from a singing school when one girl dared Charles Dawson and Fred Ochs to stay on the track longer than she. Dawson was killed and Ochs fatally injured as a train approached. The girl escaped with a torn dress.
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Madison
Ind
Lovett
Charles Vawson
Fred Ochs
Dawson
Ochs
Principal Spanked Girl Acquitted in Iowa Court
Bristow Iowa June 18 Professor D H Correl principal of Bristow schools faced assault and battery charges filed by female students who claimed he spanked them. The defense argued spankings were necessary for discipline and he was acquitted.
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Bristow
Iowa
D. H. Correl
Body found in Mississippi river belated winter drowning
Two boys found a floater on the Otter side of the river. The man wore a heavy sheep skin coat and rubbers, suggesting he drowned during cold weather. The Wright County coroner has been summoned to the scene.
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Mississi
Elk River
Minn
Otssego
Wright County
Spooner aide named national bank examiner in Northwest
Horace H. Reed of Wisconsin, formerly of Hudson and 25 years as private secretary to Senator Spooner, has been appointed a national bank examiner and will be assigned to territory in the Northwest.
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Spooner
Washington
Horace H. Reed
Wisconsin
Hudson
Northwest
Wisconsin Commencement Address Highlights Attainment of Success
The fifty fourth University of Wisconsin commencement opened with President Charles R Van Hive delivering the baccalaureate address on The Attainment of Success. In other news, Adolph Querin, three, died after a wagon load of hay toppled and rolled over him in Grand Forks North Dakota.
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Wisconsin
Madison
Wis
University of Wisconsin
Charles R. van Hive
Greshee
Grand Forks
X. D
Adolph Querin
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Wahpeton Times
IMES
Julia Magruder
Richmond
George R. Carter
Hawaii
L. B. France
James B. Quinn
Corps of Engineers
Government River
Sioux City
Williams College
Williamsport
Mass
Monroe Benchley Keith
Gen
Leonard Wood
Henry Steinbach
Baraga County
Mich
Lanse
Costas Meras
Emmeikes
Montana
Guy
Johnson County
Wyo
Fone
Welch’s Spur
Atayay
Saiphutidins Company
Quincy Poin
William Mone
Shoals
Wehbing
Dempsey Timber Company
Tacoma
Camden
N. J
Paul Kies
William Stolseben
Nicholas Forret
Mississippi
Dubuque
Dooley
Wise County
Joseph Banghy
Nora Springs
Judge Burr
Hehtaing
Morocco
Lodz
Eagehall
Banbury
Oxford
Eny
Johnson
California
Blake
Barbado
Karrachi
India
Pedro Miguel
Panama Canal
Jaures
Chamber of Deputies
Dallat
August White
Kiel
Germany
Mexican Herald
Elihu Root
Mexico
Mexico City
Diaz
Strait of Bertheaume
Plymouth
Brest
Peter
Belgrade
Servia
Electrc
Green Dog
Kansas
Ohio
Cromwell Dickson
Columbus
Washington State Insane Asylum
Evangelical Lutheran Synod
Roland
Red Wing
C. J. Eastvold
Jewell
Will J. Davis
Tiltols
Ellen O'Hagen
Elkhart
Newport
Justice Sweetland
Yeo
Fred J. Buensie
Naval Training Station
United States Navy
Paris
Stalia Blair
Produce Records OF Mon
Dolse
Williams D. Haswood
Western Federation of Miners
Attornprs
David
Jah
MfcParland
Richardson
McParland
Promis
Stan Orchard
Lyte Gregory
Pinkerton
NEW Secreta
Gzar
IR Kaufmann
Isband
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