Taft and Roosevelt Meet at Cardinal Gibbons Jubilee in Baltimore
President Taft and Colonel Roosevelt met in Baltimore at Cardinal Gibbons Jubilee on Tuesday. Taft greeted Roosevelt with Hello Theodore and the two exchanged a cordial, vigorous handshake amid notes of lingering frost from a prior New Haven meeting last October. Roosevelt declined Taft's Washington invitation, noting a trip to New York, while Taft urged a White House visit for the silver wedding.
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Miet
Baltimore
Carolinal
Taft
Theodore
Roosevellt
Roosevelt
Cardinal Gibbons
New Haven
New York State
Bonaparte
President
Mr. Roosevelt
New York
Hornell Storm Destroys Home. Rescue Teams Save Inmates
A fierce electric storm hit Hornell New York washing out Canisteo river bank area. The Car View Inn home of Jack McMahon was swept to the river brink and saved by rescuers. Villages suffer washed streets, canisteo train service halted, and farmers face thousands in damages.
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Hornell
N. Y
Car View Inn
Jack McMahon
Canisteo River
First Ward
Bennett Street
Canisteo
Vilage
Can 4Steo
Postmaster Pay Increases In New York State
Postmaster General Hitchcock announces promotions and pay changes for New York postmasters. Buffalo remains unchanged while several Western New York offices gain raises from Niagara Falls to North Tonawanda and Decreases noted for Akron and Friendship.
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Hitchcock
New York State
Buffalo
New York
Niagara Falls
Allegany
Batavia
Dansville
Depew
Dunkirk
East Aurora
Geneseo
Leroy
Lima
North Tonawanda
Akron
Friendship
Vandals Cut Letchworth Park Trees
Young men from Mt. Morris or Nunda allegedly cut about 40 trees in Letchworth State Park opposite the lower falls on the Livingston county side. A log cabin was built nearby, hidden for nearly a week, with ceiling and furnishings taken from a vacant farmhouse.
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Mt. Morris
Nunda
N. Y
Letchworth
Body of Oscar Wheelock Shipped Home From Army Service
The body of Oscar M. Wheelock known as Captain Oscar M. Creighton is sent to his former home in Danvers Massachusetts. Creighton had been an absconder from the Massachusetts Bonding and Insurance Company in Boston and fled after a $10000 theft. Red Lopez reportedly executed after leading the Agua Prieta attack and deserting his men. He was said to have been executed by rebel court martial or chosen death over prison while being moved from Cananea to Hermosillo.
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Oscar M. Wheelock
Oscar M. Creighton
Danvers
Mass
Creighton
Wheelock
Massachusetts Bonding & Insurance Company
Boston
Red Lopez
Douglas Ariz
Cannea
Mex
Agua Prieta
Sonora
Cananea
Hermogilio
Cardinal Gibbons Nominates Roosevelt at Jubilee in Baltimore
Cardinal Gibbons meets with Colonel Roosevelt during a Baltimore jubilee event. The encounter highlights Roosevelt's prominence with Catholic and civic audiences.
Raines Estate Appraised in Canandaigua Report
The estate of the late Senator Raines was appraised in Canandaigua showing a net value of 114,870 with about 140,000 in notes and stock deemed worthless. In the valueless category are 1,058 shares of Consolidated Automatic Telephone and 10,860 shares of gold and copper stocks. Loans to friends and relatives are also listed as valueless. the estate is split among his children with each receiving 19,145. Edith Sylvester and Charles Raines are named heirs.
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Raines
Canandaigua
Consolidated American Automatic Telephone Company
United States
Edith Sylvester
New York
Charles Raines
Harriet Tubman Lauded Pioneer of Freed Slaves
Harriet Tubman, described as a pioneer who guided about 400 enslaved people to freedom and later befriended by Lincoln and others, was taken to the Harriet Tubman home for the penniless in Auburn. Now aged between 95 and 100, she relies on the charity of the home she established for aged black people.
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Harriet Tubman
Lincoln
Seward
Garrison
Wendell Phillips
John Brown
Auburn
Dunkirk Residents Excited by Air Ship Sighting
Reports of an air ship seen over Dunkirk New York near midnight Friday stirred town. The Union depot messengers woke residents after a rumor it sank in the lake, later identified as a box kite launched by campers at Van Buren.
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Dunkirk
N. Y
Night Express
Union Depot
van Buren
Tacoma Saloon Treating Arrests Probed by City Detectives
Twenty one saloon men from across Tacoma were booked after seven detectives arrested them for alleged violations of the city anti treating ordinance. Saloonkeepers plan to challenge the law's constitutionality in court.
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Tacoma
Wash
Nye Acquitted of Bribery Charge in Ohio Case
The Ohio case against Representative George B. Nye ends in acquittal on a count of soliciting a $500 bribe from State Supervisor E. A. Crawford. The trial lasted about ninety minutes. Nye faces three additional indictments in related matters.
Fourth Gas Death Confirmed In Binghamton
The fourth death from illuminating gas in Binghamton this month occurred Saturday as Obio Lawn aged 50 was found dead in a room filled with gas. A gas jet over his bed was partly turned on. Coroner Hooks ruled the death an accidental asphyxiation.
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Binghamton
Obio Lawn
Hooks
Delavan Man Shoots Self After Illness
M. J. Crandall of Delavan New York shot himself in the head Sunday afternoon after suffering ill health. He had been under care by his son William Crandall and was a member of the local I O O F.
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M. J. Crandall
Delavan
N. Y
William Crandall
New Yorker W E D Stokes Shot by Two Women in West 80s Row
W E D Stokes 65 of the Ansonia was shot three times in the right leg by two young women in the West 80th street Varuna apartment house after a dispute over letters he wrote before his last marriage. The assailants and three Japanese servants tied to Pat Casey's vaudeville room were detained as accessories.
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Fitch New Yorker
New York
W. E. D. Stokes
Ansonia
Stokes
Roosevelt Hospital
Ethel Conrad
Varuna
West 80Th Street
Miss Graham
West 68Th Street
Belgium
Mr. Stokes
Miss Conrad
Graham
Pat Casey
No News of Aviator Bague’s Corsica Flight
No news from Lieutenant Bague the navy aviator who left Nice at 5 AM Monday to fly 150 miles over the sea to Corsica without convoy. He carried five hours of petrol and wore floaters and a life belt. If surviving, Corsica would have been visible after about an hour’s flight.
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Nice
France
Bague
Corsica
Knox Before Committee on Canadian Reciprocity Testimony
Washington reports the senate finance committee pressuring Secretary Knox over how he handled the invitation to explain the Canadian reciprocity bill. Knox testified nearly an hour and refused to reveal secret negotiations, noting the amendment followed the original compact terms though the bill now differs. A vote was expected and a neutral report anticipated.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Knox
United States
Root
Senate
Miss Thorne in Pursuit of Highwayman in 40 HP Car
Poughkeepsie June 9 Miss Margaret Thorne daughter of Oakleigh Thorne president of the Trust Company of America aided by Rev Ralph Deyo and Deputy Sheriff Donahue chased a highwayman after a holdup. The bandit struck Dr Jacobus with a club, robbed him of 160 dollars and fled into the woods as Thorne drove her car to close the gap. Officers continued searching the Thorndale vicinity near Burton woods.
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Poughkeepsie
Margaret Thorne
Oakleigh Thorne
Trust Company of America
Mill Brook
Miss Thorne
Ralph Deyo
Netherwood
Jacobus
Donahue
Burton Woods
Thorndale
The
Thornes
Brave 17 year old rescues drowning youth at Atlantic City Inlet
John F Griffin, 17, plunged into the Inlet from Royal Palace Pier fully clothed to save a boy who fell into the water. Rescue succeeded but the rescued boy vanished in the commotion. Griffin earlier risked his life a few months ago saving a detective captain’s son and declined any reward as onlookers urged Carnegie Medal consideration.
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Atlantic City Inlet
Atlantic City
John F. Griffins
Royal Palace Pier
Pacific Avenue
Griffins
Richard Whalen
Bigelow Improves as He Sits Up at Highland Falls
John Bigelow, hospitalized for a week in Highland Falls, N Y, shows continued improvement. He sat up in a chair, dictated letters, spoke with visitors, and enjoyed ripe strawberries from his garden, with plans to likely walk soon.
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Highland Falls
John Bigelow
Dr Hill Plans Swiss Chateau Stay After Ambassadorship
Dr. David Jayne Hill, retiring American ambassador, has rented a Swiss chateau on Lake Geneva and will depart around July 1. He expects to settle in Washington in the fall.
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Berlin
David Jayne Hill
Lake Geneva
Washington
Oxenian Fire Reported Off Waarde in Scheldt
Antwerp June 7 man reports the Leyland line steamship Oxenian of 4000 tons Captain Bacon from New Orleans via London bound for Antwerp is on fire off Waarde in the Scheldt. The vessel’s status and any casualties are withheld in the report.
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Antwerp
Leyland Line
Oxenian
Bacon
New Orleans
London
Waarde
Scheldt
Storm kills seven and injures twenty in Cleveland region
A terrible storm swept over Cleveland and vicinity leaving seven dead and about twenty injured. The coroner's jury ruled Sir W S Gilbert died of syncope while trying to rescue a drowning woman. Allen and Graham of the National Grange spoke to the Senate finance committee about opposing the Canadian reciprocity agreement. The Albany senate passed the Jackson bill mandating a three platoon police system for city classes one and two.
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St. Petersburg
Cleveland
W S. Gilbert
Allen
Graham
National Grange
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Albany
National Liberal Club honors Carnegie in London dinner
The National Liberal club hosted a dinner for Andrew Carnegie in London to honor his peace crusade. In Assur, Arab rebels captured Abha and took 3,000 soldiers as prisoners, while an explosion at Fortress La Loma in Managua Nicaragua left 120 dead or wounded. Ex Judge E H Gary testified to the House steel investigating committee denying plans for a global steel combine. The wool bill from the Ways and Means Committee faced a bitter caucus fight as wool duties were set to be cut by one-half to two-thirds.
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National Liberal Club
Andrew Carnegie
London
Assur
Abha
la Loma
Managua
Nicaragua
E. H. Gary
House Steel Investigating Committee
Ways and Means Committee
House Democratic
Wreck of the Maine Seen as Pumps Expose Cofferdam Relic
Pumps lowering water in the cofferdam reveal part of the Maine wreck. Judge Gary to testify again before the House steel committee in New York City. Prominent figures dropped from invitations to meet King George. Eight thousand insurgents mobilized in Mexico City to guard General Madero. Most of 260 million dollars from church sales in France, earmarked for the state, has disappeared.
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Maine
Judg Gary
House Steel Committee
New York City
King George
General Madero
France
Notable World and Local Incidents and Events
A woman killed and her sister fatally injured in a Worcester area car crash. John Hays Hammond arrives in London as special American ambassador for the coronation. Rome dedicates an equestrian statue and memorial to Victor Emmanuel II costing 20 million dollars. Pekin reports China seeks treaty provisions changes with Russia that may affect Japanese interests. Vedrine wins the Paris Madrid aeroplane race and plans to start the Paris Rome Turin contest aiming to reach Rome in one day.
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Worcester
Mass
John Hays Hammond
George
London
Victor Emmanuel II
Rome
Pekin
China
Russia
Vedrine
Paris
Notable figures in distress and tragedy across regions
A Sing Sing convict committed suicide in the Hudson dragging down another prisoner who tried to save him. John E Bigelow, veteran author and former minister to France, was reported seriously ill at his home in Highland Falls New York. General Rhys Price left Los Angeles for Lower California to set up an independent republic. Lieutenant Bague left Nice for Corsica by aeroplane and failed to arrive, torpedo boats searched. John Dillon the Irish leader was thrown from an automobile in Dundalk sustaining spinal concussion and a head wound requiring stitches.
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Hudson
John E. Bigelow
France
Hame
Highland Falls
N. Y
Rhys Price
Los Angeles
California
Peninsula
Bague
Nice
Corsica
John Dillon
Dundalk
Ex-President Castro Arrives in Gibraltar from Lisbon
The state department reports ex President Castro has landed in Gibraltar after arriving from Lisbon. Secretary Knox and Nicaragua's minister sign a treaty to refund Nicaragua's foreign debt. Pirates seize a fishing schooner at Cuxhaven. owner shot dead. German police capture attackers after a clash. Lieut. Bague missing after a Monday attempt to fly 100 miles from Nice to Corsica. Pierre Vedrine, Paris Madrid aviation winner, begins Paris Rome Turin race but retires after aircraft accident.
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State Department
Castro
Gibraltar
Lisbon
Knox
Nicaragua
Cuxhaven
Bague
Nice
Corsica
Pierre Vedrine
Bryan's Daughter Weds Lincoln Wholesale Grower Hartgraves
Grace Dexter Bryan, daughter of William J Bryan, marries Richard Lewis Hartgraves, a Lincoln wholesale grower, at Fairview with Rev. Harris F Huntington officiating. Attendants include William J Bryan Jr as best man and bridesmaids Lilly Tyler and Helen Seward. groom's sister Mrs W S Stein acts as matron of honor. couple has been sweethearts since school days.
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Lincoln
Nebb
Grace Dexter Bryan
William J. Bryan
Richard Lewis Hartgraves
Fairview
Harris F. Huntington
Crete
Bryan
William J. Bryan, Jr
Tuscon, Ariz
Lilly Tyler
Virginia
Helen &Ewird
W.S. Stein
Hargraves
Miss Bryan
Baldwin Locomotive Works Faces Steady Demand in Philadelphia
Baldwin Locomotive Works employs 12 000 workers in Philadelphia and receives daily orders though small. Management says labor issues are settled and reorganization is progressing with no cause for complaint. The firm plans to expand capacity by enlarging the Eddystone works.
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Philadelphia
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Eddystone
Senate votes to urge investigation of Stephenson election
Madison Wis June 8 the senate adopts by 18 to 3 a progressive Republican substitute to a Democratic resolution calling on the U S senate to investigate Stephenson election. the special committee says bribery influenced the vote and asks the senate to unseat the Badger senator.
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Madison
Wis
Senate
United States Senate
Stephenson
Special
Watch for Castro Sparks Jamaican Alarm
Kingston authorities scrutinize Cipriano Castro amid alleged plans to trigger a Venezuela uprising from a nearby location. The Bishop of Lima was detained on arrival, suspected to be Castro in disguise, as the American government reportedly watches the situation.
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Kingston
Jamaica
Cipriano Castro
Venezuela
Iimon
Castro
Ex-Prime Minister Maurice Rouvier Dies at 1842 Birth
Maurice Rouvier former French prime minister in three cabinets died suddenly in Paris from pulmonary congestion. He served as a senator for Alpes Maritimes and held political office almost continuously from 1870 until his death. He belonged to seven ministries.
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Paris
Maurice Rouvier
Alpes-Martines
Rouvier
Market Report New York Provision Market
New York June 6 market notes show No 2 red wheat at 98 cents elevator No 2 corn f o b 60 4 cents Oats standard 43 cents Mess pork 17 50 to 17 75 Creamery butter 23 23 1 6 cents extra 22 22 1 2 cents Cheese State fancy 10 1 2 cents Eggs State and Pennsylvania 20 23 cents Bermuda new No 1 potatoes per barrel 6 50 to 7 00 bulk 2 00 to 2 37
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New York
Pennsylvania
Bermuda
Buffalo Provision Market Prices Report
Buffalo markets June 6 show grain prices with No 1 northern wheat at 1.02 per carload and No 2 red at 95 cents. Corn No 2 yellow 59 cents f o b afloat, No 3 yellow 50 1/2 cents. Oats No 2 white 41 cents f o b afloat, No 3 white 40 1/4 cents. Flour blended patent 5.50 per bill, winter family patent 4.75 to 5.50. Butter creamery western tubs extra 22 cents, creamery/state 18 to 20 cents. Eggs state selected white 19 cents. Cheese good to choice new 10 1/2 cents. Potatoes white choice to cozy per bushel 15 8 1/2 cents.
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Buffalo
Winter Family
East Buffalo Livestock Market Sale Results
CATTLE Prime steers 6.30 to 6.45 1200 to 1400 lb and 5.50 to 5.90 for 1100 to 1300 lb. Fat cows 35.00 to 6.35. Heifers 6.00 to 6.10. Bulls 3.75 to 4.25. Veals 9.00 to 9.25. HOGS Light Yorkers 6.40 to 6.45 heavy hogs 6.20 to 6.35 pigs 6.25 to 6.30. SHEEP LAMBS Clipped choice lambs 6.50 to 7.00 mixed sheep 3.90 to 4.50.
Buffalo Hay Prices Shown for Timothy Straw Wheat and Oats
Market notes list Timothy hay at 18 dollars per ton for No 1 and 16.50 to 17.50 for No 2. Straw wheat and oat priced at 6.50 to 7.00, reflecting current wholesale levels for Buffalo area markets.
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Timothy
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