Brief World Happenings Highlight Prominent Figures
The pope commends John D. Rockefeller for philanthropic use of wealth. Rev. George Schroeder resigns Elmwood Illinois pulpit to umpire in Illinois Missouri league. Thomas Platt dies at 76 from Bright's disease. Peary declines submitting proofs to naval committee without data safeguards. Wen Chung Tao recalled to explain Dalai Lama escape. Don Juan Riano as Spain's minister to the U S slated. Taft hosts Speaker Cannon dinner at the White House. Prof E A Ross censured over visits by Sercombe and Goldman.
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John D. Rockefeller
George Schroeder
First Congregational Church
Elmwood
Iil
United States
Thomas Collier Platt
New York
West Eleventh Street
Mr. Platt
Bright
Robert E. Peary
North Pole
House Committee On Naval Affairs
Mr. Peary
Congress
Wen Chung Tao
Thibet
Dalai Lama
Lassa
Don Juan Riano
Marquis de Villalobar
Spain
Alice Ward
Washington
Taft
White House
Cannon
House of Representatives
E. A. Ross
University of Wisconsin
Board of Regents
Parker H. Sercombe
Emma Goldman
Madison
Pinchot trial clashes and broad news from across the nation
The Ballinger Pinchot inquiry room sees repeated clashes as counsel and Pinchot dispute interpretations of statements and letters. Across states, shootings in Scotland Neck NC. a Missouri citizenship scholarship. Chinese railway plans. Chippewa chiefs’ gas death. and other national affairs from jailbreaks to suffrage politics and labor unrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gifford Pinchot
Ballinger-Pinchot
Consel
Mr. Pinchot
Charles [. Ball
Victor Elting
Allen B. Pond
Chicago
Cairo, Ill
John Trapp
Lincoln Wilson
Chicago Banker William H Mitchell Dies at 1819 Birth
William Hamilton Mitchell, longtime vice president and leading stockholder of Illinois Trust & Savings Bank, died suddenly in Chicago. A pioneer financier born in Belmont County Ohio in 1819, he built over $5 million in Illinois Trust holdings and helped develop the Alton & St. Louis railway before settling in Chicago after the 1871 fire.
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Chicago
Ill
William Hamilton Mitchell
Ilinois Trust & Savings Bank
Mitchell
Pioneer
Belmont County
Ohio
Mississippi
Pittsburg
New Orleans
Illinois
Alton
California
Colonna
Alton Packet Co
St. Louis
Alton & St. Louis Railway
The
Chicago & Alton
Illinois Trust & Savings Bank
Parents kill son by mistake in Galicia tragedy
In Galica a Polish emigrant Przemikowski, returning to Zi long after ten years in America, deceives his aging parents by posing as their son's friend to stay the night. They kill him believing him to be their son after misreading documents, then hang themselves from remorse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Galica
Przemikowski
America
Przenikowski
Colorado Springs Youth Ends His Life In Auto Ride
Earl Do. Thomas Jr., 30, son of Brig. Gen. Thomas, fired a bullet and died instantly in Colorado Springs after premeditated self harm. He traveled from Fort Logan to Colorado City with friends, drank, and later retrieved cartridges from a friend before a final ride and death.
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May Boller
Providence
R. I
Montreal
Philander C. Knox, Jr
Philander C. Knox
Mr. Knox
Burlington
Young Knox
Morris Heights
New England
Judiciary Committee
House
Steenerson
Minnesota
Cordelia Botkin
San Quentin
John P. Dunning
Dover
Del
Kansas City
Thomas H. Swope
Christman Swope
Moss Hunton
Swope
John P. Cudahy
Packer
Jere F. Fillis
Western Exchange Bank
Cudahy
Milwaukee
Cornell University
Phi Beta Kappa
L. L. Hill
San Jose
Cal
Taft
Unitarian Church
Washington
New York
Clarence H. Mackay
O. H. P. Belmont
Chamberlain
Senate
Postal Savings Bank
E. M. Gale
Jesse S. Gale
Colorado
Greeley
Col
Gale
Aurora
Ill
Philadelphia
Gifford Pinchot
Ballinger
James R. Garfield
Lillis
Mary's Hospital
Jack” Cudahy
Richard Newsam
St. Paul
Cherry
Northwestern
Dixon
Chay
National Guard
Pennsylvania
Colorado Springs
Maniac guns down three on Bridgeport street
Gustaver C. Muller, once confined in an insane asylum, shot Policeman E C Dietz and killed him on Main street Bridgeport. He fired all cartridges while fleeing as startled bystanders watched. Aimed at Doherty and Rage, one bullet seriously wounded Rage, with Doherty only lightly hurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport
Conn
Gustaver C. Muller
E. C. Dietz
Muller
Main Street
Doherty
Leopold Rage
Emeryville to Stage Jeffries Johnson Fight on July Fourth
Tex Rickard and Jack Gleason announced the Jeffries Johnson bout will be held in a California Jockey Club arena at Emeryville Alameda county. The decision followed a meeting with Jockey Club president Thomas Williams and Emeryville Mayor Christie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Cal
Tex Rickard
Jack Gleason
Jeffries-Johnson
California Jockey Club
Emeryville
Alameda County
Jockey Club
Rickard
Thomas H. Williams
Christie
Pennsylvania Happenings Report on Health and Public Works
Few new smallpox cases are reported as county health officers isolate affected families. State Health Commissioner Dixon plans a Cresson sanatorium with bids likely soon, on a strategically located state-owned Carnegie tract. State Treasurer Sheatz notes a conscience tax payment from Cripple Creek, while highway work resumes after winter with about 70 miles planned and bids for a dozen contracts to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Health Department
Dixon
Cresson Sanatorium
Carnegie
Cresson
John O. Sheatz
Cripple Creek
Col
Pennsylvania
Gates
State Highway Department
State health probes water samples after Wormleysburg pipe break
Engineers from the state health department test water in West Shore boroughs and nearby towns after a filtered water pipe to Wormleysburg failed. Analyses will be conducted by department chemists as part of statewide water safety efforts amid high water conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department of Health
West Shore
Harrisburg
Wormleysburg
Island
February Revenues Reported by Dairy and Food Division
The dairy and food division recorded February receipts totaling $9626.99. Oleomargarine licenses brought in $7792.43, oleomargarine fines $1206, food fines under the act of 1909 $365, renovated butter license $100, milk fines under the act of 1909 $42.50, and ice cream fines $25.06.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dairy and Food Division
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Endorsed by Dozens
Testimonial letters claim Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cures female troubles including tumors and fibroids. Subscribers describe relief from pain and sickness after following Mrs Pinkham's guidance and using the remedy, urging other women to try it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
S. J. Barber
Lunink
Lydia HK
Pinkham
George May
P Pinkham
E. F. Hayes
Eae Oeki
Washington St
Boston
Mass
W. K. Hovsu
Eastview Ave
Kinnati
Ohio
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Friend
Maniac
Insane Asylum
York
Department of Mines
W. K. Housh
Roosevelt
Franklin
Reo
Stoddard- Dayton
Stearns
Ford
Chalmers
Detroit
Cleveland
White Company
East
79Th Street
J Watson E. Coleman
Washington, D.C
Patermt
Mason, Fenwick & Lawrence
Washington D.C
OWEN
Washington, D
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