Machen Under Arrest In Post Office Scandal
A. W. Machen, suspended superintendent of the free delivery division, was arrested on charges he profited from a device used in free delivery boxes and harmed the government in contracts. Postmaster General Payne will publish further details. The report also notes a collision at sea drowning twenty two emigrants aboard the British steamer Huddersfield, while Lipton’s squadron sailed for America and a New Castle Wyoming lynching followed. Other items include an asteroid projection observed on Mars, a wreck fatality on the Southern Railway near Bryan Alabama, floods injuring seven in Iowa, fugitives shot at the border near Adrianople, a Fire Island hotel destroyed, a vast Russian rebellion reported, a New York tenement fire killing four, and Pennsylvania Republicans backing Roosevelt and Roonevelt era policies.
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Machen
A. W. Machen
Postoffce Department
Payne
Post Office
Oneral
Blacks Held as Slaves in Alabama Peonage Probe
Federal investigation opened at Justice Department request into alleged peonage near Montgomery Alabama. Secret Service to probe keeping a negro in servitude to work out debt with magistrates and employers accused of enforcing long labor contracts. Penalties include fines up to five thousand dollars and imprisonment up to five years.
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Alabama
Department of Justice
United States Secret Service
Montgomery
Ala
Robert N. Franklin
Wilkie
German Wheat Crop Poor War Creates Need for American Grain
The German wheat crop is declared among the worst on record with over 7L per cent? fields needing replowing and yields described as small and poor in quality. Officials estimate at least 1,150,000 tons of wheat will be required from America as imports rise amid stagnant markets and hopes for improved conditions before harvest.
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America
Brudatreet
Osthele
Rls
Aginst
Butte Capture Debunks Rosseau Dynamite Suspect
Police in Butte Montana captured Rosseau the wood chopper tied to a New York dock dynamite plot but he is not the anarchist sought. He left the city before the device was found and returned later. officials doubt his identity as the infamous dynamiter Rosseau.
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Butte
Mont
Rosseau
Brown
York
Umbria
Jonnu
Rouseau
Cus
Rosseoau
New York
Tin export duty tightens trust bloc in Malay states
Malay governor imposes prohibitive tin export duty unless tin is smelted in the colony to check a proposed tin trade combine led by the Lysstrat States Steel Corporation and the American Tin Plate Company aimed at importing ore to the United States and exporting the smelted product.
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London Daily Mail
Singapore
Lystrait States Steel Corporation
Amecan Tin Plate Company
United States
Plans for Black Exodus From South Reported
Secret society with a Boston base allegedly plans a large migration of Black people from the South to be sent to Boston and then distributed in Western agricultural and mining communities. Leaders claim a 5,000 strong first wave will land in Boston around July 1, with Southern HQ in Georgia kept secret to avoid mob action.
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Boston
South
Negrava
Society
Georgia
Refuses Muzzle for Press in Kansas Court Ruling
In Emporia Kansas Judge Madden denied a bid to restrain papers from reporting evidence and allegations in a note case. He urged the press to publish, warning against muzzling the media. The era also notes training for servant girls in Boston, locusts and snow in Montana, and a broad roundup of other news items from across the region.
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Kansas
Emporia
Kan
Madden
Wade
Thompson
Madden Seids
Tee
Stron
Millinery Trade Bans Song Bird Feathers
The Millinery Jobbers Association in Milwaukee agreed to omit feathers from song birds gulls terns and sea birds from fall hats. The Western trade anticipates fewer bird orders as wings come mainly from domestic sources. The Audubon Society played a key role while eastern and western groups mediated with game wardens.
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Millinery Jobbers’ Association
Milwaukee
Millinera” Protective Association
Ohio
Rocky Mountains
Audubon Society
Mystery explosion ties to death at Gloversville plant
Police investigate a deadly explosion at a Gloversville leather dressing plant linked to Mills Brothers and M J Kennedy & Co. John Kennedy son of Michael I Kennedy died after entering the building housing explosives to uncover rival foramin usage. A second man, Daniel, was reported injured but denied by the family. Authorities consider possible foul play or accident as the cause.
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Gloversville
Mills Brothers
N. Y
John Kenedy
Michael I. Kennedy
M. J. Kennedy & Co
Milla Brothers
Daniel
John Kennedy
President in Peril as Anarchist Becker Charged
Anarchist Becker, said to threaten President Roosevelt, was found in Walla Walla Washington. He allegedly boasted of one bullet for Roosevelt and another for Emperor William. Becker, a Swiss national, was tracked by his Pendleton partner Pat Kine and arrested after police were notified.
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Joseph Bee
Walla Walla
Wash
Thoosevelt
Bcker
Brendleton
Ore
Roosevelt
William
Germany
Walla Walde
Pendleton
Pat Kine
Weather and Trade Trends From Cows Weekly Review
Weather conditions and New York demand influence business mix with unseasonably high temperatures boosting summer goods while hampering vegetation and delaying plantings. Manufacturing and rail commerce show strength. cotton, wool, and textiles firm with rising imports and prices. Overall tone remains cautiously optimistic amid weather and labor uncertainties.
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New York
Camion Tong
Bh. G. Dutt Cows Weekly
Mrest
Mane Pew Enterprises
the &Se
Canada
St . Bo
Prices for grains and livestock at New York market
Market notes show bidding for corn No 2 and No 2 white at 40 to 42 cents, rye and wheat values, oats, barley, and oils. Cattle and hogs command shipping rates from four to seven dollars, with sheep quoted near four dollars. Western butter and eggs also listed with lower prices.
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Chicago
Ateers
Prince
New York
Terror at Jackson shows clash between troops and jail prowlers
At Jackson Kentucky a night riot targeted the jail holding murder suspects Curtis Jett and Tom White. Reports say militia fired on armed prowlers as citizens fled in fear, amid Kentuck feud tensions and threats against journalists. Daylight revealed no casualties. guards engaged in multiple volleys and nearby guards spotted figures near the jail.
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Jackson
Curtis Jett
Tom White
Conrie Nother
Telegraph
D Son
Juna
James
Marena
Hargis-Cockrill
Breathitt
Litia
Roosevelt Nominating Supporters Rally For Candidacy
Amid a fractured front, Roosevelt supporters push backing figures at the national convention. Delegates pledged include New York and Connecticut figures, with Massachusetts and Maine among those listed as supportive. The effort centers on consolidating a broad Republican showing for Roosevelt.
Vax President Clevelaml and Education Reforms Noted
The report highlights Harvard leaders' focus on education reforms and curricular rules changes. It describes scholarship growth at Columbia, the Margaret Moller award, and editors backing postgrad work in English literature. It also covers teaching methods, written work corrections, and the aim to improve instruction nationwide.
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Vax
Clevelaml
Harvard Mbner
Intercala
Mass
Margaret Moller
New York
I T
Dellors
Charles F. Thwing
Rereice
Wheat price demand cited by Indiana farmers group
Formere to Demand $10 Bushel for Wheat Man Accused of Killing His Nephew Strenuous Times in Marion Man and Daughter Assaulted A demand that wheat be increased or price to at least $1 per bushel will go but immediately to all the farmers of the United States. The American Society of Equity will issue the circular embodying a renewal of an old scheme for dollar wheat. This organization was incorporated last December to form a national combination of farmers to uphold the prices of farm products. This is the first formal demand for increase that has been made. The murder story and assorted local incidents fill a page of danger and drama across Indiana.
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Marion
United States
American Society of Equity
Vellaneport
Indianapen
St. Louis
Sellec
Clareseners
Charles Hampton
Wilson Edes
Leroy Ijitch
F. OD
Lake Wawasee
Arthur Snowberger
Rockervek
Plara
Snowberger
Companigny
Seward
Beward
Pennsylvanian Road
Lake Erie and Western
Plymouth
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Rolfe
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A.W. Machen
Free Delivery
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Max O'Ken
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