Delind Probe of the Lorimer Case Ordered
Senate votes 48 to 20 to reopen the Lorimer case with a second inquiry by the privileges and elections committee. The Martin amendment authorizes an eight-member senate panel, with ratification. La Follette’s plan called for a five-member select committee. Concurrent resolution seeks full War Dept orders on staff reassignments to divisions in New York Chicago and San Francisco.
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Washington
Senate
Lorimer
Martin
Virginia
LaPollette
Perkins
California
Committee On Privileges and
LaFollette
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Secretary of War
New York
Chicago
San Francisco
Bourne
Oregon
Biggest Delaware To Lead Coronation Review At Spithead
The Delaware, the mayhem of the Navy, sails from Brooklyn to Spithead for King George VI’s coronation review. Captain Gove commands with 950 officers and men aboard as British and foreign fleets assemble on June 24 for the cross sea display. Rear Admiral Vreeland travels as US naval representative with a thirteen gun salute marking the voyage.
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New York
Sam
Delaware
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Gove
Engish
Spithead
Vreeland
Teer
United States Navy
Court Ball At Austrian Embassy Gathers Nobility
Vienna reports a near score of archdukes and archduchesses plus the diplomatic corps at the American embassy for a rare ball described as a small scale court affair. Mrs. Kerens and daughter helped plan invitations and programs with a gracious reception.
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Vienna
Explosion at Tiscapa Fort Kills 150 in Nicaragua
A fortress on Tiscapa hill in Managua Nicaragua was blown up with 150 soldiers killed. All ammunition was destroyed and the cause remains unknown. Censorship is in place from Managua. A second telegram confirms 150 dead at Fortress Salama in Managua.
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San Juan del Sur
Nicaragua
Tiscapa Hill
Mana Fun
Managua
Washington
Fortress Salama
State Department
Northcott
Baseball Results National League Summary
Baseball results from a National League card showing scores and pitching lines. Teams mentioned include St Louis, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Brooklyn, Philadelphia, Chicago, New York, and Boston with individual pitchers Keefe Smith Clarke Sallee Zmich Bresnulian and batters listed. Second game details show St Louis and Cincinnati scoring across innings and name Lauder milk and Bresnulian as contributors.
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Pittsburg
Geo Es
Vague 19th century racing list with multiple names and places
Fragmentary OCR shows a collage of names such as Harkness Page Land Morgan Russell Coombs Thomas and teams or anglers at cities like Philadelphia Boston Washington Detroit New York St Louis. Contains scores or codes and repeated initials but no coherent narrative or clear event.
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Philadelphia
R. H.E. Cleveland
Harkness
Page
Land
Morgan
Russell
Coombs
Thomas
Boston
Chicago
Washington
R. H.E
Detroit
Walsh and Sullivan
Collins, McHale
Nunsmaker
Lively and Stanage
Walker
Otey
Street
New York
St. Louis
Powell, Bailey and Clark
Quinn, Caldwell and
Blair
Weathering Darkness Delays Louisville Game In Thirteen Innings
In Milwaukee Minneapolis and other sites crowds tracked scores for the American Association action. A game at Louisville extended to thirteen innings before darkness halted play. Temper rose as fans awaited the late finish.
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Milwaukee
Minneapolis
Columbus
Indianapolis
Kansas City
St. Paul
Toledo
Louisville
Stolen Gannon Now Replaced Leaves for Eagle Pass
Insurrecto forces presented El Paso with a home made cannon named Long Tom after crossing the international bridge at Juarez. Madero accompanied by Mayor Kelly rode with the weapon to city hall park as crowds marveled at the display before boarding a train to Eagle Pass and then Mexico en route to the capital.
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el Paso
Insurrecto Army
Roque Congales Garcia
Juarez
Madero
International Bridge
Taft
Diaz
Dili
City Hall Park
Blue Whistler
Ojinaga
Belor
Turner
Poole
Kelly
City
Grand Jury
Eagle Pass
Tex
Mexico
Two Robbers Sentenced in Michigan Burglary Case
A jury found Frank Pietrowski and Louis Wujek guilty of burglary and they were sentenced to the Jackson reformatory for terms of two to three years each. They had robbed a grocery store kept by a woman in ay City.
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Ay City
Mich
Frank Pietrowski
Louis Wujek
Gallty
Jonia Reformatory
Underwood Bill Cuts Wool Duty Hit
A report notes passage of the Underwood bill reducing the wool tariff. Bill Hetting is cited among lawmakers involved, with attention to tariff changes and trade policy implications.
Indianapolis 500 prize winners listed with official times
After a 36 hour wait the AAA officials released results of the 500 mile race in Indianapolis. The top finishers include Marmon first with 6 42:08 and Lozier second in 6:43:01, followed by Fiat Bruce Brown and others. Prize money totals about $40,000.
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Indianapolis
A A. A
Pirst
Mairmon
Hlarroun
Lozier
Mulford
Fiat
Bruce Brown
Mercedes
Wishart
Marmon
Dawson
Simplex
de Palma
Beventh
National
Merk
Elghth
Amplex
Turner
Knox
Belcher
Jackson
Coke
Stulz
Anderson
Mercer
Hughes
Uhene
Gil Ancer Cn
Monodiet Advocated to Combat Dyspepsia and Cancer
Dr J J Allen promotes monodiet as a return to nature with simple meals one or two harmonious foods at a time. He claims diverse meals cause dyspepsia and cancer risk, and that gradual, individualized monodiet improves vitality when disease is not advanced.
Nye Acquitted in First Legislative Bribery Case
Columbus Ohio reports that Representative George B Nye of Pike County was acquitted by a jury on April 18 of soliciting a $500 bribe from State Supervisor E W Crawford. The trial lasted about an hour and a half, amid emotional scenes as Nye’s supporters cheered. Prosecutor Turner said he will pursue other legislative bribery cases, including the forthcoming trial of Representative Evans of Stark County on Monday.
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Columbus
George B Nye
Pike County
E. W Crawford
Nye
Byrne
Turner
Evans
Stark County
Will Lex
Fifty Years Ago Today June 2 1893 highlights
Union troops around Alexandria faced intense heat while southern cities saw prices rise. Memphis prices climbed from 14 to 20 cents, a barrel rose by four dollars, and other necessities rose at least 25 percent. President Grover Cleveland married Frances Folsom in the White House.
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Alexandria
Grover Cleveland
White House
Frances Folsum
Buffalo
Tragic Tryst Ends in Suicide After Father Orders Daughter Out
Lena Burton, a teenager, left her home after her father urged her to leave the house. She walked to the Illinois Traction track six blocks away and threw herself in front of a car, dying instantly. The girl had been at an amusement resort and returned home around 1 AM when her father ordered her from the house. her mother was nearby searching for her.
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Springfield
Lena Burton
Teeen
Mllnois Traction System
Jini
Miss Barton
Copper theft drains Dreamland wiring at Coney Island
Police hunt for copper wiring worth 150000 stolen from Dreamland ruins at Coney Island. Four men are under arrest and several others are expected to be taken into custody. Most of the park’s lighting copper was removed. original installation cost about 400000.
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New York
Dreamland Ruins
Coney Island
Gic
Severe Thunderstorm Wrecks Crops and Homes
A second severe storm lashed Anderson causing widespread crop damage in market gardens with hail the size of hen eggs. Lightning struck near the Michaels residence injuring Mrs. Michaels and collapsing a chimney. George Lomainpenar’s wife suffered a shock from a nearby lightning strike two miles west. Several trees and barns were blown down.
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Anderson
Inch
Philip Michaels
Wightling
Curiosity costs a life in Michigan mine tragedy
Frederick Uhlman a 33 year old farmer living five miles west of Bay City died from suffocation while exploring the interior of a coal mine shaft. The mine had been abandoned after coal veins were exhausted and the air shaft filled with deadly black damp. Uhlman had recently purchased the farm housing the mine and ventured into the shaft seeking curiosity.
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Frederick Uhlman
Bay City
Wiech
Uhlman
Michigan
Nurses quit in body at Brooklyn Eye and Ear Hospital
The Brooklyn Eye and Ear hospital seeks a new nursing staff after all nurses resigned en masse to protest a rule denying them phone calls from new boyfriends. The mass letter of resignation was signed and delivered in poetry. Mary Mannering wed Frederick B. Wadsworth in New York at her Fifth Avenue apartment.
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New York
Brooklyn Eye and Ear Hospital
Jn Poetry
Mary Mannering
James K. Hackett
Cental Park West
Frederick B. Waceworth
Detroit
Wadsworth
Detroit River
Michigan
Execution Ends Murder Trial in Clarion County
Clarion Pennsylvania June 2 The third legal execution in the county's history occurred as Vincent Voychek was hanged for the murder of Andrew Stupka in a case witnessed by local officials and residents.
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Clarion
Clarion County
Vincent Voychek
Andrew Stupka
Prince of Monaco to visit Canada on Anticosti Isle
The Prince of Monaco is coming to Canada as a guest of his friend Heari lenier, the Chocolate King, owner of Anticosti Island. He has not visited his Canadian estate for several years.
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Prince of
Monaco
Quebec
Prince ‘of
Canada
Heari Lenier
Anticosti
Monier
Democratic tariff plan shifts to ad valorem wool duty
The Underwood bill reforms wool tariffs by replacing specific duties with ad valorem rates to curb alleged trickery. It projects a $1.4 million revenue drop from raw wool but about $6.08 million gain from manufactured wool, with all grades converted to ad valorem.
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Washington
Ways Aid Means Committee
Harti
Underwood
Uverwood
Bandits Rob a Train Near Niagara Falls
Four men halted an Erie freight train within Niagara Falls New York June 2. They boarded the yarded cars and cut the air hose forcing the engine to stop. Women seized the engine crew as two robbers unloaded merchandise into the road and others loaded it into covered wagons before fleeing toward the Canadian frontier. The haul value was not yet determined.
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Niagara Falls
N. Y
Erie
Collision injures thirty two on railroad in Baldwinsville
In Syracuse on June 2 a local passenger train and a construction train collided at Baldwinsville on the Syracuse Lake Shore and Northern line. Thirty two people were hurt, eight of the forty passengers escaped injury as both trains suffered heavy damage.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Syracuse, Lake Shore and Northern Railroad
Baldwinsville
Weather Forecast For Indiana Illinois Wisconsin
Indiana forecast calls for showers today with possible showers tonight or tomorrow. Illinois predicts showers today or tonight and likely tomorrow with moderate southerly winds. Wisconsin expects showers today and eastern showers tomorrow with southerly winds turning variable.
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Indiana
Wisconsin
Earthquake Wrecks Homes in St George Grenada
A violent quake struck St George and nearby villages destroying houses and wounding several people. In a separate report from St Louis Albert Shulte killed Mrs Moran in a rooming house and then shot himself.
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St. George
Grenada
St. Louis
Albert Shulte
Katherine Moran
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