Riots in Philadelphia Strike Riot in Kensington District
In Philadelphia on June 3 Riots broke out as Philadelphia Rapid Transit tried using strike breakers. Mobs attacked motormen and conductors while cars were burned and overturned. Police guard injured officer Levy shot in the head. At least 100 people injured.
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Kensington District
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company
Kensington
West Philadelphia
Kensington Avenue
Levy
Grain and Provisions Trading and Closing Quotations
Wheat extended a July high to $1.20% per bushel, closing firm with gains. Corn oats and provisions steadied with closing prices for wheat, corn, oats, pork, lard, and ribs listed. cash wheat and corn prices shown. South Omaha live stock receipts included cattle, hogs, and sheep with price ranges and volume.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Chicago Stock Market Cattle Hogs And Sheep Figures
Cattle receipts 19000 with prices 5.50 to 7.25 for steers and 3.60 to 6.75 for heifers down and bulls and calves varied. Hogs receipts 27000 with heavier prices 7.45 to 7.55 for heavies and 5.25 to 6.75 for pigs. Sheep receipts 14000 with sheep 3.75 to 7.00 and lambs 6.75 to 9.80, mixed lower.
Woman's Form and Water in Material Display
A Kansas City Times note observes that sleeves and waists on a woman's form appear ethereal yet require water as material in fashion display, highlighting design details in period attire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smail
Kansas City Times
Editor Quips on Competition and Vanity
A compact poem fragment depicts a debate over a writer’s style and purpose. The editor dismisses a rival’s approach as vain while acknowledging the contributor’s effort and identity. The line hints at literary rivalry and the role of publication.
Brewers in Session Cite Dry Wave Reaches Peak
Atlantic City N J June 3 The United States Brewers association trustees report that anti saloon league advocates overshoot the mark and that prohibition era reaction is beginning to set in They note beer sales for the year ending June 30 1908 rose by 239798 while nine months to April 1909 show a drop of 2580301 versus the prior year
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Atlantic City
N. J
Anti-Saloon League
United States Brewers’ Association
Rabies Discussed at Health Officers Conference
At the annual conference of state and territorial health officers with the U S public health and marine hospital service rabies is linked to bites from skunks wolves and other wild animals. Dr Kerr says muzzling dogs is the surest way to curb the disease and a plan to appoint a commission was adopted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States Public Health and Marine Hospital Service
Kerr
Godfrey
Arizona
Brumbee
Texas
New Mines Near Boone Boost Local Coal Prospects
Boone Iowa June 3 eight prospect holes drilled by Boone Coal company strike a four foot vein at 250 feet signaling renewed activity and potential expansion in the local coal industry.
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Boone
Boone Coal Company
Night Sessions On In Senate In Washington June 3
Senate adopts day and night sessions totaling ten hours daily beginning today. Motion limits on dilatory tactics provoke protest from Senator Bacon. LaFollette urges tariff pledge debate. Gore and Frye cite earnings and profits of New England mills as support.
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Washington
Senate
Bacon
LaFollette
Nelson
Gore
New England
Frye
Government Libel Case in Indianapolis News Continued
The Panama libel case against the Indianapolis News owners was extended to Oct. 11 to allow government witnesses including Frank Hitchcock Norman Mack and J P Morgan officials to testify. The government aims to prove Hitchcock and Mack warned that the Chicago Dispatch stories alleging Panama Canal graft were baseless. The court questioned the relevance of new evidence and the defense argued for prompt submission of all proof.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Panama
Indianapolis News
Frank Hitchcock
Norman E. Mack
Office Force
J. P. Morgan
Washington
Messrs. Hitchcock
Mack
Chicago Party
Chicago Daily News
Panama Canal
United States
Atorneys
Chicago
FE. L Lewis
Con
Stuart McNamara
Messrs
Hitchcock
New York World
Cromwell
McNamara
Pierpont Morgan
France
Deal
Anderson
Senate
Omaha Proposes $100 Fine for Telephone Swearing
Omaha city council has passed an ordinance pending mayoral signature to forbid swearing into telephones and impose a $100 maximum penalty. Telephone operators may testify and their statements constitute prima facie proof of violations. The move is urged by telephone companies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Dahlman
McAlester Resigns From Missouri Medical School
Dr. Andrew Walker McAlester resigns as professor of surgery and dean of the University of Missouri School of Medicine. He graduated from the university in 1865 and has served since 1873. He is based in Columbia Missouri on June 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McAlester
Columbia
Andrew Walker McAlester
University of Missouri
Dr Cleminson Admits Lied In Burg Murder Tale
Captain Kane said Dr Cleminson confessed fabricating a burglar story after Mrs Cleminson was found dead. The doctor had claimed chloroform use two weeks earlier and alleged an attempted suicide, later denying it. Kane planned to interview a woman and a man for domestic-relations information about the couple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Nora Jane Cleminson
Thomas Kane
Cleminson
Captain Kane
Smuggled Paris Gowns Sold at Auction by U S
A government led sale auctioned smuggled Paris gowns seized by customs in March and April. The collection, valued around 50000 dollars, drew a large crowd of women at the New York event dated June 3.
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Uncle Sam
Paris
New York
United States
Prison sentences and fines for Two Queers mine fraud
In Kansas City three men Frank H. Horn S. H. Snyder and Raymond P. May received one year and a day in Leavenworth plus fines of 590 each for fraud in promoting the Two Queers mine in Arizona John B. Horn was fined 500. In Mason City Iowa a gas explosion at Alderman J J Berkham’s residence seriously injured his wife and child and a gas company workman the house wrecked.
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Kansas City
Frank H. Horn
S. H. Snyder
Raymond P. May
United States
Leavenworth
John B. Horn
Arizona
Mason City
J. J. Berkham
Albert Lea
Berkham
Roosevelt and Kermit Visit Governor Jackson in Nairobi
Theodore Roosevelt and his son Kermit call on acting governor F. J. Jackson in Nairobi to bid farewell before Jackson departs on a tour of the Mumias district in British East Africa.
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Roosevelt
Jackson
Nairobi
British East Africa
Theodore Roosevelt
Kermit
F. J. Jackson
Protectorate
Mr. Jackson
Mumias
Ex Judge Smith Granted Reprieve
Governor Deneen issued a reprieve to former Judge Abner Smith who was convicted for misusing Bank of America funds in Chicago where he served as president. The reprieve to June 14 allows time for the governor and pardon board to review new evidence.
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Smith
Springfield
Deneen
Abner Smith
Bank of America
Chicago
Board of Pardon
Woods Identified as Dan Downer in Omaha Case
Spokane June 2 W D Woods now in jail at Omaha charged with holding up the Overland Limited was identified by Policeman Chester Edwards by portraits as Dan Downer a man frequently arrested here
Taylor Case to Jury in Minden Nebraska
Bert M. Taylor's murder trial for the death of Pearl Taylor went to the jury at noon in Minden Nebraska. The case is described as one of the most significant in southern Nebraska criminal court history.
Copper magnate freed from tombs
New York June 3 F Augustus Heinze and United Copper affairs continue to occupy federal courts over missing books used by a grand jury to probe 1907 loans. George Baglin former United Copper VP and Heinze secretary was released from the Tombs after deposition. Hoboken stockholders named a new board excluding Baglin while Heinze and Stanley Gifford were re elected directors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
F. Augustus Heinze
United Copper Company
United States Circuit Court
Federal Grand Jury
Heinze
Mercantile National Bank
George Baglin
Hoboken
Baglin
Stanley Gifford
Former Des Moines Detective Eli Hardin Faces Prison
Former Des Moines detective Eli Hardin, famed for the Betsy Smith murder case, faces prison after conviction for spirited witnesses from the state. His fate hinges on a possible rehearing by the supreme court, which is deemed unlikely. Hardin is hospitalized with his wife ill, while supporters seek a possible pardon or delay.
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Supreme Court
Eli Hardin
Central West
Hardin
Betsy Smith
Des Moines
Iowa
Market summaries from Chicago June 3 1909 hogs cattle and sheep
Estimated receipts today 19000 to 19050 with yesterday's leftovers 31804. Hog prices range bulk 7.35 to 7.50 light 6.95 to 7.40 mixed packers 7.05 to 7.55 heavy shipping grades 7.10 to 7.57. Cattle slow steady with 5000 head and beef values 5.10 to 7.15. sheep 10000 head weaker. Western cattle 4.65 to 6.25 stockers 3.60 to 5.55 lambs 6.00 to 8.40. Market overall mixed with needles. Furnished by Beach-Wickham Grain Co. Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Omaha
Chicago
Texas
UTS BAN ON HITCHING POSTS
Des Moines reports Iowa’s supreme court upheld the city of Oskaloosa in a hitching post case. Old residents had argued public square use. the court ruled tying posts for farm teams is not a civil dignity issue. W R Lacey and local retailers challenged removal. posts ordered removed as unsightly nuisance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Supreme Court
Oskaloosa
W. R. Lacey
Congressman Lacey
Unconscious Grand Jury Member In Omaha Gas Incident
George W. Jenson, a former grand jury member, has been unconscious for two weeks and twenty four hours after inhaling gas at the Ogden hotel in Council Bluffs. He occasionally responds to loud sounds but shows no other signs of recovery. Doctors remain hopeful though his health worsens from lack of sustenance as his pulse and respiration stay near normal.
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Council Bluffs
George W. Jenson
Grand Jury
Ogden Hotel
Jenson
Masonic Officers Elected in Iowa Grand Lodge
The Iowa Masonic grand lodge elected officers with D. W. Clements of West Union named grand master. Other officers include H. W. Hughes of Burlington as senior grand warden C. D. Decker of Waterloo as junior grand warden C. B. Narrey of Spirit Lake as grand treasurer and N. R. Parvin of Cedar Rapids as grand secretary. Waterloo was awarded the next meeting.
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D. W. Clements
West Union
Davenport
Iowa Masonic Grand Lodge
D. W.clements
H. W. Hughes
Burlington
C. D. Decker
Waterloo
C. BE. Narrey
Spirit Lake
N. R. Parvin
Cedar Rapids
Mrs Clews' Mother Dies In New York City
Mrs R F Bower, long time Keokuk resident and mother of Mrs Lacey Clews wife of Henry Clews, dies in New York City at over eighty. Her body will be brought to Keokuk for interment. In Council Bluffs petition drive for saloons reports 3200 signatures, 150 over the legal requirement.
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R. F. Bower
Keokuk
New York City
Lacey Clews
Henry Clews
Council Bluffs
Former Boone Editor Edwin Erwin Dies at 48
Edwin G. Erwin, former editor and proprietor of the Boone Daily News from 1889 to 1897, died at his Kansas City home at age forty eight. He previously edited the Jackson County Judge.
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Boone
Edwin G. Erwin
Boone Daily News
Kansas City
Jackson County
Woman Fractures Skull In Dubuque Fall
Mrs. Sidonia Hosford sixty years old a member of a prominent and wealthy Dubuque family fractured her skull and was internally injured by falling down stairs in her home.
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Dubuque
Sidonia Hosford
Trustees Elect Cooper President of Upper Iowa University
At a Fayette Louisiana meeting the board of trustees unanimously elected Richard Watson Cooper to the presidency of Upper Iowa University. The vote signaled strong support for his leadership role and the university’s future direction.
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Cooper
Fayette
Upper Iowa University
Richard Watson Cooper
University
Live Wire Fatality in Burlington Lineman
Frank Cook, Bell Telephone employee, was killed instantly on June 3 in Burlington Ia while stringing wires on South Main street after grabbing a live line. The accident occurred during routine maintenance work.
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Burlington
Frank Cook
Bell Telephone Company
South Main Street
Ketchel Knocks Out Caponi in Schenectady Fight
Stanley Ketchel knocked out Tony Caponi in the fourth round at a Schenectady venue on June 3. Ketchel landed decisive blows in the middle rounds to seal the victory.
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Ketchel
Caponi
Schenectady
Stanley Ketchel
Tony Caponi
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Beach-Wickham Grain Company
John A. Babcock
Ocare
North American Live Stock Commission Company
U.S
Yerds
Chicago, Ill
UTS
W. H. Lacey
Lowan
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