Two Causes Celebre Bullets Missed Kill Shot
A New Jersey court opened with Thomas G. Barker charged with assault with intent to kill Rev. John Keller of Arlington. Barker claimed Keller assaulted his wife eighteen months earlier. Keller denied the accusation. Witnesses testified to the shooting as Barker described.
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Jersey City
N. J
New Jersey
Blair
Thomas G. Barker
John Keller
Arlington
Viear
Trinity Chapel
Aarlington
Keller
Fort Lee
Barker
Jennie F. Buckley
Beech Street
Frederick G. Buckley
Market Quotations and Livestock Rates Across Cities
Chicago market summaries show wheat at 70% to 69% for futures and cash, corn around 64% to 68%, oats near 26% to 29% with September points. Pork and lard futures touch 14.80 to 14.90 and 8.60 to 8.62 respectively. Live stock prices in East Buffalo and St. Louis reflect steady to higher demand, with cattle, hogs, and sheep varying by grade and weight. Strong receipts noted in Chicago and St. Louis markets, with sizable car counts for cattle and hogs.
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Chicago
Ill
Nace Lore
Wuby Finegins
Burbanks
Hebrons
Ills
Carth
Texas
East Buffalo
N. Y
Dunning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
St. Louis
Milwaukee
Milwaukee Wis
Striking butchers end walkout in San Francisco
In San Francisco on June 18 the butchers strike formally ended as Journeymen butchers withdrew demands for union card display in all retail shops.
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San Francisco
Cyclone Hits Beadle County Farm. Nine Hurt
A cyclone swept the southeast Beadle county area Saturday afternoon injuring nine and destroying farm property. The McCormack family suffered serious injuries as their two story house collapsed and occupants were blown from the building. The father and his 7 year old son are in critical condition.
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Huron
Beadle County
McCormack
Devastating Farm Storm Wrecks Homes and Injures Residents
A sudden tornado or storm wrecked the Orben farm fence and borripty, demolishing every building on the farm and destroying a nearby school house. The Gardiner residence five miles away was razed with Mrs. Gardiner badly hurt. On Palmer farm a house was unroofed with one injured, Gillespie’s house wrecked injuring two, one man with a broken leg. The storm brought a heavy rain downpour and intense darkness.
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Gardiner
Palmer
Gillespie
Student thief steals museum items at University
Earl W. Conover, a Terre Haute freshman medical student, was arrested in Ann Arbor for theft. He confessed to stealing Chinese slippers, a rare glass fire, microscopes, lantern slides, gymnasium supplies, and skeletons from the university, and threatened suicide at arrest. In Waukegan, a Lake County board plans to crack down on unlicensed liquor sales with a special committee investigation.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
Earl W. Conover
Terre Haute
Ind
University Museum
Stearns
Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription Promises Relief for Women
An advertisement extols Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as the cure for backache, bearing down pains, and female weakness. It claims to regulate womanly functions, heal inflammation, and contains no alcohol or narcotics. A testimonial from Mae Brown of Canton Illinois describes severe symptoms improving after use.
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Mae Brown
Canton
Ils
Grosvenor Says Interview On Third Term Edited
Representative Grosvenor says part of his third term interview was omitted changing meaning. He claims he did not attack Washingtons fair fame but noted McKinley would not pursue a third term and that the editor dropped a clarifying clause.
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Washington
Grosvenor
McKinley
Cgeneral Grosvenor
Everett Moore Syndicate Controls Major Midwestern Trolley System
Cleveland June 18 Messrs Henry A Everett and W Moore state their group owns or controls nearly all street and suburban tracks from Warren Ohio to Port Huron Michigan, except Pomeroy Interests and Little Consolidated Street railway. They bought the Toledo system for 11 million and the Rapid Railway of Detroit for about 3 million, giving a direct 860 miles of traction with feeders totaling about 1 000 miles.
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Cleveland
Henry A. Everett
W. Moore
New York City
Moore
Warren
Port Huron
Mich
Pomeroy
Little Consolidated Street Railway
Toledo Street Railway
New York
Rapid Railway Company
Detroit
Toledo, Fremont and
Norwalk Railway
Rapid Railway
Lovers From Childhood Unite These Lives at Greton Green
In St. Joseph Michigan on June 18 couples flocked to the county clerk’s residence as 49 marriages were recorded that week. Rev Dr French and Justice Wildmann Smith assisted couples all day. Among ceremonies Henry Enders of Los Angeles and Lizzie Unruh of Danville, first cousins and long time sweethearts, wed after earlier state bans.
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St. Joseph
Mich
French
Justice Wildmann Smith
Henry Enders
Los Angeles
Cal
Lizzie Unruh
Danville
Ills
Hartford
PINGREE MEAL NOTES AND BRIEF ITEMS FROM NATION
PINGREE CAN TAKE HIS MEALS reports his condition as dire yet hopeful as nourishment improves and Mrs Tingree plans to sail to London. Terre Haute Drug policy protest slows arrests after brewery company counsel advised restraint for one week. Other brief items: a Geneva woman dies of starvation with money on hand, two sisters buried after a Flint grade crossing disaster, a Milwaukee lightning strike damages a dining table, a Starkville boiler explosion kills two, and Chicago Turners win field events at the Indiana district turnfest.
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London
Pingree
Tingree
Fire at Runkel Bros chocolate factory in New York
The Runkel Bros chocolate factory in New York burned, with a reported loss of 250000 dollars. The Wisconsin battleship clocked 18.6 knots under forced draught. Would-be wreckers used knock-out drops on a Reading rail operator but failed. The Hidah tribe declared war on settlers in Alaska. King Alfonso of Spain attended his first bullfight on Sunday.
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Runkel Bros
New York
Wisconsin
Reading
Alaska
Alfonso
Spain
Paradise of Hunters Lions Repose with Hartebeeste
Sir Harry Tam ton Johnston reports from Uganda that the depopulated, wild region near Moantelgon harbors abundant game including lions elephants and rhinoceros. Giraffes are said to be found and a national park may be established. He also describes ape men in the Congo and rubber tree riches.
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London
Harry Tam
Ton Johnston
Uganda
Henry M. Stanley
Africa
Harry
Moantelgon
Congo Forest
Stanley
Foreign Office
Somaliland
Merewether
Monument Dedication Unites German French Austrian Forces
A ceremony at Hachenburg Prussia joined French Austrian embassy attaches with 55 German veteran groups to dedicate two monuments. One honors Austrians fallen in 1796 and the other mourns French General Marceau who died after a reconnaissance at Altenkirchen. The event featured Marseillaise and Prussian hymn.
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Berlin
Hachenburg
Prussia
Austria
France
Marceau
Altenkirchen
Rhenish
William
Chicago Inquest Finds No Poison In Wright Case
Doctors testified at Wright case inquest that stomach analyses showed no poison. Heart disease likely caused death. Also reported were separate items: Sheperd committed suicide in Chicago. Durant fire destroyed nine brick and twenty frame buildings. Chicago postmaster seeks more clerks and carrier force. Senator Allison reiterates he is not a candidate for president.
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Jasper Welleht
Yats
Wright
Durant
I. C
British oil machinery trade shifts toward American pumps
A London dispatch notes that British manufacturers supply most oil industry machinery in the Matoun district of Asiatic Russia, but American pumping machinery is gaining favor due to its heaviness and lightness advantages. The lighter pumps help offset higher customs duties.
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London
Matoun
Asiatic
Russia
Andrews at Chicago convocation urges sane power in world affairs
President Benjamin Andrews of Nebraska University attends a Chicago university convocation at the Palmer House. He warns the American people to remain sane as a world power, supports the Monroe doctrine with restraint, and calls for guiding Germany and protecting South American states through progress rather than aggression. He backs the Nicaragua Canal and notes obligations to England under Clayton-Bulwer.
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Chicago
RE. Benjamin Andrews
Nebraska University
Palmer House
Chicago University
Germany
South America
Nicaragua
England
Hay
Negroes Buy Revolvers Sparks Leavenworth Tense Warning
Report states that black residents allegedly planned to buy government revolvers from Fort Leavenworth soldiers, aiming to arm for a race war after the Fred Alexander incident. Three men were arrested. officials note rising race tensions amid a string of city and league baseball scores.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Fort Leavenworth
Fred Alexander
F. L. Deen
Nevada divorcee Earl Russell held for bigamy abroad
Earl Russell, having a Nevada divorce and a subsequent marriage to another woman, is held on bigamy charges in England. Three thousand Canadian Pacific trackmen strike. Prohibition leader John G. Woolley begins world tour. Ball players arrested in Yonkers New York. golf players escape investigation.
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Earl Russell
Nevada
England
Canadian Pacific
John G. Woolley
Yonkers
N. Y
De Witte Denies Russian Sugar Bounty Claim Before Court
In St. Petersburg on June 18 M de Witte Russian finance minister argues against US sugar bounty charges. He says Russia taxes sugar for home use not export and that US action lacked legal basis. He cites potential price protection aims and urges end to strained US Russia relations.
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St. Petersburg
M. de Witte
Saya
United States
Russia
Germany
France
Sany
Not Contended Bounty on Russian Sugar Exports
Secretary Gage cites a board finding that Russia pays a bounty on sugar exports through transferable export certificates. The report notes the action would affect US retaliatory measures, while stressing small impact on overall exports and maintaining friendly ties with Russia. Also brief items from Hartford on smallpox rumors and Wisconsin commencement week.
Oldest Inhabitant Of Towa Marks 12th Birthday in 1799
The oldest resident in Marshalltown Louisiana is Miss Jane Smith who just observed the 12th anniversary of her birth. Born in 1799 she has lived through three centuries of history.
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Marshalltown
Towa
Jane Smith
Prowse v Great Western road verdict awards 17000
The jury finds for plaintiff in Prowse vs Great Western road awarding 17000 on a 40000 claim for injuries from an accident. Dr Hawara B Evans of Fargo ND has disappeared suddenly. Bishop Edsall becomes bishop coadjutor of Minnesota. Y M C A convention in Boston closes. Bismarck statue unveiled in Berlin. American Institute of Homeopathy meets at Richfield Springs NY.
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Port Dodge
Prowse
Great Western Road
Hawara B. Evans
Fargo
N. D
Edsall
North Dakota
Minnesota
Boston
Bismarck
Berlin
American Institute of Homeopathy
Richfield Springs
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Young Molineau
Young Molineux
Buffalo
Court of Appeals
Roland B. M.lineux
Catherine J. Adams
Starry Cornish
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Vann
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Gray
O’brien
Haight
Werner
Hill
John G. Midlburn
Sing Sing
Milburn
George Gordon Battle
Bartow S. Weeks
Molineux
General Molineux
Henry C. Barnet
Goff
Kascalty
Mobile
Ala
Cyril W. King
Fort Morgan
King
Hall
Benton Harbor
Abdon Wilkinson
Chickerning Township
Supreme Lodge, Knights of Honor
Chicago Grain and Produce
Frisco Butcher
South Dakota
Michigan University
Waukegan
Lake County
Talcott
Everett-Moore Syndicate
Michigan Greton Green
Geneva
Bridget Milan
Adrian, Mich
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Applegate
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Flint
Buckingham
Presbyterian Church
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Milwaukee, Wis
E. W. Wright
Trinidad
Colo
Wiliam Pollard
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
Starkville
Chicago Turners
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Hunters
Explorer
Lion
Hartebeeste
Swayne
Eldab
MacNeill
MacNeil
Zariba
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Orange River Colony
Tien-Tsin
Frederick William
Frederick
Cronberg
Bonn
St. Louis, Mich
Charles Yats
Beroin Peover
Tames Sheperdson
Chilcago
Wayne
Allison
Alison
Iowa
White House
Shaw
Antron
Andrews
Rae Ball
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
Thaltimore
Baltimore
Western Association
Dayton
Marion
Indianapolis
Louisville
Toledo
Columbus -Wheeling
Columbus
Doe Wah Jack
Onio
Beckwith
Geo. Stewart
DE Witte and Gage
DE Witte
Cgiage
Loele Sam
Gage
M. de Witters
Treasury Department
Board of General Appraisers
Madison
Wis
University of Wisconsin
BE. A. Birge
THE
Citizens’ Savings Bank
Offtcers and Directors
Josxin Keer
Cras
H. Keen
Frank Stewart
I. M. Sprouns
Asst
John Shields & Son
Lelie
Tito
Blacksmith
Pennsylvania
Wood
Howland & Shields
Columbia Pharmacy
T. J. Dempsey
Sid& Square
Johnson's Bakery
jAnd
Harwood
South Side
L. E. Latta
Joseph Pollard, Jr
Washington, Iowa
H. Knecht
O. J. Wilson
Attorney At Law
Bear Alberson's Grocery
Temple Building
W. H. Butterfield
Ora ‘Astore
Marsh W. Bailey
City Hall
P. J. Hanley
Washington County Savings Bank
W. E. Anderson
Klein's Clothing
Ashington
City ‘Hus
Hotel Allen
Frank Rogers
W. D. Lowry
Orrick
Mercer & Chilcote’s
W. A. Stiles & Co
West Main St
Washington, Ia
Lila Whitmore
Telephone
Wanamaker
R. A. Riley
National Bank
We Blara
A. ‘Warre
Cashier
M. Keon
Cagh
First National Bank
Wm. Blair
Hobinson
Meadtocun
K Anderson
J.T. Anderson
Cotobero
E. E. Townsend, D. 0
Flossie Roads
Columbian School of Osteopathy
Kirksville
M. Lombardo
LCAN
California
Puget Sound
Denver
Salt Lake City
Colorado
Ron Pullman
E. G. Fox
TDOT
Niagara Falls
NL Rite
Adams Street
A. Patuer
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