Missouri 2 Cent Fare Act Goes Into Effect for Three Months
Judge Smith McPherson rules Missouri 2-cent passenger fare act will start at 6 am and run a three month trial. Railroads may challenge its reasonableness later. injunctions on the freight rate law remain in force. Attorney General Hadley calls the ruling a victory for the state and outlines federal court pathways.
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Kansas City
Smith McPherson
United States District Court
United States
Herberts. Hadley
Hadley
Five Die in Sinnemahoning Powder Mills Explosion
Five men were killed when an explosion ripped Sinnemahoning Powder Company mills in Williamsport Pennsylvania. The dead are Bill Mire Sumerson Edward Cole J B Nelson Harry Cole and Samuel Shadman. Only fragments of the bodies were recovered. All workers in the building perished.
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Williamsport
Evening Journal
Sinnemahoning Powder Company
Bill Mire Sumerson
Edward Cole
J. B. Nelson
Harry Cole
Samuel Shadman
National scope of commerce upholds rail rate cases
Judge McPherson asserts national sovereignty over commerce and argues that state laws affecting railways must yield to federal authority. He notes the Supreme Court will void statutes only if the evidence shows impairing remunerative rates, and recalls historic voids to frame current hearings.
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McPherson
Supreme Court
United States Supreme Court
United States
Missouri
Father of the Curfew Law Dead in Omaha Hotel Room
Colonel Alexander Hogeland of Louisville, longtime ally of newsboys and advocate of the curfew law, was found dead in his Murray hotel room in Omaha on June 18. Local authorities listed no immediate cause.
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Omaha, Neb
Alexander Hogeland
Louisville
Newsboys
Murray Hotel
Death by gas fire likely accidental at Murray Hotel
Relatives of Colonel Hogeland urged the Murray hotel to care for him due to old age and frail health. The death is believed accidental as the man became very infirm and the gas was on with windows closed.
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Hogeland
Murray Hotel
Capeller Defies Lightning in Ohio Presidential Talk
Mansfield editor Capeller criticizes President Roosevelt for allowing friends to fight over Foraker and Hanna. He says Ohio Republicans will have a say in selecting a candidate, while joking about family planning and spelling, highlighting the intra party rift in Ohio.
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Ohio
Mansfield
Mansfield Mews
Capeller
Foraker
Roosevelt
Hanna
Tolstoi Recovers From Grip Attack at Yasnaya Poliana
Count Tolstoi has recovered from a grip attack that raised serious fears for his age. He remains at home but has resumed his literary work.
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Count Tolstoi
Yasnaya Poliana
Russia
Pirates Return Haunt Long Island Homes In Sloop Off Rye
Sound pirates active again in New York. A black sloop was sighted off Rye and forced entry into the home of Jacob H Longlota, president of the American Metal company, stealing property valued at $40,000.
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New York
Sound
Long Island Sound
Rye
N. Y
Jacob H. Longlota
American Metal Company
Higher telephone rates take effect July 10 in Clay City
Clay City Indiana reports a 25 percent rate increase for telephone service starting July 10. Business houses will pay $2.50 monthly and residences $1.25 monthly. Aurora Illinois hosts a United States Senate of Aurora banquet next Friday with speakers including U S Senator Hopkins, Representative Burton, Samuel Alschuler, Edward J Shurtleff, and others.
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Clay City
Ind
United States Senate of
Aurora
United States
Hopkins
Burton
Cleveland
Samuel Alschuler
Edward JD. Shurtleff
Illinois House of Representatives
Representative Lowden
Snapp
Clara Wins Dover to Haligoland Yacht Race
The schooner Clara, owned by Max von Guilleame of Cologne, won the Dover to Haligoland race beating Lord Dunraven’s Cariad by 65 seconds. Time was 26 hours 30 minutes. The United States built Navahoe, owned by Herr Waetjen of Broten, also competed.
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Berlin
Dover
Haligoland
Clara
Max von Guilleame
Cologne
Lord Dunraven
United States
Navahoe
Herr Waetjen
Broten
Three Die in Huntington Sawmill Boiler Explosion
An Andrews Cabinet company sawmill in Huntington Indiana reports three men fatally injured by a boiler explosion. In Connecticut striking Italian railroad workers on the Newark New Haven and Hartford line near New Haven return to work at old wages.
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Andrews Cabinet Company
Huntington
Ind
Newark, New Haven and
Hartford
New Haven
Marquis Saionji Named Japan's Premier
The Marquis Saionji becomes Japan's new premier. Described as the Beau Brummel of Japan he is a refined 58 year old scholar with Parisian years, famed for Louis XIV style manners and a love of French literature and authors.
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Japan
Marquis Saionji
Beau Brummel
Louis XIV
Paris
Acquits the Negroes in Brownsville Inquiry
Washington report on senator Foraker’s written summary of the Brownsville inquiry testimony finds no soldier involvement in the shooting. He cites expert and citizen evidence, two kinds of proof, and argues that identifying raiders as garrison soldiers is unreliable. He plans further remarks at Wilberforce next Thursday.
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Washington
Foraker
Senate Committee On Military Affairs
Brownsville
Twenty-fifth Battalion
Citizens’ Committee
Purdy
United States
Wilberforce
Officers versus the Citizens battalion testimony on night darkness
A senator cites the officers testimony about the darkness of the night in a case involving a battalion. The officers testified both generally and specifically about conditions at issue. The dialogue suggests the former testimony is deemed conclusive by the senator.
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Cally
Penrose
Spectti
Luxurious Quarters Get New York Custom House
Rapid progress on Bowling Green custom house with July occupancy goal, Treasury officials predicting September move from Wall Street. Eight years under construction cost about 8 million dollars, offering 300000 square feet of floor space and a grand oak screened main suite for Collector Stranahan.
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New York
Custom House
Bowling Green
Treasury
Wall Street
Stranahan
Arrest orders issued against leaders of wine growers revolt
Faris June 18 government moves to seize all leaders of the wine growers revolt. Instructions to Argelliers call for arrest of Marcelin Albert who has fled. In Parliament the sugar tax wine bill failed, with Caillaux pressing a 65 franc levy per hundred kilos of sugar used in wine making rejected by the chamber.
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Faris
Argelliers
Marcelin Albert
Albert
Chamber of Deputies
Caillaux
Chamber
Government Debates Sea Sation Vote to Suspend Session
The vote reached 304 to 255 and the session was suspended. It is expected the government will compromise on the lower rate proposed by northern deputies.
Bodies of Three Midshipmen Found in Chesapeake Bay
In Newport News on June 18 the bodies of Midshipmen P. H. Field from Wisconsin W. H. Stevenson from North Carolina and F. P. Holcomb from Delaware were found in Chesapeake Bay. They were clad in full naval uniforms and had mutilated faces and hands. The naval tug Potomac towed the bodies to Portsmouth naval hospital after identification.
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Newport News
P. H. Field
Wisconsin
W. H. Stevenson
North Carolina
F. P. Holcomb
Delaware
Chesapeake Bay
Potomac
Naval Hospital
Portsmouth
Wireless Telegraph Tested On Transport Thomas
Report to the chief signal officer says the wireless telegraph apparatus worked satisfactorily aboard the transport Thomas. Communication reached the coast when the ship was 700 miles at sea. Similar systems will be installed on transports Logan Sherman and Sheridan.
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Washington
Army
Thomas
Logan
Sherman
Sheridan
Buckler to Become Secretary of U S Legation in Madrid
Baltimore June 18 William HH Buckler of this city will accept the post of secretary of the United States legation at Madrid Buckler is half-brother of Henry White ambassador to France He served at the American embassy at the wedding of King Alfonso and Queen Victoria of Spain Horse Doctor Dies of Glanders New York June 18 Daniel H McDornan a veterinary surgeon dies at New York Hospital after contracting glanders from a horse he treated He died after entering the hospital Tuesday in agony.
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Baltimore
William HH. Buckler
United States
Legation
Madrid
Buckler
Henry White
France
Alfonso
Victoria
Spain
Glanders
New York
Daniel H. McDornan
New York Hospital
McDornan
Market Report for Hogs Cattle and Sheep at Chicago Sale
Official receipts yesterday 26028 shipments 4606. estimated today 13000 with 3503 left over. Hogs steady to strong with five higher. light 6 05 to 6 27 and heavy 5 90 to 6 20. Cattle receipts 3000 steady to strong with beeves 4 70 to 7 00 and westerns 4 50 to 5 25. Sheep market active strong with lambs 6 25 to 7 25 and western lambs 5 75 to 7 50. Market levels show gains over yesterday’s close across hogs cattle and sheep.
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Texas
Chicago
John A Babcock and North American Commission Company Note
A short note from John A Babcock addressed to the North American Commission Company in Chicago Illinois promising timely correspondence and a square deal without further detail or context.
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The
North American Commission Company
Orchard Testifying to Try Impeaching Him in Steunenberg Case
Boise June 18 Harry Orchard will be first witness for the state in the Steunenberg case and then face impeachment by the defense. Prosecution conferences shaped plans to call Steve Adams and to hear from James Kirwan and other witnesses as additional testimony arrives. Charles Neville, son of John Neville, arrives to testify on night events, which may affect Orchard’s story. Caldwell June 18 Orchard brought before Judge Wood as Haywood case adjourns to Caldwell.
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Boise
Ida
Steunenberg
Harry Orchard
Orchard
Caldwell
James H. Hawley
Steve Adams
Adams
McParland
Case
James Kirwan
Western Federation of Miners
Charles Neville
John Neville
Wyoming
Independence Station
Rev Rolla Black Targeted After Sermons
The New Albany Indiana parish pastor Rev Rolla I L Black of the Frederickburg Methodist Church near the Paoli Pike faced threats of whipping by whitecaps and endured egg- smeared parsonage fronts and a bundle of hickory switches with a threatening note amid protests against lawless elements.
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New Albany
Ind
Rolla IL. Black
Fredericksburg
British ambassador visits Geronimo and Quanah Parker at Fort Sill
June 18. Jame Bryce visits Fort Sill Oklahoma and meets Geronimo the Apache leader and Quanah Parker of the Comanches. The historic meeting underscores Anglo Native American relations.
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Bryce
Geronimo
Lawton
O. T
Jame Bryce
Wen
Fort Sill
Quanah Parker
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Uncle Sam
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