Judge McSurely Warns Browne Jury to Reach Verdict Fairly
After ninety three hours awaiting a Browne case verdict, Judge McSurely summoned the twelve jurors for added instructions. He urged them to discuss the evidence candidly and avoid holding private opinions, stressing there must be no mistrial if a verdict can reflect conscientious belief.
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Chicago
Lee O'Neil Browne
Cook County
McSurely
Greene
Wayman
Forrest
Who Will Probably Be Appointed Subtreasurer at Chicago by Taft
Taft is expected to name a new subtreasurer for Chicago. The choice will likely come from a list of senior currency officials and trusted Republican appointees, with announcements anticipated in the coming days.
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Chicago
Taft
Roosevelt Visits Taft and Plans with Lodge
Col. Roosevelt arrives in Boston and prepares for talks with Senator Henry Cabot Lodge after Harvard events. He will also visit Lodge at Nahant, while Gov. Hughes faces political pressure amid discussions of a potential third term and upcoming Senate race dynamics.
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Mr. Roosevelt
Henry Cabot Lodge
Roosevelt
Cambridge
Nahant
Boston
Taft
Doughesse
Longworth
Somerville
Trarvard “Yard
Oyster Bay
Washington
Gov. Hughes
Swampscott
Federal Supreme Court
Albany
Dee
Butler Ales
Lodge
Taft Leaves for Beverly Summer Capital Move
President Taft departed Washington with a large White House retinue for Beverly to establish the summer capital. Mrs Taft has been in Beverly a few days and the executive offices remain in the same building as last year with work already set for Secretary Norton.
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Washington
Taft
White House
Beverly
Mra
Norton
Butcher Knife at Door Alleged Lightning Lure
Mrs Josiah Phar of Princeton Indiana was knocked unconscious by a house knife believed to attract lightning. She stood in her kitchen doorway when the knife caused a paralyzed side and temporary collapse. She is expected to recover.
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Princeton
Ind
Josiah Phar
Pittman Guilty of Conspiracy by Court Martial
William Pittman, the American who tried to plant mines near Bluefields, has been found guilty by a court martial of conspiracy against the government. He faces a sentence of at least ten years in the Moravian government penitentiary at Mavagua.
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Bluefields
William Pittman
Madris Army
Ife
Mavagua
Len Small Likely Appointed Assistant U.S. Treasurer
Welelington June 29. President Taft will appoint Len Small of Kankakee as assistant United States treasurer in Chicago. Taft planned recess appointments for Illinois slate sent to the Senate, but they did not gain confirmation.
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Welelington
Len Small
Kankakee
United States
Chicago
Taft
Senate
Ida Von Claussen Sues Over Slander and Conspiracy
Ida Von Claussen, once married to Dr William Franela Honan, files a county court complaint charging Theodore Roosevelt Robert Bacon Charles G Graves and Mrs Alice Wright Graves with slander and conspiracy. She claims machinations blocked her marriage plans to Prince Eugene of Sweden and seeks 1 million dollars in damages while noting she secured counsel by filing the complaint.
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New York
Ida von Claussen
William Franela Honan
America
Theodore Roosevelt
Paris
Robert Bacon
Charles G Graves
Sweden
Alice Wright Graves
Prince Eugene of
Mr. Roosevelt
Anawyer
Fugitive Leaps From Boat in Detroit River Case
F. B. Goldthwaite of Ottawa Ontario is believed to have died by his own actions after leaping from the steamer Eastern States as it neared Detroit while returning from Buffalo. Letters suggesting suicide were found after docking.
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Detroit
F. 8. Goldthwaite
Ottawa
Ont
Detroit River
Umpire Jack Sheridan Quits Amid Sudden Decision
Washington June 29 Umpire Jack Sheridan a veteran official resigns his post in a sudden move ending a long career. Sheridan described his decision as final and said he would retire from umpiring effective immediately.
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Washington
Jack Sheridan
Sheridan resigns and heads to Reno for Jeffries prep
The year’s events record that a baseball figure quits the American League, sending a telegram of resignation to President Johnson. He immediately travels by night train to Reno to assist his personal friend Jim Jeffries in final fight preparations.
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Ever
Reno
Jim Jeffries
Sheridan
Johnson
New York Firm Creates Lake Superior Iron and Chemical Co
Albany June 29 The Lake Superior Iron and Chemical company of New York is incorporated with 11 825 000 capital and assumes the property and business of the Michigan Lake Superior Iron and Chemical company. Directors include William Young Edgar Alekman Raphael Brill Harry J Hoffman Alfred Hector Louis Malihaner William J. Foster Joseph Schere George V. Hart William Taylor and Loula Cohen all of New York.
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Albany, N. Y
Lake Superior Iron and Chemical Company of
New York
Lake Superior Iron and Chemical Company
Michigan
William ©. Young
Edgar Alekman
Raphael Brill
Harry J Hoffman
Alfred Hector
Louis Malihaner
William J. Foster
Joseph Schere
George V. Hart
William ©. Taylor
Loula Cohen
Bomb in Teatro Colon Injures Dozens in Buenos Aires
A bomb hurled from the gallery during a Teatro Colon performance injures twenty people, six fatally, in a crowded theater. Many victims are prominent Buenos Aires families as the blast lights the darkened hall.
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Buenos Aires
Teatro Colon
Theater Blast Wrecks Night Scene As Police Round Up 200
An explosion in midair at a theater sent scores of people sprawling and many injured by missile fragments. Police quickly surrounded the venue and arrested about 200 gallery occupants.
Mrs Sherman Improves After Hospital Care
Baltimore reports Mrs Sherman wife of the vice president shows nervous prostration but is on the road to recovery. Dr William Thayer of Johns Hopkins hospital said she responded slowly to initial treatment in Washington before being moved to Baltimore Friday night. A sinking spell Saturday left her seriously ill for a time but she remains listed as improved now.
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Baltimore
William Thayer
Johns Hopkins’ Hospital
Sherman
Thayer
Washington
Chicago Hogs Cattle Sheep Prices June 29 1910 Markets
Market reports from Chicago show hogs receipts and prices across classes with light to heavy hogs and roughs ranged. Cattle and sheep sections list beves, cows, heifers and western and native stock with steady to higher bids and closing prices easing from prior levels. Also shown are grain prices and Washington market quotations for corn oats hay and other staples.
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Texas
Missing sailing party shocks Annapolis and Severn searches
In Annapolis Maryland a party of three including Mrs Joseph Bowyer midshipmen Sherman Mason and Grisby Thomas disappeared after sailing from the naval academy. Their cutter was found in shallow water and the Severn River ferrying vessels and searchers scour the area for the missing individuals.
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Annapolis
Ituis
Joseph Steet. Bowyer
C. M. Bowyer
Naval Academy
Sherman N. Mason
Newport
R. L
Grisby E. Thomas
Union Point
Academy
Severn River
Detroit Conventions Lead With Forty-Two Planned Summer Meetings
New York shows weak convention turnout in Russell list with only three events between July and October. Detroit tops with forty-two meetings, including four international and eighteen national affairs, signaling a crowded summer for the era.
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New York
National Negro Press Association
National Negro Business League
Saginaw
Mich
Kalamazoo
New Orleans
Washington
St. Paul
St. Louis
Chicago
Atlantic City
Hoston
Denver
Detroit
Firecracker Fatality Reported in Reading
In Reading Pennsylvania on June 29 Mamie Fox seven year old daughter of William Fox died from burns after sparks from an ordinary firecracker set her dress alight.
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Reading
Mamie
William Fox
Italian laborer injured by press car at Prides Crossing
June report from Beverly describes an Italian laborer struck by a press automobile at Prides Crossing. Hubert A. Taft, president's son, drove the car and faces a pending recovery prognosis. a lawyer secured an ante mortem statement from the injured man. Robert is exonerated.
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Beverly, Mase
Rhithwoola
Prides Crossing
Hubert A. Taft
W Robert
Child Falls From Window in Corunna
In Corunna Michigan on June 29 Ember the five year old son of I P Ruedisuit a local merchant fell from a second story window when a screen he leaned on gave way The child landed on a cement sidewalk after a 15 foot drop and sustained only a few bruises as his shocked parents rushed to the scene to check him.
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Corunna
Mich
Ember
I. P. Ruedisuit
Secon
Daniel Worcester dies in Bennington originator of Uncle Tom troupe
Daniel Worcester longtime actor known as the original Uncle Tom from the Uncle Tom's Cabin company is dying in a solitary home in Bennington Vermont. He once performed before Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas and was presented to both. He also appeared with notable actors including John Wilkes Booth during his career.
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Williamstown
Mass
Daniel Worcester
Uncle Tom
Uncle Tom's Cabin Company
Bennington
Worcester
Abraham Lincoln
Stephen A. Ce
Heene
John Wilkes Booth
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Lake Superior Iron and Chemical Co
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