Girl Takes 2 Lives Says Coroner's Jury Found
Coroner's jury concludes the girl died of asphyxiation and her two young victims were found hours later in an apartment. Police note the apartment was stripped of valuables, letters suggest wealthy kin in New York and Cincinnati, while no close companions are identified.
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New York
Cincinnati
Wnearth
Mre Wehrkamp
Mra Wehrkant
Wiliam Krabes
Knabe Bros
Plano Company
Kate
Tragic double gas death tied to daughter intent
coroner finds Katherine Wehrkamp 3, and Mary E Wehrkamp 6, died from inhaling gas in their Rochelle Street apartment. evidence suggests the younger daughter self-administered the poison to kill her mother. no proof mother consented. letters and poverty hint at financial stress. a relative in Baltimore is named in correspondence.
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Katherine Wehrkamp
Mias Katherine Wehrkamp
Mre
Mary E Wehrkamp
The
Rochelle
Two Women Die in Apparent Gas Fatalities in City
A maid and a visitor were found dead in a rented apartment with a faint gas odor lingering. Detectives and a coroner, summoned immediately, questioned janitors and witnesses as an inquest began while notes indicated a fortune teller contact and a furniture loan. Four dollars were found. Ernest Knabe Jr and others arranged funeral expenses.
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Ter
Gaz
Yroman
Freedmen’s Hospital
H. Tyson
Platt
Nevitt
Taylor
Barnhart
Ernest Knabe, Jr
Cincinnati
E. K.nabe
Norwood
Ohio
Fred L. Wehrkant
Denver
Colo
Earnest Knabe
Hilles Proposed for Republican National Committee Chair
Beverly Massachusetts July 6 The meeting to decide the Republican national committee chairmanship and assistants will be held tomorrow here. President Taft favors Hilles as chairman but will defer to a subcommittee to choose a man acceptable to the committee and able to guide the campaign. Other candidates mentioned include Arbert Parsons and Williams Jr of New York. Otto Bannard’s Beverly visit sparked rumors he might be treasurer, but Taft intends the chair first.
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Herbert Parsons
Beverly
Maso
Taft
C. D. Hillen
Republican National Committee
National Committee
White House
Hilles
Williams, Jr
New York
Arbert Parsons
Ieaders
Chicago
Washington
Bannard
Otto T. Bannard
Mr. Bannard
North Shore
Paramatta
Barnard
Eloping Wife Near Death in Paris Hotel with Actor Tearle
Special to The Washington Post reports Mrs. Roberta Menges once famed as the Belle of Sheepshead Bay teetering near death in Paris after eloping with actor Conway Tearle. Her parents and sister hurry to Paris amid dire hotel conditions and aid from American friends until her mother’s arrival.
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Belle
Sheepshead Bay
Actor Tearlesi
Paris Hotel
Washington Post
New York
Roberta Menges
Belle of
Sheeps
Conway Tearle
Paris
Tearle
Avtor
Third Party Move Looms In Roosevelt Wilson Fight
New York July 6 Senator Dixon calls for a third party convention to back Roosevelt in Chicago in August. He says Taft is third and that Western Republicans and states including California Oregon Washington Kansas Minnesota Nebraska have already moved. California leaders outline efforts to back Roosevelt and explore electors and petitions to place Roosevelt electors on the ballot.
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Washington Post
New York
Dixon
Chicago
Col
Roosevelt
Wilson
Taft
Western
California
Oregon
Washington
Kansas
Minnesota
Nebraska
South Dakota
Michigan
Dene
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Barnes
Senate
Lorimer
Bailey
Texas
Purdy to Seek Place on Third Party Chicago Call
M D Purdy chairman of Minnesota Republican Roosevelt committee and former Assistant Attorney General under Roosevelt has agreed to have his name placed on the call for the third party national convention to be held in Chicago next month. Delegates and alternates at the Chicago convention will elect representatives and a full California quota will be sent. The ballot may include a party designation such as progressive by petition.
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California
Sacramento
Cal
Gov. Johnson
State Teaders
Roosevelt
Becauss
Chicago
Baltimore
Ohio
Chiago
Minneapolis
Minn
M. D. Purdy
Minnesota
Republican
Roosevelt Committee
Trouble Woman Nancy Newman Dies at 87 in Hawesville
Nancy Newman of Hancock county Hawesville aged 87, known as the area’s “trouble woman,” died after a lifetime of family tragedies including multiple child deaths, a murdered son-in-law, a grandson, a house collapse death, and a broken leg that never healed.
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Hawesville
Hancock County
Nancy Newman
John Sterett
Mobile
Ala
Rebels Flee West as Orozco Plans Ports and Attacks
Rebels commanded by Gen. Fuascual Orozco push toward Sonora and Pacific ports to secure ammunition and seek escape routes. They aim to seize Guaymas and coast towns, potentially joining Emiliano Zapata in the south, while detachments raid and harass federal forces. A drunken rebel squad wrecked a train near Solas, killing the engineer and injuring several soldiers, as federal columns advance.
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Sauz
Mexico
Fuascual Orozco
Sonora
Pacific Coast
Guaymas
Juarez
Chihuahua
Casas Grandes
Campos
Luis Fernandez
Chihuahua City
Argumedo
Murillo
Huerta
Pacific
Mexico City
Emiliano Zapata
Cot Pascual Orozco, Jr
Japan
Germany
Castulo Herrera
Arma
United States
Madera
Here
Solas
Santa Eulalis
Custom House
Banks
Galveston
Tex
Frontera
J. C. Griffins
Wiliam
Mussenden
Fronters
Grosco
Rebel Leader Orozco Fleeing Toward Gulf Port
Reports say Orozco will attempt to reach Guaymas on the Gulf of California to obtain ammunition abroad. His followers reportedly abandon organized resistance and plan to flee to the Sonora mountains. Officials fear possible escape by the port while threats to strike American property are treated as hollow. Orozco and his forces are said to be low on ammunition and unable to mount a successful attack.
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Gulf of California
Sonora
Department
Orozco
Guayman
Orozeco
Madero
Forty Hurt In Collision Near Greensboro
In Greensboro North Carolina July 4 an Atlantic Washington bound Southern Railway Limited No 3% collided head on with a freight engine in Pomona yards. Engineer Thomas C Beach of Alexandria Virginia died tonight from injuries. 350 to 400 passengers on the wrecked train were jolted or bruised. Passengers and crew sustained multiple injuries including a number severely wounded. The crash followed an open cross over switch and a signal dispute blamed on Beach by officials. Beach had 32 years service and this was his first wreck.
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N. C
Thomas C. Beach
Alexandria
Southern Railway
Atlante
Washington
Pomona
Beach
Ciinkadale
Ad. M. Small
Spencer
J. B. Long
Atlanta
R. C. Springs
Agheville
B. C. Craven
Kitty
Danville
E. D. Brooks
Greenville
D. C
Ed S. Goodman
Richmond
Isaac Delilly
Washington, D C
E T. Lippencott
Philadelphia
W R Smith Dies After Prolonged Illness at 64
William Robinson Smith aged 64 and longtime superintendent of the National Botanic Garden died at 12:57 am after a lingering illness of two weeks. Heart disease caused death. physicians noted a four minute heart stoppage earlier. He leaves a wife in an asylum near Baltimore and no children. He owned a valuable Burns collection valued around 44,000 dollars and willed his library to Andrew Carnegie for the American people. Carnegie plans to place the collection in Pittsburgh Public Library. Smith helped transform the gardens from eleven acres of swampland to a renowned park.
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National Botanic Arden
Mr. Smith
Charles C. Marbury
C. Leslie Reynolds
Smith
John Clarke
Rock Creek
Scotland
Haddingtonshire
Edinburgh
Baltimore
Thaddeus Stevens
Wilson
McKinley
Hittle Cottage
Whitson
Burns
Carnegie
Mr Smith
Andrew Carnegie
Tariff and nomination drama loom in Wilson campaign
Seagirt New Jersey July letters and public pledges frame Gov Woodrow Wilson’s August 7 nomination. discussions focus on tariff and cost of living, with Underwood and McCombs sending supportive notes while Clark allies rally California backing. James Hamilton Lewis and Harmon's manager convey cross‑party support and electoral strategy.
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Seagirt
N. J
Woodrow Wilson
Ollie Jamea
Kentucky
Baltimore
New Jersey
James
Washington
Dia
Gov. Wilson
Guv Wilson
Underwood
Alabama
Underwood Glade
House of Representatives
Chicago
James Hamilton Lewis
Clark
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Havana Plague City Lockdown Fumes Palace
Public health moves to fumigate Havana after bubonic plague identified at Las Animas Hospital in Mendez Guerra. City awaits wider measures as deaths rise, with palace evacuations and strict sanitation steps including vehicle cleaning and waterfront disinfection. Two suspected cases reported in Porto Rico prompt U S health service to take charge.
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Porto Rico
Public Health Service
Guerraig
Havana
Health Department
I Mobile
Ala
R. von Ezdert
United States Hospital
Marine Hospital Corps
von Ezdorf
Cuba
Panama
United States Pubic Health Service
P. A. Surg
R. H. Creel
San Juan
Santuro
Carolina
Vice President Sherman Takes Rest Cure at Home
Vice President Sherman, under his physician’s direction, is undergoing a three‑week rest cure at his Utica home. He sleeps late, spends hours on the veranda, and moves lightly by motor car, with officials noting rapid health return and readiness for the fall campaign.
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Washington Post
Utica
MN. Y
Sherman
Washington
Prominent Society Woman Dies on Train Near Baltimore
Mrs. Jue Ha L. Barber once titled as Asphalt King’s widow and noted suffragist dies suddenly of acute indigestion aboard the Congressional Limited near Baltimore returning from New York. Her death follows concern over her daughter in law’s May window accident and voyage to Europe with her granddaughter. Her passing shocks prominent relatives and society circles.
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New York
Austria
Jue Ha L. Barber
Anna L. Barber
Baltimore
Europe
le Droit Harber
Canton Street
Julia Langdon Barber
Barber
Mre Davis
Mira
Barebat, Jr
Hes
Mme van Reuth
Vienna
Ausetria
Barber, Jr
LeCrott Langdon Barber
Alr
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Afl
EB. Davis
Oldamobile Company
Davis
Mra Barber
P. Davis
Highlands Apartments
E Davie
Vance
Bareber, Jr
Harber, Jr
Barber Home
Bellmont
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Mississippi
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W. B. Shearer
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