Blamed by Madriz denies he is defeated in Nicaragua
Reassuring notes reach the mother of William Pittman as US officials promise fair treatment of the prisoner. Through Managua consul, President Madriz asserts no court martial and urges calm while Estrada proposes mediation and a provisional government with elections. Reports filter of rebel advances and troop movements amid heavy rains.
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Nicaragua
Bluefelds
Fama
Managua
Taraeds
Chuayarria
Madriz Tarlay
Hayarrlas
Mt de Los Buevos
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Washtarf
Dw Agi
Véstrday
Madsiz
Efd
Jetiels
Etama
Marriz
Drrren
Fay Pa Ment
State Department
Madriz
Pittman Prisoner Care Scrutiny by State Dept
Secretary Knox received a dispatch from American Consul Quivares at Managua reporting that Pittman should be treated fairly and considerately. The note also said a court martial had not yet been ordered and the State Department sent a paraphrase of the telegram to Edwin F Pittman of Cambridge, Mass.
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Miri
Woacumstone Losks
Rachel Pittman
William Fi Min
Amerikan
Madries Arma
Oran
Wilsonesistant
Mir Wilson
Madriz
Curt
Tom Cat
Pittman
Knox
Quivares
Managua
Department
Edwin F Pittmany
Cambridge
Mass
Woman and Grandchild Die In Abandoned Quarry
Special to The Washington Post Boston June 5. A 50 year old Finnish immigrant Mrs Maria Junta was found dead with her 16 month old granddaughter Irene Erickson in a water filled quarry at Quincy. Police say the pair came to the country last week and after a dispute with the child’s father Felix Erickson Erickson, the mother in law left with the child. Grief and despair are believed to have driven her to suicide.
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Washington Post
Boston
Irene Erickson
Maria Junta
Quincy
Finland
Mra
Junta
Felix Erickson Erickson
Amy at Its Best Most High Class Men Enlisted
A reforming article describes recruiting efforts with emphasis on appearance and discipline. It notes facial blemishes being modeled away, slippers issued, and improved efficiency. The piece frames the program as relief to feet and morale, despite ridicule.
SIBLEY WINS PRIMARY DALZELL'S MAJORITY IS 400
Philadelphia June results show Republican gains in nominating nearly all candidates. John Dalzell wins renomination in Pittsburgh district by about 40 votes over former Mayor Black. Sibley defeats Wheeler in the Twenty-Eighth, Porter and the regulars also score in other districts. Reforms stress careful recruit selection and health standards to build a high quality army.
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United States Army
Dickingon
United States
Japan
Russia
Dickinson
Black
Navy
McKeesport
Lewis
Emery, Jr
Philadelpha
Philadelphia
John Dalzell
Pittsburg
Washington
Robert J Black
Graham
W. H Graham
Stephen G. Porter
Republican City Committee
Joseph D. Sibley
Nelson P Wheeler J David McJunking
George F Huff
Ewis Emery, Jr
Usition
Twenty-first
Charles E Patton
Br Brig Gen Clarence Edwards to Visit Philippines This Summer
Brig Gen Clarence R Edwards leaves for the Philippines in June as head of the Bureau of Insular Affairs. He will inspect, report to the President, and oversee coastal defense, finance, railroads, and public works while maintaining golf on rest days at Chevy Chase.
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Philippines
Far East
Clarence R Edwards
Luneta
Beverly
Chevy Chase
Metropolitan Club
Taft
White House
Gen Edwards
Luzon
Aguinaldo
Little Brown
Corregidor
Manila
Gov Forbes
United States
Sea of Colonial
Edwards
Palm
Mindanao
Lawton
Nicholas Longworth
Alice Roosevelt
Oriental Islands
Gen. Edwards
Islands
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Forbes
Dickinson
Pacific Mail
Siberia
San Francisco
Corregidor Island
Smouth
Olongapo
Army and Way Board
Alon- Sapo
Nicholls
Johnson
Wilmington
Del
Sargent
Willie Anderson
Col Bogg
Philippine
Nanking Exposition Opens Without Disorder
Nanking China June 5 The planned revolutionary demonstration failed to occur as the exposition opened without disturbance. Foreigners were warned not to interfere with military preparations, while Chinese merchants who left the city earlier are returning and the overall situation is not considered serious.
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Nanking
China
Gold Seekers Stampede to Iditarod Rivers Alaska
Special to The Washington Post reports a rush of prospectors to the Iditarod and Imoke rivers as rich finds spark a stampede unseen since the Klondike. About 5,000 men are expected, with 350 arriving from Fairbanks after a two week Yukon journey. Warnings warn that there may be not enough claims for all. Hunger and high prices threaten residents at Holkarod as supplies land at the wharf.
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Iditarod River
Alaska
Washington
Holkarod
Murder by Black Hand in Chicago Aimed at Saloonkeeper
In Chicago a Saloonkeeper Ferrulo Cattalini was shot five times at 2 am while with Edgar Acceta a prominent New York Italian lawyer. Acceta said he had visited Pasquale Capaldo’s restaurant and asked Cattalini to guide him to the Palmer House. An unknown Italian shooter followed and fled.
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Washington Post
Chicago
Black Hand Society
Ferrulo Cattalini
Edgar Acceta
New York
Acceta
Palmer House
Pasquale Capaldo
Cattalino
Girl Foils Burglar With Seltzer Bottle In New York
Freda Dolinsky 20, daughter of Herman Dolinsky, awoke to a prowler. She sprayed him with seltzer, battered him with dishes, and sat on his chest until police arrived. Max Levine, 24, was seized. bail set at 2600 for the grand jury.
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Washington Post
New York
Freda Dolinsky
Herman Dolinsky
West
Houston Street
Augusta
Freda
Levine
Thomas Fay
Madison Street
Max Levine
Rogues
Cornell
Doctor Murders to Order in St Petersburg Case
A prisoner's confession links an assassination network to Count Bouturlin and Count Delassy with Dr Patchenko admitting cholera inoculations were used to mask killings. He says he poisoned other wealthy heirs for large sums, amid a cholera epidemic. A Warsaw case then implicates Count Roni ker, connected to Delassy. Public notices for Baltimore & Ohio excursion and a literary contributors note follow.
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St Petersburg
Count Bouturlin
Bouturlin
Count Delassy
Patchenko
Delassy
Krjanowsky
Warsaw
Count Roniker
Taft to hear railroad rate dispute at White House
Secret railroad officials meeting in Washington discussed freight rate handling and possible increases. Taft, Wickersham, and Ripley were to receive the railroad heads to hear their side amid ongoing government actions against the Western Trunk Line Committee and new rate filings affecting 24 central West railroads.
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National Capital
F H Clark
Chicago
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Taft
Interstate Commerce Commission
Ripley
Santa Fe
White House
Washington
Wickersham
Tafil
West
Chicago and Ohio River Committee
Central West
Astern Trunk Lines
Western Trunk Line
Tafts
Department of Justice
Western Trunk Line Committee
Legal Corps of Western Railroads
E P Ripley
Atchison Topeka
F A Delano
E M Felton
Chicago Great Western End
Marvin Hugnitt
Chicago and Northwestern
J M Glenn
Illinois Manufacturers
Shippers’ Convention
Illinois Manufacturers “Associa
Inebriate Hospital Favored by Washington Clergyman
Rev Zed H Copp presented a report to public adviser and attorney at law in April detailing four clients and various legal matters. He notes permanent headquarters at 613 Fourteenth Street NW and monthly expenses of 302 dollars, urging a Washington inebriate hospital modeled after New York City Towne Institution without waiting for Congress.
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Washington
Zed H Copp
Llenry D Gordon
Fourteenth Street
Towne Institution
New York City
Petersburg Man Dies After Roadway Accident
Plummer Hicks aged 30 of Chesterfield near Swift Creek was found unconscious with a fractured skull and jaw on the Richmond and Petersburg turnpike near Petersburg. He died this morning after being taken to Petersburg Hospital. Hicks, employed by the Petersburg Bag and Trunk Company, is survived by his wife and two children. Authorities believe he was struck by a passing auto.
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Washington Hort
Petersburg
Plummer Hicks
Swift Creek
Chesterfield County
Richmond and Petersburg
Peterburg Hospital
Buto Hicks
Petersburg Bag and Trunk Company
Belated cousin hurls cash overboard in Hudson river chase
New York June 5 aboard the White Star liner Arabic a money drop ends with a boatswain and longshoreman recovering most of the floating bills. John Cosgrave had planned to give $150 to his cousin Mary Ryan a passenger when the cash splashed into the Hudson. The recovered sum totaled $118 shared by the two rescuers while Cosgrove mailed the remaining envelope of money aboard.
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New York
Hudson
John Cosgrave
Mary Ryan
Miss Ryan
Cosgrove
Sidney Willams
William Rolsen
By & White Star
Howard University to Build Agricultural College for Colored Youth
Trustees revealed plans to purchase land north of Clark Hall for a modern agricultural college to uplift the colored race. President Taft will join the board. Carnegie Institute backing and district land acquisitions accompany the project as the school expands near Howard Place.
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Thirkield
Howard University
Clark Hall
United States
University
College of Agriculture
Hewiy
Slaver
South
Department of Agriculture
Fits
Taft
Universit
Agricultural College
Olver O Howard
Pritchett
Carnegie Institution For the Advancement of Learning
New Agricultural College
Gen Howard
Howard Place
nea c@loved normal school
Fourth Street
McMillan Park
Normal School
Pardon Hinted for Prisoners Over Counterfeiting Find
Gov Hadley in Missouri announces potential pardons for Lee Jater and Joseph Vail amid discovery of a counterfeit operation inside the penitentiary. Federal inspectors seized five mold pairs and various dollars believed to imitate real currency, found in the cell.
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Gov. Hadley
Jefferson City
Missouri Penitentiary
Lee Jater
Joseph Vaillov
Hadley
Boys of Plains Ride to New York From Oklahoma
Two young riders from Oklahoma, sons of U S Marshal Abernathy, depart from the Raleigh in Washington and begin a cross country ride to Baltimore. They plan to average about 50 miles daily, continuing this pace for the remainder of the journey.
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Golden Wear
Louie and
Temple Abernathy
United States
Jack” Abernathy
Frederick
Okla
Oklahoma
New York
Baltimore
Raleigh
Washington
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