Mitchell Trial Loses Shield as Timber Claim Scheme Is Revealed
In Portland on June 23, testimony linked United States Senator John H. Mitchell to a timber land claim scheme with partners Tanner Kribs and Ben, showing fees diverted through the General Land Office. Letters and telegrams were read detailing requests to omit Mitchell as attorney and to prepay or allocate fees.
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Portland
Oreg
United States
John H. Mitchell
H Tanner
Eich Ingrth Mitchell
Tanner
Kribs
Iy Blaney
Heney
Ransm & Hyde
Callifornia
WF Burke
Oregon
Loo Suc
Department of Commerce and Tabor
Mitchell
Sinner
Tannin
Washington
Manly
Ber
Kricbs
Indian Territory Frauds In Chickasaw Government Indictments
The Department of Justice reports indictments linked to alleged frauds in the Chickasaw Nation government, naming Treasurer Ward Guv Johnson ex Governor Weseley and others. They allegedly reissued school and central fund warrants to secure immediate money payments for education. An Interior estimate suggests a large portion of warrants were fraudulently reissued amid a $230,000 Congress appropriation decision.
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Department of Justice
Indian Territory
Ward
Guv Johnson
Weseley
Colbert
Fuldom
Mansfield, McMurray and Cornlan
Congress
Interior Department
Land Frauds in New Mexico and Tallmadge Subornation Case
Roswell New Mexico reports the start of land fraud prosecutions akin to Oregon and Montana after the arrest of Ben genia H Tallmadge of Chicago head of the L Tallmadge Southwestern Land Company on charges of subornation of perjury. Tallmadge appeared before United States Land Commissioner Karl Snyder and posted a 1000 bond for his appearance. The warrant was issued by Commissioner Snyder on a complaint by Grosvenor Clarkson, government special agent, who has been active in the district for months. This is described as the first step in the matter.
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Roswell
Oregon
Montana
Bengenia H .Tallmadge
Chicago
Grosvenor Clarkson
Trig
Prosecutions Loom Over Land Entry Frauds in New Mexico
In New Mexico, numerous prosecutions are to be brought for alleged land entry frauds. Thousands of acres in the artesian belt are claimed to have been secured through desert entries. Land buyers report prices from 20 to 30 dollars an acre. Investigations continue. Mr. Tallmadge asserts all dealings followed the law and will be approved.
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New Mexico
Tallmadge
Preacher Shot From Ambush In South Carolina
Florence South Carolina June 28 a local Baptist preacher H D Granger was shot and killed on his farm near here He had employed two negro workers and allowed them to sleep on the premises The Dead Stretch between Beyboro and Loris is described as an area hostile to negroes Authorities sent bloodhounds and coroner Burroughs of Florence proceeded to the scene to investigate potential assassination by local hostile elements
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South Carolina
Florence
S.C
H. D. Granger
Granger
Beyboro
Loris
Burroughs
Auto Fells From Club Dock In Marblehead Tragedy
Charles T. Detabrook a bookkeeper was killed and Estabrook T F Rhoades Miss B Bassett and Miss Rose Lamo reaux all of Newton were in a touring car that backed over the edge of the Boston Yacht Club dock and fell fifteen feet to the beach. Estabrook died after being crushed beneath the steering wheel. The others were bruised and shaken with no serious injuries.
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Marblehead
Mass
Charles T. Detabrook
Estabrook
T. F. Rhoades
B. Bassett
Rose Lamoreaux
Newton
Boston Yacht Club
Robbed Trolley Passengers in Chicago Suburb
In Chicago two armed men robbed passengers on the Chicago and Milwaukee electric car near Winetka. They stopped the car on Winetka Avenue, searched passengers, the motorman, and the conductor, taking about 65 dollars and a watch from the motorman. The robbers fled in a buggy.
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Chicago
Milwaukee
Winetka
Winetka Avenue
Landslide Buries Tahiti Village as Lagoon Fills
In the Te ward group west coast of Riate island a May landslide deposited thousands of tons of earth and rock behind Vatau village, burying houses and cocoanut plantations, wrecking boats, and filling the lagoon channel. No lives reported. Joseph Miller, longtime Tahiti customs collector, died of tuberculosis at Papeete. Sylvester James, Boston native and Marquesas veteran, died on Fatubiya at seventy four.
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Papeete
Tahiti
San Francisco
Vatau
Riate
Joseph Miller
M Videl
Sylvester James
Boston
Marquesas Islands
Fatubiya
New Spanish cabinet announced by Madrid June 2
King Altonan approved a cabinet with Gen. Montero as premier and Weyler named Minister of War. Other posts include Garcia Pietro interior, Sanchez Roman warlike, Tazaiz finance, Villanueva marine, Romanones agriculture, Gonzalez Pena justice, Mellardo public instruction. American guests robbed in Hotel de l Europe. necklace found in pawnshop.
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Weyler
Madrid
Altonan
Montero
Senor Garcia Pietro
Woralgn Alfane
Senor Sanchez Roman
Gener Tazaiz
Gen. Weyler
Sener Villanueva
Sener Romanones
Sener Gonzalez Pena
Sener Mellardo
Petersburg
Theodore & Darling
New York
Hotel de L'Europe
Darling
Grand Duke Alexis Warned Before Resigning Admiral Post
St Petersburg reports Grand Duke Alexis, just prior to resigning as high admiral, received a former warning from terrorists threatening his life within 24 hours unless he retired. In Muskegon a county poorhouse burned after a gasoline tank exploded, most inmates escaped but Mrs Cari, 75, was badly crushed and may die. Loss to building estimated at 6000 with 48000 insurance. A black man named John Carpenter was hanged in Tuscaloosa for the murder of Stewart Champion, plantation superintendent, last April. Kingston Jamaica notes chess master Arthur Ford Mackenzie died, aged about 45 after years of infirmity. An automobile from Sloan’s auction is offered, a Winton Touring Car in good condition. Norfolk and Newport News advertise superb steamers of Norfolk and Washington Steamboat Co. with daily departures at 6:30 p.m., linking to New York and Boston by sea.
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Grand Duke
Alexis
Unesa
Pentines
Execu
Muskegon
Mich
Munketon County Peorhouse
Cari
Tuscaloosa
Ala
John Carpenter
Stewart Champion
Stewart Plantation
Carpenter
Champion
Point Comfort
Norfolk and
Newport News
Norfolk & Washington Steamboat Co
Norfolk
New York
Boston
Lord Roberts
Lawrence Alme-Tadema
Lord Alverstone
London
Henry Campbell- Bannerman
F. C. Burnand
Frederick Bridge
Lord Balfour of
Burleigh
W. J. Bell
M. J. Burn
C. F. Moberly Bell
Thomas Barlow
John H. Beacom
United States
Gert
A. Babcock
Sydney Brooks
Charles H. Boynton
Henry Chaplin
M. P
H. R. Chamberlain
Compton Domville
A. Conan Doyle
Earl of
Henry Arthur Jones
Rudyard Kipling
Lord Hinnaud
Ray Lankester
Lord
Liangattock
Thomas Lipton
Aidley Low
A. H. Lee
John Founde
Hamilton McCormick
Lord Napier
Migdala
Duke of Newcastle
George Newnes
William Osler
Earl of Onslow
Frederick Pollock
Henry Phipps
Robert P. Porter
Whitelaw Held
Lord Rothschild
Henry Seymour Rachinson
John £. Bargent
R. A
Clement K. Shorter
Charles H. Stockton
Gram Stoker
Arthur Sime
Lord Tennyson
Arthur M. Tree
C. E. Howard Vincent
Stewart L. Woodford
George
Lora Charles Beresford
Henry Irving
Alfred Austin
President and King Edward Praised for Peace Efforts
Whitelaw Reid, American Ambassador in London, praised by King Edward and Cabinet at Claridge's dinner. Field Marshal Lord Roberts presided as many eminent guests attended, including Campbell-Bannerman, Kipling, Doyle, Osler, and many others. Speech highlights credit King Edward and President Roosevelt for promoting peace and closer Anglo American ties. mentions American Fleet duty and mutual respect between nations.
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Premier Balfour
Lord Roberts
Mir. Reid
Field Marshal White
Sir George White
Gibraltar
United States
America
Sir George
Stewart L. Woodford
Spain
Conan Doyle
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
St. James
Edward
Great Britain
Roosevelt
Frange Troubled by Berlin Disappointment Stirring Paris Market
Amid panicky Paris Bourse sentiment, Frange remains troubled and disappointed while Berlin holds steady. Reassuring statements from Premier Ronvier urge moderation and calm in the financial outlook.
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Newspapere
Paris
Ronvier
Paris and Berlin Confront Morocco Crisis Amid Market Unease
London dispatch reports Britain reaffirms support for France in Morocco, while Paris seeks an international conference. Germany presses for limited terms, markets wobble as bourse prices fall and newspapers urge calm despite public anxiety over Franco German talks and potential conference.
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Washington Pest
London
France
Germany
Phage
The
Post
Great Britain
Ahe
Morocco
Hus
Rheden
Bouvier
Garemany
Germany opposes separate Morocco settlement urged by Rau
Germany rejects Rau von Wier's proposal for a France Germany separate agreement on Morocco before the conference. Berlin maintains unity against any apart arrangement. Newspapers show disappointment but keep a calm tone with no threats or insults toward France.
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Germany
M. Rauvier
France
Villiers Defends French Note To Germany Moderation
Paris dispatch reports Georges Villiers stressing the note's calm tone and omissions, insisting it does not reject conference, asserts Moroccan policy loyalty, and seeks conciliation with German interests amid frontier maps and shifting public anxiety. Also notes Mrs Mary M Rogers gains liberty after solitary confinement escape appeal, and a Detroit Tribune dispatch reports three girls drowned at Pine Lake while on a picnic.
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Journal Des Debats
France
Morocco
Germany
Berlin
Atuch
Rouvier
Vossiache Zeitung
M. Rouvier
M. Delcasse
Vorstachée Zeitung
National Zeitung
Villiers
Washington Post
Paris
Georges Villiers
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Morasco
M. Rougier
Detroit
Mich
Tribune
Fetoskey
Saya
Alma Kurcher
Edna van Ambrey
Gladys’ Howe
Pine Lake
Orleigh
Power of Aldermen Curtailed by Supreme Court Ruling
Judge Blanchard of the New York Supreme Court upheld a law by the last legislature reducing aldermen power over franchises and transferring it to the board of estimate and apportionment. The article notes this change and references related notices from The Sun day Post. It mentions travel rates and a lodge convention as surrounding content.
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New York
Blanchard
Supreme Court
Board of Aldermen
Board of Estimate
Sunday Post
Tamue
Washington
Fifty Dead as Troops Storm Polish Barricades
June 22 Lodz Polandrsquo scene of violent clashes as troops move on barricades erected by strikers. Fifty killed and many wounded as mobs raid liquor stores and streetcars halt. Martial law threatened while Warsaw and Lodz fear further outbreaks.
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Lodz
Russian Poland
Mquor
St. Petersburg
Poland
Lada Fag
Manifestants
FLEE FROM MOUNT VESUVIUS ALARMING CRATER ACTIVITY
Naples June prefect orders evacuation near Mount Vesuvius due to rising crater discharge. Also notes railroad expansion plans from Western North Carolina to Eastern Tennessee and a misreported Rabun Gap route. Prof. C C Rice’s condition remains serious after hospital confinement amid a missing watch case. Public sale items listed with limited details.
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Crater
Naples
Mount Vesuvius
Index to 10-Day Issue Highlights Wide Coverage
This issue lists multiple sections including trials, notable banquets, battles, urban life, Shriners leadership, typesetting controversy, school row inquiry, rifle range, military affairs, state news, editorials, Washington visitors, baseball, yacht racing, police trial board, Hawaii governor resignation, Chinese policy, trade reviews, cotton optimism, church notices, Sunday school, Caleb Powers tale, literary gossip.
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Mitchell
Reld
Shriners
Jerome
Washington
Kaiser
Iwgov Carter
Hawaii
Caleb Powers
England
Coxey's Army
Mystery of Mentor wreck blamed on switch tamperer
Special to The Washington Port from Cleveland reports railroad officials stating they know the man who opened the Mentor switch and caused the Twentieth Century flyer wreck. General Superintendent Storrs and other Lake Shore leaders argue a culprit with a key performed the act, noting the emergency brakes and sand throwing indicate deliberate timing.
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Washington Port
Cleveland
Ohio
Storrs
Lake Shore
Mentor
D. W. Pardee
Tyler
Freman
Generals
Marshall
Chicago
W. C. Brown
Lake Shore Railway
Twentieth Century Limited
Second Warrant Issued for Hill in Forgery Case
Philadelphia June w much surprise marked the issuance of an additional warrant for the arrest of John W. Hill former chief of the filtration bureau on forgery charges connected with filtration contracts. Hill had a prior hearing on similar charges and remains under eight dollars bail. The affidavit by Captain James P. Donaghy alleges Hill forged or published false records concerning work by contractor Daniel J McNichol to defraud the city. contracts involved are not specified.
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Philadelphia
John W. Hill
Hill
James P. Donaghy
James P. Donaghy, and Charges Mr. Hill
Bureau of Filtration
Daniel J McNichol
Government deficits not expected next session
The government will not ask Congress to cover deficits at the upcoming session. A winter law punishes officials who incur future payments beyond appropriations, and departments report strict compliance. Postmasters were notified that no more requests for special envelopes can be processed this year due to exhausted funds and the new law limits requisitions until July 1. Gen. H. F. Bogla of Washington, D. C. attended the Massachusetts Veterans Union convention in Brockton.
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Congress
Post-office Department
Gen. Rogin
Veterans
Brockton
Mass
Massachusetts Department
Union Veterans’ Union
H. F. Bogla
Washington, D. C
Department of the Potomac
Professor Ramsey Vanishes From Baltimore to Paris?
Special to The Washington Post reports Marathon Montrose Ramsey a Stanford linguistics professor and Johns Hopkins fellow, connected to Baltimore wife Emily Craig, disappeared three months ago and was found in New York. He told Magistrate Baker his arrest is a farce and that family troubles drove him to Bowery work. Police await Twitchell’s return as Ramsey is held for observation at BelleVue Hospital psych ward.
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Washington Post
New York
Bowery
Raines Law
Marathon Montrose Ramsey
Leland Stanford University
Johna Hopkins University
Seville
Rome
Baker
Jefferson Market
Bellevue Hospital
Ramsey
Produce Exchange
Fogarty
Baltimore
Johns Hopkins University
State of
Tower East Side
Emily Craig
Pacific Coast
Washington
Craig
International American Conference
Columbian University
Peoria Wins Modern Woodmen Convention Vote
Peoria Illinois won the selection for the next meeting of the Modern Woodmen of America head camp after a vote tussle. Final tally Peoria 28 Buffalo 25 Detroit 7 with 26 needed. The convention kept the per capita tax, and officers’ salaries unchanged. An automobile flower parade and a carnival pageant highlighted today’s events.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Peoria
Modern Woodmen of America
Buffalo
Detroit
Lake freighters sunk in St Clair River collision
Two wooden steamers City of Rome and Linden sank after a morning collision opposite Tashmoo Park in the St Clair River. Two crew members aboard the Linden died, including the cook and his wife. The City of Rome carried iron ore. the Linden belonged to Sandusky Box and Lumber Co. of Sandusky Ohio. The City of Rome was built in 1881 in Cleveland. the Linden was built in Port Huron.
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City of Rome
Linden
Detroit
Mich
St Clair River
Tashmoo Park
Cook
Cleveland
J C. Gilchrist
Port Huron
Sandusky Box and Lumber Company
Sandusky, Oho
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Arthur Ford Mackenzie
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Samuel Spencer
Johnson City
Marion
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Tenn
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Caldwell and Northern Railroad
Sloan
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Atlantic Key
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Pat
Sun- Post
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Johna Hopkins
Htinda
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Ed. C. Jones
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