Hughes Names Men to Public Utilities Commissions
Gov Hughes announced the two new public service commissions with Willcox and Stevens as chairmen, naming ten appointees including Bassett and Decker. The panels, covering Greater New York and the rest of the state, will wield broad power over utilities except telephone and telegraph, reshaping regulation and supervision statewide.
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New York
Decker
Commerce Commission
Bassett
Washington Post
Thomas Mott Osborne
Auburn
Charles Harlam Keep
Buffalo
James E. Sague
New Hamburg
Martin &. Decker
New Paltz
Postmaster Wilcox
Greater Commission
McCarroll
Maltbie
Eustis
Citizens’ Union
F. W. Stevens
Upe State Commission
Hooker
Golett
Osborne
Hearst
Hughes
Sagre
First District
Greater
Praying Woman Leaps to Death on East Houston Street
New York on June 8 Mrs Mary Bier after kneeling in prayer jumped from the roof at 862 East Houston Street and was killed Her husband said she tried to jump from a fire escape a week earlier She had been mentally unbalanced for some time but refused to enter a sanitarium She is survived by four children.
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New York
Mary Bier
East Houston
Professor Thomas B Evans Dies at Cincinnati
Professor Thomas B Evans of the University of Cincinnati dies at age. He held the organic chemistry chair for years after earlier work at MIT and other eastern institutions. Widely known in academic circles, his passing marks a loss to chemistry education.
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University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati
Thomas B. Evans
Evans
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Black voters urged to punish enemies at polls
In Baltimore on June 28 the National Afro-American Council calls for a united, nationwide vote to strike at alleged foes of the race. They praise Roosevelt on fair play, condemn removals of soldiers, and honor Senator Foraker for backing Black battalion rights. They urge organizing to defeat enemies in the North and South.
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Washington Post
Baltimore
National
Afro-American Council
Republic
North
South
Roosevelt
Dr. Crum
Twenty-fifth United States Infantry
Foraker
Senate
Senate Committee On Military Affairs
Constitutional League of the United States
White House
Taft
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Warner
Missouri
May acquit Loving arguments to jury begun
Judge II faces a high profile trial as Loving awaits verdict amid alleged Black Hand threats. Nervousness surrounds the Bates and Loving families with a civil suit rumored to bolster Theodore Estes innocence. Appeals to Virginia traditions frame the case atmosphere.
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Loving
Bates
Miss Loving
Theodore Estes
Virginia
End of Loving murder trial predicted acquittal feared
The Halifax Circuit Court nears verdict in the N G Loving murder trial. Defense emphasizes unwritten law and mental derangement as key issues while the State argues manslaughter is possible if lack of premeditation is shown. A threatening letter from the Black Hand is noted.
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Washington Post
Houston
N. G. Loving
Theodore Estes
Circuit Court of
Halifax
Loving
Barksdale
Criminal Jurisidence
Virginia
New York City
Black Hana
Hia
Dutge
Abacaia
Midshipmen Cruiser Squadron Sails for New London Summer HQ
The United States midshipmen practice squadron comprising the cruiser Olympia and monitors Arkansas Florida and Nevada sailed from the Connecticut coast today for New London Conn where headquarters will be set up for the summer. They will cruise the New England coast instructing in navigation and gunnery until August when the squadron returns to Annapolis.
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Connecticut
Annapolis
New York
United States Midshipmen
Olympia
Arkansas
Florida
Nevada
New London
Judge rules against war tax on Medill estate
In St Louis on June 2 Judge Pollock of the United States District Court held that the $3 178 79 Spanish American war tax levied on the estate of Judge George A Medill was illegal. The suit, started as a cost case by Union Trust Company as executor, has moved through federal courts twice with the Supreme Court split each time.
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St. Louis
Pollock
United States District Court
George A. Medill
Union Trust Company
Madill
Supreme Court
Soldiers' Fatal Clash With Police in Holguin Province
Havana June 28 A clash with Holguin police in Santiago Province last night followed an alleged refusal by four American soldiers of the First Infantry to pay. The soldiers and their companions were placed under arrest.
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Havana
Holguin
Santiago
el Infantry
Murder Russian Prince In Armenian Border Robbery
Robbers entered the residence of Prince Chavadze in Tiflis on June 28 and killed the prince amid chaotic conditions in Bitlis Turkish Armenia. Russian troops along the frontier have been strengthened to curb Armenian refugee transmigration and to deter agitation spreading into Russian territory. Officials fear a new Armenian massacre wave similar to 1896 as refugees seek safety in the Caucasus.
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Tifls
Russia
Chavadze Lastight
Bitlis
Armenia
Mussulmans
Caucasus
Baudissin Named Chief of Staff in German Navy
Berlin June 2 Vice Admiral Count von Baudissin, who commanded the imperial yacht Hohenzollern during Prince Henry of Prussia's 1902 visit to the United States, has been promoted to chief of staff of the infantry staff.
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Count von Baudissin
Berlin
Hohenzollern
Prince Henry of Prussia
United States
Scorned Wife Burns Home After Divorce Suit
Brazil Ind June 28 Mrs Charles Borg of Diamond Ind fired their home after her husband filed for divorce. She then walked to his home with a bundle of clothes saying she would go to jail. Borg refused to believe until he saw the burning ruins. She was jailed on $1000 bail as officers deem her insane and a commission will examine her.
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Ypecal
Washington Post
Brazil
Ind
Charles Borg
Diamond
Borg
Biltmore Robbers Foiled by Police Arrests in Asheville
Special report from Asheville details the foiled Biltmore House robbery. Ed Johnson Fred Brown and George Long were arrested after Johnson’s capture at a Riverside skating rink. Authorities found papers linking to the Vanderbilts and Biltmore, with about $50,000 in silverware stored in the basement.
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Washington Post
Asheville
N. C
Biltmore House
Ed Johnson
Fred Brown
George Long
Fightersonville
Johnson
Riverside, Park
Jordan
Ty Johnnson
Vanderbilte
Biltmore ‘House
Vanderbilts
New York Fifth Avenue
New York House
Express
Hendersonville
Monkey dies by own action after three suicide attempts
Special to The Washington Post Chicago June 28 notes a pet monkey named Hooligan reared by Charles Keller and loved by Katherine Carson who died by hanging himself with a chain attached to a gas fixture after three self harm attempts. The monkey haunted Carson’s former room and declined in health after her marriage, with prior efforts including ingestion of ether and chloroform. Keller had restricted access to murder implements and kept the animal in the down stairs room before it strangled itself.
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Washington Post
Chicago
Charles Keller
Michigan Avenue
Katherine Carson
Title Animal
Miss’ Carson
Auleide
Kelfer
Eas
Succeedén
Hain Ao
Keller
County Republicans Back Secretary for Presidential Nomination
The county Republican executive committee voted to endorse the Secretary for the Presidential nomination and pledged support from five members including W.G. Smith, O. O. Van Dusen, H. H. Orr, Morgan Neath, and J. E. Shaw. Chairman Smith announced that the central committee with precinct representation would meet to take similar action.
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W.G. Smith
O. O. van Dusen
Orr
Medina
Morgan Neath
McAdeworth
J. E. Shaw
Westfield
Smith
Honor for Ursuline Nurse Mary Joseph heads English Ursulines
Mother Mary Joseph, Ursuline nurse superior in the Southern province at Galveston, elected assistant to the mother general in Rome and leader of English-speaking Ursulines worldwide. She departs for Rome immediately after directing rescue of about 1,000 refugees during the Galveston storm.
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Mary Joseph
Galveston
Washington Post
Tex
Ursuline Nurses
Rome
Ursu- Unes
Cella Seels Racing Plant Sells to Kentucky State Board
In Louisville on June 28 the Douglas Park racing plant, built last year after the Western Jockey Club and the American Turf Association formed, was sold by Louis A. Cellar of St Louis to the Kentucky State Board of Agriculture for 290000. It will become the home of the Kentucky State Fair Association.
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Louisville
Douglas Park
Western Jockey Club
American Turf Association
Louis A. Cellar of
St. Louis
Kentucky State Board of Agriculture
Kentucky State Fair Association
Cummins Endorses Roosevelt as Next President
Iowa governor A B Cummins declared in Minneapolis that Theodore Roosevelt should and likely will seek a third term as President. He predicted strong public demand for Roosevelt to serve another four years and stressed the need to reform interstate commerce and avoid tariff politics in 1908.
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Washington Post
Minneapolis
Minn
Theodore Roosevelt
A. B. Cummins
Iowa
Devils Lake
N. Dak
Roosevelt
Richmond Primary Yields Thin Vote in City
In Richmond Virginia on June 28 the Democratic primary for the city house and senate drew under 4000 votes, weather driving away about a thousand voters. Senators K C Folkes and A C Harman were re elected, and house winners included C P Cox Harry Glenp Eugene C Massie Charles E Wingo Hill Montaigue. The race centered on Alderman Beirne Blair opposing Harman with Blair anticipated to appeal after a very close result.
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Washington Post
Richmond
House
Senate
House of Delegates
K. C. Folkes
A.C. Harman
C. P.cox
Harry Glenp
Eugene C. Massie
Charles. E
Wingo
Hill
Montaigue
Beirne ‘Blair
Board of ‘Aldermen
Harman
Blair
Senate resolution naming auction of household goods
A fragmented notice indicates a senate resolution providing for an auction of household items and office furniture. It mentions items such as glassware and housekeepers goods, with references to a Saturday sale and city offices at 1417 St and Pa.
Premier Clemenceau Holds Confidence Vote in France
Paris June 28 Deputies backed Premier Clemenceau by a decisive eight hour debate vote of confidence in the government policy to enforce law amid southern tax resistance and wine growers fight. The session saw violent exchanges as deputies clashed with ushers and feigned fainting by a Royalist. The chamber’s support preserves the cabinet and signals continued use of force to quell unrest.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Clemenceau
M. Clemenceau
Montmartre
M. Jaures
M.bedouce
M. Bedouce
Starvetion
M. Beronce
M. de Baudry Qd Asson
M. Meunier
M. Aldy
Mmiande
Iveryst
Clemepceau
Senate
Brazil Honors Our Flag on Corcovado Summit
In Rio de Janeiro on June 23 the U S cruiser St Louis officers were hosted by the Naval Club on Mount Corcovado with Admiral Maurity and Brazilian naval officers. Breakfast followed a panorama visit, and toast to President Roosevelt and the American Navy was received by Commander Usher. Admiral Maurity ordered Brazilian warships to dress ship on July 4 to honor the St Louis and accompany its departure.
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Rio de Janeiro
Nathaniel R. Usher
St. Louis
Alencar
Choate Speech Fires Up American Property Exemption Debate
At The Hague session of the peace conference first committee, Joseph A. Choate argued for the exemption of private property from capture on the high seas, with contraband the only exception. Austria supported the plan, Brazil praised U S stance, and debate continued on merchantmen transformation and wartime laws as Russia and France translated remarks.
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Hague
Joseph A. Choate
Count Tornielli
Edward Fry
Admiral Roell
Holland
Austria
America
Baron Macchio
Senor Barbosa
Brazil
United States
Benjamin Franklin
Choate
Prussia
Bolivia
Italy
Palmerston
Cobden
Bluntsehli
Nesselrode
Wolseley
Martens
Russia
Roosevelt
Chosté
M. Fromageot
France
M. Nelidoff
Mr. Choate
Amsterdam
Fear Canal Fraud Instructed to Dig Deep
A New York World special dispatch reports suspicions of large frauds in Panama Canal accounts, with seven expert accountants in the Canal Zone to audit books, uncover fraud, and propose safer disbursement methods. Goethals and aides are said to be unsettled as chaotic conditions persist. Taft denies granting four months leave to Goethals, citing prior understanding of engineer leave plans.
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Washington
Canal Zone
Col
Goethals
Washington Post
New York
New York World
Panama Canal
Isthmus
War Department
Benson
Panama
Becauga
Col. Goethals
Taft
Oyster Bay
Thut
Messrs. Goethals
Sibert
Gaillard
Canal
Maj. Sthert
Taft Discusses Isthmian Canal Progress and Staff
Secretary Taft spoke on Isthmian Canal affairs noting progress under Col. Goethals while explaining a monthly excavation drop due to a strike. He pledged all needed army officer support and left Goethals to select his assistants. He said Ross resignation was not requested and Ripley’s resignation was voluntary due to disagreement over dome work.
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Taft
Col. Goethals
David W. Ross
Ross
Julie
Ripley
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Young Estes
Daniel Harmon
Z. A. Strode
Binaix
Biltmore
Vanderbilt
Monkey
Ohio
Mington
Ana
Byivenia Railroad
Ang. Wedi
Waing
Congress
Cella Seels Racing Plant
Kentucky State Board
Cummins
Iowan
Sena
Falais
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