Postmaster General announces 2 cent rate to Britain
Washington June 3 Postmaster Meyer says an agreement with Britain and Ireland fixes a two cent per ounce letter rate to become operative October 1 1908 The plan aims to boost revenue and trade while aiding English speaking residents to keep in touch with relatives at domestic rates The British side in Parliament was to announce a similar move and the Universal Postal Union framework allows such restricted unions including the U S with Cuba Panama and Canada
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Washington
Meyer
United Staes
Great Britain
Ireland
Sydney Buxton
House of Commons
England
Roosevelt
United States
Cuba
Pan- Fi
Canon
United Kingdom
Mining expert Killed by Moros in Mindanao Hut
Manila reports the murder of Harry Ickis, a government mining geologist, and his guard by two Moros while asleep in a hut on April 1 during a geological survey in remote mountains. Ickis hailed from Creston, Indiana.
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Manila
Harry I. Ickis
Ickis
Creston, In
Thayer Not Satisfied as Election Recount Sought
In Norwich on June 2 the democratic party seeks a recount of Monday's ballots. Lawyers claim voters cut out a candidate’s name and pasted it over another on printed ballots rather than using the proper paste. They argue the recount could reverse the result and restore Thayer to the chair.
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Norwich
Democratic Party
Wheeler
Superior Court
Thayer
Frost Touches Windham County Farms After Night Chill
Reports from Moosup describe a damaging frost in northern Windham county reducing vegetation vigor while temperatures stood around 36 degrees. In Chicago a mother and her three children died of gas asphyxiation at their home. In Waterbury the Antonio Valetti murder trial proceeded with expected state resting. In New York Charles T. Muir, a bank teller, killed himself in the Corn Exchange bank basement. In Jeres Niel Norman drowned in Mill river. Connecticut forecast calls for fair and warmer weather with high winds, frost reports in northern New England, and cool, pleasant lake-region conditions moving east.
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Moosup
Windham County
New York
Charles T. Muir
Corn Exchange Bank
Berkeley Divinity ordination at Middletown service
The 54th annual ordination at Berkeley Divinity school was held at the Church of the Holy Trinity with eight candidates presented to Bishop Brewster. Several are assigned to Oregon and South Dakota missions, others to parishes in Worcester Waterbury and Southington. The afternoon included a library reception and a 7 o'clock evening prayer observance.
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Berkeley Divinity School
Church of the Holy Trinity
Bishop Brewster
Frederick B. Bartlett
Trinity College
Cambridge Theological School
William V. Roberts
Charles Jarvis Harriman
John P. Dallas
Yale University
Arthur Adams
Rutgers College
Daniel E. Putnam
Dartmouth
Connecticut
Michigan
William F. Burkeley
Oregon
Roy Edgar Remington
Indianapolis
George P. T. C. Sargent
Bartlett
Remington
Roberts
South Dakota
Harriman
All Saints's Church
Worcester
Mass
Dallas
St John’s Church
Waterbury
Adams
Putnam
St Paul's Church
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Bulkeley
Utah
Sargent
Tey Charles L. Stattery
Christchurch
Springfield
St Luke's Chapel
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Frederick Rease
Georgia
Wis
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Niles
New Hampshire
Vincent
Ohio
Leonard
Nichols
California
Nelson
Atlanta
Wells
Spokane
Lte
Michigan City
Moreland
Sacramento
Partridge
Kyoto
van Buren
Porto Rico
Olmstead
New York
Beckwith
Alabama
Lines
Newark
XN. J
Albany
Strange
East Carolina
Woodcock
Kentucky
Johnson
Webb
Milwaukee
Paddock
East Oregon
Reese
Philadelphia Man Held in Lille Extradition Case
Charles Von Milevich of 127 South Fulton Street Philadelphia is jailed in Lille for two weeks on a Belgian extradition warrant alleging he robbed his father in law of 400 dollars in Frasnes Belgium. He denies guilt as authorities block consular contact and a confessor’s statement is ignored. Ambassador White intervenes with French Foreign Minister Pichon.
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Lille
France
Charles von Milevich
South
Fulton Street
Philadelphia
Tonal
Belgium
Frasnes
von Milevich
J. King
Mr King
Mlle Laurence Noules
America
Ambassador White
Mason
Paris
Ambasador White
Pichon
Mile Noules
American Consulare
Tournai
The Tombstone Cutter on Mortality and Rest
A tombstone cutter muses on the inscription At Rest and how life’s hardships shape the meaning of rest. He reflects on aging, sympathy, and the idea that some graves conceal true stories, while life’s burdens ease with time and a gentler philosophy.
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Hest
Brookside hospital ward unsure for occupancy plans
The Brookside hospital ward is completed but unfurnished and occupancy timing is unclear. The board of charities debates whether to use it as a tubercular ward or open it to general patients, while fire escape or stairway work remains pending.
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Brookside
Board of Charities
Mace
Ocean Race Opens From Marblehead To Bermuda
Marblehead Mass June 3 The long ocean race for sailing yachts from Marblehead to Bermuda started shortly after 11 this morning in favorable conditions Six yachts in two classes began The Esperanza Dervish Zurah class B and the Marbioness Veona Edith Anna class C led the field with crews including W J McMahon S R Davis Commander Henry A Morse Henry A Hildreth and others The course runs south southeast from Marblehead Rock toward Cape Cod with expectations to clear before nightfall.
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Marblehead
Mass
Bermuda
Marblehead Rock
Cape Cod
Esperanza
Dervish
Zurah
Marbioness
Veona
Edith Anna
Dore
W. J. McMahon
W. B. Kerr
8. R. Davis
R. J. Elder
B. A. Maer
A. Hart McKee
Henry A. Morse
Corinthian Yacht Club
Henry H. Walker
Henry A. Hildreth
S. N. Braman
Henry Doscher
Walter Sullivan
George P. Granberry
Dr Marin
W. P. Handley
J. W. Dwyer
Venona
F. J. Bliss
Richard Snowden
Harold P. Wardwell
Marchioness
Thomas Nelson
Warren Sheppard
Street
Richard Young
Thomas Owens
B. D. Reese
Denver Auditorium Decor to Wow at Democratic Nominating Event
Preliminary work in Denver shows the auditorium will feature massive bunting curtains, a shield centerpiece with flags, twelve foot eagles, and green roping with artificial palms. Twenty five hundred foot bunting decorates balconies and galleries, with stars covering the ceiling in a state motif. Chicago hosts Republican preparations with the gavel carved from Port Dearborn wood.
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Chicago
Denver
United States
Harry
Elmer Dover
Harrys
P. J. Muldoon
Harry S
Port Dearborn
Signorinetta Wins Derby At Epsom In 100 To 1 Upset
London reports the outsider Signorinetta owned by E Ginistrelli defeated American British and French contenders to win the Derby stakes valued at 6500 sovereigns. The Italian cantered home two lengths ahead of Primer with Liangwm a neck back. The crowds at Epsom Downs swelled with special trains and royal presence marking the day.
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London
Signorinetta
E. Ginistrelli
Duke of Portland
Primer
Barclay Walker
Epsom Downs
The
Downs
Epsom
Iit
Edward
Alexandria
Prince and Princess of Wales
Duke
Duchess of
Norman NT
August Belmont
New York
Octagone Nineveh
Wey Ham K. Vanderbilt
Elk-Saf Saf
Richard Croker
Orby
Mr Cr
John % Madden
James R. Keene
Belmont
King Edwant
Vanderbilt
Enghend
France
Maher
Lynne
Filing
J. Wichman
Stern
McClellan Hearst recount inches toward final total
New York June 3 The McClellan Hearst mayoralty recount continued as Hearst netted six more votes in the first three boxes, bringing his total to 113 of 51 opened. In San Francisco Lieutenant Frank T Evans son of Fighting Bob evaded a nearby confrontation at a Pacific Street dance hall, then helped his sailors defuse a melee with police arresting the group and releasing them after his identity was shown.
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New York
Lieut Evans
Hearst
Jackies
San Francisco
Frank T. Evans
Louisiana
Bob” Evans
Barbary Coast
Daner Hall
Pacific Street
William Edmundson
Edmonnaon
Jol Wallick
Lieutenant Evans
Evans
U. S
Jackies Edmundson
Wallace
Rob
Robbing the Mails as Torrington Carrier Is Caught
Michael Hickey a Torrington letter carrier was arrested for tampering with mail after Postmaster J W Hague caught him concealing letters. A decoy letter with silver was used and Hickey confessed. US officer W A Wright will send a marshal to handle the case. Hickey, about 24, was appointed last July.
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Torrington
Michael Hickey
J. W. Hague
Hickey
United States
W. A. Wright
New Haven
Jeremiah Hickey
Cooper's Will Filed for Cooper Industrial School
In Vermont, a will filed from Round Lake New York authorizes a trust of stock to founder a school of industrial arts named Cooper Industrial School. The estate provides Alexander J. Cooper with ownership and control of stock but no sale power, with withdrawals restricted until after death. A board of 30 trustees will manage the trust and property for the school foundation.
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Nington
Charles Coop
Round Lake
N.Y
Alexander J. Cooper
School of Industrial Arts
Cooper Industrial School
Fire Destroys Summer Hotel at Saratoga Lake
A summer hotel at Saratoga Lake near Saratoga, New York was burned early today. The vacant building was unoccupied at the time, and the fire may have been caused by incendiarism. Insurance coverage is reported to cover the loss.
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Saratoga
N.Y
Moons Lake House
Saratoga Lake
Senator Allison Wins Nomination Over Governor Sammings
Des Moines reports on June 3 that Senator Allison leads Governor Sammings by about 1200 votes in returns, securing the nomination for United States Senate.
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Allison Wines Moines
Allison
United States
Sammings
Floods Hit Missouri River Towns in Severe Deluge
Report from St Louis and West Quincy describes the Mississippi three miles wide with great flood damage. A special police patrol went from Quincy to patrol property while boats are pressed into service. Families are displaced and as yet eight have been lost.
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St Louis
West Quincy
Til
Mississippi River
Quincy
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