Japan seeks new treaty with United States as Taft weighed
Ambassador Takahira in Washington signals Japan will terminate the 1894 treaty and seek a new accord to match contemporary power status. Tokyo aims to end the laborer clause and press for favorable terms as relations are upgraded ahead of 1911 negotiations.
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United States
Japan
Washington
Takhira
Peror
Great Britain
China
Russia
Council of the Powers
Senate
Leper Colony Verdict: Ten Released From Molokai
After years of isolation on Molokai, ten of eleven persons returned to Honolulu for reexamination were found free of leprosy. Ages range from 6 to 79, including two boys. Some older patients may seek return to the settlement, while others have nowhere to go.
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Molokai
Honolulu
Territorial Legislative Committee
Fight for the Pennants in Early Baseball Standings
Baseball standings show the National League led by Pittsburg and Phildelphia with Chicago close behind. American League has Detroit and Cleveland ahead of New York and Philadelphia, while the American Association lists Milwaukee and Minneapolis near the top with St Paul and Columbus also in contention.
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Pittsburg
Chicago
Brooklyn
New York
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Boston
Detroit
Cleveland
American Association
Milwaukee
Bookkeeper Charged in Bank Shortage Case
Frederick H. Brigham head bookkeeper at Merchants National Bank New Haven Conn arrested and held in 10000 bonds in U. S. court. The charge states $5000 earned with shortages possibly totaling $40000. Brigham, about 47, married, eighteen years employed by the bank.
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Frederick H. Brigham
Merchants’ National Bank
New Haven
Conn
United States
Brigham
Slaughterhouse Rampage Leaves Five Dead at Somerville Plant
Thomas Murphy a 200 pound pig slaughterer at North Packing Somerville Massachusetts went berserk using a sixteen inch knife. Five men were killed and four injured as Murphy slashed at workers in a frenzied attack that police described as seen red by the smell of blood.
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Thomas Murphy
North Packing
Somerville
Mass
Murphy
Flood Devastation Hits Colorado as Rivers Burst
Severe rains and melting snow flood Colorado towns. Four people dead as swollen streams cause widespread property damage. Train service halted. Grand Junction water system endangered by floods in the Grand and Gunnison rivers. Englewood and Greely flood areas report substantial damage. Big Sandy roars after a cloudburst near Limon flooding farms.
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Colorado
Grand Junction
Grand
Gunnison
Greely
Cache la Poudre
Denver
Englewood
Limon
Rock Island
Union Pacific
Spends and Pasts On Track And Turf World
Q00SPENDS jockey Walter Miller to race in England as a free agent after dominating American turf 1905 67. In Philadelphia Jack O Brien lasts six rounds with Jack Johnson, potentially a draw. Weston walks sixty three miles daily across Kansas and Colorado aged 63. Gypsy King and Hyperion II race to a photo finish in Louisville. Oversight wins Prix Daru at Longchamps for W K Vanderbilt. Sheriff Kemp and deputies disrupt Richmond Virginia fair ground betting. Wisconsin Assembly backs boxing limits with a 40 to 34 vote.
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Walter Miller
Philadelphia
Jack O’brien
Jack Johnson
Longchamps
Paris
W. K. Vanderbilt
Virginia Fair Grounds
Richmond
Sheriff Kemp
Wisconsin Assembly
Sunken Treasure Ship May Lie in Delaware River Near Fort Mifflin
Dredgers near Fort Mifflin report an obstruction in the Delaware River that may be a sunken treasure ship from 1812. Officials cite recovered helmets and gear from the vessel as evidence and fear a government warship involvement.
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Fort Mifflin
Delaware
Engish
Éatty
Big Itush Rush at Phoenix Land Office Spawns 73 Filings
A Phoenix Arizona land office scene drew seventy three applications for desert land near Agua Fria River totaling over 20000 acres. The line formed 24 hours before opening. A Santa Fe Railroad official held forest scrip and later filed for 2700 acres after the crowd dispersed.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Agua Fria River
Land Department
Santa Fe Railroad
Perovich Death Sentence Commuted by President
A Russian murderer named Perovich, convicted at Fairbanks Alaska, is spared the gallows after his wife Mrs Taft petitions for mercy. The President commuted the sentence to life imprisonment following support from Judge Wickersham and Attorney General Wickersham.
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Taft
Perovich
Fairbanks
Alaska
Wickersham
Man and wife perish in Niagara River tragedy
Louis Cohen of Buffalo watched as his wife Mrs. Sarah Cohen jumped into the Niagara River between the First and Sister Islands on a Sunday afternoon. Cohen leapt after her but was unable to lift her free. she was jammed between rock and log below the bridge. Cohen was rescued by bystanders, but Mrs. Cohen drowned.
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Niagara River
Sarah Cohen
Louis Cohen
Buffalo
Cohen
Five Held as Counterfeiters in Newark Trunk Find
Four men and a woman, all Italians, were arrested in Newark New Jersey on suspicion of counterfeiting. Police found a trunk containing two dollar bills matching other counterfeit notes recently circulating in the city.
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Newark
N. J
Steamer Iron Age Burns Off Bar Point
The iron steamer Iron Age of Huron Ohio burned to the water line off Bar Point in Lake Erie. Captain William J Willoughby and nine crew members escaped in small boats.
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Huron
Ohio
Bar Point
Lake Erie
William J. Willoughby
U.S. Gains in Canada Trade Amid Shifting Imports
Canadian official figures show U S imports rising as a share of Canada’s total imports from 34.03 percent in 1869 to 60.4 percent for the year ending March 31, 1909 while imports from Great Britain fall from 56.2 percent to 23.69 percent. About two thirds of Canada’s imports are manufactured goods.
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United States
Canada
Bureau of Statistics
Department of Commerce and Labor
Washington
Great Britain
Trade policy note on colonial duty rates and US tariffs
The text notes that the wilted Kingdom and its British colonies enjoy tariff terms well below the general tariff applied to merchandise from the United States. It highlights disparities between colonial and general tariff levels and their impact on trade.
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Fraya
United States
Politicians and Appointments Across States
Walter E. Clark named Alaska governor and William B. Washburn named civil service commissioner to replace James T. Williams. Wisconsin assemblymen defy Senate subpoenas in Stephenson probe as extra session looms. Spokane mayor Nelson S. Pratt and city council to use recall and initiative provisions. Taft protests Governor Stubbs over Stone appointment and Curtis backing. Wetmore bill on Supreme Court clerk pay defeated, alt set at 3500. Campaign underway to elect Gov Johnson to U.S. Senate from Minnesota.
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Walter E. Clark
Washington
Alaska
William 8. Washburn
New York
James T. Williams
Wisconsin
Senate
Stephenson
Assembly
Nelson S. Pratt
Spokane
Wash
Pratt
J. T. Omo
Stubbs
Kansas
Taft
Robert Stone
Topeka
Stone
Curtis
Stubbs-Bristow
Wetmore
Michigan Senate
Supreme Court
House
Gov. Johnson
United States
Minnesota
Moses B. Clapp
Senate Debates Tariff and Dingley Provisions On Cotton Schedule
The Senate and House worked through sessions on the cotton schedule with La Follette defending his critique of the Dingley changes and Aldrich countering. Votes sustained the finance committee to shift ad valorem to specific duties while Dolliver pressed for wool and other amendments. The House adjourned late in the day as debates over rubber goods and window hollands continued and the Porto Rican bill cleared House passage.
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Mrr. la Follette
Senate Finance Committee
Penrose
Aldrich
Mr. la Follette
Finance Committee
Dingley
House
Bacon
Dolliver
Beveridge
House of Representatives
Smoot
Warren
Vast St Marys Cathedral window to be largest in U S
Covington Ky will install a glass window of about 1500 square feet making it the biggest in the United States and second largest globally.
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St. Mary's Cathedral
Covington
United States
Venezuela
Pedro Rojas
Taft
Arrests Made in Marion Black Hand Gang Case In Ohio
Federal inspectors and Columbus, Marion, and Dennison detectives say they uncovered a major Black Hand cell operating from Marion with links to several cities. Arrested were Sam Lima and Joe Rizzo in Marion, Antonio Vicario in Columbus, and A. Marfis in Dennison.
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Marion
Dennison
Ohio
Post Office
Charles Holmes
Cincinnati
Sam Lima
Joe Rizzo
Antonio Vicario
A. Marfis
Lima
Holmes
Bellfontaine
Italy
John
Charles Amicon
Columbus Commission
John Amicon
Trade shows steady progress in seasonable Chicago markets
In Chicago the trade maintains progress with sustained activity across leading industries. Wheat cutting begins while banks report heavy June settlements with no major defaults. Demand for money widens and discount rates firm, as manufacturing and investment use expands. Weather boosts retail demand for apparel and footwear.
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Chicago
Dun’s Weekly Review
Balloon Indiana Lands Last After Nation Race Victory
Carl Fisher and G L Bambaugh of Indianapolis landed Indiana six miles north of Dickson Tennessee at 6 p m Monday, the last balloon to land after previous stops at Ashland City and on water. They reascended northwest and argued non touching ground would avoid disqualification. Dr Goethe Link and J R Irvin of the balloon Indianapolis did not know they had won the first prize in the handicap race until Louisville.
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Carl Fisher
G. L. Bambaugh
Indianapolis
Indiana
Dickson
Tenn
Ashland City
Goethe Link
J. R. Irvin
Louisville
Fire in Dallas apartment kills boy and injures others
In the Knight apartment house Dallas Texas a kitchen fire fatally burned Hershel Donnelly eight, while two others died and several were seriously hurt. Sixty two residents slept through the blaze and many leapt to escape. A separate report notes Maurice Ryan hanged at North Bay Ontario for killing his brother Francis Ryan.
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Knight
Dallas
Tex
Hershel Donnelly
Maurice Ryan
Francis Ryan
North Bay
Ont
Despondent Kentucky Student Commits Suicide Before Commencement
Essel Sisk 16 of Dix, Kentucky, Bethel College student in Russellville, Kentucky, died by self inflicted gunshot amid debts for board and failure to have proper clothes for commencement week.
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Essel Sisk
Dixon, Ky
Bethel * College
Russellville
New York Business Outlook Shows Favorable Features
A New York report notes many favorable features in the business situation but also signals an underlying cautious mood. The piece hints at mixed signals amid ongoing economic conditions and market uncertainties.
Business failures in United States and Canada Bradstreet’s weekly tally
The report shows 191 US business failures for the week ending June 3, down from 205 last week and well below figures from earlier years. Canada recorded 26 failures, up from 22 the prior week but under last year’s level, per Bradstreet’s data.
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Ong. Lea
Star
United States
Canada
Bradstreet’s
Grain and Livestock Price Averages Across U.S. Markets
The report lists cattle hogs and sheep prices for Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Buffalo New York Toledo Milwaukee and more. It shows bid ranges for wheat corn oats rye and hay plus butter eggs potatoes and pork. Prices vary by market with cattle mostly 4.00 to 7.00 dollars and hogs 3.50 to 7.80 dollars, reflecting regional commodity values.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
New York
Toledo
Milwaukee
Wage Cut Considered for Fall River Mill Workers
An 8 percent wage reduction for 25 000 operatives in Fall River print cloth mills may take effect on June 14 according to an official announcement. The dean of Westminster Abbey has refused British authors’ request to deposit the ashes of George Meredith in the abbey.
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Fall River
Mass
Westminster Abbey
George Meredith
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