Senate Moves to Probe Lorimer Election and Illinois Fund
The Senate passed a resolution directing the standing committee on privileges and elections to investigate corruption in William Lorimer’s Illinois senate election and to probe the Illinois assembly’s jackpot fund. The vote stood 48 to 20.
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Senate of the
United States
Martin
Virginia
Standing Committee On Privileges and Elections
William Lorimer
Illinois
Illinois Assembly
Clarke Heir Receives Income If Daughter Avoids Monastic Life
The will of Richard H. Clarke leaves his residuary estate income to daughter Mary Ada Clarke so long as she does not join a monastery or religious sisterhood.
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Richard H. Clarke
Mary Ada Clarke
First Indianapolis 500 crowns Ray Harroun winner
The inaugural Indianapolis 500-mile race ended with Ray Harroun, in a Marmon, taking first place in 6 hours 41 minutes 8 seconds. Ralph Mulford finished second in a Lozier as ten cars finished from a field of twenty. One life was lost and seven injured in the event, described as motor racing's greatest endurance test.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Ray Harroun
Ralph Mulford
Lozier
Es.s
Plot to Blow Up Madero Foiled by Guards at Juarez Ball
Details a failed assassination attempt on Francisco I. Madero during a Juarez farewell ball. Cruz Rey, former Guadaloupe mayor, carried a dynamite filled bomb but was captured by guards and locals. Reports say Rey faces execution. U S authorities guard Madero traveling to Mexico City amid insurrection news from Sonora and Sinaloa.
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el Paso
Tex
Francisco I. Madero
Mexico City
Madero
Juarez
Cruz Rey
Guadaloupe
Rey
United States Secret Service
Railroad
Secret Service
United States Steel chief urges price controls
Elbert H. Gary testified before a House committee that Tennessee Coal and Iron was steered toward acquisition by United States Steel. He recalled lending to keep the deal and urged official price guidance and stricter government action, arguing the Sherman act is outdated and practical controls are needed. He also noted Roosevelt was consulted over consolidation fears.
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United States Steel Corporation
Steel Corporation
Elbert H. Gary
Steel Investigating Committee
House of Representatives
Washington
Stanley Steel Trust Investigation Committee
Tennessee Company
Lewis Cass Ledyard
Ledyard
Gary
Grant B. Schley
Tennessee Coal and Iron Syndicate
Department of Government
Cashier Robbed Near University on Mississippi Bank
Joseph D. Bren, cashier and accountant for the state university, was held up by three highwaymen on the bank of the Mississippi near the campus. They took $13,826 carried in a satchel, plus his watch and a month's salary of $166. Police are investigating the metro Minneapolis robbery.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Joseph D. Bren
The
State University
Mississippi River
University
Marys Give Queen Mary $60,000 Gift
Marys throughout the empire contributed 60000 dollars to a coronation gift for Queen Mary. The London report notes the sum as part of the ceremonial offerings from the realm.
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Marys
London
Queen Mary
Empire
Multiple Illinois towns report varied deaths arrests and incidents
Shelbyville reports coroner Kensil dies after three days illness. Canton arrests Walter Skinner for embezzling 108 dollars from Jewell Tea. Kewanee and Joliet note property transfers and endowment fund raises. Chicago boy killed by a freight car door. Peru drowning. open prairie chicken season announced. fires destroy a feed store in Mount Vernon. Jacksonville hosts teachers’ institute. various other local notes on crimes, births, and public notices across the state.
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Shelbyville
Jacob E. Kensil
Shelby County
Canton
Walter Skinner
Jewell Tea Company
George P. Ketchan
Beardstown
Bert Knowles
Aledo
William and Vashti College
Joliet
Illinois
Mt. Vernon
H. C. Massey
Baker
Nebraska
Jonesboro
A. C. Bankston
Pulaski County
French
Cairo
Ottawa
Henry Mayo
Alton
J. J. Wuellner & Sons
Jacksonville
Peoria
Kewanee
Emil Handel
Chicago
Joseph Bullan
Fox Street
West Thirty-third Street
Dalley
Stephen Binschicka
la Salle
Xavier Krueger
Peru
Thomas H. Harris
Clifford Heathcote
Peter Renal
Aurora
W. R. Gillette
Illinois Foresters
Bureau
Henderson
Mercer
Henry
Rock Island
Warren
Whiteside
Lockport
Alpha—James Varvil
Netha Wolf
H. CC. Montgomery
Pekin
Corn Products Refining Company
Kankakee
Pearl Hamcomb
Robert Majorwicz
Quincy
Cal Young
Carpenters
Mount Vernon
J. L. Rainey
Russell-Miller Milling Company
Minneapolis
Valiere-Spies Milling Company
St. Louis
Charles G. Irvin
Bureau County
G. H. Cooley
Montgomery
George Snow
Bartonville
A. Co. Bankston
Wiliam French
Supreme Court declares tobacco trust illegal restraint on trade
The United States Supreme Court ruled the American Tobacco Company a unlawful combination in restraint of trade and an attempt to monopolize tobacco manufacture and sale. Applying the rule of reason, the court ordered disintegration or a receivership within six to eight months, under supervision of the New York circuit court, with a plan to recreate a lawful condition.
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Washington
United States Supreme Court
American Tobacco Company
The
Tobacco Trust
Standard Oil
Standard Oil Company
New Jersey
Tobacco Combine
United States Circuit Court
Southern District of New York
White
Harlan
Tobacco Company
Chicagoan Invents Noisy Instrument For Sane Fourth
In the interest of a sane Fourth of July a Chicagoan has devised a device that creates noise by bursting paper between a rubber bulb and a perforated handle, offering a safer alternative to traditional fireworks.
Hadn't Much Brain Morcy Exchange in Banter
A brief comic exchange centers on a boastful character with little sense and a response highlighting his lack of brains. The dialogue moves quickly from insult to a small moral jab about lending money.
Charles T. Rose and the incubator inquiry
In Cleveland, Charles T. Rose, noted in Masonic and banking circles, shows his Rhode Island Reds passion. While walking his incubator house, his three year old daughter Helen follows and asks papa which chick was her incubator. The anecdote ends with a playful fatherly toss and a child’s curious question.
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Charles T. Rose
Cleveland
Rhode Island
Did Hawkins Take His Punishment Like a Man
Harper's Weekly quotes Lollerby asking if Hawkins faced his punishment and Dub bleigh confirms he did. Hawkins reportedly hollered and yelled and used strong language while enduring the penalty.
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Hawkins
Lollerby
Dubbleigh
Harper’s Weekly
Postum boosts mental accuracy says Wisconsin creamery boss
A Wisconsin creamery manager says quitting coffee and drinking Postum improved digestion and heart symptoms, restored mental sharpness, and raised office performance. He notes initial misbrews, but after following box directions the benefits became clear, endorsing Postum as the great table drink of the times.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Elver
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National Electric Association
New York
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National Gideon Society
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Milwaukee
Parker House
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William White
Plainfield
Catherine M. Gallagher
Gallagher
Germany
Grand Duchy of Baden
Heidelberg
Northern Securities Company
J. J. Hill
Great Northern Railway Company
Great Northern
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Lake Erie
Lorain
Theodore Roosevelt
Curzon Borglum
Abraham Lincoln
Newark
N. J
Lincoln Post
Jim Fielder
D. A. McVittie
Pawnee City
Neb
Thomas Grieves
Methodist Episcopal Church of
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Frank Mahan
Samuel Pruett
Danville
Va Mahan
Pruett
Mary Mannering
Presada
New York City
Frederick O. Wadsworth
Detroit
William Waldorf Astor
Waldorf Astor
Benjamin Priest
Sumterpost
A. R
Canaan
Henry George
Tom L. Johnson
Johnson
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National Liberal Club
Taft
Foreign Office
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Russia
Las Lomas
Managua
Nicaragua
Porfirio Diaz
Mexico
Vera Cruz
Spain
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Sonora
Diego Redo
Sinaloa
Red Lopez
Agua Prieta
Lopez
Mazatlan
B. J. Viljoen
California
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U. S
State News
Tobagg Trust
High Court
Mr. Growcher
Libby
Rio Grande Valley
Mercedes
San Benito
Texas
Valley Land Company
Farmers Bank
P. K. Dederick’s Sons
Tivoli St
Albany, N. Y
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