Fort Des Moines Officers Shot and Other News
Corpral shot three officers at Fort Des Moines Iowa. Nagel to shake up Commerce and Labor to boost American trade. Carnegie Foundation clash over University of Illinois standards. Passengers recount wreck of liner Slavonia at Gibraltar. Jay Gould estate secrets revealed in New York suit by Katherine Clemons Gould. Faculty purge at Baptist conference voted down in Chicago. World Alliance Presbyterian council opens in New York. Illinois Central buys Central of Georgia. Morse released on bond. Stock exchange reforms urged by New York governor appointees. Japan praised by Baron Takahira at Illinois commencement. Primary law unconstitutional again in Illinois. Black Hand raid in Cincinnati. Wright brothers honored in Dayton. Embezzlement confessed by Joseph Graeser Jr. Taft tax on corporate earnings debated. Lorimer sworn in as Senator. print paper duties debated. Balloon accident near St. Petersburg. Elizabeth Sigel’s body found in New York. Earthquake devastates two French cities. Bank of America ex-judge to begin penitentiary term. Detective Russell killed in Chicago.
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Fort Des Moines
Iowa
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Nagel Js
University of Illinois
Carnegie Foundation
Ilinois State School
F. Delano
Chicago
China
Slavonia
Gibraltar
Jay Gould
Katherine Clemmons Gould
New York
George Gould
Professor Foster
Baptist Ministers’ Conference
Johnston Myers
Illinois Central Railroad
Central of Georgia Railroad
Charles W. Morse
Hughes
Congress
Baron Takahira
Champaign
Japan
United States
State Supreme Court
Illinois
Taft Seeks 2 Percent Tax on Corporate Net Income
President Taft urged Congress to amend the constitution to allow a 2 percent tax on net income of corporations and joint stock companies, excluding national banks savings banks and building associations. He argued the tax is constitutional without apportionment and would fund federal needs while increasing corporate transparency and oversight. The plan would require a constitutional amendment and a tariff bill modification to levy the excise tax.
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Taft
Congress
Supreme Court
Pollock
Farmers’ Loan and Trust Company
TWO IOWA MEN MURDERED IN WELL FINDING
Mike Maloney confessed to killing W D Toney of Sioux City and J Goodwin of Rock Valley with an ax and a club over robbery. Bodies found in a well on the McNally ranch two miles north of Kadoka. Maloney arrested at Cottonwood South Dakota and to be jailed in Fort Pierre.
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Mike Maloney
Cottonwood
S. D
Marshal Wiltfang
Kadoka
W. D. Toney
J. Goodwin
Sioux City
McNally Ranch
Maloney
Fort Pierre
Mike McCann
Kansas City
Toney
Goodwin
Rock Valley
Iowa
McNally
Phillip
Son of Siamese Twin Killed by Lightning in Barn
Jesse Banker, 48, deaf mute and youngest son of Chang the famous Siamese twin, was killed by a lightning strike in his tobacco barn in Surry County North Carolina. He sheltered with his son and a workman. Bunker’s hat and shoes were torn but the body remained uninjured. The son and the workman were knocked senseless for over an hour. The family, Virginia-born, were noted as prosperous and sociable, with the deafness heredity cited as a continued peculiarity.
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Jesse Banker
Chang
Surry County
N. C
Bunker
Virginia
Vaccination Urged After German Compulsory Policy
Surgeon urges greater vaccination and revaccination citing Germany's 30 year compulsory program. Dr. Mathewson, Public Health service, reports five year pox decline in the United States with 1902 cases at 54,014 and 1906 at 12,503 with 90 deaths, and total cases through June 11, 1908 at 52 deaths per rate pair.
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Germany
United States
Henry 8. Mathewson
Public Health and Marine Hospital Service
Washington
Building Falls Buries Detroit Workmen at Stove Plant
A six story stove plant at the Peninsular Stove company on Fort Street in Detroit collapsed shortly before noon Saturday. Workmen numbered in the dozens were buried under falling debris and several bodies were recovered as the top floor sagged and crashed. The blaze in the basement was quickly put out.
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Met
Rail and railhead deals reshape western lines and through services
J P Morgan and Co underwrites 15 million of 60 million Chi Great Western bonds while Soo Railroad to build 220 miles from Moose to Thief Falls. May traffic up 15 to 30 percent vs a year ago. Missouri Pacific stockholders plan merging 21 subs. Iron Mountain unaffected. Burlington Northern Pacific tie free Chicago to Seattle with Pennsylvanias 18 hour flyer to cut New York to Seattle to four days. coast to coast in 95 hours 35 minutes. Fe 4 ton and Northern Pacific add another Chicago to Seattle run in 72 hours.
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J. P. Morgan & Co
Chi Great Western Railroad
Soo Railroad Company
Moose
Duluth
Thief Falls
Winnipeg
Missouri Pacific Railway Company
Iron Mountain
Iney
Burlington
Northern Pacific
Chicago
Seattle
Pennsylvania
New York
Chica
Twelve in Black Hand Net in Cincinnati Raid
Post office inspectors and city detectives raided a patrol wagon full of Italians in Cincinnati, arresting twelve men. Vicenzo Arrigo and Frank Spadero were held on conspiracy warrants linked to alleged extortion against John Amicon of Columbus. Spadero was named local president of the Society of the Banana before its succession by Salvatore, and seized literature may tie to recent Black Hand cases in Ohio.
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Post Office
Cincinnati
Loveland
Vicenzo Arrigo
Frank Spadero
John Amicon
Columbus
Ohio
Oldfield
Spadero
Society of the Banana
Salvatore
Inors
Ion
Tornado Rips Purdy and Monett. two dead near Joplin
Passengers arriving at Joplin on a Frisco train reported Purdy and Monett wrecked and surrounding country devastated by a cyclone. At least two killed, including farmer Andrew McCormick, with his son Noel injured and six other children hurt. McCormick farm demolished. farm buildings razed. livestock killed. Wires down. extensive damage in southern county.
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Joplin
Purdy
Monett
Andrew McCormick
Noel
McCormick
Attempted arson and assassination plan aimed at Bellefontaine mayor
A burning bottle with kerosene was hurled through the mayor William R. Niven’s residence window in Bellefontaine Ohio in what is believed to be an attempt to assassinate him and burn the house. The mayor was away. curtains carpet and furniture burned before firefighters quelled the blaze. Niven, a Democratic politician, had run on a dry ticket and sought Congress.
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Ohio
William R. Niven
Bellefontaine
Nivens
State Committee
Exploding Firecracker Gashes Oklahoma Boy's Eye
The 12 year old son of Warren Her bag of Tonkawa Oklahoma will lose sight in one eye after a firecracker placed in a bottle exploded. He held the bottle near his face to watch progress, the blast shattering the bottle and sending glass into his eyes.
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Warren Herbag
Tonkawa
Okla
Ten Thousand to Strike June 30 Over Open Shop Order
More than 10 000 skilled workers from the Amalgamated Association of Iron Steel and Tin Workers employed by the American Sheet and Tin Plate Company will quit June 30 when the company’s open shop order takes effect. The Pittsburg convention prompted the action. many unskilled workers will be affected. The plant total across 203 mills in 5 states includes 52 tin and 151 sheet mills, with regional distribution in Pennsylvania Ohio West Virginia and Indiana.
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Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
American Sheet and Tin Plate Company
Pittsburg
Shenango
New Castle
Sharon
Connellsville
Ohio
Martins Ferry
Bridgeport
Cambridge
Piqua and Struthers
West Virginia
Wheeling
Indiana
Hlwood
Anderson and Gas City
Muncie
President Penna of Brazil Dies in 1906 1910 Era
President Alfonso Penna of Brazil died at 7 30 am Monday, per a State Department dispatch from the American Ambassador in Rio de Janeiro. Born May 30, 1847 at Santa Barbara Minas Geraes, he studied in Caracas and Sao Paulo, served in provincial and national assemblies, backed the Liberal party, supported the slave liberation measure, and became president in November 1906 with a term ending in 1910.
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Penna
Brazil
State Department
Washington, D. C
Rio de Janeiro
Alfonso Penna
Santa Barbara
Minas Geraes
Caracas College
Law School
Sao Paulo
Liberal Party of
Minas
National Assembly
Empire
Girl Shot by Thief Shrewdly Reforms Then Flees
Rose Shuck, 20, married to thief An drew Deck, shot by him in Cincinnati after fleeing cruelty with her baby. Deck, also 20, is at large. She was rushed to city hospital in critical condition. The pair had wed after she helped win his pardon from Mansfield reform school.
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Andrew Deck
Cincinnati
City
Deck
Rose Shuck
Undertaker Slain in Troy as Robbery Suspect Escapes
Thomas H. Nelson an undertaker was shot dead in his Troy office after attempting to phone for aid. The attacker fled. Nelson was believed to have a large sum of money, and the wallet containing it is missing.
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Thomas H. Nelson
Troy
N. Y
Nealon
Mr. Nealon
Race and sports notes from Detroit to Latonia Derby
QOS BENDS Jack McKerron ran a mile in 2.18% at the Detroit fairgrounds. Five cars race NY to Seattle 4000 miles. Frank Gotch wrestled Henry Ordemann in Minneapolis in 35 minutes 35 seconds. Minoru won the English Derby in rain with Louviers second and William IV third. Sir Martin fell. Olambala, owned by T G Greener, won the Latonia Derby at Cincinnati ahead of The Peer by four lengths. Plate Glass trailed. Dr Burgan Hamline’s coach broke an arm blocking a slide in a catcher drill. Ed Fierke’s hit fractured his wrist.
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Jack McKerron
Detroit Fairgrounds
New York
Seattle
Frank Gotch
Henry Ordemann
Minneapolis
Louviers
William IV
Sir Martin
Olambala
T. G. Greener
Cincinnati
Peer
Plate Glass
Dr. Burgan
Hamline
Ed Fierke
Third Operation Prevented
A Chicago reader credits Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with saving her from a third operation for inflammation and a tumor after doctors warned she would die. She says two bottles cured her and urges others to build the female system and remove the cause of distressing ills.
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Chicago
Ill
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia
E. Pinkham
Alvena Sperling
Langdon Street
Too Much Devotion In Washington Star Anecdote
A Washington Star quip notes a husband who stays indoors at night. One woman mocks the other for his night devotion, saying once Hiram sits by the fireside he never leaves, not even to fetch wood. The brief humor reflects domestic talks and social observations of shared routines.
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Hiram
Washington Star
Bad Food and Good Health Won't Mix
A Denver woman recounts health decline after meals and recovery after using Grape-Nuts. She details family burden, loss of appetite, and weight gain of 12 pounds after trial. The letter, presented as a genuine testimonial, urges reading The Road to Wellville and notes new letters periodically.
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Denver
Wellville
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