Wisconsin Wool Schedule Fight Fails to Gain Amendments
Washington June 12 The Senate rejected 24 La Follette amendments to the wool schedule as 61 senators gathered to resume tariff debate. Cummins proposed a compensatory duty on woolen goods to equalize domestic and foreign wool costs, aiming to favor makers while acknowledging the difficulty of grading wool in cloth. Warren opposed, warning it would boost imports of shoddy.
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Washington
Senate
la Follette
Aldrich
Finance Committee
Cummins
McCumber
Warren
Iowa
Beardsley Stabbed By Black Hand Threat in Chicago
Dr Jennie A Beardsley, a mid aged Chicago physician, was stabbed twice in the breast and stomach as she answered a back door knock at 6506 Peoria street Two detectives hidden in the house protected her with a steel ribbed corset The attacker fled into darkness after the assault a letter demanding 500 and signed with a crude black hand skull and crossbones accompanied the threat
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Chicago
Jennie A. Beardsley
Peoria Street
Beardsley
Attempted kidnapping of ex sultan Abdul Hamid in Saloniki
Local dispatch from Constantinople reports an unsuccessful effort by reactionaries to kidnap Abdul Hamid the deposed sultan. The house where he resides in Saloniki was attacked and several officers are said to have been killed in the clash.
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Abdul Hamid
London
Constantinople
Turkey
Saloniki
Heirs Sought for $25,000 in Cincinnati Hospital
Cincinnati Ohio June 12 Twenty five thousand dollars lies in the safe of the German Deaconess hospital awaiting heirs of Mrs Tradel who died there after a stroke of apoplexy French Envoy Visits Seattle Fair News updates Jusserand ambassador of France arrives in Seattle en route to the Alaska Yukon Pacific exposition
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Cincinnati
Tradel
Seattle
Portland
Ore
Jusserand
France
San Francisco
Centenary Celebration Underway at Miami University Oxford
Miami University marks its 100th birthday with commencement events in Oxford Ohio as notable figures including Gov Judson Harmon and university presidents gather. Dr Henry McCracken will deliver the centennial address while ex presidents and alumni participate. Rev Dr Charles McCaughan, 95, one of the oldest alumni, cannot attend.
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Oxford
Miami University
Miami
Taft
Tive
East
E. R. Scott
New York University
South
F. W. Himitt
Central University of Kentucky
West
Albert Hill
University of Missouri
Henry Mitchell McCracken
University of the City of New York
Judson Harmon
Ohio
E. W. Scott
University of New York
Guy Potter Benton
University
BE. D. Warfield
Lafayette
College
William ©. Thompson
Ohio State University
Andrew D. Hepburn
Santa Monica
Cal
R. W. McFarland
David S. Tappan
Circleville
Charles McCaughan
Winterset
Novel Vessel Launched in Brooklyn For Oceans Survey
In Brooklyn today the auxiliary yacht Carnegie was launched in a ceremony attended by scientists. Built for the Carnegie Institution, it will conduct ocean surveys to correct compass data and contains no iron or magnetic metal. Miss Dorothea I. Bauer christened the vessel, daughter of Dr. L. A. Bauer, director of the Carnegie institution’s terrestrial magnetism department.
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Carnegie
New York
Brooklyn
Carnegie Institution
Dorothea I. Bauer
L. A. Bauer
Department of Terrestrial Magnetism
Origin of Life Debate Urges Volcano Observatory
Prof. Jaggar urged the Honolulu chamber to establish an observatory on the rim of Mount Kilauea crater, declaring the origin of life may be found in volcanic fire during his address on June 12.
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Volcano
Honolulu
Jaggar
Chamber of Commerce
Mount Kilauea
Hanged for Sister's Murder in Jacksonville
Otis D. Smith, a young white man, was hanged at the county jail in Jacksonville for murdering his sister Cora Bell Smith several months earlier in this city.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Otis D. Smith
Cora Bell Smith
Mrs Gould Reveals Farnum Meetings and Large Purchases
In a New York deposition Mrs Catherine Gould testifies about a long relationship with Howard Goulds affairs. She recalls traveling with a wild west show, dining with actor Farnum at hotels, and a 1906 jewelry spree including a 57000 bill and 18000 diamond pendant. She also details a Lynchburg farm purchase and Castle Gould connections.
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Farnum
New York
Catherine Clemmons Gould
Howard Gould
Delaney Nicoll
Col. Cody
Nicol
Mrs. Gould
St.Regis Hotel
Gould
Aged Men in Double Tragedy Near Housedale
In Derry township near Housedale an 87 year old farmer George Baker was found murdered, likely by his 86 year old brother in law Mark Van Duesen who then killed himself after informing Mrs Baker. The event follows a separate note of $5,000 more aid from the American Red Cross to Turkey.
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George Baker
Mark van Duesen
Scranton
Derry Township
Housedale
Baker
van Duesen
Turkey
Washington
Constantinople
American National Red Cross Society
Well Known Journalist John H Webb Dies in Los Angeles
John H Webb a retired journalist and former owner of the New York Star now the Evening Journal died in Los Angeles California on June 12 The death is reported in a brief obituary noting his career and severed ties with the New York newspaper world.
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Los Angeles
Cal
John H. Webb
The
New York Star
Evening Journal
Tornado Devastates Texas Towns and Train Disaster Report
Severe weather across Texas leaves El Paso and Hamlin damaged by a tornado that destroys a town and injures several. A Kansas City Mexico & Orient train derails on a Brazos river bridge near Knox City, killing one passenger and injuring others as wires fail and reports spread from Deep Water to Merkel and Haskell.
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Kansas City
Mexico & Orient
Brazos River
Knox City
Benjamin
Tex
J. ©. Stafford
Crowell
BE. Dickinson
Orient Road
Texas
Orient
South Wichita
Ei Paso
Hamlin
Kansas City, Mexico & Orient
Big Springs
A. Golurp
Funeral Arrangements for Dr Everett B Hale
Boston June 12 Arrangements were completed for the funeral of Dr Everett B Hale chaplain of the United States Senate noted author and divine who died yesterday at his Roxbury home The services will be held at the South Congregational church Sunday with a delegation of senators attending. Rioting in Mariners Strike in Erie Pa left one man shot and several injured after a riot connected to the strike.
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Boston
Everett B. Hale
United States Senate
Roxbury
South Congregational Church
Erie
Girls Escape in Fire Panic in Columbus Road Warehouse
Forty five girls employed in the second story of the Silverman warehouse on Columbus road were driven into a panic as fire destroyed the building briefly. All escaped safely. Texas anti betting law goes into effect. authorities plan to continue racing in the state despite new restrictions.
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Cleveland
Silverman
Columbus Road
Texas
Fort Worth
Tex
Balloon University City Victor In Great Contest
New York June 12 The balloon University City of St. Louis with John Berry and John McCullough aboard wins the national balloon contest starting from Indianapolis. They report 382 miles to a landing six miles south of Fort Payne Alabama. A New York balloon placed second, 355 144 miles, landing near Corinth Mississippi after 85 hours 10 minutes aloft.
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New York
University City of
Miss
University City
Fort Payne
Ale
John Meadows
Freestone Peak
Indianapolis
Ship Stranded Slavonia Off Flores Island Rescue Underway
A Cunard steamer Slavonia was stranded southwest of Flores Island in the Azores. Passengers, including 110 in cabins, were rescued by vessels from North German Lloyd and Hamburg American lines. The Slavonia had sailed from New York on June 3 to Naples and faced fears of total wreck.
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New York
Cunard Line
Slavonia
Flores Island
Lloyd Line
Azores
Naples
Batavia
Des Moines man kills merchant then suicide after quarrel
In Des Moines Herbert Todd of Todd & Kraft is fatally wounded after a dispute with Moses Rice, a Hebrew peddler, who fires three shots and later dies by ingesting carbolic acid. Todd dies from his injuries as the incident unfolds. A dynamite blast in Fredericksburg wrecks the business district, injuring several, with victims including H. K. Hawkins, Tulu Carey, and Glen Moore.
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Des Moines
Herbert Todd
Todd & Kraft
Moses Rice
Todd
Rice
Bryan to Run for Senate in Nebraska
William J. Bryan plans a United States senate candidacy to replace incumbent Elmer J. Burkett, announced by Richard L. Metcalf editor of the Commoner. The statement signals Bryan’s entry in a Nebraska race. Also reports the death of Mrs. Guiles, mother of nine, struck by a train in Reading, Pennsylvania.
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Bryan
Senate
Omaha
Neb
William J. Bryan
United States Senate
Elmer J. Burkett
Richard L. Metcalf
Mr. Bryan
Reading
Harry A. Guiles
Explosion wrecks Fredericksburg district injuring dozen
A 200 pound dynamite explosion in Dawlin and Cleary hardware store ruins two blocks of Fredericksburg Iowa four witnesses seriously hurt including Lulu Carey Glen Moore and two Carey children H K Hawking of Owatonna Minn likely fatally injured property loss estimated at $60 000 shock felt as far as New Hampton twelve miles away dynamite stored with gasoline. no cause known.
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Waterloo
Fredericksburg
H. K. Hawkins
Ottumwa
Tulu Carey
Glen Moore
Hampton
Iowa
Chickasaw County
Dawlin & Cleary
H. K. Hawking
Owatonna
Minn
Lulu Carey
New Hampton
Carey
Bankers Convention Ends With Addresses and Reflections
Iowa Bankers association closed its session in Waterloo with J. D. Easton elected president L. E. Stevens vice president J. M. Dinwiddie secretary and J. M. Sproull treasurer Former congressman J. Adams Bede delivered a notable address praising children and critiquing legislative fixes E St Himo Lewis urged liberal newspaper advertising The event closed Friday with a musical and dance hosted by bankers wives at Elks Hall
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Waterloo
Iowa Bankers’ Association
J. D. Easton
L. E. Stevens
Ottumwa
J. M. Dinwiddie
Cedar Rapids
J. M. Sproull
Washington
J. Adams Bede
Congress
University Fund Grows At Oskaloosa Ta June 12
The National Holiness association raised $20,000 at a special session to fund Central Holiness University at Oskaloosa. Donations ranged from $1 to $1,000, ensuring a new building this season costing $20,000 plus an $11,000 central heating plant and a start on a larger chapel fund next year. The total now reaches $53,000 for the university's support.
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Oskaloosa
National Holiness Association
Central Holiness University At
St Louis Balloon Wins National Contest
June 12 report from the Aero Club of America states the University City of St Louis balloon won the national contest. Official results show a 382 mile flight landing six miles south of Fort Payne Mississippi.
Regimental Reunion at Eldora Iowa June 23 24
The Thirty second Iowa regiment will hold its annual reunion in Eldora on June 23 and 24. The ranks are thinning with only 100 survivors remaining.
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Eldora
Iowa
Corner Stone Laid For Keokuk County Court House
Sigourney Iowa June 12 corner stone of Keokuk county's new 150000 dollar courthouse laid in a Masonic ceremony with Grand Lodge Iowa officers presiding. Michael McDonald feted Tayward Iowa June 12 homecoming of Department Commander Michiel McDonald met by enthusiastic A R veterans of the community.
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Sigourney, Ia
Keokuk County
Masonic
Masonic Grand Lodge of
Iowa
Michael M'Donald
Tayard
Michiel , McDonald
A. R
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