Train Kills Sutton Near Algona Station
Des Moines reports J A Sutton 48 president of Sioux Remedy Co Algona was likely killed by a Northwestern train near Algona station. He faced warrants for bad checks and had escaped earlier. Police say he lived a double life with other women and questionable dealings. Mrs Anna Matthews, linked to his clothing fraud, was arrested. Sutton’s mangled body was found near the tracks and taken to his home. He is survived by a wife and two daughters.
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Des Moines
J. A. Sutton
Sioux Remedy Company
Algona
Northwestern
Sutton
Iowa
J. E. Lillie
Northwestern Tracts
Mr. Sutton
Anna Matthews
Watertown
Medicine Company
Matthews
Johnston
Shaw Scores Insurgents In Republican Party
Chicago June 13 Former secretary of the treasury Leslie M Shaw addressed Hawkeye Fellowship members and criticized southern political ignorance while praising standout ideas as the only logical government principles He urged tariff reform saying the people cannot run the tariff and likened stockholders running a railroad to citizens shaping tariffs
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Chicago
Leslie M. Shaw
the Treasury
Hawkeye Fellowship Club
Republican Party
South
Shaw
Dedication Day Declared as City Holiday
Des Moines Mayor James R. Hannahag proclaimed June 14 as Dedication Day holiday, issuing the official notice to residents and city departments.
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Des Moines
James R. Hannahag
Governor Offers Reward in Des Moines Murder Case
Governor Carroll posts reward for arrest and conviction of the murderer or murderers of Mr and Mrs James Hardy and their son Earl at the Hardy home in Marshall county.
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Des Moines
Carroll
James Hardy
Earl
Hardy
Marshall County
State Threatens Action for Violation of Anti-Trust Act
Chicago news reports that State's Attorney Wayman plans wholesale actions against Chicago and Cook County firms for violating the 1891 anti trust act. About 1006 concerns were targeted after Attorney General Stead directed the county prosecutor to sue. Firms named include Union Loop Elevated, Chicago and Oak Park Elevated, Chicago Great Western, Pere Marquette, Illinois and Wisconsin railroads, National Packing, Schwarzschild and Schulzberger. The law fines violators fifty dollars per day for未filing affidavits by September 1 acknowledging no pool or agreement in price setting.
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Chicago
Wayman
Cook County
Stead
Frm
Secretary of State
Chicago “L
Union Loop Elevated Railroad Company
Chicago & Oak Park Elevated Railroad
Chicago Great Western Railroad
Pere Marquette Railroad
Inois & Wisconsin Railroad
National Packing Company
Schwarzschild & Schulzberger Company of America
Diaz Despot Claims Death Toll Exceeds Forty Thousand
L de Lara a Mexican political refugee testified to the rules committee in Washington alleging that President Diaz rules by force, has silenced free speech and press, and that over 40,000 people have died violently for political reasons since Diaz took power. He urged recognition of persecution by both Mexican and American officers.
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Washington
Mexico
Rules Committee of the House
L. de Lara
de Lara
Diaz
Roosevelt to be guarded for New York arrival
Police will guard former President Roosevelt on his arrival in New York next Saturday morning from quarantine to Long Island City station. First Deputy Commissioner Bugher will oversee arrangements with about 5,000 officers on duty for parades and related functions.
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New York
Roosevelt
Long Island City
Oyster Bay
Baker
Bugher
Costa Ricans Shy At Pact In Congress Vote
Costa Rica reports to the state department that strong opposition has developed in the Costa Rican congress to ratifying the Washington Panama boundary convention. The pact referred the dispute to the US Supreme Court chief justice as arbitrator. Cloakmakers to Strike in New York. A general strike of 20 000 to 30 000 cloakmakers was authorized by the Lady Garment Workers International Union in session in Boston. The convention left strike date and plans to a special committee.
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Washington
State Department
Costa Rica
Costa Rican Congress
Panama
United States Supreme Court
Boston
New York City
Lady Garment Workers’ International Union
Petroleum Price Reduced In New York
The Standard Oil company cut petroleum prices by ten points. Refined Standard White now costs 7.65 cents per barrel in New York on June 13.
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New York
Standard Qil Company
Murder mystery as two newborns found in ditch
Chicago detectives probe a grim case after two five day old baby boys were found strangled in a gunny sack in a ditch near Hast Ninety-fourth street and Gettage Grove avenue. Police expand inquiry to maternity homes in South Chicago seeking links to a suspected baby farm.
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Chicago
Hast Ninety-fourth Street
Gettage Grove Avenue
John Tuley
East Ninety Second Place
Pierson's
Seventy -Fourth Street
Cottage Grove Avenue
Felow
Religious Freedom Granted by Madrid Edifice Decree
A royal decree in Madrid amends the constitution allowing non Catholic religious societies to display insignia for worship and ceremonies amid republican calls for equal footing and Catholic subventions. Premier Canalejas orders governors to enforce compliance under threat of dissolving societies and closing their establishments.
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Madrid
Spain
Canalejas
Three Years for Mail Theft in Bloomington
James Murphy a Bloomington painter was sentenced to three years in federal prison at Fort Leavenworth for stealing 680 dollars from the Bloomington post office.
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Bloomington
James Murphy
Fort Leavenworth
Sugar Trust Men Are Found Guilty in Fraud Case
New York June 18 Charles R Heike secretary treasurer of American Sugar Refining and Ernest W Gerbracht formerly superintendent of Havemeyer Elder refinery in Williamsburg were found guilty of complicity in sugar weighing frauds against the government The third defendant James F Bendernagel cashier of Havemeyer Elder faced a protracted jury disagreement The government seeks heavy penalties with Heike facing possible two years and a 10000 fine Gerbracht up to 12 years and 10000 fine The case began May 16 with six defendants including three minor employees who later pled guilty but have not yet been sentenced
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New York
Charles R Heike
American Sugar Refining Company
Ernest W. Gerbracht
Havemeyer & Elder
Williamsburg
James F. Bendernagel
Heike
Federal
Gerbracht
Henry L. Stimson
Spendernagel
Harry W. Walker
Jean M. Voelker
James J. Halligan
Checkers
Elbridge T. Gerry Wounded by Accidental Gunfire
Friends report Elbridge T. Gerry confined to his Fifth Avenue home with a bullet wound that passed through his left hand. The injury occurred while packing for a yachting trip when a revolver cartridge exploded during hurried handling. no complications have followed and the wounds are healing.
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New York
Elbridge T. Gerry
Fifth Avenue
Gerry
Woman ELOPER Dies Abroad in Europe
New York and Bayside, Long Island, report the death of Mrs. Margaret H. Leavitt Smollen, daughter of G. Howard Leavitt. A millionaire, she eloped last winter with her chauffeur Joseph F. Smollen. The couple separated weeks after the marriage and she went to Europe.
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New York
Margaret H. Leavitt Smollen
G. Howard Leavitt
Bayside
L. I
Joseph F. Smolen
Islands near Azores offered to US for 2500
Lisbon reports Dr Abreu, owner of several Azores Islands, has been offered 2500 by the United States government for the islands.
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Lisbon
Diario Noticias
Dr. Abreu
Azores
United States
Italian Trunk Mystery Claims American Bride at Lake Como
Italian police probe the Lake Como discovery of Mrs Mary Scott Castle Charlton of New York found suffocated in a trunk. The investigation points to two men, one Russian suspect Constantine Ispoletoff, and a missing husband Porter Charlton. Father-in-law Paul Charlton suspects a former admirer may be involved.
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Como
Italy
Porter Charlton
New York
Mary Crittenden Scott
San Francisco
Lake Gomo
Constantine Ispoletoff
Switzerland
Ispoletoff
Washington
Mary Scott Castle Charlton
Lake Como
Paul Charlton
Porter
Orient Railway Wreck Near Lule Burgas
An Orient Express wreck occurred near Lule Burgas fifty miles east of Constantinople when a bridge collapsed. Several cars fell into the water and many may be killed or injured. A special train with doctors and nurses was dispatched from the city.
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Constantinople
Oriential
Lule Burgas
Here
Bride’s suitor stabs rival at altar in Texas tragedy
Brownsville June 13 Basilio Martinez fatally stabbed Bonita Garcia as the bridal party waited for the ceremony. The killer acted in a frenzy after the bride refused to marry him and a rival appeared. Local authorities investigated the deadly attack at the altar.
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Brownsville
Tex
Basilio Martinez
Bonita Garcia
Martinez
Slaughter of Eighty Chinese Otter Hunters Near Manchal
Victoria reports that eighty Chinese otter hunters were killed on May 19 by brigands near Manchal on the Russian Chinese frontier. The attackers seized 1,000 otter skins collected by the group, and fled with the pelts.
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Victoria
B. C
Manchal
Fortune Award Upheld For Gambler Richard Canfield
New York Supreme Court affirms a 20 380 award to Richard Canfield former proprietor of gambling resorts in New York and Saratoga stemming from a stock deal with Mills Bros Co brokerage, which fell through in 1907.
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New York
Richard Canfield
Saratoga
Mills Bros. & Co
Million-Dollar Fire Destroys Seattle Waterfront District
A hurricane night blaze on Seattle's northern waterfront swept into wooden blocks, burning 20 acres and leaving about 6,500 homeless. Three seriously hurt firefighters and a patrolman injured. horses perished in a railroad avenue stable. Major buildings including Galbraith-Bacon warehouses and Puget Sound sheet metal works burned. wet electrified streets hindered crews. Pacific hospital moved patients as ambulances rushed in.
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Seattle
Wash
Ellis Worth Auger
Myrono
Fred Risley
Wallfirst
Railroad Avenue
Battery Street
Galbraith-Bacon
Puget Sound
Glenarchy
Pacific Hospital
City Hospital
Great Business Congress opens sessions in London
The International Congress of Chambers of Commerce began its sessions in London, with delegates from about 200 organizations. For two weeks they will discuss seven topics including fixed Easter date, calendar unification, official representation, postal relations, bank check interchange, arbitration judgments, Madrid Convention on trademarks, and customs valuations. Both Spain and the United States favor meeting again in 1912.
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London
International Congress of Chambers of Commerce
European Postal Union
Court of Arbitration
Spain
United States
Taft Seeks Stock Bond Control Move in Rail Bill
President Taft wins a White House conference pledge to add a paragraph to the railroad bill. The paragraph calls for a commission to study how to handle stock and bond issuance by railroads, for report at the next Congress. Democrats oppose giving the Interstate Commerce Commission direct supervision this session.
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Washington
Taft
White House
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
Faces Arrest Shoots Self in Hotel Brevoort
Felicien Ruiasset a Belgian embezzlement suspect died without regaining consciousness after shooting himself as detectives attempted to arrest him in New York's Hotel Brevoort. Police have little information on the alleged embezzlement. Mexican Indian Revolt Quelled. Creel telegram reports Yucatan uprising subdued by state and federal troops.
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New York
Felicien Ruiasset
Brevoort
Washington
Alfairan
Enrique Creel
Mexico
Ambassador de la Barra
Yucatan
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