Upper Branch Rejects Farm Implement Duty Free List
Washington June 28 The Senate disposed of tariff questions then debated Taft's two per cent corporate tax plan. Brown's free wood pulp amendment passed and wood pulp and print paper schedules approved. Bacon's plant of agricultural implements on the free list was rejected 26 to 45. Beveridge's proposal to cut cash register duty 80 percent failed 31 to 33. Davis attacked tariff bills as tax on people and a tool of trusts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Taft
Brown
Amendmenti Ag
United States
International Commission
France
Paris
Davis
Arkansas
Great Rubber Plant Destroyed in Trenton Fire
A section of the Trenton Rubber Company plant outside the city was destroyed by fire near Trenton New Jersey. Estimated loss runs about 100000 dollars with the origin of the blaze not determined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
N. J
Trenton Rubber Company
Kangas wedding in Kangas city Minnesota confirms June date
Pay rat Culver Channing Snit fen a U.S. retiree tied the knot with Mrs Zenobia Richardson a noted Washington society figure in a ceremony held in Kangas city Minnesota. The couple, joined by family and friends, mark a high society union amid local interest and regional notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kangas
Payrat Culver Channing Snitfen
U.S. A
Zenobia Richardson
Washington, D. C
Battleships to Attack Imaginary Foes at Sea
Washington reports the Atlantic fleet assembling at Hampton Roads Virginia for extensive summer maneuvers. Rear Admiral Seaton Schroeder leads nearly 500 ships including Connecticut and Tarantaula for drills in New England waters then southern ranges near Virginia capes before winter maneuvers in West Indian waters.
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Washington
Hampton Roads
Virginia
Seaton Schroeder
Atlantic Fleet
Connecticut
New England
Virginia Capes
West Indian
CHANGE CODE OF ETHICS ADOPTED BY AMERICAN INSTITUTE
Detroit June 28 The American Institute of Homeopathy adopted an amendment to its code of ethics releasing physicians from professional secrecy when patient or family privacy breaches may injure others. It also backed creating a national clinical research body inviting current affiliations. Dr Annie Whitney Spencer was elected president of the Institute Fraternity in Batavia Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Mich
American Institute of Homeopathy
National
Association of Clinical Research
American Homeopathic Institute
American Medical Society
Eclectic Medical Association
State Medical Societies
Army, Navy and Marine Service
Institute
Women Physicians of the Homeopathic Institute
Annie Whitney Spencer
Batavia
Ill
SHERMAN IN HOMESPUN
Washington June 28 Vice President Sherman wears a remarkable blue homespun suit. It is cotton grown and processed in Muskogee county Georgia, spun woven dyed and tailored there. The outfit was presented through Representative Adamson from Muskogee county.
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Washington
Yice
Sherman
Senate
Fairbanks
Muskogee
Adamson
Muskogee County
Buelow and Kaiser Confer on Hohenzollern Kiel Meeting
Kiel June 28 Chancellor von Buelow, arriving from Berlin, greeted by Emperor William aboard the imperial yacht Hohenzollern. The chancellor was assigned cabin near the emperor for the talks.
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Chancellor
Emperor of Germany
Kiel
von Buelow
Berlin
William
Hohenzollern
Cholera Spreads in St. Petersburg City Hospitals
Ninety nine new cholera cases and 40 suspected cases were admitted to municipal hospitals in the 24 hours ending noon yesterday. There were 34 deaths in this period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Mystery in tragedy reaches Mrs Woodill kin and Eastman
Baltimore jewelry linked to Edith May Woodill case as coroner defers inquest. Eastman story under scrutiny amid claims of robbery motive. Identification confirms body as Lame Bob Eastman. background on Woodill’s life and adoption uncovered. New York connections surface as Seaboard Air Line directors resign.
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Maryland
St. Michael's
Rob” Eastman
Edith May Woodill
Vinnie Bradcombe
Chesapeake Bay
Baltimore
Eastman
Radcliffe
Coroners Jury
Woodill
Bob” Eastman
New York
Emmett E.roberts
Louis B. Pedler
Art Department
Washington
Pedier
Hastman
Petter
Lewiston
Idaho
Albert Kight
Ashaka
Clearwater River
Ryan
Seaboard Air Line
Thomas F. Ryan
T. Jefferson Coolidge
Boston
James H. Dooley
Richmond
Seaboard
Traders Lose Suit Anti-Trust Act Basis
Kansas City jurors award $15,000 to the Co-Operative Live Stock Commission Company against 12 Traders' Live Stock Exchange members. The court tripled the verdict per anti trust law, totaling $58,500. The case, filed January 1908, challenged middleman commissions and pool formation in live stock markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City, Mo
Co- Operative Live Stock Commission Company
Lvestock
Traders’ Live Stock Exchange
National Live Stock Growers’ Association
Kansas City
Chicago
Omaha
Co-Operative Live Stock Commission Company
Old Live Stock Exchange
Indepedent Commission
In & Pool
WRECK IS LAID TO CREW
Coroner 3 G Carson filed a verdict on the Chicago Lake Shore South Bend Interurban crash near Chesterton Ind that killed 12. The finding blames disobedience of a train order by train No 59 east bound for not taking the Wilson siding. Conductor was D E Kinney. motorman George Reed killed.
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Valparaiso
Ind
G. Carson
Chicago, Lake Shore
South Bend
Chesterton
Wilson
D. E. Kinney
George Reed
Masked mob lynches jailed Black man in Wilburton
In Wilburton Oklahoma on June 28 a mob of about 50 masked men removed Sylvester Stennien known as Alabama Red from the jail and hanged him from a telephone pole after he had shot and killed Deputy Constable Albert Turner during an attempted arrest. The sheriff was away and the night watchman absent. The mob cut wires to prevent interference and dispersed without a shot fired. A coroner’s jury ruled the death at the hands of unknown persons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilburton
Oklo
Sylvester Stennien
Albert Turner
Night Watch
La Follette Raps Taft Controversial Editorial
Madison report notes Senator Robert M La Follette’s editorial in his weekly magazine accusing President Taft of aiding Aldrich’s plan to throttle the income tax. The piece claims the corporation tax proposal would kill any income tax and marks La Follette’s first direct attack on the president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
Robert M. la Folletta
la Follette
Wisconsin
Taft
Aldrich
No Relief In Sight As Heat Wave Roils Nation
Washington reports a nationwide heat wave with no relief in sight. Chief Forecaster Garriott notes temperatures hitting 110 at Fort Yuma and 106 in Phoenix and Fresno, with Red Bluff at 102. Praries 90 to 100, Gulf and Texas states affected. eastern states feeling the heat as Washington reads 93 and Portland, Missouri 92.
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Washington
United States
Garriott
Weather Bureau
Fort Yuma
Ariz
Phoenix
Fresno
Cal
Red Bluff
Prairie States
Gulf States
Texas
Portland
Escapes, Slain at Fort Riley Among Convicts
Junction City Kansas June 28 two military convicts Carey and Jeffries attacked sentry in quarry struggle Jeffries shot in stomach fatally wounded died later Sentry Abraham Chulnick Troop 5 Seventh Cavalry seriously wounded Carey escaped but captured Oscar Lewisohn reported killed in automobile crash in Europe cable message says no foundation for report both well England none
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Junction City
Kaw
Fort Riley
Here
Carey
Jeffries
Harry H Jeffries
August T. Carey
Abraham Chulnick
Seventh Cavalry
Oscar Lewisohn
New York
Martin Vogel
Lewisohn
Asert
England
Oscar
England to Send Warships for San Francisco Rebuild
London reports the British government will deploy cruiser Bedford and sloops Ferine and Shearwaters to California for the October celebration of San Francisco's rebuilding. In Terre Haute Indiana lightning killed Shad Nichols and badly injured Fred McDaniel as storms disrupted utilities and transport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
London
Bedford
California
San Francisco
World Case Prosecutions Prompt Resignation in DC
Washington June 28 Stuart McNamara resigns as assistant United States attorney for the District of Columbia while remaining a special assistant to the attorney general. The step follows the broad scope of libel prosecutions tied to the Panama case against the New York World and the Indianapolis News.
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World Case
Washington
New York, World
Indianapolis News
Panama
Stuart McNamara
United States
District of Columbia
Trunk to Newark yields new leads in Siegel murder
New evidence in the Elsie Sigel case links a Newark restaurant owner Li Ling to Leon Ling and a heavy trunk. James Halstead the stair man identified Leon as the man who delivered the trunk to New York on June 10. Police suspect the body was killed elsewhere then shipped to Newark and New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Newark
N. J
Elsie Sigel
Leon Ling
Leon
Eighth Avenue
James Halstead
Li Ling
Halstead
Cloudburst Floods Vail Iowa June 28
A violent cloudburst drenched Vail Iowa on June 28 flooding homes with depths from three inches to two and a half feet. Two men and a baby were rescued after near drowning. Tracks on the Chicago and Northwestern were washed out in three places delaying trains. Widespread property damage and mud left across sidewalks, with townspeople predicting a lengthy recovery lasting about a month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wall
Chicago & Northwestern
Greeks Attack Conductor After Freight Collision
In Lockridge Iowa a group of about seventy five Greeks employed by a construction gang attacked Burlington freight conductor Mike Hayes after a fellow worker was run over. Hayes sheltered at the passenger station with the agent’s help until assistance arrived. The Greeks were driven from town. one Greek trapped under the train suffered serious injuries and was hospitalized in Burlington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfield
Iowa
Burlington
Lockridge
Mike Hayes
Hayes
Forty Years in a School Room Resigns in Omaha
Miss Willa B. Shippey longtime history instructor in the upper grades at Long school resigns after forty years in teaching. A quarter century spent in Omaha. She and her sister Miss Kate Shippey move to Gowanda New York to live at their old home.
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Omaha
Neb
Willa B. Shippey
Long School
Kate Shippey
Gowanda
N. Y
Schlatter Jailed on Fraud Charges in Des Moines
Des Moines on June 28 Schlatter a physician minister and self styled faith healer was arrested at his Sabin hotel apartment by Detective Brunnemer on a telegram from the Clinton Iowa sheriff charging him with obtaining money by false pretenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schlater
Des Moines
Schlatter
Sabin Hotel
Brunnemer
Clinton
River Rises Again on Des Moines Deepens Flood Rise
Des Moines river climbed over a foot with a stage near 11.3 at 5 40 last evening, signaling the Wadler may reach a higher level than any time this season amid rising flood conditions.
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Des Moines
Dew Moines
Bishop Cutter Dies in Winona at 65
The Rt. Rev. Joseph B. Cutter, 65, head of the Catholic diocese of Winona, died at his home here from heart trouble complications. Also mentioned is Brigitta Wivenso in the same report.
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Cutter
Winona
Minn
Joseph B. Cutter
Brigitta Wivenso
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Middle West
Hamilton
Atlantic Division
Change Code OF Ethics
Buelow
Kaiser
Elkins
W. Va
F. G. Mansey
Bank of Durbin
Bishop Chatard
Rome
Francis Silas Chatard
Indianapolis
American College
Lyman Gage
Kansas
Co-Operative Livestock Body
Indiana
John R. Considine
Hotel Metropole
Mr. Considine
Dreamland
Coney Island
Jamaica
Julian Story
Emma Hames
Blaine Bohlen
Philadelphia
Dail
Terre Haute
Shad Nichols
Fred McDaniela
Nichols
Ling
New Jersey
Vail
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