Railroads Prepare to Fight Government Rate Injunction
In St Louis on June 2 the 25 Western railroads plan to respond to Attorney General Wickersham’s bid for a government injunction. They contest any illegal agreement to raise freight rates under the Sherman act and argue the increases are needed to protect public interests amid current conditions. Possible dissolution of the injunction may be sought, with a hearing set for July 5 if necessary.
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St. Louis
Western
David P. Dyer
United States Circuit Court
Wickersham
Western Trunk Line Committee
Hannibal
Frederick N. Judson
Washington Stocks Rally on Advance Government Suit News
Washington traders booked quick profits after the government announced a plan to seek a temporary restraining order against twenty five railroads proposing a general freight rate hike. The market spiked as selling orders surged in advance of the official word, suggesting insider trading exploited by early information.
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Washington
Wall Street
New York
Stock Exchange
Hose Cart Injures Two in Hettinger Fire Incident
Fire at the Palace meat market in Hettinger North Dakota led to injuries when a hose cart lurched and struck pharmacist C M Johnson breaking his leg. Jens Jensen an agent for Standard Oil suffered severe injuries as responders rushed to the scene.
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Hettinger
N. D
Palace
C. M. Johnson
Jens Jensen
Standard Oil Company
Canada Steel formed in Hamilton amid steel merger plan
Negotiations that had been ongoing for months culminated in Hamilton on June 2 with the formation of the Canada Steel company capitalized at 25 million dollars. It is seen as the first step in a vast merger to control all steel plants in the Dominion.
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Hamilton
Ont
Canada Steel Company
Dominion
Stranger commits death by own action in St Paul
A man believed named John Trophie shot himself in the head behind boxes at the Pine and East Ninth street corner in St Paul. Papers found on him identify the deceased.
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St. Paul
John Trophie
Pine and
East Ninth Street
Frank Gotch Beats Pole to Retain Title in Iowa Meet
The Iowa wrestler Frank Gotch defeats his unnamed Pole opponent to defend his championship, maintaining his status as the leading champion in the event. The match solidifies Gotch’s hold on the title within the state competition.
Twenty-Eight Men to Die in Crime Ring
In St. Petersburg on June 2, penalties of death or life imprisonment were meted out to youthful band members involved in robberies and murders from 1907 to 1909. Twenty-nine men aged eighteen to twenty-five received death sentences, eight women were sentenced to life imprisonment, and a fifteen-year-old boy was sent to a juvenile colony. The gang’s boldest act was a August 23, 1907 train robbery at the Coast railroad and the Sestraretska factory cashier theft of 6500, during which Colonel Sudelkin was fatally shot.
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St. Petersburg
Sestraretska Imperial Arms Factory
Sudelkin
Delegates Flock to Northern Minnesota Development Smoker
Crookston June 2 A Northern Minnesota Development Association smoker drew hundreds of delegates and visitors to the Commercial club hall. Leaders urged booster spirit and state cooperation while speakers from Park Rapids St Paul Minneapolis Eveleth and Bemidji praised progress and promised support. The town lit with red white and blue as crowds gathered to hear home and visiting bands.
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Crookston
Minn
Northern Minnesota
Northern Minnesota Development Association
Commercial Club
J. E. O’brien
St. Paul
J. H. Davidson
Minneapolis
Theodore Roosevelt
J. P. Boyle
Eveleth
Bemidji
W. R. McKenzie
Mr. Boyle
Six Firemen Injured at Clear Ice Plant Blaze
Milwaukee June 2 six firemen were injured during a blaze that destroyed the Clear Ice company plant. One firefighter Anton C Olsen was seriously hurt as a brick wall collapsed. Property loss is estimated at 25000 dollars.
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Milwaukee
Anton C. Olsen
Clear Ice Company
Gotch Defeats Zbyszko to Retain World Wrestling Title
Franklin Gotch of Humboldt, Iowa defended his world wrestling championship by straight falls over Stanislaus Zbyszko of Poland at the Coliseum in Chicago. Gotch won the first fall in six and a quarter seconds and the match in 27 minutes 36 seconds with a bar arm and wrist lock, earning the crowd’s wild ovation.
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Chicago
Frank Gotch
Humboldt
Stanislaus Zbyszko
Gotch
Dick Fleming
Nelson
Zbyszko
Buffalo
Pole
Fleming
Jack Herman
Woman Dies Saving Child From Street Car Crash
In Winona Minnesota on June 2 Mrs William Redmann twenty four lost her life while attempting to rescue her two year old from an oncoming street car in front of their home. The motor man quickly stopped and saved the child but the mother fell under the wheels. Her death was instantaneous.
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Winona
Minn
William Redmann
Pinchot Seeks Roosevelt Date for St Paul Conservation Congress
Washington June 2 Gifford Pinchot reports no reply from Theodore Roosevelt to a cablegram requesting a September date convenient for delivering an address to the conservation congress in St Paul Until Roosevelt replies convention officers cannot fix the exact St Paul congress date.
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Washington
Gifford Pinchot
Theodore Roosevelt
Conservation Congress
St. Paul
Mr. Roosevelt
Minnesota convention of Norwegian Lutheran church set in Fergus Falls
The Minnesota district synodical Norwegian Lutheran convention will meet in Fergus Falls from June 10 to 17. The district covers Minnesota and South Dakota and about 1,000 attendees are expected, including visitors from outside points.
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Fergus Falls
Minn
Minnesota
Synodical Norwegian Lutheran Church
South Dakota
Lady Frances Cook Habeas Corpus Writ Issued
A writ of habeas corpus is issued for suffragette Lady Frances Cook. The legal action seeks her release or reasons for detention, reflecting early 20th century suffrage tensions and legal tactics.
Writ Issued For Lady Cook In Behalf of Sister
New York June 2 A writ of habeas corpus for Lady Frances Cook suffragette known as Tennessee Claflin was granted in the state supreme court to Mary Sparr her sister. The petition claimed Lady Cook, old and feeble, was restrained of liberty by John Floyd Hume and Mabel and was secreted from relatives with no funds for her needs. Hume a newspaper man said Cook’s English entailed estate could not be diverted. The complaint was withdrawn after Millard Sparr son of the complainant informed his mother she was in error and his explanations were accepted as business manager.
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New York
Lady Cook
England
Millard F. Sparr
Millard Sparr
Fire at Rochester stock yards claims several lives
Rochester Minn June 2 A disastrous blaze at the Chicago Great Western stock yards left one body recovered and three presumed dead as four intoxicated men slept in sheds. The fire started from smoking and spread through the ruins, destroying cattle and stock yards with losses estimated in the thousands. Brother of one victim identified a pocketbook fragment as belonging to a missing man. A search for the remaining two bodies continues.
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Rochester
Minn
Chicago Great Western
Cole
George R. Cole
B. J. Degroodt
H. A. Haney
Farmer Killed by Train Near Carlos
Carlos Minn June 2 Arvin Sweet fifty one a farmer was instantly killed when his team bolted across a Soo line track. The engineer could not stop the train in time. He left a wife and five children.
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Carlos
Minn
Arvin Sweet
Soo
Explosion Destroys Farm Elevator in Ayr North Dakota
A mysterious blast at the Farmers' elevator in Ayr North Dakota caused a fire that destroyed the building and contents along with adjacent coal sheds. The损 loss is estimated at about 12000 dollars. High winds hindered efforts to save nearby structures.
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Ayr
N. D
Nomination of Fred W. Carpenter for Morocco post approved
The nomination of Fred W. Carpenter secretary to the president to be United States minister to Morocco was favorably reported to the Senate by the committee on foreign relations.
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Washington
Fred W. Carpenter
United States
Morocco
Senate
Committee On Foreign Relations
Wound Causes Lockjaw in Fairmont Firearm Accident
Charles Scott aged 30, accidentally wounded in the thigh by a small caliber rifle bullet, has died from lockjaw in Fairmont Minnesota on June 2. The incident left him fatally injured and authorities report the death as a result of infection.
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Fairmont
Minn
Charles Scott
Minnesota Doctor Honored by Columbia College
William James Mayo of Rochester Minnesota received an honorary Doctor of Science degree from Columbia College in New York on June 2.
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New York
William James Mayo
Rochester, Minn
Columbia College
Railroad bill amended with rate and secrecy provisions
The Senate adopted two Burton amendments to strengthen railroad regulation. One blocks rate increases after cutting rates to water competition without interstate commerce commission approval. The other bars railroad agents from sharing shipment data with rivals. Remaining proposals on physical valuation and commodity clause were defeated but may return.
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Washington
Senate
Burton
Ohio
Interstate Commerce Commission
House
Standard Oil Company
Senator la Follette
Bailey
Supreme Court
Postal Savings Bank Bill Backed by House Caucus
Washington June 2 The House endorsement for prompt passage of the postal savings bank bill came from a two hour caucus. Representative Tawney of Minnesota submitted a resolution adopted by the caucus urging the bill be reported by the committee on post offices and postroads and a rules report for House consideration. Representative Southwick of New York denounced the bill as radical socialistic and withdrew to fight it on the floor.
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Washington
House
Postal Savings Bank
Taft
Tawney
Minnesota
Committee On Post Offices and Postroads
Committee On Rules
Southwick
New York
Progressives in House Eye Roosevelt Welcome in New York
Washington reporters note high confidence among house progressives they will be endorsed by Colonel Roosevelt and may travel to New York as a bloc for the monster welcome planned for the former president. Many insurgents plan to attend June 18, with Pinchot’s European trip seen as a positive sign for Roosevelt’s cause.
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Washington
House
Roosevelt
New York
Gifford Pinchot
Europe
Colonel Roosevelt
Laborer Killed by Log in Lumber Yard
Charles Newstrom, 46, was found unconscious beneath a rolling log in Brooks Brothers lumber yards. He died later at St Joseph's hospital. No witness saw the log fall and the cause remains unclear.
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St. Paul
Charles Newstrom
Brooks Brothers
St. Joseph's Hospital
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