Long lead in senate for Canadian reciprocity
Washington June 6 The Canadian reciprocity treaty is expected to pass the senate without amendments with a comfortable margin. President Taft has campaigned strongly, citing a Chicago Tribune poll and Vermont newspaper surveys showing broad public support. Senator Stone of Missouri confirms opposition to Root amendments and pledges to oppose any amendments to the bill.
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Washington
Senate
Taft
Chicago Tribune
Union
White House
Chicago
Vermont
Green Mountain Commonwealth
Stone
Missouri
Damaged Alma Wis Structures Hit by Severe Thunderstorm
A rough OCR fragment notes a storm causing about $40,000 in losses near Alma Wisconsin on June 6. It mentions damage to stone buildings and trees within a several mile radius, caused by thunder storms.
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Alma
Wis
Widow Ada Stie la Dies After Motorcycle Crash
Mrs. Ada Stie la, widow, age forty five, was fatally injured in a motorcycle collision with George La Due in Minneapolis. She died soon after at city hospital from a fracture at the base of the skull.
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Minneapolis
Ada Stiela
George la Due
City Hospital
Militia Pursuit for Train Firing in Alabama
Militia men and hounds rushed on a special train to Taylor Alabama to pursue those who fired into a moving Southern Railway passenger train. One brakeman Clifford Yoxhall was killed after being shot twice and two other passengers were wounded in the attack.
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Demopolis
Ala
Taylor
Southern Railway
Clifford Yoxhall
Grange circulates pamphlet attacking Canadian reciprocity
Washington reports a Grange pamphlet titled Senator Neilson Attacks Canadian Reciprocity circulating nationwide. It reproduces Senator Nelsons recent Senate Finance Committee speech attacking President Taft. Nelson prepares a lengthy address likely to occupy two Senate days.
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Washington
Neilson
National Grange
Nelson
Senate Committee On Finance
Taft
Minnesota
Senate
More Pay for Ministers by Reformed Presbyterian Synod
The Reformed Presbyterian synod unanimously raised the minimum salary for ministers to 900 dollars a year from 800. Rev. T. J. Allen of Beaver Falls led the salary push, noting personal financial hardship. A report on ministers marrying unbelievers was postponed after discussion, with a committee urging caution in solemnizing such marriages.
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Pittenbure
Reformed Presbyterian Synod
T. J. Allen
Beaver Falls
Grain and Provision Prices
Minneapolis June 5 wheat quotes for July and September contracts listed with bid and ask prices across grades including No 1 hard No 1 Northern No 2 Northern and No 3 Northern. Market activity noted with prices in cents per bushel and fractions.
Wheat and flax price updates at Duluth market
Wheat futures show No. 1 hard at 1.00 and No. 1 Northern at 0.99 to 0.96 from the Duluth market with July at 0.99 and September at 0.854. Flax prices on track list July at 2.34 and 0.9 for July deliveries.
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Minneapolis
Northern
Duluth
Market Report from St Paul Livestock Sale
Cattle Good to choice steers bring 5.50 to 6.00 with fair to good at 5.00 to 5.50. Cows and heifers range 4.50 to 5.25. Veals 6.50 to 6.75. Hogs 5.75 to 5.90. Sheep wethers 3.50 to 4.00, yearlings 3.75 to 5.00, spring lambs 4.50 to 5.75.
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St. Paul
Market Prices for Wheat Corn Oats and Livestock
Chicago wheat futures for July at 92 1/4 cents with September and December contracts noted. Corn July at 54 54 cents with surrounding months listed. Oats July at 87 3/4 cents with September and December values. Pork July at 14.75 dollars and September at 14.40. Butter and creamery and dairy quotes. Poultry prices for turkeys and chickens given.
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Chicago
Chicago Market Prices for Cattle Hogs and Sheep
Cattle quotes list Texas steers at 4.50 to 5.50, Western steers 4.75 to 6.60, stockers and feeders 3.85 to 5.65, cows and heifers 2.40 to 5.89, calves 5.25 to 7.70. Hogs show light at 5.80 to 6.15, mixed 5.75 to 6.10, heavy 5.60 to 6.05, good to choice heavy 5.80 to 6.05, pigs 5.55 to 6.05. Sheep natives 3.00 to 4.50, yearlings 4.35 to 6.85, lambs 4.25 to 6.95.
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Chicago
Texas
Lumber Trust Inquiry Opens in Chicago Grand Jury
A federal probe into lumber industry practices begins before a special grand jury in Chicago. Three local executives are examined as government officials study alleged conspiracies to restrain trade and blacklist customers. Over sixty witnesses, including Frederick Weyerhaeuser, are named for testimony expected over three weeks.
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Chicago
United States
Lumber Trust
United States District Court
Middle West
South
West
Cornelius Crowley
Minneapols
Weyerbaehser
Clognet
Minn
Martha Thompson
Northwestern Lumbermen’s Association
H. E. White
Minneapolis Paper Company
J. H. Queal
J. H. Queal & Co
Minneapolis
Platt B. Walker
Mississippi Valley Lumberman
Frederick Weyerhaeuser
Praise Cardinal Gibbons at St Vincent de Paul meeting
In Boston on June 6 members of the Society of St Vincent de Paul gathered in Lorimer hall to honor Cardinal Gibbons for his golden jubilee and to discuss administration of councils and conferences. Edward A Hall of Springfield and Thomas A Mulry of New York spoke on the topic.
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Boston
Society of St. Vincent de Paul
United States
Lorimer Hall
Cardinal Gibbons
Edward A. Hall
Central Council of
Springfield
Thomas A. Mulry
Superior Council of
New York
New Ambassador Named to Washington Crespo y Martinez Appointed
Mexico City June 6Announcement names Gilberto Crespo y Martinez as ambassador to Washington to replace Manuel de Zamacona Inclan who will likely return to London as financial agent. Crespo previously served as minister to Austria and Cuba. Pablo Macedo, who filled the London post, resigned last week.
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Mexico City
Gilberto Crespo Y Martinez
Washington
Manuel de Zamacona Inclan
London
Zamacona
Pablo Macedo
Macedo
Crespo
Austria
Cuba
Judge Dismisses Naturalization Petition of Socialist Editor
Circuit Judge Street dismissed the naturalization petition of Toivo Tiltunen editor of a Socialist daily at Hancock Michigan. He was convicted four years ago of taking part in a Hancock riot where socialists with red bags clashed with citizens and injuries occurred.
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Wausau, Wis
Judge Street
Toivo Tiltunen
Hancock
Mich
United States
Hiltumen
Leading Lutheran Pastor Dies
Rev. Herman Ficke aged sixty five a leading German Congregational minister of the Northwest died at his home in Dubuque Iowa after an operation.
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Dubuque
Herman Ficke
Northwest
Weyerhaeuser Faces Inquiry as Western Lumber Leader
F Weyherhauser, head of a large lumber combine in the West, comes under formal inquiry. The inquiry examines business practices, leadership consequences, and potential regulatory interventions affecting his vast forest products empire.
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Western Lumberman
Big Combine
General R B Brinkerhoff Dies in Mansfield Ohio
General R B Brinkerhoff a noted statesman and prison reformer died at his home in Mansfield Ohio He held multiple offices including president of the prison congress and served as a delegate to international conferences in Europe He would have been eighty four on June 28 if he had lived to that date
Governor orders full audit of University of Minnesota books
St Paul June 6 Governor Eberhart instructed Public Examiner Andrew E Fritz to audit the University of Minnesota books focusing on overdrafts around 80000 dollars. Bren, the university accountant and acting treasurer, was arraigned in Minneapolis for allegedly stealing 13600 dollars held in trust for students. He claimed robbery explains the loss and blamed university mismanagement.
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St. Paul
Eberhart
Andrew E. Fritz
University of Minnesota
Joseph D. Bren
Minneapolis
Bren
Sam A. Bren
Frank Bren
Evans Confesses Bribe Taking in Columbus Court
Owen J. Evans, Stark county representative and calendar committee member, pled guilty to one bribery indictment. Prosecutors expect a grand jury indictment wave as he cooperates, with a $500 fine imposed and two remaining indictments pending. Evans admitted giving $100 to a legislator for corrupt purposes, while prosecutors pursued further indictments against other lawmakers.
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Columbus
Turner
Hogan
Owen J. Evans
Stark County
House
Evans
Kbvans
Thomas H. Clark
United States
Pomerene
John Bigelow Aged Author and Diplomat
John Bigelow, noted author and diplomat, reported as aged and living at Highland Falls, New York, with a brief obituary notice outlining his prominence and residence.
John Bigelow Seriously Ill at Home in Highland Falls
Highland Falls New York June 6 The venerable John Bigelow author and former minister to France is seriously ill at his home The Squirrel Dr Howell of New York attending declined to give an opinion but hinted the aged patient may not recover Bigelow is 94 and recently returned from a trip abroad
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Highland Falls
N. Y
John Bigelow
France
Howell
New York
Judge Green Wins in Iowa District
Des Moines reports Judge W. R. Green Republican captured the congressional seat vacancy left by Judge Walter I. Smith. His opponent was W. B. Cleveland of Harlan. Early tallies show a small decrease in Republican majority with close Council Bluffs results and gains for Green in Guthrie County. Scattered township counts indicate a light overall vote.
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Des Moines
W. R. Green
Congress
Walter I. Smith
Cleveland
Harlan
Council Bluffs
Guthrie County
Green
Adair County
Moving Picture Fire Devastates Powers Company Bronx
A blaze in the Powers company two story building in the Bronx destroyed 140 miles of film with no ashes remaining. Seventy actors fled the flames in stage clothes and watched firefighters battle the blaze for about an hour. Estimated damage is $175,000.
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New York
Powers Company, Film Manufacturers
Bronx
Vancouver General Strike Tests City calm
Mounted police patrol Vancouver streets as a general strike begins peacefully. The action aims to pressure master builders to negotiate with striking union carpenters. The International Typographical Union advised members to remain at work.
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Vancouver
B. C
International Typographical Union
Senate assigns Kenyon to Lorimer probe on fund ties
Washington reports the Lorimer investigation will be led by an eight member select committee. Senators Dillingham Gamble Jones Kenyon chair Republicans along with Johnston Fletcher Lern Lea Democrats will probe charges of corruption in Lorimer election tied to beef and lumber interests.
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Washington
Kenyon
Iowa
Lorimer
United States Senate
William Lorimer
Ilinois
Clapp
Minnesota
Committee On Privileges and Elections
Lowan
Lorimers
Lrimer
Dillingham
Airmans
Gamble
Jones and Kenyon
Johnston
Fletcher
Lern
Lea
McCumber Accuses Ridder of Falsehood in Senate Hearing
Senator Porter McCumber of North Dakota interrupted Herman Ridder, head of the New York Staats Zeitung, claiming Ridder’s testimony about balanced dispatches was false. The clash occurred during the Senate Finance Committee’s hearing on the Canadian reciprocity bill after Ridder read a telegram urging favorable treatment of the agreement.
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Washington
Herman Ridder
New York Staats Zeitung
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Porter J. McCumber
North Dakota
Senate Finance Committee
Ridder
McCumber
Wall and Foss Challenge Parrot Conveyance in Federal Suit
In Helena Montana on June 6 Judge Ratsch overruled the demurrer filed by Anaconda Copper Mining and the Parrot company to the bill by stockholders William E. Wall and Louis Foss seeking annulment of the Parrot property conveyance to Anaconda and an accounting.
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Helena
Mont
Ratsch
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Parrot Company
William E. Wall
Louis Foss
Parrot
Anaconda
Madero to Be Welcomed by Enthusiastic Mexico City Reunion
Francisco I. Madero will enter Mexico City on Wednesday to a hero’s welcome. Soldiers he has fought since 1910 will line the streets, bands will play, and police will join in the ovation. He is officially a private citizen and may receive no formal salute or national hymn, yet authorities and the public will show strongest welcome within legal bounds.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Francisco I. Madero
Viva Madero
Mexican Outlaws Executed Near Altar District
Refugees report that twenty eight Magonistas opposed to Madero were executed Saturday and Sunday in the Altar district near Campania and Altar. The district is declared cleared of Magonistas as bandits by the provisional government. The executed were captured after a skirmish with casualties on both sides. Maderista troops reportedly have orders to execute all captured outlaws.
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Tucson
Ariz
Magonistas
Madero
Altar
Campania
Maderista
Prince of Siam on Board Rescued After Ryazan Run Aground
The Russian volunteer fleet steamer Ryazan ran ashore on a reef near Nagasaki while bound for Vladivostok. All passengers including the crown prince of Siam were saved. Japanese warship Iwate dispatched to assist Ryazan.
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Tokio
Ryazan
Vladivostok
Nagasaki
Crown Prince of
Siam
Iwate
Wreck of the Maine Cofferdam Work Begins
The pumping of water from the main cofferdam around the wreck of the Maine has started after repairs to the carson were completed. Water level lowered two feet with no wall instability observed. Army engineers expect the cofferdam to withstand the external water pressure. weeks remain before full examination.
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Havana
Maine
Tragic Drowning Near Grand Island on Mississippi
William Sheldon and Bessie Jarrett drowned in the Mississippi River after she apparently jumped from a rowboat near Davenport. Sheldon tried to rescue her but was pulled under and both lost their lives.
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Vounie Browning
Wwiver
Davenport
William Sheldon
Bessie Jarrett
Mississippi River
Grand Island
Sheldon
Results on the Diamond in American Association and Standings
A batch of scores shows St Paul 2 Milwaukee 5 and Minneapolis 18 Kansas City 3 among results. Standings list Kansas City 625 Columbus .612 Minneapolis .519 St Paul 480 Milwaukee .471 Louisville .469 Toledo 423 Indianapolis A12 Detroit 5 Washington 1 Chicago 4 Boston 5 with New York .500 and others.
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St. Paul
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Toledo
Columbus
Indianapolis
Louisville
Detroit
Philadelphia
Boston
Chicago
New York
Cleveland
Washington
St. Louis
Pittsburg
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
Magic Cloths Offer Silver Cleaning Aids
The New York Globe notes housewives pay 25 cents for so called magic cloths that clean silver and metals. Made from one quart of gasoline, half a pound of whiting and an eighth ounce of oleic acid, mixed and applied to woolen cloths then air dried. The cloths stay effective until worn out.
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New York Globe
The Shoplifter Comedy in a New York Tale
Old Jed Shucks and his wife visit New York and Jed recalls a city department store display. He asks what the gadget is called and wife corrects him noting it is a shoplifting device that whizzes you to the top, a humorous mispronunciation of a shoplifted item.
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Jed Shucks
New York City
Jed
Tarnation
Jedediar
Mrs. Shucks
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Paris
Holmes
Hardware Company
Amerdmerts
Vorable
Senator Root
Grange
Presbyterian Synod
Chicago Grain and Provisions
Associa
Quiry
South and West
St. Vincent de Paul Society
Gilberto Martinez
Inclan
F. Weyerhaeuser
Brinkerhoff
Mansfield
Ohio
Ments
Highland Falls, N. Y
Judge Green
Senate Elections Committee
M'Cumber
Prince OF Siam
American Association
National League
Western League
Lincoln
Omaha
Topeka
Sioux City
Des Motines
Denver
St. Joseph
Pueblo
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