Million Dollar Train Wreck Leaves Cash Safe But Injures Six
A freight collision at Port Morris Yard New York injured six onboard the Ac cae Express freight car and damaged currency shipments valued at 8115 000. Fire crews battled flames as engineers headley and Norton gave conflicting accounts while investigators prepared for formal examination on June 14.
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Ciondeter
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Ireman
Tonoph Webb
Springfield
Masa
Areman
The
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New Haven
Sub-Treasury
Boston
Washington
Expo Company
Willard Bradley
Kimberley Avenue
New Tevon
Art John Norton
Headley Wuld
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Secident
Taft Allies Claim 302 Taft Votes at Convention
Taft and allies claim 302 votes for Taft at the national convention while anti Taft forces say 229 delegates are pledged. Frank Hitchcock, Taft's Washington manager, says administration supporters will roll strong on first call with 517 delegates in line for Taft and 36 undecided. Hitchcock estimates anti Taft backers at 227 delegates and notes many prefer Roosevelt renomination, signaling a tense pre convention scene.
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Taft
Frank Hitchcock
Washington
Hitchcock
Roosevelt
Boston 2 Detroit 1 as Red Sox win second in row
Boston knocks Detroit 2 1 to extend winning streak in a misplayed seventh inning rally. Thoney and Ungland deliver key hits, while Young shuts down Detroit after a tense 17-inning tie in earlier notes. Cobb and Wagner produce the lone Detroit score, with errors shaping the outcome.
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Strolt
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Downs
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Mconnell
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Wagner
Gessler
Criger
Gensler
Selacter
Cravath
Cobh
Kiffer
Rowsmany
Tntck
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Boston and Nee Win 1-1 Tie In Nine Inning Thriller
Boston and Chicago played a sensational 17 inning game ending in a 1 to 1 tie. Howard delivered the deciding home run with two out in the Cuba home half while Kling followed with another key hit. Bowerman and Steinfeldt contributed to Boston’s tally as Ritchey flied to Howard.
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Wajon
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Nee
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Tinker
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Beatmort
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Hates
Drew
Vermont Beats Manhattan In Tight 6 4 College Baseball
Vermont defeats Manhattan 6 to 4 at Burlington with strong pitching from Collins and key hits. Boston Red Sox loaned Jimmy McHale to Toronto for a period as he struggles to adjust during spring training.
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Mofile
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Henge
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Toronton Eth
Fragmentary London telegraph style hotel sighting
A garbled London Telegraph excerpt recalls a hotel morning scene with a speaker mentioning a jabbering moment and a mysterious incident involving someone blocked by a porter. The text is fragmented and difficult to interpret.
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Jntter
London
Large contract confusion at Davie druggist meeting
A garbled early 20th century contract notice describes D F Davie the saber druggist offering a 30 cent price for a medicine and a guaranteed return option. The text mentions a volatile dispute over terms, references to a meeting, and unclear obligations, with references to bottles and a implied sale or agreement.
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Res
Walt Price
Lowsard
Payne Delays Tariff Revision Meeting in Congress
Washington June 5 The House committee on ways and means delays a tariff revision meeting to avoid encouraging revisionists. Chairman Payne says executive departments will collect data for the next session. Taft if nominated may convene a special session to tackle tariff revision. Roosevelt would call Congress next November if he wins. The data come from court decisions and the board of appraisers to shape the forthcoming tariff bill.
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Taft
Berg Amba
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Roosevelt
Board of Appraisers
Fatal defect found in Aldrich currency law text
A fatal defect in the Aldrich currency law is alleged after Congress recessed through night sessions to end a filibuster. The invalidity threatens the act as a clearing house certificate requirement is challenged and described as illegal by observers.
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Senate
Aldrich-Vreeland
Emergence currency and house certificates debate stalls in Congress
The article notes legal constraints on electing house certificates and the shift to issuing treasury backed notes. It states emergency currency plans face taxing limits, while treasury officials consider financing through house certificates at no cost. Over 100 million certificates were invited, with work on reissuing 500 million notes expected to take months at a cost of 175 thousand dollars. Pacific and Chilean shipping disruptions, heavy rains raise rivers, and a Montana rancher and his wife drown after floods.
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Aritor
Treasury
Iegi
Congress
Department
Prediction of 16th Amendment repeal debate swirls in Washington
Ex Senator Stewart who drafted the amendment predicts that Foraker's agitation may shift the balance of power and fuel repeal talk. He warns the North and the nation against using the Negro vote to influence party power while noting opposition from northern states and broader suffrage tensions. An unnamed safety remedy is claimed as available.
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Saya Foraker
Washington
Forte
Howard
Wiliam M. Stewart
Nevada
Manatee Foraker
Brownsville
Rownavilla
United States
Benatee Foraker
North
PLOODS STOPPED MONTANA TRAINS TRAINS WASHOUTS
Vague report from Butte Montana notes trains halted after floods. Two lives were lost as tracks washed out near the city, and darkness affected operations. The fragment mentions state factors and a tenant of feeds, with unclear further details.
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Butte
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