Strike Latest Quiet in Chicago Street Car War
Telegraphic dispatches report no strike in Chicago as concessions to street car workers arise. President Thomas E Mitt en of Chinese City Railway Company is said to be ready to offer the 30 cent an hour maximum within a set time. Ed F Geers survives a crash at Kalamazoo pacing race with a sprained ankle despite the wrecked sulk. Lord Kitchener is promoted to inspector general of the Mediterranean forces and will become field marshal joining the imperial defense committee.
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Chicago
Thomas E. Mitten
Chinese City Railway Company
FL Geers
Kalamazoo
Mich
Rence
Geers
Annabelle Lee
Dhe
Cleveland
Lord Kitchener
India
Duke of Connaught
Malta
Gibraltar
Egypt
Sondon
Cyprus
Senate
Beveridge
Hale
Aldrich
House
Customs Courl
Boy Drowns During Picnic at St Marys River
During a festive picnic at the Alien County Orphans Home near Fort Wayne Indiana, young Chester Snowberger aged 2 waded into deep water and drowned twenty feet from the riverbank before numerous onlookers. The incident occurred along the St Marys River near the old Stelhorn dam as rally games and outdoor activities marked the event.
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St. Mary’s River
Alien County
St. Mary's River
Stelhorn Dam
Fort Warne
Chester Snowberger
Fflame
Gauss and Shank Nominated in Local City Race
In Indianapolis incomplete reports show Samuel Lewis Shank Republican candidate for Mayor and Charles Gauss Democrat as key rivals. Shank leads in seventy four precincts tabulated, while Gauss with fifty precincts trails by about one thousand votes over B Clarke in the contest.
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Gauss
Shank
Indianapolis
Samuel Lewis Shank
Charles AL Gauss
Auburn Bank Official Disappears
Frank W. Nicolai assistant cashier of City National Bank Auburn Ind has disappeared National Bank Examiner William D Frazier says early findings show a $5000 shortage in the bank's books and investigation continues
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Auburn
Frank W. Nicolai
City National Bank
Ind
National Bank
William D. Frazier
Beaf carries off infant near Macintosh plains
Reports from Chchoygan Michigan say a large black bear took an eighteen month old baby while the mother picked huckleberries on the Macintosh plains ten miles from town. The mother left the child sleeping in the care of an older sibling.
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Chchoygan, Mich
Macintosh Plains
Robbers Beat Farmer to Death Near Center Junction
A 35 year old farmer Thomas McDonald of Center Junction was beaten to death by two masked robbers who escaped without taking his money. Police hunt suspects as the victim dies of injuries.
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Thomas McDonall
Center Junction
McDonald’s
Fire damages Armour Institute main building wing
An explosion of chemicals at Armour Institute in Chicago caused about 20000 dollars in damage to the south wing of the main building. No injuries were reported.
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Armour Institute
Armour Institute At
Chicago
Barc elona Riots Quiet as Soldiers Restore Order
Barcelona returns to normal after rioting. troops quell unrest in Sa Badell Tarrassa and surrounding communes. Authorities report no injuries to visitors and warn against renewed disorder while outrage over wartime measures lingers among residents.
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Spain
Barcelona
Sabadell
Tarrassa
Madrid
Fort Montjuich
Senor Solortega
Interior
Morocco
Paris Figaro
Two Children Kidnapped in St Louis Demand $25,000
Grace Viviane age three and Thomas Viviano age two, children of a wealthy trader, were abducted in St Louis. A ransom note demands $25,000 under threat of harm and death. Police report five suspects arrested with no trace of the children. relatives fear a syndicate behind the kidnapping.
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Grace Viviane
Thomas Viviano
Chdren
St. Lois
Pialiau
Rasa
Connecticut Abolishes Blue Laws Opening Sunday Baseball
Both chambers of the Connecticut Legislature approved a bill repealing the sealed blue laws restricting Sunday observance. The new measure allows some activities under a general welfare proviso, potentially permitting Sunday baseball and other sports with penalties for violations.
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Connecticut
Taft Praises Payne Tariff Bill and Philippines Provisions
President Taft endorses the Payne tariff bill calling it a substantial downward revision with few rate increases beyond luxuries. He cites the Philippine tariff section as a ten year effort, expects boosted trade and Philippine prosperity, and supports a new corporation tax for public data and corporate regulation.
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Republican Party
Philippines
Chronology of New Tariff Law Progress
Chronology traces tariff law actions from Taft calling a special session through Senate passage and conference reports. Key dates include March special session, April referral, July committee actions and final Senate vote, with the bill sent to the President for signature and expected effect after a brief interval.
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Taft
NicesaLe
Alarioc
Senate
Adele Ti
Sen
Psa
Riots At McKees Rocks Plant Wound Trooper and Strikers
A strike riot at the McKees Rocks pressed steel plant in McKees Rocks Pennsylvania left Trooper Stanford Mortis in critical condition and three strikers seriously shot. Dozens of others were wounded as troopers fired to disperse the mob amid continued patrol duty and heavy gunfire through the evening.
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McKees Rocks
Stanford Mortis
State
MeKees Rocks
Trapper Ambarvis
Alors No
Dn de Melee Vrooper
Morris Hed
Diamond mines found in German Southwest Africa worth 250 million
The report notes new diamond mines in German Southwest Africa with an estimated wire of 250 million dollars. Senator Perley of Canada, at Gttawin, dropped Goad at noon at his Wolseley Mosk home. The Turkish econut martial reports fifteen Turks hanged and 80,000 to receive minor sentences as part of Adana massacres after which amnesty and a national holiday are proposed.
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German
Africa
Senator Perley
Gttawin
Wolseley Mosk
Adana
Hfe
Taft Signs Payne Tariff Bill in Capitol Ceremony
President Taft signs the Payne tariff bill in the Capitol, noon operative midnight, as Senate approves conference report 47 to 9 and adjourns. Seven Republicans vote against. reception in White House follows. Taft defends the measure as fulfillment of pre election pledges.
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Taft
Capitol
Washington
Senate
Congress
White House
Beverly
Clapp
Nelson
Minnesota
Beveridge
Indiana
Cummins
Daniel
Finance Committee
Aldrich
Bristow
House
United States
Philippines
Savannah River
Millionaire Son Ends Life in a Cab
George C. Maher son of the late Thomas Maher Cleveland millionaire and founder of the Maher Wheel and Foundry Company shot himself in a cab. He had failed to borrow large sums in Youngstown Ohio and left behind over 140000 in bonds bank hotel and gold. At Fort Plain New York Elizabeth Diefendorf a recluse died leaving a 1 million estate. The rear yard is to be plowed and the house torn down if more search reveals rooms.
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George C. Maher
Thomas Maher
Cleveland
Maher Wheel and Foundry Company
Maher
Youngstown
Ohio
Elizabeth Diefendorf
Fort Plain
N. Y
Woman shoots man near Cowtesville in Lancaster County death
Mrs Hannah Gibson of a hamlet near Cowtesville Pennsylvania shot William Thompson of Lancaster Pennsylvania. He died from the wound. Gibson has not been arrested. She said the man attacked her with a stick while she was gathering wood.
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Hannah Gibson
Cowtesville
William Thompson
Lancaster
Fire lays low Osaka amid vast citywide blaze
A devastating Osaka fire destroyed about twenty thousand buildings over a four square mile area after starting at 4 am on Saturday. Troops aided exhausted fire crews as drought conditions and a strong breeze fueled the flames and damaged the Buddhist temples and public buildings.
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Osaka
Japan
Ten Die in Spokane Inland Railway Wreck At Coldwell
Ten killed and at least sixty injured in a head-on collision of electric trains on the Spokane and Inland Railway near Coldwell Washington. No. 20 westbound from Coeur d Alene and No. 5 eastbound collided at about 4 30 p m both at thirty to fifteen miles per hour. Coaches crushed passengers hurled from seats and through windows with many trapped under timbers. Coeur d Alene hospital overwhelmed with injured. one crew member reported injured.
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Spokane and Inland Railway
Coldwell
Wash
Dover
Alene
Idaho
Spokane
Couer d'Alene
Moths Swarm New York Nightly Worse Summer Invasion
Myriads of white and brown moths swept over New York Sunday night. Hotels and restaurants filled with pests as lights drew millions of moths, some five inches across, resembling bats, then vanished at daylight with no trace.
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New York
Fist Fight in Portuguese Parliament Over Religious Orders
Deputies rioted in the Portuguese cortes after a liberal committee urged suppressing religious orders and repealing freedom of conscience laws. The motion failed, desks and chairs were overturned, galleries protested, and the tumult spread to the streets. Petitioners pressed to repeal laws on religious associations acquiring funded property.
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Portugal
Cortes
Camacho
Record Crops in Northwest Push Grain Prosperity
The Northwest reports a bountiful harvest with wheat and corn near records across Minnesota and the Dakotas. Harvesting is widespread as northern states expect high yields in oats flax and barley alongside wheat and corn, with a price value estimated at 375 to 400 million dollars.
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Minnesota
Dakotas
Northwest
South Dakota
North Dakota
Fatal blows in two separate young tragedies reported
In Baltimore a choirboy John Freudel aged eleven died after being struck by ten year old Augsust Krueger. Krueger was exonerated by a coroner's jury. In Pittsfield Massachusetts William P. Mitchell Brown University graduate was crushed by eight tons of pig iron that fell from a ceiling onto his desk at Stanley Electric Manufacturing Co.
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Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Baltimore
John Freudel
Augsust Krueger
Reuger
William P. Mitchell
Brown University
Stanley Electric Manufacturing Company
Pittsfield
Mass
Congress Debates Tariff Bill and Deficiency Measures
Senate stalls seven hours to read the conference report on the Philippine tariff bill and votes to approve it. House and Senate clash over leather schedule fixes, cotton bagging, and deficiencies while Taft signs the tariff bill and Congress adjourns sine die.
Fatal Shawl Accident at Eric On Launch
While on an excursion with friends, Mars Jincob Clemens wife of a retired merchant, had her neck broken when the shawl over her head became caught in the launch machinery at Eric Pennsylvania. The accident occurred during the outing and seriously injured her.
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Eric
Jincob Clemens
Notable Accidents and Political Shifts Across Cities
Mrs. J. F. Lewy of Chicago was thrown from a burro in Colorado and badly bruised. John Galvin became mayor of Cincinnati, succeeding the late Colonel Leopold Markbreidt. Maria Rook, a 12 year old American, died aboard the Red Star line steamer Kroonland as it left Antwerp for New York.
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J. F. Lewy
Chicago
Colorado
John Galvin
Cincinnati
Ohio
Leopold Markbreidt
Maria Rook
Red Star Line
Kroonland
Antwerp
New York
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M. J
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Bear
Opain
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Senators
Bolt G. O. P
Aldrich Gumble
Dierah Guggenheim Dearne Hale Bradley Treyvburn
Porton Criver
Carter Page Clark
Wyo
Penrose
Crane Perkins
Crawford Piles Cinem Root
Curtis Scatt Depew Smith
Dick Smut Dixon Stephenson Curpeeanait
Snvberkind
Mikins
Warner Lint Wetmeare—417, Frye
Trailey
McLiuurin
Direon
Martin Finkhead
Newlands Chamberlain
Overman
Chay Paynter
Cytherson Rayner
Philliel Shively Fletcher Simmons
Poster Smith
Atd
Priigier Smith
S. C
Gore Stone Flushes
Tahaforro
Means
Dolliver Latiollette
Davis
House Weaders
Payne
Nixon Owein Richardson Taylor
Widden
Spokane and
Inland Line
Coldwell, Wash
Gotham
Work of Congress
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Air
Newlands
McCumber
Afr
Clark
Missouri
Dalzell
Pennsylvania
Cannon
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