Mystery resolves in Cleveland shooting case
The Cleveland murder case is laid to rest as the wife confesses to shooting John Lipscomb, ending a mystery that had gripped the city. Police credit the confession with clearing the mystery surrounding the fatal incident.
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Iowa
Leifstefense
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Germany
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St. Louis
Henry M. Beardsley
Bell Telephone Company
Kansas City
Roosevelt Urges Congress Action On Tariff Labor Trusts And More
President Roosevelt sent a special message to Congress urging immediate tariff reform on wood pulp and paper, labor law changes including injunction rules, anti trust law amendments to allow certain combinations, interstate commerce updates, postal savings banks, and child labor prohibitions. He calls for timely action and outlines proposed reforms across tariff, labor, finance, and regulatory bodies with emphasis on protecting workers and stabilizing industry.
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Wisconsin drubs Nebraska 43 to 4 in Madison
A rapid-fire sports section item notes Wisconsin defeated Nebraska 43 to 4 at Madison in a decisive basketball game. Other brief items cover Gans divorce suit by Madge Gans in Baltimore, Minnesota over Purdue Saint 34 to 2h at Lafayette, Grinnell’s Iowa basketball title 33 to 14, Wisconsin opting out of Iowa game with Iowa likely facing Minnesota, Jake Schaefer’s 18.1 billiards championship win over Willie Hoppe 500 to 423 in Chicago, an Elmeryville track starter’s cruelty arrest for lashing a horse, and N. J. Handy’s Illinois Athletic Club backstroke world record 75 yards in 34.25 seconds at Madison Square Garden.
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Iowa
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Minnesota
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Willie Hoppe
Chicago
T Smith
Elmeryville
Oakland
N. J. Handy
Ilinois Athletic Club
Madison Square Garden
New York
Supreme Court Rules Federal Control Expands Over State Rail Rates
The Supreme Court in a near unanimous 8 to 1 decision nullified state railroad rate laws in Minnesota and North Carolina, broadening federal power to review state rate schemes. Justice Harlan dissented predicting disaster, arguing the ruling marks a new era in federal‑state relations and could erase states’ regulatory authority.
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Railroads Show Improvement After October Panic
Reports from the major railway systems to the Interstate Commerce Commission indicate healthier conditions across the country. The October panic caused only modest losses, hitting mainly Eastern and Southeastern lines while Western routes suffered little. Overall the railroad and industrial situation looks to be improving and should return to normal or better soon.
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Mille Lacs Chippewa to share in six thousand five hundred
The Mille Lacs Chippewa Indians mainly on White Earth reservation in Minnesota will receive a share of 6500 from the government. The Carnegie hero medal panel probes a rescue by Earl Vanscotter of South Dakota who saved John Flockhart as they skated on the Missouri near Greenwood. An unidentified lumberjack knowingly walked onto a switch engine near Tower Minnesota and was killed. The Westboro Wisconsin home of John Donthitt burned. three young children perished in the blaze as the stove exploded while the mother was away at a lumber camp.
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Iowa
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Omaha
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Texas
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White Earth
Minnesota
South Dakota
Earl Vanscotter
John Flockhart
Missouri River
Greenwood
Tower
Minn
John Donthitt
Westboro
Wis
Senate and House Debate Big Warship Subsidy Bill
Senate lingered over the ship subsidy bill and a military fortifications issue while passing a life saving service salary hike. Reactions to President Roosevelt drew criticism in the House with remarks by Mr. Hardwick and counterpoints by Mr. Mann as debates spanned currency and agricultural measures. Senator Bryan’s death was announced prompting adjournment in both chambers.
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Kentucky
Alexsander Hamilton
Willett
Chicago Trade Conditions Improve Says Dun and Co
The Chicago weekly trade summary reports a hopeful industrial tone with rising demand in iron steel metal and woodworking and steady machinery hiring. Construction and shipping show strength with freight movement widening and grain marketing easing. retail and wholesale trade rise with more new accounts and prompt mercantile collections.
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RK. G. Dun & Co
National Capitol Notes on Postal Savings, Forest, and Flag
A Senate committee on post offices and post roads names Senators Carter Proctor Busways Clay and Bankhead to study a postal savings bank system. A Lodge bill to remove coastwise shipping limits on Philippine trade advances to a favorable report. Secretary of Agriculture authorized to create Calaveras Big Tree National Forest in California with timber exchanges on public lands. The White House flag bears forty six stars. Oklahoma’s star should await the July 4 following admission.
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United States
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Calaveras Big Tree
California
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Oklahoma
New York Market Outlook Shows Cautious Demand
Improvement in sentiment and actual demand persists but under conservatism with small staple purchases. Jobbing trade appears past its peak, fall trade opening four to six weeks late, with dry goods and millinery leading. Textile output cut by 65 to 75 percent, wages cut for about 50,000 mill hands in New England, and prospects show fluctuating trade until crop yields are clear. US weekly failures total 208, while Canada reports 39. Bradstreet Commercial Report notes mixed conditions and cautious optimism.
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Brad Street
Commodity price snapshot from major U S markets
The report lists current ranges for cattle hogs and sheep across Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo New York and Toledo including prices for wheat corn oats rye barley butter eggs and clover seed. Highlights include Chicago hogs 4.00 to 5.15 and cattle 4.00 to 47.00 per head with diverse regional quotes and quality grades.
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