Senators Clash Over Free Entry for Philippine Sugar in Tariff Bill
Senate debate on Philippine features of the tariff measure centers on sugar duties and a proposed free admission for Philippine sugar, with Bristow’s amendment to admit sugar into the islands free of duty defeated 11 to 49. President Taft’s support hinted, as Aldrich and Lodge argue for and against the provisions.
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Washington
Stone
Missouri
Philippine Islands
Finance Committee
House
United States
Senate
Connecticut
Philippines
Bristow
Messrs
Clapp
Aldrich
Lodge
American Sugar Trust
Senate Chamber
Philippine
Taft
Aledrich
Six Die in Furnace Blast at Martins Ferry Mill
A furnace accident at Wheeling Steel and Iron in Martins Ferry Ohio burned six men to death and left four fatally injured with about 20 seriously hurt. About 60 workers were present when molten iron erupted and swept through the scene.
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Martins Ferry
Wheeling Steel and Iron Company
Mahoning Goes Wet in Ohio Special Election
Liberal forces failed as Youngstown and Mahoning County voted to retain saloons. In 84 city and county precincts the wet vote stood 11 232 to 4 263 with a wet majority of 7 (sic) 130 in the county where anti saloon forces had hoped for a larger margin.
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Youngstown
Ohio
Mahoning County
All Hope Abandoned for Kambala Crew Sunk in Collision
Sebastopol reports there is no hope of saving the crew of the Russian submarine Kambala after a collision with the battleship Rostislav during Friday night maneuvers. The wreck lies at great depth in the sea.
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Sebastopol
Kambala
OREN
Shoots His Superior at Fort Des Moines Tragic Officer Incident
Des Moines reports Corporal Lisle Crabtree fatally shot Captain John C. Raymond after a reprimand over an expired leave. Earlier, he killed or wounded First Sergeant James H. Washburn and Corporal Elijah Such when they attempted to stop him. He then shot himself, severely injuring but not killing himself.
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Des Moines
John C. ‘Raymond
Second
United States Cavalry
Fort Des Moines
Lisle
Crabtree
James H. Washburn
Elijah Such
Raymond
Hady
the Army
Filibuster Located Guns Packed as Pianos for Venezuela
In Franklin Virginia and Franklin County the police found rifles and ammunition packed in piano boxes believed bound for Venezuelan revolutionaries. The shipment, part of 15 000 Mauser weapons moved from New York to St Louis and back, was misrepresented as piano crates. The filibuster suspect Nanticoke and the tug Dispatch are under guard by the revenue cutter Pamlico with orders to seize if they lift anchor.
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Venezuela
Norfolk
Franklin
New York
St. Louis
South America
Nanticoke
Dispatch
Pamlico A
Washington
State Is Big Loser Shortage Found at Penitentiary
The Missouri board of penitentiary managers directed two officials to seek an explanation from the Attorney General for a $51 967 90 discrepancy shown by prison books as due the state on old labor contracts. Most claims stem from firms long out of business with Patton Manufacturing and Columbus Manufacturing the largest totals.
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Columbuag
Board of Penitentiary Managers
L. G. Neeley
W. W. Durbin
Denman
State Auditor
Patton Manufacturing Company
Columbus Manufacturing Company
Fights on Gallows Delays Hanging in Floresville
Refugio Juarequen used a metal spoon as a weapon to fight execution on the scaffold and wounded Sheriff William Wright in the chest as officials prepared to place the black cap. The trap was reset after Juarequen fell through, and the second springing of the trap completed the hanging with the sheriff's brother standing in.
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Floresville
Tex
Juarequen
William Wright
Jury saves murderer in Ohio case
Michael Soboleski a tailor was found guilty of first degree murder in Toledo for killing Ludwig and Augusta Krueger during a farm purchase dispute. The jury recommended mercy with life imprisonment as the penalty. The crime involved stabbing with the couple’s butcher knife and a forged land contract signature. The Kruegers were found beneath their cellar floor on April 2.
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Toledo
Michael Soboleski
Ludwig
Augusta Krueger
Soboleski
Krueger
Ludwig K
Medals for Wrights from President Taft
President Taft heartily congratulates Dayton aviators Wilbur and Orville Wright on their achievements. The nation extends appreciation and goodwill as Washington notes the milestone in aviation history.
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Taft
Dayton
Washington
Wilbur
Orville Wright
United States
Lodge Defends Tariff Bill In Brace to Merchants
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge writes to the Somerville board of trade asserting the tariff is revived downward not upward and that the new measure will be beneficial, aiming to reassure business interests in Boston on June 15.
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Lodge
Boston
Henry Cabot Lodge
Somerville Board of Trade
Black Hand Run to Earth in Ohio, Inspectors Claim
Postal inspectors say Marion Ohio is the Black Hand headquarters in the United States after arrests of Sam Lima Joe Rizzo Antonio Vicario and A Marfis in Dennison and Marion. Letters to fruit dealers in Columbus and Cincinnati demanded 15000 and 1000 under threat. Inspectors cite handwriting matches and a large tribute system among businessmen.
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Ohio
Columbus
Cincinnati
Marion
United States
United States Post Office
Sam Lima
Joe Rizzo
Antonio Vicario
A. Marfis
Dennison
John Amicon
Amicon
Antonio Rizzio
Rizzio
Pittsburg
Bellefontaine
Inspecto Oldfield
More Arrests Made Officials Say Black Hand Tightens
Columbus June 10 In addition to three Italians arrested in Marion and one in Dennison postal inspectors have placed five other foreigners in custody for suspected blackmail schemes in Ohio and nearby states. At least 10 more are being sought. Prosecutions rest on a conspiracy to extort 10 000 from John Amicon, a Columbus fruit dealer. Trials likely before US Judge R W Taylor in Toledo or Cleveland. District Attorney William Day will prosecute.
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Columbus
Marion
Dennison
Sam Lima
Ohio
John Amicon
United States
R. W. Taylor
Toledo
Cleveland
William Day
Black Hand letters threaten Columbus official in prosecutions
Postal Inspector Oldfield and Inspector Hosford received letters threatening death if the prosecution of 11 Banana Society members arrested in Ohio is pursued. The notes, decorated with stilletto and arm imagery, discuss blackmail linked to John Amicon and reference a demand of 25 000 dollars. Inspectors move to Toledo for Sam Lima hearing and seek cumulative sentences potentially far exceeding 18 months per count.
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Columbus
Society of the Banana
Ohio
Oldfield
Hosford
John Amicon
Columbus Commission
Black Hand
Dextead
Toledo
Sam Lima
Marion
Amicon
United States Marshals arrest Lima brothers in Black Hand case
Deputy Marshals Owens and Wagner arrived in Toledo with Sebastian Lima, arrested on a warrant after Post Office Inspector Oldfield uncovered new evidence in the Black Hand conspiracy. Sebastian is Salvatore Lima’s brother, the man previously arrested and said to head the Black Hand system.
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Toledo
United States
Owens
Wagner
Sebastian Lima
Post Office
Oldfield
Salvatore Lima
Marion
Cleveland adopts safety ordinance for Independence Day
The Cleveland city council enacts a comprehensive Fourth of July safety ordinance banning firing cannons guns rockets and other fireworks within the city and prohibiting sale or possession of toy pistols squibs rockets crackers and roman candles with fines up to 100 dollars or up to thirty days in the workhouse. The measure allows pyrotechnic displays in public parks under council resolution and is urged as a model for other cities.
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Cleveland
United States
America
Board of Public Service
Council of
Ladies’ Home Journal
Vanderbilt River Palace Houseboat Crowned England's Luxurious Craft
Alfred G. Vanderbilt has ordered a new river palace houseboat for the Thames a 132 foot craft said to be the most luxurious afloat in England. The vessel features a mahogany paneled main saloon electric light heat and ventilation four bedrooms each with a bath top deck dining and smoking rooms a French cooking apparatus and hot water system. Bedrooms and exterior are ivory white with bay windows and teak pillars bearing the Vanderbilt monogram.
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England
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
Thames
Mark Twain Addresses Maryland Graduates
Mark Twain spoke at St. Timothy's School for Young Women in Baltimore. He advised against three excesses: smoking, drinking, and marrying to excess, noting his long history with tobacco and urging restraint for virtue and respect.
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Maryland
Mark Twain
Baltimore
St. Timothy’s School
Edward F. Martin
New York
Clemens
Toothpick Bathing Suits Dominate This Summer
The new bathing suits for women emphasize a slender look described as a bean pole silhouette. Elongated corsets are advised to accompany swimsuits, with reviewers noting fashion pressure and discomfort in the pursuit of current trends.
Rare fish caught in Lake Michigan at Sheboygan
Three rare specimens were landed near Sheboygan Wisconsin in Lake Michigan by Peter Debrall. A seventy five pound sturgeon a forty pound whitefish and a nine pound fresh water salmon were hauled in pound nets set near the city beach.
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Lake Michigan
Sheboygan
Wis
Peter Debrall
Castles In the Air by Quilson
The poem recalls shifting dreams of home from rising castles to cottages and bungalows. It contrasts evolving fashions in housing with the restless urge for ever new architectural styles, reflecting changing tastes and constraints. McLandburgh Quilson in New York Run.
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Creation
McLandburgh Quilson
New York
Indictments on Hawaiian Plantations Riot Plot Edge of Case
The Honolulu grand jury indicts M Negofo and others from editorial staffs of Nippu and Jiji for conspiring by sinister means to incite riot and disrupt plantations on Oahu. Territorial Sheriff William Henry confirms forceful searches without warrants but says seized papers show criminal intent and redress is possible in court.
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M. Negofo
Andictmerit
Honolulu
M. Kogoro
Jiji
Foreign Office
Tokyo
William Henry
Negoro
Y. Sogo
Y. Tasaka
K. Kawamura
Nippu
Grand
Oahu Ewa
Waialulu
Kahuku
Resigns in disgust Fremont man refuses to stand for packing house methods
J F Harms, after 18 months as a government meat inspector in East St Louis, returns to Fremont Ohio. He writes to Secretary Wilson demanding an investigation of meat inspection at the National stockyards. He says he resigned because he would not tolerate the conditions and accuses inspectors of being too lenient with packers. He denies any personal grudge.
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Fremont
St. Louis
J. F. Harms
Storm Claims Five Lives In Virginia Section
A Big Stone Gap dispatch reports five deaths and about 100000 dollars in property damage from rain and lightning. Tracks were washed out landslides occurred and the Powell river rose ten feet in two hours near Richmond Virginia.
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Virginia
Richmond
Big Stone Gap
Powell River
Chicago and regional live cattle and commodity prices
Chicago markets show cattle prices by class with steers at 5.60 to 7.25, cows 3.25 to 6.00, calves to 300 dollars, and hogs near 7.40 to 8.00. East Buffalo and Pittsburgh entries list varied cattle, calves, sheep, hogs, with prices across multiple grades and buyers. Boston Wool and Cleveland hog and sheep quotes accompany the regional market snapshot.
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Chicago
Pittsburg
Boston
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Delaine
Kentucky
Indiana
Cincinnati
A Singular Meal From Antiquarian Goebel in Brussels
A historic feast described by an antiquary named Goebel in Brussels offered bread baked from ancient wheat dating to before Israel’s exodus, butter churned in Elizabethan England, apples ripened before the Christian era, and wine older than European discovery, with bread tied to a chamber in a PY mids vault.
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Goebel
Brussels
Israel
Egypt
Elizabeth
England
Joun
The Englishman and His Bawth Charm
A New York banker recounts a bachelor flat in which an Englishman obsessively claimed the need of his bawth. The man would stand on a towel in two inches of water, spray the bath, leap through it, and rush for a towel after declaring he had taken his bawth.
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Brittany
New Orleans Times- Democrat
New York
Hawk
Washington Post
Doors in China and the symbolism of sacred numbers
The article notes round and leaf shaped doors common in China and the avoidance of opposite doors to deter evil spirits. It describes elaborate garden gateways, octagonal forms, and triple gateways in imperial palaces and Ming tombs. It highlights temple doors arranged to honor the numbers 3 and 9 and details the Temple of Heaven with triple roofs and staircases.
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China
Imperial Palace
Color of Lakes Reveals Distinct Hues Across Regions
The article describes lakes displaying varied colors from Azure Geneva to greenish Brienz and blue Thun. It notes some lakes blend with banks and others appear almost black, while the Mediterranean is termed indigo.
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Geneva
Lake of Constance
Lake of
Lucerne
Brienz
Lake
Thun
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Toledo Yaller
Wrights
Earth
Maton
Oldfield and
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Eastor
Storm
Doors
Bowlby
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