Kansas City Flood Crisis Worsens Along Rivers
Flood conditions along the Kansas and Missouri rivers remain critical with higher stages forecast. Train service is disrupted and several streams overflow banks. Searches recover a farm hand named Hill while wreck survivors are accounted for. In Dickinson County a nine inch rainfall caused widespread crop damage. Perry Creek flood sweeps Lith city center with no fatalities reported.
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Kanes City
Kansas
Mintouri
Santa Fe
Pomonk
Kan
Hill
Dickinson County
Three Dead in Rio Grande Train Collision at Cisco
A head-on crash between a Rio Grande passenger train and a sheep train near Cisco Utah killed three men Engineer Heldman Fireman Heinze and Baggageman Vaughn. Engineer Houston injured. Fourteen Elks trains to Los Angeles convention delayed. Investigation to determine responsibility underway.
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Grand Junction
Colo
Cisco
Utah
Rio Grande Railroad
Elks
Los Angeles
Heldman
Heinze
Vaughn
Houston
Bryan backs Taft on income tax stance in Senate message
Lincoln July 10 W J Bryan issues a statement reaffirming support for Taft's proposed constitutional income tax amendment. He urges Democratic governors to call special legislative sessions for immediate ratification and asks nonpartisan income tax clubs to mobilize county pledges from lawmakers.
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Lincoln
W. J. Bryan
Taft
Congress
Bryan
Replica of Fulton era steamboat Clearmont afloat
A replica of Robert Fulton’s steamship the Clearmont was launched today under the Hudson Fulton celebration commission. It will lead a flotilla of warships along the Hudson river from New York toward Albany, tracing Fulton’s 1807 voyage.
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New York
Robert E. Fulton
Clearmont
Albany
Fulton
Southern Pacific Plans Electrification of Mountain Division
Nevada City July 16 plans for electrifying the Southern Pacific mountain division from Auburn to Truckee gained shape as a permit was sought to build power plants in government forest reserves. An order for an electric system costing millions was placed by the railroad.
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Southern Pacific
Nevada City
Cal
Auburn
Truckee
Emperor Nicholen Travels to Kley for Bicentennial Battle
By Poltava dated July 10 the Emperor Nicholen departed for Kley to mark the bicentennial of a famous battle. He visited the Guerters last night and spent several hours in conversation with them during the celebration events.
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Nick
Poltava
Railroad accepts franchise in Penshire action
Yesterday afternoon the Colorado Railroad filed its acceptance of a franchise granted by the city council. The formal document states the railroad accepts the franchise and all its provisions and is signed by the president and secretary of the company.
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Colorado Railroad
Penshire
Marriage legality ruling sparks mass wedding question
Women with babies and small children march to challenge whether Chicago marriages, performed by justices of the peace, are valid after Judge Beltled ruling them illegal under municipal court law. Judge Foster says the law is clear and many ceremonies since the court opened are unlawful, prompting possible legislative action to legalize all marriages.
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Hether
Beltled
Justices of the Peace
Beitler
Chicago
Foster
Olgon
Somnambulist Girl Jumps From Moving Train
In Ravenna Nebraska on July 10 Mies Lois Campbell a 16 year old daughter of the Frisco railroad vice president walked in her sleep and leaped from the rear platform of her father's private car attached to a Burlington flyer as the train sped through Nebraska at midnight Thursday night. She fell unconscious but later recovered and signaled a freight to ride to the next station where a special search party found her. She was practically uninjured.
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Ravenna
Nebu
Mies Lois Campbell
Frisco Railroad
Berenna
Black Hand Not Merely Boys Prank In Seattle
In Seattle, July 10, 18 year old John Nellson and 12 year olds Willie Yoager and Herbert Penny confessed to sending a "Black Hand" letter as a joke after reading similar threats. They told the juvenile court they wrote the letter accidentally inspired by a prior scare and were released after their confession and parental reports.
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Seattle
Wash
Jake
John Nellsoon
Willie Yoager
Herbert Penny
Mini
Castro Footing Colombian Revolt
Washington reports a rumor that Castro is financing the Colombian revolt to aid revolutionary forces there and regaining power in Venezuela. The message notes Castro's possible aim to use Colombian upheaval to restore his influence and position.
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Castro
Washington
Columbia
South America
Columbian
Venezuela
Sleeping Woman Rescued After Battery of Jump From Window
New York Yonkers police and fire crews saved Ales Catherine Souller a sleep walker from falling three stories to a well lit street. Miss Souller awoke as a policeman grabbed her arm and fainted. Firefighters used an extension ladder to lower her back safely.
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New York
Ales Catherine Souller
Yonkers
Miss Souller
Miss Sculler
Western Girls Lose Tickets in Gotham
Misses Kate and Jane Dunphy milliners from Denver almost missed their Europe voyage on the steamship St Paul after losing a gold watch an envelope with 300 dollars and tickets in Broadway. A finder returned the items to their address with help from a detective and the reward.
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Gotham
New Yor
Kate
Jane Dunphy
Denver
Europe
St. Paul
Broadway
Misaea Duophy
Parade of Fifteen Thousand Bikes Light Up City Streets
Fifteen thousand bikes are registered and parade through the city today and tonight with elaborate decorations. Officials anticipate fifty thousand attendees by Sunday night and a large influx of automobiles for the guests.
Patriotism and Policeman Mix in Bronx Serenade
Six young men were fined ten dollars each in the Morrisana police court for singing red white and blue songs at midnight in the Bronx. A policeman tried to break up their performance as they serenaded him with Yankee Doodle and The Girl I Left Behind Me. They jeered and dragged him to the grass before officers arrived to arrest six of them.
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New York
Morrisana
Bronx
Fearful charge of Indian student against England in India
Madarial Dhin agri, an Indian student, is committed for trial charged with asserting that English rule in India killed eighty million of his countrymen in fifty years. He declares English law cannot arrest him and defends his acts as patriotic resistance to imperial occupation. He argues occupation by Germans would justify Indian insurgency.
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England
India
Congo
Russia
London
Believed Slayers Of Woman Dismembered
New York police press claim two burglars who killed Mia Sophia Staver in Flatbush are the slayers of Samuel Bersin, a young printer found dismembered in Oliver Street. They plan to bring Joseph Totaro, the partner left with Bersin, in an effort to identify suspects. Police say a cloth fragment matching the victim’s wrapping was found in the burglars’ room and robbery is the motive.
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York
Burgalre
Mia
Sophia Staver
Flatbush
Samuel Hersin
Oliver Street
Joseph Totaro
Bersin
Inspector McCafferty
Wooden Leg Suspect Asked to Answer for Wife’s Death
Grand Rapids surgeons and coroner concluded after an autopsy that Warren G Rowland killed his wife Vashtl Perry Rowland with a blunt blow from a wooden leg. He then allegedly slashed his own throat as the residence’s furniture toppled, ending his life.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
Warren G. Rowland
Perry Rowland
Rowland
Convicted Sugar Man Ended His Life in July Prowl
A jailed figure tied to a sugar trade case reportedly died by suicide in July during a prowl linked to the Saees company trial. Details remain unclear as authorities investigate the circumstances surrounding the Saees case and the Wastro house connection.
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Prowl. Company
Saees. Com
House of Wastro
Speedy Apperson car wins 202 mile race near Santa Monica
The Apperson machine and driver Harris Hanshie captured the 202 mile event on a tight 8.4 mile lap track in Santa Monica as the car posted about eight hours and three seconds, averaging 64.2 mph. The Vanderbilt Cup record stands nearby in length and pace.
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Santa Monica
Cal
Harris Hanshie
K Chalmers-Detroit
Bert Hontuut
Mexican Tracks Contest Spurs Investment Plans
San Antonio reports a planned meeting next week to discuss traction of a race and potential capital investment in the Republic. Key figures include Mexican investors and local officials as talks focus on regulatory alignment and project funding.
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San Antonio
Tex
Republic
Fear Drives Her to Seek the Grave in Political Feud
Mrs. Fred Mohrle widow of a political agitator says she attempted suicide to forestall a gang she blames for her husband’s death. Mobrie’s husband was killed as he went to trial for killing Samuel Young, and subsequent shootings linked to the same feud follow.
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St. Louis
Fred Mohrle
Mobrie
Samuel Young
William Wright
Young
Alfred Tozer
Mra
Special Organ Music at Presbyterian Church
Miss Blackburn will perform a special pipe organ program at the Presbyterian Church beginning at ten minutes before 8. The service will start at 8:10.
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Presbbyterian Church
Wrights Balk at Tent Flight in 18 Mile Wind
The Wright brothers refuse a tent flight in Washington due to an eighteen mile wind. They will attempt again on Monday if weather permits.
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Wrights
Waahington
Tariff Conference Fights Over Cheaper Goods and Tax
Washington July 10 The tariff conference faces stiff debate over cheaper cotton woolen goods hosiery and gloves amid protectionist pressure. Amendments on chemical earthenware and metals are discussed with a predicted cut of the corporate tax from 2 to 1 percent after talks at the White House with Taft and Wickersham.
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Washington
House
Senate
Congressional Conference
Patiam
White House
Taft
Wickersham
New Ingram Memorial Church to Feature Pool and Gym
President Taft will dedicate the corner stone of the New Ingram Memorial Congregational church in Washington. The church, founded by O H Ingram of Eau Claire Wisconsin as a memorial to his son Charles H Ingram, includes a swimming pool shower baths gymnasium bowling alley club rooms for youth and a kindergarten graded school. Senator La Follette and Representative Esch of Wisconsin will attend the ceremony.
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Church
Washington
Taft
Ingram Memorial Congregational Church
O. H. Ingram
EU Claire
Wis
Charles H. Ingram
la Pollette
Esch
Wisconsin
Great American Novel Due This Year
Chicago July 10 Professor James W Linn predicted the great American novel will arise this year from an obscure author. He spoke at the University of Chicago on Have All the Good Novels Been Written asking if the work will be romantic or tackle a major moral issue.
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Chicago
James W. Linn
University of Chicago
Scott
Eliot
Cramps Cause Death of Luckless Swimmer
Severance Colorado July 10 John Holtop drowned in a lake south of here while swimming with companions. He was seized with cramps.
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Severance
Colo
John Holtop
Milly
Here
Noted bandit Zerferino Arguelles Surrounded by Troops
Zer ferino Arguelles, a noted bandit linked to a serious case, was surrounded by rural forces in the DeORFenEaia mountains. He fatally injured the local chief yesterday during the clash, and he himself was fatally wounded.
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Chihuahua
Men
Zerferino Arguelles
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