Taft Attacks Insurgents as Monroe Hosts Address
President Taft proclaimed social reform as the great coming issue facing the nation. He urged trust in the Republican party to solve it, warning of rule by force if party discipline erodes. Taft and Monroe officials unveiled a statue of General George Armstrong Custer amid a large turnout of visitors and guests from nearby towns.
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Jackson, Mich
Taft
Republican Party
Wnte Tanta
Monroe
Michigan
Presdant
George Armstrong Custer
Little Big Horn
Bad Inna
Montana
Custer
Tivsident
Qmd
Johncag
Casta
United States
Rio
John Smith
Saale
Vanebaes
Carrie Chapman Catt In Private Hospital After Operation
New York June 4 Carrie Chapman Catt president of the National Woman Suffrage Association is seriously ill following a major operation. Doctors express grave doubts about her immediate recovery while her condition remains critical and her friends hope for improvement.
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New York
Mra
Carrie C Heparan Catt
Lybean Nol Woman's Suffrage
Boys Locked In Car Survive on Tobacco Found Starved
Police report two boys were found in a locked car near 108 Wega Street subsisting on tobacco. Authorities say they were undernourished and weak but survived after being discovered yesterday afternoon.
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Jerry Ang
Yeasa
Rebellious Boxers in China Prompt U S Action
Washington reports rising Boxer unrest in China sparks urgent requests to the state department and possible military involvement. Minister Calhoun sent word from Canton detailing dangerous conditions and updated warnings as the story continues on page 3.
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Washington
China
State Department
Philippines
Calhoun
Highlernness
Canton
Punta Department
Dirigible Over London Triggers Panic Then Sails East
At 1730 a giant airship hovered over St Pauls and Buckingham Palace at about 1000 feet causing widespread fear that a German attack had begun. Crowds rushed home or to shelter as reports spread of explosives and a looming war. The craft then moved toward Aldershot and circled St Pauls again before heading off.
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Lonaon
Great Britain
St. Paul's Cathedral
Buckingham Palace
London
Aldershot
St. Paul's
By & British
To Move Brick Becker Hotel Without Disturbing Occupants
The Becker hotel building, recently purchased by the Golorato Railway, will be moved forty feet south and reestablished under George Joffee. The one story Rockwell store and part of the Kabia building will be removed for the hotel site, with Morris Contracting of Denver handling the move to be completed within a week, not disrupting hotel or Kabia cafe business.
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Becker Hotel
Becker
Golorato Railway Company
Henry Becker
BOW
Coort Brewing Company
Kable Cafe Company
George Joffee
Coort Mare
Rece Company
Purlington-Colorado & Routheru
Caltivatevenue
Rockwell Purlo
Kabis
Bulldine
Morris Contracting Company
Denver
le Barron Restant
Lovell Rookwelld
China and Java v Manchurian Attitude 4 Percent Policy
A brief note discusses tensions involving China and Java against Manchuria. The piece cites a 4 percent stance and outlines strategic attitudes amid regional power shifts.
Judge Denies Union Pacific Right of Way Petition
Federal Judge R E Lewis denied UPs bid to renew an injunction against railroads entering Greeley and restraining use of its 400 foot right of way from congressional grants. He adheres to prior opinion that the line Denver to Cheyenne falls outside the right of way despite the Stuart and Murray circuit court ruling. UP attorneys argued the new decision grants the 400 foot limit.
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Denver
R. E. Lewis
Union Pacific Railway
Greeley
Lewis
Cheyenne
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Stuart and Murray
Union Pacific
Four Reasons for Rate Advance Cited by Rail Firms
Chicago June 4 Slason Thompson of the Railway News Bureau lists four financial strains to justify higher rates. He cites 730 million dollars lost in two years on maintenance labor interest and passenger traffic while gross railway revenues fell nearly 95 million from 1907 to 1909.
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Chicago
Slason Thompson
Railway News Bureau
Brakeman Killed Inspecting Hot Box Near Bridge
Rock Springs Wyo June 4 M Hardwick a Union Pacific brakeman was instantly killed on duty between Patrie and Black Buttes. He was knocked from his car and his head crushed as the train entered a bridge. The coroner takes charge of the body.
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Rock Springs
Wyo
Ballinger Suspends Witness Horace T. Jones
Secretary Ballinger indefinitely suspends Horace T. Jones from the general land office service while his resignation related to the Glavis charges was en route to Washington. Jones had testified against Ballinger as part of the investigation.
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Portland
Ore
General Land Office
Washington
Horace T. Jones
Ballinger
Jones
Glavis
Notre Dame Wins Great College Meet
Notre Dame captured first place at the intercollegiate conference athletic association track and field meet with 29 points. Sixteen colleges competed in Urbana on June 4 in one of the event's greatest contests.
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Urbana, Jr
Notre Dame
Nicaragua Leader Warned Over Fair Treatment of Prisoner
Washington June 4 President Madriz of Nicaragua was warned by the state department to ensure a fair deal for William Putnam captured during the Bluefields assault. Putnam, an American linked to mine operations for insurgents, was wounded and taken prisoner and is to be court-martialed, while the government reports claim Madriz may face U S action if injustices occur.
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Washington, D. C
Madrid
Nicaragua
Zelaya
United States
State Department
William Putnam
Bluefield Bluff
Madriz
Pittman
Gracé
Cannon
San Juan del Sur
William D. Pitthim
Bluefields
Putnam
Boston
Mena
Raha
Chargarria
Chamorro
Rama
Chavatria
Meng
Aerial Nets and Wirelegs in Navy Scout Plans
Charles K. Hamilton forecasts future navy air scouts equipped with Wirelegs as passenger and express craft evolve. He aims to demonstrate a wire equipped plane in the New York-St Louis race for $20,000, with other aviators like Seymour and Curtiss entering the $25,000 New York-Chicago event. An amateur entry proposal and prize ideas are discussed as pilots eye distances of 105 miles over railroads.
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New York
Jang
Navy
New York World
Hiowelf
N. M. Beaudette
Cabbey
Sheaid
Darius Green
Charley
Joe Seymour
Fants Hamilton
J. C. Mars
Cap
Thomas Bylwin
Glenn Curtin
Wright Brothers
Seymour
Lang
Charles K. Hamilton
Hamliton
Langtland
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New York Herald
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Knox
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Hamilton
Chicade
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