Taft Bill 1 Pass Today Shows Railroad Reform Moves
Washington May 26 The administration railroad bill progressed in the Senate with decisive amendments. The Cummins rate-approval change was voted down 28 to 4 and the Martin six month decision deadline failed 54 to 68. The Clarke Arkansas deferral proposal was defeated 35 to 40, while an extension by Jones and Paynter for 120 days to allow a new decision passed unanimously. Capital extension sections were removed as Republicans signaled support amid vote trading.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
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Commission
Oy Clarke
Arkansas
Jones
Patten Brothers to Retire from Grain and Cotton Trade
May wheat and September futures plunged as James A Patten and his brother Rudolph H Patten announced retirement from their grain and cotton business on July 1. Patten, famed as a bold operator, leaves the firm with arrangements that may keep the operation afloat. Prices tumbled with the May and September contracts posting their largest declines in years.
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James Patten
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Raids Against Trapper Creek Sheep Camp Prompt Warrants
Wyoming Wool Growers' association detectives gather evidence against raiders blamed for the April 23 1907 Trapper Creek attack on J L Linn's camp. Homes burned wagons shot sheep dynamited but no human loss. Warrants expected as authorities pursue charges in a broad crackdown on sheep camp outrages.
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Wyoming Wool Growers’ Association
French submarine Pluviose sinks in the Channel
May 28 reports from Calais say the French submarine Pluviose with its crew went to the bottom of the English Channel after a Pas de Calais collision near Dover. The submarine, 450 tons and thirty fathoms down, vanished as passengers observed the hull roll before submerging. A tug and torpedo boat attended the scene but sightings were unclear.
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France
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Ville de Calais
Ketchel Papke Bout Planned for Selma Cal June 25
Branley Ketchel manager Vilgon Aigner accepts Jimmy Coffroth matchmaker offer for a 21 round fight between Ketchel and Billy Papke in Selma California on June 25. Ketchel will open in Boston preceding the bout with Jock Sullivan.
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New York
3Vilgon Aigner
Branley Ketchel
Jerma
Jimmy Coffroth
Keotehel Bomeet
Billy Papke
Selma
Cal
Mienéimmys
Ketchel
Alter Ketchel
Jock
Sullivah
Boston
Jnawe
Nelson posts $1000 to bind Wolgast rematch
New York May 26 Battling Nelson posted $1000 to bind a return match with Ad Wolgast for the title fight. Nelson says he will fight over by divisions, win her 10 take all, or any way Wolgast wants to draw the vehicles. He can have a big bet of $1000 or $10000 about even money, Nelson said, one of the fellows a chance.
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Porpeny
New York
Neleon
Wrights set aviation trials with record altitude flight
Orville Wright made five flights at Dayton Ohio yesterday afternoon including a 2700 foot altitude run and a 28 second duration covering over twenty miles per hour. The craft showed perfect control near the end of its descent in the first major test in two years. Bishop Milton Wright father of the aviators died during the event night Sunday.
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Ohio
Orville Wright
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Niles
Milton Wright
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Orville i
Indianapolis Meet Opens as 100 Cars Enter Three Day Event
Indianapolis Ind May 26 Drivers of a hundred racing cars entered in the three day meet that opens at the speedway tomorrow swarmed the broad course today and swung the circuit limbering their engines. A throng of motor fans filled the grandstands and park. Wesprea Oldfield Bragg Kircher Harroun Chevroit Aitken Hodicott Burmas Schwitser and other contestants tested the new two and a half mile track described as the smoothest and least resistant they have driven.
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Cool Wir
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Indianapolis Speedway
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Bragg
Kircher
Harroun
Chevroit
Aitken
Hodicott
Burmas
Too Much Athletics Unwise for Girls
New York May 26. The New York board of education has decided that too much athletics for school girls is unwise and should be reduced to preserve health and decorum.
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New York
New York Board of Education
Woman kills burglar with rolling pin in New York
In a third floor Delaney Street apartment Mrs. Deora Goltmas chased and struck a burglar with a rolling pin after he attacked her. Police found the suspect dead in the yard and recovered jewelry identified as belonging to a house boarder Mingene Herkenhala.
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Cpuete
Deora Goltmas
Delaney Street
Tom Begini
Lewis Glateh
East Ride
Pete
Giateh
Mingene Herkenhala
Malone and Schaffer to Box at Cheyenne Club Event
Malone and Schaffer face off under Cheyenne Athletic Club auspices on June 6 at the Eagles Ball. Malone leads in age, but Shaffer is rising star material from Chicago. The event promises careful handling, strong preliminaries, and top spectator accommodations in a well equipped hall.
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Cheyenne Athletic Club
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Scarfer
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Peterson
Schaffer
Police seek identity of hanged Chinaman in Buffalo lawn
Buffalo police ask New York detectives to identify Leung Kee also known as Joe L Kee who hanged himself in a Buffalo yard. He resembles Leon Ling murderer of Ride Sige sr and daughter of General Frans Bigel in New York on June 18 1900. Kee's passport indicates past residence in Brooklyn and ties to the Chinese Free Masons in San Francisco. A brother is listed in Philadelphia.
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N. Y
New York
Leung Kee
Joe L. Kee
Leon Ling
Ride Sige
Frans Bigel
Kee
Brooklyn
Popére
New Mexico Jurist Faces Senate Challenge Over Reappointment
Charges filed with the senate judiciary committee contest Justice John KR. More of the New Mexico supreme court reappointment. Protest against his confirmation is led by a rival political faction amid ongoing investigations and disputes about his fitness for office.
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Senate Judiciary
John KR
New Mexico Supreme Court
Americans Repulse Madriz Attack at Bluefields
Bluefields news says American gunners protected the port as Madriz forces attacked the city. About 200 Madriz soldiers were killed or wounded while American defenders under Estrada kept the gun emplacements firing from the bluff above the customs house. Madriz commandos failed to dislodge the Estrada forces and retreated after three assaults. Reinforcement plans for Rania were noted with Estrada urging counteroffensive when ready.
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Rania
Cambridge bestows Doctor of Laws on Colonel Roosevelt
Cambridge University confers the honorary Doctor of Laws on Colonel Theodore Roosevelt. He declines to speak as students escort him through Pembroke College and a carriage path while scholars cheer. A Latin address lauds him as the most vigorous and valuable man in the world for peace and friendship with Britain.
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Roosy- Volt
Arguments in Ballinger Inquiry Begin Today
Washington May 26 Arguments by counsel in the Ballinger Ping-Pot hearing will begin here tomorrow for L Ballinger and will be followed by counsel for Verbio, with further testimony expected over the weekend. The session aims to determine if a report should be made to Congress.
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Scientific claim of silver from base metals shocks peers
Dr P P Lange announces a breakthrough process to convert base metals into pure silver raising bets on a revolution in chemistry. He says the method increases silver content by 100 times and that the resulting metal meets the highest assays and analyses.
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C. Dickingon
Whithead
PP. OW. Lange
Lange
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Dre
Haya
Convicts Strike Over Condemned Food in Ohio Penitentiary
In Columbus on May 26, about 25 inmates joined 147 total strikers protesting condemned meals. After a warden mediation, most returned to work at noon while guards maintained a high position to restrain their strikes. Many involved were murderers.
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Prom
Jones
Killa Sel in Glare Over Mash Violen
Frederick Luer, 41, an atteet musician in New York, was found dead in a Bowery lodging at midnight. Authorities say he killed himself using an inflated rubber boot with a gas tube, the boot placed over his head, causing fatal gas inhalation.
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New York
Papel Grilled for Violation of Hospitality
Washington May 26 The Rowse report notes the president’s travel hospitality amid an appropriations bill row. Democrats defend Taft saying the trip was a duty, while critics allege improper conduct and hospitality breaches.
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Georgia
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Bartlett
Rim
Herder killed by bolt near Bunk Springs
Lander Wye May 26 Word reaches here of Ciiftien McClalchie a sheep herder struck by lightning while tending his flock near Bunk Springs in this county. He died with head scorched and blood from mouth and ears. Survived by a wife and children. Coincidence McClalchie brother Edward froze to death at almost the same time while lost herding cattle last winter. body found weeks later.
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Bunk Springs
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