Jilted lover's suicide attempt shocks Marion
William Belt, once saved Celia Wright from a railroad threat, swallowed poison at Wright's Marion doorstep after she refused marriage. Belt was rushed to Marion hospital in critical condition. Wright declares she will not visit or attend his funeral, despite their shared history and his prior heroism.
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Commercial Tribune
Marion
Ind
William Belt
Marion Hospital
Celia Wright
Miss Wright
Bert
Deedsville
Miss. Wright
Second Street
Belt
Gir
Seaman Claims Mount McKinley Discovery of Cook Records
P. J. Carrigan an able seaman and placer miner says he climbed Mount McKinley and found the copper tube and records left by Dr. Cook to prove his first ascent. Backer John R. Bradley finds the tale plausible enough to warrant investigation.
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Carrigan
John R. Bradley
Dr. Cook
Lumber Fire Destroys Up To 5 Million in Gillies Yards
A fire in Arnprior Ontario destroyed lumber valued between 3 and 5 million dollars across about half a square mile. The Gillies mills were saved after a strenuous effort by firefighting crews.
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Ontario
Montreal
Associated Press
Arnprior
Ont
Gillies Lumber Yards
Folk Endorsed by Bertie County for 1912 Democratic Nomination
The Democratic county convention of Bertie county in Raleigh North Carolina endorsed Joseph W Folk of Missouri for the Democratic nomination for president. Folk's father Henry B Folk of Tennessee was born in Bertie county and left at age 21.
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Raleigh
N. C
Associated Press
Bertie County
Joseph W. Folk
Missouri
Henry B. Folk
Tennessee
Twenty-Five Hurt in Norfolk Trolley Collision
In Norfolk Virginia twenty five people were injured in a trolley crash on the Atlantic terminal division of the Norfolk and Portsmouth Traction Company around midnight. Twenty remain in hospital as of today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk, Va
Associated Press
Norfolk & Portsmouth Traction Company
Lyons Named To Command North Dakota Battleship
Captain Samuel P. Lyons of the Navy has been selected to take command of the battleship North Dakota, succeeding Captain R. T. Mulligan. Lyons is currently court Assistant Secretary of the Navy Winthrop and will assume command in the near future.
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Washington
Associated Press
Samuel P. Lyons
Winthrop
North Dakota
R. T. Mulligan
Weds Foreign Prince in Quiet Cadogan Square Ceremony
Miss Dorothy Deacon daughter of the late Edward Parker Deacon and Prince Antoine Albert Radziwill wed today at St Marys church Cadogan Square in a simple ceremony attended by a few relatives and close friends Lord Greay De Ruthyd presented the bride.
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London
Dorothy Deacon
Edward Parker Deacon
Prince Antoine Albert Radziwill
St. Mary’s Church
Cadogan Square
Lord Greay de Ruthyd
Educators Prominent in National Association Meeting
Mrs Emma Flagg Young and Elmer E Brown Chicago School Superintendent vie for national president at the National Education Association meeting. The leaders are expected to be elected to the top post amid strong backing from educators nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Association
Emma Flagg Young
Elmer E. Brown
Chicago
Hughes Still Fills Taft's Mind on Supreme Court
Beverly Massachusetts July 5 no developments in Beverly on Supreme Court vacancies. President Taft delays designating Fuller successor until fall while Governor Hughes of New York is cited as filling Taft's eye to the exclusion of others. Reargument of Standard Oil American Tobacco cases set for November. Regular session begins December 5. Taft may consider three key cases fully before naming new justices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press Dispatch
Beverly
Mass
Supreme Court
White House
Hughes
New York
Taft
Fuller
Senate
Congress
Big “Trust
Standard Oil
American Tobacco
Moody
Fee
Standard Oil, Tobacco and Corporation Tax
Sorrento
Roosevelt
New York State
Justice Fuller
Bar Harbor
Oyster Bay
Robert Bacon
Fra
Gilson Gardner
Sagamore Hill
Mr. Bacon
Bagamore Bil
Aentes
Football is Sordid, Says Dr. Jordan at Education Meet
Boston July 5 Denouncing college football as brutal and sordid Starr Jordan president of Stanford cited a moral education report. He urged rugby as substitute and warned presidents may be called cowardly for failing to curb football. He noted industrial training and agriculture gains in schools. The session honored William Harris. Joyner and Brown spoke on higher education. Campaigning began for Thursday's election with Ella Young leading among Chicago backers.
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Boston
Mass
Avid Starr Jordan
Leland Stanford University
Committee On
Moral Education
National Council of Education
National Education Convention
Nevada
Jordan
James Y. Joyner
Elmer E. Brown
William Torrey Harris
United States
Education
James M. Greenwood
Kansas City
Young
American University
James H. Baker
University of Colorado
Department of Higher Education
James ¥. Joyner
Raleigh
N. C
Ella Flagg Young
Chicago
New York
Teachers
Grace Strachan
Condolence flow for Chief Justice Fuller after sudden death
Messages of condolence pour in for Chief Justice Melville W. Fuller who died suddenly from heart trouble at his Sorrento summer home. Family plans include a Chicago burial Friday at 3 p.m. at Graceland Cemetery with pallbearers such as Justice Holmes and Hugh C. Wallace.
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Sorrento
Melville W. Fuller
Bar Harbor
Nathaniel Francis
Mr. Fuller
Francis
Hugh Wallace
Tacoma
Chicago
Graceland Cemetery
James E. Freeman
Justice Holmes
E. Hubbard
William de Witt, Hyde
Black assailant threatens merchant’s wife in Texas home
In Rodial near Corsicana a Black intruder entered Hub Bailey’s home and threatened Mrs. Bailey with a knife. She grappled him and forced him to flee. A posse detained the suspect in Richland creek bottom and he died in a related incident near a tree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press Dispatch
Houston
Texas
Rodial
Corsicana
Hub Bailey
Contemplate Permanent Garrison at Honolulu
Secretary of War Dickinson told a Honolulu banquet that the government plans to extend defenses and would significantly increase forces at the military post, making it a permanent garrison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
Associated Press
Dickinson
Miitary
Governor Sanders Elected U S Senator From Louisiana
Governor Jared Y. Sanders was elected United States senator from Louisiana succeeding the deceased Samuel Douglass McEnery. J D Wilkinson of Shreveport was also nominated, but Sanders won by an overwhelming majority.
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Baton Rouge, la
Associated Press
Jared Y. Sanders
United States
Louisiana
Samuel Douglass McEnery
J. D. Wilkinson
Shreveport
Sanders
Youthful Leader of Band Of Forgers Is Sentenced
William Boland aged 22, named by police as a top forger, received a prison term of five to ten years in Sing Sing. He led a gang that operated in New York, Chicago, Boston, New Haven, Providence, and Syracuse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Associated Press
William Boland
Sing Sing
Boland
Chicago
Boston
New Haven
Providence
Syracuse
Wreck at Middletown Sparks Inquest and Strange Finds
Coroner to open inquest next week into the Twentieth Century Flyer wreck at Middletown with numerous witnesses. William Anzinger identified. 21 dead and 25 to 35 injured. Cincinnati auctioneer D H Kahn survived. a 7 month old baby found alive in a cornfield. Authorities and railway officials prepare for a full investigation.
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Commercial Tribune
Hamilton
Burnett
Middletown
Frank Anzinger
East Lane Street
Springfield
William Anzinger
John Rankin
Mercy Hospital
Cincinnati
D. H. Kahn
Rand Hotel
State Railway Commission
A. P. Weisner
H. A. Smith
Dayton
Wreck Survivors Describe Horrors At Middletown Crash
The Big Four flyer wreck near Middletown prompted claims of fault between railroads C H & D and Big Four. An auctioneer injured in the crash recounted rescue scenes including a severed leg and a blood-streaked passenger, as officials signaled likely litigation over blame.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Kahn
Rand
Middletown
J. W. Wall
Gest Street
Rules Set for Chicago to New York Air Race Prize
The Chicago Evening Post and The New York Times announce a $25,000 prize for a Chicago to New York aeroplane race starting Oct. 8 with at least three entrants. Start within Chicago and finish in New York City limits. Participants pay own costs and must start a week early with trial flights daily. Curtiss flies over the ocean in Atlantic City and plans to pursue a $5,000 fifty mile speed prize tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. ©. Shaffer
Evening Post
Associated Press Dispatch
Chicago
New York
J. C. Shaffer
Chicago Evening Post
the Post
New York Times
New York City
Atlantic City
N. J
Glenn H. Curtiss
Fair Eddy
Curtiss
C. K. Hamiltton
Wright
Brookins
Coffyn
Boats Rescue Women and Children From Big Fire
Cornucopia on Lake Superior’s south shore is cut off by forest fires. The steamer Barker rescued 35 women and children after communication for help. Bayfield area fires threaten Port Wing and the Bayfield Mix company camp. Madeline Island suffers damage as fires rage with a strong wind.
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Perior
Barker
Cornucopia
Port Wing
Here
Lake Superior
Bayfield Mix Company
Bayfield
Madeline Island
North Channel
Parrow
Two Figures in New Senatorial Fight
Insurgent Miles Poindexter enters race opposing Senator Piles of Washington, piling pressure in the new senatorial confrontation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Insurgent
Senator Piles
Washington
Flour Case Sent to Jury in Bleached Flour Trial
Judge Smith McPherson completed jury instructions in the federal bleached flour cases involving Lexington Mill and Elevator of Lexington Nebraska and B O Terry of Castle Missouri. The jury retired at 6 pm and will resume at 9 am with expectations of a verdict.
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McPherson
Nebraska
Associated Press Dispatch
Kansas City
Smith McPherson
Lexington Mill and Elevator Company
Lexington
Neb
B. O. Terry, Sigcer
Castle, Mo
Roosevelt backs Poindexter in Washington race
Theodore Roosevelt signals support for Miles Poindexter in the Washington U.S. Senate contest. They met at Sagamore Hill and discussed Ballinger Pinchot fallout, conservation policy, and Northwest politics. Poindexter, an insurgent aligned with Roosevelt, aims to unseat Senator Miles with Ballinger’s backing disputed.
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Associated Press
Oyster Bay
N. Y
Theodore Roosevelt
Miles Poindexter
United States
Senate
United
Aiden
Ballinger
the Interior
Poindexter
Miles
Taft
Beverly
Reclamation Service
State of
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Bristow
Murdock
Madison
Kansas
Sagamoré Hill
Northwest
New York City Property Valuation Rises in 1910 Tax Rolls
Tax rolls show New York City's total real property assessment at 70,04,192,674 dollars, up 237,012,970 from 1909. Personal property assessments fall by 70,706,030 dollars while the city budget rises to 163,130,270 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press Dispatch
New York
New York City
Board of Aldermen
Corporations Must Pay Taxes by Next Saturday
Commissioner Cabell of the internal revenue bureau expects all corporations that have not paid their taxes to settle by the close of business next Saturday the last day allowed under the law. Delinquents will likely pay under protest and await the Supreme Court ruling on the law’s constitutionality.
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Washington
Associated Press
Cabell
Internal Revenue Bureau
Supreme Court
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DR. Jordan
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Band of Forgers
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Mr. Kahn
Big Four
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