That Canadian Reciprocity Bill Passes Senate Unamended
Week's News reports the Canadian Reciprocity bill cleared the Senate 53 to 27 without amendments. Trade balances favor the U S with gains in business with Canada and the Orient. Postal clerks and carriers gain pay increases totaling 6 million dollars annually. Burgess and Hettler testified that Hines and his brother in law boasted of using money to elect Lorimer. The government sues Readings Railway to block coal business via dummy subsidiaries.
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Senate
United States
Canada
Orient
W. M. Burgess
Duluth
H. H. Hettler
E. H.hines
C. «. Wiehe
Lorimer
Readings Railway Company
Hammond begins world cruise aboard Lounger II yacht
J. B. Hammond, a millionaire typewriter inventor, sails on a world cruise aboard the gasoline yacht Lounger II. Cardinal marks the seventh birthday in quiet observance at friends' home near Westminster Maryland. Queen Victoria of Spain with infant Prince Jaime arrives at Fribourg to consult Dr. Raymond the speech specialist about the young prince's troubles.
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J. B. Hammond
Cardinal
Friends
Westminster
Queen Victoria
Spain
Prince Jaime
Fribourg
Raymond
Brookside Lonnie Wins Long Branch Dog Show Championship
Brookside Lonnie a field spaniel wins the championship at a Long Branch dog show. The event featured other racing and athletic feats including record pace swimming in San Francisco and a Grand Prix accident at Le Mans.
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Brookside Lonnie
Earl, Jr
Kalamazoo
P. W. Whittemore
Charles Evans, Jr
Essex County Club
Manchester
Mass
Golden Gate
San Francisco
al Welch
Nassau Boulevard
Charles Durborow
Philadelphia
Battery
Sandy Hook
Maurice Fournier
le Mans
Paris
Hemery
Mixed News Clippings Report Cholera Deaths and Disasters
One death from Asiatic cholera in Boston. Twenty five hurt as Newark grandstand collapses. Pennsylvania rail property in Ohio valued at 200000000 by state tax commission. Bronze gown wear in Statue of Liberty shows wear. Catholic clerics condemn spurious Pope’s prayer. Anson M. Lord elusive in estate claim of 53000. Eight firemen injured in Toledo blaze causing 325000 damage. Diamonds from Chapin robbery recovered in Rock Island pawnshop. Chicago editor Keeley testifies on Hopkin’s alleged bid for re-election. Sugar Trust feared to dominate industry. San Giorgio unable to take passengers due to cholera quarantine. Taft praises Democrats for reciprocity victory. Crans couple dies together after drinking carbolic acid. Syrian radio Wallach kills motorman and woman on Adams trolley. Ice Trust short-handed due to famine over unpaid fees. Banking probe witness offered bribe to exonerate officials.
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Boston
Newark
Ohio
Pennsylvania Railroad
State Tax Commission
New York Harbor
New York
Anson M. Lord
Eigh
Toledo
Rochester
Rock Island
James “Keeley
Chicago
Lorimer
United States
Hopkins
Congressional Committee
Sugar Trust
Taft
Congress
Edward D
C. Crans-of-Middletown
N. Y
Fadio Wallach
Adams
Mass
Hell
Global dispatches span quakes strikes and political shifts
Reports recount earthquakes in Guatemala City and Curaçao, eleven bodies found aboard the Maine, and a Le Mans auto crash with Maurice Fournier fatally hurt. Italy faces cholera fears threatening Naples port, while a London world congress contemplates race and regional relations.
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Guatemala City
Curiacao
Maine
Maurice Fournier
le Mans
France
Italy
Naples
London
E. R. Dick
Cape Haytien
Cincinnatus Leconte
Port-au-Prince
Hayti
Princess de Chimay
Clara Ward
Detroit
Ricciardi
Paris
Tehéran
Persian National Council
Sipahdar
Asquith
Berlin
Cardiff
Wales
Seamen’s Union
St Joseph
England Orders Ships Ready for Service in Morocco Crisis
Crews of several units in England's Home Fleet ordered to hold themselves in readiness as Moroccan negotiations reach a critical stage. London reports indicate possible abandonment of the Goodwood visit, with a European war cloud looming and Germany testing entente strength. The Admiralty canceled the Atlantic fleet’s Norway visit amid growing tensions.
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England
London
Morocco
Goodwood
Germany
Norway
Clognee Zeitung
Paris
Berlin
Lloyds
Great Britain
Echo de Paris
France
Coroner Names NY NH and West Ford Corporation Criminally Agent
Coroner Clifford B. Wilson publicizes the finding from a secret inquest into the Federal Express wreck on the New Haven road July 11 that killed fourteen and injured over thirty. The report accuses the New York New Haven and Westford Railroad Company of maintaining dangerous crossovers on the fast express trunk line.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Clifford B. Wilson
Federal Express
New Haven Road
Wilson
Alexander L. Delaney
Fairfield County
New York, New Haven and Westford Railroad Company
July Snow Spreads Through Midwest Cities
Chicago endures a wintry July chill as pedestrians wear coats and fur wraps while Bay City Michigan records its first July snowfall and Findlay Ohio reports similar conditions.
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Chicago
Weather Bureau
Bay City
Mich
Peninsula
Findlay
Ohio
Robbers Shoot Paymaster at Rush Coal Mine
Wheeling West Virginia four highwaymen fatally shoot W H Werker foreman and paymaster at Rush coal mine No 2 eight miles north of the city on the Ohio side of the Ohio river. He carried five thousand sixty dollars to pay miners but the money was not taken.
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Wheeling
W. Va
W. H. Werker
Rush
Ohio
Ohio River
Werker
Large Conference Hails First Annual Men and Religion Forward Movement
Four hundred fifty delegates from thirty six states and seventy five cities of the United States and Canada attended the first annual conference at Silver Bay New York. The gathering is described as the greatest movement of the kind in 300 years.
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Lake George
N. Y
United States
Canada
Men and Religion
Silver Bay
Old Political Leaders Lose Power As Reform Changes New Jersey
The Trenton correspondent notes a sweeping shift in New Jersey politics as career political bosses lose control. It describes leaders as mere business managers fading from influence, with a new standard demanding decent character and genuine public service for candidacy.
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Trenton
New Jersey
Board of Education
Camden County
Potatoes Bring Record Prices In Bridgeton Trade
About 15 carloads of Bridgeton buyers shipped potatoes as prices fluctuated from 3.25 to 3.85 a barrel all week. Buyers were urged to get potatoes and prices neared 4 dollars. The crop is small but the record prices profit farmers. payment is made on delivery to the car.
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Bridgeton
Wilson Urges Renewed Democratic Party Rise in 1912
Governor Woodrow Wilson addressed about 600 Democrats at Avon in Monmouth County. He predicted a revived Democratic party would triumph in 1912 and argued parties live for the people rather than themselves. He cited Jeffersonian policies as now being enacted by the government.
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United States
Woodrow Wilson
Monmouth County
Avon
America
Thomas Jefferson
May Oust Freeholders in Burlington County
Movements start in Burlington County to gather signatures for a fall ballot measure to abolish the current Board of Freeholders and replace it with a smaller board. The issue was previously voted down after a lack of educational campaigning.
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Burlington County
Board of Freeholders
Trenton Primary Names Top Ten For Commission Seats
In Trenton the primary results were released after a six party field and sixty seven candidates. The ten leading contenders include Fred W. Donnelly George La Barre Edward W. Lee William S. Burk Daniel J. Henry Harry E. Evans J Ridgeway Fell Frank Hutchins William Waldron James Mulheron. Cries of fraud followed alleging ties to two political organizations. The Commission Government League will investigate possible schemes to seat their men.
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Trenton
Fred W. Donnelly
Donnelly
George la Barre
Mr. la Barre
Edward, W. Lee
William ‘S. Burk
Daniel J.henry
Mr. Henry
Harry. E. Evans
J. Ridgeway Fell
Fell
Frank Hutchins
Police Cambaignion
William Waldron
Waldron
James Mulheron
Commission Government League
Johnson trolley strike ends after arbitration agreement
President Bates and the striking employer's representative agreed to submit differences to arbitration, ending the strike. Cars were manned again as service resumed, with motormen and conductors decorating units in celebration. A woman scolded her motorman husband warning against scabbing in the family.
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Bates
Johnson Trolley
City Commission Takes Charge After Final Election
On August 22 a week after the final election the commission assumes control of city affairs. The new regime may abolish 73 positions if it desires, affecting the Mayor and secretary, 28 Common Council members, four police commissioners, and 39 other posts.
Wilson Signs Appropriations Bill Amid Legislative Actions
Governor Wilson has signed the Annual Appropriations bill, authorizing $5,996,092 for State Government maintenance. The fiscal year starts November 1 and ends October 31, 1912. Any excess will be addressed by a supplemental bill from the next Legislature.
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Wilson
Italian earthquake relief diploma awarded to New Jersey
Governor Wilson received from Huntington Wilson a diploma and silver medal presented by Italy in recognition of meritorious services to the Calabria earthquake sufferers in 1908. They will be placed in the State Museum.
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Wilson
Huntington Wilson
United States
Washington, D. C
New Jersey
Italy
Clabria
New Charge Against Fake Priest Arrested in Mercer County
Adelbert Busco, posing as a priest, is wanted in Reading, Pennsylvania, for securing $200 under false pretenses and was arrested as he left the Mercer county workhouse after serving 50 days. Supreme Court Justice Thomas W. Trenchard buys a home in Trenton and will reside there, succeeding Justice Read on the Mercer circuit, though he has always lived in Bridgeton.
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Reading
Adelbert Busco
Mercer County
Supreme Court
Thomas W. Trenchard
Trenton
Justice Read
Mercer
Bridgeton
Walks Coolly Out of Jail Horse Thief Escape
Harvey Wise alias Harry Shirk escaped the county jail after arrest on suspicion of stealing a horse in Newark. He was found wanted for horse stealing in Bucks County Pennsylvania and held awaiting extradition. Wise has spent 24 years in custody, nearly a life sentence, and vanished unseen in the county's annals.
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Harvey-A.wise
Harry Shirk
Newark
Bucks County
Wise
Jersey News Sketches Show Citrus to Crime and Court
Readable items describe Bridgeton peach baskets selling for 30 dollars total, a heavy apple crop forecast, and Jersey lima beans selling for 36 cents a quart in Millville. Reports of licenses, deaths, arrests, hearings, weather damage, religious stone relaying, a potash convention, an ice supply suit, and a Vineland hay accident wrap a broad weekly State news slice.
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Jersey
Millville
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