Murder in Crowded Street Shocks Indianapolis
A workman, Patrick V. Carroll, was shot in the back and breast by James Shelton in a busy Indianapolis business district. Shelton, said to be insane or drunk, fled toward Louisville and claimed to aim for a man named Brown. The incident follows dispatches about Queen Helena of Italy injuring a rib in Messina.
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Patrick V. Carroll
Indianapolis
Ind
James Shelton
Chicago
Shelton
Carroll
Louisville
Brown
Italy
Rome
Helena
Messina
Week of nation wide strikes and political shifts across 1911 era news
A sprawling summary of events from Sunday to Saturday includes a looming post office strike in Paria, a Chicago pastor stirred by prayer, a new Los Angeles grand jury, a Winnetka death tragedy, a surge of New York coffee as tariff fears rise, Italian Black Hand resistance, a graft inquiry in Musburg, rail fare hikes, Morgan family cafe plans, Cannon re election with weakened powers, tariff policy shifts, Rockefeller philanthropy to the University of Chicago, and European naval and diplomatic tensions. Reports cover Taft tariff revisions, peace prospects in Europe, treasury health, and rising protectionist alliances, plus notable local political shifts and media industry gatherings in New York.
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Los Angeles
Karl Gore
Winnetka
New York
Allegheny County
Musburg
Rairoads
J. Dierpont Morgan
Brooklyn Havy Yard
Cannon
Payne
Texas Legislature Ends in Turmoil and Reopens
The Texas Legislature adjourned the thirty fifth regular session amid expulsion voting. Senator Hascom Thomas was expelled after accusations of lobbying irregularities, which a committee deemed unfounded. The House demanded Speaker Kennedy resign, but he refused and the body reconvened for a special session.
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Enda
Turemoi
Senate
House
Texas
Hascom Thomas
Salpine Springs
Kennedy
Onita Besson
Dayton Woman Found Dead in Canal Mystery Deepens
Police in Dayton Ohio discover a decomposed body of an unknown white woman in the canal below the Apple Street bridge. The victim, about 30, well dressed in black with rubber shoes, lay face down with hands near her throat. Decomposition may hinder identification amid a spate of six recent unsolved murders of girls.
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Canal
Dayton
Ohio
Apple Street Bridge
Opium Curse in China Denounced by Missionary
Dr E K Tooker, a medical missionary back from seven years in China, says attempts to stamp out opium cause deaths among users and drive others into insanity, highlighting the harsh human cost of prohibition.
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China
E. K. Tooker
Wisconsin Senate urged probe of Stephenson campaign expenses
Senator La Follette presses Wisconsin Legislature to investigate Isaac Stephenson campaign spending. Chicago saloon-keepers face grand jury threats over $60,000 paid to politicians for gambling device licenses.
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la Follette
Wisconsin
Isaac Stephenson
Congreve
Washington
Chicago
Grand Jury
Permanent
Tariff Commission
Congress
Andrew Carnegie
Supreme Industrial Court
Finance Commission of
Boston
Massachusetts
Finance Commission
Massive Coffee Tax Drive Shifts New York Trade
A New York coffee boom shows 5 million bags stored and ships queuing as merchants rush to deliver before a U S tariff may tax imports. Analysts warn the duty could lift stocks to 7.5 million bags with potential duty savings of about 39.6 million dollars for the importers.
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New York
Brazil
Sandy
Rio
Santos
Havre
Hamburg
Antwerp
America
Atlantic
United States Congress
Japanese Seizure Allegations At Pratas Islands Reported
Chinese sources claim Japan seized Pratas islands and established a settlement. Commander Woo reports finding over a hundred Japanese there, destroying a temple and posts, removing phosphate and shells, and banning the flag while Japanese shipments worth five million yen are halted.
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Pratas Islands
Canton
Fenying
Woo
Mennonites Swindled Over Land Deals Across Plains
A land swindle defrauds Mennonites in Nebraska Kansas Oklahoma and South Dakota of about 500000 to 400000 in all. A man posing as a Mennonite sold twenty acre California land at 100 dollars per acre offering a free trip and accepting any exchange as partial payment. Notes were sold to banks or brokerages, with oral promises found false. Marion victims have three legal cases and seek arrest of the grafters.
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Nebraska
Kansas
Oklahoma
South Dakota
Marion, & 1
California
Marion
Father-in-prison plea from Chicago family over get-rich scheme
Emma Marks and her son Samuel B. Marks arrived in St. Joseph Missouri and filed affidavits over domestic issues tied to Solomon Marks, former manager of the Security Business Company. Marks initially refused to meet, feared threats from his son, but later spoke through bars and sought help to stay out of prison. His wife and son said they would assist in sending him to jail.
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Chicago
Marks
Emma Marks
Solomon Marks
Samuel B. Marks
Stewart Avenue
St. Joseph
St Joseph
Des Moines
Omaha
Jar
China to Count Population in Imperial Census
China plans a nationwide census of residents at home and abroad. The imperial edict calls for an enumeration of individuals and families within the empire, including Chinese living overseas, as part of constitutional reform.
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China
State Department of Washington
New Tariff Bill Outlines Inheritance Tax and Revenue Projections
The House bill proposed by Rep Sereno E Payne sets an inheritance tax at 5 percent for collaterals over 500 dollars with sliding rates on direct heirs, projecting 20 million dollars yearly from the tax and total revenues near 300 million. It also calls for bonds to reimburse the Panama Canal purchase and broad tariff changes affecting steel, wool, sugar, and tobacco with reciprocal duties for Philippine imports.
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House
Sereno E. Payne
Ways and, Means
Taft
Philippines
Treasury
Phhippine
Duilippine Islands
America
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Baxter
Mark Cunningham
Windsor
Montreal
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Modjeska
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Hay Island
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W. D. Twyman
Pleasant Valley
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Europe
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the Treasury
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Ireland
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Pittsburg
John W. Gates
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Iowa Senate
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Portugal
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