GIVES UP HIS PROXY ALLIES HIGHLY JUBILANT
Chicago June 9 The Republican national committee opened its hearing on contested seats with Third Florida district first Georgia and Kentucky contests next Negro voters backing Foraker opposed by Fairbanks and Hughes allies claim protests forced Taft campaign manager to retire but he says protests had no influence Hitchcock absent as proxy holder Luna of New Mexico attends after a conference with friends Hitchcock decides to withdraw his proxy from the committee
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Taft
Chicago
Republian National Committee
Florida
Georgia
Mentucky
Foraker
Kentucky
Fairbanks
Missouri
Hughes
National Committee
Frank H. Hitchcock
Solamom Luna
New Mexico
Hitchcock
Hirchcock
Hitchcock Withdraws From Committee Session After Brief Hearings
Hitchcock received telegrams from Alexander McKenzie and Charles A. Carey directing proxies to Taft and North Dakota and California respectively. He said his retirement was not tied to allied protests and would consider another proxy if needed as the committee adjourned briefly when the ceiling threat forced a halt before resuming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drew
Alexander McKenzie
North Dakota
Hitchcock
Charles A. Carey
Ore Fon
Taft
James McLachlan
California
Quay Plan Revived Cuts Southern Delegates in Conventions
Chicago June 9 anti Taft Republicans revive a plan to reduce Southern representation at party conventions. Each state would have four delegates at large and one for every 10 000 Republican votes in the last presidential election. The change would remove about 180 Southern delegates and add roughly 100 to the Northwest with Ohio gaining 17 and Indiana 11.
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Chicago
Quay
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Nevada
Ohio
Indiana
Brewers Convene in Milwaukee Discuss Prohibition
Brewers from across the country arrive by train for a United States Brewers association convention in Milwaukee. A public meeting at a local theater will present both sides of prohibition with speakers including Arthur Brisbane on the drink problem and E B Giddings on practical experience. Henry Fink of Milwaukee addresses inconsistencies in prohibition.
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Milwaukee
United States Brewers’ Association
Arthur Brisbane
New York
EB. J. Giddings
Olla
Henry Fink
Nurse Confesses Why She Killed New York Doctor
Sarah Koten, a nurse trained in New York, said she shot Dr. Martin W. Anspity after a fake telephone call and hours of waiting, declaring she did not murder him but killed because he wronged her and refused to help. She told police she acted to protect her honor as her parents were dead.
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New York
Sarah Koten
Martin
Anspity
Jen
Walt
Aly
Flooding Hits North Topeka After Kaw River Break
A river bank break 300 yards wide at the Kaw river big bend, 1.5 miles west of North Topeka, released four feet of water. The flood swept into North Topeka, crossing Gordon street and flooding many houses to four feet deep.
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Topeka
Kan
North Topeka
Gordon Street
Victim of Practical Jokers in Pittsburgh Death Report
Morris Casaberg, 22, dies in hospital after an alleged May 30 incident at Duquesne steel works where coworkers inflated his body with compressed air, causing peritonitis. An investigation is underway.
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Pittsburg
Morris Casaberg
Duquesne Steel Works
Treasury prep for new currency law effects and rail bonds
Treasury department moves to implement provisions of the new currency law while Union Pacific directors approve $80,000,000 first mortgage bonds. June grain report notes spring wheat prospects at 17,710,000 acres, up 631,000 from last year, with winter wheat condition at 86.0 percent on June 1, compared with 83.5 on May 1.
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Treasury Department
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Department of Agriculture
Market Quotations Minneapolis Wheat and Flax Summary
Market quotations for Minneapolis and Duluth show June trades and on track to arrive for wheat and flax. Prices list No 1 hard, No 1 Northern, No 2 Northern, and No 1 Northern at various dollar figures with July and September futures, plus flax futures and arrival notes in Duluth.
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Minneapolis
Northern
Duluth
Cattle and hog prices at St Paul Union Stock Yarda report
St Paul Union Stock Yarda at St Paul on June 8 quotes cattle prices with good to choice steer at 35.00 per cwt for certain grades and cows and heifers at 94.50, veal calves at 3.73 to 5.00, hogs at 43.40, sheep with good to choice wethers at 4.25 to 74.50 and good to choice lambs at 4.50 to 5.00.
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St. Paul Union
St. Paul
Chicago Grain and Provisions Market Summary
Chicago grain and provisions figures show wheat for June and July at varied sites with June values around 85% to 4¢, corn for July and September trading near 65 to 65% and December 55, oats July and September around 6 7/8, pork July at 13.63 and September at 13, butter and dairy quotes shifted, eggs and poultry including turkeys and chickens listed with mixed prices and small lot signs.
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Chicago
Chicago Union Stock Yards Prices Report
Chicago June market figures for cattle and sheep show varied prices across categories. Texans, cow and heifer lots, stockers and feed cattle, and heavy lots display values around five dollars with notable ranges, while lambs and yearlings close near four to five dollars per hundredweight.
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Chicago Union Stock Yards
Chicago
Iowa Republicans Nominate Allison in Senate Race Victory
Returns from nearly all counties show Iowa Republicans chose William B. Allison to succeed himself in the United States Senate with a large majority. B. F. Carroll won the governorship over Warren Gurst by about 24,000, and George W. Clavie for lieutenant governor by over 20,000. Various other statewide nominations followed, with some districts still unsettled awaiting official counts. Governor Cummins accepted the results gracefully while Allison expressed gratification at the results.
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Iowa
William B. Allison
United States Senate
B. F. Carroll
Warren Gurst
George W. Clavie
B. Murphy
JB. Rigason
Cummins
Allison
Dubuqueux
Frank P. Woods
Conner
EB. Hubbard
Hull
S. M. Pranty
C. A. Kennedy
George S. Tracy
A. F. Dawson
Mark Walsh
Deni
Charles E. Picket
Charles Elliott
G. N. Haughen
James W. Wood
H. K. Tracy
N. E. Kendall
DB. W. Hamilles
Prouty
D. C. O. Holly
W. P. Hepburn
W. A. Jamison
W. L. Smith
GC. Spencer
E. H. Hubbard
Dolliver Talks VP Rumor and 1913 Senate Term
Senator Dolliver dismissed reports he would back Taft for the vice presidency while noting he will stay in the Senate through 1913. He called the vice presidency an honor but not appealing and said he seeks rest that summer. He commented that public reaction reflects concern over freight car delays but not a reversal of Roosevelt era policies.
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Dolliver
Taft
Senate
Bln
Roosevelt
Nurse Shot by Marksman at Fort Dodge
Mrs May King a nurse was wounded by a bullet fired by Sam Betterick at Fort Dodge as he aimed at a fence in front of a business street. The bullet pierced the fence and entered her abdomen, perforating the intestines four times. Her prospects for survival are poor.
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May King
Sam Betterick
Fort Dodge
Betterick
Two Burlington Men Die By Own Hands
Charles Holstein in Burlington hanged himself amid unemployment worries. M. J. Tobin, also in Burlington, shot himself after fearing madness. Both deaths recorded as suicide in the same city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Holstein
M. J. Tobin
Burlington
Cyclone Devastates Charles City Killing Two
A cyclone struck Charles City demolishing about 200 residences and barns and killing W. R. Beck and a child. Three children are reported missing as rescue teams comb the rubble for survivors.
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Charles City
W. R. Beck
Peculiar Accidents Claim Several Lives and Fortunes
A corn grain killed a Muscatine boy after it lodged in his throat causing fatal inflammation. Gregory Grey, aged eighty near La Porte City, left a will gifting a 240 acre farm and other property to a longtime friend. Lester Shindle, nineteen, of Rockwell, received twenty years for robbery after a 49 cent theft near Mason City. Mrs. W Van Werden, Des Moines physician’s wife, died of blood poisoning from a tack wound. Mrs. David Roth died and her husband and daughter were fatally injured in a runaway near Fairfield when their carriage collided with a bus.
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Frank Chenowth
Muscatine
Gregory’ Grey
Laporte City
Grey
Harry Farrar
Lester Shindle
Rockwell
District Court of
Mason City
Shindle
Fort Madison
W. van Werden
Des Moines
van Werden
David Roth
Pairfield
Roth
Two Passengers Drowned at Mica Lake Picnic
Brainerd Minnesota report says August Schultz and David W Wayt, members of a picnic party, drowned in Mica Lake after Schultz jumped in to rescue a woman from a steamboat. The railing gave way and several others fell in as the men attempted to help Schultz aboard.
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Brainerd
Minn
Schultz
David W. Wayt
Mica Lake
Wayt
Lamp Fire Disrupts Commencement at Hubbard Church
Panic swept the Hubbard church during a baccalaureate address when a lamp swung by a rope toppled and ignited the hall. Quick action by calm congregants prevented a disaster as the blaze was fought and exits partially opened to evacuate the crowd.
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Boyertown
Hubbard
Fort Dodge Councilman Sues City Over Paper Patronage
Dr J W Kime, Fort Dodge councilman, sues the city and its officials to stop payment for past printing at the Fort Dodge Chronicle office and to stop patronizing that office in the future. Judge Lee granted a temporary injunction and the case will be heard at the next term. The Chronicle is owned and edited by Mayor Duncombe, with whom Kime had a quarrel.
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Fort Dodge
J. W. Kime
Lake City Woman Injured By Mysterious Cap Explosion
Mrs Norris of Lake City, while removing an obstruction from a nail, struck a faceted cap that exploded on first blow. She suffered injuries to the hand, but officials believe the damaged hand can be saved.
Boat Rockers Drowned Near Mason Cliff
Three men drown near Mason Cliff while boating. BL W Norton attempted a swim on a Lime Tiger horse and Edward Maurer and William Maurer drowned while rocking the boat. Authorities reported the fatalities and began investigations into the incident.
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Mason Cllr
BL W. Norton
Edward and
Willam Maurer
Fall Fatal to Two Men in Dubuque Mine Shaft Incident
John Kerwin was killed and J. J. Smith fatally injured when a ship carrying them dropped 225 feet down a mine shaft in Dubuque. The accident was caused by a defective brake.
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John Kerwin
J. J. Smith
Dubuque
Pioneer Publisher Dead in Chicago After Apoplexy
William H. Welch founder of the Western Newspaper Union and first publisher of the Des Moines Leader died in Chicago following an apoplexy attack. his death marks a notable loss for regional journalism and the press community.
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William H. Welch
Western Newspaper Union
Des Moines Leader
Chicago
Perjury through the Ages and Its Punishments
A compact survey traces perjury penalties from ancient Rome and Greece to Christian and medieval times. It notes rising humane but still severe sanctions, including tongue removal, false accusation repercussions, and execution for perjurers who caused others to be charged.
A Well Kept Murder Secret In Scots History
A London Spectator note discusses the 1752 Campbell of Glenure murder and the elusive identity of the killer. It cites Andrew Lang and Robert Louis Stevenson, noting a long kept secret within the Stewart clan and the caution against revealing it publicly.
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Campbell
Glenure
Stewart
Fred
Robert Louis Stevenson
Andrew Lang
William of
Deloraine
Mackay
London
What He Would Do
An applicant to a cab company is asked if he can drive and be polite with passengers. He answers yes and is asked what he would do if he found a pocketbook with $25. He replies that he would do nothing at all and live on the income.
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London
Woman Oslerizes Herself in Northwood River Tragedy
A 65 year old Northwood resident, Mrs Harmon, believed she was a burden and cast herself into the river near her home. She disappeared for days before the body was recovered three hours later with her son, an employee at the local electric light plant, present.
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Afts
Harmon
Northwood
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Frank Hitchcock
Chicago Grain and Provisions
Chmetsburg
H. W. Beebe
Tack
Fairfield
Pioneer
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