Roosevelts and Tafts in a Changing World
Sunday notes report O Henry death in New York after operation and Roosevelt speaking in London while Taft and railway leaders reach a compromise. Alfred Vanderbilt to wed Lily Elsie in London amid rumors as postal savings bill faces House debate. Earthquakes devastate central Italy and Chicago traction talks move toward a merger plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
Lily Elsie
London
Chicago
Illinois State Board of Health
Carnegie Foundation
United Hotels Company
Albany
United States
Canada
Taft
Roosevelt
Herrick Johnson
Atlantic City
Harry Olson
Illinois
Rock Island
Gates donates funds for Methodist University site
Port Arthur Texas reports John W Gates provides 250000 dollars for a university of the Methodist Church and offers a forty acre ridge property overlooking the Gulf as the site. Joseph H Hoadley of New York sells controlling stake in Alabama Consolidated Coal and Iron to a group of major Scranton Pennsylvania coal operators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Arthur
Texas
John W. Gates
Methodist Church
Gulf of Mexico
Joseph H. Hoadley
New York
Alabama Consolidated Coal and Iron Company
Birmingham
Ala
Scranton
Railroads Agree to Withdraw Rate Increases
After a White House conference with President Taft and key officials, railroads will withdraw tariffs already enjoined and suspend new rate filings after June 1 1910. The government will pause its Missouri injunction suit until a pending railroad bill becomes law and safeguards for rate investigation remain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Trunk Line
Federal Circuit Court
Missouri
White House
Taft
Wickersham
Interstate Commerce Committee
Western Trunk Line Committee
Shearman
Interstate Commerce Commission
J. P. Ripley
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Company
Walker D. Mines
Frederic A. Delano
Wabash Railroad
Comppany
S&s
Dyer
Congress
Dedicate Kentucky's Capitol With Daylong Exercises
Kentucky's $2,000,000 capitol was dedicated in Frankfort with a daylong program. Special trains brought thousands, including a train with over 1,000 Louisville high school girls. The event opened with a signal gun and included an invocation by Bishop Lewis W. Burton and addresses by Gov. Augustus E. Willson and U. S. Senator William Q. Bradley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
Frankfort
Louisville High School
Lewis W. Burton
Lexington
Augustus E. Willson
United States
William Q. Bradley
Cotton crop near normal says board report
The May 25 cotton report shows crop condition at 82 percent of normal, up from 81.1 last year and 80.9 average over ten years. Area planted is about 33,196,000 acres, 102.8 percent of last year’s 32,292,000 acres, an increase of about 904,000 acres or 2.8 percent.
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Crop Reporting Board
Goldwin Smith Dies After Fall at 87
Professor Goldwin Smith of Toronto died after a long illness from a fall in which his thigh bone broke. He had not left his room since February 5 and was carried to his library before the fatal slip in the hall. Doctors did not attempt to set the fracture due to his age.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goldwin Smith
Toronto
Senate Passes Railroad Bill After Long Debate
The Senate approved the administration railroad bill 50 to 12 late at night. Democrats voting no included Bacon Fletcher Frazier Hughes Money Newlands Percy Purcell Rayner Shively Smith of Maryland and Smith of South Carolina. The measure moves to conference as Cummins and others spoke over weeks about amendments and future steps.
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Senate
United States
Bacon
Fletcher
Frazier
Hughes
Money
Newlands
Percy
Purcell
Rayner
Shively
Smith
Maryland
South Carolina
Beveridge
Nelson
Public Lands Committee
Cummins
la Follette
Dolliver
Clay
Paynter
Simmons
Gore
Political notes and party positions from the era
The piece reports W. F. Schilling seeking the Senate on the Republican ticket in Minnesota. It summarizes Ohio Republican primary attitudes toward Speaker Cannon, Socialist party platform shifts on immigration and labor, opposition to the commission form of city government, and comments by Senator Cummins and William J. Bryan Jr. on liquor interests and county option.
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Falk
Charles Stewart Rolls
Dover
Calais
W. F. Schilling
The
Minnesota Dairyman
Senate
Ohio
Congress
Cannon
Keifer
National Congress
Socialist Party
Chicago
Hilquit
New York
A. B. Cummins
Dolliver
Iowa
Washington
William J. Byran Jr
Nebraska City
Carroll and Porter Win in Iowa Primaries
Early returns from Iowa show Carroll the Republican governor hopeful and Porter the Democratic nominee. Congressional races list eight progressives and three stand-patters, with detailed district by district nominations and margins.
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Iowa
Carroll
Porter
Congress
Standing of the Clubs and Pennant Progress Across Leagues
National League standings show Chicago 15 wins 25 losses, St. Louis 22 losses, New York 26 16, Brooklyn 20 23, Pittsburg 19 18, Philadelphia 16 22, Cincinnati 20 19, Boston 15 27. American entries list Cleveland 16 19 and Detroit 28 16, plus Washington and others. Western League includes Sioux City 22 18, Omaha 22 19, Wichita 22 19, Des Moines 20 23, Denver 23 20, Lincoln 19 22, St Joseph 20 18, Topeka 16 20.
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Chicago
St. Louis
New York
Brooklyn
Pittsburg
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Boston
W. Ww
Cleveland
Washington
Detroit
Minneapolis
Indianapolis
St. Paul
Kansas City
Toledo
Milwaukee
Columbus
Louisville
W. L
McKinley Buys New Company in Railway Deal
The McKinley traction syndicate led by Congressman William B. McKinley of Champaign, NL, purchased the Atchison Railway, Light and Power properties for an estimated 500000 to 700000. A man involved in a Watertown NJ brawl died from injuries, leading to the arrest of Kaston Vasele, a Romanian, in Canton, Ohio on murder charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinley
McKinley Traction Syndicate
William B. McKinley
Champaign, NL
Atchison, Kan., Railway, Light and Power Company
Watertown
N. J
Kaston Vasele
Canton
Ohio
Girl steals forgeries. foils father’s funds
Inez Carhill aged 19 in Salt Lake City swallowed poison after her forgery led to $175 drawn from her father’s bank account. Authorities report the case as a local crime incident with no injuries beyond attempted self harm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inez Carhill
Salt Lake
Utah
United States in standoff at Bluefields Bluff Nicaragua
Commander Harold K. Hines of the gunboat Du buque replied to General Rivas of Madriz with a threat of annihilation if any vessel for any nation attempts to enter Bluefields Harbor. Rivas has defied Washington by promising to block entry by force. The dispute centers on protecting American property and claims amid rumors of threats to the American consul Thomas P. Moffat as tension rises.
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Italy
Warren Garst
Carroll
William Lorimer
United States Senate
Clifford W. Barnes
Chicago
United States
Taft
Eastern Railways
House
Harold K. Hines
Dubuque
General Rivas
Madriz
Bluefields Bluff
Nicaragua
Rivas
Washington
Hines
Thomas P. Moffat
Bluefields
Editorial Association Outing Set At Glengarry Springs
The North Central Minnesota Editorial Association plans its annual outing at Glengarry Springs on Leech Lake near Walker. Des Moines hosts the Missouri Valley conference meet with invitations to twenty five colleges. Debaters of St. Thomas College defeat the Forum Literary Society of Minnesota. University of Minnesota drops 50 students for scholarship issues. Professor R. R. Cochrane of Manitoba University dies aged 60. Beloit College hires John C. Parish as professor of American history and political science. Tri-Country Educational Association urges rural school funding and medical inspection. Wisconsin enrollment rises to 4,947 students, up 10 percent. Toyokichi Iyenaga lectures Wisconsin students on world politics and Oriental problems.
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Minnesota Editorial Association
Glengarry Springs
Leech Lake
Walker
el, Ashar University
Cairo
Egypt
Homer H. Seerley
Iowa State Teachers’ Association
Missouri Valley Conferences
Des Moines
St. Thomas College
Forum Literary Society
University of Minnesota
Engineering
R. R. Cochrane
Manitoba University
Wie
George Cochrane
Los Angeles University
John C. Parish
State Historical Department of
Iowa
L. W. Parish
Cedar Falls
Beloit College
Tri-Country Educational Association
Grafton
N. C
State Legislative Assembly
University of Wisconsin
Wisconsin
Toyokichi Iyenaga
Earthquake Toll, Panic In Avellino Italy
A severe dawn quake devastates Avellino and surrounding towns in southern Italy. Death toll ranges from thirty five to fifty with many injured. Villages such as Calitri San Sossio Chianca Castelbaronia and Calabritto report deaths and structural damage. King and Queen travel by special train to the region aiding restoration efforts.
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Avellino
Italy
Calitri
San Sossio
Chianche
Castelbaronia
Calabritto
Messina
Reggie
Halley
Taft warns against socialism at Jackson ceremony
President Taft described socialism as the United States' greatest problem and praised the Republican party for handling major issues while urging loyalty to party majority. He spoke at Jackson during the unveiling of a bronze tablet marking the 1854 birth of the party under the Oaks and cited the risk of rule by groups if individuals refuse to yield. Earlier, in Monroe, Michigan, he honored Major General George A. Custer at the unveiling of a bronze statue.
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Taft
Michigan
FE. W. Lange
Prescient
United States
Republican Party
Jackson
Monroe, Mich
George A. Custer
Little Big Horn
Oklahoma oil merger forms single producing company
Twenty Oklahoma field oil firms plan to merge into one company with refineries and pipelines. Thomas Priestley of Bartlesville announces the deal in Kansas City, claiming the new group will control wells producing about 20 000 barrels daily. Four thousand Santa Fe Railway workers earning under 80 dollars a month receive a 10 percent wage increase, including Topeka staff.
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Oklahoma Field
Kansas City
Thomas Priestley
Bartlesville
Ohlo
Santa Fe Railway Company
Topeka
Prohibition Leader Killed Crossing Railroad Tracks
W. D. Elwell former chairman of the Prohibition State Committee was struck and killed by a Chicago and Northwestern passenger train while walking from Marshalltown to LaMoille. The incident occurred as he traveled along the rail line.
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W. D. Elwell
Prohibition State Committee
Chicago and Northwestern
Marshalltown
LaMoille
Weekly Review of Chicago Trade Highlights Mixed Signals
The Weekly Review notes easier business sentiment with lower bank payments and reduced merchandise stocks in leading retail lines. It reports sustained production and rising rail earnings, plus increased passenger travel and broader wholesale activity though immediate shipment orders lag. Bank clearings fall versus last year. fourteen failures in Chicago district with six liabilities over 5000 dollars.
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Weekly Review of
Chicago Trade
R. G. Dun & Co
Chicago
Trade Failures and Retail Trade Quiet in Early June
New York reports irregular trade advices with quiet market conditions. The northern half shows unseasonably cool weather curbing retail expansion and light re-orders, while the Northwest and Pacific coast provide the strongest signals. US business failures for the week ending June 2 total 160, down from last week and well below earlier years. Canada records 18 failures that week, up from 15.
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Northwest
Pacific Coast
United States
Canada
National Market Prices for Cattle Hogs Sheep and Grains
Chicago market lists cattle prices from $4.00 to $8.75 and hogs from $7.00 to $9.80 for prime and shipping grades. Other cities show varied ranges for cattle hogs sheep and key grains including wheat No 2 corn oats rye and rough regional quotes across Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee New York Buffalo and Toledo with numbers for No 2 and mixed grades and spot clover seed.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
New York
Toledo
Manufacturers push canal plan and interurban ideas in New York
The National Association of Manufacturers urged government consideration of a deep water canal through Canada to aid ore and grain transport from lake regions. The Associated Merchants formed a committee to discuss free phones between St Paul and Minneapolis and a non toll interurban system to boost retail trade. The National Plant Introduction Garden at Chico, California, is experimenting with cork oak cultivation for future commercial use.
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National Association of Manufacturers
New York City
Canada
Associated Merchants
Northwestern Telephone Company
St. Paul
Minneapolis
National Plant Introduction Garden
Chico
Cal
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