Louisiana Delegations Seat With Half Vote In Taft Split
Republican national committee agrees to seat both Louisiana delegations with half a vote each amid Taft Roosevelt tensions. Secretary Taft and President Roosevelt approve. Louisiana reorganization to follow under state and national officials. Contests remain in 150 Southern delegations with no further concessions expected.
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Chicago
Republican National Committee
Louisiana
Taft Organization
Taft
Roosevelt
Washington
Republican Party
Cortelyou Supported As New York Vice Presidential Prospect
Washington reports indicate that Secretary Cortelyou may be advanced by Roosevelts and Tafts camps as their vice presidential candidate in Chicago. Cortelyou has not commented while New York potential rival Governor Hughes remains in the presidential race.
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Washington
Cortelyou
Roosevelt
Taft
Chicago
Hughes
New York
Threats in Chicago Raise Tensions Over Colored Organization
In Chicago on June 8 threats were made against the Republican party over a new colored organization and against Lily White South delegates, Taft, and campaign manager Hitchcock. Over 12,000 people attended a rally where resolutions urged full civil rights and national delegate representation and asked the party to support colored citizens at the national convention.
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Chicago
Republican Party
William H. Taft
Frank Hitchcock
Unclear fragment hints at Breathitt county item
Fragmentary notes mention June 9 pertaining to Breathitt county and a person named Meri May Tay with reference to a deserter or hat Murrel possibly tied to Terry location.
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Meri
Tay Breathitt County
Hat Murrel
Terry
Explosion on cruiser Tennessee kills four sailors at sea
On a Tennessee speed trial off Point Hueneme a steam pipe in the starboard engine room burst under 225 pounds pressure. Four men died instantly and two more died on arrival, with ten wounded. Fourteen were in the fire room when the four inch diameter tube blew, sending scalding steam and debris through the area. Admiral Sebree and other officers had just left the engine room.
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San Pedro
Cal
United States
Tennessee
Point Huenene
Uriel Sebree
F. B. Howard
Robertson
Evicted by High Water in Topeka Flood
About 7 000 persons forced from homes in North Topeka by rising Kan river water. Most seek shelter in Topeka proper as auditoriums schools and private houses open to the displaced. No loss of life but extensive property damage reported.
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Topeka
Kan
North
Kan River
Rail line washouts and floods disrupt Montana towns
Flooding and rockslides cut rail service across Montana. The Oregon Short Line remains the sole operating line from this point with Northern Pacific adding three eastbound trains later. Five miles of NP track near Butte to Missoula are out, delaying travel from Drummond for a week. Missoula and Great Falls endure heavy losses as a flood hits the Boston and Montana smelter at Great Falls, halting operations for a month and affecting over 1,000 workers. Partial flooding hits several northern towns. expected drownings total twelve to fifteen as reports come in.
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Butte
Mont
Oregon Short Line
Montana
Northern Pacific
Jefferson Island
Missoula
Drummond
Great Falls
Boston
Decrease in Idle Cars Across Railways
The fortnightly report from the American Railway association notes 381,904 surplus cars in the United States and Canada, down 22,630 since May 13. Improvement appears widespread in the East Central and South, with little change in the Southwest and Pacific. Demand for box cars rises in Iowa Illinois Kansas north to Wisconsin and the Dakotas, and west to Montana and Colorado.
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Chicago
Committee of
American Railway Association
United States
Canada
Pacific States
Iowa
Hironis
Kansas
Wisconsin
Dakotas
Montana
Colorado
Now marching on Fez Hafid advances with 12000 troops
Tangier Morocco June 9 accord ing to couriers Hafid the insurgent sultan with his 12000 strong army is moving toward Fez. About 20000 Berber tribesmen reportedly marching to join him. Hafid left Mequinez June 2 and reportedly annihilated Cherarda rebels the next day. Some Abdul Aziz functionaries who fled Rabat have reached Mequinez.
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Tangier
Morocco
Mulai Hafid
Fez
Hafid
Mequinez
Sultan Abdel Aziz
Rabat
Italian Railroad Disaster Kills Nine in Roccapietra
Nine people died and sixty five were injured in a rear end collision between a freight and a passenger train at Roccapietra in Novara province Italy. Most victims were Italian pilgrims from villages near Varallo returning from the sanctuary of the Crowned Virgin.
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Novara
Italy
Roccapietra
Varallo
Apartment House Collapse Kills Two in Washington
In Washington during June two workers died and two were seriously injured when an apartment building under construction collapsed. Several others sustained minor injuries as rescuers searched the site.
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Washington
Kittredge Defeated as Crawford Leads SD Primary
Sioux Falls reports indicate Governor Crawford leads in the South Dakota primary for U S senator with 5 856 votes to 2 335 for Senator Kittredge. Crawford projects a 3 000 to 5 000 statewide margin. Beadle and Minnehaha favor Crawford while Kittredge dominates in Beadle Spink Yankton Faulk Bonhomme. Vessey is slated to head the Republican ticket as governor candidate. Congressional races are close with no clear winner yet.
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Sioux Falls
Coe
Crawford
United States
A. B. Kittredge
Burke
Martin
Kittredge
South Dakota
Progressive
Minnehaha
Brown
Lawrence
Beadle
Spink
Yankton
Faulk
Bonhomme
Twenty Five Die In Southern Nebraska Storm
Reports from the storm scene in Southern Nebraska indicate a higher death toll, with twenty five or twenty six expected and many injured. Eight towns including Geneva, Fairfield and Carleton report severe destruction with losses potentially reaching $500000. Additional victims are named in Franklyn Hebron Shockley Byron Riverton Courtland Phillipsburg and Scandia.
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Omaha
Nebraska
Geneva
Fairfield
Carleton
Franklyn
Hebron
Shockley
Byron
Riverton
Kansas
Courtland
Phillipsburg
Scandia
Nurse says she shot doctor. claims not murder
Sarah Koten, a young nurse, told police she shot Dr. Martin W. Auspitz after luring him with a false call and waiting hours. She stated she killed him to protect her honor and denied murder, citing abuse and lack of legal recourse.
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New York
Sarah Koten
Martin W. Auspitz
Harlem
Fatal Riot on Street Car in St Louis
Five persons were injured and two likely to die after a riot on an east bound Market street car in St Louis. The disturbance began when a group of young men boarded at a summer garden and argued over fares, escalating into a fight as they traveled toward town.
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St. Louis
Electric car collision near city leaves multiple dead
A head on crash between a special Annapolis bound car and a Baltimore bound car occurred on a single track curve about two to three miles from the city. Investigators cite confusion or disregard of orders as a probable cause. Victims include William L. Norton A H Schultz Jr J W McDaniel George Green James O Neal officer Shriber Ruth Slaughter 13 and Mrs George W Green.
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Annapolis
Washington
Baltimore
William L. Norton
A. H. Schultz, Jr
J. W. McDaniel
George Green
James O’neal
New York State
Policeman Shriber
Ruth Slaughter
W. BE. Slaughter
George W. Green
Northwest Representation on National Conservation Commission
Washington reports the president has formed a national conservation commission to advise on natural resource issues and coordinate with state bodies. The Northwest is well represented with Senator Knute Nelson chairing lands, J J Hill as member, Philo Hall and C R Van Hise on minerals, William Irvine on forest, and W B Allison in waterways.
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Washington
National Conservation Commission
Northwest
Knute Nelson
J. J. Hill
Philo Hall
South Dakota
C.R. van Hise
Wisconsin
William Irvine
Forest Committee
W. B. Allison
Iowa
Oregon Democratic convention endorses Bryan for president
The Oregon Democratic state convention in Portland elected four delegates at large and two from each congressional district. It endorsed William Jennings Bryan for the presidential nomination and declared the party united behind Bryan. The platform favors postal reform, higher letter carrier wages, broader powers for the Interstate Commerce Commission, Oklahoma banking laws, and direct election of U S senators.
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Portland
Ore
Oregon
Bryan
Chamberlain
United States
Interstate Commerce Commission
Oklahoma
Hammond Opens Headquarters for Hammond in Chicago
The first headquarters for vice presidential candidates opened at the Auditorium Annex in Chicago for John Hays Hammond. John C. Montgomery of New York supervised operations and stated Hammond would arrive in Chicago late this week or Monday.
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Hammond
Chicago
Auditorium
John Hays Hammond
John C. Montgomery
New York
Montgomery
Wheat Prices in Minneapolis Market Report
Market quotations from Minneapolis dated June 9 show July wheat at 1.045 percent and September at 1.0888 cents. On track futures list No. 1 hard at 1.10 and No. 1 Northern at 1.08 with No. 2 Northern 1.06 and No. 3 Northern 1.01 cents.
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Minneapolis
Wno
Northern
Wheat and flax market update from Duluth report
On track and to arrive prices listed for wheat and flax in Duluth. Wheat shows No 1 hard at 1.09 and No 1 Northern at 1.07 and No 2 Northern at 1.02 with July 1.04 and Sept 89 4 cents. Flax prices on track to arrive and for July 1.23 Sept 1.22 Oct 1.21.
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Duluth
Northern
St Paul Stock Yards Cattle Hogs and Sheep Prices
St Paul Union Stock Yards report for June 9 lists cattle prices good to choice steers 6.00 to 6.75, cows and heifers 4.50 to 5.50, veal calves 3.75 to 5.00. Hogs bring 5.25 to 5.45. Sheep range 4.50 to 5.00 for wethers and 5.09 to 5.50 for lambs.
Grain and Livestock Prices in Chicago Markets
Chicago markets report mixed futures and cash quotes for Wheat Corn and Oats with July Sept Dec contracts and pork fat with prices at 13.80 to 14.05 dollars. Butter dairy creamery and dairy prices hold at 19 to 23 cents and eggs and poultry show small varied gains.
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Chicago
Interstate Contest Winners Highlight South Dakota Orators
The thirteenth Western League of Oratory contest at Mitchell awarded first prize to John Dobson of Dakota Wesleyan University for "America's Great Problem." Don Ford of the University of North Dakota took second for "The Call of the Central Empire," Alvin Hanson of Yankton College third for "The Tragedy of Lost Childhood," and Arthea Ulsaker of Wahpeton State School fourth for "Gladstone." South Dakota and Mitchell earned a winning streak for the second straight year.
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Western League of Oratory
Mitchell
South Dakota
North Dakota
John Dobson
Dakota Wesleyan University of
Don §. Ford
State University of
Arthea Ulsaker
State Science School of
Wahpeton
Gladstone
Mitchell Orator
Policeman Nets Burglar After Jewelry Store Break-In
Policeman Dawson of Pierre fired a long shot at a fleeing burglar near a jewelry shop. The man, named William Ray from Wyoming, was wounded but not in danger, waived examination, and was bound over on burglary charges after a night of widespread break-ins at about a dozen businesses and freight cars.
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Dawson
Pierre
William Ray
Wyoming
Supreme Court Grants Writ In Woonsocket Liquor License Case
The supreme court granted a writ of certiorari and set June 17 for the hearing. The Woonsocket liquor license vote showed one more vote for approval than against, but many voters did not express themselves. The anti saloon group argues license approval needs a majority of all votes cast, not just on the license question.
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Supreme Court
Woonsocket
Fountain for "Dry" Town Presented to Mitchell
The Woman's Christian Temperance union gave Mitchell a bronzed iron drinking fountain accepted by Mayor Hitchcock at a public gathering. It stands ten feet high with electric illumination atop, costing about $325. The fountain suits the town’s post July 1 prohibition.
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The
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Mitchell
Hitchcock
Government settles Lead site condemnation case
In Deadwood a U S court heard testimony in the Fish and Hunter condemnation suit. The jury was instructed by Judge Carland to award the Fish and Hunter company 21000 dollars for the government site, finding the asking price not exorbitant.
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United States
Deadwood
Fish & Hunter Company
Carland
Flood Devastates Hot Springs Rail Lines
A cloudburst on the Fall river at Hot Springs washes away rail bridges and track. Repairs from previous floods are undone and banks erode, causing extensive damage. Town losses reach about 50,000 dollars.
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Fall River
Hot Springs
Big Sioux Drainage Ditch Set to Start North of Sioux Falls
State Engineer Lea oversees a new drainage ditch projected to cost at least 30000 dollars. The aim is to end recurring floods from the Big Sioux River that have flooded thousands of acres of valuable farm land in the region north of Sioux Falls this season.
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Lea
Big Sioux
Chicago Stock Yards cattle and hog price report
Chicago Union Stock Yards on June 9 lists cattle ranges with Reeves Texans Westerners stockers and feeders cows and heifers calves prices. hogs vary from light to rough with good to choice heavy about 5.15 to 5.60. sheep and lambs offered at 3.15 to 4.80 and up to 5.50.
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Chicago
Six Die in Gold King Mine Disaster Near Gladstone
Six men are dead and eight others are in dangerous condition from toxic air in the Gold King mine engine room at Gladstone near Silverton Colorado. Twenty five to thirty more are confined at home due to illness from exposure to poisoned air.
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Silverton
Colo
Gold King Mine
Gladstone
Admits Stabbing Brother in Brown County Court Plea
Arthur Burro pleaded guilty in Aberdeen circuit court to stabbing his brother at the latter's Brown county home. The case, which had been expected to go to trial after a not guilty plea at the pre trial stage, was suddenly concluded with the guilty plea.
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Aberdeen
Arthur Burro
Brown County
Closing of a Historic Hotel Fills Guests with Nostalgia
Louis Seibold presides over a final waking of the noted hotel as crowds lingered all day. The lobby buzzed with sightseers and former guests while doors were briefly barred by velvet settees during the 1861 draft riot era.
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Louis Seibold
Alps near Paris Artificial Range Proposed
An Alsatian engineer M Weiss proposes building a man made chain of mountains fifteen miles north and northeast of Paris. The 1 by 5 mile strip would host cement mountains 3000 to 5000 feet high with artificial valleys, cascades, cog railways and scenic villages. The plan envisages 25 million dollars for 20 000 workers over ten years and offers a summer resort with easy city access.
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M. Weiss
Paris
France
Switzerland
Cogn
Secretary Wilson Plans Demonstration Plant for Denatured Alcohol
Secretary Wilson to set up a model station in the Department of Agriculture in Washington to show farmers how to produce denatured alcohol from farm waste. He aims to promote the project through the upcoming Omaha corn exposition, contingent on needed appropriations.
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Wilson
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Omaha
Gre
Jewel flower earrings debut in spring color range
The article notes art jewelers expanding beyond limited gem sets to create floral earrings matching spring fashion. Designs include turquoise flowers with central pearls or diamonds, pink coral rosebuds, amethyst pansies, amber buttercups, mother of pearl daisies, and emerald leaf earrings.
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New York
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