Secret Service Sent To Chicago In Beef Trust Fight
President Roosevelt orders Secret Service agents to Chicago after Labor Commissioner Neill and James Reynolds conclude a sweeping inquiry. The report claims the beef trust plans to force congressional capitulation and curb exposing investigations, with bankers and officials mobilized to halt governmental action.
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Secret Service
Chicago
Roosevelt
Congress
Beef Trust
Neill
James Reynolds
Great Trust
Great West
Southwest
Hunting the Sea Otter in Aleut Waters
A vivid Outing Magazine account describes Aleut sea otter hunting by small skiffs with two to three men. Hunters use silent paddles and coordinated circling to strike when otters surface for air, with rapid dives and precise spears securing the quarry.
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Outing Magazine
Bidarkas
Silver Sea
Poultry Show Added at Spokane Inter-State Fair
H H Collier of Lacoma named superintendent for a new poultry department at the Spokane Inter-State Fair opening September 24. About 1000 birds expected with prizes of 3 and 2 dollars for first and second in each variety and 1.5 and 1 dollar for best cock cockerel hen and pullet. Special prizes total around 200 dollars. The department aims to be among the West’s best poultry shows with many aquatic birds noted.
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H. H. Collier
Lacoma
Spokane
Guatemala Rebels Win as Cabinet Resigns Amid Panic
Salvadorean reports hail a revolutionary victory in southern Guatemala where General Toledo led forces that repulsed a six hour artillery assault. The Cabinet of President Cabeza resigns. Guatemala City unrest grows as rebels are said to approach the capital likely by Tuesday.
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Guatemala
Toledo
Cabeza
Guatemala City
Three Die in New York Bay Yacht Disaster
A yacht named Lottie W. capsized off West Bank light during a sudden storm in New York Bay. Three men William Moran Paul Smith and George Geise all from Brooklyn drowned while eight others clung to the vessel and were rescued by a tug. The harbor thunder squall was the season's most severe.
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New York
New York Bay
Lottie W
West Bank Light
William Moran
Paul Smith
George Geise
Brooklyn
Sporting Notes from Spokane and Nearby Updates
Harry Green, a noted Spokane race horse owner, plans to quit racing and pursue boxing in Spokane. Seattle club signs George Croll to play left field replacing Heine Heitmuller who is released. Winnie Cutter, a versatile athlete, is set to return to league baseball per Seattle report. Spokane board exonerates Manager Eddie Quinn of graft accusations from Jack Mooney. Claud Camp, 21, dies after being struck by a foul tip during a Muskogee game. In wrestling, Frank Gotch defeats Farmer Burns in nine minutes then two straight falls in 14 and five minutes.
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Harry Green
Spokane
George Croll
Seattle
Heine Heitmuller
University of California
Winnie Cutter
S. A
Eddie Quinn
Jack Mooney
Claud Camp
Muskogee
I. T
St. Louis
Farmer Burns
Northwestern Wheat Market Report Highlights Quiet Trading
Wheat markets in Tacoma and Portland show unchanged and steady prices. Bluestem futures range around 72 to 75 cents, with club and red classifications noted. no sales reported and overall market activity remains quiet in the Northwest.
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Walla Walla
Tacoma
Wash
Portland
Ore
Valley
Mosquito War Planned in New Orleans Summer Sanitation
A summer campaign against disease carrying mosquitoes is planned in New Orleans with a proposed daily expenditure around 900 dollars. The program builds on lessons from last summer's yellow fever outbreak. A separate report notes a general strike by St. Louis bricklayers and stone masons unions affecting building sites.
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New Orleans
St. Louis Building Trades Council
Bricklayers and Stone Masons’ International Union
Ill roosevelt relative faces serious illness at Lotus Lake
Robert Roosevelt, uncle of the president, is seriously ill at his country home on Lotus Lake in Saville L I. He is seventy years old and relatives fear for his health. Captain Alonzo Ledyard, once governor of a Farallon island, is now living in Everett, Massachusetts. He is eighty four.
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Robert Roosevelt
Lotus Lake
Saville
L. I
Alonzo Ledyard
Farallone Islands
Pacific
Everett
Mass
Longworths in London Welcome From embassy Staff
Ambassador Reid and the embassy greet Mr and Mrs Longworth in London after their pleasant voyage from Southampton. They plan a first fortnight in England including a possible dinner with King Edward and a visit to the Kiel regatta with an undecided program in Germany.
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Reid
King Edward
Germany
France
London
Nicholas Longworth
Southampton
St. Louis
London & Southwestern
England
Swalm
Longworth
Ambassador Reid
Carter
Gibbons
Alhambra
Edward
Dorchester House
Dedication of Million Dollar New England Science Temple
The Back Bay Christian Science temple in Boston was dedicated on Sunday in a historic religious demonstration. More than 40,000 people attended across six services, and thousands were turned away as the 5000-seat edifice overflowed with worshippers from across the United States and the world.
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New England
Back Bay
Longworths Reach England Aboard St Louis For Holiday
Mr and Mrs Nicholas Longworth have arrived in England aboard the American line steamer St Louis. He declines to discuss politics, saying they come for a holiday and expect an enjoyable European stay. They plan a two weekLondon visit then Germany and perhaps France, with August 4 return likely. Both in good health after fine voyage and making friends onboard.
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Nicholas Longworth
England
St. Louis
Longworth
Europe
London
Germany
France
United States
Mrs. Longworth
Great Britain Trade Shows Sharp Imports and Exports Rise
The May board of trade report in London shows imports up 22,987,500 dollars and exports up 22,386,000 dollars. Wool grain and manufactures drive import gains while cotton imports from America fall by 5,000,000 dollars. exports rise mainly in manufactures with cotton goods up 7,500,000 dollars.
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Board of Trade In
London
America
Sears Roebuck Co Faces Possible Transformation
The Chicago mail order firm Sears Roebuck & Co may dissolve its existing structure as a New York syndicate considers turning the company into a 40 million dollar joint corporation. Once capital was 150 thousand dollars, and today the business reportedly handles five million dollars in goods each month. Richard W. Sears, once a telegraph operator in Minnesota, founded the enterprise and moved to Chicago eleven years ago as the company grew dramatically.
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Chicago
Sears, Roebuck & Co
West
New York
Richard W. Sears
Minnesota
Nat C Goodwin to Visit Spokane Theater with The Genius
Nat C Goodwin arrives at the Spokane Theater for shows on June 20 and 21 in his latest success The Genius. Critics praise him as the potential successor to the late Joseph Jefferson as dean of the American stage.
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Nat C. Goodwin
Spokane
Goodwin
Joseph Jefferson
James O’donnell Bennett
Joe Jefferson
Jefferson
Arch Street
New York City
Jefferson Birthplace
Miss Crossman to Visit Spokane for Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary
The noted American stage actress Henrietta Crossman will perform in Spokane with her company in the comedy Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary. She is slated to appear at the Spokane Theater on July 9 and 10, drawing theatergoers to the engagement.
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Henrietta Crossman
Spokane
Miss Crossman
Mary
Are You a Mason? at Columbia Theater
Byron Douglas company presents the three act farce Are You a Mason? at the Columbia theater this week. The play, praised as a great farce, follows Prince Karl with rapid, amusing situations and constant humor as it runs during the Spokane Masonic conclave.
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Columbia Theater
Byron Douglas
Spokane
Prince Karl
Dramatic notes preview Hollywood and stage moves
E L Sackett heads to Los Angeles fleeing San Francisco. Russell and Drew lease the Grand in Seattle for new West themed show. The Energetic West may debut next season. Mrs Langtry plans November America vaudeville for six weeks. Ezra Kendall writes Swell Elegant Jones for himself. Eleanor Robson closes Spokane run of Mere ly Mary Ann. Thomas Q Seabrooke reportedly in sanitarium for nervous prostration. George Arliss will back Olga Nethersole in Paris summer production.
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E. L. Sackett
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Russell & Drew
Seattle
West
Thomas Q. Seabrooke
George Arliss
Mrs. Fiske
Olga Nethersole
Paris
East of the War Governors Hon. William Sprague's Notable Life
A tribute to Rhode Island Governor William Sprague highlighting his Civil War leadership, service with Jefferson Davis, postwar Senate role, and lasting prominence of the Sprague family. Notes his early governor term in 1860, ownership of major factories, and heroism at Bull Run and Peninsula campaigns. He is praised as agile, keen, and devoted to national defense.
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William Sprague
Rhode Island
Francis R. Lubbock
Austin
Commonwealth of Texas
Jefferson Davis
Beaufort
S. C
United States
Spragues
Sumter
Washington
Virginia
Bull Run
Yorktown
United States Senate
Narragansett Pier
Fatal Auto Crash Near Winnetka Injures Four
Four Chicagoans were injured in a Sunday automobile overturn near Winnetka caused by a burst tire. The fatally injured are Edward Salvess Pinger and Walter Steffins the chauffeur. Miss Margaret Pinger a sister and John Pinger a brother were badly bruised. The party had visited Louis Swift in Lake Forest.
Clergyman Fined in Sunday Law Case in Appleton
Rev. A. H. Zecel of the Wisconsin Anti Saloon League was found guilty of violating the Sunday labor law by buying beer on Sunday to obtain evidence that a saloon keeper breached the Sunday closing law.
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Appleton
Wis
A. H. Zecel
Wisconsin Antisaloon League
Wellman's airship ready for polar voyage
Walter Wellman’s airship, built to reach the north pole, has been completed and inspected by English French and German scientists on Monday.
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Wellman
Paris
Walter Wellman
North Pole
Odd trait of mankind buried treasure plan in park
General Manager Chipman of the Indianapolis and Eastern Electric Railway used a novel ploy by burying 500 dollars in gold coin across a park and opening it to patrons with simple hand tools. Riders dug for the treasure, the park was loosened, and the fare revenue covered the cost while the park was plowed for free. The piece critiques the urge to seek easy gains.
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Chipman
Indianapolis and
Eastern H Electria Railway
Atlanta Journal
Two Peculiarities Spark Conversation About Future Plans
In a pointed exchange, one remark notes the other’s long words and fishing hobby. The reply reveals hopes of becoming a trustee of the next life insurance firm entangled in a scandal.
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Cleveland
Lfe Insurance Company
Tacoma Daily News
True Genius Questioned as Liabilities Outweigh Assets
A witty exchange questions a man's financial genius noting liabilities of half a million against no assets. The Cleveland Leader quips on wisdom versus folly, implying contradictions in perceived wealth and intellect.
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Cleveland
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