Campaign to enforce cattle unloading rules on trains
Head of Agricultural Department launches drive to require unloading cattle every 28 hours in transit to water and feed. Railroads resist. penalties start at 100 dollars with up to 560 dollars per violation. A trans Mississippi meeting formed a committee to push legislation for a 32 to 34 hour maximum, seeking Agriculture Department support to set 39 hours as the new limit.
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Chicago
Wilson
Campaige
Humane Society of America
Rafronda
trans-Missouries
Department of Agriculture
Floridora Girl Quits Panama Tour After Harsh Reception
Nan Handolph Patterson the Floridora girl ends her run with The Romance of Panama company and returns to Washington amid severe criticism and waning audience support. Mike Patterson meets a sparse crowd as women flee mid performance. Edgar County bank job ends with nitro charge wrecking stores and vaults, but funds safe.
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Paris
Jus
Edgar County National Bank
Shaw's
Weass
Four Escape at Plymouth Sinks Submarine AG Incident
An early wartime report describes a submarine AG maneuvering near port when its escape failed. Three experimental vessels and the boat sank. Eighteen men were aboard the submarine, with only four survivors.
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Plymouth
Peace prospects brighten as czar weighs offer of goodwill
Washington reports the czar has not rejected peace talks after meeting with American ambassador Meyer. The audience was described as cordial and hopeful, with the hope that Japan and Great Britain may accept mediation. Baron Kaneko noted Japan would respond only if Russia shows intent to end the war. Meanwhile losses at Vladivostok and Manchuria mount as news of Rajestvensky’s fleet drifts in.
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Washington
Meyar
Meyer
Takahira
Henee
Japan
Mikato
Thal
Baron Kaneko
Wanalay
Haron Kaneko
Rusata
Isaba
Rusala
Dent
Jungia
Russia
Theas
Conrad
Ike
Hariton
Great Britain
Berlin
Paria
Renault
Semetve's Demand for Peace in Russia Highlighted
A June dispatch from St. Petersburg reports delegates from the gemetvor and municipal authorities urging an immediate convocation of a fat/capl désvrably to decide peace or war, address internal strife, and pass upon the question of Russia's future.
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St. Petersburg
Gemetvor
Municipaliti¢N
Court to rule on Powers removal case death sentence
Arguments closed in U S district court before Judge Cochran over removing the Powers case from Scott county circuit court to the federal court. Judge Cochran adjourned with the opinion to be reserved for at least two weeks.
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Cochran
Powers
Maysville
United States Diswist Court
Case Powers
Goebel
Scntt County Circuit Court
United States District Court
Cochrin
Forger Must Serve Time in Lima Wreck Case
Lima Ohio June William W Leigh ton convicted of forgery tied to the wrecking of the Lima Savings Bank and Trust Company where he served as president. He is ordered to serve three years in the Ohio penitentiary.
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Lima
Wm. W. Leighton
Lima Savings Bank and Trust Company
Ohio Penitentiary
Terse Telegrams From a Fragmented Global News Patch
Telegrams report Bubonte plague rising in Australia and Norwegians resigning from Sweden Norway diplomatic service. Lin Church of New Jerusalem gains influence in Boston. Prince Leopold of Hohenzollern dies in Berlin. Prince Louis of Battenberg to visit American waters with a British squadron in fall. John Frazier hanged at Beware Arkansas for a murder in November. Norwegian ship Almatia sinks near Melbourne bound for New Caledonia. crew survive. Chicago & Alcom Railroad plans wireless telegraph between? end points.
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New Jerusalem
Boston
Leopold of
Hotengollern
Berlin
William
Louis of Battenberg
John Frazier
Beware
Ark
Munner
Weberer
Chicago &Alcom Railroad Company
Elframa
Dnd
Louis
Lawson to Speak on Crimes of the System at Ottawa
Thomas W. Lawson famed for Frenzied Finance has won a national reputation as a vigorous writer yet has not delivered public address. He now promises to speak in Ottawa on July to strike off the fetters believed to rivet Americans.
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Thomas W. Lawson
Ottawa
Kun
Norwegians Debate Monarch or Republic Over Throne Offer
Reports from Stockholm and Oslo indicate Norway may become a republic if King Oscar refuses to accept a Bernadotte prince as monarch. Danish and Swedish leaders weigh accepting a royal option, while negotiations with Sweden over defense and economics loom.
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Oscar
Storthing
House of Bernadotte
Princ Charles
Frederick
Stockholm
Bose
Riksdag
Gxear
Norway
Storthings
House of Bernadette
Sweden
Calm response to Norwegian coup detat shock waves
Across the country observers report little public interest or unrest after the attempted coup. Loyal demonstrations are noted, but workers show no signs of disruption or arming, and industrial activity remains normal in Jenalend and beyond. No major protests or strikes are described.
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Brockholm
Jeno Higa
Tee
Team Owners Split Over Deliveries in Chicago Strike
Chicago June 9 The Chicago Team Owners Association faces a split over deliveries to boycotted houses as members weigh arbitration versus direct action. Some large owners plan deliveries while others remain undecided, a meeting tonight could reshape the strike with potential 8000 more drivers joining if owners fire those who disobey.
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Chicago
Team Owners’ Association
Baseball scores from yesterday's major leagues
National League games in St Louis Philadelphia Chicago Boston Pittsburgh New York Boston and Detroit results listed with various scores. American League shows Washington Detroit New York Cleveland Philadelphia Chicago and St Louis each with listed scores. American Association games include Kansas City Minneapolis Louisville Columbus Milwaukee St Paul Toledo Indianapolis. The report also notes a local homicide case and a man who attempted suicide by ingesting broken glass.
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St. Lonia
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
New York
Chicago
Boston
Washington
Detroit
Cleveland
Porton
Loula
American Association
Kansas City
Minneapolis
Loutavilis
Columbus
Milwaukee
T. St. Paul
Toledo
Lidianapolia
Fingerprint system eyed as near infallible id method
Secretary Butler conducts demonstrations of fingerprint use in Indiana state institutions. Officials cite thumb and finger impressions as stable identifiers, with four-finger and four-finger plus thumb cards expected to become nearly infallible for criminal detection and prisoner identification. Amos W. Wiener leads statewide evaluation.
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Indianapolis
Pudd Ohead
Wilson
Mark Twain
Indiana
Amos W. Winier
Board of State Charities
Tha Shin
Remarkable Case Recants Aiming For Justice In Indiana
Westfield Indiana report of a dramatic incident detailing a woman who fired a 22 caliber pistol four times, two shots penetrating a stall and two hitting the head, then shot herself and washed away blood. Physicians call it remarkable while noting memory intact, with restitution demanded in a separate legal action against John W. Gibney claiming 60,000 in misused township funds. A Seventh Ward saloon remonstrance in South Bend was dropped after vast hearings, seen as a blow to anti alcohol forces, and a Peru man electrocuted by touching a telephone transmitter while a live feed wire lay on it. Standish Michigan recounts a mother attempting to kill her five children before being placed in a padded cell.
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Westfield
Ind
Harlan
Joi
Soya
South Bend
Int
Seventh Ward
Standish
Mich
Geo. Schmidt
Eouth
Schmidt
Bay City
Aay Ale
Wil Prokine
Incident in Manila Orders Confirmed by Governor Wright
Washington reports Governor Wright cabled Secretary Taft to officially notify him that the president's orders regarding the Bae Bian ships in Manila have been carried out and are now concluded.
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Washington
Jones
Wright
Taft
Bae Bian
Manila
Fred Oie
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