Last Great Prize Fight Looms Over Reno Nevada
Reno crowds await the Jeffries Johnson bout with belief it may be boxing’s final great performance. Promoter Rickard coordinates a $30,000 purse transfer from San Francisco as Johnson and Jeffries rehearse amid heat and anticipation. John L. Sullivan watches, predicting the real business next Monday.
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Congressional inquiry closes with no corruption found
After three months of hearings the house committee investigating ship subsidy charges ends its Washington session and unofficially informs counsel no member of congress is found corrupt. Editors J. P. O Mahoney and W. A. Shaw testify a lobby exists but no concrete details are produced. O Mahoney cites a Don M. Smith and a man named Gaddes linked to Gravis as lobbyists.
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Dr. Gravis
Philadelphia
Taft Family Distracted By Injured Laborer in Beverly
President Taft reacts to his son Robert Taft causing a grave injury to Italian laborer Michael Thisthwalla in Beverly Massachusetts. The laborer remains on the dangerous list as doctors work to save him. Taft and family cancel Harvard Yale regatta plans to remain near the hospital.
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Boston
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Associated Press
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Browne Appears Today on Springfield Charge
Illinois residents from Peoria to Springfield denounce corrupt legislative methods amid the Browne bribery case. Lee Browne of Ottawa and associates face charges of conspiracy to commit bribery as jurors hear the Cook County case.
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Ottawa
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Robert E. Wilson
Legislative
Louis D. Hirscheimer
Pittsfield
Frank J. Traut
Beardstown
Creighton
Arthur B. Johnstone
Peoria
Illinois
Indianapolis man crushed after street car collision
Early traction cars in Indianapolis delayed nearly two hours after A. R. Kitchell a local restaurant owner was struck by a College avenue street car and crushed beneath its trucks. His body lay beneath the car for an hour before a wreck car arrived. Witnesses on the cars watched the tragedy unfold.
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Indianapolis
A. R. Kitchell
College Avenue
Illness Strikes Barnett Hotel Cook Frank Rogers
Frank Rogers, a Barnett hotel cook boarding at Court and Third streets, fell violently ill last night. Police located his sister via agency at Lebanon. she is expected to arrive soon. Rogers suffers asthma and is feared not to recover.
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Lebanon
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Train Riding Arrest After New Waverly Call
Police halted a freight train rider near Peru after a call from New Waverly. John Riley, colored, of Lafayette and Ft Wayne, was arrested and jailed on train riding charges following a pursuit with a train crew. Officers chased a gang of robbers who fled westbound. Riley briefly escaped before being recaptured.
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Attempted assassination disrupts Cuban congress session
In Havana on June 27, Congressman Manuel Lores fired at Antonio San Miguel, editor of La Rucha and Pinar del Rio representative. The bullet grazed the head of Antonio Gonzales Lanuza, leader of the Conservative party, as guards separated the shooters. The motive centered on San Miguel’s editorial denouncing a railway land swap deal.
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Three Robbers Elude Ogden Pursuit After Train Hold Up
Three bandits who robbed an Oregon Short Line passenger train in Ogden are still at large as posses from three counties and Harriman line officers pursue them toward Nevada via the Southern Pacific. American Express says the haul was under $500 and that the bandits targeted the first section.
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Expenses of Government Hit Record $1 027 133 446 Says Tawney
The article reports that government expenses reached a record total of $1 027 133 446, with Tawney claiming this figure as an accomplishment surpassing all prior sessions. It notes the scale of spending and attributes the claim to Tawney's assessment.
Congress Passes Billion-Dollar Budget, Tawney Says
Washington reports the sixty first congress closes with appropriations exceeding one billion. Tawney notes fixed charges and excludes canal, reclamation, and debt-issuance sums while Livingstone denounces military and navy spending. Both sides cite a record of the session's constructive legislation and efforts to curb waste.
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Washington rumor of Cavern Speaker cannon showdown
A leaked rumor claimed Speaker Cannon would use the final hour to upbraid insurgent Republicans and Democrats for their conduct in the closing session.
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Washington
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House
Cannon
Interstate law on train crew hours declared constitutional
The Interstate Commerce Commission announced that United States District Judge Page Morris, presiding in Iowa, ruled that the federal hours of service law for interstate railroad crews is constitutional.
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Interstate Commerce Commission Today
United States District
Page Morris
Iowa
Rain Ends Prolonged Drought as Clouds Move In
After weeks of heat and dry spell, Sunday evening brought a welcome rain that broke the drought. Dark clouds gathered and雨 began to fall, easing the tense mood and cooling temperatures across the region. No dissent was voiced as residents welcomed the change.
Italian Extradition Bid For Porter Charlton Faces Delay
Italian government asks for Charlton extradition but Hudson County authorities report no Washington guidance yet. Charlton's arraignment is set for tomorrow and his lawyer expects an adjournment. If insanity proceedings do not block it, Charlton may be handed to federal authorities. He remains in a nervous, near collapse, reading little and pacing his cell.
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Hudson County
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State Department
Washington
Charlton
R. Floyd Clarke
Constance of a pretrial pursuit ends in fruitless arrest of Scott
The Miami County town of Converse refused to arrest William A. Scott after locals warned authorities he was in the area. Superintendent Morris traveled to Converse and left empty handed as Scott remained at large. The recurring melodrama between Scott and his wife continues with prior threats and alleged thefts linked to restaurant incidents on Third Street.
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Miami County
Reward for Parr
Washington June 27 Twenty thousand dollars are to be paid July 10 to Richard Parr the New York customs employee whose vigilance in detecting frauds in underweight sugar imports saved the government more than two million goldes Parrs total reward amount and payment date are announced by Associated Press in the dispatch from the capital.
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Taft and Roosevelt Discuss Insurgent Legislation at Sagamore Hill
Senator LaFollette of Wisconsin and Col. Roosevelt met at Oyster Bay with talks on current congressional reform efforts. Roosevelt’s mood was buoyant as Reuters reporters observed, while LaFollette and Burkett were expected to visit Sagamore Hill for further political discussion.
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