Conferees Near End of Tariff Talks Tonight
Washington July 23 Conferees pressed to finish tariff bill with executive session focusing on iron ore hides lumber coal pulp and steel. Report expected by Monday as Taft seeks downward revision while anti free raw material forces press for limits on hides coal iron ore and leather goods.
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Washington, D. C
Tariff Conference Committee
Taft
Elkins
White House
House
Senate
Aldrich
Payne
Senate Finance Committee
Dwight
New York
Inquiry into death of Lieut Sutton unfolds with disputed wound
Annapolis July 23 The Sutton court of inquiry enters its fifth day as Surgeon James DeHart testifies amid conflicting statements from naval officers about the fatal bullet wound. Col Charles A Doyen fixes the entry on the skull right side while Dr Pickrell suggests self inflicted impact, provoking lively cross examination.
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Annapolis
James M. Sutton
James DeHart
Sutton
Pickrell
Marine Hospital
IOWA JUDGE WEDS NURSE IN SEATTLE SECRET
Sioux City Iowa July 23 A romance of a sick room ends with Judge John F Oliver of the fourth judicial district marrying Miss Daisy Shay a 30 year old nurse who tended him last winter at the Oxford hotel The ceremony was held secretly on July 1 in Seattle and was only revealed today His first wife died a little over a year ago
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Sioux City
John F. Oliver
Fourth Judicial District
Daisy Shay
Oxford Hotel
Shay
Seattle
American Dead From Cholera Arrives From Russia
A young American man, unnamed by authorities, died in Koenigsburg after a bacteriological test confirmed cholera. He arrived with his wife on Wednesday from Russia, and local officials withheld his identity.
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Koenigsburg
Prussia
Russia
Shea’s Prison Sentence In Murder Attempt Case
Cornelius P. Shea former Teamsters president is sentenced to 5 to 25 years for the murder attempt on Alice Walsh former Chicago waitress with whom he lived in New York City.
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New York
N. Y
Cornelius P. Shea
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Alice Walsh
Chicago
Clerks Name Delegate to Purity Association Convention
H J Conway of Chicago was chosen as delegate for the Retail Clerks International to the National Purity Association convention in Burlington Iowa in October. The National Purity Association fights the white slave traffic.
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Louisville
H. J. Conway
Chicago
Retail Clerks’ International Association
National Purity Association
Burlington
Iowa
Settlement Near Yet Far Off Between Strikers and Tannery
In Kenosha Wisconsin July 23 a day of negotiations followed rioting at N R Allen Sons Co tannery. Three men were shot and several others injured. Breach narrowed to pay for time lost by strikers, a possible obstacle to settlement.
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Kenosha
Wis
N. R. Allen’s Sons Co
Daughter shoots mother in alleged accident at Chicago home
Mrs. Gertrude Hinkley, 4411 Ellis avenue, says her daughter Mrs. Marie Mayfield shot her amid family quarrel over a Mexican mining investment. Police seek Mayfield. husband reportedly in Mexico. Injury serious but attempts to maintain accident narrative.
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Gertrude Hinkley
Chicago
Ill
Ellis Avenue
Hinkley
Hunt
No Mystery in Byers Death
Major A W Swalm reports after a full inquiry into Lawrence Marshall Byers death in London that doctors and nurses at the London nursing home did all possible to prolong life but could not. The finding was sent in a letter to Maj and Mrs S H M Byers from Southampton dated July 13, 19xx, as Swalm could not travel to America with the body.
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Major Byers
Swalm
Des Moines
Col
A. W. Swalm
Lawrence Marshall Byers
London
Professor Byers
S. H. M. Byers
Southampton
America
Majestic
Des Moines Girl Heroine Saves Drowning Suitor at Beach
Vera Price of Des Moines rescued James W. Vernon from drowning at a Chicago Seventy-fifth Street bathing beach. Vernon cramp-struck and sank after two hours of swimming and racing. Price dived, grabbed his bathing suit, and pulled him to shallow water despite his resistance.
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Vera Price
James W. Vernon
Chicago
Ill
Des Moines
Seventy-fifth Street
Vernon
Miss Price
Jackson Park Avenue
Harry Orchard Baptized Amid Confession in Idaho Prison
Harry Orchard, murderer of former Idaho Governor Steunenberg, was baptized at the penitentiary in Boise. Elder Stewart of the Seventh Day Adventist faith led the service. Orchard, now a devout convert, said he believes his sins are forgiven and accepts life imprisonment for the rest of his life as his fate.
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Idaho
Boise
Harry Orchard
Steunenberg
Penitentiary
Stewart
Orchard
Prince Renounces Portugal Throne to Wed Anita Stewart
Prince Miguel of Braganza renounces his claim to the Portuguese throne to marry Anita Stewart daughter of Mrs. James Henry Smith of New York in Lisbon. The move confirms a royal marriage between European royalty and an American as a notable cross Atlantic alliance.
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Lisbon
Prince Miguel
Braganza
Portugal
Anita Stewart
James Henry Smith
New York
Indian student found guilty and sentenced to death
London July 23 Madarial Dhinangri the Indian student who shot and killed Lieut. Col. Sir Wm Wyllie and Dr. Cawas Labaca was found guilty and sentenced to death at the conclusion of a trial of less than an hour.
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London
Madarial Dhinangri
Wm. Wyllie
Cawas Labaca
Texas Death Toll at 23 After Texas Storm
Reports from Houston dated July 23 state twenty three killed, fourteen missing, eight injured with property losses near 750000 from a southern Texas coast storm. Six dead are confirmed from the Galveston Tarpon pier area. E Chaffner of Eagle Lake, formerly Waterloo, Iowa is among the identified dead. The Bettison couple’s bodies were found near Laporte Texas. An Abernathy family of 13 arrived safe at Stowell.
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Houston
Texas
Tarpon
Galveston
Bay
E. Chaffner
Eagle Lake
Waterloo
Iowa
New Orleans
R. L. Bettison
Laporte
Abernathy
Stowell
West Liberty Man Abel Gifford Dies at 98 in Iowa
Abel Gifford, longtime West Liberty resident, died at 6:45 PM at his daughter's home after stroke and long illness. He married 66 years ago in Morgan County Ohio on October 15, 1842. Survivors include his wife five sons and three daughters. Funeral held at 4 PM at the Sanders home with L. W. Swein officiating and Oakridge cemetery interment.
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West Liberty
Abel Gifford
Elias Sanders
Gifford
Morgan County
Athens County
Ohio
Indiana
Cedar County
Friends
Neb
George Gifford
Tama County
A. R. Gifford
San Francisco
Frank Gifford
Griswold
Millie Hoover
Marshall County
J. P. Hill
Atlantic
Mary Sanders
Sanders
L. W. Swein
Oakridge Cemetery
Fourth Annual Assembly Opens With Tragic Drowning
Three drown in Adel Iowa when Bern Macy's pleasure launch capsizes on the Raccoon river. Mrs Clark D Dawson 43 and Bern Macy 23 drown, Nina Thorson 19 remains missing. Darline Dawson survives after swimming ashore. Search continues as bodies are recovered near the riverfront.
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Adel
Bern Macy
G. Macy
Electric
Adel Milling Company
Raccoon River
Clark D. Dawson
Nina Thorson
Darline Dawson
Mrs. Dawson
Macy
Miss Thorson
Miss Dawson
Darrouth Bridge
Thorson Girl
Iowa University
Harry Batten
Roosevelt Back for Campaign Return in New York May Fight
Paris July 23 John S Wise Jr of New York says Roosevelt promised to return in time for the mayoralty campaign. Wise retains hope Roosevelt will head the Republican mayoral ticket in New York this autumn after his African hunting expedition departure.
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Paris
John S. Wise, Jr
New York
Roosevelt
Wise
Jerome Takes Hand In Thaw Case Again
New York July 23 District Attorney Jerome will attend the White Plains supreme court on Monday to renew his involvement in Harry K. Thaw's mental condition hearing despite the case falling outside his usual jurisdiction.
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New York
N. Y
Jerome
Harry K. Thaw
White Plains
Supreme Court
Thaw
Oklahoma General Strike Forecast for Eight-Hour Law
Deputy Labor Commissioner Wiley predicts a state wide strike in Oklahoma starting next week to back the eight hour law. In Muskogee several hundred laborers have walked out and public contract workers report partial wage adjustments amid a planned parade Saturday night.
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Oklahoma
Muskogee
Okla
Wiley
Nephue of Speaker Cannon Injured in Car Crash
In Crawfordsville Indiana a car driven by Richard Cannon nephew of Speaker Cannon was driven over an embankment at high speed today. His companion John Noone a Danville brewer was trapped under the car and may have died. Cannon suffered painful bruises.
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Crawfordsville
Ind
Richard Cannon
Speaker Cannon
Cannon
John Noone
Danville
National Editorial Association elects officers
Seattle July 23 The National Editorial association yesterday elected A Nevin Pomeroy of Chambersburg Pa president A P Baumgartner of Santa Fe N Mex T Dodwell of Artesian S Dak A D Moffett Elwood Ind vice presidents W F Parrott Waterloo Ia corresponding secretary R H Walker Athens Ala recording secretary and W A Steel Seattle treasurer
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Waterloo
National Editorial Association
Seattle
Wash
A. Nevin Pomeroy
Chambersburg
A. P. Baumgartner
Santa Foe
T. Dodwell
Artesian
S . Dak
A. D. Moffett
Elwood
Ind
W. F. Parrott
R. H. Walker
Athens
Ala
W. A. Steel
Betting on Channel Flight Favorite Latham at Calais
The Calais betting on a possible English Channel crossing is lively after yesterday’s unfavorable weather for an attempt. Hubert Latham remains the favorite at 3 to 2, with Louis Blériot at 2 to 1 and Count de Lambert at 4 to 1.
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Hubert Latham
Calais
English Channel
Aeronaut
M. Bleriot
Count de Lambert
Forty Thousand Men to Face Moorish Tribesmen
Madrid July 23. General Marina, commander at Melilla, informs the government he needs forty thousand troops to secure a decisive defeat of Moorish tribesmen in the ongoing campaign.
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Madrid
Marina
Melilla
Sister Mary Liquori Elected Mother General of Sisters
The Iowa Evening Press reports Sister Mary Liquori elected mother general of the Sisters of the Humility of Mary in Ottumwa Iowa on July 23 succeeding Mother Vincent. Sister Mary John will take over the St. Vincent home duties at Davenport.
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Iowa Evening Press
Ottumwa
Sister Mary Liquori
The
Sisters of the Humility of Mary
Mother Vincent
Mother Liquori
St. Vincent’s
Davenport
Mary John
St. Vincent
Glidden tourists begin 206 mile run to Julesburg
Kearney Nebraska July 23 The Glidden tour starts for Julesburg Colorado at 7 o clock. Roads are generally good throughout the 206 miles of the run. One perfect score card remains in the Detroit trophy contest that of the American Simplex.
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Kearney
Neb
Julesburg
Col
Crane Named Minister to China by Taft
Washington July 23 President Taft nominated Charles R Crane of Illinois envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to China. The nomination was confirmed by the Senate.
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Chicago
Senate
Washington, D. C
Taft
Charles R. Crane
Ilinois
China
Crane
Four Killed by Train in Columbus Mississippi
Four people died when a freight train backed into a carriage crossing a road in Columbus Mississippi. Mrs J M Holloway, her sister Mrs George Myers, and two of Holloway’s daughters aged three and five were killed. Holloway escaped.
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Columbus
Miss
J. M. Holloway
George Myers
New Moon Bill Decision Reaffirmed by Byers
Des Moines July 23 Attorney General Byers issues a lengthy opinion reaffirming that saloon permits issued after April 15 are illegal. He cites support from the state supreme court judges for his stance.
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Byers
Des Moines
Supreme Court
Fargo rejects commission government plan by wide margin
Fargo North Dakota voters on July 23 rejected the commission form of government by a ninety two majority.
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Fargo, N. Dak
Fargo
All Night Session Ends in Death of Speaker
Melbourne reports the all-night sitting of the commonwealth parliament ended when Sir Frederick Holder, speaker of the house of representatives, suffered a fit and died shortly after.
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House
Melbourne
Frederick Holder
House of Representatives
Platform Manager on the Ground Early Morning Visitation Opens
The article notes a platform manager guiding dawn visitors as the grounds opened at sunrise. Early arrivals reported readiness and smooth access as guests entered a venue prepared for crowds.
Open Air Concert and Lectures Tonight and Saturday
Tonight features Pandhet's Band at 6:30 with a musical preludes and a 7:00 lecture The Divine Rights of the Child by Mrs Leonora M Lake A Saturday program lists morning sessions on Children's Work and a Bird and Insect Musicians lecture by Prof J P Gilbert at 11:00 Then an afternoon of music by Schubert Quartet at 1:30 and a Spirit of the Pioneer lecture by Judge L B Stringer at 2:30 before an Open Air Concert by Paudiet's Band at 4:00 on Saturday July 24.
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Pandhet
Leonora M. Lake
Mabel Rilling
J. P. Gilbert
Schubert Quartet
Spirit of the Pioneer
L. B. Stringer
Paudiet
Fourth Muscatine Chautauqua Opens at Electric Park in Sunshine
Under favorable conditions Muscatine’s fourth annual Chautauqua opens at Electric Park with a bright day inviting camping and visits. Tents dot the grounds as campers arrive early and stock cars with provisions for a ten day stay. Prof J P Gilbert arrives from Monteagle Tenn to preside as platform manager amid high expectations for a record event.
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Muscatine
Mulberry Avenue
J. P. Gilbert
Monteagle
Tenn
Weather Summary for Iowa and Illinois Regional Forecast
Iowa and Illinois forecast fair tonight and Saturday. North portion to be warmer on Saturday. Sunrise 4 34 AM sunset 7 20 PM moonset 10 49 PM.
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Illinois
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