Aldrich Denounced by Dolliver in Tariff Floor Fight
Washington June 5.Aldrich urged a vote on the cotton cloth schedule as Dolliver assailed the speech and defended the Dingley era amendments. A serrated exchange followed with criticism of merchants, Dingley law contrasts, and Aldrich defending low fixed rates and court refunds.
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Washington, D. C
Aldrich
Dolliver
Senate
Merchants of
New York
Flint
Republican Party
Tillman
Rhode Island
la Follette
Finance Committee
United States
Supreme Court
Dermody Found Guilty in Contempt Case Over Grand Hotel Injunction
Judge Jackson sentences James Dermody to three months in county jail and a $500 fine for contempt of court related to violating an injunction against the Hotel Grand building. Seidlitz plans a writ of certiorari, potentially lifting his sentence on appeal. Dermody shows no intention to appeal.
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James Dermedy
Jackson
P. B. Wolfe
Dermody
R. H. Chase
Richman and
Kammerer
Betty & Betty
Supreme Court
Messrs. Dermody
Seidlitz
J. R. Hanley
Otto C. Seidlitz
Mr. Seidlitz
Betty
Service normal strike ends in Philadelphia
Philadelphia June 5 normal street car service returned after the late night call off of a strike by motormen and conductors ending disrupted service.
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Philadelphia
Train wreck Near Ingersoll Injures Two
The International Limited on the Grand Trunk railroad from London left the rails four miles east of Ingersoll after hitting a washout from a cloudburst. The train was traveling about forty miles an hour. W. P. Smith, assistant chef on the dining car, and an unknown man were seriously injured.
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London
Ont
The
International Limited
Grand Trunk Railroad
Ingersoll
W. P. Smith
War Boat on Trial Trip
Philadelphia June 5 large battleship Michigan built by New York Shipbuilding company undergoes a trial trip as part of its official launch and tests.
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Philadelphia
Michigan
New York Shipbuilding Company
Great Balloon Races Held at Indianapolis Endurance Contest
Nine balloons start late this afternoon in the Aero Club of America national distance race and an endurance contest under the Aero Club of Indiana. Entrants include Fisher and Bumbaugh in Indiana, Walsh in Mt. Vernon, Morgan and Wade in Cleveland, Lambert and Honeywell in St. Louis, Berry and McCullough in University City, and Forbes with Capt Harmon in New York. Race times: 4:30 for the national, an hour earlier for the Indiana event at the new speedway and aviation field noted as the world’s most elaborate.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Aero Club of America
Aero Club of Indianapolis
Carl Fisher
G. L. Bumbaugh
Indiana
Capt. Baldwin
New York
Charles Walsh
Mt. Vernon
N. Y
A. H. Morgan
J. H. Wade, Jr
Cleveland
Albert Bond Lambert
H. E. Honeywell
St. Louis
John Berry
Paul McCullough
University City
A. Holland Forbes
Capt. Harmon
Aero Club of Indiana
Motor Speedway
Aviation
Men Plead Guilty To Conspiracy Smuggling Chinese
Chicago June 5 William H Clark and Robert W Stephenson—son of Judge J M Stephenson Cripple Creek Colo—pleaded guilty in federal court to conspiracy to smuggle Chinese into the United States Judge Landis deferred sentencing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
William H. Clark
Robert W. Stephenson
J. M. Stephenson
Cripple Creek
Colo
Landis
Camden Ship Sets Official Trial For New England Run
Camden New Jersey sails for first official trial on the New England coast. The ship Michigan is commanded by Captain William G Randle with a crew of 850 aboard. Speed trials call for 1814 knots per hour.
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Camden
N. J
New England
Michigan
William G. Randle
Holland's royal pair narrowly escape injury in accident
London reports Queen Wilhelmina of Holland and Prince Henry narrowly avoided serious harm when their carriage collided with another vehicle near The Hague as they attended the christening of the infant princess born April 30. The scene caused congestion while horses were disentangled and the royal party remained composed amid cheers.
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London
Wilhelmina
Holland
Prince Consort
Hague
Prince Henry
Jach c Church
Iowa Bank Looters Nabbed In Denver Capture
C W Steele, longtime Iowa convict, arrested in Denver with Rose Barlow of Sioux City for April 19 bank robbery at Badger Iowa. They will be brought to Fort Dodge Iowa for facing charges as authorities confirm the raid netted about 1600 dollars.
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Denver
Sioux City
Colo
Badger
Iowa
C. W. Steele
Iowa Evening Press
Des Moines
Bank
Rose Barlow
Fort Dodge
Taft Praises Magoon and Barry for Cuba Service
President Taft transmitted to Congress Magoon’s report as provisional governor of Cuba and praised his services to the United States and to Cuba. He also commended Major General Thomas H. Barry who led U S forces during the occupation.
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Washington, D. C
Taft
Congress
Charles E. Magoon
Cuba
Island
Magoon
United States
Thomas H. Barry
Gnomini ous Fate For Amber Fluid Confiscated
Court records show Eureka club owners failed to appear to claim 892 quarts of beer and related holdings. Justice J H Carl ordered the liquor seized and destroyed after no claimant appeared besides Henry Beirman who admitted ownership of one barrel holding 72 quarts.
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H. C. Haney
John Duncan
J. H. Carl
Eureka Club
John Houck
Henry Beirman
Stock Exchange Raided in Cincinnati by Officials
County Prosecutor Hunt led ten deputies in a raid on the Consolidated Stock Exchange deemed a bucket shop clearing house. Offices were wrecked with axes, paraphernalia taken away, and three men W. D. Klausman B. H. Moorehead and Louis Foster were arrested on warrants for operating a bucket shop.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Hunt
Consolidated Stock Exchange
W. D. Klausman
B. H. Moorehead
Louis Foster
Crops Fail Fears Drive Farmer to Take Own Life
Knoxville farmer John Curtis Farlee hanged himself from a barn rafter amid May rains he believed would ruin crops. At Oskaloosa Ralph Cruzen, a prosperous farmer, drowned in the Skunk River. his body recovered downstream. In Independence Waterloo seven year old Floyd Scoggis drowned while a younger companion witnessed the event.
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Iowa Evening Press
Knoxville
John Curtis Farlee
Oskaloosa
Ralph Cruzen
Skunk
Independence
Waterloo
Floyd Scoggis
Man Admits Bootlegging. Beer To Be Destroyed At Creekside
Attorney Betty reports procuring evidence of bootlegging. The defendant concedes selling beer. Beer from Bierman’s batch is ordered east for destruction. Constable Haney plans to move the beer to Mad Creek area for disposal with Constable Duncan's help, this afternoon or Monday.
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Betty
Haney
Mad Creek
Duncan
Maybray gang fraud targets Iowa politicians and bank
M J Jackson of Waterloo and six others file original notices of suits in Council Bluffs against E E Hart national Republican committeeman for Iowa Ben Marks and the First National Bank. They seek recovery of thousands of dollars alleged lost to the Maybray gang in fake fights and racing games.
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Iowa Evening Press
Council Bluffs
M. J. Jackson
Waterloo
E. E. Hart
National Republican
Richland mother ends life with razor
Corsicanna Texas June 5 Mrs J M Green of Richland killed herself and her three children aged 12 7 and 2 with a razor citing domestic troubles as the motive.
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Corsicanna
Tex
J. M. Green
Richland
Long Day Hike for Roosevelt Party Through Waterless Reach
The Roosevelt expedition plans a continuous day and night trek from Kijabe toward the Sotik district. Water will be carried in ox wagons under a Uglete settler, with a two and a half day crossing of the waterless stretch. The party aims to reach water on the far side despite limited rest.
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Kijabe
Roosevelt
Sotik
New Train Schedule Takes Effect This Sunday
The Chicago Rock Island and Pacific announces a new timetable with changes to several mail lines. In Muscatine the notable shift is Train 62 eastbound moving to 6:30 am from 6:20 am. The Mountaineer Express will debut its first run on the main line from Chicago to Denver this Sunday.
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Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway
Muscatine
Chicago
Denver
Mad Man Runs Amuck at Plant Killing Five
Summersville Massachusetts June 5 five men are dead and three are wounded after a workman Thomas Murphy at the North Packing company slaughterhouse went berserk with a knife. He attacked eight men, instantly killing five and injuring three before police halted him.
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Summersville
Mass
North Packing Company
Thomas Murphy
French Present Tribute and Banquet Sparks Protests
At a banquet for the French minister the nerve of Frisco was praised while protests were entered against a statement by the head of Stanford University deemed detrimental to France.
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Frisco
France awards San Francisco gold medal for city’s revival
In San Francisco the French government presented a gold medal praising the city’s recovery after the 1906 earthquake and fire. Edward T. Taylor accepted the medal from Ambassador Jusserand at an Orpheum ceremony following a reception for Jusserand and his wife. Two thousand French-area residents attended. A protest against Stanford president David Starr Jordan’s Bryn Mawr remarks was telegraphed to Professor Lucient Foulet.
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San Francisco
Cal
Orpheum Theatre
Jusserand
France
Edward T. Taylor
David Starr Jordan
Stanford University
Bryn Mawr College
Jordan
Lucient Foulet
Bryn Mawr
Marshalltown eyeing prohibition after Sunday meetings
Marshalltown Iowa plans a decry saloon push starting Monday. A revocation petition will seek 1365 signatures or more than half the last general election votes. A week of mass meetings follows with former Governor Hanly scheduled to speak, as anti saloon groups push to remove saloons.
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Marshalltown
Billy
J. Frank Hanly
Indiana
Weather Outlook Iowa and Illinois Showers Possible
Iowa forecast calls for unsettled conditions with possible showers tonight or Sunday. Illinois expects partly cloudy skies with possible showers in the north late tonight or Sunday and little change in temperature. Sunrise 4 15, sunset 7 22, moonrise 9 24 pm.
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Iowa
Illinois
River stages to fall slowly from Dubuque to Muscatine
Forecaster J M Shelter reports river stages along the Mississippi will continue a slow fall over the next 48 hours from Dubuque downstream to Muscatine. The prediction notes gradual declines with no sudden changes expected.
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Mississippi
Dubuque
Muscatine
J. M. Shelter
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Seattle
Stearns
Oscar Stolp
New Motor Speedway
Balloon Park
Iowa Bank
Badger Bank
Ft. Dodge
U. S
Barry
Justice Howe
Cincinnati Institution
Maybray Gase
Ernest E. Hart
National Committee
Tional Bank
Jusserand Present
Stanford Univer
Sity
Mark
Jms
River Bulletin
Pal la Crosse
Davenport
Keokuk
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