Madero Enters Capital Amid Massive Mexican Welcome
Francisco I Madero Jr entered the capital to an unprecedented reception with crowds cheering Viva Madero as business paused and streets filled with flags bunting and flowers. Reports of anti Madero plots and arrests of suspected conspirators circulated as he headed to the national palace and his father's home.
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Francisco I. Madero, Jr
Madero
Viva Madero
Father
National Palace
Berlin
Liverpool
Antonio Villacenia
House of Deputies
W. L. Dunn
Monterey
Mexico
Daniel de Villieres
Senora Aquiles Serdan
Senora Serdan
Cuthberto Hidalgo
Diaz
New Orleans
Feliz Diaz
Oaxaca
Porfierio Diaz
Juarez
Chihuahua
Lower
California
Withdrawal of Troops Begins From Mexican Front
Marines at Guantanamo Bay will return home as Taft signals a gradual U S pullback from Mexico. Provisional brigades from Galveston and San Diego move northward, and the San Antonio division may split into units for Texas deployment. Warships remain at risk but under review as Washington stays optimistic.
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Mexico
U. S
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Cuba
Galveston
Tex
San Diego
Cal
San Antonio
Republic
Texas
Guantanamo
Washington
Commission Denies Mitchell Claim in Baseball Row
Cincinnati June 7 R P Mitchell Des Moines Western league player had a claim denied by the National baseball commission. He said a Chicago contract released him to Des Moines and Should have yielded a higher salary. Gandil and French former Chicago Americans were denied a rehearing on extra pay for 1910 season.
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Cincinnati
R. P. Mitchell
Des Moines
National Baseball Commission Today
Gandil
French
Chicago Americans
Mt Pleasant Votes For New Court House
Mt Pleasant Ja June 7 A bond issue of 100000 for a new court house was voted at a special election in Henry county yesterday by a majority of 115 The same proposition was defeated in 1906 by 1500 majority.
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Mount Pleasant
Henry County
Steamer Oxonian Reported on Fire Off Waarden
A large four masted steamer with a yellow funnel is on fire off Waarden and is believed to be the Leyland liner Oxonian. The Oxonian left New Orleans for Antwerp via London on May 4 and was last heard arriving at Antwerp on June 1. The 4,072 ton vessel, built in Glasgow in 1898, measures 459 feet by 52.5 feet by 31 feet and is owned by the F L Riland company of Liverpool.
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Waarden
Oxonian
New Orleans
Antwerp
London
Glasgow
F. L. Riland Company
Liverpool
Madero’s Men Pursue Plotters Across U S Hunting Ground
A confidential adviser notes Madero’s concern over plots against his regime. Federal troops warned to avoid Lower California as outcomes remain doubtful. Madero’s forces operate in New York San Antonio Eagle Pass and Laredo to track conspirators.
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U. S
United States
New York
San Antonio
Eagle Pass
Laredo
Mexico City
Mexico
Lorimer Probe Begins At Once
The senate approved a sub committee of eight with wide authority to start the Lorimer investigation immediately. An amendment struck out testing Lorimer's seat and another labeled the group as the United States senate to preserve full power. No action on the reciprocity bill. cabinet secretary Knox was summoned to answer Root amendment questions.
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Senate
Lorimer
Culberson
United States Senate
Reed
Missouri
Committee On Privileges and Elections
Senate Finance Committee
Lodge
Heyburn
Knox
Wool Debate Opens in the House Amid Partisan Clash
The wool debate begins in the House with Democratic Leader Underwood and Republican S E Payne clashing over treasury conditions and the tariff law. Payne denies Underwood’s charge of revenue shortfall and price revision, while Underwood criticizes Republican rhetoric as misleading.
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House
Underwood
S. E. Payne
New York
Payne
Treasury
Mr. Underwood
Mr. Payne
Eaton Former Iowa Speaker Dies in Osage
Sioux City June 7. W F Eaton a well known Republican politician and former railroad commissioner of Iowa died at Osage this morning. He served several times in the Iowa legislature and as speaker of the house in the 29th assembly.
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Sioux City
W. F. Eaton
Iowa
Osage
Seismograph records quake at State University
Lawrence Kansas June 7 a violent earthquake was recorded by the seismograph at the State university early today authorities said the quake was centered in western Mexico and noted unusual activity in the region as scientists monitor aftershocks and potential impacts in the area
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Kan
State University
Mex
New York
N. Y
Fordham University
San Francisco
Tizman
Fordham
New Orleans
Loyola College
Massive Mexico City Earthquake Kills and Wrecks City
Mexico City reports a 4 am quake that collapsed warehouses and damaged the national palace and cathedral. Dozens dead, many wounded, with American homes wrecked and a gas explosion at the armory bar racks adding to the horror. Seismographs nationwide recorded the event as the strongest in years.
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Central Station
National Palace
Santo Domingo
Buena Vista
el Paso
Tex
E. N. Brown
Mexican National Railway
Santa Maria
Four Freights Crash in Connecticut Kills Five
In Fairfield near midnight, four freight trains collided in a historic New Haven wreck. Five men died including engineers William Laurie and Robert Beachy and fireman Robert Gates. two fatally injured, others hurt. An unnamed firem an died from scalding.
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Conn
New Haven
William Laurie
Hartford
Firmeman
Robert Gates
New London
Robert Beachy
Postmasters of Iowa Convene in Waterloo
The fifth annual convention of Iowa presidential postmasters opens in Waterloo with about 200 postmasters present and speakers including Homer Warren originator of the Sunday closing movement. Degraw will address attendees as the convention runs through Friday.
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Iowa
Degraw
Homer Warren
Detroit
Kenyon
Cummins
Young
Kendall
Pickett
Campbell
Chicago
Thomas
Omaha
P. V. Degraw
Washington
O Callaghan Case to the Jury Today
James O Callaghan brother of a Western League magnate stands charged with complicity in an attempted dynamiting and robbery of Polk county treasury on March 31. The case was heard in criminal court with both sides presenting arguments in the morning session.
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Des Moines
James O'Callaghan
Western League
Polk County
Criminal Court
Rate and Sons glove factory destroyed by morning fire
Iowa City fire gutted Rate and Sons glove factory and tannery, total loss pegged at 75,000 with 32,000 insured. Fire began in the boiler room at 5 am. by 7 am three brick structures on two blocks were wiped out. Henry Rate injured lightly as the firm recounts 225,000 in prior fire and wind losses.
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Iowa City
Rate and Sons
Henry Rate
Wealthy farmer shot in ambush near Solon
John Adams a wealthy farmer living near Solon was fired upon as he approached the town. He had received three letters demanding 1000 dollars with threats of death. He carried a thousand dollars and had placed friends along the route to aid capture of attackers but no one appeared.
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Solon
John Adams
Here
Blackhand Society
Adams
Aviator Le Prince Abandons The Race
Genoa Italy June 7 The French aviator Le Prince today abandoned his attempt to cover the Paris Rome Turin course He had not entered as a competitor but planned an independent flight He arrived Genoa Monday and was resuming his trip to Rome yesterday when in ascending he met with a mishap that badly damaged his machine
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Italy
le Prince
Turin
Rome
Morning Star Lodge 159 Marks Semi Centennial
Morning Star lodge No. 159 in Jefferson Iowa celebrates fifty years since its original charter. W. F. Cleveland of Harlan delivers the afternoon address and a banquet is planned for tonight to observe the milestone.
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Jefferson, Ia
Morning Star Lodge No. 159
Masonic
W. F. Cleveland
Harlan
Morning Star Lodge
Roosevelt and Root Back Ab Sorption Claim By Gary
Judge E H Gary of U S Steel testifies before the Stanley steel trust committee claiming President Roosevelt supported absorption of Tennessee Coal and Iron. He argues against monopoly and outlines treasury funded bond payments to avoid disturbing financial conditions.
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E. H. Gary
U. S. Steel Corporation
House Steel Trust
Roosevelt
Steel Corporation
Tennessee Coal and Iron Company
Gary
Rep
Littleton
New York
Tennesse Coal and Iron
Tennessee Company
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Stanley Steel Trust Committee
House
Tennessee Coal & Iron Company
Bureau of Corporations
Steel Trust
Oliver
Pennsylvania
Ohio River
Pittsburg Coal & Coke Company
Mongahela River Company
Robert C. Hall
Pittsburg
Stanley
United States
Mongahela River
Hall
Weather in Iowa and Illinois unsettled but fair
Unsettled but generally fair weather persists across Iowa and Illinois tonight and Thursday. Sunrise is 4 15 a m and sunset 7 24 p m with moonset at 2 01 a m.
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