Aldrich Denounced By La Follette In Wool Schedule Clash
Washington June 11 The La Follette attack on Aldrich over the wool schedule leads to calls of loss of confidence and leadership as the senate votes 32 to 44 against La Follette amendments. Progressives face repeated defeats as Dolliver and others fail to sway Republican ranks on tariff changes. The wool schedule dominates the day with debate delaying the income tax discussion.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Lfollette
Aldrich
U LaFollette
LaFollette
Sherman
Cummins
Finance Committee
la Folette
Dolliver
Iowa
Dollivers
Rhode Island
Conference hears statistics report at charities and corrections session
In Buffalo New York on June 11 Judge William H Delacy opened the conference session. John Koren a U S census bureau specialist presented the committee on statistics report detailing findings relevant to charities and corrections.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Conference of Charities and Corrections
William H. Delacy
Juvenile Court
Washington, D. C
John Koren
United States Census Bureau
Committee On Statistics
Coroner's Verdict in Lena Stigler Slaying
The coroner's jury in Iowa City returned a murder verdict in the killing of Lena Stigler. They found the immediate cause of death to be fractures of the parietal and frontal bones inflicted by her father Michael Stigler with an axe.
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Iowa City
Lena Stigler
Michael Stigler
Grant 13 Receives Warm Welcome From Confederate Vets
Memphis June 11 A frenzied reunion scene at the United Confederate Veterans parade honors General Frederick Dent Grant son of the Union leader.Veterans press the reviewing stand to shake his hand as Grant tears up saying God bless you all. The moment marks an extraordinary ovation for a northern figure among old foes.
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Memphis
Tenn
United Confederate Veterans
Frederick Dent Grant
United States Army
Grant
Commencement Exercises Begin at Iowa University
The forty first annual commencement of the literary societies at the University of Iowa opens tonight with Dr. C. E. Seashore presiding. Society officers, orators, and presidents who respond to presentation speeches include M. L. Farson and Chester A. Corey for Zetagathians, Mrs. J. W. Rich and Meta Raney for Erodelphians, Daniel H. Sheehan and Edward R. O'Brien for Marshall Laws, Katherine L. Buxbaum and Bertha M. Williams for Ocav Thanet, Charles B. Kaufman and Louis L. Hill for Philomathian, Jennie Roberts and Mary Regina Long for Hesperian, and Ralph Otto and J. Owen Pervine for Irving Society.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
C. E. Seashore
Zetagathaians
M. L. Farson
Chester A. Corey
H. H. Smith
Lamont
Erodelphians
Washington
Bertha M. Williams
Barnes
Philomathian
Charles B. Kaufman
Wilton
Louis L. Hill
Nashua
Hesperian
Jennie Roberts
Mary Regina Long
Indianola
Irving Society
Ralph Otto
J. Owen Pervine
Burlington
Arctic Club to Launch Relief Expedition for Dr Cook
The Arctic Club of America announced that preparations are complete for an expedition to aid explorer Dr. A Cook, who has spent over two years in the Arctic. The relief effort aims to provide assistance and resources to the stranded expedition.
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Explorer
New York
N. Y
Arctic Club of America
Dr. A. Cook
Arctic
Ovation at unveiling of General Lee statue in Vicksburg
In Vicksburg Mississippi on June 11 a crowd honored the bronze statue of General Stephen D Lee former commander in chief of the United Confederate Veterans. Henry Watterson spoke on reunified sections followed by General Clement A Evans and General Frederick Dent Grant who received an ovation lasting twenty minutes.
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Vicksburg
Miss
Stephen D. Lee
United Confederate Veterans
Frederick Dent Grant
Henry Watterson
Clement A. Evans
Confederate Veterans
Gen. Grant
Watterson
Bluff Mound Bank Fails in Springfield
Otis McNelly a Blue Mound banker filed a bankruptcy petition in US district court listing liabilities of 56074 and assets of 53135. He closed the bank yesterday citing lack of patronage as the cause.
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Springfield
Ill
United States District Court
Otis McNelly
Blue Mound
McNelly
University City Wins National Balloon Contest Title
University City of St. Louis wins the National Balloon contest begun Saturday in Indianapolis. Official reports show 382 miles flown. The balloon New York is set to receive the prize for longest flight at 35 hours 10 minutes unless an unforeseen protest arises.
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New York
N. Y
University City
Weather Delays Merchandise but Signals Business Improvement
New York dispatches report unseasonable weather across the nation hindering distribution of goods, yet the outlook remains that general business conditions will steadily improve.
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New York
N. Y
Dun
Peddler shoots Des Moines man then kills self after arrest
Moses Raschio known as Mose Rice shot Bert Todd of the Todd & Craft commission house in Des Moines after a quarrel over a bill. Todd was wounded and rushed to a hospital while Rice drank carbolic acid at the police station and died thirty minutes later. Todd is a prominent commission man in the state.
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Iowa Evening Press
Des Moines
Moses Raschio
Mose Rice
Commission House
Todd & Craft
Bert Todd
Rice
Todd
Heptasophs Reject Equalization Plan at Conclave
Saratoga N Y June 11 after a night of debate the supreme conclave of the Improved Order of Heptasophs rejected Supreme Anchor Cohen s proposed equalization plan it would have increased the organization surplus fund.
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Saratoga
N. Y
Supreme Conclave of
Improved Order of Heptasophs
Anchor Cohen
Commencement at West Point 103 in Class of 1909
West Point June 11 1909 commencement day exercises held at the Military Academy Secretary of War Dickinson presented diplomas to 103 graduates reviewing the academy s achievements and traditions Two Chinese cadets Wen and Chen and a Hawaiian were among the class originally 165 but many were dropped for deficiencies
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West Point
N. Y
Military Academy
Dickinson
Wen
Chen
Mrs Catherine Gould Testifies in Separation Suit
Mrs Catherine Clemmons Gould continued testimony in her suit for separation from Howard Gould. She said she had traveled once with Miss Ada Cody and accompanied the show to Naples Rome and other European cities. She also described how she frequently consulted with Col Cody, her manager.
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New York
N. Y
Catherine Clemmons Gould
Howard Gould
Delaney Nicoll
Corset Saves Woman From the Black Hand Attempt
Dr. Jennie A. Beardsley survived a stabbing at her Peoria Street home in Chicago when a steel ribbed corset deflected the weapon. Police say a threatening Black Hand letter demanded $500 and warned of death in her home if not paid. Detectives concealed inside the house protected her during the attack.
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Chicago, Ill
Jennie A. Beardsley
Chicago
Peoria Street
Dr. Beardsley
Beardsley
Strike Likely as Railroad Labor Meetings End
Texarkana Ark June 11 The general committees of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers meet to discuss the dispute between Texas and Pacific Railway and employees. A general strike on Gould lines in the southwest is considered a possible outcome of the talks.
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Texarkana
Ark
Gould Railways
Southwest
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers
Texas and Pacific Railway
Body in oilcloth identified as Samuel Bersin 22
Sister tells New York Police of troubles of her brother a painter who was killed. The dismembered body found wrapped in oilcloth and left by a stranger in Catherine street was identified as Samuel Bersin. His head, missing at first, was later found under a pile of refuse near the Brooklyn Bridge. The sister said he had been despondent after a woman he loved forbade him to call on her and feared a jealous rival.
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New York
N. Y
Catherine Street
Samuel Bersin
Brooklyn Bridge
Man and girl held for crime in Kentucky
Rockport Kentucky June 11 Clay Smith 25 married is jailed in Muhlenberg awaiting lynching as citizens threaten death over an alleged betrayal murder. Bessie Kimble 15 his sister in law is held as accessory amid claims of ill treatment. In Toledo Ohio June 11 Michael Soboleski is convicted of first degree murder of Ludwig and Augusta Krueger with mercy recommendation, life imprisonment.
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Rockport
Clay Smith
Muhlenberg
Bessie Kimble
Smith
Toledo
Michael Soboleski
Taylor
Ludwig
Augusta Krueger
Price of Sugar Lowered in All Refined Grades
In New York on June 11 refined sugar prices were cut ten cents per hundred. Later the same day all grades were raised ten points, altering the market again.
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New York
N. Y
Agriculture Dept Opens Probe Into Harms Charges
The Department of Agriculture accepted the challenge by J. F. Harms the St. Louis meat inspector and will thoroughly investigate his charges against the National Stock Yards meat inspectors system in East St. Louis Washington June 11 The department acts promptly to probe alleged failures or malpractices at the stock yards site
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Washington, D. C
Department of Agriculture
J. F. Harms
St. Louis
National Stock Yards
East St. Louis
Harms
Gideon T. Stewart Dead After Long Prohibition Career
Gideon Tabor Stewart, 85, longtime figure in the national prohibition movement and 1876 vice presidential candidate, dies in Pasadena. He practiced law in Ohio and edited papers in Toledo Norwalk and Dubuque during the Civil War era publications.
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Pasadena
Cal
Gideon Tabor Stewart
Ohio
Toledo
Norwalk
Dubuanue
Attempted kidnapping of Abdul Hamid reported in Saloniki
A Constantinople despatch says reactionaries tried to abduct Abdul Hamid the deposed sultan from his Saloniki residence. Several officers were killed in the clash. The report comes from a News agency dispatch dated June 11 in London.
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London
Constantinople
Abdul Hamid
Sultan
Salonki
American horses win awards at international show
London June 11 American horses continued to win awards at the international horse show. In a class of 38 harness horses over 15 hands, judges awarded at least five honors to the entries, with ten pairs competing in the event.
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London
Fire at Silberman warehouse kills two workers
In Cleveland on June 11 a fire in the second story of the Silberman warehouse forced forty five girls to flee in panic. The blaze rapidly consumed the structure and at least two workers were burned to death.
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Cleveland, O
Silberman Warehouse
Train Races Big Storm Near Paxton Neb
The Union Pacific westbound No 31 China and Japan fast mail raced four miles with a water spout yesterday near Paxton Neb and narrowly escaped wrecking as the deluge tore out track seconds after the train passed.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Union Pacific
China and
Japan
Paxton
Neb
Liner SloVenia Stranded Off Flores Island
Reports say the Cunard steamer Slo Venia is stranded on southwest Flores island. Passengers have been taken aboard by other vessels.
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New York
N. Y
Cunard Line
Slovenia
Flores Island
Weather and Tornado Toll Rattle Texas Towns
Reports from Lueders and Hamlin in Texas recount tornado deaths and wreckage while a cloudburst near Fort Worth damaged property. A Kansas City Mexico & Orient passenger train was blown from a track near Knox City, killing a passenger, with several injuries reported.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Texas & Pacific Railroad
Kansas City
Knox City
el Paso
Texas
Hamlin
Big Springs
Kansas City, Mexico & Orient
Parazas River
Benjamin, Tex
J. E. Stafford
Cromwell
Schurr Divorce Granted on Desertion Ground
T. P. Schurr was granted a divorce from Emma May Schurr by Judge Jackson in district court after Emma May failed to appear. The decree was entered after default following plaintiff testimony.
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T. P. Schurr
Emma May Schurr
Jackson
Chicago Humor Society Arrives in Dubuque for Session
Six hundred members of the Chicago Humor society a singing organization arrived in Dubuque for a two day session yesterday an elaborate program is prepared.
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Dubuque, Ja
Chicago Humor Society
Chicago
Dubuque
Weather Roundup Iowa Illinois Fair and warmer weekend
The forecast calls for Iowa to be fair and warmer tonight and Saturday with partly cloudy skies. In Illinois expect fair conditions tonight and Saturday with higher temperatures in the extreme north portion. Sunrise 4 14 am sunset 7 26 pm moonrise 12 45 am.
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Iowa
Illinois
River Forecast Holds Steady Nearly Stationary Mississippi
For the next 48 hours a nearly stationary stage will prevail in the Mississippi from below Dubuque to Muscatine according to J. M. Sherier, Forecaster.
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Mississippi
Dubuque
Muscatine
J. M. Sherier
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