Railroads Favored Foreign Importers Raise Rates On Americans
The Interstate Commerce Commission reviews alleged railroad discrimination that lets foreign shippers pay lower rates than American producers to interior points. Pittsburg plate glass may ship cheaper from Antwerp to Minneapolis than from New York, a practice officials say could be illegal but may be justified to meet competition. A British Consul report says New York acts as a front door for British imports to California, with Rotterdam shipments to San Francisco quoted at far lower rates than domestic New York to San Francisco movements.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States
New York
Pittsburg
Antwerp
Minneapolis
Supreme Court of the United States
Supreme Court
Prouty
Interstate Commerce Commissioners
Department of Commerce and Labor
Consular and Trade
Mttle
California
Bennett
San Francisco
Rotterdam
T. Bennett
Du Pont Elected Senator in Delaware After Special Session
Colonel Henry A. Du Pont wins a Senate seat in Delaware after a Republican caucus nominated him during a special session. He will be formally declared elected in a joint session tomorrow and is expected to take his seat before Congress adjourns next month.
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Tribune
Dover
Del
Henry A. du Pont
Reublican
Senate
House
du Pont
Lea
Germany
Congress
Senator Allee
Roosevelt
Delaware
Addicks
Norrow
Greater Pittsburg Vote Favors Consolidation With Allegheny
Pittsburg voters approve consolidation with Allegheny by a large majority while Allegheny opposes the plan. The measure under legislative authorization faces a Supreme Court test on its constitutionality as the issue moves forward.
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Pittsburg
Allegheny
Sonlpyosuos
Ajjofeu
Supreme Court
Suppressing Zulu Rebellion Clears Bush Natives
Colonel Mackenzie's column attacked insurgent natives sheltering in the bush. They climbed trees and threw assagais, but bullets felled them. Over forty were killed and 160 natives slain in the clash. Darkness halted operations, but the rout was seen as practically complete.
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Durban
Mackenzie
Balloon ascent ends in fatal parachute fall at Monroe
Parker S D reports Bert Ward an aeronaut of twenty years fell from his parachute during a balloon ascension at Monroe this afternoon and died.
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Parker
S. D
Monroe
Bert Ward
Ward
New York Woman Dies at Lake View Lodge Big Moose
Mrs Charles LePure Lowry of 21 West 15th Street New York City died today at Lake View Lodge Big Moose in the Adirondacks. She was descended from a prominent New York family.
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Utes
N. Y
Charles LePure Lowry
No. 21
West 15Th Street
New York City
Lake View Loge
Big Moose
Adirondacks
New York
Violence erupts in Astrakhan crowd clash with police
June 12 Astrakhan reports a revolutionary meeting devolved into a violent encounter as stones and revolvers were used. police were overwhelmed and dispersed by Cossacks after heavy resistance. Seventeen wounded among the crowd. four Cossacks severely and fifty slightly injured.
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Astrakhan
Turmoil in Petrograd as Pavloff Expected to Act Thursday
In St. Petersburg on June 12 a political storm grows over Baltic executions. The Military Procurator Pavloff is due to speak on the Minister of War’s explanation, amid allegations of delayed orders and government duplicity. The period sees interpellations, party tensions, and agrarian debates as nobles push reforms.
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St. Petersburg
M. Pavloff
Baltic
Pavloff
Riga
Constitutional Democratic Party
Reval
Constitutional Democrats
Congress of Nobles
Siberia
M. Yermoloff
Goremykin
Party of Democratic Reforms
M. Alladin
Seminovsk Regiment
Moscow
Anarchist disrupts Italian chamber in Rome
In Rome on June 12 a young man shouted lies and deceivers as Premier Giolitti spoke in the Chamber of Deputies. He leapt toward his pocket before officers restrained him and removed him. The man was Francesco Gocuzza from Naples, identified as an anarchist.
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Rome
Chamber of Deputies
Giolitti
Deputies
Francesco Gocuzza
Japan's Aims in Manchuria
London dispatch quotes Viscount Hayashi pledging to keep the open door in Manchuria and speed civil administration transfer. He says Takien-Wan will be opened promptly to all nations, while European merchants face issues from military rule. The Daily Manian correspondent cites a planned national effort to dominate Manchurian trade.
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Viscount Hayashi
London
Tokio
Daily Man
Japan
Manchuria
Takien-Wan
Daily
Mani
International branch addresses and funds noted
The fragment lists addresses at 135 Broadway New York and 36 Wall Street New York with branches and a London location at Gresham Street. No clear event or actions are described.
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Broadway
New York
Wall Street
Gresham St
London
I. C
Murphy Confident on Tammany Leadership Through December
Charles F. Murphy said the Tammany executive committee would stay intact until the December organizational meeting and likely appoint five Murphy loyalists to new seats. He downplayed changes, warned against primaries altering plans, and said no governor candidate was chosen while planning to back the Democratic convention nominee.
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Tammany Hall
Murphy
Billy
Micky
Jimmy
McClellan
O’brien
Mr. Murphy
Representative Sullivan
Big
Richard Croker
Tammany
Sullivan
Croker
William Jennings Bryan
Quorum Dispute Over Voting Machines Stirs Tammany Hearst Friction
Vice President Goodman presided as Alderman Brown moved to urge use of voting machines in the 27th Assembly District. Brooklyn President Coler and others criticized resin machines amid claims of manipulated votes, while an appeal from the Chair failed 22 to 19, confirming a quorum existed.
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Board of Aldermen
Cannon
Tammany and
Hearst
Brown
Board of Elections
27Th Assembly
Coler
Brooklyn
Sturges
Peters
Independence Agree
New York
Bird S. Coler
Dooling
Bryan boom reshapes Connecticut politics
Telegraphed dispatch from New London July 12 reports the Bryan surge boosting Democratic support across Connecticut. Once hostile to Bryan over silver, towns from Willimantic to Putnam applaud his candidacy and shift toward Hearst and other Democrats amid a statewide reorientation.
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Tribune
New London
Conn
Connecticut
William R. Hearst
Norwich
Bryan
Hearst
Windham County
Daniel P. Dunn
Willimantic
Asa Ross
Thompson
W. Bates
Oneco
Edwin Mullin
Putnam
Simeon A. Wheaton
East Ford
William F. Curran
Moosup
Ira F. Lewis
Jewett City
Raymond Joidoln
Pelts
Mr. Bryan
Populists Nominate Bryan Support In Nebraska Meeting
The Populist State Central Committee in executive session in Lincoln on June 12 discussed nominating William Jennings Bryan for president. Chairman Meier said Nebraskans back Bryan and will keep working until he is president. A state convention was set for August 15 and fusion with the Democracy on a state ticket was considered favorably.
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the Tribune
Lincoln
Neb
State Central Committee
William Jennings Bryan
Meier
Nebraska
Bryan
Democracy
State Democratic committee declines Bryan endorsement
The State Democratic Executive Committee, meeting in Austin, refuses to endorse William J. Bryan for president. The action cites the potential candidacy of Senator J. W. Bailey as a possible rival to Bryan.
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Tribune
Austin
Tex
State Democratic Executive Committee
William J. Bryan
J. W. Baifley
Indiana Democrats seek Kern as Bryan running mate
A large Indiana Democratic delegation heads to New York for Bryan's homecoming and will urge him to nominate John W. Kern of Indianapolis for Vice President. Kern was Governor candidate in 1909 and 1914 and is allied with Taggart and party leaders.
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Tribune
Indianapolis
New York
Bryan
John W. Kern
Ern
Taggart
The Pin and the Balloon
An unusual ad asserts that a mouse poses no more threat to an elephant than a pin to a balloon. It promotes life insurance and warns against policies with mice teeth or pin points, claiming Washington Life Insurance Co. offers safer coverage. John Tatlock is named as president.
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the Washington Life Insurance Co
John Tatlock
Jerome to Keep at It Granniss Case a Test
District Attorney Jerome plans to expand insurance probes after the Granniss forgery indictment. He says the case could reach officials at Mutual and other insurers and many corporations if the section 515 forgery statute applies to reports. Burnham and Eldridge of Mutual Reserve Life Insurance plead not guilty to five indictments. Trial date not yet set.
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Robert A. Granniss
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Jerome
Mutual Life
New York Life
Equitable
Granniss
Mutual
Andrew C. Fields
Gans
Fields
Criminal Courts
Folk
Missouri
Maine
Smith
William Rand, Jr
Lakeville
South
George McKibbin
Europe
Frederick A. Burnham
George Burnham
George D. Eldridge
Mutual Reserve Life Insurance Com
Wing
Court of General Sessions
Triaia
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