Taft Platform Talks Center on Roosevelt Policies
Washington June 2 Taft stance in Republican platform centers on pledging to carry Roosevelt policies. Secretary Taft and Wade Ellis meet amid efforts to shape tariff plank and anti trust language aligned with Ohio platform. Conferees foresee a platform endorsing Hepburn anti trust ideas and tariff revisions after consultations with party leaders.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Taft
Chicago
McKinley
Wade Ellis
Ohio
United States
Resolutions Committee
Indorss Hepburn
House
Judiciary Committee
Vaderland Steamer Safe After Disarray The accident limited to machinery
Antwerp reports the Red Star line Vaderland is safe after a simple machinery disarrangement. The steamer, repaired at Flushing, resumed voyage to Dover on Monday. Hearst leads McClellan in New York 明 ballot recount ends day with Hearst ahead by nine votes. Dr James J Marsay, a prominent Bedford physician, dies after long illness in Springfield.
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Antwerp
Red Star Line
Vaderland
Flushing
Dover
Hearst
New York
William RB. tHearst
George B. McClellan
Mr. Hearst
Bedford
James J. Marsay
Spevingfield
Borlygvillea
Wiattlig
Million-Dollar Gulf Compress Receiver Appointed in Memphis
The Gulf Compress company, capitalized at 1 million dollars, is under court control with C. C. Hangan named as receiver by Judge John H. McCall. A broad creditors' bill, led by Henry W. Talmadge and William T. Minor, attributes mounting arrears to cotton market woes, car shortages, litigation, and poor collection. The petition cites about 40,000 in rental arrears, 65,000 upcoming notes, 649,816.28 spent on real estate, 80,473.14 in machinery value, and 930,541.68 mortgaged with 779,650 unpaid on improvements.
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Memphis
Tenn
Gulf Compress Company
C. C
Hangon
John H. McCall
United States Court
Mississippi
Henry P. Talmadge
Talmadge & Co
Dr. Fallows Dead in Iowa City
Dr. S N Pallow s oldest Methodist Raine in Iowa passes away in Iowa City on June 2. He formerly presided over the Upper Iowa Conference and taught philosophy at the Iowa State University for many years.
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Iowa City
S. N.pallows
Iowa
Upper Iowa
Iowa, State University
Woman starts fire. infant dies as mother sustains burns
A Burlington area woman named Young used gasoline to start a blaze. Her one and a half year old child was killed, and she suffers fatal burns. Neighbors and authorities report the fire occurred near Burlington. The incident is under investigation.
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Burlington
Young
General Buller Dead in London Died at 69
London reports Sir Radgers Henry Butler aged 69 an English General who led relief of Ladysmith in the Boer War has died. In Chippewa Falls Wisconsin an auto accident left Olaf Mager uninjured after his vehicle plunged 60 feet backward over an embankment into water 18 feet deep.
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London
Sir Radgers Henry Butler
Ladysmith
Chippewa Falls
Wis
Olaf Mager
Enger Og
James K Jones Dies Sudden in Washington at 69
Former U S Senator James Kimbrough Jones of Arkansas died at his home after a brief illness. A Civil War veteran, he served in the Senate from 1885 to 1903 and led Bryan campaigns as Democratic national committee chairman. He is survived by his widow and three children. Funeral plans are in progress in Minneapolis where a millers convention session began.
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Washington
United States
James K. Jones
Arkansas
Senate
William Jennings Bryan
Democratic National Committee
Jones
Leonora Carrigan
Senator Jones
Mississippi
James Kimbrough Jones
Dallas County
Ark
State Senate
James 8. Walker
United States Senate
Bryan
National Democratic Committee
Carrigan of
Arkaimas
Sue Jones
Woman's Slayer Is Jailed In Wisconsin Killing
Grant Poole shot and killed Mrs. E. H. Orvis at Oakfield Methodist church as worshippers left services. He was captured by a farmer near Ladoga, turned over to authorities, and jailed in Fond du Lac. Grace Orvis, 21, was his former love target and her mother, the bank's leader, was widely respected.
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Fond du Lac
Wis
Grant Poole
E. H. Orvis
Oakfield
Morgan
Ladoga
Poole
Grace Orvis
Oshkosh
Bank of Oakfield
Abel Bristol
Grace
Orvis
Iowa Statewide Primary Sparks Republican Senate Fight
Des Moines reports Iowa voters will nominate candidates by a statewide primary for November. The main contest pits Gov. A. RB Cummins against U S Senator William B Allison, with Allison claiming a at least 19 000 majority from Dubuque and Cummins claiming 35 000 from Des Moines.
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Des Moines
Iowa
A. RB. Cunmins
United States
William B Allison
Allison
Dubuque
Cummoins
Murderous robbers to die in court martial
Three girls and eleven men were sentenced to death by court martial in Warsaw for derailing a post car near Sokolew on the Vistula railroad last January. A bomb killed two soldiers and wounded ten, and robbers looted the wrecked safes after the attack.
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Warsaw
Sokolew
Vistula
Tab
Three Men Drowned in Wisconsin River Incident
Mason City Wisconsin June 3 three men drowned in the vicinity One man H B W Morton drowned while attempting to swim the river on a horse and two others Howard and William Maurer perished when attempting to capsize a boat in the same area
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Mason City
BH. W. Morton
Ho:ward
Wiliam Maurer
Marines Detach Guards For Panama Election
Washington June 2 The Panama presidential race between Obaldia and Arias grows tense as 500 US marines prepare to guard polling places on election days amid claimed revolutionary tendencies. The move follows treaty obligations to insure a fair vote, with Amador and Obaldia entangled in political shifts and staffing changes across provinces.
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Washington
Panama
Uncle Sam
United States
Miore
Obaldia
Arias
Amador
Europe
Senor Dias
Ossia
Avias
Liberal
Party of the Negro and Indian
Colon
Squires
W H Welch Dies In Chicago At 60 Pioneer Des Moines Editor
Des Moines mourns the death of William J. Welch longtime Des Moines Leader owner and pioneering newspaper man He died last night at his home in Chicago at 7 80 oclock aged sixty He is survived by a wife two sons and four daughters
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Des Moines
Dane
William J. Welch
Pioneer
Des Moines Leader
Chicago
Welch
Iowa crop bulletin reports heavy rain and flood losses
From Monday morning to Friday night temperatures ran well above normal with frequent showers and excessive rainfall. Continuous rains halted field work until Saturday, causing significant crop washouts and the need to replant much corn. Early fields weeded while recent showers favored some cultivation on well drained land. Grain and potatoes show rank growth but low land grain yellowing. Geo. M. Chappel, Section Director.
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Des Moines
Geo. M. Chappel
Balloon Chicago In Flight From Quincy To Dakota
The balloon Chicago with Charles A. Coer Charles H. Leichliter and Capt G H Bumbaugh lifted from Quincy at six PM Monday. It carried 110000 cubic feet of gas, took six hours to fill and planned a three day journey. It crossed the Mississippi at 615 PM and flew westward at about 2000 feet. It landed near Clear Lake South Dakota at five this morning after a roughly four hundred mile trip.
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Quincy
Chicago
Charles A. Coer
Charles H. Leichliter
G. H. Bumbaugh
Mississippi
Clear Lake
Big election bets reported in Mason City comes June
The $1000 wager on Allison posted Thursday drew coverage from McGhee a Cummins supporter and C R Nicholson who offered another $1000 on Cummins for a friend. By late afternoon the Allison camp covered the bet and raised to 1500 more which Nicholson said he would cover today.
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Mason City
Allison
Divorce case in Omaha Nebraska alleges misconduct
The divorce suit by Mrs. Julia Montgomery Pratt, wife of Col James Charvey Pratt, claims he offered fifty thousand dollars and a house to marry him. She was a widow with three children.
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Julia Montgomery Pratt
James Charvey Pratt
Democrat Wins Oregon Senate Nomination in Primary
In Portland on July 2, official returns show Gov. George W. H. Chamberlain, a Democrat, nominated for U S Senator by the primaries. The legislature is Republican, but members pledge to elect Chamberlain.
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Portland
Ore
George W H. Chamberlain
U.S
Chamberlain
Oskaloosa Commercial Club Banquet Highlights Unity and Growth
The Oskaloosa Commercial Club held its 26th annual morning banquet at Hotel Lacey to boost local commerce. Directors were elected, a five year basement lease secured for club rooms, and reports praised 112 members, with focus on gymnasium at Porn College, state encampment, and plans for a proposed chemical plant project.
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Licey
Oskalansa
Contleling Duates
J. S. Lobenstein
I. BE. Corlett
Henry Frantel
Wesley Garner
I. W. Cook
Imer Z. Movels
L. B. Corlett
Leo Galdaut
A. J. Augustine
E. A. Lewis
R. K. Davis
C. E. Brooke
Frank
J Flamiston
Chas
D.marckress
F. K. Green
R. Tee
Morris Hirsch
van P. Wittenmyer
Stewart W. Jameson
Commercial Club
H. H. Phinney
J. W. Cook
L. 2B. Corlett
Retail Merchants’ Association
Porn College
Crocker Brigade
G. A. II
Ottumwa
State Knights of Mythias
Marengo Midland Mieetrie Railway Company
Penu
Tradlana
Congre
Iowa Central
Marstalltown
Sal Railway Company
Commerciak Club
Ononenewaibers
Conme
Daisy
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