Senate probes United States Steel with anti trust push
The Stanley committee will accuse J Pierpont Morgan of opposing the Sherman act and the U S steel industry and seek dissolution of the major concern. The Lorimer election will face a senate vote by July 6 if current talks succeed. House votes to impeach Judge Hanford of Seattle and refer the matter to the judiciary committee. Senator George S Nixon dies in Washington at age 52. Lorimer vote delayed until after national conventions if talks succeed.
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Stanley Committee
United States Steel Corporation
J. Pierpont Morgan
United States
House
Washington
Berger
Cornelius Hanford
Seattle
Judiciary Committee
Hanford
Wash
U. S. Senate
Lorimer
Senate
Multiple incidents trail Illinois wreck and legal delays
In Illinois a wreck seven miles south of Bloomington on the Alton line injured six as baggage and mail cars derailed. Elsewhere the Wright patent case against Curtiss Herring and Glen Curtiss was postponed after Wilbur Wright’s death. Caspar Markus killed himself after firing at his wife near Saganaw Michigan amid divorce plans. Yale student Jenny Cross and six peers were fined for speeding in New Haven to Princeton. The German fleet received a civic welcome in New York with official entertainments.
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Bloomington
Ill
Alton Limited
Chicago & Alton Railroad
Wilbur Wright
Curtiss-Herring Company
Glen H. Curtiss
Wright Brothers
United States
Buffalo
N. Y
Hazel
Casper Markus
Saganaw
Mich
Jenny Cross
Fyanston
Yale
New Haven
Princeton
Cross
Freschi
Cuban Revolt Moves 5000 Troops to Cuba From Washington
The general staff in Washington issued orders for dispatching an expedition of 5000 troops to Cuba. Four major army transports at Newport News were to be commissioned and supplied. Additional orders directed readiness at posts supplying the troops, while the fourth division battleships led by Rear Admiral Usher were sent from Key West to Guantanamo as a rapid response.
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General Staff
Army
Washington
Cuba
Newport News
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Ohio
Usher
Key West
Guantanamo
Delegates Split Among Taft Wilson Clark Harmon Cox
Southern delegates shift to Taft by party committee decision in Chicago after Arkansas Florida and Georgia contests. North Carolina backs Wilson at large and as a unit. Ohio adopts unit rule aiding Harmon. Cox named Ohio governor nominee. Duluth endorses Wilson. Arkansas backs Clark. Harding reports Taft letter acceptance for Chicago slate.
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Taft
Republican National Committee
Chicago
Arkansas
Florida
Georgia
Mr. Taft
Roosevelt
North Carolina
Baltimore
Woodrow Wilson
Warren G. Harding
Ohio
Arkansas Democratic Conven
Champ Clark
Toledo
Harmon
James M. Cox
Blooming ton business man Daniel B Harwood dies at eighty one
Daniel B Harwood a long time Blooming ton Illinois merchant and one of the town s oldest and wealthiest men died here aged eighty one He leaves two children Mrs Carleton Holdredge and Kirk Harwood both of Chicago Dr Harvey W Wiley former US Bureau of Chemistry chief declined Boston s offer to chair its board of health He informed Representative William F Murray of Massachusetts Rear Admiral Benjamin Peffer Lamberton died at his Washington home after a lingering illness aged sixty eight He served with Admiral Dewey at Manila commanding the Olympia flagship The body of Congressman H H Hubbard who died after renomination was buried in Sioux City Iowa after a local funeral Rev Capt H P Silver of the Protestant Episcopal Church was elected Bishop co adjutor for the diocese of Kansas in Topeka Clem W Crum of Milton Wisconsin was named grand master of the Wisconsin Grand Lodge I O O F at Madison
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Daniel B. Harwood
Bloomington, Ill
Carleton Holdredge
Kirk Harwood
Chicago
Harvey W. Wiley
United States Bureau of Chemistry
Boston
Board of Health
William F. Murray
Massachusetts
Benjamin Peffer Lamberton
Washington
Admiral Lamberton
Dewey
Manila
Olympia
H. H. Hubbard
Sioux City
Iowa
Outbreak of bubonic plague feared in Manchuria
Official advices from Mukden report a plague threat spreading toward Manchuria with appearances in northern China and three deaths at Tientsin. In France, the submarine Vendemiaire sank after a clash with the battleship Saint Louis off Cherbourg, 23 crewmen lost, no blame assigned.
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Manchuria
Mukden
China
Tientsin
Cherbourg
Illinois News Briefs Span Accidents and Local Events
Oakland woman Mrs Edward Wireman dies from fire oil accident in OI. Coroner rules accidental death. Clinton sheriffs chase two robbers after a city burglary. Upper Alton selects Geo M Potter to lead Shurtleff College. Assumption man dies from cow trampling injuries. Okaw river fishermen find unidentified body. Urbana’s Burrill and Shattuck retire from University post. Peoria hotel sold for possible station use by Illinois Traction. Zion City Voliva arrested for parole violation.
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Charleston
Edward Wireman
Oakland
How He Got Them
A brief quip notes a man nicknamed Rastus Skinnah talking much about raising chickens while a counterclaim argues he means lifting. The exchange, printed in the Catholic Standar and Times, reflects rural humor about farm work and slang.
Softly and Miss Charming in a Quiet Quarrel
Dialogue hints at a private spat between Softly and Miss Charming over chances given, with Miss Lovely as a foil. The exchange suggests lingering tensions and a desire for reconciliation, framed in a genteel, intimate tone.
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Softly
Miss Charming
Mr. Softly
Miss Lovely
California Doctor Praises Grape-Nuts for Health Benefit
A Los Angeles physician with forty years in medicine endorses Grape-Nuts and Postum as easily digestible brain boosting foods. He cites daily use during mental work and travel, and highlights digestive health, noting endorsements from physicians nationwide. The piece promotes the Postum Company letter and the Road to Wellville book.
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Los Angeles
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Pkys
Wellville
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