Death of Joseph Chamberlain Shocks London Politicians
London July 3 Joseph Chamberlain died at his London home at 10 30 last night The paralysis that afflicted him years ago and heart failure caused the end His career defined tariff reform imperialism and Birmingham politics He left a long record as a reforming mayor parliamentarian and a fierce opponent of Gladstone on Irish home rule His son Alfred Cranborne Chamberlain stood by him as he fulfilled public duties until resignation in 1913.
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London
England
Joseph Chamberlain
Chamberlain
Visin
Birmingham
Diow
W. C. Endicott
Massachusetts
Cleveland
Fert Cranberlain
House of Commons
Great Britain
Gladstone
Ireland
Liberal-Unionist Party
South Africa
University College
Commons
Ubersi
The
of Trade
the Great
Liberal Party
Lord Hartington
Sake of
Devonshire
G. J. Goschen
Mhers
Mr. Chamberlain
United States
Joint High Commission
United States Senate
United Time
Mary Endicott
William C. Endicott
Gladstons
T. P. O'Connor
Judas
Jane
Weather Forecast and Historical Notes From Britain
Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday for Rock Island area. The write up then shifts to a historical sketch of Joseph Chamberlain and the UK unionist party, recounting his career from leader to advocate of fiscal reform, his clashes with Gladstone, and the party's 1906 defeat. It traces his influence in Birmingham and related political events across late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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Rock Island
Davenport
Moline
J. M. Sherier
Governor Dunne frees woman in murder case
Springfield July 3 Governor Dunne commuted the sentence of Lillian Conway to expire July 10. She and her husband Charles Conway a circus performer were sentenced for the murder of Miss Singer a Baltimore heiress in Chicago.
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Springfield
Dunne
Lillian Conway
Charles Conway
Miss Singer
Baltimore
Chicago
Express Office Robbed of $3000 in Macomb Alabama
Macomb Alabama July 2 Walter Lone agent for Adams Express at Good Hope was held up by a lone robber who took an express package containing $2000 and escaped.
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Lone Bandit
Adams Company
Good Hope
Illinois
Macomb, AL
Walter Lone
Adams Express Company
SILLIMAN TO INVADE CAMP OF CARRANZA
American delegates at the Niagara mediation conference returned to Washington to confer with President Wilson and Secretary Bryan as talks with Huerta emissaries continue. Former Vice Consul John R. Silliman heads to Mexico to urge mediators between Carranza and Villa. The mediation conference closed in Niagara Falls with Huerta noting the bloc’s term references rebels as constitutionalists and urging a provisional government in Mexico.
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Washington
D.C
Wilson
Bryan
Carranza
Guadalupe
Huerta
United States
John R. Silliman
Baltimore
Mexico
Villa
Niagara” Falls
Ont
Ambassador da Gama
Brazil
Naon
Argentina
Justice Lamar
Frederick W. Lehmann
H. Percival Dodge
Mincister Suarez
Chile
I. Theuerta
3 Persons Die in Georgia Mystery
In Atlanta on July 3 the bodies of S. F. Bennett and his wife Flossie age 17 and Flossie’s mother Mrs. Mattie Talbert were found in a swamp at Eastport. Police believe Bennett strangled his wife and then killed her mother before firing a shot into his wife and apparently suicide by firearm tied to a stump.
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Atlanta
S. F. Bennett
Flossie
Mattie Talbert
Eastport
Bennett
Plucking Surprises Navy as Captain Gibbon Retired
In Washington, July 3, Captain John Gibbon of the Louisiana was removed from active service by the plucking board. Seen as a crack officer, he was retired for lack of sea service after the board reviewed captains and applied the sea service test first enforced by Secretary Daniels to meet required retirements.
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Gibbon
Washington
Washington, D. C
John Gibbon
Louisiana
Daniels
Evans Denies Criticism Misquoted Speech in New York
Brigadier General Robert K. Evans temporarily commanding the eastern department of the army denies criticising the administration in a New York speech. He says reports misquoted him claiming he said the nation is meddlesome and needs a large army. Secretary Garrison will not publish the letter and will forward it to the president for action.
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Garrison
Washington, D. C
Robert K. Evans
New York
Evans
French flyer in 800 foot plunge fatal fall
Rheims France July 2 Corporal Godefroy killed and Corporal Mirat fatally injured in an 800 foot monoplane plunge after loss of control Amsterdam Holland July 3 Lieutenant Spandaw Dutch aviator dies from injuries in yesterday crash
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Rheims
France
Godefroy
Mirat
Amsterdam
Holland
Spandaw
Auto Wreck Kills Three In Hoopeston Train Collision
Danville Illinois July 3 three people died when a Chicago and Eastern Illinois passenger train struck an automobile near Hoopeston thirty miles north of Danville Mrs L D Ogden of Bismarck Illinois and her daughter Mrs Emily Standish of Salem Indiana died in the crash C B Williams of Bismarck owner and driver was slightly injured Mrs Standish was the mother of Mrs Ogden She was spending summer with the Ogdens at Hoopeston Another fatal auto crash in Streator Illinois as two brothers racing theircars caused their sister Christiana Schmitt 16 to die when one vehicle turned turtle and she was crushed under it.
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Danville
D. L. Ogden
Bismarck
Here
Emily Standish
Alice Standish
Salem
Ind
Hoopeston
Ogden
C. B. Williams
Ogdens
Williams
Streator
Christiana
William Schmitt
Leonore
Henry Dennison Dies in Japan a Noted Foreign Affairs Adviser
Tokio July 3 Henry Willard Dennison long time legal adviser in Japan's foreign affairs department since 1880 died today at St Luke's American hospital after a week of paralysis He was born May 11 1848 in Guild Hall Vermont His death was withheld to allow the emperor to confer the Grand Cordon of Honor of Paulownia He aided Japan's diplomacy and drafted peace treaty with Russia at Portsmouth in 1905. Richmond Turns Down Orioles. Richmond Va July 3 Local promoters say there was an attempt to hold up a purchase of the Baltimore International league franchise and end negotiations There will be no sale or transfer Jersey City team rejected
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Japan
Henry Willard Dennison
Japanese Department of Foreign Affairs
St. Luke's American Hospital
Guild Hall
Vermont
Foreign Office
Dennison
Russia
Portsmouth
N.H
Richmond
Orioles
Baltimore International League
Jersey City
Creditors Seek Sale of Railway in Reorganization Move
In Chicago on July 3, the Bankers Trust Company of New York as trustee filed a bill of complaint to sell the Chicago and Eastern Illinois railroad to satisfy refunding bonds. The action, not hostile, aims to aid reorganization pursued after a receiver was appointed a year earlier.
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Chicago, Ill
Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad
Bankers’ Trust Company of New York
Deportation of Writer Sought by Finnish Miners
In Butte Montana radicals among Finnish miners who seceded from union No 1 petitioned Mayor Duncan to deport Frank Altonen of Negaunee Michigan, a correspondent for a Finnish newspaper in Hancock. The mayor said he cannot force an American citizen to leave. A mass meeting of 250 Finnish miners adopted resolutions demanding Altonen's deportation.
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Butte
Mont
Union No. 1
Duncan
Frank Altonen
Negaunee
Mich
Hancock
American Federation of Labor and Western Federation of Miners
Altonen
Congress Asked For Salem Help Urged
President Wilson urges a $200000 appropriation to aid 3000 homeless Salem fire victims. Governor Walsh telegram highlights vast need as Congress receives the request from Washington July 3.
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Wilson
Washington, D. C
Walsh
Congress
Salem
Vaccination Ordered For Iowa National Guard Troops
Des Moines Iowa July 3 Every man in the four regiments of Iowa National Guard will be vaccinated for typhoid fever before he reports for duty at Des Moines Aug 10 for maneuvers according to Adjutant General Logan.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa National Guard
Logan
Robber Dies as He Fights Aged Couple on Farm
A masked intruder battled farmer Joseph Grimwood and his wife near Yorkville in the dark, armed with a club and ice pick. Grimwood felled the robber with a club blow, then Mrs. Grimwood choked him. the robber died as the couple bound him. Receipts from a Chicago department store and slips of profits found on the robber suggest stolen clothing and potential misidentification.
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Yorkville
Joseph Grimwood
Here
Chicago
William Davis
Chicago Board of Trade
Admiral Dewey Better Is At Manhattan Beach
New York July 3 Admiral Dewey who arrived on the presidents yacht Mayflower with Mrs Dewey is comfortably installed for the summer at the Oriental hotel Manhattan Beach He has suffered from the heat in Washington and has been ill for weeks He walked on the beach felt refreshed read papers and retired to his sea view suite He cannot receive visitors until he regains strength He posed for a photograph as he came ashore.
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New York
Admiral Dewey
Dewey
Oriental Hotel
Manhattan Beach
Washington
Regatta prize won by America at Henley on Thames
The grand challenge cup goes to America after two American eight oared crews from Union Boat Club Boston and Harvard second crew win semi finals over Mayance and Winnipeg in windy, near record races. Sinigaglia defeats Robert Dibble for the diamond sculls. Also reports Fifty years for 50 cents in Mobile and canal tonnage decrease at Sault Ste Marie.
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Henley On Thames
England
America
Union Boat Club
Boston
Harvard
Mayance
Winnipeg
Sinigaglia
Robert Dibble
Toronto
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