Democrats Unite Over Wool Tariff Revision in House
Washington June 2 Democratic caucus unity backs Underwood wool tariff bill 20 percent ad valorem on raw wool to fund treasury. Bill referred to Ways and Means for favorable report next week amid attacks from Republicans and Bryan supporters.
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House
Burieson
Underwood
Ways and Means Committee
Washington
Ways and Means
House of Representatives
William Jenings Bryan
Bryan
Boon
Harrison
New York
Randell
Weather Outlook for Rock Island and Vicinity
Unsettled conditions with likely thunderstorms tonight or Saturday and little temperature change. Reported 7 am temperature 65, precipitation .07, wind 6 mph, humidity 34 percent at 7 pm and 82 percent at 7 am, water stage 5 feet up .2 in 24 hours. Astronomical notes give sun set 7:21, rise 4:26, moon set 12:39 a.m. Mercury appears before the punishment of wool duty proposal.
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Rock Island
Davenport
Moline
J. M.sherier
Mercury
Two Breaks Leg in Long Flight
Hyeres France June 2 Lieutenant Lucca of the French army and passenger M Hennequin were injured in attempting to conclude the first stage of the Paris Turin race Each man sustained a broken leg and the aeroplane was demolished Another break harms Gaubert in Versailles June 2 Gaubert fractured a hip during a trial flight
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Lucca
M. Hennequin
Versailles
Gaubert
June 13 Probable Date of Session in Springfield
Springfield Illinois June 2 Tuesday June 13 is the probable date when the 47th general assembly the regular session of which adjourned sine die yesterday will be called by Governor Deneen to January session. It is understood he has discussed June 12 with political friends as the date for calling legislators back to Springfield. The call is rumored to include five subjects chief of which is the deep waterway.
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Springfield
47Th General Assembly
Deneen
Fish story from capital hurts wardens in budget fight
Springfield June 2 Illinois lawmakers adjourned without funds to distribute fish to friends of members. Auditor Tinney says about 7000 dollars were cut from the fish commission budget aimed at rescuing and distributing fish, a move that would have supplied black bass for private lakes and ponds.
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Fisher
Illinois
Ilinois River
General Assembly
Charles M. Tinney
Fish Commission
Parliament Unseats Hull MP Over Treating Campaign
London June 2 Sir Henry Seymour King the Conservative MP for the central division of Hull was unseated after judges found him guilty of lavishly treating constituents during the election campaign at Central Hall The ruling follows a general election upset in Parliament and marks a rare electoral punishment for candidate largesse.
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Henry Seymour King
House of Commons
Hull
Henry
Central Hall
Senate committee to study Lorimer case in Capitol briefing
Washington June 2 The senate committee on privileges and elections will meet tomorrow to consider the Lorimer case. The subcommittee of eight members will conduct the inquiry with a first meeting set for tomorrow in the Capitol.
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Senate Committee On Privileges and Elections
Lorimer
No Choice for the Presidency Party Banquet in St Paul
About eight hundred democrats in the northwest gathered in St Paul for a banquet celebrating party gains. Attendees included W. J. Bryan Governor Burke of North Dakota and former Governor Folk of Missouri, with Iowa delegates meeting on the ninth district race amid cheers and excitement.
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Minn
Northwest
W. J. Bryan
Burke
North Dakota
Folk
Missouri
Iowa
Ninth
Madero Heads to Mexico City to Discuss New Government
Francisco I. Madero departed El Paso bound for Mexico City to meet President De La Barra on forming a new government. He travels in a special guarded train amid reports of looting in Parral and unrest across the nation.
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Texas
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Mexico City
de la Barra
Mexico
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Lorimer Inquiry Set by Privileges Panel in Senate
Washington June 2 Senator William Lorimer faces a new inquiry by a four republican four democrat subcommittee of the privileges and elections committee. The panel follows a seven hour debate as the chamber adopts a jury trial style to renew the case, replacing the prior suggestion to leave the matter to additional nonmember senators.
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William Lorimer
Committee On Privileges and Elections
la Follette
Fails to Graduate Drowns as Brother Receives Diploma
Edwardsville June 2 Homer Richards 18 leaped into Wolf Lake during high school commencement and drowned. His death followed a nervous breakdown from overwork and disappointment at not receiving a diploma while his brother Clarence climbed the stage to receive his diploma at the Wilday theatre.
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Wolf Lake
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Clarence
Bryan denounces Supreme Court rulings at banquet remarks
W J Bryan did not state a preferred presidential candidate at the banquet though he mentioned Governor Burke and former Governor Folk as possible presidential candidates. He criticized the supreme court decision on tobacco and the Standard Oil cases during his address.
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Folk
Bryan
Supreme Court
Standard Oil
Dr Nye of Ohio Is Found Not Guilty
Columbus Ohio June 2 Not guilty was the verdict of the jury in the trial of Dr George B Nye representative from Pike county in the assembly charged with bribe to Heitaulon The verdict was returned yesterday within an hour and a half after the jury retired The next trial will be that of Representative Owen J Evans of Stark county which will begin Monday There are three other indictments against Dr Nye Proecutor Turner yesterday declared that the first verdict would in no way interfere with the progress of the bribery cases The grand jury is expected to make a new report today. Dies While Swinging Friends Kewanee Ill June 2 While overexerting himself in swinging friends at an amusement park August Samaon aged 40 was stricken by heart disease and died.
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Ohio
George B. Nye
Pike County
Heitaulon
Nye
Owen J. Evans
Stark County
Turner
Kewanee
Samaon
Madero Plans Pacification Tour After Ball Arrival in Juarez
Francisco I. Madero Jr plans to visit Tor Teon Zacatecas and Aguas Calientes to pacify rebel regions. News notes Parral looting by rebels netted about 50000 dollars from local banks. Madero attended a state ball in Juarez on the eve of his departure for Mexico City, leading a grand march as Americans observed.
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Aguas Calientes
Madero
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Mexico
Mexico City
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Custom House
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Taft
Senor Madero
Six Magazines Unite Under Columbian Sterling Control
Announced in New York that six magazines will be brought under one control as the Columbian Sterling company. Frank Orff to head the new firm, incorporated for four million dollars. The consolidating titles are Hampton's Columbian Home Sterling Orff's Farm News and the American Woman's Review. Each magazine retains its separate identity.
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Columbian-Sterling Company
Frank Orff
Hampton's
Columbian
Home
Sterling
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American Woman's Review
Idepatty
Keokuk Team Dropping Players and Belt to Play First
Keokuk Iowa June 2 The Keokuk baseball club released Outfielder Ogle and Pitcher Pful Manager Frank Belt will play first base President M E Justice of the Central Association released Umpire Core and signed Carson of Chicago Older resident Passes Away Aledo Ill June 2 Mrs Matilda Clark died at home on Wednesday aged years five months and days Funeral services held at 2 pm conducted by Rev J M Jones Interment in Aledo cemetery
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Keokuk
Iowa
Keokuk Baseball Club
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Pful
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Chicago
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Clark
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FIRST CLASS OUT NECESSARY TO CONTROL THE TRUSTS
City notes celebrate William and Vashti college commencement in Aledo with diploma awards to Ruth Wright Lois Detwiler Mary Wallace Zanna Lee Ennis Dunn Martin Justice and Robert McCord. A Moody prize winner praised. $72 000 endowment push and $3 000 gift reported. Gary testimony outlines calls for publicity and government pricing oversight in steel trust probe. Ousley dies in Muscatine at 64 after nervous attacks. burial planned in Muscatine.
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Wiliam and Vashti College
Aledo Opera House
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Lois Detwiler
Mary Wallace
Zanna Lee
Ennis Dunn
Martin Justice
Robert McCord
A. E. Moody
J. B. Pollock
Brahms
Misses Roberts
Orrin N. Carter
Chicago
Supreme Court
Frank Clare English
J. M. Jones
W. E. Parr
Kokomo
Ind
Opera House
Charles J. Searle
Rock Island
Ardo Mitchell Forms Black Hawk Motor Co in East Moline
Ardo W. Mitchell of Rock Island leads a new enterprise with Ross M. Gould and H B Dickinson to form Black Hawk Motor Co capitalized at 50000. The firm will manufacture and sell motorcycles and parts from experimental rooms in the old Rock Island Buggy building on Sixteenth street and First avenue.
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Black Hawk Motor Company
Ardo W. Mitchell
Rock Island
East Moline
Mitchell
Ross M. Gould
H. 8. Dickinson
Moline
Dickinson
Gould
Fish Bros. Wagon Company
Clinton
Iowa
Mr. Mitchell
Phil Mitchell
Rock Island Plow Company
Black Hawk Company
Rock Island Buggy Company
Sixteenth Street
First Avenue
Watch Tower: One of Finest School Papers Yet Published
Rock Island high school's Watch Tower issue earns high praise for thorough coverage of the school's history, faculty sketches, and annual review. The annual yearbook style edition features graduating class portraits, athletic team groups, literary society members, and lower classes in college–annual fashion.
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Watch Tower
Rock Island High School
Literary Society
Governor Signs Insurance Bills Amid Appropriations
Springfield June 3 The governor today signed six insurance bills passed by the general assembly. He also approved emergency appropriations to pay salaries for the pure food inspectors and fre marshalls office.
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Springfield
General Assembly
Knute Erickson Elected Captain Of Augustana Baseball
Knute Erickson a Chicago native and Augustana first baseman was elected captain for next season at a team meeting last night. He earned the honor for his steady play this spring while enrolled in the academic department. Augustana’s schedule this season consisted of six games with a 2 4 record, total season score 20 to 25. Williams White & Co of Moline contemplates buying 15 acres in East Moline from East Moline Land Co opposite the Marseilles plant.
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Chicago
Augustana
Knute Erickson
Williams, White & Co
Moline
East Moline
East Moine Land Company
Marseilles Company
Powder Mill Bill Law Tightens Powder Plants
Wisconsin Governor McGovern has stalled a stringent powder manufacture bill aimed at preventing explosions like the March Pleasant Prairie mill disaster. The measure limits magazine storage to 125000 pounds and requires magazines to be at least 1000 feet from other plants and from any powder-making operations.
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Kenosha
Wis
McGovern
Pleasant Prairie Mill
Stocks Firm at High Levels in New York Market
New York June 2 stocks stayed at the year’s high. The advance covered all major issues with unusual vigor. Railroads and industrials, once leaders, faded to the background as the broad lift persisted from Ita beginning Wednesday.
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Ita
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