Earthquake Shocks Felt Across South and Mexico City
A powerful earthquake struck Mexico City causing extensive damage including the artillery quarters. The death toll and injuries were estimated at 70. American homes in the Mexican capital were wrecked and a gas explosion at the army barracks added horror. Seismographs across the United States recorded shocks from 6:15 to 7:51 a.m. with vibrations traced from Venezuela toward St. Louis.
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el Paso
Texas
Washington
Chicago
New Orleans
Mobile
Ala
Lawrence
Kan
Cleveland
Ohio
St. Louis
New York City
Father Grosse
St. Louis Observatory
Venezuela
Reciproc ity cruise honors Secretary Wilson in Detroit
Detroit June 7 Secretary of Agriculture Wilson is guest of honor at the Detroit Board of Commerce annual reciprocity cruise. Board members and Wilson will push the reciprocal agreement at meetings in northern Michigan cities. Senator William Alden Smith of Michigan, opposing the agreement, accompanies the voyage.
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Detroit
Mich
Wilson
Detroit Board of Commerce
Board of Commerce
Michigan
William Alden Smith
Montgomery Leaves Treasury for Sugar Trust Chief Customs Officer
Washington June 7 Secretary Mac Veagh announced Charles P. Montgomery longtime chief of the Treasury customs division will join American Sugar Refining as head of its customs service. Montgomery helped prosecute sugar frauds and recover 3 900 000 in lost duties, part of the firm’s rehabilitation plan.
Taft to speak at Lutheran conference sessions in Washington
The biennial convention of the Evangelical Lutheran church in the United States opens in Washington. President Taft and German Ambassador Bernstorf are slated as principal speakers for tonight's sessions.
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Taft
Washington
Evenfelteal Lutheran Church
United States
Taftana
Bernstorf
Weather Forecast for Rock Island and Vicinity
Unsettled but generally fair tonight and Thursday with continued warmth. 7 am temperature 65 degrees. Highest yesterday 85, lowest last night 60. No precipitation. Wind 5 mph. Stage of water 5.1 with a 0.3 fall in 24 hours. Humidity 58 at 7 pm and 71 at 7 am. Astronomy notes: Sun sets 7:25, rises 4:25, moon sets 2:21 am, moon near Jupiter.
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Tam
J.m.sherier
Knox Plea Fails To Move Reciproc ity Measure
Secretary Knox faced the senate committee seeking amendments to the reciprocity bill with administration arguments that changes would doom the measure. Lodge urged favorable report while Heyburn urged adverse action, but the panel adjourned without a decision. Rayner criticized Roosevelt over political consistency while backing direct senatorial election. The House opened debate on the Underwood wool bill with General discussion led by Underwood and opposed by Mann and Payne.
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Washington
Knox
Senate Committee
Lodge
Heyburn
Rayner
Roosevelt
Senate
House
Underwood
Mann
Payne
Chaimen
Ways and Means” Committee
Wreck on New Haven Line Leaves Five Dead in Fairfield
Five people were killed and several injured when four freight trains collided and piled up after midnight near Fairfield Connecticut on the New Haven road. The wreck involved four freight trains and a passing locomotive, with impact from a rear collision causing the crash.
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Fairfield
Conn
New Haven Road
Here
Taft and Roosevelt Claim Support for 1912 Nomination
Roosevelt denied agreeing to back any candidate in 1912 during a Springfield interview, while Taft plans to seek the presidential nomination with Roosevelt's endorsement reportedly in play. The exchange centers on promises of aid and the timing of any such support.
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Springfield
Mass
Roosevelt
Taft
Waterway special session set by Governor Deneen
Springfield June 7 Governor Deneen calls a special session of the 47th Illinois General Assembly set to convene June 14 at noon to consider a deep waterway between Lockport and Utica and to authorize bond issuance and session expenses The admin forces plan to reintroduce the Johnson bill in the Senate and Judah in the House to secure federal aid for the project.
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Deneen
47Th General Assembly
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Ilinois
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Utica
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Congress
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Schmidt
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Judah
State of Illinois
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Illinoia
Charles 8
Portugal to be recognized after constitution adopted
Washington reports the American legation in Lisbon is instructed to recognize the republic of Portugal immediately upon the assembly adopting a constitution.
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Washington
Lisbon
United States
Republic of Portugal
Carter named chief justice of Illinois Supreme Court
Chicagoan Justice O N Carter was elected chief justice of the Illinois Supreme Court for the coming year, succeeding Justice Vickers. The selection follows a longstanding practice in which a member serves twelve months in the top post.
German painter kills self after siege with dogs
A Saxony painter Heitel shot his wife, a woman friend, and his infant child at dawn after quarrel. He barricaded the house and fired on police for three hours before shooting himself as officers prepared to enter with dogs.
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Halle
Saxony
Heitel
Aviator Lieut Bague Missing After Corsica Flight
Nice France June 7 A French army lieutenant who began a Monday morning flight from Nice to Corsica is presumed dead after naval search efforts failed to find any trace of him. Torpedo boat destroyers and other vessels scoured the sea with no success.
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Bague
Nice
France
Corsica
Large vessel afire off the Dutch coast
A large steamer is on fire off Waarden in Flushing Holland. The Leyland liner Oxonian is reported to be the burning vessel, with authorities unsure of its status or safety situation. local observers await further details from naval and port officials.
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Flushing
Holland
Waarden
Railroad disaster leaves three extras dead in New York
A fast freight and three extras derailed after an extra leaped the tracks colliding with a passing train. Two trains following the wreckage exploded their boilers and caught fire. All three deceased are trainmen.
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New York
Senate approves Lorimer inquiry subcommittee
Washington June 7 by unanimous vote the senate approved the action of the committee on privileges and elections in naming a sub committee to conduct the new Lorimer investigation. The subcommittee is clothed with wide authority and will begin its work immediately.
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Washington
Senate
Committee On Privileges and Elections
Lorimer
Canada to coin own gold designs for new Canadian coinage
Ottawa June 7 final approval of designs for the new Canadian five and ten dollar gold pieces is expected from London soon. The pieces likely will be accepted at par in the United States, replacing the then widely used American gold coins in Canada. The receiver general held about 68 million dollars in American gold coins as of December 31, reflecting the sizable current reliance on U S currency.
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Ottawa
Ont
London
United States
Canada
French ex-premier Rouvier dies remembered for Boulanger ouster
Paris reports Maurice Rouvier, twice French premier, died June 7. His first term led to the removal of General Boulanger as minister of war. In Iowa Osage, W F Bator, former railroad commissioner and longtime Republican leader, also died. He served in the legislature and once as Iowa House speaker.
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General Boulanger
Paris
Maurice Rouvier
France
Iowa
Osage
W. F. Bator
Low
Roosevelt Will Not Allow Name To Be Presented At Convention
The White House received word that Colonel Roosevelt will not permit his name to be presented at the Republican national convention. A cordial exchange with Taft at the Cardinal Gibbons jubilee in Baltimore revealed Roosevelt’s stance, and while active campaigning is uncertain, his influence shapes the administration's continued tenure. Republicans plotting a 1912 bid may view this as a setback, awaiting Roosevelt’s own public position.
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Roosevelt
White House
Baltimore
Cardinal Gibbons
Mr. Taft
Colonel Roosevelt
New York
Fifth Regiment Armory
Mr. Roosevelt
Trust Chief Denies Ohio River Monopoly Plans
Judge Gary testified before the Stanley steel trust committee denying any plan to control Ohio river water transportation via absorbing Pittsburg Coal & Coke and Monongahela River companies. He reiterated Roosevelt and Root sanctioned the Tennessee Coal & Iron merger in 1907 to avert financial disaster.
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Gary
Uniti ‘Meal Corpo
Stanley Steel Trust Committee
House
Tennessee Coal & Iron Company
The
Steel Corporation
Oliver
Pennsylvania
Ohio River
Pittsburg Coal & Coke Company
Monongahela River
Robert C. Hall
Pittsburg
ST. Gary
Stanley
Roosevelt
Root
Rehearing Denied for Dr Hal Dane Clemenson
Springfield Ill June 7 The supreme court denied a rehearing in the case of Dr Hal Dane Clemenson of Chicago who was sentenced to life for the murder of his wife The ruling ends a fresh bid for mercy in the Chicago physician case through the high court setting aside any further appeals this term
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Springfield
Ill
Supreme Court
Haldane Clemenson
Chicago
Corwin Blocked by Ice Floes at Nome Alaska
Nome Alaska June 7 The steamer Corwin arriving from Seattle with 102 passengers could not land due to heavy ice floes and rough seas. It went 20 miles up the coast toward Olomen yesterday but found no suitable landing and returned to its position off Nome. Ice remains six miles from the shore.
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Nome
Alaska
Corwin
Seattle
Olomen
Marines Ordered North From Guantanamo Bay
Washington dispatch reports about 2000 marines assembled at Guantanamo Cuba being ordered northward as the situation in Mexico reaches a critical phase. The movement reflects heightened U S military readiness amid regional tensions and possible action.
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Washington
Guantanamo
Cuba
Mexico
Fifty Postal Saving Depositories Named
Washington June 7 Fifty additional postal saving depositories were designated to commence July 3. New offices include Beardstown Duquesin Fulton Murphysboro Brazil Vincennes Ind Emmetsburg Mount Pleasant Iowa Charlevoix Holland B&I Joseph Mich Cameron Chilliothe Mo Rice Lake Wisconsin. Iowa City Postmasters Meet convened Waterloo. The Glove factory and tannery in Iowa City burned causing 75000 loss. Striker movement: six thousand garment workers in Cleveland moved northward to pressure union recognition.
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Duquein
Fulton and
Murphysboro
Washington
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Brazil
Vincennes
Ind
Emmetsburg
Mount Pleasant
Iowa
Charlevoix
Holland
B&i. Joseph
Mich
Cameron and Chillicothe
Rice Lake
Wisconsin
Cleveland
Mexico City Opens Arm for Madero Amid Revolt Fears
A June 7 dispatch reports Francisco Madero Jr entering government amid massive capital celebration. Neighbors in Oaxaca allege Diaz kinsman leads a revolt with 10,000 armed followers. Arrests follow rumored plot to assassinate Madero as 1,200 federal troops are held back and U.S. cities are alerted to search for plotters.
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Francisco J. Madero, Jr
Madero
National Palace
Diaz
New Orleans
Mexico
Oaxaca
Dias
Villacensia
House of Deputies
Juarez
Chihuahua
Lower
California
Lower California
United States
Leader of arson trust arrested in Chicago case
Chicago June 7 Jacob Wronski was arrested in connection with an alleged arson trust uncovered yesterday after Leopold Dreyfus a merchant confessed to hiring men to burn his store and then killed himself when left alone the case ties a possible conspiracy to arson.
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Chicago
Jacob Wroneski
Leopold Dreyfus
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