Committee to Rebuild the Party Adopts Platform and Chooses Chairman
Milwaukee June 8 The republican state convention resumes and adopts the resolutions committee platform. A campaign committee of two members per district is chosen and M D Connor of Marshfield is named state chairman. The platform endorses the national platform of 1908 supports Taft and the tariff law and Governor Davidson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Resolutions Committee
M. D. Connor
Marshfield
Taft
Davidson
United States
Egan Nomination Shocks South Dakota Politics
George W. Egan, once disbarred from practicing law in South Dakota, appears set to win the gubernatorial nomination as an independent Republican. His rise comes amid controversy over prior prosecutions and a dispute about his transfer of a client’s property. The result hinges on late returns and party maneuvers.
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George W. Egan
Supreme Court
Sioux Falls
S. D
Vessey
Aberdeen
South Dakota
Egan
Elrod
Logan
Iowa
Emma Kaufmann
Julia Ann O'Grady
Two French Officers Fly 105 Miles to Paris in 2 50
Paris dispatch reports two French army aviation corps officers flew from Chalons Sur Marne to the gates of Paris a distance of 105 miles in two hours and fifty minutes without stopping.
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Paris
Army Aviation Corps
Chalons Sur Marne
Weather Summary and Astronomical Events
Generally cloudy with showers tonight or Friday. Temperature steady with 58 at 7 a.m. and highs near 73. Precipitation 0.36 in last 24 hours. Humidity 42 at 7 p.m. and 87 at 7 a.m. Minor river changes from Dubuque to Muscatine. Astronomical events note sun set 7:26, rise 4:24, moon set 10:16 p.m., conjunction with Mars noted.
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Mars
Prominent politician named in Illinois fund reports
Springfield news notes Lounis D. Hirsheimer of Pittsfield named by John Oxion of Peoria as the prominent politician in attendance in F. The item hints at funds collected and names involved but stops abruptly, providing limited readable details.
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Springfield
Ill
Lounis D. Hirsheimer
Pittsfield
State Board of Equalization
John Oxion
Peoria
Two Houses Open Sessions Hear Porto Rico Bill Debate
Washington June 9 The Senate gave attention to the sundry civil appropriation bill and the rivers and harbors bill conference report but took no action. Senators Burton and Newlands denounced the rivers and harbors bill as pork. In the House the Olmsted Porto Rico civil government bill dominated the session and began readings for amendment, likely to be acted on next Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Senate
Burton
Newlands
Rivers and Harbors
Porto Rico
Equitable Life Questioned Mutual Status Amid Trust Expiry
The Equitable Life Assurance society faces renewed debate over converting to a mutual company as the five year extension on the Morgan O'Brien Westinghouse trust nears expiry. Thomas F. Ryan’s trust agreement holds stock control, with assets reported near 475 million dollars, and trustees have yet to act.
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New York
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Wall Street
Thomas F. Ryan
Equitable
Morgan, O’brien
George Westinghouse
Carroll's Narrow Lead in Iowa Primary Disputed
Des Moines reports Governor Carroll holds a small Iowa lead with only two counties left to hear from. The standpat faction claims a 150-delegate majority at the state convention to draft the party platform.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Carroll
Judge Prouty
Hull
Prouty
Garst
Nho
Will I. Whiting
Cummins
Dolliver
Fund of Illinois fishermen used for jackpot bribes uncovered
Springfield reports evidence showing the fishermen's fund to defeat the fish bill was turned into a jackpot doled out by Dr. Fred Schweer of Beardstown to Traut. Witnesses named Foster and two prominent men as organizers, with $2,075 delivered to Schweer and then to Traut on May 26.
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J. Traut
St. Nicholas Hotel
State Fish Commission
Fred Schweer
Beardstown
Traut
Springfield
Burke
Charles Cole
Foster
A.M. Foster
House Fisheries Committee
Game Commissioner
Cole
T. K. Condit
First National Bank of
First National Bank of Peoria
John Dixon
Pekin
Peoria
Schweer
Havana
F. J. Schweer
Fred J. Schweer
Frank J. Traut
Park
Knights of Pythias Dedicate New Home in Decatur
Ten thousand people gathered in Decatur Illinois for the dedication of a new home for orphans and the aged by the Knights of Pythias. Brigadier General J H Barkley led the parade and the grand lodge planned $500 in prizes for the uniformed rank. Governor Charles S Deneen gave the principal address with others including Supreme Chancellor Henry P Brown Grand Chancellor Albert Watson Millard F Dunlap and more.
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Decatur
Ill
Knights of Pythias
J. H. Barkley
Grand Lodge
Charles S. Deneen
Henry P. Brown
Cleburne
Texas
Albert Watson
Mount Vernon
Gotelaere Tells Story In Court In Saloon Fight
The manslaughter case against Cyriel Gotelaere moves to defense testimony after the state rests with skull fragment evidence. Gotelaere claims self defense saying he knocked Van Hecke down and kicked him after Van Hecke threatened an old man and attacked Gotelaere’s ally. The pair had been friends prior to the confrontation.
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Cyriel Gotelaere
Gotelaere
Levan van Hecke
van Hecke
Jag and a Freight Car in Collision
Charles Valinke of Moline went to Rock Island to drink then lay unconscious beside the Twenty fourth street rail yard tracks after being struck by a freight train. He recovered quickly at the police station and was placed on a car to return to Moline for continued drinking.
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Charles Valinke
Moline
Rock Island
Twenty-fourth Street
Valinke
Fast Train Wreck Kills Three, Injures Several
In St Louis on June 9 a fast mail train derailed and crashed through Miller Manufacturing walls killing engineer Walter A. Douglas fireman Robert D. Shephard and mail clerk Jasper L. Laster. Others including Thomas A. Coughtan and T. J. Wiggins were fatally or seriously hurt. A separate accident at Haverstraw New York killed four and injured one when a locomotive struck a coach returning from a funeral.
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Iron Mountain
St. Louis
Iron Mountain & Southern
Miller Manufacturing Company
Walter A. Douglas
Robert D. Shephard
Jasper L. Laster
Thomas A. Coughtan
T. J. Wigsins
New York
Haverstraw
N. Y
Illinois Growers Profit From 1910 Strawberry Crop
Cairo June 9 reports Pulaski county strawberry industry nearing market. Villa Ridge station ships 120 cars, Pulaski 190 cars, most fruit to Chicago. Berry prices ranged 1.50 to 2.50 on the track, enabling some growers to buy automobiles.
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Llinois
Cairo
Pulaski County
Ilinois
Villa Ridge Station
Here
Pulaski
Villa Ridge
Chicago
Princeton Gets Gifts After Graduate College Settlement
Princeton university will receive 1 500 000 in gifts following the amicable settlement of the graduate college site dispute. The bulk comes from a renewed offer by William Cooper Proctor of Cincinnati. The report also notes a London Bank of England discount rate cut from 3 to 3 percent.
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Princeton
N. J
Princeton University
William Cooper Proctor
Cincinnati
London
Bank of England
Vatican Stirs Germanys Wrath in Papal Encyclical Row
Berlin June 9 Chancellor Hollweg in the Prussian diet defended government action after a recent papal encyclical offended German religious sentiment. He said representations have been made to the Vatican and no reply has been received. Withdrawal of the Prussian legation at the Vatican has been suggested.
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Berlin
Hollweg
Germany
Vatican
Panic in Nicaragua War Halts Exports and Trade
Official dispatches from Managua report a fast spreading panic in western Nicaragua as the war curtails occupations and blocks fruit exports while exchange rates soar.
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Washington
Managua
Nicaragua
Unrequited Love Tragedy in Chicago Factory
Foreman Frank L. Campbell and Lena Hansen were found dead in southwest Chicago. Campbell, a married father, is believed to have killed Hansen in a jealous act and then shot himself. Both worked at a starch factory. Commemoration in Nazareth Pa noted with Attorney General Wickersham as speaker.
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Chicago
Girl
Self
Frank L. Campbell
Lena Hansen
Campbell
Miss Hansen
Wickersham
Nazareth
Nazareth Hall Military Academy
Browne Jury May Be Complete Today
Chicago report notes eight jurors selected in the Browne case as a new panel of 50 men is brought in. State's Attorney Wayman arrives with chief witnesses to Chicago and expects to begin the case tomorrow against Lee O'Neil Browne on bribery charges involving Representative White and Senator Lorimer.
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Chicago
Browne
Lee O'Neil Browné
White
Lorimer
Wayman
Beckemyer
Carlyle
Link
Mitchell
O'Fallon
Treasury rules on countervailing duty on wood pulp
Treasury department announces that pulp and printing paper from Quebec wood cut on crown lands before May 10 will incur a 25 cent per cord or equivalent 25 cent per ton countervailing duty under the new tariff law. Separately in London, the Anglo American wedding of Viscount Maidstone and Miss Margaretta Armstrong Drexel was celebrated at St. Margaret's Westminster.
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Treasury
Canada
Washington
Quebec
Treasury Department
London
Viscount Maidstone
Waterways Bill Is Safe in Senate
The conference report on the river and harbor bill was adopted in the Senate by 45 to 12. Senate leaders said there is little chance of passing the House provision for supervision of stock issuance by the Interstate Commerce Commission, due to concerns over state rights and Republican-Democrat pact. The postal savings bank bill is likely to be voted on at 6 p.m., with the Republican measure expected to replace the Democratic substitute.
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Washington
Senate
Interstate Commerce Commisson
House
Poet Laureate of the Modern Woodmen Dies at 64
Charles C. Hassler of Bloomington Illinois died suddenly at home. He served as clerk of McLean County and was known as the poet laureate of the Modern Woodmen order and author of poems and plays. The Illinois man was 64 and survived by his daughter Mrs F H Boetje.
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F. H. Boetje
Eighteenth Avenue
Charles C. Hassler
Bloomington
Ill
Boetta
Hassler
Dubuque
Lfm
McLean County
Grand Army
Youth Fells From Freight Car in Nahant Accident
William Payton an 18 year old resident of Norway Iowa fell from a Rock Island freight train at Nahant while beating his way home. He struck his head on a rail and fractured his skull. He was taken to Mercy hospital and may not recover.
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Norway
Iowa
Nahant
William Payton
Rock Island
Mercy Hospital
D Van Heck Buys Reliable Tea Company in Moline
D Van Heck of Rock Island has purchased the Reliable Tea Company store at 515 Fifteenth Street Moline from Frank P Styvaert. New owner takes possession July 1. Also notes from Rochester playground association reports presented at its June 9 session.
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D. van Heck
Reliable Tea Company of
Moline
Twentieth Street
Rock Island
Reliable Tea Company
Fifteenth Street
Frank P. Styvaert
Rochester
Congress of the Playground Association
Brewers Seek Government Aid in Regulating Liquor Trade
Washington June 9. The United Brewers association adjourned after endorsing a proposal that the organized brewing industry assist government authorities in drafting measures to regulate the retail liquor traffic. The convention instructed its trustees to quickly consider how the offer could be most effective.
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Washington
United Brewers’ Association
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la Crosse
Prairie du Chien
Dubuque le Claire
Davenport
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L. D. Hirsheimer
Equitable Life Mutualized
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Ryan
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Society For Life
Moline Business
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