Chicago Charter Victory After Furious Senate Fight
Springfield May 11 The senate passed the Chicago charter bill delivering relief after years of debt limits and stalled city improvements. Governor Deneen urged action on related waterway and war measures while other bills on pure food banking and auto speed faced House debates.
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Springfield
Senate
Chicago
Deneen
House
Ing
Star
State Bankers Association
Chicago Auto Club
Me. Browne
LaSalle
Cargoes Go Back Twenty-Eight Vessels Due Tomorrow
New York May 11 with half a dozen steamers sailing today and 28 more due tomorrow the shipping situation grows more serious as fuel and water for ballast tighten. Some ships will sail with partial cargoes or ballast weight, others lack water and all vessels will have cabins for the spring tourist season.
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New York
Isis
Jongsheremien
SHOOTS PRISONER MOB ATTEMPTS LYNCHING IN Butte
Butte Montana May 11 Datral Driver Charles Jackson shot and killed Harry Cole as he tried to escape. A mob of about 300, led by a supporter of Cole, attempted to lynch Officer Charles McGarvey, wrongly believing he fired the shot. Cole had been arrested for forgery and was suspected of belonging to a gang behind a derailment and murder in Welch Spur days earlier. Cole is brother of George Cole, jailed for robbing a river near the city two years ago.
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Northern Pacific
Welch Spur
Om Muderins
Uineer Clowna Reese
Sullivan
Cole
George Cole
Burlington
Deneen Names Sherman to Spanish Treaty Claims Panel
Washington May 11 The president announced the appointment of Lawrence Y Sherman of Illinois to succeed M J Deekma of Michigan as member of the Spanish treaty claims commission.
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Spanish Claims Commission
Washington
Lawrence Y. Sherman
Ilinois
M. J. Deekma
Michigan
Taft Hosts Dinner For General Kuroki And Japanese Officers
In Kington at the New Willard hotel Secretary Taft hosted a dinner honoring General Kuroki and Japanese military and naval officers. The event was informal with Taft introducing each guest to Kuroki as the stars and stripes and the rising sun displayed prominently.
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Kington
New Willard Hotel
Taft
Kuroki
Four Die Within a Week in Lake Man’s Family Pneumonia Victim
John McNaughton, assistant superintendent of the ship canal at Sault Ste Marie Michigan, dies in pneumonia. He is the fourth family member to die in a week. In Washington the president appoints Edward B Moor of Michigan as commissioner of patents to succeed Frederick I Allen who has resigned.
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John McNaughton
Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Great Lakes
Washington
Edward B. Moor
Michigan
Frederick I. Allen
Moore
Orchard 70 Talk Hard Bump for Hughes
In Boise May 11 members of the Western Federation of Miners watch Haywood case progress. Orchard may testify despite questions about limits. Moyer claims records show he was not convict in 1886. In New York a resolution endorsing Governor Hughes for the Republican nomination is tabled after opposition from Woodrum.
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Moyer
Boise
Idaho
Western Federation of Miners
Haywood
Orchard
Haywood, Moyer and Pettibone
New York
Hughes
Odell
Republican State Committee
Harvard and Columbia Rowing Debut Ends in Colum bia Victory
On May 11 Boston, Columbia edged Harvard by half a length on the Charles River in a mile and seven eighths race. Times were Columbia 9:16 versus Harvard 9:18 marking Columbia’s first Charles River appearance and the first Harvard Columbia varsity contest in twenty years.
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Boston
Columbia
Harvard
Charles River
Charles
Republics End Dispute Between Mexico and Guatemala
Mexico and Guatemala reach a basis of agreement ending the dispute that threatened diplomatic rupture. Ambassador Creel announced Washington on May 11 that the trouble has been definitely and effectively adjusted after advisories from Mexico.
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Mexico
Guatemala
Washington
Mr. Creel
Cripple Creek Mine Drainage Poured Into Celebration
Cripple Creek Colorado May 11 festivities marked the launch of a $200 million gold ore drainage tunnel. Prominent mining and business leaders joined in rejoicing as the project aims to drain virgin territory and significantly extend Cripple Creek’s mining prospects.
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Big Cripple Creek
Colorado
Cripple Creek
Col
Ginample Creek
Crip- Vile Creek
Americans Freed After Guatemalan Arrests
Washington May 11 The Guatemalan government released C. L. Lullen of Little Rock Ark and Marshall Stamms of Cincinnati, two Americans arrested in Guatemala City on alleged complicity in the attempted assassination of President Barraba Carrara. Advices from Philip Brown at the American legation confirmed the action.
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Washington, D. C
C. L. Lullen
Little Rock
Ark
Marshall Stamms
Cincinnati
Guatem City
Barraba Carrara
State Department
Philip Brown
Guatemala City
Wheat Reaches Dollar Mark on Discouraging Reports
In New York on May 11 the July wheat contract rose to 9 1/2? as bulls pressed for a dollar price but heavy selling limited gains. Chicago markets followed with a sharp upturn after yesterday's government crop report, July advancing to 92 3/4 amid continued weak weather and discouraging Michigan Kansas crop notes.
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New York
Rane Aewman
Chicago
Michigan
Kansas
Winnipeg
Canada
Ater
Elsinore Dramatic Club Presents Varied Program at Augustana
Elsinore Dramatic club of Augustana College offered a diverse program to a crowded Phrenokosmian Society. It opened with piano solo by Cora Tiegren, then staged scenes from The Two Rivals and The Merchant of Venice with featured actors Ayden, Magnuson, Swanson, Jonson, Landberg and Helmne. A vocal by Ryder followed, then Henry VIII scenes with Jonson, Bengston, Magnuson. The evening closed with The Silent System. Also celebrated the 200th birth anniversary of Carl von Linne with lectures by notable scholars and music by the Wennerberg chorus.
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Elsinore Dramatic Club
Anina College
Phrenokosmian Society
Cora Tiegren
R.A. Jacobson
Richard Sheridan
George H. Ayden
Anthony Absolute
W. X. Magnuson
Captain Absolute
A. Drefas
Alex Jacobson
Cory Miegren
von Linne
Carl von Linne
Augustana College
Europe
America
Augustana
J. A. Volden
E. K. Putnam
Davenport Academy of Sciences
Joshua Lindahl
Cincinnati Museum of Natural History
PL A. Rydberg
New York Botanical Gardens
Charles E. Bessey
University of Nebraska
Wennerberg Chorus
Stromboli Island In Grave Danger
Messi May 11 report notes new craters on Mount Etna and Stromboli with increasing eruptions. Earthquakes registered in Messina and Catania are light. Island population alarms rise as main Etna crater smoke and flames are seen. A section of Stromboli's main crater fell heightening activity and disturbing nearby sea. scientists suggest a possible submarine crater causing the aquatic disturbance.
Spain endures sleepless night after royal birth
Madrid reports a sleepless night as public rejoicing over the birth of an heir to the throne continues. The queen and baby are in excellent condition and the day will see the prince's birth inscribed on state and royal family registers.
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Madrid
Spain
Collision on trolley lime did not set new record
Severe frost lingered across several regions with a low of 34 degrees and a killing frost alert. Ice formed where water stood outside, nearly a quarter inch thick, while the last killing frost in the area dated back to May 22.
Ready to order troops to keep Frisco quiet
From Springfield a passenger coach carrying 20 people was halted on a curve of the McKinley interurban line to repair the trolley yesterday afternoon a work train locomotive dashed around the curve at full speed and demolished the coach injuring nine persons several seriously
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Springfield
McKinley Interurban
Here
Tate Convicted In Joliet Penitentiary Case
Edward S. Tate, hold up man and alleged aide to Newton C. Dougherty, was found guilty of robbing J G Flint’s home on Indiana avenue. A jury in Judge Kersten’s court recommended clemency. Tate faces an indeterminate sentence or one to fourteen years. The trial featured sensational scenes, a court clearance, and police guard actions.
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Edward S. Tate
Newton C. Dougherty
Peoria Board of Education
J. G. Flint
Indiana Avenue
Kersten
Joliet
Tate
Pardon Board
Soon Collect Own Cash in Venezuela
Wington May 11 The state department received a dispatch from William W Russell American minister at Caracas Venezuela that payments to the allied powers Germany Great Britain and July agreed upon under blockade several years ago will be completed about July 1 After that date the only payments will be for account of exchange in currency of the countries The deferred claimant the United States Mexico the Netherlands Sweden and Belgium will then come in for a settlement Monthly payments will be made to these countries from the customs receipts of Venezuela.
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Wington
State Department
William W. Russell
Caracas
Venezuela
Germany
Great Britain
United States
Mexico
Netherlands
Sweden
Belgium
Cold Wave Grips Pennsylvania and New York May News
Western Pennsylvania records the coldest May day in 31 years with frigid temperatures across the region. Snow and unusually low readings are reported in New York state and New England as a cold snap extends from Pennsylvania to the Northeast.
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Pennsylvania
Pittsburg
New York
New Yorkstate
New England
Steamer Lily Returns from North Voyage to Red Wing
The steamer Lily arrives at 7 oclock this morning from St Paul as it completes river navigation preparations from Carroll to Red Wing. Captain W C Eagon boards a 20 year veteran crew. Lily carries 500 lights 172 day marks and 72 buoys. It departs Paducah March 15 and will sail again toward St Louis Cairo after a week harbor stay. The W W excursion by Norfolk Eagles departs tomorrow afternoon to Muscatine returning by evening. Water level reads 7.20 all day.
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United States
Lily
St. Paul
Carroll
Red Wing
Minn
Paducah
Muscatine
Prescott
Ruth
Will Begin Garden Work At Bethany Home
The third annual gardening day at Bethany home will be next Saturday. Public contributions of plants bulbs seeds and shrubbery are invited to beautify the home. Children at the home tend the gardens and take great pride in their plants and vegetables.
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Bethany
Bethany Home
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