Chicago Shaken as Quake Rattles Four States
Tremor felt from Springfield to Milwaukee and as far as Kalamazoo with reports of jolts in Maywood Joliet Riverside Downers Grove and Evanston. No serious damage. duration five to thirty seconds. chimneys displaced in Joliet. fires feared in Aurora.
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Chicago
Springfield
Milwaukee
Burlington
Iowa
Kalamazoo
Mich
Maywood
Lockport
Joliet
Riverside
Downers Grove
Hinsdale
Naperville
Elgin
Evanston
New
Weather Bureau
Peoria
Federal Building
Freeport
Aurora
Bloomington
Kewanee
Geneva
Streator
Dixon
Rockford
Moline
Janesville
Beloit
Wis
Cedar Rapids
Dubuque
Muskegon
China
South Haven
Benton Harbor
Chicago Weather Office
Cox
Taft Proclamation Opens 800000 Acres for Settlement
President Taft issues a proclamation opening about 440000 acres in the Flathead Montana 200000 in the Coeur d Alene Idaho and 50000 to 100000 in the Spokane Washington reservations for settlement. Registration runs July 15 to August 5 with sworn forms filed at Kalispell Missoula Spokane or Coeur d Alene. Mail registrations go to the Coeur d Alene opening superintendent where the drawing starts at 10 oclock August 9 and continues until finished.
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Taft
Flathead
Mont
Coeur d'Alene
Idaho
Spokane
Wash
Kalispell
Missoula
Fire Toll Sums Marked Loss in Multiple Cities
Fire at Long Island Kansas destroyed four business buildings with estimated losses of 100000 dollars. A Brooklyn plant of Star Baking Company burned with 100000 dollars loss. A major blaze at 7th Avenue warehouse caused 200000 dollars damage. Ruth Mitchell two fires and a banquet for Frank W. Carpenter noted amid fraternity events.
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Long Island
Kan
Ruth Mitchell
Highland
Cal
Harold
East Side
Star Baking Company
Thomas Street
Brooklyn
N. Y
7Th Avenue
New York
Grand Rapids Furniture Company
Frank W. Carpenter
Taft
Washington
Georgetown
Delti Chi
Tariff clash in Senate tests lumber and sugar schedules
The Senate spent Monday debating the lumber tariff with Root Heyburn Borah and Dolliver siding for protection while Clapp Burkett and McCumber urged free lumber. A two thirds vote defeated McCumber’s free lumber amendment. Dolliver shifted from progressives to caution on free lumber. The sugar schedule drew four major speeches as protectionists urged high duties amid fights over beet sugar and Danish standards.
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Senate
Root
Heyburn
Borah
Dolliver
Clapp
Burkett
McCumber
Neyburn
Idaho
Bailey
Denver
Owen
Aldrich
Committee On Ways and Means
Porto Rico
Foster and McEnery
Louisiana
Foster
McEnery
Committee On Finance
Beveridge
Taft
House
Senator McEnery
United States
South
Burrows
Michigan
Smoot
Utah
Finance Committee
Sugar Trust
Bristow
Kansas
Our Own Minstrels and Referendum History
A quirky dialogue and song sequence opens with a comic exchange about waifs and apartments, featuring Prof Howlan High erenah as tenor and a topical piece about a Count De Bust. The note ends with a brief on Swiss referendum adoption from 1820 onward and its spread across cantons.
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Jerry
James Stewart Recalls His Tale Amid Metal Screams
A fragmented passage recalls a man named James Stewart telling a tale as the relentless engine and screw sounds echo, suggesting a tense scene where fate seems to drive events. The imagery pairs sea birds with mechanical noise to set a stark mood.
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James Stewart
Difference Between Optimism and Pessimism
The optimist claims it is spring when it isn’t and the pessimist says it isn’t when it is. This quip contrasts hopeful and doubtful outlooks in a concise joke form.
Weary Walker Advocates Roadwise Cabinet Pick
A quoted exchange argues the president should appoint a minister with road knowledge. Walker suggests eligibility for the cabinet, saying such a figure would energize powers through hopeful governance. The dialogue reflects political talk about infrastructure expertise in leadership selection.
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Weary Walker
Walker
Grasty gains control of Pioneer Press in St Paul
Charles S. Grasty of the St Paul Dispatch has secured a majority of Pioneer Press stock, signaling the suspension of the paper’s evening edition. A portrait of Jefferson Davis on Mississippi battle ship silver service triggers criticism as the gift is presented June 1 by the state.
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Charles S. Grasty
St. Paul
Long Illinois Senate Deadlock Ends with Lorimer Victory
After a protracted stalemate that began January 20 in the joint assembly, Congressman William Lorimer of Chicago won the U S Senate seat. Initial votes showed Hopkins leading with 89, Stringer 76, Foss 16, Shurtleff 12, and Mason G. amid repeated attempts to break the deadlock.
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W. J. Calhoun
Edward D. Short
William Lorimer
Mr. Shurtleff
John C. Eastman
Lawrence B. Stringer
Congress
Manchester
England
Chicago
Billy
Chicago Street Railway
Sixth Ward
United States
Ilinois
Joint Assembly
Hopkins
Stringer
Foss
Shurtleff
Mason G
Frank O. Lowden
Springfield
William B. McKinley
Lawrence Y. Sherman
New York Forms United Dry Goods Companies of 51 Million
The world's largest dry goods merger launches in New York with a capital of 51 million dollars, led by John Claflin of the Associated Merchants' Company. Incorporation papers filed in Dover Delaware name Eugene D. Alexander Kenneth McEwen and Thomas F Bayard as directors. The firm is expected to absorb the Associated Merchants' Company operations.
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New Concern
New York
Associated Merchants’ Company
John Claflin
New
United Dry Goods Companies of
Dover
Del
Hawthorne Lays Cornerstone for First Methodist Church
Hawthorne Nevada with population around 1500, formerly the county seat, lays the cornerstone of its first Christian church the Methodist building on Wednesday. The town has relied on a Chinese joss house as its sole place of worship, now abandoned, highlighting a long quest for a local church amid mining district prosperity. Goldfield’s county seat move years ago cited Hawthorne's lack of a church as a key factor.
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Klondike
Saskatchewan
Miss Thorne
Stewart
Northwest
Ottawa
Mathilde Boutillier
Nemesis
Orkwell
Providence
Joss House
Hawthorne
Nev
Goldfield
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American Federation of Arts
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Frank Leslie Publishing House
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World of Congress
William E. Lorimer
France
Count de Bust
Lane
Switzerland
Canton
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Frieburg
Johnson
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Lorimer
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