Taft Works To Pass Most Laws As Congress Nears Adjournment
President Taft pushes a swift, broad legislative agenda as Congress signals it will adjourn by Saturday. Most major bills have passed both chambers, including tariff revision and interstate commerce measures, with the anti injunction bill awaiting next session. The postal savings bank bill remains in the senate after house amendments and a Senate vote is anticipated.
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Senate
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Carter
U S Replies To Madriz Over Nicaragua Protest
The United States, via Secretary Knox, sent a formal reply to Nicaraguan leader Madriz denying his charge that Washington prolonged the war by blocking bombardment of Bluefields and the Venus blockade. Consul Olivares in Managua received a copy for delivery. The state department says Madriz’s telegrams misstate U S policy and international law and notes other governments sought Washington information.
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Taft
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Nicaragua
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Managua
New Orleans
State Department
Washington
Diaz
Mexico
Mexico City
Knox
Madrid
Sioux City Live Stock Market Quotations
Saturday quotations from the Sioux City live stock market list hogs at 9.85 and best feeders at 5.75.
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Sioux City
Jowan Wins a Prize in Yale Sheffield Science School
Among prize recipients announced Sunday at Yale Sheffield Scientific School is A T Bensdal Davenport from Davenport Iowa who wins the Tucker prize in sanitary engineering.
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Jowan
Yale-Sheffield Scientific School
A. T. Bensdal Davenport
Tucker
Tragedy as Illinois Central Train Strikes Car in Chicago
Strikes on auto killed Randall and R. C. Proudfit and their wives were likely fatally wounded when an Illinois Central train hit the car they were riding in Chicago Sunday.
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Randall
R. C. .Proudfit
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Aviation Meet Set for Sioux City Woodland Park
Sioux City businessmen plan a three day aviation meet at Woodland Park Riverside to showcase the Curtiss machine and flights by Charles Willard and J C Mars. The event runs over June’s end and July’s start with a band concert daily, Western League baseball games, and a predicted unprecedented crowd during fair weather.
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Darius Green
Sioux City
Woodland Park
Riverside
Willard
Los Angeles
Woodland
Mizzou Park
Cities Must Put Up Millions For Panama Exposition Endorsement
Both San Francisco and New Orleans must raise 7,500,000 before receiving any endorsement for their Panama canal completion celebration exposition. The house committee on foreign affairs ruled no foreign participation until funds are secured.
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New Orleans
Panama Canal
House Committee On Foreign Affairs
Brokers Indicted Over Cotton Bull Movement
A federal grand jury in New York indicted Frank B. Han William Brown and Eugene Scales on Sherman Act violations tied to the recent cotton market surge. Also named were James A Patten and Maurice Rothschilds in the sweeping action.
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Frank B. Ha‘n
William Brown
Eugene Scales
New York
James A. Patten
Maurice Rothschilds
Mines to resume by July 1 under Southwestern Coal
Agreement reached to restart operations in all coal mines run by Southwestern Coal Operators' Association members. If union expectations hold, Kansas Oklahoma Arkansas and Missouri mines should be back in full swing by July 1.
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Kansas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Missouri
Forest Fires Near Port Arthur Cause Extensive Damage
Forest fires surrounding Port Arthur devastate standing timber causing hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage. Dozens of settlers are left homeless as fields are scorched, lowering chances for crops this season.
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Fatal Dash for Liberty on Highland Monarch Mutiny
Four Chinese crew members died and three escaped after a mutiny aboard the British steamship Highland Monarch as it sailed from port toward Auckland New Zealand. The incident occurred Friday and involved a dozen crew members seeking freedom.
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Auckland
New Zealand
Harris Acquitted by Jury in Warrenton Murder Trial
Not guilty was the verdict rendered late Friday in the case of Prof. J. D. Harris at Manassas Virginia. He was tried on the charge of murdering W. A. Thompson, associate editor of the Warrenton Virginian, on the streets of Warrenton in April 1909.
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Manassas
W. A. Thompson
Warrenton
Boy Aviator Dies After 50 Foot Glider Fall
A 17 year old San Francisco boy, Eugene Speyer, was killed during a practice flight when a glider attached to an automobile fell from about fifty feet. He died shortly after the crash.
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Eugene Speyer
San Francisco
Heatwave Exhausts Chicago as Temperatures Surge
City endures extreme heat with readings from the weather bureau at 84 degrees and rising. Street thermometers record up to 92 degrees as residents seek shade and air conditioned relief.
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Chicago
Weather Bureau
Bomb Explosion Fatal at Vienna Railway Station
A bomb exploded on Friday near the Gordat Street station in Vienna, killing several gendarmes in a fatal attack. The incident occurred at the railway area, triggering a security response.
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Vienna
Lumber Rate Cut for Southbound Freight Reached
Interstate Commerce Commission orders railroads to reduce lumber rate from 26 to 25 cents per hundred to Lincoln Omaha and Des Moines. Omaha merchants had sued for discrimination claiming unjust charges dating back three years. Reparation ordered for Omaha lumber men. Lincoln and Des Moines hope for similar justice.
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Lincoln
Des Moines
Interstate Commerce Commission
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Omaha Commercial Club
Lincoln Commercial Club
W. S. Whitten
Sioux City
Clark
Iowa
Judge Rules Capital Cannot Move From Guthrie
Judge A H Huston in Guthrie Oklahoma overruled Gov Haskell’s demurrer in a county district court injunction fight. The ruling upholds the enabling act’s Guthrie-to-OKC capital provision through 1913 and says the court can reach the governor and County Attorney Hepburn can file for injunction. The temporary restraining order remains in effect pending further orders.
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A. H. Huston
Guthrie
Okla
Explosion at New York tenement shocks occupants
An explosion of a dynamite bomb in a First Avenue tenement hall wrecked the first floor interior and forced 150 occupants to flee via fire escapes. Firemen rescued most with ladders as investigators suspect Black Hand threats aimed at Frank Fassett, a barber on the first floor.
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New York
Frank Fassett
Bank of Sinai Cashed Altered Checks In Sorenson Case
Detectives search for Charles Sorenson who left Volga South Dakota after working for several men who paid him with checks. Two raised checks cashed by First State Bank of Sinai were returned by Volga Bank. one from $6 raised to $60 and another from $2 raised to $42. No trace of Sorenson yet, but investigators expect to soon locate him.
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Charles Sorenson
South Dakota
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Volga Bank
Settlement reached over Deadwood excursion wreck death
The Burlington railroad company paid 3500 to the relatives of Miss Ethel Logan of Pukwana for her death in a Christmas wreck near Deadwood during the state educational association meeting. The company also settled with Miss Edith Sedgwick of Pukwana who was seriously injured in the same wreck.
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Black Hills
Ethel Logan
Pukwana
Burlington
Deadwood
Logan
Edith Sedgwick
Child Bitten by Rattlesnake Near Kimbro
A young daughter of Mr and Mrs C A Wood near Kimbro in Stanley county was bitten on the hand by a rattlesnake while at school. The teacher and pupils bound the arm to halt circulation and used local remedies until a physician arrived. The doctor declared the child out of danger and she suffered little discomfort due to prompt action.
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C. A. Wood
Kimbro
Stanley County
Belated Chicago Summer Brings First Heat Prostration
An 11 year old boy died after a heat related collapse while at a picnic in Chicago. Thermometer readings reached 80 degrees by ten in the morning signaling the start of belated summer conditions.
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Chicago
A Good Fish Story in Nisland Alfalfa Field
Walter Thompson, a young farmer near Nisland in the Belle Fourche irrigation district, finds a six pound catfish in a lateral ditch that entered his irrigated alfalfa field. He believes integrating fish and alfalfa could make his land more productive than farming a single product.
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Walter Thompson
Nisland
Belle Fourche
Owensville man falls from roof while watching Halley’s comet
Lambert Wilson of Owensville Ind climbed his house roof for a Halley’s comet view. His foot slipped and he slid thirty feet to the ground suffering painful cuts and bruises.
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Lambert Wilson
Owensville
Ind
Halley
Centenary Celebrated for Primitive Methodism at Mow Cop
The centenary of primitive Methodism was marked at Mow Cop in Stoke on Trent with a dawn camp meeting. About 100000 Methodists from across the country attended services at the birthplace hill.
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Mow Cop
Stok-on-Trent
Thompson Indicted on Bribery Charge Over Postal Card Paper
Federal grand jury indicted Peter G. Thompson president of Champion Coated Paper Co Hamilton Ohio on charges of attempted bribery connected with supplying paper for government postal cards.
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Oil Firms Prepare Massive Oklahoma Merge
Practically all details are set for the merger of twenty large Oklahoma oil producers into a single company with refineries and pipelines, to be formed at Kansas City on Monday.
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Oklahoma Field
Kansas City
Passenger Train Derailed Near Altoona No Fatalities Reported
A Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train left Pittsburgh for Philadelphia and derailed at Mill Creek near Altoona at 4 10 Thursday afternoon. The entire train went into a ditch but no one was killed or injured.
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Philadelphia
Mill Creek
Altoona
Quake Recorded by St Louis University Seismograph
Earthquake shocks lasting over one hour and nine minutes were recorded Thursday morning by the seismograph at St Louis University.
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St. Louis University
Wanted on Murder Charge: Langston Captured in South Dakota
Joseph Langston, a Tripp county homesteader, was taken to Arkansas by Sheriff Surridge of Blackrock after Pinkerton detectives located him in Tripp county. Arkansas authorities allege he is wanted for murder. officers had pursued him for over two years.
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Robbery at Bodega Saloon in Deadwood
Detectives probe a night-time burglary at the Bodega saloon one of Deadwood’s oldest liquor houses. The till was broken into in full view of the main street and about $1,700 in cash and currency was taken.
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Deadwood
Swedish Baptists to Meet in Sioux Falls
The annual gathering of Swedish Baptist churches in South Dakota will take place in Sioux Falls from June 15 to 19, marking the key yearly event for the denomination.
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South Dakota
Sioux Falls
Heavy Fire Destroys Property in Huron at 1 A M
A blaze in Huron destroyed property worth twelve to fifteen thousand dollars at about 1 o'clock Wednesday morning. Fire departments battled the flames but could not save the structure. No injuries were reported.
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Huron
Dakota attorney charged in homestead case in Deadwood
David P. Thomas of Sturgis, former U S commissioner at Wasta, was arrested by deputy J W Parmley on an indictment from a federal grand jury. He is charged with taking a homestead while serving as commissioner. Bond set for trial in Pierre on June 21. Thomas once ran against J C Jones for state senate, later moved to Sturgis and practiced law, and won a Meade county Republican nomination for county judge earlier this year. The arrest stirs Meade and Pennington counties.
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Sturgis
J. W. Parmley
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Pennington County
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Meade County
Meade
Pennington
WELL KNOWN DAKOTAN DEAD
Ex congressman John A Pickler dies Monday in Faulkton at age 79. Born January 24 1844 in Salem Indiana he served in the Third Iowa cavalry and became a captain. He later held legal and political posts in Iowa Missouri Dakota and was elected to four consecutive congresses as a Republican.
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Salem
Washington County
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Davis County
Iowa
Third Iowa Cavalry
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Ann Arbor
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Adair County
Muscatine
Dakota
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Farm Home Destroyed In Charles Mix County Fire
A two year old boy, son of Mr and Mrs Ernest Weaverling, died when their Charles Mix county farm home burned after supper while the parents milking. The boy was found inside the sitting room door, likely killed by smoke before escape. Fire origin remains a mystery, possibly from a lamp explosion.
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Charles Mix County
Weaverling
Two Women Injured in Buggy Accident Near Sturgis
Mrs. Byron Hough and Mrs. George Zents of Sturgis were thrown from a buggy Monday afternoon when a passing automobile frightened the horse. Each suffered a broken leg between the knee and ankle.
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Byron Hough
George Zents
Sturgis
Railway Improvements Enter Sioux Falls Lines
Railway companies plan extensive upgrades to their local facilities in Sioux Falls to handle growing business and improve efficiency as traffic increases across the region.
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Sioux Falls
Bridgewater Fourth of July Celebration Planned
Bridgewater will hold a modern Fourth of July celebration with business firms subscribing several hundred dollars to cover expenses and ensure the event is a success.
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Bridgewater
Miller artesian well bonds vote result
The election to authorize 6000 bonds for artesian well purposes in Miller ended with 211 votes for and 12 against.
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Miller
Theodore Roosevelt Jr Marries Eleanor Alexander in New York
Theodore Roosevelt Jr and Eleanor Alexander wed June 20 at Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church New York. After a short honeymoon they plan to live in San Francisco where he will run a carpet firm. The ceremony drew prominent guests and a family gathering at Charles B. Alexander’s home.
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Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Eleanor Alexander
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church
New York
America
Snowden Scahnestock
Elizabeth Barron
Ethel Roosevelt
Jegie Millington-Drake
Janetta Alexander
Jean Delano
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Fiarriet Alexander
Henny M. Sanders
Gordon Russell
Crawford, Wv. J
Charles B. Alexander
Toosevelt
Long Island
San Francisco
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Washington
Subtle Flattery at the Dining Table
A Chicago Tribune anecdote recounts two waiters ignoring a bald customer while a third exposes a hair in the soup. The bald man tips generously after the waiter points out the hair, claiming vanity inspires big gratuities. The tale highlights showy con artistry in service.
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Chicago Tribune
Noted Seller Seeks Honest Reason for Property Sale
Real estate agent warns Mr Yipsley that selling price needs a plausible motive. Yipsley cites rundown condition and low return, insisting he wants no sacrifice yet seeks its full value. Agent agrees to list, hoping for a reasonably attractive buyer.
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Carl Webber
York City
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