IE Railroad Tariff Measure Is Discussed
Beverly Massachusetts July 2 The new railroad rate law will not be used to hammer down rates The administration does not intend to harass common carriers or arbitrarily suspend rates under the act The Interstate Commerce Commission may suspend rates for eleven months while judging their just ness Taft and Knapp met at Evans cottage to discuss the law They stress the suspension power will be used only with prima facie evidence of unreasonableness and not as a general brake
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Beverly
Mass
Interstate Commerce Commission
Taft
Martin A. Knapp
Evans Cottage
Burgess Point
Knapp
Wall Street
Republican leaders Taft Roosevelts Hughes in swap of names
Sister Candade admitted to bail in Paris on July 2 after arrest for extensive swindling. The bail was set at 10000 francs as she endured heat in prison.
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Candade
Paris
Frances
Scots Plan To Return Home
Scotchmen from across the United States and Canada will meet in Detroit next Tuesday to organize a mass homeward excursion. An international committee aims to book 2,000 Scots on a chartered steamer sailing from Montreal or New York on a yet undecided date.
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Detroit
United States
Canada
International Committee
Montreal
New York
Immigration admissions reach 1 035 545 for last fiscal year
Commissioner General Keefe reports that 1 035 545 immigrants were admitted at all U S ports in the last fiscal year, an increase of 283 759 from the prior year. Washington dated July 2.
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Washington
United States
Keefe
Forest fires grow larger threatening towns and settlers
July 1 report from Winnipeg notes fires leaping the Rainy river threaten Robins, Fort William area towns Stanley and Silver Mountain and Devlin Laval, with Destruction at Devlin including the Ontario hotel Cook's mill and the railway station. Fires extend east of Emo and toward Port Frances with no rain in sight.
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Fort William
Stanley
Silver Mountain
Devlin
Lavalies
Canadian Northern Railway
Ontario
Cook’s
Rainey
Emo
Ont
Port Frances
Market Summary Hogs and cattle steady in Chicago open
The market report shows hog receipts about 8000 with yesterday's leftovers 6907. Prices weak at yesterday's close with light hogs 9.10 to 9.40, mixed packers 9.95 to 9.35, heavy shipping grades 8.95 to 9.20, rough 8.65 to 8.85. Cattle about 300 and sheep 6000, steady.
Hogs Market Report Shows Receipts and Shipments
Second report on hogs notes estimated receipts for today at 8000 and tomorrow at 14000, with yesterday’s receipts at 11336 and shipments at 1546. Market quotes list bulk 895 915, light 9 00 9 30, mixed packers 8 9 30, heavy 8 90 9 15, rough 8 60 8 80, porkers 9 25 9 30, pigs 9 10 9 45.
Local Market Prices in Washington City Trade Report
The Washington City market lists prices for corn at 50 cents per bushel, hay by load at 12 dollars, straw by load 4 to 5 dollars, flour 1.60 to 1.70 per sack, bran 0.8 to 1.35 per hundred, shorts 1.50 per hundred, corn meal unknown, butter 0.26, and poultry including turkeys, fowls, roosters, ducks and geese with varied but unspecified rates. The list reflects a midrange commodity snapshot of agricultural goods and livestock values.
Mrs J S Sherman Recovering From Heart Illness
Mrs J S Sherman, wife of the vice president, is reported to be recovering from a heart illness. Her condition has prompted officials and family to monitor her health closely during this period.
Mrs Sherman Improves to Leave Johns Hopkins Hospital
Vice President Sherman travels to Utica to arrange the transfer of Mrs Sharman from Johns Hopkins University hospital to her home. Her condition has improved and she is expected to be discharged early next week.
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Washington
Sherman
Utica
Sharman
Johns Hopkins University Hospital
Market: Siow al early pm Bulk steady rates
Markets report early afternoon bids with light goods at 8 95 to 9 15 and mixed packers 905 to 9 30. Heavy shipping grades range 8 60 to 9 50 with steady activity. Ca steady. No market Monday July 4.
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Siow
Carpenter Killed and Seriously Injured in Scaffold Fall
In Calumet Michigan on July 2 Alfred Mikola 45 was killed and Oscar Strombach injured when they fell from a scaffold at Red Jacket. Both men were carpenters. Strombach survived the fall.
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Calumet, Mich
Alfred Mikkola
Oscar Strombach
Strombach
Red Jacket
Treasury reports large gain and improving revenue
Secretary of the Treasury reports a fiscal year ending with a surplus of about 9.2 million dollars after a prior deficit, driven by tax receipts. Total receipts reached roughly 669 million, with major contributions from customs and internal revenue, while expenditures were about 659.7 million.
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Washington
Secret of the Treasury
Department
Treasury
Wall Street
Chicago
Hitchcock
Oa Department
Hut
Postoffice Department
Parr Receives $20,000 Reward Payment
Secretary Mae Veagh sent Richard Parr, New York customs deputy, a treasury check for $20,000 as part payment of the $100,000 reward for exposing sugar underweighing frauds in New York. The remaining $80,000 will await a special appropriation from Congress.
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Washington
MaeVeagh
Richard Parr
New York Customs
Treasury
New York
Congress
Weather forecast fragment for Hitness Indiana Fair area
Readable meteorology notes indicate showers likely in the southern district with possible rain from today into tomorrow. The northern zones are drier but remain under unsettled conditions with lingering showers.
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Hitness
Indiana
Wate
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Gov. Hughes
American Press Association
Jack Johnson
James S. Sherman
Baltimore Hospital
Rat Portage Lumber Co
Devlin and
Lavalle
Winnipeg, Man
Rat Portage Lumber Company of
Winnipeg
Rainy River
Washington City
PTE Ree Ee Eee
Reister & Son
Roosters
Geese d. Isis
Eevedeetase
J. S. Sherman
Mrs. Sherman
Aeek
John A. Babcock Commission
U. S. Yards
Illinois
Jep Epales
Secretary of Treasury
Franklin Macveagh
Parr
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