Canada Reciproc ity Debate Intensifies In House
In Ottawa on July 9 the reciprocity dispute reopens in parliament with Prime Minister Laurier and Finance Minister Fielding taking part. Speakers argue obstruction by the opposition, signaling a possible general election in October as the session contemplates a new reciprocity path with the United States.
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Ottawa
Ont
House of Cowmona
Finance
United States
Senate
Wilfrid
Mr. Fielding
Scace
Middleboro
Wilfred Laurier
Ife
Fielding
Canada
Herbert H. Asquith Hailed as Premier In Commons Clash
In the House of Commons, Herbert H. Asquith faced sharp opposition as the English Premier was pressed on policy. Debates grew heated with MPs challenging leadership and discussing national directions.
Fatal rush to riot ends in crash and gunfire in Cleveland
July 25 report details a fast auto carrying four private detectives to a garment strikers riot colliding with a pole near the Special Officers Club. Detectives Snyder Elliott Doering and McCarthy were seriously injured. Ernestine Keller, eight, suffered a scalp wound. Rioters and strikers exchanged over sixty shots. two strikers wounded and multiple arrests reported.
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Cleveland
Bhaiky” Snyder
B Eiott
Doering
Kk. J. McCarthy
Snyder
Ernestine Keller
Marler
Everds
Texas prohibition vote disputed amid fraud claims
In Austin, Texas, July 25, the statewide prohibition election remains contested. Antis claim a 5 000 to 1 100 edge. Prohibitionists expect a majority per official canvass led by T Hi Ball. Drys threaten court actions over alleged fraud by naturalized and non residents. final tally due next Saturday before the returning board.
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Austin
Tex
T. Hi Ball
State Prohibition Organization
South
Texas
Tragic Trolley Accident In Montreal And LI Train Crash
In Montreal on Marchmont avenue Mrs Palladean and her husband stepped aside from an east bound trolley when a west bound car struck. Mrs Palladean flew about a hundred feet and her husband about two hundred feet, both fatally injured. In New York on the Long Island Rail Road a fast train crashed into two cars at Winfield. chauffeur Peter Horn was killed instantly.
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Montreal
Que
Hermisdis Palladean
Marchmont Avenue
New York
Long Island
Winfield
Peter Horn
Interstate Commerce Commission Announces Major Freight Rate Decisions
Decisions of far reaching importance announced by the interstate commerce commission affect freight gates between the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific coast and particularly the rates in the territory tying between Denver and Pacific coast points.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Coast
Denver
Mauries Enright Held for Murder Trial in Altman Case
Chicago July 25 Mauries Enright called a labor slugger faces indictment for the March murder of Vincent Altman in the Bridges house. He likely will go to trial before Judge Honore next Monday and be brought to the criminal docket.
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Chicago
Mauries Enright
Vincent Altman
Briges House
Honore
Keeley testifies Tribune paid for Lorimer corruption story
James Keeley general manager of the Chicago Tribune testifies before senate committees probing Lorimer corruption. He describes paying $3 250 to William White for a confession and explains verification, legal steps, and ongoing Tribune efforts to uncover Springfield bribery.
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Washington
James Keeley
Chicage Tribune
Senate
Leriner
Sinois
Forinefield
Lorimer
the Tribune
William A. White
Minnie Assembly
Tribune
Jornier
Keeley Siid
White
Keeley
Springfield
Edward @. Hines
Menard Hines Lumber Company
Roger Sullivan
Democratic Rational
United States Senate
Mr. Marble
Eating and Thinking: Diet Timing for Mental Work
A health column notes successful figures like Thomas A. Edison sometimes skip meals during peak mental effort. It argues evening main meals aid digestion and focus, recommends concentrating vitality on brain work in forenoon, and warns against improper mastication and the bad habit of excessive snacking. It also suggests drinking water slowly after meals to ease digestion.
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Thomas A. Edison
Springfield bid to buy votes threatens ballot outcome
The text describes a corrupt effort involving a Springfield hotel meeting, reporters, and political figures to purchase votes. It mentions Senator Hopkins May, editor Clifford Raymond, Representative Copley, and Speaker Shurtleff, with a proposed $30,000 payment and warnings of exposure. The fragment hints at a legislative corruption attempt by Democratic and Republican actors.
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Tribune
Hopkins
St. ' Hotel
Springfield
Rom Clifford Raymond
The
Outield
Copley
Congress
Ilinois
Keel Au Toad
Springfeld
Shurtlefi
Fifty Years Ago Today July 25 In Calamity and Death
Fifty years ago on July 25 a fragmentary notice recalls Professor Maximiliangang Daneke a noted German torian who died aged seventy. The text mentions indemnity sites and a Senate action linked to the government of the north and observers such as Professor Lowe's connoissance.
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Professor Lowe
Senate
Maximilian
Gang Daneke
Union Bakers Fight Bread Trust Across Tri-State Area
Delegates from fifty six Locals of the Journeymen Bakers union in New York New Jersey and Connecticut organize a tri state anti bread conference to block a proposed bread trust claimed to threaten hundreds of small bakers. Max Freund says justice department officials questioned union evidence of Sherman antitrust law violations and promised further talks.
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New York
Journeymen Bakers’ Union
New Jersey
Connecticut
New York City
Bakers’ Union
Tri-State
Department of Justice
Max Freund
International Organization of the Bakers’ Union
Freund
Seal Treaty Ratified by Senate on Motion
The senate ratified the North Pacific seal treaty on motion of Bellator Culom with no discussion. The pact bans pelagic sealing and regulates land killings but does not take effect until all signatories accept it.
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Washington
Senate
Bellator Culom
Pope Pius X Colds With Hoarseness Forces Audience Halt
Pope Pius X suffers a bad cold and sore throat. Ettore Marchiafava and Dr Giuseppe Petticod conclude a mild fever. The pope will rest and resume audiences later. In Jefferson City a convict, Thomas Andrews, cuts his throat with a shoe knife in the penitentiary. recovery hope is noted.
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Pope Pius X
Ettore Marchiafava
Guiseppe Petticod
Jefferson City
Thomas Andrews
Attorney General Wickersham denies delegate allegations
George W. Wickersham, Attorney General, publicly denies allegations concerning his role as a delegate. He asserts the claims are unfounded and asserts his commitment to proper conduct and duty within the office.
Disorder in Commons as Lords Amendments Face Resistance
London July 25 wild disorder marked the session of the house of commons. The speaker struggled to maintain decorum as the protection rose repeatedly to press consideration of the Lords amendments to the parliamentary bill. Asquith spoke briefly amid the uproar and the premier warned that with Lords consent to restore the veto substantial original form the government would invoke the royal prerogative to create new peers.
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London
House of Commons
Lords
Asquith
AFL Leaders Plead Not Guilty to Contempt Charges
Samuel Gompers Joby Mitchell and Frank Morrison of the American Federation of Labor pleaded not guilty before Judge Wright. They also claimed immunity under the statute of limitations and argued the proceedings were not instituted within the legal time frame. A further hearing was postponed ten days.
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Washington
Samuel Gompers
Joby Mitchell
Frank Morrison
American Federation of Labor
Joe Thce Wright
District Supreme Court
Union Fight Triggers Jerome Charter Revoke and Boss Mate
Western Federation of Miners wins charter revocation for the Jerome Arizona union after a full day of discussion. The move targets local leadership amid allegations of outside control by a company linked to W Chuk. In Montana a separate scene reports a marriage elopement in St. Louis, comparing youth and parental objections.
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Western Federation of Miners
Jerome (Ariz
Union
Loite
Mont
Moyer
Jerome, Arts
Wchuk
United Vecde
Indiana and Wisconsin Weather Forecast
A fair day ahead in Indiana and Wisconsin with gradual warming. Moderate northwestern winds are expected and temperatures rise slowly into tomorrow.
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Indiana
Inci
Wisconsin
Latter claims he'll prove it in Alaska cases
Attorney General Wickersham denies delaying or shielding Alaska syndicate criminals. He asserts the coal contract fraud charge lacks foundation and cites a MacNamara investigation. Delegate Wick ersham vows to present a statement next Monday as the committee resumes hearings.
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Washington
Ceneral Wickersham
House Committee On the Judiciary
Vate Wickersham
Alaska
United States Forta
Witnes
Naczey
Wickersham
Department Ofustice
Department
Uart MacNamera
Nt O
Torough
MacNamara
Hazey
Martin Littleton
New York
Asariel
Commiitee
Stamboul Fire Subdued After Ruinous Conflagration
Constantinople July 26 reports a major fire in the European quarter burning for hours until fuel ran out. The blaze, described as the greatest since the Peru disaster, wiped out two square miles and more than 1,000 houses from the area around the war ministry and toward the Sea of Marmora.
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Constantinople
Peru
War Ministry
Stanboul
Sea of Marmora
Nebraska Republicans meet in Lincoln convention night
Nebraska Republicans held their state convention in Lincoln this evening while the Democratic convention opened in Fremont with M. P. Harrington in the chair, and W. F. M. Rice, a Seminole war survivor, died in Tennessee. Elsewhere harvest hands in Alton Missouri region lose a whisky allowance.
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Nebraska
Lincoln
W. F. M. Rice
Flint Springs
Tenn
Fremont
M. PF. Harrington
Bryan
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Bread Trust
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Pontiff
SEC
Wckersham
George W. Wickersham
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Delegate Wickersham
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H. H. Asquith
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Mitchell
Morrison
Justice Wright
Company Controls Union
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