State Prosecutor Calls Rep Foster to Springfield
Sangamon County State’s Attorney Burke returns from Peoria and orders assistants to summon Rep Foster of Rushville, chairman of the house fish and game committee, to appear in Springfield. Burke hints Foster may be recalled before a grand jury over legislation stirred by fish interests.
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Springfield
Ill
Peoria
Burke
Foster
Rushville
House Committee On Fish and Game
Lemm Confesses Bribery In Fish Bill Case
Pekin fish dealer Henry Lemm confessed to State's Attorney Burke that he contributed 300 dollars to help kill the fish bill in the last general assembly. He said he had paid for twenty five years and the fund totaled about 3100 dollars. Burke and Deputy Sheriff Bogardus then sought John Dixon, Peoria’s leading fish merchant and fund collector, who promised to testify before the grand jury.
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Peoria, II
Henry Lemm
Pekin
Burke
Lemm
John Dixon
Peoria
Springfield
Bogardus
Dixon
Grand Jury
Browne Surrenders As Writ Of Habeas Corpus Sought
Lee O Neill Browne and attorney Elbridge Hanecy sprung a surprise on State's Attorney Wayman. Browne surrendered to the sheriff and asked Judge Kickham Scanlan for a writ of habeas corpus claiming Cook county courts lack jurisdiction over the bribery charge. The writ was issued and returnable two hours before Browne's trial before Judge McSurely.
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Chicago
Lee O'Neil Browne
Elbridge Hanecy
Wayman
Browne
Noise for Roosevelt Two-Minute Continuous Whistle Salute
New York June 6 Roosevelt arrival plans call for a two minute continuous blast from whistles as the Androscoggin carries him up the bay. A salute from quarantine fleet will announce the former president's approach to the Battery with the fleet divided into twelve divisions after many applications. Prince Fushimi and Princess Fushimi visited Grant's Tomb with a wreath laid in Japan's red and white colors.
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New York
Noisse
Roosevelt
Androscoggin
Prince Fushimi
Grant
Prince
Princess Fushimi
Central Perk
Japan
State's Atty Wayman Opens Browne Prosecution Today
The district attorney, Wayman, begins the criminal case against Lee O'Neil Browne this morning. Court observers expect arguments on motions and the reading of charges as Browne faces an indictment. The proceedings unfold in the county courthouse with local law enforcement present.
Mother pleads with Taft to save son in Nicaragua
Mrs. Rachael Pittman of Cambridge appeals to President Taft for intervention to save William P. Pittman held by Madrid forces in Nicaragua. Ed win Pittman reports the grief of a mother whose son, in U S government service in Panama, may face court martial after aiding insurgents by laying mines at Bluefields.
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Cambridge
Mass
Rachael Pittman
William P. Pittman
Madrid
Nicaragua
Taft
Edwin Pittman
United States
Panama
Pittman
Bluefelds
Madriz denies report on Pittman case assurances
Secretary Knox will receive a full report soon. Senor Madriz, head of Nicaragua's de facto government, says William Pittman of Boston captured near Bluefields will be treated fairly. Consul Jose de Olivares quotes Madriz as denying a court martial and promising fair treatment and swift telegraphic instructions from Managua.
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Washington
Senor Madriz
Nicaragua
Knox
William Pittman
Boston
Madriz
Bluefields
Pittman
Jose de Olivares
Managua
State Department
Madrys
Toledo
Pittmane
Irias
Greytown
Pittman Confined in Grey Town Under Madrid Forces
Dispatches report William Pittman is detained in Grey Town now held by Madrid forces led by Gen Irias. American officials Thomas P Moffat and Commander W W Gilmore await word on his condition as they investigate the arrest from Bluefields and the Paducah gunboat.
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Jen. Irias
William Pittman
Pittman
Greytown
Madrid
Gen
Irias
State Department
Thomas P. Moffat
Bluefields
W W. Gilmore
Paducah
Pittman Case Probed Over Prisoner Mine Claim
The state department says it will scrutinize humane treatment of American engineer William P. Pittman reported captured by Madriz forces while with the Estrada army. Telegrams to Managua Bluefields and Paducah demand inquiry and prompt reporting.
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Washington
State Department
William P. Pittman
Madriz
Estrada
Managua
Bluefields
Gilmore
Paducah
San Juan del Sur
Department
Great Gold Rush Draw At Iditarod Brain Drain
News from the far north reports thousands of prospectors heading to the Iditarod gold mines on the Iditarod river. The initial 850 men have arrived from Fairbanks after a three week Yukon journey and about 5,000 more are en route or ready to start. Resources are tight with no wharf built for supplies and food remains costly. Conservative figures warn of insufficient ground for so many workers and potential suffering.
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San Francisco
Iditarod
Iditarod River
Klondike
Fairbanks
Yukon River
China's Exposition Opens in Shanghai Amid Crowds
Shanghai June 6 China opens its first international exhibition at Nahking without incident. Rumors of riots proved unfounded as crowds fill the venue and Chinese ladies attend. First ticket sells for 10,000 taels. Washington June 6 Mrs Taft returns to the White House after a week in Cincinnati due to her father's illness.
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Shanghai
China
Nahking
Baroness Weds American in Renunciation of Title
Baroness Fueger Von Rechtbern renounces her Austrian title to wed William Potch a Harvard graduate of Boston. The couple’s marriage marks a notable cross Atlantic alliance. In Paris, Olly Roederer’s Radie Rose won the Prix Hedouville at Chantilly with Van derbilt's Oversight finishing second.
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Fueger von Rechtbern
William Patch
Boston
William Potch
Harvard
Radis Rose
Paris
Chantilly
Olly Roederer
Radie Rose
Vanderbilt
Oversight
Monon Train Wreck Near Shelby Claims Engineman
One man died and many were injured when a Monon passenger train collided with a freight near Shelby Indiana about fifty miles from Chicago. The engineman of the freight was killed after failing to see the oncoming passenger in dense fog. Among the injured were several Louisville racing men. The forecast calls for partly cloudy weather in Illinois and Indiana today and tomorrow.
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Chicago
Monon
Shelby
Ind
Louisville
Market roundup at Chicago docks June 6 1910
Estimated receipts reach 30000 with yesterday’s leftovers 3041. Market shows lighter hogs at 9.10 to 9.35 and heavy shipping grades 9.00 to 9.35. Cattle run 18000 up strong to 10 higher. Sheep 1500 steady. Furnished by Beach Wickham Grain Co. Chicago.
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Texas
Chicago Live Stock Market Totals and Price Ranges
Chicago market report shows estimated receipts today at 30000 with yesterday 9317 official receipts and 9442 shipments. Week totals include 108849 receipts and 14067 leftovers. Market by class lists cattle hogs and sheep with price ranges and day-to-day shifts.
Market Report Shows Gains Across Shipping and Livestock
Trading activity picks up with bulk higher by up to five points and heavy shipping grades rising. Cattle and sheep and lambs show solid strength, with cattle and sheep advancing as buyers seek larger lots and healthier demand.
Local Market Prices in Washington City
Prevailing prices listed for corn oats hay straw flour bran shorts corn meal buckwheat and butter. Values show per sack per hundred or per load with figures such as flour 1.60 to 1.70 and hay 12.00 per load.
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Ccscese
Sasvccce
Railroal Presidents to Gallow Taft Election Probe in Illinois
Whose election to the Senate sparked a bribery investigation in Illinois as the House probes possible railroading influence. The article outlines the involvement of senior railroad presidents and the taft administration amid political turmoil and corruption allegations.
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Railroal
Taft
Senate
Illinois
House
Republicans Win in Pennsylvania Narrow Congressional Fight
In Pennsylvania thirty two congressional districts all Republican nominees were renominated except two. Alfred D Garner and William H Graham were defeated. John Dalzell won in the Thirteenth district amid a close race with Mary Black threatening fraud charges. Stephen G Porter defeated Graham in the Twenty-Ninth to secure the nomination. All seven Democratic incumbents were renominated and assured election.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Alfred D. Garner
Schulkill County
William H. Graham
John Dalzell
Black
McKeesport
Talzell
Mary Black
Dalzell
Sibley
Nelson P. Wheeler
Jesse L. Hartman
Jacob C. Stineman
Blair
Lewis Emery
Charles E. Patton
Graham
Stephen G. Porter
A. Mitchell Palmer
J. Davis Brodhead
Northampton- Carbon-Pike-Monroe
Dalzell May Lose Seat in Pennsylvania Race
Pittsburg June 6 Dalzell's fate in congress questioning as Ex Mayor Robert Black of McKeesport claims victory. Dalzell's manager William G. Coleman asserts a 260 vote win while Republicans allege a betrayal involving James Clarke for Dalzell support.
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McKeesport
Pittsburg
John Dalzell
Robert J. Black
Dalzell
Pennsylvania
William G. Coleman
James Clarke
Itta
Taft to Meet Railroad Presidents in White House Conference
President Taft returns from the middle west and will meet railroad presidents at the White House. The agenda includes examining evidence on rate increases and the Western trunk line committee lawsuit, with Attorney General Wickersham present.
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Washington
Taft
White House
Middle West
E. P. Ripley
Santa Fe System
Western Trunk Line Committee
F. B. Delano
Ide
Wabash
S. FP. Felton
Chicago Great Western
Repley
Wickersham
West
Chicago and
Ohtfo
Central West
Mr. Taft
of Justice
Interstate Commerce Commission
Aim to End Coal Strike in Pennsylvania
Wilkesbarre Pa June 6 12000 sylvania coal company workers showed up as strike committees met with Mine Workers officials. The committees urged men back to work and were told grievances would be addressed within forty eight hours after the end of the strike. If unsatisfactory a conciliation board would take up complaints with mass meetings at nine collieries planned.
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Wilkesbarre
Thesylvania Coal Company
Conciliation Board
Time ripens all things quotes Cervantes
The phrase reflects on the natural growth of wisdom with time and the universal truth that insights and judgment deepen as experiences accumulate. It emphasizes patience and personal development across life.
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Cervantes
Thirteen mourn death of Minonk student Burton Vissering
Followers of the superstition mourn the death of Burton Vissering a Minonk High School senior who died from injuries suffered during a pole vault event in a recent meet. Commencement exercises have been postponed.
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Floomington
Burton Vissering
Minonk High School
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