Congress Orders Full Inquiry Into Gore Charges In Indian Deals
In Washington on June 27 Congress moved to a full and thorough investigation of Senator Gore’s bribery and corruption charges tied to Choctaw and Chickasaw Indian contracts. A joint resolution created a wide task force to probe the McMurray contracts and related deals, with power to subpoena witnesses and prosecute for perjury.
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Washington
Congress
Gore
Senate
House
Hughes
Colorado
Bird McGuire
Oklahoma
Wesley I. Jones
Theodore FE. Burton
Ohio
Coe J. Crawford
South Dakota
Charles J. Hughes Jr
Leroy Percy
Mississippi
House Committee
Charles H. Burke
Philip Campbell
Kansas
Clarence B. Miller
Minnesota
John Hi. Stephens
Texas
Edward W. Saunders
Virginia
Core
Republican Party
Uushes Rose
Five
McMurray
Five Civilized Tribes
Gardner Plans a Bribery Defense
Republican state senator Carbus Gardner from the Thirty ninth district faced a Sangamon county grand jury inquiry over alleged bribery. Hal S. Greene testified Gardner asked for ten thousand dollars to push a mill dam site bill, claiming he could mobilize friends to raise the sum before the bill was killed.
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Chicago
Corbus P. Gardner
Thirty
Sangamon County
Grand Jury
Gardner
Burke
Hal S. Greene
Morrison
Senate
Greene
Mill
Springfield
Grand
First National Bank
Indian Catholic congress gathers thousands at Fort Yates
About 5 000 to 6 000 Indians attend the annual Indian Catholic congress at Fort Yates North Dakota. Twenty five Catholic priests join bishops Webb Bismarck Busch Lead 8 D and O'Reilly Fargo for services under trees by the river with sisters from Bismarck in attendance.
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Fort Yates
N. C
Bishops Webb
Bismarck
Busch
Lead
8. D
O'Reilly
Fargo
Weather Outlook For Illinois Indiana Showers Then Warmer
The forecast calls for showers in Illinois and Indiana today with fair skies and warmer conditions expected tomorrow. Weather observers note improving conditions after today’s unsettled start across the region.
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Illinois
Indiana
Wesley L. Jones In Senate Bribery Probe Highlighted
The article centers on Wesley L. Jones and the Senate committee scrutinizing a bribery case linked to Gore. It outlines questions raised about influence, political funding, and the probe’s potential impact on public trust. The report notes committee hearings and calls for transparency.
Five Thousand Dollar Lakeflight Challenge Offered
W L Darlington offers 5000 in cash to J C Mars or any entrant for a Chicago to Michigan shore flight during Hawthorne aviation meet. The amount will be placed in bank pending the outcome, to be decided under conditions set by Colonial Aero club technical board. The feat to occur during the carnival starting next Saturday.
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Chicago
W. L. Darlington
Lake Michigan
Hawthorne
A. L. Brown
Colonial Aero Club
Michigan Shore
Waterspout wrecks Wabash train near Perry
Des Moines reports say a waterspout undermined tracks causing a derailment and rear end collision on the Wabash line near Perry. About twenty five people were injured and moved to Des Moines. W G Brown of Ottawa Illinois had a leg amputated and faced probable death. Mrs L Butler of Peoria Illinois is severely hurt.
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Des Moines
Wabash Road
Perry
W. G. Brown
Ottawa
Mra. L. Butler
Peoria
Lee O'Neil Browne Fate Hangs as Jury Deliberates
The fate of Lee O'Neil Browne remains uncertain as jurors continue to deliberate in the high profile case. No verdict has been reached, and proceedings extended into a second day.
Mechanics To Meet In Anderson For state lodge event
Anderson lodge of Junior Order of United American Americans will hold the state gathering in Anderson on August 23 and 24. Several committees were appointed to handle entertainment and active event planning duties.
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Anderson
Ind
Anderson Lodge of Junior Order of
Terrania
Seneca Hotel in Seneca Falls Burned. Three Die
A fire at the Seneca hotel in Seneca Falls destroys the landmark. Among twenty five guests three are killed: Mr and Mrs Edward White of Rochester and an unidentified man from Cayuga, N. Y. Losses are estimated at logs 115000.
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Seneca Falls
Auburn
N. Y
Seneca Hotel
Edward White
Rochester
Cayuaga
N.Y
Senator Denies Paying for Legislation Aiding Bill Kill
Hale S Greene testified a senator said $10000 in attorneys fees were needed to push a bill through. The witness could not raise the money, and the bill died in the house on Browne’s motion. Senator Gardner denied the grand jury statement as to him.
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Greene
Lee O'Neil Browne
First National Bank
Gardner
Hale S. Greene
Sangamon County Grand Jury
Browne Indicted Again in Springfield County Case
The county grand jury returned indictments in connection with a Springfield area case. The document lists charges and involved parties, noting the ongoing legal action as of June 27. Further details appear in the session record.
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Springfeld
Sanfamon County
Erand
Indictments in Jack-pot Bribery Probe Reach Several States
The legislative bribery case targets Lee O Neil Browne Ottawa represented and Rob ert E Wilson Chicago representative, Frank J Traut Beardstown, Louis D Hirshmeyer Pittsfield, A B Johnston Springfield. One indictment perjury and one for bribery. Traut and Hirshmeyer tied to fund raised by fishermen to defeat the state fish commission bill on size of series and other regs.
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Lee O'Neil Browne
Ottawa
Robert E. Wilson
Chicago
Frank J. Traut
Beardstown
Louis D. Hirshmeyer
Pittsfield
A. B. Johnston
Springfield
Traut
Uirehmeyver
State Fish Commission
Browne Jury Still Split After Ballot Tally
Chicago June 27 One juryman Charles Spare stood between Legislator Lee O Neil Browne and the penitentiary as the Browne bribery trial jurors were sent to sleep. Judge McSurely reported most jurors favored conviction since Friday night after a prior ballot.
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Chicago
Charles Spare
Lee O Neil Browne
McSurely
Teven
Markets in Chicago June 27 1910 closing prices summary
Market notes show mixed hogs bid 9 20 to 9 65 with light demand and heavy shipping grades 5 90 to 9 45. Cattle around 23000 offered, cattle and sheep prices mostly steady to weak, hogs closing lower than Saturday. Official receipts yesterday 6744, shipments 576. total week receipts 115545, shipments 13506.
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Agtl
Texas
Dectine
Grain firm listing description from Unicagy area
Furnished by Beach Wickham Grain Company a postal telegraph building address in Unicagy and priced at 44 dollars and 545 Postal Telegraph Building Unicagy.
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Beach-Wickham Grain Company
Washington City Market Prices Report
Prevailing prices listed for oats hay straw flour bran shorts corn meal butter turkey geese roosters ducks eggs and other commodities in the Washington City market. The figures show per sack per hundred and per load measurements with several illegible entries but clearly indicating current trading values.
Baseball Results National and American Leagues
National League games at St Louis and Chicago show varied scoring. Detroit beat St Louis 3 to 4 with Kilian and Schmidt contributing for Detroit. Cleveland defeated Chicago 5 to 6 in a low contact contest with Falkenberg and Easterly among the hitters.
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St. Louis
Detroit
Aick
Killian
Schmidt
Petty
Killifer
Chicago
R. Hlf
Cleveland
Falkenberg
Keentner
Easterly
Walsh
Payne
Scores from multiple city games across the circuit
At St Paul 4 Columbus 0. Milwaukee 7 Louisville 3. Minneapolis 4 Toledo 2. Second game Toledo 2 Minneapolis 0. Kansas City 11 Indianapolis 5. Second game Kansas City 6 Indianapolis 3.
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St. Paul
Columbus
Milwaukee-Milwaukee
Louisville
Minneapolis—Minneapolis
Toledo
Minneapolis
Kansas —Kansas City
Indianapolis
Kansas City
Family Escapes Death in Burning Chicago Home
Fire at 3439 West Thirty-Eighth street traps John Bynne family of nine children. They were overcome by smoke but revived after rescue by Sergeant Bernard Murphy of Brighton Park who smashed the rear door and alerted neighbors as the saloon front was destroyed.
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Chicago
John Bynne
West Thirty-Eighth Street
Rynne
Bernard Murehy
Brighton Park
Bicycle accident claims Griffes life in Battle Creek
David S. Griffes, 76, a pattern maker at the Advance Thresher company, died from a broken neck after his bicycle chain failed and the wheel crashed on Kendall Street. He had been unconscious six hours after the fall. A daughter, Miss Martha Griffes, rushed home from Texas to assist her mother recovering from injuries.
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Battle Creek
Mich
David S. Griffes
Cgriffen
Advance Thresher Company
Kendall Street
Griffes
Martha Griffes
Texas
Runaway for Marriage Ties Indy Pair to Elkhart Carnival
Goshen Indiana June 27 Emmett Mc Lellan 26 from Indianapolis and Viola Hornsby 22 from Tyler Texas members of a street car carnival now exhibiting in Elkhart married secretly in Goshen after coming there from the carnival.
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Goshen
Ind
Emmett McLellan
Indianapolis
Viola Hornsby
Tyler
Tex
Elkhart
Roosevelt Pressures on Hughes Supreme Court Bid
The article recounts a pivotal plan to deter Gov. Hughes from pursuing a Supreme Court seat. Roosevelt positions himself to influence Taft and secure party stability in New York, with talks spanning Cambridge Beverly Sagamore Hill and Sagamore Hill visits to shape Albany politics. Nationals, Taft, and Hughes emerge as central figures in a tense power calculus.
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Vl. Roosevelt
Hicces
New York State
N. Y
Evell
Harvard
Sen Ge
Ni Sworth
Roosevelter
Sagamore
Kile
Roosevelt
Taft
Hughes
Feur
Supreme Court
Albany
Republican Party
Hillehea
Mitchell Loses Jewel Diamond Found by Berke Returns
In Atlantic City on June 37 Captain Georg Berke found a diamond ring lost by John Mitchell executive council head of the federation after the Pennsylvania coal mine strike settlement. Labor leader Samuel Gompers and Frank Morrison presented $100 to Berke. Mitchell arrived with Gompers Morrison and others for the Buildi ng Trades and Metal Workers departments meeting at the Windsor Hotel.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Samuel
American Federation of and
Frank Morrison
Powe Tul
Weet
John Mitchell Bie
Federation
Mine Workers’ Union
Tike
Pennsylvania
George Berke
Mic Euard
Mitchell
Gompers
Morrison
James Pritchbett
The
Building Trades and Metal Workers’ Departments
Hotel Windsor
Auto Helps Wheat Harvest Start Near Washington
In Washington Indiana on June 7 wheat cutting began at the canal farm using an improvised auto blower rigged with three hind parts. The device operated to cut and care for over fifty acres, marking the first state experiment of its kind to showcase new machinery.
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Washington
Ind
Canal Farm
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