Aldrich Defends Corporation Tax as Revenue Tool
Washington June 30 Senate scene centers on Chairman Aldrich’s stance endorsing the corporation tax as a legitimate revenue source to finance a potential income tax repeal. Cummins attacks Taft and the policy while a flood of telegrams from business figures protests the measure, signaling broad opposition despite a GOP bloc backing it.
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Washington
Senate
Aldrich
Finance Committee
Rhode Island
Clay
Treasury
Cummins
Taft
FEVER RAIL FATALITIES 663 Killed in Accidents Past Month
Washington June 30 An Interstate Commerce Commission bulletin reports January February March 1909 shows 663 killed and 15 122 injured across railroads with 1 042 collisions and 1 242 derailments. Passenger train impacts numbered 168 collisions and 145 derailments, causing $1 847 202 in damages.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Taft Attends Yale Commencement in New Haven
President Taft attended Yale University's commencement in New Haven and will take part in many closing year festivities marking the college year.
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New Haven
Conn
Taft
Yale
Keltz Receives State Warrant for March April Bills
Webster City Iowa June 30 B F Keltz late state pharmacy commissioner has just received a warrant from the state for a few cents under 324 the exact amount of his bills for March and April per diem and expense and covers the last of his service to the state He is short 116 24 which the executive council docked on prior bills and will press in court Mayor Busse Under the Knife Chicago June 30 Mayor Fred A Busse operated on for appendicitis in a hospital his condition after surgery described as favorable Two Des Moines Boys Drown Des Moines June 30 Henry Couch and Lester Hutchins drowned in a bayou of the Des Moines river near Polk Junction their bodies recovered by an interurban car crew.
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Webster City
B. F. Keltz
Keltz
Executive Council
Busse
Chicago
Fred A. Busse
Des Moines
Henry Couch
Lester Hutchins
Polk Junction
Lawson's Daughter Becomes Bride in Massachusetts Garden
Marion Lawson second daughter of Thomas W. Lawson married James Fuller Lord of Chicago in a June ceremony at Dreamwold Scituate Massachusetts. The couple met at Onwentsia Hunt Club Lake Forest and shared a horse loving courtship. Mrs Lord and her sister Mrs Eben Blaine Stanwood have long been prominent in Boston high society.
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Scituate
Mass
America
Marion Lawson
Thomas W. Lawson
James Fuller Lord
Chicago
Dreamwold
Lawson
Onwentsia Hunt Club
Lake Forest
Lord
Onwentsia Club
Gladys Lawson
Eben Blaine Stanwood
Society of Boston
Back Bay
Young Man Slain by Boy in Accidental Shot Verdict
A seven year old son of Henry Miller near Roland accidentally shot and killed Martin Langland after Langland stopped at the Miller farm for a chat with girls. The loaded gun, taken by the boys during play, fired at Langland, hitting him in the head. He died about half an hour later.
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Webster City
Henry Miller
Roland
Martin Langland
Langland
Miller Farm
Langlana
Calving Littlepage flees after fatal attack and abduction
Des Moines reports Calvin Littlepage fatally wounded Elmer and Mrs Jameson at their Dallas county home. He then abducted his former wife and infant, driving northwest toward Waukee with a mob of armed farmers in pursuit, fearing he may harm more victims and himself.
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Calvin Littlepage
Des Moines
Vallley Junction
Elmer Jameson
Jameson
Dallas County
Littlepage
Waukee
Freight rates remain set by railroad commission ruling
Des Moines June 30 railroad commission rehearing rejected advancing freight rates on most items cited by railroad officials. Only sulphur and sulphur candles received a narrow exception for shipments in pairs with tight wooden covers. Affected goods include grave vaults iron and steel sulfate of magnesia in barrels bed springs mattresses cots lumber lath and shingles sash doors and blinds.
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State Commission
Des Moines
Railroad Commission
President Tait Signs 1910 Census Funding Bill
Washington on June 30 President Tait signed the act providing funds for the 1910 census. The bill authorizes federal expenditure and sets the administration in motion for the population survey.
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Washington
Tait
Leon Ling Connected to Accomplices in Elsie Sigel Murder
Police establish Leon Ling likely had accomplices and that he could not have been in Washington when a telegram bearing his signature was sent. Investigators trace the trunk with Elsie Sigel’s body as it was moved in panic after the crime to the bed room where it was found.
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Elsie
New York
Elsie Sigel
Leon Ling
Washington
Yale shuts out Harvard in varsity baseball win
New Haven fans celebrate as Yale defeats Harvard 4 to 0 in a decisive varsity baseball game. Yale pitcher and offense keyed the shutout in front of home supporters.
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Yale
Harvard
New Haven
Conn
Baptists Re-Elect Judson President in Portland
In Portland Oregon on June 30 Harry Pratt Judson president of the University of Chicago was re elected president of the Baptist convention.
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Judson
Portland
Ore
Harry Pratt Judson
University of Chicago
The
Baptist Convention
Suffragettes Fail to Reach Asquith in Militant Deputation
London reports the thirteenth deputation to reach Premier Asquith was blocked. Mrs Pankhurst led the effort from Caxton Hall, crowds gathered around Parliament Square, and police arrested more than 100 women after attempts to enter the House of Commons. An inspector was knocked, and the deputation was placed under arrest.
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London
Asquith
Parliament Square
Parliament
Caxton Hall
Pankhurst
Parliament House
Seantlebury
Mrs. Pankhurst
Inspector Jarvis
Iowa corn in good condition in June report
Des Moines reports Iowa corn is 2 percent better than July 1 last year while small grains lag below average. Wet spring boosted corn acreage but reduced wheat oats rye and barley yields. A drought last fall cut winter wheat acreage. Also Des Moines notes a 99 year lease and plan for a fourteen story hotel with 310 rooms on Locust street adjoining the Chamberlain.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Chappell
Iowa Weather and Crop Service
Chappelled
W. J. Brown
Chamberlain
Locust Street
Farmer Alexander Greer Ends Life in Jail Cell
Alexander Greer a farmer cut his throat with a pocketknife in the county jail at Jalil Sac City Iowa following a recent arrest for beating his wife and a thirty day sentence.
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Jalil
Sac City
Alexander Greer
Mrs W H Burwell Dies at 83 in Boone County
Mrs W H Burwell, Boone county’s wealthiest woman and among the state’s richest, died at eighty three after years of illness. Her will leaves large sums to charity and other beneficiaries.
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W. H. Burwell
Boone
W. H Burwell
Boone County
Chicago Hog and Cattle Market Reports 1909
Market items show hog receipts and prices from Chicago on June 30 1909 with hogs steady to five lower and various grades listed. Cattle and sheep receipts are sizable with overall weakness in sheep and mixed results for cattle and stockers compiled by the Beach Wickham Grain Company.
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Texas
Beach-Wickham Grain Company
Chicago
Wright Makes Short Flight At Fort Myer
Orville Wright failed to rise on three attempts then made a brief flight at Fort Myer after diagnosing power loss from a loose spark control. Wilbur Wright compared a new flying machine to a horse needing time to learn its peculiarities before smooth operation.
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Washington
Orville Wright
Fort Myer
Wrights
Wilbur
Aeronauts survive 10000 foot storm descent in balloon
John Berry and M A Heimann rode the Melba balloon into a dense thunder storm ten thousand feet up. A winged bag of ballast and gas loss forced careful actions as they descended. Heimann sprained an ankle on exit after a perilous journey.
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St. Louis
John Berry
M. A. Heimann
Berry
Hermann
Brandenburg Rearrested After Acquittal in Letter Case
In Cleveland Broughton Brandenburg, acquitted of grand larceny in the alleged spurious Grover Cleveland letter sale to the New York Times, is rearrested and to be taken to Missouri next week for fraudulently enticing his stepson from his parent. Bail set at $5,000, and he is returned to the Tombs pending Missouri officials.
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Cleveland
Acquita
New York
Broughton Brandenburg
Grover Cleveland
New York Times
St. Louis
James Shepard Cabannel
Missouri
Bomb Suspect Arrested in Chicago Case
Felix Sharkey, a former convict, was arrested as a suspect in the latest bomb throwing case in Chicago. He is said to have purchased twenty five pounds of dynamite from a local firm on June 17. Three tomb outrages have occurred since that time.
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Chicago
Felix Sharkey
Sharkey
Calais Flight Attempt On English Channel By Noted Flyers
Herbert Latham Count de Lambert and Henri Farman await favorable coastal weather near here to attempt an aeroplane crossing of the English Channel for a prize of 5100 offered by a London newspaper.
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Channel
Calais
Herbert Latham
Count de Lambert
Henri Farman
Here
English Channel
London
Russian Prisoners Flee to Alaska Across Siberian Wilderness
Nome dispatch reports Russian political prisoners in the Yakutsk district mutinying and fleeing through Siberia toward the Bering Strait in an effort to reach Alaska.
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Alaska
Seattle
Nome
Yakutsk
Siberia
Bering Strait
Bomb Explosion Kills Six in Navia Spain Home
Six people die and four are seriously injured when a bomb is thrown through a window into the home of wealthy magnate Morgador at Navia during a large summer dinner party. The house is left in ruins.
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Lisbon
Morgador
Navia
Spain
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