Taft Refuses Talk on Reciprocity in Soo Visit
President Taft, in Sault Ste. Marie Michigan, avoids discussing reciprocity at a luncheon and focuses on water power for St Marys River. He tours canal locks, reviews Fort Brady troops, and departs for Marquette after addressing local concerns and noting border fortifications. Governor Osborn praises Taft’s friendship.
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Canada
Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Chase Osborn
Michigan
Taft
United States
Lake Front
Mr Taft
Himeelf
Soo
SOC
Washington
War Department
St. Mary's River
Mr. Taft
Syracuse
Detroit
Port Brady
Cleman
Rbarkis
Suez Canal
Fort Brady
Marquette, Mich
Laurier Re-Elected by Acclamation in Quebec East
Sir Wilfrid Laurier is returned as member of parliament for Quebec East after the withdrawal of opponent Rebe Leduc. The election by acclamation followed the lack of any rival, with R L Borden urging Canadians in a final appeal. The document carries a foreboding tone for Canada and the empire.
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Ottawa
Sir Wilfrid Laurier
Quebec East
Clerk of the Crown
Rebe Leduc
Wilfrid
R. L. Borden
Canada
Empire
Weather Forecast For Indiana Illinois And Wisconsin
Indiana and Illinois expect fair to unsettled with variable winds. today looks fair then unsettled with light variable winds. Wisconsin forecasts mostly fair conditions with light variable winds and slight unsettled trends possible tomorrow.
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Indiana
Illinois
Wisconsin
United Shoe Machinery indicted for monopoly and patent infringements
Boston reports the United Shoe Machinery company indicted by a federal grand jury for anti trust violations and patent infringements. Government probe followed complaints filed in April led by special assistant William Gregg and agents Kelleher and Bruff. The firm, founded in 1889, operates a royalty system and controls equipment supply to shoe makers.
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Boston
United Shoe Machinery Company
Federal
Grand Jury
Department of Justice
Shoe Whinery Trust
William §. Gregg
United States
Wickersham
George E Kelleher
Mr. Gregg
Aca PB. French
Federal Grand Jury
Sydney N. Winslow
Canada
Great Britain
France
Germany
Beverly
Mass
United States Shoe Machinery Company
Body of Girl Is Found Near Gary Steel Works
A bound young woman's body was found floating in Lake Michigan near Gary steel works. Workers discovered the corpse and Gary authorities notified Chicago police. Police say bound hands indicate murder but identity is unknown.
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Gary
Ind
Lake Michigan
Gary Steel Works
Chicago
Appointment of Dr Sidney Wilgus as Kankakee superintendent
Springfield Ill Sept 20 Announcement by President Sherman of the state board of administration names Dr Sidney D Wilgus as superintendent of the Eastern Hospital for the Insane at Kankakee He has served at the Elgin asylum the past two years He succeeds Dr Frank P Norbury who becomes a state board member after Dr J L Greene resigns to lead Arkansas Insane Hospital at Little Rock
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Springfield
Ill
Prsident Sherman
State Board of Administration
Sidney D. Wilgus
Eastern Hospital For the Insane
Kankakee
Wilgus
Elgin Asylum
Frank P. Norbury
J. L. Greene
Arkansas Insane Hospital
Little Rock
DeKalb Man Death by Carbolic Acid Suicide
Oscar Wahl gren of Cortland Illinois killed himself by drinking carbolic acid in DeKalb Alabama on September 20. His wife, awakened by his struggles, could not provide an antidote. He leaves a wife and three children.
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DeKalb, al
Oscar Wahlgren
Cortland
Opposition Leader R L Borden Fights Reciprocity in Canada
R L Borden emerges as a leading figure in the Canadian political scene, opposing reciprocity policies. The article analyzes his stance, strategy, and potential impact on national trade debate. Borden’s role centers on shaping consent and opposition within a divided parliament.
Opium Smuggler Nabbed on Wilhelmina at Angel Island
Norman B. Smith, a Honolulu fugitive dubbed king of opium smugglers, was arrested aboard the Matson steamer Wilhelmina as it entered Angel Island quarantine. Three thousand five hundred dollars in gold found on him. Secret service men say his luggage held opium on departure, with Smith as the ring’s mastermind.
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San Francisco
Norman B. Smith
Honolulu
Whiie
Secret Service
Matson Hiner Wilhelmina
Angel Island
Smith
Gas Tank Explosion Kills Shop Owner in Exchange Building
In Schenectady New York on September 19 an explosion in a gas generating tank in a basement of the Exchange building killed John G. Pritty proprietor of a confectionery store.
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Schenecady
N. Y
Exchange
John G. Pritty
Lightning Strikes Church in Braidwood Destroying Catholic Church
Lightning struck the Catholic church in Braidwood Newfoundland and caused total destruction by fire. The loss is estimated at 20 000 dollars with 7 500 dollars covered by insurance.
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Braidwood
No Hit Games Noted in Major League History
The record notes twenty seven no hit games pitched in major league baseball since the leagues were organized. Each entry marks a rare feat by a pitcher achieving nine innings without allowing a hit.
Judge Grosscup to Quit Bench and Seek Public Opinion
Chicago report states Peter 8 Grosscup chief judge of the United States circuit court of appeals will resign after cases under advisement are disposed of in early October. He cites desire for greater personal and civic freedom and says future judgment will come from public opinion rather than courts. He plans to return to law practice in a less strenuous role. An epidemic typhoid fever in Torrington Connecticut reports seventy five cases.
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Chicago
Peter
Grosscup
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals
Grosssup
Federal Court
Blind hunter leads Fox Haters of Rails County
Paul W. Flow eree of New London Me is totally blind yet an enthusiastic fox hunter and serves as president of the Fox Haters association of Rails county.
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Paul W. Floweree
New London
Rails County
M Kokovsov Russian Finance Minister Potential Stolypin Successor
Reports indicate M Kokovsoff, serving as finance minister of Russia, is considered a possible successor to Stolypin amid political maneuvering. The nomination, if pursued, could reshape the cabinet balance and fiscal policy direction.
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Stolypin
Abandoned plan to build cofferdam in Maine wreck
Army engineers in Havana harbor abandon a small cofferdam idea around the Maine wreck. A bracing system will reinforce the surrounding dam to withstand the strain as workmen remove mud to expose keel plates. acetylene torches cut tangled steel plates rapidly, accelerating dismantling ahead of keel exposure.
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Washington
Maine
Havana Harbor
Market Quotations and Livestock Prices From Chicago West Market
Chicago quotation notes list wheat corn oats and spring varieties with prices. Livestock bids show hogs receipts at 16.0, cattle receipts 8,000 with ranges for prime steers cows and calves. East Buffalo figures mirror slow market for cattle hogs and sheep with top lambs 6.50 6.65 and calves 0.60 to 10.25.
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Chicago
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Michigan
East Buffalo
N. Y
Dunning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
Fifty Years Ago Today Telegraph Apparatus Innovation
Fifty years ago on September 20 a field telegraph device by Edward Wiebe of Brooklyn was declared a success, sending messages two miles on battlefields. Twenty five years ago in Pennsylvania experts noted exhaustible wells yielding profits and argued nature replenishes supplies.
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Edward Wiebe
Brooklyn
Pennsylvania
Stolypin Buried at Kiev After Funeral Mass
The body of M. Stolypin was buried in Kiev today as the czar visited the city hospital where Stolypin died. The funeral included mass for the repose of the statesman and a short address to his widow offering comfort and encouragement.
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St. Petersburg
M. Stolypin
Kiev
Coul
Miners Rescued After Sixty Hours Entombment
Three miners Fred Caski Deal Perle and Nat Jacobson were trapped for sixty hours in No 5 shaft of the Morningstar mine on Carbonate hill Leadville Colorado. A four inch pipe delivered food and they were brought to the surface unharmed.
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Leadville
Colo
Fred Caski
Deal Perle
Nat Jacobson
Morningstar
Carbonate Hill
Fatal street car plunge kills three in Kansas City
Three persons died when a street car derailed and plunged over a hundred-foot incline at Fifth and Bluff Streets in Kansas City late at night. All three were the sole occupants of the car.
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Kansas City
Fifth and
Bluff Streets
Fall from platform ends in likely death for Louisville man
Evansville Indiana September 20 Patrick Hunt forty of Louisville Kentucky steel worker fell twenty feet from a wide platform at a new factory building. His skull was fractured a serious injury. He was employed temporarily as a loader owing to work suspension.
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Evansville
Ind
Patrick Hunt
Louisville
Hon
Growers Face Small Profits After Poor Weather in Terre Haute
Vigo County Growers and Shippers Association, serving farmers south of Terre Haute, reported only a small amount to distribute this season due to bad weather. It compares with higher distributions a year earlier, as growers cite the unfavorable conditions limited crop yields.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Vigo County
Rural mail carriers convene in Milwaukee on good roads
Rural mail carriers forming a 42 000 member group opened a four day meeting in Milwaukee Wisconsin. The convention discussed good roads and heard remarks from Congressman W Cary.
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Milwauke
Wis
Milwaukee
W. Cary
Boy Sues Mc Kinley’s Niece for Damages
Abraham Schulty sixteen sues Mrs Mabel Mc Kinley Baer in the New York star supreme court alleging injury from being run over by her automobile seeking two thousand dollars in damages.
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McKinley
New York
Mabel McKinley Baer
Star Supreme Court
Abraham Schulty
New Traction Franchise Sought for Gary Indiana
Gary Indiana Sept 20 an election for a franchise by the Indianapolis Chicago and Meridian Traction company was filed. The announcement says the firm plans to spend about 6 million dollars on building the line.
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Gary
Ind
Indianapolis
Chicago
Meridian Traction Company
Car Kills Sleeping Miner Near Sullivan Indiana
Elmer Turpin, 35, a coal miner, was killed on the Terre Haute Indianapolis and Eastern Traction line three miles north of Sullivan. He was asleep on the rack when the car struck.
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Sullivan
Ind
Elmer Turpin
Terre Haute
Indianapolis
Eastern Traction
Here
Aviator Pau Pees Survives Eighty Foot Creek Plunge
Harrisburg Pennsylvania September 20 Washington aviator Pau Pees fell eighty feet into a creek during a maneuver his back was slightly injured.
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Fats
Harrisburg
Pau Pees
Washington
Martial Law Declared as Spain Turmoil Spreads
Martial law declared across Spain with guard around King Alfonso and the royal family. Troops fire on a crowd, 26 wounded, strikes ongoing in Corunna Seville and Valencia area. Nine of ten revolutionary committee members arrested in Barcelona plot. Premier Canalejas says government knows all names and funds. plan to assassinate General Weyler reported.
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Madrid
Spain
Castilan
Alfonso
Barcelona
Portugal
Revolutionary Committee
Canalejas
General Weyler
Catalanis
Cullera
Valencia
Corunna
Seville
San Sebastian
Dwarf Editor Aaron Reuther Kills Self After InflammatoryArticle
Bloomington Alabama Sept 20 Aaron Reuther editor of the Weldon Record shot himself in the waiting room after a De catur paper article by Cornelius Cox mocked his dwarf stature and his brother Pearle Reuther filed suit for 4000 dollars.
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Bloomington
Aaron Reuther
Weldon Record
Aenoils Traction System
Clinton
Reuther
Cornelius Cox
Weldon
Aaron
Decatur
Cox
Pearle Reuther
Lightning Damages Mount Aerie Church in Greensburg
A lightning strike at Mount Aerie Baptist church near Letts caused major damage including a torn cupola, wrecked belfry and ventibile, with total losses estimated at 7,500 dollars. No injuries reported.
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Greensburg
Ind
Mount Aerie
Letts
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Elgin
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M. Kokovsoff
Quincy
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