Indictments Hit Big Trust Officials In NYC
A federal Grand Jury in New York indicts top finance figures linked to United States Steel Corporation and the Wire Trust. Named are Frank J. Gould and Herbert I. Satterlee, son in law of J Pierpont Morgan, president of Habirshaw Wire Co. Also cited are Charles F. Brooker of Ansonia Brass and Copper and Republican National Committeeman from Connecticut, and Ferdinand N. Roebling of Roebling Company.
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Federal Grand Jury
New York
United States Steel Corporation
Wire Trust
Enbeidiaries
Frank J. Gould
Herbert I. Satterlee
J. Pierpont Morgan
Habirshaw Wire Company
Yonkera
Charles F. Brooker
Fourth of July in Black Hawk County Draws Large Crowds
Fourth of July 1911 drew crowds to Electric Park Red Cedar park and Cedar River picnics across Waterloo. Fireworks lit the day while four calls to fire departments were answered with no serious damage. An automobile fire near Entz Bros. caused by a cannon cracker required minor repairs.
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Black Hawk County
Iowa
Waterloo
Electric Park
Red Cedar Park
Davenport
Cedar River
Cedar Falls
Entz Bros
Sycamore Street
Grouth
Independence
Michael Mercurio
West Fourth Street
Trainload of Merry Makers In Tangled Heap
A holiday train returning from Rockaway was jolted into a heap at the Long Island City bulkheads injuring fourteen passengers, four seriously. A store drawer spilled about 25 dollars, most of which was not recovered after the fire was put out.
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New York
Rockaway
Long Island City
Heat Wave Claims Nineteen Lives in Chicago
Chicago records a deadly heat wave with 102 degree highs and 104 degree street temperatures. Nineteen deaths are attributed to heat with many near death and thirty six infant burial permits issued as the city endures near-record heat.
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Chicago
Mercury
Federal Building
No Relief Forecast as Chicago Heat Prolongs
Chicago endured another record breaking hot day with no relief in sight as official forecasters warned of continued heat through Friday. At 9 a.m. the temperature reached 93 degrees, two degrees above the previous day.
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Chicago
Mercury
Close friends die from heat in Massachusetts woods
Woburn Massachusetts July 6 two 50 year old men John P Hill and Matthew Dally were found dead lying side by side beneath a tree in Greenstreets woods from exposure to heat.
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Woburn
Mass
John P. Hill
Matthew Dally
Greenstreets Woods
Pat Hart Dies After Heat At Crossing Shanty
Pat Hart, a longtime Chicago Great Western flagman at the Commercial Street crossing, collapsed from heat in his six by six foot shanty near the tracks. Discovered unconscious about 8:20 pm, his temperature was 109 after removal to a hospital. doctors reported little improvement next morning. Hart, about 69, had no known relatives in this country and a sister in Des Moines was disputed. He had a history as a section gang boss and former fireman on the CJ&B railroad.
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Pat” Hart
Chicago Great Western
Hart
Martin Burke
Des Moines
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Ten Remain In Aviation Rage Arrives First in London Race
Vedrine won the $1,000 fastest time prize for the Hendon to Shoreham leg in the international aviation race. Ten of the original thirty six entrants survived to begin the London to Paris return journey with Hendon Park to Calais as the next stage.
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Dover
England
London
Paris
Hendon Park Aerdome
Calais
Hendon
Shoreham
Wedring
Vidatt
Beaumont
Gibert
Garros
Tabuteau
Barra
Mississippi Valley Power Boat Regatta Opens Day Three
Dubuque Iowa July 5 The third day of the Mississippi Valley power boat regatta centers on the championship contest for 40 foot boats over 20 miles with top valley speedsters among the entrants. Morning events include canopy half cabin and cabin boat races plus a cruiser contest 10 miles run.
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Dubuane
Roman Candle Wipes Out Town in Mining Borough
Kaylor Pennsylvania July 5 This mining town was practically wiped out today by a fire believed to have originated from a Roman candle. All principal business places were destroyed causing a loss of 115000 dollars.
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Kaylor
Chickens Need Abundant Water In Hot Weather
Mrs. Ida Burkitt humane officer asks Courier readers to urge stock and chicken owners to provide ample water during extreme heat. Chickens suffer without water and a local case of hens and chicks without water sparked neighbor concern. A girl about three narrowly escaped injury when a skyrocket stick fell on a building, burning a hole in her dress and scorching an arm.
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Ida Burkitt
Russell-Lamson Block
Newlands Backs Interstate Trade Commission Plan
Senator Newlands proposes a five member Interstate Trade Commission to regulate large inter state industrial corporations. He argues the move follows antitrust and steel industry reports, urging an independent quasi judicial body distant from partisan control. The bill targets firms with annual receipts over five million dollars.
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Washington
Interstates Trade Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Newlands
Nevada
Standard Oil Company
Tobacco
Newland
Four Die in Soo Line Train Wreck Near Superior
Four railroad workers died and three were injured when an extra train collided with a gravel train on the Soo line Chicago division near Superior Wisconsin. The crash on a Nemadji River bridge caused a fire and prompted fire apparatus to be sent from Superior.
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Superior
Wis
Chicago
Nemadji River
Heat Records Hit Iowa Towns During Torrid Wave
Heat records were logged in Cedar Rapids Marshalltown and Des Moines with 108 1104 195 and 105 respectively and a thunderstorm in Marshalltown yesterday. Akron Ohio reports three deaths blamed on the heat wave sweeping the region since Saturday.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Marshalltown
Des Moines
Akron
Tragic Iowa triple murder suicide shocks New Hampton
Leslie Miller 83 shot his wife and two children at their farm near New Hampton Iowa then killed himself. Victims are Lily 9, Victor 7, Mrs Leslie Miller 35, with six younger children spared. Motive unclear amid reports of marital troubles and alleged affair.
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Farmer Hills
New Hampton
Leslie Miller
Lily, Miller
Victor Miller
Taft Attacked Over Reciprocity Debate In Senate
Washington reports show President Taft facing sharp Senate criticism over reciprocity speeches. Senator Cranston and others argue the president risks public opinion campaigns replacing duties of office. A Senate conference set 11 am daily sessions but no fixed vote date yet. Burton of Connecticut spoke in favor, asserting the Canadian reciprocity bill deserves support.
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Washington
Judy
Taft
Senate Today
Canning
Cranwins
United States
Messrs
Penrose
Smoat
Martin
Stone
Burton
China
Senate
Terrific Heat Drives Corn Market. Private Telegram Alarms
A Kansan City telegram reports unprecedented heat in the corn belt with field temperatures 106 to 115 degrees. Prices jumped as corn, oats, and hay futures spiked, with corn up to 65, oats up 1 1 4, and July oats condition at 17.2 ag.
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Iecorn
Kansan
Oklahoma
Kansas
Heat Prostrations Rise as Des Moines Records 165 Degrees
Des Moines and Chicago report extreme heat with numerous prostrations. In Des Moines at 1 PM the government thermometer hit 165, a ten year high, with several heat related collapses. Deaths attributed to heat include Rev J H Snake and Alfred Lindfelt, while Chicago coroner notes an influx of heat related inquests and high daily fatalities.
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Des Moines
J. H. Snake
United Brethren Church
Talmage
Ija
Methodist Hospital
Alfred Lindfelt
Chicago
Hoffman
Queen Dowager Maria Pia Dies at Stupinigi Palace
In Turin on July 5 the queen dowager of Portugal Maria Pia died at 3:15 p m after suffering uremia. The body rests at the royal chateau in Stupinigi as officials announce the monarch’s passing.
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Portugal
Turin
Italy
Maria Pia
T'S
Stupinigi
Taft Mops His Face in Spite of Electric Fans
President Taft endured a sweltering stop in Pittsburg Penn July 5 en route from Indianapolis to Wallington. An engine air pump failure near Steubenville caused a forty minute delay and a freight derailment at Carnegie added twenty minutes. Taft refused air callers as his car temperature reached 111 degrees while fans operated and he wiped perspiration with a handkerchief.
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Pittsburg
Penn
Taft
Wallington
Indianapolis
Steubenville
Carnegie
Fatal Fourth of July Accidents Reported in Burlington
Burlington, Indiana July 5 Frank Dewein 20 dies after a gunpowder can explodes his clothing burned away brothers blast sent him 20 feet Harold Ashway 16 fatally injured by toy cannon explosion. both fatalities plus a dozen minor accidents. Davenport, Iowa July 6 Rosanna McCrossen 10 dies from fireworks burns. nearby Luette severely burned saving child Mrs Dorothea Jarchow 70 shot in arm by rifle fired by a boy. arm broken.
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Burlington
Frank Dewein
Harold Ashway
Dewein
Devein
Ashway
Davenport
Rosanna McCrossen
HL Luette
Dorothea Jarchow
Body of Girl Found Amid Romantic Tragedy in Cloquet
In Cloquet Minnesota on July 5 the body of 31 year old Eugenia Stapleton was recovered. She had been drowned with B J Lillibridge 34 while beating on Chub take. Lillibridge's body remains missing. They had planned to marry soon. He led a box manufacturing firm and she taught at a school. Lillibridge, raised in Muscatine Iowa, played for an Iowa basketball team that won the national title.
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Cloquet
Minn
Eugenia Stapleton
B. J. Lillibridge
Lillibridge
Miss Stapleton
Muscatine
Iowa
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