Senate moves toward early vote on administration railroad bill
Insurgent Republicans and Democrats united on several amendments, paving the way for an expected Senate vote on the administration railroad bill. Close tests on the Cummins provision and related changes dominated the day, with final actions anticipated before adjournment and fresh talks on statehood resuming Monday.
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Tansed
Washington
Senate
Mensure
Lemuter la Poblette
Cumming
Interstate Commercce Commission
Martin
Clarke
Arkansas
Jones and Palmer
Rioting coal miners deported after raid in Durham
Twenty five fighters at the Durham Coal and Coke mines were arrested by State troops sent by Governor Brown and deported this afternoon without trial. Colonel James W. Singlish Jr. had sworn warrants against the Italians for riot and trespassing but later withdrew them on a promise the men would not return.
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Durham
Durham Coal & Coke Compunny
Brown
James W. Singlish, Jr
Mob slays prisoner taken from sheriff near Acton mine
Reports from Montgomery dated May 26 describe a mob attack resulting in the death of a Black prisoner after deputies from Shelby county were ambushed near Pelham while transporting him. Details about the exact time and location remain unclear amid conflicting statements.
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Ala
Jeff Matson
Hegio
Soop Taylor
Acton Mine
Mitton
Henley
Peter
Shelby County
Birminghams
Acton
Pelham
Sheths County
Tekken
Ani
Piisener
Nicaraguans Must Uphold Rules of War Around Bluefields
United States policy toward the Bluefields blockade shifts as officials debate belligerent rights. A Lenient stance aims to avoid full war while permitting limited actions to protect shipping and uphold civilized warfare norms. Vessel Venus queries and commander discretion frame the evolving approach.
Taft West er Tour Deficit Sparks House Debate
Washington May 28 President Tafts traveling expenses and an overdrawn $25 000 yearly allowance triggered a partisan clash in the House The committee on appropriations reported that the next year’s $25 000 travel fund would not be immediately available after Democratic protests Speaker Cannon defended the trips while Tawney noted Democratic invitations from southern and western governors and senators The debate centered on whether the president should cover his own travel costs or rely on the public purse
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Crying Baby Problem Solved in Pueblo Church
Pueblo May 26 The Central Christian church of Pueblo announced a plan to aid mothers with small children. Mothers are asked to bring their tables to church where they will be placed in charge of a kindergarten and Sunday school during services.
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Central Christian Church of
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Alaskan Democrats close convention without nominee
At JunEAu Alaska May 26 the democratic territorial convention adjourned after a two day session without naming a candidate for territorial delegate. The group refused to endorse James Wickersham and left selection to a committee after the Republican convention.
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Alaska
Territorial
James Wickersham
John Renan
WH. WH. Harris
Falcon Joslin
John Ypstrander
RW. Jennings
National Wholesale Liquor Dealers Convention Ends in Cincinnati
The convention reselected Morris F. Weetheimer of Cincinnati as president and named Atlantic City as the next meeting site. The exact date for the next gathering will be announced later.
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Cincinnati
National Wholesale Liquor Dealers Convention
Morris F. Weetheimer
Atlantic Clives
Rush Work on Great Dam at Eagle Pass
Secretary Knox and Mexican ambassador Senor De La Barra discussed the Rio Grande dam at Eagle Pass. Reclamation Service officials will push completion after court awards landowners 200,000 pounds in damages, tied to a 1907 US Mexico treaty that governs water deliveries and dam rights for irrigation.
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Washington
Senor de Laarra
United States
Knox
International Dam
Rio Grande
Eagle
N.mm
Mexico
Hie Grande
Menxico
Taft Skips New York Homecoming for Degree Ceremony
President Taft will not attend the Roosevelt homecoming in New York on June 11. He will be in Villa Nova, Pennsylvania, to receive a Doctor of Jurisprudence degree from St Thomas College.
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State Department
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New York City
National League of Republican Clubs
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Reclamation Bond Ogue Change Drives Senate Push
Washington May 26 supporters of the $30,000,000 reclamation bonds seek to rider the land withdrawal bill to force action by the Ways and Means Committee. Taft is said to back the tactic as irrigation projects await action after Senate passage.
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My Morning Journal
Washington
Senate
Administration
House Committee On Ways and Means
Senate Bilt
Taft
Reclamation Service
House
Committee On Ways and
Sugar Refining Letters Tied to Customs Duty Fraud Case
In court, Heike's letters alleged to reveal how the American Sugar Refining Co manipulated sugar cargo statements and used liberal weights from the customs house. Government witnesses described destruction of documents tied to claimed duty recovery, with dates from 1904 to 1909.
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New York
Charles Hk. Hieike
Henry L. Stimson
Heike
American Sugar Refining Company
Sugar Trust
Hela
Martin
Frank G Turner
South Boston
Courke
Heiike
Boonk
William Foster
Omerans
Wall Street
Leetter
Ernest W. Gerbracht
Williamabure
Brooklyn
Gerbracht
Wilan A. Kryan
Hleike
Arthur Wallin
Denison
Cran Te
Commerce Commission Upholds Cattle Rate Decision
Mi City May 26 The Commerce Commission upheld the interstate rate on cattle set earlier this year. Officials say the ruling stands as a fair charge for moving livestock across state lines.
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Commerce Commission
Special Master Finds Rates Not Confiscatory in Southwest Case
John J. Seddon, appointed by the U S circuit court to take depositions, filed a report this afternoon on the Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association case. The case concerns interstate commerce Commission rates and railroad requests to enjoin enforcement of those rates by the commission.
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John J. Seddon
United States Circuit Court
Southwestern Cattle Raisers
Interstate Commerce Commission
Railroads of the
Southwest
New York Accepts Mrs Harriman Gifts For Park Bond
Albany May 26 Governor Hughes signed bills allowing New York State to accept land and money gifts from Mrs Be Be Harriman widow of the late railroad magnate for a park along the Hudson River palisades and providing for a 2 500 000 bond issue as required by the donors
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N. Y
Hughes
BE. WH. Harriman
Railroad King
Hudson River Palisades
Modest Salaries for Ministers of Gospel
Washington May 26 The average annual salary of a minister of the gospel was 662 dollars across denominations in a census bureau report on religious bodies for 1906. W C C Hunt led the statistics as chief statistician. Denominations with higher averages include Unitarian 1653 dollars Episcopalian 1242 dollars New Jerusalem 33 dollars Jewish congregations 12 dollars Presbyterians 1117 dollars.
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Durand
Unitarian
Protestant Episcopal
General Convention of the
New Jerusalem
Presbyyterians
Fraud case against woman dismissed by Denver judge
Federal Judge Robert Ed Lewis halted the mail fraud case against Mrs Ethel Mae Eberhardt citing that George Kraemer of Peoria was not deceived about her being married. The witness was interrupted and the judge ruled no fraud occurred under strict law. Mrs Eberhardt’s husband had divorced her since the suit began.
Jail Delivery Plot Ringleader Captured in Marvyn
Canon City warden reports Paul Morton, identified as the principal in the attempted jail delivery that left two convicts dead and three wounded, has been captured in Marvyn. Morton allegedly helped smuggle dynamite and knives into the prison quarry for the uprising led by Harvey Uroply who was killed.
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Morning Journal
Canon City
Colo
Tynan
State Penitentiary
Marvey
Paul Morton
Denver
Harry Uroply
Morton
Harvey
Smuggled Opium Seized In St Louis China Store
In St Louis on May 26 eighty five tins of opium valued at five thousand dollars were seized by U S government agents in a Chinese grocery on a search warrant. No arrests were made but federal officers say evidence ties more than fifty Chinese to a smuggling ring. Two Chinese have been summoned before special customs agent Charles BR Bradley.
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St. Louis
United States
Charles BR. Bradley
Customs
Outlook on Statehood Hangs on Railroad Bill Struggle
Washington report from Judge Edward A Mann and Colonel F E Dobson says statehood depends on moving the railroad bill first. They and supporters expect passage if the railroad measure clears Congress, though delays and clashes over Hamilton and Senate bills could extend the session.
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Senate
Edward A. Mann
F E. W. Dobson
Washington
Andrews
Dah
Charges Filed Over New Mexico Judge Reappointment
Washington May 26. Charges have been filed with the senate judiciary committee against the reappointment of Associate Justice John B. Meffe of the New Mexico Supreme Court. A protest against confirmation is under investigation by a committee of Senators Sutherland Dill ingham and Overman. The contest is seen as factional. The nomination was made by President Taft at the combined requests of Postmaster General Hitchcock and Rolamon L. Luna.
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Loase
Senate
Congress
Taft
Washington
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Mann
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Territorial Supreme Bench
McFie
F. Ir. Hanne
Santa Fe
Wee
Catron
Senator Clark
Wyoming
Fadmundad
Abbott
Territory
Senate Committee On Judiciary
John BR. MeFie
Supreme Court of New Mexico
Sutherland
Dillingham
Overman
Nces
Hitchcock
Rolamon L. Luna
Republian
New Mexico
Charity Conference Closes in St Louis May 26
The twenty seventh national conference of Charice ties and Correction concluded with a general session on law makers. A visiting committee report on St Louis slums led Mayor Kreismann to order a wholesale cleanup of the tempero bin district.
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St. Louis
National Conference of Charice Ties and Correction
Kreismann
Tembertoin
Courteous Treatment of Kickers Is Urged
Louis May 26 Education of employees of electrical firms especially those tied to public service corporations was discussed at the National Electrical Light association session. The consensus urged staff to treat the dissatisfied customer even better than the prospect.
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Louis
National Electrical Light Association
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