Important News Notes Of A Week Condensed
A weekly digest reports Thomas F. Walsh dies in Washington of heart failure. Louis Marshall is urged for Supreme Court by Jacob H. Schiff and Mayer Sulzberger. Hetty Green suffers a nervous breakdown in New York. Major General Leonard Wood sails to Buenos Aires for Argentina centenary. Prince Tsai Tal o and companion head to the U S to study U S military affairs. Charles W. Friend confesses bribing Pittsburgh council members. Wisconsin Senator Edward T. Fairchild seeks Republican governor nomination with anti liquor stance. New York Senator Benn Conger resigns after Allds bribery charge remarks. Governor White and others witness the resignation in Albany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas F. Walsh
Washington
Jacob H. Schiff
New York
Mayer Sulzberger
Philadelphia
White House
Tait
Louis Marshall
Justice Brewer
Hetty Green
Leonard Wood
Hampton Roads
Montana
Buenos Aires
United States
Prince Tsai Talo
China
Charles W. Friend
Clinton Iron & Steel Company
Pittsburg
Bar of Justice
Edward T. Fairchild
Wisconsin
Taft
Benn Conger
Albany
Allds
Amend
Aleut
White
Chamber
Major Indiana coal graft arrests amid national probes
Mrs Jeannette Stern from Eclipse Coal Indianapolis leaks information leading to six arrests in a vast Indiana coal graft involving six large coal companies. Congress witnesses accuse Louis Glavis of unreliable testimony while Andrew Christensen is branded a perjurer. Cabinet figures Knox and MacVeagh deny any imminent resignations as battleships gain House approval. The rivers and harbors bill passes Senate committee. American Sugar Refining Co faces $500 contempt sanction for defying grand jury subpoenas. Mary Baker Eddy’s birthplace burns in Bow New Hampshire. Pennsylvan ia yard workers sustain injuries. Wickersham targets anti trust actions and a nox day Chicago dinner recalls Bryan family ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeannette Florence Stern
Eclipse Coal Company
Indianapolis
Indiana
Louis R. Glavis
Ballinger
Andrew Christensen
Glavis
Congress
Christensen
Brandeis
Knox
MacVeagh
House
Department
Taft
Illinois
Senate Commerce Committee
Lacombe
United States Circuit Court
New York
American Sugar Refining Company
Federal Grand Jury
Bow
N. H
Mary Baker G. Eddy
Christian Beleseo
Eieven
Mask and Wig Club
University of Pennsylvania
Harneburg
Pennsyl‘vania Railroad Company
Wickersham
Theagin Board
Rds
Butter Trust
C. B. Arr
Wade H.harge
Nquiry
Chicago
J, Bryan
Indicted Pittsburgh Bribery Case Dominates Local News
A Pittsburgh grand jury indicted Frank N Hoffa tot and Emil Winter amid bribery and conspiracy charges tied to councilmen. The era saw broader crime probes, empires and bank chiefs confess bribery sums, while nationwide events touched Armenian relief, Roosevelt travels, and Turkish troop movements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pressed Steel Car Company
Emil Winter
Workingman's Savings Bank and Trust Company of
Allegheny
Bar of Justice
W. J. Merritt & Co
Chicago
Albania
Hannan
Wholesale Portrait and Picture Dealers Association of Chicago
Pittsburg Federal Grand Jury
Imperial, WindowsGlass Company
Hutchinson, Civil War veteran, dies after grippe attack
Ottumwa Iowa April 11 Captain J G Hutchison Civil War veteran and former Republican candidate for governor of Iowa died after a three week illness from complications following grippe He was a prominent Ottumwa business leader in church and M C A circles born September 11 1840 in Williamsport Pa He served at Fredericksburg Antietam and Chancellorsville and commanded Company I Twenty eighth Regt Gettysburg campaign He helped organize Johnson Rufler company later Morrell Packing He served in the state house in 1879 and senate in 1881 chaired elections registration He was twice married survived by wife Mabel Vernon Dixon and a niece Esther Hutchison He led Ottumwa Law and Order League and was a Presbyterian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Max G. Leslie
Allegheny County
Republican
Navy
Philadelphia
Navy League of the United States
Catharine Bomgardner
John W. Bormgardner
Harrisburg
Armenia
New York
Armenian Rolief Association
New Orleans
San Francisco
Frank Schaum
California City
Coal City
Joliet
Senator Lodge
Empress Alexandra of
Russia
Rockhill
St. Petersburg
Shore Line Trolley Company
Saybrook
Conn
Prince Estel Frettrich
Kaiser
Kaiserin Augusta Victoria Foundation
Mount of Olives
Jerusalem
Cai
Theodora Roosevelt, Jr
Eifth Avenue Presbyterian Church
Louisville & Nashville
Atlanta
Cincinnati
Saxton
William Rudolph
Highland Park
James ©. Gilmore
Maryland
Pacific
Ottumwa
J. G. Hutchison
Iowa
Hutchison
Pennsylvania
Williamsport Dickerson Seminary
Thirty-first Regiment of
Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry
Ile
Fredericksburg
Antietam
Chantellorsville
Gettysburg
Twenty
Lincoln
Cleveland, O
Johnson Rufler Company
Ottawa
Europe
T. D. Foster
Packing House
Morrell Packing Company
Miners Close Convention in Des Moines Meeting
Des Moines hosts the thirteenth annual Iowa district United Mine Workers convention. Delegates return home after two weeks of business review as a joint session with coal operators opens to negotiate wage and condition terms and future strike protections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Lows
United Mine Workers of America
Trades and Labor Assembly Hall
A Home for Railroad Men Dedicated in Highland Park
A new Home for Aged and Disabled Railroad Employees of America was dedicated in Highland Park on April 12. The building will house 60 men plus attendants and is funded by contributions from divisions and lodges of railroad brotherhoods. Construction began last summer from an $80,000 fund raised by the Brotherhoods and their ladies’ auxiliaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highland Park
America
Brotherhoods
Brotherhod of Locomotive Engineers
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Order of Railway Conductors
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Taft Calls for Unity in Republican Ranks
Washington April 11 William Howard Taft urged unity before the League of Republican Clubs of DC saying the party still lives and no man should be read out for deeds, while stressing action in Congress and unity in the ranks. Moon declares candidacy for Iowa governor. Ten switchmen held for looting cars. Explosion at Texico extension camp kills fourteen. Cherokee store fire damages building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
William Howard Taft
League of Republican Clubs
District of Columbia
United States
Republican Party
Taft
Congress
Turkey
Senate
House
Novite
Tex
Texico
Santa Fe
Texas State Federation of Labor Opens Thirteenth Convention
In Galveston on April 12 the Texas State Federation of Labor began its thirteenth annual convention with a large, enthusiastic turnout. The first session united all branches at the Auditorium and Cotton Palace as city officials welcomed delegates. An afternoon harbor boat ride followed by plans for a smoker, oyster roast, and bail round out the week’s entertainments while delegates conduct business and hear speeches from national labor leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Federation of Labor
Galveston
Tex
Texas State Federation of Labor
Cotton Palace
Silver Service Given to Battleship South Carolina
In Charleston today a silver service was presented to the battleship South Carolina by the people of the state. Washington attendees included Representative Foss of Illinois and Mrs Foss. The celebration featured a reception harbor trip and teas and dinners. In Chicago coal miners and operators met to discuss the Illinois district strike, about 75,000 workers idle. no settlement expected within a month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
D. C
South Carolina
Washington
Foss
Illinois
House Committee On Naval Affairs
Fose
Chicago
United Mine Workers of America
A. J. Moorsheid
Hopkins Denounces Agriculture Dept in City Club Address
University of Illinois President Cyril G. Hopkins criticized the department of agriculture as abominable and disgraceful and dismissed the secretary as an unscientific man during his April 11 City Club address in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
James Wilson
Cyril G. Hopkins
University of Inois
Department of Agriculture
City Club
Hopkins
Roosevelt Welcome In Italian Town Greeted By Locals
Apr 11 Des Moines reports Governor Garst pledges support as Mr and Mrs Roosevelt receive a warm greeting in a small Italian town nestled among orange and olive groves. The scene reflects strong cross Atlantic ties as Garst and Warren back policies connected to the Roosevelt visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelts
Porto
Maurizio
Italy
Mrs. Roosevelt
Geanor
Polliver
Garst
Des
Moines
Warren
Bent
Customer laments missing items and credit at local shop
An irate patron complains the store cannot supply lace curtains, silk socks, or credit. He questions if it is a regular shop as he recounts prior failed requests for items and payment terms.
Or Else Burn and the Fringe Patter of Ads and Jokes
A collage of excerpts blends a Carnegie quip on dying rich with lighthearted ad copy. It markets Allen’s Foot-Base antiseptic powder and Pettit’s Eye Salve while including a few humorous quips about inheritance and schoolyard punishment, all characteristic of early 20th century periodicals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Carnegie
Washington
Allen
Olmsted
le Roy
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