Dated Asht on Gazette Highlights and World News
Summary of major items from Sunday to Tuesday including O Henry death in New York and auto mobile concerns, Alfred Vanderbilt London wedding rumors, Chicago medical colleges attack, United Hotels expansion to 40 million, plane prize chase, rail rate cases, Taft political notes, and E W Lange metal transmutation claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. Henry
New York
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
Lily Elsie
London
Chicago
Illinois State Board of Health
Carnegie Foundation
United Hotels Company
Albany
United States
Canada
Court Stops Raise in Freight Rates
United States District Judge David P. Dyer halted 25 Western railroads from advancing interstate freight rates. The injunction, sought by the Attorney General, cites a Sherman act violation through alleged unlawful rate agreements. Railroads affected include Missouri Pacific, Illinois Central, Chicago Great Western, and others across the Midwest and West. Eastern lines plan tariffs in Washington, broadening the dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. R. Lyon
Minneapolis
New York
Rockford
Ill
Illinois
Chicago
Federal Supreme Court
Interstate Commerce Commission
Denver
United States
Dyer
Hannibal
Wickersham
Taft
Western Railroads
United States District
David P. Dyer
United States Circuit
St. Louis
Edwin P. Grosvenor
Washington
Frederick N. Judson
George W. Wickersham
William S. Kenyon
Charles A. Houts
Missouri Pacific Railway
Chicago and Northwestern
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway
Wabash Railroad
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
Illinois Central Railroad
Chicago and Alton Railroad
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
Chicago Great Western Railway
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway
San Francisco
San Francisco Railroad
Quincy, Omaha and Kansas City
St. Paul and
Des Moines
Minneapolis and St. Louis
Iown Central Railroad
Fort Dodge, Des Moines and Southern Railroad
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha
Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railroad
Chicago, Peoria and St. Louis Railroad Company
Chicago, Milwaukee and Gary Railway
Ohio River
Mississippi
Missouri River
Atlantic Seaboard
Eastern Trunk Lines
Mrs. Doxey Freed After Not Guilty Verdict in Arsenic Murder Case
Mrs. Dora Elizabeth Doxey is found not guilty by a St. Louis jury of murdering William J. Erder with arsenic. The verdict came eight hours eight minutes after deliberation. She is rearrested on a bigamy charge as case against Dr. Loren B. Doxey proceeds in two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doxey
W. F. Erder
St. Louis
Henry A. Blair
Chicago
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
Senate
House
Secretary of Agriculture
Dora Elizabeth Doxey
William J. Erder
Newton
Columbus
Neb
Elder
Aledo
III
Robert L. Downing
Joy, III
Loren B. Doxey
Burlington
Iowa
Downing
Erder
Kate Erder
Senate Passes Railroad Bill Amid Debate and Battles
The Senate approved the administration railroad bill by a 40 to 12 vote, with several Democrats opposing. Conflicts over precedence for a public land withdrawal bill and statehood action followed as the chamber adjourned. The measure, reported February 25, has dominated Senate debate for twelve weeks with support from insurgent Republicans and Democrats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
United States
Bacon
Fletcher
Frazier
Hughes
Money
Newlands
Percy
Purcell
Rayner
Shively
Smith
Maryland
South Carolina
Beveridge
Nelson
Public Lands Committee
Cummins
la Follette
Dolliver
Clay
Paynter
Simmons
Gore
Treat Falls Dead Treasurers of Nation Stricken with Apoplexy
Charles Henry Treat former treasurer of the United States under Theodore Roosevelt died of apoplexy in his Hotel Victoria New York apartment. He was 68 and survived by his wife and two daughters. Born in Frankfort Maine he traced ancestry to Robert Treat Paine and colonial governor Robert Treat. A Dartmouth 1865 graduate Treat joined family business before serving as Delaware’s Republican convention delegate and later as Internal Revenue Collector for the Wall Street district during the Spanish American War.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ser
Charles Henry Treat
United States
Roosevelt
Hotel Victoria
New York
Mr. Treat
Frankfort
Robert Treat Paine
Robert Treat
Connecticut
Dartmouth College
Delaware
Chicago
Benjamin Harrison
McKinley
Wall Street
Standings of the Clubs Progress of the Pennant Race
The National League standings show Chicago leading with a .265 mark and 12 losses, followed by New York at .25 with 14 losses. Cincinnati is at .18 with 18 losses, Brooklyn .18 with 22, Pittsburgh .18 with 17, Philadelphia 13 with 22, St. Louis .20 with 20, and Boston .14 with 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National League
W. L W. LL
Chicago
Cincinnati
New York
Brooklyn
Pittsburg
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Boston
Philadel’a
Cleveland
Washington
Detroit
Chicago Sea
St. Laie
American Association
Lw. L
Minneapolis
Indianapolis
St. Paul
Kansas City
Toledo
Milwaukee Rt
Columbus
Louisville
W. St. Joseph
Lincoln
Sioux City
Omaha
Denver
Des Moines
Wichita Pere Ts
Topeka
Woman's age secret costs $10 in Nebraska census case
Miss Sarah E. Peck an instructor at Union College Lincoln Neb paid a $10 fine to purge herself of an indictment for refusing to disclose her age to census enumerators. The case notes she did not intend contempt toward the census department and stated she had money to pay the fine when warned of penalties. A Cincinnati baby found near Big Four tracks was rushed to hospital with hopes for recovery after being discarded from a passing train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Census Department
United States
Sarah E. Peck
Union College
Lincoln
Neb
Federal District Court
Miss Peck
Lewis Terry
Cincinnati
Cleveland
City
Church Membership Figures Show Growth Across Denominations
A U.S. census based report for 1906 totals religious communicants at 32,936,445, with Protestants numbering 20,287,742 and Roman Catholics 12,679,142. The data note urban concentration and shifts since 1890, highlighting city share in major metros like New York and Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Protestant Episcopal Church
Church of Christ, Scientist
New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
Boston
Ct. Louis
Lorimer Defends Self in Senate Speech on Bribery Charges
Illinois Senator William Lorimer asked the US Senate to investigate bribery allegations tied to his Chicago election as he blamed a political conspiracy. He attacked Governor Deneen and Tribune allies, restated a long career summary, and urged inquiry referred to the committee on contingent expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
William Lorimer
United States Senate
Illinois General Assembly
Lorimer
Chicago
Lee O'Neil Browne
Deneen
Charles A [Pevilles
Ttack
Chicago Tribune
H. J. Beckemeyer
Michael S. Link
White
The
Tribune
North Central Editorial Group Outing and College News
The North Central Minnesota Editorial Association plans an outing at Glengarry Springs near Walker. Des Moines hosts the Missouri Valley conference meet with 25 colleges invited. St Thomas College debaters beat the Forum Literary Society of Minnesota for the second year running. Fifty University of Minnesota engineering and arts students are dropped for poor scholarship. Noted deaths include Prof. R. R. Cochrane of Manitoba University. Beloit College hires Dr. John C. Parish as history and political science professor. The Tri-County Educational Association met in Grafton North Carolina urging rural school funding and medical inspection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota Editorial Association
Glengarry Springs
Leech Lake
Walker
el Ashur University
Cairo
Egypt
Homer H. Seerley
Iowa State Teachers’ Association
Missouri Valley Conferences
Des Moines
St. Thomas College
Forum Literary Society
University of Minnesota
Engineering
R. R. Cochrane
Manitoba University
George Cochrane
Los Angeles University
John C. Parish
State Historical Department of
Iowa
L. W. Parish
Cedar Falls
Beloit College
Tri-Country Educational Association
Grafton
N. C
State Legislative Assembly
Woman Escapes Operation In Elwood Reading
In Elwood Indiana a woman claims Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured her after considering surgery. Notes advise confidential free advice from Mrs Pinkham, Mass. Also a condensed page features humor and household remedies including Mother Gray's Sweet Powders and light column anecdotes from the Chicago Tribune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia K. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
FEED CHILDREN On Properly Selected Food It Pays Dividends
A mother reports healthier, sturdier children after changing food. She stopped potatoes with coffee and excess meat and added fruit Grape-Nuts with cream Postum and vegetables. A teething baby improved after Grape-Nuts with milk. New letters arrive, all genuine and humanly interested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellville
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ashton Gazette
Ralph J. Dean
Ashton
Alma Kellner
Charles D. Norton
Madrid
Bluefields
Bar Association
Harry Thurston Peck
Columbia University
Esther Quinn
Belmont
Republican Party
Folk
Charles Stewart Rolls
Dover
Calais
Long Island City
Massachusetts
Madriz
Nicaragua
Michigan
E. W. Lange
Long
PRE
King
Minneapolis Journal
W. F. Schilling
Minnesota Dairyman
Ohio
Cannon
Keifer
William J. Bryan
Presbyterian Ecumenical Council
Edinburgh
Folk Ani Gaynor
Senator Root
England
National Congress of the
Socialist Party
Hilquit
Co, H
Treat
Orn
George Morgan
Midvate Steel Works
Olleges
Lydia E.pinkham
Rooter
Duffer
Pitcher
Harry
ronucian—Gumbridge
Rickaby
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