Roosevelt Uses Public Buildings Card In Battle For Legislation
President Roosevelt plans a tough push in Congress to win passage of key items from his program. He hints he can veto the public buildings bill to force lawmakers to support his aims, and may influence reelection chances. Vreeland introduces a new asset currency bill promising $750 million in emergency notes backed by bank assets, with a phased tax and creating clearing houses.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Vreeland
House
New York
Aldrich
Riot by Pacific fleet sailors at Santa Barbara restaurant
Several hundred sailors from the Pacific fleet attacked a restaurant at 121 State Street owned by John Senich in Santa Barbara. The strike followed ongoing tensions with local tradesmen during the fleet's stay. Sailors removed flags and bunting before throwing rocks and clubs, causing damage but no shore patrol arrests.
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Santa Barbara
Cal
Pacific Fleet
State Street
John Senich
Senich
MISS JEAN REID ENGAGED TO HON JOHN WARD
London announces the engagement of Miss Jean Reid daughter of White law Reid the American ambassador to Hon John Hubert Ward brother of the Earl of Dudley. Ward is welcomed at court as equerry in waiting and is famed as a racing and sportsman with ties to King Edwardches.
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London
Jean Reid
Whitelaw Reid
John Hubert Ward
Earl of Dudley
Salvation Army Arrests Shocks South Bend Crowd
South Bend police arrested the entire Salvation Army unit of 25 persons on Tuesday night, charging the group as a public nuisance. The men were jailed while the women were released until Wednesday.
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Salvation Army
South Bend
Ind
Salvation Army of
McWeeny
China Fears Jap Fleet Visit Sparks Canton Disturbance Worries
Hongkong on April 30 reports the viceroy of Canton fearing local disturbances if the Japanese fleet visits the city. He advised the Japanese consul that the arrival would be inexpedient, while the consul said it was only a routine movement.
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China
Hongkong
Canton
Safe Blowers in Hard Luck Near Joplin
In Jasper a small town near Joplin Missouri two of six robbers were captured Tuesday after blowing open three safes and securing only two dollars.
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Joplin
Jasper
Johnson Talks of Plans for Minnesota Governor in Detroit
Gov. John A. Johnson of Minnesota arrived from the upper peninsula and spent a day in Detroit meeting Mayor William B. Thompson and attending a breakfast at the Hotel Pontchartrain. He toured the city with Gov. Fred H. Warner, spoke at a luncheon, and discussed his campaign stance, tariff issues, and views on corporate regulation versus ownership.
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Detroit
Mich
John A. Johnson
Minnesota
Upper Peninsula
Johnson
New York
Wall Street
Hudson
Tammany
Murphy
Bryan
Mine Explodes Killing Two Tars From Elsass
Kiel April 30 German battleship Elsass team drills in harbor when a mine on a launch exploded during obstruction clearance. Two seamen were killed and six wounded as a premature blast tore through the craft.
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Kiel
Elsass
Confesses to Two Murders near Sioux Falls Cabin
Sioux Falls, Apr 30 John Steltz alias John Clark confessed to murdering Theodore Sothman on March 16 in a lonely cabin by the Big Sioux river three miles northeast of Sioux Falls. He also admitted a prior Philadelphia murder and was sentenced to life imprisonment in the state penitentiary.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
John Steltz
John Clark
Theodore Sothman
Big Sioux River
Steltz
Philadelphia
Millionaire and Ex-Employee Duel in Missouri
Dr C C F Simmons a millionaire and Norman H Chamberlain formerly his employee fought a bloodless revolver duel on a sidewalk near Broad way to Siloam Springs Excelsior Springs Missouri April 30 Simmons used a telegraph pole for cover Chamberlain hid behind a tree both fired without effect on the occasion.
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Excelsior Springs
Cc. F. Simmons
Norman H. Chamberlain
Broadway
Siloam Springs
Simmons
Chamberlain
Ex Bank Cashier Indicted for Embezzlement in Baton Rouge
Former First National Bank cashier Oscar Kondert is indicted by a federal grand jury for embezzling 97000 dollars. Clerk William Schroeder is charged with aiding and abetting. Both men are under arrest in Baton Rouge.
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Baton Rouge
First National Bank of
Oscar Kondert
William Schroeder
David P. Alderson Dies in Kansas City
Kansas City, Apr 30 David P Alderson secretary treasurer and general manager of the Bradley Alderson Haplement Company died at his home Tuesday night. He was well known throughout the west and served as a key executive in his firm.
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David P. Alderson
Kansas City
Bradley-Alderson Haplement Company
West
Detroit Rail Crash Kills Nine in Michigan Collision
Nine men died and about 30 were injured when two large interurban trolley cars on the Detroit United system collided head on near Ypsilanti, Michigan, at 2:17 PM. Motorman Isa Fay, Jackson, was crushed beneath his vestibule. fault was blamed on mistaken orders and speed adjustments.
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Detroit
Mich
Jackson & Chicago Railway
Detroit United Railways
Jackson
Here
Ypsilanti
Isa Fay
John Paget
Charles Carmen
George E. Howard
Jack McMullen
Syracuse
N. Y
Garborino Granni
Fay
Harris’ Switch
Wingrave
Quiet convention lauds Roosevelt in Conn and Pa
Harrisburg April 30 The Republican state convention reaffirmed Knox as Pennsylvania’s choice for the presidential nomination and endorsed Roosevelt’s administration. It approved a tariff review by next Congress, renominated Judge W D Porter for the superior court, named delegates and electors, and adjourned after electing Col W R Andrews state chairman. In New Haven the Democratic convention voted down a Bryan delegate instruction and chose delegates at large including Thomas M. Waller and Alexander Troup with several district and county delegates elected.
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Harrisburg
United States
Philander C. Knox
Pennsylvania
Roosevelt
W. D. Porter
Allegheny County
Superior
Co. Andrews
Col
W. R. Andrews
Walton
Bryan
New Haven
Conn
Committee On
William J. Bryan
Comstock
Thomas M. Waller
John J. Walsh
Norwalk
Alexander Troup
Henry C. Ney
Farmington
Louis A. Fisk
Branford
Frank P. Fenton
Windham
Melbert B. Cary
Ridgefield
Henry J. McManus
Hartford
Thomas Noone
Vernon
William Kennedy
Naugatuck
Rollin A. Tyler
Haddam
Tyron Robertson
Montville
Oscar
Milwaukee Company Assigns for Benefit of Creditors
The Dutcher company of Milwaukee, led by president William Goodrich, assigned on Tuesday for the benefit of creditors. Circuit court appointed E. J. Tapping as assignee on a $150,000 bond. No liabilities or assets figures released. The firm manufactures specialties and steel castings.
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Milwaukee Company
Milwaukee
Dutcher Company
William Goodrich
E. J. Tapping
Sultan Mulai Hafid Flees to Tadla Refuge with Sidi Bendaoud
In Rabat on April 30, reports say Mulai Hafid, the so called sultan of the south, suffered a disaster and fled to Tadla about 128 miles southwest of Fez, seeking refuge with the Sidi Bendaoud tribe.
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Mulai Hafid
Rabat
Morocco
South
Tadla
Fez
Powder Explosion Kills Three in Illinois Mills
Three men were killed in an explosion at the Egyptian Powder mills five miles from Marion Illinois on Tuesday. The deceased were John Claxton William McLintock and Stephen Upchurch. Property damage was extensive.
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Marion
John Claxton
William McClintock
Stephen Upchurch
Davies County Bank assigns after suspension in Owensboro
The Davies County Bank and Trust Company in Owensboro Kentucky filed a deed of general assignment naming Henry Cline as assignee after declining deposits and suspending cash payments. Cline took charge of the bank's affairs on Wednesday.
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Kentucky Bank
Owensboro
Davies County Bank and Trust Company
Davies County
Henry Cline
Cline
Fatal Stabbing Affray In Springfield UK
Aece Gheeny, assistant agent of Standard Oil at Pana, was stabbed Tuesday night by Edward Rayhill, a prominent farmer west of Pana. Gheeny died within half an hour. Authorities report the incident as a fatal affray in Springfield, UK.
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Springfield
Aece Gheeny
Standard Oil Company
Pana
Edward Rayhill
Priesmeyer Jury Disagrees on Bribery Charge
St Louis April 30 The jury in the case of Fred W Priesmeyer member of the house of delegates on trial for bribery announced that its members were hopelessly disagreed and was discharged Tuesday night.
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Priesmeyer
St. Louis
Fred W. Priesmeyer
House of Delegates
Banker Henry Clews Receives Highest Japanese Honor
Information from Tokyo reports the emperor of Japan awarded Henry Clews, noted banker and financial authority, the highest imperial decoration for foreigners. This recognition highlights Clews’s influence in international finance and his longstanding ties with Japan’s economic leadership.
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New York
Tokyo
Japan
Henry Clews
Banker and Financial Authority
Raisuli Not Assassinated After Ambush
Tangier April 30 A circulating report of Raisuli's assassination is false. He was ambushed by Elkines tribesmen but escaped injury.
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Raisuli
Tangier
Death of Charles Coster Triggers Suspension of Coster Knapp Co
Charles Coster a leading New York broker died by his own hand prompting the New York Stock Exchange to suspend the firm Coster Knapp & Co. The firm announced a general assignment for creditors as assignees work to straighten accounts. Knapp blamed heavy speculative losses for the crisis.
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Charles Coster
Coster, Knapp & Company
New York Stock Exchange
New York
Stock Exchange
Coster
Werner
Simpson, Werner & Cardoza
Knapp
Cashier Vanishes in Embezzlement Case in St Paul
Thomas W. Frankham, cashier of the St Paul and Western Coal Co, has been missing for a week and held to have control of about 500000 tons of coal. County Attorney reports a warrant for embezzlement of 10000, with possible shortages up to 50000 or 75000. Extravagant living is cited as the cause of the shortage.
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St. Paul, Minn
Thomas W. Frankham
St. Paul and Western Coal Company
O’brien
Frankham
Indian Chief Killed in Mosquito Indian Conflict
Passengers arriving from Bluefields Nicaragua report that fighting between Mosquito Indians and Nicaraguans ended with the death of the Indian chief. The conflict began two months ago and a large number of people were reported killed.
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New Orleans
Bluefields
Nicaragua
Fire destroys exposition buildings in Norfolk
Fire of unknown origin on the Jamestown exposition grounds destroyed several colonial structures forming the Arts and Crafts village Ye Olde Tyme Tavern and the Philippine reservation. The flames were checked within 50 feet of the large states exhibit palace.
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Norfolk
Jamestown’ Exposition
Dynamite Blast Fatal To Two In Michigan Home
In Midland on April 30 Charles Harness a farmer from Larkin township tried to dry dynamite in a kitchen stove oven. The blast wrecked the house and fatally injured his seven year old daughter and his wife.
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Midland
Mich
Charles Harness
Larkin Township
Here
Prepare for Royal Wedding in St Petersburg
Preparations for the royal wedding at one Selo next week are nearly complete. The couple are Prinus Wilhelm of Sweden and Grand Duchess Marie Pavlovna, daughter of Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovitch.
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St Petersburg
One Selo
Prinus Wilhelm cc
Sweden
Marie Pavlovna
Paul Alexandrovitch
Bits of News From Elsewhere and Around Town
Brief clippings report a Vatican cardinalate likelihood for Mgr Bissetti at the June consistory, flying machines future warfare notions from Hudson Maxim, denial of elopement rumors involving Stuyvesant Fish Jr and H Harriman’s daughter, divorce rumors dismissed. Gen Funston to assume Fort Leavenworth duties August 1, and a protest by California WCTU over officers’ dinners. Second trial verdict of murder in Boulder, Colorado, and a Missouri shootout between Dr C F Simons and Norman Chamberlain with both jailed.
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Franklin
London
Mgr. Bissetti
Vatican
Aldine Club
New York
Hudson
Maxim
Stuyvesant Fish, Jr
H. Harriman
Frank Gould
Frederick Funston
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
California
Metcalf
Atlantic
F. E.i Kiser
Colorado & Southern
Boulder
Col
Excelsior Spring
C. F. Simons
Norman Chamberlain
Bandits Loot Bank of Eight Thousand in Minn Town
Crookston Minnesota April 30 a gang of six or more robbed the Scandia State Bank taking about eight thousand dollars They blew open the vault door with dynamite and fired upon townspeople as they escaped
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Scandia State Institution
Crookston
Minn
Scandia
Gou
William Merdink
Merdink
Effort to Halt Probe Fails in Ohio House
About a dozen members tried to block a probe into municipal affairs of Cincinnati and Cleveland in the Ohio House of Representatives. They then sought to delay the investigation until after the election, but that move also failed.
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Columbus
Cincinnati
Cleveland
House of Representatives
No Eastern Mine to Strike in Kanawha Wages Accord
Charleston W V April 30 no strike of Kanawha miners planned. Sub scale committee late Wednesday recommended adoption of the 1904 wage scale. A joint conference was called to ratify the agreement.
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Charleston
W. Va
Campaign Gift Testimony in Tucker Mail Fraud Trial
Topeka report says Uncle Sam Oil Company donated to a political campaign fund in 1906. The testimony emerged during the trial of H. H. Tucker Jr charged with using the mails to defraud.
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Topeka
Kan
Uncle Sam Oil Company
H. H. Tucker, Jr
Markets Report From Chicago Flour and Wheat Prices
The Chicago markets show flour holding firm with various grades priced from 2.30 to 6.00 per unit across wheat and rye categories. May wheat weakens while corn and oats show mixed signals. butter and eggs move with standard factory and dairy classifications.
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Chicago
Minnesota
New York
Live Stock Prices From Chicago and Omaha Reports
Live stock quotes show Chicago Apr reports with cattle ranges from good to prime steers at about 4.00 to 6.70 dollars, cows and heifers near 2.40 to 6.00, hogs around 4.00 to 5.60, and sheep and lambs active with yearlings near 5.50 to 6.50 and lambs around 7.00. Omaha prices list steady cattle values, hogs higher, and sheep markets showing activity with yearlings and lambs priced accordingly.
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Chicago
Omaha
Neb
Apr
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Commoner
Gotham
Persia
St. Petersburg
Russia
Urumiah
Attila
Rome
Silk Company
Jill
Knox
Detroit Road
Connecticut
BIG Concern
Self
T. W. Frankham
St. Paul
Bandits
BANK
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