Senators not as rich as reported in Washington
A Washington inquiry shows many congressmen are public officials with varied professions. The Senate holds 54 lawyers and 225 more in the House, plus bankers, farmers, merchants, editors, and others. In wealth, 32 Senate members are millionaires totaling $210.5 million, 14 House millionaires $83 million, and retired Guggenheim adds around $60 million. All 46 millionaires are paid salaries and perquisites.
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House
Jone
Telyler
Bacon
Heyburn
Borah
Hopkins
Hemenway
Beveridge
Frye
Nelson
Depew
la Follette
Foraker
Penrose
Culberson
Barney
Leigion
Nicholas Longworth
Burston
Tawney
de Armond
Littlefield
Crumpacker
Overstreet
New York
Rourke Cochran
Herbert Parsons
Serena Payne
Taliaferro
Florida
Nixon
Nevan
Kean
New Jersey
Ankeny
Washington
Reed Smoot
Utah
Lodge
Platt
Express Company
Warren
Wyoming
Stephenson
Wisconsin
Ilkins
West Virginia
Hansbrough
North Dakota
J. Adam Bede
manutag@&cers
John Sharpe Williams
Hobson
Champ Clark
Guggenheim
Express
Aldrich
Supreme Court backs Oregon eight hour day for women
The Oregon eight hour day law for women employees is upheld by the Supreme Court. Justice Brewer states that women's rights can be no more infringed than men's and that women may require greater protection than men. A laundryman who paid women ten hours on the same pay is cited as the case origin.
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Susan B, Anthony
Supreme Court of
Oregon
Brewer
Other Professions of Our Congressmen
A prominent West Virginia Senator Stephen Elkins questions published wealth lists of U S senators noting many are far from immense fortunes. He cites figures for Guggenheim Jephenson and others and suggests actual net worth far below the estimates, with most senators earning only salaries and modest fortunes.
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Stephen B. Elkins
West Virginia
House of Lords
Guggeneim
Colorado
Isaac Jephenson
Wisconsin
Senator Elkins Ag
Elkins
Monstrosities Shown in Capitol Paintings
A magazine critique of Capitol rotunda art finds errors in portraits of Washington and Pocahontas scenes. The Trumbull resignation scene shows two young girls with five hands and a six toed Pocahontas family member is noted as an unlikely detail.
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Capitol
Capitol Guides
Washington
Trumbull
P Washingn
Ture
Pocahontas
Lone 6 Days With Corpse at Toledo Lighthouse
Joe Berner endures six days alone with Capt. Delos Hayden s corpse at the Toledo lighthouse after Hayden dies of pneumonia. He makes a perilous 19 mile ice crossing on Lake Erie to fetch help, narrowly escaping danger and returning to notify authorities and summon a relief party. Hayden s wife Mary is described as ill with shock.
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Toledo
Delos Hayden
Lake Erie
Hayden
Joe Berner
Berner
Capt. Hayden
McNulty
Jennings
Capt
Mary
Gard Island
Presque Isle
Leroux
Faber
Bay
Thieves Loot Griffis Home in Broadway Style Break-in
Four burglars in a moving van looted the Griffis residence on Cherokee Street while Mrs. Griffis was out shopping. They removed nearly every item, including a piano and canary in a cage. only the canary and a smoke-filled scene remained. Neighbors marveled at the fast escape and the unusual focus on domestic valuables.
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St. Louis
Jennie Griffis
Griffis House
China accepts Japanese terms over Tatsu affair in Canton
Tokio reports China concedes all Japanese demands over the Tatsu affair. China will buy arms on board the Tatsu and hoist the Japanese flag as a Chinese warship salutes. Canton viceroy resigns rather than release the vessel amid protests in Hongkong. Negotiations with Portugal over Macao rituals to follow.
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Tokio
China
Hongkong
Canton
Portugal
Macao
Orient
Europe
America
Japan
Philippines
Race War in Kentucky Turns Violent Shot Runaways with Mob
Deputy Marshal Smith Childers is fatally wounded by M. McDowell near Poodhv ence, triggering a race war. Traveling men P B Carter and J B Barry are shot between Dixon and Providence by armed negroes who mistook them for mob pursuers. McDowell is moved to Henderson after capture. A white mob tracks the assailants with bloodhounds toward the county.
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Dixon
Smith Childers
M. McDowell
Poodhvence
P. B. Carter
Chattanooga
J. B. Barry
Providence
McDowell
Childers
Henderson
Horse Calls for Help Near Rutland Woods
William Avery skidded logs alone in the Rutland woods when a rolling log hurled him and pinned his leg. He lay in snow for hours before his horse led John Benson to the scene. A physician set the leg and found pneumonia from the cold. Avery’s life remains despaired.
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Williamsport
Rutland
Wiliam Avery
John Benson
Avery
Grafters Are Unsentences in Harrisburg Conspiracy Case
Harrisburg, Pa March 15. John H. Sanderson, contractor. William P. Snyder, ex-auditor general. William L. Malthaes, ex-state treasurer. and James M. Shumaker, ex superintendent, were convicted Friday night of conspiracy to defraud the state. Sentencing may be delayed for months or longer as motions for new trials are filed and argued. Judge Kunkel granted 30 days to file reasons, with no clear expectation of a new trial.
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Harrisburg
John H. Sanderson
Capitol
William P. Snyder
William L. Malthaes
James M. Shumaker
Kunkel
McCloskey Will Leaves Estate To Husband In McKeesport
In McKeesport Pennsylvania Theresa McCloskey’s will filed for probate leaves the husband $11,000 and to her daughter Mary Hamilton a clothes wringer and a washing machine after a quarrel over the method of washing clothes before her death.
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McKeesport
Theresa McCloskey
Mary Hamilton
Pitchfork Punishment Case Ends in Fine
La Crosse Wis August Mundstock a farmer was tried in county court for jabbing his foster son Arthur 15 with pitchfork points. The boy suffered numerous wounds from neck to knees. Mundstock admitted chastising the lad this way for over ten years and was fined 75 dollars plus costs.
Woman Recovers After 310 Glass Shards Found In Body
Marietta physicians study Mrs. Frank Stage who has 310 minute glass fragments in her body from various locations. Investigators suspect crushed glass was placed in her food and recently poison was found in the well on the Stage property.
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Marietta
Frank Stage
Eight Die in Natchez Drug Building Explosion
An explosion of gas in the basement of the Natchez Drug company building in Natchez Mississippi on March 15 killed eight people and left one wounded. The blast shattered the five story structure, toppled the rear wall onto an adjacent tenement, and ignited a blaze consuming seven residences and causing extensive property loss.
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Natchez, Miss
Natchez Drug Company
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