Currency Bill Ends Congress Session in Closing Hours
The first session of the Sixtieth Congress closes ten minutes before midnight after a rush of action. Congress enacted an emergency currency law, expanded pensions, authorized expenditures and two battleships, and advanced topics from arbitration treaties to defense of the Philippines while failing to pass several key reforms and programs. The recap notes achievements and unmet goals shaping policy as the Senate and House recess.
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Currency Bill Passes After Long Senate Filibuster
The Senate approved the compromise currency bill by 63 to 22 after a record filibuster led by Senators La Follette Stone Gore and Clemens. President Roosevelt signed the bill shortly before 1 00 o clock after careful review by Secretary Cortelyou with Root and Garfield present.
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Hard Luck Tales From Wisconsin and South Dakota
At Mazomanie Wisconsin William Royston a carpenter died from injuries after being crushed in a falling building during a tornado. Several other carpenters were injured. At Beresford South Dakota Peter Baker about 50 a pioneer shot himself with a shotgun after returning from Sioux City in poor health.
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Sistieth Congress Adopts Currency Bill After Prolonged Filibuster
The Sixtieth Congress met in 1907 and appropriated $1,008,50480 for the year, exceeding last session by $85,006. A currency bill passed after a 27 hour 15 minute filibuster in the Senate, delivering 110,680 words the equivalent of thirty columns of newspaper space. Adjourned May 30, 1908.
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Cause Against the Buttercup Claims Measles Link
Dr. W N Chalfant expands his indictment against widespread measles theories by asserting buttercup poison may cause cancer and other diseases. He says the plant contains several active poisons, some lethal if ingested, and warns of internal exposure.
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Windfall gas blast scars professor. bear hunts in Wabash woods
A gas explosion severely burns Prof. Philander Scudder at Windfall, wrecking his home and drawing reports heard a mile away. In Wabash County, a ferocious bear prompts 150 hunters to scour Disko woods for days without success.
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Allison wins in Iowa for Republican Senate nomination
Early returns from over 1800 precincts show Senator Allison defeating Governor Cummins for the Republican Senate nomination. Allison claims at least 10,000 lead, with counties shifting from Cummins two years earlier and seven congressional districts giving Allison a majority. Official returns from 93 counties show Allison carrying most of the state. Cummins wins in Hardin County and three of the Fifth District counties.
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Timelines of 19th–20th Century Events
A mixed set of historical notes lists events and figures such as John d Arc at Rouen, Peter the Great's birth in Moscow, naval defeats, battles, empress deaths, canal openings, state admissions, political nominations, and corporate antitrust fines.
Fire safety in schools urged after emergency outbreaks
A fire insurance publication warns that U S schools face repeat risks similar to the Collinwood disaster. It cites 58 fires in early 1900s and urges rapid adoption of fireproofing and safer exits, noting dormitories and old buildings as especially vulnerable. The Fort Wayne hotel fire is cited as a warning.
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Federal grand jury probes Umatilla land frauds in Oregon
A federal grand jury has begun an investigation of alleged land frauds in Umatilla county Oregon. Lieut Archibald Aggar retired after twenty years to become a butcher. Three men from Nelson British Columbia were swept over Kootania river falls and drowned. Extra stockmen bounty in Black Hills led to heavy coyote and wolf killings this winter.
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Will of Henry Clount Leaves Yale 465000 in Probate
The eccentric Terfordshire miser Henry Clount wills 465000 to Yale University, probate granted in London amid doubts about his sanity.
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