Senate Wants Facts on Philippine Information Suppression
Democrats in the Senate accused Republicans of concealing the truth about the Philippines while Maj. Gen. MacArthur testified that withdrawal would risk chaos and hinder self-government. The debate, two hours long, included calls to subpoena Gardener and other figures, with Gen. Smith attacked by Rep. Sibley for Samar campaign orders.
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Senate
Philippines
Lodge
Patterson
Colorado
Secretary of War
Cable Maj. Gardener
Washington
Philippine Committee
Maj. Gardener
Allison
MacArthur
Maj
Senate Committee On Philippines
United States
Spain
Cornelius Gardener
Aguinaldo
Sixto Lopez
Mablas
Smith
Sibley
House
Jacob H. Smith
Gen. Smith
Williams
The Growth of Trusts in the Industrial Era
The article outlines the rise of trusts by 1900, listing 183 combinations spanning 2000 plants with $3.57 billion capital and about 422000 employees. It notes trusts span many sectors beyond iron, steel, and oil, including food, liquor, textiles, lumber, chemicals, and transportation. Despite vast scale, trusts account for just over one tenth of U S industrial output.
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United States
Adventists Open Vegetarian Restaurant in Topeka Experiment
The Seventh Day Adventists of Topeka launch a new vegetarian restaurant as an experimental venture. The community group aims to offer meatless meals and study dining to promote health and faith values within the city.
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Topeka
May Day Strikes Hit 25 000 Workers Nationwide
Twenty five thousand labor men from various trades walked out on May 1 across the country over wage issues and union recognition. In Illinois 2000 miners quit, Chicago area miners idle after local unions and operators failed to settle disputes. Pittsburg saw 12 000 to 15 000 on strike in building trades for shorter hours and higher pay. Buffalo, Hudson County, New Jersey and Youngstown Ohio also report significant strike action affecting carpenters, iron workers, plumbers, machinists, sawmills, and builders.
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Illinois
Chicago
Alton
Springfield
Ilinois
Peoria
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Buffalo
Hudson County
New Jersey
Youngstown
Ohio
Moody Now Heads the Navy Secretary Moody takes oath
Congressman William Henry Moody of Massachusetts was sworn in as Secretary of the Navy at 9 35 am Thursday. E A Hanna administered the oath. Present were John D Long ex secretary of the navy Representatives Roberts McCall Lawrence and Green Cyrus Wells Wood W Fishback and Assistant Secretary Darling. Long congratulated Moody and a reception followed for bureau chiefs and assistants. The article notes Moody’s likely modest changes and recalls the 1899 naval personnel act aligning officer ranks and pay with the army.
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William Henry Moody
Massachusetts
Navy
E. BP. Hanna
Navy Department
John D. Long
the Navy
Roberts, McCall, Lawrence and Green
Darling
Hackett
Cyrus Wells
Wood W. Fishback
Moody
Congress
Army
Tornado Kills 416 in Dacca and Surrounding District
A tornado devastated Dacca in Bengal and nearby towns. Four hundred sixteen people were reported dead and crops ruined across the district. Dacca, northeast of Calcutta, once a capital and famed for muslins, faced decline after importing Manchester cottons hurt its industries.
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Tdacca
India
Dacca
Bengal
Calcutta
Manchester
Grazing Law Proposed by Iowa Representative
Representative Lacey of Iowa introduces a national grazing bill in the House aimed at granting grazing privileges to homestead settlers and small farm holders in arid regions. He argues current grazing lands favor the cattle trust and seeks to prevent range monopolization by large livestock owners while protecting nearby grass and holdings.
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Iowa
Cattle Trust
National House
Lacey
Catholics Show Lead In Church Membership Rise
Father Sheedy of New York cites a religious census by Dr. H K Carroll showing 68,083 added to the Catholic Church last year out of 93,000 total new members across denominations. He notes a 5.4 percent Catholic increase vs 2.18 percent overall, placing Catholics at about 9,000,000 of the nation’s 20,000,000 church members.
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United States
Father Sheedy
New York
H. K. Carroll
Carroll
Denver
Dayton
Ohio
Indianapolis
Louisville
St. Joseph
Albany
N. Y
Lowell
Mass
Chicago
Pronunciation of Boer Leaders Names
A London newspaper asks how Boers themselves say key names Dewet Delarey Botha Steyn and Leyds. Boers favor Dé Wet with a short wee sound for Dewet and De la Rue like Delarey with the last syllable stressed. Botha as Bota with first syllable stress. Steyn as Stain and Leyds as Laids. Patronize those who advertise.
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London
Dewet
Delarey
Botha
Steyn
Leyds
de la Rue
Bota
Stain
Laids
Texas Tornado Devastates Glenrose Five Miles Wide
A cyclone swept through central Texas centering in Somervell County striking Glenrose near 6 pm Monday. About 200 buildings were wrecked, at least 15 killed and 50 injured as one third of businesses were destroyed and many homes reduced to splintered beams. The storm traveled down the Galaxy river valley from the northwest, with residents unprepared for the sudden catastrophe.
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Texas
Somervell
Glenrose
Dalaxy
Somervell County
The
Miilams
Lily & Sons
Hendricks & Son
Oleo Bill Passes Congress On Butter Imitations
Congress approves oleomargarine legislation expanding to imitation butter cheese and related products. New tax of 10 cents per pound applies to butterlike oleo colored unnaturally, plus 0.25 cent tax on plain oleo. Defines adulterated and process butter and outlines state taxation for imported imitation dairy products.
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Congress
Senate
House
Destructive Glenrose Cyclone Levels Town and Property
A Texas cyclone swept Glenrose damaging the courthouse, warehouses, saloons, a grocery, and a blacksmith shop. Fires erupted in ruins, residents fled, and Milam family members suffered severe losses. The event occurred in a town of about 1,000 with notable local figures affected.
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Glenrose
Milam
Carla Milam
First National Bank
Stoves priced up five percent by industry group
Lexington scene reports a railroad brakeman William McCarty shot and killed his wife after peace warrant news. The Frank A Munsey Company with capital 10 million dollars is formed in New York to run a publishing business. Perry C Knight, 65, Civil War veteran, was killed by a train near Leavenworth Soldiers Home. Governor Murphy of Arizona will resign and Roosevelt’s lieutenant colonel Alexander C Brodie to succeed. A murder on the USS Cincinnati under Charleston harbor was learned, as James A Paine killed Angus Williams in a fire room. Paine faces naval court martial.
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Stove Manufacturers’ Association
Lexington
William McCarty
Frank A. Munsey
Knight
Company B
Ehighteenth Indiana Infantry
Gov. Murphy
Arizona
Alexander C. Brodie
Roosevelt
Rough Riders
Murphy
U.S
Cincinnati
Charleston
James A. Paine
Angus Williams
Paine
Weather Bureau Crop Report Sees Mixed U S Regions
The weekly weather bureau report notes heavy rains in Missouri and the upper Mississippi and low er Ohio valleys, but drought in the upper Ohio valley and middle Atlantic States. It highlights corn and winter wheat progress across Illinois, Missouri, Kansas and other states, with varied conditions in Indiana Michigan Ohio and the western plains. A Detroit saloon shooting ends in the death of Edward Hawley at River and Nineteenth Streets following a dispute with his brother James Hawley over a boat purchase.
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The
Weather Bureau
Missouri
Mississippi
Ohio
Ohio Valley
Middle Atlantic
Rocky Mountains
Gulf States
Illinois
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Virginia
Texas
Louisiana
Ilinois
Nebraska
Indiana
Pacific Coast
California
Tehachepi
Michigan
Pennsylvania
Maryland
South Carolina
North Carolina
Nortan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Red River Valley
North Dakota
South Dakota
Edward Hawley
James Hawley
River
Nineteenth Streets
Detroit
Mich
Topeka Council Approves Water Works Sale Offer
The Topeka City Council authorized a deal offering 550000 dollars for the city water works now owned by a corporation. A sharp earthquake shock was felt in San Francisco.
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Topeka
San Francisco
Senators Prefer Hotels and Apartments to Homes in Washington
A survey of eighty eight senators shows thirty three live in hotels and ten in apartments while most others maintain homes. The piece discusses social pressures in hotels, stamp honors for Martha Washington, postal and foreign mail costs, government payrolls with common surnames, pest forecasts by the Agriculture Department, Senator Pettus’s taciturn cigars, War Department gold lace disposal, Whitelaw Reid, and Senator Hanna’s habit of never eating alone at meals.
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Washington
Congress
Senator Hanna
Ohio
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W. H. Moooby
Chicago Record-Herald
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Postoffice Department
Martha Washington
Agricultural Department
Senator Pettus
Mr. Pettus
War Department
Philadelphia
Whitelaw Reid
Edward VII
Reid
Hartha
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