News of the Week From National Capital Highlights
National items include calls for night sessions to speed bills, suffrage convention in Washington, Dr. Wiley proposing cold storage limits, La Follette'S senate attack on the railroad bill, Mann denying Sherman act repeal, and court rehearings in Tobacco Trust and Standard Oil cases.
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Congress
House
National American Woman Suffrage
Washington
Wiley
Bureau of Chemistry
Senate
la Follette
Mann
Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee
Supreme Court
Tobacco Trust
Standard Oil
Justice Brewer
Department of Agriculture
Burton
Ohio
Missouri
Mississippi
Cannon
Pinchot
Shoshone County
Idaho
Avery
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pullman Company
Speaker Cannon
Oklahoma Socialists oppose plan to disfranchise negroes
The Oklahoma Socialists announce opposition to the Democratic plan to disfranchise African Americans in the state. Other items note a large ammunition shipment from Kings Mills to the northwest, pension totals for veterans, and various local incidents including embezzlement arrests and legal petitions under scrutiny.
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Oklahoma
New York City
Dr. Cook
Fredom
Kings Mills
Northwest
Uncle Sam
Tulsa
Secretary of State
University of Kansas
Kansas City
Lawrence
Columbia
Indianapolis
St. Mark’s Church
New York
Loring W. Batten
Union Pacific
Emporia
Kansas
Memphis
Tenn
Great Britain
Anarchist fires at Paris judge in Palace of Justice
An anarchist fired four shots at a judge in the Palace of Justice in Paris in revenge for a sentence given a year earlier. The judge was not harmed. In Quebec the premier vows a future ban on exporting crown land wood pulp. The Pacific Mail steamer Manchuria is detained in Honolulu with smallpox cases. Belgian Daniel Kinet sets a two hour 20 minute aeroplane record with a single passenger.
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Palace of Justice
Paris
Quebec
Manchuria
Orient
Honolulu
Daniel Kinet
Taft shifts to offensive stance amid canal and waterways push
President Taft plans sharper attacks on critics as he defends his policies and prepares to address crowds in Cincinnati and St. Louis. Congress may back annual inland waterway appropriations to build the Panama Canal and enhance river and harbor projects.
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Washington
Taft
Roosevelt
Congress
Cincinnati
St. Louis
David D. B. Gaillard
William L. Sibert
William Howard Taft
Panama Canal Service
President Roosevelt
Engineer Corps
Army
George W. Goethals
Gaillard and
Sibert
Union
United States
Public Service
Europe
Congressional Committee
Lakes
Gulf
Congressional Commission
Middle West
Illinois
Mississippi
Theodore E Burton
Ohio
Joseph B. Foraker
Mississippi Valley
Burton
House Committee On
Uncle Sam Pension Rolls Show Vast Veteran Support
Washington reports 941000 surviving veterans and widows received 160.993 million dollars in pensions last year. Ohio and Pennsylvania lead with 92000 beneficiaries each, followed by New York 83000, Illinois 68000, and Indiana 57000. Over 5000 pensioners reside abroad, with Canada and others listed among 64 countries. The oldest Civil War veterans are 103 to 108, while the Mexican War veteran reaches age 94.
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Sedalia
Dubuque
Fairbanks
Mount McKinley
Cherry
Ill
Los Angeles
Cal
Charles T. Yerkes
Thomas Stanton
Aurora
Kansas City
Kansas City Southern Railroad Company
Jacob A. Allen
Butler Times
Supreme Court of Missouri
John R. Green
Fifth Avenue Baptist Church
John D. Rockefeller
Texas
Hadley
Clifford W. Hartridge
Harry Thaw
Washington
D. C
Uncle Sam
Congress
Secretary of the Interior
Ohio
Pennsylvania
New York
Illinois
Indiana
Canada
Germany
Ireland
England
Seychelles
St. Martin
St Helena
Azores
Bahamas
Turkey
Greece
Liberia
Korea
Honduras
Hongkong
Isle of Man
Taft to Visit Monroe and Jackson for Commemorations
President Taft will travel to Monroe Michigan on June 4 to attend the unveiling of a memorial to General Custer, a Custer home site. He will also attend a July 6 celebration in Jackson marking the Republican party anniversary under the oaks.
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Gov. Patterson
Tennessee
Duncan B. Cooper
Carmack
Thomas R. Marks
Kansas City
Thomas F. Walsh
Colorado
Washington
Wickersham
Chicago
Congress
Dolley
Kansas
Washington, D. C
Taft
Townsend
Monroe
Mich
General Custer
Custer
Jackson
Taft Plans Monroe Visit for Custer Memorial Unveiling
Taft will travel to Monroe Michigan on June 4 to attend the unveiling of a memorial to General Custer. Representative Town will accompany him as part of the official event schedule in Michigan.
Shriners Pick Rochester for Next Annual Conclave
After a long session the imperial council scheduled the next annual conclave in Rochester New York. A new imperial outer guard was elected and most officers moved up one rank except the treasurer and the recorder.
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Imperial Council
New Orleans
Louisiaa
Rochester
N. Y
School Girl Dies After Drinking Carbolic Acid
In Pittsburg Pennsylvania 13 year old Mildred Stewart took carbolic acid after a teacher allegedly hinted to her foster mother that she was not getting along in school. She died before a physician arrived.
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Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Mildred Stewart
Train Hits Car. Mrs. Murdock of Simsbury Killed
A passenger train struck a touring car in Meriden Connecticut killing Mrs. Edward Murdock of Simsbury who was aboard the machine.
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Meriden
Connecticut
Edward Murdock
Simsbury
Snowy aftermath of 24 hour South Dakota storm
Lead reports a foot of snow blanketing Lead South Dakota after a 24 hour storm. Heavy hail and rain fell before a rapid temperature drop turned the precipitation to snow.
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South Dakota
Lead
Farm Animals Healthy Across United States
Washington DC April 1 reports show farm animals overall healthy with health levels near the long term average. Department of Agriculture notes general nationwide condition aligns with prior years as farmers maintain standard care practices.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Department of Agricultura
Doan’s Kidney Pills Endorsement From Quanah Woman
Mrs. M. A. Jenkins of Quanah Texas credits Doan’s Kidney Pills with saving her life after doctors warned she would die from kidney illness and dropsy. The ad claims the remedy cures sick kidneys and strengthens the body and notes 50 cent boxes sold by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Bright
Dean
M. A. Jenkins
Quanah
Texas
Doan
Doan’s
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Customer complains of欠 lace curtains silk socks and credit
A customer vents that last week he could not get lace curtains, yesterday silk socks, and today credit, questioning if the store is regu lar or proper.
Red Cross Ball Blue Sold in Small 5 Cent Packages
A brief note describes a large 2 oz package of Red Cross Ball Blue used for whitening clothes and priced at five cents. The remark about a foolkiller is a cynical aside.
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