News of the Week from National Capital and Beyond
A digest of national and domestic items: Senator Bristow calls for lower sugar duties. Taft awards diplomas at Howard University. executive leave for holidays. Tennessee court ruling on a lynching case. lumber duty amendment defeated in the Senate. Philippines tariff bill passed by the House. Taft to inaugurate Alaska-Yukon-Pacific fair machinery. Earthquakes shock several states. Lorimer elected senator. notable YMCA conference in St. Louis. Taft gifts a Georgia owl to Cincinnati Zoo. balloon race entrants announced. Union Pacific mail robbery. Mississippi battleship service presented. Denver fossils. fugitives arrested. Knights Templar conclave in Missouri. river claim suit involving Iowa. Burlington-Northern Pacific service cut two hours. Clark monument unveiled. Oklahoma crop damage from hail and floods. Missouri battleship Missouri reaches New Orleans.
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National
Bristow
Kansas
Senate
Taft
Howard University
Hamilton County
Tennessee
Supreme Court of the United States
Supreme Court
House
Ways and Means Committee
Washington
Indiana
Illinois
Wisconsin
Michigan
Iowa
Missouri
Lorimer
Chicago
Albert J. Hopkins
Young Men's Christian Association
St. Louis
Railroad Department
Cincinnati Zoological Garden
Zoo
Indianapolis
Aero Club of America
Union Pacific
Omaha
Natchez
Miss
Waterville
Denver
W. J. Newton
St. Francis
Kan
Hutchinson
Knights Templar of
Carthage
W. G. Lee
Towa
United States
Treuit
Missouri River
Brethern
Abilene
M. H. Oberholtzer
Burlington-Northern Pacific
North Pacific Coast
George Rogers Clark
Quincy
Oklahoma State Board of Agriculture
Oklahoma
New Orleans
Mississippi
Sones Ats
Multitude of 1900s World Events Reported in Briefs
The article lists varied items including a Tsourt recruitment drive, Missouri insurance salary cap ruling, the lengthy Patrick Calhoun trial, Bartholdt’s peace appeal, Armour farm sale near Kansas City, and a Georgia railroad strike. It also notes Derby winner King Edward’s horse, typhus in Kahikov, Santo Domingo fighting, Tolstoy pamphlets’ sentencing, Baltic arrests, washouts on the Northern Pacific, and global meteorological efforts.
Missouri Supreme Court Upheld Insurance Salary Cap Ruling
Missouri Supreme Court held that the law bars insurers paying officers salaries over 50 000 from doing business in the state. Judge Woodson authored the opinion interpreting the act as prohibiting such salaries by companies seeking licenses. Other items report a Sturgeon road drag parade, an interurban franchise for Columbia, and a curious mixup about identities and wills in Sturgeon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri Supreme Court
Equitable, Metropolitan
Prudential Life Insurance Companies
Missouri
Woodson
Walter Williams to Deliver British Institute Address
Walter Williams dean of the University of Missouri School of Journalism accepts an invitation from Herbert Cornish secretary of the British Institute of Journalism to give the principal address on Professional Education of Journalists at the British Institute annual meeting in Plymouth England this August Williams will discuss the school’s work. The Joplin Ore Report notes lead and zinc shipments exceeding prior records in one week with a total value of 323915 and zinc prices rising from 39 to 42 per unit as miners gain wage increases resolving strikes. A Columbia inventor develops a device to start cars remotely and seeks further invention to diagnose auto innards without crawling underneath.
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A. H. Lotze
A. Lotze Sons & Company
Cincinnat
Robert J. Wynne
London
John L. Griffith
S. N. D. North
Taft
E. D. Dury
Maj
Israel C. Greene
John Brown
Harpers Ferry
South Dakota
H. H. Rogers
Standard Oil Company
New York
Wickersham
Charles Briggs
Osage City
Kan
Topeka
A. L. Spensier
Hutchinson
United States Steel Corporation
Walter Williams
School of Journalism
University of Missouri
British Institute of Journalism
Plymouth
England
M. C. Burch
Department of Justice
Colorado
Charles J. Farmer
Snyder
Confedersteil
Wil
Herbert Cornish
British Institute
Williams
Joplin
Escaped Lunatic Captured After Struggle
Thomas McMilton escaped from state asylum No. 2 in St. Joseph and was captured at Chillicothe by officers after a hard struggle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas McMilton
St. Joseph
Chillicothe
Ice Plant Fire at People's Ice Plant in Kansas City
A blaze at the People's Ice Company power plant in Kansas City caused about 125000 in damage and injured one man. A fire horse died, and the entire power section was ruined as brick fell from walls and heat damaged six engines in the engine room, four of them ice machines. The plant had a capacity of 330 tons per day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
People’s Ice Company
Kansas City
Thrifty Missourian Reinvents Roof With Old Shingles
A thrift minded resident near Armstrong salvages an old house roof by turning shingles for a new roof that should last years. In Jefferson City a man named J B Gibson collapses and dies in the street beside his five year old son. The state department names four delegates to the London anti alcohol congress July 16 to 18 Mrs Edith Smith Davis Wisconsin Mrs Martha M Allen New York Dr T D Crothers Connecticut Judge W Jeff Pollard Missouri.
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Sturgeon
Columbia Herlaid
Reube Pollard
Jackson B
Absalom
Bob
Six
Armstrong
Jeterson City
J. B. Gibson
Jefferson City
State Department
London
Edith Smith Davis
Wisconsin
Martha M. Allen
New York
T. D. Crothers
Connecticut
W. Jeff Pollard
Missouri
Marriage Entry for O'Banion and McKinley in Springfield
Felix O'Banion aged 86 a carpenter of Springfield wed Mary L. McKinley 76 in Springfield. The ceremony united the couple in a local Springfield marriage reported in this entry.
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Brigegroom
Felix O’banion
Airs
Mary L. McKinley
Springfield
O’banion
Missouri Medical Association Holds 52nd Meeting in Jefferson City
The fifty second annual Missouri Medical association session in Jefferson City selects Hannibal as next year's meeting site. Dr. W B Dorsett and Dr. E J Goodwin of St. Louis named delegates to the American Medical Association in Atlantic City this June. New officers include President M P Wood from Independence and treasurer J Franklin Welch of Salisbury, with a slate of vice presidents and councilors named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Missouri Medical Association
Jefferson City
Hannibal
A.H. Madry
Aurora
R. Vt
Neff
Joplin
Missouri Red Men Elect New Officers at Boonville Session
The fiftieth annual Missouri Great Council meeting of the Improved Order of Redmen and Pocahontas drew about 225 Redmen and 100 Pocahontas in Boonville. Officers named include Great Prophet E Cotta St. Louis and Great Sachem William Diebold Sedalia with several officers listed and Sedalia chosen as next meeting site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Great Council For Missouri of the Improved Order of Redmen
Boonville
Prophet
E. Cotta
St. Louis
Sachem
William Diebold
Sedalia
Sagamore
Charles Green
Springfield
E. Popper
Versailles
J. W.haite
St. Joseph
Adolph Schaefer
Oran
William Grandolph
Theodore Peck
Bevier
Martin Tucker
Forest
James Card
Independence Court Approves Grandview to County Line Rock Road
The Independence county court awards a contract to build a road from Grandview to the county line to connect with a Cass county rock road. The Jackson county segment will be about three and a half miles, Cass county road to Belton, 20 feet wide with a 16 foot macadam cover.
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Rock Hoaa
Jackson County
County Court of Independence
Grandview
Cass County
Belton
Grand Lodge session in Springfield creates new street work instructor
The Missouri Grand Lodge held a three day session in Springfield creating the position of grand instructor in street work with a salary of 2499 dollars annually. Nearly 18000 dollars in appropriations were approved for routine grand lodge expenses. It was voted to transfer funds remaining in the treasury to the Liberty Orphans Home after expenses. A screech owl attacked Mrs. Deborah Robertson at the Parker Hospital in Columbia, pecking her forehead and drawing blood when she imitated its cry. A Bates county sheep grower sheared 2700 sheep recently near Butler. Myrna Kent Kelly of Moberly dedicated a march to Gov Hadley titled Gov Hadleys March, published by Johannes Goetze of Moberly. Kansas City public improvements costing 1171231.27 were contracted for during the year ending April 19 and funded by special tax bills.
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Grand Ioage of Odd Fellows
Springfield
Grand Lodge
Orphans Home
Liberty
Deborah Robertson
Parker Hospital
Columbia
Gov. Raasey
Myrna Kent Kelly
Moberly
Gov. Hadley
Johannes Goetze
Kansas City
Williams seeks Supreme Court protection over three cent fare
In Jefferson City Missouri Judge Williams of St Louis seeks an injunction to halt the Missouri Kansas & Texas railroad from enforcing a three cent fare. The railroad has asked the state Supreme Court for a writ of prohibition against the injunction while the court reviews the case. John Kennish, former assistant attorney general, filed the motion on Williams behalf.
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Jeferson City
Missouri
Missouri, Kansas & Texas ‘Railroad
Supreme Court
Williams
St. Louis
John Kennish
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad Company
Supreme Art Preserve
Memorial to Brave Explorer in Kensington Cemetery
A memorial has been erected in Kensington cemetery London to Admiral Sir Francis Leopold McClintock the Arctic explorer and discoverer of the lost Franklin expedition. The wheel cross monument rises ten feet on a massive molded base of rough silver gray Cornish granite.
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Kensington Cemetery
London
Sir Francis Leopold McClintock
Senator Bailey in a Fight in the Senate Press Gallery
Senator Bailey of Texas and W S Manning representative of the New York Times in the senate press gallery exchanged blows as the senate adjourned after a conversation about a New York Times article questioning Bailey on the income tax. They were separated by Senator Clapp, the Porto Rican Commissioner Larringa, senate staff and several reporters.
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Washington, D. C
Bailey
Texas
W. S. Manning
New York Times
Senate
New York
Clapp
Larringa
Indictment of Gov Haskell and six others over Muskogee land deals
Federal grand jury returns indictments against Gov Charles N Haskell and six co defendants for obtaining town lot titles in Muskogee Oklahoma by illegal methods. Co defendants include C W Turner A Z English W R Faton W T Hutchins and F B Severs. Bonds set at 5000. Trial venue not yet announced.
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Tulsa
Oklahoma
Charles N. Haskell
Muskogee
Gov. Haskell
C. W. Turner
A. Z. English
W. R. Faton
W. T. Hutchins
F. B. Severs
Editor Cited for Contempt in Tulsa Grand Jury Case
Tulsa report says Col. William Stryker editor of the Tulsa Daily Democrat was cited to appear before a federal court in McAlester on June 14 to show cause why he should not be held in contempt. The order followed Stryker's articles deriding Assistant District Attorney W. J. Gregg, who filed the complaint.
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Tulsa
Oklahoma
Col
William Stryker
Tulsa Daily Democrat
McAlester
Stryker
W. J. Gregg
Abolish Death Penalty Gains Ground in Illinois
Springfield reports a bill to end capital punishment in Illinois by replacing the death penalty with life imprisonment. The measure passed the house and awaits senate approval and potential gubernatorial action by Gov. Deneen.
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Springfield
Illinois
House
Senate
Deneen
Kansas Glass Plants Face Shutdown Over Prices and Wages
At a Kansas glass manufacturers meeting in Coffeyville officials said operations cannot continue at current glass prices and wage rates. Plants statewide are reported to be losing money. A Chanute meeting is planned where further production cuts may be decided to curb output until conditions improve.
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Coffeyville
Kan
Kansas Glass Manufacturers
Kansas
Chanute
Saloon Keeper Must Pay Damages in Liquor Case
Mrs. Hertha Kuillman of Petersburg Indiana won a damage suit against saloon keeper William E. Stewart of Jimtown. She claimed her husband drowned while under the influence of liquor sold to him by Stewart, and was awarded five thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vincennes
Indiana
Hertha Kuillman
Petersburg
William E. Stewart
Jimtown
Stewart
Banquet Delights 1500 Railroad Men at St Louis Armory
A banquet for 1500 railroad men executive officials and workmen capped the thirteenth international conference of the railroad Y M C A at the First Regiment Armory in St Louis Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Missouri
First Regiment Armory
Railroad
Missouri bans infected cattle imports to protect state herds
Governor Hadley signed a bill prohibiting the importation of cattle infected with Texas tick or Texas fever into Missouri. The measure takes effect immediately to safeguard Missouri cattle operations.
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Missouri
Jefferson City
Hadley
One Hundred Dollars Reward Missed Marriage Quip
Fragmented ad like a 1900s style page includes a reward notice a witty remark about marriage a domestic eye remedy claim and a Red Cross Ball blue laundry product with a joke about virtue and rubber tires listed among varied items.
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Tsourt
Patrick Calhoun
United Railroads of
San Francisco
Richard Bartholdt
Mohonk Lake
Armour Farm
Meadow Brook Farm Company
Georgia Railroad
King Edward
Miroru
Kahikov
Russia
Santo Dominingo
Nicolai Selden
St. Petersburg
Leo Tolsto
Odessa
Montana
St. Johns
Newfoundland
Perial
Constantinople
Abdul- Hamid
Sultan
Andrew Carnegie
France
Scotland
Brotherhood of
G. M. Pollard
City Council
Mexico, Santa Fe & Perry Traction Company
Mexico
S. L. Robinson
Butler
Bates
Llege Williams
Mr. White
Mrs. White
Gov
Haskell
Federal
Titty Food Products
Libby
Cece
Ucts
Dr.d.jayne
Daily Fly Killer
Bes
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