News of the World Condenses Global Items and US Tariff Debate
Nominations to the Senate include Oscar Strauss as Ambassador to Turkey and W. W. Rockhill to Russia. A White House clerk’s overwork is linked to a death by suicide. Taft pushes tariff talks on tobacco iron ore oil lumber coal, zinc duties, and Foraker act changes. A Beverly, Massachusetts summer home guards, while Fort Myer funds lapse. Lead duty votes tilt, banks may insure deposits, brewing taxes rise, and tariffs face delays. Amb Takahira speaks in Boston. Congo expedition sails from New York. Seattle exposition boosts Northwest rail traffic. Elks meet in Topeka. Mothers Day observed. grain seized for poor quality. Shores sinks near Whitefish Point. St Louis-San Francisco wreck news.
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National Capital
Senate
Taft
Oscar
Strauss
Turkey
W. W. Rockhill
Russia
White House
Thomas H. Netherland
Paynter
Kentucky
Crawford
South Dakota
Joplin
Beverly Cove
Mass
Secret Service
Congress
Finance Committee
Wickersham
N:ional Banks
Fort Omaha
Hughes
Colorado
McEnery
Louisiana
Topeka
Kan
Kansas Woman's Relief Corps
Ottawa
Texas Pure Food Commissioner
Kansas City
Whitefish Point
Superior
Washington
United States
Diverse 19th Century News Items From An Era
A trustee sale yields 5 750 000 dollars for a collar and shirt factory. Oil refiners at Independence Kansas urge Congress to place a 50 percent ad valorem duty on oil. A jury convicts 14 men linked to a night riders group with ten days jail and 500 dollar fines. A skippered gasoline launch sinks with 20 lives lost near Pittsburg. Philippine tariff bill imposes revenue duties on select imports. San Francisco earthquake insurance losses approved. Northern Pacific to run Northern Coast Limited to Chicago shaving 17 hours. Laffin Rand powder mill explosion near Columbus Kansas kills four, fourth blast there. Earth shocks felt in Guayaquil with little damage. UK meat trade inquiry warns of possible cartel control. Cuban lower house passes a national lottery bill. French tariff reforms favor US. France postal strike begins. GB income tax yields 165 000 000 dollars, main revenue. Congo missionaries sued for libel in rubbers case. 7 500 000 found in Yildiz palace treasure boxes. J H Rickel elected Kansas G A R commander. Taft’s message dissatisfies Porto Rico. Florence Nightingale at 90. Wrights return from Europe. Mrs Taft to host May garden parties Fridays. Hains acquitted of manslaughter in Flushington case. Boyle couple sentenced for kidnapping Willie Whitla. Hutchinson founder dies in Portland. Wheat magnate Patten back in Chicago. Uncle Joe Cannon turns 73 at desk. Jerome dinner honors NYC district attorney. Arkansas legislature urged to vote on prohibition. Wu Ting Fang attends to US matters.
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Bethlehem
N. Y
Guthrie
Dallas
Texas
Night Riders
Ohio River
Pittsburg
House
Ways and Means
United States Court of Appeals
San Francisco
Soo Line
Northern Pacific
Northern Coast Limited
Chicago
Turk Station
Columbus
Kan
France
Great Britain
Congo Free State
Imperial Palace
Yildiz
Abdul Hamid
J. H. Rickel
Chanute
Kansas
Taft
Congress
Porto Rico
Florence Nightingale
Wilbur
Orville Wright
Europe
White House
Peter C. Hains
W. E. Annis
Flushington
Willie Whitla
Sharon
James H. Boyle
Helen Boyle
Clinton C. Hutchinson
Ottawa
Hutchinson
Portland
Ore
James A. Patten
Colorado
Joe” Cannon
Capitol
William Travers Jerome
New York
Delmonico's
Gov. Donaghey
Arkansas
Wu Ting Fang
United States
Missouri Legislature Debates Road Law Revisions
The revision committee bill on roads clears the house with roads and highways approval. It aims to clarify present road laws and suggests counties may opt for county highway engineers with surveyors filling duties where none exist. A poll tax of 3 to 6 dollars per county may be collected or paid on roads, spring dragging planned, and road workers paid 15 cents an hour or 30 cents for a man with team. Road overseers must be appointed by county courts and bond 1000 dollars.
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Revision Committee
House Roads and Highways Committee
House
Curtis Hill
Killed Railroad Bill in Senate Committee Report
The senate committee reported unfavorably an administration measure that would cap rail passenger rates in Missouri. It would prevent three cents a mile for purely Missouri trips and two cents for longer cross state routes, aiming to equalize short and long trips. A bill granting the railroad commissioner power to set passenger rates was recommended favorably. Railroads oppose no bills that boost commissioner authority.
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Senate
Missouri
Kansas City
Chicago
Hadley Urges Public Service Commission Bill
Gov Hadley sent to the senate a message calling attention to several house passed bills on public service corporations. He spends much of the address on the public service commission bill, which has passed the house and awaits senate action. He calls it the most important measure in 25 years and says it will benefit state business interests more than any prior law.
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Hadley
Senate
Essage
House
Public Service Commission
Senate Rail Bills Face Likely Death In House
The senate committee on railroads reported unfavorably two key measures urged by Gov Hadley. One is the Speer anti pass bill stopping railroads from issuing passes to anyone except railroad employees and those in religious or charitable work. The house passed it narrowly but it seems headed for defeat.
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Senate Committee On Railroads
Hadley
Speer
House
State Senate Advances Pharmacy Board Reform and Penalty Increases
The senate approved Hagenow's bill to reorganize the state board of pharmacy increasing members from three to five. It sets a $5 examination fee and a $1 annual fee per pharmacist to monitor licenses, and imposes stricter penalties for prohibited sale of poisons with imposed restrictions.
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Senate
Hagenow
State Board of Pharmacy
Senate Concurred in Greene Bill for Appeal Judges Pay
The senate affirmed amendments increasing Kansas City court of appeals judges salaries and adding a $1000 payment for preparing syllabi of decisions. The measure, now worded, goes to the governor for approval.
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Senate
Greene
Kansas City Court of Appeals
Prohibition Fight Restarted After House Rejection
The house refused to concur in senate amendments to the measure. This delays statewide prohibition and sends the resolution back to the senate for a constitutional amendment vote.
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House
Senate
Change for Senatorial Primary Passes House
The House approved a bill moving the United States sen ator primary from the general election to the regular primary election. The measure, a committee substitute from the House election committee, replaces four prior bills on the topic.
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House
United States
House Election Committee
Prohibition Deadlock Stages in Missouri Legislature
The Missouri Senate and House appear deadlocked over prohibition. The senate refuses to concede on the tax issue tied to the amendment, keeping the stalemate unresolved as legislators debate the contentious policy.
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Missouri
Senate
The First Veto by Hadley
Governor Hadley sends his veto to the legislature. The vetoed item appears in a revised bill already approved. He explains the move avoids duplications in the statutes.
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Hadley
State Board of Health Tightens Cocaine Licenses
The State Board of Health passes a stringent law on Cocaine selling by physicians. It provides trial after written notice, allows licensure appeals, keeps investigations for two years, and cites grounds for license revocation including habitual drunkenness, drug use, unprofessional conduct, loose morals, or malpractice.
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Edacy of Health
Ame
North End
Board of Health
Legislature's failed reform mocks jobs plan
Senator Francis Wilson cites a $350,000 spend with no revision achieved. A legal opinion blocks lawmakers from serving on a new commission, leaving potential extra pay of $750 to $1,000 for a group of out of work legislators in doubt.
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Francis Wilson
Commission
Ed. Crow
Dockery
Matt Hall
St. Louis
Legislative Joke Reveals Duplicate Flour Law
In a Senate session Representative Busch of St Louis proposed a bill to fix sack weights for flour. The measure passed the House and drew Senate scrutiny where Mayer and Casey charged it as a verbatim copy of the existing law. The discovery exposed the bill as a precise replication.
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Senate
Busch
St. Louis
House
Mayer
Casey
Anti hazing bill clears house for colleges and schools
An anti hazing bill passed the house proposing one month to one year in jail and a $50 to $500 fine or both for students who harass or subject others to abusive tricks or ridicule, signaling a strict stance expected to deter hazing in institutions.
House Maintains Stand Against Bank Guaranty Plan
The house again declares against the bank guaranty plan by voting to force the senate to recede from the amendment. The senate has numbered it into the banking bill twice and the house has struck it both times.
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House
Senate
Tax bill that failed splits state county revenue
A joint concurrent resolution by Muir to discontinue the state levy on real and personal property and shift taxation to other subjects was defeated in the house. The proposal would have left property taxes to county, school and municipal use and may be brought up again with more members present, as Muir plans to push it forward.
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Muir
Towns Not Liable for Riots Under Senate Revision Bill
The house refused to pass a Senate revision bill expanding city liability for damages by riotous mobs. Present law already holds first and second class cities liable for injuries and property loss from unlawful assemblies, but only nine members supported applying the measure nationwide.
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House
Senate
West Reappoint Police Sparks House Bill Debate
Senator Greene of Jackson county argues the recent senate bill would remove nearly all police staff, leaving commissioners untouched, prompting discussion of government reform and police commission authority.
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West
Greene
Jackson County
Fms
Senate
Akins Meets White House Officials Over Appointment
Thomas J. Akins the newly appointed postmaster at St. Louis visited the White House with the Secretary of Commerce and Labor, Mr Nagel. He thanked the President for his appointment.
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Arms
White House
Thomas J. Akins
St. Louis
Commerce
Labor
Nagel
Kansas Department Commander Elected In Local Convention
Rickel named department commander after balancing ballots with Harmon supporters. Brougher elected senior vice commander while Harmon became junior vice commander. Lampman reelected chaplain and Lemon named medical director. Coney presented jewel badge to retiring commander Morgan. Membership rose by 300 and funds by $700. Woman’s Relief Corps elected Cora Deputy president. Hattie Williams reelected GALR president.
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Harmon
Wichita
Rickel
Brougher
Lampman
Baldwin
Lemon
Lawrence
P. H. Coney
Topeka
W. A. Morgan
Woman's Relief Corps
Cora M. Deputy
Manhattan
L. Stapleton
Ellis
Kan
Hattie L. Williams
Ladies of the
GALR
Trust Officers in Jail Debate on Steel Trust
Senator Bailey told the senate that United States Steel should be dissolved under anti trust laws if officers of the law do their duty. He warned that if the current administration fails to act the people will replace officials and predicted officers of the steel corporation could be imprisoned or forced to flee justice.
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Washington, D. C
United States Steel Corporation
Bailey
Senate
Steel Trust
Steel Corporation
Gov Riddle Killed In Salina Area Auto Crash
A. P. Riddle editor of the Minneapolis Messenger and former Kansas lieutenant governor was killed nine miles north of Salina while en route with companions. The vehicle swerved down a steep embankment after driver C A Thomas lost control, hurling Riddle 35 feet to strike his head.
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Gov. Riddle
Salina
Kansas
A. P. Riddle
Minneapolis Messenger
Kan
Riddle
John L. Kling
Samuel Kreager
C. A. Thomas
Charles Richmond
Thomas
Senate backs 25 cent duty on iron ore ahead of adjournment
In Washington the senate approved by 61 to 24 a 25 cent per ton duty on iron ore, matching a finance committee recommendation after a day of debate. The house had earlier placed ore on the free list while current law imposed 40 cents per ton. Party lines blurred as 17 Democrats joined Republicans and 12 Republicans joined Democrats.
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Washington
D. C
Senate
Committee On Finance
House
Farmers to Meet in Birmingham Alabama Convention
A meeting of officers and the executive committee of the Farmers Educational and Co operative Association of America selected Birmingham Alabama as the site for the national convention to be held September 7. In Jefferson City Missouri the Missouri Supreme Court agreed to hear arguments on a writ of prohibition sought by several railroads against Judge George H Williams of the St Louis circuit court on May 22. The case concerns challenges to the two cent passenger rate law and aims to halt further prosecution of Circuit Attorney Jones of St Louis against railroads that had announced higher rates.
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Birmingham
Ala
Springfield
Missouri
Farmers’ Educational and Co-operative Association of America
Jones
Jefferson City
Supreme Court of Missouri
George H. Williams
St. Louis
Rains in the Wheat Belt Reported Across Kansas
Topeka dispatch notes 36 hours of rain easing drought in the wheat belt. McPherson hailstorm left ground covered in hail but little damage. Junction City records 1.5 inches of rain. Other central wheat belt points report good rains aiding crops.
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Wheat Belt
Topeka
Kansas
McPherson
Junction City
Cable Opened From Caracas to Public Use
The Caracas to New York telegraph link is now open to the general public. Tolls are reduced to one dollar per word in both directions between Caracas and New York, easing international communication.
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Caracas
Venezuela
New York
Next Encampment to Warrensburg Missouri
Warrensburg was chosen as the site for the department of Missouri G A R annual encampment following the initial business meeting during the state encampment.
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Warrensburg
Joplin
Missouri
Department of Missouri
G.A. R
Dean's Kidney Pills Ad Pitched as Remedy
An advertising blurb asserts personal approval of Dean's Kidney Pills, noting usage and satisfaction. It states the product is sold by all dealers at 50 cents a box and credits Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
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Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Variety patrols and proverb fragments from a biased era
A disjointed variety of verses jokes and advertisements appears. It includes a negro hod carrier surviving a fall and a quip about a wife kissing for money. Bits discuss a wizard oil a German proverb and a boastful wise man. It ends with ads for blueing laundry and soothing syrups.
Gardiner Woman Credits Herbal Remedy Cure
An advisory notice from Gardiner Maine features a testimonial by Mrs S A Williams claiming a herbal vegetable compound cured her severe female weakness after three months. The note warns against surgical operation and promotes roots and herbs as a safe remedy, inviting sick women to write for advice from Mrs. at Mass.
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Gardiner
Maine
A. Wiliams
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