Senate Provides for Currency Commission
Washington May 21 The senate near session end covers many topics including a joint resolution creating a national monetary commission of nine senators and nine representatives to study banking and currency. The House and Senate conference on currency bill may fail if adjournment comes soon. The senate also passes general deficiency and military academy appropriations and DC labor rules. The House adopts the DC traction bill conference report and confirms the agricultural appropriation bill. A conference is sought on the public buildings increase and a new interior department bureau of mining is approved.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
House
Congress
Aldrich
Committee On
National Monetary Commission
District of Columbia
Union Station
Interior Department Bureau of Mining
Mae Wood suit dismissed and she jailed in Platt case
Mae C. Wood, suing for absolute divorce from United States Senator Thomas C. Platt, was dismissed in New York Supreme Court and ordered held on bail after a perjury charge. Justice O Gorman remanded her to Tombs Prison as testimony questioned the authenticity of documents claiming a Platt Wood marriage.
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New York
Mae C. Wood
United States
Thomas C. Platt
Supreme Court
Tombs Prison
O'Gorman
Platt
Battler and Black Joe Set For World Lightweight Bout
San Francisco May 21 Joe Gans and Battling Nelson were matched by Jimmy Coffroth for a forty five round world lightweight title fight at Colma club on Saturday afternoon July 4 The purse splits 60 40 with 70 percent to the gross. Referee Jack Welsh Ringside weigh in at 122 pounds and the bout will follow Queensbury rules with breaks and clinches unregulated.
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San Francisco
Cal
Joe Gans
Battling Nelson
Jimmy Coffroth
Colma Club
Jack Welsh
Gans
Ben Seilg
Willys Britt
Nelson
Queensbury
Nordahl arraigned in murder of Schleuter family
Ole Nordahl, Musselshell ranchman, was arraigned at Lewiston on murder charges for killing the Schleuter family a mother and three children whose bodies were found two months earlier on a remote Montana ranch. Nordahl pleaded not guilty.
Blizzard Rips Through Dawson County Montana
Butte Montana May 21 Heavy losses of sheep and lambs are reported from Dawson County as a blizzard began yesterday. Snow lies two feet on the level and five to six feet in the drifts.
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Montana
Butte
Mont
Dawson County
Bilagard
Suffragettes Attack Residence Of Premier
A group of militant suffragists demonstrated in front of Prime Minister Asquith's Downing Street home after his reply to radical MPs on women's enfranchisement. Police reserves intervened, six demonstrators were arrested, and all six chose prison terms of one week to one month over bail.
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London
Asquith
House of Commons
Downing Street
Ruef bribery case jury fails to reach verdict
In San Francisco on May 21 the jury in Abraham Ruef’s bribery graft trial could not agree after forty three hours and a half of deliberation. They stood six to five on thirteen ballots before being discharged. The charge involved allegedly offering $1000 to former Supervisor Jennings Phillips to sway votes for the Parkside Realty electric railroad franchise.
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San Francisco
Cal
Abraham Ruef
Bosd
Thas
Ryer
Jennings Phillips
Parkaide Realty Company
Old Murder Suspect in Custody May Face Colorado Trial
Leadville Colorado May 21 Fifteen years after the Walsh murder and cafe robbery Sheriff Fitspatrick plans to go to Lansing Michigan to seize Frank Shercliff now prisoner there He is alleged to be the slayer sought by Colorado authorities The case ties to the Pollock diamond robbery and Shercliff’s prior prison terms and witness protection in Iowa Nebraska and Oklahoma cases.
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Leadville
Colo
John W. Walsh
Fitspatrick
Morron
Lansing
Mich
Frank Shereliff
Walsh
Shereliff
Iowa
Shercliff
New York
Sheridan Snowstorm Causes Major Damage Across County
Sheridan Wyoming May 21 snow reached up to three feet in places and fell all day Wednesday and through the night. The storm wrought heavy damage to fruit crops and livestock suffered greatly. It is the worst spring snowstorm in twenty five years spanning northern Wyoming and parts of Montana.
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Sheridan
Wyo
Wyoming
Montana
Well Known South Cheyenne Couple Wed
Misa Lizzie O Leary and John Ul rich, prominent young residents of South Cheyenne, were married Wednesday evening in a social ceremony attended by local families and friends.
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South Cheyenne
Misa Lizzie O'Leary
John Ulrich
Weather Report for Wyoming in May 1908
Forecast for Wyoming Fair Friday and Saturday. Local data for 24 hours ending 6 pm May 21 1908 show a maximum of 69 degrees and a minimum of 43 with no precipitation. Palmer, Section Director, reports from Washington.
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Washington, D. C
Wyoming
Fort Collins Welcomes 1600 G A R Delegates
About 1,600 delegates attend the annual encampment of the Colorado and Wyoming G A R department with allied groups including Sons of Veterans and Ladies of the G A R in Fort Collins. A three hour veterans parade drew 2,500 in line and conveyances, while 2,000 schoolchildren greeted them at Lincoln Park. H C Watson of Greeley elected commander and R E B Fitch of Laramie senior vice commander. Eloise Lehow of Denver became Woman’s Relief Corps president.
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Fort Collins
Colo
Department of Colorado
Wyoming
Sons of Veterans, Woman's Relief Corps
Ladies of the
Daughters of Veterans
Wheels of Commerce
Lincoln Park
H. C. Watson
Greeley
R. E B. Fitch
Laramie
Woman's Relief Corps
Eloise Lehow
Denver
Relief Corps
Armory
Font Collins Corps
Fire at Wintermayer box factory kills a worker
A blaze at Wintermayer's box factory in Chicago today killed one man and injured ten others as flames spread quickly through the building trapping workers on the second and third floors. Several leapt from windows or escaped via fire escapes as $400000 in property was destroyed. The dead man's identity was not yet confirmed.
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Chicago
Wintermayer
Denver as Convention City Ideal Praised by National Committee
Denver officials win praise from the Democratic National Committee on arranging a summer convention venue. Key figures including Col. John S. Martin and Norman E. Mack affirm Denver’s new auditorium and hospitality will ensure a large, well organized gathering in July. The Denver League and local committee coordinate with national leaders ahead of July 7 convening.
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Boston
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Cleveland
H. E
Washington
Detroit
New York
Chicago
New York Peneeu Eenes
IR. H. E
Ie Ae
R. H. BE
Cincinnati
Avesnes
Pueblo H. Seenee
Denver
Ivee Hee Nee
Omaha-Des Moines
Colo
Denyer
Democratic National Committee
Denver Convention League
Roger Sullivan
Urey Woodson
Owensboro
Norman E. Mack
Buffalo
N. C
BR. M. Johnson
Houston
Tex
John E. Osborne
Rawlins
Wyo
James C. Dahlman
Omaha
Neb
John S. Martin
Committee On
National Committee
United States
Colorado
Mack
America
Colonel Martin
Rocky Mountain
Canada fears American names on northern islands
Ottawa reports Premier Laurier defending Canadian sovereignty as he cites a Washington map showing American names on Arctic islands. He says $750,000 is allotted for the Royal Northwest Mounted Police to deter American whalers and assert British flag authority in the Yukon and Arctic coast. Captain Bernier will be sent north again at expense to secure possession.
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Ottawa
Can
Bernier
Washington
Wilfred Laurier
Royal Northwest Mounted Police
Hudson Bay
Arctic
Yukon
War Department
United States
Horse Rider Dies After Fall Near Ouray Camp Bird Road
The body of Begundo Connotd, 60, a timberman at Camp Bird mine, was found three miles from Ouray on the Camp Hird road. He had been thrown from a horse and trampled to death, the incident dated May 21.
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Ouray
Colo
Begundo Connotd
Camp Bird Mine
Hird
Connott
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The
Territories
Mae Wood
Battler
Black Joe
Rancchman
Ruef
Frank Shercliff
Lansing, Mich
Sheridan County
Weather Report
W. 8. Palmer
FT. Collins
R. E. Fitch
Laramie Sr
IDEAL
Martin
Rocky Mountain Region
Canada
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