Longworth Speaks at Dinner as Wife Skips Event
Congressman Nicholas Longworth of Cincinnati spoke at a Hamilton Club dinner marking Appomattox Day in Chicago. His wife Mrs Longworth sent regrets. Longworth defended Hepburn bill and condemned graft and political smearing while praising leaders who fought public corruption.
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Costly Spanish Treaty Claims Commission Draws Fire
Secretary Shaw’s report to Congress shows the commission spent 842210.01 for adjudicating 12 claims totaling 86740, with 17602.55 pending and 200000 more for future expenses. The finding implies 10 for each dollar paid, fueling calls for abolition championed by Senator Foraker.
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Rates Debate Sparks Senate Session On Railroads
Washington April 9 Mr Mc Laurin urged legislation while Mr Morgan opposed in a Senate debate over railroad rate questions.
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Crawford 15 Ill Jobs Must Wait
Columbus Ohio April 9 The illness of Captain Crawford member of the State Board of Public Works will prevent any appointment tomorrow The lobbies tonight are filled with aspirants for places under the board but no action will be taken until Crawford recovers
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Bog Threatens Great Damage Near Oshkosh
About 200 acres of the Butte Des Morts marsh near the village of Butte Des Morts drift afloat and may be carried into the Fox River through Oshkosh toward Lake Winnebago, risking widespread damage.
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Second Towboat Man Dies in Portland Explosion
Joe Wheeler died at St. Joseph Hospital in this city after the HM Hoxie blast at Portland, Ohio. He is the second victim. two others in hospital are not expected to live. Remains sent to Pittsburgh for burial.
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Mt Vesuvius Eruption Kills Hundreds In Italy
Reports from Naples on April 10 describe an eruption of Mt Vesuvius causing widespread devastation. Authorities fear as many as 500 deaths with 200 in San Giuseppe and 49 bodies recovered from a collapsed church. Troops and relief work face ash covered terrain and heavy rain.
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Mount Vesuvius devastates towns amid ash and lava
April 9 reports describe widespread destruction around Mt. Vesuvius. San Guiseppe, with 6,000 residents, sees mass evacuations and church collapse injuring about sixty worshippers. Ottajano, Torre del Greco, and Somma Vesuviana suffer heavy loss as ash four feet deep covers streets. Rail and road impassable, cars used for inspection, while tremors and lightning add to the terror.
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Secretaries uninformed on Oregon illegal imports
Washington dispatch reports Secretary Shaw of the Treasury and Assistant Secretary Newberry of the Navy have not been informed of any alleged illegal importations connected with the battleship Oregon, which recently arrived in San Francisco from the Orient.
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Pardoned Soldier Pavloff Honored by Regimental Order
Emperor Nicholas granted a full pardon to Pavloff, the soldier in General Bogdanovsky’s regiment who killed a civilian after insults to the Emperor. The case shifted from civil to military authorities and ended in acquittal. The regiment received an order of the day praising Pavloff’s loyalty and granting him two months’ vacation.
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Methodists Define Stance On Labor Unions in Sermon
Bishop Charles C. McCabe says the Methodist Church opposes current labor unions and will push reforms or their dissolution. He calls labor unions unfair to honest workers, endorses laborers who resist bossiness, and urges all ministers to teach a creed aligning with this position.
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Walking delegates and labor in temple building tale
The bishop extolled 3600 overseers among 0,000 workers shaping Solomon's temple and praised walking delegates who urged union involvement. He warned if 76,000 workers did not join, they would miss contributing. He affirmed the church as a friend of labor and all earners by their labor.
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Union Charges Prove Untrue at New England Conference
Malden Mass April 9 A special committee at the New England Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church found no substantiation for union charges against the Methodist Book Concern. The pamphlet claims alleged whisky ads and an apology for a play of immoral tendency were printed by the firm.
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Mitchell 3 Plan To Be Refused By Mine Owners
In New York a joint conference of anthracite mine owners and workers plans to reject the miners arbitration plan and instead offer a counter proposal likely to bind both sides for over two years. The miners expect Roosevelt to possibly review the dispute. Mitchell says the last Western Pennsylvania bituminous operators signed the 1903 wage scale, now affecting 40,000 workers and 35 to 40 million tons of soft coal annually with a 5.55 percent wage increase.
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Hocking Valley Miners Vote No Agreement at Conventions
In Athens Ohio on April 9 the coal miners and operators of the Hocking Valley district met for four hours and adjourned sine die without a deal. J H Winder of the Sunday Creek Company opposed signing the 1903 scale. The firm controls about three fourths of district output and may suspend mine operations for an indefinite period.
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Women protest miners strike in Lens area violence erupts
A crowd of about five hundred women marched on coal company offices in Lens France on April 9 demanding relief for starving miners. Soldiers dispersed the demonstration after women attacked miners' wives and stoned an engineer's house amid missiles.
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Dowie denounces wife in public bid for Chicago
John Alexander Dowie, aboard the Mexico special train to Chicago, denounces his wife on the Union Station platform declaring he will not share his bed with a dog. He defends Zion City finances and claims Mrs Dowie’s betrayal, while denying extravagance and citing private gifts.
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Dowie to Separate From Wife After Thirty Years
Dr John Alexander Dowie declared in Poplar Bluff Missouri that he would end his thirty year marriage to his wife the mother of his children if her alleged statements were true He spoke sorrowfully yet grimly implying a firm decision to part ways with the Zion founder’s wife and mother of his children
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