Tilt Between Speaker Cannon and House Members Over Order
Washington May 16 A lively clash occurred during debate on a bill to compensate government employees for injuries. Speaker Cannon ordered order as Rep Cochran crossed the chamber. Gaines pressed for discipline while the Speaker urged restraint and even suggested a megaphone might be profitably employed.
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Cannon
House
Alexander
New York
Cochran
Mr. Gaines
Committee On Ways and Means
Williams
Gaines
Tennessee
Tornado carries Gilliam papers to Waldo streets
From Waldo Arkansas on May 16 a storm from Gilliam Louisiana sent papers 100 miles away into the streets. A tornadic wipeout left Gilliam virtually erased with buildings destroyed. A check and a merchant invoice from Gilliam were found among the debris in Waldo.
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Ark
Gilliam
Louisiana
Munsey to Launch New Philadelphia Seewspaper
Frank A. Munsey announces lease of Chestnut Street building formerly home to The Evening Bulletin and plans a new Seewspaper in Philadelphia within weeks. The paper will be independent in politics, aligning with Munsey papers like The Boston Journal The News and The Washington. He intends to purchase and establish papers to be run under a management model.
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Philadelphia
Frank A. Mune¢ty
Chestnut Street
Sixth Street
Evening Bulletin
Munsey
Boston Journal
the News
The
Washington
Electricity Aged An Anesthetic Demonstrated on Dog
New York May 16 A demonstration by Dr William H King shows intermittent electric current can replace ether or chloroform for anesthesia A terrier was briefly rendered unconscious with six volt dreamlike current applied to head and back The after effects were absent and surgery potential was praised by Dr Dieffenbach as a future advance in surgery
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New York
Homeopathic
Flower Hospital
William H. King
The
Homeopathic College
William H. Dieffenbach
King
Dieffenbach
Paper 1 to End Shortly Cowles Figures in Pulp Trade
Washington May 16 Representative Mann, chairman of a House committee, said the inquiry into wood pulp and print paper should close soon. David S. Cowles testified with cost and price figures, denying price fixing and noting foreign competition. He urged opposing tariff removal on pulp and even suggested Chinese labor at twenty five cents a day if tariffs were lifted.
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Congress
Representative Mann
Special
House
David S. Cowles
Mann
Lisbon
Cowles
England
Australia
New Zealand
Laurentide
Robbery at Hat Store Steals Eighty-One Dollars
Two men smashed a plate-glass window at a Pittsburg hat shop and took eighty-one dollars from hats displayed in the window. Several witnesses saw the theft but the men escaped before police arrived.
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Pittsburg
Georgian Father Kills Son in Milledgeville Shooting
In Milledgeville Georgia on May 16 Willard A Brewer 22 was shot and killed near his home by his father. The father was later shot by another son and is in serious condition. Authorities say threats by the father against his wife sparked the incident.
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Milledgeville, Ga
Willard A. Brewer
Brewer
Ohio Village Store Robbed in College Corner
Two masked men forced the outer door of Henry Bake's store at College Corner and stole $125 in cash, a gold bracelet, and several rings. They disabled the safe but did not reach the money compartment. A horse was stolen from Skinner, later recovered. Two strangers were seen in the village the previous afternoon.
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Hamilton
Henry Bake
College Corner
Ridenour
Skinner
Huffman Declares Run For Reelection In Ohio Race
Senator Isaac B. Huffman of the Second-Fourth District said he will not quit the race after Wayne B. Wheeler of the Ohio Antisaloon League announced strong opposition and predicted Huffman would drop out. Huffman affirmed he will run for reelection.
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Commercial Tribune
Hamilton
Isaac B. Huffman
Wayne B. Wheeler
Ohio Antisaloon League
Wheeler
Huffman
Evansville Fire Destroys Furniture Plant
The Hohenstein Hartmetz furniture plant in Evansville Indiana burned completely this morning. Loss estimated at fifty thousand dollars with partial insurance coverage.
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Indiana
Evansville
Ind
Hohenstein-Hartmetz
Three Men Named to Lead Republican National Convention
Temporary officers for the Republican National Convention were chosen by the Subcommittee on Arrangements. Julius C. Burrows of Michigan is Temporary Chairman, John R. Malloy of Columbus, Ohio General Secretary, and Lafayette R. Gleason of New York Chief Assistant Secretary. Additional appointments include several assistants, reading clerks, a parliamentarian Asher C. Hinds, and other key roles in Chicago.
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Chicago
National Committee
Julius C. Burrows
Michigan
John R. Malloy
Columbus
Lafayette R. Gleason
New York
Charles Brooks Smith
Parkersburg
W. Va
Ernest Walker Smith
Hartford
Conn
Philip M. Hepfele
William F. Stone
Baltimore
Edward P. Thayer
Greenfield, Ind
Stephen R. Mason
M. W. Blumberg
Washington, D. C
Loco Motive Engineers to Attend Hanna Monument Ceremony
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers plans a fleet visit to Cleveland to unveil Senator Hanna's monument. Grand Chief Engineer Stone will address the crowd with invited auxiliaries and badge holders, while officials inspect Cleveland and the union's future home. Ohio woman election as auxiliary officers noted.
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Columbus
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Cleveland
Hanna
Stone
Grand International
Order
Second charge filed against Allegheny Bank cashier
Pittsburg May 16. National Bank Examiner William Folds announces a second charge against former cashier William Montgomery for abstracting securities valued at 125000 from the Allegheny National Bank. Montgomery, already jailed on embezzlement charges of 469000, is under 125000 bail total. a new bail of 25000 is set.
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Allegheny National Bank
National Bank
William Folds
William Montgomery
Montgomery
Liberty
W. H. Latshaw
Pennsylvania Tube Works
Latshaw
Joshua Rhodes
William Stewart
Rhodes
Kne
Fire destroys main business block in Tuttle Oklahoma
A daytime fire in Tuttle Oklahoma gutted the principal business block, starting in the Bank of Tuttle. Loss estimated at $50,000.
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Oklahoma
Tuttle
Tuttle, Okla
Bank of Tuttle
Steps Taken to Revise the Tariff and Related Actions
The Senate adopted a resolution authorizing expert assistance for tariff revision and cost studies comparing U S production with foreign rivals. The measure aims to prep general tariff legislation, potentially obviating a tariff commission. House actions included funds for watersheds, hearings, and multiple bills advancing.
Murder at Royal Squab Farm Shocks Matawan District
W B Shepherd a Matawan area farmer his wife and servant Jennie Dendy were found slain at the Royal Squab Farm. An infant daughter Muriel survived. Robbery and possible revenge cited as motives as police hunt an unknown farm hand amid a ransacked home.
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Matawan
N. J
W. B. Shepherd
Jennie Dendy
New York State
Mrs. Shepherd
Mr. Shepherd
Muriel
Shepherd
Shepherd Place
Marlboro
Kansas
Rough Riders
Spain
Roosevelt
San Juan Hill
Farrelly Touted as Cleveland Bishop Successor
Mgr. John Farrelly, spiritual director of the American College in Rome, is discussed at the Vatican as the likely successor to the late Rt. Rev. Ignatius Frederick Horstmann, bishop of Cleveland. Farrelly hails from Nashville, within the same ecclesiastical province as Cleveland.
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Rome
Mgr
John Farrelly
American College
Vatican
Ignatius Frederick Horstmann
Cleveland
Farrelly
Nashville
Roosevelt Opens Big Fair in St Louis
President Roosevelt from the White House telegraph room opened the St Louis Charities Fair at 4 05 this afternoon by pressing a button that sent current to the fair.
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Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Charities Fair
St. Louis
Sendelbach Wheel Co Plant Burns In East St Louis
Fire at the five story Sendelbach Wheel Company plant on Second Street and Division Avenue caused an estimated $110000 loss. Origin undetermined as the plant operated until the blaze began. employees escaped with narrow margins. President E C Sendelbach fled his office, saving papers by locking them in a safe buried in debris.
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East ST. Louis
Sendelbach Wheel Company
Second Street
Division Avenue
E. C. Sendelbach
More Police for Hamilton
Hamilton officials vote to add twenty three policemen to the force bringing total to fifty nine. Two new fire companies will be formed and eight firemen added due to the recent annexation.
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Hamilton
Ohioan Killed by a Fall in Wapakoneta Scaffold Tragedy
John Woodall aged 62 and his son Charles 24 were fatally injured when a scaffold sixty feet above the street gave way during a painting job in Wapakoneta Ohio. John Woodall a Civil War veteran leaves a large family.
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Wapakoneta
John Woodall
Charles
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