Five Million Measure for Forest Lands Passed by Senate
The senate approved a $5,000,000 appropriation to acquire lands for forest reserves in the southern Appalachian and White mountain regions. Senator Teller opposed the bill, arguing constitutional authority concerns, while noting support for states preserving forests. The measure advanced without division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teller
Washington, D. C
Appalachian Mountains
White Mountains
Senate
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
North Carolna
South Carolina
Georgia
Alabama
Kentucky
Tennessee
New Hampshire
Maine
United States
Fire at Fort Worth and Denver shops destroys railroad facilities
A Saturday morning blaze at the Caildress Texas Fort Worth and Denver railroad shops gutted the machine, blacksmith, and boiler departments. Faulty wiring is suspected as the cause. Sixteen box cars burned and several locomotives damaged. Total loss estimated at $200,000. About two hundred workers will lose their jobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Texas
Caildress
Denver
Conference Of Governors Ends In Washington Meeting
The first conference of the governors of the American states concluded Saturday in Washington D C. Presidents and governors expect epoch making results with immediate gains already evident, as stated by President Roosevelt who helped arrange the gathering and by the participating governors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Washington, D. C
States of the
Roosevelt
TILLMAN OFF FOR EUROPE ON WHITE STAR LINER
Senator B. R. Tillman sails from Boston with his wife aboard the White Star Cenopic for Europe seeking health relief. He discusses the political scene, saying Democrats would win if Taft secures the Republican nomination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Mass
B. R. TillMan
Scout Carolina
Europe
Tillman
Taft
Battleship to be built at Brooklyn yard by Navy order
One of two large battleships authorized by congress will be constructed at the Brooklyn navy yard. Acting Secretary of the Navy Newbury issued orders directing this plan. The second battleship will be built by contract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Congress
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Navy
Newbury
Cotton acreage and crop condition report issued
Washington announces the first cotton report of the season from the Bureau of Statistics. The report, to be released Tuesday June 2 at noon eastern time, will give estimated cotton acreage planted this spring and the crop condition as of May 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Statistics
Senators clash in Oklahoma Senate brawl over liar claim
In Guthrie Oklahoma Senators Morris and Oddie fought on the senate floor after a dispute over a liar remark. Senator Addie suffered serious head bruises and Senator Brook was struck as intervening members tried to separate the pair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guthrie
Okla
Morris
Oddie
Senate
Roddie
Addie
Brook
Governor Glenn Praised for Urging Immediate Congress Action
Governor Robert B. Glenn of North Carolina urged Congress at a White House conference to preserve a great industry. He stated that during civil unrest northern leaders claimed brotherhood and pledged help, but the governors were rebuffed after rounds of applause from officials nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Washington, D. C
North
Robert B. Glenn
North Carolina
White House
United States
Rioting Halts Street Cars in Cleveland Strike
Early morning strike by Municipal Traction conductors and motormen triggered rioting in Cleveland. Police clashed with attackers as cars were stopped citywide. Lakeview yards saw a stone strike Chief Kohler, while roofs, streets, and tracks faced damage. Dozens hurt, tracks torn up, and windows broken as workers and supporters attacked vehicles.
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Cleveland, O
Municipal Traction Company
Lakeview
Kohler
Payne Avenue
St. Clair Avenue
East Ninetieth Street
Debs Nominated Again by Socialists in Chicago
Eugene V. Debs was chosen as the socialist party's presidential nominee at an extended Chicago convention held at Brand's hall. The session, marked by gag rule accusations and rising excitement, ran nearly eighteen hours into Friday morning, amid riotous mood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ill
Eugene V. Debbs
Socialist Party
Brand's Hall
British mills curtail due to slack trade
At a conference of the spinners of American cotton in Manchester England mills will close for the Whitsuntide week beginning June 7 and every Saturday and Monday thereafter for four weeks. The stoppage comes from slack trade and reduced demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
England
Nine Victims Of Wreck On Canadian Grand Trunk
A westbound Grand Trunk Railway train wrecked at Dustin Ontario on Saturday morning. Nine people are dead and more may be inside the wreck. Over twenty five persons injured, some seriously, are being treated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canadian Grand Trunk Railway
Hamilton
Thaw Insane and Dangerous Sworn Statement
Dr. Amos T. Baker acting superintendent at Matteawan testified in the Thaw case that Thaw is insane. He said it would be dangerous to public safety to have Thaw at large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matteawan Asylum
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Amos T. Baker
State Hospital
Matteawan
Baker
Packing Plant Laid In Ashes In South Omaha Fire
A large fire destroyed the Omaha Packing company's South Omaha plant Friday night causing an estimated loss of 1.26 million dollars. The neighboring Cudahy Packing company also suffered damage likely totaling 200 thousand dollars.
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Omaha Company
Omaha
Neb
Omaha Packing Company
South Omaha
Cudahy Packing Company
Minnesota Democrats Indorse Johnson for Presidency
The Minnesota state democratic convention unanimously endorsed Governor Johnson for the presidential nomination. Initial vote was 772 to 166, later amended to unanimous support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Minn
Johnson
Seven Years for Harvey Embezzlement Case
Thomas W. Harvey former teller at Enterprise National Bank which failed years ago for nearly two million dollars surrendered to federal authorities Friday and was sentenced to seven years in the western penitentiary in Pittsburg Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Thomas W. Harvey
Enterprise National Bank
Western Penitentiary
Dakota Divorces Void In Scottish Estate Case
London chancery court rulings nullify a Dakota divorce as illegal, denying Stirling the $500,000 Scottish estate claim. Stirling, son of a woman once married to a Canadian minister, faced birth legitimacy questions after his mother’s Dakota divorce and subsequent remarriage to his father. The ruling centers on the legality of Dakota divorces and its impact on succession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotland
London
Eng
Chancery Court
Stirling
Vreeland currency bill passes House amid party tension
The Vreeland currency bill, backed by Republicans, clears the House 184 to 145 amid insurgent Democratic votes against. It would authorize up to 500 million dollars in additional currency, backed by bank securities and reserves, to meet a financial emergency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
House
Bryan
Secretary of the Treasury
United States
Family of Four Murderers in Brutal New Jersey Farm Slaying
A grim massacre occurred at the Wickatunk area farm of W B Sheppard near Matteawan New Jersey. The Sheppard family wife and 10 month old child, plus a servant, were found dead inside the farmhouse all shot. A farm hand is missing as authorities search for the killer or killers. No motive yet determined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matteawan
N. J
W. B. Sheppard
Wickatunk
Sheppard
Jennie Bondy
Sheppards
Confesses to Killing Sweetheart in Utah Canyon
Kanab Utah report says Alvin Heaton aged 18 confessed to murdering his sweetheart Mary Stevens in a canyon near Orderville about two months ago. The case mirrors the notorious Grace Brown Chester Gillette tragedy with details matching the earlier crime. Heaton reportedly disclosed the motive and circumstances to authorities in Kanab Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kanab
Utah
Grace Brown
Chester Gillette
Alvin Heaton
Orderville
Mary Stevens
Disinherited Son Receives Share After Mother’s Death
Rev Dr David Gregg formerly pastor of Lafayette Presbyterian Church in Brooklyn inherits $750,000 from his mother Mrs Margaret Gregg of Pittsburgh. The heir had been cut off by his millionaire father due to his switch of religious faith years earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
N. Y
David Gregg
Lafayette Presbyterian Church
Brooklyn
Margaret Gregg
Pittsburg
Hollowell awarded damages in Caldwell night riders suit
Paducah Ky The jury in the Hollowell case awarded the plaintiff 35000 against his brother and twenty seven alleged night riders of Caldwell county for driving him and his family from the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollowell
Paducah
Robert Hollowell
Caldwell County
Negro Soldier Loses Case Over Dismissal Salary
New York report states President Roosevelt may dismiss a Negro soldier of the Twenty-fifth Infantry for alleged Brownsville riot involvement. Oscar W. Reid sued for $122 wages from dismissal to enlistment end. Judge Hough ruled the president’s right to dismiss stands and awarded judgment for the government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownsville
New York
N. Y
Roosevelt
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Texas
Hough
United States District Court
Oscar W. Reid
Stimson
Southern Baptist Convention Opens in Hot Springs
The fifty third annual session of the Southern Baptist Convention opened in Hot Springs Arkansas with a crowded hall. President Joshua Levering of Baltimore was unanimously chosen president of the convention and read and greeted from Jerusalem. Delegates numbered 1084 credentials presented with many more arriving. Levering was known as the Prohibition Party candidate for U S president in 1896.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Hastman Hotel
Southern Baptist Convention
Howard William Stehens
Columbia
Te Convention
Jerusalem
Calvary
Joshua Levering
Baltimore
W. B. Hatcher
Virginia
W. T. Amis
Lansing Burrows
Tennessee
United States
Last of Supply Bills Reported by Appropriations Panel
The last regular government supply bill was reported to the house. It totals 17,842,572 with 10,000,000 for pensions under the widows pension act of February 6, 1907. Naval provisions total 3,156,209, driven by increased pay and coal needs for the world voyage of the battleship fleet. Coal transportation costs reach 5,000,000. Military establishment accounts total 1,810,901 covering increased pay for active and retired army personnel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
House
Committee On Appropriations
Naval Establishment
San Francisco
New York
Army
Deadly cyclone devastates northwest Louisiana towns
A severe cyclone swept through northwest Louisiana killing about thirty people and injuring around two hundred. Gilliam, with roughly 200 residents, reported thirteen deaths while Bolinger tallied six. The storm destroyed three small towns, leaving wrecked homes and ruined crops along a mile wide, fifty mile long path. Only two Gilliam houses remained standing, Elmore suffered multiple destroyed homes, and tolls in between towns remain unconfirmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana
Shreveport
Gilliam
Bolinger
Elmore
Steel Trust Seeks Revenge Enters Cement Making Field
United States Steel Corporation, angered by years of alleged high cement prices from independents, has entered cement making. A new plant costing 1,000,000 dollars with a capacity of 3,000,000 barrels per year opens near Pittsburg, threatening smaller cement producers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
United States Steel Corporation
Burrows Chosen as Temporary Chairman of GOP Convention
United States Senator Julius Caesar Burrows of Michigan was selected by the Republican National Committee subcommittee to serve as temporary chairman of the national convention in Chicago. John R. Malloy of Columbus, Ohio was elected general secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Chicago
United States
Julius Caesar Burrows
Republican National Committee
John R. Malloy
Columbus
Ohio
Bones Found While Grading Street in Newbern NGC
Workers unearth human bones two feet below a street in Newbern NGC while preparing for paving. Authorities suspect indigenous remains from before Newbern’s settlement. The finding prompts preservation concerns and possible burial reinterment. The article also notes Cambridge University to confer honorary doctorates on two Episcopal bishops, Daniel H. Tuttle of Missouri and William Lawrence of Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newbern
Ngc
Daniel 8. Tuttle
Missouri
William Lawrence
Massachusetts
University of Cambridge
Georgia Farmers Plan Central Financed Cotton System
Provident Duckworth outlines a warehousing and financing plan for cotton backed by county statistics. After a two day session in the state capitol, the Georgia Farmers Union approves a centralized financing office to stabilize pricing and broaden warehousing, targeting independence for southern farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Farmers’ Union
Senate
R. F. Duckworth
Washing away an island along Augusta Canal plan
Augusta plans to remove a large island at Harkers Bend to restore canal flow and traffic. Superintendent John D. Twiggs tested a movable cofferdam using flats, washing the obstruction away at minimal cost to the city after months of experiments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta Canal
Augusta
Harkers Bend
John D. Twiggs
Prohibition Convention Call for Georgia May Meeting
An official call urges a state prohibition convention in Atlanta at the state capitol hall on May 28 at 11 a.m. Seven delegates will be chosen for the national convention in Columbus on July 15, and an electoral ticket will be nominated. No state ticket or local candidates will be issued by the party, and a new executive committee will be named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Representatives
Capitol
Atlanta
Columbus
Ohio
Barrett Declines White House Conference Appointment
Charles H. Barrett of Union City, national president of the Farmers' Union, declined Governor Smith's offer to represent the state at the conference of governors and prominent citizens at the White House in Washington. Barrett turned down the trip recently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Farmers’ Union
Washington
Charles 8. Barrett
Union City
The
Farmers’ Union
Smith
White House
Encampment Dates Fixed for Georgia Troops at Chickamauga
Georgia troops destined for Chickamauga encampment will now proceed July 13 to 22 after prior tentative dates. Initial plans set September, then July 18 to 22, then July 1 to 10 before Adjutant-General A. J. Scott informed the War Department of the final adjustment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chickamauga
Georgia
Fist
War Department
A. J. Scott
Peach Growers Confront Can regular, Price Debate in Atlanta
The Georgia Peach Growers Association with about a hundred members met at the Kimball house in Atlanta to decide how much of the crop should go to canners and at what price. President H A Matthews urged large canning to avoid a glut and noted the crop is smaller than thought. A M Kitchen argued canners pay fifty cents a bushel, a figure growers rejected as too low. A Pittsburg commission house predicted Georgia’s peach crop at 7,000 to 8,000 carloads worth about $5,000,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia Peach Growers’ Association
Kimball House
Atlanta
H. A. Matthews
A. M. Kitchen
Baldwin
California
I. ©. Wade
Cornelia
Pittsburg
Georgia
Money for Georgia Appropriations for Public Buildings
The omnibus public buildings bill reports Georgia allocations including increased sums for Americus 25000 Gainesville 15000 Marieton 10000 Rome 20000 and for enlargement Athens 43000 Augusta 10000 Griffin 50000 Nanun 45000 Waycross 75000 with up to 6000 for extra ground. It covers site purchases Cordele 50000 Dublin 50000 LaGrange 50090 and sites only Bainbridge 7500 Cedartown 7500 Elbertson 7500 Milledgeville 7500 Savannah marine hospital land 13500 and Tifton 7500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Georgia
Americus
Gainesville
Marieton
Rome
Athens
Augusta
Griffin
Newnan
Waycross
Cordele
Dublin
LaGrange
Bainbridge
Cedartown
Elberton
Milledgeville
Savannah Marine Hospital
Tifton
Unpledged Delegation Slated for Chicago Georgia Republicans
At the Georgia state Republican convention in Macon delegates from Atlanta Augusta Columbus Athens and Dublin were elected to the national convention in Chicago to be held June 6. Alternates include leaders from Augusta Macon Montgomery and Athens. The delegation travels uninstructed. Resolutions endorsing President Roosevelt's administration and Walter H. Johnson as executive chairman were adopted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Georgia
Macon
Walter H. Johnson
Atlanta
Judson Lyons
Augusta
H. L. Johnson
Columbus
Clarke Gree
Dublin
J. W. Gilbert
George $. White
Mincey
Montgomery
A. Harris
Athens
Harry
Edwards
Roosevelt
Alexander Akerman
Executive Committee
Meriwether County Twin Study Reveals Notable Twin Count
County School Commissioner R. M. McCaslan completed a census of Meriwether school children. He found sixty four sets of twins including fifty one colored and thirteen white. One family contained three sets of twins.
Georgia branch of National Society for Industrial Education organized
The Georgia branch of the National Society for the Promotion of Industrial Education formed at the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce with 394 members. Asa G. Candler named president and Thomas C. Irwin treasurer. By-laws were adopted and a drive launched to host the national association meeting in Atlanta this fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
National Society For the Promotion of Industrial Education
Atlanta
State Fair to Feature Cattle Show This Fall
General Manager Frank Weldon of the Atlanta State Fair association announces a cattle show as a feature of the fall event to be held in Atlanta from October 8 to 24 under the Farmers' union. Dr. H. A. Payne of the U.S. Department of Agriculture bureau of animal industries is in the South studying Texas fever and plans to collaborate on the show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Weldon
Atlanta State Fair Association
Atlanta
Farmers’ Union
H. A. Payne
Bureau of Animal Industries
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Payne
South
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