Victory for Borah seals push for direct senatorial elections
Senator Borah secures a 7 to 5 committee vote to report the house resolution for direct senatorial elections and drop the Sutherland amendment. Democrats and progressive Republicans unite in a rare cross party win, signaling broad support for popular election of senators despite concerns over federal supervision. Senator Heyburn signals possible recommittal after noting premature committee consideration.
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Washington
Borah
Senate
Judiciary
House
Sutherland
Chilton
Overman
Culberson
Bacon
Cummins
Brown
Clark
Wyoming
Dillingham
Brandegee
Root
Heyburn
Idaho
Canton Uprising Terror Grips Kwangtung Province
Reports from Canton and refugees describe rebels led by Wu Sum and brigand Luk of Shuntakia attacking the city and surrounding countryside. Loyal troops fight to crush the revolt as fires burn and markets close. Dozens die in street battles and a rice store siege.
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Hongkong
China
Kwangtung
Wu Sum
Japan
Luk
Shuntakia
Canton
West
McVeagh Sued for Libel Over Leach Statements
Frankin MacVeagh secretary of the treasury is named defendant in a 100000 suit in the circuit court filed by Charles P. Leach former Cleveland customs collector. The declaration says MacVeagh accused Leach of turning over woolen goods before duties were paid and of permitting importers to warehouse goods, alleging treasury regulation violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Franklin MacVeagh
Secretary of the Treasury
Charles P. Leach
Cleveland
Mr. MacVeagh
Leach
Taft
MacVeagh
Treasury Department
City Transit Carried 1.49 Billion Passengers in 1910
Surface elevated and subway lines in New York carried 1.49 billion passengers in 1910, exceeding world population estimates, per a report by the public service commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Public Service Commission
Denver Consolidation Upheld by Supreme Court
Denver and Denver County governments are consolidated by a supreme court opinion. The ruling saves the county several thousand dollars annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Colo
Supreme Court
Bangor Fire Destroys City Block Debris Leaves 6 Million Loss
A seven hour blaze in Bangor Maine destroyed property valued at six million dollars and left hundreds homeless. Firemen struggled as flames swept Broad Street and the Kenduskeag stream they dynamited several blocks to stem the fire. Residents fled toward Old Town as nearby towns aided and light rain helped quell the fire.
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Bangor
Broad Street
Union
Penobscot
Kenduskeag
Exchange Street
Smith and Strickland
Hammond
Central Streets
City Hall
Main Street
Haines- Chalmers
Hodgkins
Fiske
Old Town
London to aid peace plan
President Taft's proposed Anglo-American arbitration treaty was unanimously ratified at Guildhall in a historic gathering with leaders from all parties and communities. The cheers echoed a shared hope that the treaty would avert future wars between the United States and Britain and among major powers.
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Taft
Big Gathering
Guildhall
London
America
Great Britain
Illinois lawmakers to back 600000 penitentiary prep funding
Sub committees on finance in both houses of the Illinois legislature will recommend an appropriation of 600000 for preliminary work on a new state penitentiary following a meeting in Joliet.
Eight Are Cremated In Roanoke Fire Tragedy
A Roanoke Virginia house fire killed Mrs J H Nunn, a widow, and seven of her ten children. Three children escaped by leaping from windows as flames consumed the southwest Roanoke home.
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Roanoke
J. H. Nunn
Mozart Society to Attend White House Garden Party
One hundred members of the Mozart Society in New York will travel to Washington for the May garden party on the White House lawn, invited by Mrs Taft. The event is set for May 12.
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Bing
Taft
New York
The
Mozart Society
Washington
White House Lawn
Tilden Arrested for Contempt of Illinois Senate
Chicago packer Edward Tilden was arrested for contempt after refusing to produce books before the Helm committee investigating Senator Lorimer’s election. A habeas corpus writ, granted by Judge Adeler J. Petit, led to his release on bonds of 5000 dollars. Banks’ cashiers Benedict and Cummings faced similar outcomes, with judge’s ruling pending on whether the books must be produced or Tilden be imprisoned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Edward Tilden
Illinois Senate
Tilden
Lorimer
Adeler J. Petit
Mr. Tilden
Petit
E. H. Hatfield
State Senate
National Packing Company
Hatfield
Leake
George M. Benedict
Drovers’ Deposit National Bank
William ©. Cummings
Drovers' Trust and Savings Bank
Helm Committee
Senate
Judge Petit
Children Lie by Nurture at Child Welfare Congress
Dr. Tom A. Williams of Washington told the International Child Welfare Congress that each child is a liar and thief until taught better. He said the young child is unmoral and views prohibitions as elders’ insincere verbiage, since actions often conflict with rules.
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Washington
International Child Welfare Congress
Tom A. Williams
Society of Neurologists and Psychologist of
Paris
Williams
Dietz Trial Prep In Sawyer County Seventy Five Witnesses Subpoenaed
Sawyer county district attorney Hayward Sam Williams says he has subpoenaed seventy five witnesses for the Dietz case and seeks another attorney to assist. The county board will authorize the appointment of an additional district attorney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dietz
Hayward
Sam J. Williams
Sawyer County
Uealatant
American consul to probe Cyrene murder of archaeologist
James Oe Laing the American consul at Malta will travel to Cyrene Africa to aid the investigation into the murder of Prof. H de Cou an American archaeologist killed by Arabs on March 11 in Cyrene.
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Washington
James Oe Laing
Malta
Cyrene
Africa
H. de Cou
Colony Aims to Raise 100000 for Inebriates Cure Plan
A committee of the Maryland Medical and Chirurgical faculty in Baltimore seeks to establish a colony for the cure of inebriates and to raise $100,000 for the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Maryland Medical and Chirurgical Faculty
US Rejects Mexico Interview Claim About Corral
Washington questions the authenticity of Ramon Corral's Spanish interview claiming Americans urged intervention. The State Department will ask Ambassador Wilson to verify the remarks and will urge Mexico to repudiate any statements that threaten US Mexican relations. El Paso reports El Paso to host a peace conference with Judge Francisco Carbajal named federal commissioner. General Bernardo Reyes’ return to Mexico stirs uneasy reaction from Madero.
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Washington
Ramon Corral
Mexico
Santander
Spain
United States
State Department
Mexico City
Wilson
Department of State
Diario
el Paso
Tex
Francisco Carbajal
Mexican Supreme Court
Bernardo Reyea
Madero
Regulations on Abstracts in Quackenbush Measure Case Rules
The legislature adopted rules requiring parties to file a complete record abstract for Supreme Court cases. Abstracts must reference page numbers, include an index, identify witnesses, and summarize evidence and errors. Deadlines apply for original jurisdiction cases, with exceptions for pre April 7 1911 docketed matters.
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Quackenbush
State Supreme Court
Maintiff
Mothers of Illinois Meet in Charleston
The Illinois Congress of Mothers opened its twelfth annual meeting at the Charleston Normal School with Superintendent Elwood welcoming attendees. Frances Squire Potter of Chicago spoke on American homes and a proposed child labor stage amendment drew debate and resolutions against it.
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Charleston, Sr
Ilnois Congress of Mothers
Elwood
Charleston
Louis K. Gilleson
Congress
Frances Squire Potter
Chicago
William F. Hefferan
Lucy T. Summerlin
Mattoon
John B. Sherwood
Livingstone
Lord
Frank G. Smith
Beers Incident Closed Says Navy Secretary
Secretary Meyer tells Representative Korbly that Mary Beers daughter of Yale Professor Deers is cleared by the Navy from a claimed misidentification at Annapolis. He adds the family should be spared further publicity and the matter closed.
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Washington
Secretary of the Navy
Korbly
Indiana
Mary Beers
Deers
Yale
Annapolis
Navy Department
Meyer
Governor Aldrich To Give Ohio University Address
Governor Aldrich received an invitation to deliver the commencement address at Ohio University in Athens on May 15. The note notes the Ohio State University at Columbus and states he will speak there the preceding day, May 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aldrich
Ohio University At
Athens
State University
Columbus
Ohio State University
Eleven Die As Train Derails And Burns In Pennsylvania
In Easton, eleven people were killed when a school teachers' excursion train derailed and burned at Martin's Creek on the Pennsylvania Railroad. Six bodies lie in the morgue, two male passengers are missing, and three of the injured at Raston hospital are expected to die. More than fifty others were hurt.
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Easton
Pennsylvania
Martin's Creek
Raston Hospital
Holdrege Carrier Pierce Nominated For National City Charters Meet
Pierce of Holdrege who represented the city mail carriers at the state convention was chosen as the delegate to the national convention of city charters to be held in Rochester New York in August. The selection was said to carry strong possibilities of a vice presidency for the state and would credit Nebraska male distributors.
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Pierce
Holdrege
Rochester
N. Y
Noraska
Defects Found in Two Assessors Laws By Attorney General
Attorney General Martin finds defects in two assessor laws passed at the recent session. H R 168 and 184 differ on election years, one providing elections in 1999 and every two years after, the other in 1912 and every two years afterward. The conflicting provisions may invalidate one act, leaving doubt which will become law.
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Martin
Bank Promoters Barred by Washington Controller
The Washington Controller of the Currency Murray ordered a ban on bank promoters and announced that all applications to organize national banks promoted by professional promoters would be rejected and dumped.
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Washington
Murray
Lnto
Weate Banket
Bloomer Women Miss Susan Fowler Dead at 87 in Vineland
Miss Susan P. Fowler, known as the Bloomer Woman in Deas Vineland New Jersey, has died at eighty seven. She adopted the bloomer costume about 50 years ago and was famed for her reform attire.
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Deas Vineland
N. J
Susan P. Fowler
Richmond House Journal Aid Accelerates Work
Chief Clerk H. C. Richmond of the house of representatives has returned A. B. Howard to aid in preparing the house journal and to push the work with as much haste as possible.
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Richmond
H. C. Richmond
House of Representatives
A. B. Howard
House
Wolf Scalpa bounty payout update and wolf bounty warrants
Auditor's office mailed 4 476 wolf bounty warrants totaling nearly 4000 000? Wait amount.
Nebraska appoints judges to recodify statutes
Governor Aldrich named Judge A M Post of Columbus JT King of Osceola and John H Broady of Lincoln to a commission revising Nebraska statutes under the Quackenbunk Hardin bill. Each member to be paid 3000 yearly, reporting to the next legislative session.
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Aldrich
A. M. Post
Columbue
JT. King
Osceola
John H. Broady
Lincoln
Supreme Court
J. H. Broady
Nebraska
The
West Publishing Company
New York State
Ohio
Supreme Judge
BE. Ll. King
Judge Post
King
Ayman
Pepuliar Talenta
Senator King
Cobbey
Pardon Board Appointed by Governor Aldrich
Governor Aldrich named John O. Yeiser of Omaha J S Butler of Superior and EB Maggs of Lincoln to form a combined pardons and indeterminate sentence board. The trio will decide pardons paroles and sentence terms with pay of ten dollars per day for service.
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Aldrich
John O. Yeiser
Omaha
J. S. Butler
Superior
EB. G. Maggs
Lincoln
Board of Pardons
Westover awarded contract for grandstand beams at state fair
John Westover signed for seven thousand eight hundred dollars to erect forty two steel beams at the state fair grounds forming the grandstand support. Payment comes from state fair Board surplus with fifteen thousand dollars from the legislature used for seating.
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John Westover
State Fair Board
Oregon Trail Fund Commissioners Meet to Advance Work
Robert Harvey Mrs Oreal Ward and C 8 Paine named as commissioners of the Oregon trail fund have held their first meeting and will press the project forward. Counties along the trail boundary will be asked to set aside funds to further the cause.
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Oregon Trail
Robert Harvey
Oreal Ward
C. 8. Paine
Nebraska Letter Carriers Adopt Pension Plan at Convention
At the thirteenth annual Nebraska Association of Letter Carriers convention in the city, delegates passed a resolution endorsing the Goulden plan for pensioning civil service employees.
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Nebraska Association of Letter Carriers
Wis
Goulden
Eivil
Kemble Named Seed Inspector by Governor Aldrich
C. Kemble of Lincoln, a Democrat and county treasurer’s office employee, is appointed seed inspector for the food drug and dairy department by Governor Aldrich.
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Kemble
Mh. C. Kemble
Lincoln
Aldrich
Food, Drug and Dary
Brussels praised for blending old and new in grand avenues
The New Age lauds Brussels for integrating ancient and modern elements in its streets. It highlights Rue des Régence from Place Royale to Palais de Justice, the Palais d'Arenberg, the Sablon church, and the Petit Sablon square with bronze figures, noting wide boulevards, green hillsides, and ongoing expropriation of slums to improve the cityscape.
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Brusssla
Brussels
Rue Des Regence
Place Royale
Palais de Juetice
Place Royals
Palais de la Nation
Palais d'Arenberg
From A Financial Point
Gen Howard Carroll argues Americans will spend 260000000 in Europe this year, a measure of extravagance yet potential indirect benefits. Travel can widen mental activity and beauty can spur civic improvement as visitors return with civic ambitions for more attractive towns and cities.
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Howard Carroll
Europe
Preserve Old Roadelde Trees for Future Generations
The writer argues to treat trees as more than timber and insists on preserving remaining vegetation. They urge continued planting to balance a strenuous modern life and honor predecessors who planted for the present generation, viewing such acts as public benefits.
Lewiston Man Guesses Envelope Number From Card Trick
A Lewiston Idaho man visited a Holland house desk and announced he could name the corner number on a letter without peeking. The clerk handed over the mail and he correctly stated the number 68, noting it was from his wife who marked the envelope after his 59 days away.
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Lewiston
Idaho
Holland House
New York Sun
Carlyle Opts for Smoke Over Sickness
The passage recalls Thomas Carlyle preferring to keep smoking despite dyspepsia and doctors warning him. He notes quitting made him miserable, so he resumed smoking and remained unhappy but chose the habit over abstinence.
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Carlyle
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