News of a Week in Condensed Form
A condensed round up notes major events from the week including government actions on anti-trust cases, tariff debates, and post office finances. It covers the Supreme Court decisions on Standard Oil and American Tobacco, comments by Attorney General Wickersham, and reactions in Congress. Also reported are a deadly Ohio storm, railroad financing moves, a Boston statue unveiling, notable crimes, and assorted incidents from across the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Standard Oil
American Tobacco Company
Wickersham
House
Department of Justice
Memorial and public life across nations and events
Personal Benjamin Priest of Sumterpost aged 100 on May 11 volunteers in a Memorial day parade. Henry George praises Tom J Johnson in Cleveland. Five Earling brothers wreath graves in Rugby Wis. Senator Cummins warns of revolution without reforms. Indy 500 winner Ray Harroun in Marmon. Ralph Mulford second. Frankie Burns loses to Ad Weilgast in San Francisco. Diaz departs Mexico for Spain after farewell remarks. Sunstar wins Epsom Derby amid 26 starters. Derby’s Steadfast and Royal Tender place. Managua palace damaged by explosion. twenty soldiers killed. Fire hits Shelburne County Nova Scotia homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earling Brothers
Rugby
Wis
Indiana Urged for Modern Highway Improvement Statute
Charles P Light, special representative of the American Association of Highway Improvement, urged Indianapolis and Indiana businessmen to push a new highway law. He criticized the free gravel tax system and called for a state highway commissioner with broad powers, a central highway department, and county engineers to improve the main routes and raise overall road standards. He argued permanent improvements could save farmers money and reduce transport costs across Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Charles P. Light
American Association of Highway Improvement
Indiana
Commercial Club
Light
State Department
Mr. Light
United States
Liverpool
London
Co. C. Hadley
Clarence A. Kenyon
Kenyon
A. D. McClure
Wllmington
N. C
McClure
R. G. McClure
Hadley
Plot to Assassinate Diaz Surfaces Amid Censorship
Reports from Managua describe a theater of violence as the Tiscapa fortress in Managua was blown up killing 150 soldiers and destroying ammunition. The explosion’s cause remains unconfirmed while strict censorship and martial law suppress details. The political crisis centers on a suspected plot against President Adolfo Diaz and conservative leaders, with liberals blamed and renewed unrest reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Juan del Sur
Nicaragua
Tiscapa Hill
Managua
Adolfo Diaz
Lula Mena
Diaz
Carnera Ruled Out as Wheat Market Corner Probe Reforms
Chicago board of trade officials, after an investigation into May wheat cornering, consider rules to curb manipulators. Proposed changes require a three member committee to settle with buyers if a delivery default occurs and impose 6 to 10 percent damages on the defaulter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carnera
Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Congressman Roddenberry in Car Fight with A Negro
Georgia Representative Roddenberry clashed with a Black man on a Washington street car. The altercation sparked bustle but no serious injuries or arrests. Speaker Clark and others intervened, and the man remained aboard after Roddenberry’s display was deemed sufficient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roddenberry
Georgia
Speaker Clark
James
Johnson
Auto Drops Off High Viaduct in Harrisburg Tragedy
A car driven by C. A. Sefton of a carriage firm plunged from the Mulberry Street viaduct in Harrisburg. Three people were killed and a fourth badly injured as the vehicle struck building materials piled beneath the bridge. The dead include Sefton, William R. Harrar of Harrar & Camberlain leather merchants, and Mrs. Robert W. Dunlop. Laura Neilson of New Bloomfield is fatally injured with slim recovery chances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
C. A. Sefton
Mulberry Street
Mr. Sefton
William R. Harrar
Harrar & Camberlain
Robert W. Dunlop
Laura Neilson
New Bloomfield
Daring Italian Aviator Cirri Killed in Flight Near Voghera
Italian aviator Cirri fell 650 feet during an exhibition near Voghera Italy when the motor exploded. The crowd of about twenty thousand observers including Cirri’s wife and children watched as flames engulfed the wings and he plunged to the ground after completing several evolutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Voghera
Italy
Cirri
Death Toll Rises From Burlington Wreck Near Indianola
Eighteen people dead and two more expected to die after the Burlington wreck near Indianola Nebraska. Hiram Feekin of McCook and Grace Dean of Minden are among the injured and later died. Lena Feekin and H C Culbertson of Brimfield are among the badly hurt and not expected to recover.
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Lincoln
Burlington
Indianola
Grace
Minden
Hiram*Feekin
McCook
Lena Feekin
Hiram .Feekin
H. H. Culbertson
Also Mentioned on This Page
William Jennings Bryan
House of Representatives
Post Office Department
Macau
Treasury
Steel Trust
John W. Gates
J. Pierpont Morgad
Andrew Carnegie
Ohio
Lake Erie
Cleveland
Lorain
Northern Securities Company
J. J. Hill
Great Northern Railway Company
Great Northern
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
John F. Jackson
Milwaukee
Parker House
Boston
Abel
Johns Hopkins
University of Michigan
Putnam (Conn
William White
Plainfield
Theodore Roosevelt
Gutzon Borglum
Abraham Lincoln
Newark
N. J
Lincoln Post
Tobacco Trust
Jim Fielder
Braina
D. A. McVittie
Pawnee City
Neb
Thomas Grieves
Methodist Episcopal Church of
Greenwich
N. Y
Frank Mahan
Samuel Pruett
Danville
Mahar
Pruett
A. C. Graves
Pittsburg
Kan
Civil Service Commission
Michael Korlath
Bank of Foreign Exchange
Windsor
Scalp Level
San Francisco
Korlath
Tha
Snohomish
Wash
Virginia
C. Benedict
New York
Havana
Brockton
Maso
Taft
Columbia
Chicago, Milwaukee
Puget Sound
Marengo
Freman
Harry Nixon
Dayton
Nixon
Benjamin Priest
Sumterpost
Canaan
Henry George
Tom J., Johnson
D. C
College of Law
Senator Cummins
Iowa
Ind
Ray Harroun
Ralph Mulford
Lozier
Ad Weilgast
Frankie Burns
Oakland
Cal
Porfirio Diaz
Mexico
Vera Cruz
Spain
Sunstar
J. B
Joel
Epsom Downs
England
Lord Derby
Steadfast
Royal Tender
Las Lomas
Shelburne County
Nova Scotia
S.P. Light
Highway Commission
Chicago Allied Printing Trades Council
Chicago Council
J. J. McNamara
International Association of Bridges and Structural Ironworkers
Los Angeles
Frank Duffy
Walted Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America
McNamara
Cane
Duffy
Yndianapolis
H. “Barnard
Aginst
Justice of the Peace
O. J
Thy
Barnard
State Food and Drug Commissioner
Food and Drug Department
State Board of Health
H. E. Barnard
Indiana Railroad Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Export Shipping Company
Wabash Railroad Company
Republic
Brothe Blain
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