Tariff Commission Push Faces House Effort
Washington, May 7. A determined push to appoint a tariff commission aims to take the tariff question out of politics. Archer, secretary of a tariff committee league of 3,000 manufacturers, backs the move while Representative Fowler of New Jersey plans to introduce a bill for a permanent tariff commission. There is talk in the house that without senate retracement no tariff bill may pass this session.
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Congress
Archer
Tariff Committe League
Fowler
New Jersey
House
Senate
Left the Burner Open
Mary Harney aged thirty one died by asphyxiation when she left a lit gas stove burner burning and a wind blew out the flame filling the room with gas in Kansas City. Twenty victims of the disaster were buried today in Paris with churches and routes densely crowded as mourners showed sympathy.
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Kansas City
Mary Harney
Paris
Anti-Trust Bills Signed by Governor Black
Governor Black signs two anti-trust bills passed by the legislature following the Lexow trust investigation. In Denver, the Rio Grande Railroad opens a bicycle department, surprising local cyclists. Chicago reports a massive carnival prep at the Coliseum with hundreds of soldiers, guards, and regiments assembling for the event. In Pomeroy Ohio, city labor ordinance may force two days of street work for non-exempt men, with firemen exempt, fueling a growing fire brigade. Wisconsin reports forest fires near Shell Lake and Maple threatening homes. Maple lacks fire apparatus.
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Denver
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Naval Militia of
Illinois
United States Life-Saving Service
Wisconsin Fourth Infantry
Pomeroy
Ohio
Shell Lake
Wis
Superior
Maple
Silver Market and Local Notices in New York
Trade notes show silver at 604 with Mexican dollars 474. May 9 marks the Golden Eagle cone Souoday opening led by Prof. Carl Pitzer. Inside pages report Judge Maxey’s Mexican Treaty Rights decision from San Antonio Express. River changes near Stanton Street bridge prompt police pursuit of naked Mexicans. river channel alters at Rand's grove.
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Golden Eagle Cone
Carl Pitzer
Hestra
Maxey
San Antonio Express
Stanton Street
Fisticuffs in Illinois House Over Humphrey Bills
Springfield May 7. The Illinois House erupted in fist fights as newsmen clashed with Rep Nohe who attacked Chicago journalist Gardiner. Gardiner was bloodied and four men restrained him. Hamilton accused State Official Girard of offering a bribe. Girard denied and drew a pistol. The speaker adjourned until Monday.
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Ills
H. Gilson Gardiner
Chicago Journal
Nohe
Chicago
Humphrey
Gardiner
Hamilton
Girrard
State Board of Agriculture
Dividend record set in National Bank of Illinois case
Up to today two thirds of the depositors in the suspended National Bank of Illinois have called for and received their fourth dividend declared by the Comptroller of the Currency Eckels. Since the bank suspended four months ago, dividends totaling sixty five percent have been paid, a record in winding up a failed bank. Assets include an electric street railway system and are sufficient to cover pass book balances with a possible fifty percent stockholder payout. This week’s disbursement reached half a million dollars with another hundred thousand pending.
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National Bank of Illinois
Eckels
Coldwell
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Alove
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Susan Tucker
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Clifford
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T. J. Beall
Board of Health
New York
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Old Fort Bliss
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San Francisco
Oregon Street
City of
Postal Telegraph Cable Company
Postal Telegraph Company
Postal Telegraph
Tex
C. M. Baker
Magoffin
Farewell Banquet for Ex Minister Bayard in London
An unusually brillant farewell banquet will honor ex Minister Bayard. Hosts include the American colony in London, United States consuls, and other Americans in Liverpool Manchester Birmingham Bristol and other large towns.
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Bayard
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Liverpool
Manchester
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Bristol
Lazard Freres Ships $1 Million In Gold For Export
New York May 7 Lazard Freres announced it will load one million dollars in gold bars for export on tomorrows steamer. The move signals continued strong demand for precious metal shipments as markets respond to international trade pressures.
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el Pago
New York
Unnecessary Trial for Havemeyer and Searles
telegraph reports from Washington that Havemeyer and Searles face a house trial next week but are not likely to be convicted. The administration resists conviction to avoid a presidential pardon. Meanwhile rooms in the common jail are being fitted for the two sugar magnates to serve a thirty day contempt sentence.
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New York
James Creelman
The
Journal
Washington
Havemeyer
Searles
New Jersey Woman Dies From Self-Imposed Starvation
Mrs. Mary Lemke of Montclaire New Jersey died this morning from voluntary starvation. She was the second wife of Theodore Lemke a prosperous businessman and the couple had not lived happily. Two weeks earlier she decided to die and ceased eating. A plan to have her forcibly taken to a hospital was scheduled for today but she died first.
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New York
Mary Lemke
Montclaire
N. J
Theodore Lemke
First Protestant Bishop Edward Bass Century Observed
Boston marked the one hundredth anniversary of Edward Basss consecration as the first Protestant bishop of Massachusetts with special services in Episcopal churches across the state.
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Boston
Mass
Edward Bass
Massachusetts
Beadshaw Arrested in Wife Murder Case in Texas
Fort Worth reports Gordon Beadshaw is in Erath County custody for the murder of his wife, killed shortly after their marriage. Investigators reveal an 8750 insurance policy on her life as part of the developing case.
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Fort Worth
Gordon Beadshaw
Erath County
Katharine Cronin Sues for Divorce After Forty Nine Years
In Crawfordsville Indiana Katharine Cronin sues for divorce alleging her English born husband kept her prisoner in a dark closet without food for two days. The couple married in England fifty years ago.
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Crawfordsville
Ind
Katharine Cronin
England
Man Hangs Self After Toothache Ends Life
Cleveland May 7 Joseph Kocab endured a severe toothache last night and sought a dentist at midnight but did not return. This morning his wife found him dead in an outhouse, apparently strangled. He leaves seven small children.
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Cleveland
Joseph Kocab
Garden City to Offer Work for Unemployed Men Near Akron
A new town named Garden City is being built three miles west of Akron Ohio. Four thousand acres are divided into five acre plots for idle families to grow celery. The plan aims to provide steady work for the unemployed.
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Garden City
Here
First Deadwood Prospector
R W Casey a renowned western miner and early Deadwood prospector blew out his brains yesterday. He located the first Deadwood claim and spent seventeen fortunes totaling two million dollars.
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S. D
R. W. Casey
West
Burns Wins World Wrestling Championship in Davenport
The world championship wrestling match for $3,000 in Davenport Iowa ended with Farmer Burns defeating Dan McLeod of California. Burns won the last two falls after McLeod took the first, in a splendid contest.
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Davenport
Iowa
Farmer Burns
Dan McLeod
California
McLeod
Yale Princeton Debate Set for Yale Tonight
Yale and Princeton face off in the annual debate in New Haven with a large Princeton attendance lending support and enthusiasm for the event tonight.
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Yale
Princeton
New Haven
Conn
Forest Fires Raze Homes Church in Kentucky
Forest fires in Kentucky and West Virginia mountains have already burned four farm houses and a church. One mountaineer has perished.
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Kentucky
Pikeville
West Virginia
Ex-Globe Savings Chief Arraigned on 29 Indictments
Chicago May 7 Charles Spalding former president of the defunct Globe Savings bank was arraigned this morning on twenty nine indictments and pleaded not guilty.
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Chicago
Charles Spalding
Globe Savings Bank
Supposed to Have Perished in Paris Fire
It is feared that Miss Fannie Payne of Saratoga and Miss Oshea of New York, a well known writer, have both perished in the great Paris fire.
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Fannie Payne
Saratoga
Oshea
Paris
Hanna Will Rest From Senate Duties
Senator Hanna Will plans a rest starting tomorrow at his country place and will not return until his health improves.
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Hanna
Washington
Murderer Jones Executed in Indiana Prison
LaPorte Indiana May 7 Henry Jones the slayer of four men was executed in prison this morning He faced death calmly as the sentence was carried out
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Laporte
Ind
Henry Jones
Jones
Duke d Amale Dies From Shock Over Duchess Death
In Zucca Italy on May 8 the Duke d Amale died of the shock upon hearing of the Duchess d Alecon's death in the Paris fire.
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Zucca
Italy
d’Amale
d’Alecon
Paris
Will Assume his Duties
Washington May 7 Judge Day arrived this morning and will immediately assume his business as first assistant secretary of state.
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Washington
Baltimore Publisher Beecher Dies at Herald
Alexander Beecher, publisher of the Herald in Baltimore, died this morning after a long career in local journalism. His leadership shaped the paper and its community coverage. He was a prominent figure in Baltimore's press scene.
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Baltimore
Alexander Beecher
The
Herald
Armistice Sketched in Graeco Turkish War As Powers Step In
London and Athens report the end of the Graeco Turkish war seems near as powers intervene to broker an armistice. Greece evacuates Crete likely. Turkey seeks indemnity or frontier changes. Smolentz brigades reach Athens after retreat. Lamia panics as Turkish pressure looms.
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Turkey
Europe
Greece
Crete
Thessaly
Porte
Fires Rage Across City Killing Several People
An epidemic of fires struck New York last night. In a Chambers Street cold storage warehouse three firemen nearly froze to death with one expected to die. An Essex Street blaze killed the incendiary. A woman and two children died in a Fifty Third Street fire.
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Chambers’ Street
T Tree
Essex Street
Fifty-Third Street
Wales Beats McGlennon and Cleans House in City Council
The El Paso city council ousted Major McGlennon as park street and sewer commissioner and installed a Gambri nus ally. The session featured lengthy minutes readings by ex Clerk Kitchens and Ben Catlin, with reporters dozing and aldermen statues while debate drifted over salaries and special matters.
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