Convictions, strikes, and tariff talk fill Elgin Echo column
The Elgin Echo reports on Maybray and conspirators convicted in fake sporting events, Pittsburg bribery probes expanding, Taft defending the Payne Aldrich tariff, Zimmerman’s prison sentence, a Massillon youth charged with murder, and a grand jury indicting Pittsburg councilmembers. It notes Roosevelt’s Europe trip, Lords reform, AFL accusations against U S Steel, and civil unrest, trains wrecks, and rail strikes.
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John C. Maybray
Klein
Pittsburg
Philadelphia
Cannon Out Of Power But 6 Still Speaker
Washington dispatch reports Joseph Gurney Cannon stripped of power as the House votes to create a ten member rules committee with six from the majority and four from the minority. The Speaker is barred from service on the committee as insurgents and Democrats clash over control. The vote defeats a move to oust Cannon and leaves the chamber tense after an all day and night session.
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Roosevelt
Aggounn Dam
Tokio
Cannon
Rules Committee
House
England
Washington
Joseph Gurney Cannon
House of Representatives
Tates
Wwamberg
Eee
Manship
Regulars Pick Committee On Rates In Republican Caucus
Six regulars chosen at the Republican caucus in Washington to represent the majority on the rates committee. The list includes Henry Sherman Boutell John Dalzell J Sloat Fassett Walter I Smith George P Lawrence and Sylvester C Smith. Insurgents attended. Speaker Cannon attended but spoke little. 189 of 216 Republicans were present.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Henry Sherman Boutell
Illinois
John Dalzell
Pennsylvania
J. Sloat Fassett
New York
Walter I. Smith
Iowa
George P. Lawrence
Massachusetts
Sylvester C. Smith
California
Smith
Lowa
Dalzel
Committee On
Cannon
Boutell
Chicago
Lawrence
Fassett
Representative Smith
Gardner
House
Married Matinee Baron Perjurer Sentenced in Brooklyn
Arthur F. Zimmerman, a foreigner who posed as Baron von Lichtenstein to woo wealthy widows, was jailed in Brooklyn for four years eight months to nine years six months after a perjury conviction. Judge Dike noted he had married twenty four women since 1872 and has nineteen children including six twins. He faces an indictment for bigamy.
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Arthur F. Zimmerman
Baron von Lichtenstein
Brooklyn
N. Y
Dike
Zimmerman
Mount Etna Eruption Opens Four New Craters
Mount Etna erupted suddenly with four new craters as seven violent earthquakes of volcanic origin were felt in Mileto province of Catanzaro Italy. Professor Ricco of the Mount Etna Observatory confirmed more than twenty minor shocks and lava extended toward Volta Girolema and nearby villages, with tremors felt in Messina.
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Valesno
Towna
Mileto
Catanzaro
Italy
Messina
Mount Etna
Ricco
Mount Etna Observatory
Volta Girolema
Congressman George Norris Linked to Cannon Downfall
George William Norris, longtime Nebraska Fifth District congressman, rose from Ohio farm roots to law and politics, gaining fame for his attack on Cannon. Born 1861, he became district judge in 1896, later elected to Congress in 1900s, noted for strong personality and debating skill.
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George William Norris
Nebraska
Maine
California
Sandusky
Ohio
Norris
Bryan declares he will not seek another presidential nomination
The man named Mr. Bryan told friends he neither desires nor expects to run again for the presidency. Leroy Percy of Greenville Mississippi won United States Senate on the fifty eighth Democratic caucus ballot by five votes over former Governor Varduman. The GOP payroll purge in New York City under Gaynor has reduced 400 officials and cut salaries by 866000 annually, saving 2 million per year.
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Bryan
United States
Leroy Percy
Greenville
Miss
Mississippi
Varduman
Republican Congressional Committee
Aince Gaynor
New York
Maine Hulk to Be Raised for Study of Wreck
The House passed a bill to raise the ill fated battleship Maine sunk in Havana harbor in 1898. It would allow bodies of sailors to be recovered and examined to determine how the ship was destroyed with the wreck raised under Army engineer corps supervision and Cuban consent. The mast would stand near the graves at Arlington Cemetery opposite Washington.
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National House of Representatives
Maine
Havana
Senate
Arlington Cemetery
Virginia
Washington
House
Engineer Corps
Army
Republic of Cuba
Sulzer
New York
Foss Captures Fourteenth District Seat in Mass
Eugene N. Foss of Boston won the Fourteenth District seat in Massachusetts running as a Democrat, defeating Republican William R. Buchanan of Brockton by 5 617 votes after a 14 256 GOP plurality in 1908. Foss is the brother of Congressman George Edmund Foss.
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Eugene N. Foss
Boston
Massachusetts
William C. Lovering
Foss
William R. Buchanan
Brockton
George Edmund Foss
Chicago
Repubicans
Majoritles
Fourteenth
General Hart Woman Rolled in Washington Auto Crash
Major General J Franklin Bell chief of staff of the army was badly but not dangerously hurt and Mrs Herbert J Slocum died minutes after a collision of their automobile with a trolley on Tennallytown road near Washington. Bell had a broken rib a scalp wound and bruising the chauffeur was uninjured and Mrs Slocum died within moments. General Bell absolved the trolley motorman of blame.
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J. Franklin Bell
Army
Herbert J. Slocum
Slocum
Seventh Cavalry
Tennallytown Road
Weet
Washington
Bell
Department of the East
Governors Island
New York
Bel
Munyon's tonics and remedies advertised in 19th century style
Munyon's Paw Paw Pills touted as a gentle stomach tonic aiding digestion and blood enrichment. Cold and rheumatism remedies priced 24 to 26 cents. A humor item follows about a fountain pen and a joke about marriages, ending with a character heading to the Underground.
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Munyon's
Munyon'a
Sid
Jefferson Sin
Philadelphia
Munyon
Dean's Kidney Fills Cure Weak Kidneys
An old advertorial note touts Doan's Kidney Pills as restoring kidney function, easing backache and urinary issues. It cites J B Alexander of Council Bluffs Iowa praising the remedy after 1906 and notes the product is sold by retailers at 50 cents a box.
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Dean
J. B. Alexander
Ave. D
Council Bliffs
Doan
Feller-Milburn Co
Buffalo
All in the Same Fix from The Lawrence Times
A Lawrence Times item recounts a humorous miscommunication when a reporter asks for the lady of the house and the maid says all the family are out including the fire from last evening. The quip highlights a pun on being out.
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Lawrence Times
Atlanta Constitution
Beautiful Wall Coating for Homes Debuts in Ad
Advert describes Ambastine wall coating Alabastine praised for adhesion, durability, insect resistance, and ease of application. Claims clean finish that does not rub off or flake. Free color plan, stencils, decoration book, and color samples offered by Alabasting Company, 82 Grandville Avenue, Grand Rapids, Mich.
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Grandville Avenue
Grand Rapids
Mich
Philadelphia Became Leader in Medical Education Says Source
Philadelphia leads as the city with the most medical schools and graduates, while several patent remedies promise cures for piles and eye irritations. Hidden ads tout Pazo Ointment and Allen's Lang Balsam, with notices on new devices thawing frozen pipes and warnings about neglect. The piece mentions $100,000,000 in U S hides and skins imports last year and an eye salve product from Marine Eye Remedy Co in Chicago.
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