Week’s Happenings Spotlight Notables And Losses
Rosalind Norris wins 20000 dollars from Metropolitan Street Railway after a gasoline blaze in an auto crash. Baseball star Thomas Loftus dies at 54 in Dubuque Iowa from tongue cancer. Ralph Owens, 27, discharged cured after four months with a broken neck. Waldorf Astor donates unlimited funds to fight tuberculosis to the National Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis. Lulu temple potentate W Freeland Kendrick elected imperial outer guard at New Orleans. next conclave set for Rochester July 12, 2011. Anna Held announces retirement from stage with farewell in New York after debut 13 years ago. Yale professor William G Sumner dies of apoplexy in Englewood New Jersey. born Paterson 1840. Richard Croker to return to Ireland after brief U S visit. Thomas F Walsh estate largely left to widow Mrs Carrie B Walsh and daughter Evelyn B McLean.
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Rosalind Norris
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
Thomas J. Loftus
Dubuque
Loftus
Ralph Owens
Memphis
Teon
Waldorf Astor
William Waldorf Astor
House of Commons
Plymouth
England
National Association For the Prevention of Tuberculosis
W. Freeland Kendrick
Lulu Temple
Philadelphia
Nobles of
Mystic Shrine
New Orleans
Rochester
N. Y
Anna Held
Boston
New York
William G. Sumner
Yale University
Englewood
N. J
Paterson
Richard Croker
America
Palm Beach
Fla
Ireland
Thomas F. Walsh
Colorado
Carrie B. Walsh
Evelyn B. McLean
Convent Fire in Lakewood Sends 50 Nuns to Streets
Amid a blaze at St. Augustine convent Lakewood Ohio fifty nuns forced from their cells carried patients from the hospital to the streets as the building burned to the ground. In other news Brandeis delays Ballinger cross examination until interior secretary testifies. George W Perkins urges national control of big corporations and public disclosure. A West Virginia insurance probe accuses Consolidated Casualty managers of looting funds and falsifying books. Illinois Central graft investigations loom after Chicago talks. Lackawanna strike averted by arbitration ruling. Roosevelt’s first moments after arriving at a venue are noted.
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St. Augustine
Lakewood
Cleveland
Ballinger
Secretary of the Interior
Brandeis
Frank Pierce
Graduate School of Business Administration
Warvard University
George W. Perkins
J. Pierpont Morgan
John F. Roche
New York
Insurance Department
Consolidated Casualty Company
Charleston
W. Va
Insurance Department of
West Virginia
Robert B. Armstrong
Chicago
Sinois Central Railroad Company
Harahan
W. J. Burns
Burns-Sheridan National Detective Agency
Illinis Central
Lackawanna Railroad
Clarke
New York Central
Col
Theo Meee Roosevelt
Couch
Taft receives cordial note amid suffrage convention turmoil
President Taft reassured suffrage leaders after being hissed at a convention address. He endorsed National Tuberculosis Sunday and the move drew support from Livingston Farrand of the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis.
Campaign funds system receives near unanimous House approval
The House passed the McCall bill with one dissenting vote, backing pre election publicity for campaign contributions and expenditures. It requires national committees to file sworn receipts and expenditures 10 to 15 days before elections and to keep records for 15 months open to inspection. The Southern Appalachian and White Mountain forest reserve bill was favorably reported to conserve watersheds, trees, and navigable rivers.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Democratic National Committee
House
Appalachian
White Mountain
Committee On Agriculture
Aldrich to retire from Senate in 1911
Washington reports Senator Nelson W Aldrich will not seek re election and will retire at the end of his term March 3 1911. He says he decided not to run again and had planned to inform friends in Washington in person but released the statement. He recently consulted physicians in New York and was urged to shed burdens and take outdoor exercise.
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Washington
Aldrich
Senate
New York
Pittsburg Strike Looms at McKee's Rocks Steel Plant
Rioters clash as American workers threaten to return to work at the McKee's Rocks steel plant on the Ohio River while foreign laborers vow murder if a renewed walkout occurs amid mounting tensions and bloodshed fears.
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Pittsburg
McKee’s Rocks
Ohio River
No Hope for Stranded Vessel Off Scilly Islands
The Atlantic Transport Hner Minnehaha went aground off the Scilly islands and remains fast on the rocks with little likelihood of salvage. All 66 passengers were rescued, along with about one third of the cattle. The ship struck the same spot where a namesake sailing vessel was lost 37 years ago.
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Hughtown
St. Mary’s
Scilly Islands
Trust Control Supposed Independent Under Scrutiny
Charles N. Urquhart of the St. Louis Dressed Beef and Provision Co says the concern once thought independent is owned and controlled by the National Packing Co. The disclosure follows a sensational discovery in the beef trust investigation led by Attorney General Major.
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St. Louis
Chas. N. Urquhart
Socialists Outline Plan for Milwaukee Administration
Victor E. Berger the alderman at large elect and Social Democratic spokesman offers a two year outline of guiding principles for Milwaukee’s coming administration. He emphasizes progressive reforms and party platform goals for city governance.
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Milwaukee
Victor E. Berger
Social Democratic Party
Social Democratic Administration
Hero Priest Fitzgerald Dies After Riots Title
Rev. Thomas J. Fitzgerald 35 pastor of St Patrick s Catholic Church in New Orleans died here. He was famed as The Hero Priest for his role in the St Charles Street riots.
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New Orleans
Thomas J. Fitzgerald
St. Patrick's Catholic Church
St. Charles Street
Madman Milled by Train Kills Windsor Politician
Neal, 38, a Republican alderman nominee in Windsor, I1.-J, ran onto the Sig Four tracks and was struck by a train, dying instantly. He was described as a highly respected citizen.
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Windsor
Telephones seek relief as tax board ends hearings
Indiana tax commissioners hear Norton of Indianapolis Telephone and New Long Distance seek lower assessments. Norton cites $220000 spent on upgrades and depreciation doubts amid merging interests linked to J Pierpont Morgan. Educationboard reshaping looms with Lake County coalition hopes and shifting city representations.
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Indianapolis
State Board of Tax Commissioners
Norton
Indianapolis Telephone Company
J. W. McCardle
John Co. Biltheimer
J. Pierpont Morgan
A. E. Holcomb
American Telephone & Telegraph Company
United States Steel Corporation
Citizens’ Independent Telephone Company of
Terre Haute
J. Jump
Central Home Telephone Company
Postmasters Push Good Roads Plan at Indiana Convention
Indiana presidential postmasters meet in Gary on May 24 and 25 to urge faster road improvements and better rural mailboxes. Led by Robert H. Bryson of Indianapolis, the group aims to press the post office department to address bad roads and indifference among farmers, seeking decisive action to ease rural mail routes.
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Indiana Association of Presidential Postmasters
Gary
Ind
Robert H. Bryson
Indianapolis
Post Office Department
Petmasters
Gray
Decatur County jail faces reform on tramp housing
Officials pursue changes after attorney general opinion condemning jail housing of vagrants as abuse or illegal. January and February figures show 341 inmates and costs of 328.80 for in and out fees and boarding. Indiana Spanish War Veterans elect Capt William E English commander and name delegates to national meeting in New York May 20 21.
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Decatur County
Board of State Charities
Tramp
Bartholomew
Shelby
Rush
Franklin
Jennings
Decatur
Indiana
Indianapolis
William E. English
Winfield T. Durbin
Anderson
William F. Ranke
Fort Wayne
James W. Fortune
Jeffersonville
New York
Maj. Clifford
Arrick
Foreign Corporations Decision and State Registration
Frank I Grubbs assistant secretary of state notes a supreme court decision in the Mutual Manufacturing Co case from Hendricks county. The ruling says establishing an agency in Indiana is not required for collections in Indiana courts. It clarifies outside corporations with branch offices or factories in the state fall under the foreign corporations act unless wholly in interstate trade. The Marion circuit court recently upheld the secretary's interpretation, requiring all non interstate trade foreign corporations to register and pay the fee.
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Frank I. Grubbs
Supreme Court
Mutual Manufacturing Company
Hendricks County
Indiana
Marion
National Word Battle outlined by Indiana official
State superintendent Robert J. Aley proposes a tiered spelling contest starting in public schools, with township and county rounds leading to congressional district and state bees in spring. He envisions a national bee with 13 state winners and urges wider participation from 15 to 20 states at National Education association meetings each year.
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Robert J. Aley
Indiana
Aley
National Education Association
Fesler Plans Protest Against Memorial Day Auto Races
Col John R Fesler assistant adjutant general Indiana G A R arranged for an audience with Governor Marshall to protest the American Automobile Association races on Memorial Day. He seeks moral effect though he doubts the governor can halt the races. Fesler consulted Attorney General James Bingham who said no statute could stop the races.
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John R. Fesler
Indiana
Marshall
American Automobile Association
Fesler
Fealer
James Bingham
Suretics Held Liable for Failing to Appear in Court
The Supreme Court ruled that sureties on a continuing recognizance are liable if the defendant fails to appear when the case is lawfully called for trial. A judgment forfeiting the recognizance posted by George Hazzard in Henry County was upheld after his failure to appear for trial, with a related matter in Rush County.
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Suretics
Supreme Court
George Hazzard
Henry County
Rush County
Children tease about parental habits in neighborhood tale
Sheldon Kerrulsh narrates a humorous anecdote about children comparing their parents flaws. A girl boasts of her father smoking many cigars, another mocks swearing at late dinners, and a sister wins with her father reading Cicero, while others retreat.
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Sheldon Kerrulsh
Cleveland Leader
Mrs Smith Keeps Servant Despite Higher Pay Offer
Mrs Smith has retained a servant for three years who handles washing floors and laundry, even washing bedding. Neighbors wonder why she stays until learning she uses Hasy Task laundry soap that halves the work and eases the rest. The Irish of Shakespeare offers a quip about Irish characters in his works.
Marine Eye Remedy Ad Promotes Eye Salve Trial Size
An old ad advises trying Marine Eye Salve in aseptic trial tubes. It invites readers to ask their druggist or write Marine Eye Remedy Co. in Chicago. The copy uses a moral line about shaping ideals to fit a partner.
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Zic
Marine Eye Remedy Co
Chicago
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Mississippi
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National American Woman Suffrage Association
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Rockford
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St. Clair
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Hammond
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State Superintendent of Public Instruction
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Cooley
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Guarat
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