Washington bill bans futures trading in agriculture
A House bill would prohibit dealing in agricultural futures by forbidding use of mails interstate transport and banking facilities. Postmaster Meyer allows postage stamps to be used only for identification to deter theft by large users. Senate may survey inland waterway costs Boston to Wilmington. Hammerling offered Panama Canal Commission post. Maj. Reynolds denies abuse charges on Crow Reservation. East entrance pediment to get historical statuary at 75 000. House upholds Roosevelt veto on Navy transfer. Duluth diocese land grants on Minnesota reservations passed.
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Washington
Meyer
United States
Senate
Secretary of War
Boston
Wilmington
N. C
Lewis N. Hammerling
Wilkesbuarne
Panama Canal Zone
Hemmerling
Maj. Reynolds
Crow Indlian
Montana
Senate Committee On Indian Affairs
Helen Pierce Grey
House of Representatives
Notable church figures and officials pass away or change roles
Riley Grannan a famed orator dies at Rewhide Eb after a long illness. Judge James K Cantrill of Georgetown Ky dies at Frankfort after a long illness and presided at Caleb Powers trials. Bishop J Mortimer Levering of the Moravian church dies in Bethlehem Pa. George S Pollock resigns from government lands role to pursue private business. Rev C P Tinker of the Methodist church withdraws to join the Episcopal faith.
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Riley Grannan
Rewhide
James K. Cantrill
Georgetown
Frankfort
Caleb Powers
J. Mortimer Levering
Moravian Church of America
Bethlehem
George S. Pollock
General Land Office
Forest Service
C. P. Tinker
New York Church Extension and Missionary Society
Methodist Church
Recrudescence of bubonic plague and legal verdicts abroad
Reports note a bubonic plague resurgence in Lima and Peru. A Tacna Chile jury fines Voz del Sur $300 for insulting the governor of Tarma province. Other items describe Western world Hindu temple dedication in San Francisco modeled on India's Taj Mahal and volcanic activity at Solfatara near Pozzuoli emitting gases amiduri suggests Vesuvian inactivity.
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Lima
Peru
Tacma
Chile
Voz del Sur
Tagma
San Francisco
Socialist writer thrown from horse in Darien
Robert Hunter, a socialist writer and speaker, was thrown from his horse in Darien Connecticut and sustained a dislocated shoulder. An explosion aboard the British steamer Belle of Scotland near Callao, Penn, killed one person and seriously injured two others.
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Robert Hunter
Darien
Conn
Belle of Scotland
Callao
Penn
Welcome to the Fleet Lights Up San Francisco Bay
The arrival of the battleship fleet at San Francisco on May 5 will draw an enormous welcome with 700000 spectators on six miles of hills. San Francisco expects 400000 visitors, the bay area 250000, and the coast states 150000. A 50 foot high electric "Welcome" will span Telegraph Hill. Banquets at the Fairmont begin May 7 at $20 per plate, with $20000 for decorators. Governors, admirals, and reception committees plan continual entertainments and grand processions along the shore for four weeks.
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San Francisco
Golden Gate City
Magdalena Bay
Anchorage
Bay Cities
Coast States
Telegraph Hill
Fairmont Hotel
Fairmont
San Diego
Crushed by Ice Floes Sinks Sealing Steamer Grand Lake
In St Johns Newfoundland April 14 the sealing steamer Grand Lake was crushed by two ice floes causing her sides and engines to fail. The 214 crew escaped to nearby Vanguard. A 20 000 seal catch valued at 130 000 dollars went down with the ship and was insured.
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St. Johns
N. F
Grand Lake
Newfoundland
Vanguard
Freight car looted on Omaha train near Hudson
New Richmond Wisconsin April 14 a north bound Omaha freight car was broken into between St Paul and Hudson and merchandise stolen. A brakeman spotted five men inside the car while the train ran between Stillwater Junction and Hudson and the spree halted when the men drew revolvers but no molestation occurred.
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New Richmond
Wis
Omaha
St. Paul
Hudson
Stillwater Junction
Roosevelt to travel abroad after retirement from office
President Roosevelt plans to spend the first year after leaving the White House traveling overseas and exploring remote foreign regions as well as popular sites. He hinted at a hunting interest, noting Alaska options but said priorities depend on travel plans and Taft’s nomination.
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White House
Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Boone and Crockett Club
Alaska
William Taft
Doukhobors May Move to Pacific Coast Proposed by Leader
Peter Verein, leading the Doukhobors in Canada, says Western Canada is too cold and proposes relocating all Doukhobors to British Columbia in the Kootenays near Nelson. If space runs short, the remainder would settle near Vancouver on the Pacific coast. He departed for Vancouver yesterday. the group totals about 7,000 people in 1,200 families.
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Pacific Coast
Winnipeg
Man
Peter Verein
Canada
British Columbia
Kootenays
Nelson
Vancouver
D R NOYES DEAD Prominent St Paul business man dies
Daniel R. Noyes, head of Noyes Bros. & Cutler wholesale druggists in St. Paul, died at home after a sinking spell and heart failure. He had been in poor health for several months and fell ill Thursday.
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St. Paul
Daniel R. Noyes
Noyes Bros. & Cutler
Noyes
Murderer sent to insane ward in Iowa prison
Claude Underliter of Creston Iowa was sentenced by Judge Inge Evans to the insane ward at Anamosa state penitentiary for the murder of Nathan Taylor his stepfather. The trial concluded two months ago with a jury finding the defendant incapacitated to understand the seriousness of the crime.
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Harles Underliter
Iowa
Anamosa
Creston
Claude Underliter
Nathan Taylor
Inge Evans
Martial law in Chester as strike turns violent and clashes erupt
Chester Pennsylvania April 15 reports say conductors motormen and other Chester Traction company employees joined by about 150 strikebreakers and state constabulary sparked street clashes with strike sympathizers. state police were stoned and several hurt as crowds tried to halt car service. fire hoses turned on mobs. several arrests made. company had announced a 100 percent wage cut.
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Chester
Chester Traction Company
State Constabulary
Traction Company
Imitate Moving Pictures Robbers From Waterloo
Three Waterloo boys aged ten and nine sought to emulate bad guys after watching a moving picture show. Charley Jepperson Miron Killerlain and Tommy Falkenstein were found leaving a home with two watches and jewelry. They admitted thefts of several hundred dollars over the last year and said they planned to become robbers like those seen in films.
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Iowa
Waterloo
Charley Jepperson
Miron Killerlain
Tommy Falkenstein
G. H. Clark
Boy killed by wagon load of cement on highway
April 14 in New Ulm Minnesota reports a ten year old Nicollet county boy Alfred Weiner son of Fred Weiner of Lafayette township was instantly killed when a cement wagon passed over him. His body was removed to a nearby farmhouse where life was extinct.
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Nicollet County
New Ulm
Minn
Alfred
Fred Weiner
Lafayette
Wfe
Beer Depots and Coal Fire Ravage Oslo District
Fire destroyed cold storage depots of Minneapolis Hamm Anheuser-Busch and Val Blatz brewing firms and 500 tons of coal owned by Soo Railway in Oslo Minnesota. Damage totaled about 25000 dollars.
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Oslo
Minn
Minneapolis, Hamm
Anheuser-Busch
Val Blatz Brewing Companies
Soo Railway Company
Smallest School in World Closes After Two Years
Chippewa Falls Wisconsin April 14 after two years of operation with a single pupil the smallest school in the world located in Sampson closes the lone student will be transferred to New Auburn for education and tuition paid by the school board.
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Chippewa Falls
Wis
Sampson
Auburn
Flames Sweeping Canyon Threatens Black Hills Resort
Rapid City April 15. Spear fish canyon eight miles from town is ablaze, endangering scores of summer homes and the popular beauty spot. The new Fish and Hunter sawmill is in ashes and volunteers have been summoned. Easterners own houses along the canyon.
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Black Hills
Rapid City
Spearfish Canyon
Fish & Hunter
Aged woman Harback drowns near New Richmond
Mrs Joseph Harback, a pioneer of New Richmond and one of the first settlers, aged about eighty, drowned accidentally in Willow River near her home southeast of the city. She leaves a husband and two grown sons.
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Harback
New Richmond
Wis
Joseph Harback
Willow River
Young Man Commits Suicide on Minnesota Farm
Paul Deters aged twenty two son of George Deters resided on a farm twelve miles south of Caledonia Minnesota. While his parents were at church in Eitzen he used a shotgun to blow out his brains. He had threatened self destruction and his mind had been impaired since the grip.
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Caledonia
Minn
Paul Deters
George Deters
Here
Eitzen
Boy Drowns After Dare Jump in Minneapolis River
Otto Stann aged nine died yesterday afternoon while attempting to prove bravery to playmate Willie Zeeb. He leaped onto a boom stick in the river near Thirty-fifth Avenue, lost his footing, and drowned.
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Minneapolis
Otto Stann
Willie Zeeb
Thirty-ffth Avenue
Cashier Kills Himself in Spokane Hotel Tragedy
George W. Thomas, cashier of the First State Bank of Newport Washington, died at the Colonial hotel in Spokane last night from strychnine poisoning. Domestic troubles and failing health are cited as the prompting factors.
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Spokane
Wash
George W. Thomas
First State Bank of
Newport
Colonial
Wealthy Recluse Killed in St Louis Robbery Case
In St Louis on April 15 Mrs Bazzle B Mullally a 70 year old wealthy recluse was found dead at her home with her throat cut. A negro chore boy confessed last night that he murdered the old woman to steal the large sum she was believed to carry.
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St. Louis
Bazzle B. Mullally
Congress Resume of the Week in Washington at April Session
In Washington on April 8 and 9 Congress debated military funding and District of Columbia needs. Senator Hale warned against expanding armed forces as a deficit risk while the House approved district gas pricing and outward-opening exits for schools. The stormy session featured new rules to curb filibuster and information requests to justice and commerce departments amid partisan clashes.
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Washington
Army
Hale
Maine
Committee of Neval Affairs
Treasury
District of Columbia
House
Cannon
Department of Justice
Department of Commerce and Labor
Senate Passes Employers Liability Bill For Railroads
Washington reports that the employers liability bill, recently passed by the House, was approved by the Senate without amendment and now awaits the president's signature. Adjournment came at 5:50 p m. Quorum issues stirred the House as Democrats pressed Republicans to produce a quorum. The day also featured conference on army and fortifications, and shipments of explosive safety and cutter service measures proceeded. The next day the House moved to naval appropriations with orderly debate and speeches by Foss and Padgett advocating a conservative fiscal program.
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Washington
House
Senate
Cannon
Reed
Williams
Dove of Peace
House of Representatives
Foss
Ilinois
Padgett
Tennessee
Naval Committee
Debate over naval bill and possible US Japan war
In Washington on Saturday April 13 a House discussion of the naval appropriation bill touched on the likelihood of war with Japan. Hobson of Alabama urged four battleships this year and two next, arguing for a fixed U.S. naval policy and predicting a Pacific race ending in conflict. Burton of Ohio and Ritchie of North Carolina countered, saying no clash is inevitable and the U.S. should lead in peace.
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Washington
House of Representatives
United States
Japan
Hobson
Alabama
Pacific
Mesere. Burton
Ohio
W. W. Ritchip
North Carolina
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Clapp
Duluth
Minnesota
Pozzuoli
Italy
Vesuvius
Frisco
Great Squadron
D. R. Noyes
Stone State Police
Congress
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