Brief Review of a Week's Events Round About World
A condensed digest from Washington to world affairs. Secretary Wilson reports farm products for 1908 at a record value of 7 178 000 000 with corn leading. The National Rivers and Harbors Congress calls for 506 000 000 in bonds for river and harbor work. Congress names a committee to study the secret service remarks in the president's message. Roosevelt vows to sue authors of Panama graft charges for libel. Cromwell calls the stories false. Panama minister Arias presents credentials. Foot and mouth disease linked to immigrant goods and materials, says Wilson. Carnegie subpoenaed to testify on tariff revision hearings.
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Wilson
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
Congress
House
Secret Service
Roosevelt
William Nelson Cromwell
Arosemana
Panama
Andrew Carnegie
Ways and Means Committee
Diversions and Trials Highlight Early 20th Century Notices
Abbreviated items report Gertrude Gates granted absolute divorce from James L Gates in Milwaukee while Hansbrough suffers illness in Minneapolis. Abraham Ruef convicted of bribery in San Francisco facing up to 14 years. Castro landings and travels noted with calls for peaceful settlement. Davis acquitted in Omaha murder case. Sullivan granted divorce in Chicago. Samuel Gross discharged in Detroit bankruptcy. Deneen to take University of Illinois agriculture short course in 1910.
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Mra
Gertrude Gates
James L. Gates
Milwaukee
United States
Hansbrough
North Dakota
Minneapolis
Abraham Ruef
San Francisco
Castro
Bordeaux
Charles E. Davis
Frederick T. Austin
Omaha
Venezuela
Santander
Spain
John L. Sullivan
Chicago
Samuel E. Gross
Detroit
Mich
Gay. Deneen
University of Ilinois
Panamanian blast kills at least fourteen in canal area
The premature explosion of 21 tons of dynamite at Bas Obispo on the Panama canal leaves no fewer than 14 dead and 50 injured. Other items note US battleship fleet at Colombo greeted by crowds, a smallpox case on the Georgia, Gelderland seizes Alix of Puerto Cabello and tow to Curacao, a fatal double shooting by Frank Cassini, Phelps Dodge copper properties merging into a $50 million company, Paton Iowa fire destroying eleven buildings, a New York tenement shaft bowd causing injuries and panic.
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Panama Canal
Bas Obispo
United States
Colombo
Ceylon
Puerto Cabello
Curacao
New
East Sixty-third Street
New York
Widespread Unrest and Deaths Across US and Abroad
A chaotic mix of events includes a jealousy tragedy in Roadhouse where a man killed two lovers before surrendering to authorities near Carrollton, amid a flood of riots, legal clashes, and political upheavals. Reports cover exiles returning to Port au Prince, justifications in a Chicago riot killing, ship arrivals, and a Denver area bloodshed, with courts limiting professional practice and rising violence in multiple cities.
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Carl Clapp
William Barnhart
Roadhouse
Carrollton
Beatrice
Ogden -Mills
New York
Bernard Arthur William Patrick Hastings Forbes
Earl of
Hayti
Kavanagh
Chicago
Joseph Klein
National Guard
Earl Nelson
Kankakee
Springfield
Lake Erie
Andrew Hageney
Charles Wall
Sheboygan
Kansas Supreme Court
Kansas
Panama
Klein
Johnstone
Minnesota
Weyerhaeusers
O'Brien & Cook
St. Paul
Duluth
Edward Hines
North America
Haytian
Gonaives
Simon
Springport
Mich
State Savings Bank
Zimmerman
Peninswar & Oriental Steamship Company
China
Great Britain
John R. Hegeman
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Louis Pratt
Mullane
Kansas City
James Sharp
T.thoring
Thomas Fitzpatrick
Caines
Memphis
William Laturn
George L. Lilley
Connecticut
Bunco
Minneapolis
R. F. Cargell
Clyde
N. D
Board of Regents
University of Minnesota
W. H. Crowninshield
Boston
Mass
Adna R. Chaffee
Los Angeles
John Hastings Howard
Guatemala
Luis Herrarte
United States
John Drummond
South America
Supreme Court limits interstate commission questioning in Harriman case
The Supreme Court held that the Interstate Commerce Commission cannot press questions about private transactions in railroad stock when investigations were initiated by the commission. Justice Holmes wrote the majority opinion, saying privacy should be protected in inquiries started by the commission and that its powers under the act exceed those granted by the Constitution. A dissent by Justices Day, Harlan, and McKenna would broaden the commission’s reach, with Justice Harlan arguing all questions should be answered. Justice Moody did not participate.
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Washington
Edward H. Harriman
Otto H. Merce
Supreme Court of the
United States
Justice Holmes
Harriman
Kahn
Union Pacific Railroad
Harlan
McKenna
Justice Day
Commission
United States Circuit Court For
Northern District of New York
Justice Moody
Irrigation Funds Sought For Indian Reservations
Secretary Cortelyou forwarded a 1310 fiscal year proposal from the Indian commissioner to raise irrigation aid for Indian reservations from 200 000 to 500 000 dollars. Commissioner Leupp argues for a permanent appropriation to avoid annual planning and emergency fund shortfalls that halt work when funds are misforecast.
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Washington
Cortelyou
Congress
Commissioner of ‘Indian Affairs
Indian Service
Leupp
Military work in schools seeks wartime aid from Roosevelt
President Roosevelt sent drafts of two bills to Congress to aid civil educational institutions military departments. One bill would authorize the secretary of war to issue equipment, stores and supplies for field instruction in such schools. The other would appropriate $100,000 annually for promotion of rifle practice in public schools, colleges, universities and civilian rifle clubs.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Secretary of War
Congressman Mauser Stricken on Pennsylvania Train
Congressman Grant E Mauser of Marion Ohio was suddenly stricken with araemic poisoning on a Pennsylvania train and removed unconscious to a hospital in Wooster. He recovered some but remains in a critical condition.
Admiral Cervera Retires from Spanish Navy
Madrid vice admiral Cervera who commanded the Spanish fleet at Santiago requests retirement from active service due to failing health, ending his long naval career.
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Madrid
Cervera
Santiago
Senator Burkett Urges Census Amendment for Disabled Children
Nebraska senator Burkett pushed a senate census committee to adopt a bill for a decennial census including a provision counting ruptured, crippled, and deformed children. He cited the Orthopaedic Hospital in Lincoln and its work as demonstrable proof of need.
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Washington
Burkett
Nebraska
Senate Committee On Census
Congress
Lincoln
Change in Exemption Law for Retail Merchants
The coming legislative session will see a push for a new committee on retail commerce led by Iowa Retail Merchants' Association and allied groups. They aim to amend exemption laws to allow wage attachment, arguing current three month salary safeguards hinder debt collection. Merchants, manufacturers, and implement men plan strong lobbying to secure floor access and committee approval.
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Iowa Retail Merchants’ Association
General Assembly
Retail Merchants' Association
Assembly
Grocerymen's Association
Archives Labor Versus Progress In Iowa Papers
Des Moines reports the state archives department faces years of work to classify and care for records from territorial days. Since a 1940s reform, 370000 pieces have been organized, with more funding likely to speed the task, while a separate Iowa honors a Hudson stock raiser and a weather service chief readies an annual crop report.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Archives Department
J. F. Kelly
Polk County
Hudson
James Loonan
Chicago
George M. Chappel
Iowa Weather and Crop Service Bureau
Dentist Clark Self-Inflicted Death In Tabor
Tabor resident and former Omaha Dental College graduate Tabor Richard Clark, two dentists, died by self-inflicted gunshot to the chest. The cause remains undetermined. Clark, raised in Tabor, completed his dental studies about two years ago.
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Tabor
Richard Clark
Omaha Dental College
Railroad Commissioners Go East to Midwest Conference
Iowa railroad commissioners will travel to Chicago on December 17 for a midsummer conference with peers from Iowa Minnesota Wisconsin North Dakota South Dakota and others.
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Iowa Board of Railway Commissioners
Chicago
Middle West
Iowa
Minnesota
Wisconsin
North Dakota
South Dakota
Adama County Corn Show Brings Strong Results
Corning reports a successful county corn show with 116 entries. Walter Jones earned the honor of exhibiting his sample at the national show, highlighting the event's educational and financial gains for the community.
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Adama County
Walter Jones
Bank assistant shot by unknown assailant near Vinton
Wintor George Ramstead assistant cashier of the People's Savings bank at Vinton was shot through the shoulder by a unidentified assailant while returning on the night train from Cedar Rapids. The shooter stopped him near his residence and fled after realizing the mistake.
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OWA
Mibtake
Wintor
George Ramstead
People’s Sayings Bank
Vinton
Ramstead
Cedar Rapids
Wildcat capture and murder cases dominate Iowa news
A fifty pound wildcat was captured near Steamboat Rock. Milburn Elison, 70, was killed by a Northwestern passenger train in Nevada while crossing tracks. Anna Meyers stands trial for arson at Mt Pleasant for attempting to burn a horse while occupants slept. The Washington Poultry and Pet Stock association plans a show next year.
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Steamboat Rock
Henry Bishop
Harrison County
Marshalltown
Billy
Ottumwa
Anna Meyers
Mt. Pleasant
Milburn Elison
Nevada
Northwestern
Washington Poultry and Pet Stock Association
A. Latimer Wilson
Creston
Chicago
Warren Dungan
Chariton
Adams County
Corning
Wt Mitchell
Lacona
Newhern
James Swain
Butler County
Ames
Waterloo
Black Hawk County
Frank Starnes
Laurel
Marshall County
Starnes
David Lynch
Newcastle
Neb
Sioux City Tribune
Nebraska
Lynch
Woolbury County
Wilmar
Sioux Falls
Great Northern Railroad
H. L. Parker
Ida Counny
Parker
Albert Shaw
The
Review of Reviews
Town College
Grinnell
Grinnell Register
Virginia
Sterling
London County
Dr. Shaw
Vetter
Charles McKeown
Pottawahamie County
C. A. Wilding
Council Bluffs
Crescent
McKeown
Cure for cough using glycerine and virgin oil of pine
A herbal remedy recommends mixing two ounces glycerine one ounce virgin oil of pine compound with half a pint of straight whisky. Shake well and take a teaspoonful every four hours. The genuine virgin oil of pine compound is made only by The Leach Chemical Co. Cincinnati Ohio and sold in half ounce vials sealed in round wooden cases for freshness and purity.
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Leach Chemical Co
Cincinnati
Ohio
Constitutional Objection Exchange Over Water
A humorous dialogue features Mia from Thrifty-Well offering water to a thirsty Weary Willy who refuses, claiming an iron constitution might rust. The exchange plays on the contrast between thirst, politeness, and mock seriousness.
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Mia
Willy
Why Joyner Left Home Ends In Mystery
Fragmented tale shows Joyner urged to drink poison and perform dangerous rituals by a domineering figure. Early morning findings reveal his clothing along roads to Pottsville and Scrabbletown as he reportedly travels west. The piece ends with a satirical quip about legal terms and a coat theft anecdote from Youth's Companion.
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Joyner
Order of Hoot Owls
Philadelphia
A natural joke on Hungary and human nature
A witty exchange features a child claiming Hungary is the most humane nation because it is governed by its Diet. The fond father questions the claim as the child mutters about self-interest and philosophers, while a tangential ad copy about Lewis' Single Binder and women vs men adds to the era’s magazine tone.
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Hungary
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