Senate Passes Currency and Public Bill Reforms
A week in review shows the Senate replacing the Vreeland currency bill with Aldrich measures and approving the public building bill. The House backed the academy appropriation and federal building funding while the naval and post office bills moved toward the president. Taft drew endorsements across several Western states and Debs was nominated by Socialist delegates in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
House
Military Academy
Brownsville
United States
Conference
National and Local News Highlights from The Period
Summary of major events: theft at Allegheny National Bank in Pittsburg implicating ex cashier William Montgomery. drowning of Midshipman Arthur Linford Lucas with a rescue attempt by Carl Hib Bard. Mayfield Kentucky power plant fire causing $40,000 loss. Cleveland streetcar strike rioting and arbitration efforts. Dayton soldiers home inmate killed by another. Congressman Frank Clark assaulted in Jacksonville lobby. Peter Rathgaber loses $600 in wire tapping swindle. editor Q J Sturgis commits suicide. Wright brothers fly twice at Manteo. Yangtze tidal bore deaths near 10 000 at Hankow. Hart McKee divorce granted in Paris with custody arrangement. Earley Palmore and Joss Palmore wed in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allegheny National Bank
Pittsburg
William Montgomery
Arthur Linford Lucas
Cleveland
Annapolis Academy
Carl B. Hibbard
Northfield
Mina
Mayfield
Dayton
Frank Clark
Florida
Jennings
Bryan
Araxton
Jacksonville
Fla
Peter Rathgaber
Chicago
Q. J. Sturgis
Uniontown
Wright Brothers
Manteo
N. C
Hankow
Paris
Hart McKee
Mrs. McKee
Earley B. Palmere
Joss M. Palmore
Virginia
Cabini
Gunness victims and other early 1900s crimes tied to farm deaths
The report catalogs additional alleged Gunness victims at her Indiana farm, jawbone fragments identified as her skull, and claims of an accomplice luring people. It also notes arrests in Wells Fargo robbery, a deadly railroad collision, mutinous inmates, rescues, and broader national crime and political items from the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hella Gunness
Laporte
Pennsylvania Railroad
San Francisco
Puget Sound
Pacific Reef
State Reformatory
Pontiac
Henry Williams
Chicago
Waller EB. Ferguson
New York
L. E. Cartwright
Santa Fe Secret Service
Wells-Fargo Company
French, N. H
Sendelbach Wheel Company
East St. Louis
Hohenstein-Hartmoetz Furniture
Evansville
Ind
James Clear
Port
Charles Stillman Sperry
Thomas
Washington
Stead
Deneen
Illinois
Missouri, Kansas & Texas
Muskogee
Oklo
Roosevelt
Twenty-ffth Infantry
Brownsville
Tex
Hough
United States District Court
Oskaloosa
War Department
Lieut
Delong
Snarski
Persia
Democrats of
Minnesota
Gov
Johnson
Bryan
Wyoming
French, N. M
Maryland
Magdalena Bay
Kill Devil Hill
North Carolina
Coney Island
Tarian
Passaic
N. J
Reserve Trust Company
American Savings Bank of
Cleveland
Gillam
Nebraska
Iowa
Kansas
Rockford
Tfl
Midvale
National Conference On the Conservation of Natural Resources
Idaho Senator Opposes 320 Acre Homestead Bill
Washington reports a brief Senate session dominated by Senator Heyburn of Idaho as he filibustered against a conference report to raise homesteads from 160 to 320 acres on non irrigable land. The House trimmed the provision to 320 acres only for non irrigable, while debate ended with the report withdrawn. The Senate also passed the general deficiency appropriation bill and a joint resolution granting annuities to widows of Surgeons Carroll and Lazear for their yellow fever work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Meyburn
Idaho
Bulkley
Conn
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Heyburn
Idshe
House
Nelson
Minnesota
Smoot
Fies
James Carroll
Jesse Lazear
United States
Omaha Water Case Certiorari Petition Filed
John EL Webster for the city of Omaha filed a brief supporting a writ of certiorari in the Omaha Water Works case. The court has taken the petition under advisement and will hold its final meeting on June 1 to decide whether a ruling will be handed down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John
Webster
City of
Omaha
Omaha Water Company
American Consul Moffat Trapped by Plague Quarantine
The American consul in La Guaira Venezuela, P Moffat, is unable to leave due to bubonic plague quarantine rules. News from the gunboat Paducah at Curacao reports Moffat in good health but unable to depart. The state department seeks methods to bring him back to the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P Moffat
la Guaira
Venezuela
Paducah
Curacao
Moffat
State Department
Mr. Moffat
United States
Looking Up Express Cases in Washington
Washington attorney general W. W Thompson and Lt. E. B. Wittling of Lincoln arrived in Washington to aid in taking depositions in the Nebraska express company matter. Wittling travels east with the attorney general to assist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
W. W W. Thompson
EB. Wittling
Lincoln
Washington, Jr
Wittling
Nebraska Express Company
Taft Arrives in Charleston From Panama
Secretary Taft landed in Charleston South Carolina aboard the cruiser Prairie at noon Sunday after a Panamanian transit and spent several hours in the city before continuing to Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
Charleston
S. C
Panama
Prairie
City
Washington
Seventeen Horses Perish In Omaha Livery Fire
A morning blaze in the livery barn of W. W. Mace in Omaha destroyed the large frame building in about twenty minutes. Seventeen boarding horses were burned. attendants managed to evacuate them despite extreme heat as the fire raged before 2 a.m. In Washington, a conference report on the agricultural bill was signed, retaining a denaturation demonstration clause and slightly reducing the Bureau of Chemistry and Forestry budgets, signaling a senate victory over the house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
W. W. Mace
Valic
Washington
Senate
House
Bureau of Chemistry
Forestry Bureau
Nebraska Tornado Relief Efforts Grow Across Cities
Omaha and nearby towns organize generous aid for Nebraska cyclone victims. Bellevue and Louisville appeal for funds, with Louisville seeking $10,000 for provisions and clothing. Damage across Louisville and Bellevue tallies from tens of thousands to about $65,000. At Fort Crook and surrounding areas the storm caused extensive destruction but few deaths. A congressional appropriation of $150,000 is noted for repairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Bellevue
Fort Crook
Believue
Louisville
South Omaha
People of
Nebraska
Louisville Commercial Club
George Frater
Commercial Club of
Neb
Bellevue Relief Committee
Bellevue College
Oscar Keyser
Berlington
Bank of Commerce and
Odd Fellows Hall
Clarke Hall
Congress
Storm Note Describes Tent Aid After Springfield Storm
Residents in Springfield and Sarpy County recall a split storm that moved east and then west of Springfield, tearing down barns and outhouses. Saunders offered National Guard tents to those made homeless as the storm dissolved in the air.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saunders
National Guard
Springfield
Sarpy Cousty
Springfeld
Iowa readers report runaways fights and storms
An Altentio man escaped a buggy wreck when a team spooked by an automobile overturned the rig. A Turk wrestler lost to Turner after a lengthy match, sustaining a possible paralysis risk. A Mason City woman fended off a nighttime assault by a stranger. A Fayette man committed suicide by drowning after leaving a note. Saloons face injunction issues in Davenport and Sioux City battles over enforcement. A massive Shenandoah cyclone damages homes, with many injured but no fatalities confirmed. The Sioux City strike situation, a Humboldt revival tale, and Spirit Lake to Sioux City rail plans are also noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. N. Martin
Altentio
Bugsy
Turner
Turk
Grinnell
A. M. Brewer
Fayette
Main Street
Hrewer
Ballinger
Davenport
Betty
Civie Federation
Supreme Court
Boblinger
Shusk
Shenandoah
Alte
Roy Higgins
Higgins
Red
Meyers
J. W. Dalby
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Canal Zone
Julius C. Burrows
Michigan
Christina Matsker
South Bend
Carleton Morgan
Mac Green
Cassapolis
Mich
Walter S. Farmer
Colchester
Thomas W. Harvey
Enterprise National Bank
California
Oregon
Montana
North Dakota
Alaska
Debs
Aitch Gard
Lanao Province
Philippine Islands
Morobolomen
Grosscup
Arthur L. Kilbourne
Reschester
Minn
National Medico-Psychological Association
Cincinnati
Gev. Hughes
General News
Storm Notes
J.W. Keyes
Nadina
Wy, Sears
Sioux City
J. O. Woodrutt
Ilestrio Supply Company
Woodruff
Jw. A. Stevens
Uuthrie Centar
Lquer
Sioux
Antisaloon League
League
James Sherman
Fort Dodge
Sherman
Harry Wallace
Campbell Bros’ Circus
St. Vincent
Fairbury
Waterloo
H. H. Yordy
Perry
Methodist
O. F. Roddan
Lerofearlion
Iowa Central Stele
Marstalltown
Mason City Junction
L. L. Sample
Woodbine
Humboldt
Methodist Church
Mr. Sample
Ralte
Semple
Jesus Christ
Christ
Sample
Humnoldt
First National Bank of Woodbine
Spirit Lake
Browning
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