Week's World News Briefing Hits Senate and Public Works
A week of mixed headlines across Congress and the globe. The House rejected a ship subsidy provision and passed campaign finance restraints amid party lines. Senate actions included deficits, military academy, and forest conservation bills, plus a monetary commission proposal. Domestic tragedies and natural disasters spanned storms in Texas and Oklahoma, a fatal church stabbing in Missouri, and a Paris refinery explosion. International events included a large railway collision near Antwerp, the Lusitania’s record speed, and notable political visits between France and Britain.
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Congress
House
Post Office
Senate
Aldrich
Committed
National Monetary Commission
Military ‘Academy
Interior Department
Bureau of
Milnes
Litley
Connecticut
Ar. Lilley
United States
Notable Legal and Personal Scandals Arise Across Cities
A Dowagiac man faces a murder plot charge while alleged serial killings loom. Michigan official J. H. Wade resigns amid account irregularities. Leavenworth pastor Rev R A Ellwood resigns after a woman accuses him of letters to her daughter. Miss Mone Wood loses a divorce suit against Senator Pratt as perjury charges rise. Tombs jail holds her bail at 5000 dollars. Illinois G A R elects Joseph Rosenbaum commander. Kansas City murder verdict convicts Mrs Morasch for poisoning a child. San Francisco court-martial sentences David Sheehan to three years for desertion after repeated quit attempts. Senator Platt denies marriage and signature fraud in Miss Wood's case. New York broker J A McIntyre indicted for brand larceny.
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Joseph
Ole- Church -of- Salisbury
Church
Joseph, Schuette
Chirch
Man Kessler
Brooklyn
Nina Doane
Texas
Oklahoma
W. F. Saunders
The
Lakes-to-the-Culf Deep Waterway Association
Association
Chicago
American Bankers’ Association
Denver
Paris
Canary
Elands
Columbus
United States
South America
Morrell
Berkeley
Cal
Justice Rudenbender
Hoboken
Mme
Anna Gould
Prince
Sagan
Europe
Marcus A. Hanna
Cleveland
Ruth Hanna McCormick
Mabel Hanna Parsons
Fallieres
France
London
Edward
B. Krasnicka
North Judson
Ind
Christchurch
Philadelphia
Detroit
Superior Coal Ming
Ogle Station
Welleville
Rosie Aronwall
the Daughters of Jacob
New York
McBride
Paterson
N. J
Sutt Zorchel
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company
Boston & Maine Railroad
New Haven
Boston
Zenas Grane
Dalton
Mass
Peary
Presbyterian Church
Kansas City
Baxter P. Fullerton
St. Louis
William H. Roberts
Illinois Supreme Court
Alton
Ambrose
Minnie Bibb
Ntegraes
Contich
Antwerp
Vestal
Admiral Goodrich
Helen Maroney
Arthur H. Qsperne
McCall
Supreme Court of
Samuel Clarson
Russell
Man
Atlantis
Eureka
Yjames
Brimmingstell
Dowagiac
Mich
J. H. Wade
University, of Michigan
R.A. Ellwood
Presbyterian Church of
Leavenworth
Kan
Mfne C. Wood
Thomas €. Pratt
O'Gorman
Joseph Rosenbaum
Ilinois G AR
Sarah Morasch
Ruth Milley
David Sheehan
San Francisco
Platt
Mae Wood
Miss Wood
A. McIntyre
Multiple urban accidents claim lives in three cities
General news item reports trolley collisions in Philadelphia killing three and injuring 48, and San Francisco death of one with 20 injured. Other incidents include a Newark man strangling his wife, a St Louis merchant struck by lightning at golf, a marshal firing on a former sweetheart, and a Chicago lighting worker among victims in a factory blaze.
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Pelagas
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Ernst Terwilger
Newark
W. H. Howard
St Louis
Glen Eehp Golf Club
Marshal Hellowell
Mary Ertel
Rushville
Ind
Thaw denied release. judge rules insanity persists
Justice Morschauser in White Plains upholds commitment of Harry K. Thaw to Matteawan asylum and denies habeas corpus release. He finds Thaw still insane and unsafe at large, citing risk of a recurring delusion linked to the Stanford White killing. Writ is dismissed. custody remains under review until further order.
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Thaw
Stanford White
Tha
Harry K. Thaw
Gould Sagan wedding plans denied by attorney
Paris attorney for Mme Anna Gould says no secret marriage occurred in Hoboken New Jersey on the eve of departure. He notes bans will appear next Sunday and the marriage to Prince Helle de Sagan will take place two weeks after.
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Paris
M. Cachard
Mme
Anna Gould
Mme. Gould
Prince Helle de Sagan
Associated Press
Hoboken
N. J
America
Gould
July Cotton Prices Hit New High in New York Market
July cotton options rose to a new peak in New York on Monday as July cotton traded at 10.2 cents per pound, about 1 50 per bale above Saturday’s close and over two cents higher than the month’s prior low record, signaling renewed strength in the market.
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High Notch
New York
Pension bill pact keeps agencies intact in Washington
Washington report says Congress and Senate agree to strike the plan to abolish eighteen pension agencies and move work to Washington but preserve the existing appropriations with a president’s veto option. Also notes Chicago Burlington & Quincy bond issue likely at 25 million under a blanket mortgage.
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Washington
House
Senate
Burlington
New York
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company
Omaha Fined for Rebating in Grain Cases
St. Paul Minnesota report says the United States circuit court of appeals affirmed the conviction and fines against The Omaha railroad and its general freight agent H H Pearce in grain rebate cases filed last year in Minneapolis The government’s contentions in the lower court are sustained The railroad was fined 30000 and Pearce 5200
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St. Paul, Minn
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Omaha Railroad
H.H. Pearce
Minneapolis
Pearce
Iowa News Roundup Mixed With Local Crises
A Davenport incident reports a man collapsing at his desk amid possible strychnine poisoning. A Davenport school board faces a defamation suit from Miss Bessie M. Johnson of Davenport over alleged slander tied to True Metzger. Estherville wins a promised overall factory move from Ohio, with 25 to 30 new families expected. Ames demonstrates apples all year via cold storage, aiding northern harvests. Davenport parents challenge school rules, while a 152 foot scaffold boy climbs for a stack project at Corn Products. Crowe, the kidnapper, arrives in Sioux City amid sensational rumors. River breaks threaten Sioux City and Covington, with convoys monitoring. A Davenport sponge case sees $50,000 suit against surgeons. Clear Lake endures a severe storm wrecking vessels and shorelines. Ottumwa reports a teen’s carbolic acid death. Pella records a drowning in a pond. Davenport saloon fights spark three $10,000 suits in Rock Island. Clarinda’s farmer’s son survives a riverbank landslide with his plow and horses lost. Vinton plans a Cedar river park. Marshalltown hosts more strikebreakers as trolley workers strike.
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Aheonscidis
P. C. Burch
Mason’ City
Bessie M. Johnson
Davenport
Scott “County
School Board of
Princeton
E. L. Slavehter
J. Porter
P H. McGinnis
Harry Martin
Miss Johnson
Metzger
Estherville
Ohio
Ames
Magon City
Paten
Benedict
Emma
F. L
Smart
Corn Products Company
Lee
Iowa
Laf
Pat Crowe
Eddie Cudahy
Omaha
Chicago
Sioux City
Yellow
Crowe
Galveston
Texas
William J. Uryan, Jr
Nebraska
Missouri
Covington
Kansas City
Jake Miller
Blockton
C. F. Thompson
Supreme Court
John Hirach
Dubuque County
Thirseh
Herbert Bishop
Jicer la Maile
Marshalltown
Normans Ryemyr
Forest Cry
Tomlingon
Annie Arp
A. L. Hageboeck
J. T. Hutler
IH. Meyehaus
Clear Lake
Midlake
Rebecca May Adams
Yen
Ottumwa
Rcom
Hame
Teenben Adamis
Pella
Adana
Mra. Adams
Cottday Hill
Central University
Elvic Federation
Davenport Saloons
Circuit Court
Rock Island
Eivic Federation
Tho
Jouls
W. A. Jones
Wayne Woodward
Arthur Berry
Andrew Williams
John Williems
John McNees
Clarinda
Nodsway
Williams
Vinton
Cedar Tiver
Car Department
Iowa Central
Peruna Claims Cure For Longstanding Cough
Evanston resident Gatarth Twenty-five Years suffers from chronic catarrh and cough. After trying many remedies, Peruna tablets were said to cure the throat condition and improve overall health. The testimonial promotes Peruna and its tablet form manufactured in Columbus Ohio.
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Gatarth
Wiss Sopha Kittlesen
Evanston
Tiiaais
U.S. A
Gatarch
Perna
Shayan
Peruna
Peruna Drug Manufacturing Company
Columbus
Ohio
Deafness cure claims and comic cyclist exchange
A fragmented ad style passage promotes a catarrh cure with a reward offer and medical claim about the Eustachian tube. It also includes a comic dialogue about a band box and a cheerful life motto. Names and places appear in brief phrases with no clear article context.
Truth and Quality Laxatives Endorsement Advertisement
A vintage drug advert extols Syrup of Figs and Elisir of Senna as a trusted laxative. It claims mild, natural cleansing effects without debility, noting physician approval and that only California Fig Syrup Co. produces the geminimanufactured product sold by leading druggists.
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California
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Drugelats
Bill
Jove
Kendrick
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