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Newspaper
Indiana Evening Gazette
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1908
Page
4
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In Washington on May 15 the Vreeland currency bill cleared the House under a special rule by 184 to 145. Fifteen insurgent Republicans joined Democrats who largely opposed the measure while Williams refused to offer a substitute. The Senate later passed the sundry civil appropriation bill of about 120 million, with Allison steering. The session also addressed the pending penalty feature of the commodity clause in the railroad rate law.
In Poughkeepsie on May 15, Justice Morschauser ordered near round-the-clock court to decide if Harry K Thaw should be freed from Matteawan asylanthe trial includes expert testimony from Dr Frank McGuire Tombs superintendent and Dr Charles Lane of Poughkeepsie with DA Jeredme opposing Thaws release.
May 15 report from New York describes Louis Poggi of Manhattan firing on two men, Max Sweiback of Brooklyn and an unidentified man, killing them, and wounding singer Carroll Terry at a Coney Island concert hall amid jealously driven tension.
Rev Doyle leads a May 17 1908 union Endeavor gathering focusing on being a Christian at home and at school. The talk urges home devotions, gentleness with family, and honest, respectful behavior in classrooms and with teachers. It frames life at home and school as formative, shaping character before adulthood and the wider world. Bible readings are listed to reinforce duties in family and school settings.
A New York union held a state tri convention at Malone Cortland and Batavia. The convention motto was Dr. Clark's epigram What must be can be. The badge
Representatives of over 390 commercial bodies adopt resolutions opposing an 1 8 percent railroad freight rise. They urge submission of the dispute to the Interstate Commerce Commission without court appeal, seek injunctions if railroads refuse arbitration, and authorize a 15 member committee to push the plan. The action aims to curb what they call a costly, sweeping rate hike affecting national business.
Emily Woodley the only regularly commissioned female officer in the United States Army and Civil War nurse, died at 73 in Philadelphia. She was a captain by commission, decorated for bravery, and a leader in the Grand Army of the Republic. Burial with military honors requested, flag draped at her home.
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