Senate Debates Meat Inspection and Night Session Adjourning
Washington June 21 The Senate discussed the meat inspection provision of the agricultural appropriation bill and heard speeches by Proctor Beveridge Lodge Warren on the house amendments and drastic legislation. The chamber also debated the Panama Canal sea level plan with Morgan and Perkins. The night session considered the sundry civil appropriation bill and the travel expenses for the President, which was passed over at Hale's request after McLaurin opposed.
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Washington
Senate
Proctor
House
Beveridge
Lodge
Warren
Europe
Panama Canal
Morgan
Perkins
Congress
McLaurin
Hale
House Passes Twenty Bills In Suspension of Rules
Washington June 21 Twenty bills of general interest were passed by the house under suspension of the rules. Measures included appropriation of 26000 for the president travel expenses and provisions for subdividing lands under the reclamation act. Also raised were the rank and pay of the bureau of insular affairs chief to brigadier general and baggage checks by common carriers. The joint resolution extending representatives terms failed to reach two thirds. A rule to begin consideration of the pure food pill was adopted.
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Washington
House
Bureau of Insular Affairs
Bureau
Senate
Shaw and Elkins Speak at West Virginia bankers meeting
In Elkins West Virginia on June 21 Secretary Shaw delivered an hour long address to the West Virginia Bankers Association with humor and business doctrine drawing applause. Senator Elkins also received warm reception as he discussed income and inheritance taxes and the coming readjustment of humanity’s interests in the Twentieth century.
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Shaw
Elkins
W. Va
West Virginia Bankers’ Association
Senator Elkins
Legation Guard Doubled and Replaced in China
Washington reports the 100 marine guard at Peking to be recalled after a year in the Philippines, with 200 marines to sail from San Francisco on July 25 to replace them. Beijing mood remains unsettled, but no immediate trouble is expected regarding American commercial activity.
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Legation
Washington
Peking
United States
Philippines
China
San Francisco
Dowie's Father Travels to Chicago Over Identity Dispute
In Shenandoah Iowa on June 21 Judge John Murray Dowie left his Essex home for Chicago with two suitcases. He seeks to present key documents in Chicago courts to prove his identity and kinship to John Alexander Dowie, who denies their relationship. The elder Dowie is distressed by his son's repudiation.
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Dowie
Shenandoah
John Murray Dowie
Essex
Chicago
John Alexander Dowie
Proctor Nominated for Vermont Governor by Acclamation
Montpelier June 21. The Republican state convention nominated Fletcher D. Proctor son of Senator Redfield Proctor for governor by acclamation. George H. Troaty of Newport was nominated for lieutenant governor.
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Proctor
Montpelier
Fletcher D. Proctor
Redfield Proctor
George H. Troaty
Newport
Secretary York Falls to Death at Garfield Hospital
Clarence M. York secretary to Chief Justice Fuller of the supreme court died after jumping from a hospital window at Garfield hospital where he was under treatment.
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Washington
Clarence M. York
Fuller
Supreme Court
Garfield Hospital
Davis Named Governor Candidate by Acclamation
Cyrus W. Davis of Waterville was nominated by acclamation at the Democratic state convention as the gubernatorial candidate in Bangor on June 21.
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Pdavig
Bangor
Cyrus W. Davis
Waterville
New Cure for Epilepsy Promoted by Local Writer
J B Waterman of Watertown Ohio reports his daughter afflicted with epilepsy was cured by Dr Kings New Life Pills with no attacks for over two years. Advertises body cleansers and tonic pills in stock at Diehl s drug store and offers real estate services by William H Dent at Sixth and Court. Farm buying or selling offered.
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J.B. Waterman
Watertown
Dr. King
Diehl’s
William H. Dent
Labor Urged to Enter Politics by Hearst in AFL Meeting
Washington June 21 Representative William R Hearst New York urged labor to enter politics rather than strike. He told the American Federation of Labor executive council laborers should appear united not as Democrats or Republicans but as labor men to elect Congress candidates favorable to their aims and gain respect for their demands.
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Washington
William R. Hearst
New York
Executive Council
American Federation of Labor
Hearst
Gompers
Council
Mr. Hearst
Labor Movement
Labor
Congress
Four Drowned While Fishing in Delaware River
On June 21 near Philadelphia four men died when a launch capsized after Keenan stepped on its side during the anchor lowering. John E. Ward John S. Meany John Hannigan and Charles Keenan were among the six aboard. The remaining two were rescued exhausted.
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Philadelphia
Delaware
John E. Ward
John
John Hannigan
Charles
Keenan
Telegraph News Briefs Reach Across Continents
Officials of Burlington railway announce completion of a positive block system on about 4000 miles. The jury returns not guilty in Cleveland dealers case. Alexander McIntosh and Max LeClair shot in Hazleton B C. Simon Johnson accused. Nova Scotia liberal government wins large majority. Missouri Supreme Court grants new hearing for Delmar Jockey Club case. fine set. Moroccan sultan pretender guard casualties. President Roosevelt meets Russian giant Mathnew at the White House. Denver rail telegraph convention demonstrates simultaneous telegraph and telephone use.
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Burlington Railway
Alexander McIntosh
Max LeClair
Kamloops
Hazleton
B. C
Simon Johnson
Murray
General Assembly
Nova Scotia
Missouri Supreme Court
Delmar Jockey Club
St. Louis
Association of Railway Telegraph Superintendents
Denver
Notice of Train Ticket Sales Shifting to Tuesday Departures
Commencing at once homeseekers tickets will be sold to Mani tobia, Assinibola, Minnesota, North Dakota, Ontario, Sackatchewan, Wisconsin, and to points in South Dakota on each Tuesday instead of first and third Tuesdays. Round trip tickets to North and South Dakota remain at one fare for daily sales. L. L. Jonna, ageléant Tut. sat.
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Manitobia
Assinibola
Minnesota
North Dakota
Ontario
Sackatchewan
Wisconsin
South Dakota
North
L. L. Jonna
Ageléant
Tut
Boston
Masy
L. Ly. Jones
Escape attempt at Angola ends in mass death at sawmill
Four convicts and foreman Captain J W Black die after a failed jailbreak at Angola Louisiana state convict farm seventy miles down the river from Natchez. Guard J W Gibson is shot through the liver and may die. Convicts Jim Singleton Byrd and Dutch killed. another guard J T Ogden joins Deleth in firefight.
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Guard Gibson
Wil
Natchez
Angola
J. W. Black
Jim Singleton
Byrd
Dutch
J. W. Gibson
New Orleans
Captain Black
Singleton
Gibson
Gilson
Rick
Deleth
Bingleton
Block
J. T. Ogden
Pulajanes Sack a Town In Leyte Raid Kills Five Police
A band of 300 Pulajanes led by Ceasario Pastor attacked Burauen Leyte on June 11. Five policemen were killed five wounded and the remainder captured. Pastor was slain. The town tribunal papers were burned including deeds and receipts. Police arms and ammunition were taken. A constabulary detachment pursued the raiders.
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Manila
Ceasario Pastor
Burauen
Leyte
Leutenant
Pastor
Johnson
Mutiny among Turkish troops in Yemen provokes artillery action
In Constantinople on June 21 Marshal Feiza Pasha, commanding Turkish forces in Yemen, faced mutinous units eager to return home. Loyal regiments fought the mutineers with artillery, who were eventually defeated after heavy losses and forced to surrender.
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Constantinople
Feiza Pasha
Yemen
Four Tramps Die In Freight Train Wreck Near Reno
Four tramps killed and two other men seriously injured when a Southern Pacific freight train wrecks near Ficish, sixteen miles west of Reno. George W. White is recovered, three others remain pinned. Injured are Id Tyon of Virginia City and John M. Martin of Los Angeles. Cause cited: wheel breakage on a freight car.
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Reno
Nev
Southern Pacific
Ficish
Here
George W. White
Id Tyon
Virginia City
John M. Martin
Los Angeles
Iowa G A R Appointments In Des Moines June 21
Dr George A Newman of Cedar Falls was reap pointed assistant adjutant general and quartermaster of the Iowa Grand Army of the Republic by the department commander. Other appointments include Judge advocate Charles W Keppler Mount Vernon mustering officer L L Caldwell Decorah department inspector D R R Witter Council Bluffs senior aide and chief of staff M H Byers Des Moines patriotic instructor Robert Kissick Oskaloosa.
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Iowa
Reg Moines
George A. Newman
Cedar Falls
Iowa Grand Army of the Republic
Charles W. Kepler
Mount Vernon
L. L. Caldwell
Decorah
D. RR. Witter
Council Bluffs
M. H. Byers
Des Moines
Robert Kissick
Oskaloosa
State Loses Bartly Bond Case in Supreme Court
Lincoln June 2. Nebraska supreme court quashed exceptions in the Bartley defalcation case denying the state the $500,000 recovery. Bartley served as state treasurer from 1893 to 1896, and the case hinges on improper certification of the bill.
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Bartly
Lincoln
Nebraska Supreme Court
Nebraska
Joseph S. Bartley
Supreme Court
Bartley
Wonder Boy from Bowie Grows Twice His Size
A Texan boy in Bowie named W. L. Atl weighs 90 pounds last year and now tops 180 after using Dr. Joz’s New Discovery for consumption cough and colds. He reports a terrible cough ended, weight doubled, and full recovery after 12 bottles. Trial bottle offered by P. H. Diehl Graggins.
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Bowie
Tex
W. L. Atl
Joz
P. HH. Diehl
Graggins
New York Jews Hold Mass Meeting Over Russian Massacre
President Roosevelt telegram read at Beth Hammeddrosch Hagadal synagogue in New York City. He pledges sympathy but warns interference may do more harm. Rabbi Joseph Silverman urges immigration bill relief for Russian refugees amid mournful lamentations and crowd of thousands.
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New York
Roosevelt
Russia
Root
Beth Hammeddrosch
Hagadal
Narfalk Street
Bialystok
Walla
Joseph Silverman
Temple Emanuel
Congress
Embezzlement Charge Shocks New York Firm
Caleb Jackson, described as a Morrisburg manufacturer, is jailed on $5,000 bail after waiving a preliminary examination for alleged embezzlement of $10,000. He acted as Karnes of Los Angeles agent, selling $54,000 in property to the Texploration company on Jan 11, 1906, and cashing three checks totaling $54,000 on Jan 18.
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New York
Caleb Jackson
Morrisburg
BR. F. Karnes
Los Angeles
Jackson
Karnes
Texploration Company
Blood letting advised by Grodno governor amid unrest
London reports from Vilna state the Jewish World correspondent quotes Grodno’s governor who suggested blood letting could bring peace, citing 1906 as precedent with only forty Jews killed but six months of quiet afterward. Separately in Warsaw, a fifth attempt on sergeants’ lives occurred as revolutionists shot at police, wounding two women. In Trondhjem the Prince and Princess of Wales arrived aboard the royal yacht Victoria and Albert for coronation preparations.
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London
Vilna
Bialystok
Grodno
Warsaw
Poplk
Prince of Wales
Trondhjem
Haakon VII
Queen Maud
Prince
Lieutenant Tulmi Dies in London of Sleeping Sickness
London June 21 Lieutenant Tulmi who joined the royal society commission to Uganda to study sleeping sickness died in London from the disease after contracting it while dissecting an inoculated rat.
Milbank Elected Commander of South Dakota G A R
Milbank a city in South Dakota saw General N I Lowthian Milbank elected department commander of the Grand Army of the Republic. The June 21 vote confirms Milbank as new head of the state organization with Yankton noted as a center of the event.
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Milbank
Yankton
D. D
N. I. Lowthian Milbank
South Dakota
Grand Army of the Republic
Outwits the Surgeon by Electric Bitters
A Leavenworth Indiana woman faced a stomach and bowel catarrh severe enough for an operation but her husband delayed surgery and this medicine cured her. Electric Bitters is advertised as a cure for liver disorder biliousness jaundice chills fever debility nervousness and blood poisoning. Pride 600 as Diehl's drug store. Try 4
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Thos. Austin
Leavenworth
Ind
Pride
Diehl
A&ore
Grand Celebration At Pitt Parker July Fourth
Walter Holcomb along with Phoebe Mae Roberts and the Lyric Glee Club join the Danbar Company and Bell Ringers for a July Fourth grand celebration at Pitt Parker. The event features performances by the Cartoonigg and other local groups.
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Spillman Riggs
Walter Holcomb
Phoebe Mae
Roberta
Lyric Glee Club
Pit Parker
the Cartoonigg
Pitt Parker
The
Danbar Company
Bell Ringers
Phoebe Mae Roberts
Independence Day Parade Draws Twenty Thousand Fans
Governor J F Hanly of Indiana joins Strickland W Gillilan the great humorist and The Dunbar Company in a Independence Day celebration with Walter Holcomb leading Grand Parade and fireworks expected to attract twenty thousand attendees.
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J. F. Hanly
Indiana
Strickland W. Gillilan
the Dunbar Company
Walter Holcomb
Excursion Rates to Storm Lake Announced
Excursion rates to Storm Lake commence May 19 and run through September 30. Round trip tickets valid Saturdays and Sundays with return following Monday. Single fare for round trip offered by L G Jones.
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Storm Lake
L. G. Jonxs
July 6 Events Featuring Sam Jones and Guests
A local program lists July 6 with SAM JONES and Gilbert A. Eldridge, a Slayton Jubilee Singers appearance, and Walter Holcomb. The event promises a community entertainment night with singing and performance acts.
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Sam Jones
Gilbert A. Eldridge
Slayton
Walter Holcomb
Slayton Jubilee Singers Perform July 7
July 7 event features Dr. Guy Carlton Lee Opie Read Slayton Jubilee Singers and Walter Holcomb in a community concert. Local press notes notable lineup and venue likely in Slayton.
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Guy Carlton Lee
Opie Read
Slayton
Walter Holcomb
Des Moines team wins first in state firemen race
Clinton Iowa June 21 Des Moines team Black and Van won first place in the state firemen team race for a $400 purse, time 1 18 4 5, at the firemen tournament. Neola hose company won the straightaway hub hose race with West Branch second, time 2 74 5 running 260 yards with the cart. Marion company took first for best appearing in the parade with 1,500 firemen in line. New charges against Chamberlain Esconse Neb June 21 Although already sentenced for embezzlement, ex cashier Charles M Chamberlain faces two new charges for taking money after bank insolvency. Johnson county charges allege receipt of funds after bank failure.
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Clinton
Black and van
Des Moines
Neola Hose Company
West Branch
Marion Company
Chamberlain
Ecumseh
Neb
Nebraska
Johnson County
Charles M. Chamberlain
Chamberlain Banking House
Moore
Dr Guy Carlton Lee Leads Slayton Jubilee Singers Weekend
July 8 program features Dr Guy Carlton Lee and Walter Holcomb performing with the Slayton Jubilee Singer group. High class music superb orators and perfect accommodations promise delightful camping grounds and oceans of fun at nominal expense.
Come Young White Girl Weds Indian Ongwa in Louisiana
A 20 year old Jesse H. Cox married 16 year old Sarah H. Scott in Louisiana with her mother's consent. The ceremony featured a broadcloth room and the bride appeared enamored with her Indian husband. The couple resides in Ouming County Nebraska.
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Ongwa
Jesse H. Cox
Sarah H. Scott
Ouming County
Neb
Stomach Vital to Strength Says Health Ad 1900
An article extols the stomach as the body’s core source of strength and digestion. It cites cases of weakness from dyspepsia and endorses Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery claiming restored digestion and vitality, urging readers to seek the People’s Common Sense Medical Ad.
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Theody
Louis Pare
Quebec
Dr. Pierce
Golden Medical Discovery
Peole
Nebraska Banks Prosperous in Nebraska May 1906 Report
Secretary Royce of the state banking board announced Nebraska banks are safe and sound after reviewing the May 19 1906 report from 567 banks. The comparison with February 19 1906 shows reserve rising from 33.6 to 36.8 percent, higher loans and discounts, and deposits increasing by over $600 000.
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Nebraska
Lincoln
Royce
State Banking Board
Baseball Scores Across Leagues and Cities
National League games saw Philadelphia defeat St Louis eight to three, Cincinnati beat Brooklyn three to one, and Chicago rout Boston eleven to one. American League results had Philadelphia over Cleveland three to seven, Boston over Chicago one to two, and New York best Detroit one to three. American Association and Western League scores list multiple city matchups with lopsided outcomes. A severe June storm hit South Chicago steel works causing $150,000 damage and a fatal injury, while Iowa expects about $52,000 of a $2 million militia appropriation.
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St. Louis
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
Chicago
Boston
Cleveland
New York
Detroit
St. Paul
Toledo
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Milwaukee
Louisville
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Pueblo
Sioux City
Des Moines
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Michael Kennis
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