Wisconsin Statesman: Reasonable rates argued as snare
Washington May 23 The House considers a rules committee resolution sending the railroad rate bill to conference. Speaker Hepburn and the interstate commerce panel propose nonconcurrence to Senate amendments and a conference, with a single vote allowed. Jenkins of Wisconsin criticizes fixed rates as a relative, impractical standard. The piece notes potential fast mail service could maintain current schedules.
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Washington
House
Committee On Rules
Heppalrn
Interstate and Forden Commerce Committee
Senate
Committee of Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Hepburn
Wisconsin
Jenkins
Congress
St Paul Route Cuts Time to Milwaukee Passengers Benefit
The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul road on April 30 reduced the Chicago to Milwaukee train time from two hours to one hour and forty five minutes using new equipment. The four daily trains now match the speed of the fast mail service, covering eighty five miles in 195 minutes. St Paul officials have long pressed for faster service between the two cities.
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Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Road
Chicago
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Toledo Jeweler Fights Seizure of 5000 Diamond Brooch
Norman C. Hascall, a Toledo jeweler, seeks return of a $5000 diamond brooch seized by customs when his wife arrived in New York from Europe. Witnesses from Toledo and New York jewelry districts will testify that the diamonds were long in the family and duty was paid on first importation. The gems were reset in Paris and Hascall argues no second duty was due. The seizure prompted an appeal to the Treasury, with a hearing before Commissioner Alexander.
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Norman C. Hascall
Toledo
New York
Europe
Alexander
United States
Jewlery
Hascall
Paris
Secretary of the Treasury of
Washington
Decatur Church Unionist Decision Ends Catholic Tension
Judge Johns rejects the anti unionists request and dismisses the bill to block the Cumberland Presbyterian and Presbyterian church union. The court decision marks a key development at the church assembly in Decatur on May 23.
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Decatur
Legal Contest Institute
Cumberland Prabyterian Church
Presbyterian Church
Johns
Miners Union Officials Face Assassination Trial
Boise Idaho May 23 Defense for Moyer Haywood and Pettibone to be arranged in the assassination case of ex Governor Selenenberg. West ern Federation of Miners lawyers including Darrow defend. Orchard the star witness, says he killed thirty men as a hired killer for the federation.
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Boise
Ida
Sleunenberg
Attroneys
Moyer, Haywood
Pettibone
E. F. Richardson
Denver
Western Federation of Miners
J. H. Nugent
Silver City
Awghee County
Fred Miller
Spokane
Wash
Clarence Darrow
Chi- Cao
Orchard
Harry Orchard
Stennenberg
Pinkerton
Miners’ Federation
Strike Held Up Over a Funeral in New York
In New York on May 23 striking funeral coach drivers blocked processions as coach owners sought a collective settlement. Despite pressure from relatives and a tense standstill, a parade resumed after President O'Brien and a union committee intervened and police allowed the funeral to continue.
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New York
Whh
Shardi
Fourth Street
O'Brien
mute defendant Orchard refuses to plead at arraignment
Orchard, after dismissing attorney Fred Miller, remained mute at arraignment with Judge Smith entering a not guilty plea. Steve Adams, arrested in Oregon, confessed and says he was hired by the Federation to incite crime. Other defendants Boyer Haywood Pettibone face trial. defense may claim police evidence was manufactured. Nugent, long time Federation adviser, serves as prosecuting attorney in a mining region.
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Orchard
Fred Miller
Milner
Frank J. Smith
Steve Adams
Oregon
Adams
Federation
Boyer
Haywood
Pettibone
L. J. Simpking
Miners’ Federation
Caldwell
Stemmenberg
Nugent
Miller
Three Leapers Are Cured at Louisiana Leper Home
New Orleans May 23 report to Governor Blanchard from the Louisiana leper home board announces a definite cure in three leprosy cases. Cures cited by Dr Hopkins and Dr Isador Dyer. Disease still spreads in the state with outbreaks and infection centers to be investigated. Legislature urged to locate infection points.
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New Orleans
Blanchard
Board of Control of the
Louisiana Leper Home
Hopkins
Isador Dyer
Illinois Mothers Hold A Meeting In Springfield
The seventh annual session of the Illinois Congress of Mothers opened in the Senate chamber with addresses of welcome from Governor Deneen and state officials. Mrs E Walker and Mrs William Heffernan spoke for the group as reports of officers and committees were presented and delegates prepared for the national congress.
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Springfield
Illneis Qongreas of
Beir Resterder
Senate Chamber
Deneen
Public
Bayliss
E. ®. Walker
Mra
William Heffernan
Mothers’ Clubs
Dda Gatas
Owene
Federal Judge rules cars in interstate commerce cannot be attached
In Rioux City May 23 Federal Judge Reed dismissed an attachment by the estate of Frank Jandt against the Big Four railroad. The ruling holds that railroad cars loaded in one state and carrying goods to another are engaged in interstate commerce and cannot be attached. The decision challenges a nationwide practice of attaching defendant cars to secure service, saying it interferes with interstate commerce and is illegal.
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Rioux City
Reed
Big Four Railroad
Frank Jandt
Iinois
Read
Very Low Excursion Rates to Sheboygan Wisconsin
Very low excursion rates to Sheboygan via the North Western Line. Excur sion tickets on sale June 4 and 5 with returns allowed to June 8. For State Grand Lodge and Rebekah Assembly I O O F. Apply to Chicago and North Western Ry agents. Also very low Boston excursion rates via the North Western Line. Tickets on sale May 21 to June 9 with favorable return limits for American Medical Association meetings. Apply to Chicago and North Western Ry agents.
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State Grand Lodge and
Rebekah Assembly I. O. QO. F
Chicago & North-Western Ry
Boston
Mass
American Medical Association
Chicago and North-Western Ry
Judge of the Supreme Court Grip and Peruna Remedy
The text extols Peruna as the proper treatment for the grip or grippe and related catarrh. It claims Peruna relieves all mucous membrane diseases by acting on the nervous system, strengthens and renovates, and has long been a leading remedy for after-effects of la grippe with forty years of popularity.
Parson of Texas Endorses Peruna Treatment
W H Parsons former state senator ex special judge and brigadier general in the Confederate Army writes from 925 H Street N W Washington DC praising Peruna for grippe relief after four months illness. He notes stomach toning improved appetite and confidence in recovery while urging Texans to consider the testimonial as gratitude for the medicine’s efficacy.
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W. H. Parsons
Supreme Court of Texas
H Street
N. W
Washington, D. C
Texas
No Time Like the Present Peruna Graite Cure Ad
An old advertisement touts Peruna as best early treatment for grippe and discouraging symptoms. Testimonies from Mrs. Louisa Eastman of Lancaster Wisconsin and Robt L Madison A M principal of Cullowhee High School Painter NC endorse Peruna for cough appetite sleep and nasal catarrh relief.
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Grippe
Louisa Eastman
Lancaster
Wis
Robt. L. Madison
A. M
Cullowhee High School
Painter, N.C
Jackson County Board of Education
Peruna
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