Lawmakers face conflict over stock ties in investigation
Congress debated suspending rules to push a coal mine inspection bill while Rep Smyser resigned from the Pension Office inquiry after revealing stock ownership in a refrigerator company. The debate centered on integrity and whether holdings affected duties on the committee. The House then adjourned amid these disclosures.
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Washncrox
Stockbridge
Maryland
Cooper
Indiana
Commissioner of Pensions
Pension Office
M. L. Smyser
Ohio
Smyser
Sawyer
New York
Baum
Outhwaite
Tome
Morrill
Kansas
Raum
Senate
Lexington L’ontoon Bridge Company
Missouri River
Lexington
SQUAW MAN'S APOSTLE Paul Goes to Washington for Supreme Court ruling
Ex Senator Sam Paul former Progressive gubernatorial candidate for the Chickasaws says he will travel to Washington in days to seek the Supreme Court review of the August election. He alleges massive fraud and intimidation, noting lack of Progressive certificates in the new Legislature and contrasting prior representation. In other briefs, brickmakers discuss withholding supply in New York, a fatal shooting in Missouri is described, and a Republican ticket is named in Clinton County, Latinor.
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Paul
Washington
Gatsesville
Tex
Sam Paul
Chickasaws
Supreme Court of the United States
Progressive
Anti-Progressive
Senate
Tishomingo
Choate to Represent New York Central Before Board of Arbitration
New York Central Railroad hires Joseph H. Choate to contest jurisdiction of the State Board of Arbitration arguing the board’s term expired last May and incumbents were not allowed to hold over. Other brief items note a political killing in Coxway Arkansas, a water melon theft incident in Kansas, and labor and Democratic party developments in Missouri and Pennsylvania.
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Central
New York
Joseph H. Choate
New York Central Railroad Company
State Board of Arbitration
Instructive Tests in Corn Culture at Connecticut Station
Reports from the Connecticut station show thick planting benefits dent corn more than flint, due to long-term seed selection. Dent produced heavier yields with two stalks per foot. flint did best at one kernel per foot. Trials note June 1 plantings yield little variation. manure helps but not enough to offset costs. deep cultivation and excessive tillage hurt yields. Thistles and quack grass takeover prompts aggressive reclamation with barley, then wheat.
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Connecticut
Minois
New Yorker
Poultry in the Orchard and Farming Facts
In orchard work chickens thrive and scratch for pests while preventing waste on the ground. Ducks guineas turkeys and chickens enjoy bats and worms and help convert pests into useful activity. Sandy soil increases fencing costs and shortens post life due to rapid decay. Professor Cook suggests saltpeter in water as a beetle remedy for cucumber crops.
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Cook
Railway progress and rail innovations highlighted worldwide
The notes cover a planned Russian line to Behring Sea with a five year forecast, Jay Cooke’s regained fortune, Scotland locomotive exports, safety and efficiency advances in England and Austria, marine post offices, US rail mail plans, South of Ohio and East of Mississippi rail expansion, and ventilation tech for carriages reducing dust and improving cooling.
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Moscow
Behring Sea
Jay Cooke
Northern Pacific
Scotland
Baltimore and Ohio
Philadelphia
Washington
Austria
United States
Europe
Lloyds Lines
Ohio
Mississippi River
E. ¥. Debs
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Brotherhood of
Switchmen’s Mutual Aid Association
France
Scientific Squirts and Sparks From Paris to England
Reports describe a camera that photographs electric sparks at 2000 revolutions per minute. Paris doctors anesthetize teeth with ether sprayed near the ear. French biologists announce a bacterial disease weapon using a low galvanic current. Eiffel Tower wind study finds higher speeds aloft. An English audio telephone speeds sound. Austrian shell disperses oil on waves with a calcium light.
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MM. Apostoli
Laquerriere
Eiffel Tower
England
What They Used To Do
A compact relic list notes ancient learning ages and customs. It mentions Cato beginning Greek, Plutarch starting Latin around ages seventy, clerks wearing orange tawny, Norse ship burning rites, Tibetans feeding lakes with dead, Bactrians using dogs for funerals, and Irish kings with numerous violent deaths through A D 1172.
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Cato
Plutarch
Courtly pastimes of monarchs and heirs in leisure
The text describes rulers and heirs enjoying games in their spare time. King William of Holland and the young German emperor favor cards and chess respectively, the czar loves trac, the Prince of Wales divides time between cards and horse racing, and King Humbert of Italy finds fishing the supreme pleasure.
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William
Holland
Germany
England
Prince of Wales
Humbert
Italy
Incendiary Fires Plague Brooklyn Tenement District
Three fires broke out within a three block area near Atlantic Avenue Brooklyn during the night. Residents fled as flames and fumes filled stairways and cellars. Injuries included Mary Moore Annie OReilly and Jennie Smith with a baby burn victim. two men, George Perkins and Thomas Connelly, were arrested for intoxication amid suspicions of incendiary involvement. The Patriarch of Armenia resigns as the Sultan pledges redress.
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Brooklyn
Bernoonrys
Sept
Atlantic Avenue
France
Mary Moore
Annie O'Reilly
Jennie Smith
George Perkins
Thomas Connelly
Armenia
Weather and crop notes from Missouri State Board report Sept 1
Missouri weather bulletin reports above normal rainfall in the southwest and central areas, normal elsewhere, with ground needing rain for plowing. The corn crop should near average yield, wheat sowing projected higher than last year, and pastures and fruit improving. Regional corn condition figures are listed for central, southwest, southeast, northwest, northeast Missouri and the state.
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Conymuta
Missouri State Board of Agriculture
State Board of Agriculture
Missouri
Southwest
Southeast
Territory Mystery Stuns Webb City as Clues Surface
A mysterious note found near a creek in Webb City Jasper County details a death threat and warns a man to flee. Investigators say a vial contained a powdery substance and clothing for a medium sized man were recovered, with a postmark dated April 2. Local officials plan careful searches for a solution as party conventions and political events continue nearby.
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Misanuel
Thomes
Nowen
Webb City
Jasper County
Piswell Post
Andes
Hoelen Tras
Aceariy
Thas
Kansas woman sues for abducting a daughter for damages
Mrs. Kate Bockell files suit in Wienka Kansas seeking 10000 damages against Dixie Lee for abducting her fourteen year old daughter and imprisoning her for months. The girl says she endured indignities and a life of sin before escaping recently. Dixie Lee had moved from Kansas City years ago and adopted a baby girl two years ago.
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Br. Louis
John Siegler
Mokeville
St Louis County
Wienka
Kan
Kate Bockell
Dixie Lee
Lixia Lee
Kansas City
Farmers Nominate Candidates in Two Kansas District Conventions
Farmers in Highth and Ninth districts met at Tonganoxie and Fairmount to nominate candidates. At Fairmount Joseph Magrath of Linwood was nominated. delegates favored a constitutional convention. At Tonganoxie James Gallagher of Springdale was nominated and instructed against ingalls.
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Cochran
St. Josefa
Court House
C. F. Cochran
the Gazette
Alles County
Iowa
Kan
L. I. Pearsson
I. J. Arnold
Li. A. Ewing
E. T. Barber
M. P
Jacoby
T. 5. Stover
James Wakefield
H. Adams
Charles Nelson
R. F. White
J. W. Wise
Leavenwourt
Highth
Ninth
Tonganexe
Fairmount
Joseph Magrath
Linwood
Tonyanoxie
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Twenty-eighth Street
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Laturor
Alexander Davis
Clinton County
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H. H. Burkett
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B. J. Burke
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J. L. Williams
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Patch
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On Shot Trust
Pirrsperen
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New Shot Trust
Chicago
New Combine
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Fort Smith
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John A. Martin
Hie
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Ehateman
State Center
Mirshta Holfasan
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America
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