Dolliver Accepts Clinton Speaking Invitation May Day
J A Dolliver responds to Clinton county inviting him to speak at an Allison club event on May 1. He explains delays due to congressional duties and anti Allison reports, notes his plan to visit town to support the old leader, and defends speaking amid political scrutiny.
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J.P. Dolliver
Clinton
Allison Club
Citzen
Washington
Allison
Clinton County
Des Moines
Thane
Congress
Towa
J Ato
Open Letter to Gov Cummins on Iowa Farm Policy in 1908
Mount Ayr Iowa April 17 1908 letters to Hon A B Cummins Des Moines asking whether the progressive candidate remains for reciprocity with Canada and for tariff and transport rate positions. The writer cites Cummins 1904 190 etc positions on money questions free silver and tariff policy and urges candid replies regarding cattle trade and eastern markets.
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Mount Ayr
A. BR. Cummins
Des
Loines
Iowa
United States
Canada
United States Senate
Senate Committee On Interstate Commerce
Towa
Detroit trolley collision kills nine injures thirty
An April 29 head on crash on the Detroit, Jackson and Chicago railway near Ypsilanti leaves nine dead and about thirty injured, four fatally. Motorman Isa Fay of the Limited car is blamed for overrating his orders and remaining at his post as the car crushes. survivors describe a chaotic scene with multiple injuries and wreckage filling the cars.
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Detroii
Detroit, Jackson and Chicago
Ypsilanti
Isa Fay
Lmited
Jackson
John Paget
Detroit
Charles Carmen
Joe Howard
Jack McMullen
Syracuse
Garborino Gronni
Fay
Harris Switch
Wingraye
Four Burned In A Laporte Farmhouse Fire
Four bodies were found burned at a Laporte farm including three children and their mother. Ray Lamphere, once employed by Mrs. Gunnes, was arrested after the blaze and collapsed at the jail. Neighbors say the home housed Lamphere who had pursued Mrs. Gunnes, who had sought an insanity proceeding but a jury found him sane.
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Laporte
Ind
Ray Lamphere
Belle Guinnes
Lamphere
Gunnes
Joseph Maxwell
Six Italians Found Dead in Greenwich Street Lodging House
Six unknown Italian men, miners from Midvale Pennsylvania, were found dead in a third floor Greenwich Street lodging house as gas was on. They had sealed the room from inside with the window shut, suggesting fear of thieves. The gas jet was still open, indicating at least one man did not fully close it.
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New York
Midvale
Greenwich Street
British Torpedo Boat Gala Sunk After Night Collision
In a North Sea collision off Kentish Knock during maneuvers, the torpedo boat destroyer Gala split in two and sank. Engineer Lieutenant Frank A. Metcher perished. two aboard Ribble were saved as the flotilla returned to Sheerness. A boiler explosion on Britannia injured five men.
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Harwich
Eng
Gala
Kentish Knock
North Sea
Ribble
Sheerness
Frank A. Metcher
Britannia
Inquest Clears Blame in Gladiator St Paul Collision
A coroner jury at Yarmouth found no criminal fault in the Solent collision between the American Mine Steamship St Paul and the cruiser Gladiator. The verdict leaves the question of fault to be examined at a forthcoming court martial into the Gladiator loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wise Yarmouth
Henry Marl
Alexander
St. Paul
Solent
Damages Awarded After Cold Berth Incident in Chicago
Daniel W. Crilley former president of the South Park board of commissioners received 1500 damages from a jury in Chicago superior court. The Pullman company and the St. Louis and San Francisco railroad were found jointly liable for an attack of rheumatism caused by exposure in a cold sleeping car left sidetracked without heat for hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pullman Company and Railroad
Chicago
Daniel W. Crilley
South Park Board of Commissioners
Pullman Company
St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad
Murray Is Named Comptroller Of The Currency
Washington April 29 Lawrence Murray former assistant secretary of the department of commerce and labor took the oath as comptroller of the currency He succeeds William B Ridgely recently elected president of the National Bank of Commerce of Kansas City Missouri
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Murray
Washington
Lawrence Murray
Department of Commerce and Labor
William B. Ridgely
National Bank of Commerce of
Kansas City
Two Cracksmen Captured Near Joplin After Safe Robberies
In Jasper, Missouri, on April 29 two of six robbers were captured near Joplin after blasting three safes and securing only $2. Police fired several shots as the men refused to reveal their names.
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Joplin
Jasper
Here
Robbers Hold Up Guards Carrying 18000 Dollars
Four armed men robbed guards transporting eighteen thousand dollars from Welch to Dary to pay United States Coal and Coke Company employees. No clues reported. In Maryland, Arthur P. Gorman Jr was launched as a Senate candidate at a dinner in honor of his candidacy to succeed Isadora P. Rayner after the end of her term. In New York, Charles Coster, a broker with Coster Knapp Co, killed himself at his home. no motive given.
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Gashier
St. Paul
Thomas W. Frankham
St. Paul and Western Coal Company
Bluefield
W. Va
Welch
Dary
United States Coal and Coke Company
Arthur P. Garman, Jr
New York
Self
Charles Coster
Coster, Knapp & Co
Broadway
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Ayet
Ayer
Ayer Co
J. A. Parsons
Malvern
OWA
Wilson's
J. R. Scott
Lowa
Bank of Malvern
Mills County Abstract Company
Glenwood, Iowa
E. Whitfield
LAW
Boudinot
Red Oak
Redzoak
Lula Berry
Farmington, Ark
Cardus
Hed Ui Nese
Kimber
Aplandia
Seine
Tek
Alberta
Iene
Becton
Prozy
Whia
Dolliver
Paya
T. P. Dollivier
GOV. Cummins
Aine
Troley
Ypsilanti, Mich
Gar
Hot Springs
Gladiator Inquest
Priesmeyer
St. Louis
Fred W. Priesmeyer
House of Delegates
Fred Warner
Warner
Mariean
John Claxton
William McClintock
Stephen Upchurch
Marshall, Mich
Robert Williamson
Scott
H. A. Quinn Lumber Co
Malvern, Iowa
Califf’s
Belgium
J. H. Davis
J. L. Talbott
Fred Durbin
Clark Bros
Clark Brothers
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