Roosevelt Seeks Expanded Power to Curb Mails Abuse
President Roosevelt sent a congressionally directed message asserting that existing statutes empower him to stop mail use for crime and urging new laws. He condemns anarchists as humanity’s enemy and calls for strict circulation controls on immigrant and foreign publications. The message includes Attorney General Bonaparte’s legal review.
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Washingon
D. C
Roosevelt
Congress
Department of Justice
Theodore Roosevelt
Bonaparte
Weather shifts bring showers across Illinois and Iowa
The forecast calls for increasing cloudiness and likely showers tonight and Friday in Illinois and Iowa. Temperatures rise tonight with warmer conditions, while Friday brings cooler air to the western areas. Sunrise is 5 20, sunset 6 25, moon set 2 05 a m.
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Illinois
Iowa
Son gets his revenge in Brooklyn shooting
In Brooklyn on April 8 Bernard Carlin shot and killed his mother Susan Carlin after being released from Napanoch reformatory. He had served time for horse and wagon theft and, upon release, was given ten dollars by the superintendent to begin anew. He was arrested at the scene after bursting into his mother’s home and firing five bullets into her head.
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New York
Susan Carlin
Bernard Carlin
Brooklyn
Carlin
Napanoch
Mary
Louisa County Boy Dies at Davenport Orphans Home
Frank Gay aged 13 an inmate of the Davenport orphanage died at 6 pm after a two week meningitis illness. He was sent from Louisa County near Columbus Junction and his parents are believed deceased. He has a brother Reubben also at the orphanage.
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Davenport
Reubben
Orphan’s Home
Pirates Abduct Crew Sailors Seize Schooner at Sea
Victoria B C April 9 Officers of the steamship Marama report piracy and murder on the high seas. The captain and mate of a schooner were attacked with a tomahawk and firearms by three crew members who forced them overboard. The pirates then stole the Neuve Tigre of Callao and sailed toward Australia.
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Victoria
B. C
Marama
Neuvre Tigre
Callao
Australia
Girl Stops Jail Delivery by Capturing Escapee
Verna Hanson, eight year old daughter of Sheriff Sylvester Hanson of Jackson County Illinois, spotted a jail break at Murphysboro County Jail. Her alert actions helped prevent a delivery and stop six escapees while 14 others were thwarted. One escaped prisoner returned voluntarily.
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Murphysboro
Ill
Verna Hanson
Sylvester Hanson
Jackson County
Funeral Train Collision Kills Four Women and Driver
Four women and the funeral carriage driver were killed when an Aurora Elgin and Chicago Electric train crashed into a funeral carriage at West Madison street and Butterfield road Maywood. Victims include Mrs Frederick Rohloff 65 Mrs Paul Rohloff 29 Mrs Charles Dressel 28 and Minnie Potthoff 35 and Frank Newman 35. Motorman seriously injured. The party was returning from the funeral of Charles Otto 42 of 640 Fulton Street.
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Chicago
Oak Ridge Cemetery
West Madison Street
Butterfield Road
Maywood
Aurora, Elgin and Chicago Electric Railroad
Rohloff
Frederick
Paul
Dressel
Charles
Potthoff
Yates Assails Deneen in Illinois Governors Race
Richard Yates opened his campaign with a series of charges against Governor Deneen and the administration. He attacked state institutions management, called for a primary law, and criticized the civil service commission for evading the spirit of the law. He praised the house investigating committee and touched on the deep waterway question.
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Chicago
Ill
Richard Yates
Woodstock
Deneen
Vandalia
Yates
Civil Service Commission
House
All Power to President on Venezuelan Talks Policy
Washington April 9 The senate committee on foreign relations did not take up the Venezuelan situation yesterday though Secretary Root and Solicitor Scott attended. It is understood the matter will be discussed after The Hague treaties. Root believes the president should have full authority to treat with President Castro as he sees fit.
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Washington, D. C
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Root
Scott
State Department
Hague
Castro
Bryan to Speak at Peoria Rally April Tuesday
William J. Bryan notified the Mandan club he will arrive in Peoria Illinois next Tuesday to deliver a political speech at the Coliseum rally Invitations have gone out to leading central Illinois Democrats and several have accepted attendance.
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Peoria
Ill
William J. Bryan
Mandan Club
Illinois
Hughes Defeated Yet Resolves to Press Reform Drive
Governor Hughes, facing defeat on race track gambling bills, vows to push reforms via a special session. He calls for legislation to curb discriminatory gambling, probes Wall Street speculation, immigration, and unemployment, and hints at an extra session and a May 11 vote for a Senate successor to Franchot.
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Albany
N. Y
Hughes
Wall Street
Franchot
Senate
Grady
Raines
Chanler
Agnew
Ship Subsidy Bill Killed in House Vote
Washington April 9 Ship subsidy legislation is killed for the session as opponents say no action can be taken. The house post office committee brought up the bill and defeated a substitute by 8 to 7, leaving the house bill less objectionable but implying no outcome this session.
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Washington, D. C
House
Post Office Committee
Senate
Robbers dynamite Orion post office and flee by hand car
The Orion Illinois post office safe was blown open with dynamite between midnight and 3 am, yielding $200 in cash and stamps. Robbers fled on a hand car along the Burlington tracks toward the north. no clues or witnesses have been found. In Geneseo Illinois the electric light plant burned last night, destroying the building with about 4000 dollars in losses and no insurance.
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Syndicate
Orion
Ill
Orion Post Office
Burlington
George Wilson
Geneseo
Olive Street Bank Closes in St Louis After Insufficient Collateral
The Olive Street bank in St Louis with 100000 capital and 350000 deposits closed with State Bank Examiner Cook in charge. He cited inability to obtain further loan endorsements and insufficient security, stating the move was for the institution’s safety.
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St. Louis
Olive Street Bank
Cook
Booze’s Last Hope in South Gone
Alabama Supreme Court upholds general prohibition and nine o’clock closing laws as constitutional and effective after liquor forces attacked them. In Cincinnati, Morris Richmond and six others were fined a total of 32 200 for conducting the Kentucky lottery, authorities said.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Supreme Court
Cincinnati
Morris Richmond
Suit Dismissed in 20 Million Penalties Case
A suit filed by the Pennsylvania Sugar Refining Co. to recover 20 million dollars from the American Sugar Refining Co. for an alleged conspiracy to ruin the Pennsylvanian company was dismissed by Federal Judge Holt in New York on April 9.
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New York
N. Y
Pennsylvania Sugar Refining Company
American Sugar Refining Co
Pennsylvania Company
Holt
Ward Found Not Guilty in Manslaughter Case
Detroit April 9 Judge Connely in the Recorder's court ordered a verdict of Not guilty in the case of Representative Charles E Ward charged with manslaughter in the death from an illegal operation last April of Edith Presley proofreader of the state senate Ward discharged for lack of connection to the crime It is expected the manslaughter charge against Dr George R Fritch will be dropped as well
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Detroit
Mich
Connely
Recorder's Court
Charles E. Ward
Edith Presley
State Senate
Ward
George R. Fritch
Miss Presley
Father Coffin Secretly Weds in Detroit Marriage
Fort Dodge Iowa April 29 Hon L S Coffin founder of Hope Hall and anti saloon league figure known as Father Coffin quietly married Mrs Nellie Ingall in Detroit. They will arrive today at Willow edge to celebrate his 85th birthday with friends and neighbors.
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Fort Dodge
L. S. Coffin
Hope Hall
Anti-Saloon League of
Iowa
United States
Coffin
Detroit
Mich
Nellie Ingall
Father Coffin
Willowedge
Carrie Rutledge
Ingall
Arlington Heights
Pardon Alone Can Save Billik From Death Penalty
Springfield April 9. Supreme Court denial of Herman Billik petition for rehearing leaves governor and pardons board as the only hope to halt his execution for the Uzral family murders set for April 24 in Chicago.
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Billik
Springfield
Ill
Deneen
State Board of Pardons
Herman Billik
Uzral
Chicago
Supreme Court
Intolerable Haitian Crisis Fueled by Interventions Fear
Washington reports question the U S ground for Haiti intervention with American interests seen as negligible. Port au Prince notes rumors of armed demonstrations aimed at prompting marines landings and eventual intervention while Haitian officials say conditions are intolerable and a provisional American control may be needed to protect life and property.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Haiti
State Department
Port Au Prince
Abruzzi Marriage Expected This September
Turin reports the Duke of the Abruzzi has arrived from Spezia and a marriage to Miss Elkins is expected to take place in September.
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Abruzzi
Turin
Rumor Says Prison Likely for Paper Trust Officials
Washington April 9 officials of the paper trust may face criminal trials as the Justice Department has begun steps to prosecute. The department cannot disclose evidence that could jeopardize the case, while Congress seeks details of enforcement actions. The House heard the Prohibition license bill with support from Matthew E. O’Brien and Mrs. Margaret Dye Ellis amid broader congressional business on measures and roll calls. Senator Hansbrough underwent a successful operation.
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Washington, D. C
House
Cannon
Department of Justice
Congress
Hill
Connecticut
Committee On
Ways and Means
Matthew E. O'Brien
National Prohibition Committee
Margaret Dye Ellis
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
O’brien
United States
Maine
California
Romance Ends In Court in Bigamy Trial Beginnings
Calvin S. Wright a baker from Jeanette Pa married Anna C O Donnell of Pittsburg thinking South Dakota courts granted permission. An error by the Western court led to his divorce from the wrong wife and he now faces bigamy and perjury charges with his first wife Sophia Wright Ida Wright backing the prosecution.
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Pittsburg
Calvin S. Wright
Jeanette
South Dakota
Anna C. O'Donnell
Western Court
Sophia Wright
Ida Wright
Torpedo Boat Flotilla Reaches Magdalena Bay
A wireless despatch from Magdalena Bay reports the second flotilla of torpedo boats arriving Sunday, a day early. Officers and men rest and recover after confinement at sea, and the flotilla is in fine condition like the battleship fleet and ready for duty.
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San Francisco
Cal
Magdalena Bay
Double Domestic Tragedy Shocks Economy Station
In Pittsburg on April 9 Mrs Emma Reiss aged 32 was found shot to death and her husband William F Reiss aged 42 owner of the Old Economy hotel at Economy station was fatally wounded at their home. It appears to be murder and attempted suicide with the husband later confessing to the shooting following a quarrel.
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Pittsburg
Emma Reiss
William F. Reise
Economy
Economy Station
Reiss
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Wrathy
Archistic Publications
Anarchy
Son
Louisa County
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Deneern
Bryan
Bill
Indiana
Geneseo Electric
Tion Law Constitutional
Ing Kentuck Lottery
Lottery
Ward Foun
Lanthropist
Brok
Repub
Lic
Case
Combine
Sherman
Dolliver
Hansbrough
Senator Hansbrough
North Dakota
Pittsburger
Magdalena
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