Roosevelt Says He Will Not Seek Third Term
It is reported from high authority that President Roosevelt will clearly refuse a third term and state his position on succession. Expected statement outlines his stance amid ongoing political discourse.
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03 May 1907
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Muscatine Journal in Muscatine, Iowa
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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1907
Page
1
No Third Term As Roosevelt Prepares Final Statement
A Chicago Tribune report states President Roosevelt will not seek renomination under any conditions. He may endorse Taft or Root, stressing continuity of his policies and indicating support for Taft and Root as potential successors.
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Chicago
Ill
Washington
Chicago Tribune
Roosevelt
Tribune
White House
Taft
Root
Mr. Roosevelt
Secretary Root
Tragic Gas Poisoning Claims Detroit Family
In Detroit on May 3, William Gross his wife and two sons were found dead from inhaling illuminating gas in their Sersey City home. Police report a likely accidental gas leak with no signs of foul play and investigators continuing on scene.
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Detroit
Mich
William Gross
Sersey City
Government to open 230000 acres for settlement near Billings
The government plans to open 230000 acres of land near Billings Montana for settlement by lottery. The date is not fixed but is expected around June 30 and the land offers irrigation water at once, a first for government openings.
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Omaha
Neb
Huntley
Billings
Mont
Witch Elm Wins Thousand Guineas at Newmarket
Witch Elm captured the thousand guineas at Newmarket with Frugality in second and Sixty in third among seventeen starters. The three year old fillies race covered one mile.
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London
Newmarket
Witch Elm
Frugality
Five Killed by Explosion Aboard English Vessel
Portsmouth England May 3 The British steamer Westgate landed survivors from the tank steamer Silverlip sunk by a benzine cargo explosion in the Bay of Biscay An engineer and four firemen were killed and four more crewmen were seriously burned aboard the Silverlip The Westgate delivered the wounded and dead to port
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Portsmouth
Eng
Westgate
Bay of Biscay
Wisconsin? Michigan primary bill to elect US senator
In Lansing on May 3 the Michigan lower house passed a primary election bill with seven negative votes. The measure, backed by Governor Warner, amends existing law to provide a popular vote for United States Senate candidates.
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Lansing
Mich
Warner
United States
Inebriate Bill Writes Restrictions on Asylum Admission
The bill provides that no one can be sent to the inebriate asylum unless they show exemplary habits. The proposed measure aims to regulate commitment based on conduct.
Governor weighs bill changing Knoxville inebriate asylum rule
Des Moines reports the governor has not signed a bill changing admission rules for the Knoxville inebriate asylum. He says if strictly interpreted it could bar nearly all admissions, noting the wording may nullify the original act and aiming to exclude the “bum element” while courts will decide. He has held the measure for consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Knoxville
Diplomats take up Turkish school dispute in imperial note
Through Ambassador Leishman the state department pressed for action on American schools and other long pending questions with Turkey. The imperial note issued today authorizes ministers to act and is expected to lead to a satisfactory settlement.
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Constantinople
State Department
Leishman
United States
Turkey
Penn College Plans Dormitory Alongside Gymnasium
Oskaloosa Iowa May 3 Special. At the corner stone ceremonies for the new gymnasium Penn College announced plans to add a girls dormitory this summer. Total improvements valued at fifty thousand dollars.
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Oskaloosa
Penn College
Guatemala and Mexico at loggerheads over extradition
Washington May 3 The strained relations stem from Mexico's demand for Guatemala to surrender General Lima accused in the Barrillas assassination. Officials seek peace across the Americas before the second Hague conference and US proposals lose force. The State Department has pushed efforts to end the Nicaragua Honduras war and curb regional spread.
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Washington, D. C
Mexico
Guatemala
Lima
Barrillas
Americas
United States
State Department
Nicaragua
Honduras
Powder Explosion in Hong Kong Kills and Destroys
A massive gunpowder blast in Hong Kong caused numerous deaths and extensive property damage. Emergency crews battle fires as investigators assess the epicenter and determine the cause of the explosion.
Serious Riots in India and Canton Gunpowder Explosion
Hong Kong reports Canton suffered great destruction from a gunpowder magazine blast with twenty one deaths and many injuries. In Allahabad India a Hindu mob attacked Rayalpindi injuring and looting Europeans, burning bungalows, a church, a post office and motor cars as police restore order with Hussars patrolling.
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Hong Kong
Canton
India
Allahabad
British India
Rayalpindi
Tenth Hussars
Lenox College to Celebrate Fiftieth Anniversary
Lenox College plans a June commencement week celebration from June 7 to 15 for its fiftieth anniversary. A national program will feature Governor Cummins Senator Allison and a legislator committee. a civil war monument on campus honors the college’s fallen students. Additional Milwaukee rail service is sought to accommodate crowds.
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Hopkinton
Lenox College
Cummins
Allison
Milwaukee
ArchBishop Appeals As Saloon Injunctions Hit City
In Dubuque Iowa Archbishop Keane filed an injunction with Mayor Schunk named as plaintiff. Preachers and clergy served notices on saloonkeepers and property owners under the mulet law amid mass protests and a public meeting at Germania Hall with leaders denouncing the enforcement.
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Dubuque, la
Schunk
Keane
H. A. Schunk & Co
Law and Order League
Thorne
Houser
Des Moines
John Bergen
George L. Cady
Dr. Graves
Germania
Charlies Bradley
Lee OD. Mathes
Union Electric Company
D. C. Glasser
N. J.sehrup
Steedman Commits Suicide in Paris Hotel
Charles J. Steedman of New York and son of the late Rear Admiral Steedman shot himself in the Hotel De L Orient Paris last night. He had arrived April 30 with his wife, daughter of Rhode Island’s former governor, and their child, after touring with Senator and Mrs Aldrich of Rhode Island. Despondency followed their arrival.
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Paris
Charles J. Steedman
New York
Charles Steedman
Hotel de L’orient
Steedman
Rhode Island
Aldrich
Strike News Across Cities Shares Labor Unrest
Reports from Philadelphia Detroit New York St Louis South Omaha Vancouver describe broad labor action. Bricklayers stonemasons and granite cutters in Philadelphia strike over stone laying duties. ice handlers in Detroit walk for higher wages. longshoremen in Brooklyn show serious stoppage. pressmen in St Louis resume work while arbitration looms. packing houses in South Omaha grant wage increases. Fernie miners unofficially plan to return to work under a near closed shop principle.
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Detroit
New York
Bush Company
Brooklyn
St. Louis
Republic
Globe-Democrat
Times
South Omaha
Neb
Armour’s
Cudahy’s
Vancouver
B. C
Fernie
Maple Falls Town Burns as Forest Fires Threaten
Frantic dispatches reach Bellingham as Maple Falls population 800 in Whatcom county faces destroying forest fires. A special train carrying fire fighting apparatus departed to battle the blaze after telegraph lines went down.
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Bellingham
Wash
Maple Falls
Whatcom County
Blizzard Rages Across Midwest Snow Falls and Frost Expected
Snow blanketed Nebraska and Iowa with four inch depths as wind drove drifts delaying trains. Kansas and Missouri report sleet and light snow while Des Moines notes 41 degrees and forecast frost for tonight. Fruits and vegetation are likely killed after prior storms.
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Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska
Wichita
Kan
St. Joseph
Kansas City
Missouri
Des Moines
Iowa
Balfour Favors Preference Policy Endorsement
London May 5 ex-Premier Bal four declares support for protection under the name of preference at the annual demonstration of the prim rose league of the great organization of the uniquest party. He says a preference policy will eventually be adopted by the country.
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London
Primrose League of the Great Organization
Uniquest Party
Balfour
Man Guilty in Edwardsville Church Dynamiting Case
In Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania on May 3 Joseph Chunowsky was found guilty of dynamiting the Welsh Congregational church at Edwardsville.
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Wilkesbarre
Joseph Chunowsky
Edwardsville
Shortage at Seymour Bank Shrinks on Vouchers Found
Information from the state house reports the cash shortage of Cashier Ware at the Seymour bank will be smaller than first estimated as the examiner uncovers numerous vouchers that cut the total deficit.
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Des Moines
State House
Seymour Bank
Band of Burglars Chased After Grain Rock Island Heist
Des Moines reports access to Grinnell Rock Island tool house led to a chase on a hand car toward Turner. Three burglars were captured while four escaped toward Des Moines in the May 5 incident.
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Des Moines
Rock Island
Grinnell
Turner
Muscatine County election loyally urged for court house vote
A local appeal urges residents to support a county court house and jail in next Tuesday’s election. The piece stresses county pride and warns that turnout will decide the outcome, arguing the county has outgrown its current facilities and must act.
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Muscatine County
Burial at Sea Sparks Protest on Koenigin Luise
The body of Mrs Chalmer Prentice an American first cabin passenger on the North German Lloyd liner Koenigin Luise was buried at sea last Saturday despite protests from her 16 year old daughter, cabin passengers, the captain and the surgeon. The burial was ordered by Giuseppe Campo the Italian royal commissioner aboard the ship which sails between Italian ports and carries Italian steerage passengers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Chalmer Prentice
Chicago
Giuseppe Campo
Royal Commissario
Old Soldiers Reach White House for Potomac Reunion
The Army of the Potomac closes its 37th annual reunion tonight at the White House with veterans and officers attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
Seek Peace Speech Highlights Roosevelt McClellan Memorial
President Roosevelt addressed the dedication of Major General George B. McClellan’s statue in Washington with a call to seek peace amid recent talks. The ceremony featured a vast parade, diplomatic corps, and notable attendees including General Grant, Governor Stokes, Mrs. McClellan, and several ambassadors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washinton
D. C
Society of the Army of the Potomac
White House
Roosevelt
George B. McClellan
Army of the Potomac
Frederick D. Grant
Stokes
New Jersey
McClellan
New York
George McClellan
Baron Rosen
Viscount Aoki
Bryce
Great Britain
Jusserand
France
Hengelmuller
Austria-Hungary
Taft
Garfield
Senator Wetmore
Henry C. Dwight
United States Volunteers
Grand jury indicts alleged graft in Chicago police era
A Chicago grand jury probe into police corruption under former Chief Collins and local Democratic leaders began, with several indictments expected soon. Jurors frame accusations of wrongdoing in various city departments, alleging political manipulation and illegal actions.
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Chicago
Grand
Collins
Mevor Dunte
Cuts Down 5600 Fruit Trees in Iowa Orchard
Waterloo Iowa May 3 To prevent the transfer of 5600 young fruit trees to new owners Martin Grady who leased the land and owned the trees destroyed them after the lease expired and the landowner refused renewal or payment A state law requires entomologist inspection before sale but the inspection could not be summoned in time.
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Waterloo
Martin Grady
Grady
Weather for Iowa and Chicago report
Weather bulletin notes fair conditions in Iowa with frost tonight and cooler southeast winds. Saturday will bring rising temperatures with sun and moon phases listed, including sunrise at 4 47 and sunset at 6 40. Local forecast emphasizes frosty stretch and gradual warming into Saturday.
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Chicago
Southeas
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Silverlip
Michigan
Des Moines Bureau, Journal
Ora Williams
Foraker
Mins
Dubuque
Chas. J. Steedman
Charles
Philadelphia
Middle West
Braska
Kansas
Missouri and
Chandler Prentice
Army OF Potomac
Teddy
Maj
McClelland
Temei
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