Substitute bill replaces Aldrich currency measure in Congress
Representative Vreeland of New York introduces a new currency bill on behalf of Republican leaders to replace the Aldrich plan. The measure eliminates most Aldrich provisions except government deposit interest and creates national clearing house associations with at least ten banks and 5 million dollars capital. It imposes a 4 percent tax on emergency circulation rising to 10 percent, and sets up a currency commission of 18 members.
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Senator Dawes Accuses Rolls Off Choctaw Chickasaw Names
In Congress on April 30 Senator Dawes of Arkansas charged the interior department with keeping 10 000 tribal names off the Oklahoma Choctaw and Chickasaw rolls. He cited a family case with nine Black members and one Indian. The remark drew a harsh retort from Senator Foraker before Dawes’ resolution passed. Pension bills and minor measures moved. in the House the sundry civil bill was debated under the rules and the Ways and Means dispute over wood pulp duties proceeded toward replacement.
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Oklahoma
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Escape at Maryland School for Boys
A group of inmates fled the Maryland School for Boys in Baltimore last night. Only three have been recaptured as police and authorities investigate reports of mistreatment behind closed doors.
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Baltimore
Maryland School For Boys
the House of Refuge
Insomniac Plumber Ends Life in Indianapolis
Louis Bothroook, 35, a well known plumbing contractor, shot himself in Indianapolis on April 20. Illness and a nervous breakdown followed several sleepless nights.
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Indianapolis
Louis Bothrook
Bothrook
Women Believe in Peruna Stirring Health Claims
A long feature extols Peruna as a health aid with testimonials from Miss Lillie C. Martin of Shelbyville Tennessee and Miss Helen Sauerbier of St. Joseph Michigan praising its relief for dyspepsia head and throat illness and restored appetite. It also notes general enthusiasm for the remedy among women and its role in improving well being.
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Lillie C. Martin
Shelbyville
Tenn
Helen Sauerbier
Main St
St. Joseph, Mich
Peruna
Peruna Tablets Endorsed By Colder Weather Ailments
Mrs Henderson of Milwaukee endorses Peruna tablets, noting improved health and resistance to cold and catarrh after using the medicine. The ad highlights Dr Hartman’s tablet form, claiming one tablet equals a standard dose and appeals to those who prefer pills over liquids. Mrs Holst of Portland reports throat catarrh relief in two weeks and full system recovery in a bit over two months.
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United States
Hartman
Josephine Holst
E. Fliat St
Portland
Ore
Rival Republican Conventions Clash in Jackson
In Jackson Mississippi on April 30 the state Republican convention split into two factions as supporters of Senator Foraker clashed with Roosevelt administration backers. A pistol-wielding officer at the door restored order, leading to two conventions. regulars endorsed the national administration and Roosevelt aligned delegates, while bolters chose Foraker, denouncing the administration. In Teheran on April 29, reports cited Kurdish raids around Urumiah in Persian Armenia, with 36 villages looted and about 2000 killed.
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Miss
Senator Forakes
Roosevelt
Senator Foraker
Teheran
Persia
Urumiah
Persian Armenia
Indiana Republican editorial association to meet in Jeffersonville
The Indiana Republican editorial association will hold its meeting in Jeffersonville on Saturday May 16 with two or three hundred editors their wives and families expected. W H Whittaker superintendent of the Indiana reformatory will host a noon lunch and show city highlights. A Louisville Commercial Club reception precedes a river trip to Cincinnati leaving Saturday at 6 and returning Sunday.
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Indiana Reformatory
Louisville Commercial
Cincinnati
Where Is Kackley Indicted Official Still Missing
Indianapolis April 30 Continued lack of information at the sheriff s office as to the whereabouts of Thomas R Kackley former second vice president and general manager of Atlas Engine Works under indictment for conspiracy to bribe county commissioners in a county contract has prompted questions about his return He and his family spent the winter in Santa Barbara California and while Indicted two weeks ago he telegraphed he would return Attorneys were hired for his defense and a bond arranged Deputies say they do not know where he is or when he will return if ever and there appears to be no move to send a deputy to California before week end
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Thomas R. Kackley
Atlas Engine Works
Kackley
Rackley
Richard Craft
Craft
California
Hackey
Shadow on Widows Pensions Bill Sign Date
Washington report notes confusion over a Civil War widows pension bill signed by President Roosevelt on April 19 and the informal view of Attorney General Bonaparte that the measure remains valid since it would have become law within ten days without the president's sign.
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Ruef Trial Jury Completed in San Francisco
The jury to try Abraham Ruef has been completed and testimony has begun in San Francisco on April 29.
Nationwide telegrams reflect varied political and military notes
Selling on a funeral scale weakened the Chicago wheat market while the senate confirmed Robert H. Bryson as Indianapolis postmaster. Suva announced the American fleet will visit the Fiji Islands amid other quick hits on DC politics and disaster.
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Senate
Robert H. Bryson
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Suva
Fiji Islands
District of Columbia
Noted divine dead
Rev. Dr. Morgan Dix, rector of Trinity Protestant Episcopal parish since 1862 and son of Gen John A Dix, died at eighty one. He was born in New York and recalled the elder Dix’s 1861 dispatch to Lt Caldwell in New Orleans.
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Morgan Dix
Trinity Protestant Episcopal Parish
Pr. Dix
Dix
John A Dix
Treasury
Caldwell
New Orleans
Mikado’s Daughter Married at Imperial Sanctuary
Prince Takeda Tameshin Taakeda wed Princess Masako Tsunenomiya, eldest daughter of the emperor, in a ceremony before the imperial sanctuary. Takeda, a captain in the army, was twenty and Masako nineteen.
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Tokio
Tameshiin Taakeda
Tsunenomiya Masako
Takeda
Jerome Admits No Evidence of Campaign Contributions Before Grand Juries
District Attorney Jerome concedes no proof of campaign contributions was presented to any county grand jury during his tenure, aside from incidental references. Pierce questions June 1904 New York Life bond dealings involving $930,000 sent to Kidder, Peabody, and the profit of $40,000 routed to George W. Perkins as alleged trustee of the Nylic fund.
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Nate
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Supreme Court
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Kidder, Peabody & Co
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Mexican Central Railroad Company
George W. Perkins
J. Pierpont Morgan & Co
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Armstrong Committee
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Baseball scores from major leagues and a local damages suit
National League results list games at Brooklyn Chicago Boston and Philadelphia with scores. American League results show New York Boston St. Louis Cleveland Detroit Philadelphia Washington. American Association notes Indianap olis St Paul Loutaville Minneapolis Toledo. In Wabash Ind Osro Mason sues Fort Wayne and Wabash Valley Traction for 20000 damages over a crash that killed Catherine Frushour and left Mason critically injured.
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Alaska bill targets perambulating mloens regulation
The house committee on territories reports on a bill to regulate equor licenses in Alaska by breaking up what is described as perambulating mloens in the territory.
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House Committee On Territories
Alaska
Territory
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