Congress Concludes Session With Currency Bill Approval
Congress adjourns after the Senate passes the emergency currency bill signed by the president. Senator La Follette filibusters to derail the conference report on currency, while Democrats halt a filibuster against the Aldrich Vreeland bill. The House passes the Aldrich Vreeland bill 166 to 140 and OKs numerous other measures including a tariff revision for the Philippines.
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Senate
la Follette
Messare
House
House Committee On
Philippine Islands
National and Local Legal and Civic News Roundup
Receiver appointed for Gulf Compress by Judge McCall in Memphis. King Gustav reviews 30000 German soldiers in Berlin. Whitlow murder case in Lola Kansas ends in not guilty verdict. Grover Cleveland moved from Lakewood to Princeton home. Rear Admiral Crowninshield buried with honors at Arlington. Ross of Portland sentenced to five years for school funds fraud. MacMullen & Co. of Pittsburgh fail with 1800000 in liabilities. Stone elected grand chief engineer of Locomotive Engineers. Gen. Lee reported critically ill at Vicksburg. Hamby of Cleveland jailed three years for frauds. Carrie Nation fined 25 dollars for scolding. WCTU pays. James Baker alias Neal on trial for post office raids and murder at Clarington.
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Co. C. Hanson
Gulf Compress Company
McCall
United States Court
Memphis
Princeton
A. 5. Crowninshield
National Cemetery
Arlington
J. Thornburn Ross
Portland
Ore
G. W. MacMullen & Co
Pittsburg
James Baker
R. C. Neal
Edward Y. Hutchinson
Clarington
W. Va
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Philippi
Notable Crime and World Events Span Headlines
Grant Poole, who killed Mrs Harvis in Oakfield Methodist church, is captured by a farmer near Ladoga. Panama plans a July first week vote with US Marines guarding polls. Herman Schnabel, noted inventor and former millionaire, commits suicide in Chicago. Mauretania sets transatlantic speed record from Queenstown to New York. Kuds massacre Armenians near Urami ah and siege there. tensions rise between Russia and Persia.
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Grant Poole
E. Harvis
Oakfield
Wis
Ladoga
Central America
Panama
United States
Herman I. Schnabel
John W. Gates
Isaac Iilwood
Chicago
Queenstown
New York
Uramiah
Russia
Persia
Multiple violent incidents and maritime incidents reported
A roundup of crime and accidents includes Bert McMillin killing his wife and two children before killing himself near La Belle Missouri, a Cuba Kansas bank robbery, a minor Vaderland steamer mishap, and a Dowagiac murder suspect freed. Additional notes cover political indictments crop leaks and resignations, weather damage, and transit accidents.
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Bert McMillin
la Belle
State Bank of
Cuba
Kan
Red Star Line
Vaderland
James Brimmingstahl
Dowagiac
Mich
Supreme Court of the United States
United States Circuit Court
Cincinnati
Allentown
Adolph Steinheit
Paris
Currency Commission
Fairbanks
Cannon
Aldrich
Vreeland
F. L. Wood
Passaic
N. J
Great Northern
Great Falls
Mont
Peter H. Jetberg
Amherst
Wis
Neenah
England
France
Hurlingham
Eng
Robert Koch
Molokai
Hawaii
William Eidelman
Riverton
Methodist Episcopal Church
Baltimore
Washington
New York
Theodore H. Price
Frederick A. Peckham
Moses Haas
Edwin S. Holmes, Jr
Department of Agriculture
James S. Young
Pittsburg
First National Bank of
Ivanhoe
Minn
Kentucky
Hathaway
Boone County
Queen City
Gallipolis
Baltimore & Ohio
Garrett
Forest Park
Chicago
Illinois
Oklahoma
Kansas
Missouri
Avalon
Santa Catalina Island
J. B
Easton
United States
Buffalo
A. Crist
C A. Hooline
Cuiser
W. R R. Mearst
Wencd
Duke de Chaulnes dies in Paris prayer vigil
Theodore P. Shonts, president of the Interborough Met, denies drug use caused the death of his son in law, Duke de Chaulnes. He states heart disease led to death after the couple prayed at their bedside. The couple had been riding, dining, and retiring before the fatal collapse.
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New York
Paris
Theodore P. Shonts
Interbourough Metropolitan Company
Duke de Chaulnes
Mrs W B Leeds Loses Pearl Necklace Customs Duty Case
New York judge rules 60 percent customs duty applies to a $340000 necklace imported from France by Mrs William B Leeds. Pearls were shipped as individual gems but assembled in Paris, with the collector taxing the full duty on a used necklace rather than ten percent on separate pearls.
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New York
France
William B. Leeds
Lacombe
United States
Paris
Death pact ends in double tragedy in Kingston
Sebastian Gayla a Wilkes Barre liquor clerk and Mrs Anna Kares a married Kingston woman ended a planned suicide duo Tuesday. They dressed in holiday attire and wore boutonniere bouquets, left letters professing love, and the man shot the woman before killing himself due to the woman's living husband.
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Wilkesbarre
Sebastian Gayla
Anna Kares
Kingston
Rain Stops Big Balloon Over South Dakota Flight
The Chicago balloon owned by Charles A. Coey and piloted by Capt. C. L. Bumbaugh and Charles Leichleiter was forced to land eight miles south of Clear Lake after rain halted the trip from Quincy. It covered over 800 miles in 11 hours and set the world's speed record.
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S. D
Chicago
Charles A. Coey
C. L. Bumbaugh
Charles Leichleiter
Quincy
Clear Lake
S. C
Hawaiian Prince David Kalanianaole Dies in San Francisco
Prince David Kalanianaole of Hawaii dies of pneumonia at the Hotel Stewart in San Francisco. He is described as brother of Prince Cupid Kalanianaole and nephew of former Queen Liliuokalani. The death occurred on Tuesday in the city.
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San Francisco
Prince David Kalanianaole
Hawaii
Cupid” Kalanianaole
Liloukalani
Stewart
Vicar General Buh's Jubilee in Joliet
Joseph F. Buh vicar general of Duluth Minnesota celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of his priesthood on Tuesday at St Joseph Slav onic Catholic church in Joliet with many Slavic attendees.
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Joliet
Wks
Mer
Joseph F. Buh
Duluth
Minn
St. Joseph Slavonic Catholic Church
EMG Slavanian Ariestea
Nearest To Her Heart Mystery Lover’s Tale
A narrator seeks a topic to captivate a maiden and recounts a boastful friend a world traveler and writer. The maiden listens with innocence as he lists travels and literary connections from Dickens to Kipling. She finally asks one question: is he married.
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Alaska
Amazon
India
China
London
Vienna
Paris
Florence
Dickens
Thackeray
Balzac
Kipling
Port Arthur
Africa
Beauty and Morality Lecture Slams Personal Ugliness
Prof Solomon H Clark lectured to the University of Chicago Young Women's Christian League declaring personal vanity equates to low morality. He urged giving up dances and candy boxes to attend concerts and warned prizes breed ugliness, urging students to value character over reward.
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Calis
Solomon H. Clark
Young Women's Christian League of the
University of Chicago
Thomas Orchestra
Clark
Marital Persiflage Dialogue from Philadelphia Press
A brief humorous exchange between Mrs. Crabbe and Mr. Crabbe on the idea of a perfect man. Mrs. Crabbe confesses doubt in perfection and Mr. Crabbe quips that Eve would have bossed Adam if she were created first, a lighthearted domestic joke from the Philadelphia Press.
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Mr. Crabbe
Eve
Adam
Philadelphia Press
Army of Frogs to Eat Gnats Near Berlin
Seven thousand frogs have been bought by a breeder near Hildesheim and released in ditches pools and lakes of Finkenburg to reduce the plague of gnats. Berliners flock to the woods to view the experiment hoping frog predation will cut gnat larvae and ease marshy annoyances.
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Hildesheim
Finkenburg
Berlin
Ideal Determination Shapes Effort and Progress
The ideal guides constant focus and drives transformation across society. It spurs effort and achievement by elevating daily pursuit and sensuous life toward a higher, transcendent concept.
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W. B. Leeds
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R. Towns & Co
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K. Paul
Cal
Baa
Aula
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C.J. Broughton
Quincy Ridg
W. H. Rogers
Traction Terminal
Indianapolis
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Callahan Block
Mlwaukee
Paxton Tsilet CO
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