Week of World News Shifts Focus in Senate and Courts
The senate passed the ship subsidy bill authorizing four dollars a mile for 16 knot vessels to various ports, while criticism of President Roosevelt heated up in the house. Looming topics include the Aldrich currency bill, employers liability, and a proposed new railroad oversight act.
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Australia
China
Japan
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House of Representatives
Hardwick
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Supreme Court
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Gompers
Notable political resignations and public figures in 1906
Congressman Charles E. Littlefield of Maine resigns his seat to take effect September 30 and return to law. John Evanson of Duluth sets a new American ski record with a 131 foot jump. William B. Rayner, Baltimore lawyer and senator's son, disappears from home. Lieut. Gen. Stoessel begins imprisonment after commuted death sentence for Port Arthur surrender. Senator Boise Penrose reportedly ill at home. Madame Anna Gould lands in New York and declines marriage. John H. Foster is renominated in Evansville. Abraham Hi Hummel freed after ten months for conspiracy. Gov. Curtis Guild critically ill. Grover Cleveland marks 71st birthday at Lakewood. Ogden Armour elected director of Illinois Central to replace Stuyvesant Fish.
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Maine
Cobb
Congress
John Evanson
Duluth
Minn
William B. Rayner
United States
Maryland
Baltimore
Stoessel
Port Arthur
Emperor Nicholas
St. Peter and
St. Paul
Boise Pen-rose
Philadelpha
Anna Gould
New York
Prince de Sagan
John HH. Foster
Evansville
Ind
Judge Rules for Oberlin Carter in Final Decree
Judge Kohlisaar in Chicago grants Oberlin Carter $45000 from seized funds and orders the government to pay all costs. A fire destroyed the Valley hotel in Grafton Illinois and surrounding homes and businesses.
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Kohlisaar
Chicago
Oberlin Carter
Valley Hotel
Grafton
Obituary notices roundup: Bryan Fairfax Whiston and others
William James Bryan United States senator from Florida died of typhoid fever in Providence hospital Washington He was appointed to succeed Stephen R Mallory in December and had served 838 days in the Senate He was the youngest member Col John Walter Fairfax veteran of the civil war died at Leesylvania Virginia in his eightieth year John Ware Whiston father of vaudeville died in Buffalo aged 81 Mrs William Clifford a Chicago bride of a few months shot and killed herself in her home Charles Benjamin Smith resident of Chicago since 1835 died aged 79 years
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William James Bryan
United States
Florida
Providence Hospital
Washington
Bryan
Stephen R. Mallory
Senate
Col
John Walter Fairfax
Leesylvania
Prince William County
Virginia
John Ware Whiston
Buffalo
N. Y
William Clifford
Chicago
Charles Benjamin Smith
Supreme Court Rules on State Railroad Rate Powers
The U S Supreme Court consolidates two cases from Minnesota and North Carolina ruling that states may fix railroad rates, overturning lower court decisions. Justices Peckham lead with a decision supporting state authority, while Justice Harlan dissented in Young. The Minnesota case centers on contempt and habeas corpus actions regarding rate enforcement.
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Washington
Young
Minnesota
United States Circuit Court
District of Minnesota
Pritchard
Western District of North Carolina
James H. Wood
Southern Railway
Asheville
Supreme Court of the United States
Justice Peckham
Justice Harlan
Stevens Shot in San Francisco by Korean Assassin
D. W. Stevens a former counselor to the Japanese embassy and Korean government adviser was wounded when I. W. Chang a small Korean shooter concealed the revolver in a handkerchief as Stevens left for Washington. The motive cited involves resentment among local Koreans over Japan's protectorate and Stevens role in Korea's government reorganization.
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San Francisco
D. W. Stevens
Washington
Seoul
I. W. Chang
Korea
Hundreds Drown as Two Steams Sink Off Hakodate
The Matsu Maru of Yusen Kaisha, an 800 cm coastwise steamer, sank after colliding with the 696 ton Hideyoshi Maru two miles off Todchakke near Hakodate. Of the 224 passengers and 43 crew aboard the Matsu Maru, most perished, with survivors rescued by the Hideyoshi Maru and another vessel.
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Tokyo
Yusen Kaisha Line
Todchakke
Hakodate
Widow Whitbeck Arrest Follows Fayette County Slaying
Mrs Anno Whitbeck widow of the Fayette county murder victim was taken into custody after her husband’s funeral as authorities probe the case. The victim was beaten to death with a heavy sled stake while en route to his barn to tend a sick horse amid sensational expected developments.
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Waterloo
Anno Whitbeck
Fayette County
Whitbeck
Rev Cephas Baird Dies From Fire Injury In Santa Monica
Cephas Baird a minister of the English Lutheran church for 50 years died in Santa Monica California from injuries after a newspaper covering his face caught fire while he slept last January.
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Cephas Baird
Santa Monica
Cal
English Lutheran Church
Indiana Man Leaps to Death in New Orleans
An Indiana man registered as March Babbington from Franklin, Indiana, apparently died by his own action in New Orleans on Monday, jumping from a hotel window. The incident is reported with sparse details and no immediate motive disclosed.
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Indiana
New Orleans
March Babbington
Franklin, Ind
Hotel New
Remarkable 98-Year-Old Man Credits Kidney Pills
A Red Bank New Jersey resident, Shepard Kollock, age 98, credits Dean's Kidney Pills with relief after decades of kidney trouble and nightly discomfort. The note includes a testimonial and the product details. Also referenced are a charity anecdote by Cyrus Townsend Brady, winter cattle feed concerns, a home tonic recipe, and a tale of two officers in Servia surviving a mountain descent.
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Shepard Kollock
Wallace St
Red Bank
N. J
Mr. Kollock
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Servia
Inventing a Barbed Wire Pocket for Husbands
In a witty chestnut from New York Weekly, Mrs Smallpurse presses her husband to innovate. He sighs, then reveals a patent for a barbed wire safety pocket for husbands, promising a fortune.
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Mrs. Smallpurse
Grape Nuts Promoted For Elderly Nutrition In Ad Claims
An advertisement extols Grape Nuts as ideal for aging readers, noting easy digestion, brain and nerve support from cereal nutrients, and helpful phosphates. It quotes an Iowa man over 74 and a 92 year old customer who credit Grape Nuts and Postum for daily strength, regularity, and clearer thinking.
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Iowa
Postum Co
Battle Creek, Mich
Woalivilla
Nice
White Lead and Purity Tests for Painters
A historical note explains white lead production as a corroded powder mixed with linseed oil, warns against adulterated brands filled with barytes or chalk, and describes the blow-pipe test to prove purity. The National Lead Company offers a home test kit with instructions and a booklet. Also mentions a price for Goldsmith’s Animated Nature and a tip about headaches caused by colds and a laxative product.
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National Lead Company
Woodbridge Building
New York
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