Week of tumult in politics and disasters across nations
A sweeping survey details naval funding debates in Congress, Oregon land grant suits, and a veto threat by President Roosevelt. It covers a Gladiator collision off the Isle of Wight with fatalities, a deadly tornado outbreak across the Deep South, fires in Joliet and Cape May Point, miner explosions, assassinations, and a major editors banquet in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Lolland
Sweden
France
England
Skidoo
California
Joseph Simpson
Cape May Point
N. J
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Fitzhugh Lee
Chandler
Signal Corps
Washington
Wilmington
Del
Waldorf-Astoria
New York
Associated Press
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
J. H. Kiel
Holy Name Parish
Uamel
Minn
Ant
Notable Early 20th Century Legal and Political Shifts
The report lists varied actions: Louis A. Gourdain, ex lottery king, escapes from St. Elizabeths asylum. Jennie A. Call sentenced to a year for mail fraud. Wisconsin Gov Davidson injures left arm on a polished floor. William D. Waywood ousted by the Western Federation of Miners. Taft plans Panama Isthmus trip in May. Rev Russell J Wilbur deposed after leaving the Episcopal Church for Catholicism. habeas corpus granted for Harry K. Thaw case in White Plains. Ford Warner of St Louis sentenced to two years for bribery.
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Louis A. Gourdain
St. Elizabeth’s
Washington
Jennie A. Call
Chicago
Gov. Davidson
Wisconsin
William D. Uaywood
Western Federation of Miners
Taft
Isthmus
Panama
Russell J. Wilbur
Episcopal Church
Grafton
Fond du Lac
Wis
White Plains
N. Y
Justice Morschauser
Harry K. Thaw
Ford Warner
House of Delegates of
St. Louis
Tornado Toll and Blizzard Hit Regions as Deaths Rise
Returns from southern districts report at least 350 lives lost and 46 towns wrecked. Notre Dame De Salette near Buckingham on the Lievre river buried by a sliding mountain with about 30 deaths. A severe British blizzard causes damage. In New York, a landmark venom extraction from a dead viper is tested at the Bronx Zoo, yielding enough fluid for a decade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Notre Dame de Salette
Buckingham Oni
Lievre
Great Britain
Science of Medicine
Bronx Zoological Park
New York
Roosevelt Battleship Plan Fails in Senate Vote
In Washington the Senate defeated the four battleships amendment as in the house. An understanding exists among leaders to authorize two battleships per year. The bill totals 123 million dollars for two battleships two colliers three more colliers subs and naval pay and corps raises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Piles
Beveridge
Pacific
House
Lilley
Electric Boat Company
Washington
Senate
Attorney General
Oregon & California Railroad Company
Oregon
Roosevelt
Hale
Cannon
Mann
Stafford
Wis
Ryan
N. Y
Miller
Kan
Bannon
Senate Naval Committee
Indiana
Japan
Aldrich
Allison
Marine Corps
Brutal Ax Murder in Brownville Leaves Two Under Arrest
In Brownville New York Mrs Sarah Brennan was found murdered inside her home four miles west of Watertown. The body was hacked with an ax and packed in a trunk. A bloody weapon lay nearby. Police allege a confession and suspect robbery. James Farmer and his wife are detained as neighbors in the case.
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St. Paul
Isle of Wight
London
New York
Joliet
Ill
Boston
Robert Harrison
Thomas
Huntington
W. Va
E. F. Carty
Rockford
Herman H. Peters
Purl Harven
Mich
United Home Protectors
Lordsburg
N. M
Oliver Garrison
George Allen
Louisiana
Mississippi
Alabama
Los Angeles
Santa Barbara
F. B. Uart
Minneapolis
Minnesota Supreme Court
Wagle River
Wis
T. A. McIntyre & Co
New York Stock, Cotton and Produce Exchanges
Allis-Chalmers
West Allis
Solon Kugler
Pinckheyville
Joseph Miller
Butler
Winston Spencer Churchill
Board of Trade
Asquith
Manchester
Charles D. Pierce
Texas
South Dakota
Nebraska
Illinois Democracy
Denver
William J. Bryan
Cabrera
Guatemala
Supreme Court of Illinois
Morris Bengston
Belvidere
Sigrid Appleholm
Ellsworth
Lublin
Russian Poland
Orenburg
Brownville
N. Y
Watertown
Sarah Brennan
Patrick Brennan
Barton
Brennan
James Farmer
Brennans
Ruling Blocks Corporate Liquor Retailing in Iowa
Attorney General Byers ruled that a cooperative company cannot be granted a state permit to issue stock to retail intoxicating liquors. Laws intend individual, not corporate, responsibility and limit retail liquor sales to individuals. The decision signals substantial litigation ahead and follows state mulci statutes. Choate Accepts Taft Vice Presidency for New York. St Louis woman, Ora Longmoor, commits suicide due to poor health, wife of Jacob H K Longmoor bank teller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Co-operative Company of
Sioux City
Byers
St. Louis
Ora Longmoor
Jacob HK. Longmoor
Third National Bank
Comeee Ntns Ay
Koskokwine River Discussed By Responding Spinster
A lecturer notes Athabascan customs and female leadership on the Koskokwine river. A resolute spinster interrupts to say she must leave, replying she is well but heading to the Koskokwine trail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Koskowine
Hall's Catarrh Cure Claims Universal Cure
A 19th century advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only positive cure for catarrh, a constitutional disease, with a $100 reward for any case it fails to cure. Claims the remedy works internally through the blood and mucous surfaces and builds constitution. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Minnesota School Land Sales Offer June July 1908
Minnesota School Land Sales announced for June and July 1908 offering 300000 acres. For particulars contact H G Iverson State Auditor St Paul Minn. Public notice includes details on land offerings and contact for inquiries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
G. Iverson
St. Paul
Minn
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Iowa
Choate
Joseph H. Choate
Taft Organization
Meekison
Peruna
David Meekison
Jacob L. Davis
Galena
Stone County
N. Peterson
South Main St
Council Pluffs
D. C. Prosser
Bravo
Allegan Co
Peruna Drug Manufacturing Company
Columbus
Ohio
George What
Lewis’ Factory
Peoria
the Alabastine Company
Grand Rapids
Midh
Sex Water Street
New Fok City
Garden
Traq Parlin & Orendorff
Canton
Illinois
Railrow
B. Snell
Alberta
Can
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