States Rights Urged by Selfish Interests in Debate
In Galena on April 27 the Grant birthday observance featured a Carnegie library cornerstone ceremony. Senator Beveridge attacked Calhoun style states rights, arguing they shield selfish interests and threaten national welfare while urging national regulation of interstate railways and corporate incorporation. He cited history and warned against demagogues as states and the nation confront evolving governance.
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Galena
General Grant
Carnegie Fibrary
United States
Beveridge
Indiana
Calhoun
Grant
Lincoln
Waington
Republic
Greater Incorporated
A New System for Dividing Country
Washington reports the long expected order abolishing the great military divisions in the United States. The divisions will be discontinued at the end of the present five year period and territories will be organized into military departments. Missouri will switch to the Missouri department from Texas. The overhaul will redraw commands with many brigadier general led departments elevated to major general status.
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Washington
United States
War Department
Philippine Islands
State of Missouri
Department of Missouri
Department of Texas
Roosevelt credited for aiding Nicaragua Salvador peace pact
President Zelaya wires Washington to thank President Roosevelt for his great work toward achieving the peace treaty between Nicaragua and Salvador. Zelaya notes peace signed the day before yesterday at Amapala. The cable confirms Roosevelt’s material assistance in bringing about the amity accord.
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Zelaya
Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Nicaragua
Salvador
Amapala
Snow in St Paul with March-like weather
Snow fell throughout the night and continues in St Paul on April 27. The weather resembles that typically seen in March, with ongoing snowfall and unsettled skies.
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St. Paul
SINK WITH PIER Baltimore pier collapse claims workers
A Baltimore Locust Point pier being built for the Baltimore and Ohio railroad collapsed. About twenty workers were affected as six bodies were recovered, two men are missing and 15 injured. later updated to 16 unaccounted for with only three bodies recovered. The pier cost about 400000 dollars.
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Baltimore
Locust Point
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Aeronauts Start Balloon Trip From St Louis to Washington
Two balloons, the America and the Orient, were being inflated in St. Louis as favorable weather allowed. Aeronauts J C McCoy and Capt. Charles DeFP Chandler planned a 7 pm ascent for a voyage toward Washington D C to win the Lahm cup, while Hawley and Stevens prepared a midnight test flight for the balloon tournament in October. McCoy expected a 36 hour flight, aiming about 25 mph, but weather officials prompted postponement of the America’s long distance leg.
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ST. Louis
Washington D.C
J. C. McCoy
Aero Club of
New York City
Charles de FP. Chandler
United States Signal Corps
Ame
Alan B. Hawley
Leo Stevens
New York
McCoy
Chandler
Washington, D. C
Frank Lahm
Hawley and
Stevens
The
Aero Club
Weather Bureau
Ster
America
Famine Relief Faces Scourge of Scourge and Disease in Russia
In St Petersburg on April 2 Prince Lvork, head of the zemstvo famine relief, says the crucial moment has arrived as scurvy spreads rapidly through famine districts. He reports the zemstvo feeds 1,066,000 people and appeals for swift distribution of funds. Ergot poisoning from imported grain is suspected as a danger.
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St. Petersburg
Prince Lvork
Zemstvo Organization For Famine Relief
Zemstvo Organization
America
Clerk's Error Could Undo Railroad Foreclosure Worth Millions
New York April 27 An error by a law clerk may deprive Russell Sage Raphael and family of a large judgment. Nathan Raphael bought $680000 in second mortgage bonds of the Wasatch & Jordan Valley Railroad. Foreclosure on the first mortgage wiped out second mortgage holders, but they were not made parties to the suit, potentially invalidating foreclosure. The property, now owned by Deny, Rio Grande & Western, is valued at about $30,000,000, with $800000 in second mortgage bonds issued originally.
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New Jersey
Delaware
Nevada
American Union
New York
Manu Ars Azo May
Russell Sage Raphael
Siste
Nathan Raphael
Russell Sage
Wasatch & Jordan Valley Railroad Company
Utah
Cait
Raphael
Deny
Rio Grande & Wetern
Christina Hanson
Freternal Tribunes
John A. Hanson
A. H. Kohler
S. R. Kenworthy
Caroline S. Lundquist
A. P. Lundquist
Moline
Sarah A. Hartwell
Ella M. McDonald
Edward F. McDonald
Jerseyville
J. F. Murphy
Roosevelt Trip Up James River With Family and Guests
President Roosevelt and party spent a private day on the James River in Norfolk Virginia seeking seclusion with family and a few guests. No reporters accompanied the group as they enjoyed the excursion away from public view.
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Norfolk
Roosevelt
James River
Taft Will Not Talk of Presidential Race in Ohio
Cincinnati April 27 Secretary Taft arriving for several public addresses in Cincinnati and Dayton over the next three days declined to discuss political questions. He said he will have nothing to say on the presidential question during his western trip.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Taft
Dayton
County Court Requests Attorneys Attend Morning Sessions
County Judge R. W. Olmsted asks all lawyers with probate matters to present them at 9 o clock each morning until next Thursday. The court will hear civil and criminal trials, with non urgent matters held in abeyance until after Thursday.
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R. W. Olmsted
Robbed and left on track by train crash victim dies
Pittsburg April 27 Frank Driska died after being struck by a locomotive on the Pennsylvania railroad. He said before death he was waylaid and robbed by highwaymen who beat him into insensibility and placed him on the track. Ex governor Rufus B Bullock of Georgia also died today in Albion New York.
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Pittsburg
Frank Driska
Pennsylvania Railroad
de Tekery
Georgia
Albion
N. Y
Rufus B. Bullock
Governor Deneen presses for special session actions
Springfield April 27 Governor Deneen says a special legislative session is likely if the current session fails to pass key measures. He lists anti pass laws pure food primary election reform stock and debt rules for railroads factory safety fund transfers and insurance changes. Two sessions kept lawmakers busy with routine business and progress on several bills.
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Supreme Court
State Board of Railroad and Warehouse Commissioners
Shurtleff
Grindstone
Binger Hermann Found Not Guilty in Records Case
Washington April 27 Binger Hermann former commissioner general of the land office was today found not guilty of destroying public records while in office.
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Washington
Binger Hermann
the Land Office
Pumps in Race to Save Miners in Pa Mine
Johnstown April 27 Twelve foreign miners are reportedly trapped in the Foastwell mine of Berwind White in Summerset county. Pumps run nonstop to remove flood water, with entrance still blocked and a rescue party led by Superintendent Meighan reporting some miners may still be alive. Rescue aims to free survivors as efforts continue into the next day.
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Johnstown
Foastwell
Berwind White Coal
Summerset County
Meighan
Elevator tragedy claims Illinois Eastern Star official
Mrs. Mate Chester of Chicago, grand secretary of the Illinois Order of the Eastern Star, fell three stories into a hotel elevator shaft in Peoria. The accident occurred when she stepped into what she believed was an elevator doorway. She died after being found unconscious and transported to medical staff. The elevator attendant had stepped away briefly.
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Peoria
Mate Chester
Chicago
Allinois Order of the Eastern Star
Mayer Hotel
Chester
Bryan as Philanthropist and Mission Advocate
William J Bryan addressed Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions in New York describing eight scholarships he funds in American colleges and in Japan China and India. He praised American missionary work, argued America’s global Christian influence, and urged sending seasoned missionaries to Japan to spread Christianity.
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Asia
William J. Bryan
New York
Presbyterian Bord of Foreign Missions
America
Japan
China
Tudtia
East
Mr. Bryan
Presbyterian
Lebanor
Asco
Foreign Board
New York Herald
Ife
India
England
Supreme Court Incident Seeks Missing Horehound Candy
Justice Harlan, the oldest member of the United States Supreme Court, is described as alert during the hearing of a case while a missing package of horehound candy becomes the center of the incident in Washington.
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Justice Harlan
United States Supreme Court
Justice candy gambit upstages Philippine tax case
A New York Post correspondent reports a court hearing on a Philippine tax case where judges ignored the argument to share borehound candy passed from beneath a judicial robe. Chief Justice Pullman declined. Justice White accepted and returned for more as the bag emptied during the proceedings.
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Spondent
New York Post
Pullbagler
Justice White
Justice Harlan
Bac
Local Militia Equipped in Anticipation of Trouble
Lahore April 27 British authorities arm local volunteers amid unrest among Hindu student elements and native agitation. Inflammatory native press and race tensions spark riots in Lahore and Punjab. Strikes on railways are being fomented by agitators. government may suppress rioting by force if needed.
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Lahore
India
Hindoo
Punjab
Deserved Divorce Claims Cruelty and Desertion in Four Months
Judge Remsay granted Frank Pawlekowski of Coal Valley a divorce from Anna Pawiekowski amid cruelty claims. He alleges she mistreated him and their child, deserted after four months, and acted to poison or harm him. Other suits involve Rock Tskind damages, Christina Hanson, and Lundquist estate actions. May term ends with 110 new cases, incl 31 divorces.
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Remsay
Circuit Court
Frank Pawlekowski
Coal Valley
Anna Pawiekowski
S. Rosenworthy
Julius de Meyers
Arrest of Edward Tate the "gentleman burglar" in Chicago
Edward Tate known as the gentleman burglar was arrested in Chicago as he prepared to enter a friend's residence. He had recently escaped hospital confinement in Peoria while under guard for safe blowing but eluded custody until today.
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Chicago
Edward Tate
Peoria
Tate
Train boiler explosion kills three near O'Fallon
A Tromby engine drawing a caboose exploded its boiler as it rushed near O'Fallon Missouri on April 27. Engineer Pat Klinard Fireman Frank Appleby and Brakeman George E. J. Brown, all of Moberly, were killed. Conductor Nicholas Dessert and another brakeman were injured.
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O'Fallon
Pat Klinard
Frank ,Appleby
George E. J. Brown
Moberly
Nicholas Dessert
Story Order Bans Julian Story From Remarrying
New York April 27 Supreme Justice Thompson confirmed the report that Emma Eames Story, a former Mrs. Julian Story, was granted the right to resume her maiden name and remarry. The husband is forbidden to remarry during Mrs. Story’s lifetime.
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New York
Supreme Justice
Thompson
Buck
Emma Eames Story
Julian Story
Bible Lecture Series At Central Presbyterian Church
Rev. Marion Humphreys will lead six Bible lectures at Central Presbyterian Church starting tomorrow morning. Morning topics include Sacred Writings Before the Bible was Compiled and How the Bible was Formed with evening sessions.
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Marion Humphreys
Central Presbyterian Church
Collins Bros Win Rock Island Contract for Southwest Shops
W Collins returns from Chicago with news of Rock Island contract at El Reno and Maurika Oklahoma. The deal covers building several round houses and large shop buildings for the Rock Island and is valued around 156000 dollars. Rock Island beat 19 bidders nationwide and aims to rush completion.
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Collins Bros
W. Collins
Chicago
Rock Island
el Reno
Okla
Maurika
J. T
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Galena, Ill
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Republe
Lahm’ Cup
James
Deneen
Solons
Springfield
Secretary OF the State
Bryan
Tate S
O'Fallon, Mo
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