Deneen blocks senatorial deadlock amid Illinois vote
Springfield March 25 The legislature debated the protracted balloting for the United States Senate with Deneen refusing a seat and backing a strategy to keep the stalemate through the legislative session Hopkins led 75 votes on yesterday’s ballots while Deneen clamped a padlock on the deadlock and aimed to bind the anti Hopkins group to preserve leverage The scene included 12 ballots and notable figures such as Hopkins Murray and various lawmakers shaping the stalemate and potential advisory votes in the primaries.
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Castro Plans Return to Restore Power in Venezuela
Paris dispatch says former President Castro and his party left for Bordeaux. He told a small group of Venezuelan adherents that he intends to reestablish his power by revolution if needed.
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Taft Commission urged by miners in Scranton meeting
Miners in Scranton adopt a resolution asking President Taft to appoint a commission to arbitrate differences and refer it to executive boards. They also vote to stay at work past April 1 while Pennsylvania anthracite districts seek a satisfactory agreement under the 1906 terms. The policy report reaffirms old demands and grants executive boards authority to negotiate.
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Roosevelt Appetite Gone Aboard Hamburg
The steamship Hamburg rocks badly on Wednesday March 24. President Roosevelt did not eat lunch and spent the afternoon in his stateroom reading while Kermit Roosevelt J Alden Loring and another party member suffer seasickness aboard.
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Muscatine Man Loses Cash in Denver Rio Grande Hold Up
In Denver March 25 two masked highwaymen robbed a Pullman car in the Denver Rio Grande yards at West Denver. They seized the porter at gunpoint and forced a search of six passengers, taking $142 from William N. Wallace of Muscatine Iowa and smaller sums from others. The woman passenger was not molested and the car waited until morning.
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Muscatine
Iowa
Cannon Still Supreme In House Rules Not For Special Session
Washington notes that Speaker Cannon maintains firm control of the House as amended rules clash with calls for extra sessions. A calendar day aimed at member independence was overridden after a clerical conference, keeping the tariff bill debate active while rule changes remain uncertain amid insurgent Republican opposition.
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New Crisis Is On Reservists Called and Peace Hope Fades
Paris reports the Balkans crisis has reached its most acute stage due to Austria-Hungary's intransigence. A few days may decide between peace and war. In Chicago a Budapest dispatch notes reservists are being called up at short notice, causing widespread sadness and a loss of public hope for peace.
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Businessmen Go to Fight the Bill in Iowa Senate
Delegations from Sioux City Burlington Dubuque Davenport and other large towns arrived to appear before the senate committee handling the constitutional prohibition amendment. They represent commercial organizations and oppose the measure stating their arguments against it.
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Eight Killed as Wall Falls in Chicago Warehouse Fire
Chicago reports eight workmen died when a wall left standing after a fire at Darlin & Co. warehouse at the stock yards collapsed. The accident occurred this afternoon, confirming the tragic toll from the blaze and structural collapse.
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Darlin & Co
Tariff Debate Highlights Clark as Minority Leader
Washington March 25. The tariff bill was opened by Payne with Crumpacker denouncing revenue only claims and praising compromises. Missouri’s Mr. Clark, the minority leader, delivered five hours of remarks, praised Payne, and drew applause as he praised the bill’s prospects and historic figures.
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Henry Clay
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Vermont
William McKinley
Wiliam L. Wilson
Nelson Dingley
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Prolonged Debate Over Tariff Reforms and Prosecution
The article reports on political contention over tariff policy with quotes from Mr. Clark and Mr. Fordney. It notes pushback against the Payne bill, calls for revenue-based rate cuts, and concerns about prohibitive duties, including steel rails. It references inconsistencies in the Dingley bill and Clark’s critique of tariff trends.
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Clark
Payne
Kidnaping Case Floods Whitla Family with Legal Woes
Sharon Pennsylvania reports reveal the Whitla family seeking no further publicity as detectives pursue the case. A man is to be tried for abduction in Mercer county while a woman may face conspiracy charges and testify. Cleveland grand jury indicts James Boyle and Helen Boyle for blackmail tied to $10,000 ransom. Willie Whitla identifies the suspects. a related woman, Mary Diener, dies by morphine overdose. Whitla stays in Cleveland to settle private law matters.
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Willie Whitla
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Mercer County
Cleveland
James Boyle
Helen Boyle
Helen Faulkner
J. P. Whitla
Willie
Thomas F. Boyle
Boyle
James H. Boyle
James P. Whitla
Mary Diener
Ashtabula
East End
Renounces Servian throne claim in press scandal
Belgrade report says George crown prince of Servia renounced his succession claim after a bitter campaign accusing him of causing the death of his servant Kalakovitz. The servant died from injuries after a hospital transfer following a fall, with doctors citing hernia, though public suspicions blamed the prince amid renewed brutalities rumors since 1903.
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Kalakovitz
Kalakovits
Alexander
Draga
Drought Grows in Indiana County Votes Dry
Drought of 92 Indiana counties shows 38 already voting dry under local option law with Elk Hart and Orange counties holding polls today. If both vote dry, 38 counties will have saloons ousted and about 540 saloons already closed. President Lewis of United Mine Workers asks miners to celebrate April 1 the inauguration of the eight hour day.
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Congress Minute: House Debates Payne Tariff Amendments
Yesterday in Washington the House spent over five hours debating the Payne tariff bill with Mr Clark of Missouri urging revenue focused revisions. He criticized lack of Democratic committee consultation and drew applause from colleagues while Messrs Washburn and Adamson attacked inheritance tax and tariff wall proposals respectively. The session adjourned at 8 13.
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Missouri
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Massachusetts
Adamson
Georgia
Eight Black People Fatally Hurt in Hickory Ground Clash
Special reports from Henrietta Oklahoma state that eight Black people were fatally hurt in a confrontation with a sheriff s posse at Hickory Ground today in St Louis Missouri dated March 26 ?.
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