Congress debates river channel study and war report
In Washington on May 17 officers of the engineer department faced questions on the feasibility of a 14 foot deep river channel from St. Louis to the Mississippi mouth. Bartholdi demanded a war report, while Clark and Alexander clashed over the report’s existence and timely submission. The resolution failed. An Ohio taunt dispute over a Jefferson silver service portrait stirred House debate, with Cannon ruling no privilege violation. Senate quorum for tariff talks established with 57 members present as Utah’s Sutherland spoke for lower rates and a standard bill of lading.
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Washington
Congress
Clark
Missouri
Engineer Department of the Army
St. Louis
Misippi
Bartholdi
Secretary of War
Alexander
New York
Rivers and Harbors Committee
Hellingsworth
Suir
Shermain
Ohio
Trollfigsworth
Jefferson
Mississippi
Cannon
Winally Bartlett
Georgia
Fitzgerald
Hiclingsworth
Senate
Bil
Suthland
Utah
Finance Committee
Misfit in Peace Demands Asset Currency Reform
At the National Association of Manufacturers opening, a currency committee urged endorsement of the Fowler currency and passage of a law creating supplementary asset currency backed by a guarantee fund with strict limits. A transition from wartime banking to peacetime standards was proposed, while the traffic committee highlighted hardship from rising railroad rates harming contracts.
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New York
National Association of Manufacturers
Committee On Currency
Congress
Committee On Traffic
Gold Key to Open Yukon Exposition in Seattle
President Taft will open the Yukon Alaska exposition in Seattle on June 1 by touching a gold telegraphic key sent by Secretary Ballinger and Washington’s congressional delegation. The key is mounted on Alaska marble and studded with 22 gold nuggets, connected with the White House telegraph wires to trigger the expo’s machinery.
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Washington
Taft
Seattle
Ballinger
Alaska
White House
Captain Marshall Impresses Turks in Adgus Province
Captain Marshall commanding the American cruiser North Carolina met Adgus province governor on Saturday and secured promised protection for American interests at Adana. Guards patrol American property as conditions in refugee camps remain pitiable. The American cruiser Montana arrived at Alexandretta today as the port remained quiet.
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Mersina
Marshall
North Carolina
Adgus
Adana
Alexandretta
Montana
Woman shoots brother in law after family threat in Carmi
Mrs Hubert Burnett shot and killed her brother in law Julian Burnett after he stabbed her husband and threatened the family near Carmi Illinois. She surrendered and was released pending grand jury action.
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Carmi
Hubert Burnett
Inlaw
Julian Burnett
Five More Turks Hanged for Officers Slayings
Constantinople May 17 Five more men were hanged in front of parliament buildings in Stam boul after a court martial found them guilty of complicity in the murder of officers during the recent revolutionary uprising.
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Constantinople
Stamboul
Chicago Banker Aangen Was President of Clearing House
Nelge Alexander Mangan, president of the State Bank for Chicago and a leading figure in the Chicago clearing house, died today at age 61 after illness described as cart trouble. His death removes a prominent lifelong banker and organizer in Chicago financial circles.
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Aangen
Clearing House Association
Chicago
Nelge Alexander Mangan
The
State Bank For
Chicago Clearing House
Imperial Honors To Lord Roberts Golden Wedding
London May 17 Lord Roberts celebrates the golden anniversary of his marriage with imperial fanfare. Also San Juan May 17 Iowa horticulturist M J Jorns dies of typhoid in Porto Rico. body to be sent to New York. Washington May 17 James T Williams Jr resigns as civil service commissioner for health reasons. Fort Smith May 17 fire destroys a cotton compress and 5000 bales, $300000 loss. River riplets Ruth goes north. W W steamer to run moonlight excursions up the river to Clinton and Dubuque, returning in a week.
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England
Roberts
London
Lord Roberts
Porto Rico
San Juan
M. J. Jorns
Iowa
American Department of Agriculture
New York
Coamo
Civil Service Post
Washington
James T. Williams, Jr
Civil Service Commissioner
Williams
Fort Smith
Ark
Ruth
W. W
Clinton
Dubuque
Unemployed to Decorate Graves in New York Memorial Day
New York report says the Chicago branch of the national committee for relief of the unemployed will decorate graves of those who died by self harm or hardship from unemployment in New York cemeteries. A parade plan was also noted as a rival to the G A R event. In Richmond Indiana, Ed Meek and son Raymond were killed in a fence quarrel by Joseph Railsback who was wounded in the leg.
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New York
New York City
Chicago
National Committee For Relief of the Unemployed
J. Eads How
St. Louis
Richmond
Ind
Ed Meek
Raymond
Here
Joseph Railsback
Railsback
Bandits Loot Mail Train Near Spokane Injuring Twelve
Bandits held up Great Northern passenger train No. 3 between Colbert and Mead, rifled registered mail, escaped with about 20000 dollars. The engine and mail car were detached and chased down the track, colliding with coaches and causing many passengers to be injured by shattered glass. Deputies searched area around Spokane, but no robbers found.
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Spokane
Wash
Great Northern
Colbert
Mead
Doc
Ryan
Hillyard
Girl Believed To Have Slain Father in Ramsey County
Louise Arbogast, 19, daughter of the late Louis Arbogast a wealthy St Paul butcher, is jailed in Ramsey county under commitment from a police court charged with murder. Authorities believe she was insane at the time of the alleged crime.
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Louise Arbogast
St. Paul
St. Paul, Minn
Louis Arbogast
Ramsay County
Swinburne Relieved as Pacific Fleet Commander
In San Francisco on May 17 Rear Admiral W T Swinburne retired, hauling down his flag aboard the West Virginia at age retirement. Rear Admiral Uriel Sebree assumed command, raising his flag on the Tennessee to serve as the new flagship. A separate Newark Ohio item reports the body of six year old John Altmeyer recovered from the river, once feared abducted. In Rome Andrew Carnegie was received in audience by King Victor Emmanuel.
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Sebree
San Francisco
W. T. Swinburne
West Virginia
Uriel Sebree
Tennessee
Newark
Ohio
John Altmeyer
Carnegie
Rome
Andrew Carnegie
Victor Emanuel
Vaccine Contaminated Stock Linked to Foot and Mouth Outbreak
A U S Bureau of Animal Industry report ties the Michigan New York Pennsylvania and Maryland outbreak to a Detroit vaccine factory using calves treated with foreign imported vaccine found to be contaminated with foot and mouth disease germs. The federal effort to suppress the outbreak cost about 300000.
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Washington, D. C
Bureau of Animal Industry
Michigan
New York
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Bureau
Detroit
Memorial Day Observance Planned by Local Societies
Fred Rauh chosen president of the Rock Island County Memorial Association for Modern Woodmen and Royal Neighbors. Committees named to arrange Day’s observance with memorial exercises set for 2:30 PM at Chippiannock cemetery. Details include transportation, music, and speakers, plus plans to involve South Rock Island camps and Royal Neighbor units. A new law will allow ownership of a sanitarium in Colorado Springs, cutting costs for the Woodmen.
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Fred Rauf
Rock Island
Mary E. Coleman
Victoria Zimmerman
Ella Trenkenschuh
C. E. Allsbrow
Chippiannock
Raih
Johnson
Thomas Flynn
William Slagle
B. W. Newton
Kate Collier
H. W. Bostock
J. Walters
Mary Wells
Colorado Springs
Arrange to Hold Ward Gatherings Across City
About 200 workers met at First Methodist Church yesterday at 3 pm to plan house to house visitation next Saturday morning. Rev. A J Hurley of Moline spoke on outreach methods. Ward captains set meeting times at various churches and homes this week to finalize plans.
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First Methodist Church
A. J. Hurley
Moline
Trinity Chapel
Appropriations to be considered by city council
At this evening's session the annual appropriation ordinance will be considered a key city matter affecting all operations. The budget has been reviewed by several committees and is now ready for formal action. The ordinance creating a health department also lies for action after last week's rules.
Wednesday Closing Night at Eagles Fair Vaudeville Lineup
The Eagles fair features Edward Gaeser Frank Stolt Ernest Thomas in a trio with vocalists Ruth South Fred Empire and Frank Reinke and Harry Clark a blackface comedian. Wednesday marks tri city night and Manager Quinn of the Family theater aids in securing feature vaudeville acts for the closing program.
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Edward Gaeser
Frank Stolt
Ernest Thomas
Ruth South
Fred Empire
Frank Reinke
Harry Clark
Tri-City
Quinn
the Family Theater
The
Eagles
Will Be at Watch Tower with Black Hawk War Survivor
W O Clark, 92, sole survivor of the Black Hawk war from Dry Town California, will speak at the Watch Tower Wednesday afternoon about the Black Hawk war. He will stay in the three cities for the rest of the week. Last evening he spoke at Andalusia Baptist church on temperance.
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W. O. Clark
Dry Town
Cal
Watch Tower
Andalusia
Delay in Seventeenth Street Sewer Rebuild Due to Pump Shortage
Mayor McCaskrin says work on rebuilding the Seventeenth street sewer will start as soon as pumps arrive. The city and Mr Best’s representatives have reached an agreement and preparations are complete pending equipment delivery.
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Seventeenth Street
McCaskrin
Best
Bishop Fawcett Confirms 19 At Trinity Episcopal
Bishop M Edward Fawcett of the Quincy diocese administered confirmations to a class of 19 at Trinity Episcopal church and later preached a sermon. In the afternoon he went to Preemption to confirm another class. George Meredith Ill is reported seriously ill in London.
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M. Edward Fawcett
Trinity
Quincy
Trinity Episcopal Church
Fawcett
Slayer of William E Annis Receives Sentence of Court
Captain Peter C. Hains Jr is sentenced to eight to sixteen years in prison at hard labor for killing William E. Annis. After motions for a new trial were denied, the court noted a fair trial and defense by experienced lawyers. The jury had recommended mercy, but the sentence stands and an appeal was allowed within 124 hours.
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Hains
Flushing
Peter C. Hains, Jr
William E. Annis
McIntyre and Young
Garretson
John P. Hains
Mountain quake rattles Montana and Canadian towns
A distinct earthquake shock at 9:15 p.m. Saturday was felt across northern Montana including Great Falls Helena and Havre, causing minor damage such as moved items and shattered glass. Winnipeg also reported a tremor at 10:17 p.m. lasting about 20 seconds, felt from Swift Current to Moose Jaw with mantle objects shaken in Weyburn and Moose Jaw.
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Great Falls
Mont
Chateau
Havre
Wagner
Montana
Helena
Herman Paul
Winnipeg
Man
Swift Current
Sask
Alaginan Sask
Weyburn
Moose Jaw
Calgary
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Yukon Exposition
Africa
Hunter
Lunca
Swinburne
America
Association of
M. W. A. and
Fndalusia Memorial Association
Vassers
George Meredith
Shake IN
Canada
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