House Kills Mayors Revenue Bills and Adjourns
Springfield May 23 Declaration that the house killed the mayors revenue bill to widen bond issues in cities by a vote of 58 to 5 and adjourned sine die. The senate then adopted the house amendment to adjourn. Governor Deneen blasted the state charity committee in a long message. Shurtleff and Evans clashed as leaders discuss bond bills amid party tensions. Twenty-five mayors pressed for more funds for public improvements.
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Defalcation Case Shocks Mexico City Markets
Mexico City reports a major defalcation case as Judge orders Martin Jacoby, head of Jacoby mercantile house, into court on charges of misappropriating funds estimated between five and five million dollars. The Jacoby firm is described as the largest cotton buying concern in the republic and the move follows representations from bankers and financiers.
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House of Jacoby
Cottom
Republic
Lamphere Indicted for Murder and Arson in Gunness Case
Grand jury in Laporte Indiana returns three indictments against Ray Lamphere. He is charged with arson for setting the Gunness home fire on April 28 and with murder as a principal and accessory after the fact in the deaths of Andrew Helgelein Mrs Gunness and her three children at Aberdeen South Dakota.
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Aberdeen
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Seaman Killed and Officer Injured in Street Car Crash
J. J. Straub a seaman on the New Jersey was killed and F. Lutinski third master of arms of the same ship was seriously injured in a street car accident yesterday afternoon in Bellingham Washington amid May 23 events.
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Last Civil War survivor Godwin Scudamore dies at 83
Godwin Scudamore, the sole remaining survivor of Libby Prison tunnel escapes, died at his Lakeport home aged 83. Other items note Robert W. Fullerton’s habeas corpus release in Seattle to San Francisco. Col Thomas W. Symons tipped as Army engineer chief candidate. Ville de Bruges sunk off Congo coast with 54 dead. Globe National Bank reopening to repay depositors. river notes on W. W., Dakota, Ruth, and river stage at 1.90 feet.
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Seattle
New York
Denial of Roosevelt Bonaparte Clash Over New Haven Suit
Washington May 23 The White House issued an official denial of claims that Roosevelt and Attorney General Bonaparte clashed over filing a legal action against the New York New Haven Hartford railroad. The statement cites cabinet corroboration and notes Bonaparte threatened to resign while the petition was filed in Boston despite Roosevelt’s opposition.
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Boston
Department of Justice
Airship with IG men falls in Oakland crowd watches
The Morrell airship rose to about 200 feet in the air and broke apart, sending 16 men plunging to the ground. No fatalities were reported yet several may die as thousands witnessed the disaster in Oakland California on May 23. The ship, the largest ever built at 400 feet long, caused several women to faint.
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Indians in Alaska Face Widespread Illness Report Says
Seattle May report says nearly half of Alaska’s adult Indians suffer tuberculosis while nearly all children have some disease. The finding comes from Captain Paul C. Hutton, assistant surgeon, arrived in Seattle with a detachments of the 11th Infantry from Fort William Seward.
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Paul C. Hutton
United States Army
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Fort William S. Seward
1Th Infantry
Illinois dominates Big Eight duals with Purdue scalp
Champaign May 25 Illinois University proves class by dual meet sweeping Purdue to post 87 to 29 victory. The Illini previously defeated Chicago and Wisconsin to clinch the Big Eight dual meet championship. Purdue showed strength in only a few events.
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Bryan and Roosevelt clash in a crowded Wisconsin speech
In Kenosha William Jennings Bryan told about 1,500 attendees that Roosevelt can act only with his voice when his hands are tied by highwaymen. He also argued for federal emergency currency and warned bankers in Chicago that deposits must be secured. In London, Jay Gould defeated Eustace Miles in the Olympic tennis final.
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Deadlock in Bishops Election Continues at Conference
In Kansas City and Baltimore, the tenth ballot was taken with no bishop elected. The eighth ballot failed to elect, and the ninth produced no result. Candidates included Lewis Sioux City Qua Chicago Stuntz Madison Downey New York and Goodell led by Huyler backing Goodell. Committee reports denounced liquor traffic as delegates from the south and German factions react to the ongoing stalemate.
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Portland
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Nuelsen
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Reports of committees mark Presbyterians meeting in Kansas City
Presbyterian general assembly in Kansas City yokes committee reports as key business. Legal matters tied to Cumberland union stretch across 11 states amid ongoing litigation. Moderator Fullerton hails press as a national power and urges stronger religious education with the Board of Publication showing strong results through children. Ministerial relief bound among important reports.
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Presbyterian General Assembly
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Market Weakness Follows Government Suit Against Railroads
Demoralization and heavy selling hit the New York stock market as it fell to its weakest since the fall panic. Traders blamed government action against the New Haven railroad for anti trust violations and a rumored tip. Overextension and profit taking left the market top heavy with little support.
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New Haven Railroad
Secretary Wade Resigns From Michigan U and Sends Defense
Wade secretary of the University of Michigan tendered his resignation to the board of regents yesterday afternoon and it was accepted with orders that nothing should appear in official records against him. He sent a lengthy communication defending his 25 years with the university and denying numerous allegations from Attorney General Bird's investigation. Accompanying were two checks for 720 and 290 dollars representing coal used at his home and the difference between coal paid by the M C A and what he could account for. He said missing vouchers were hoped to be found.
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Midh
Wade
Ice of Michigan
Board of Regents
Bird
M.C. A
Auditor General
Ersity
Harden verdict set aside in Moltke libel case
Leipzig May 23. The supreme court today set aside the lower court verdict finding Berlin editor Maximilian Harden guilty of libel against Count Von Moltke and ordered a retrial by the lower court.
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Supreme Court
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Berlin
Count von Moltke
Congress in Brief from Yesterday's Sessions
In Washington the Senate debated interstate commerce powers and the Hepburn act provisions while voting on substitutes and conference reports. A house post office appropriation dispute was sent back to conference as a vote on ship subsidies faltered, and a southern representation reduction measure passed in a strict party vote. Proceedings recessed at 6 14 p m.
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Committee On Privileges and Elections
Senate Ratifies Portugal Extradition Treaty With Restriction
The senate ratified the extradition treaty with Portugal after executive session, proceeding to a resolution that prohibits extradition of anyone facing the death penalty under the laws of the charging jurisdiction. The move narrows extradition to non capital offenses while allowing other criminal cases to proceed.
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Portugal
United States
Atlantic battleship fleet heads to Seattle voyage begins
May 23 in Bellingham Washington the first division ships under Rear Admiral Sperry weighed anchor for Port Townsend then Seattle. The move marks the fleet readiness as it sails toward the Pacific Coast staging point.
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Atlantic Battleship Fleet
Sperry
Port Townsend
Seattle
Pete Daly, Comedian, Dead at Chicago Auditorium
Peter F Daly, a renowned American comedian, died at the Auditorium hotel in Chicago after a week of illness described as a combination of grip, glambago, and pneumonia. Born to entertain, Daly's career spanned many decades with top circuit appearances and national fame. His passing ends a long chapter in American stage comedy.
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