Republicans Urge Fast Action on Currency Plan
Washington May 26 Republican conferees from both houses met behind closed doors to merge the Aldrich and Vreeland currency bills. No agreement was reached, but leaders expected a compromise hedged to block asset currency. A second report notes Republicans urged members to stay for a vote as a conference on a military academy hire bill advanced. In a separate incident on First street, Adelmann and Elder were attacked by three highwaymen. they fought back, sustaining serious stab wounds while police subdued one assailant.
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Washington
Aldrich
House
James Francis Burke
First Street
Adelmann
Elder
Gilen
Presbyterians Take Up Discussion of Home Missions
Baltimore and Kansas City May 26 reports show the Presbyterian church general assembly examining home mission fields including laborers immigrants Indians and other groups. The body also reviewed church college education and thanked Joan D Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie for gifts to Presbyterian colleges.
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Baltimore
Robert McIntyre
Los Angeles
Methodist Episcopal General Conference
Edwin H. Hughes
Greencastle
Ind
Wilson F. Lewis
Sioux City
Iowa
Methodist Conference
Gibles W. Smith
Pittsburg
Pekin
China
Oklahoma City
New Orleans
Omaha
Detroit
Minneapolis
France
Kansas City
General Assembly of
The
Presbyterian Church
Rockefeller
Assembly
Joan D. Rockefeller
Andrew Carnegie
Presbyterian Colleges
Daylight Bandits In Gotham Bank Embroil City
Two bank messengers, Joseph Elder and Samuel Adel, were wounded in a street battle after distributing cash at bank branches in New York yesterday. The incident involved bank staff and unidentified assailants, with the pair receiving medical treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Joseph Elder
Samuel Adelmay
Jefferson Badky
May corn climbs amid Patten rumor impact
Chicago May 26 May corn rose 5 cents on rumors of a Patten statement about corn pricing. The advance is attributed to expectations that corn prices will move higher, bolstered by Patten’s alleged influence on the market.
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Chicago
James A. Patten
Overalls for Women Not Contrary to Law
Little Rock Ark May 26 Attor ney General Kirby says no statute prohibits a woman wearing overalls without disguising as a man. He notes it may be desirable at times but hopes it not become a general prevailing style.
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Little Rock
Ark
Kirby
Artansan
Rebate fines affirmed against Omaha railroad and agent
In St Paul Minnesota on May 26 the United States circuit court of appeals affirmed the conviction and fines in the grain rebate cases. The Omaha railroad and its general freight agent H H Pearce face a $20000 and $2000 fine respectively. The company's appeal is dismissed with the government's lower court arguments upheld.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Circuit Court
Omaha Railroad
St Paul
Minn
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
United States Circuit Court
H. H. Pearce
Minneapolis
Are No More Grafters Left Commission Reports Rockford Council
The Rockford commission investigating city corruption reports that grafters have been removed from the council. Future evidence will be sent to the next grand jury. The council protested remaining payments on the Snow pumping engine due to boodle admissions and passed a druggist ordinance enabling liquor sales without prescriptions under the local option law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commission
Rockford
Cohalan heads Tammany as grand sachem succeeds Bourke Cochran
Daniel F. Cohalan, legal adviser to Charles F Murphy and head of Tammany law committee, was elected grand sachem at a meeting of Tammany hall leaders, succeeding Bourke Cochran. Also reported: the Clyde line steamer Seminole, ashore near Long Branch, was floated afloat uninjured. Mac Wood released on $5,000 bail in a divorce suit against Senator Platt.
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Bourke Cochran
New York
Daniel F. Cohalan
Charles F Murphy
Tammany Hall
Tammany Organization
Clyde Line
Long Branch
Map Wood
Mac’ Wood
Senator Platt
First American dreadnought battleship Michigan launched
The battleship Michigan was launched at Camden New Jersey by the New York Ship Building company on the Delaware river. It is described as an all big gun battleship with eight 12 inch rifles and a main belt armor of eight feet. The vessel measures 450 feet in length with an 80 foot beam and 24 foot 6 inch draft. Crewing consists of 51 officers and 758 men. Launching was witnessed by officials including Assistant Secretary Newberry and Michigan Governor Warner.
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Camden
N. J
Michigan
New York Ship Building Company
Delaware River
The
Navy
Newberry
Interior
Garfield
Warner
Washington
Wolverine State
Barnes Newberry
Children injured on railway grade in Pottsville
Seventeen children aged from six to fourteen were injured last night when a Reading road truck started down a steep grade with youths on board. The truck collided with a car at the foot of the grade and both vehicles were wrecked. A. N. Johnson named state highway engineer by Governor Deneen was appointed Good Roads delegate in Springfield.
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Pottsville
Reading
Good Roads
Springfield
Ill
A. N., Johnson
Deneen
Representative from listators to convention in Buffalo
Brimson Mo May 26 Mrs B B King Mrs Anna Coakley and the sister’s 5 year old were drowned crossing Sugar Creek in a buggy Sunday night. Two others in the buggy clung to the overturned vehicle until rescued.
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Brimson, Mo
B. B. King
Anna Coakley
Sugar Creek
United States to Keep Guard in Cuba
Washington May 26. After conferences among President Roosevelt Secretary Taft and General Hell it is decided not to withdraw any U S troops from Cuba at the present time.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Taft
Hell
United States
Cuba
Public Peril Charged Against District Attorney Jerome
May 26 Elizabethtown New York closing arguments in a dereliction case against District Attorney Jerome were heard by Commissioner Hand. A brief by Franklin Pierce for the complainants said conditions in New York county are more dangerous to society than murder and warned of a gravest calamity from continued misconduct of the public prosecutor.
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Elizabethtown
N. Y
William F. King
Jerome
Hand
Franklin Pierce
New York County
New York
Public Prosecutor
Johnson speech outlines dangers to liberty at Tuscaloosa
Minnesota governor John A. Johnson, speaking at the Alabama state university commencement, warned alumni that centralization of federal power and predatory wealth from special privileges threaten American liberty. He argued cooperation between these dangers imperils the republic and the people’s power, citing tariffs and industrial trusts as key factors.
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Birmingham
Ala
John A. Johnson
Minnesota
State University
Tuscaloosa
Johnson
Republic
Ready for real war test targets Florida monitor
Norfolk Va Mayaha Short EE prepares for gunnery tests as the Florida monitor is to be manned by a crew of volunteers. The test in the lower Chesapeake Bay tomorrow involves heavy firing from sister ships Monitor and Arkansas and torpedoes fired from the torpedo boat Morris. All vessels are at Hampton Roads with volunteers from the navy department ready to endure the hazardous gunfire and torpedo exposure to test armor and reliability.
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Florida
Norfolk
Mayaha
Monitor
Chesapeake Bay
Arkansas
Ft Uoder
Morris
Hawpton Roads
Quimby
Arosa
Navy Department
Bryan and Taft Clash Over Publicity Measure Drive
The article notes a sharp campaign clash as Bryan presses a publicity reform bill while Taft avoids the issue. It accuses those in control of government of refusing reform and highlights concerns over favoritism, lax enforcement, and calls to centralize powers in the federal government at the expense of states and constitutional rights.
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Bryan
Taft
Prospective GOP Leader Refers to Past Position on the Subject
Washington May 26 Secretary Taft received a telegram from William J Bryan proposing that leading candidates from both parties unite to urge Congress to pass a bill requiring publication of campaign contributions before the election. Taft replied that he had favored the bill and hoped it would pass, noting a letter to Senator Burrows on the matter.
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Washington
Taft
Willam J. Bryan
Congress
Invite foreigners to watch a hanging in Pottsville
At Pottsville Pennsylvania on May 26 a large gathering attended the execution of Felix Radzius a young Polish man convicted of murdering a woman and child in Shenandoah. The authorities invited Slavs Hungarians Poles Italians Russians Lithuanians and other foreigners to witness the sentence in the county prison yard drawing about 500 spectators.
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Pottsville
Felix Radzius
Shenandoah
Ideas Cost Him His Job Professor Bawden Discharged
The University of Cincinnati trustees announce the dismissal of Professor H Heath Bawden for advocating unconventional views on marriage. The board states no tolerance for nontraditional notions among faculty as it reinforces conventional marriage ties and the role of love in pairing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bawden
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati
Ohio
H. Heath Bawden
Death, Not Pardoning, Frees Governor’s Order Releasing Prisoner Too Late
Chester Newfoundland May 26 John Strong, a prisoner in the southern penitentiary, died Friday before a pardon signed by Governor Deneen arrived by mail. Strong, serving a 10 year term for a woman’s murder in St. Clair county, had been granted a pardon on the grounds he had little time to live. The death occurred a few hours before the pardon could take effect.
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Chester
John Strong
Southern Penitentiary
Strong
Deneen
St. Clair County
Congress Proceedings Yield Few Concrete Results
Yesterday in Congress the Senate under Mr Aldrich blocked progress with dilatory tactics while adopting the conference report on the sundry civil appropriation bill. The House, under pressure to adjourn, passed several bills by unanimous consent as it reopened with heavy attendance and a small roll call since convening.
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Washington
Houses of Congress
Senate
Aldrich
Beveridge
Hale
House
Meaure
Tony
District of Columbia
Porto Rico
Iowa
Ity
Spokane
Nebo
Rivers Recede After Severe Floods Hit Dallas and Oklahoma
Floods across Dallas Texas and Oklahoma claim several lives and leave thousands homeless. In Dallas Trinity river receded after over a million dollars in damage and at least three drowned. Oklahoma reports eight dead, 700 homes submerged, and widespread destruction with rail bridges washed away and transport by boat.
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Dallas
Texas
Trinity River
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Okla
Thompkins
Shawnee
W. J. Hallers
Frederick
Guthrie
William M. Lindley
Anadarko
Cimarron River
West Guthrie
Vote to Continue Street Car Strike in Cleveland
Cleveland May 26 at a meeting the striking street railway employees voted to continue the strike. There were further desertions from the strikers today as many returned to work. Royal greeting to Fallieres London May 26 King Edward the prince of Wales and other royals welcomed H. Fallieres on arrival at Victoria station after his Paris visit.
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Cleveland
Street Railway
Fallieres
London
King Edward the Prince of Wales
Duke of Connaught
Edward Grey
Asquith
Gladstone
H. Fallieres
France
Victoria Station
Edward
Paris
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