La Follette Filibuster Aims To Block Currency Measure
Washington May 29 La Follette leads a filibuster to obstruct the compromise currency bill while Foraker presses him to yield his seat. The session mixed quorum protests and procedural battles as the senate debated allowed debate and questioned Aldrich. The Chicago Beach hotel gathering highlighted social events during nine days of convention activities. Royal Arcanum officers were elected with Robert Van Sangs of Chicago as supreme regent and Clovis H. Bowen of Pawtucket as supreme vice regent.
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Washington
Senate
LaFollette
Stone
Missouri
Wisconsin
Foraker
la Follette
Aldrich
Chicago Beach
Grand Council of
Ilinois
Chicago
Royal
Arcanum
Robert van Sangs
Clovis H. Bowen
Pawtucket
Fey
F. T. McFadden
Richmond
E.A. Skinner
Westfield
N.Y
John Haskell Builer
Boston
Mass
Black Hawk Clay Manufacturing Stockholders Report Growth
At the Davenport annual meeting, Black Hawk Clay Manufacturing reported a 40 percent increase in plant output and a 25 percent rise in sales over last year. The firm may enlarge the factory next winter as heavy northern contracts, including Duluth sales, are filled. Officers elected: President M Rothchild. Vice President and GM C S Engelbrecht. Secretary-Treasurer Ed Berger. Directors include Rothschild, Engelbrecht, Berger, George Stegner, and Dr Dueser, with Stegner and Dueser new to the board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black Hawk Clay Manufacturing Company
Davenport
Sears
Duluth
M. Rothchild
Devonport
C. S. Engelbrecht
Minneapolis
Ed Berger
M. Rothschild
George Stegner
Dr. Dueser
Stegner
German Savings Bank of
Solons to Go Home in Auto from Washington
Speaker Cannon Senator Hemenway and Representative Landis will depart Washington by automobile within a day or two after Congress adjourns. They plan a roughly five to six day overland trip to Indianapolis, then continue home by rail. A midwest automobile maker provides the car and chauffeur.
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Cannon
Hemenway
Landis
Washington
Congress
Senator Hemenway
Indianapolis
Royal Arcanum Adjourns After First Annual Session
Chicago May 29 The Supreme Council of the Royal Arcanum yesterday closed its first annual session electing officers and selecting St. Louis as the site for the next meeting.
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St. Louis
Chicago
Supreme Council of the Royal Arcanum
Normal June Weather Averages and Extremes Recounted
The weather bureau notes June is not forecast months ahead. Historical data show average temperatures around 70 with extremes from 39 to 98. Precipitation averages about 4.04 inches, highest 10.79 inches in 1892, lowest 4.86 inches in 1886. Clear days total about 9, partly cloudy 13, cloudy 8. Southwest winds prevail. peak gusts reach 60 mph in 1876.
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Weather Bureau
Sheriff Held as Insane in Wisconsin Chase
Lincoln county Wisconsin Sheriff Joseph Bartelme is jailed on insanity charges after chasing a murder suspect into the woods from Tomahawk to Merrill. He wore store jeans and a revolver, and collapsed exhausted after days of pursuit and an apparent train escape.
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Wisconsin
Woods
St. Paul
Joseph Barielme
Lincoln County
Bartelme
Manitowoc
Tomahawk
Merrill
Typhoon Kills Hundreds at Hankow and Miner Disaster
News from Hankow reports a sudden typhoon devastating the Kan river area, sinking hundreds of boats and leaving many riverine casualties. A separate coal mine blaze at Kwang Sa claimed about 1,000 lives, casting a grim toll on the disaster.
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Hankow
Kwang Sa
Victoria
B. C
Kan River
Shanghai
Cholera Spreads in Philippine Provinces and Dagupan
Cholera takes foothold in Pangasinan province with four cities including Dagupan infected as inspectors are sent to stamp out the disease. Capiz reports 231 cages since January in Rizal and Zambales. no general epidemic feared. Banks: Portland banker Thonburn Ross fined $576 and jailed five years for wrongful conversion as president of Tile Guarantee and Trust.
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Philippines
Manila
Pangasinan
Dagupan
Bureau of Health
Capiz
Rizal
Zambales
Salem
Ore
Burnett
Thonburn Ross
Portland
Ross
Rae
Revolt in Samos sparks Turkish relief fears
Dispatches from Samos report at least 150 killed or wounded in four days of fighting at Vathy. Turkish reinforcements are en route to relieve the beleaguered governor and prince, amid widespread casualties and fear of a massacre. British, Russian, and French interests are cited as backing a potential naval halt to bloodshed.
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Constaninople
Samoa
Vathy
Prince
Athens
Samos
Prince of
Thhe Sultan
Turkey
Great Britain
Russia
France
Kopassiz Effendi
Smyrna
Two Rear Admirals Wainwright and Schroeder Acting Rank
President Roosevelt signed and the Navy forwarded commissions for Richard Wainwright and Seaton Schroeder to acting rear admiral, aligning with their Atlantic Fleet commands. They will wear the flag and reach full rear admiral grade by July 11, ahead of the Pacific fleet voyage starting July 7.
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Wainwright
Schroeder
Atlantic Fleet
Washington
Roosevelt
Navy Department
Richard, Wainwright
Seaton Schroeder
Pacific
Burton to Present Taft Nomination at Chicago
Ohio Congressman Theodore Burton will present Secretary Taft’s name at the Chicago convention. Burton is viewed as a leading Taft supporter in the United States. Cleveland not cancer sufferer report clarifies Mrs. Grover Cleveland’s assent and absence of cancer allegations. Arizona delegates elect six Bryan supporters at the Democratic convention in Tucson.
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Ohio
Chicago
Washington
Theodore Burton
Taft
Burton
United States
Cleveland
New York
George F. Parker
Equitable Life Assurance Society~ Trustees
Grover Cleveland
Parker
Princeton
Bryant
Lakewood
Bryan
Arizona
Tuscon, Ariz
Kidnapper Shot by Posse Near Ligonier Indiana
In Ligonier Indiana on May 29 a woman named Mrs. Sargent was abducted by William Patterson after forcing her into his auto. A posse led by Ernest Franks pursued toward Millersburg and Patterson was shot dead by his brother in law after he was wounded. Patterson had recently separated from his wife who blamed Mrs Sar for the trouble.
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Ligonier
Ind
William Patterson
Sargent
Patterson
Sarsent
Dr. Franks
Tornado Kills Man as Salina Area Struck at Mayview
A Kansas tornado at Mayview near Salina killed one man and injured 22 others, with five of the injured possibly dying. Frank Critts was carried a quarter mile and buried in a cemetery, while his wife was left in a wheat field after being carried half a mile. Nine farmhouses were destroyed and property and crop damage runs into thousands.
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Salina
Kan
Mayview
Here
Frank Critts
Liquor Firms Win Suit Over Dry Delivery Duty
In Richmond on May 29, a Roanoke liquor cases dispute concludes with the Southern Express Company ordered to deliver consignments to the Dry authorities. The ruling clarifies obligations for fast shipment of liquor to comply with prohibition measures.
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Southern Express Company
Towns
Richmond
Roanoke
Southern Express
Norfolk & Western Railroad
State Corporation Commission
Express Company
Will of Colonel Snell Declared Invalid for Mental Infirmity
Clinton Illinois May 29 The Snell will is set aside by a unanimous jury finding Colonel Snell was of unsound mind when the will was prepared The verdict ended the famous case soon after a prior juror deadlock The suit began with Richard Snell, disinherited son, after Col Snell died last year and the will was filed for probate The trial spanned January through last week with a second trial starting Monday night and ending in the early hours of morning.
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Clinton
Ill
Snell
Philbrick
Colonel Snell
Denver Next Discusses Presbyterians Assembly Location
Kansas City reports Denver chosen to host next year’s Presbyterian general assembly. The May 29 proceedings cover temperance, church governance and marriage and divorce. A $25,000 appropriation was approved to fund temperance work and a call for a congress to protect prohibition states. The liquor trade and prohibition trends feature prominently in committee reports. The Methodist conference in Baltimore continues drafting a constitution for the board of church extension and home missions.
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Kansas City
Denver
Presbyterian Church
General Assembly of the
United States of America
Temperance Committee
Assembly
Prohibition States
Prohibition
United States
Baltimore
General Conference of the
Methodist Episcopal Church
Board of Church Extension and Home Missions
Yesterday in Congress May 29 briefs from Senate and House
The Senate considered the currency conference report with ongoing debate on anti injunction and campaign publicity bills. Aldrich predicted action today while opponents Teller Owen and Newlands pressed opposition. The House passed measures to fit ash pans on locomotives and safe handling of explosives, then adjourned at 5 35 pm. The House also moved on fishery sites Puget Sound and other federal land and transport provisions, with measures affecting passenger carriage and forest reserves.
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Washington
Houses
Congress
Senate
Aldrich
Culberson
Texas
Bacon
Georgia
Teller
Colorado
Owen
Oklahoma
Newlands
Nevada
HOUSE
Puget Sound
Winwatt
United States
Agricul
Drunk in Street Leads to Fine and Lost Cash
Dennis Maguire, a farmer now in Rock Island, was found drunk in a public place with about 1545 dollars in cash and negotiable papers. He was fined five dollars and costs by Magistrate Elliott, totaling nine dollars. Earlier a similar incident left him with nearly four thousand dollars on his person. Alphonse De Clene and Paul Powels were fined five dollars and costs each for disorderly conduct in a related magistrate session.
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Dennis Maguire
Dennis
Elliott
Maguire
Rock Island
Alphonse de Clene
Paul Powels
Stone Again The Head Locomotive Brotherhood Reelected
Grand Chief Warren 8. Stone and assistants F. A. Burgess and E. W. Hurley, all of Cleveland, were reelected in the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. Ash Kennedy of Winnipeg was chosen assistant grand chief to represent Canada.
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Locomotive Brotherhood
Columbus
Ohio
Warren
Stone
F. A. Burgess
E. W. Hurley
Cleveland
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Ash Kennedy
Winnipeg
Man
Canada
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Royal Arcanum
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Grandpa
Mother
Posse
Ise
Sar
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Ison
Presbyterian Conference
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Austin
Railroad Commission
Falleries
London
French Republic
Paris
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