Deep Waterway and State Law Battles in Illinois Senate
Illinois Senate action features bills on tax exemptions for Civil War veterans, policy bonds registration after July 1, 1909, and town bridge donations. Deep waterway plans proceed with a 111 to 4 vote in the house and conference committees. Capital punishment defense fails as liquor and anti-cigaret measures touch local option dynamics amid budget cuts and penitentiary relocations.
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Springfield
Senate
Campbell
Wheelan
Deneen
Overnor
House
Mother Says Murderer Is Born to Crime
Centerville Iowa May 29 The state rested in the trial of John Junken for the murder of Clara Rosen Amy Junken the prisoner’s mother testified he was uncontrollable from youth sent to reform school then to the penitentiary for snatching purses She said he was a drunkard and cocaine field.
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Centerville
Iowa
John Junken
Clara Rosen
Amy Junken
John
Trains Operated Yet Struggles Mark Georgia Rail Strike
In Atlanta and Augusta Georgia a rail workers dispute flared with violence and nonunion replacements. Chairman Knapp and Commissioner Neill moved to end the strike, signaling resumption of service after talks with Georgia Railroad officials.
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Georgia Railroad
Atlanta
Knapp
Theirstate Commerce Commission
Neill
Scott
Ball
Brotherhood of Locomotive Miremen
Augusta
Georgia
Memorial Day Parade To Feature Confederate And Union Veterans In Little Rock
In Little Rock on May 29 a unique feature of the G A R Memorial Day observance will be the marching of Confederate veterans with Union veterans, a new departure for the city and unusual in the South.
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Little Rock
South
Wages higher in protected industries than in others
Special Correspondence of The Argus outlines 1905 census figures showing protected industries paying $468 yearly per worker while unprotected sectors average $542. It argues tariff protection does not elevate worker wages, citing Pittsburg steel as a case study and referencing The World's Work analysis by Edwin Bjorkman.
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TAW
The
Argus
Washington
United States
Pittsburg
Steel Trust
Friends of Protection
Edwin Bjorkman
Congressional actions and Porto Rico bill stalls
Washington dispatch reports Senate approval of the remaining sugar and tobacco schedules with potential revisiting if amendments are pressed. The House debate on the Organic Act for Porto Rico continued but adjourned without final action as members dwindled to nonquorum, Morland defending local legislative rights and territorial government for Porto Ricans.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Finance Committee
Aldrich
Clay
Bradley
Kentucky
Porto Rico
House
Morland
Missouri
House of Delegates
Aldrich Dismisses German Influence on Tariffs
Washington May 29 Senator Aldrich denounces German attempts to sway tariff legislation by sending anonymous wage data. Senator Depew notes German manufacturers and importers seek to influence Congress. Also, Secretary Dickinson announces military budget cuts of 20 million for 1911 under presidential directive. The barley duty is raised, and sugar and tobacco schedules move forward with no finance committee rate changes.
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Germany
Washington
Aldrich
Depew
Congress
War Department
Dickinson
Senate
Clay
Finance Committee
Bacon
Stone
Taft Attends Yale Clubs Convention in Pittsburg
President Taft arrives in Pittsburg for the fifth annual convention of the Association of Western Yale clubs. He faces crowding attempts but is kept at a distance by guards while engaging in brief speeches and temple visit. He proceeds to a fountain dedication and a five mile parade before a convention session, then heads to Gettysburg to dedicate a monument Monday.
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President Taft
Pittsburg
Conference of Clubs
Association of Western Yale Clubs
Taft
Rodepho Shalom Temple
Daughters of 1812
Arsenal Park
Fort Pitt
Gettysburg
Wheat campaign closes tamely in Chicago trading
Chicago May 29 quiet early wheat trading disappointed bulls. May quotations hovered at 1.34 dollars, with no strong move before the noon expiration of the May option. James A. Patten absent from the floor during the lull. Kansas City fast mail train derailed near Little Blue injuring several but none seriously. Former Kansas Governor T T Crittenden dies of stroke in Kansas City.
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Chicago
James A. Patten
Kansas City
Missouri Pacific
St. Louis
Little Blue
Kansas
Deadansas City
T.T. Crittenden
Adam God Gets 25 Years In Murder Verdict
Kansas City May 29 The jury in the James Sharp or Adam Goad case for the murder of Policeman Michael Mullane during a religious riot last December found him guilty of murder in the second degree. Sharp was sentenced to 25 years in the penitentiary.
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Kansas City
James Sharp
Adam Goad
Michael Mullane
Sharp
Monmouth College Orders Disbanding of Greek Letter Societies
Monmouth, May 29. President McMichael of Monmouth College disapproves of and orders the disbanding of the Greek letter societies that have flourished on campus for the last decade due to violations of college statutes and actions detrimental to the institution’s best interests.
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Monmouth College
Monmouth
Lil
McMichael
Veteran riverman Kimber welcomes his twenty third child
In Dubuque Iowa on May 29 Captain Kimber a 75 year old riverman of North Dubuque became the father of his 23d child. His wife now aged 19 is his fourth spouse and they were married a year ago.
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North Dubuque
Dubuque
Iowa
Kimber
Madden Guilty of Grafting Fined 500 in Labor Case
Chicago May 29 Martin B Madden Fred A Pouchot and M J Boyle were found guilty by the jury on the charge of grafting in labor cases. They were fined 500 each.
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Chicago
Martin B. Madden
Fred A. Pouchot
M. J. Boyle
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apu-Amaret
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Shanahan
National Guard
Naval Reserve
Lithonia
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company
Streetcar Men's Union
Reyburn
Indus
Carnegie Steel Company
Bjorkman
YALE
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Magee
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Patten
Adam God
Madden
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