Currency bills clash as Congress debates emergency power
May 26 report details pressure in Washington over currency legislation. Republicans fear adjournment without action, while Democrats seek to block parts of the Aldrich Vreeland plan. House and Senate consider dovetailing bills to permit emergency circulation backed by various securities and banks, with public demand seen as pivotal.
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Washington
Senate
House
Congress
Bartholdt
Missouri
House Committee On Public Buildings
Aldrich
Vreeland
Cannon
Repesentative
Burton
Ohio
Guthrie Politician Fred Tracy Indicted for Beaver Postoffice Robbery
Fred Tracy of Beaver City a prominent Oklahoma politician and editor of the Beaver Herald has been indicted by a federal grand jury for robbing the Beaver City postoffice. The safe was dynamited and Tracy claims he is the target of a political conspiracy.
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Guthrie
Okla
Fred Tracy
Constitutional Convention
Beaver Herald
Democratic State Committee
Federal Grand Jury
Beaver City
Tracy’s
Atore
Tracy
Race for the Pennant Standings Snapshot From Baseball Leagues
National League standings and game results show Chicago Philadelphia Pittsburg Cincinnati New York Boston Brooklyn St Louis in action. Scores and battery lists detail Pittsburg Boston Chicago New York St Louis Philadelphia with R H E tallies and pitchers noted for each contest.
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Chicago
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Cincinnati
New York
Boston
Brooklyn
St. Louis
Pet
New York Beers Aeres
Cleveland
Feago A
Detroit Rm
St. Louis Er
Washington
Hob
Young
Criger
Powell Spencer
Washington— Rhe
Detroit
Burts
Street
Siever Payne
R.H.E. Philadelpa
Vickers
Schreck
Thielman
Bemis
Mae Wood Released on Perjury Bond in Platt Divorce Case
Mae C. Wood, accused of perjury in the divorce case involving Senator Thomas C. Platt, was freed by Supreme Court Justice Greenbaum on a $5,000 bond secured by the American Surety Company. She offered no statement, and details of who secured the bond remain undisclosed.
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Mae Wood
New York
Mae C. Wood
Thomas C. Platt
Supreme Court
Greenbaum
American Surety Company
Four Sentenced to Death in Russian Revolution Trial
St. Petersburg reports a court martial of eleven revolutionists including four women. Four defendants were sentenced to death, six to penal servitude, and one was acquitted.
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St. Petersburg
Brief Dispatches from the Era of Strikes and Trials
The Cleveland street railway strike may end today as authorities push to resolve labor unrest. NY court rules Harry Thaw insane after slaying Stanford White. Oklahoma bans Pinkerton detectives. Southwest damage drives Chicago wheat market downturn. Locomotive Engineers may stay in session up to two weeks. Cuba to hold Aug 21 elections. Belgian Congo program gains momentum. Nueva Paz officials jailed for permitting public gambling. A black man shoots a white man in Greer South Carolina after an attempted assault. Penalty set for employers who fire workers for union membership. Tammany Hall elects Daniel F. Colahan as grand sachem succeeding Bourke Cockran.
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Cleveland Street Railway
Hereme Court
New York
Harry Thaw
Stanford White
Oklahoma
Pinkerton
Southwest
Chicago
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Magoon
Cuba
Congo
Nueva ‘Az
Havana
Boyd Stone
Henry Fowler
Greer
S. C
Stone
Suspected accomplices in Gunness murders linked to Wisconsin man
Martin Gurholt of Iola visits Laporte to seek his brother Henry who disappeared after going to Mrs. Belle Gunness farm in April 1905. A stranger recruited Henry claiming a Gunness sister needed him, Henry wrote home until July then vanished. Gurholt identified morgue skeletons but could not confirm a match as Henry.
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Laporte
Ind
Belle Gunness
Martin Gurholt
Iola
Wis
Henry Gurholt
Rumors on Fairbanks Candidacy Declared Unfounded
Indianapolis reports claim Fairbanks may retire from the presidential race but a Washington dispatch quotes Senator Hemenway saying the reports are false. He states Fairbanks will be presented at the Chicago convention for the nomination and urges no credence to contrary rumors.
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Indianapolis
Fairbanks
Chicago
Washington
Hemenway
Carnegie
Taft
Indiana Pathfinders Hold Fourth State Convention
The State Convention of Pathfinders in Kokomo Indiana marks the fourth annual Indiana Lodge gathering. Mayor W H Amnett opened with remarks. A Tucker as state president responded. national president George R McKee and supreme organizer H F McClane addressed the order.
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Pathfinders
Kokomo
Ind
Indiana Lodge of Pathfinders
W. H. Amnett
A. Tucker
Logansport
George R. McKee
Cleveland
H. F. McClane
Judge McCabe's Horses Stolen in Williamsport
Former Indiana Supreme Judge McCabe mourns as two horses vanish from his Williamsport barn. A black coach-horse valued at 259 dollars and a bay horse valued at 200 dollars were taken. Police traced the thieves to within six miles of Danville, Indiana.
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McCabe
Williamsport
Ind
Supreme Judge
Indiana
Danville
Gypsy Camp Searched Near Laporte Ind
Authorities thoroughly searched a large Gypsy camp on the city’s edge led by Robert Ristic after Chicago police advised that missing Chester McCormick and Ralph McCabe were being held by the gang. No trace of the boys was found.
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Laporte
Ind
Robert Ristic
Chicago
Chester McCormick
Ralph McCabe
Six Horses Cremated In Barn Fire In Indiana
The May 26 fire at Adolph Cooper's barn on a Middletown farm destroyed the structure and its contents and burned six head of horses. Cooper is cashier of the Farmers' State Bank in Middletown.
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Middletown
Ind
Adolph Cooper
Farmers’ State Bank
Wife slain in Evansville widow seeks husband in mystery
Evansville May 26 Mrs John Janz a ten month bride was found dead in bed with her throat cut as police search for her husband amid reports of jealousy.
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Evansville
Ind
John Janz
Indiana Republicans map at Chicago annex June fifteenth
Indiana GOP delegates set to organize at the Auditori um Annex in Chicago on June 15 with limited public detail. Talks center on county local option and dry counties, while A G Graham aims to unify Thirteenth district factions ahead of the Plymouth convention.
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Churches
Indiana
EB. S. Showaker
Shumaker
A. G. Graham
John L. Moorman
Knox
Graham
St. Joseph County
Plymouth
Mr. Moorman
Charles W W. Miller
Goshen
Miners Called Together in Indiana Strike Talks
Terre Haute ind May 26 President L T Lewis issued a call for a special convention of District No 11 United Mine Workers after an executive board meeting. He said an agreement would be reached and urged prompt action as men are idle and the strike should not be prolonged.
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Terre Haute
Ind
United Aim Workers of America
L. T. Lewis
Bic Powwow of Red Men
Indianapolis news notes a district meeting of the Red Men of Indiana to be held next Thursday. Fifty two tribes compose the district and will send their chiefs to confer the past sachem degree while union past sachem are ready to receive it.
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Indianapolis
Red Men of
Indiana
Great Council
City Engineer Killed Touching Live Wire in Indiana
Lawrenceburg Indiana May 26 Geo W Everhardt fifty one city engineer at the municipal electric light plant was instantly killed when he touched a live wire at the switch board in the plant.
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Lawrenceburg
Ind
Geo. W. Everhardt
Municipal Electric Light Plant
Taft Anti-Trust Allegations Stir Senate Debate
Washington dispatch reports the American Anti-Trust League asks the Senate Judiciary Committee to investigate claims that Andrew Carnegie and the Steel Company conspired to dilute the Sherman Act to aid Taft's presidential bid. The league seeks a recess inquiry, citing large contributions to campaigns and senatorial funds.
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Washington D. C
H. B. Martin
American Anti-Trust League
Judiciary Committee
Senate
Taft
Roosevelt
United States Steel Corporation
League
Andrew Carnegie
E. H Gary
Anti-Trust League
Carnegie
Steel Trust
Great Corporation
Senate Judiciary Committee
Nelson, Dillingham
Depew
Bacon
Clarke
Arkansas
Mouth No Place for Coins in Women Wallets
A physician condemns women’s habit of holding coins in their mouths while opening purses on streetcars. He notes danger and lung risks and cites a scene where a beautiful girl and a dirty man interact with a conductor, prompting his call for a pocket device to replace the lips for coin holding.
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Daniel F. Colahan
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United States District Attorney
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South Bend
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Occidental Hotel
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