Congress Adjourns After Currency Measure Passes
The record details famous filibusters in Senate history as Congress adjourns following passage of the Aldrich Vreeland currency bill. Senators Lafollette, Allen, Carter, Cormack, Gorman, and Cameron are cited for prolonged obstructive actions in various sessions dating from 1900 to 1911.
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Congress
Senate
Lafollette
Nator William Vincent Allen
Nebraska
Thomas H. Carter
Montana
Cormack
Tennessee
Senate Democrats
Gorman
Maryland
Cameron
Pennsylvania
Teo
End of Filibuster As Congress Adjourns in Rush
Washington report details the final hours of the session as the Senate adopts the conference report on the currency bill and President Roosevelt signs all bills. The House, after dramatic proceedings led by Speaker and members, adjourns sine die with votes on the public buildings, general deficiency, and government employees measures finalized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
LaPoltette
Senate
Senato
Vreeland
Roosevelt
Gore
Stone
Safter
Stons
LaFollette
Fairbanks
Nny Gore
Nish
House
Adourn
She ’ Sker
Mess S. Payne
New York
Hepburn
Town
Willitias
Mississippi
Congress
Williame
Payne
Williames
Hays
Cookes
Housa
Memorial University
Mason City
Chicago church to install courting room for couples
Christ Presbyterian Church plans a courting room with cozy corners screens and soft lights. Rev J E Snyder says space adjoining the current church at Orchard and Center streets will be secured for the project once possible. Enthusiasm grows as many couples seek private chats after Sunday school in the existing room.
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Chicago
Christ Presbyterians Church
J. E. Snyder
Orchard
Center Streets
Mr. Snyder
Snyder
Lord Tweedmouth’s Mind Declared Deranged
London June. Lord Tweedmouth, former minister of the admiralty, is declared by his friends a mental wreck. An application has been made for two guardians to manage his affairs as he is considered no longer responsible. His friends fear for his security after a crisis involving correspondence with the Kaiser while in office.
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London
Lord Tweedmouth
Tweedmouth
Paradise Life Planned for Naked Colony in Mexico
New York reports Guarar H. Ander plans a naked "simple life" colony near Vera Cruz Mexico where men will not cut hair or beards and women primarily live and sleep. He aims to recruit 500 followers by September 1 with beliefs in free ideas and air exposed skin.
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New York
Vera Cruz
Mexico
Guarar H. Ander
Tropics
Ander
Russian Actor Plays Maid of Orleans In Berlin
A Russian actor named Glogolin was invited to Germany to perform the Maid of Orleans, a role he recently debuted in St. Petersburg. Critics initially mocked a man in the part, but his performance drew applause and astonishment at the idea of a male lead in Schiller’s play.
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Berlin
Glogolin
Germany
Orleans
St. Petersburg
Copper Slump Shown By Decrease In Year’s Returns
New York June 3 At the annual meeting of stockholders of Amalgamated Copper company, James Suliman of National City Bank retired from the board. The net income for the year ended April 30 was 6.68 million, down 7.474 million from last year, with a year surplus of 525 thousand, down 1.703 million, total surplus 12.0088 million. The report notes copper business mood remains low as mines run at full capacity.
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New York
Amalgam Med Copper Company
James Suliman
National City Bank
Directorate of Copper Company
Prince of Asturias Enlists in Army at One Year
Madrid June The little prince of Asturias, aged one, attended a thanksgiving at the palace. King Alfonso and Queen Victoria Eugenia led the royal family as Queen Victoria carried the infant in recruit's infantry dress. After the service, the prince was enrolled by the minister of War and the colonel of the King’s regiment as a private.
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Madrid
Prince of Asturias
Alfonso
Victoria Hugenne
Victoria
Humperdinck's Children Distract Opera Performance
Jane Borin reports the composer Engelbert Humperdinck attended his opera Haenael and Gretel with five children aged up to nine. While he beat time to guide them, the Humperdinck offspring fidgeted, slept, and climbed chairs, drawing more gaze than the stage scenery. The father grew nervous as the audience watched the children rather than the production.
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Borin
Jane
Merv Wurperdinck
Haenael
Gretel
Humperdinck
Seeking Work She Finds Fortune in Bond Packet
Mrs Laurina Bertoldo of 434 West Fifty second street tripped over papers in front of the Hotel Astor while seeking employment and picked up a dust covered packet containing bonds and a stock certificate with par value 4000. She handed the papers to police and they were returned to Gr Vincent at the Hotel Seville on East Twenty ninth Street.
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New York
Laurina Bertoldo
West Fifty-second Street
Astor
GR. Vincent
Seville
East Twenty Ninth Street
Sleep Habit Idea From Edison Sparks Debate
Thomas A Edison insisted sleep is a habit born of darkness and idle time. He argued humans slept because darkness offered nothing else to do and that in perpetual daylight they might never sleep, noting how customs pass through generations as a matter of course.
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York
Alley
Thomas A. Edison
Kaiser Says He Needs More Pay
Berlin reports consternation in Germany over Emperor William II proposing an increased civil list. Parliament debates the need to raise salaries beyond the current 34 million mark to sustain imperial estates. The emperor, a major landowner with vast royalties, reportedly faces rumors of borrowing as court lavishness and officials’ expenses strain finances.
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Berlin
Germany
William
Prasata
Prussia
Westphalia
Silesia
Muste
Cleveland Is Removed to Home at Princeton
Lakewood New Jersey June 3 Former President Grover Cleveland after two months of illness including rheumatism gout and indigestion was moved to his Princeton home. He walked unaided with a cane for the first time in seven weeks and exchanged goodbyes with friends and hotel staff before departure in John Hayes Hammond's touring car. At Princeton he reportedly stood the trip well.
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Lakewood
N. J
Grover Cleveland
Princeton
John Hayes
Hammond
Cleveland
Polo Captivates Paris Society
Paris June 3 polo has taken hold of fashion circles led by American Bradley Martin. The sport is centered at Bagatelle with top players including Count de Grammont Count Michael Yterbide Bertin Leonard Yoursy and Constant. Leading fashion figures such as Princess Radzwill Baroness Neufisse Mrs Hilton Mrs Graves Mrs J Munroe Mrs Scott Grant and Countess Rothschild also participate.
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Paris
Bradley Martin
Bagatelle
Count de Grammont
Michael Yterbide
MM. Bertin
Leonard
Yoursy
Constant
Prinsess Radzwill
Baroness Neufisse
Mike Saveur
Hilton
Graves
J. Munroe
Scott Grant
Cauntess R. Rothschild
Whole family drowned during Pensauken creek outing
Philadelphia on June 8 reports an entire family from West Pensauken swept to death when a small rowboat capsized in Pensauken creek below Riverton. William Fidie man, 38, his wife Elizabeth, 37, and children Anna, 17, and William, 7, perished. Four bodies recovered after hours of grappling. witnesses saw five or six aboard before the wreck. No other bodies found.
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Philadelphia
William Fidieman
Elizabeth
Anna
William
West Pensauken
Pensauken Creek
Riverton
SAPP MURDER JURY ACQUITS WHITLOW
Iola Kan jury, after thirty six hours deliberation, acquits Samuel Whitlow in the Miss May Sapp murder case of September 27 1907. The case tied personal relation to Moran farmer family. Whitlow, once Moran schoolmaster, faced charges of killing May Sapp whose body was found with throat cut in her yard.
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Iola
Kan
Jie
Samuel Whitow
May Sapp
Sapp
Moran
William Sapp
Whitlow
Miss Sapp
Presiding Elder to Be Replaced by District Superintendent
Baltimore Md June 3 The general conference of the Methodist Episcopal church adopted a resolution abolishing the title presiding elder and substituting the name district superintendent.
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Baltimore
General Conference of the
Methodist Episcopal Church
Wedding Knot Saves Him From the Noose
Dowagine Michigan June 3 James Brimmingstahl released from custody after two weeks on the statement by his wife that he strangled David Huff who lived with them. Officers had suspected Huff in several other murders but Brimmingstahl was legally married to his wife, keeping her from testifying.
Fire erupts in window display watched by Pittsburg fire chief
Pittsburg on June 1 Fire Chief Miem S Humphries stood before a Smithfield street window admiring a drug display when flames suddenly shot up inside and an explosion followed. The front of the store suffered heavy damage and a vial of colored alcohol in the window heated and exploded prompting a warning to eastern and southern facing druggists.
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Pittsburg
Miem S. Humphries
Smithfield Street
Four Indicted in Cotton Scandal Case In New York
The grand jury indicted Theodore Hy Price Moses Haas Frederick Peckham all of New York and Edwin Holmes Jr a former assistant secretary in the agriculture department on conspiracy charges tied to the 1905 cotton scandal. Price was prepared to post bail after hearing of the indictment and was released on 5000 dollars.
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New York
Theodore Hy
Price
Moses Haas
Frederick A. Peckham
Edwin 8. Holmes, Jr
Statiatitian Department of Agriculture
Grand Jury
Federal Building
Poison from shoe polish kills boy in Toledo
Toledo June 1 Coroner Faber rules cyanide in shoe blacking caused Carroll Doubna's death near the circus grounds. The boy had applied the polish before dying, and initial carbolic acid thoughts were dismissed as the poison spreads through skin from a hole in the shoe.
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Toledo
Ohio
Faber
Carroll Doubna
Columbus
Call Girl Pussy Face and Fine in Police Court Case
In St Louis on June 1 Judge PolLard fined Louis Grundhoeffer $5 after he called a restaurant owner Miss Lizzle Cella Pussyface. He said it was a compliment but Miss Cella disagreed, prompting the court ruling in Dayton Street police court.
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St. Louis
Pussyface
Louis A. Grundhooefter
Rheridan Ave
Misa Lizzle Cella
Boston Ave
Pollard
Dayton Street
Miss Cella
Grundhoeffer
Receivership Likely for Wabash Pittsburg Terminal
New York reports indicate that a receivership will be sought against the Wabash Pittsburg Terminal Railway Company in Pittsburg late today or Monday. Directors reportedly decided not to fund further, making reorganization essential. F H Skelding of First National Bank named receiver at the request of George J Gould.
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New York
Goulds
Wabash-Pittsburg Terminal Railway Company
Pittsburg
Wabash Company
Wabash-Pittsburg Terminal Company
F. H. Skelding
First National Bank
George J. Gould
Kill Whole Hunt Pack for Rabies
Boston June 1 A Myopia Hunt club vote led to the shooting of its 62 English fox hounds at Hamilton kennels due to a rabies outbreak. Several fox terriers were killed and no dogs remain at the club grounds. Forest Kind owned by William H. Moore was shot at his Brides Crossing stable after his horse showed hydrophobia likely from a dog bite. Exterminating a hunt pack over rabies is unprecedented in this country.
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Boston
Myopia Hunt Club
Hamilton
Forest
William H. Moore
New York
Brides Crossing
Monnday
Elinor Glyn Visits Reno Tenderloin Gambling Camp
Elinor Glyn the author of Three Weeks arrived in Reno’s Tenderloin district with Sam Newhouse Count Leon de Laborde and several women friends. She bet $200 at the Northern camp and lost then won after betting again, ending $1,000 ahead to cover her night’s expenses amid dance halls and about 600 women in Stingaree Gulch Rawhide.
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Reno
Budapest
Bombay
Boston
Bakerfield
Elinor Glyn
Sam Newhouse
Utah
Leon de Laborde
Paris
Stingaree Gulch
Rawhide
Triplets Arrive in West Long Branch for President Roosevelts Name Suggestion
Long Branch New Jersey June 1 triplet brothers arrived at the home of Mrs Josepherzom cottage number 3 Hollywood avenue Norwood park Mr Harzog a retired merchant who wintered in New York plans to inform President Roosevelt of the birth and ask for name ideas for the trio
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Long Branch
N. J
West Long Branch
Josepherzom
Hollywood Ave
Norwood Park
Herzom
New York
Harzog
Roosevelt
Mother, Babe in Arms, asL Little Girl's Assailant
A New Fork case details a mother and infant involved in a lurid plot. Mrs Felepia alleges that Maro Induced her child to accompany him to a vacant lot where she shot him after discovering his intent. Police suspect a larger conspiracy by the Felepia family and other Italian groups to extort money from locals.
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John
Selepla Famiy
Coun
Italy
Felepia
Maro
Dominico Francesco
Gaetano
Pather and Son
Sré
Sun Weno
Giovanini
Dominico
Belet
Amelia
Wyell
CORH KING GIVES COLLEGE $150,000
CORH KING DONATES 150000 TO COLLEGE AS BIGGEST WHEAT WINNER STORY COVERS PHILANTHROPY AND REGIONAL EDUCATIONAL FUNDING. A prominent benefactor, CORH KING, contributes to support agricultural programs at the college, signaling strong ties to farming communities and local industry.
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Corh King
College
Gift for North Western gym gains amid market talk
Chicago report notes A. Patten of the board of trade donates 150 dollars for a Northwestern gymnasium during a student conference at Fisk Hall. The piece surveys Patten’s vast corn holdings, futures and cash oat exposure, and Armour’s wheat position with large gains and losses in May contracts.
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Chicago
Northwestern University
Dares A. Patten
Vking
Dornell
Board of Trade
Harris
Fisk Hall
Patter
Patten
Arconta
J. Ogden Armour
Puy
Armour
Princess Amelia Louise to wed Kozlan after elopement
Vienna reports a family council authorized the marriage of Princess Amelia Louise of Furstenburg to Gustav Kozlan an automobile firm employee. The couple who eloped from Vienna are now at Lucerne and plan to live abroad after the wedding.
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Vienna
Amelia Louise of
Jury Disagreement in Whitmore Murder Trial
The jury in Jersey City on Theodore S. Whitmore of Brooklyn reported a disagreement in the murder case of his wife Lena and was discharged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitmore
Jersey City
N. J
Theodore S. Whitmore
Brooklyn
Lena
Lightning on barbed wire kills thirty nine near Princeton
Princeton Ind June 2 Lightning struck a barbed wire fence several times killing thirty nine sheep and three cattle six miles southwest of Princeton. The animals were stretched along in the shade of the fence for fifty yards with no external wounds except a small sapling marked by the strike.
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Princeton
Ind
Smith
Here
Maybelle Snell accused inWill case letters reveal influence
Jury hears about 90 letters signed Baby that allegedly swayed a colonel's will. Maybelle Snell is accused of using personal cajolery to extract funds from the wealthy victim, with prosecutors claiming over $100000 gained through her schemes. The trial centers on how the letters manipulated the testator and the true extent of her influence.
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Clinton
Anell
Thomas Fing
Terry
Pee Ming
Pinta
Snell
Mayville
Bnell McNamara
Maybelle
Cloes
M. E. Bishops Are Assigned To Posts
A Baltimore committee on Holocopac lists new bishop assignments adopted last night. Omaha’s bishop appointment goes to John I. Nuelson, with several other cities named including J. W. for Boston, Frank M. Bristol for Buenos Aires, and William A. Quayle for Oklahoma City among others.
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Taltimore
Omaha
Nuelson
Nebraska
William F. Ane
Chicago
Cincinnati
Poree Cole
Foo Chow
Chini Nettl Leete
New York
Daniel A. Goodmell
Oklahoma City
Okla
William A. Quayle
Big Grain Concern Has Quit the Game
Manitowoc Wisconsin June 1 General manager Esplin of the Northern Grain company said the firm would close and retire Unauthorized speculation and mis management caused losses leading to the shutdown The company lost upwards of 200000 on the Chicago board of trade in the last six months, closing two elevators a cold storage plant and a sheep and wool operation. wealthy lumbermen are said to be interested in the firm which owned elevators in Illinois Iowa Wisconsin and Minnesota.
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Manitowoc
Wis
Esplin
Northern Grain Company
Chicago Board of Trade
Illinois
Iowa
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Rabid dog runs 17 miles in 45 minutes at Oakland City
A rabid dog owned by Samuel Richardson went on a wild 17 mile chase across the countryside near Oakland City Indiana before returning home and being killed. The animal attacked livestock, bit 12 dogs, and caused fear among farmers as hogs and other stock suffered. The rapid pace drew marvel from observers.
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Oakland City
Ind
Samuel Richardson
From Conan to the Penitentiary
Freeman Knowles, former congressman and twice candidate for governor, editor and socialist agitator, seeks admission to the penitentiary. Convicted of sending lewd and lascivious material through the mails advocating free love, the objectionable content appeared in his paper. He faces a fine or imprisonment from one to ten years.
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Deadwood
Freeman Knowles
Knowles
van Ars
Savage enters race for Minnesota governor nomination
Minneapolis reports June L Marion W Savage formally enters the Republican gubernatorial race. Responding to the Eighth ward committee, he vows to seek the nomination if the best available man and not place personal ambition above party welfare. He will go to the Republican convention as a business man candidate with a slogan focusing on growth.
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Dan Patch
Minneapolis
Marion W. Savage
Eighth Ward
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Long
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