Quotation on N Y Senatorships sparks insurance link
Washington dispatch reports Rep James A Goulden, head of Penn Malus Life Insurance in New York, alleging that Albany senatorial positions were worth 60 000 to 100 000 and that insurance companies coerced politicians. He cites forced campaign contributions totaling 10 900 to the national committee, noting past failures due to director Plimpton’s firm stand.
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Washington
Toni Heit
New York
James A Goulden
House Committee On Jucie
District of Columbia
Goulden
Penn Malus Life Insurance Company
New Yorks
Albany
Pany Hd
Hoi
Campion Committee
Koax
Plimpton
Massachusetts
Senator Burton Sentenced to Six Months in Jail
The U S Supreme Court upheld a lower court ruling sentencing Senator Ralph Burton of Kansas to six months in prison and a $2500 fine. The decision, written by Justice Harlan, overruled Burton's arguments and left him barred from holding office. Justices Brewer White and Peckham dissented. The case involved Burton's role as counsel for Rialto company and a challenge to penalties for improper compensation.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the
United States
United Sates
Ralph Burton
Burton
Dommietii
Harlan
Brewer
American Vice Consul Is Assassin at Batoum
Batoum Russia May 21. Stuart American vice consul and British subject, a leading Batoum ship broker and exporter, was shot and killed in his counter during a night attack. The assassin escaped amid revolutionary unrest. Earlier reports note he was wounded by a bomb, amid disturbances also striking Count Kelter, a dragoon official, who was severely wounded but survived.
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H. Stewart
Batoum
Russia
W. Stuart
Stuart
Walisz
Poland
Kelter
Dragoons
Hint
Wedded Too Long to Have a Divorce in Maryland Case
Frederick Md May 21 Judge John Motter of Frederick County Circuit Court writes that long married spouses should stay together. In Fitz v Fitz Mrs Hien Fitz accuses Levi Fitz of abuse but the court finds no substantial reason to end the marriage after more than thirty years. The bill of complaint is dismissed with costs to be paid by the complainant.
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Maryland
Frederick
Jurge John ©. Matter
Circuit Court
Frederick County
Hien Fitz
Levi Fitz
Thurmont
Fite
Motter
Heel Aide
John Cole Kills Family Then Ends Own Life in Tragedy
In Woodellife New Jersey on May 21 engineer John Cole killed his daughter Marty with an axe and fatally wounded a young man. he then shot himself. The killings followed the departure of the fiancé who had planned to marry Cole’s daughter.
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John Cole
Woodellife
N. J
Marty
Cole
Island landowner warns of revolt if U S loses control
In Washington on May 22, 8 H Pearcy and his brother J T Pearcy urged the president to resume control of Isle of Pines. They claim Americans own nine tenths of island property and fear a revolt unless U S authority is restored, noting Americans have faced oppression and possible aid offers.
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Arge
Isle of Pines
Washington, D. C
H. Pearcy
United States
McKinley
War Department
Peavcy
Violet Rays for Treating Insane at Timeis Western Hospital
Dr N W Taylor, superintendent of Timeis Western hospital for the insane, advocates violet ray therapy. He has built a violet glass house where unclothed patients receive sun baths from sunrise to sunset, with meals delivered inside, intensifying exposure to the tinted rays. The method follows French and Danish experiments and aims to treat insanity through direct skin exposure.
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N. W. Taylor
Mhioigo
Timeis Western Hospital For
Baptist Union Seeks Prohibition Steps at Anniversary
The American Baptist Home Missionary Society closed its seventy-fourth anniversary with electing W. S. Shallenberger as president and calling for Congress to require revenue certificates on liquor sales. It urged stricter enforcement of Sunday closing laws and targeted parlor gambling and horse race betting while endorsing anti liquor measures and possible Baptist Free Baptist union efforts.
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American Baptist Home Missionary Society
Shallenberger
Secomd
Congress
Ohio
American Baptist Missionary Union
Baptist Mission Society
Baptist
Free Baptists
American Baptist Home Mission
Aessfort
Sunda
Indictment Details Timber Land Fraud Plot in Pacific Coast
Federal grand jury charges allege a wide fraud scheme to seize U S timber land by entries and conspiracies involving prominent men from Los Angeles San Francisco Portland and San Francisco area figures. The Pacific Furniture and Lumber Company is named as the active agency and organizer of the scheme with executives and brokers named from Los Angeles and San Francisco.
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Portlan
Ore
Une
Federal Grand Jury
Sow Angeles
San Francisco
Oregon
United States
W. Bristol
Curry County
Pati
Richard L Jones
William H. Smith
la Francino
Jeremiah Humpely
Junes County
Oreston Thpeieely
E County
William ‘T. Kerr
Coquilli
Johnny Miller
Port Oxford
Warren Gilleton
W. Kenny
Broadway Bank and Trust Company
Los Angeles
G. L. Stearns
Jacob C. Cross
Pacific Furniture and Lumber Company
David M. Goodwil
Maryland
A. H L. Hed
Aleks Tynes
M. M. Riley
Lee R. Ayres
Los Anges Aid
F. Dennis
Pa Qife Furniture and Lumber Company
Messrs. Cross
Good+wih
Stearns
Miller, Kerr and Dunes
Moors Attack Steamer Manalita Off Morocco Coast
In Mella Morocco on May 21 Moors attacked the steamship Manalita bound from Tatuan to this port. The attackers reportedly boarded the vessel and abducted some passengers while the ship was flying an American flag.
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Mella
Morocco
Tatuan
Witheen
Former Minister Proposes Abolition of Decapitation in U S Electrocution Debate
The text cites Pelin May Sie-Wa Wit Pung as a Chinese fixer in Washington tasked with codifying procedures for trials and sentencing. He petitions for electrocution as an alternative to depunitation of criminals condemned to death before the courts.
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America
Pelin
May Sie
Wislington
Strife Likely in Canal Zone Warned Malcontents
The crusader Columbia sailed from League Island with 600 marines under secret orders to Guan namo and San Domingos, while marines on the cruiser Columbia are bound for Guantanamo. Secretaries Root and Taft warned malcontents to keep away from the canal zone as elections approach, with naval force to maintain order on both sides of the isthmus.
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Washington
Columbia
League Island
Guantanamo
Cuba
Panama
Magoon
Amador
Canal
Root
Taft
Canal Zone
Gulf
Pacific
Treaty to share Rio Grande waters ends long friction
Washington May 2. Secretary Root and Mexican Ambassador Casasus signed a treaty regulating Rio Grande waters. It allows use by Mexicans while the United States funds a $7 million dam project at Engel New Mexico. About 25 000 acres could be irrigated on the Mexican side annually, with the U S guaranteeing against claims from individuals dislocated by prior diversions. The plan aims to prevent future disputes while recognizing shared rights.
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Washington
United States
Casasus
Rio Grande
Senate
Reclamation Service
Engel
New Mexico
Cams
Wybay
Forest fires out in Wisconsin and Michigan report
A Sentinel correspondent describes forest fire activity in the Upper Peninsula, noting the blaze along the Lake Superior line is largely out. About 9,900 people were left homeless or desolate, with fires sweeping sixty four miles and thirty miles beyond Channing, affecting towns such as Quinness, Escanaba, Wandlisey, Kingsley, Pertins, and Kuvortins as crews fight the remnants of a widespread disaster.
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Milwaukee
The
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Upper Peninsula
Michigan
Fie
Excambaair Lake Superior
Channing
Quinness
Escehn
Lund
Escanadiat
Wandlisey Sind Kingsley
Bavanaba
Lake Superior
Pertins
Mine on Fire Endangers Men in Pittsburg Area
A May 31 report from Pittsburg states the Hazel Kirke coal mine near Kentleyville is on fire with a number of men believed to be trapped inside. Rescue efforts are underway as authorities assess conditions and potential evacuation options.
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Pittsburg
Hazel Kirke
Kentleyville
Congress Likely to Confer on Railroad Rate Bill
Washington May 23 The house committee on foreign and Interstate commerce spent three hours last night on the railroad rate bill and decided to recommend disagreement with all senate amendments and to send the measure to conference. The Allison compromise amendments including court review of Interstate Commerce Commission orders are expected to be agreed to by the house conferees. The greatest concern was the pipe line tax common carriers provision which the committee found inconsistent with the carrier prohibition. Twenty two bills were passed despite quorum disputes led by minority leader Williams of Mississippi. Bills include regulation of enlistments in the revenue cutter service and lighthouse authority extensions. The house adjourned after five and a half hours until noon today.
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Washington, D. C
House Committee On Foreign and Interstate Commerce
Senate
House
Interstate Commerce Commission
Williams
Mississippi
United States
Missiadppi River Commission
Congress
Mississippi River
Princess Chimay Seeks Change in Matrimonial Fatigue
Vienna reports Princess Chimay tires of her Tallin husband and vows to win back Rigo the gypsy violinist. She brings Rigo's father's tombstone from Parla to Raksoda, confers with her former mother, and seeks funds via a pestering living statue plan after a declined telegram.
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Riao
Vienna
Chimay
Tallin
Riko
Raksoda
Parla
Rigo
Pesth
Inauguration of President Patma Fiavani
The inauguration of President Patma Fiavani occurred May 2 in a formal civl ceremony. The event featured high officials including senators, representatives, and heads of departments, with the supreme court judges present. A Cuban emblem and military honors appeared as crowds cheered while President Patinway and entourage entered the hall.
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Patinway
Weber
Diplomatie
Care Ty Tallante Torn
Gresamen
Judsea
Ponchian
Pilace
Civ Paki
Supreme Vaurt
Supreme Court
Cabanas
Peales
Morus Canoe
Palit Wilvanicuil
Judes
Elie Volse
Swain
Body of Unknown Man Recovered In Muscatine River
A body of an unidentified man was found in the Muscatine River on Sunday. The corpse showed no immediate identification and no other clues could be obtained to determine the man’s identity or origin.
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Muscatine
Taupe
Senate Passes Railroad Rate Bill After Prolonged Debate
Washington May 21 the senate approved the railroad rate bill by 71 to 3 after seventy days of debate. Foraker Morgan and Pettus opposed. The Teller amendment was adopted removing words from the interstate commerce provision. Debate highlighted by lengthy speeches from La Follette and others and continued scrutiny of executive statements.
Free Man Again Berkman Leaves Prison After 14 Years
Alexander Berkman, who attempted to kill Henry Frick during the 1892 Homestead strike, is released after fourteen years of a twenty three year sentence. He departs for St Louis, expects to take a labor department post at a daily paper, and says he seeks an honest living not an anarchist leadership role. He claims Frick employed detectives to track him and denies any regrets.
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H. C. Frick
Pittsburg
Alexanderc’ Berkman
Henry Clay Frick
Homestead
Tav— Ing
Berkman
St. Louis
Tim
Frick Hrs
Berkmann
Labor Department
Frick
Herr Most
Squeals of Baroc Fatal to Poland China Hogs
Fort Scott Kansas May 18. Four Poland China hogs died from sudden fright after a hog owner and neighbor moved a Duree Jersey to a pen. The squeals triggered fear and the five hogs huddled in a corner dying except one. Autopsy showed no arterial blood, only a large clot around the heart. The survivor recovered in moments.
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Fort Scott
Kan
M. B. Williams
Amos
Vernon County
Mormon Church Quits Business Amid Property Selloffs
The Mormon church plans a major shift as Utah Light and Railway, its Salt Lake asset, is to be acquired by a 25 million dollar English American capital coalition. The Intermountain Consolidated Railroad Company will operate the Ogden streetcar and an Idaho line, with Utah and Idaho incorporation. Another Salt Lake to Los Angeles line sale for 500 thousand dollars is noted, signaling a broad retreat from commercial ventures and potential political and social upheaval. An earthquake was felt in Oakland and San Jose with no reported damage.
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Salt Lake Cy
Mormon Shurch
Salt Lake
Utah Light and Railway Company
Ogden Street Railway
Lunld
Juab Waunts, N
Oweds County
Idaho
Intermountiain Consolidated Railroad Company
Wille
Utah
Stin
Senator La Follette for President Nomination
The Milwaukee Journal, a progressive Democrat paper, endorses Senator La Follette as the Democratic presidential nominee and assesses his fit against Bryan Parker Folk Bailey or Hearst. It argues tariff policy will dominate the race and praises La Follette as aggressive, clear, and personable. A separate note reports Judge Wik Hang P. Andrew found dead in bed in La Porte Indiana. Andrew, born 1869, was a prominent lawyer, physician, and minister.
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The
Milwaukee Journal
Yame
Bryan
Parker
Folk
Bailey
Hearst
Ponnix
la Follette
LaPorte
Ind
Wik Hang P. Andrew
Indiana
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