News of a Week Condensed Happenings at Home and Abroad
A sweeping, compact digest notes Senator Lorimer delaying tariff action to aid Speaker Cannon amid threats of revolt, La Follette condemning Aldrich, and a 14 foot waterway cost study. It covers inspections in East St Louis plants, wool tariff amendments, income tax disputes, the Michigan battleship trial, and various local incidents from fires to drownings, murders, and births of public interest.
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Lorimer
Illinois
House
Cannon
la Follette
Aldrich
Senate
Congress
St. Louis
Gulf
J. F. Harm
Wilson
East
Washington
Taft
Kaiser's Address and Global Appointments Highlight 1900s Era
Kaiser Wilhelm addressed sixty British clergymen calling himself a friend of Great Britain. Tokyo announced Viscount Ara suke Sone as Korea resident general for Japan and Prince Ito as privy council president. Dr Paul Ritter presented to President Taft. George Ade named Purdue trustee. Carnegie gifts top 51.6 million for libraries. Sage gives 25 million for public purposes. Caldwell resigns from Navy. Mary Baker Eddy denies Delia Gilbert claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kaiser Wilhelm
Great Britain
Arasuke Sone
Korea
Japan
Tokyo
Prince Ito
Privy Council
Paul Ritter
Switzerland
Taft
George Ade
Purdue University
Andrew Carnegie
Russell Sage
H. M. Caldwell
George Dewey
Olympia
Manila
Navy
Mary Baker G. Eddy
Christian Science
Delia Gilbert
Submarine sinking and other perilous events reported
News briefs recount failed rescue of 20 men aboard the Kambala after a collision with the Ristilov. divers died in attempts. Philippine constabulary mutinied and fled to the mountains. Fort Des Moines shooting ends with Corp Elijah Such among the dead. Michigan battleship ran aground during a speed test but suffered no damage. Reports from St Petersburg claim 5 000 slain in Ardabil district Persia. Vanderbilt's Negofol wins French Derby at Chantilly for 40 600 stake. Knights of St John encampment brings commanderies from five states to Sandusky. Lightning strikes Holy Cross church spire in Bay Settlement killing Edward Duchan and injuring 16. Illinois Attorney General says schoolbook bill unconstitutional.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne County
Ohio
Michael E. Haggerty
St. Clair County
Illinois
A. Crowder
Rutledge Springs
Ala
Irving Haines
Thirteenth Street
Los Angles
Cal
Georgia
Georgia School of Technology
Taft
New York City
Stephen Marsh
New York
Denver
New- York
Samuel Bersin
Justice Dowling
Howard Gould
Texas
St. Louis
Hillman
Herbert Todd
Des Moines
Moses Rice
France
R. M. Smith & Co
Indiana
Louisiana
West Virginia
Dayton
Parkersburg
W. Va
John Hunt
California
Europe
Henrietta Babcock
Detroit
Otis D. Smith
Jacksonville
Fla
Amirai
Joan—J— Hamner
Pasadena
Naval College
Newport
R. I. A. H. Todd
Moses Raschio
England
Jaquin Sorollay
Bastiday
Carnegie Foundation
Charles Edwin Loss
Transylvania University
William J. Bryan
United States
Nebraska
Chicago
John T. Binkley
William E. Corey
Steel Tiist
Corey
Iowa State Manufacturers’ Association
Dolliver
Cummins
William Beaker
Mason City
Tacoma
Wash
Mount Ranier
Mount Tacoma
Youngstown
Mahoning County
Chinese Foreign Office
Charles Brown
Edward Poe
Anderson
Connecticut
Ristilov
Second Company of Constabulary
Philippines
John C. Raymond
James H. Washburn
Elijah Such
Corp
Liste Crabtree
Second
United States Cavalry
Fort Des Moines
Crabtree
Michigan
St. Petersburg
Ardabil
Persia
W. K. Vanderbilt
Chantilly
Knights of St.John
Sandusky
Kentucky
Pennsylvania
Holy Cross
Bay Settlement
Wits
Edward Duchan
Stead
Deneen
Brazil's Ruler Dies Nilo Pecanha Swears In
Rio de Janeiro June 15. Dr. Alfonso Moreira Penna president of Brazil died after influenza illness with pulmonary and gastric symptoms. Vice President Nilo Pecanha took oath to assume executive powers as government officials were notified.
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Nilo Pecanha
Rio Janeiro
Alfonso Moreira Penna
Brazil
Alfonso A. M. Penna
Arms and ammunition found packed as pianos in Virginia
In Franklin Virginia a stash of rifles and ammunition believed for Venezuelan revolutionists was found concealed in large piano boxes. The shipment, part of 15 000 Mauser rifles moved from New York to St Louis and back, was billed as pianos to weather the trip. The steamer Nanticoke and tug Despatch were tied up nearby while the revenue cutter Pamlico blocked the pair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Franklin
New York
St. Louis
South America
Foster Victory Over Expulsion In Baptist Ministers Vote
The Baptist ministers conference in Chicago voted 37 to 14 against expelling Prof. George Burman Foster of the University of Chicago. A substitute resolution reaffirmed orthodoxy and defeated the expelled outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ill
Baptist Ministers’ Conference
George Burman Foster
University of Chicago
Foster
Baptist Church
Prof. Foster
Five Die as Storms Flood Big Stone Gap Area
Five deaths are reported and property damage exceeds 100000 dollars after rains and electrical storms. Rail lines washouts and landslides close the Powell river area as a passenger train stalls near Arno. Heavy slides plague Appalachia and Dorchester Junction resulting in impassable tracks between Appalachia and Stonega.
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Big Stone Gap
Powell River
Louisville & Nashville
Interstate
Appalachia
Stonega
Arno
Dorchester Junction
State capital notes on court order and jail plots
The supreme court grants a temporary restraining order to block the annexation of Collinwood by Cleveland. Prison officials report a plot to free 500 prisoners. over 500 keys and several files were found in a cell search. The attorney general calls a June 22 meeting of city solicitors to study the Paine law reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Collinwgod
Cleveland
Denman
City Solicitors of
Ohio
Columbus
boards of—public_service and—safety
Clarence B. Laylin
Attorney General’s Department
Board of Managers
Oldfield
Hosford
John Amicon
Third Black Hand Letter Threat Hits Cincinnati Lunchroom Owner
In Cincinnati a Black Hand letter threatened Herman Breiner, owner of a lunch room, with killing and bombing unless he mailed 500 dollars to Z. Y. M. in Newport, Kentucky. This marks the third such letter since authorities arrested leaders of the Ohio Black Hand.
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Cincinnati
Ohio Black Hand
Federal
Herman Breiner
General Delivery
Newport
Well Known G A R Man Kouitz Dies in Toledo
Toledo reports the death of General John S. Kouitz former national commander of the G A R known as The drummer boy of Mission Ridge. As a fifteen year old drummer boy he joined the Missionary Ridge charge, losing a leg, and inspired verses by Kate Sherwood that were widely recited at camp fires and patriotic meetings.
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Toledo
John S. Kouitz
UG. A. R
A.R
Mission Ridge
Kate Brownlee Sherwood
Kouitz
Missionary Ridge
Body found on fishing hook near Toledo river dock
Fisherman Peter Rhors hauled a body from the Maumee River off the Toledo Shipbuilding Co. dock. The unidentified man had been in the water about a week and shows signs of violence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Maumee
Toledo Shipbuilding Co
Peter Rhors
Ohio Man Morrise Named DC Building Inspector
Washingtons Morrise, chief engineer of the Ohio Railway and Electric Co and former Lima resident, has been appointed building inspector for the District of Columbia, effective July 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washingtons
Morrise
Hacker
Lima
The
Ohio Railway & Electric Co
District of Columbia
Expressive Reply and Family Blunder Joke Exchange
Freddie recalls his father calling him the black sheep. Gertrude asks for details. Freddie jokes about being a square peg in a round hole and realizing his mistake after falling into a hole.
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Freddie
Gertrude
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Public Testimony
Rockland Maine woman details backache relief after three bottles of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Ad urges readers to address root causes of female weakness and credits the product with restoring health. Mrs Pinkham invites letters for advice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockland
Maine
Lydia EE. Pinkham
L . E. Pinkham
Will Young
Columbia Avenue
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lidia E. Bineham
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