Condensed News of the Week From Around the World
Maj James B Cavanaugh sails from Washington to inspect Alaskan waters to improve navigation aids. Nagel denies naming a successor to Robert Watchorn. Senators Tillman and McCumber clash over tariff. Nelson urges free lumber while Cummins and Culberson doubt an income tax amendment. Taft travel fund set at 25000 dollars. president's western trip hopes rise.
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James B. Cavanaugh
Corps of Engineers
Washington
Alaska
United States
Nagel
Department of Commerce and Labor
Robert Watchorn
Immigration
New York
Tillman
McCumber
Senate
Nelson
Cummins
Iowa
Culberson
Texas
Congress
West
Tawney
House Appropriations Committee
Taft
Debates and Births Mark Cross-Country Highlights
Mayor Rose of Milwaukee and Dr. Dickie of Albion College led a second liquor debate in Chicago. Queen Wilhelmina welcomed a daughter as the nation celebrated. Sloan to take oath as Arizona governor, succeeding Kibbey. George Young to become territory secretary. Winchell asserts Missouri 20 cent fare dispute settled for him. Rev. Dr. Hale falls ill on a Washington Boston rail journey.
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Rose
Milwaukee
Dickie
Albion College
Mich
Chicago
Wilhelmina
Holland
R. E. “Sloan
Arizona
J. H. Kibbey
George Young
B. L. Winchell
Rock Island Railway System
Kansas City
Missouri
Edward Everett Hale
United States Senate
Washington
Boston
Peace congress opens in Chicago and world events noted
The second National Peace congress begins in Chicago with many notable attendees. Other items report a mutiny near the American embassy in Constantinople quelled, a Lake Superior barge sinking with seven deaths, and various international and domestic incidents including trials, deaths, and political moves.
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Chicago
Constantinople
George Nester
Lake Superior
Carl Arnold
William Harvey
Kansas Penitentiary
Arnold
James Hazen Hyde
Equitable Assurance Company
Paris
Nina Johnson
University of Wisconsin
Kokomo
Ind
William W. Robinson
Peoria
Taft
Peace Congress
Charles E. Magoon
Cuba
New York
Lapland
Antwerp
Europe
William E. Bainbridge
Treasury Department
John S. Leary
Erie
Princess Juliana born to queen of Holland named
A report lists the birth of Juliana Louise Emma Marie Wilhelmina to the Dutch queen. The article bundles a flood of global woes and local incidents including cyclones killing 130, injuries to 300, and elections closing 385 saloons in Michigan.
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Juliana Louise Emma Marie Wilhelmina
Michigan
Tippecanoe
Indiana
Jefferson
Martin
Washington
G. K. “Boyajian
Detroit
London
Abdul Hamid
Turkey
Stuart McNamara
District—of Columbia
Indianapolis
Delavan—Smith
Chicago
William Jones
Crookston
Consolidated Grand Lodge of Oklahoma Knights of Pythias
Chickasha
California
C. Levert
State Insurance Department of
Ohio
Mutual Life Insurance Company of
Columbus
Rome
Cincinnati
Markbreit
Warren
J. W. Fowler
First National Bank of
Carroll
W—I—Culbertson
Congress of the Sons of the American Revolution
Baltimore
John A. Benson
San Francisco
William H. Reynolds
Brooklyn
Europe
Bess
News
Hastings
Mich
Indiana State
Michigan City
Porter—Smith
Nadir Pasha
Sultan
Constantinople
Harry Thaw
New York
Reynolds
Margaret Gritteh
Winnebago
Rockford
Taft
Mehmed V
Leishman
Red Cross Society
Beach Hargis
Irvine
Pierre Charles L’enfant
City of
Digges Farm
Maryland
Arlington Cemetery
Kroeger
Logansport
Ind
Scranton
Supreme Court Decision on Commodities Clause Stuns Railroads
The high court reversed a lower ruling on the commodities clause, limiting railroad ownership of coal and related products. Justice White announced a summary of the ruling, with only one dissent by Justice Harlan. The decision holds Congress acted within authority but misapplied the clause, requiring carriers to dissociate from products they transport unless production is separated from ownership through stock in producing firms.
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Washington, D. C
Supreme Court
United States
United States Circuit Court
Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Justice White
Justice Harlan
White
Congress
Ohio school text books approved for sale in state
The state school book committee, led by the governor and state school commissioner, approved textbooks for use in Ohio public schools and required state approval before sale. The oil inspector cannot hire a special accountant to audit refinery books. deputies may be directed to check returns. Gov. Harmon announced two pardons board appointments and removal of one member. Ohio penitentiary reforms include stricter discipline and no show girls in the chapel. Fire Marshal Rogers may pursue arson charges against Elmer Carr with Attorney General Denman.
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Columbus
State
Ohio
W. H. Phipps
Denman
Harmon
Cincinnati
State Pardon Board
Samuel D. Dodge
Cleveland
Paul B. Worthington
Barnesville
Belmont County
N S. Wright
Foledo
Dodge
Worthington
Ohio Penitentiary
Rogers
Elmer Carr
Dayton
Tragic end of boat romance in New York City
Mendel Weinstock a 22 year old tailor from New Haven shot and killed Rosie Cohen a 16 year old steerage passenger from Roumania and then killed himself. He had visited her Seventh street home urging marriage before the fatal act.
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New York City
America
Roumania
Mendel
Weinstock
New Haven
Rosie Cohen
Seventh Street
Insane Woman Slays Child and Self in Stafford Tragedy
In Stafford Springs Connecticut an allegedly deranged woman Mrs Bernard Rister attacked Charles E Emory with an axe after he delivered memorial cards for her daughter Elsie who died a month ago. She fatally shot her two year old son Bernard then killed herself at Jacob's Hollow.
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Stafford Springs
Conn
Elsie
Bernard Rister
Charles E. Emory
Boston
Bernard
Jacob's Hollow
Homeopathic Physicians of Ohio and Michigan Meet in Toledo
Physicians from two states opened their joint annual meeting in Toledo Ohio with large attendance and an elaborate program. Mayor Brand Whitlock welcomed the group and Dr H F Bigger and Dr W B Hinsdale delivered responses for Ohio and Michigan. Presidents Lester E Siemon and Joseph H Ball gave annual addresses. A banquet for visitors and their ladies was set for this evening. The meeting closes tomorrow.
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Toledo
Ohio
Michigan
Secor
Brand Whitlock
H. F. Bigger
W. B. Hinsdale
Lester E. Siemon
The
Ohioans
Joseph H. Ball
Michigan Societies
Accidental shooting and fatal injuries among Ohio youths
In Wapakoneta Ohio Chester Cummins 13 of St Marys handles an old shotgun left in a barn it fires killing playmate Bernard Weadock nine son of farmer John W Weadock. Nearby New Bremen a 13 year old Fred Kammen dies from mangled legs after attempting to jump from a moving buggy on a farm road.
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Wapakoneta
Chester Cummins
St. Mary’s
Bernard Weadock
John W. Weadock
New Bremen
Fred Kammen
Louis Kammen
Train Crash Kills Two Women Near Bedford Crossing
A northbound C P passenger train struck a horse drawn carriage carrying Sunday pleasure seekers at Dunham road crossing in Bedford. The impact at high speed sent the horse and carriage 40 feet from the tracks. Two women died. a man and a young boy may have perished. A young woman and another boy were seriously hurt. The train halted after entering Newbury as the crew stopped to aid survivors.
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Cleveland, O
Dunham Road
Bedford
Cleveland
Newbury
Inn Headline Of Turbot Troll In Fogbound England
An American traveler in midland England encounters an inn keeper who serves spoiled turbot to guests with colds. The proprietor explains the house policy that fish with flavor loss is served to those who cannot smell, a humorous clash of manners in a London inn setting.
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London
England
Illustrated Sunday Magazine
Submerged Palace Search Near Llandudno and Penmaenmawr
An expedition from Llandudno Deganwy and Penmaenmawr aimed to locate the submerged palace of Llys Helig. Two sections reported possible walls as tides rose, but the existence of the sixth century Welsh chieftain's palace remains unconfirmed.
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Llandudno
Deganwy
Penmaenmawr
Llys
Largest American Universities by Attendance Ten Largest U S Universities
The ten largest U S universities by enrollment include Columbia University New York Valparaiso University Indiana University of Chicago University of Michigan Ann Arbor Harvard University Cambridge Massachusetts University of Illinois Urbana Illinois University of Minnesota Minneapolis Minnesota University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia Pennsylvania University of Wisconsin Madison Wisconsin Cornell University Ithaca New York The figures show total student counts around forty five hundred to five five hundred.
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United States
Columbia University
New York
Valparaiso University
Indiana
University
Chicago
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
Mich
Harvard University
Cambridge
Mass
University of Illinois
Urbana
Wheels on houses idea to dodge earthquakes
An essay argues the idea of houses with wheels or rollers to move during earthquakes. The author credits a genius who proposed the concept, claiming movable homes could pivot to avoid disaster and spare lives.
Market Notes From New York Cleveland Toledo and Buffalo
Market prices across cities show currency rates and commodity quotes. No major shifts in government bonds or grain futures, with flour cattle hog and sheep quotations from New York Cleveland Toledo and Buffalo reflecting steady to firm tone.
Cattle and Hogs Trade Report From Pittsburg Market
Pittsburg May 4 cattle prices show choice steers at 6.50 to 6.25 with some 6.00 to 6.25 range. Hog market lists heavy Yorkers at 7.40 to 7.45 and pigs 6.85 to 7.00. Sheep steady to higher with prime wethers 5.65 to 5.30 and lambs 5.50 to 8.00. 7-
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New York
Prime Mercantile Paper
Sterling Exchange
Minnesota
Cleveland
York State
Pittsburg
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U. S. Supreme Court
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