Hisses in Senate as Carmack slanders soldiers
Washington May 1 The incident in the Senate saw Tennessee's Carmack hissed amid cries of disapproval as he urged investigation of Philippine testimony. Senator Spooner defended the army while criticizing partisan attacks, and gallery applause interrupted proceedings. The episode highlighted tensions over imperial policy and troop conduct.
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Indianapolis Journal
Washington
Carmack
United States Senate
Senate
Tennessee
Spooner
Army
Senator Spooner
Prolonged Senate Proceedings On Philippine Policy
The May Senate session featured Spooner and Carmack sparring over Philippine policy and wartime conduct. Lodge and Chaffee were cited denying a massacre story, while discussions touched on loyalty, statehood, and U S actions in the Philippines. The night session continued with debate on military strategy and presidential stance.
D M Tichenor dies saving girl in Gibson County
In Long pond near Princeton Indiana Oliver M Tichenor postmaster and prominent county figure dies after plunging into the water to save a little girl named Helen Carithers daughter of E G Carithers Graysville Ind The tragedy unfolds as campers watched and boats searched for hours The state political figure left a widow and one child with ties to former Governor Blue Jeans Williams The incident draws widespread sorrow across Indiana
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Indianapolis Journal
Princeton
Ind
Long Pond
Oliver M. Tichenor
Helen Carithers
E. G. Carithers
Graysville
Tichenor
Harrison
Durbin
Indiana
Republican State Committee
Black Hills Tornado Strikes Lead City Damages Homes
A small tornado hit Lead South Dakota at 1 pm injuring three people none fatally. William Adams suffered both legs broken and severe bruising while his daughter and Ewart Peterson were also hurt. Adams’ butcher shop was destroyed and property damage is about 150000 with debris reaching Terre and Central City.
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Lead
William Adams
Adams
Ewart Peterson
Petergon
Terre
Aea
Leame
Black Hills
Mil ford shoe heir shot on freight train near Momence
F R Kenton son of C R Kenton a Milford Conn shoe maker is at County Hospital with a abdominal bullet wound believed fatal. He was attacked by two men while riding a Chicago and Eastern Illinois stock freight train near Momence Illinois. They robbed him of a gold watch and money before throwing his unconscious body from the train. He crawled to a boxcar and was later moved to Chicago for treatment.
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Ir. Beveridge
Mr. Hoar
Beveridge
Allison
Hoar
Massachusetts
Spooner
Philippines
United States
Cuba
Chicago
F. R. Kenton
C. R. Kenton
Milford
Conn
Kenton
Momence
Ill
Grand Jury Returns Scathing Indictments of St. Louis Officials
The May 31 grand jury report condemns widespread municipal corruption in St. Louis. Indictments target Fred W. Zeigenhein secretary to a former mayor, ex speaker Charles Kelley, Delegate Charles Geraghty, and Councilman Louis Schnell. The panel cites bribe schemes, misused public funds, and a culture of vote selling. It highlights a $400,000 Bigantic street railway payoff and a $135,000 corruption fund, with several defendants either convicted or fledasting abroad. The report commends Circuit Attorney Folk and Hancock for pursuing the case and warns of long-term revelations yet to unfold.
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ST. Louis
W. P. Douglas
John W. Folk
W. Scott Hancock
Fred W. Zeigenhein
Zeigenhein
Charles F. Kelley
House of Delegates
Charles T. Geraghty
Louis Schnell
Grand Jury
City of
Assembly
Corru
Contents of Today's Journal Part One and Two
A scanned newspaper index outlines Ten pages per part with items on Senate hisses and applause, army reductions, municipal officials, insular committee testimony, shooting reports, strikes, murders, royal rebuffs, coal field conditions, sports, hotel lobby notes, and various society, market, and editorial features. It also notes an original story A Double Blow and historical lore. The police department is praised for its personnel and overall conduct.
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Carmack
Spooner
Senate
United States Army
St. Louis
Felipe Buencamino
House Insular Committee
Chicago Teamsters
Frankfort
Indiana
King Edward
General Foreign News
Sporting News
Court
Durbin
Charles Wilson
First Minneapolis Police Bribery Case Opens in Court
The District Court heard Irving A. Gardner charged with taking a $500 bribe from the Big Mitt operators in exchange for police protection. Witness William Edwards testified Gardner sought $1,000 to pass to Mayor A. A. Ames, with ten weeks of unmolested operation.
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Minneapolis
Irving A. Gardner
William Edwards
Gardner
A. A. Ames
Norbeck
Edwards
Link Crossman
St. Paul
Ada Gray Destitute Found in City Island Cottage
Ada Gray a once noted actress is found alone nearly destitute in a City Island cottage neighbors place her in Fordham Hospital. She had lived two years in the home for incurables at Fordham before leaving two weeks ago and taking residence in the cottage awaiting actors fund care.
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New York
Ada Gray
City Island
Fordham Hospital
Actors’ Fund
Decoration for Goodnow Proposal at Peking
The government plans to award a decoration to John Goodnow US consul general at Shanghai for his services in maintaining peace in central China in 1900. Chou Fu treasurer of Chin province is noted as a pro-foreign advocate.
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Peking
John Goodnow
United States
Shanghai
China
Chou Fu
Chin
Filipino ex-secretary testifies on Philippine desire for citizenship
Felipe Buen Camino, ex-secretary in Aguinaldo's cabinet, tells the House Insular Affairs Committee that Filipinos want American citizenship under U S sovereignty. He backs a Filipino American assembly, notes eight hundred municipalities, seeks 6000 American teachers, and cites education and friar opposition as key issues.
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House Committee On Insular Affairs
Washington
Felipe Buencamino
Aguinaldo
Senor Buencamino
Frank L. Joannin
Insular
War Department
Cooper
Katipunan Society
The
Philippines
Congress
Dewey
Taft
Federal Party
General Trias
Malvar
Trias
Philippine Commission
Manila
Anso
Filipino official Buencamino on self rule and annexation
The testimony discusses Philippine capacity for independent self government, 1898 origins of war, and claims by Britain and Germany against the United States. Buencamino cites mixed Filipino opinions, asserts eventual independence or annexation choice after tutelage, and notes his Federal party affiliations and role.
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Russia
Port Arthur
Japan
Australia
Great Britain
Germany
American State Department
Ilafico
United States
Philippines
Jones
Leas
Aguinaldo
Nebraska
Luna
General McArthur
Govae
Mr. Jones
Federal Party
Buencamino
Moroco
Speed trial tragedy as car rams crowd on Staten Island
A high speed automobile at a speed trial on Staten Island veered into spectators, killing Andrew Featherstone and injuring six others including Capt. Thomas Taylor and Joan Brick. W C Baker and his assistant Edward Delzer were arrested on homicide charges with $5,000 bail each. The accident halted remaining races.
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New York
Staten Island
W. C. Baker
Baker Motor and Vehicle Company
Cleveland
Edward Delzer
Andrew Featherstone
Thomas Taylor
Governor Flower
Louise Johnson
Joan F. Brick
Ellen Hay
Patrick Kenny
John Bogart
Automobile Club of America
Mr. Baker
Mr. Featherstone
Brick
Bogart
Baker
Deizer
E. E. Britton
A. J. Levy
Grasmere
Newdorp
C. H. Metz
T. Travis, Jr
Rawson
Farmer nailed to a tree in Alabama assault
Tom Harless of Berkley near Huntsville was attacked by two men while plowing near the Esslinger place. He was robbed with pistols, then his hands were torn and nailed to a tree and stretched above his head. Rescued alive by a farm hand, he will be unable to work for months.
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Huntsville
Ala
Tom Harless
Berkley
Harless
Esslinger Place
Slaughter of Tuaregs Reported Near Ain Salah
A French detachment led by a lieutenant was returning to Ain Salah after punishing Tuareg raiders when attacked near Diless. The Tuaregs were routed, leaving seventy one dead. French forces suffered three killed and ten wounded.
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Algiers
Algieria
Leutenant
Ain Salah
Sahara
Diless
Army reductions cut permanent force by ten thousand
Washington May 31 By order of the President Secretary Root reduces the permanent military establishment from 77,287 to 66,497. Infantry manpower drops from 8,420 to 3,88 per company and cavalry regiments go from twelve troops of 85 to 75 men. The plan keeps engineer and staff unchanged and divides the army into thirds with one third in the Philippines. Nominations to the Senate names Whitside Lincoln Quinton Chance and others for brigadier general and colonel ranks.
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Washington
Root
Artillery Corps
War Department
Philippines
United States
Hawaii
Alaska
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Chaffee
MR. Spooner
Wisconsin
G. Frisbie
Roosevelt
Mr. Carmack
Associated Press
Amer
Lodge
Massa
inter‘Bay
Con
Mes
the Union
Alabama
McLaurin
Mississippi
Roo Day
Tr of Lyres
Fation
D. M. Tichenor
Gibson County
Dakota
Ygred
Uncle Sams
O’brien
Contents OF Today's Journal
America
Panama
the Elks
Modern Messenger Boy
Edward VII
Queen Alexandra
George Ade
Ator
Cotte
Goodnow
Patterson
Farmer
Bea A Se Oeee
Beaneshwen
Infantry
Whitesidf
Lincoln
Quenton
Chance
Hoyt
Cornish
Samuel M. Whitside
Sumner
William Quinton
Jesse C. Chance
Ralph Wae
H. Es N
Charles Bonesteel
Lyman W. V. Kenner
William Lassiter
Charles G. Morton
Ying F. Baltzell
Edgar T. Conley
Chiles
Welc
Ome
Babcock
Overstreet
Republican Congressional Campaign Committee
Farts
Terre Haute
Columbian Law School
Colonel Roberts
Senator Ber
West
France
Peirce
Bingham
Rodgers
Rochambeau
Legion of Honor
State Department
Cambon
the Treasury
Michigan
Messrs. Gaynor
Greene
Quebec
Uni
Speer
Orgin
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Knox
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