Filipinos Civil Government Bill Clears Senate Vote
The senate passed the Filipinos civil government bill by 48 to 30. Weer Mason and Wellington sided with the minority while McLaurin of South Carolina aligned with the majority. Mr Lodge was congratulated after seven weeks of debate and hard work ended. Patterson faced attack by Dietrich and the latter was ordered to withdraw remarks.
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Weer
Mason
Wellington
McLaurin
South Carolina
Patterson
Dietrich
Washington
Senate
Messrs. Hoar
Massachusetts
Illinois
Maryland
Lodge
Philippines
Philippine government bill passes Senate 48 to 30 in Washington
The Lodge Philippine government bill clears the Senate by 48 to 30. It authorizes the president to appoint the civil governor and vice governor, extends limited Bill of Rights application to the Philippines, and sets up municipal and provincial governments with advisory Senate consent for future appointments. The act limits arms rights, outlines land and mining rules, and permits bonds to finance friar lands while placing most lands under the Philippine Commission.
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Dietrich
Nebraska
Patterton
Colorado
Senate
Philippine Islands
Supreme Court
Islands
Philippine Commission
United States
Government of the Philippines
Philippines
Government of
the Philippines
Congress
Bil
Government of the
Supreme Court of the
Supreme Court of the Philippines
Manila and PH coinage powers and franchise provisions
The text outlines Manila authorized to incur up to 4 million dollars in gold bonds for sewer and water works, and Philippine government powers to grant public utility franchises with safeguards. It also covers establishment of a Manila mint, coinage extensions of US laws, silver coins, deposits, and cross minting with San Francisco, with restrictions. Continued on page 5, column 1.
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City of
Manila
Government of the Philippines
Congress
United States
San Francisco
Anti-Anarchy Measure Substituted for Senate Bill
The House opened debate on an anti-anarchy bill with a substitute from the House Judiciary Committee led by Mr. Ray of New York who argued the Senate measure unconstitutional. He said the act should protect national leaders and bar entry or naturalization of anarchists, noting nonuniform homicide laws. Mr. Lanham of Texas opposed making assassination of the President a specific offense, warning laws already cover such crimes and questioning singling out ambassadors and ministers. Bills were passed on various matters and the House adjourned at 5 PM.
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Washington
House
House Committee
Senate
Ray
New York
Judiciary Committee
United States
Supreme Court
Congress
Lanham
Texas
Circuit Court of Appeals of the
Eighth Circuit
Denver
Cheyenne
St. Paul
Patapsco River
Maryland
Semiahmoo Harbor
Wash
Idaho
Prisoners Freed After Supreme Court Deming Decision
Ten former soldiers released from Leavenworth federal prison after the Supreme Court ruling on ex Captain Peter C. Deming. Recipients include Clifton Bridges James Dungan Thomas Feaster Joseph Gannon Patsy Haffey Henry Holliday James Price Benjamin Stanley Willie Willison and James Meadors. They boarded trains to return home with others released on bonds.
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Leavenworth
Kan
United States Supreme Court
Peter C. Deming
Federal Penitentiary
Clifton Bridges
Washington, D. C
James Dungan
Philadelphia
Thomas Feaster
Knoxville
Tenn
Joseph Gannon
Savannah
Patsy Haffey
Chicago
Henry Holliday
St. Louis
James Price
Franklin, Ky
Benjamin Stanley
Deming
M. J. Spellman
Delbert P. Jones
J. C. Read
Charles Farris
Porto Ricans Garroted in Ponce Court Execution
Four men Barnabe Acevado Jose Torres Ramon Troche Cadena and Juan Torres were garroted in Ponce Puerto Rico after being found guilty of murder robbery and outrage for an October 188 incident near Ad jun tus. They confessed as they walked to the scaffold one man resisted cloth adjustment over his face and died after a fifteen minute struggle. Thirty witnesses attended the execution with details of the Pino family killings in the surrounding home attack.
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Ponce
P. R
Barnabe Acevado
Jose Torres
Ramon Troche Cadena
Juan Torres
Guayo
Adjuntas
Antonio del Gade de Pino
Adjuntus
Pino
Riot and clashes as Chicago meat wagon strike paralyzes city
Police in Chicago faced a brutal day as meat wagon deliveries clashed with striking union drivers. Rioters attacked nonunion teams, injuring dozens and triggering arrests while downtown stores faced stoppages. Irwin Brothers and Wagner stores became focal points as revolver firings, overturned wagons, and street clashes disrupted the meat train route from stockyards to city outlets.
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Chicago
Bluecoats
Clark Street
Irwin Bros. and
Wagner, Winslow & Co
Irwin Brothers
Isaac Bean
Peck
State
Peck Place
Michigan Avenue
Uni
National Teamsters’ Union
Marshall Field & Co
Carson, Pirie, Scott & Co
C. A. Stevens & Bros
Mandel Bros
Schlesinger & Mayer
Hillman’s
Boston
the Fair
A. M. Rothschild & Co
Siegel, Cooper & Co
Fair
Fair Store
Sundays End At Crown Hill Funeral Policy Changes
The Crown Hill Cemetery board will ban Sunday funerals after the last Sunday in June except when a Board of Health order permits. The rule, to begin the first Sunday in July, aims to reduce confusion and workload as city growth increases weekend services. Annual corporators meeting named Voiney Malott as member replacing the deceased John Armstrong. John Duncan joined the board, replacing Gen. Thomas Morris. other members include G B Yandes Dr J M Kitchen Thomas H Spann John C New Nicholas McCarty and W S Hubbard. The board discussed creating an independent water system with proposals up to about 9000 and plans for a stone tower as a cemetery feature.
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Crown Hill Cemetery
Board of Managers
Board of Health
Cemetery Association
Crown Hill
Voiney T. Malott
Sommesse
Mont Pelee Expedition by Kennan Heilprin and party
George Kennan and Prof Angelo Heilprin led a nine day ascent of Mont Pelee in Martinique. They reached the crater edge within 150 feet of the furnace like interior, endured ash and sulfur fumes, and survived without incident. Heilprin, Ledbetter and Varian were noted as in good health. Kennan paid tribute to Heilprin's bravery and mountaineering skill.
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Fort DE France
Martinique
George Kennan
Jacoael
Varian
Angelo Heilprin
Philadelphia Geographical Society
National Geographical Society
Ledbetter
Heilprin
Kennan
Mont Pelee
Prof
Professor Heilprin
Mr. Ledbetter
Hugh
St. Pierre
Crater
Lake Palmiste
Mr. Kernan
Vive Plantation
Herman Clerc
Vive
Capot
New Crater
New Volk
Basse Pointe
Morne Rouge
Ternado
Destructive Volcanic Eruption at Mont Pelee Spills Panic
Eyewitness account recounts the May eruption of Mont Pelee, with ash fall and massive explosions. Volatile columns rose a mile high, igniting fires and forcing evacuees from Vive plantation to Acier and Morne Rouge as the catastrophe unfolded.
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Mont Pelee
Vive
Acier
Mr. Jacoaci
Varian
Acler
Morne Rouge
Cate Basse Divide
Fallaise
Michigan official links Sutton to clothing frauds and acquittal
In Lansing on June 3 Gen. W. L. White testified in Kalama zoo disbarment proceedings that Eli R. Sutton of Detroit, regent of the State University, was implicated in the state military clothing frauds. Sutton had been acquitted in Ingham county, while White revealed a fictitious Illinois Supply Co. scheme and profits shared among Sutton, Marsh, and White. The testimony spurred talk of possible perjury arrests. Roos attended a directors meeting where a $27,000 fund was raised to back the fraud narrative. The case continues tomorrow.
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Lansing
Mich
E. S. Roos
Kalamazoo
W. L. White
Michigan National Guard
Pingree
Eli R. Sutton
Detroit
The
State University
Sutton
Ingham County
White
Illinms Supply Company
Ingham
Ilinois Supply Co
Arthur Marsh
Allegan
Military Board
Henderson-Ames Company
Illinois
Flood at Joliet leaves city under water and feared dead
Joliet Illinois reports the worst flood in its history with all low areas submerged. Police list names of drowned Eddie McGovern Lizzie McGee and a girl named Kennedy while many families escaped by boat. Homes and businesses flooded rail lines washed out and bridges displaced. damage estimated at 75000. A second town Louisburg Wisconsin reports a tornado destroying barns and killing Edward Ward who died from a fatal head injury.
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Joliet
Ill
Eddie McGovern
Lizzie McGee
Kennedy
Jefferson
Rock Island
Chicago & Alton
Santa Fe
Michigan Central
Union Elevator
Platte
Wis
Louisburg
Platteville
Edward Ward
Lightning claims two Smith boys in Beauver county storm
During an electric storm over Beauver county two small sons of Thomas Smith and another unnamed boy were struck by lightning and killed. The incident occurred as the storm moved through the area, with local authorities noting the deaths as a tragic outcome of the weather event.
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Guthrie
Beauver County
Thomas Smith
The Great White Plague at Tuberculosis Congress
The American Tuberculosis Congress met in New York on June 3 to debate tuberculosis in pathology and bacteriology. Prof J J Kin youn called tuberculosis the great white plague destroying more people than any other. Dr H C Fairbrother cited a fatal six member family to urge public sentiment backing prevention and lawful action for treatment. Dr J M Bleyer advocated animal electricity as a general therapeutic approach.
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New York
American Tuberculosis Congress
J. J. Kinyoun
Pennsylvania
H. C. Fairbrother
East St. Louis
Boards of Health
Nee Pe
J. M. Bleyer
Democrats at State Convention Show Little Enthusiasm
Only officeholders and seekers appear to rally in Tom Linson Hall. Delegates convene today to arrange a ticket, though candidates are few and the work is light.
Strife At Democratic State Convention In Indiana
The Democratic State convention opens at Tomlinson Hall with Chairman O'Brien to call the proceedings. John W. Kern is set as permanent chairman after a committee vote, while B F Shively is assigned to the resolutions committee. Fleming moves money to cover expenses as candidates, delegates, and officials gather in the Grand Hotel lobby amid a crowded scene and shifting alliances.
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Tomlinson Hall
O'Brien
State Committee
Grand Hotel
Denison
B. F. Shively
Shively
John
Kern
Fleming
Fort Wayne
Mr. Kern
Committee
G. W. Menzies
Major Menzies
Dr. Neusbaum
Burke
Frank B. Burke
Mr. Burke
Ladies’ Gallery
Capt
D. F. Allen
Allen
John R. Bast
Bloomington
East
R. H. Hartford
Portland
Senator Stillwell
Hartford
Democratic League
W. H. Eichhorn
Bluffton
Senator Fleming
Albert Echoonover
Attica
Frankfort
James Riges
Sullivan
John W. Minor
Jerome
Peru
Tilwell
Princeton
Adam Hi Om
Beer
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MR. Lodge
Mr. Ray
Mr. Lanham
Weamen Petts Dath
Consumer
Michigan
John W. Kern
Sues
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