Brief Review of a Week's Events in Congress and world
A weekly summary from IN CONGRESS notes the banking and currency committee tabling the Aldrich bill and scheduling a hearing for Rep Vreeland of New York amid a scandal. The Overman bill on injunctions against state laws passes with three federal judges to judge enforcement. John Leech is named Public Printer. The Navy bill passes. four new battleships denied by the House on a 199 to 3 vote. In youth bills, racing and safety measures advance in the District of Columbia. Government building sites and land purchases near the Mall are proposed, a bread range is created in Montana, and nonirrigable lands are broadened for homesteads.
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Congress
Fokwe Committee On Banking and Currency
Aldrich Financial
Navy
Secretary of the Navy
Roosevelt
House of Representatives
Montana
Henry M Cake Nominated for U S Senator in Oregon
Henry M Cake of Portland was nominated on the Republican ticket for United States senator, defeating Senator Charles W Fulton. recognition cited for his work in behalf of the red man. Senator Clapp of Minnesota, chairman of Indian affairs, made a chief of the Crow tribe. Nathan Mayer of Wabash Indiana applied for receivership. Julia Marvnne suffered a nervous breakdown in New York. Mrs Eliza Hodge of Janesville Wisconsin unconscious from church revival excitement. Michiel Twokas a labor contractor was sentenced to eight months in Bing Sing prison for starting contract laborers from Macedonia and Bulgaria. The will of Thomas Wanamaker admitted to probate in Philadelphia bequeathed to relatives almost all of an estate valued at about 20 million dollars.
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Henry M. Cake
Portland
Ore
United States
Charles W. Fulton
Clapp
Minnesota
Committee On
Indian Affairs
Haw
Nathan Mayer
Wabash
Ind
Julia Marvnne
New York
Eliza Hodge
Janesville
Wis
Michiel Twokas
Wan
Bing Sing
Macedonia
Bulgaria
Thomas & Wanamaker
Philadelphia
Mistaken for Burglars Kill Two In Columbus and More
General news item recounts John and Willa Frank, sons of a Columbus grocer, shot by city patrolmen. F C Hawes, mentally disturbed, killed Marshal Ryan and Night Watchman Bashan, wounded another guard, then was slain by a porter. Reports also note a Manhattan Kansas high school principal robbed and run down by a train, an Anglo Turkish crisis, and various other incidents including a death by suicide in Chicago and a blaze at Riverside injuring circus elephants.
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John
Willa
Frank
R. C. Frank
Columbus
Henry and
Caney
Warrensburg
F. C. Hawes
James Ryan
Bashan
R. ¥. Pollock
AW. W. Hutton
Manhattan
Kaw
Heaton
Log Angien
Jeusle Llewellyn Call
Llewellyn
Kansas
Chicago
Grant
New York
Taft
Andrew Carnesle
Leane M. Shaw
Metropoltan Temple
Piro
International Salt Company
Ludlowville
N.Y
Delaware
Democratic
George Gray
Mins Grace Molgs
Riverside
Cal
Che
Mius Bila Gibbs
Abbreviated Wire News Roundup of Crimes and Conflicts
A sweeping abbreviated wire report covers murders, fires, legal actions, political moves, and international clashes. It notes Jamies Lally charged with a murder in Seneca Kansas, fires destroying a jail, a bankruptcy receiver for Odell Brokerage, and a papal marriage decree spreading through Catholic parishes. It includes a Chicago midwife sentenced for a death, a poisoning case in Holland Michigan, and various European and Asian conflicts with casualties. The item mentions labor unrest in East St. Louis, a Wisconsin drainage decision, and multiple accidents and political moves across the United States.
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Supreme Court
Chit Congreve
Jamies Lally
Herbert Johnson
Seneca
Kan
Odell Brokerage Company
Cleelmund
Pius
Lucy Hagenen
Chicago
Annie Horvatich
Lilith
George A. Ford
Holland
Mich
Jente W. Osborne
Kokomo
Ind
Falry McClain Miller
Porlan
Lenkoran
Caspian Sea
Alberta Canyon
Cascade Mountain
Gus Long
Bessie Gilbert
Jo Detroit
Central Competitive Fund
Perala
William M. Watts
Worthington
Indianapolis
Chester
Supreme Court of Wisconsin
Horicon Marsh
George W. Tomson
Presbyterian Church
Woodbury
N. J
St. Louis
Grovey
John Spurgeon
Lawrenceburg
Cleveland
National Educational Association
United States
Monterey
New York Bay
William H. Taft
Minnesota
Louis Orian
Forman
N. D
Herbert F. Robinson
J. L. Layne
F. E. Holiday
Morrin
Federal District Court
Minneapolis
East St. Louis
San Diego
Fivans
Thomas
Robert N. Harper
Washington Chamber of Commerce
Washington
Kimball
Department of Church and Labor
Hunday
Hauser
Miesourt River
Helena
New York
Committee of
Roosevelt
John W. Jackson
Postminster
Columbia, Tenn
Train Bumps Trolley Car At Bath Beach Crossing
A four car motor train on the Brooklyn elevated system collided with a surface trolley at the Bay Nineteenth Street crossing in Bath Beach. The impact toppled the trolley and trapped passengers. Mrs. Alice Hughes, 24, suffered a fractured skull and internal injuries. Ten others were seriously hurt as train men were arrested.
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New York City
Bath Beach
Brooklyn
Hightyelxth Street
Bay Nineteenth
Mra
Alice Euste
Hughes
Think They Were Cheated Findlay Mining Suit Tops $5 Million
A supplemental petition in an $8 million mining case argues for an accounting of $5 million, based on depositions in Cleveland and New York. Plaintiffs allege Mexico mines near Santa Barbara were sold for far more than $410,000, with defendants including G. G. Gillette and W. E. Mathew tied to the deal. The suit, described as one of Ohio’s largest, traces a Spanish nobleman’s discovery and a series of transfers before the Hines Mining Co. took over, paying a 6 percent dividend on $5,000,000.
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G. G. Gillette
Fostoria
Los Angeles
Cal
W. E. Mathew
W. H. Picking
Bucyrus
Hines Mining Co
Thugs Take His Money in Cleveland Station Hold Up
Roman Kadrowski of Chicago stepped from a Union depot train with 26 dollars to spend in Cleveland. Two gunmen blocked his path, forced him to surrender 25 dollars a watch a return ticket to Chicago and two postage stamps. He alerted police and then sought friends to leave the city.
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Chicago
Ohio
Cleveland
Roman Kadrowski
Union Depot
Kadrowski
Aged widow in Parkman robbed and assaulted
Louise Johnson 74, a widow of Parkman village near Chardon, was beaten and nearly strangled Monday by a masked intruder who gained entry by removing a window glass. He fled as neighbors searched. Johnson, found unconscious, was left on the floor for hours and robbed of pension money. she lies in serious condition at Andrew Coulter's house.
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Coulter
Trenton Woman and Babe Drown In Delaware River
Mrs Claudia Smith of a Yardley area farm near Yardley Pennsylvania reportedly leaped into the Delaware River with her infant on Monday and both drowned. She had been ill for a long time and it is supposed she committed suicide.
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Babe
Trenton
N. J
Claudia Smith
Yardley
Telaware
Brave Employee Guards $20,000 Package in Robbery Attempt
In Owliz Pa an Adama Hxyreak Co employee John Truby confronted a robber who seized a sack containing $20,000. Shots were exchanged, but Truby protected the package and prevented the loss. Police investigation underway.
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Owliz
John Ruby
Adama Hxyreak Co
Truby
Fever Scare Grips Community After Child Deaths
Two children of John Wallace die amid fever scare. officials declare it an unrelated tragedy. Parents fear illness spreads as one victim’s viewing precedes funeral. High school building undergoing fumigation to curb outbreak concerns.
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Alling
John
Wallace
Child Lost After Long Day Near Nickel Plate Rail
In Buckeye state brief notes, a two year old named Chlarrttana Koenim from 7904 Platt Avenue near Hocketeye road in Cleveland travels with a man all day then lies down on a railroad rail and sleeps. Passersby find her later as she remains missing after a long day and hunger.
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Cleveland
Chrlattana Koenim
Nickelplate Railroad
Hockeye Road
Ste
Platt Avenue
Local agilist bitten by dog in transit to institute
Columbus resident O Kid Wert reports a dog bite to arm and leg while en route to the Chicago Pasteur Institute. He was training a bulldog for a fight when the animal snapped his arm and leg. Oblo State University proteasors examined the brain and found signs of hydrophobia.
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Columbus
Kid" Wert
Chicago Pasteur Institute
Lg Oblo State University Proteasors
Reverend risks life to save girls from oncoming train
Rev. B Norviel pastor of Shadyside Christian church risked his life to shield two seven year old girls Blanch Stiles and Margaret Frank from a locomotive. He dragged them from the tracks as the engine bore down, taking a glancing blow that left only slight bruises.
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Bellaire
B. Norviel
Christian Church
Shadyside
Blanch Stiles
Margaret Frank
Unfair to Bachelors debate in Chardon High School
A local debate in Chardon Ohio centers on a resolution claiming it is unfair for single men to pay for others' education. Students argued that bachelors should not bear taxes supporting school funding and education for other people's children.
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Chardon
Bachlore
Tragic Headache Tablet Accident Claims Life
Mildred, 9 year old daughter of Lewis Wilson of Upper Sandusky Ohio, found headache tablets at home Monday and ate about six. She suffered convulsions within minutes and died within an hour despite doctors efforts to save her.
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Sandusky
O.—Mildred
Lewis Wilson
Resigns as choral director at German Wallace College
Professor Sehneider resigns as organizer and director of the German Wallace College Choral union after six years. Albert Riemenschneider, who led rehearsals in recent months due to Sehneider's illness and workload, succeeds him.
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Mne
Beren
Sehneider
Wallace College Choral Union
Albert Riemenschneider
Man with bullet wound tied to late hospital entry
Jacob Deisy of 3250 West Forty-eighth Street was arrested after entering Cleveland city hospital late Monday night with a bullet in his arm. Earlier, railroad detectives in the B&O yard shot at a man caught robbing a freight car of automobile parts valued at 125 dollars.
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Cleveland
Jacob Deisy
West
Miners End Walkout in Toledo District After Amicable Pact
In Toledo Ohio the central district 200000 mile miners will return to work next Monday after an amicable agreement between miners and operators. The agreement was reached Friday by the Reale committee and ratified by a joint miners and operators meeting.
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Toledo
Central District
Reale
Receiver Is Named in Ashtabula Foreclosure Case
The W. H. Hunt Co an Ashtabula based leader in cigars tobacco sweets and sporting goods was placed in the hands of a receiver as Mrs EB Hills acting as administratrix began foreclosure for a sum of 2800 dollars Oakland county local court records indicate the firm formerly run by WH Hunt of Cleveland operates in Ashtabula county.
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Ashtabula, O
W. H. Hunt Co
Edgar, Tobacco
Ashtabula County
WH. Hunt
Cleveland
Hills
Remarkable 90th Birthday Tribute to Local Singer
Mrs Ann Catherine Munich of Columbia Pa, long known in the community, will turn 90 on November 30. She sang for Lafayette, Ravenna and others during his final visit to the country in 1824 as the only remaining member of a class of schoolgirls who performed for him.
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Lafayette
Ravenna
Ann Catherine Munich
Columbia
Fraud Charged to Merchant in Alliance Case
Alliance Ohio man J B Emmons manager of the People's Clothing Co was arrested Friday on fraud charges. He allegedly wrote to individuals about fictitious parcels and claimed he would deliver once they sent sums ranging from zero to one dollar.
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Alliance, O
J. B. Emmons
People's Clothing Co
Mill Owner Dwight G Hay Assigns in Creston
Wed morning ram buyer and mill owner at Creston Dwight G Hay makes an assignment. Price Russell of Creston is named assignee in the move.
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Wooster, D. Jr
Dwight G. Hay
Creston
Price Russell
Despondent man kills self in Cleveland on Monday
Despondent over his daughter, 62 year old Christopher Banish of 1221 East Eightieth Place shot and killed himself Monday, authorities said. The incident occurred in Cleveland, with investigators treating it as a suicide tied to family distress.
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Seif
Cleveland
Christopher Banish
East Hightieth Place
New Company to Do Business Columbus Ohio
The Safety Trace solder Co of Cleveland formed with $10 000 capital by J Love Jr A Burgens Charlen F Hall Peter Mitchell and Thoms R Murdock to engage in business ventures in Columbus Ohio and surrounding area.
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Columbus
Safety Trace Solder Co
Cleveland
J. Love Jr
A. Burgens
Charlen F. Hall
Peter Mitchell
Thoms R Murdock
First Shave In Forty Years by West Park Veteran
Onear Hy Ruggles, 68, of West Park suburb Kietne, celebrated Easter by shaving his beard for the first time in forty years. Civil War veteran Ruggles, unknown to friends, marked the occasion with a visit to a local barber.
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Finlay
Onear Hy Ruggles
West Park
Kietne
Ruggles
Beck, 1 Year Old Boy Missing From Home in Punishment Tale
The 1 year old Beck, son of Willem Back of Batra, left home after punishment by his mother for a minor offense and has not been found. Police and relatives search informally through area residences and roads. Family appeals for any information leading to the child's safe return.
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Fostoria
Hewat “Beck
Willem Back
Batra
Utter
Ohio Legislature Delivers Broad Bills and Probes
The Ohio Legislature reports a flood of actions with Senate and House bills. Highlights include criminal and public works measures, a six month publication of constitutional amendments, a Canton municipal court, quarterly state fund flows, and a Cleveland city investigation joint committee with cross party members and power to summon witnesses.
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Columban
Senate
Tate
Cincinnati
Ohio
Jerson
Canton
Married After Midnight In Cleveland Amid Quick I Do Ceremony
In Cleveland three couples and three companions formed a late night car party to secure a minister and license. Two hours later the six participants wed in a ceremony arranged by one member.
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Cleveland, O
Easter Fire Destroys Bucyrus Shop and Suits
A Friday afternoon blaze at Frank Ledin's dry cleaning shop in Bucyrus CA was caused by a gasoline can exploded in the taller section. The fire consumed all suits in the shop, including fifteen Easter outfits. Ledin was badly burned.
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Frank Leding
Ledinaki
New Trial Refused by Judge in Maria Bernardo Case
A Cleveland court entry on Monday by Judge Schwan overruled the supplemental motion for a new trial filed by Maria Bernardo’s attorneys. Bernardo was sentenced to life in the penitentiary on a usury charge.
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Cleveland
Schwan
Maria Bernardo
Must Purify Water Willoughby Epidemic Threat
Willoughby faces a waterborne disease risk unless swift purification steps are taken according to physicians. They report that several miners’ hives have already traced to the water source, signaling urgent action to avert a public health crisis.
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Willoughby
Value of print in church publicity noted by New York Press
A New York Press survey explains how parishes use print to reach congregations. Catholic, Episcopal, and Catholic chapels distribute weekly and monthly literature from 12 to 16 pages, with pamphlets and hymn cards guiding participation and education. Public notices on church doors advertise Lenten readings, while an appeal for funds remains common.
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Mont Catholic
Trinity Chapels
St. Patrick's Cathedral
New York
Caterpillars Reported After Hailstorm in Krugersdorp District
A hailstorm in the Krugersdorp district accompanied by an army of 200 000 caterpillars alarms farmers. Old colonists link the visitation to recent storms and recall prior plagues following phenomenal weather. Some believe hail stones carry a germ triggering insect swarms, while residents remember drought and locusts, with traditions noting pest arrivals correlate with other disturbances.
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Krugersdorp
Rhodesia
Pressed Flower Habit Killed by Picture Cards
A New York Sun sentiment laments the loss of pressed flowers and the art of correspondence. The quote notes travelers once mailed preserved blossoms or leaves from places visited to accompany descriptions. Postcards are blamed for eroding this practice and the habit of writing letters when abroad.
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New York Sun
New York Lights Up as Electric Illumination Flourishes
Ten years ago New Yorkers accepted darkness as normal, but electric display has transformed the city. Electrical artistry has made New York the most brilliantly illuminated metropolis, with residents spending over 50 million dollars annually to maintain the glow.
Markets Row: Grain Cattle Prices Across Cities April 21 1908
Across New York Cleveland Toledo Buffalo and Chicago markets on April 21 1908 marked fluctuating grain and livestock values. Wheat and corn quotes varied by city with prices for hay cattle and calves reported alongside butter cheese and hogs. figures show steady and mixed movements across regional exchanges.
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New York
Cleveland
Reid
York State
Bheop—Cholem Wethery
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