Congress and Senate Hearings and Local Bills Highlight Week
The sixth house session passed 17 district of Columbia bills and an omnibus claims bill for small claims. Senate debated post office funds and heard Patterson on Chinese exclusion. House set Swayne impeachment for December 13 and approved 16 1/2 private pension bills. Other actions included river harbor funding, arbitration treaty stance, and multiple local measures.
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House
District of Columbia
Senate
Hanna
Swayne
Patterson
Colorado
Portland, Ore
Bourke Cochran
New York
Roosevelt
Post Office
Boston arrest tied to stamp fraud scheme
Richard Wolle, an artist, held on $2,500 bail in New York on grand larceny charges for altering stamps to look rare and selling them to collectors. The reports also note Russian purchases of German liners and a growing plan to arm ships in the Back Sea fleet.
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Richard Wolle
Boston
New York City
Wolle
Berlin
Smolensk
Orel
Back Sea
Columbia University
Edwin Gould
Coney Island
N. Y
Buffalo
Smith
Montpelier
Barre
Barre Granite Manufacturers’ Association
Samovar
Agram
Croatia
James I. Zehner
General Post Office
Chicago Health Department
Chicago
Quay
Atlantic City
John McPaurland
Northfork
J. A. Ballard
Llumber
W. Va
William O. Dawson
Col
Charles I. Teeter
Baltimore
Baltimore& Ohio
Washington
New York
J. J. Donnelly
National Educational Alliance
Andrew Carnegie
Pittsburgh Lumber Co
Wilmington
N.C
William Ss. Devery
McAdoo
Police Pension Fund
John Vealy
Weisen
Weisep
Monotala
N. J
Glass Bottle Blowers’ Association
Edward King
Cathedral of
St. John the Divine
Cathedral Heights
August Belmont
Frank Fahrig
Milwaukee
Baker
Fahrig
Milwaukee and Chicago Breweries Co
London
Fahrio
Senate
House
Sanitary Money and Treasury Recoinage Plan
A House report backs a currency reform bill to repeal customs deposit limits, remove the $3,000,000 monthly note retirement cap, and recoin silver dollars into subsidiary coins, with a seven cent gain per dollar and aims to supply cleaner money by replacing large bills with coinage and improving redemption methods. The treasury notes a large stock of silver dollars, about 500 carloads, valued above face, to be recoined as directed.
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Washington
House Committee On Banking and Currency
House
Fowler
Treasury
Shaw
Treasury Department
Court Holds Officers in Contempt Over Moyer Case
District Judge Theron Stevens held Adjt. Gen. Sherman Bell and Capt. Bulkely Wells in contempt for not producing Charles H. Moyer before the Ouray court. The writ required Moyer, president of the Western Federation of Miners, be shown, but he was kept in confinement at Telluride. The judge ordered Sheriff Corbett to arrest the officers, discharged Moyer, and imposed 500 dollar fines on each officer while noting the governor’s complicity.
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Hay
France
Senate
Louisville & Nashville
Middlesboro
George McCoy
Thornton
Howard Williams
Martin
Ross Fork
Idaho
Vossove
Salonica
Macedonia
Theodore Roosevelt
United States
Missouri
Kansas
Fort Scott
Kan
Cripple Creek
Col
Lewis
John M. Glover
Dittemere
Colorado National Guard
Glover
Supreme Court
Chicago & Northwestern
Chicago
Taylor Signal Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Pneumatic Signal Co
Rochester
General Railway Signal Co
Kansas Supreme Court
Lanesville
Conn
Henry Davis
Waterbury
Green Bay
Wis
KE. T. Webster
Alderman Morgan
Morocco
Tunis
Egypt
Bessemer
Moyer
Ouray
San Miguel County
Stevens
Charles H. Moyer
Gen. Bell
Capt. Wells
Minnesota victory in Northern Securities merger saga
The U S supreme court ruled Minnesota v. Northern Securities Co and the Northern Pacific and Great Northern railways lacked jurisdiction and remanded the case to state courts. Justice Harlan noted the circuit court should not have exercised jurisdiction, a ruling viewed by Minnesota legal officers as a virtual victory despite returning the litigation to its original start.
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Washington
United States Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Minnesota
Newspapers Not Entitled to Second Class Mail Status
The court ruled that books published periodically are not eligible for second class mail, a long contested issue between the post office and publishers. For 16 years under 11 postmasters general, such publications were carried as second class matter despite department opposition and repeated efforts to modify the law.
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Washington
United States Supreme Court
Postoffica Department
Department
Tragic Murder at Houston Club Bowling Alleys
John Thomas, 69, night watchman at the Houston Club near the University of Pennsylvania, was found murdered with a crushed head and severed finger in the basement bowling alleys. Chisels, an iron bar, and a blood stained hatchet were found nearby, with signs of a struggle and blood trails. A suspect, described as a negro, was detained two hours later in a slum district after bearing wounds on his hands.
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Philadelphia
John Thomas
Houston Club
University of Pennsylvania
Houston Hall
University Hospital
Prisoner Stabbing Follows Jail Escape Pair
In Ohio State Penitentiary Columbus George Duncan known as BurGl ar Jim Anderson and his partner recaptured at Chillicothe after escaping stabbed Anderson in the dining room. Ex guard FE A Cole discharged amid arrest for aiding the escape. Anderson claimed Cole aided them and Duncan had threatened anyone who would squeal. Duncan used a shoe knife sharpened to a razor edge.
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Columbus
George Duncan
Jim" Anderson
Anderson
Chillicothe
FE. A
Cole
Duncan
Preventable Diseases Cost New York Vast Sums
Albany April 11 millions upon millions of dollars are lost to New York State due to preventable diseases. State Health Commissioner Lewis base the figures on a $5000 value per life, noting 1903 deaths from five diseases imply huge economic losses, with further costs for wages and care.
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Albany
New York
Lewis
Flood Threat Grips Verdun and Nearby Montreal Areas
A major flood leaves Verdun with three thousand residents living on upper floors. Thousands more in Point St. Charles face danger as riverside towns La Prairie and Lachine report flooding. Four riverfront houses in La Prairie wash from foundations by ice.
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Montreal
Verdun
Point St. Charles
la Prairie
Lachine
Streetcar Crash Kills Three in Santa Barbara
Edison Co street car left the track in Santa Barbara on Sunday. Three people died instantly and two others who were badly injured perished later. About twenty others sustained injuries including bruises and broken bones.
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Santa Barbara
Cal
Edison Co
Gilbride and McShane brothers stabbed in New York feud
In New York on a Sunday a feud left three GilBride brothers Thomas William and Michael seriously injured and two McShane brothers Harry and John badly wounded.
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New York
Thomas
William
Michael Gilbride
Harry
John McShane
One Woman Kills Another in Wheeling Tragedy
In Wheeling West Virginia on April 11 Mrs Victoria Robinson was killed after a quarrel with Mrs Elia Graham over attentions to Mr Robinson. The latter was jailed on murder charges after she allegedly fired five bullets at Robinson near their Pocahontas home.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Elia Graham
Victoria Robinson
Mr. Robinson
Peruna praised as a year round remedy by New York reader
Miss Marjory Hampton of 2616 Third Avenue New York writes that Peruna is a fine medicine for all seasons. She says it tones the system in spring acts as a tonic and strengthens her more than a vacation. In fall and winter it cures colds and catarrh and keeps bowels regular.
Spring Blood Purges Promising Cure All Spring Ailments
Dr Hartman touts Penna in early spring to prevent and cure spring fever malaria nervous exhaustion and other spring blood impurities. He appeals for readers to seek free advice from The Hartman Sanitarium Columbus Ohio detailing symptoms and remedies.
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Hartman
Peruna
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus
Ohio
At the Wrong End of the Fine
A foreigner asks to marry the daughter, while the American father jokes about the family matriarchs. The exchange turns on who controls the household and the humorous aim of the request.
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Chicago Post
Markets Report From New York and Several Cities
The market notes flour and grain steady with slight shifts in cash prices. Wheat oats and corn show small changes across regions while livestock prices hold firm with prime hogs and choice lambs in noted ranges. Regional figures from Cleveland Toledo East Buffalo Pittsburgh reflect modest gains and steadys in cattle sheep and hogs with varying tonnage and sale prices.
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New York
Cleveland
Minnesota
York State
Toledo
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