Emergency currency bill adopted by conference Republicans
Republicans in conference approve an emergency currency bill and Senate clarifies authorizations while the House accepts Senate amendments to stop betting at the Benn ing race track. The Senate backs the agricultural appropriation bill and the Army appropriation conference report moves to the President. About 5 million of 7 million to enlisted pay and five Republicans named to draft a financial bill recognizing commercial paper via clearing houses. The House rejects reestablishment of canteens in soldiers homes and the Senate passes Gallinger child labor bill for DC.
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House
Senate
Benning
Gallinger
District of Columbia
Notable 1905 Federal and Local Political Shifts Across Nations
A collection of brief items covers resignations, new appointments, and embezzlement cases. H. Heath Bawden resigns over marriage views. a Florence birth to Countess Montignoso. Fairbanks dedicates a Chicago parochial school. Taft settles the Panama problem. Allen D. Hamiter sworn in as Arkansas governor. Muldoon named Rockford bishop. Prince Philip Zu Eulenburg implicated in a court scandal. Otto W. Paulson pleads guilty to bribery. Edward E. Brennan faces extortion charges. Manuel proclaimed king of Portugal after allegiance oath. Taft endorsed by Republican conventions in Connecticut and Alabama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Heath Bawden
University of Cincinnati
C. W. Dabney
Florence
Montignoso
Louise of
Saxony
Signor Toselli
Fairbanks
St. Stanislaus
Chicago
Taft
William Montgomery
The
Allegheny
Pa.) National Bank
Edward E. Brennan
Butte
Mont
F. Augustus Heinze
New York
Heinze
Manuel
Portugal
Connecticut
Alabama
Tornadoes and disasters sweep multiple states
News notes numerous calamities from Illinois tornadoes near Madison and Henry counties to fires in Madrid's Las Americas and Camp Cook South Carolina. Other items report a fatality in Nebraska, a bequest extortion case in Lincoln, a fatal train collision near Reedley California, a large San Francisco parade, and political moves in Massachusetts surrounding Bryan.
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Mercer
Henry
Illinois
Madison
Wis
Oklahoma
Texas
St. Louis
Roosevelt
International Union of American Republics
Charles M. Krogh
Omaha
Beatrice
Neb
Roy Waller
Lincoln
Ill
Hiram L. Keays
Elkhart
Madrid
Las Americas
Camp Cook
S. C
Euclid Avenue Trust Company
Cleveland
Cleveland Trust Company
W. E. Loucke
Reedley
Cal
San Francisco
Regular Army
National Guard
Massachusetts
Bryan
Mystery Deepens in Laporte Death House Case Near Mrs Guinness Farm
Bodies dug up on the Guinness farm near Laporte Indiana reach ten with another identified as Ole Budsberg of Iola Wisconsin. Investigators link trunks and boxes shipped from Chicago to the Guinness residence while Mr Lamphere faces fresh prosecution evidence. Morbid crowds tour the site as foreclosures and other national news unfold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wis
Roy Lamphere
A. B. Anderson
United States Court
Indianapolis
Fort Wayne Gas Company
Fort Wayne
Anderson
Bluffton
Montpelier
Board of Health of
New York
Dickey
Carrie Ade
Washington
Roosevelt
Louisville
Mike Beacham
First United States Cavalry
Philippines
Illinois
Canadian Pacific Railway
Owen Sound
Ont
Toronto
St. Paul
Bert Swan
Charles E. Bamford
West Point
Regent Hotel
Chicago and
New York Express
Baltimore & Ohio
Hammond
W. Va
Panhandle Road
Goldberg Bros
Detroit
Yun-Nan
Charles Matthias
Chicago
Hot Springs
Ark
Fairyland Park
Memphis
Tenn
Catholic University of America
Order of Hibernians
Isaac Williams
Kiev
Russia
Thomas Crumbaugh
Bloomington
Metcalf
San Francisco
Evans
Thomas
J. Sanderson Christison
Duma
Atlanta
Vincennes
Ind
Chester
Peter Rickmers
Long Island
Denver & Rio Grande
Castle Rock
Col
Express
Charles H. Wright
Frank A
Sebastian Mesino
Midland Park
N. J
Tornado Ravages Nebraska Cities Severe Losses Reported
A late Tuesday tornado struck Louisville Bellevue and Litchfield injuring 40 to 60 people and possibly killing several. Bellevue College buildings suffered heavy damage with losses around 109000 dollars. Louisville was described as wrecked with eight deaths and many homes destroyed. Litchfield suffered minimal casualties though town nearly blown apart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Neb
Springfield
Louisville
Bellevue
Litchfield
Missouri Pacific
Burlington
Cass County
Presbyterian College
Elmer Reeder
Omaha
Sarpy
Missouri River
Nehemah City
Falls City
Nebraska
Park Hall
Lowry Hall
Rankin Hall
Louisville Hall
Fort Crook
Mine Explosion Kills Seven in Wilkes Barre Coal Shaft
An explosion 600 feet underground at Temple Coal and Iron Co in Mt Lookout colliery Wyoming killed seven workers and injured over a dozen. A gas feeder lit by John Kosmith ignited timbers and coal yesterday, prompting a fire fight that led to a second blast as rescuers entered. Rescue teams endured gas exposure while recovering the victims by 8:30 PM.
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Wilkesbarre
Mt. Lookout
Temple Coal and Iron Co
Wyoming
John Kosmith
Train Tragedy Claims Legs of Erie Man George A Hirsch
George A Hirsch of Erie sustained the loss of both legs after being struck by a Lake Shore freight train in Erie Pennsylvania. The incident occurred as he was near the tracks and emergency crews were summoned for aid.
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Erie
George A. Hirsch
Lake Shore
Morris, 3, fatally scalded by boiler accident
Latrobe reports Morris Peters of Bradenville, aged three, fell into a boiler of hot water and died from the scalding injuries. Andrew Peters is the father.
Mutilated Body Found Behind Coliseum Skating Rink
In New Castle the partially eaten body of 65 year old Barney Sweeney was discovered by boys in a shed behind the Coliseum skating rink.
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New Castle
Barney Sweeney
Coliseum
Tragic Drowning and Narrow Escape In Youghiogheny River
West Newton reports 18 year old William Wilhelm drowned while rowing on the Youghiogheny River. Roy Risinger, 16, had a narrow escape from the same incident.
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West Newton
William Wilhelm
Roy Risinger
Youghiogheny River
Jeannette Glass Closes Furnace Reducing 150 Jobs
Due to rising demand for bottles the Jeannette Glass Co. shut down the last idle furnace and laid off 150 workers.
Hazleton Mourns Death of Noted Reporter John McCarthy
John McCarthy a leading state newspaper man died suddenly at his home in Weatherly twelve miles from Hazleton. He was known for his long career in journalism and his influence in the field. The obituary notes his prominence and the unexpected nature of his passing.
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Hazleton
John McCarthy
Weatherly
Here
Thieves Loot Cool Spring Store of John H. Boyd
Uniontown report states John H. Boyd’s Cool Spring store was broken into and canned goods meats flour and other items valued at over 500 dollars were stolen.
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Uniontown
John H. Boyd
Cool Spring
Somerset County Home Inmates Abused. Two Directors Charged
Charges allege shocking treatment of inmates at the Somerset county home leading to the arrest of Poor Directors William Brant and John Reiman. Brant and Reiman face accusations of mistreatment and abuse within the facility.
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Somerset
Somerset County
William Brant
John Reiman
Saxman Store Co Awarded 200 in Bradenville Explosion Case
Greensburg report says the Saxman Store Co of Bradenville received 200 damages from the H S Kerbaugh Co after an explosion of dynamite three years ago wrecked buildings at Bradenville.
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Greensburg
Saxman Store Co
Bradenville
H. S. Kerbaugh Co
Explosion at Lexon Flashlight Powder Plant
In Grassland near Philadelphia one man was probably fatally injured as a powder explosion destroyed a large building at the Lexon Flashlight Powder Co. plant.
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Philadelphia
Lexon Flashlight Powder Co
Grassland
Here
Sharpnack Family Murders Sixth Death in Year
Miss Laura Sharpnack, daughter of Abraham Sharpnack, dies at her home in Khedive Greene County marking the sixth death in the Sharpnack family within the past year.
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Washington
Laura Sharpnack
Abraham Sharpnack
Khedive
Greene County
Sharpnack
Bridgeport School House Destroyed by Fire
Brownsville suburb Bridgeport sees its brick schoolhouse consumed by flames during commencement exercises in the theater. No injuries reported as fire units battle the blaze and students finish ceremonies.
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Brownsville
Bridgeport
Veteran receives old banner from Civil War unit
John Millikin, a Jefferson resident and Civil War veteran of Greene county, has been presented with the old battle flag of his company in the eighty-fifth Pennsylvania infantry, organized at Zollarsville in 1861.
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Washington
John Millikin
Jefferson
Greene County
Eighty-Fifth Pennsylvania Infantry
Zollarsville
Reading Rail Road Applies Ten Hour Work Day
The Reading railway road department orders all employees to ten hours per day, ending the nine hour winter schedule. The change impacts at least 1,000 workers across divisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reading
Reading Railway Road Department
Taft Sails for Home After Isthmus Mission
Secretary Taft sailed from here on Tuesday aboard the cruiser Prairie toward Charleston. During a six day stay on the isthmus he pressed canal zone administration reforms, eyed the Panama Colombia boundary dispute, and weighed relations among Panama, Colombia, and the United States, with satisfactory agreements reached on these points.
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Colon
Taft
Prairie
Charleston
Isthmus
Canal Zone
Panama
Colombia
United States
Explosion at Draper colliery Kills Cavallage
In Pottsville a dynamite blast in the Draper colliery gangway killed Andrew Cavallage and fatally injured three foreign laborers who are not expected to survive.
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Pottsville
Draper
Andrew Cavalage
Horse thief William Cameron escapes from Hookstown officers
William Cameron, accused of stealing a horse, escaped by leaping from a window in the office of Justice James Reed while the warrant was being examined. Police pursued but Cameron evaded capture.
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Washington
William Cameron
Hookstown
James Reed
State raid breaks oleo bootlegging in Schuylkill county
Harrisburg reports that a joint raid by the state dairy and food division and federal authorities on illegal oleo sellers in Schuylkill county has nearly collapsed the traffic.
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Harrisburg
State Dairy and Food Division
Schuylkill County
Freight wreck near Evans City injures two men
A west bound Baltimore and Ohio freight derailed a mile west of Evans City. The track spread and seven coal cars plunged over an embankment leaving two men perhaps fatally injured.
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Butler
Baltimore & Ohio
Evans City
State banks and trust companies report deposits drop in year
Reports to the state banking department from 327 trust companies 130 state banks and 13 savings institutions dated December 16 show total deposits of 632 006 359 down from 666 143 524 a year earlier.
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Harrisburg
State Banking Department
Connellsville Pastor Charges Conspiracy Over Slander
Rev. A Bleisz of St Emory Magyar Catholic Church in Connellsville files information against former organist Adalbert Pogany and four supporters for charging conspiracy and circulating slanderous statements.
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Connellsville
A. Bleisz
St. Emory Magyar Catholic Church
Adalbert Pogany
Karns City oil worker killed in Allegheny Valley derailment
Lawrence McLaughlin, an oil well pumper from Karns City, was struck by the Buffalo flyer at Parker on the Allegheny Valley railroad and killed instantly. His body was hurled about 300 feet to the water's edge.
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Butler
Lawrence McLaughlin
Karns City
Buffalo Flyer
Allegheny Valley
Parker
Dundee Creamery officials fined in oleo cases in Schuylkill
Harrisburg telegram reports John J. Lenderman head of Dundee Creamery Co. of Pittsburgh and agent N. E. Jurns were fined 100 dollars and costs on each of 13 indictments for illegal sale of oleo in Schuylkill county.
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Harrisburg
Pottsville
John J. Lenderman
Dundee Creamery Co
Pittsburg
N. E. Jurns
Schuylkill County
Beaver Falls firm ships sledges for Panama canal project
The Beaver Falls Manufacturing Co. shipped a carload of sledges to Panama, part of a large government order for use on the canal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaver Falls
Beaver Falls Manufacturing Co
Panama
Stahl glass works rebuilt ready for operation soon
Greensburg reports the Stahl glass works destroyed by fire in December has been rebuilt and will reopen shortly, employing 350 men and boys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensburg
Stahl Glass Works
State opens hatchery at Beaver Meadow near Wilkesbarre
Harrisburg reports a small hatchery established by state authorities at Beaver Meadow near Wilkesbarre. It will stock streams in the surrounding area and support local fishing needs.
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Harrisburg
Beaver Meadow
Wilkesbarre
Bride of Four Months Dies After Collapse at Home
Mrs. Percy A. Long, aged newlywed, collapsed at her Johnstown home and died hours later at the hospital from internal hemorrhages.
Pennsylvania to plant six million seedlings this summer
Harrisburg reports plans to raise six million seedling trees in state nurseries. The young trees will be planted in the forest reserves of the commonwealth and receive care through the summer.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Commonwealth
Fire destroys vaudeville theater in North Pittsburg Street
A fire of unknown origin destroyed Samuel Hantman’s vaudeville theater and damaged frame stores of B Kerner J Levy and the Chicago Dairy Co on North Pittsburg street. The blaze caused extensive property loss and prompted investigations.
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Connellsville
Samuel Hantman
B. Kerner
J. Levy
Chicago Dairy Co
Pittsburg Street
Pittsburg Attorney James Wilson Lee Dies at 67
James Wilson Lee, prominent Pittsburg attorney and independent oil producer, former leader of independent Republicans in Pennsylvania and its senate, died of heart failure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
James Wilson Lee
Pennsylvania
State
Senate
Greensburg mine foreman exams yield five passes
Greensburg mine inspector Chauncey B. Ross reports results from a district test. Of 29 applicants for mine foremen, five passed satisfactorily and of 45 candidates for five bosses, six were successful.
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Greensburg
Chauncey B. Ross
Trout rule triggers new cases in Greensburg
Commissioner James W. Meehan ruled that trout shrink after removal from water and that the law only requires a full six inches at capture from the stream. The decision will prompt several local cases to be reconsidered and argued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensburg
Commissioner of Fisheries
James W. Meehan
Settlement Reached in Mercer Butler Coal Fields
Grove City reports a settlement between coal miners and operators in the Mercer and Butler fields. Miners will resume under the old scale while a new year agreement is negotiated at a meeting of miners' delegates and operators.
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Grove City
Mercer
Butler
Death of Clark Chase Found Near Clearfield Barrens
The body of Clark Chase son of the local postmaster was found seven miles from Clearfield. He had gone trout fishing recently, was lost in a two day snowstorm and perished in the barren area.
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Clearfield
Clark Chase
Chase
Barrens
Auditor General Refuses Ballots Printing Charge
Auditor General Robert K. Young refuses to pay Wayne County commissioners the claimed amount for spring primaries ballots. The state will pay a much lower sum than requested.
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Harrisburg
Robert K. Young
Wayne County Commissioners
Supreme Court ruling on Philadelphia employee firing
The state supreme court affirms a Philadelphia court ruling that neither the mayor nor the director of public safety can dismiss a municipal worker who gained the job through a civil service examination without stating a reason.
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Philadelphia
State Supreme Court
Director of Public Safety
Puddle-yard worker left for dead after highway robbery
Lynn Saylor a puddler was held up by three highwaymen who pounded him with sandbags and knuckles robbed him of his money and watch and threw him over a 30 foot embankment where he lay a target for stones as he was left for dead. His condition is serious.
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Kittanning
Lynn Saylor
Butler thieves charged after bakery wagon assault and theft
Three men were captured near Petersville and jailed after attacking Frank Ross of Lyndora, driver of a bakery wagon, stealing 30 loaves of bread and $30, demolishing the wagon, and injuring Ross. The suspects, 25 Italians, were employed on the Pittsburg Harmony Butler and New Castle trolley line.
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Butler
Frank Ross
Lyndora
Ross
Pittsburg
Harmony
New Castle
Petersville
Tax protest ends with payment after exchange
Joseph Sykes of Butler township was arrested for refusing to pay taxes and argued to Justice Jacob Keck that no one should pay taxes in a free country. The judge replied that everyone but the rich pays taxes and that prayer is optional for individuals. Sykes ultimately paid.
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Butler
Joseph Sykes
Butler Township
Jacob Keck
Keck
Sykes
Intruder Shot By Dr Bailey During Burglary
In Greenville Dr M A Bailey fired two shots at a burglar in his room as the intruder leaped through a window. Authorities later tracked a blood trail to the Lake Shore railroad.
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Greenville
M. A. Bailey
Lake Shore Railroad
Record Month at Pittsburg Plate Glass Plant
Kittanning the Ford City plant of Pittsburg Plate Glass Co. shipped 1,700,706 feet of plate glass in April the largest single month in the plant’s history. Over $60,000 was distributed at the semi monthly pay.
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Kittanning
Ford City
Pittsburg
Profit to the Government and Currency Destruction
The San Francisco Journal notes that about 131000 of Chicago clearing house certificates remain outstanding from 7500000 issued, with possible further redemptions. It questions how much of the government’s 346000000 in legal tender remains in circulation, citing large undisclosed losses from destruction of paper money and certificates, and the lack of inquiry from authorities in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Congress
Washington
Treasury
San Francisco Journal
Bread Line Critique From Dr. E T Devine
New York charity expert Dr E T Devine described bread line seekers as weak men who would not take offered work. He mocked the line as driven by base impulses citing a tale of Easter egg nog excess and indecision between head and stomach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. T. Devine
New York
Dr. Devine
Why They Sighed Contrasting Lovers On A Downtown Sigh
A light anecdote describes two men walking downtown. A bachelor sighs from loneliness while a married man sighs from not being able to be alone. They exchange questions and both sigh again.
Injuries Rise in New York Streetcar Boarding
Report shows more injuries occur while boarding street cars in New York City than alighting. The monthly average over the past year is about 18 percent higher for boarding incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Workhouse Waste Feeds Pigs Yield $325 Profit
Tendring guardians in England decided six months ago to raise pigs fed on workhouse waste. At a recent meeting they announced profits from the pig sale totaling 325 dollars.
Market.roundup Wheat Prices and Livestock Report
New York May 13 1908 flour quiet wheat No 2 red 1.08 corn No 2 72 oats mixed 56 hay steady cattle firm sheep nominal lambs 6.75 8.00 hogs none on sale
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Market quotes from Cleveland Toledo East Buffalo and Pittsburgh
Commodity prices and livestock bids dated May 13 from Cleveland Toledo East Buffalo and Pittsburg cover flour wheat corn oats butter cheese eggs potatoes hay cattle sheep and hogs with bid ranges for best steers calves welters lambs and Yorkers across markets and regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Minnesota
York State
East Buffalo
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Toledo
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