Senate Keeps Free Lumber Fight On Tariff Bill
The senate killed the McCumber amendment to the tariff bill, denying free lumber. Heyburn pressed for a high lumber duty while McCumber pushed for free lumber. Secretary Dickinson cut short Panama Canal inspection due to illness and Mrs Taft improved but did not join the president to Pittsburg or Gettysburg.
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Senate
McCumber
Taft
White House
Pittsburg
Gettysburg
Heyburn
Senator McCumber
Dickinson
Panama Canal
Washington
Treasury
United States Navy
Hampton
Aldrich
Tillman
Various 9 News Items From National Events And Local Crimes
William H. Burletson, Parma cashier, is sentenced to eight years in the penitentiary. Mrs. Rockefeller recovers from pneumonia and will visit Pocantico Hills. Max Baum appeals to Taft to intercede for C W Morse. Sherman backs better public highways. Dr Paul Ritter and Amos Wilder arrive in San Francisco from the Orient. Barkley elected Presbyterian moderator. Helen Taft to unveil Gettysburg monument May 31. Wu Ting Fang speaks at Lake Mohonk on arbitration. John Kirby Jr elected president of NAM. Taft speaks at Mecklenburg Day in Charlotte.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Burletson
Parma
Mich
John D. Rockefeller
Virginia Hot Springs
Pocanto Hills
N. Y
Max C. Baum
New York
Taft
C. W. Morse
Sherman
National Good Roads Congress
Paul Ritter
Switzerland
United States
Amos P. Wilder
Shanghai
San Francisco
James M. Barkley
Detroit
Presbyterian General Assembly
Denver
Helen Taft
Gettysburg
Wu Ting Fang
Lake Mohonk
China
John Kirby, Jr
National Association of Manufacturers
Charlotte
N. C
Mecklenburg
International YMCA conference opens in St Louis
The thirteenth international conference of the Railroad Department of the YMCA opened in St Louis with large attendance and Col John J McCook of New York presiding. The report notes other national events including labor, transport and social issues of the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Railroad Department of North America
Young Men's Christian Association
St. Louis
John J. McCook
New York
Charles P. Neill
United States Commissioner of Labor
Atlanta
Georgia
Dora
Columbia
Unimaka Pass
Alaskan
Cochran
Presbyterian Assembly
Denver
Shipp
Hamilton County
Tennessee
United States Supreme Court
Missouri
Portland Gateway
Interstate Commerce Commission
Seattle
Pacific Northwest
Portland
Ore
Anna Held
Europe
Diverse 1900s U.S. headlines reflect crime and world events
A wide, fragmented digest reports drownings in Oklahoma and assaults in Cedar Rapids, railroad casualties in Pennsylvania, church liquor bans, Alberta coal strikes, legal tensions in San Francisco and New York, and a raft of other incidents from Archduke era politics to Longfellow statue unveilings, all with minimal cohesion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
Oscar N. Taylor
Berkeley
Cal
John Junken
Centerville
John T. Carmody
Cedar Rapids
Pennsylvania
Muskegon
Mich
Alberta
British Columbia
Government Board of Conciliation
Harry K. Thaw
Clifford W. Hartridge
Masons of
Indiana
Masonic Temple
Indianapolis
Brockton
Mass
Wilhelmina
Holland
Henry Traue
Fairfield
New York
Emma Goldman
Vespasian Warner
United States Pension Commissioner
Snell
Clinton
Ill
St. Louis
New Orleans
Gilbert
Ira M. Smith
Grand Rapids
Georgia Railroad
Roosevelt
Nairobi
Mr. Roosevelt
Kermit
America
Appellate Court of
Col. Roosevelt
Henry H. Rogers
Standard Oil Company
Fairhaven
Abdul Hamid
Turkey
Kalispell
Mont
Somers
Louise Carston
East Hampton
Conn
Guam
United States
Pacific Ocean
Stephen Barne
White Plains Hospital
Ohio Penitentiary
Columbus
Western Pacific Railroad
Consolidated
Brooks
American Locomotive Company
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Washington
Longfellow National Memorial Association
Taft
Edward
Earl of Ronaldshay
Countess of Granard
Nicaragua Ang 1 5 Sign Protocol
Nicaragua annuls a mahogany concession over alleged violations. A protocol signed in Washington allows four months for direct settlement with the company before arbitration begins, with U S approval required and remarks from Secretary Knox and President Taft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicaragua
ANG
Washington, D. C
Emery
Knox
United States
Two Men Shot to Death in Madison County Duel
In Laurel township Madison county a four cornered duel left Arthur and Andy Franklin dead. Robert Tweed and Maj. Tweed fought the Franklins after a quarrel at Arthur Franklin’s store. Andy Franklin died trying to stop the feud. Maj. Tweed and Beverly Stanton were wounded. No arrests made. The four men were prominent county citizens.
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Beverly Stanton
American Sailor Confesses to Gunness Murders in Norway
A young American sailor, under arrest near Christiania, admits to helping Bell Gunness kill four people at a La Porte Indiana farm and claims he killed Gunness himself. The captain regarded him as truthful though conscience bound. The case is reported to U S minister H H D Pierce in Norway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christiania
Norway
Frederikstad
Belle Gunness
la Porte
Ind
Lynching of Lovette Davis at Cotton Belt Shops
In Pine Bluff Arkansas 300 Cotton Belt workers lynched Lovette Davis hanging him to a telephone pole after he entered the home of conductor H Knowlton Padgett and attacked Padgett's 16 year old niece Amy Holmes who was asleep in her room. Judge Grace had warned against the act and urged restraint but the mob ignored him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pine Bluff
Ark
Grace
Jefferson County
Lovette Davis
Davis
H. Knowlton Padgett
Amy Holmes
Padgett
Bloomington Votes Dry. University City Lanes Wet
Bloomington Monroe county voters chose dry by 500 in a local option contest. Bloomington home of Indiana University favored wets by 27 votes in the same vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomington
Ind
Monroe County
Indiana University
Writer of Verse and Prose Dead in Baltimore
Mrs. Lizzie York Case, a noted writer of verse and prose for newspapers and magazines, died at her home near Baltimore, Maryland at age 72. She was born in Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Lizzie York Case
Philadelphia
English Couple Convicted in Maltreatment of Adopted Children
In Paris a correctional court found Cecil H. Sargent and his American wife Josephine Savin guilty of maltreating four adopted children. Sargent got two years, Savin thirteen months, plus small fines. Witnesses said the couple beat the children and deprived them of food. A Versailles woman claimed a Marechal child might be hers, and the court ordered the child kept in the municipal orphanage as the issue was sorted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
France
Cecil H. Sargent
Josephine Savin
New York
Sargent
Sargents
Mme. Marechal
Brussels
Mrs. Sargent
Versailles
Marechal
Asnieres
Supreme Court to Hear Contempt Case in Tennessee Lynching
The Supreme Court will sentence Sheriff Shipp Deputy Gibson and four Hamilton County residents Williams Nolan Padgett and May for contempt in the 1905 mob lynching of Johnson a condemned rape suspect whose death sentence had been stayed by the court The group aided a mob that removed Johnson from jail in Chattanooga and lynched him with no jail resistance by authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
United States
Shipp
Gibson
Hamilton County
Tenn
Williams
Nolan
Padgett
May
Johnson
Supreme Court
Chattanooga
Still Keep Up Old Custom Cogers Hall Debate Night
Fifty men gathered at a Fleet Street public house to discuss the week’s events in the Cogers Hall debating club’s 150 year tradition. The chairman presided, guests recalled Mr. Asquith visiting 24 years ago, and speeches continued until the hammer signaled a pause.
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Fleet Street
Cogers Hall
Asquith
London Daily News
Victor over dread disease through thermo chemical attraction
London doctors report a remarkable tuberculosis cure using heat drawn germ method. One patient with lung and throat consumption is nearly well after five months under a physician's supervision. Six to eight hospital cases will test the therapy publicly. William Doig has used the technique at his private dispensary for years with surprising results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
William Doig
Pioneering poet Arthur Riddle Doorspeed Verse
Arthur Riddle the old time philosopher crafts a poem about the automobile and its thrill. The verse celebrates speed and the rural ride yet ends with a crash and a walk to town after a rock sabotages the dream.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Riddle
Atlanta Constitution
Leper Case: Dr Ehlers Diagnoses John Early in Washington
The leper John Early, examined by Dr Edward Ehlers of Copenhagen brought by the Washington Post, is deemed afflicted with leprosy in an incipient stage. Ehlers says outbreak could be arrested with proper measures though not certain to be curable. Early, from Lynn North Carolina, contracted the disease while serving in the Philippines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
John Early
Edward Ehlers
Copenhagen
Washington Post
Ehlers
Early
Lynn
N. C
Philippines
Not Born to Die by Accident
James Kreiger aged 15 from Shamokin Pa plunged a 200 foot mine breach and clung to a projecting post 50 feet from the surface. A rope lowered and he was hauled to the surface with only a few bruises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Kreiger
Shamokin
Unpleasantness sparks tense exchange in Yonkers
In a Yonkers Statesman excerpt set during the Civil War era, a man lisps and insists on being understood while a woman calmly dismisses the notion, capturing a dramatic clash of wills in a brief dialogue segment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yonkers Statesman
Heavy rains devastate Oklahoma with deaths and floods
Heavy rains in Oklahoma killed five people and seriously injured at least ten. Thousands of acres of crops were inundated as streams roared through the northern and eastern parts. Houses washed away and a small tornado struck Morris demolishing the Methodist church and several residences, injuring Ernest Scott his wife and child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Okla
Oklahoma
Morris
Ernest Scott
Looks Like Foul Play in Lake Champlain Death
The body of Albert Shafer, a South Bend resident, was found in Lake Champlain near Berien Springs. Authorities suspect foul play after a crushed skull was discovered at the scene.
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St. Joseph
Mich
Albert Shafer
South Bend
Ind
Lake Champlain
Berrien Springs
Hughes vetoes liquor sale bill for New Theater plan
Gov Hughes vetoes the Alt bill that would have allowed liquor sales at the New Theater in New York City, blocking the proposed plan.
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Cov. Hughes
Albany
N. Y
New Theater
New York City
Hughes
Markets Chronicle Broad Regional Prices Across U S Cities
New York on call money at 4 1 4 percent. Sterling at 4 87 80. Grain and live stock prices listed for Minnesota Cleveland Toledo Buffalo and Pittsburgh markets. Highlights include wheat No 2 red at 1 45 in New York and cattle prices ranging from 5 00 to 8 25 with hogs steady across cities.
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New York
Prime Mercantile
Sterling Exchange
Minnesota
Cleveland
York State
Author recalls college story earning twenty five
He recalls writing a short tale in college and receiving $25. She asks what the story was about and he explains it titled Dear Father I’m held up Please send me $25.
Tuberculosis Sanatoria Opened by Fraternal Orders
Three large fraternal orders run sanatoria for tuberculous members. The Royal League began the trend with a Black Mountain North Carolina facility, Modern Woodmen recently opened in Colorado Springs, and Knights of Pythias established one at East Las Vegas New Mexico.
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Royal League
United States
Black Mountain
North Carolina
Woodmen
Colorado Springs
Knights of Pythias
Las Vegas
New Mexico
Royal Arcanum
Brotherhood of American Yeomen
Dinner Is Served Misheard Dinner Bell Chaos
A mistress directs Mary to announce breakfast and supper as ready while dinner is served. The phrase is distorted by the domestic as she repeats the line, causing guests to dash through portieres in mischief. The scene unfolds with comic disruption during the dinner reveal.
Thinks About Food Helps Fond du Lac Woman Recover
A Fond du Lac woman describes indigestion and heart palpitations after years of poor eating. She credits Grape Nuts and Postum with curing sour stomach, restoring heart function, increasing energy, and lifting her health in four weeks, noting a coffee-like taste when prepared per directions.
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Fond du Lac
Wis
Wellville
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Washington News
General News
Pedro Gonzales
Zelaya
Senor Espinoza
Senor Gonzales
Laurel Township, N. C
Gunness
Victor
John
The
Toledo
Buffalo
C.ou
Fittsburg
Lambs Co
E Hihi
Libby
Ucts
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