Senate Tariff Rates Lower Restored and Discussed
The amended tariff bill faces Senate floor action with reforms on gloves, hosiery, art, and iron ore while maintaining high duties on textiles and luxuries. Revenue projections rely on liquor and other luxury increases, with further changes anticipated to balance the budget. The House seeks free list inclusion for petroleum products and expects swift correction to the Payne bill.
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Washington
Senate
Finance Committee
Aldrich
Payne
Philippines
House
Two Iowa workmen fatally struck by live wire in Highland Park
Patrick Dunleavy was electrocuted and Benjamin Sickler severely burned when a 2300 volt live wire on an Iowa Telephone pole shocked them. Sickler later fell from the pole as he aided Dunleavy. both men were hospital bound with Sickler in serious condition. In Redfield, former legislator J H Carter was found dead at his home, heart failure.
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Lies Moines
Patrick Dunleavy
Benjamin Sickier
Ming
Iowa Telephone Company
Highland Park
Dunleavy
Sickler
Iowalephone Company
Mercy Hospital
Redfield
J. H. Carter
D. A. Freed
Fifteen Die in Velardena Religious Riot
A Velardena riot over religious differences leaves six police officers six rioters and three soldiers dead. Many rioters have been arrested as authorities report chaotic clashes in Durango.
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Monterey
Mex
Velardena
Durango
Shambaugh resigns as curator of the state historical dept
Des Moines April 13 Governor Carroll accepted the resignation of Benjamin F. Shambaugh a state university faculty member named to succeed the late Charles Aldrich as curator of the state historical department. The resignation comes after the legislature cut the curator salary to 1600 dollars prompting questions about the action.
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Des Moines
Benjamin F. Shambaugh
the State University
State Historical Department
Charles Aldrich
Carroll
Shambaugh
Lightning strikes hit church and flats sparing all residents
Des Moines reports a lightning bolt damaged Grace M. E. church at Nineteenth and Crocker and struck the Butler flats at Sixteenth and Grand, also damaging three dwellings near Seventeenth and East Lyon. Miraculously every man, woman and child in all affected buildings was spared.
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Des Moines
Grace M. E
Nineteenth
Crocker Streets
Butler Flats
Sixteenth Street
Grand Avenue
Seventeenth
East Lyon Streets
Priest in Confessional at St Patrick's Church Fraud Suspected
An unknown man occupied the confessional at St Patrick's church in Iowa City during Father Ward's absence. A college buzz arose when a young lady spotted no stole through the grate and the man fled when asked if he was a priest.
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Iowa City
St. Patrick's Church
Father Ward
Sidney Widow on Warpath in Iowa Incident
In Sidney Iowa on April 13 Mrs C M Swearingen widow of Colonel Swearingen fired a revolver at Roscoe S Williams a former county auditor Williams escaped unharmed and the woman was jailed Officials expect insanity as her defense Both townspeople are longtime prominent residents. Ends His Life In Hotel at Burlington
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Sidney
C. M. Swearingen
Swearingen
Roscoe S. Williams
Burlington
Richard Gartner
St. Louis
Mrs Castro barred from land in Venezuela on arrival
Dispatches say Mrs Castro wife of the former president of Venezuela and her party aboard the steamer Guadalupe arrived at La Guayra but were not allowed to land or contact shore. The former president had debarked at Fort de France.
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Washington
Democratic Leaders Remember Jefferson in New York Banquet
New York city and state Democratic leaders honor Thomas Jefferson on his birth anniversary with a Hotel Savoy banquet. Governors Harmon and Marshall, State Senator Grady, and others will speak on states rights and landmarks. Champ Clark may not attend. Richard Croker to chair the reception. 450 diners expected. In Laporte Indiana, J Frank Hanly's candidacy for US senator against Beveridge is reportedly announced as temperance support boosts his legislative bid.
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New York
New York City
Thomas Jefferson
Savoy
Harmon
Marshall
Indiana
Thomas F. Grady
Champ Clark
Democrats
House of Representatives
Clark
Richard Croker
Tammany Hall
Ireland
Hanly
Beveridge
Laporte
Ind
J. Frank Hanly
United States
Albert J. Beveridge
Chicago Livestock Prices Edge Up In Early Trade
Opening market report shows mixed hogs and cattle activity with strong demand. Receipts estimated 10 000 today and 27 000 tomorrow, with notable bids for light and heavy hogs and Western cattle futures.
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Texas
Funeral of Lieutenant Petrosino Leads New York Tributes
Lt. Joseph Petrosino of the New York police was assassinated in Italy. In New York crowds filled streets from St Patrick's Cathedral to Fifth Avenue and 57th Street as 3,500 Italian society members joined the funeral procession. Four mounted police troops escorted the hearse to Calvary Cemetery on Long Island for the burial.
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New York
Joseph Petrosino
Italy
East
Fifth Avenue
McClellan
Bingham
Fifty-seventh Street
Second Avenue
Queensboro Bridge
Calvary Cemetery
Long Island
No Evidence Against Hearst's Publishers
New York April 18 Justice Gerard upheld a writ of habeas corpus for 8 8 Carvalho Bradford Merrill and Edward H Clark officers of the Star company publishers of the New York American and Evening Journal in a case of criminal libel brought by John D Rockefeller Jr The court discharged the defendants finding no evidence they wrote or published the article though the piece was branded a gross libel and Rockefeller alleged peonage tied to an Illinois breakfast company workers stockade and electric wire barriers
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New York
Carvalho
Bradford Merrill
Edward H. Clark
Star Company
New York American and Evening Journal
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Gerard
Supreme Court
Rockefeller
New York American
Illinois
Messrs. Carvalho, Merrill and Clark
French Button Makers Strike Met by Military Force
In Meru France on April 13 a wage dispute led to violence as button makers protested for the prior scale. About 2 000 soldiers under General Nicholas and 600 gendarmes led by the prefect of Guise patrol Meru and nearby Crepin and Lormaisen to restore order.
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Meru
France
Crepin
Lormaisen
Nicholas
Guise
Kansas Banker Dies After Auto Crash in Hoxie
Hoxie Kansas April 18 rovor Walker president of the first National Bank of Hoxie died from injuries after a motor car accident. Five other persons in the car escaped with slight injuries.
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Kansas
Auto Hoxie
Kan
Rovor Walker
First National Bank of
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