Iowa Governors Cummins Perkins Clash in Turbulent Joint Debate
In Spirit Lake Iowa on April 16 Governor A B Cummins and ex Representative George D Perkins faced a volatile audience as they sparred during the first joint gubernatorial debate in the state. Cummins denounced Perkins as a muck raker while Perkins interrupted declaring new matter and protesting. The hall erupted in shouts as Cummins called for order and restored control.
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Spirit Lake
A. B
Cummins
George D. Perkins
Iowa
Perkins
Cummins Perkins Debate Opens Iowa Party Clash
Governor Cummins opened the argument arguing corporations oppose his nomination and railroads back Perkins. Perkins rebutted, denying corporate backing and inviting voters to judge capacity. A letter from ex Governor Larrabee endorsed Cummins as the true anti corporate leader. The debate framed Dickinson county faction struggles for state convention control.
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Cummins
Dperkins
Iowa
Perkins
J. W. Blythe
Larrabee
Ice Magnates Raise the Price in St Louis
A newly formed ice dealers and manufacturers combine in St Louis announces a rise of 3 1 4 percent per 100 pounds for home consumption and 25 percent for hotel keepers. The group controls nearly all city plants.
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St. Louis
Fatal Panic at St Ludmilla Roman Catholic Church
In Chicago on April 16 during a church service panic followed a fire alarm. Four hundred worshippers fled as the floor beams broke, killing three children and one woman and injuring more than twenty others. Names given include Mrs Kate Kanik Emma Hotka Tillie Cunat Barbara Hermanek and Anna Sodak.
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Chicago
St. Ludmilla's
Twenty-fourth Street
Albany Avenue
Kate Kanik
Emma Hotka
Tillie Cunat
Barabara Hermanek
Anna Sodak
Consolidation of Detroit Episcopal Churches Planned
In Detroit on April 16 formal notice announced the consolidation of St. Louis and St. Joseph's churches. Rev. S. S. Marquis of St. Joseph's becomes rector of St. Paul's, while St. Joseph's property will be sold to fund a new parish. Both churches sit on Woodward Avenue nearby, with plans for a Gothic cathedral type church.
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Detroit
St. Louis
St. Joseph's
Rufus W. Clark
St. Paul's
S. S. Marquis
St. Joseph’s Church
St. Joseph's Church
St. Joseph's Parish
Woodward Avenue
Daughter contests father's will in Indiana case
In Valparaiso's court, Theresa Kramer of Chicago contests the George Stocker will. Special Judge Peterson presides over the probate trial. Stocker, a former Hobart merchant, left an estate valued at 60,000 to 100,000 dollars to his wife and legacies of 200 to 300 dollars to twenty two nephews and nieces in Chicago. The daughter receives nothing.
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Valparaiso
Ind
George Stocker
Peterson
Crown Point
Stocker
Hobart
Chicago
Theresa Kramer
Mayoral Candidate Ellis Heads West on Sunday Closing Study
May or Elect Ellis has left Grand Rapids on a flying tour of the middle west to study municipal government with a focus on Sunday closing. An ordinance for Sunday theater closing will be placed before voters at the November election after theater men secured 2,50 signatures for referendum reference.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Ellis
Middle West
Help for Destitute Italians Relief Effort in Indianapolis
April 16 report that May or Bookwalter will name a relief committee in Indianapolis to aid southern Italy victims of Mount Vesuvius. The group will cooperate with New York based Italian relief organizations to fund and coordinate aid.
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Indianapolis
Italy
Mount Vesuvius
Bookwalter
New York City
Clarence C Williams Nominated to Succeed Gilbert
Clarence C Williams of La Grange was nominated by the Republicans of Indiana's twelfth district to fill the unexpired term of Representative Newman W Gilbert who has resigned to accept a judgeship in the Philippine islands.
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Gilbert
Fort Wayne
Ind
Clarence C.giliams
la Grange
Twelfth
Newman W. Gilbert
Philippine Islands
Boat Found Two Men Missing After Sudden Storm
Cleveland April 16 two unknown young men who hired a boat were caught in a sudden storm. The boat was found overturned on the shore near Euclid Beach and no word has been heard from the men, believed to have lost their lives.
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Cleveland
Euclid Beach
Mrs Astor Collapses at Funeral in Philadelphia
Mrs John Jacob Astor fainted at the funeral of her father Edward Shippen Willing at the Willing home 511 South Broad Street. the family physician ordered her to bed.
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Mrs. Astor
Philadelphia
Edward Shippen Willing
John Jacob Astor
South Broad Street
State Bar Association to Meet July in Chicago
The Illinois State Bar association executive committee selects July 12 and 13 for the annual meeting at the Chicago Beach hotel in Chicago Springfield, April 16.
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Springfield
Ill
Illinois State Bar Association
Chicago Beach
Chicago
Actress Johnstone Bennett Dead in Montclair
Montclair New Jersey April 16 Miss Johnstone Bennett actress is dead at age 36 after two years of tuberculosis illness She began her stage career at 19 at the Madison Square theater in New York performing with Richard Mansfield.
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Johnstone Bennett
Montclair
N. J
Miss Bennett
Madison Sauare Theater
New York
Richard Mansfield
President's corner stone speech attacks muck rake press
Washington April 16 The president spoke at laying the corner stone of a new House office building with 400 rooms for members. He cited the muck rake as the yellow press, urged truth in attacks on public men, and pressed progressive taxation and corporate regulation while condemning wealth excess and unrest.
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Washington
House of Representatives
House
Capitol
Masonic Fraternity
Congress
Panama Canal
Liar No Better Than Thief Declares Public Figure
A president denounces a political rival as a liar no better than a thief. He argues assault on character harms governance and deters capable people from public service, illustrating with examples of how tough it is to recruit officials.
Conference Rules on Typographical Union Dispute Adopted
A New Hampshire Methodist Episcopal conference session accepted a report from a special committee stating the conference has no jurisdiction over the controversy between the New York Typographical Union and the Methodist Book Concern of New York.
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Lawrence
Mass
New York
Independent commission houses planned for stockmen funds
Attorney Samuel M. Cowan of the American National is to investigate the alleged trust and destitute suit. A committee including Dr 7. M. Wilson of the National Wool Growers Association Murdo Mackengle of the American National Live Stock Association and A. L. Ames of the Corn Belt Meat Producers Association will arrange for independent commission houses with stockmen contributing $100,000.
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Elty
Samuel M. Cowan
American National
Dr 7. M. Wilson
National Wool Growers’ Nawociation
Murdo Mackengle
American National Live Stock Association
A. L. Ames
Corn Belt Meat Producers’ Association
Scientific Hero Decorated in Rome for Royal Honor
King Victor Rim mantel decorated Professor Mat tenecl director of the royal observatory on Mount Vesuvius with the rank of commander of the Order of the Crown.
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Rome
Victor Rimmantel
Mattenecl
Royal Observatory
Mount Vesuvius
Order of the Crown
Alexander Se Again I. Deerfield Ill Leader Critical
Former Equitable Life Assurance president Alexander Se Again I. Deerfield has been ill for months and has suffered a relapse with his condition described as critical.
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Deerfield
Maas
Alexander
The
Equitable Life Assurance Company
Chicago Market Update Cattle Hogs and Sheep Rally
Chicago markets report strong cattle and hog demand on April 16 1906 with steady to higher prices. Cattle supplies around 25000 and sheep about 25000. hogs receipts 90459 last week and market strong to five higher with heavy shipping grades and mixed packers seeing gains.
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Cchicago
Pat Ship
King Frederick Seeks Divorce to Remarry
Dresden April 16 The Saxon king Frederick seeks ecclesiastical sanction for a divorce from the Countess Montignoso to permit remarriage. The countess refuses to swear she was forced to wed while he was unconscious. The pope opposes Saxon wishes and recalls church precedent in divorce cases. the countess, once Crown Frederick, eloped in 1902 with Professor Giron and has been in Italy since.
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Dresden
Saxony
Frederick
Montignoso
Giron
Italy
Denver Suit Aims at Livestock Trust Leaders
Suit will be instituted against the livestock commissioners at Chicago and Missouri river points, alleging they are members of a trust and restricting trade. The move was decided by the executive committee of the American National Live Stock association and other livestock groups at a meeting in Denver.
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Denver
Livestock Commission
Chicago
Missouri River
American National Live Stock Association
Chicago Agents Advertise Beach-Wickham Co Offer
Chicago notices advertise Beach-Wickham Company products with McCall Bros as agents dated April 16, 1906.
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Chicago
Beach-Wickham Co
McCall Bros
Explosion on Warship Kear Sages Deaths
A powder blast on the warship Kear causes the deaths of two officers and five men. The incident is noted with the day and date Friday April 13. Authorities investigate the blast as a naval accident.
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Kearsages
Two Officers and Five Sailors Die in Kearsarge Turret Blast
An April 11 accident on the battleship Kearsarge in Cuban waters kills two officers and five men and injures fourteen, eight seriously. Lieutenant Graeme gun umpire is critically wounded and several sailors die, with Navy officials issuing condolences and continuing investigations into the cause.
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Washington
Cuban
Eyana
Catmanera
Marion City Clerk Trapped By Locked Safe
Marion Indiana April 16 The city clerk's office remains open but little business is done as the large steel safe containing all office books is locked. John Willson the city clerk admits he locked the safe last Wednesday night and also the instruction card to operate the combination inside. He cannot recall the combination and Cyrus G Robbins deputy clerk is away from the city. If Robbins does not know it safe experts may be needed.
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Marion
Ind
John Willson
Willson
Wilson
Cyrus G. Robbins
Robbins
Mrs Chauncey Depew Arrives in New York From Abroad
Mrs Chauncey M Depew arrives in New York aboard the White Star liner Celtic from Liverpool marking her return after a long stay abroad. The trip coincides with renewed reports she has filed suit for separation from her husband Senator Chauncey Depew amid circulating rumors of his alleged mental and physical collapse at Scarboro on the Hudson.
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Depew
New York
Celtic
Liverpool
Chauncey M. Depew
Senator Depew
Scarboro
Hudson
Regicides May Be Weeded Out in Belgrade Report
Belgrade April 16 reports General Alanazkovics, a leader in the plot that killed King Alexander and Queen Draga, has retired at his own request from the department distributing decorations. The move is seen as the start of weeding out the regicides.
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Belgrade
Servia
Alanazkovics
Alexander
Draga
Emperor Presents Gift to U S Ambassador Storer in Vienna
An aide de camp to Emperor Francis Joseph Count Driancourt delivers the emperor's customary farewell gift to retiring United States ambassador Bellamy Storer. The offering is an autograph portrait of the emperor in a diamond-studded frame with a message of regret at Storer's departure.
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Vienna
Francis Joseph
Count Driancourt
Bellamy Storer
United States
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