Nelson bill stirs fight over department of labor and Cuba
Washington dispatch notes labor interests push for a separate department of labor or a strengthened labor bureau within commerce. Newlands advocates Cuba annexation via reciprocity debate. Kean proposes a nonpartisan commission on racial conditions. Crumpacker resolution stalls in the house. Rep McClellan of New York shows leadership potential amid Cuban reciprocity debate. Senator Proctor recalls a hunting camp stocking cap tale.
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Jones
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Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery for chronic coughs
An advertisement extols Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as a cure for persistent coughs even with lung involvement. It claims no alcohol or narcotics and cites a Washington DC testimonial about relief after years of illness and sleepless nights.
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Dr. Pierce
Golden Medical
Tam
Dorcas A. Lewis
24Th Street
Washington, DC, C
His Predicament Revealed by Landlady Husband
A new boarder remarks that the landlady helps only to scraps and asks why the meek man does not leave. He reveals he is the landlady's husband, highlighting a tense domestic dynamic.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Would Wed the Mayor Chicago Woman Proposes to the Man Who Runs Omaha
A Chicago widow proposes to Mayor Moores of Omaha via letter, recalling past meetings and seeking marriage if they are congenial. The mayor declines to reveal her name.
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Chicago
Omaha
Neb
Plan approved to remove sunken Swain wreck at Rath's dock
The War Department approved lifting the Swain wreck, burned to the water edge and sunk near Rath's dock on December 16, 1905, to remove a navigation hazard at Rath's dock in Sault Ste. Marie Michigan.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
War Department
Rath
Markets Report Mixed Cattle Hog Prices From Chicago and East Buffalo
Chicago hogs sold 5.65 to 7.40 per hundredweight with most around 7.00 to 7.20. cattle receipts about 5.50 price ranges from 4.40 to 7.40. Western sheep and lambs quoted 4.00 to 5.95. East Buffalo quotes show hogs at 6.75 to 7.45 and lambs up to 7.50. St Louis grain notes higher wheat and corn futures with various cash and futures quotes.
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Ener
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Idtec
Iluc
Humes
Cushman Sparks House Clash Over Rules and Sugar Duty
In Washington on April 18 Rep Cushman of Washington delivered a vigorous critique of the Culmreek Procity bill and attacked the rules committee. The House debate featured caustic wit as Cushman mocked calendar politics and urged passage of sugar duty reforms. The session closed with Democratic support for abolishing the refined sugar differential and a Senate-confirmed nomination for James S. Clarke as New York custom surveyor.
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Cushman Attacks Rules in House with Fiery Speech
Cushman quotes Cassius and denounces House rules as un-American and a tool of a few, vowing to challenge the rules committee and speaker. He mocks theatergoers, cites half a million constituents, and promises a future speech so hot it will be printed on asbestos paper and tied to a hand grenade.
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Committee On Rules
Roosevelt Vetoes Pension Bill for Lt Walter over Court Martial
President Roosevelt blocked a pension for Thomas F. Walter a Civil War lieutenant from a Pennsylvania regiment at 17 dollars monthly. The War Department records show he was cashiered by a general court martial for disobedience on picket duty and admitted the offense. The veto argues granting his name would condone a serious officer offense and undermine the pension system.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House
Thomas F. Walter
Pensylvania
War Department
Exposition Postponement Question Mixed With Baseball Scores
April dispatches report Secretary Walter Stevens saying Congress would decide a possible postponement of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition to 14, and local managers would follow. The same column lists openings of the 1902 National League season with four games played and scores in Chicago, Cincinnati, Brooklyn, New York, and St Louis.
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New York
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Pittsburg
Hunt for a Stolen Child In Milwaukee Search
A campaign to find Margaret Taylor, abducted in Cincinnati four years ago, gathers support in Milwaukee with funds raised and police in Cincinnati Milwaukee and other cities asked to help. Frances Langworthy Taylor and her daughter Frances, grandmother and aunt of the child, were convicted in Ohio and sentenced to a penitentiary.
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Frances Langworthy Taylor
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Ohio
Redmond Sees Irish Coercion Fight Turned to a Clash
In London a Redmond protest claims coercion in Ireland will meet blow for blow. Wyndham replies crime is rare but intimidation harms lives, as Irish leaders urge policy change. UK Butchers seek repeal of cattle import limits to avert a meat famine during the king's coronation.
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House of Commons
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Board of Agriculture
MISHAP KILLS PROFESSOR Kimmel IN HAMMER ACCIDENT
Terre Haute Indiana April 18 Professor J Kimmel physical instructor at Indiana State Normal school fatally injured when struck behind the ear by a 16 pound hammer used in track practice Captain Beecher of the team was practicing at the time Kimmel has been unconscious since the accident He joined the Normal school two years ago coming from Pittsburg home in that city Des Moines Iowa Governor Cummins grants rare pardon under strict conditions to Wesley Elkins for murder case urged by Cornell College professor
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Harlan
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Man grins as divorce suit ends with no alimony
Alfred Nieman wins a divorce suit from Mia Nieman for want of equity in Chicago. Judge Wille dismisses alimony claims and Mia plans to support herself. Nieman, a mental wreck since the split, testifies of daily trouble and vows still loving his wife while Senator Nie l e Junius Kual, the attorney, complains over unpaid fees.
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Judes Wille
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Nieman
Willie
Tom
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Whiely
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Jual
Mra
Tie
Masband
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Nieman divorce case ends in dismissal for lack of equity
In Joliet a judge ruled the desertion and cruelty charges unproven as Mrs. Nieman sought relief. Witnesses testified she left her husband nights with other men, but the court found the couple not fit to live together and dismissed the bill. The judge also denied separate maintenance and attorney fee requests.
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Juul
Pon
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Illness Report on Maxtu Gorki Proves Unfounded
News notes that reports of the dangerous illness of Russian author Maxtu Gorki prove unfounded. The report mentions Purdy, a traveling salesman for J u Purdy & Co of Chicago, killed in an elevator at the Morton House in Grand Rapids Michigan. Unknown to the 83h passengers, fire raged in the hold of the steamer Marco Minchetti at sea for eighteen hours. Rubens Llory Family bought by James Henry Smith for 50000 had been given by the Metropolitan Museum.
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Mich
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