Five Dollar Gold Certificates Proposal and Taft Remarks
A report discusses a Fowler bill to issue five dollar gold certificates to relieve small-denomination currency shortages. Taft testifies on isthmus conditions, denies Panama issues, notes Colon's poor state, and cites silver stock declines. Separately, talk of a representative government in Washington remains via request, with Morgan and Kittredge anecdotes.
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Taft
Western Culee
District of Columbia
Arthur W. Dunn
Washington
House
Fowler
New Jersey
Treasury Department
Treasury
United States
Treat
Colon
Senate Committee On Inter Seranic Canals
Panama
Millard
Nebraska
Keifer
Ohio
Morgan
Senator Morgan
Alabama
Senate
Aldrich
Rhode Island
Jones
Kittredge
South Dakota
Senator Simmons
North Carolina
Simmons
Chicago Board of Trade market quotations and livestock data
Chicago quotes show Wheat May at 80% July 80% Sept 70% with varied futures. Corn May 46% July 46% Sept 32% Oats May 22% Sept 28%. Cash grain prices listed for Winter and Spring wheat and corn by sample. Live stock figures: hogs receipts 15,000 with prices from 5.85 to 6.55. cattle receipts 5,500 with steers at 5.05 to 6.25 and cows 4.50 to 5.80. sheep receipts 16,000 with wethers 5.50 to 6.25 and lambs up to 7.50. East Buffalo market data shows varied cattle, hog, and sheep values. calves strong at 5.50 to 5.75.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Park
East Buffalo
Last Buffalo
Dunning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
Senate Bars The Way As Free Alcohol Debate Intensifies
In Washington on April 26 special report details Senate delays on the free alcohol bill and tariff links. Debate grows tense with sharp exchanges among Hopkins Tillman and others. House actions feature Lacey’s defense of arid land funds and Kentucky quips sparked by irrigation claims.
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Arthur W. Dunn
Washington
Senate
House
House of Representatives
Congress
Hopkins
Tillman
Texas
Lacey
Iowa
Gilbert
Kentucky
Sulzer
New York
Connecticut
West
Western Reserve
Chicago
Oliver Twist
Dowie Subpoena Looms as Bankruptcy Case Advances
Dewieta Dowie faces federal subpoenas in involuntary bankruptcy proceedings before Judge Lamdis with return set for May 10. United States deputy marshals will attempt service amid Dowie’s rumored Zion City plans denied by attorney Emil C. Wetter, who vows a legal battle top priority.
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Chicago
Dewieta
United States
Lek
Dowle
Lamdis
Zion City
Emil C. Wetten
Wetter
Milliken Charged With Timber Cut on School Lands
W H Milliken, a Pennsylvania oil operator, facing a federal grand jury, was accused after a hearing before U S Commissioner Gray of cutting timber from school lands while erecting an oil derrick near Cleveland Oklahoma Territory. His employes were involved as the site had been claimed by mineral claimants.
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Pawnee
O. T
United States
Gray
W. H. Milliken
Pennsylvania
Milliken
Cleveland
Revolu tionists Stole Cannons From Kazan Monument
Rebels in Kazan purloin two cannon from the John the Terrible monument base, approaching by boat due to flood conditions. They reportedly intend to use the weapons when the anticipated armed revolt begins.
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Kazan
Russia
John the Terrible
Weather forecast for Iinels and Midwest regions
The advisory calls for generally fair skies with possible local thunderstorms and cooler, fresh southwest winds in Indiana and Wisconsin. Lower Michigan may see showers and thunderstorms with variable winds. Partly cloudy in eastern portions with a chance of showers and cooler conditions.
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Iinels
Indiana
Wisconsin
Michigan
Primary bill passed by Illinois Senate sends to House
Illinois Senate approves the primary bill 36 to 0 and forwards a sine die adjournment resolution to the House. The adjournment proposal, urged as speeding action, is dismissed by Republican leaders as impossible. Senator Berry moved the bill as Democrats abstained. Br C. Curtis of Kankakee voted for the measure under protest.
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Springfield
Senate
House
Berry
Br. C. Curtis
Kankakee
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Representative Stephens
Grand” Avenue
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Capitol
Capitol Building
White House
Taylor
Firet Apostle
Millionaire
Lydia E.pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Paul Oliver
Mrs. Pinkham
Paul Outver
St. Martinsville
Ilinois
S.S.S
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta
Winchester
Sutherland Bros
RE. G. Mason
Talaphons $O
Busy Lad
Ellerslie Wilkes
Victor Bismark
Electioneer
Grandam Amanda
Waxy
A. A. Kitzmiller
Knoxville
Daniel Rohrer
Geo. Wilkes
Aileen
George Wilkes
Old Fair Grounds
J. B
Malin
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