Roosevelt Affirms Hepburn Bill Stance on Rate Regulation
President Roosevelt reiterates support for the Hepburn railroad rate bill and defends the Allison amendment as declaratory of the bill’s meaning. He notes Congress is likely to adopt the same position and expects a swift Senate debate ending this week with focus on court review of rates.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Legislative Committee
Pennsylvania State Grange
Pennsylvana State Grange
Congress
Allison
United States Circuit
Interstate Commerce Commission
Senate
Ten Rail Wreck Victims in Clover Creek Collision
Ten people die in a head on crash between Chicago and St. Louis express train No 21 and mail train No 10 on the Pennsylvania Railroad near Clover Creek Junction. Six killed immediately, four later from injuries. twenty more injured but expected to recover. Names listed include Wrank Harder Harrisburg Pa Willam Pearson Mrs Trinkle J W Wagner Miffintown Pa J W Cox Downingtohn Pa Schuyltz Washington Jones unknown residence Max Tarlowe South Norwalk Conn J W Herr Jersey City and J D Conover New York. Injured include Oscar Anderson Delva Nd and J H Callis conductor of mail train.
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Altoona
Clover Creek Junction
Wrank Harder
Harrisburg
Willam Pearson
J. H. Callis
May Compromise in Zion Pending as Dowie Succession Talks
In Chicago on May 7 a possible settlement could move Zion property and administration away from court. Dowie’s lieutenants hint he may retire if Daniel Bryant, South Africa overseer, takes control. Voliva would step aside for a satisfactory replacement.
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Zion
Chicago
Dowie
Daniel Bryant
South Africa
Voliva
Elizabeth Gates 114, Oldest in Georgia, Dies in Brunswick
Elizabeth Gates aged 114, reputedly the oldest person in Georgia, died in Brunswick. She had three marriages and left four children, twenty three grandchildren, and nineteen great grandchildren.
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Brunswick
Elizabeth Gates
Mob Rule Grips Guadaloupe Amid Election Troubles
A Bowens dispatch reports Guadaloupe in the French West Indies is under mob rule with authorities unable to restrain the chaos. The unrest stems from election troubles, though American presence is small while substantial goods remain stored there.
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Chicago
Evening Journal
Guadaloupe
French West Indies
Bowens
Burglar Nabbed After East Wayne County Pursuit
Mrs. John Mills of Almont Michigan confronted a burglar in her home after returning from the fields. The thief fled with a suitcase of plunder, claimed deputy sheriff status to evade capture, and was later identified by Sheriff Wait of Lapeer as William Perrett, under warrant for a year and a half.
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Almont
Mich
John Mills
Here
Lapeer
Sheriff Wait
William Perrett
Snub for John Bull at postal convention vote
Edward Rosewater of Omaha urged the United States receive one extra vote to represent Hawaii Porto Rico and the Philippine islands. The French head M Jacotty supported unopposed and the move passed. Debates over British proposals to boost Britain’s vote for the Transvaal Orange River colonies and New Zealand failed by five. A reconsideration is planned next week.
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Rome
Edward Rosewater
Omaha
Neb
United Ed States
Hawaii
Porto Rico
M. Jacotty
United States
Great Britain
Transvaal
Orange River
New Zealand
Nordhausen Prohibits Dress Trains In Streets
Nordhausen city council issues ordinance banning women dress trains from dragging on streets to protect health and air quality. A fine of 7.50 marks for violations. police had earlier banned sweeping sidewalks near Friedrich Wilhelm street, now extended citywide.
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Nordhausen
Prussian Saxony
Police Department
Friedrich Wilhelmblatt
Judge Uses Authority in Michigan Wet Town Fight
Muskegon May 7. The first circuit judge in Michigan history exercises authority in a city liquor fight. Judge Sessions rules the wet town must go and that all city and county officers are subject to him. Saloonkeepers warn ball games street cars and excursion steamers may be halted.
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Muskegon
Mich
State of Michigan
Sessions
Lawson
Finger Tip Valued at Six Hundred Dollars in Illinois Suit
A Kane county jury set the value of a finger tip at 600 dollars in a suit by Emma Kell who sought 5 000 dollars after losing the end of a finger while feeding a printing press. The verdict capped recompense at 600 dollars.
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Bloomington
Ill
Kane
Emma Kell
Man With Money Missing In Traverse City Case
Frank Nemeskal of North Unity has been missing since April, taking a large sum of money with him. Relatives in Traverse City Michigan have grown alarmed and begun a search amid fears of foul play.
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Traverse City
Mich
Frank Nemeskal
North Unity
Troops Return to Paris Garrisons May Day Observance
Troops assembled in Paris for May 1 have been returned to their garrisons. Nearly all train crews have been taken off ore carrying railroads at Duluth because of the lake strike.
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Paris
Tuluth
Rev Anna Howard Shaw Leads Woman Suffrage Group
The mantle of Susan B Anthony is said to have fallen on Rev Anna Howard Shaw who recently became president of the National American Woman's Suffrage Association succeeding Carrie Chapman Catt. Shaw is an ordained minister and practicing physician, a self made woman of liberal culture.
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Susan B. Anthony
Anna Howard Shaw
Carrie Chapman Catt
National American Woman's Suffrage Association
Miss Shaw
Strikes Abandoned as Anthracite Agreement Talks Progress
Scranton Pa May 7 Nothing has developed to disturb the belief that a strike by anthracite mine workers has been averted. The sub scale committee will likely accept the operators continuation of the anthracite commission award with a mutually agreed term, probably three years. Miners fear a strike but prefer avoiding loss of gains if talks succeed. The convention approves seeking a Baer conference in New York.
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Scranton
New York
John Mitchell
Anthracite Commission
Geo. F. Baer
Baer
Mitchell
Tu. M. W
Hard coal talks collide with eastern miners in Chicago
Herman Justi says eastern miners seek wage gains not matched by western terms and predicts a 5 percent wage rise in the west while prices fall. Soft coal operators plan a campaign to prompt presidential intervention and convene bituminous stand-out operators to press for arbitration.
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Chicago
Herman Justi
Illinois Coal Operators
United States
Lake strike situation tests unions versus lake carriers
In Buffalo twenty one union monthly men threaten to strike if grain unloading uses non union labor. They handle grain separation and fear non union workers cannot operate bins. Across the lakes, dock actions and non union replacements escalate tensions among carriers and mills. In Cleveland owners plan to run docks with available union men and fill gaps with non union labor. In Chicago ore carriers move between South Chicago and Lake Superior as Illinois steel mills back non union staffing. In Rome Paola Nizza story line begins.
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Buffalo
Buffalo Furnace Company
Cleveland
Chicago
Lake Superior
Illinois Steel Mills
Tragic Fire Linked to Family Suicides Case Notes
The report states a woman drenched her clothes with petrol then set them alight and danced until she burned. It claims her mother killed herself similarly in Chicago four years earlier and her sister died in the same manner that year.
Rogaville Politics Paralyze Town Utilities
Danville reports Rogaville town affairs halted by license faction split with three license and three anti license members. Absences stall votes on saloon ordinance, leaving water out and streets unraked as municipal business stalls despite treasury funds.
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Danville
Rogaville
Here
Lcense
Dual factional nominations split Third district Democrats
In Jeffersonville Indiana May 7 the Third district Democrats held two concurrent conventions naming separate congress candidates William T Zenor and William K Cox independently amid factional battles. Floyd county balance of power fueled conflict over delegates as the outcome remained uncertain. A Denver warehouse fire on Wewatta Street destroyed a general merchandise storage building causing about 150000 in losses.
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Jeffersonville
Ind
William T. Zenor
Corydon
William K. Cox
Jasper
Floyd County
Wewatta Street
Denver
Chicago May 7 1906 Market Report Hogs Cattle and Sheep
Chicago markets show steady to higher prospects with strong week receipts. Hogs receipts 133877 last week with official yesterday 12 50. cattle receipts 22000 with natives 83 35 to 85 90. sheep 27000 with Western lambs 85 25 to 87 50. mixed packs and heavy shipping grades quoted mainly 84 15 to 86 42 for hogs and 86 10 to 86 15 for beef cattle.
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Chicago
Beach-Wickham Co Chicago and McCall Bros Agents
The Beach-Wickham Company of Chicago engages McCall Brothers as agents for unspecified business dealings. The terse listing notes Chicago origin and agent relationship without further details.
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Chicago
Beach-Wickham Co
McCall Bros
Warrants Issued for Four Anti Vice Crusaders in Pittsburg
Four men including two council members were arrested in Pittsburg on charges of financial interest in disreputable houses run by women where liquor is sold. Bonds set at 1500 each, with prosecutions led by Police Superintendent McGuire before Magistrate Brady. The arrests follow a broader crackdown led by Mayor Guthrie and Director Ridgway.
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Pittsburg
Alleen
Dittefard
Common Council
Joeseph M. Dickson
Anti Vice Society
Joseph M. Dickson & Co
Second Averiue
Sally Welch
H. P Ashe
Colwell Street
E. Barron
Martha Negley
Edward J. Ednants
Second Ward
Mabel Williams
Cherry Alley
Edna Lewis
Sar Ond Avenue
Samuel Frankel
Eighth Ward
John Kelley
Sadie Dudley
Tennel Street
Thomas A. McGuaide
Thomas A. Brady
Director of
Public Safety
Ridgway
Vies
George W. Guthrie
Pittsburghad
Prince Charles Poniatowski Dies in New York Pneumonia
Prince Charles Joseph Stanislas Marie Poniatowski dies at the St. Regis Hotel in New York from pneumonia at age 44. He was a noted figure in the United States Mexico and Europe and linked to W H Crocker through marriage. He previously lived in Mexico and Newport and had mining and railroad interests there.
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New York
Prince Charles Joseph Stanislas Marie Poniatowski
Mexico
Europe
Hotel St. Regis
Prince Charles Poniatowski
Prince Andre Poniatowski
W. H. Crocker
San Francisco
Prince Stanislas Poniiatowski
Napoleon Iiil
Hatch wins St Louis Marathon with 2 46 00 time
Chicago runner S R Hatch takes first in the St Louis Marathon finishing in 2 46 00. George Thibeau places second and Lewis Marks third from Chicago’s First Regiment. Irving Elliott of Hamilton Ontario led seventeen miles before a stone caused a sprain and retirement.
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Chicago
St. Louis
S. R. Hatch
George Thibeau
Lewis Marks
First Regiment
Irving Elliott
Hamilton
Ont
President Roosevelt Visits Mount Vernon Aboard Sylph
President and Mrs. Roosevelt with Dr Nicholas Butler and his daughter toured Mount Vernon the Washington home by way of the naval yacht Sylph. Subpoenas issued to all clerical staff in Mutual Life Insurance supply department compel appearance before the special grand jury to probe insurance affairs and require bringing books files and documents.
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Mount Vernon
Washington
Roosevelt
Nicholas Butler
Columbia University
Sylph
New York
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Jerome
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Iowa
Pennsylvania
John Bull
Uncle Sam
Anna H. Shaw
THE
Woman Suffrage Association
Great Lakes
TV. M. W
J. E. Purdy
Paola Nizza
Shheep
Grain Market
Prince
Poland
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