Knapp Optimistic On Railroads And Federal Oversight
Inter state Commerce Commission chair Martin A. Knapp says railroads will cooperate with federal regulation, expect capital to fund extensions, and credit a moral shift in business. He foresees stable securities, potential supplemental legislation, and public confidence improving as crops determine traffic in the near term.
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Martin A. Knapp
Interstate Commerce Commissioner
Knapp
Alten
Chicago and Alton
Railways and public rights underscore pooling debate
The article discusses railways as state run facilities treated as political rights, arguing against preferential treatment and noting a rising business morality. It covers Knapp’s support for exempting railways from Sherman act pooling under supervision, and Roosevelt’s Indianapolis stance favoring traffic associations to set fair charges. It emphasizes the need for greater transportation capacity to boost national prosperity.
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Knapp
Ag Raiiroads
Indianapolis
Roosevelt
Interstate Commerce Commission
Public lands convention to condemn Roosevelt policies in Denver
Denver June 1 delegates from Colorado Wyoming Oregon Idaho Montana and Washington plan to vote against the administration’s public land and irrigation policies. Senator Clark of Wyoming arrived to monitor deliberations and Secretary Garfield of the Interior will attend. The three day session at the Broadway Theater opens Tuesday with no politics in debate, officials say, though a Western stand on state rights and land policy is emphasized.
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Denver
Public Lands Convention
Broadway Theater
Roosevelt
Colorado
Wyoming
Oregon
Idaho
Montana
Washington
Clark
Senate
West
Garfield
Interior Department
Motorist assaults mayor in Euclid clash
Special to The Washington Fest reports Mayor Pickands of Euclid badly bruised after a struggle with auto dealer R H Magoon who dodged arrest claiming deputy status. Pickands seeks punishment, while Euclid residents denounce the speeders and alleged deputy sham.
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Cleveland
Ohio
H . Pickands
Euclid
R H Magoon
Magoon
Pickands
Eucid
Yerkes Falls Downstairs at Linton Hotel
Special to The Washington Post Cincinnati Ohio June 16 John W Yerkes former United States Commissioner of Internal Revenue was severely injured this morning by falling down a stairway at the Linton Hotel He slipped on the top step grabbed side railings and fell to the bottom He suffered a severe sprain and numerous bruises keeping him confined to his room for several days.
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Washington Post
Cincinnati
Ohio
John W. Yerkes
Kentucky
United States
Internal Revenue
Linton Hotel
Charlotte Tenn Families Large as Race Death Saga Evolves
Special to The Washington Post reports in Charlotte Tennessee Roosevelt finds no fault with the town and surrounding area amid a race death by own action episode. The Parrott family lists sixteen sons and two daughters while the Cunningham family has fourteen members. Pitt Powers has twelve children. An Indiana man John Nabb with one child briefly visits before moving on to Milan Tennessee, where race death by own action is less extreme.
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Washington Post
Charlotte
Tenn
Roosevelt
J WN. Parrott
Alexander Cunningham
Pitt Powers
Indiana
John Nabb
Mount Vernon
Nabbs
Milan
Wiley Heads to Bordeaux to Judge Pure Food at Exposition
Harvey W. Wiley, chief chemist at the Department of Agriculture, sails to Bordeaux as the American member of the jury for the Maritime Exposition. He aims to study wine production and food export conditions, noting France’s sugar use is tightly controlled by law and Bordeaux’s famed wine cellars and maritime industries.
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Harvey W. Wiley
Department of Agriculture
Bordeaux
France
Dr Wiley
Midi
Whitey
United States
Europe
Explosion in Covihilo Kills Thirty in Portuguese Town
A Lisbon dispatch to the Standard reports a dynamite blast in Covihilo, a manufacturing town, killing thirty people. Authorities believe the outage was caused by discharged workers seeking revenge, with the incident unfolding in June.
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London
Standard
Lisbon
Covihilo
Right to Punish Mob Test Made Under New Law
Federal appeals from Alabama lynching case explore if the United States may punish lynchers when state authorities fail to act. The case centers on Horace Maples lynching in Huntsville and five mob members indicted under a 15th Amendment enforcement act.
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Congress
United States
Supreme Court
Robert Powell
Huntsville
Ala
Altabams National Guard
Horace Maples
Court House
Maples
George France
Silas Worley
Thomas Riggin
Rigsin
Sheriff Shipp
Chattanooga
Ed Johnson
Shipp
Powell
Poues
Jo Jones
Arkansas
Abruzzi Reaches Boston Docking Vessel at Navy Yard
Italian Duke the Abruzzi arrived in Boston harbor aboard the Angabip Vatesse and was granted docking at the Charlestown Navy Yard. A twenty one gun salute welcomed him and officials prepared formal calls with Gov. Guild and the flagship Varese. He is slated to attend the Country Club races in the afternoon.
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Charleston Navy Yard
Boston
Boston Harbor
Acter Navy Yard
Medals for New York Naval Militia Veterans Set June 22
Public ceremony planned June 22 to honor 274 New York Naval Militia members who served aboard the USS Yankee in the Spanish American War. Originally 278 eligible, four had died since 1898. Medals cover actions at Santiago, Cienfuegos, and Castila in June 1898, with Yankee under fire ten times.
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New York
Washington
Congress
State of
Santiago
Cienfuegos
Casttda
Naval Militia
M'Kinley Obelisk Ready in Buffalo Height Eighty Six Feet
Buffalo is preparing to dedicate an obelisk honoring William McKinley, a pure white marble shaft 86 feet tall with a 6 foot base, tapering to the top. The June 16 report notes President Roosevelt and Gov. Hughes will attend, with the ceremony planned for the first week of September over multiple days. A $50,000 fund supports expenses and visitor entertainment. inscriptions honor McKinley’s service as soldier and statesman.
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Roosevelt
Gov. Hughes
Buffalo
N. Y
State of
New York
McKinley
William McKinley
McKinley Died in Buffalo on September Fourteenth One Nine Zero One
The text notes President William McKinley died in Buffalo on September 14 1901 after being shot while extending a greeting. Four marble sleeping lions by Phinister Proctor flank the pedestal bases. Fountains with gargoyles channel water to the obelisk area. A circular promenade with mosaic flooring surrounds the monument, linked by heavy chains and balusters. Parapets allow stone steps to street level, with grassy plots and flower beds beyond.
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William McKinley
Buffalo
Phinister Proctor
New York
Postum Replaces Coffee In Salisbury Woman’s Health
A Salisbury Massachusetts woman recounts switching from coffee to tea then to Postum after dyspepsia and weight loss. She credits Postum with rapid improvement, weight gain, and lasting satisfaction, claiming it well nourishes and sustains wellbeing.
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Salisbury
Wellvilla
Pension attorneys dispute Warner over disbarment actions
Eugene E Stevens of Milo B Stevens & Co and Edwin W Spalding of Harvey Spalding & Sons accuse Commissioner Warner of unfair conduct in the wake of disbarment actions before the Interior Department. They claim leaks harmed reputations and call for a fair hearing. They argue warrants and scrip dealings were misunderstood and defend lawful fees and efforts to locate heirs.
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Pensions Warner
William E. Moses
Interior Department
Eugene KE. Stevens
Milo B. Stevens & Co
Mr. Stevens
Werner
Warner
Edwin W. Spalding
Harvey Spalding & Sons
Stevens
Spalding
Supreme Court of the United States
Bellcal
Pension Office
Land Office
Seld
Ax Out for Lawyers Critiques on Military Bounty Land
The Post warns readers, especially veterans and heirs, that a recent article titled Ax Out for Lawyers misleads about military bounty land warrants valued at 31 2 5 per acre. Warrants are tied to vacant unappropriated land in Missouri and largely carry little value.
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Missouri
Secretary of the Interior
Harles H. Babbitt
Senator Lodge tours Ellis Island immigration station
Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, chairman of the immigration subcommittee, visited Ellis Island with his son. Commissioner Watchorn conducted the tour as Lodge observed the processing of immigrants for several hours. The Commission on Immigration, appointed by the last Congress, is studying immigration both at home and abroad. Six of nine members are in Europe conducting investigations. Lodge stayed at the Holland House and said he was pleased with the observed system.
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Washington Co
New York
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Commission On Immigration
Senator Dillingham
Vermont
Ellis T$land
Commissioner Watchorn
Europe
Holland House
Jilted Bride Hears Of Wedding Across State Line
Walter Edson of West Middletown Pennsylvania wed May Cole of Elm Grove Wheeling to surprise a hoped for match with Florence Sheller. Invitations had gone out for a Claysville ceremony and Edson postponed the visit, but news of the Wheeling wedding provoked a sharp rebuke from the jilted fiancée.
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Washington Post
Wheeling
W Va
Walter Edson
West Middletown
May Cole
Elm Grove
Claysville
Florence Shella
Edson
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Jane
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Miss Spong
Daly's Theater
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People Theater Co
New York City
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Charles J Goodfcllow
Haley
Washington Orchestra
William A Haley
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