Congress Hears Army Pay and Banking Measures
The House approved the conference report on the army appropriation bill and sent it to the president. Enlisted men will receive about five million of seven million dollars allotted for increased pay. Five Republican congressmen were named to draft a financial bill recognizing commercial paper via clearing houses as safe emergency currency. The House voted against restoring canteens in national soldiers homes. The Senate passed the Gallinger bill regulating child labor in DC. The House Banking and Currency Committee tabled the Vreeland financial bill. The House added a quarter million to the civil appropriation bill. The Senate passed the House resolution appropriating 250 thousand dollars to aid cyclone victims in Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi and Louisiana.
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House
Senate
Gallinger
District of Columbia
House Committee On Banking and Currency
Vreeland Financial
Committee On Appropriations
Alabama
Georgia
Mississippi
Louisiana
Muldoon named Rockford's first bishop in new diocese
Auxiliary Bishop P J Muldoon of Chicago is appointed bishop of the new Rockford Illinois diocese. Other items note Prince Zu Eulenburg’s arrest amid the Harden court scandal and various legal actions including Otto W Paulson’s bribery plea and a sizable bank embezzlement case.
National and World News Roundup of Recent Crises
Secretary Metcalf reviewed combined Atlantic and Pacific fleets in San Francisco harbor. Admiral Evans could not attend and later relinquished command to Rear Admiral Thomas before heading to Washington. A Chicago alienist Dr J Sanderson Christison died by his own hand. Russian Duma members attacked Jews urging exclusion from the army. A fire in Atlanta destroyed two blocks of business buildings, $1 250 000 loss. Wabash river levee broke near Vincennes with serious flood risk. Chester PA schoolchildren struck after teachers rode streetcars run by strike-breakers. board demanded apologies. May crop report shows winter wheat at 89 percent of normal. Governor Gooding granted a reprieve for Harry Orchard to July 2. Secretary Taft and party reached Colon. Three in New Orleans burned out F F Hansell & Bros and Stevens Co. loss $400 000. Bert Devaney killed a Black girl and a man then died by own hand after militia surrounded him. Burton Koch shot and killed his wife wounded mother-in-law and then died by own action.
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San Francisco
Evans
Thomas
Washington
J. Sanderson Christison
Chicago
Duma
Atlanta
Wabash River
Vincennes
Ind
Chester
Gooding
Idaho
Harry Orchard
Taft
Colon
New Orleans
F.F. Hansell & Bros
Stevens & Co
Bert Devaney
Washington Court House
Burton Koch
Denver
Perists
Belle Gungess
Laporte
Ray Lamphere
Mrs. Guinness
Sir B. Budsberg
Iola
Wis
Glenwood
Minn
Juan Durand
Peru
Euclid Avenue Trust Company
Cleveland
Cleveland Trust Company
Atlantic and Pacific
Regular Army
National Guard
Peter Rickmers
Long Island
Denver & Rio Grande
Castle Rock
Col
Express
Charles H. Wright
W. S. Loucke
Reedley
Cal
Utah
Roosevelt
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Trene Dolph
Clinton
Carty and Reynolds
Rockford
Ill
John A. Johnson
William J. Bryan
Pine Knot
New York
New London
Conn
Connecticut
Golden Gate
Iowa
Judson Harmon
Gilbert M. Gowell
Orono
Alexandrovsk
Russia
Khyber Pass
Domingo Vasquez
Honduras
Draper
Pottsville
Andrew Cav Alage
Illines
Missouri
Arkansas
Missiepio
Ball
Death house murders near Laporte investigated
Bodies found near Laporte Indiana and on the Guinness farm total ten with nine linked to Mrs Belle Gunness and Ray Lamphere now facing new evidence. A identified victim is Sir B Budsberg of Iola Wisconsin. Other items include ship Peter Rickmers rescue efforts and various political and social news items of the day.
Drowning victims identified in Lake Okoboji tragedy.
L H Drescoll aged 40 and Art Reeves aged 25 drowned while pleasure riding on Lake Okoboji. Searchers failed to locate the bodies as the capsized boat was found in dark water. No clear cause is known.
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L. H. Drescoll
Art Reeves
Lake Okoboji
St. Paul
John Burmeister
Frank Holleran
Irene Dolph
Clinton
William Miller
Miller
Dolph
Emergency currency bill passed by House in 188 to 16 vote
The Republican caucus approved an emergency currency measure amounting to up to 500 million dollars. The bill, drafted by a special committee, was adopted in its conference committee form with two minor amendments. Several representatives opposed or quit the conference before the vote.
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House of Representatives
Vreeland
New York
Burton
Ohio
Weeks
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McKinney
Illinois
Knowland
California
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Banking and Currency Committee
Aldrich
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Clearing House Associations
Cooper
Wisconsin
Brumm
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Michigan
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Waldo
Kennedy
Keifer
Fowler
New Jersey
Prince
Hayes
Methodist Episcopal Conference Seeks Alliances and Bishops
The Baltimore session urges consolidation with the Methodist Protestant church and a total abstainer pledge for the presidency. It denounces track gambling, backs Governor Hughes against vice, invites Roosevelt and Bryce for a reception of British Methodist delegates, and sets May 20 to decide bishops and assignments. Bishop M C Harris reports on growth in Japan and Korea.
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Methodist Episcopal Conference
Baltimore
Methodist Protestant Church
New York
Hughes
Roosevelt
Bryce
British Methodist Church
General Conference of
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Lyric
M. C. Harris
Japan
Korea
Tornado Rips Through Monsoon Township North of Muscatine
A funnel shaped tornado three miles long and 3800 feet wide devastates Monsoon township near Muscatine. Homes and barns of several families are leveled, a mail carrier's wagon is crushed, livestock killed, and total damage exceeds $50,000. A power house stack toppled, trapping a firefighter, and a severe hail storm accompanied the event.
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Muscatine
Monsoon Township
John Will, Jr
John Cromer
John Umlandt
Cyrus Sattherthwaite
Mines Resume in Springfield State Coal Fields
Work resumed yesterday in all mines in the state capable of reopening after six weeks of idle time due to a con dition. The report from Springfield, WL dated May 12 notes full-blown restart efforts continuing.
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Springfield
Odd Feather Symmetry and Banana Bank Run
An ostrich feather shows perfect symmetry with the stem centered, while other feathers tilt to one side. A banana skin outside a Pittsburg bank caused a young lady to slip, sparking a mistaken bank run as depositors gathered. The bank suffered for several hours.
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Pittsburg
Fairbanks Severely Critical of Roosevelt Policy at Paris Banquet
Vice President Fairbanks spoke at a St. Stanislaus school dedication banquet in Chicago, opposing Roosevelt shipbuilding plans and broad executive policy. He urged funded national defense only to necessary levels, prioritizing schools churches and charities over large armies, warning socialism harms republican government and urging faith in churches and schools to guide youth.
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Chicago
Fairbanks
St. Stanislaus Parochial School
Rosevelt
Darisgger
America
Evans Relinquishes Atlantic Fleet Command to Thomas
In San Francisco on May 10 Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans formally ceded command of the Atlantic fleet to Rear Admiral Charles M. Thomas. Evans, fatigued from a banquet speech, rested at the St Francis hotel while the Connecticut hauled down its flag and the Minnesota raised Thomas flag amid thirteen guns.
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San Francisco
Cal
Robley D. Evans
Charles M. Thomas
St. Francis Hotel
Admiral Evans
Connecticut
Admiral Thomas
Minnesota
Ghimilar
Castleman
Berrien
Roosevelts Return From Pine Knot Outing
President Roosevelt and Mrs. Roosevelt with John Burroughs spent several days at Pine Knot near Charlottesville. They returned to Washington at 8:15 PM to a greet by over a hundred people as the president appeared refreshed and wore a Rough Rider campaign hat.
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Roosevelts Beach
Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
John Burroughs
Pine Knot
Charlottesville
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