House Caucus Backs Joint Statehood for Four Territories
Washington reports a Republican caucus endorsing one bill to admit Oklahoma and Indian Territory as one state and Arizona and New Mexico as another. The plan, backed by Hamilton, aims to unify the two statehood efforts with minimal division, while hearings on liquor prohibitions begin ahead of the bill’s expected delayed passage after the holiday recess.
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Washington
House
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Arizona
New Mexico
Adams
Wisconsin
Tawney
Minnesota
Hamilton
Committee On Territories
Cannon
Grosvenor
Ohio
Smith
Iowa
Powers
Littlefield
Maine
Lacey
Hepburn
James Watson
Indiana
Tawney Declares War To the Knife on New Mexico and Arizona
Special to the Morning Journal Washington Dec 14 The caucus signals likely defeat for New Mexico and Arizona statehood. The 65 Filipinos led by Tawney oppose the omnibus bill and pledge to fight in the senate to strike Arizona and New Mexico provisions. Eastern and western senators clash over statehood timing and Beveridge's stance.
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Tawney
New Mexico
Arizona
Morning Journal
Washington
House Committee On Appropriations
House
Senate
Senate Commerce Committee Takes Up Shipping Bill
Washington Dec 14 The senate committee on commerce today took up the shipping bill of the merchant marine commission and after consideration ordered it favorably reported to the senate No substantial changes were made Senator McNally signified he would present a minority report opposing subventions at five dollars per ton to tramp vessels steam and sail Also four drowned in Monongahela River Brownsville Pa Four deckhands on the Rose Hite died when the passenger steamer collided with the Joe B Klein and sank in fourteen feet of water The boat carried fourteen passengers all saved
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Commerce
Washington
Del
Senate Committee On Commerce
Merchant Marine Commission
Senate
McNally
Monongahela
Brownsville
Montongahela
Rose Hite
Joe B. Klein
Messrs
Teller
Scott and
Morgan
Panama
Allison
Committee On Appropriations
Congress
Scott
San Blas
Mr. Morgan
Panama Canal
Elkins
Committee On Interstate Commerce
New York
Edward W. Scott
Provident Savings Life Assurance Society
W. A. Armstrong
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Charles E. Hughes
Hughes
Mr. Scott
Alexander
Society
Provident Society
The
Equitable
Euitable Society
Equitable Society
Hazing to Go Packets at Annapolis Sparks Navy Action
Washington reports hazing at the Naval Academy will be stamped out with dismissals. Two midshipmen to be dismissed soon for hazing and failure to report it, with more actions as guilty midshipmen are found. Admiral Sands summoned for conference as Navy backs a vigorous anti hazing campaign. Continuous investigations and congressional action proposed.
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Washington
Naval Academy
Academy
Secretary of the Navy
Bonaparte
James H. Sands
Admiral Sands
Annapolis
Sands
Navy Department
House
Louden
Hearst vows fight continues after ballot boxes ruling
Santa Barbara Hearst says the New York court of appeals ruling to delay opening ballot boxes is only one path in a broader contest. He frames the fight as a citizen defending voters and a platform, noting ongoing actions beyond this decision. Mexico City reports a surge in silver peso exports with one million dollars sent today and another million earmarked for London.
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Santa Barbara
Cal
Wite Hearst
Court of Appeals of
New York
Hearst
Mexico City
London
President Diaz to award Grand Cordon of Military Merit
Mexico City officials announce that the president of the senate will confer the Grand Cordon of Military Merit at noon tomorrow in the center of President Diaz. A banquet will follow the ceremony.
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Mexico City
Senate
Diaz
Calve Engagement Postponed To January 1 Owing To Illness
Chicago reports Mmeremima Calve, struck by rheumatism in Milwaukee last week, could not perform at the Auditorium today. The engagement is postponed to January 1. Calve will spend Christmas at Hot Springs Ark and then make a special Chicago trip before heading to the Pacific coast.
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Chicago
Mmeremima Calve
Milwaukee
Auditorium Theater
Janary
Calve
Hot Springs
Ark
Pacific Coast
Bank Lootero on Trial in Denver Conspiracy Case
Denver judge hears prosecutors present evidence tying Leonard B. Imboden and James A. Hill to plans to loot the Denver Savings Bank. Testimony identifies forged signatures and coerced loans aimed at gaining control of banks in Enid Oklahoma and other territories.
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Denver
Colo
Texas
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Denver Savings Bank
Leonard B. Imboden
James A. Hill
Charles B. Willey
Denver Bank
Imboden
Hill
H. L. Hull
Mt. Vernon National Bank of
Boston
Wilfley
Enid
National Bank of Commerce of Kansas City
E. B. Hull
Conspiracy Rumors Surface Over Jury Bribe Attempt
Denver barber Harry B Jones was arrested on a bench warrant for attempting to reach a juror in the Bankers Imboden and Hill trial through a brother. He allegedly offered 3000 to sway a vote, with rumors that other conspirators are under surveillance.
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Denver
Colo
Harry B Jones
Barber
Palmer
Criminal Court
Imboden and
Hill
Jones
Imboden
Panama canal aid debate marks four hour Senate session
Senate discussed the Panama canal emergency appropriation bill for four hours with speeches by Teller Scott and Morgan and a wide debate over salaries canal railroads and broader canal legislation. Separate bond bill passed.
Eight Indictments in Rebates Case Across Shipping Firms
Eight federal indictments were returned by the grand jury against shippers freight agents and carriers in rebate cases. The Great Northern Railway company and its local agent face charges for offering rebates on iron piping shipments to Winnipeg. Other defendants include Wood family members and Mutual Transit company agents. The cases span Philadelphia Winnipeg and Minneapolis shipments with immunity granted to some witnesses. A separate report from St Petersburg notes Baltic protests and a brutal murder in Riga by revolutionaries.
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Philadelphia
Federal Grand Jury
United States
J. Whittaker Thompson
Great Northern Railway Company
R. D. Wood & Co
Winnipeg
Paul J. Diver
National Essence Coffee Company
Mutual Transit Company
Charles M. Reald
Buffalo
Wood
Wood Company
Debate on insurance regulation in president's message
Washington December 14 debate over the presidents annual message recommending insurance regulation continues with no conclusion. The unresolved resolution sends the issue to the Ways and Means Committee while Mr Hayne argues taxation is the only congressional control. Critics insist Congress must pursue other methods to regulate insurance.
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Washington
Ways and Means Committee
Ihs
Hayne
Congress
Nominations for New Mexico courts and other items
The president sent to the senate nominations for and associate justices of the New Mexico Supreme Court, naming William J. Mills Frank W. Parker and John R K McFie. A bill to prohibit patent medicine grants was introduced. House committees clashed over insurance legislation with Payne advocating taxing power. Major Aaron Gove spoke at a Ways and Means hearing on Philippine tariff, warning on sugar and tobacco production in the islands.
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Washington
Senate
Supreme Court of New Mexico
William J. Mills
New Mexico
Frank W. Parker
John RK. McFie
Mann
Ilinois
House
Ways and Means Committee
Inter-State and Foreign Commerce Committee
Payne
Congress
Gateways and Means
Aaron Gove
Denver
Ways and Means
United States
Switch engine crash kills two in Evansville yards
A switch engine of the Illinois Central left the track in Evansville yards and crashed into a four story building housing the Indiana Stove company. The engineer and fireman were killed and the victims were not yet identified.
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Evansville
Ind
Illinois Central
Indiana Stove Company
Cowles Hartopp Wedding in Colombo Ceylon
Colombo Ceylon December 14 Kart Cowley and Lady Hartopp were married today in a ceremony reported from the capital. The couple tied the knot amid local society and prominent guests attended.
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Cowles-Hartopp
Colombo
Ceylon
Dee
Kart Cowley
Lady Hartopp
Fresh spotted fever deaths reported in Upper Silesia towns
Berlin reports fresh deaths from spotted fever in Go dol la Biskupitz and Hennersdorf in Upper Silesia. Sixty children previously deemed cured after the last epidemic were examined at Zabrze hospital. twenty are crippled for life with loss of speech deafness or blindness and other permanent injuries diagnosed.
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Berlin
Godulla
Biskupitz
Hennersdorf
Upper
Bilesia
Zabrze Hospital
Christie’s sells Henry Irving relics in aid of Actors Benevolent Fund
In London on December 14 Christie's conducted a sale of theatrical relics art works and library from the late Henry Irving. The Actors Benevolent Fund benefits from the auction with strong dealer and private bidder interest. A total of 12 750 dollars was realized, well above the items' stated value.
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London
Henry Irving
Christie's
Actors’ Benevolent Fund
Employers Plan Standing Army of Laborers Seizing Striker Jobs
The Chicago Employers' association outlined a plan to form a standing army of skilled and unskilled workers ready to fill striker vacancies nationwide. Employment bureaus would register non union workers in all U S cities with 50 000 plus population to step in when needed.
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Chicago
Chicago Employers’ Association
United States
Union Leader Surrenders in Kansas Jail Term
A E Ireland national organizer of the International Machinists union turned himself in to the Winfield sheriff to begin a six month jail sentence for assaulting a non union machinist in Arkansas City during last winters Santa Fe strike. The American Federation of Labor is pressing Governor Hoch for a pardon.
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Winfield, Kas
A. E. Ireland
International Machinists’ Union
Arkansas City
Santa Fe
American Federation of Labor
Hoch
Miners Seek Conference and Higher Wages at Shamokin Meeting
About seven hundred delegates attended as John Mitchell of the United Mine Workers called the session to order. The leaders planned a resolution demanding a conference with operators and seeking recognition of the union, a ten to twenty percent raise, and a work-hour reduction effective April 1, 1902.
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Shamokin
Deela
Anthracite Coal Miners’ Association
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers of America
Alle
Swedish Steamer Drottning Sophia Returns with Fugitives
The Swedish steamer Drottning Sophia arrived from Riga with Swedish fugitives. The commander reports calm in Riga, but says absolute anarchy prevailed in the country districts during the port stay.
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Riga
Stockholm
The Tsar Defies Dictatorship Amid Crumbling Plots
From St Petersburg reports say the reactionary camarilla led by General Count Alexis Ignatieff and M Steschinsky failed to topple Count Witte. The Tsar remains loyal to the premier as Menshikoff calls for an early aggressive counter to the revolution.
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St. Petersburg
Tsarskoe-Selo
Camarilla
Alexis Ignatieff
M. Steschinsky
Count Witte
M. Menshikoff
Imperial Family Will Not Leave Tsarskoe Selo
A dispatch from St Petersburg reports the imperial family plans to stay at Tsarskoe Selo for the near future amid tension in Livonia. In Riga Germans face expected violence as Letts with anti German sentiment push for resistance and local revolutions take shape. A mutiny aboard the Czarevitch in Colombo Colombo ends with fifty sailors ashore after military aid is deployed.
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Tsarskoe-Selo
T. Petersburg
Tsarskoe- Selo
Riga
ST. Bartholomew
Stockholm
Dagens Nyheters
Haiga
Livonia
M. Jansohn
Deenas Lapas
Federated Revolutionaries
Baltic
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Watson
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James RR
Garfield
BE. A. Durand
Beet Trust
Mexico
Bank Lootero
Qut Sayd
Trey Reaper
Provident Say
Great Northern Railway
Ings
Mat
Big Ditchter
Rus
Sian
Witte’s
Esthenia
Courland
August von Hennings
von Hennings
M. Bompard
Paris
Spencer F. Eddy
Robert Woods Bliss
Eddy
Moscow
Kantonius
Volhynia
Russia
Council of Workmen
Sebastopol
Tumsmaeck
Germany
BIG Insurance
Thomas E. Drake
District of Columbia
Roosevelt
Drake
Commonwealths
Harriman
E. H. Harriman
Armstrong Committee
Legislative Insurance
Thomas F. Ryan
Equitable Life
Henney
Nkeets
Strike Breakers’ Association
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Fulton Street
Bedford Avenue
Brook Inn
Charles Cooper
Brooklyn Trust Company
Czarevitch
Colondo Ceylon
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