Philippine tariff bill to be sent to printer for early action
Senate committee on the Philippine question plans to report the tariff measure with amendments and Lodge will move to keep it unfinished business to block other action. Democrats promise full debate and aim to present their view while not delaying final passage. A month may pass before a vote. House ship subsidy bill also under consideration later in the week.
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Washington
Senate
Lodge
Frye
Ny Ison
Department of Commerce
Cullom
Otero
New Mexico
Quiet Week Ahead in House as Deficiency Bill Dominates
Washington January 19 The house calendar is sparse with little likelihood of action on suspension bills. The def iciency appropriation bill totaling 160 million dollars will take focus for the first days. Beyond that no major items are scheduled except the Hi bill on silver and gold exchangeability, whose passage date remains uncertain.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Eleven Soldiers Lost In Manila Canoe Incident
Report from Manila describes a dugout canoe carrying 11 men of company I second infantry missing and likely lost. The note adds that 365 insurgents reportedly surrendered on Bohol, a claim met with skepticism by authorities. Also, Agueda Kahabagan, an insurgent leader, was captured in Laguna province after leading bands for six years against Spaniards and Americans.
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Manila
Wade
Cebu
Bohol
Cret
Laguna Province
Luzon
Eighth Infantry
Agueda Kahabagan
J. Franklin Bell
Insurgent Engagement in Batangas Ends in Losses
In Batangas province in Luzon insurgents were defeated with severe losses. One American officer and one private were killed or wounded. Colonel Theodore J. Wint of the Sixth Cavalry reports numerous small engagements as he operates in Batangas and Laguna provinces.
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Batangas
Luzon
Theodore J. Wint
Sixth Cavalry
Laguna
Prefer Smoke to Idleness in Ducktown
In Ducktown Tennessee on January 19 another injunction targets the Ducktown Sulphur Copper and Iron company and the Tennessee Copper company over sulphur smoke. The Tennessee Copper company head warned the general manager Randolph Adams to close the works and discharge all workers when served. Officials warn this would devastate local families mirroring the 1878 Union Consolidated Mining shutdown, as many families lack transportation and must leave with few belongings.
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Ducktown, Tenn
Ducktown
Union Consolidated Mining Company
Betrayed by the Cooking in Fort Benton
Special dispatch reports smoke seen at the old St. Paul restaurant on Front Street. Marshal Sneath finds a fire in the cellar and a Chinaman hiding below a trap door. He is jailed after a search reveals illicit cooking and missing papers.
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The
Standard
Fort Benton
Marshal Sneath
St. Paul
Front Street
Harry Gilmore
Missouri Pacific Train Collision Near Edah
Kansas City man reports a head on collision between a west bound Missouri Pacific passenger train and an eastbound freight near Edah Missouri after midnight. Freight engineer William Maze had fallen asleep and attempted to flag the passenger too late. Baggage car and several freight cars damaged. Passenger coaches and Pullmans derailed. one injury noted Judge Fajah Robinson of Kansas City sustained severe bruises.
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Kansas City
Missouri Pacific
St. Louis
Edah
William Maze
Fajah Robinson
Union gathers as Mail Way Employes adopt insurance plan
The United Brotherhood of Railway Mail Employees adjourned after electing officers for two years and adopting a triad insurance plan. The scheme covers life, annuity, and disability insurance with staged payments or full benefits on disability or old age. Officers, board members, and division vice presidents were elected from multiple western states and districts. The next session will be in Chicago as headquarters move there.
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San Francisco
United Brotherhood of Mailway
George Estes Roseburg
Ore
Dd. J. Byrnes
Portland
F. J. Massey
Fort Wort
Tex
B. A. Meyer
Ocean View
Cal
James Hewitt
San Jose
A. Dalton
Ogden
Utah
W. H. French
Oakland
W.A. Wren
Roseburg
W. E. Tyrrell
C. M Hurlbut
Denver
Colo
H. P. Ford
C. H. Sims
Joseph Shaw
Sacramento
Epman
T. J. Jones
Butte
Mont
Unidentified Gretna Suspect Jailed Over Reward Dispute
In New Orleans on January 19, authorities held a suspect in Gretna connected to a New York jewelry thief case. Thebaud and Detective Kelly questioned identity and argued over the reward, delaying a move to the prison until the dispute is settled.
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New Orleans
Gretna
Merin
New York
Thebaud
Kelly
Bold jewel robbery nets up to twenty thousand dollars in Glendive
In Glendive Montana a bold theft at the Northern Pacific depot between 1 and 5 am saw two iron bound trunks belonging to C B Clausen rifled of unmounted diamonds and 400 mounted rings. Loss estimated ten to twenty thousand dollars. Authorities detained Jimmy McCarty the prize fighter as a person of interest. Sheriff Kennedy and Deputy Twible led the investigation with Sheriff Savage assisting.
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Minneapolis
Northern ‘Pacific
Glendive
Standard
Montana
Northern Pacific Company
C. B. Clausen
Clausen & Co
Minn
Clausen
Express
D. H. Driscoll
John Saddler
John Kennedy
George Twible
Jimmy McCarty
W. 5. Savage
Custer County
Reformers Clash With City Admin Over Crime Policy
Rev. Dr. Charles H. Parkhurst says the Society for the Prevention of Crime cannot support a reform administration that tolerates lawless conduct. The letter to Mayor Low, signed by Parkhurst, urges firm enforcement of statutes and suppression of clandestine violations. Low declines to discuss the letter.
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New York
Charles H. Parkhurst
Low
Society For the Prevention of Crime
Parkhurst
Tammany
Dunne
Reform Administration
Mover Low
Detroit Wholesale District Buildings Blacken in Sudden Collapse
Four four story buildings in Detroit's wholesale district collapsed at 8 30 pm destroying stocks worth about 152000 with building losses around 50000 There were five firms affected including Maddocks Grove Imperial Cap and F B Neuhoff Co No deaths or injuries were reported though signs of an explosion appeared and experts found no gas leak This occurred on Jefferson avenue and Shelby street on a Sunday night minimizing casualties.
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Detroit
Mich
Jefferson Avenue
Shelby Street
Maddocks Grove Company
Inperial Cap Company
F. B. Neuhoff & Co
Hill Bros
New York
Michigan Produce Company
Cruree Bros., Limited
Maddocks Gove Company
Bel'din
Wrec
Fims
Colima Volcano Active Amid Seismic Shocks
A government telegram reports Colima volcano active again as scientists link this to regional seismic activity. Earthquakes and tremors were felt across Mexico with renewed shocks noted in Guerrero and Chilpancingo where Governor Mora oversees cleanup. Soldiers guard the ruined city as rebuilding begins and horses continue to be recovered among debris.
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Mexico City
Government
Colima
Mora
Guerrero
Chilpancingo
Prisoners Escape From McNeil Island Prison
Ten prisoners led by Moriarty the counterfeiter escaped McNeil Island federal prison near Tacoma by hollowing a cement floor into tunnels leading to pipes. A large posse with United States Marshals Deputies chased them. marshals left at five oclock on the alert and may not return tonight.
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Tacoma
Moriarty
McNeil
Murder in Rochester Jewelry Store Ends in Struggle
Della F. E. Brown a 65 year old diamond dealer and jewelry maker was found murdered in his Rochester store. He lay before a locked safe with a hammer nearby and blood on his head and hand indicating a vain defensive effort. The burglars left with nothing of value save possibly a diamond stud missing from Brown.
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Rochester
N. Y
Della FE. Brown
Mr. Brown
Fife Returned from Spokane District to Savannah Murder Case
Fife was brought back from North Yakima Washington after arrest for the murder of Frank W Richardson at Savannah a year ago. Mrs Addie Richardson the widow will be tried at Plattsburg this week. The prisoner was visited by his parents and lawyers and accompanied to Savannah. Bond was sought but Judge Burns reportedly rejected it. Fife is in a Savannah cell.
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Fife
North Yakima
Wash
Frank W. Richardson
Savannah
Addie Richardson
Plattsburg
Burns
Mysterious Child Death in Cincinnati Case
Prominent attorney W. H. Whittaker and wife left their 6 year old son with servant Annie Sage. The boy was found dead hanging to a gas pipe in the cellar and Sage unconscious from asphyxiation. Indications point to the servant harming the boy and then inhaling gas before the Whittakers returned. Sage faces the death penalty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Ohio
W. H. Whittaker
Annie Sage
Whittakers
Murdered by Hired Man in Worcester Farmkill
Sampson Seaverns aged 83 at a rural Worcester County home was slain by farmhand Lem Hapgood who attacked him in bed with an axe and a revolver. Hapgood confessed to the farmer’s daughter and fled the scene.
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Worcester
Mass
Sampson Seaverns
Rutland
Princeton
Lem Hapgood
Hapgood
Seaverns
Cleveland Lover Shoots Woman Then Kills Himself
In Cleveland on January 19 Sophie Zanting was shot by her lover Alexander Moore who fled, then died by taking poison at his home within an hour. The couple had recently broken their engagement.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Sophie Zanting
Alexander Moore
Moore
Free Trade With Canada Advocates Reciprocity
John Charlton, Canadian parliament member, argued for free exchange of natural products between the United States and Canada. He said reciprocity would boost commerce across sectors, reduce tariff barriers, and benefit both nations, noting growing U.S. sentiment shifting toward his view.
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Chicago
United States
Canada
John Charlton
Charlton
Boh
Debated Arbitration Moves in Pan American Conference
Reports from Mexico City indicate the pan American conference may revisit arbitration topics and refer patent and trademark questions to a five jurist committee in Washington. Chilean delegates claim success for Tarue treaties, while arbitration advocates push for compulsory arbitration and acceptance of their convention amid strong opposition from other delegates.
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Mexico City
Washington
Rafael Reyes
Colombia
South America
General Reyes
Amazon
Rio de Janeiro
Chile
Explosion at Manresa mill kills many in Spain
A boiler blast at a spinning mill near Manresa, near Barcelona, destroys half the village Puente de Vilamora. Sixty killed, 69 believed dead, 100 injured. sixteen bodies recovered including the mill manager and relatives. Queen regent sent condolences as rescue faced darkness and debris.
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Barcelona
Manresa
Punte de Vilamara
Angry woman kills three at Morris Creek dance
Lilian Williams, intoxicated, shot and killed two musicians Wit Slaughter and Ralph Johnson and mortally wounded Powell Calloway at a Morris Creek mining region dance. Calloway died. Williams escaped lynching due to timely police arrival.
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Montgomery
W. Va
Iam Slaughter
Ralph Johnson
Powell Calloway
Lillian Williams
Morris Creek
Wiliams
Pmleuchter
Johnson
Calloway
Huntsville Man Shot Dead in Shawnee Misunderstanding
Shawnee Oklahoma January 19 B B Hunt of Huntsville Missouri was shot and killed by John Sevils who mistook him for an enemy Hunt went to Sevills home seeking admission Sevils had trouble Saturday with others and shot through the closed door killing Hunt on the steps
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Shawnee, Okla
B. B. Hunt
Huntsville
John Sevils
Hunt
Sevills
Priest Krainhardt Commits Suicide in St Louis Hospital
In St Louis on January 19 a 72 year old Catholic priest Krainhardt, long serving in Josephville Mo, killed himself with a hatchet while a patient at Alexian Brothers hospital. He had served as a priest for 30 years and had been treated for nervous troubles for a year.
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St. Louis
Krainhardt
Josephsville
Alexian Brothers
Riots Break Out In Terre Haute Strike Turmoil
An attempt by Terre Haute trolley companies to run cars after a Central Labor union boycott led to several small riots in the business district. Three cars were halted, non union crews left, and windows on cars were broken amid police arrests. A mob tried to storm the power house to press non union firemen, but was repulsed by police.
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Terre Heute
Ind
Terre Haute
Ity
Central Labor Union
Fay
Agrarian Riot In Transylvania Leaves Eleven Dead
A mob attacked government officials in Alsoidees village Maros Torda Transylvania. Gendarmes were forced to fire on the crowd, with eleven killed and twelve wounded, four of them fatally.
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Budapest
Dugne
Alsoidees
Maros-Torda
Transylvania
Sailor reports dangerous schooner near coast at night
Capt. H. E. Thomas of the Queen which arrived from San Francisco states a schooner sailed recklessly down the California coast at night close to shore with no lights. He could not read the name and calls the vessel a menace to navigation.
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Seattle
H. E. Thomas
Queen
San Francisco
California
Minority Opposes Gold for Silver Exchange Plan
Democratic members of the house coinage committee back a minority report warning that exchanging gold for legal tender silver dollars would destabilize the economy. They argue it would swell the gold reserve needs, risk a chain reaction in banking, enable gold exports, and trigger a currency contraction or debt liabilities, with falling prices and panics.
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Washington
House Committee On Coinage, Weights and Measures
Secretary of the Treasury
House
Shafroth
Treasury
New Steel Bridge Opens Over Yellowstone at Glendive
The 1,252 foot bridge across the Yellowstone river in Glendive was opened to traffic. Built by Butler and American Bridge companies, it cost over $62,000 and spans four sections with a combination span. Funding came from extra tax levies for bridge purposes.
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Glendive
Dawson County
Yellowstone River
Butler
American
Trial of Ving Pink Wilson Ends in Small Fine
In Basin on January 19 the Wilson trial concluded with a five dollar fine plus costs. Judge Wall’s verdict was popular in Basin and is not expected to affect other families. The Basin School plans to open tomorrow morning with Prof. J. F. i charge.
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Standard
Basin
Ving
Pink Wilson
Wall
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Senator Lodge
Saken
Tennessee
Smoke
Meeting Point
Mexico
Vic
Little One
West Virginia
Priest
St. Joseph, Mo
Stewart
Yellowstone
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