Roosevelt vetoes census bill over noncompetitive exams plan
President Roosevelt condemns the act to provide for the thirteenth and subsequent censuses as fostering political pull and waste. He insists all temporary census workers be chosen by competitive civil service exams to ensure accuracy and merit, warning about bias and inefficiency under a spoils system.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House of Representatives
Civil Service Commission
Robert P.’ Porter
Theodore Roosevelt
Twenty Teutons Die in Fearful Floods
Berlin reports severe floods across Germany after heavy rains and warm spells. Nordhausen bridges swept and ten drownings. Nuremberg's Pegnitz rose 12 feet. Frankurt on the Main records highest levels in 50 years. Rivers rise in Hesse and Silesia, with rail lines disrupted and a report of 20 total deaths including seven miners.
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Berlin
Germany
Nordhausen
Nuremburg
Nuremberg
Frankfort-on-the-Main
Odenwald
Essen
Herdecke
Hagen
Dortmund
Rhine
Cologne
Giessen
Lahn
Wetzler
Silesia
Chemnitz
Erfurt
Brockhausen
Brunswick
Purcell Capitalist Banker Dies in San Antonio at 64
William Purcell a leading banker and railroad owner connected with Mexico dies in San Antonio aged 64 after six weeks in the city for health. An Irish immigrant from Limerick, he built a business in Saltillo and co founded the Coahuila and Seacastreas railroad, serving as its president and treasurer. His body to be moved to Saltillo with final burial in England.
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San Antiono
Tex
William Purcell
Mexico
Purcell
San Antonio
Limerick
Ireland
Matamoros
Saltillo
Coa Huila & Seacatreas
Coahuila
Road
London
England
Six Officers Indicted in Franklin County Case
Franklin Pa Feb 6 grand jury indicted six persons after a ten day probe of county poor farm officials and others. Indicted are Harry H Baumgardner Oil City county commissioner assault and battery and office charges. Homer Sutton steward county farm assault and battery and another serious charge. Mrs Lillian Sutton matron home larceny and receiving stolen goods. Mrs Charlotte Baumgardner wife of commissioner larceny and receiving stolen goods. Roy Sutton son of steward 23 serious charge. William Small Franklin 22 serious charge.
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Franklin
Harry H. Baumgardner
Oil City
Homer Sutton
Lillian Sutton
Charlotte Baumgardner
Roy Sutton
Steward
William Small
Tornado Toll Across Arkansas Mississippi and Texas
A long distance message reports a tornado hitting Rolling Fork Mississippi killing four and causing heavy property loss. In Stuttgart Arkansas two were killed and another fatally injured as the storm damaged homes and rice fields. Texas towns Ennis Waxahachie and Sulphur Springs reported destroyed residences and injuries with total northern Texas damage around 100000 dollars. A small cyclone near Monroe Louisiana damaged a school and homes with torrential rain and violent wind.
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Jackson
Miss
Rolling Fork
Sharkey County
Sherkey County
Stuttgart
Ark
Brinkley
Garfield
William Shorey
Will Shorey
Texas
Fort Worth
Tex
Oklahoma
Ennis
Sulphur Springs
James Ardis
Monroe
Roscoe
Orphanage Fire Kills Three In Battle Creek
Battle Creek Michigan February 6 The Haskell Memorial Home a three and a half story brick orphanage burned yesterday. Three of the 37 children are missing and believed dead Lena McFerney 14 Cecil Quotent 13 George Goodenow 8. Ruth Roff 12 seriously injured while seven girls jumped from a third story window. James Armstrong 12 aided others directing falls and saving two girls. Mrs R S Owen and her husband escaped with a six week old baby and two children. Loss estimated at 50000 dollars. The orphanage once tied to Mrs Haskell of South Bend Indiana and now funded by private subscriptions under Dr J H Kellogg New York.
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Battle Creek
Mich
Haskell
Lena McFerney
Cecil Quotent
George Goodenow
Ruth Roff
James Armstrong
South Bend
Ind
Robber shoots up a city in Memphis terror spree
In Memphis Tennessee on February 6 Henry Morton an armed Black man opened fire on streetcars houses and pedestrians after a hold up. Police and armed citizens cornered him on a porch where he was shot dead as he fired in retreat. Several bystanders were endangered and a riot call mobilized officers and locals.
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Memphis
Tenn
Henry Morton
Morton
Recount in Hepburn Contest Abandoned in Appanoose
Centerville Iowa February 6 recount in the Hepburn Jamieson race for Congress seat once held by Hepburn in the Wright Iowa district was abandoned in Appanoose county despite Hepburn’s expectations for gains.
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Iowa
Centerville
Hepburn-Jamieson
Congress
W. P. Hepburn
Wighth
Appanoose County
Hepburn
Alleged Revolters on Trial in St Petersburg
The trial began here yesterday before a military court of nine civilians and 14 soldiers charged with attempting to organize a revolt of the St. Petersburg garrison in 1907.
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St Petersburg
St. Petersburg
Blow to California Racing Encourages Senate Passage
Sacramento Calif Feb 6 The Walker Otis anti race track gambling bill passed the senate yesterday by a vote of 32 to 7 Those voting no were Finn Hare Hartman Leavitt Reidy Weed and Wolfe
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California
Sacramento
Cal
Senate
Finn
Hare
Hartman
Leavitt
Reidy
Weed
Wolfe
McCullough Wins UMWA Vice Presidency In Second Ballot
The United Mine Workers convention in Indianapolis on February 6 announced the results of the second ballot for vice president and secretary treasurer. E S McCullough of Bay City Michigan was elected vice president with 1462 votes, defeating J T Dempsey of Scranton Pennsylvania who had 1110 votes. Edwin Perry of Oskaloosa Iowa won the secretary treasurer post with 1313 votes, while John Fahy of Pottsville Pennsylvania trailed with 1097 votes.
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Indianapolis
Ind
United Mines Workers’ Convention
E. S. McCullough
Bay City
Mich
J. T. Dempsey
Scranton
McCullough
Dempsey
Edwin Perry
Oskaloosa
John Fahy
Pottsville, Pa
Minnesota Food Law Upheld in State Supreme Court
St Paul Minn Feb 6 The pure food law of Minnesota was upheld by the state supreme court affirming a lower court decision that favored Jacob Messbesher against the Channellene Oil and Manufacturing Company in a civil action.
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Minnesota
St. Paul, Minn
State Supreme Court
Hennepin District Court
Jacob Messbesher
Channellene Oil and Manufacturing Company
Texas Will Not Be Dry Vote Defeats Prohibition Measure
Austin, Texas February 6 The Texas house defeated the resolution to submit statewide prohibition to a popular vote by a margin of 85 to 44. The defeat blocks a statewide referendum and keeps the state dry policy in place for the time being.
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Texas
Austin
Tex
House
Bad Fire at Charlottesville Disaster Hits City
Charlottesville Va Feb 6 The most disastrous fire here in 24 years yesterday destroyed property valued at 220 000 The blaze started in the Charlottesville Hardware Company on East Main Street The People's National Bank building narrowly escaped with two upper stories gutted The fronts of five stores on the north side of Main Street were burned Aid from Lynchburg and Staunton was summoned but fire companies were stopped before reaching Charlottesville.
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Charlottesville
Charlottesville Hardware Company
East Main Street
People’s National Bank
Main
Stret
Lynchburg
Staunton
Urge Removal of Coffee Tariff
Chicago February meeting of the Tea and Coffee Dealers association urged education for removing all tariff on tea and coffee imported into the United States. Resolutions called on congressional members and senators to support tariff removal.
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Chicago
United States
Tea and Coffee Dealers’ Association of Chicago
Sherman House
Congress
Lincoln police capture self-styled bank robber Dick Andrews
A man in Lincoln Nebr., who gave the name Dick Andrews, surrendered to police and confessed to committing several bank robberies in Nebraska and the eastern states. He claimed to be the culprit in a number of prior crimes.
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Lincoln, Neb
Nebraska
Dick Andrews
Lincoln
Roosevelt Declines Europe Visit for Calvin Anniversary
Genoa February 6 President Roosevelt has declined an invitation to attend the four hundredth anniversary of John Calvin’s birth on July 10. He will not visit Europe this year, writing to the committee that he will be unable to attend the events and the unveiling of the monument to Calvin.
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Roosevelt
Europe
Genoa
John Calvin
Society Woman Whips Pastor on Oklahoma City Street
Rev. James P. Peden pastor of Coweta Baptist church was severely horse whipped on Main Street by Mrs. L J Charlton, a society woman, who accused him of making disparaging remarks about her. Peden was carried away bleeding and unconscious.
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Society
Oklahoma City
Okla
James P. Peden
Coweta Baptist Church
Main Street
L J Charlton
Peden
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DR C, L, Campbell
Res
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