Anthracite Miners Propose Terms to Mine Owners
New York February 16 special scale committee of Pennsylvania anthracite miners presented general terms to coal company presidents and officials. Two seven member sub committees were appointed to negotiate, one for miners and one for operators, to report back. The meeting lasted under an hour with full representation and a pledge to report back after committee work.
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New York
Union Anthracite Coal Miners
Pennsylvania
Mitchell
Trunk Line Association
Connell
President Mitchell Silent on Meeting Outcome
President Mitchell refused to comment on the meeting, but among his associates the general mood is one of satisfaction. None of the operators would offer an opinion for publication about the negotiations' likely result.
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Mitchell
Pacific Express wreck in Boston yard injures six
The Pacific Express on the Boston and Albany division of the New York Central system left South Union for Chicago when it wrecked in Huntington Avenue yard about a mile from the terminal. Meike Johansen, fourteen, of Stockholm Sweden, was killed, five others seriously hurt and several more with minor injuries. The express collided side on with a moving string of empty coaches, three central cars taking the full impact and piling up at a switch point.
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Boston
Big Steamer Floated After Grounding Off Scituate Beach
Boston February sixteenth. The Leyland line steamer Devonian from Liverpool lay aground on Scituate beach for fourteen hours before rescue. A heavy surf hindered approach until the tug Patience of Philadelphia and the Gresham aided by towing, and the Devonian floated with apparently little damage.
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Boston
Leyland Line
Devonian
Liverpool
Scituate Beach
Juy
Distar
Patience
Philadel
Gresham
West Point Appointment for Benton Harbor Youth
Paul Knapp, nineteen, a half blood from Benton Harbor Michigan, has received an appointment to enter West Point. The telegraphic brief notes the youth’s selection amid other dispatches including a dairy show opening in Chicago and deaths of notable figures in San Francisco and Minneapolis.
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Paul Knapp
Benton Harbor
Mich
West Point
Chicago
Coliseum
Henry Gerald
San Francisco
Edward Rosewater
Omaha Bee
Katherine Blach
Minneapolis
Count Boni to Accept Small Allowance in Split
Paris Feb 16 The Castellano case details show Count Boni will not seek a large income after separation from Anna Gould of New York. He declares he will not accept any sum beyond his pre marriage income, refuting rumors of a 40 000 dollar yearly payout. Creditors’ charges drive negotiations for a compromise of huge indebtedness.
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Paris
Castellano
Boni
Anna Gould
New York
Armour Car Company evidence in packers case
D E Hartwell secretary for Swift and Arthur Meeker general superintendent for Armour and Co testified about government requests for information and promises not to use it against packers. Meeker said Armour did not own the cars and had no involvement in the fresh meat business, ending further inquiries.
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Chicago
D. E. Hartwell
Swift & Co
Arthur Meeker
Armour & Co
Packers
Garfield
Meeker
Armour Car Company
Saloonkeeper fatally shot by masked robbers in Cincinnati
Henry Raische, a Cincinnati saloonkeeper, was killed when three masked men entered his bar at 7 30 p m to rob him. As Raische moved toward the bar one robber fired a shot to the head, killing him instantly. The trio then fled.
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Cincinnati
Henry Raische
Raische
Open hearings on imported goods valuations canceled at White House
Washington February 16 an important White House conference decided that hearings by the board of general appraisers in contested imported goods valuations will not be public. The meeting, attended by Secretary Root Secretary Shaw and German ambassador Baron von Sternberg, weighed German interests and potential tariff changes effective March 1. The decision preserves the current appraisal system but puzzles with possible regulatory modifications for better accuracy of export values.
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Washington
White House
New York
Ides
Root
Shaw
The
Treasury
Reynolds
de Vries
Messrs. Fischer
Waite and
Sherretts
Board of
General Appraisers
Barphard
Marshall Field & Co
Chicie Kemp
Ban of
Thomas H. Downing
W. W. Smith
W. E. Mead
Merchants’ Association of New York
Chicago
Barnhard
Customs Service
Baron Speck von Sternberg
State Department
Baron von Sternberg
Germany
German Boards of Trade
America
Baron von Sternburg
Congress
Germany May Extend Favored Treatment to United States
Berlin moves to grant the United States the same tariff treatment as reciprocal-trade partners, effective March 1, for a fixed period likely one year. Negotiations in Washington with Ambassador peck von Sternburg aim to resolve invoicing and valuation issues seen as vexatious by German exporters.
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Berlin
Bereichstag
United States
Germany
Washington
Peck von Sternburg
State Department
House Increases Grants for Agricultural Stations
Washington February 16 the house approved a bill raising federal annual appropriations to twenty thousand dollars for each state and territory to support agricultural experiment stations. The same session repealed the foreign ship register regime and required a special act for such registration. A Payne measure to consolidate customs districts failed amid strong opposition. The day ended with a cautious adjournment compliment to Mr Longworth.
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Washington
Department of Commerce and Labor
Congress
Payne
Ways and Means
Longworth
Senate Wades Through Statehood Debate With Dick Speech
Washington February 16 The senate moved the joint statehood bill to consideration and heard an hour and a half of Dick in support from the territories committee. The Ohio senator’s remarks drew careful attention though attendance was sparse with Indians in the galleries watching. Dick did not finish and the chamber adjourned until Monday.
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Washington
Senate
Territories Committee
Ohio
K. Dick
Foreign Mission Attack Reported in Nganhwei
Shanghai dispatch notes another attack on a foreign mission at Nanking in Nganhwei province on the Yangtse. A Chinese servant attempted to murder the French municipal council secretary but was arrested. Foreign privileges are sought to be reasserted in treaty ports. Japan may accept intervention. Shanghai adds more volunteers and Sikh police force boosts while Britain reduces its China squadron.
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London
Shanghai
Standard Telegraphs
Nanking
Nganhwei
Yangtsekiang
Peking
Japan
China
Russia
Yuan Shi Kai Heads Expedition Against Bandits
London reports Yuan Shi Kai, commander of Chinese forces, moved an army of over 3,000 with 24 guns from Paoting to Chenchan to suppress bandits. The telegraph notes the operation against insurgent elements in northern China.
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London
the Tribune
Peking
Yuan Shi Kai
Paoting
Chenchan
Turner's harsh charge on flag stirs 500 delegates in Macon
In Macon on Feb 16 Bishop H. M. Turner addressed 500 delegates at a negro convention. He called the American flag a dirty contemptible rag and said hell is an improvement on the United States for the negro. He challenged unnamed white critics to public discussion to prove the negro’s supposed inferiority.
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Macon
H. M. Turner
Hell
United States
Minnesota State Editorial convention opens in Minneapolis
Minneapolis February 16 with about 200 delegates present the Minnesota State Editorial association opened its convention. President W C Whiteman of the Ortonville Herald presided and introduced D P Jones mayor of Minneapolis who offered his reception room for meetings. Addresses were given by Whiteman Governor Johnson P G Sjoblom R C Dunn C C Whitney B B Herbert and Miz J F B Stone.
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Minneapolis
Minnesota State Editorial Association
W. C. Whiteman
Ortonville Herald
D. P. Jones
Association
Johnson
P. G. Sjoblom
R. C. Dunn
C. C. Whitney
B. B. Herbert
Miz J. FB. Stone
Senate Commerce panel haggles on railroad rate bill
Washington Feb 16 agreement to vote on a railroad rate bill remains uncertain as Democrats in the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee show division over judicial review. Leaders from Elkins Aldrich Foraker Kean Crane favor amendments. Dolliver Clapp back current form. No final compromise yet.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Interstate Commerce
Interstate Commerce Commission
Bailey
Elkins
Aldrich
Foraker
Kean
Crane
Dolliver
Clapp
Cullom
Allison
Taft
Moody
Bank of America Placed in Receiver’s Hands
Chicago, Feb. 16. The Bank of America, formed last December with a 250000 capital, was placed in the hands of a receiver at 10 p.m. by Judge Chytraus. John E. Kavanaugh, a stockholder, filed the bill accusing President Abner Smith and three other officials G F Sorrow Jerome V. Pierce and F E Creelman of causing insolvency through manipulating securities mortgages notes and bank funds. The four are charged with control of the bank and its funds, dictating salaries and loaning funds as they saw fit.
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Chicago
Bank of America
Chytraus
Superior Court
John E. Kavanaugh
Abner Smith
Smith
G. F. Sorrow
Jerome V. Pierce
F. FE. Creelman
Government to Seek Indictments Against Oil and Railroad Officers
Pittsburg Feb 16 The Post says federal authorities may indict Standard Oil and railroad officers following the packers cases in Chicago. The railroad rate investigation nears completion in Pittsburg. Commissioner Garfield plans to focus on oil rebates after beef trust prosecutions in Chicago end.
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Pittsburg
Post
Standard Oil
Chicago
Garfield
Beef Trust
Hotel owner fatally shot by wife in Pomona quarrel
In Pomona California on February 16 H Stantz owner of the Pacific hotel was shot in the neck and mortally wounded during a nighttime quarrel with his young wife. Mrs Stantz was arrested following the incident.
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Pomona
Cal
H. Stantz
Pacific Hotel
Ponca Delegation Presents Buffalo Vest to Longworth
Ten Ponca Indians from Oklahoma visited Washington to present Representative Nicholas Longworth with a beaded buffalo skin waistcoat. They dressed in buckskin and attended a planned ceremony but found Longworth absent. Eagle Horse, their chief, explained the gift was to the groom, not the bride, and Roosevelt accepted the gift for Longworth.
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Washington
Oklahoma
Nicholas Longworth
Capitol
Roosevelt
Eagle Horse
Longworth
Roosevelt Longworth marriage license issued in Washington
Miss Alice Roosevelt and Representative Nicholas Longworth obtain a marriage license at 4:15 pm. Longworth, age 36, and Miss Roosevelt, age 22, appear with friends including Nelson Perkins as best man. A bachelor dinner at 831 Eighteenth Street West hosts President Taft and Secretary of State.
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Washington
Alice Roosevelt
Nicholas Longworth
Longworth
Nelson Perkins
Bangs
Shaw
Norman
William F. Lemmon
Miss Roosevelt
Representative Longworth
West
Taft
Priest Severely Injured in Night Knife Attack
Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania February 16 Rev Charles Palducek pastor of St John Slavonian Catholic Church Free land near here was attacked at night by an unknown assailant who cut his throat and struck him in the head The priest remains alive but unconscious after fleeing to his room and collapsing on the stairs with a deep head wound and a neck slash.
Tidal wave toll and quake damage in Colombia
Panama reports confirm heavy loss of life after a tidal wave sparked by a submarine quake on Jan. 21. Quito’s captain said Cauca coast villages were wiped out on Jan. 31 with over fifty killed or drowned. An interior Colombia earthquake of seven minutes was also felt that day. Cable lines to Buenaventura remain damaged.
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Panama
Quito
Guayaquil
Cauca
Colombia
Buenaventura
Iowa girl killed in collision with fast train
Missa Sadie White, eighteen, was instantly killed near Ames on Feb 16 when the carriage returning from church was struck by a Northwestern meat train. Her mother, Mrs. J. White, was fatally hurt, tossed 100 feet, and her oldest daughter was mangled on the engine pilot. A younger daughter Hazel escaped unharmed. the husband was away on business and unavailable.
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Ames
Sadie White
J. . White
Church
Northwestern
Man from Peoria Drowns Self at East St Louis
F R Avery treasurer of Avery Manufacturing Company Peoria Illinois killed himself in East St Louis by drowning in a small lake after arriving on a northbound train to Centerville a suburb of East St. Louis. He left a farewell note for his wife.
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St. Louis
F. R. Avery
Avery Manufacturing Company
Peoria
Ill
East St. Louis
Avery
Centerville
Explosion at Shamokin powder mill claims two lives
Shamokin Pa Feb 16 The Connell powder mill near here blew up in the evening from an undisclosed cause killing Henry Fetter of Treverton an employee and seriously burning Superintendent Robert Kidd of this place. Property loss six thousand dollars.
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Shamokin
Connell
Here
Henry Fetter
Treverton
Robert Kidd
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MIT
Ada Brooks
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Senator Dick
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Dicial Review
Standard Oil Officers
Freeland, Pa
Iowa
Illinois
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