Peary Made Rear Admiral and Retired
Washington reports an act confers the rank of rear admiral on Commander Peary and retires him with the highest rear admiral salary. A separate Senate resolution provides a seven member committee inquiry into rising prices of life’s necessities and includes tariffs. Gambling in futures of farm products is being targeted by the House Agricultural Committee with southern and western support for anti gambling measures.
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Washington
Senate
Peary
House
House Agricultural Committee
Cotton Exchange of New York
Scott
Texas
Elkins Wins Push for Cost of Living Investigation
Washington special reports Senator Elkins secured approval for a senate investigation into rising living costs. The resolution, backed by the president and Senators Aldrich and Kean, would appoint a seven member committee to study causes of price increases and related factors such as gold production and tariffs. The panel may operate during session or recess.
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Washington
Elkins
Aldric
Kean
Senate
Judge William H West, Blind Man Eloquent, Dies at 85
Blaine Bellfontaine Ohio February 9 Judge William H West known as the blind man eloquent is eighty five years old today. Formerly a leading Ohio public figure he wrote the first Republican editorial ever published.
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Bellfontaine
Ohio
William H. West
West
Merly
Obscure Ohio Politician Remembered for 1884 Speech
The obituary notes the late Ohio figure who served in the legislature as attorney general and on the bench. He is best remembered for his public speech naming Blaine before the 1884 Republican national convention. He was the last surviving member of the Ohio delegation that supported Lincoln.
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Lished
Arequet
Blaine
Ohio
Abraham Lincoln
Wise County Bar Endorses McDowell for Circuit Court
At a large Wise County Virginia bar meeting in Norton a unanimous endorsement backed Hon Henry C McDowell for appointment as judge of the United States Circuit Court for the Fourth Circuit The group named a committee to present his name to the president when a new circuit judge is added by the aims of the bill
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Fourth Circuit
Norton
Bar Association of
Wise County
Virginia
Henry C. McDowell
District Court of the United States
Circuit Court of the
United States
West Virginia
Maryland
North Carolina
South Carolina
McDowell
Wheeling Added to the Lake Erie Circuit
Six towns joined the Lake Erie trotting circuit while three were dropped at the stewards meeting Titusville. New Castle Akron Canton Rockport and Youngstown plus Wheeling were added to the schedule with races set from late June to late September in various cities including Erie Conneaut Lake and Titusville.
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Lake Erie
Oil City
Meadville
Edinboro
New Castle
Akron
Canton
Rockport
Youngstown
Ohio
Wheeling
W. Va
Erie
Corry
Bradford
Conneaut Lake
Morgan may testify on Ohio phone group investment
J Pierpont Morgan may voluntarily testify in New York within days about his firm’s purchase of the controlling interest in the United States Telephone Company of Cleveland and the Guyahoga Telephone Company. Protesting minority stockholders file depositions for Ohio suits arguing Morgan & Co acted for Bell interests in six independent Ohio and Indiana companies. Morgan & Co say the purchases were an investment.
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New York
J. Pierpont Morgan
United States Telephone Company
Cleveland
Ohio
Guyahoga Telephone Company
Morgan & Company
Bell
Indiana
Winnipeg's Twenty-Second Bonspiel Opens In Ten Days
The twenty second annual bonspiel under the Manitoba Curling Association opens in Winnipeg today and runs ten days. It attracts several hundred curlers from Manitoba western provinces Ontario Quebec Minnesota Wisconsin and Michigan with twelve events and handsome prizes and trophies offered.
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Winnipeg
Man
Manitoba Curling Association
Manitoba
Ontario
Quebec
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Michigan
Pope declines private audience with Fairbanks at Vatican
The pope personally considered a recent incident with former Vice President Fairbanks who was refused a private audience. He said he could not depart from policy that would seem to recognize disloyal interference of certain Protestant denominations and noted his prior engagement to address a Methodist society leaves no time for a meeting.
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Rome
Fairbanks
Vatican
Three Bodies Found in Riverside House Cleveland
Police found three bodies in a vacant Riverside avenue house this morning. Investigators suspect a double murder and a self-inflicted death among the victims. Two victims were identified as John Janowsky and his wife.
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Cleveland
Riverside Avenue
John Janowsky
Missouri Senator Stone Attacks Elkins Lodge Tariff Probe
Missouri Senator Stone spoke at length in the Senate criticizing the Elkins and Lodge investigations into rising food prices. He linked price hikes to the Payne Aldrich tariff, accused Republicans of rushing the inquiry, and warned that tariffs inflate costs beyond wage gains. He cited letters from a St. Louis merchant showing significant price increases in cotton goods linens and hosiery since the tariff passage.
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Washington
Senate
Senator Stone
Missouri
Massachusetts
Senator Lodge
Stone
Bryan
Lodge
Wilson
United States
St. Louis
America
Europe
Tariff Critics Tie Protecting to High Prices
The speaker argues that cheap labor owners benefit from a system while consumers pay the price through monopolies. He concedes tariff alone does not explain all high costs but says a prohibitive tariff helps push up prices for human necessities. He also attributes price suppression to trusts and combinations, insisting that a high protective tariff fuels such trusts.
West Virginia Clears Warmer Thursday Then Cold Friday
Virginia sees partly cloudy and colder Thursday with Friday fair conditions and brisk west winds across the region. This brief forecast notes improving conditions into the weekend as winds ease.
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West Virginia
Virginia
Prohibitory Wait Against Circuit Judge Issued
Mingo County court commissioners, appointed to oversee an election, claim the circuit judge usurped authority by forbidding them. The injunction was alleged to be violated as the judge allegedly impeded the election process.
New Coke Venture Planned by Gomes Vin Group
Lynchburg report outlines goal merger led by W. H. McQuail and F. P. Harman as chief owners. The plan aims to build 200 coke ovens and produce coke from a vein to be developed, signaling a major new industrial venture.
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News OF Goal
Gomes
VIN
Lynchburg
Freebburn
Turkey Gap Consolidated Collieries Formed in West Virginia
Lynchburg February 9 Special The Turkey Gap Coal and Coke Company and the Freeburn Coal and Coke Company merge to form the Turkey Gap Consolidated Collieries Company. Principal owners are W. H. McQuail and Frank P. Harman with McQuail and son Edward to run one Freeburn operation. The new firm plans 200 coke ovens at Freeburn, increasing output to an estimated 2,500 tons daily across the combined properties. The Freeburn mines are in Kentucky with loading in West Virginia.
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Lynchburg
West Virginia Coal Properties
Turkey Gap Coal and Coke Company
Freeburn Coal and Coke Company
Turkey Gap Consolidated Collieries Company
W. H. McQuail
Frank P. Harman
McQuail
Ennis
Edward McQuail
Freeburn
Mr. McQuail and Sons
Atwater
Freeburn Company
Turkey Gap
Norfolk and Western
West Virginia
Court halts contempt actions in Kermit election dispute
The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals granted a writ of prohibition against Circuit Judge F E Doolittle to show cause why he should punish William T Meade and Harrison Chafin for contempt. The men, appointed election commissioners by Mingo County, faced contempt for violating an injunction against holding a election in Kermit, Mingo County. A hearing is set for February 23 to decide the petitioners’ fate.
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Charleston
W. Va
Supreme Court of Appeals
Doolittle
William T
Meade
Harrison Chafin
Circuit Court
Cabell County
Kermit
Mingo County
Messrs
Meade and
Chafin
License Tax Bill Introduced by Speaker Byrd in Virginia
Richmond shows Speaker Byrd introducing a license tax bill targeting corporations. American Tobacco Company in Virginia earns at least 24 million annually and currently pays little tax. the bill would levy about 200 thousand dollars yearly. Byrd also indicated work on an income tax bill for Standard Oil.
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American Tobacco Company
Virginia
Richmond
House of Delegates
Byrd
Standard Oil Company
Sayre Convicted of Involuntary Manslaughter
Parkersburg West Virginia February 9 J Riverett Sayre a Richie county business man was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter for causing the death of his seventeen year old bride on their wedding night by administering bichloride of mercury tablets to her.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
J. Riverett Sayre
Richie County
National Editorial Association Holds Silver Jubilee Meet
New Orleans delegates and visitors arrive for the National Editorial Association annual convention opening tomorrow. The 25th anniversary marks the group’s founding in this city a quarter century ago, with silver jubilee celebrations planned.
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National
New Orleans
National Editrial Association
Three Die in Fire at Jersey Shore Bank Building
A morning blaze at the First National Bank building in Jersey Shore Pennsylvania claims three lives. Fire officials reported the fatality count as the city investigated the cause and secured the ruin.
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First National Bank
Jersey Shore
Preacher in Jail After Waived Examination
Rey. James Thomas of Marion Indiana faced assault charges in Piqua against seven year old Truth Rule. He waived examination and was committed to jail in default of a $1000 bond.
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Piqua
Obie
Rey
James Thomas
Marion
Ind
Peace Pact Signed Ends Walkout Threat in Mexico City
Mexico City reports a peace pact between employers and a coalition of American engineers and conductors halting plans for a walkout. The agreement, reached today, addresses labor concerns and calls for continued negotiations. Officials warn the move reduces potential disruption to transportation and industry across the region.
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Mexico City
Mexico Railways Reach Settlement to End Dispute
National Railway lines of Mexico and management signed a peace pact this afternoon after agreeing on settlement terms. Conductors and engineers expressed full satisfaction with the terms, which include assurances that the railroad policy recently outlined will be carried out.
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National Railway Lines of
Mexico
Six Miners Die In Stearns Mine Explosion
An explosion in mine No 1 of Stears Coal Company in Stearns Kentucky on February 9 killed six white miners outright. Officials say gas near the lamps likely ignited the blast, which struck workers in the mine’s innermost recesses.
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Stearns, Ky
Stears Coal Company
Secret attack on service cited by Pinchot
Gifford Pinchot condemned George P. McCabe for ending government funded collegiate forester training after Pinchot's dismissal. He called the move a secret attack on the service and a cruel loss pushed by special interests.
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Pinchot
New York
Gifford Pinchot
National Arts Club Tonight
George P. McCabe
Forestry Department
Cherry in Fear of Diptheria Epidemic
In Cherry, Al a diphtheria scare grows as residents fear an epidemic after a nurse cared for the sick without antidote. Manager Taylor of the St Paul Coal Company says bodies will be recovered within a week.
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Cherry
Taylor
St. Paul Coal Company
Wall Street Stocks Open Higher Then Falter
Congestion of buying orders pushed initial prices up with slight impressions from selling. After a quiet interval the market climbed beyond opening levels but profit taking pulled prices back. Selling did not accelerate the decline and bonds remained firm.
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New York
Deadlock in Mississippi Senate Election Narrows After Ballots
Jackson Mississippi reports a continuing senatorial deadlock as the forty-fifth ballot yields 78 votes for Vardan, dropping to 72 on the forty-sixth. Percy secures his best tally yet with 51 votes, narrowing the field behind the leader.
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Jackson
Miss
Vardaman
Percy
Prize Fighter Wilkowski Dies After Ten Round Bout
Albert Wilkowski died at a Chicago hospital from injuries sustained in a ten round match. Police held veteran Harold Gilmore Joseph McCarthy and Joseph Leatham pending coroner inquest. The bout was held at Gilmore's academy with McCarthy as Wilkowski's opponent.
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Chicago
Albert Wilkowski
Harry Gilmore
Joseph McCarthy
Joseph Leatham
Gilmore
McCarthy
Wilkowski
Thaw Discharge Petition Denied by Justice Tompkins
Nyack New York February 9 Harry K Thaw again denied discharge from Matteawan state hospital for the criminal insane Justice Tompkins dismissed the latest application in a decision rendered today.
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Nyack
N. Y
Harry K. Thaw
Matteawan State Hospital
Tompkins
One Woman Killed In Hinsdale Electric Car Crash
Pittafield Mass February 9 One woman was killed and twenty five persons were injured in an electric car accident at Hinsdale today.
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Pittafield
Mass
Hinsdale
Umatilla Land Opening Attracts Many Prospects
The Umatilla land opening drew many hopeful settlers despite warnings that water rights will cost 860 an acre. Officials noted favorable climate conditions but stressed fairness for applicants with limited means and potential benefits for colonization.
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Umatilla
Portland Sees Open Land For Homestead Entry In Umatilla Unit
Officials announce 20 000 acres of third Umatilla irrigation unit open for homestead entry at nine tomorrow. Prospective settlers may claim 10 to 40 acres with water rights at 60 per acre, down payment 19 30 per acre, and annual 6 installments. Investment may pay off after development, with soil needs alfalfa and two to three year growth before fruit planting.
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Portland
Ore
Umatilla
Columbia River
Secretary of the Interior
Cold Springs
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Sayre
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