Tillman Show Dominates Senate Coverage Amid Oregon Lands Row
Senate leaders debate President's public release of post office inspectors findings on Senator Tillman. Health concerns for Tillman cited as critics question propriety and potential legal action over Oregon land deals. Tillman contends his wording caused misinterpretation of intent.
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Post Office
Pillman
Hale
Secret Service
Tillman
Oregon
Post Office Department
Senate
Europe
Chamber
South Carolina
Death of Greek Latin Professor Under Mysterious Circumstances
Trenton New Jersey January 10 Clark N. Tanby of Hopkinsville Kentucky professor of Greek and Latin at Lawrenceville Preparatory School a Presbyterian institution near the city committed suicide last night in mysterious conditions He shot himself in bed using a revolver and muffled the sound with a heavy steamer rug to avoid immediate alarm
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Trenton
N. J
Clark N. Tanby
Hopkinsville
Lawrenceville
Niles
Tanby
Tragic Shooting Ends Brilliant Scholar's Life
A university professor, aged under 24, died after a self inflected gunshot. Doctors found no motive and traced the case to an act of self harm. Tanby, a Kentucky graduate and Cecil Rhodes scholar, had just earned Oxford honors last June.
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Samuel J. McPherson
Tandy
Frank C. Scannell
Tanby
University of Kentucky
Cecil Rhodes
Oxford
England
Federal Monument to Jeremiah O'Brien
J Fred Cassidy of Bangor State president of the Ancient Order of Hibernians announced a pending bill in Congress to appropriate 50000 for a monument to Jeremiah O'Brien of Machias. Representative Wiley of Alabama is introducing the measure with pledged support from Congressman Guernsey of the Fourth Maine district.
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J. Fred Cassidy
Ancient
Order of Hibernians
Guernsey
Maine
Congress
Wiley
Alabama
Jeremiah O'Brien
Machias
Margaretta
Newsboys Honor Mulkern With Silver Loving Cup
Thomas J. Mulkern, retiring president of the Boston Newsboys' Protective Union 9077, receives a mammoth silver loving cup from members in recognition of two terms as leader and notable battles over member earnings. A committee on funds for Italian earthquake sufferers is named, and Abraham Shankman installs the new officers.
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Boston Newsboys’ Union
Thomas J. Mulkern
Boston Newsboys’ Protective Union
A. F. of L
Charles Frasca
Maurice H. Zaremsky
Daniel V. Mulkern
Labor notes from Boston union installations and elections
Master Workman Michael White and other officers of Boston and Maine Freight Handlers Assembly 5572 were installed by District Secretary-Treasurer Michael O’Meara. Six new members were initiated, two former members reinstated and $185 in dues collected. Mrs. Raymond Robins of Chicago will speak at the Boston Women’s Trade Union League event on Feb 14 at 724 Washington St. Nominations for Feb 14 include Emile Balch and Mary Kenney O’Sullivan among others. Officers installed for Old Colony Lodge 143, Brotherhood of Railroad Clerks, include George Hastty as president and H d Townsend as vice-president. New lodges established in Springfield and Worcester. 10 new members obligated and 25 applications at Teamsters’ Union 25 meeting. Delegates to the Boston Ci. LU were elected. Officers installed by Transatlantic Steamship Clerks’ Assembly include John Somers master workman and Charles Bonner etc. Two new members admitted.
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Boston & Maine
Michael O'Meara
Raymond Robins
Chicago
Women’s Trade Union League
Boston Women’s Trade Union League
Washington Street
Worcester
Teamsters’ Union
Boston Ci. LU
Joseph Hunt
Edward Bridges
Rank Burns
Charles Chaffee
Nathaniel Lannon
James Shea
John M. Gillespie
William O'Neil
James Welly
Transatlantic
Transatlantic Steamship Clerks’ Assembly, R. of L
John Somers
Charles Bonner
James Kelley
Robert McGann
James Ed. Brown
Labor unions in Boston appoint new officers and plan events
District Worthy Foreman John R. Dalton and Master Workman Patrick Croke lead New York New Haven Hartford Freight Handlers Assembly 628 while Boston Longshoremen's Provident Union installs officers. Boot and Shoe Cutters Assembly 1685 marks its second anniversary with an 8 to 9 PM program at Putnam Hall. Six new initiates at O'Connell Assembly 7174.
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John R. Dalton
Patrick Croke
New York
New Haven
O'Connell Assembly
Building Trades Crafts
Boston
Coal Teamsters
A. A. Silva
Gloucester
International
Henry P. Corcoran
New England
Hartford
William P. Greaney
William Cassell
Mark Smith
J. Hi. Wierman
B. C. Karkins
John E. Gillespie
District Council
Clyde Hall
Washington Street
Illinois Relay Team to Attend Pennsylvania Carnival
The University of Illinois will send a relay team and several individuals to the Pennsylvania relay carnival. Participants include conference champion sprinter May, Lindberg the quarter miler, and hurdlers Jenkins and Gardiner.
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Michigan
Chicago
University of Illinois
Pennsylvania
Lindberg
Jenkins
Gardiner
25 Men Killed in Mine Disaster at Zeigler
A gas explosion at Joseph Leiter's Zeigler colliery in Duquoin Illinois area today killed 25 miners. Foreman Willis Warner and Albert Kerr are named among the dead. Eight bodies remain to be recovered as Joseph Leiter led the initial relief party. One Italian youth survived.
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Duquoin
Joseph Leiter
Zeigler
Willis Warner
Albert Kerr
Labor Delegates Form New England Retail Clerks Council
Max Morris AFL vice-president and Retail Clerks secretary treasurer spoke to delegates from 99 New England unions at 724 Washington Street as a New England district council was formed. He criticized Justice Wright's sentence on Gompers Mitchell and Morrison and said the ruling spurred labor organizing efforts. Edward J. Cummings of Hartford was elected president.
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Max Morris
American Federation of Labor
International Union
New England
Washington Street
Gompers, Mitchell and Morrison
Wright
Morris
Edward J. Cummings
Hartford
Persian Tribesmen Call for Election in Ispahan
A Bakhtiari leader has seized Ispahan and issued a proclamation urging the people to elect representatives to an independent legislature within three days. The dispatch from Teheran reported the action, selected in Berlin on January 10.
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Berlin
Teheran
Ispahan
Ex Mayor on Temperance Highlights Example Over Booze
Boston's John F. Fitzgerald, speaking before the Father Mathew Total Abstinence Society in Lynn, cites his abstinence record as mayor and notes that moderation and temperance aid political success. He criticizes Prohibition, praises local option laws, and recalls efforts to withdraw liquor from the Capitol.
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Naquor
John F. Fitzgerald
Boston
Father Mathew Total Abstinence Society
America
Congress
Washington
Capitol
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