Democrats Split Over St Louis Platform On Silver Issue
Massachusetts and New England lawmakers debate the St Louis platform. Several senators and representatives urge dropping the Kansas City silver plank in favor of current issues like tariffs trusts and imperialism. They stress unity and reform while cautioning against reviving obsolete positions.
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Kansas City
St. Louis
Andréw J. Peters
Boston
John J. Gartland
Bryan
Toree
Olney
Friends of Democracy
Democratic Party
Massachusetts
Coulthurst
Mark N. Skerrett
Worcester
Jefferson
Jackson
Chicago
Fight Over Roosevelt Recess Appointments Began in Senate
Washington Jan 25 A clash erupted over President Roosevelts recess appointments as Senator Tillman offered a resolution demanding detailed information on officers appointed during the 1903 and 1908 recesses. Debated measures included removing the adjutant general and pension offices to a new military secretary desk, plus quashing a $400,000 hospital construction item and a submarine cable plan. A State Department carriages query was adopted.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Tillman
Warren
Senate
Adjutant-General’s Department
Record and Pension Office
The
War Department
Military Secretary’s Office
Tillman Inquiry on Crum Collector Appointment
Washington reports Senator Tillman introduced a resolution directing the Secretary of the Treasury to provide details on W. D. Crum’s first appointment as collector at Charleston, the dates and circumstances of subsequent appointments, any commissions issued, the governing authority, and Crum’s current status in office.
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Tillman
Crum
Washington
Tillman Toflay
Secretary of the Treasury
Senate
W. D. Crum
Charleston
Army Appropriation Bill Passed for 75 Million
Washington Jan 2 The House approved the army appropriation bill carrying about 75 million dollars after adopting several amendments. The session included action on provisions for consolidation and related measures.
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ARMY
Washington
House
Senate authorizes Paul Jones monument erection
The Senate passes a bill authorizing a monument to Paul Jones in memory of John Paul Jones, noted among several measures approved today.
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Senate
Paul Jones
Washington
John Paul Jones
Robber Caught After Church Box Heist
Providence Rhode Island January arrest of George Morrison for robbing a church poor box. A unique device used a key and stiff paper wad to trap money, making the box appear empty until the thief rifled it later.
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Providence
Haran
George Morrison
The New Speaker Frothingham of Boston Takes Gavel
Louis A. Frothingham of Boston is the youngest Speaker in years. At 32 he appears slender yet strong, with a Back Bay accent and a centered hair part. A Harvard baseball alumnus and lawyer, he wields the gavel with firm, attentive presence, amid curious glances from gallery women.
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Louis A. Frothingham
Boston
House of Representatives
Republican Party
Speaker Frothingham
Frothingham
Harvard
Crimson Nine
Norman
Osgood Declines Run For 12th District Congress
Senator Edward L. Osgood of Hopedale declares he will not seek the Republican nomination to succeed Congressman Samuel L. Powers of Newton. The field narrows to Albion F. Bemis of Foxboro and ex-Mayor John W. Weeks of Newton, with more candidates possible in a large district. The campaign is expected to be lively and costly, with an estimated $25,000 required to secure the nomination. Osgood says he will not withdraw in favor of any candidate and will not actively participate, but will endorse the Republican nominee.
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Edward L. Osgood
Hopedale
Samuel L. Powers
Newton
Albion F. Bemis
Foxboro
John W. Weeks
Massachusetts
Osgood
Mayor Collins Aims to Reshape City Law Department
Mayor Patrick A Collins proposes abolishing the city solicitor’s office and making the corporation counsel the sole head of the law department with a salary rise to 9000. The Board of Aldermen referred the message to the committee on public improvements, offering no report yet. Opposition hints arise as supporters await proper consideration amid routine inquiries.
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Board of Aldermen
Committee On Public Improvements
Sunday Post
Law Department
Bailey
Thomas M. Babson
Suffolk
City Eolicitor
Corporation Counsel
Patrick A. Collins
Emmons Keeps Silence On State House Visit
Judge Emmons met with Governor Bates at the State House to discuss boxing in Boston. He would not reveal the conference subject, saying plans to improve Boston would be disclosed in time. Emmons stressed he could not share all details to avoid undermining efforts to prevent violations of the law.
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William H. Cuddy
Boston
Kansas City
Judge Emmons
Bates
State House
Post
Emmons
Last of Her Race Nonagenarian Waits End in Cambridge
Miss Catharine M. Sawyer, 89, lives alone at 6 Coggswell Place Cambridge. Born in Maine, she moved to Boston and outlived most ties. Once had property, now destitute after money gone. Health failing, stove and bread scarce in bitter winter. A neighbour helps with food and coal as rent comes due each month.
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Catharine M. Sawyer
Coggswell Place
Cambridge
New England
Gace
Boston
Rumior
Miss Sawyer
Lamp Explosion Wrecks Home Hurts Woman
Through the explosion of a lamp tonight Mrs. H. Delong of this town was severely and probably fatally burned and her home destroyed by fire.
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Sandwich
Cow Wrecks Mail Train Near Memphis
The Illinois Central fast mail from New Orleans to Chicago was wrecked at Gales, Tennessee, about 60 miles north of Memphis. One person was killed, two injured. An unwitting cow caused the wreck by striking a switch and derailing the train. the engine and mail car remained upright. The deceased was a resident of Gales.
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Memphis
Tenn
Illinois Central
New Orleans
Schooner Venner Strikes Ledge and Is Hauled Off
The schooner Clarence H. Venner struck Bantam Ledge near White Island while entering Penobscot Bay and was hauled off today by the revenue cutter Woodbury. Battered with a large hole in her starboard, she was beached at Port Clyde. Owned in Dennis, Massachusetts, and built in 1890, the Venner has long sailed the coastwise trade.
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Port Clyde
Clarence
H. Venner
Penobscot Bay
Bantam Ledge
White Island
Woodbury
Venner
Dennis
Mass
Newburyport
Shrinking assets in John P. Squire case heard by court
Judge Loring opened a hearing in the Supreme Judicial Court on a bill by Walter L. Hill and four creditors seeking an accounting and receivership of John P. Squire & Co. Heman W. Chaplin, assignee, acknowledged a $100,000 fee and faced questions on asset depletion and related bank connections as hearings continue.
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Loring
Supreme Judicial Court
Walter L. Hill
John P. Squire
Heman W. Chaplin
John P. Squire & Co
Supreme Bench
Supreme Court
Chaplin
David T. Dickinson
Dickinson
Townsend Bank
Fourth National Bank
Squire Company
Old Dominion Copper Mining Receivership Sought in New Jersey
Vice Chancellor Stevenson granted an order for cause to be shown in Jersey City on February 8 why a receiver should not be appointed for the Old Dominion Copper Mining and Smelting Company. John H. Pierce claims insolvency amid efforts to consolidate Old Dominion with United Globe Mining at Globe Arizona, sparking prior restraining actions.
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Trenton
WN. J
Stevenson
Jersey City
Old Dominion Copper Mining and Smelting Company
John H. Pierce
Lincoln
Mass
Court of Chancery
Old Dominion Company
United Globe Mining Company
Globe, Ari
George 8. Elliott
United Globe
Consolidated Company
United Globe Mines
Ohio Chairman Endorses Hearst in Democratic Choice
Springfield Ohio January 25 Chairman Wiley of the Democratic State central committee says he has no single candidate but eliminates Olney Gorman and Parker to leave W R Hearst as his preferred Democrat He adds John W Bookwalter of Springfield as a second choice in this interview on the presidential question.
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Springfield
Wiley
Democratic State Central Committee
Olney
Gorman
Parker
W. R. Hearst
John W. Bookwalter
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Berkshire
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Fitzgerald
Henry S. Fitzgerald
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Charles S. Sullivan
Gartland
Aylward
James F. Aylward
Koserbearse
Mitchell
John J. Mitchell
Marlboro
Drinkwater
Boutwell
Cuddy
Collins
Thomas J. Collins
Kansas
Donahue
Thomas Donahue
Fall River
Skerrett
Bay State
Bile Hayes
Massachusetts House OF Representatives
Congress
Babson
Corporation
Counsel
Watertown
Union Station
Hanover and
Portland Streets
Wolf's
Tremont Street
Metcalf
Squire
Old Dominion
Ohio
Hearst
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