Grand Jury Told of Goebel Case Conspiracy Attempts
In Franklin Kentucky Circuit Court Judge Cantrill probes jury tampering as grand jurors hear Henry Youtsey testimony. Witness James Riddell recounts a midland man named McDowell from Indianapolis offering bribes to reveal Youtsey remarks and plotting Taylor's kidnapping for a payoff. The matter is referred to the jury fund and secrecy urged.
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Frankfort
Franklin
Cantrill
Grand
Goebel
Henry E. Youtsey
James Riddell
Benson
McDowell
Indianapolis
Ind
W. S. Taylor
Youtsey
Taylor
McDowells
Capitol Hotel
Riddell
Gov. Gobel
War Claims Battle Over Tucker Act Reference
Washington Mr Payne leads a fight against a omnibus resolution to refer ninety civil war era claims totaling about 400000 to the Court of Claims for fact finding under the Tucker act. He argues the move would toll the statute of limitations. Payne filibustered but Democrats and half of Republicans support the measure. A roll call showed 97 to 51 with no quorum achieved a few days earlier.
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Washington
Payne
Court of Claims
M. Payne
Treasury Rules Leave Pacific Cable Bottom as Foreign Duty
The Treasury department rules the Pacific Ocean bottom is not a foreign country under tariff laws. Therefore repair cable imported by Commercial Pacific Cable Company cannot be withdrawn from bonded warehouses for repair without duty payment.
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Treasury Department
Pacific Ocean
Commercial
Pacific Cable Company
False Signal Wreck Kills Four in Cumberland Route
A messenger boy's misread signal caused a wreck on a Baltimore road line near Cumberland Maryland killing four employees and injuring three. Train No 10 was signaled clear in front of a standing caboose and two engines, crashing into them at about 20 miles per hour. Turner, the block tower messenger, allegedly pulled the lever to clear the track after the operator had set the signal to danger. The postal car derailed but the passenger coaches remained on track.
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Cumberland
Baltimore Road
Baltimore
Turner
Cabinet meeting notes no major issues discussed
Washington reports at the cabinet session no matters of serious consequence. Mandy attended despite earlier injury. Wilson announced Massachusetts officials were suing to challenge cruelty claims in eradicating foot and mouth disease. Payne discussed postmaster appointments and reappointment of Samuel H. Vick in Wilson North Carolina. Indianola mail routing unchanged despite local requests.
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Washington
Hay
Knox
Mandy
Annapolis
Wilson
Massachusetts
Agricultural Department
Payne
Samuel H. Vick
N. C
Indianola
Heathman
Greenville
One Thousand A Month for Isthmian Canal Officials
Washington reports show each member of the Isthmian Canal Commission received $1000 monthly plus traveling expenses. Salaries fixed in 1899, nine commissioners paid $225,289 up to February 28, 1902. Traveling costs averaged about $1800 per commissioner.
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Washington
Morgan
Senate Committee On Interocenic Canals
Peter C. Haines
O. H. Ernst
Army
Suspicion Europe Behind Panama Canal Negotiations
Washington officials suspect European influences hamper the Panama Canal talks and doubt Germany's denial will persuade the State Department that Berlin has not meddled in the affair.
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Washington
Germany
State Department
Berlin
Chicago to Break Great Coal Combine
Treasury telegrams collectors to implement free coal act as Chicago plans a municipal coal yard funded by a revolving pool. Detroit already cut coal to $6 a ton for the poor, spurring wider demands for worker wage increases and a shift in western coal shipments. Ohio miners seek 25% wage hikes, with debates over run of mine pay and reduced differential, as Pennsylvania lines prioritize fuel delivery to the West.
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Chicago
Harrison
Detroit
Maybury
Pennsylvania Lines
The
Pennsylvania
West
No More Gamily Tables in Mobile Citywide Accord
The Citizens League of Mobile Alabama forced gamblers to sign an agreement banning further tables in the city. League representatives personally toured dens to ensure removal of all paraphernalia and enforcement of the pledge.
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Mobile
Citizens’ League of
Ala
League
Only One Opponent Says Burrows on Nine Teen Senators
Senator Burrows assures the President that only one of the nine teen Senators who opposed the Cu ban reciprocity legislation would vote against the treaty.
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Burrows
Chamberlain Stirring London Papers Over South Africa
Joseph Chamberlain’s movements and speeches in South Africa continue to fill London newspapers and spark leader-writer comment.
Stockmen Adjourn After War on Packing House Merger
The National Live Stock Association adjourned its sixth annual meeting in Kansas City and outlined a legislative campaign against a proposed packing house merger. William M. Springer proposed a Sherman-like bill to curb unlawful restraints and monopolies. Jerry Simpson urged tariff reform linking German policy to U S measures, while Herbert S. Haley warned tariff removal on meat would aid packers but harm farmers.
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Kansas City
National Live Stock Association
Portland
Ore
Packing House
William M. Springer
Association
Senate
Chicago
San Francisco
Jerry Simpson
Kansas
Germany
Herbert S. Haley
National Butcher’s Association
Gonzales Recalls Shooting by Tillman in Columbia
Gonzales editor of The State recounts the street encounter with Lieut. Gov. Tillman after leaving his office. He describes Tillman firing after warning he had done what you told me to, then lowering the pistol and walking away. Gonzales, unarmed, fears peritonitis as doctors treat abdominal wounds and Death looms. Tillman says he will publish his side later.
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Columbia
S. C
Gonzales
Tillman
Talbert
Lieut
English Market Unaffected by U S Coal Duties
London reports the US congress’ coal duty remission has little impact on the British market. Britain realizes America will not be a steady coal customer and shipments will end when supply exceeds demand. Currently two American orders exist on the Cardiff market, down from a dozen biweekly.
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London
United States
Congress
America
Cardiff
Massachusetts Battleship Explosion Kills Five
Five sailors were killed and four severely wounded when an eight inch powder charge exploded prematurely on the battleship Massachusetts. The incident raises questions about handling and safety procedures aboard the vessel.
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Massachusetts
Stock Men Visit New Orleans Convention Train Trip
Over 200 delegates from the National Live Stock Association left Kansas City on a special train bound for New Orleans for the annual convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
National Live Stock Association
Kansas City
News of the Day Terseley Related
Parades of the unemployed continue in London as distress rises. Dr Aye a lawyer killed by Lieutenant Werner von Grawert in a German duel. The 16 inch coast defense rifle tested at Sandy Hook succeeds. Havana city loan of 28 million to Farson Leach Co of New York. King Edward names Randall Davidson bishop to Canterbury. Powers demand guarantee from President Castro before Venezuela blockade lift. Caracas dispatch says five bankers closed shops due to flour scarcity. Gusher at Welsh Louisiana brought in. oil column 165 feet high. Editor Gonzales condition improving but not resolved. Texas fireman Madden killed at Arlington. Mrs Mitchell burned to death at Waco. Two meat thieves hanged at Boaz and driven out. Robert Ray dies by self after arrest in Colorado City. Brooks Story surrenders after prison escapes.
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London
Aye
Werner von Grawert
Germany
Sandy Hook
Havana
Cuba
Farson Leach and Co
New York
Edward
Randall Davidson
Winchester
Canterbury
Castro
Horace Johnson Dies in Streetcar Accident
Horace G. Johnson was killed when struck by a Linden street car in Memphis. Found under the car, with the crew unsure of his race, his body wedged under the vehicle and requiring the car to be raised to be removed.
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Memphis
Horace G. Johnson
Johnson
Public morality alert targets crown princess and Giron
Vienna police warn crown princess of Saxony and her paramour M. Giron that any public affection during their current relations will be deemed an offense against public morality. The princess seeks privacy while Giron continues to visit and kiss her in public, and only newspaper men seek interviews with him.
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Vienna
Saxony
M. Giron
Giron
Pine Bluff Man Wins British Colonial Medal of Honor
Pine Bluff Ark resident Lieutenant D C Graves receives a British colonial medal of honor for conspicuous bravery while serving with Cape Colony troops. Graves is one of seven awarded. two Americans share the distinction.
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Pine Bluff
Ark
Pine
Sultan and Pretender Clash Near Tangier
Reports from Tangier indicate on January 13 sultan forces and the pretender’s troops clashed in an outpost affair with few casualties. No major disaster occurred though a larger engagement may follow at any moment.
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Tangier
Europe Guns and Arbitration Court Report
Europe discusses arms orders from Krupp for Portugal and Turkey and Denmark planning future acquisitions. The Hague court remains open for business as Krupp directors acquire 3,600 acres near Rudlow Berlin to establish more gun works by the Kaiser's suggestion.
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Essen
Portugal
Krupp
Turkey
Denmark
Hague
Krupp Gun Works
Rudlow
Berlin
Gas Found In Birmingham Well Near Pratt City
In drilling a suburban Birmingham well near Pratt City natural gas was discovered in good quantities. The gas was struck about two hundred feet below the surface and, when ignited, flames rose about twenty feet before being subdued.
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Birmingham
Pratt City
Bill Arms Blow at Tobacco Trust in Washington
Secretary of the Treasury Shaw reports favorably on a bill banning coupons in smoking tobacco, cigarettes, and cigars. He suggests extending prohibition to plug tobacco and snuff, aiming to curb promotional incentives.
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Bill Arms Blow
Tobacco Trust
Washington
Shaw
Pulitzer Mystery: Husband Missing Before Trial
New York police report Joseph Pulitzer, husband of the late Anna Pulitzer, has vanished. He was expected to testify for the prosecution against William H. Young, the Mormon accused of murdering Pulitzer's wife.
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New York
Joseph Pulitzer
Anna Pulitzer
William H. Young
Pulitzer
Coal Shipped From Pensacola to Boston
Pensacola Florida reports an unusual shipment of Alabama coal to Boston on the steamship Orion. The vessel carries 2,000 tons and has been chartered to make several trips from this port.
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Pensacola
Fla
Alabama
Boston
Orion
Benevolent Kaiser's Gift to Starving German Letter Carriers
The kaiser granted the lowest paid group of German officials the title of superior letter carrier and awarded shoulder straps as a reward for fifteen years of service to the state. Nearly all these officials voted for the Socialistic ticket, reflecting wartime discontent and political divides within Berlin.
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Berlin
Rare Portrait Discovered of Luther Portrait Copper Plate
A rare Beeringeroth Luther portrait on copper was found in the Stadtkirche tower. The image shows Luther in his 40th year with full hair and striking eyes, adding a new facet to the church relics and local history.
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Wittenberg
Beeringeroth
Luther
Stadtkirche
Dividends for Beer Brewers in Munich
Bavaria faces financial strain as Munich Lowenbrau struggles to pay 20 percent dividends. Export decline hits sales while Bavarians reportedly drink about six quarts daily, reflecting economic hardship and cautious consumption.
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Munich
Bavaria
British Coal Exports Rise on American Demand from Blithe
Four steamers loaded with coal sailed from Blithe for Amerea amid a surge in Northumberland exports. The increased demand from the American market boosts the British coal trade and shipping activity.
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London
Blithe
Amerea
Northumberland
More Cars Secured But Men Are Scarce
Coal Creek Tennessee operators report enough railroad cars for mine output but labor is tight as many miners left town during the car shortage.
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Coal Creek
Tenn
Three Men Run Down by Wild Engine in Vermont
A wild engine on the St. Johnsbury and Lake Champlain railroad struck three men at Walcott Vermont. One man was killed and the other two were injured but expected to survive.
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Burlington
St. Johnsbury and Lake Champlain
Walcott
Mice Start Fire at Major Lancaster Hotel
A vast blaze swept the Styer House in Lancaster County as mice gnawed matches, igniting a fire that devastated one of the nation’s largest hotels, causing extensive damage and prompting emergency crews to battle the flames.
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Lancaster
Styer
New Holland
Princess and companion flee Switzerland to south under assumed names
A Geneva dispatch says the crown princess of Saxony and M. Giron left Switzerland secretly and traveled south using false names. The report notes their discreet departure carried out with care to avoid attention.
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Brussels
Geneva
Petit Bleu
Saxony
M. Giron
Switzerland
Tennessee Governor Salary Increase Proposal
Nashville Tennessee legislators will be asked to raise the governor's salary from 94000 dollars to at least 7500 dollars, signaling a planned pay increase debated in the state capital.
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Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee
Three hot literary coppers slated to come off soon
The Atlanta Constitution reports the literary committee is seeking three sharp writers, humorously described as coppers, as they hunt through the swamp for them. The lighthearted line suggests a local, playful contest or feature involving writers.
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Caracas
Paris Matin
Welsh la
Gov
Michael Madden
Texas and Pacific
Arlington
Tex
M C. Mitchell
Waco
Boaz
Robert Ray
Colorado City
Brooks Story
Mississippi
Horace Johnson
Arkansas
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Pretender
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