Census figures show cotton bales rising to 1906 total
A bulletin from the census bureau at 2 p m reports United States cotton ginned from growth of 1405 to Jan 16 1906 totaling 58 811 bales up from 747 000 in 1905 and 9 485 482 for 1906. The data comes from Chanute Kansas and discusses refiners and alleged conspiracies involving James F Garfield and the Standard Oil company in relation to railroads and market access.
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Washington
Dan
Wulletin
Census Bureau
Gotton
United States
Chanute
Kan
Kanreas
James F. Garfield
Deport- Dief Commerce
Cial Liber
Apeal
Standard Ol
Raitroids
Weather and rail delays across Tennessee and Missouri
The report notes light snow in Sipienville and near Memphis with little accumulation in the southwest. Kansas City logged 10 degrees above zero. Trains into the city ran one to two hours late but without major disruption. In Washington, a Supreme Court motion sought to advance hearings in Senator Burton's case.
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Ias City
Jan Yi
Kansas City
Mon City
Washington,ton
Supreme Court of the
Monroe Edge Real Estate Bargains Offer in Bryan
Real estate firm Monroe Edge offers bargains including five lots and a three room house near the depot for 400 dollars, a four and an eight room house with two acres at 450 dollars, a 26 by 50 foot lot between White Furniture and the railroad for warehouse use, and three houses with a fall lot in the Bonton area. Also listed are other city properties and a large farm-land listing with urging to act fast to avoid losses.
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Bonton
City
Bryan
Brawley Fights Bandits In Real estate Office Standoff
In Montague Texas on January 23 three masked robbers blasted into the Alvord and Green real estate office, waking tax collector W T Brawley who fired on them. He killed one robber, the others escaped leaving tools and a lunch basket. Sheriff J C Bryant arrived to find one dead bandit near the door.
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Montague, Tex
Alvord & Green
W. T. Brawley
Mr. Brawley
Brawley
Crawley
J. C Bryant
Japanese capitalist to invest seven million in English capital
Shizuo Kondo, a Japanese capitalist traveling from London to Japan, reports securing 7,000,000 pounds paid up capital in England. The funds will back an Anglo Japanese corporation to finance steel and iron works, celuloid and silk manufacturing, and other industries in Japan, aiming for local production where cheapest.
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San Francisco
Shizuo Kondo
London
Japan
Kondo
England
International Corporation
Colored Talledge College Students Quit Over Superintendent
About one hundred colored students at Talledge college left after L. O. Parks a white county man was hired as superintendent of the farm. President Nice refused to discharge him. They sought aid from Dr S H Baird secretary of the American Missionary society who supported Nice and the students departed.
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L. O. Parks
B. M. Nice
S. H. Baird
American Missionary Society of New York
Baird
Nice
Five Crew Rescued After Gwaladis Sails Anew
Port Arthur Texas reports five crew members of the Welsh schooner Gwaladis have been rescued by the British steamer Taranaki after the schooner was disabled at sea. The captain was washed overboard and lost.
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Port Arthur
Tex
Gwaladis
Carbonera
Newfoundland
Bristol
England
Taranaki
Collision Near Quarantine Station In Fog
Steamer His pania from Puerto Cortez with fruit collided with the steamer Dalton from West Hartlepool off a quarantine station in a fog. His pania sustained broken plates and was damaged.
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New Orleans
Hispania
Puerto Cortez
Dalton
West Hartlepool
Hisania
Daniel Gritts Cherokee leader dies aged fifty
Tahlequah dispatch reports Daniel Gritts a prominent Cherokee citizen aged fifty, longtime Kee-To-Wah Society secretary and Cherokee council member, dead in Tahlequah after years of political activity.
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Tahlequah
Daniel Gritts
Gritts
Cherokee Council
Club Women Organize For City Improvements
Denison reporters note that January 23 announces club women organizing to push for better streets sidewalks public improvements beautifying yards and related civic efforts.
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Denison
Chinese Commission Arrives in Washington for Study Tour
The imperial Chinese commission, about sixty members including delegates and secretaries, arrives in Washington on a special train from Chicago to study American social political and industrial conditions. They are met by Mr. Denby chief clerk in the state department and plan meetings with Secretary Root and visits to the state War and navy departments.
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Washington
Impetial
Apeciai
Chicago
Denby
Edief
State Department
Mrr
Tran Fang
Shan So
Tai Hise Tse
China
Yune Kwai
Commission
Ar Party
Care &Fessor Jenks
Justine Cornell University
United States
San Francisco
State Root
State, War and Navy Departments
Snyder Recalled in Mayo Hazing Case at Annapolis
At Annapolis Maryland on January 23 Snyder was recalled to the witness stand in the Mayo hazing case after testimony from midshipmen. The court will then try Richard R. Mann, a first classman and Roosevelt appointee. Ned Chapin of Pasadena is the sole midshipman under arrest for hazing.
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Annapolis
Snyder
Claud B. Mayo
Mayo
Columbus
Miss
Richard R. Mann
Roosevelt
Ned Chapin
Pasadena
Cal
Loss of the steamer Trojan reported after collision in fog
The Trojan of the Boston and Philadelphia line was sunk after colliding with the Nacoochee of the Savannah line in Vineyard Sound last Sunday. The Nacoochee rescued Captain Thatcher and 27 crew members from the Trojan, which sank within about 45 minutes. The accident was attributed to fog.
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Boston
Trojan
Philadelphia
Savannah
Vineyard Sound
Captan
Thatcher
France rules out Monroe doctrine clash over Venezuela
Paris reports President Doubet presided a cabinet meeting where Premier Rouvier said Ambassador Juesserand informed Washington saw no violation of the Monroe doctrine in the French naval demonstration against Venezuela. France remains uncommitted until M Taigny report from Caracas is received.
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Elysee Palace
Rouvier
Juesserand
United States
Venezuela
France
M. Taigny
Caracas
Wheeler III in Brooklyn with mild pneumonia attack
Brigadier General Joseph Wheeler retired from the U S Army has a mild attack of pneumonia announced from the Brooklyn home of his sister Mrs Sterling Smith Wheeler is reported improving but still confined to his room in the city.
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New York
Joseph Wheeler
United States Army
Sterling Smith
Brooklyn
Wheeler
Train collision halts traffic at Paris crossing
A southbound Santa Fe freight and a Texas and Pacific passenger train collided at a Paris Texas crossing Tuesday morning. Both locomotives were demolished, tracks torn up, and a baggage car damaged. No injuries were reported as no traffic moved on either line that day.
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Paris
Tex
Santa Fe
Texas and Pacific
Pressfeeders Strike Ends at Cumberland Publishing House
Nashville on January 23 reports the pressfeeders strike at Cumberland Presbyterian Publishing House settled with the proprietors winning Most strikers were rehired and returned to work.
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Nashville
Cumberland Presbyterian Publishing House
Peculiar Senate Procedure Allows Payment Of Mileage
A curious Senate scene in which Senator Burton of Kansas avoided being seen in the chamber to block mileage from the current session. An official oath was required to confirm attendance, but with no conviction on the Kinene case, Burton initially avoided showing himself. An employee then turned him toward the chamber, and officials verified his presence and paid the mileage.
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Senate
W Alen
Murton
Kansas
Renate
Fenitor
France
Emieye
Burton Wes
Senate Debates Railroad Rates Regulation Inactive Bill
Washington January 23 The senate devoted most of its time to discussing railroad rate regulation though no related bill has been reported by the interstate commerce committee Key speakers included Mr Clay and Senators Aldrich Foraker Bailey and Newlands The discussion touched on granting the interstate commerce commission broader power to regulate rates and the possibility of government ownership if legislation is delays.
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Washington
Senate
Interstate Commerce Committee
Clay
Messrs
Aldrich
Foraker
Bailey and Newlands
Interstate Ecommerce Commission
Nomination List Sent to Senate for Various Diplomatic Posts
The president sent several nominations to the Senate including ambassadors to Japan and Mexico, a minister to Brazil, and other high offices. Named nominees include Luke Wright, David B. Thompson, Lloyd G. Griscom, Henry Clay Seidermont, James F. Smith, Josiah A. Van Orsdel, and postmasters Harry B. Gistrap Talvus D. Wilson Frank K. Sterrett William F. Dwyer J. J. Dickerson.
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Washington
Senate
Luke &. Wright
Tennessee
Japan
David BE. Thompson
Nebraska
Mexicn
Lloyd G. Griscorm
Penmeyvenia
Brazil
Henry Clay Sdeermont
Philippine
James F. Smith
California
Josiah A. van Orsdel
Wyoming
Oklahoma
Harry B. Gistrap
Chancer
Tex
Talvus D. Wison
Livingston
Frank K. Sterrett
Albany
William Fef. Dwyer
Brenham
J. J Dickerson
Parts
Cases Transferred to Tishomingo for Trial
Ardmore Jan 23 United States Marshal Colbert charged with conspiracy to defraud had the case continued and moved to Tishomingo where it will be called next month A similar transfer was made for W T Ward Chickasaw nation treasurer Also note a weather shift as temperatures fell from 70 degrees above zero to 7 below over the weekend
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United States
Colbert
Tishomingo
W. T. Ward
Chickasaw Nation
Seven Die In Boiler Explosion At Wisconsin Saw Mill
An explosion of a boiler at a saw mill four and a half miles from Holcomb in Chippewa Falls Wisconsin killed seven men and injured three others. The mill was badly wrecked and the heads of two men were blown off.
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Chippewa Falls
Wis
Holcomb
Newlands Opposes Philippine Tariff Bill In Senate Hearing
Senator Newlands argued before a senate committee that subsidizing Philippine sugar would be cruel, as it would keep the Philippines tied to a subsidized price only to return to world prices about 35 dollars per ton lower once independence is achieved.
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Washington
Newlands
Senate
Philippines
Liberal lead widens as results come in
Belated election returns show five of twelve Monday results favor Liberals. Totals rise to 265 Liberal, 116 Unionist, 78 Irish Nationalist, 41 Labour with the Liberal lead increasing.
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London
Sentence of Lieutenant Pendleton Reduced to Twenty Years
Manila reports that Lieutenant Pendleton, once condemned to life imprisonment for murder, has had his sentence reduced to twenty years.
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Manila
Pendleton
Blizzard Grips Indian Territory Near South McAlester
A severe blizzard struck this area on Monday with a blinding snow storm and fierce winds that halted travel and brought raffie to a standstill.
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South McAlester
Indian Territory
Richards Okla Shows No Merchant Presence
Adjutant General Simonds of Oklahoma resigns. Katy railway to store 60 000 tons of coal at Ray yards. Rockefeller donates 1 450 000 dollars to University of Chicago. Ben Durrell seriously hurt in a runaway near Newkirk. Sulphur has 3063 people, up 1740 since Jan 1, 1905. Sleighing reported at Fort Smith for first time in years. Eight arrests under revised saloon law at Dallas. Electric line between Davis and Sulphur Springs is to be completed in twenty days. Grace Thames, Manchester girl, accidentally shot by her brother.
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Katy
Ray Yards
Rockefeller
The
University of Chicago
Ben Durrell
Newkirk
Okla
Sulphur
Fort Smith
Dallas
Davis
Sulphur Springs
S. T
Grace Thames
Manchester
Supreme Court Begins Three Week Recess
Washington January 23 The supreme court will commence a three week recess starting Monday with no specified cases scheduled for the period.
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Washington
Supreme Court
French Cruisers Sail from Port of Spain Toward Laguira
Two French cruisers departed Port of Spain on January 23 with a presumed destination of Laguira Venezuela. The report notes the move as a likely naval operation or patrol near the Caribbean coast.
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Port of Spain
Laguira
Venezuela
Fire destroys Segal residence in Jefferson Texas
The residence of J. J. Segal in Jefferson Texas valued at 15900 dollars burned. Insurance coverage listed as 2000 dollars was pursued. The incident occurred on January 23.
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Jefferson, Tex
J. J. Segal
Amos Hillard Frozen by Blizzard in Denison
Amos Hillard, a Chickasaw Indian, was caught in a blizzard in Denison and both feet were frozen.
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Denison
Amos Hillard
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