Hepburn Rate Bill Edges Toward Passage In Senate Hope
Washington Jan 24 After a Tuesday afternoon conference the house committee on interstate and foreign commerce approved the Hepburn rate bill with Democratic concessions. The amended measure sets a just, reasonable and fairly remunerative maximum rate and reduces the commission size to seven. It preserves existing laws and extends commission orders for three years.
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Washington
House
Hepburn
Senate
Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Davie
Valencia wreck kills many on Vancouver Island coast
Survivors of the steamer Valencia recount a fatal wreck west of Cape Beale with at least fifty drownings as boats overturned amid a southeast gale. The ship, carrying 94 passengers and 60 crew, struck reefs near Vancouver Island after fog and dead reckoning confusion. The Valencia carried 150000 dollars in insurance and adds to a forty year record of west coast marine disasters with many ships lost and hundreds of lives.
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Victoria
B. Co
Valencia
Cape Beale
Vancouver Island
Spume
Hugh
Threeniigr
San Francisco
Johnson
Umatilla Reef
Cape Flattery
West Coast
Southern Lumber Manufacturers Conclude Opening Session
The Southern Lumber Manufacturers Association opened in New Orleans with President Long presiding. A joint Mississippi Legislature committee to investigate the lumber trust was discussed as likely to visit during the convention. Papers were presented by C. W. Gates, R. S. Kellogg, and F. H. Farwell.
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New Orleans
Southern Lumber Manufacturers
Asoociation
Long
Mississippi
C. W. Gates
St. Louis
Kellogg
Forest Service
F. H. Farwell
Orange
Tex
Gasoline Mistaken for Kerosene Burned Teacher Dies
Ardmore January 24. At Ingram's Lane schoolhouse Miss Woods, a school teacher, poured gasoline on the fire thinking it was kerosene. An explosion followed, her clothing caught fire and she was burned to death five miles from Healdton.
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Ardmore
Ingram’s Lane
Healdton
Fire at Norfolk cotton compress destroys warehouses
A blaze at the International Compress Company cotton compress on the Elizabeth River, Norfolk, ruins the facility and large quantities of stored cotton. Fire officials say the loss tops 250000 dollars. Laborer Jacob Addison is feared dead, engineer Henry Shumadine escaped. Cause suspected to be crossed electric wires.
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Norfolk
International Compress Company
Elizabeth River
Rogers, McCabe & Co
Norfolk Warehouse Association
Jacob Addison
Henry Shumadine
Body Found In Ditch. Decatur Woman Martha Thomason
Decomposed remains found in a woods ditch near Princeville, Decatur County, after being missing since Christmas. Police see marks on the body suggesting foul play. The victim, Miss Martha Thomason, a wealthy spinster about fifty, was identified.
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Decatur
Ala
Martha Thomason
Princeville
Thompson
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Bryan
Postoffice Drugstore
Natuce
Bryan Steam Laundry
THE
Oliver Typewriter
Geo. A. Adams
Parker Building
Tion
Noth Houses
William P. Hepburn
Lumber Manufacturers
Grand Opera House
Florence Davis
Elliott Dexter
New York Company In
Stevenson Machine
K. J. Jenkins
First National Bank
Bryan, Texas
Houston
Dallas
Corsicana
City OF
Brazos County
J. W. Howee
H. O. Boatwright
Guy M. Bryan
L. L. McInnis
F. M. Law
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