State anti trust bill targets insurance companies
A bill to bring insurance firms under state anti trust law was introduced by Mr Koonce of Onslow. The measure adds a subsections penalizing conspire to raise or lower premiums and insurers indemnity fees. It references a lobbying defection and a fishing commission bill tied to Sen elect A P Kalifax and Chief Justice Clark taking office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ould
Koonce
Onslow
Lenoir
Iisde
Fish Commission
Doughton
Aller
Ien
A. P. Kalifax
Justic Clark
Fire destroys chamber of commerce building
A blaze damaged the chamber of commerce building and caused two men to be rescued. Early reports misidentified victims but authorities later confirmed one man named Selim and another named Christian were involved. Firefighters contained the site with four people initially suspected to be inside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce of
Fred Selim
Selm
Christi ‘Ian
Chamber of tHiding
Senator Lodge Re-elected in State Legislature Ballot
A partial OCR note shows Senator Lodge re elected by a Democratic majority in the state legislature ballot. Voters include Cur nyway of Boston and other unnamed Democratic senators in the process noted January 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lodge
Cur‘nyway
Boston
Unclear OCR: 1900s US Senate contest results
Fragmentary report lists vote tallies for candidates including Sheehan 90 and Depew 80 with unknown context. Mentions Republican candidates Ames Whipple Thayer and socialist A Owell with scattered numbers. No clear event date or location beyond January 18 in Ted Press notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Publican
Whipple
L. Ames
Republican
Ean
John R. Thayer
toHride
Socialist
A. Owell
President 18 Tomiers NL REPORT
The United States address for JL Lewis opens after the meeting is called to order. The report mentions controversy in Pennsylvania and a commotion sparked by an announcement about funding to continue current conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tomiers
Ated Press
United Vs of America
JL. Lewis
Ilall Eres
Iefd
Pennsylvania
Occar
Whan
Pittsburg
Tragic Train Fatalities Near Agosta
Mr and Mrs Leonard, both 24, were killed when a Big Four train struck their car while they attempted to cross the railroad near Agosta shortly after an revival meeting. The couple were returning home at the time of the accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terese
Red Press
Leonard
Agosta
No Proof That Lorimer's Seat Was Bought
The Senate, Monday, heard Julius Caesar Burrows defend the Lorimer case, saying there is no direct or indirect proof that any Illinois general assembly member was influenced to vote for Lorimer. He cited the committee’s limited scope and noted witnesses’ testimony did not establish bribery or knowledge of bribery by Lorimer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
General Assembly of
Illinois
Lorimer
Julius Caesar Burrows
Michigan
Senate
Committee On Privileges and Elections
William Lorimer
Burrows
Colonsel
Charles A. White
Hitness Iegislature
Chicago Tribune
Lee O'Neil Browne
White
Gonor
Browne
Broderick
Pite
H. J. C. Beekemeyer
Link
Chicago
D. M. Holstlaw
Banquet Culminates Southern Commercial Congress Plans
In Atlanta on January 18 a grand banquet is planned as the climax of the Southern Commercial Congress to be held in March. It is expected to attract about a thousand guests with tickets and covers to be set for attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Atlanta
Southern Commercial Congress
Holton Nominated as U S Attorney for W Carolina
President sent to the Senate a list of nominations including Alfred E Holtor y United States attorney western district of North Carolina and J Duncan Adams United States attorney eastern Kentucky and others in a release dated Jan 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holton
U. S
W. Carolina
Ated Press
Senate
Nominaheladine
Wik Poreh Morrow
United States
Eastern District of
Kentucky
Alfred E. Holtor
Western District of North Carolina
South Carolina
J. Duncan Adams
Assault on U S Vice Consul Williamson at Dalny
Details reported from Victoria and Washington recount the December 23 assault on U S Vice Consul Williamson at the Dalny fish market. He was pushed from a stand during an auction, struck with a bamboo pole, hit by flying ice and fish, and led to a police station where Japanese and Chinese assailants scattered after the initial attack. Williamson protested to Japanese authorities and notified Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Williamson
Dalny
Williamson Wete
Washington
Miss Hayes
Yokohama
Train engine explosion kills two and injures one in New York
Buffalo on January 18 an NY Central freight engine blew up near Wende Station, killing engineer George Dwyer of Buffalo and fireman Cook, with brakeman Richard Fort of Syracuse dying after hospital treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
N. Y
New York Central Railroad
Wende Station
George Dwyer
Cook
Richard Fort
Syracuse
Notable opening at Tuskegee Negro Farmers Conference
Nearly 2 000 African American farmers from Georgia Alabama and Mississippi and educators from across the country gathered for the twentieth annual Negro Farmers Conference in Tuskegee Alabama. Booker T Washington urged adoption of modern farming methods and criticized mortgage practices while stressing thrift and self sufficiency to avoid reliance on external credit during crop cycles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuskee
Ala
Georgia
Alabama
Mississippi
Booker T. Washington
Tuskegee Institute
Boxers Frankie Con ley Dixon to fight ten rounds in Kansas City
Frankie Con ley of Kenosha Wisconsin and Tommy Dixon of Memphis will box ten rounds at catch weights at the Hippodrome in Kansas City tonight. The fight follows a long day of undercard bouts and local betting activity on the card.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Associated Press
Frankie Conley
Kenosha
Wis
Tommy Dixon
Memphis
Hippodrome
Twenty five anarchists sentenced to death in Tokyo
D Kotoku his wife and 23 fellow anarchists were sentenced to death for conspiring against the emperor and imperial family. Two co defendants were released. The group faced a special court similar to a grand jury, found guilty on November 9 and recommended capital punishment under statute 73. The Kotoku wife was the sole woman in the group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokio
D. Kotoku
America
Kotoku
Turkish Government to Suppress Yemen Rebellion
The Turkish government, in a unified action, plans to quell the long flourished uprising in Yemen in Southwestern Arabia. Thirty fully equipped battalions are to be dispatched, with troop embarkation beginning today under Associated Press reporting from Constantinople dated January 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Constantinople
Yemen
Arabia
Proceedings of the Day in Schenk Trial
In Wheeling West Virginia on January 18 the prosecution pushed to reveal how Mrs Laura Farnsworth Schenk allegedly obtained poison for her husband. Dr J W Myers testified to supplying poison and claimed she said she obtained a drug from someone else. Dr J E Burns and Dr Gregory Ackerman were to testify on lead and arsenic poisoning with blood tests by Dr R A Drinkard. Prosecutors aimed to disclose the poison source and finish their case by day’s end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
W. Va
Laura Farnsworth Schenk
Sehenk
J. W. Myers
Schenk
J. E. Burns
Burns
Gregory Ackerman
Ackerman
R. A. Drinkard
Ackeriman
J. B. Hadlan
Calmly Facing Death Pitts Smokes As Trains Kill
Robert C. Pitts, a discharged soldier traveling home to Winston-Salem, North Carolina, died at Charity Hospital New Orleans after being ground beneath railroad wheels. He calmly smoked a cigarette and spoke with doctors as his fatal injuries ended his journey following a fever recovery in Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Robert C. Pitts
Charity Hospital
Pitts
Winston-Salem
N. C
Texas
Fire destroys armory of Maine Coast Artillery
Brunswick Maine January 18 Fire destroyed the armory of the tenth company Maine Coast Artillery today causing about 30000 in losses. The magazine exploded and carried away the roof as rifle shells detonated elsewhere. Firemen faced danger but none were injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick
Maine
Maine Coast Artillery
Railroad Employes Back Freight Rate Increase Appeal
F H Morrissey of Chicago presenting for 250000 workers supported by petitions urged the Interstate Commerce Commission to approve higher rail freight rates. He cited 1909 labor earnings at about 41 percent of gross revenue and projected $80 million more in 1910 while arguing rail costs are not a major factor in consumer prices. In Cincinnati a joint Methodist conference committee outlined plans to consolidate the three Methodist branches, with five million members to be affected and a diverse panel of bishops and leaders named to pursue union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
F. H. Morrissey
Chicago
American Railroad Employes and Investors Association
Interstate Commerce Commission
Morrissey
Cincinnati
Methodist Episcopal
Protestant Methodist
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Cranston
Washington, D. C
Walden
R. T. Miller
J. E. Hoss
Nashville
Henderson, N. C
The
Protestant Methodist Church
Sinking Of The U 3 Claims Three German Officers
Kiel Germany Jan 18 The sinking of the U 3 the first German submarine disaster cost three lives Captain and lieutenants Fischer and Koelbe underlined the costs of salvage victory The three men in the conning tower L remained submerged as a ventilator failed and water rushed in suffocating them after the vessel rose and sank
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiel
Germany
Fischer
Koelbe
Vulkan
Leutenants
Child Dies in Greenville Trash Heap Fire
In Greenville South Carolina on January 18 a 3 year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Duke Childress died after the child caught fire while near a burning trash heap in the yard. The child was left with an aged grandmother who was in the house. The grandmother, missing the child, died on the porch while trying to reach help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Greeenville
S. C
Duke Childress
Oally League Ace Gall Men in Jacksonville
Jacksonville, Fla. magnates of the revitalized South Atlantic League meet to admit Charleston and Albany clubs for 1911. A salary cap of 1000 and a 13 man player limit are planned. Season runs April 3 to Labor Day with 140 games and a five man umpire staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
Fla
Charleston
S. C
Albany
Joyner
Prompt Fire Alarm Saves 155 Children at Home
Firemen and attendants of the Susquehanna Valley Home in Binghamton New York rushed to fight a blaze in the boiler room at 5 this morning. Prompt action saved the lives of all inmates though some children may still be unaccounted for and potentially suffocated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Binghamton
N. Y
Susquehanna Valley
Judge defines larceny in gambling schemes in Memphis
In Memphis Tennessee Judge Edgington instructed a grand jury that inducing another to gamble for money in crooked games or with marked or cracked dice constitutes larceny. He said indictments should charge larceny rather than gambling when a participant is deprived of any real chance to win due to tricks or intoxication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tenn
Edgington
Rice Holding Movement Appears Broken In Texas
El Campo Texas January 18 35 000 sacks sold since January 1 at 2 25 to 3 00 per sack indicating a resumed selling pattern across the South Texas belt and portions of this region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
el Campo
Texas
South Texas
Whisnant Family Mourns Illness of Young Albert
Friends learn Dr. and Mrs. A M Whisnant's young son Albert is ill with pneumonia. the report notes concern from the family and their circle of friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. M. Whisnant
Albert
Canton Town Placed Under Anti-Saloon Control
Canton North Carolina mayor Curtis turned town control over to anti-saloon advocates and sworn in two ministers and several laymen as special policemen. The move follows a prohibition lecture by Judge J. C. Pritchard and a revival led by evangelist George C. Cates after an incident on a Southern Railway train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton
Associated Press
Knoxvillee
Tenn
the Sentinel
N. C
Curtis
North Carolina
J. C. Pritchard
United States
George C. Cates
Southern Railway
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Bodge
Ted Press
Sheehan
Shepard Gerard
Littleton Depew
Ambler
Lorimier
Naber
Coltern
HECK
Henry Lippitt
Providence
Henry F. Lippitt
Nelson W. Aldrich
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