Leave of Absence From Homesteads in Heyburn Bill Debate
Washington bill supports leave of absence for entrymen on irrigated tracts until water is available for irrigation. It could aid Wyoming homesteaders and Carey act lands by allowing living off claims without loss of residence. Opposition fears speculative entries though protections exist. Senator Heyburn advocates Carey act and warns against turning public land into a money making scheme.
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Walter Schultz
Washington
Senate Committee On Public Lands
Wyoming
Western States
Newlands
Nevada
Reeder
House Committee On Irrigation
Hey
Idaho
Congress
Unon
Heyburn
Minnedoka
Slavery Said to Exist in Philippine Islands
In a January senate debate Secretary Taft faced charges about knowledge of slavery in the Philippine Islands. Hale urged striking a clause on slave penalties as obsolete in the United States, while Heyburn argued that white slave traffic and coolie labor persist and actual slavery remains in the Philippines. Lodge disputed the charges.
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Philippine Islands
Washington, D. C
Senate
Taft
United States
Hale
Heyburn
Philippines
Lodge
Haywood Addresses Mine Workers Convention
W S D Haywood secretary treasurer of the Western Federation of Miners spoke at the Mine Workers of America convention in Indianapolis noting miner support and a $300 000 defense fund. He blamed operators for western mining troubles and alleged use of explosives to discredit miners.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Ws.d. Haywood
Western Federation of Miners
Mine Workers of America
Moyer, Petti- Done
Haywood
Colorado Condemnation of State Power Sparks Debate
A speaker criticizes Colorado as a hard frontier where corporations dominate state power. He claims courts are controlled by business interests, the legislature is bent, and elections are manipulated to serve corporate ends.
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Colorado
Coal Laden Ship Melipae Foundered with Loss of Crew
The American coal ship Melipae bound Newcastle Australia to San Francisco foundered January 11 at latitude 36 N longitude 155 W. All crew escaped by boat. Three men died from exposure before reaching land. Captain C B Larsen and eleven crew reached Hana Maui after landing.
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Honolulu
Melipae
C. B. Larsen
Newcastle
Australia
San Firancisco
Cal
Bcate
Laraon
Hana
Maul
Nevada police bill passes assembly in Carson vote
Carson Nevada January 37 police bill passed the assembly this afternoon by a 41 to 7 vote and had already cleared the senate.
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Nevada
Carson, Nev
Mrs Eddy Takes Secret Train To New Chestnut Hill Home
Mrs. Eddy founder of the Christian Science church travels in a three car private train from Pleasant View Concord to a new residence in Chestnut Hill Brookline Boston. The journey was kept secret with special crews and a pilot engine guiding the route. Mrs. Eddy arrived in a quiet procession amid seven closed carriages to convey her party to the Lawrence estate.
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Christian Solonen
Boston
Mass
Ker G. Eddy
The
Science Church
Pleasant View
Corcord
N. H
Chestnut Hill
Brookline
Christian Science Church
Boston & Maine Railroad
Concord
Boston & Albany
Chestnut Hill Station
Lawrence Etytate
Eddy
Calvin A. Frye
Mrs. Eddy
Discuss the Currency Bill in House Debate in Washington
Washington January 27 The House spoke on the District of Columbia street railway system and the financial question. Chairman Fowler of the Banking and Currency Committee delivered an exhaustive speech opposing bond securing currency and a central bank. He advocated his bill for bank of redemption districts as a tool for national emergencies.
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Washington, D. C
District of Columbia
Fowler
Committee On Banking and Currency
Bank of Redemption
Retired Mining Engineer Found Dead in Philadelphia Hotel
Francis T. Freeland a retired mining engineer from Denver was found dead in his Colonnade hotel room with a half burned cigar in his hand. The coroner cited cerebral hemorrhage as the cause. He had checked in before Christmas and recently returned from Europe. his room held mining securities valued around $18,000 and $290 in cash.
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Philadelphia
Francis T. Freeland
Denver
Colonnade
Europe
Receivers Named for Chicago and Milwaukee Electric Railway
In Chicago on January 27 a federal judge appointed a receiver for the Chicago and Milwaukee Electric Railway company on the request of interests favorable to the upheaval in management. A receiver was also named for A Frost & Co. the banking house that financed the railroad bond issues, Frost to president of the railroad company.
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R. R. Ohicago
Chicago & Milwaukee Electric Railway
Groaseup
A. ©. Frost
Costly Vanderbilt wedding unites Gladys Vanderbilt with Count Szechenyi
Miss Gladys Vanderbilt wed Count Laszlo Szechenyi in a noon ceremony at the Vanderbilt home on Fifth Avenue. The event drew 350 guests and drew thousands of onlookers outside as plans and décor signaled a royal scale. The couple will travel to Newport for a week at Reginald Vanderbilt’s home.
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New York
Gladys Vanderbilt
Laszlo Jano Maria Henrik Simon Szechenyi
Emerich Szechenyi
Szechenyi
America
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Continental
Europe
Fifth Avenue
Vanderbilt Home
Stefan Szecheny
Paul Esterhazy
Baron Hengelmuller von Hengervar
United States
Alfred
Reginald Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt
Szecheny
Newport
Tax title to unpatented mining claim upheld
Justice Moody in the U S Supreme Court holds that a non patented Comstock mining claim in Colorado is subject to state taxation and that no tax title to such property is valid, in the case of George Hitler vs Tingley v Wood. The decision favors Wood.
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Washington, D. C
Justice Moody
Supreme Court of the United States
George Hitler
Tingley
Wood
Comstock
Colorado
Weather report for Wyoming reads fair and colder
January 27 1908 forecast from Washington DC notes fair weather in Wyoming with colder Tuesday and snow in the Northwest. Weather data lists 24 hour period ending 6 pm with max 46 and min 26 degrees, precipitation zone and 88 mph wind reported west at 2 90 pm by W Palmer.
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Washington, DC
Wyoming
Palmer
Government to sue Harriman rail empire in antitrust bid
The U S Department of Justice prepares a major federal suit to dissolve the Harriman system and invalidate Union Pacific holdings in Oregon Short Line and Santa Fe stocks. Plaintiffs name W H Harriman and financiers Jacob Schiff Otto Kahn James Stillman H C Frick Henry Rogers and William A Clark as defendants. The action aims to end a perceived westward transport monopoly and follows Interstate Commerce Commission findings. Salt LakeCity will host the equity filing as C A Severance handles the case. secrecy surrounds the bill until filing.
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Washington, D. C
Harriman
Union Pacific
Oregon
The
Standard Oi! Bank
H. C. Frick
Department of Justice
4 der Trust
Wilmington
C. A. Severance
Salt Lake
Thaw Defense Uses Maniac Depressive Insanity Label
The Thaw defense closes its case claiming maniac depressive insanity explains the Stanford White murder. Prosecution to rebut, with a jury verdict expected by midweek. The district attorney may seek to interview Abraham Hummel at Blackwell's Island to aid the case.
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New York
Stanford White
Pittsburg
Abraham Hummel
Blackwell's Island
Explosion at Redondo oil plant injures four in Los Angeles
Four men were injured in an explosion at an oil plant of the Pacific Light and Power company in Redondo, Los Angeles. Two men were fatally hurt as a gas fire spread to two oil tanks. The plant, a two million dollar concern, would have been destroyed if not for its steel and concrete main building.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Redondo
Pacific Light & Power Company
Minister Comes to the Rescue of Fallen Women
In Chicago on January 27 Rev Algernon Crapney, a noted eastern divine, urged mercy for women in red light districts. He said ejecting them harms recovery and that Kwahuen women should be welcomed back into society, aided and drawn to churches rather than condemned.
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Chicago
Kwalhen
Algernon 6
Crapney
Mob Raids Hindu Homes Near Marysville
A mob attacked two Hindu homes nine miles north of Marysville California on January 27 forcing residents to leave town. The ringleader traveled to Yuba City and filed a grand larceny charge claiming $1950 was stolen. Two suspects were arrested and set for trial. The Hindu leader appealed to the British consul at Bank Janel to seek redress.
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Marysville
Cal
Norhh
Here
Yuba City
Bank Janel
Bank cashier’s suicide shocks Appleton bank staff
Appleton Minnesota January 27 A L Slosa a cashier at the First National Bank died by his own hand today. He shot himself with a pistol after a period of strain and presumed mental decline. He was said to be involved in banking in nearby towns and faced a heavy workload.
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Appleton, Minn
L Slosa
Firet Nath Bank
Elkton, & Dy
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Representative Mondell
House
Mondell
Weather Report
Salt Lake City
Henry H. Rogers
Standard Company
William A. Clark
United
Montana
Harry Thaw
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