Senator opposes postal savings bank bill on constitutional grounds
Washington, Feb 7 Senator Raynor told the senate the pestel savings bank measure rests on no constitutional basis. He said there is no express or necessary and proper clause supporting it and argued the bill lacks purposes of government bank operation or postal service authority. He challenged Burkett’s general welfare claim and criticized past administrations while noting current leadership's constitutional knowledge.
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Washington
Pestel Savings Bank
Raynor
Senate
United States
Congress
Burkett
Cotlapact
Rayner
Stegrave
Hiss
Bishop Whitehead urges Lenten paper boycott
New York February 7 The Right Rev Dre Cortlandt Whitehead bishop of Pittsburgh says reading daily newspapers should be avoided during Lent to replace sensational non essential content with edifying works. New York pastors react with doubt and disagreement to the suggestion.
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New York
Dre Cortlandt Whitehead
Pittsburg
Whitehead
Grace Church
C. Lo Godel
Calvary Metho
Disagreement in Ford Woman's Trial in Cincinnati
After twenty four hours of deliberation the jury failed to agree in the case of Mrs. Jennettie Stewart Ford charged with blackmail of Charles L. Warriner, former treasurer of the Big Four railroad. The judge discharged the jury saying eight jurors favored acquittal and four favored conviction.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Jennettie Stewart-Ford
Charles L. Warriner
Big Four Railroad
Swings
One fires eleven bullets into own head in San Francisco
San Francisco reports a man shot himself at home in Alameda after firing eleven 22 calibre bullets into his head. Six bullets entered brain, the coroner and physician noted the self inflicted wound and the man hanged himself with a neck strap to finish the act.
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San Francisco
Cal
Roman
Questioned suicide or murder in Bessie Wheeler death
In Devonport a woman named Bessie Wheeler was found dead in her room. The coroner's physician testified that eight shots could not have been fired by a single person, while expert Am H. Gates stated otherwise. Authorities seek clarity on whether the act was self-inflicted or a homicide.
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Bessie Wheeler
Devonport
Moiotaine
Abomatinos
de H. W. Gates
Holda
Ambuscade of Rebels Proves Red Success
New Orleans dispatches report General Menn Waa army ambushed at Santa Tons with one sixth of rebels killed. Government forces led by Vasquez say one man killed and a few wounded. Captains Migutt and Navarro wounded. Navarro a former Managua penitentiary governor involved in prior prisoner abuses. Reinforcements by Estrada forces halted a possible retreat. Victory boosts government troops.
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New
Orleans
Pelo
Vasquez
Menn Waa
Santa Tons
Saya Valduex
Migutt
Navarro
Affluents of Shrine Again Cause Local Disruption
Paris February 7 reports say several affluents of the Seine are again flowing into the river, temporarily halting its fall. The issue concerns flood control measures and the impact on nearby areas as authorities monitor conditions.
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Paris
Bad beef at White House table shocks DC committee
Washington Feb 7 The high cost of living inquiry heard Inspector Dodge describe a White House steward buying and hanging a quarter of beef until it fell to pieces and was cut up for the table. He cited black decomposing meat at a market and a footman ordering a cut despite the condition.
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Washington
House
District of Columbia
Dodge
White House
Mr. Dodge
Joseph Lester backs major Sugar Beets deal in Wyoming
Representatives of a syndicate promote a large venture near Clearmont Sherlan Wyoming. Six thousand acres of farm funds and three hundred twenty acres of coal land have been pledged with first payment made. The plan calls for converting farm lands to sugar beet culture and building a sugar factory at Clearmont. Chicago financier Joseph H. Lester leads the project from his Clearmont area ranches.
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Sherlan
Wyo
Belh
Achi Ago Syndicate
Ek Creek
Clearmont
Ifalo
Joseph H. Lester
Chicago
Judge Sets Prison Term After Guilty Verdict
A judge sentences the defendant to a prison term following a guilty verdict for the crime charged. The court reconfirms the findings and outlines the recommended confinement period.
Is South Pole to be Sought by Americans
Washington Fel Tomorrow directors of the Geographical Society will hear a report on a joint Antarctic expedition with the Peary Arctic Club of New York using the Roosevelt. The Arctic club proposes the society provide 60000 dollars in cash and share expenses equally, a plan praised by Commander Peary and welcomed by scientists.
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Washington, Fel. T
National Geographic Society
Peary Arctis Club of
New York
South Pole
Roosevelt
The
Geographic Society
Arctic Club
Geographic Society Furniug
Peary
North Pole
King Gustav Undergoes Appendi citis Operation
Stockholm Feb 7 King Gustav underwent an appendectomy tonight after initial misdiagnosis as stomach catarrh. Surgeons reported the operation a success and members of the royal family were recalled from a concert for the procedure.
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Stockholm
Gustav
Fairbanks Denied Audience by Pope Over Methodists
Former Vice President Fairbanks was denied a papal audience in Rome after choosing to keep a commitment to address an American Methodist Episcopal church society. Protestants praised his stance, while Vatican and Catholic observers blamed the Vatican for pressuring the decision. Washington observers condemned the Vatican move.
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Rome
Fairbanks
American Methodist Episcopal Church
Vatican
Washington
Methodist Association of Washington
Cranston
Methodist Church
Switchmen Return to Work in Northwestern Yards
In St Paul on February 7 the strike by railroad switchmen ends as workers start returning to their old jobs. Several sought positions at Northern Pacific yards but none were available. The railroad and warehouse commission dispatched inspectors to St Paul Minneapolis and Duluth at the governor's request to assess conditions.
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St. Paul
Northwestern Railroad
Northern Pacific
Railroad and Warehouse Commission
Minneapolis
Duluth
Senator Heyburn Attacks Government Tent Loan at Confederate Encampment
In Washington on February 7, Senator Heyburn bitterly opposed a government loan of tents for the Confederate Veterans encampment in Mobile Alabama next April. He denounced Rebel uniforms and the Rebel flag on government property and condemned Virginia’s statue of General Robert E Lee. Republicans largely supported the loan. Democrats showed unease without reply. The House opposed the president’s federal incorporation bill as unconstitutional.
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Washington
Senate
Heyburn
Mobile
Ala
Hall of Fame
Virginia
Robert H. Lee
Garrett
Tennessee
Swope Took Strychnine In Patent Compound
In Kansas City on February 7, testimony at Col Thomas H W Swope inquest revealed he took a patent medicine containing strychnine up to days before his death. Nurse Pearl Keller testified the mix was taken daily along with Dr Hyde's treatment. An earlier partner said Swope used a patent medicine containing strychnine at his office.
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Kansas City
Thomas HW. Swope
Pearl Keller
Swope
Hyde
Not So Religious as Spectacular in Cheyenne Premiere
The review praises Wright Lorimer's The Shepherd King presented in Cheyenne with a strong cast and staging. It credits Lorimer's direction and David's rise from shepherd to king, while noting comparisons to Ben Hur and questioning if the drama matches Shakespeare for grandeur. The piece begins the front of page five.
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Lida Frowe
Lew Wallace
Plod
Thea Shepherd King
Cheyenne
Capitol Avenue
Wright Lorimer
Ife
Glyan
David
Bethlehem Hills
Israel
Endor
Hed
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