Western states oppose lowering of Cuban tariffs
Michigan and California oppose tariff cuts for Cuba. caucuses condemn reductions and intend to stay out of Republican discipline. Wisconsin and Nebraska Republicans show similar lines. White House and President push for Cuban relief while pressuring for public attention on Palma’s message. The Kentucky contested case moves toward a decision in about two weeks.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Michigan
California
Cuba
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Ways and Means Committee
Wisconsin
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Ways and Means
White House
Palma
Committee On Elections
J. McKenzie Moss
John F. Rhea
Kentucky
John E. Deboe
Bowling Green
Moss
Deboe
Rhea
Foraker Wainwright Wedding Draws Senate to Pause
Washington January 8. The United States Senate adjourned over two hours to attend the wedding of Miss Julia Foraker and Francis King Wainwright held at the Foraker home. President Roosevelt and Mrs. Roosevelt witnessed the ceremony as a vast guest list filled the mansion. The event featured lavish decorations and a Lohengrin march as the bride entered.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
United States Senate
Senate
Foraker-Wainwright
Julia Foraker
Joseph Benson Foraker
Francis
King Wainwright
Philadelphia
Foraker
Ses
Alexander Macka
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Roosene
Supreme Court
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Clement Reeves Wainwright
Roosevelt
Root
Smith
Wilson
Hanna
Lodge
Fairbanks
Corbin
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Randolph Matthews
Cincinnati
Florence Foraker
Louise Foraker
Benson Foraker
Joseph Reeves
Percival Sneed
Atlanta
L. C. Black
Miss Black
Benton Stevens
King
White House
French Minister appoints commission on sailor crimping reports
Paris January 8 The Courier Du Soir reports that M De Lanessan French Minister of Marine has named a commission to investigate alleged crimping of French sailors at Portland and other ports.
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Paris
Courier du Soir
M. de Lanessan
Portland
Pregon
Phonograph Evidence Aims to Prove Alibi in Murder Case
Chicago January 8 A phonographic record claimed by Louis Thoms as his tale of life on the lakes is presented as proof he was not on the steamer Peerless during the night Minnie Larson was killed. Albert Ristau corroborates the story as the wax cylinder records his party’s conversation.
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Chicago
Louis Thoms
Minnie Larson
Peerless
Albert Ristau
Carnegie reduces rents at Skibo Castle estate
London January 8 reports Andrew Carnegie remitted from 20 to 2 percent of rent amounts due in the recent Skibo Castle estate collections.
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London
Skibo Castle
Andrew Carnegie
Box Of Cigars Carried Death In Milwaukee Mystery
Detectives of the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad hunted a suspected explosion plot at the West Milwaukee shops. Master Mechanic J C Miller received a package on New Year’s Day that looked like cigars but contained powder. He avoided opening it and the device was deemed a potential infernal machine capable of blowing up him and the building.
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Milwaukee
Chicago, Milwaukee’ & St. Paul Railroad
West Milwaukee
Miller
Philadelphia Democrats Celebrate Jackson Day Dinner
A circle of younger Philadelphia Democratic lawyers held a Jackson Day dinner at Hotel Bellevue with James W. King presiding. Read letters from former President Cleveland and Senator Hill and a telegram from Bourke Cochran applauded the observance honoring Democratic principles and Jacksonian tradition.
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Philadelphia
Hotel Bellevue
James W. King
Cleveland
David B. Hill
Bourke Cochran
Hill
Cochran
Free Methodist Liverpool Demonstration Ends In Fire Stampede
In Verona at a Free Methodist meeting a man claimed he could fly and attempted a demonstration. He hit a coal oil lamp, which toppled and ignited. Five men and three women were burned, the lamp ignited and panic spread injuring several as people stampeded to escape.
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Kingston
Ont
Verona
Major B. E. Chambe Dies in Nashville
Major B. E. Chambe assistant surveyor of customs and former general agent of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad died in Nashville Tennessee today.
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Nashville, Tenn
B. E. Chambe
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Dowager Empress Tightens Grip Over Chinese Court
Jan 8 dispatch reports the Dowager Empress directing court affairs from left of the melancholy Emperor who acts as figurehead. Foreign garrisons in Peking dominate talks while the Empress plans decorations for guards and engineers and orders executions of rivals including General Fuh Siang.
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China
Peking
Machiapu Station
Pao Ting Fu
Trafic
Foley
Imperial Palace
Pag Ting Fu
Fuh Siang
Kan-Su
Yuan Shai Kai
Chi Li
Tung
Mother Follows Daughter into Convent Life
In Springfield Illinois Mrs J King and her daughter Miss Katherine King of Niles Michigan took perpetual vows at the Ursuline Convent before Vicar General Hickey. The widow followed her daughter into the convent two years ago and today completed vows herself.
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Springfield
Ill
Ursuline Convent
J. King
Katherine King
Niles
Mich
Hickey
Creditors Rally to Everett Moore Syndicate Extension
In Cleveland on January 8 creditors representing seventy percent of the Everett Moore Syndicate consent to a time extension. A seven member main committee splits into subcommittees to investigate interests, with reports due in one to two weeks. Henry A. Everett heads to New York to secure further consent from creditors. Banking officials may issue a statement tomorrow.
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Cleveland, O
Everett- Moore Syndicate
Henry A. Everett
New
Thut
Detroit & Toledo Shore Line Electric Railway Receiver Named
Judge Swan appointed A F Edwards manager of the Detroit and Toledo Shore Line Electric Railway as receiver after Henry A Everett filed suit and a judgment on a promissory note of about $10,000. Creditors bills were filed with the petition.
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Detroit
Henry A. Everett
United States Court of
Swan
A. F. Edwards
Detroit & Toledo Shore Line Electric Railway
Cardinal Martinelli Likely to Remain in Washington
Private advices from Rome indicate Cardinal Martinelli papal delegate to the United States will stay in Washington until May or beyond. No clear successor is named for the papal delegate post.
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Martinelli
Washington
Rome
Ablegate
Tunnel Crash Kills Fifteen In Park Avenue Tragedy
A Park Avenue tunnel collision between a South Norwalk local and a White Plains local at 8 17 am caused fifteen deaths and many injuries. The White Plains engine plowed into a rear car, wreckage and steam hindered rescuers as police, firemen, and volunteers worked amid cries for help.
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New York, New Haven & Hartford
White Plains
Harlem
New York Central
Manhattan
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